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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1953)
Marjorie Thomas Married Saturday 4-H Members in Oregon Win Trips ^^INETEEN FIFTY-THREE HONORS in Oregon were presented x ’ to four 4-H Club members who reported exceptional work v.vrk in the ,k“ National 4-H Dairy Achievement, Health Improvement, Poultry and Tractor Maintenance programs. Their rewards will be all-expense trips to the 32nd National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Summaries of their accomplishments are as follows: Fr. T. Bernards read the double ring ceremony for the 10 o’clock nuptial mass, Saturday November 21, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church at Jordan which united Miss Marjorie Jean Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Victor Thomas of Mill Ctiy with Clet us Schmitz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe ¿Schmitz of Stayton. Alternate pews marked with silver bells and white satin bows set off the bridal path as Miss Thomas, on the arm of her father came down the aisle wearing a floor length gown with net over satin, with a pearl Robert Kirk Barbara Carlile Ralph Crawford Mary Waif crown and a fingertip veil. She car Production on the Kirk farm recognition in Oregon to Ralph ried a white prayer book topped with near Halsey has been kept at a Crawford, 16, of _ Tigard. Ralph, white carnations and pink rosebuds. high level because tractor wheels as Dairy Achievement _____ t winner. Sentimental keepsakes which were have been kept rolling by Robert will attend the 4-H Congress as carried by the bride were a white Kirk, 15, who was- awarded a guest of the National Committee handkerchief which belonged to her trip to the 4-H Congress as a on Boys and Girls Club Work. mother. She wore a blue garter and guest of General Petroleum Corp. A 4 II Club member for 7 years, Oregon winner in the 4-H Trac Ralph learned the application of a silver cross and chain which were tor Maintenance program. Robert modern scientific methods, and the gifts from the groom. has devoted 3 years to the study importance of cleanliness and Matron of honor was Mrs. Marjorie and practice of tractor operation sanitation in the handling of dairy Thomas, sister-in-law of the bride who and maintenance. In this pro animals. He started his dairy wore a blue waltz length gown of net gram which emphasizes cere—not Mt in 1M7 with a bull calf repair, Robert entered th, tractor he received as a birthday present. over satin. project with zeal. The tractor on His herd now consist! of six head The bridesmaid was Miss Charlene his family's 320 acre farm is put of purebred Guernseys. In 1951 Schmitz, sister of the bridegroom. to hard use but proper servicing and 1952 he won first in Guernsey She wore a waltz length gown with net gets maximum use of it. He is showman hip and was champion over satin. Both wore ballerina secretary, treasurer and reporter dairy showman. slippers and nose gays of white of Halsey Tractor Maintenance Among other 4-H activities are club. Robert is the son of Henry p>. vets in swine, beef and health. chrysanthemums in their hair. Miss H. Kirk, who farms 320 acres. He is secretary of Tigard Happy Beatrice Ann Schmitz, sister of the Helfer Dairy club. His parents bridegroom was flower girl and car Barbara Carlile, 17, of Bend, are Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Crawford. ried a basket of white chrysanthe- has been selected as state winner mums. Her gown was of white satin. in the 1953 Poultry Achievement Achievement in the 4-H Health Best man was Louie Pietrok and program. Her trio award to the Improvement program by Mary Douglas Thomas, groomman was 4-H Congress was provided by Wait. 15. of Rickreall, has brought brother of the bride. Ushers were Ford Tractor Division, Ford Mo her statewide recognition and a Gerald Schmitz, brother of the bride tor Co. trip to the 4-H Club Congress as Her record shows that she has guest groom and Douglas Thomas, brother of the Kellogg Co., of Bat been in 4-H club work for 6 years tle Creek. of the bride. Mich. and for 5 of these she has had a Miss Josephine Brand was organist With the help of her 4-H Club poultry project. She started in Leader, Opal Carlson, she shared and wedding music was sung by Mrs. 1949 with 100 New Hampshire in the responsibility for improv Guy Kirsch and Mrs. Joe Samak. chicks and this year her flock to ing the health of the family and For her daughters wedding Mrs. tals 590 chickens. This year she of the community. has been assistant leader of the Thomas wore a suit of turquoise blue Mary has taken a keen interest poultry club. with black accessories and a white in the 4-H Health program. She Barbara found time to carry carnation corsage. The bridegroom’s has assisted in putting on promo projects in dairy, home beautifica tional and lecture programs mother wore a suit of rose with navy tion, sheep, cooking, and rose and to alert radio public to the advan blue accessories and a white carna plant culture. She is president of tages of a the clean and healthful liv Alev Vista Small Stock club and ing routine. tion corsage. She has personally has served in all its offices. She is influenced younger A reception in Our Lady of Lourdes members of the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. her parrish hall followed the ceremony club to adopt a more whole Harold P. Carlile. Mrs. Carlile is with bouquets of chrysanthemums on some body building diet and to adult leader of the club. check on local immunization. the tables. Cutting the wedding cake Mary's 4 H Club presented a skit was Miss Delores Toepfer, cousin of Excellent work in dairy produc at their local community club and the bride. Assisting in the serving tion and management has brought on radio station KO AC. were Misses Edith Tietze, Evelyn Johnson and Ardis Meeks. Opening All these programs are conducted under the direction of the Cooper ative Extension Service. presents were Edith Tietz, Ardis Meeks, and Evelyn Johnson. Passing the guest book was Miss Evelyn John adjacent to ranches, alfalfa and son. Music for the reception was grain fields. played by the Etzel brothers. Although the hunting was primarily After the reception the couple left restricted to within one mile of ag for a honeymoon to California. For ricultural lands in western Oregon, going away, the bride wore a green the success ratio in this part of the suit with black accessories with a states was also high. Few hunters white carnation and pink rosebud cor complained of seeing no deer. sage. After the honeymoon they will The game commission urges all Oregon home owners should be make their home in Stayton on his giving some thought to protecting hunters to return their report cards father’s farm. their less hardy shrubs and flowers promptly whether they managed to from cold during the coming winter bag a deer or not. Information ob weather, says Ralph Clark, horticul tained from the cards is essential in a wise management pro tural specialist at the Oregon State designating gram for the deer herds in Oregon. college. If the card has been lost, a regular Mrs. John Teeters Shrubs moved to a new location Mrs. Larry Bangs was hostess at a may need more protection than post card is satisfactory to send the luncheon and party Tuesday, Novem they had in a nursery, Clark explain- information desired, which includes days hunted, sex of deers, antler ber 24, honoring her daughter, Julie ed. Some plants are not sufficien- on her 3rd birthday. Those present tly hardy to withstand new expos- and date of kill. Conscientious re points and date of kill. Conscientious besides the guest of honor and host ures, he adds. reporting of this information by hun ess were: Mrs. Ed Kubin, Jeff and Rhododendrons and other ever- ters helps insure deer hunting for Bobbie Jean; Mrs. Frances Bodiker, Lonnie and Lee; Mrs. Jack Dougan, greens suffer especially from exces- the future. Kathleen and Sandra; Mrs. Martin sive evaporation during the dor- Diesberg, Linda and Michael; Darlene ment season if they are not protect ed from strong, dry winds, according Foresters In Need of Emery and Mrs. Frank Merrill. to the specialist. Reflection of the Mr. and Mrs. Otis Marks spent a sun from a light-colored house can Douglas Fir Seeds Now recent weekend at Eagle Creek do severe damage to broadleaf ever- Not since 1849 have the Pacific visiting at the Eugene Cook home. The greens in the winter unless some Northwest Douglas fir forests pro Cooks are well remembered here as protection is afforded. duced a good crop of seed. Artificial they owned a grocery store here at reforestation in Oregon and Wash of a mulch 3 Clark recommends one time. or 4 inches over the roots of rhodo- ington is threatened with a tempor Gerald Branch, son of Mr. and Mrs. dendrons and other big leaf ever ary decrease in its rapid momentum A drop in the Raymond Branch returned home last greens. This mulch may be straw, of the last decade. Wednesday from Fairbanks, Alaska, leaf mold, peat moss or compost usually prolific natural regeneration of this species is expected for a year where he has been stationed with the material. Air Force. After his leave he expects The plants can be shielded from of two. Foresters in need of five tons of to go to Concord, Mass, where he the sun and cold winds by wrapping Douglas fir seed a year for use will be stationed. lightly with burlap or with a screen in northwest nurseries and for direct Mr. and Mrs. Paris Boucha and of conifer bows. Some evergreens, family of Days Creek visited rela- such as yews, should be tied together seeding from helicopter, find their tives and friends here several days and staked to keep the winter winds cupboards bare, said W. D. Heg- the last of the week. and snow from breaking and ruin enstein, Industrial Forestry Associa tion chief forester. The Jerry Christensens returned to ing them. "We generally get a good seed their home at Rhododendron Sunday Clark says roses sometimes need after spending the Thnaksgiving holi protection in severe winters. It’s year in fir,” Hagenstein stated, days here. a good idea to hill them up about “about three times in ten years, Visiting several days last week at the base with soil, leaves, or straw Hemlock and cedar are much more regular seed producer« for they the R. E. Shields home were their ¡to a height of 6 to 8 inches. crops eight out daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dahlia, begonia, and gladiolus produce good seed w Lloyd Lisk and daughters of Merrill. I bulbs and tubers particularly need of every 10 years.’ During light seed years like 1953 weather Mr. and Mrs. Hudson Behrens and pTOtection from freezing t the forest leader said, the output family of Canyanville visited with and shouid be kept in a cool, dry relatives and friends here one day -storage where there is no danger of seed is just barely enough to feed rodents and insects and little last week. from frost, the specialist advises. the new trees. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Roberts . were i ^prjng ________ blossoming „____ bulbs should be if any is left to produce regeneration Result is that natufai I .... con tinues. host« to a large group of relatives planted in the fall, he during such Thanksgiving day at the Women's club [ Tulips, narcissus, and hyacinth is less than average house. ; planted now can be filled into bor- years. Hagenstein observed that rodents Mr. and Mrs. Max Frame of Oak 1 der plantings to add early color next especially savor the retstively large— Ridge were guests last week with Mrs. spring. 40,000 to a pound—Douglas fir seeds, Frame’s sister, Mrs. E. J. Hughes. hemlock and cedar seeds ar; only a- The Eugene Coles and Matt Paul spent Thanksgiving day at Ocean Reports from Deer Hunters bout a tenth as large, requiring from 300,000 to 400,000 to make a pound. Lake with Mrs. Cole’s parents. Show Good Results in 1953 Foresters store seed during good Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ammons From all indications. Oregon deer from Idaho visited a couple of days hunters have enjoyed the most suc years, he pointed out, but the poor seed crops for several years in a last week with her parents the Horace cessful deer season in history. Re row has nearly exhausted seed re McCarleys. ports from all areas disclose excellent serves. “What the Douglas fir region results with success in some areas run- needs most,” Hakenstein said, is i ning as high as 48 per cent. a bumper crop in 1954.” All hunters tell of seeing plenty of deer, both bucks and does. The un- Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John I successful ones report that they Swan for the Thanksgiving holiday ? couldn’t hit them when they saw were Mr. and Mrs. Al Smeenk and them, they got buck fever or that * Johnny, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Swan the deer were too smart. and Lynn of Portland and Mr. and Damp weather conditions for either-1 Mr*. George Stewart and Merle Stew- I sex season in eastern Oregon favored art. the hunter and the kill was high. In-1 ■ itial reports indicate a high kill of - Quality Job Printing at antlerless deer with the majority of i them being taken from the lands I The Mil Chy Enterprise I MEHAMA Ways of Protecting Flowers, Shrubs From Cold Outlined 5—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, IMS Mill Ends Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jordan of Lebanon were weekend guests at the Roger Nelson home. Mr. and Mrs. James Swan are visiting this weekend with their I daughters in Fortuna, Calif. Mrs. Bill Shepherd has her foot in I a cast, the result of twisting her I ankle and breaking it when she fell on [ the wet street last Friday. A Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kliewer en tertained 24 of Mrs. Kiiewer’s rela tives from Salem and vicinity Thanks giving day. I.ela Mel Kelly was home from OSC over the Thanksgiving holidays. Her paients, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kelly took her back to school Sunday even ing- • Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Lorenzen of Seattle and three daughters, Sandra, Linda and Laura Lee visited at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson. Dr. and Mrs. T. G. Lathrop and children, Sue, Jim, Jack and Anne, of Oregon City were Sunday visitors at the home of Mrs. J. R. Geddes. Dr. Lathrop is a grand-nephew of Mrs. Geddes. Some of the grade school teachers goig to their homes for the Thanks giving holidays were Miss Sigrun Grimstead to Seattle, Miss Helen Kliewer to Dallas and Miss Marion Pesheck to Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Melbourne Rambo and children returned Sunday from Cali fornia. They report being caught in the heavy coastal storms on their trip down; just making it through before the highway w’as closed. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Catherwood and son, Dwight Woody, of West Linn were Thanksgiving dinner guests at the home of Mrs. A. F. Catherwood. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Catherwood, son Frankie, and Earl Catherwood. Among those calling on Mrs. Catherwood were two neices, Mrs. Al Smeenk and son, Johnny of Port land and Mr. and Mrs. Elton Fishback and daughters, of Klamath Falls. 4 Guests last Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hoeye were five of their children and their famil- ies; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hoeye and children; Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hoeye and children of Stayton; Delbert Hoeye, Don Hoeye, and Mr. and Mrs. DeLos Hoeye and three children. Their daughter. Mrs. Sherman Carter, | was unable to join the family gather- I ing because of illness in the family. Also present was Mr. Hoeye’s brother, George W. Hoeye. i Ì Miss Nina Knight, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Althea Knight and her grandmother, Mrs. Agnes Allen, returned Monday night from a visit spent in and around Fort Benton, I Montana. Mrs. Knight will spend I the winter here with her mother, Mrs. Allen. On the return trip at Mc Donald pass they had a flat tire. Miss Knight was in the process of changing the tire when a car stopped to help her. In the car were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jenks of Williams, Min nesota. In the visit that ensued, they found that they were related and were going to Spokane to visit the same people, the Herb Petersons, who are cousins ■ i JSŒESE3 WANTADS I I