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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1954)
<’pl. Delbert Meeks Now Stationed on Okinawa Army Cpl. Delbert Meeks, 23, son of Mrs. Gladys M. Meeks, Mill City, is now serving with the 29 th Reg imental Combat Team on Okinawa. A strong U. S. outpost in the Far East, Okinawa is located off the coast of China between Formosa and the southern tip of Japan. A communications platoon member, Corporal Meeks entered the aimy in February 1951 and completed basic training at Fort Eustia, Virginia. iiumMn THURSDAY. FRIDAY and SATURDAY K ELROY “CRAZYLEGS" HIRSI IL LLOYD NOLAN in CRAZYLEGS PLUS Jl'DY CANOVA in OKLAHOMA ANNIE HILLTOP KIOS MATINEE 2:00 P. M. SATURDAY SUNDAY, MONDAY March 14-15 1954 Ref| Cross Campaign Poster DETROIT •—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE I THURSDAY, MARCH II. 1954 By Boots Champion A show, "Bugles in the afternoon'' will be shown at 7:30 p. m. Wednes-. day, March 17 at the Detroit school gym. The show with a cast of Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Mar lowe, Forrest Tucker, and Eine.-t Haycox has a vivid action offering centeied about a number of soldiers who were stationed in North Dakota in 1876 shortly before the Sioux Horn, massacre at Little Big Homemade candy and pop corn will be available. The show is spon- sored by the FOE auxiliary. The food sale, sponsored by the Am erican Legion Auxiliary, and held at Davis’s store Tuesday was a success ful undertaking. Proceeds go to girls state. A play “Mr. Bean Goes to Lima’’ a comedy will be piesented by the high school students at Detroit school gym April 23. The cast for the play is as follows: Burley Beane, Robert Lady; Blossom Queasy, Neomia Reedze; In ertia Yadkin, Lillian Butler; Johnny Rand, Gerald Vickers; Zoe Dudley. Berneice Meals; Joslyn St. Clair, Edna Golden; Elviry Skaggs, Anna Bess Carte; Hiram Skaggs, Art Taylor; Mrs. Bolcher Eva New; Bob Dudley, Don Snyder; Amy St. Clair, Verna Warthen. The play is under the supervision of Joyce Watkins of Idanha. On Tuesday of this week the Junior and Senior classes of the Detroit 1 school • were conducted on a tour , through the Oregon Pulp and Papei Mill, and state institutions at Salem. A group of volunteer men worked Wednesday and over the weekend making forms for the laying of a concrete foundation for the new I)"- Foo Late _______________ I o classify BARBARA STANWYC K. FOR SALE— Grass and grain hay i 40c and 70c per bale. Baled with salt. Etzel Brothers, Rt. 1, Box 231,. Stayton. Phone 14F71 or 16F84. 12, THELMA RITTER in TITANIC « JERRY’S (ORNER . TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. Then there was the scotch man who aw oke one morn ing and discovered his wife had passed away dur ing the night. He jumped from his bed and called down to the cook to pre pare only one egg for breakfast. Jerry Gene Teague Chevrolet Stayton, Oregon March 16-17 ALAN LADD. JAMES MASON in BOTANY BAY In Technicolor NEWS Doors Open at 7:08 P. M. Complete show can be seen aa, time up to 8:36 Following is a list of students ot Mill City high school who have been placed on the honor roll for the fourth six week period of study: Juniors I Ralph Jull, Yvonne Dart and Carol Andreassen. Seniors Sharon Gallagher, Geraldine Hamb lin, Richard Anderson, Richard Ver- beck and Donna Bengston. Sophomores Ellen Shelton. Freshmen Evelyn Taylor, Annette Melting and Rosalie Bassett. ■ II At* m I g I IvUl 3bj^ Hunt’s Corn cÄ,e 2 Holliday Margarine 4 «*• Tuna FishWJSr 25c 3 >- 3 pkg Soup Mix 19c 3 Sweet Peas Lipton’s Chicken Noodle or Tomato Vegetable Libby’s 303 size For n . hc >’. <S>1 29c 89c 69c 35c 55c I 3 for $1.00 e 3 for 55c Swanson’s * 5 oz tin * Congratulations to Burt Boroughsand his Timberwolves on winning District Championship the MARCH 12 and 13 Specials for Friday and Saturday STORE HOURS—7:00 to 7:00 Except Sundays and Holidays STEWART'S GROCERY Daily Delivery in the City Phone 4107 • ••• Continued from Page 1 Carey fouled and was replaced by setting the final score at 49-41. Crossler’s Grocery Pure and iA-an zftfc Hamburger Rice Dinner . D m £ I* Mrs. Wm. Shuey Chairman Of Easter Seal Sale Here g Boned Chicken _ Elton Gregory with IS points, »si high scorer and Jack Melting was sec- ' ond for the victors with 13 points High for the Cardinals was Lyn Grouser with 17 counters. A good example of Mill City’s defense wa* Corbett’s Jack Herin who scored 30 points against Jefferson. Elton Greg ory held him to 6 points Saturday night. Corbett’s cool, organized brand of basketball was visably ruffled in the final quarter as they saw' their chance for a state tourney berth fad Pvt. William (’rites Now ing out in the fs . of the red-hot stationed at Camp Hale Timberwolves. 41 Corbett PFC Williams L. Crites, 20, whose Mill City 4» 17 Crouser F wife, Barbara, lives at 25 Clay street, Ward 3 6 Herrin F Highwood, Ill., is now at Camp Hale, Gregory 18 15 Berney C Colorado, taking part in exercise ski Carey 13 2 Hunter G jump, the Army’s 1954 mountain and Melting 1 Vockert G Crook 4 cold weather training maneuver. Crites, son of Mrs. Harry C. Har Subs scoring: Crosier 3 for Mill mon of Lyons, Oregon, is a pole line City. Officials: Nelson and Vander- man in the 529th Signal Operations vort. Company which maintains communi In the preliminary Jefferson edged cations between units participating in Gervais 50-49 in one over-time, for the exercise. The company is also third place After the final game testing new type signal equipment trophies were handed out and Grevais under the sub-zeio conditions. won the sportsmanship trophy. Ski Jump, which will end with a Crousier. Dick Crook, MC guard, regimental size field maneuver in made a free throw to raise the score to This symbol ot mr" ' March, is being held high in the Colo 37-29. Barney made a Corbett free « «b- X'c“ appe"u ,u rado rockies. Approximately 5,000 throw, Crosier made one for Mill City, to an t" to er the Jo"! „ ■„ ’h ---> .crû",. ,he C,n’ in Rd ( ro„ humanitarian troops are being trained in winter Hunter marked up a point for Cor warefare and survival techniues over bett and Crouser made the score 38- snow- 33 with a lay-in. Crook and Gregory troit community and fire hall build were Caiolyn Beason. Vauirhn Everly, snow movement on skis and anti- made Mill City free throws, Crouser shoes, technical patrol and Earl Humphrey, Doreathea Humph ing. sank a gifty. Crook dunked a close * The Red Cross drive in this area got rey, Johnny Ziebert, Ricky, Mike and guerilla operations. jump shot, and Crouser scored twice, under way last week. Heading the De Cecelia Williamson, and the honored I a long one and a lay-in, making it troit campa gi. is Mrs. John Bryant. guests, Donna and Linda. Meander Inn Leads In 12-38. Melting dumped in a free Mrs. Jess Glasgow was visiting her Assisting her a.e Mr.-.. Lill.an Gesch- ' throw and with a little more than Mrs. Dave Oja, Mrs. Brad Hum- daughter in The Dalles last week when Shuffleboard Tournament Mrs. Betty Dean and Boots she received a suiprise telephone call ' In last Friday evening's league three minutes to go Mill City started Champion. Heading the Idanha cam- from her navy son, Ronald W. Glas shuffleboard tournament games, the to stall. However, Corbett got the gow, telling her his ship the USS Cedars won by 24 points over the ball and Barney scored making Mill paign is Mrs. H. H. Storey, Crosier's lay-in Little Linda June Storey, daughter Helena had just docked at Long Beach, Spillway by a score of 184 to 160. The City’s lead 43-40. ■' . H. H. Storey, of California from overseas and he would game was played on the Cedars board. and and two successful trips to the of Mr. and Mis. Idanha, underwent a tonsilectomy last be home on a 72 hour pass. Ronald and Meander Inn trounced the Lake with charity line by Melting, netted all four Wednesday at Salem. She is now at his mother met at Portland, arriving a 44 point lead, score 154-110. The free throws drow-ned Corbett’s faint est hopes 49-40, with 15 seconds to in Detroit Saturday. He left here Sun game was played at The Lake. home, getting along fine. Next Friday’s League games will go. Barney made a free throw We are happy to report that John day evening to report back to his Estey no whas his arm out of the ship at Long Beach. Ronald’s last visit be played as follows: Lake vs Spill way on Spillway board, Idanha. The cast. Johnny doesn’t feel like taking home was in August. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hailan mo- Cedars draws the bye. any healthy swings with it yet, it just In Sundays off the record all man feels darned gqpd to have it out of ! tored to The Dalles Wednesday of last week. Enioute home they visited team game played between Detroit the cast. with Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Smith at and Byron’s at Mill City, Detroit lost Sure as shooting when this time Lyle. Arriving in Portland they were by 45 points, score 182-137. In other of the year rolls around, so do the accompanied home by Mts. Harlan’s non-league games played Sunday at three-day measles. Many school child-j mother Mrs. Hilrna Dickie, who has Mill City, Les’s was defeated by ren are on the absentee list with the been visiting friends there. Mrs. | Aumsville and Meander took the Lana pesky things. Dickie spent the weekend in Mill City tavern team of Salem into camp, and Mrs. Gordon Brown enter- Mr. visiting with her children, the Arlie,: Next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, A FRIENDLY STORE tained with a birthday party at their George and Jim Dickie families. On the Willamettes Woman’s league THAT GIVES— home March 4 honoring their twin Tuesday the Harlan’s took her back shuffleboard team will play an all daughters, Donna and Linda on their to Portland. S 4 H GREEN STAMPS woman’s team at the Lake. 6th birthday. Colorful baloons were Spring can't be too far off in this The Willamette Woman’s league _ used to decorate the rooms. A large area. While all of us enjoyed the team is a registered and qualified Our building is small candled birthday cake and ice crean. wonderful sunshine last week, we | league team, and represents taverns was served to the guests. Attending have had to don rarn clothes and ! throughout the Willamette Valley, But our store is large boots this week so far, to keep dry They are working for state champion- from the torrential rains. But then its ship, We can sell for less showers that make the flowers grow ; League Standings you know. Our feathered friends the Won Lost Because we don’t charge robins are putting in their appearance Meander Inn 7 1 again, and crocuses, tulips and daffo-1 Mill City Tavern 6 1 dils are coming up like mad. So never The Lake 5 ON THE HIGHWAY 3 , fear, when the ants and trees stick 1 Cedar’s Tavern 4 4 Phone 3206 fl I their necks out. you will know spring Spillway 2 MILL CITY has sprung for sure. ¡Jerry's Tavern 5 2 | Les s Tavern 1 7| By Shopping Regularly at Stewart7 -w- -w- ¡Students Named for Hixih School Honor Roll i Order Deadline 3:00 P. M Mill City, Oregon Mrs. Wm. Shuey has been appointed chairman of the Easter Se.il com mittee in Mill City, says L. A. Bowen of Salemn, Marion county chairman of the group. The task for preparing the Easter, Seals for mailing to residents of the , county ha- been under way for several weeks. The first seals will go into the mails approximately March 18. and residents of the city are asked to. respond as soon as possible. The sale of Easter Seals provide, the principle means of suppoit for the Oregon Society for Crippled Children I and Adults. Hundreds of physically handicapped Oregonians are counting on your purchase of seals to help them, says Mrs. Rowan. The society projects include the Children’s Hospital school at Eugene,1 where youngsters from more than 20 Oregon counties receive special edu- | cation, care and treatment; a sum-1 mer camp for crippled children near Reedsport, a special center in Port land and the Craft Shop for the handi capped in Portland. Oregon Gets Funds For Forest Highways Highways in the National forests of Oregon have been appropriated $3.- 1 098.05 > for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1954, it was announced byi Ray Conway, general manager, Ore- l gon State Motor Association. The funds were authorized by the Federal- aid Highway Act approved June 25,! 1952. Mr Conway said that the funds' for Oregon will be used in greater; part for modernizing obsolete and dangerous conditions of old high ways, many of which are links in Federal-aid and State Systems. Only California was apportioned more than Oregon with S3.21M18 as the first largest amount of Federal aid, with Idaho's share third, total-; lnlt 82.289,655; Alaska fourth with 81.960,694; Montana fifth with 81.-1 791.703; Colorado sixth with 81.811.-' 830; Washington seventh with 81.561,• j 709; and Arizona eighth with 31.276.-' 4. The pacific Northwest, including' laska. out of forty-two states and i possessions sharing 822.500.000 is being apportioned nearly 54 percent I or 813.590,062. WHITIE’S SANTIAM CAFE SPECIALIZING IN DINNERS CLOSED MONDAY AND TUESDAY —Serving Your Favorite Cocktails—