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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1953)
6—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE HUCKLEBERRY FINN There was a lot of feudin’, fussin’ and fightin’ at the Mill City theatre, Thursday, March 12, when students of the Gates high school presented their annual play. “Cornin’ Round the Mountain.” The three-act farce com edy, by Robert St. Clair, was played to full houses at both the matinee and evening performance. Members of the cast were: Allan Vail, Ida Blackburn, Joan Ryal, Viva Lee, David Vai), Don Bates, Pat Ste wart, Danny Evans, Jerry Larson, Herbert Romey, Elda Webster, Betty Tucker, and hillbilly band — Lois Evan s, Bernice Meal and Gordon De- viae. Production crew included Dale { Mr. Davis Sr., home from the Salem Reyn olds, director; Mervin Haun, ! Memorial hospital where he had been stage and business manager; others j for the past week. Mr. Davis is re assisting were Leslie Beamish, Eddie ported to be on the road to recovery. Mr. Hearing formerly owned and Butler, Carol Andreessen, Virginia Bilyeu, Juanita Thomas, May Hay operated the Gates barber shop. Mrs. J. R. Brown, formerly of Pitts wood, Delores Meals, John Barnhardt burgh, Penn., will occupy the house and Mabel Hesseman. The Gates schools were closed Mon vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Hearing. day, Tuesday and Wednesday while Mrs. Brown is the daughter of Mrs. the teachers attended the teachers W. R. Hutcheson and will remain in I Gates during the absence of her hus- institute in Portland. Mr. and Mrs, Glen Hearing and two I band, Maj. Jack R. Brown who re- children moved Tuesday of this week cently was sent to Korea to serve to Stayton where Hearing has been with the air corps. Recent guests at the home of L. T. employed for several months. Edmund L. Davis Jr., has received Henness and his daughter, Mrs. Lillie his discharge from the armed service Lake, were V. L. Morgan of Brooks, and returned to the home of his par G. O. Hutcheson anil daughter of Mill ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Davis, Satur j City and Etoyle Meyers from Bend. day. Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Davis Meyers, a former resident of Gates, and her son drove to Salem to bring ' had not seen Mr. Henness for 40 years. Bob Kelle was at the home of his ■MMMMMMMrv'— parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kelle the last of the week. Upon his return to WE SELL BETTER his home in Cutler City he was accom CARS FOR LESS! panied by Mrs. Chris Knutson of Mill City who will spend some time there at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hollis Turnidge. Mrs. Turnidge who has been crit ically ill and was hospitalized in Port Stayton land for several weeks is recovering at her home. IT PAYS TO BUY AT Mrs. Margie Anderson, with her HOME! little daughter, I.ynette, left Sunday 1 morning for San Francisco where the GENE TEAGUE CHEVROLET * Open Elimination Tournament Every Sunday 3 p.m. EVERYONE WELCOME On Highway 222, Linn County Side MILL CITY Shuffleboard _ George ,E Sparky . .. Bitter Good Music 5WE1 WEIWEIS MILL CITY MEAT MARKET Quality Meats and Groceries FOOD LOCKERS FROZEN FOODS I Crosley Refrigerators and Ranges Bendix and Thor Dryers Small Appliances ELECTRIC HEATING INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WIRING COMMERCIAL LIGHTING Marion Kite ELECTRIC SERVICE Detroit, Oregon Phone M3 El I < run \l t ONTR U I IM. I II \ I IX \\< ING NO MONTHLY CRAMPS... not even on the VERY FIRST DAY! Doctor»’ ♦•»t» ihow omoiing preventive relief •* pom, bochoche«. nocvove feeling* • Women and girls who Offer from the function- ■Dy-caused cramps back aches and headache* due to menstruation—who feel upset and irritable on cer tain "particular days" everv month—ntav be su/- /ering quite tieedleitly’ Buch is the conclusion from tests by doctors in wh.ch Lydia fc. 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MOORE Mrs. Frank Moore has returned home with her infant daughter, Eliza beth, who is reported to be doing very well after spending several days in the Corvallis hospital for observation. Mrs. Cal Schlador reports that -a trillium is blooming in her yard and that a shrub of the Scotch broom variety is also flowering, indicating unusually mild weather for the De troit area. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kettleson will spend next week in Salem where they will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Beard. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Moore and family will entertain forest service friends from Medford this weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Verus Dahlin and their four children. Mr. James Stock, former minister of the Detroit Christian church, will return this Sunday in an exchange with Mr. Richard Hake. Editor s Letter- MEANDER INN ! IT’S AMAZING! child will undergo surgery at a hos pital. Mr. and Mrs. William Pennick and two children spent Sunday visiting friends in Jefferson. Work was resumed this week on the community house which members of the Gates Woman’s club are en deavoring to build. Windows and a front door were installed. The large glass door was a donation to the club from Mr. and Mrs. Fount Paul. Dick Parker is in charge of the work. (Continued from Page 2) so the more variety of kinds of in teresting spots that are developed the ' I more different kinds of people that could be attarcted to the area. The j more money that is spent with your neighbor will make it easier for him to pay his share of the taxes and over all improvements of the district. So, by all working together in a co-oper ative program; the entire valley will be helped the most. But the secret of a success of an j adventure of that kind will be the bargain prices; I do not mean cheap ' prices nor cheap entertainment; but good food, good entertainment, inner ■ coil springs on the beds, plenty of hot water and showers and “good roads that are safe”; for a few traffic ac cidents will hurt the district more than anything else. If those who have auto courts will rent them cheaper than those renting either east or west of Mill City, why then people who did not intend to stop over will pass up the other local ities and when they stop have the proper kind of a program to tell those who stop; about the “out-of-the-way” exclusive entertainments for those of good taste to enjoy and quote bargain prices and you will get people to stop over w-ho never intended to stop and in that way you will get more money spent in the district than you will any other way. I know, because I have been the Victim of dramatic persuasion, for several times when with groups on excursion trips, we would all have ! ourselves budgeted and then some clever native would talk us into taking a trip to some out-of-the-way spot to see some ugly barren knoll, where some public figure did something that was important to the development of the country history. But actually it did not mean a thing to any of the group except it keep us away from the everyday grind of a construction camp. So, we all would spend more money than we had intended to just because some native was a clever diamatic salesman. The comparison of the beauty of the Spanish and North Africa scenery and the Santiam scenery is the differ ence between a bald-headed man and Ordinary Soft Drinks ÿ Welch’s | rxozfN GRAPE JUICE — i»'» for Yow* -AMS â GUSS £ EARLY KINGS OF FCANCE used MONOGQAMb AS SiGNATVQES ON DOCUMENTS BECAUSE TMEyyVERE „ RESPECT TQ BY 7VOT* INDIANS 5MCW THEIQ SlSTEK TALKING TO them '.! NCrr able to WRITE a man with a full head of curley hair. I hope a co-operative plan can be built up and after the spring of 1955 I will be part of the population of the district to add to the movement which I can help by inviting people from the Folk Dance groups that I visit every city that I go to. Sincerely, ADELBERT A. ALLEN, Drake Mer ritt, Box 70, APO 677, % P.M., New York, N.Y. Never a Dull Moment “At the Bottom of the Hill” BACKACHE? If you are bothered by Backache, Getting Up Nights (too frequent, burning or sting ing urination», Pressure ever Bladder, or strong cloudy urine, due to minor tempo rary Kidney and Bladder Irritation, for palliative relief ask your druggist about CYSTEX. Popular 25 years. 20 million pack ages used. Satisfaction or money back guar anteed. Ask druggUt about CYSTEX today MILL CITY TAVERN How does your community benefit from this? « COMPANY r •300 . CO 15 '0.(1 CCm, A. well, approximately 3A of it is spent LOCALLY! • Rent, house payments, food, cloth ing and other necessities of life take the major share of this payroll check. Your community benefits through the expenditure of this money locally. Dol lars flow through retail channels and a constant payroll means a healthier community. Mountain States Power Company A Sell 'upjM.rtini Faa-Payuia. frítate Enterprise