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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1953)
I Canyon Avenue Parade MILL CITY ENTERPRISE T he A By DON PETERSON ■yum ’’■«■I At the end of the year and the ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIXM HIGHW U — (. ITEM \Y TO THE HE\RT OE N ATI RES beginning of the new year is the time DllROII DAM t- POWUHOUM to take stock and make plans for the MILL C ITY, OREGON. Till RSDAY, J \Nl \R> 1. 19'3 coming season. So it is with cities and communities. The Mill I uy chamber of commerce has work to do and it should gird itself for the future. Meetings should be resumed and they should be weekly with 100% »‘tendance. The duties of the chamber hould be working for the whole community in which it is situated. It must be a sounding The Mill City Lions club has accepted the sponsorship board for the wishes of the people of of the 1953 March of Dimes campaign and have named the community, at it’s meeting plans should be discussed for the better Bob Wingo, as chairman for the all-out effort this year. ment of the whole community. Mem Bob reports that iron lung containers have been placed bers who stay away from meetings in business places in the Mill City area and everyone is are only "free riders” and should not urged to give all they can be guilty of letting the other fellows for this worthy cause. do the job and they reap the benefits when they are realized. Gov. Paul Patterson assumed the * * * honorary state chairmanship of the 1953 March of Dimes this week and The chamber can assist in bringing called on “Every resident of Oregon new employment to a community so Mrs. Myrtle Odessa Joaquin, 38, to give, and give again to this truly that the citizens of that community I wife of Joe Joaquin of Gates, began humanitarian cause”. san have an income to purchase the her last sleep Saturday at her home Governor Patterson took over as products the merchants have to sell— in Gates. Mrs. Joaquin had been very titular head of the annual campaign it is all a matter of self preservation | ill for more than one year with a for polio funds from former Gov. and each and every citizen is vitally hopeless affliction. Douglas McKay who resigned both interested or «hould be. I ! Mrs. Joaquin was born at Drain, his state and March of Dimes offices As an illu >n, if anything is The Joaquins in December preparatory to becoming September 23, 1914. g new business or needed to hel; have resided in Gates for six years. secretary of the interior. With Dr. jobs into a community the chamber E. T. Hedlund of Portland as chair Surviving are Joe Joaquin, Darlene, should be the first to lead in getting man, Oregon’s 1952 March of Dimes a daughter, of Gates; Dora Cooper, t in readiness, When streets need raised a record $(>48,000. Dr. Hed mother, Medford; Mrs. George Sorter, paving, or a better telephone or power lund continues in the same capacity. sister, Crescent; William Cooper, system is needed, the members of the Noting that Oregon ranked fourth ■ Lakeview, Robert Cooper, Ashland, chamber should have the courage to among the states in the 1952 March and Charles Cooper, Medford, broth- go out and sell it to the proper in of Dimes on a per capita basis, Gov ■ era of the deceased/ dividuals, whether they ue the local Services were h«rfd at 2 p.m., Mon ernor Patterson said that “the new citizens or the management of the situation necessitates an even more day at Waddle funeral home, Stayton. utility concerned.' Rev. Glen Vernon had charge of the generous response in DM”. • Graveside services and He added that the 1963 campaign ceremony. We have a beautiful new highway interment were conducted at Ashland. which opens Friday and continues passing through our community, but through January 31, “must help to sometimes we need to do a few things cope with the worst polio epidemic for ourselves, such as providing of all time. services that will help to make “More than 55,000 boys and girls city a better place to live in than and men and women were stricken by other community. this cruel disease in America in 1952”, The duty of every businessman to Governor Patterson continued. “Ore Mill City kindergarten celebrated attend and work at chamber of com- 1 gon’s approximately 485 cases repre the Christmas season in the Mill City merce business is one that should not sented the second highest yearly total high school auditorium with a pro be shirked. Businessmen should | in state history and included more gram about Santa Claus and his im realize that this community is made respirator patients than ever before.” portant role in the lives of our ltitle up of working men and women, and The National Foundation for In folks. Mrs. Roy Keirsey, kinder so their thinking and planning should fantile Paralysis came speedily to the garten teacher, guided the Yule sea cater to their needs. Working people aid of the afflicted, Governor Patter son affair, December 22. want and need modern conveniences son said. He concluded his statement "Suggestions from Santa Clause the same as others do. business must with these words: was acted out by Brent Walker, “ar do everything in their ability to please . “A recent visit to the polio ward nouncer”; Lynda Anderson, “Little that clientele. I do not intimate that of a Portland hospital was fpr me a Girl”; Randy Hale, “Little Boy”; local businessmen are not making touching and inspiring experience— Cecilia Anne Keirsey, “Dream Fairy”; every effort to provide those services,; touching because it showed so graph Skippy Wingo, “Santa Clause” and but sometimes we do gear ourselves ically the ravages of polio and in Binky Bengston, “Mrs. Clause”. De to the wrong pattern of thing«. spiring because it demonstrated so picting toys were Linda Thorpe, ... effectively the great work being done “Baby Doll”; Claudia Budlong, "Kit Chamber officers cannot do the job in this field. This is one of the ty”; Laraine Lee, "Balerina Doll” alone and the membership must real- reasons I deem it a privilige to des Susan Peterson, "Walking Doll”; ize it is just as important for them ignate January, 1953, as March of Mike Brown, "Cowboy Doll”; Philip to attend every meeting as it is to Dime- Month and urge every resident Yarnell, "Indian Doll”; Bucky Lyons, tend to any other part of their busi- of Oregon to give, and give again to <$r Popeye” and Sherry Bennet, "Danc ness functions — it all goes together this truly humanitarian cause, in the ing Doll”, and one is just as important as the knowledge that what we do for our The first acene of the play enacted other, whether you are a service sta fellowman shall likewise be rendered the familiar wishing of children for tion operator, jeweler, or grocer. unto us in full measure in our time Christmas presents. Susan Rynear- For a happy and prosperous New Oregon families should keep a five- Mrs. Ada Plymale, proprietor of The Oregon Brand law will be thor of need.” son, Christine Storry and loria Jeanne Year, let's nut our shoulders to the day rotating food supply in their Ada’s Needle Shop in the Dawes oughly discussed at the Linn County Keirsey, sang “Santa’s Brownies”. wheel of progress! homes in the event any major disaster building, occupying quarters formerly Livestock association's annual meet The second scene showed Santa giving should temporarily disrupt normal used by Hendricson's dry goods store, ing in Ix-banon on January 12, reports gift suggestions to the tot«. Peggy will move her store this weekend to Ix>onard Forster, Tangent, president. supply channels. Agee and Laraine Lee gave the "Buf That advice came this week from new quarters in the office space Discussion leader is Jack Cochran, falo Dance". Scene three found the Miss Loa Howard, who heads the formerly occupied by Hammericksen, Brownsville, Action of the grolp will children inspecting the gifts suggested Emergency Welfare service for the the optometrist, next door to the then be taken to the Western Oregon The Mill City Assembly of God bv Santa. Dubby and Carol Stewart Jenkins hardware store. Livestock association meeting in Co church is sponsoring revival services danced the “Parasol Dance”. state civil defense agency. Don Jenkins has enlarged these quille on January 19, 20 and 21. A kindergarten chorus accompanied “The average householder — plan- with Evangelist Phil Wayman of Eve Forster says that the Lebanon meet rett, Wash., conducting daily services. by Frances Johnson sang’ “Away in ning ahead for an enemy attack or quarters and remodeled them for use other disaster—will fare just as well by Mrs. Plymale. Mrs. Plymale is ing should be of interest to all live Evangelist Wayman's messages the Manger”, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed (Heard over KPOJ, Portland, at 10:15 in an emergency with a limited but stocking her store with many fine dry stockmen of the county. The com emphasize faith in God as the an Reindeer” and "Jingle Bells”. The p.m., Monday through Friday) ; carefully stocked pantry as she will goods articles to please her many plete program includes a report from swer to our everyday problems, and entire kindergarten sang. “Silent She invites Francis Williams, county trapper; a he believes on the authortiy of the Night” and "O, Come All Ye Faith Sen. Harry Byrd of Virginia, Sen. with overstuffed shelves,” said Miss customers and friends. Robert Taft of Ohio, Gov. James Howard. “Civil defense planners do her many friends to come in and discussion on Oregon’s livestock dis Bible that faith in God will bring ful". Byrnes of South Carolina, and Ber not advocate food stockpiling. How browse around. ease problems by Dr. R. R. Younce, healing for the body, soul, and mind. Refreshments were served for the Mrs. Plymale purchased the stock state veterinarian; a talk on combat Evangelist Wayman states, "You will kindergarten students in the basement nard Baruch of New York, went quail ever, they recommend that a well- hunting recently. Their meeting, as rounded supply of simple, staple foods owned by the late Daisy Hendricson. ing livestock diseases by Dr. O. H. find that faith in God will make your of Mill City high school following the usual, was strictly for the birds. Muth of Oregon State college; and a life happy, joyful, and successful; | program. be kept on hand.” • * • report dealing with feeding livestock many have found new hope and power , She commented that setting aside by Joe Johnson, acting head of the by proper understanding of God as' Will chlorophyll tooth paste pre an emergency food supply is one of animal husbandry department at OSC. set forth in the Bible.” vent tooth decay? Will ammoniated several «elf-protection measures that Efforts are also being made to secure tooth paste save your teeth? Leading apply even to people living in small Rev. Wm. Turnbull, pastor of the' The Gates PT A are announcing a local sheep operator to discuss sheep Mill City Assembly of God church dental researchers meeting recently communities, remote from Oregon’s at the Greater New York dental meet critical target area. She said that box so management practices. said in his invitation to attend the Detroit - Elected Tuesday to the ing reported that the answer to both after a disaster of catastrophic pro high » A feature of the day, says Forster, services, "These messages will be of Detroit city council were Jake Fiacher, those questions is NO. Said one portions. food might not be imme day, J is a noon luncheon with members of help to people of all churches, and Archie Matoon and Lloyd Ketchum. specialist from Western Reserve uni diately available from retail outlets The ladies are requested to bring the Lebanon chamber of commerce. every walk of life. Come and discover Terms of Ray Johnson, Otto Russell versity: “I wonder how long the public and supply lines migh» be cut for sev box lunches or be subject to a $1.00 Terry Elder of the First National what faith in God will do for-you.” and Jake Fincher expited. will place its confidence in products eral days. All manpower and re- fine. Meetings continued nightly at 7:45 bank is luncheon chairman. Candidates names we*o submitted whose effectiveness is not in keeping «ource« would be needed in the >ffee will be served, and every- Forster is inviting all livestockmen except Saturday until January 11th by signed petitions whi h inc luded, with the values suggested in cleverly stricken areas throughout the c 'Un* one is welcome to com» and join in to attend the meeting which starts in the Assembly of God church. Sixth in addition to the three elec ■ted, those try. prepared advertising? the evening's festivities. and Cedar, Mill City. at 10 a.m. in the I-ebanon city hall. of Richard Farrel and Otto Russell. 1953 March of Dimes Gets Underway Here Friday Mrs. Joe Joaquin, 38 Gates, Dies Saturday ! Kindergarten Tots Entertain Parents Civil Defense Pion Ada’s Needie Shop Given Householders Moving This Week Oregon Brand Law To Be Discussed M.C Assemble of God Evangelist Services FRANK EDWARDS Says: Gates PTA Announce Plan for Box Social Fischer, Matoon, Ketchum Elected To Detroit Council