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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1959)
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE ON THE SCENIC NIRTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — GATEWAY TO THE HEART OF NATI RE’S EMPIRE VOLUME XV M LI. CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, MARCH 12. 1959 NUMBER 11 Elementary School Budget 1 Gets Board O.K. Start of New Business Important Vote To Be Taken at School Monday *3.00 A YEAR 10c A COPY fa?a Ks Whs Centennial First in UN Speech T i i cl Contest Here Tuesday làlCnt jllOW t 10 Sandra Harris a Junior at Sanliain Union High, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Harris, was awarded first place in the United Nations Pilgrim An important school election for age for Youth Speech contest held at Members of the budget committee Gene Teague this week announced the Mill City school districts is the lOOF hall here Tuesday evening. he had secured the grade school gym of Mill City Elementary school re scheduled for next Monday, March Alternate spot in the contest was won at Stayton for use in the Centennial cently held their annual budget meet 16. Voting will take pla e in Room by Pat Henry, daughter of Mr. and Talent Show which will be staged ing at the school building. The pro 17 (band room) of the annex build Mrs. ‘Bob Henry. Miss Henry is a at 8 o’clock Saturday, April 25. posed budget, which had been drawn ing at the elementary school. Polls sophomore at Santiam. up by Lawrence Brent, superintend 1 A committee meeting was called w ill be open between 2:00 and 8:00 ent, and placed in the hands of the The speeches were given on what for Tuesday night by J. B. Putman, P. M. on that day. they saw when they made a tour of general chairman at Mill City and committee members about 30 days This is the annual election called the West Food Mushroom Company n ore plans for the event were shaped in advance of the meeting, was quick by the Linn County Rural School near Four Corners. The girls were up. At the present time entries have ly adopted and approved for publi Board to levy a county-wide tax for taken on the tour by Mr. and Mrs. started to come in, but not sufficient cation. It followed very closely the the purpose of raising an equalization Al Nesbitt. amounts provided for in the budget numbers have been signed up as yet fund to be distributed to all Linn Miss Harris will now compete with to put on a good show. the previous year. The budget will County rural district schools by the about 10 •other winners in the district now be posted publicly, and published There have been four numbers Pictured above is the beginning of a new business rural board. The election notice calls at the semi-finals in Stayton. in The Mill City Enterprise. Plans i signed up front Mill City to date. venture in Mill City. It is a licensed private frog hatchery. for a vote to raise $995,191.71 over Judges for the local contest were One group of square dancers and call for holding the budget election Ruth Barney owner of the pond at her place on S. E. 4th. the entire county in excess of the 6% Mrs. Leo Poole, Mrs. Kenneth Chance, three musical numbers from Santiam on Thursday, April 16, the same day states there is only one other licensed private hatchery in limitation. It has been necessary to and 1 orrest Baker. Union High. Several numbers have that Open House will be held in the the state at the present time. When The Enterprise photo exeeed the 6% limitation for the past elementary school. This will make , been signed up from Stayton, so far. several years because of the low tax grapher took the above shot, no frogs were visible, only it easy for those attending open At the meeting Tuesday night. base that has been established, and [ Wendell Halseth of Breitenbush, who house to cast their vote on the budget the spawn was to be seen. Mrs. Barney states it takes I because of a general increase in I is putting on a Centennial Stage while they are visiting the school in about 18 months to raise a frog ready for market. Frog I school enrollment throughout the Show at Detroit April 3, was pre the evening. legs are a delicacy, and there should be a ready market ' county. Persons making up the budget sent to assist the committee in mak- for all she can raise, she said. Mrs. Barney also has a I All voters in the Mill City school committee this year are: Julia Bas I ing the plans. The Detroit show will cow, chickens, ducks and geese on her place. | district are urged to express their medical have talent from outside the canyon sett, Walter A. Mackie, Albin Coop DETROIT-IDANHA—A ¡wishes at the polls at the time of clinic will be operated here one day area, but the show being sponsored er Martin Hansen, Frank Moore, all i this election. members of the board of education, each week Ly Dr. N. S. Meyn and Dr. by Mr. Teague will be held strictly Salem Fisherman Sees together with D. B. Hill, Jr., Rex Robert Reed of Stayton. to local talent (see entry blank on ' The clinic will be established in the page 2) providing enough interest is Ohmart, Verne Shaw. W. B. Shuey, Body of Man in Santiam Cub Scout Group former Idanha First Aid Station. First shown. and T. H. Baughman. Refreshments River West of Mill City Formed at Meeting visit of the physicians is planned this The committee agreed to an ad- were served to committee members A Salem fisherman, Ivor Pepper, i vance sale of tickets to help defray by Mary Brent and Jewell Boone. week on Wednesday. stated Tuesday forenoon that he saw Here Tuesday Night Every other week the clinic will be the costs of the show, and for the ad1 what appeared to be the body of a | A large group of residents of the open on Wednesday and on alternate ditional prizes which will be awarded area was on hand Tuesday night Shirley Veness, eighth grade stud gray-haired man floating in the San when the Jay. eEttes sponsored a weeks on Thursday. Only one phy-. in addition to the cash awards. tiam River west of Mill City. Pepper Plans now call for having the sician will be on duty at any one day ent at Mill City Elementary school, meeting to organize a Cub Scout but will be accompanied by a nurse. Canyon Show broadcast direct from has been chosen to represent the stated the man appeared to be float group for Mill City. It has been several years since ser Stayton. At the meeting Tuesday | school in the annual spelling con ing about half-way between the bot Don Kopet of Salem, director of vices of a physician were available in night were Dwight Cowger, Gene tom of the river and the surface. He LYONS- James McGill of Stayton test to be conducted by the States called state police, who went to the scouting for this area was on hand Teague, and Wes Sherman of Stay this area. and a student at Stayton high school man. Shirley, along with several other spot but did not locate the body. to get the organization under way. toll; Wendell Halseth of Breiten- seventh and eighth grade students won first place at the meeting of the Wally Cobine stated the call came Cubmaster will be Beryl Lamb and on . bush, and Jim Putman, Bob Harris, United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth under the direction of Doris M. in about 11:45 Tuesday morning. A the board are Joe Lalack Stanley Darre|| W. Jones Finishes and Don Moffatt of Mill City. speech contest held at the Rebekah Sheythe, has been given special time boat was sent out from Salem, but Vail, and Harold Pearce. There were and effort to spelling for the past hall here Monday evening, and will at this meet- Four Weeks Marine Course ___ ____ was not used, as it was not a proper 29 cubbers signed up L. represent Staytcn High at the county several weeks in an effort to get type to be put into the Santiam river. ing, and 12 ladies volunteered their, Marine Pvt. Darrell W. Jones, -on Gasoline and Tools Taken ready for the local spelling contest. finals held in Stayton April 10. »f Mr. and Mrs. Uymaii Jones of From Parkett Logging The search will be continued said the services as denmothers. Others making speeches were San When the <ontest was conducted at officers. About 70 people were present for t. , Lyons, completed four weeks school last week, Shirley and Linda dra Humphreys also of Stayton and I the meeting. Refreshments v? “? of , .dividual combat training Feb- Job on Clyde Creek were Robert Ward of Lyons. They told Bassett tied for first place. Extended I served by the JayceeEttes, the spon ruary 27 at the Marine Corps Base. When the Parkett Logging crew ..v». contests and examinations were car- soring group. went to their work up on Clyde • Can f F<a>dleton, Calif, b.tw.ea the two .rtj. W I WU LICIIICIII 01 f . Monday,) Hed out between girls, but The course included the latest in Creek Saturday morning they found i which was conducted onducted bv by Albert Jul-1 Jul-t each eaeh *>"»« time it 11 resulted in a tie. Finally -j- . p . I fantry tactics, first aid, demolitions, that their camp had been raided Fri ian of Scio, a member of the Stayton a decision was made between the two | | ^dClierS h f jfield fortifications and advanced day night, and two barrels of gaso- Odd Fellow lodge. Mrs. Lucille Kirsch *.coin’ W,th Sh,rley 3 line and some tools were taken. i schooling on weapons. was general chairman. No trace of the missing articles Trainees learn that all Marines are Judges Monday evening were Rich i Shirley will enter the District 7 basil ally infantrymen, whether they had been found at the time of going semi-final contest to be held at S-io ard Duncan and William Gehlen, at At a recent meeting of the Mill Andrew L. Baker, 74, former resi serve as cooks, typists, truck drivers, to press Wednesday. ---------------------------- t—_ torneys of Stay ton and Mrs. Leora March 25. Winners of that contest City Elementary Board of Education dent of Mill City, Stayton, and Sa or with aviation units. Stevens of Lyons. Winner of the will enter the finals to be held at th- resignations of Earl W. Loucks, lem, and a late resident of Portland, Parrish Junior high school in Salem Brawners Purchase event will get a a trip trip to to the"*United 1 band instructor, and Mary H. Wright, died early Saturday morning, March Nations Assembly in New York City. ,on April 2. second grade teacher were accepted 7, at a Portland nursing home. Baker Weather at Detroit Dam H.Merest Apartments with regrets. Mr. Loucks is retiring had been in ill health for several 1 ;UU A.M Daily Weather Ke*dma> Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Brawner, who at the close of the current school months, and in the nursing home the ■ formerly lived on Swift avenue re And Lake Elevation Santiam Canyon 4H Club year following a long teaching car past few weeks. Max. Mm. Pep. Elev cently purchased the Hillcrest Apart- Elects Officers at Meeting eer. He has been employed in the Mill Born in Missouri, April 19, 1884, M a rch 4 48 31 0.00 1507.47 ’ merits and are planning extensive im- City schools for the past nine years, Baker came to the Stayton area as Ma rch 5 GATES—The Santiam Canyon 4H 56 31 0.00 1508.39 provements both in the apurtinents I during which time he has developed a boy with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mar h 6 club met Monday evening to elect 56 33 0 00 150034 and grounds. some enviable con.ert band groups Elijah Baker. He was married to March 7 officers. Chosen were Louis Kelle, The Brawners owned and operated 55 34 0.12 1510.10 in both the elementary and high the former Daisy Harris of Salem, March 8 president; Kathy Kelle, vice presi 55 38 0.35 1510.94 a motor court for 13 years at Agate schools. Mrs. Wright is completing who survives him. The couple had March 9 dent; Sharon Pate, secretary-treas- 46 37 0 04 1511.64 ,, ach. They have been living in Mill Robert B. Duncan. House Speaker urer and Jim Hirte, news reporter. of the 50th Legislative Assembly, her first full year of teaching. She a confectionery store at Stayton for March 10 45 33 0.79 1*10 II City since last July 1. plans to discontinue teaching for the Sharon Pate was unable to be pre- will address a Linn county audience, a time. sent. Later Baker spent over 20 years Harley Johnsons, Mehama Celebrate 50th Anniversay I Thursday, March 19 at 8 p. m. in present, at least, to devote more This is a varied livestock club, and Wilshire hall, Lebanon. Speaker Dun time and attention to her home and with Hammond Lumber company, anyone in this area still interested n can, who is serving his second term family. managing company stores for them at joining will be •”elcome. Contact in the legislature, is a Medford at I At the same meeting the Board of Oak Point, Kerry and Mill City. He Principal William Gleason at the torney. His Linn county appearance Education approved continuation of left the firm when operations of the school. Those interested tn cattle are is sponsored by the Democratic Cen employment contracts for Lawrence company here were closed in the mid- Brent, superintendent, and all other 19308, and went to Salem where he Sharon Pate, Jim Hirte. Joyce and tral committee. Mike Gleason and Lorena Harmon. was with various grocery firms and The meeting is open to the public staff members. Jane D. Truitt, who recently moved the Oregon State Forestry depart Those having sheep are Joyce, Terry and all persons interested in state and Mike Gleason. Wallace Novak legislative issues are invited, states to Mill City, has been employed as ment for a time. Baker and Emil and Philip Bumgarner. Jerry Koenig, Mrs. Katherine Harris, committee an instructor in the school for the Reevesof Lebanon at one time owned Louis and Kathy Kelle are interested chairman. A discussion and coffee 1959-60 school year. During the past a grocery store in Salem at the year Mrs. Truitt completed work on corner of Statesman and Center in raising pigs. I hour will follow the address. I Another Lebanon political session her bachelors degree at Pennsylvania streets NE. Upon leaving Salem, Baker was i set for the same week is the Jane State university majoring in element Jefferson club meeting, Monday, ary education. She has been handling employed by the Clark Wilson Co., March 16 at 8 p. m. at the home of some substitute teaching assign as the company store manager at Mrs. Ernest Caldwell, 134 N. Second ments at the school during the past Wilark. From there he went to the Wednesday, March 11, P. T.A.; street. The club, a county-wide or few weeks. Alberta Lumber Co., in Portland, and Rainbow for Girls. Mr. and Mrs. Truitt reside at 3 S. remained there until his retirement ganization of Democratic women, is Thursday, March 12, 1 o’clock headed by Mrs. Evelyn Downing. W. Parkside drive. He is employed by a few years ago. ! the forestry service at Detroit. luncheon, Mill City Garden club at Baker was a member of Mill City home of. Mrs. Herbert Schroeder. Lodge, No. 180 AF&AM. Thursday, March 12. Toastmistrees Steve Sorseth, Detroit, Surviving are his widow. Daisy “Guest Night,” Fir Manor; Theta Wins Second Place Baker, Portland; three sisters, Mrs. Rho Girls. Anna Nichol# and Mrs. Alma Gower, Friday, March 13, I. O. O. F. Lodge. In Spelling Contest both Portland, and Mrs. Barbara Monday, March 16, Lions Club; , Steve Sorseth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Inger, Castro Valley, Calif.; and sev Mill City Lodge, No. 180. ’ I __________ LYONS—Mrs. Doris Geraths WM eral nieces and nephews. Al Sorseth of Detroit won secend Tuesday, March 17, Woman’s Club p|ace jn a spelling match at Stayton hostess for the meeting of the W. S. at Virginia Hoeye’s. - *------ night ’-*-*■ — '----- •" 10 — schools *—1----------- Tuesday where were C. S. at her home Tuesday afternoon, Tuesday, March 17. JayceeEttes ¡n competition. First place winner with M:ldred Prichard presiding over Exercise Group To Be Tasting Tea, cooked food and apron was Janet Jackson from Shaw. the meeting, reports were heard from Formed Here March 17 u« I—. Roberts ricrnra sale, old bank building, startirg at rigor» ,.f of homestead life before her various committees and plans were By Jean Proper formal exercise is i a great NEW PATROLMAN HERE 10 a. m. made for the Centennial Silver Tea asset to good health. A club is be MEHAMA—A Mehama couple, Mr. marriage. Henry Tate. Silverton, has been , wbjcb held in the church Tuesday, March 17. Martha Trox They were married March 10, 1909 and Mrs. Harley Johnson celebrated ell Circle at Christian church social employed by the police department basement on Tuesday afternoon, ing organized to promote the maxi their 50th wedding anniversary with in the Rhinehard house in Vale, mum various benefit* to health such I.«« r >». here as relief patrolman. He takes jgarch 17 with Alta Bodeker in charge a rooms, 7:30 p. . m. as _ accrue accrue from from ■ any auitable exercise. an open house at their home in Me which is one of the oldest houses in Wednesday, March 18. Santiam Re- the place of Leo Russell, who retired tbe program, Orpha Roye in charge I Acouirin» _J >n 1 maintaining physi- hama Sunday, March 8. Oregon, and is made of native rock. bekah kah Lodge. 1 some time __________________ ago.____________ o of f tbe j an <j Evelyn jurance c< Native Oregonians, Mr. and Mrs. At that time it was a hotel. the j0o< food and Evelyn Julian Julian in in ca ra , | eni endurance, cordination, skill and After living near Vale for several Homemaker of Tomor- ‘"barge of th« tables. Plans were also _ strength, losing "weighty problems'' I In the recent ___________ ____________ ...... w__ _____ ______ >” Johnson have spent their entire 50 b'rthday be ’the R¡rlg disussed .for for the F —--------- will __ __ major" emphasVofthis years of married life in the Pacific years, the Johnsons moved to the Don Paul Has Program row contest in which 4,316 senior girls from Oregon competed. Miss Sandra ybich will be held the last meeting group of women. T_-_-_ —i— Northwest. Their first six years of Mehama area, and have been here Those interested At Lions Club Monday Merry of Mill City was among eight:,n April. A good report was also giv- ,n jojnjni are aa|ted to be at the marriage was spent on a homestead ever since. Mr. Johnsen worked in Don Paul at the school faculty was of the girls who received honorable ,en on wor'c at the Church base- elementary school gym March 17 at at Ola, Idaho, where Mr. Johnson various mills and then turned to car» pentry, which he continued until hie in charge of the program at the mention. Winner of the contest waa me nt which is nearing completion. A 7 p. m. when a time schedule will | farmed. Lions club meeting Monday night. He Miss Sally Ann Hill of Roseburg. vote of thanks goes to Jack Corn- be planned. Those coming are asked • Harley had grown up in the nearby retirement. A family dinner was held Satur gave a talk on his version of what forth who donated his labor on finish to wear pedal pushers or some such Vale, Oregon area, and had worked as a ranch hand on one of the big day night at the Ralph Downer causes “booms and busts” in the econ Mr. and Mr*. Del Smith are in ing the walla. The doors have been dress. There will be no charge. home to celebrate this 50th Anni omy and gave some ideas on how it Portland at the present time. They purchased for the kitchen and plans Those interested may call Sue ranches of that time, the P.L.S. Co. versary with all the children in at prior to his marriage. might be avoided. The subject brought went in last week, and Mr. Smith are to finish that as soon as possible. Poole, Mill City 4303. Mrs. Johnson, born Eva Josephine tendance. They are: V.rgene Scott, out lots of arguments, which lasted submitted to surgery in one of the j At the close of the meeting re Dorothy Downer, Lyons, dur.ng the board meeting, which fol hospitals there. He is getting along freshments were served to Mildred Mr. and Mrs. J. D. MacGregor and Wuhman, came irom Drewsey a typi Lyons, lowed the dinner. alright, according to Lettie Swan, Prichard, Alice Huber, Orpha Roye, family were in The Dalles over the cal little Eastern Oregon town con Merle Johnson, Glendale, Willard Andy Anderburg was named Lion of who is taking care of the store dur Alta Bodeker, Nona Mays, Eva Bres weekend, where they were guests of sisting of a postoffice, store and Johnson, Mehama. The Johnsons have 13 grandchild- the Week and a history of his life was ing Mrs. Smith's absence. They are sler, Rets Cruson, Rev. Ruth Cot Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Engelgau and' hotel. She had been raised on a small ranch and was acquainted with the ' ren and four great grandchildren. read by Charles Kelly. expected home this week. ton, and the hostey Mrs. Geraths. baby son. Be April 25 Medical Clinic To Open at Idanha Stayton Student Wins UN Pilgrimage Contest Shirley Veness To Represent Mill City School in Contest CSIOD Others Are Re-Hired Former Mill City Man Dies in Portland Speaker of the House To Appear in Lebanon Thursday, March 19 Coming Events WSCS Makes Plans For Centennial Tea Mehama Couple Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary With Open House Sunday
