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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1954)
THE MILL CITY »—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE THl RSDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1951 I was welcomed into the club as a new I member. DrMOCQACY- by Mat ____ ^ENTERPRISE met at the home of Mrs. Albert Mill Mrs. Floyd Volke), member of the sap, Thuisday evening. Feb. 18 in publicity committee of the auxiliary Entered as second class matter No regular session. Mrs. Kenneth Mar of the Santiam Memorial hospital re ^crladlu would he learn andqladlu teach. vember 10, 1944 at the post office at tig presided at the business meeting ports a meet rig of the board of direc Mill City, Oregon. under the Act of Mr«. Albert .Millsap *■ - CMix.ru at which it was agreed by the mem tors of the auxil ary was held at the March 3. 1879. Fee/. ouR earliest days , A merica ' s educational . Mrs. Arnold Syverson entertained bers to change the present method of hospital, Thursday afternoon, Feb., S ystem has depended on the dedicated vlen and women members of the Gates Birthday club, nomination of new officers, nomina 18. The next auxiliary meeting will Per Year Marion-Linn Counties $2.54) who have turned to teaching as a career . at her home in Mill City Saturday af tions fiom the floor and elect each be held in Mill City Thursday after Outside Marion-I.inn Counties $3.04) ternoon, February 20. A 1 o'clock year a nominating committee. Mrs. noon, March 18, in the recreation room luncheon was served by the hostess. W. R. Hutcheson, Mrs. Richard Par- of the Presbyteiian church. Officers DON »5 MOFFATT Editor-Publisher The afternoon was spent playing ker and Mrs. Albeit Millsap were and members of the auxiliary are euchre, at three tables. This club, appointed a committee to levise the eager for the ladies of the canyon to N E WS PA P E R which was organized more than 60 by-law* and rt^iort the change at the become aquainted with the work this \ years ago as a "euchre” club, still I March meeting. Plans were dis organization is doing and the need fur PUBLISHERS prefers that game. Only one charter cussed for the reception to be spon i more membeis. An invitation is ex ASSOCIATION member, Mrs. Martha Bowes, is still sored by the club the following Sat tended to all ladies interested to at a member. Those winning piizes Sat urday evening. Mrs. Hutcheson re tend the March meeting in Mill City. urday were Mrs. A. T. Barnhardt potted $28 profit from the sale of national editorial Mayor W. R. Hutcheson has report first; second, Mrs. Walter Brisbin; refreshments at the North Santiam consolation, Mrs. Edmund Davis and Shamber of Commerce meeting. This ed a city water system will be com Mrs. Glen Hennes, visitors prize. sum to Le applied to the club building pleted and ready for operation by June 30. The well will be completed, Others present were Mrs. Floyd Bas fund. set, Mrs. Mary Champ, Mrs. Oscar Following adjournment the evening pumps, laterals and a pressure tank Oaterhout, Mrs. Mabie Knutson an.t I i was spent informally. Refreshments has been ordered and 3,000 feet of SIX INCHES OF TOPSOIL special guests, Mrs. Velma 4 aiey, were — me uveites, served by the hostess, .„m. Mrs. .»■,<»- Mill- pipe will be laid by that date. The It has been said that “Civilization Mrs. Burrel Cole, Mrs. Merle Devine sap, assisted by Mrs. Edmund Davis city has been cutting and burning rests on six inches of topsoil.” and Miss Lorena Devine. i and Mrs. Walter Thomas to 25 brush along the S. P. right-of-way the This ¡ b not just a dramatic state past week. A crew of county men Members of the Gate- Womans members present. Mrs. Stanley Vail ment. It is a fact of nature. These graded and graveled the county road six inches are all that stand between just south of the railroad tracks, us and famine. Many conservationists east and south to the bridge, in pre believe that before this country was paration for oiling later in the spring. settled by whites the layer of topsoi' Mrs. Joseph Bowes, who is employ was nine inches thick. Three inches— ed a4 teacher in the Portland schools one third of the original deposit—has was taken suddenly ill Friday and is been lost forever, through floods, no-pitalized in Portland. Mr. Bowe- winds, erosion, and destructive fores’, I left for Portland Saturday to be with and agricultural practices. ! his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Bowes were Here is why soil conservation is as unable to attend the reception held important a need as this nation knows in their honor Saturday evening. The fedeial and local governments SPECIALIZING IN DINNERS have naturally played and impor Thurlo Cole son of Mr. and Mrs. tant role in the conservation move- Burrel Cole and Lyle Fleetwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fleetwod, ; ment. But the success or failure of CLOSED MONDAY AND TUESDAY both students at OTI in Klamath spent the movement is determined at the the weekend at the home of their level of the individual farm, Each —Serving Your Favorite Cocktails— parents. I acre of farm or forest presents — - different problems, Each require- Sgt. and Mrs. Duane McFadden and 1 different treatment, The experts ir. I infant son, from San Antonio, Texas, I and out of government can provide where Sgt. McFadden has been in ' invaluable advice and other assist- I n addition to teaching the ' three i ?»‘ our teachers , training were guests at the home of i ante—but they can not do the jot Mrs. McFadden’s grandparents, Mr. THROUGH WISE AND UNDERSTANDING GUIDANCE, ARE ! that is the individual farm-owner’s and Mrs. Harry Keiser, several days HELPING PREPAREOUR VOUNG PEOPLE FORA FULL,MATURE ' and no one else’s. the past week. They are visting Mrs. LIFE AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP. A comparatively few years ag. McFaddens’ parents now in Elgin. I agriculture lacked the tools for effec- Sgt. McFadden will sail for Japan » | tive soil conservation and improve Tuesday, Febiuary 23. W. F. Stjuckmeier spent the Redwood-Press-Dispatch of Ukiah, ment. Now it has those tools and weekend in Portland visiting Mrs. I California, published by B. A. Cober, they are marvelously swift, econo Monday, March 1st, last day to secure License Struckme-er, who is still caring for one-time depot agent here and later mical and efficient. The tractor and WITHOUT PENALTY OF $2.00 her daughter, Mrs. Charles Stutzman, I owner of The Mill City Log. Lots of all the other machines that come iron who has only recently returned from information in a column which is be- the farm equipment industry make This applies to all dogs in Linn County 8 months a Portland hospital where she under I ing written by Mrs. Kober. Some of relatively easy what would have beer old or older. went major surgery. I it probably is old stuff to you lesi- impossible in the past. We cai Present fee is $2.00 for males or spayed females; By Don Moffatt Mrs. G. C. Barnhardt was compli [ dents here, but to a newcomer like and must, save that six inches of top mented with a family birthday dinner, ♦ ♦ ♦ $3.00 for females not spayed. me, it was really interesting. Mrs. soil on which civilization rests. Wednesday evening at the home of I Cober of the days when Mrs. D. .a a n oanoannstnacnaoarrannHonn Countv Clerk It has been many years since this B. Hill tell her son and family Mr. and Mrs. A. was working for them in pub column has appeared in any news R. M. RUSSELL, T. Barnhardt. Places were laid at the MILL CITY lishing the paper. There have been table for Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Bam- paper. I started writing under the : days since I arrived here when I DISPOSAL SERVICE hardt, Mr. and Mrs. David Barnhardt above heading about 1931, back in wished I could latch onto someone | Garbage, ashes, trimmings, etc. and Melody and the hosts and their North Dakota. Thought maybe I’d try I who could operate our linotype ma- weekly Dickuns $1.50 tier month happens. family, Mr. and Mrs. Barnhardt, Mar- it again, just to ♦ see • what i chine. She used to run it. Better come * Also light hauling. cia and John. While visiting with Ed Cooke the ' down and give it a whirl—probably is Leonard Herman Mrs. Floyd Völkel was surpiiseu Phone 3952 I the same machine. When you're in a relaxing mood, settle Sunday evening when a group of her other day I learned some interesting In those days the Kober ’ s lived in YuwrroaooaaoiijiawwnooGnBinHitxm friends gathered at the recreation fa* ts about the south. Ed said they ir'box car. Mrs. Kober’s column tells back with a sparkling glass of Olympia. rooms of the high school to wish her still work for low wages. One fellow 1 how the car was fixed up and stated Always «Tasteful companion. many happy returns on her birthday. he talked to while in the hospital told in those days houses were unavailable. Hostetsses for the affair were Mrj. him that “thing were fair down heie Elmer Klutke, Mrs. Don Miley, Mrs. now. I get $14 a week.” Not only (M’E Takes Part in Study t • Dan Morrison, Mrs. Bob Bonitz and that, E<1 found that the man worked OlFFEPE/yc Mis. Glen Hearing. Mrs. Völkel was seven days a week. His wife worked On Teacher Education- Mill City Phone 5807 ♦/T» TM* presented gifts and a beautifully dec in a cafe for $8 a week. The fellow Religion Subjects THAT *** orated cake, baked and i^ecorated Dy was happy though, as he said: “I work • • • Notification has been received by Mrs. Glen Hearing, of Stayton. Games for a good boss. He lets me off some- | Dr. Roben J. Maaske, President of and cards provided entertainment dur times on Sunday so I can go to Oregon College of Education, that the Open 6 A. M. to 11 P. M. ing the evening. Refreshments wen- church.'A Brother—and we beef in college has been selected as one of I served by the hostesses to the guest this part of the country. Ed said there teacher education institutions in the of honor, Mrs. Völkel, Floyd Völkel, was lots of building going on down United States for active participa- I Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hudson, Mr. and south and that the people were real tion in a study on Teacher Education Mrs. Walter Brisbin Mr. and Mrs. friendly. and Religion, sponsored by the Ameri ♦ • • Philip Hess, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. can Association of Colleges for Teach Remember some time ago we called er education under a grant provided by Hutcheson, Mr. and Mrs. Rfcharu I BEER M Parker. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hobbs, Bob Levon a weather prophet- The the Danforth Foundation. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Barnhardt. Mr boys down at the bank said you could The project will be launched at a ; and Mrs. Floyd Fleetwood, Mr. and always tell when winter arrived by workshop in Chicage, February 7, 8, ' Mrs. Albert Millsap, Mrs. Percy Multi- [ the way Bob wore his cap, flaps 9. and 10th. President Maaske has i gan, Cecil Haun, Dickie Hayward, up for summer, flaps down for winter. designated Dr. Floyd B. Albin, Co- ! Dan Morrison, Elmer Klutke, He told us that this wasn’t always ordinator of Instruction, as the direc Miley and Glen Hearing. a true indication. We found out some tor of this project for the college, and thing else entered into the weather both he and President Maaske will at- predictions of this man on Earnhardt’s tned the sessions. truck. To really tell, he says, “you have A F1ENDLY STORE The chief purpose of this study on to count the number of suits of long Teacher Education and Religion is THAT GIVES— handled underwear I have on.” Goes to to discover and develop ways and I S A H GREEN STAMPS show you can’t always tell by out means to teach the relationship be ward appearances. I can’t tell you tween religion and other elements in Our quality is either, as I couldn't count the suits, human culture in order to help the HIGH— he's bigger than I am. prospective teacher he prepared to un- i • • • derstand and appreciate the signifi-1 Our prices are Got to thinking the other day about cance of broad religion in human af LOW— new people coming to Mill City. More fairs. The study will carry forward new families are going to locate here the recommendations of the Educa Try us once— in the next few months. Mill City tional Policies Commission and the Then you’ll know. should have some civic minded group Committee on Religion and Education to extend a welcoming hand to the of the American Council on Education, | ON THE HIGHWAY new residents, telling them of the both of which have released studies benefits of our fail* city. Mill City has on this problem recently. Phone 3206 many advantages. Good stores, good Oregon College of Education as a | MILL CITY churches and good schools, good fire pilot center will be expected to serve protection, and a fine place to build as the regional center for represent their homes. We here in this part of atives of other teacher education in the canyon seem to have been favored stitutions who will assist in plan with fine weather this winter. Not ning special research and curriculum much snow or fog so far. projects. This canyon is now just beginning Listed among the other teacher ed- to come into its own. Within the next cation institutions in the United five years, we predict an increase in States which will participate in the study with OEC, are: The School of population of at least 25%. * Yaa, this Prescription • • • Ed. of New Y’ork University, College of Ed. Ohio State and the George Pharmacy Is responsible Did you ever notice that everytime a tax is adopted by the government, Peabody College of Teachers. — respoosi bla to you, and even though it is supposed to be so your physician. la all A sarcastic tongue is always dan temporary or of an emergency nature, seriousness wa accept it is extraordinarily difficult to get gerous especially to the person who this responsibility for possesses it rid of it? safeguarding your health While on the tax subject did and welfare. When you know that the total tax burden bring a prescription hsrs ing carried by the people of Oregon it will be promptly and approximates $"62,600,000 this year. expertly compounded It is equal to nearly one third of the $2,800,000,000 estimated net income of and th« price will b« fair. the people of the state. Even so can you think of better place to live? » • • • Salem Some of these new cars are class motor doesn’t purr. sneei GATES 4k WHITIE’S SANTIAM CAFE Dog Owners Warning The Avenue A good companion Viv's Sieak House Closed Mondays OLYMPIA Crossler’s Grocery r «tsPONSiBie ; rHStiiniH;,, ♦ Capitol Drug
