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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1954)
4—THE MIEL CITY ENTERPRISE THl RSDAY, APRII. 1. 1854 GATES Mrs. Albert MilUap Mrs. Oscar Osterhout was hostess At luncheon, Saturday, March 27, at her home to members of the Gates birthday club. Following the luncheon hour euchie was in play for the re mainder of the afternoon. Membeis pres ent were Mrs, Frankie Johnson, , who held high score, Mrs. Gerald Heath, second, Mrs. Elmer Stewart, who received consolation, Mrs. Martha Bowes, Mrs. Robert Levon, Mrs. Gwen Schaer, Mrs. Edmund Davis, Mrs. Floyd Bassett, Lyons, Mrs. Mary Champ, Salem; Mis. Walter Brisbin, Mrs. Arnold Syverson, two guests, Mrs. Merle Devine and Mrs. Velma 1 Carey, who was presented visitors MORE JOBS FROM LUMBER ADVERTISING PLANT BEFORE YOU PICK prize. E. L. Davis was taken to the Salem Memorial hospital Monday of this week and underwent major suigery Wednesday morning. Two local boys, both students at Gates high underwent appendectom ies. Gordon Devine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Devine, at Salem Memor ial, Saturday, March 20, and John Earnhardt, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Earnhardt, who was operated upon Tuesday evening, March 23 at the same hospital. Both boys are at their homes recupei ating satisfactorily. Mrs. Maltha Bowes is at home again and reported to be feeling fine, following hospitalization in Salem, where she submitted to minor surgery. Mrs. W. F. Struckmeier returned to Gates the first of the week fiom Vic toria, B. C., where she had been called by the chitical illness of her mother, Mrs. Edith Cook, hospitalized in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Reynolds and son visited over the weekend in Junction City at the ohme of Mrs. Reynold's parents, Mr. and Mis. Virgil Kenyon. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hudson left I Saturday evening for Astoria to visit their new granddaughter, born to Sec their youngest daughter, Cai ole and J husband, Mr. and Mrs. Niel Sargent, in that city. Mrs. Hudson had just re turned home from a visit with rela tives in Sacramento, California. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Beisell and two boys, of Gresham were weekend visit ors at the home of Mrs. Beisell’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fleetwood. They also visited her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lowe)! Fleet wood, and new baby gn 1 in Mill City. A wedding of interest to their friends is that of Barbara Doughty of Gates, daughter of Mi. and Mrs. Os car Rentzell, of Redding, California, to Richard Knutson, son of Mrs. Mabie Knutson. The wedding was held in Carson, Nevada, Tuesday, Maich 16. Following the ceremony the couple honeymooned in Redding. California at the home of the brale' parents. They are now at home in Niagara. A challenge shuffle board game was held at Richard's tavern, Friday even- I »r.g between the Richard's (earn and | the Maples tavern team. Richaid's were winners with a score of 111 over the Maple s HU. The annual junior-senior class play, “The Pennington Case,” a mjstery J lay in three acts, was presented at the Mill City theatre, Thursday even ing. March 25. Theie was a good at tendance at both the matinee and the night performance. Included in the cast were Herbert Romey, Lorretta Ftahlnian, Deanna Smith, Patty Stew art, Danny Evans, Lois Evans, Juan ita Thomas, David Vail, Allan Vail, Rex Herron and Jeriy Larson, the two latter substituted for Gordon Devine and John Barnhardt, who were ill. Dale Reynolds was director. A special meeting of the Gates Parent-Teachei Association was held at the high school Frnlai evening, M arch 26, with a large group of members and guests, interested in the question of consolidation of the Mill City, Gates and Detroit high school*. Prior to the talk by William Polmyer, of Albany, Linn county sup erintendent of schools, the PT A voted ' to sponsor a Gates high school girl to attend Girl's state, at Salem in June and defray hei expenses of * 30. The lucky girl, who was chosen by members of the high school faculty was Patty Stewart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stewart. The question of consolidation was discussed and “cussed" at great length and ques tions answeied by Mr. Dolmyer. with no apparent change of opinion on the parts of those for or against Ben Wiggleswort, just discharged from service in Korea with the U S Armed forces, visiter! former friends and schoolmates in Gates Saturday He was enroute to Tacoma. Washing ton, where he will make his home. Dillard W cathers, former Gates lad, on leave from the US navy visited friends heie over the weekend. He was a guest Sunday at the home of L. T. Hennes« and daughter, Mrs. Lillie Lake. Other guests at their home were Mr and Mrs. Jack Gregory of Portland, residents of this com munity years ago, and Mr and Mrs Chris Knut.-on, of Mil) City. Qualitr Job Printing at The Mill City Enterprise : •: :< Broadway, Mill City Hours: a. m. to 7:00 p. m. Start saving a little now and see how soon you can accumulate dollars. You will have money of your own when you need it. Governor Paul Patterson praised the lumber industry for its out standing job of national advertising and promotion which won the coveted Mac Wilkins Memorial award given annually by the Oregon Advertising Club for the best national advertising program. Here the governor looks at one of the full-color advertisements which appear regularly in leading national magazines. Looking on is Robert Mahaftay, advertising and promotion manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association which conducts the nation-wide promotion campaign. Patterson said this hard-hitting advertising helps make secura jobs of 175,000 northwest timber products workers and stabil izes the region's economy. : I MILL CITY STATE BANK MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP. 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