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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1959)
the Legislature. Wednesday also, we i_THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1959 had our f rst Candlelight practi e, a talk on the American Legion Poppy, rnd our campaign rally. The rally was really a riot I know for sure of one girl that had laryngitis the next day At the rally, four of us girls from our section in Doney put on a skit to introduce Joan’s campaign speech. The main part of it was a song. “Tan Shoes and Pink Shoe Laces” with the appropriate wording. It was a comedy skit, and a ball to participate in We hope it helped Joan a little on her path to Governor. WE HAVE • • • • • • Toy® HobNe® Athletic G<1®. Gun® & Amo. Fishing Tackle Johnson Motors Reloading Comp. Boats and Trailer® Rod and Reel Repair Schwinn Bike® & Repair® CAMP’S SPORTING GOODS 185 First St Stayton, Oregon NEW and USED Furniture ♦ ♦ • ♦ CARPETING and LINOLEUM G. E. APPLIANCES rOMPitTt HOVSI »■■■ We Give and Redeem Penny Saver Stamps 367 3rd St. Stayton I would like to take this opportun ity to say that 1 can never thank those members of the American Legion Auxiliary enough for selecting me to attend Girls State.lt was, without a doubt, the most fabulous week a girl could experience, and my only regret 1 i# that every girl cannot share it with i me. New knowledge, new friends, new surroundings and new ideas made this individual prouc to be a citizen of such a wonderful state and some things I shall never forget. After registering Monday after noon, I found I was to stay in Doney Hall, the newest and best of all the dorms at Willamette University I was in a room on the ground floor, one of six rooms along a short hall way, quartering thirteen girls. I even tually became the best of friends with all of them. One of the girls in our section was the girl who was selected as our Governor and delegate to Girls Nation, Joan Yasui. Shortly after registration, we formeci into our groups for a get-acquainted hour, and then to the Auditorium where we were greeted by Mrs, Reynolds, Di rector of Girls State; Russell F. Bone- -teele. Mayor of Salem; Dr. G. Her bert Smith, President of Willamette [University; Mrs. George L. Dickie, President of the American Legion Auxiliary, Department of Oregon; and Joy Rubenstein, Governor of Girls I State, which made us feel very much at home. Early that evening, Al Loucks spoke to us on Municipal Government, which was very informative. Afterwards, we formed again into our county groups and organized our cities. It was nice to get into bed that night, but getting ac quainted with my roommate didn’t give me too much time to sleep! Six-forty-five! Aagh! Those late hours will never do! After breakfast Tuesday, we met again in our county groups to, among other things, select our name. We finally decided on “the Thursday morning we went to the county of Undecided, cities of Eenie polls. After voting, we all went to Meenie and Minie Moe’’; I was in Minis Moe. Up to four o’clock, we Waller Hall for the organization of were buy electing our county and the Legislature In the afternoon, we ity officials. At this time, we went had the inauguration of our Governor to the Auditorium to hear Malcolm in the house of Representatives in MacEwan speak to us on Civil De the Capitol building. Among others, fense This is a subject near and dear we were spoken to by Governor Hat- to me. and 1 feel it is not stressed ield. He is really a wonderful speak nearly enough. This evening we had er. As soon as we were settled again the Amateur Hour. There were piano in Waller Hall, we had instruction on solos, monologues, readings, group Legislative procedure, and then split comedy, vocal solos, and even a cello up into the Senate and House of Re player. There were many others, and presentatives. I was elected as a Rep resentative from our county, so I had each act was excellent. Wednesday morning we went into this experience first-hand, where a our county groups and from there ! lot of the girls had to sit on the side- broke up into our party groups, the | lines. At this time, each group sug Federalists and the Nationalists. We gested bills to be drawn up by com selected our candidates for the major mittees and to be presented in Legis offices, and from there we went to a lature at the Saturday Session. general party meeting where we This night, we put on our style elected one candidate for the ballot show Most of the girls participated, for each office out of those selected in including myself. There were all kinds the counties. After this, we went to of clothes modeled; outstanding was the Auditorium where we heard Mrs. a formal and a shaggy brown bear Leonard L. K remen, District Attor costume. After the style show, we ney of Marion county who talked went back to our county groups to mostly on marriage and divorce in the have court trails, complete with bail- courts. The topics of these various j iff, judge, and lawyers for the defense speeches may sound dull, but, be and prosecution. We were brought in lieve me, they weren’t. They were all for infraction of our county ordin very intersting and its amazing how ances. Yes, I was arrested, and Yes, much a person can learn if he listens. . 1 pleaded insanity. The sentences were In the afternoon, we returned to our I just as funny as the laws were in the county groups and elected our Sena I first place. This was lots of fun, but tors and Representatives to serve in I we were also learning correct court Invite Your Friends! Plan Now To Attend The 20th Annual Santiam 3 Action Packed Days - July 30 Through August 1 Browning Bros. Carnival (50th Anniversary) Opens July 28 Parades - Talent Show’ Old Timers Dav - Dance •f New Fair-Type Displays Bean Feed QUEEN SELECTION BALL Saturday, July 18 STAYTON CIVIC BUILDING ENTRIES INVITED Grand Parade J. W. Steinkamp, General Chrm. of Festival Pet Parade Mrs. Pat Burns, Chrm., Sublimity Talent Show Edward Bell, Chrm., Stayton Displays W. A. Martin and Mrs. Lyle Sanders, Chmr. Stayton Lots of Fun COMPLETE PROGRAM OF EVENTS S ATI RDAY —- JI I Y 18 — QUEEN SELECTION BALL Stayton civic building. 9 pm. Dance to the music of STUBBY MILLS and his orchestra SUNDAY — JULY 26 — OLD-TIMERS PICNIC Stayton City Park. 1:15 p m. Mr. and Mrs Ben Cole chairmen. Pot luck dinner, coffee ami punch furnished. Musical entertainment, games, panzes. All foiner residents are urged to attend. TUESDAY — JULY 28 — BROWING BROS. CARNIVAL Celebrating its 50th year in Stayton. Rides, games, refreshment* WRIGHT TRUCK LINE WEDNESDAY — JULY 29 — BROWNING BROS. CARNIVAL THURSD AY — Jl l A M — FESTIV \l. OFFICIALLY OPENS Festival grounds located at First and Marion Streets. ART. MINERAL. HOBBY. CERAMIC. FLOWERS and ANTIQUE SHOW Open from 12 noon until early evening in civic building. QUEEN CORONATION 7:30 p. m. On outdoor stage behind civic ba lding. Ed Spitz, chairman. Queen se lection under auspices of North Santiam Junior Chamber of Commerce. TALENT SHOW Following coronation, on outdoor stage. Edw. J Bell. chairman. BROWNING BROS. CARNIVAL FRIDAY — JULY 31 — PET PARADE 0:30 pc m. ART, MINER AL. HOBBY. CERAMIC. FLOWERS and ANTIQUE SHOW Civic building from 12 noon until early evening BROWNING BROS. CARNIVAL SATURDAY — AVGUST 1 — <,R AND PARADE 5:30 p. m. BEAN FEED 7 p. m. A complete dinner featuring de'.ic.ous Santiam Greer. Beans fum shed by Stayton Canning Co. Co-op. Served . n festival ground* at rear of civic building. 50c per plate B AND CONCERT 7 p. m. Enjoy the music of the Albany Sottish Bagpipe Band while enjcytng your bean feed. Concert or festival grounds near civic building BEAN HOPPERS BALL 0 p.m. Dance to tha delightful music of STUBBY MILLS and his orchestra. ART. MINERAL HOBBY. CER AMIC, FLOWERS and ANTIQUE SHOW Displays in civic building close at 5 p m. BROWNING BROS. CARNIVAL SUNDAY — Al GUST 3 — PRO-AM GOLF TOURNAMENT Santiam Golf Club, 2 miles west of Stayton on highway 22. TIMBERLINE procedure. Friday morning, we all witnessed the robing of our seven Supreme Court Justices by the real State By John E. Benneth Supreme Court Justices. Then we re Timber fallers for Weyerhaeuser gathered in the auditorium to hear Timber Co. at Springfield got the last year’s Girls Nation Delegates surprise of their lives recently when tell about their experiences in Wash they feled an old incense cedar on ington, D. C., after which we select the firm’s Tree Farm there. The tree ed two candidates from each county ' shattered against the ground and to run for Girls Nation, making a [ burst into a roaring fire! total of twelve candidates. Later, the Company foresters discovered that Legislature met again, seperately, to j the old tree was nothing more than draw up the bills we were going to a hollow shell of bark and sapwood present in session the following day. ¡filled with fire. A spark from a At 2:30, we all went downtown to nearby slash fire late last year had the Y. M. C. A. gym for our Gover I gotten into it and smoldered there nor’s reception. The Willamette gym for five months until it hollowed out was unavailable at the time. It was a more than 60 feet of the trunk, even little crowded, but I am sure the girls though it did not produce enough didn’t mind. You see, the. Boys Stat smoke to be noticed. ers were there, too. At a nearby log landing, a spark It is easy to see we were kept hop- I from the same slash fire crept into ping, but I want to say here that our rotten wood and bark and burned un personnel, coupled with the Willam derground until it reached the sur ette cooks made sure we always had face—again, five months later. tasty meals awaiting us. Foresters pointed out that these Friday night was stunt night at fires illustrate the danger inherent Waller Hall. Each county was given in starting camptires in hollow logs , ten minutes to present a stunt. Ours or on rotten wood. was a pantomimed song iu German Tree Farmers Taxpayers AH Dialect. We had a very pleasant sur Borne people assume that tree prise just before lights out that night; farmers get a tax advantage over five boys from a Willamette fratern- other forest landowners, and may ; ity seranaded us. It was beautiful, ond have confused certification of land in we enjoyed it very much. the Tree Farm program with enroll Saturday morning, our Legislature ment of land under Oregon's forest went into session. We brought up, dis fee and yield tax law. cussed. and passed various bills, some Now comes Don Walrod, Columbia of which were: Girls State Sweatshirts County exteusion agent, who points each year, a driving re-examination out that the industry-sponsored Tree every f.ve years, compulsory Civil barm program has no connection Defense education, and improvement with the tax status of any property. of State Mental Institutions. In the "The Tree Farm program recog ¡afternoon, we heard Robert Thorton nize.- that successive tree crops are speak on courts and their procedures, vital to continuing lumber and other which was very interesting. We had a iorest products industries,” he says. few hours extra time before dinner. “Forest laudowners are encouraged After we ate, we went to the Auditor to belong as a means of stimulating ium to hear the Girl Nation candi interest in better forest management dates' speeches. Then we participated and utilization and for mutual bene in what 1 feel is the most beautiful fit ceremony of all, our Girls State Can “A Tree Farm is a forested area of dlelight Ceremony on the rotunda of any size in private ownership man the cav tol. I'm willing to bet there aged for glowing tree crops for com wasn’t one dry eye among the Girl mercial purposes. The perorgatives of Staters that night! Alter Candlelight, the lanuowner are not impared. He we returned to the Auditorium to may or may not be participting in hear who the Girls Nation Delegates the forest lee and yield tax pro- were. Elation was high in our group, gram.” for Joan Yasui was again chosen, she deserved every bit of it. Then, it was Along The Lead Line oa. k to the hall, but not much sleep Left over mateirals at the St. Hel- ’ that night. ens null of Pope and Talbott, Inc«» Sunday forenoon was spent mostly are finding their way into a new -aying tearful “good-byes" to all our Oregon wood product: Fertilizer. In friends, with many promises to writ« a new pilot plant operation just and to come to visit. started there, the firm is packaging My week at Girls State was an ex 60 per cent ground bark and 40 per perience 1 shall certainly never for cent peat moss mixed with ammon get and 1 would again like to thank ium sulphate and iron sulphate . . . all those who sponsored my trip. The striking forest industry pavil- lion at Portland’s Centennial Expo sition grounds has been designed as a gigantic guesthouse to provide a relaxing atmosphere of restfulness Between for footsore visitors. An impressive Portland-SaJem-Idanha array of beautifully gramed woods is being used throughout the build all way point»« ing to create a feeling of warmth Allied Van Line® Agent and beauty for those who want to Local & Nationwide take a quiet breather in a comfort Household Moving able seat while waiting to meet a friend or stroll through the delight staytou Phone RO 9-2870 ful exhibits on future dea.gn poten Salem EM 3-1626 tials of forest product« . . . More than SHIP IT WRIGHT 40V Linn County school children joined the Oregon Green Guards, for est fire prevention youth group of the Keep Oregon Green association, You Find the Best in dur. ng a recent school forestry day in that county .... In the 350-odd «ears since America's umber harvest began, tw.ee as mu<h wood has been when you shop regularly removed for man's use and lost to insects, diseases, fire, etc» as was at our meat and grocery standing when the first English col onists landed at Jamestown and Ply store. mouth. Ret forests still cover more See us shout a Locker Today. than a third of the land area of the Order one and have It ready niteq States. MEAT and GROCERIES for fall I Open 7 Days A Week. Mill City Meat Market Phone 2642 MM City SUBSCRIBE to THE ENTERPRISE Today.. S3.00 per Year
