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THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE ON THE SCENIC NfflTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — GATEWAY TO THE HEART OF NATURE'S EMPIRE VOLUME XV NUMBER 1 MILL CITY. OREGON i Up and Down Big Timber Tract The Avenue THURSDAY. JANUARY 1. 1959 ».#• A YEAR 10 c a COPT SilTipSOn Gets By Judi Hoeye , Ah! Life is so blissful For a full I i 12 days we get to sit around with Bv Den Moffatt * thing to do. This is a welcome re A string of Christmas lights »»’ Mr. and Mm. R. J. Sandblast of lief after the strain of the last few ■ reported stolen from the de orated Portland spent Christmas with Mr. ’ ! days at school. Newspaper work at best is a steady tree by the Earnest Grahams’ gate, md Mrs. Dave Warde and family. J You’ve heard the saying “TheI occupation. About the time you think as well as the connection broken Maude Alice Warde returned to. I Early Bird Gets the Worm.” We’ve j DETROIT—Simpson Logging com-1 you have a minute for yourself, some when one of the light sockets was Portland with the Sandblasts to spend [changed ■ it to “’ya wanta eat? Come, By Rodney Schaer pany was the successful bidder for thing comes up and then there is an- torn loose. | the week. • .early!" On Tuesday morning cour Tuesday night, December 23, 17,500,000 board feet of old growth other publication day staring you in Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Hutchinson O. K. l>eWitt has been recovering ageous members of the Student Santiam beat St. Paul 52-32. The timber sold at public auction Decern- the face. Guess that is good, though, and family, Mr. and Mrs. G.O. Hutch I from injuries received in a recent car Council rose at 6 a. m. to hurry victors had little trouble winning. ber 19. The timber is located on the as time really passes swiftly. The inson, and Mr and Mrs. Herb Hutch accident. The DeWitt car was exten down to school to cook breakfast.! Most of Santiam's reserves saw ac Detroit Ranger District of the Wil- holiday season is always a busy one inson and family spent Christm*« sively damaged, and Mr. DeWitt suf All who ate there said that it was tion. This made the seventh win for lamette National Forest. Timber [for us, but after the Christmas issue day in Carlton at the Adele Hutch fered several broken riba. very good. (Members of the Sopho Santiam. species in the sale include 9,200,000 | was out of the way and this issue was inson home. more class had surreptitiously Dorman Gregory tallied 14 point« teutons at the Jay R. Mason home board feet of Douglas fir, 600,000 well in the n aking, the wife and I to take high scoring honors. Miss Cara Lee Whitten, who is in Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Art Cole brought Alka-Seltzer.) board feet of Western red cedar and dong with son, Brian and Bill Long- Tuseday afternoon the Students pre- Santiam, 52—Baughman 7, Greg of O and son Fred; Miss Ann Howorth of 7,700,000 board feet of Western .enecker . enecker hit lor for the coast, as we had her Freshman year at the U Christ- , seated the program they had worked 1 ory 14. Kanoff 9, Morgan 6. Reserve» in Eugene, is spending her Salem; John Cole and Mr. and Mrs. | hemlock and associated species. Pur-| | hear-' hear ’ there was a good storm with a parents, | on so hard. First there was the Nativ Moffatt 8. chase price was $208,095.00. I hig.. lie . Tu-t is something we have mas vacation here with her and her Richard Cole and Susan and Douglas ity Story shown by filmstrip with I St. Paul, 32—Bernards 6, Frith 4, Mr and Mrs. Noyas Whitten, of Marysville, Wash. In addition to the bid price for the always wanted to see. , members of the speech class narrating Oberg 6, Gooding 6, Smith 5. Scoring Rusty. Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Mason and | Just as we got to the coast, we hit brother. timber, the purchaser will build ap Mr. and Mrs. J. Ross Mason and daughter,1 | it and the chorus providing back reserves, Van De Wiele 5. Christmas dinner guests of proximately seven miles of logging a jim-dandy hail storm. It came down ground music. Immediately’ following The JV’s skimmed by their oppon Mrs. Hugh Jull were Mr and Mrs. road. Estimated costs of road con so fast that it piled up on the wind Ralph Jull of Corvallis; Mr. and Mrs. Dorothy were guests of Mr. and Mrs. | this began the more lighthearted part ents 34-32. Bob Morgan was high Art Cole in Salem Christmas day. struction are approximately $231,- shield and the swipes would hardly Glen Shelton and Mr. and Mrs. Wil- | of the program. point man. 000., not including cost of logging take it off. Then came a great flash of dam Shepherd, Leroy, Jerry and Gue->ta for ( hri.stmaa dinner at the There was a little skit with JoAnn home of Mr. and Mrs. Janies Poole Challender acting as a sleepy little merchantable right-of-way timber lightning accompanied by the usual were Kathleen Story and family, Mr. girl. She must have studied late the thunder, we had arrived and so had Bonnie Lou. and profit and risk allowance. Miss Rosalie Scott, daughter of Mr. Acording to Detroit Ranger Al Sor- the storm. The tide was out at the and Mrs. Barney Scott, was the solo and Mrs. Richard Corbett and family previous evening for I am sure that seth, other bidders for the timber time we landed, but the waves were ist at the Presbyterian church last of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Law- she slept all through the program! I rence Poole of Salem. included Vancouver Plywood Corp., huge and nice to watch. Carol Sue Ball, Connie Stewart, and I Sunday morning. She is a student at Young & Morgan and Capitol Lum- Before we left home we called a Whitworth College, Spokane, Wash., Mr. and Mrs. James Olson and fam- Judi Hoeye pantomimed to the “Chip- Bob Veness of the Mill City Theatre place we like to stay—Overlook lly went to Portland Christmas Eve | n,unfc Song.” I can’t say that they ber Company. and is home of vacation. states this week has has been hav We found attend a family gathering at the looked exactly like chipmunks but they I ing trouble I Apartments at Nelscott. Guests for Chrie-tmas Eve and to lately with you-g folk« Herb Isom. . our friends, L' u and Priscilla Robin Christmas day at the home of Mr. home of Mr. and Mrs. r: jwiiido. shooting off fireworks in the the., e. son, the owners that they were "full- and Mrs. Don Moffatt and Brian Christmas guests at the home of Ernie Andersen, John Henry, Tom ' To begin with there is a fine of $100 up! That was the first thing that were Mr. and Mrs. John Fraee and Mr. and Mrs. Verde Goble, besides Fencl, Bernice Potter, Jeanne Jen for shooting fireworks m the Stat» dampened our spirits, as this is one of daughters, Linda and Claudia of Bea Phillip and Camille who are at home nings, and Phyllis Pate served as el Oregon. Secondly it is a penal of the finest places we have ever stay verton and Miss Leona Lamb of Port (Rodney is in the Air Force in Cali- ves to pass out the “goodies’’ to every of fense to shoot off fireworks or I ed on the coast. This couple has done fornia), were Mr. andvMrs. William one after Santa Claus had come in. bombs in a theatre. This brings a land. Three different stores in Mill City I wonders with the place since taking , Santa Claus comes in all sizes, shapes stiff fine and a possible five year Mr. »nd Mrs. Jerry Hudgins, Sherry Swan and two children. gave away items of merchandise to it over a few years ago. Lou has turn and Brian, of Homestead, spent the George Rambo of Ashland spent a and colors these days. Dorman Greg- stretch in the state pen. buyers during the holidays. The I ed into a do-it-yourself carpenter and holidays with her parents, Mr. and five-day vacation here with his par- ' ory was this year’s variation of Santa. Those who have been causing thia stores were A & M Tomans, Mill City has an artistic flair that really dress Mrs. Floyd Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. ents, Mr. and Mrs. Melbourne Ram ! Everyone enjoyed the program thor- disturbance better read this and set I es things up for comfort. Everything Pharmacy and Jennie's. ____ guests ____ of _ the Rambos __ ___ _ on j ougiiiy though someone did comment accordingly if they want to keep >ut Jim Cuthbert and Jimmie of Bend bo. Other At the Mill City Pharmacy, Mrs. I is done in Swedish Peasant design. were overnight guests at the John Christmas Day were her parents, Mr. that Ernie wasn’t the size she had al of serious trouble. J. C. G. Podrabsky won the tea cart,1 She has a knack of fixing up the lit- son home Saturday. ways imagined elves to be nor was and Mrs. Steve Champ of Salem. waYil ¡nwgined coffee urn and casserole. Mrs. Flor- tie things that make tneir apart Mrs. W. W. Mason recently moved Judl exactly like she’s imagined chip- Mr. and Mrs. John Muir, Terry ence Kenyon won the second prize, ments something a little different than and Shereen, were guests Christmas from a small house near the telephone flunks either, the run of the mill places. You’ll have lay at the home of her parents, Mr. office, owned by the Lester Masons, a toaster. Masons, I ' Everyone was in a holiday spirit; At A & M Toman’s, Mrs. Merle to see these places to appreciate them. and Mrs. L. N. Iverson in Salem; i to the little log cabin on the high-] we «'en got out of school an hour ear- Minton, Rt. 1, Lyons, won the doll Sort of odd as he is Irish, I believe and ] *>’• Which suited us just fine. and with her brother-in-law and sis- way owned by Dave Reid. and Willard Howell won the camp -he is French-Canadian. Nevertheless, ter, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Nettleton After “ the night, Mrs. W. W. Allen left Sunday from • ■ game Tuesday .....■* j they know how to keep things spic and family at Dallas. stove. Portland by plane for Honolulu, T. H., parka-clad sudents went Christmas At Jennie’s, Mrs. Lester Johnson and span, and are really wonderful Mrs J. F. Potter returned home where she will spend about two i Caroling. Though their voices may not hosts to the tourist trade. Anyone Sunday’ from having spent the holi months with her son and family, Mr. | have blended in perfect harmony, their won the bride doll. Darrel Andersen Friday said two dealing with tourists would do well days with members of her family and Mrs. Robert Allen and two small i enthusiasm made up for that. After duck hunters who were on their way to spend a few days there—sort of a at Oregon City. Mrs. Potter visited daughters. Mrs. Allen spent Christ the singing they returned to the over the mountains to hunt, met with school in how to make one feel at home Saturday night at the home of her inas with the Vernon Todds, who 1 scl(imjfto warm themselves in a cup < f ■in a rident just south of Aumsville. away from home. Even though their brother, Clyde Hill of Salem, who drove her back from Dram Satur I hot chocolate served by Bernice Pot- Mr. ArWersen stated a slug from a place was full, they telephoned around is in failing health. pellet gun or a .22 calibre rifle hit day. spending the night her", then ‘ ter and Carole Warner. i the area and found us a spot to roost Don’t forget the picture dance which the window of the car door causing Guests for Christmas dinner at the taking her to Ptrtlar.d Moaduy. by the time we arrived. Mill City friends of Mrs. Ivan E. the music club is sponsoring on New the glass to cut the man’s face. W. R. Stevens home were Mr. and Sunday we spent considerable time Mrs. H. A. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Lepley will be interested to vu know Ki.,-. Year’s Eve from 9 to 1:00 in the Some glass also got into his eye. driving along the coast, taking pic Jack Scott, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. To that she is now at the Northwest High School Gym. It is something There were two niert m the car but tures and having a good time in gen . 103rd St.1 completely new in this area. The club Mr. Andersen did not get their This year there will be a New eral. The moral of this story could man and sons of Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Christian home, 3400 S W made her has rented film which shows couples names. Beaverton. Mrs. Lepley i A.bert Toman, Mrs. Henry Stevens Year's Eve dance held at the high be, everything comes to he who waits. The men did not report the inci- home in Mill City for a number of dancing to the music of top notch school gymnasium here. The dance is We came west in 1942, and it took us and Mr. and Mr-. W. R. Steevns. Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Plytnale visited years with her daughter, Mrs. D ro- dance bands. This music happens to be ilent, as they thought they may be open to the public. Something new in until 1958 to see a good ocean storm. the music you will be dancing to. The detained from their hunting trip. the way of music is being used. It was worth the wait. And in closing Christmas day with Mr. and Mxs. thy Johnston at the Mill City Hotel cost will be 60c for stags and $1.00 a They did not know where the bullet and later at Gates. Upon the ueath Charles Golden Other visitors were There will ..... be moving pictures --- - of we wisn wish to say to earn each anu and everyone ame from, but it was well-spent of Mr. Johnston, Mr. Lepley moved couple. We hope to gee you there. dance bands, so those who wish 3o | in the area, a Happy and Prosperous Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Golden of Glen to Salem. when it hit the window of their ve Goodbye nineteen fifty eight. dale and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carter dance may dance, and those who en- ( New Y'ear! hicle. For just as sure as fate Miss Nancy Olson spent the holi of Stayton and Jerry Golden w’ho has joy watching and listening to big | I fear I hear, days with friends at Nyssa. just returned from overseas duty. dance bands will have the opportun (iurtlirig down the Mr. and Mrs. Bert Turnidge Mr. and Mrs. l>»well Cree were Mr. and Mrs. Tex Agee and family ity of doing so. The new nineteen hosts at their home Saturday even former residents here, who are now There will be noisemakers, hats, To Be Honored January 3 Happy New Year! living at Farmington, New Mexico, ing for a family dinner. Present were confetti, pop com and peanuts. The I Mr. and Mrs. Bert Turnidge of spent a few days here this past Mrs. J. C. Dickinson, Mr and Mr.-. dance is being sponsored by the mu- i Mill City will be honored -ext Sat- Dickinson, Earl Velie, Mr. Wade H. weekend. Tex is now working in a sit club at the school. Those in charge , The Sunday School of the Christ . urday, January 3 with a r eption of the dance state “drinking wiH be ' ian church will be launching a Satel sheet metal shop at Farmington, and and Mrs O. W. Gorton and Dale, held at the Gates Wonen s taphouse i says business is booming in that area. Mr. and Mrs. John Wehrli, Sharon, taboo at this affair.” in observance of their Golden Werl- lite contest beginning the first Sun- Mrs. Jack Flook and two children Barbara and Mathew, Judy Baxter, Funeral services were held last ding. I day in January. Points will be given from California spent the holidays all of Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bert Turnidge and Alpha Dilley for attendance, for bringing the at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George McMorris, Mrs. William McClintock, Wednesday in Albany for Joseph R. Bible, for bringing someone else, and Flook. Christmas eve guests at the Patty, Mark and Sue, Don Cree and Harlan, long-time resident of Mill were married January 2, I ' ’ City. Pallla-arers were Clyde Wil Salem. They have five children, Del- ' for memorizing the scripture verse Flook home were Mr. and Mrs. Rob-1 the hosts. liamson, Albany; Leland Prather, In , bert Turnidge of Mill City; Hollis or verses which have been specified ert Johnson and Judy of Eugene. The afternoon (■uests from Saturday dependence; William Rea, Albany, Turnidge of Gates, Arlie (Stub) of for the week. gr, up spent Christmas day in Dallas. until Monday morning of this week and D B H.11. Sr., Ingle Johnson and Orfino, Idaho, and Mrs. Joe Cribbs Glen Shelton says It is our plan Chuck Wirkkala, instructor of the Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rogers spent at the Louis Verbeck home were their (Edith) of Enterprise; seven grand Lions Junior Rifle club here stated i to memorize s riptu ‘s with which Christmas in Oregon City at th” home daughter and family. Mr. and Mrs. Hawaid barmen, all of Mill City. Among the survivors are Mis. Celia children and five great grandchild they will hold their first match shoot J we could explain what we believe of their son-in-law and daughter. Kirk Wirick ar.d four children of concerning the Lord Jesus, ano each Mr and Mrs. George Bertilson. Oth- Roseburg. Last Friday, Mrs Josie Howe, Mill City; Mrs. Thelma Loh ren. ing since the club was organised. Their friends are invited to the re* The shoot will be held January 3 at I week we pretend we will send our I ers present included Mr. and Mrs. Myers and George' Porter of Silver-1 man, Longview, Wash.; James I. the Isaak Walton League clubhouse satellite around the world with the ()!♦* Bertilson of Oregon City. Mr. ton, mother and brother of Mrs. Vet- Harlan, Albany; five grandchildren; ceptiun from 2 to 4 p. m. at Salem, when they will meet a scripture to the people of the world and Mrs. Ever.-tt Jones and Danny beck, were here. Additional visitors six great g’-andch'ldren, -everal niec es and nephe s. Bi others i. re W iliram who do not know about Jesus, with of Jennnmgs Saiem rifle club. fs Lodge, Mr. and Mrs. were another brother and family, a prayer that it nugnt take a mes Tr y Wambaugh and sons, Fred, Jim Mr. and Mrs Harold Myers and Harlan, Nehalem, formerly of De troit;and James A. Harlan, ba i r- sage of oeace to the hearts f all and Steve and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne children of Cloverdale, Calif. Well Child Clinic Held banks, Alaska, Mr. and Mrs. W. H home Arriving December 15 at the Bo-teder, all of Portland, and Mr. Smith, Spokane, Wash., brother-in At High School Dec. 23 and Mrs. Clyde M. Rogers of Albany. of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kelly were law and sister-in-law. Sisters art Weather at Detroit Dam Areas served at the Well Child Holiday guests of the Roger Nel Mr. and i The Mill City Pharm: ey this week Mrs. May Claude, Ra.v Mrs. Nettie Beach of Seattle, and conference and immunization at the 7:00 A.M. Daily Weather Readings sons included his daughter and fam- Lewis s and Scott, Craig and Keith Mrs. Alice Gordon of Hoquiam, Wn is starting a new series of advertise high school here, Mill City and Me And Lake Elevation ments which deal with acquainting 1 ily, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Harnish and from Quantico, Va. Mr. Lewis has Max. Min. Pep. Ele». two children of Eagle point; his son’s retired from the U. S. Marines after hama sent only 20 children to be the public with some of the policies Mr. ( hrietmas dinner guests of cared for. There were 9 DPT, 7 polio December 17 49 41 0.00 1453.28 I family. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nelson 26 years of service. They will leave carried cut by phyriciaa* and drug and four children were seen by Dr. December 18 52 38 0.00 1452.09 and son of Salem; and her son and Mill City January 9 and will rail and Mrs. Franklin M Dowell and gists. Stone. December 19 49 39 0.07 1151.35 , family, Mr. and Mrs. James Cuthbert January 13 from San Francisco for family were Mr. and Mrs. Franklin In checking over the > opy, they ap Helping at the clinic were Dr. Stone, December 20 53 45 0.03 . 1450.34 and son of Bend. Mr. Nelson recently Honolulu where Mr. Lewis will en McDowell, Sr. pear to be interesting and it will be nurses Wills and Detering; Phyllis] December 21 51 45 0.31 1448.84 returned from a 10-day stay in Wat roll at the University of Honolulu. Mr. and Mr*. Ray Wooden of Pow wed if readers of The E nterprise check Muise, Winifred Moore and Ethel1 December 22 51 38 0.05 144741 sonville, Calif., where he was .ailed Mrs. Lewis is a daughter of Mr. and ers, spent the holidays with her par the paper each week at d read the ad Hutchinson all Mill City. December 23 45 35 0.00 1446.33 I due to the death of a brother-in-law. Mrs. Kelly. ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Hoodenpyle vertisement*. And Friends During the Holidays In Santiam Area Shooting Fireworks in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theatre Penal Offense Local Store Award Holiday Buyer Prizes Stray Bullet Breaks Car Window on Hiway Near Aumsville New Year's Eve Dance To Be Held At School Gymnasium Christian Church School To Begin New Contest Jr. Rifle Club To Meet Salem Shooters New Advertising Series Started by Pharmacy