City Jr. Legion
Ball Team Improves
As Season Advances
The first half of District 2A Junior
Baseball has been completed. The
Mill City team improved steadily as
the season progressed and a better
showing is expected the second half.
Delmar Syverson has led the hitting
with a .333 average.
Glen Bryan has been on bat 11
times and scored four runs to lead
those departments.
Following are the team statistics for
the first half and the scheduli? for
the second half.
League Standings
won lost pct.
1.000
Salem
5
2
.600
3 2
Woodburn
.600
Oregon City
2
___ 3
2
.600
Aumsville
.200
1
4
Mill City
.000
....... 0
5
Stayton
Oregon City 18, Mill City 0.
, Aumsville 6, Mill City 3.
Stayton 10, Mill City 13.
Salem 11, Mill City 4.
Woodbum 2, Mill City 1
Hitting Averages
Syverson ............. —6 2 10 .333
Emerson __
13 4
2 1 .308
Hoffman ................. 13 4
2 3 .308
Gregory ................. 13 3
1 4 .231
Stewart _____
10 2
3 7 .200
Crook
_____
11 2
3 4 ,180
Bryan
6 14 4 .167
Carey .................... 14 2
2 0 .143
Melting .... ——
12 1
1 7 .083
Badger
4 0
1 2 .000
Slover
........
2 0
0 1 .000
Schedule of remaining games for
the second half of the season:
July 1, Mill City at Aumsville 5:30
p. m.
July 6, Salem at Mill City, 8 p. m.
July 8, Mill City at Woodburn at
8 p. m.
Local fans have patronized the Mill
City team in large numbers and the
team and sponsors with to express
their appreciation.
T he MILL CITY
ENTERPRISE
Serving:
MILL CITY
DETROIT
ELKHORN
GATES
IDANHA
LYONS
MEHAMA
ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — GATEWAY TO THE HEART OF NATURE’S EMPIRE
Vol. IX—No. 27
MILL CITY. OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 2, 1953
Fluoridation Petition Is
Presented To City Council
1953 SANTIAM
SOFTBALL SCHEDULE
First Half
July 7—
Firemen vs. CBI*
Kelly's L. S. vs. Mill City*
Second Half Ix-ague Schedule
July 9—
CBI vs. Mill City*
Kelly’s L. S. vs. CBI*
July 10—
Firemen vs. Mill City*
Kelly’s L. S. vs. CBI*
July 14—
Mill City vs. Kelly’s L. S.*
CBI vs. Firemen*
July 16—
Firemen vs. Kelly’s L. S.*
Mill City vs. CBI*
July 17—•
CBI vs. Kelly’s L. S.*
Mill City vs. Firemen*
July 21—
Firemen vs. CBI*
Kelly’s L. S. vs. Mill City*
July 23—
CBI vs. Mill City*
Kelly’s L. S. vs. Firemen*
July 24—
Firemen vs. Mill City*
Kelly’s L. S. vs. CBI*
July 28—
Mill City vs. Kelly’s L. S.*
_ CBI vs. Firemen*
* Denotes home team.
$2.50 a Year, ]Q<* a Copy
Recreation Program Here
Has Added New Activities
A petition in favor of fluoridation visement and that some i action
In spite of the weather, summer
of the public water system, carrying would be forthcoming at the next
work, and just plain spring fever, the
the signatures of 301 residents of council meeting.
recreation program is off to a good
Mill City, was presented to the City i David M. Witter, director of den-
start.
Council last night by Carl Kelly, tai health, stated as follows: “In
Attendance figures stood at 704 at
Signatures were secured by the the majority of instances, approval
the end of the first two weeks of acti­
of the fluoridation measure came
PT A.
vities as compared with 457 for the
action of —
city
councils, - —
de-
Mayor John Muir said that the
— through
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petition would be taken under ad- pending on the local governmental
Willamette University
---- 1 organization. Approval was obtain-
*
To
Establish Research
j ed in 22 out of 45, where referen-
Woman Throws Self
I dums were involved. The measure
Center In State Affairs
In Path of Automobile
was acted on favorably in 10 out
Willamette University, Sale m,—
Mr. and Mrs. George Stafford had of 14 town meetings in New Eng-
The board of trustees at Willamette
a frightening experience Tuesday land. In other words, out of 256 wa-
University has authorized the estab­
night when a woman, evidently ter systems, all but 32 were handled
lishment of a research center in
with suicidal intent, threw herself in by City Council action.”
state affairs at the University, it
front of their car. The Staffords I--------------------------
was disclosed by Pres. G. Herbert
«
were returning to their home east
Smith, and administrative council
Dale
Kirsch
Receives
of Gates after an evening spent in
for the new agency will be announced
Mill City.
Honor Rating In Studies
later.
On the highway just beyond At Oregon Tech. Institute
According to plans for the newly
Chuck’s Eating Place they saw a
founded unit, the program is ex­
Announcement
has
been
made
by
woman running on the pavement
pected to serve five purposes.
the registrar’s office at Oregon
ahead. As they neared her, she
The agency will identify and de­
Technical Institute that Dale Kirsch
threw her hands over her face and of Lyons achieved a grade point
fine current and emerging problems
jumped directly into the path of average of honor roll rank for the
in Oregon state government; identify
ST. PAUL RODEO
the car. She stood still, waiting for
and establish liaison with existing
spring term which ended June 12.
OPENS FRIDAY NIGHT
the impact.
groups and individuals engaged in
Students are graded on the basis of
Mr. Stafford, who was driving, practical work, related technical study
ST. PAUL, Ore., July 1—The 18th research in public affairs; instigate
swerved to the side of the read, and application. Honor roll ranks indi­ annual St. Paul rodeo, in which the and coordinate research and investi­
missing her by inches.
cate work graded as outstanding or of nation’s leading cowpokes go after gation by existing groups; under­
It is reported the State Police above average acheivement. A grade $8,000 in prize money, opens its take other research as necessary;
LYONS METHODIST CHVRCH
were called and made an investiga­ of 4.0 shows work far above minimum doors this Friday night for the first and provide media and a forum for
LAYS CORNERSTONE SUNDAY
tion of the womans actions and con­ standards. It is the highest grade of four performances, including ma­ the dissemitation of results of such
A large crowd attended the laying I
dition.
tinee and night shows Saturday, the research and study.
given.
of the coinerstone at Lyons Method-j
A high degree of inter-depart­
Kirsch,
who
has been a student in Fourth of July.
ist church Sunday, after the morn-1
Forest
Service
Surveying
First event Friday night is slated mental collaboration is to be em­
i
the
electrical
repair
branch
of
the
ing services. Mrs. H. W. Black, mi- I
' school, made a grade point average for 8 p. m., and the night perform­ ployed, utilizing both faculty re­
nister of Salem, delivered the ser­ Road To Lead Io Smith’s
ance Saturday will get under way presentatives and outside experts.
of 3.71.
Mine
In
Quartzville
Dist.
mon.
at the same time. Matinees Satur­
Research problems are expected to
Paul A. Smith, Oregon’s “walking
Dr. George Roseberry, district
day and Sunday will start at 1:30 fall into five main groups. The re­
man
”
,
stopped
at
The
Enterprise
superintendent of Methodist chur­
PLANS ARE FORMULATED
p. m.
search center will have a section
ches in Salem, who instructed the Monday afternoon, bringing with him FOR FORESTRY SURVEY
Officials expressed confidence that devoted to each. The five categories
some
samples
of
ore
taken
from
his
laying of the cornerstone, extended
Forestry representatives from Jim Shoulders of Tulsa, Okla., who
a welcome to the Masons and gave mine in the Quartzville Mining dis- Washington. D. C„ Ohio, Washing­ won the all-around cowboy title last ate: party organization sad con­
structive citizenship; the Constitu­
trict south of Mill City.
a short talk.
ton and Oregon convened at Detroit year, would be on hand to defend tion and legislative process; reven­
Mr. Smith states the Forest Ser-
Grand lodge officers participat­
Ranger Station last week to consi­ his title and get another leg on the
ing in the laying of the cornerstone vice is surveying for a road to the der aspects of a nation-wide survey handsome rodeo association trophy. ues and control of expenditures; na-
tuial resources development; and
mine
at
the
present
time
and
it
is
included Thomas E. Lampkin, grand
of all forest lands.
There will be a brilliant display of human resources development.
master, North Powder; Roy W. Mc­ hoped that the road will be construct­
The survey is designed to deter- fireworks at the arena after the
Sections will be activated upon the
Neal, deputy grand master, Ash­ ed next spring. When the road is mine the relative productivity
of the Friday and Saturday night perfor­ appointment of the advisory coun­
land; Ernest J. Bolliger, senior grand completed it will go past his mine various types of forests.
mances and the traditional Fourth of cil.
and on to Gold Creek and Detroit.
warden, of Portland.
Timber
lands
under
investigation
July
parade will be held Saturday
The high grade ore from his mine
A short program with Virgil Ro­
in Region 6, which covers Washing­ morning at 10 a. m. Dancing will Sgt. Jerrold T. Hunter
has
been
assayed
at
$350
per
ton
gers, Ruth Ann Phillips and Dee
ton and Oregon, fall into three classi­ add to the festivities Friday and
Lea Duman presented a musical and the low grade ore at $32 per ton. fications: second growth Douglas
Returning From Korea
Saturday nights.
program, including a vocal solo,
Sgt. Jerrold T. Hunter, son of
will pass
fir in Clackamas county, old growth
The
July
4
parade
“Perfect Day” by Rev. Kenneth Ab­ Play It Safe This Fourth;
■Douglas fir in the Detroit district, through the main street of St. Paul Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunter, Mill
bott of Staytqn; a vocal duet, “Bless, Drive Your Car Carefully
rnd Ponderosa pine in the Des- and will feature clowns, posse City, Ore., is returning to the U. S.
This House” by Mrs. Donald Sheythe
Traffic accidents and deaths will chutes.
groups, floats, rodeo participants after serving in KoreaOwith the 45th
of Mill City and Rev. Kenneth Abbott hold the spotlight this weekend a*
In attendance at the gathering and others. Prizes will be awarded to Infantry Division.
the nation celebrates Independence were Vern Hix
of Stayton.
Hunter arrived in Korea last
of the division of various units and individuals such as
Oswald K. Hirte, acting worship­ Day by taking to the highways in
timber management, Herbert Stone, the best dressed man and woman, September from Fort Bliss, Texas,
ful master of Mill City lodge No. record-breaking numbers.
regional forester, and Martin Syver­ best dressed posse group and others. and was a communications sergeant
180, gave the address of welcome.
National traffic authorities are
Ray^ Manegre, rodeo association in Battery B of the 145th Anti-
predicting that 40 million vehicles son, all of the regional office at Port­
land; Phil Briglieb, Columbus, Ohio,' president, predicted the show will Aircraft Artillery Battalion. He has
will be on the road during the holiday
.Joint Observance Of
director of the Forest Experiment be the “finest ever staged here,” and been awarded the UN Service Ribbon
IOOF And Masonic Lodges and here, in Oregon traffic officials Station of the Central States; Larry asserted the wild horse races, fea­ and the Korea Service Ribbon.
are predicting at least five deaths in
A former student at Mill City
To Be Held At Stayton
Gross, in charge of management turing 65 recently captured horses
traffic.
plans from the Washington, D. C. from the Izee country, will be full of High School, the sergeant entered
A joint observance of the found­
Hoping to prevent the expected
the Army in August, 1951.
ing of two lodges: the Stay ton IOOF “motorcide”, Governor Paul Patter­ office; R. Burgess, assistant re­ thrills and spills.
Special attractions will include a
The 45th Infantry Division, ori-
and Masonic, will be held there on son and Secretary of State Earl T. gional forester, Portland, in charge
Crane
of
gionally
an Oklahoma National
pair
of
clowns,
Sherman
of
state
and
private
forestry,
and
Sunday, July 12th, at the city park. Newbry joined in urging drivers to
All branches of these Orders and keep alert behind the wheel and to Floyd Johnson of the forest experi­ Midway City, Cal., and Scotty Bag­ Guard unit, has been in Korea since
nell of Missoula, Mont., trick riding December 1951. It has participated
guests from Stayton and neighbor­ practice common courtesy toward ment station at Portland.
and
roping by Buff and Ruby Brady in numerous heavy combat actions
ing towns, will gather. The dinner other holiday drivers.
of
Van
Nuys, CaL, and an exciting including the battles for "T-Bone
is scheduled for 1:30 p. m. and will
"Too many drivers,” the officials More Than 1800 Were
dog
act
under the direction of Lloyd Hill” last summer.
be followed by a program. The paik said, “celebrate their Independence
Hust of Brigham City, Utah.
will be open at 11:30 a. m. The IOOF by denying rights and privileges to Enrolled At 4-H School
Queen Bernalou Flick of Port­ Public Hearing For
More than 1800 4-H boys and
was instituted July 29, 1878 and other highway-users.” Cutting in and
the Masonic Order the following out of traffic, speeding unnecessar­ girls enrolled in 4-H summer school land and Princesses Carol Smith of Setting The 1953 Hunting
from June 18 to 26, at Oregon St. Paul and Charlen Woods of Salem
July 10.
Regulations, July 10th
ily, and stealing right-of-way from
State College for short courses will reign over all festivities.
other drivers, according to the offi­
The Oregon State Game Commis­
ranging from cattle feeding to cake
Farmers Union To Hold
cials, are "marks of a selfish, incon­
BURTONS ENTERTAIN GUESTS sion announces the first public hear­
baking.
siderate individual”. Each driver
Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Burton, re­ ing for the purpose of setting the
Picnics At Champoeg
A girls' chorus of 200 voices,
must obey all traffic rules and re­
1953 hunting regulations. The hear­
The annual state picnic of the'
under the direction of R. B. Walls, siding on a farm near Jordan, had
gulations and practice common­
ing
will be held at the game com­
Oregon Farmers Union will be held
head of the OSC music department as overnite guests Friday, her pa­
sense courtesy if accidents are to be
mission headquarters at 8. W. 17th
Sunday’, August 16 at Champoeg.
and a 100-piece band, directed by rents, Mr. and Mrs. John Anglesey
reduced, they said.
Meseng, OSC band director, of Mill City, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed avenue and Alder street on July 10,
President Patton has assured Presi-
’ Newbry called attention to the Ted
Anglesey of Labeile, Idaho, her 1953 at 10:00 a. m., standard time.
-dent Moeller he will be present if
fact that the average motorist will met daily and performed at 4-H uncle and aunt.
All parties with suggestions for
possible. County picnics will be
be called upon to make approximate­ assemblies.
regulations regarding seasons, bag
held in July with Linn and Y’amhill
ly 50 decisions an hour during the
limits, or methods of taking the
scheduled for July 12. The Polk
weekend and reminded that just one
game birds, game animals, or fur­
county picnic will probably be held
wrong decision by an inattentive
bearers of the state are invited to
in August this year.
driver can be fatal.
attend. It is requested that all im­
Best general advice seemed to be:
portant facts and information be
MARION COUNTY BUDGET
stay
off the highway this weekend.
GOBS INTO BOOKS UNCHANGED
Secretary McKay Thursday approv­ be used to combine the power out-put submitted to the commissioners in
But if you do drive traffic officials
The budget for 1953-54 for Marion | recommend you get an early start, ed the award of a contract by the of both Big Cliff and Detroit sta­ writing.
Tentative regulations will be set
County was accepted as worked out stay sober, and drive at reasonable Bonneville Power Administration to tions so that it can be stepped up to
after
the hearing and the commis­
230
kv
and
sent
out
on
the
main
230
by the budget committee when the
speeds.
the Bay Construction Company, Inc. kv Columbia River transmission net­ sion will reconvene on Friday, July
final hearing was held Monday.
and Don L. Cooney, Inc. of Seattle. work to the principal load centers in 24, to set the final 1953 hunting re­
No changes weie made. Three wo­
Washington for the construction of western Oregon. The steel towers will gulation*.
men appeared before the committee Earle Hennes To lie
the Big Cliff-Detroit 13.8 kv trans­ also carry the Corps of Engineers’
asking that salaries for certain , Transferred To Georgia
LEGION DELEGATB8
members of the juvenile department. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Henness left mission line. The contract was award­ control cable that will be used to oper­
Mr.
and
Mrs. Harry Humphreys of
early
Saturday
morning
for
Fort
ed
on
the
low
bid
of
$134,454.
This
ate
the
Big
Cliff
generating
station
be raised. They asserted it was their
belief higher salaries would* add to Lewis, Wash., to spend two days construction contract covers a double from Detroit dam. The contractor will Stayton were selected as delegates
with their son Earle, who was in­ circuit steel tower line carrying two have 80 days to complete the project. from that city by the American le­
that department’s efficiency.
high capacity 13.8 kv circuits between Gregg Osborne. BPA project engineer, gion and Ladies Auxiliary, to at­
Judge J. B. Felton of the domestic ducted into the army a week ago.
This
will
be
their
last
visit
with
Big Cliff generating station, now will supervise the construction work tend the national Legion convention
relations department, will probably
be given some leeway in the adjust­ their son before he is transferred to under construction, and the Detroit on this contract, maintaining head­ held in St. Louis, Mo., beginning
I August 31.
a station in Georgia.
generating station. These circuits will quarters at Mill City, Oregon.
ment of salar.es.
Biy Cliff-Detroit Transmission
Contract Is Awarded By McKay
first two weeks of last year.
Several new activities have been
added this year and there are still,
hopes of securing a swimming hole.
Little league baseball has beefl
slow and as soon as enough boy*
under 13 years of age are available,
a four team league with a tegular
schedule will be started.
The Arts and Crafts program
is in full swing with paper, paste
and paint demands more than doubling
last year for the same period.
The 3:30 story hour has beet!
popular with all children from three
to twelve years of age. Those children
who have not been participating ar*
asked to attend.
The lights for the tennis courts will
soon be ready. The light switch Is
located at the southeast corner of
the tennis courts. A quarter will acti­
vate the light switch. Rules and in­
formation on a tennis ladder tourna­
ment will be in the next issue of The
Enterprise.
_,
Former Mill City
Businessman Passes
William
Marcelle« Downing,
known to everyone as "Bill” Downing
passed away suddenly Wednesday
evening, June 24th, at the home of
his son Orville Downing in Fox Val­
ley.
He was born in Miller County»
Missouri, November 19, 1866. He
moved to Delevan, Kansas when he
was a small boy and herded cattle
at the age of seven years. While
herding cattle he learned to writ* hi*
name it» the dust.
As a young man he came to Ore­
gon, settling at Lacomb. He was
married to Emma Clark on August
13, 1891. They lived for a number of
years at Scio, coming to Mill City in
1911. Here he operated the Mill
City Meat Market with the late
Prince Goodman. In 1914 they moved
to Fox Valley.
Due to Mrs. Downing's health
they moved to Klamath Falls in 1927.
She passed away May 20, 1938. Al­
so preceding him in death were
three daughters.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Ethel Mitchell of Salem and Mrs. Ef­
fie Nydegger of Lyons; four sons,
George of Stayton, Orville of Ly­
ons, Roy of Roseburg and Edward
of Merrell. Grandsons are Jack Hor-
nor of Seattle, Wash., Bill Downing,
U. S. Army, Marian Forrest of Sa­
lem, Duane Downing of Mill City,
Cletus Nydegger, Stayton and Roy
Downing, jr. of the U. S. Air Force.
Richard Brown of Medford, Mrs. Ro­
bert Carleton of Lyons, Mrs. Vaughn
Hunt of Stayton, Misses Irene and
Marlene Downing of Roseburg and
Misses Shirley, Beverly and Mabel
Rose Nydegger of Lyons.
Great-grandsons are Ricky Hornor
of Seattle, Michael Forrest of Sa­
lem, Larry Carleton of Lyons and
Dennis Brown of Medford. Great
grand-daughters are Miss Paula
Downing of Mill City, Miss Carolyn
Carleton of Lyons and Mis* Lind*
Nydegger of Stayton.
Mr. Downing was a member of
the I. O. O. F. for 54 years.
Funeral services were held at the
Weddle Funeral Home at Stayton on
June 28th at 1 p. m. with the Rev.
W. H. Lyman of Salem, officiating.
Final resting place was the Fox
Valley cemetery near Mill City.
Members of the I. O. O. F. lodge
of Mil) City, who took part in the
services were Otto J. Koeneke as
noble grand and George Cole as
chaplain. Members who served as
pail bearers were Claude Bruder,
Marvin Dart, August Koeneke, Al
Yankus, Otto Witt and Earl Ply-
male.
INFANT SON OF MR. AND
MRS. FLOYD s< HROEDER
BURIED AT STAYTON
Stephen Everett, infant son of
Mr. and Mr*. Floyd Schroeder of
Gates, was born June 15, 1953 at
the Santiam Memorial hospital.
The little one passed away th*
same day, living only two hour*.
After a short funeral servic*,
burial was made in th* Stayton
cemetery.