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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1955)
5—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE THIRSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1955 always has a “room for rent to un married girl with hot and cold run- ning water.” One of the rarieties was: “For man’s large desk, secretary Bv Bv Don Dun Moffatt drawers.” This had an air of futility, but I have found out in my years of left no doubt as to what he meant: newspaper work, that the sure way “For sale—Baker’s business; good Dr. Kenneth L. Prince to find out if people read the paper trade, large oven; present owner has Optometrist is to make a "big fat mistake.’’ By been in it for seven years; good reas Office Hours: Tues, and Sat ¡that remark, 1 mean a real dilly, and ons for leaving.” ¡this last issue had one of those in it. One of the all-time classics ap 1 p. m. to 6 p. m. got the two main headings revetsed peared in an obituary column, of all Tuesday eve. by appointment 11 i at the top of the page, and bruther places, and said of the deceased: Phone 6608 or 5203 I really heard about it’ the next "Noted for his witty remarks, he For Appointment i morning when I went down to the once offered this marriage advice: 1 Office over Jenkins Hardware postoffice to get my usual allotment ‘First find the girl with whom you I of throwaway junk, bills and stuff. can live in perfect harmony and good | Mill City, Oregon Seems like a postoffice could dish will. Second, let her do as she out better mail, but that is the way pleases.’ His widow and nine daugh-I it goes. ters survive.” Nevertheless, I’m sorry that I • * • pulled the boner. I even told some You know we print the programs For A Complete i of the ...» fellows _ ___ _ that ....... last Wednesday for the Mill City Theatre in our * was my birthday, and I was hang ing one up. They didn’t believe me. shop, and Bob Veness has gone all- out to bring some good entertain » » • LANDSCAPE ment t- the are.i this month. He has i I think this an appropriate time been trying for some time to get an. to reprint some of the errors than all-color program for the whole | have been made in other newspapers. ' month. He nearly made it this I Or just a shrub or two It just shows that a misplaced space njpnth, only one show on the whole or word can change the meaning a program is not in color, Many are | whole lot. Here are some shining ex in cinemascope, too. Call On Us amples of errors, which we in the trade call “typos,” The Enterprise was honored re ’ Making one word out of two made cently. It has a street named after this read: “Mrs. Robinson will direct it. It isn’t too much of a street, the choir, Mrs. Brown will beat the and it does have some holes in it. piano.” It is the shoit street where The En- I And an ad, for which someone had terprise is located. It is now called paid good money, said, “Modern Ho "Enterprise Place.” Thanks for the j tel, Reasonable Rats.” recognition. This street, before it j And there was a mob scene down was closed off by highway construe- | town in a Middle Western city when tion, was 2nd avenue. The second | the local populace read: “Girls will avenue marker has now been moved | 319 W. Wash. Street wear nothing but cotton stockings for just west of The Enterprise, where | Phone 6684, Stayton. the duration.” it joins the highway. Open 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. I Classified advertising is a great I Including Sundays field for this type of boner in news Mrs. Helen Moore to papers. For some reason, someone The Avenue »WIMTADS J RALEIGH HAROLD Florist & Nursery 1 Head New Church Group Nine young matrons of the Chris tian church gathered at the church Tuesday evening to organize another circle of the Christian Woman’s I Fellowship. Officers elected are: chairman, Mrs. Helen Moore; vice chairman, Mrs. Lenore Lee; secretary-treasur-1 er, Mrs. Betty Gregory; program ] chairman, Mrs. Wilma Shepherd. The group plans to meet the sec ond Tuesday evening of each month. I Mrs. Helen Moore was hostess. LADIES AND GIRLS FLANNEL LINED JEANS Just the thing for these cold wet days LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SIZES JENNIE’S Next Door to Post Office We give NAH Green Stamps SYRUP 8qt. Size. Lumberjack 24 ounce bottle IGA Halves or Sliced PE4CHES 21 cans 3 □ J c Denco All Purpose Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ross were in Sa lem Sunday where they visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. Rogers and | Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stanley. Mr. Ross returned Saturday from a hunting I I trip to the Lakeview country with a I party of hunters and was the only one I in the group to get his deer. Are You Ready For Rainy Weather? Now is the time to get ready for the long rainy season that is before you. We have the best selection of rain clothes in town. Check with us first WE HAVE A NEW SHIPMENT OP Rubber Boots Overshoes Swansdown Instant I Cake Mixes Yellow, Devils Food or White F pkgs. For Both Men and Women SEE OUR NEW RUBBER AND NEOPRENE Manning's RAINCOATS These Come In Both Single and Double Back RAIN PANTS WAIST AND BIB TYPE Prices Effective Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14 and 15 See I s For All Your Work Clothing Needs Hilltop General Store A and M TOMAN Phone 2724 MILL CITY, OREGON i HILL TOP MARKET HAROLD KU EWER Telephone 2744 MILL CITY, OREGON We reserve the right to limit quantities •__ «
