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NIMBER 13
THE MILL ( ITY ENTERPRISE, THLItSDAY, APRIL 11, IMS
Scouts Have
Award Dinner
Saturday Nite
..a Time of
/(/ hope and
'
happiness
Alxiut 125 Scout», parents ami I
frlcmls attrndrd an Award»
Potluck dinner at Falluwshlp
hail Saturday evening
Toni Drynnn is scoutmaster
for the Mill City boys and 1«
uiilsted by Grurge Davis and
Burney Scott. Other oommittre
member* include Gregg Stev |
ens, Irv Steers, George Hum- j
phrey, Francis Bodckrr and
Tom Kanotf, who actrd as '
master <>t ceremonies tor the
evening's program
Guest speaker was Judge
Joseph Feiton. Marton County
Juvenile Judge, and also pre­
sident of the Cascade (Yxincil
of Hoy Scouts, lion Meacham,
Mid City Police Chief was ul»o
a guest for the evennlg.
Mrs Atfxil Savage and Mrs.
Ikxi llaucter were in charge of
dinner arrangements and the
Rev Richard Cole gave the in­
vocation
Receiving Tenderfuot iMdges
wen- Ron Johnson. Gary May.
Wayne Rosamond, Joe illnce,
I jury Eide, David Pit tarn and
ttonald laite
Secund class badges were
received by Fred Alban. Ikmald
latte, lx-r Olmstead, David ;
Pittam, Wajn.- Rosamond, Da­
vid Ruby and Pat Vail.
Hugh Easlbum. l-arry Rugs I
dale and Craig Shaw received I
first class badges
Star scout awards were re- I
ceived by Lee Bodcker, Steve I
Pearce and Alan Yankus
Ute Scout awards went to ‘
Jack Johnson, Greg Pearce, j
Terry Savage, Mike Worley
and Wayne Bartow, 'horn Dryn- 1
an said that he hoped these i
boys Wixiid be ready to receive I
their Eagle scout awards next 1
year.
There were 53 merit badges !
given with George Humphrey j
presenting them to Pat Worley, '
Ryan Swan, Mike lxtgan, Joe
lly Jean llotx-rta
Hince, Pat Vail, Wayne Rosa­
MEHAMA "Snowed Out" of
mond, Fred Alban, tairry Rags­ the wood» on the opening day
dale, Alan Yankua, Jack John­ of fire season 1» the predica­
son. lx* ikxleker. Steve Pearce. ment faced by logging con­
Terry Savage, Wayne Bartow. cern» in tin* North Santiam
Mike Worley and Greg Pearce. area.
Fire »enson officially opened
April I. but »nowfall the last
Father of Local
two days of March, halted log­
ging operation» that have been
Woman Killed in
In full »wing all winter. Few
Construction Mishap
day» of work have been lost
Mrs. Delbert Goforth received by logger», due to bad weather
word of the death of her step­ thia year as January, Febru­
father, Adam «Joel Bean in a ary and March have seen good
construction accident at Oak­ weather with very little rain
ridge last week.
or »now.
l-ogging operation*
usually
Hr was fatally Injured Tues­
day afternoon when his crawl­ ■low or »top during the»«- three
er-type tractor turned over, months.
[tinning him beneath it. He has
State forestry official» will
owned a construtcion company soon be inspecting fire equip­
for the past five years, work­ ment owned by kx-al logging
ing on the lxxtkout Point and concern* to see if they are in
Hills I'tii-k iliinu la that area. readiness when needed.
He was a native of Nashville,
A few year* ago fire <*quip-
Tenn., anil had lived in Ore­ ment was required 'on the Joii'
gon for 16 years, seven of them although snow might be on the
nt Oakridge.
ground Fire truck, fire warden,
He was bom January 6, 1911 fin- box containing tool* were to
and wax married to Mary lx1 on every landing. Fire ex­
Shockley in Vancouver, Wash., tinguisher*, shovels, and water
i iecembi r 31, It 16
l>ump were required to be car­
Besides his wife he is sur­ ried by each set of cutters, in
vived by a son, Jerry of Al- spite of rain or snow.
Iwiny; two step-daughters, Mrs.
"Forestry officials of late are
Delbert (Gktria) Goforth of Mill taking a more common sens«’
City and Bonnie Voelike of attitude toward fire equipment,’
Chicago, III ; three grandchild­ state* Dale Crandall, bookkeep­
ren. and a brother, Walter, of er for Ercill Wilson Logging,
Nashville.
one of the largest concerns in
Mr Bean was a member of this area. Fire equipment must
the Oakridge Ixxlge No. 205 A. tie in readiness but not requir­
F 4 A M
ed until the snow is gone.
Funeral services were held at
the Chapel of the Woods mort­
uary with vault interment fol­
lowing.
Snow Falls as
fire Season
Opens April 1
Plaques Received
Gates Board Rehires By Simpson Timber
Teachers; Each Get Plant At Idanha
$300 Pay Increase
Bill Gleason, principal at
Gates stated at a recent meet­
ing of the Gates board the pre­
sent teachers were given con­
tracts for another year. Along
wiih the contracts went the
annual $300 increase In pay.
Their pay schedule is set up
on the merit system, which has
been used by Santiam Union
High school.
Glcnson said no new teachers
were hired, as he figured this
was the duty of the new re­
organized board.
IDANHA
Simpson Timber
Company at Idanha celebrated
recently. Reason was 1000 acci­
dent free days. The 1000 days
ended last Monday night.
Th«» company received two
plaques, one of the State In­
dustrial Accident commission,
the other from Simpson comp­
any, showing appreciation to
the men for their fine record.
Coffee and doughnuts wore
served and Phil Saner won the
cake in a drawing.
Bruce Wright, who retired
after over 16 years with Simp­
son's was honored with the gift
of a gold watch and a transist­
or radio.
In U m - Easter min-ale, there is
h<»|H- and inspiration to lift the
heart and reward th«- spirit.
Share the joy of Easter with
your family, friends, neighbors
. . . attend the church of your
choice Easter Sunday.
Senate-Aires
To Sing Here
Friday Night
Music lovers in the area are
being given an opportunity for
an evening of choice musical
entertainment Friday when the
Senate-Aires of Salem will ap­
pear at the Mil) City Grade
school gym in a concert which
they say will last for over an
hour and a half.
With the group are the Cap­
itol Chordsmen and the Top
Notchers Quartet. Those who
have heard these fine singer*
have been loud in their praise
and one party here who heard
¡them in Stayton last year said:
"it is a musical performance
you must hear, as it is well
worth your time."
The "Festival of Harmony’
is being sponsored by the Mill
City Lions club, and funds de-
. rived will will go towards pay­
ing for the removal of stumps
i from the city park. All the
stumps from the general park
area have been removed this
winter, arid this will aid in
keeping the park
in better
. shape this summer.
Jaycees to Have
Easter Egg Hunt
At Park Sunday
The Mill City Jaycees are
I sponsoring an Easter Egg hunt
; at the City Park Sunday, April
j 14. Starting time will be at 2
p m. and there will be four
age brackets; youngsters to 3
year* of age; 4 to 6 years; 7
ot 9 year* and 10 to 12 years.
Any youngster in the area in
those age group* is invited to
attend.
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Boat Race
Discussed at
Board Meet
Main topic ot discussion at
! North Santiam Chamber of
Commerce board meeting was
the upcoming first annual North
Santiam Whitewater Challenge
which is scheduled to come off
1 April 28. Starting point for the
boats will be three miles east
of Gates on the beautiful North
Santiam river. Boats will be
put into the water starting at
9 a. m. with Sam Wizer the of­
ficial starter. They will make
the 13-mile run to the Mehama-
Lyo.is bridge. Trophies and
prizes will be given for the
fastest trip down the river.
Plan* are being made to have
bands play at the Mill City
Holy week services will tie bridge and also at the Mehama-
i held Wednesday. Thursday and Lyons bridge sometime during
th-» day.
Friday evenings at 7:30.
President A. L. Barker of
This year's services will be at
the Presbyterian church. Spe­ Detroit reported he is getting
cial music will be provided by price* on signs from several
church choirs and soloists. sign companies in the area to
Communion will be celebrated see how much it will cost to
Thursday. On Friday night the get proper signs placed on the
outstanding film "The Glory of highway directing traffic up
the Resurrection" will be North Santiam Highway No. 22.
The Chamber will med» Wed­
«hwn.
An Easter Sunrise service nesday, April 17 at Gates when
is planned with a car caravan Art Brown of file Stayotn
forming at the high school Branch of the U. S. National
j parking lot at 6:15. The Rev. bank and Jerry Butler of the
, John Moll will speak at the Stayion Chamber of Commerce
j service.
will be present.
Everyone is invited to all
; these services.
—
Ministerial Assn.
Sponsors Special
Holy Week Services
Wettergreen Heads
Jaycees; Joint
Installation Held
The MUI City Jaycees and
Jaycettes held joint installa­
tion ceremonies following
a
banquet at
the
Recreation
Center In the city park Satur­
day night.
Jim Wettcrgrcen was
in­
stalled as president of the Jay-
cees; Maynard Smith, vice-
president; Ron Lindsay, secre­
tary; John Janis, treasurer and
Bob Carson. Verne Shaw. John ,
Will* and Jim Grant a* direct­
ors. Jim Hoover wa* elected to
serve a* state director.
Paula Grant, outgoing presi­
dent of the Jaycettes, installed
the new officers with Joanne
Wcttergreen to serve a* presi­
dent; Carol Smith, vice presi­
dent ; Veryl Lindsay, secretary;
Shirley Hoover, treasurer, and
Octa Will*, historian.
Corsages were presented to
the new Jaycette officers and
to the out-going president.
Give Awards
At Hospital
Open House
Over 200 people turned out
Sunday for an open house hon­
oring addition of a new wing
to Santiam Memorial hospital
at Stayton.
Visitor* toured the hospital
from 2 to 4 p. m. The $97.000
expansion and remodeling pro­
ject was recenty completed.
Ten-year employe* of the
hospital were presented pins
during a brief ceremony, pre­
sided over by Administrator
Gale Christensen
They are:
Mrs. Thelma Tomlinson. Mrs.
Yvonne Crandall. Miss Agnes
Kirsch, Mrs. Mabel Overholts.
Mrs. Lucille Bums. Mrs. Ma­
bel Sayre. Mrs. Ixiraine Watts,
Mrs. Kathleen Erickson. Mrs.
Agnes Stupka. Mrs. Opal Lav­
ender. Mrs. Vemell Martin,
Mrs. Opal Spenncr, and Mrs.
Dorothy Bowen.
Cancer Crusade Is j Lions Nominate
Slate of Officers
Progressing Says
Monday Night
Mrs. Clifford Swift
Mrs. Clifford Swift, chairman ;
of the American Cancer So-'
ciety Crusade in Mill City said '
this week that the annual cru- '
sade in April is progressing on 1
a hopeful note.
"By the end of the year,
about 1,100,000 Americans will
lx« able to say they have been
cured of cancer.” says Mrs.
Swift. "This is nearly seven
times as many people as were
cured of the disease in 1937."
The American Cancer So­
ciety urges all adult Ameri­
cans to do two things to pro­
tect themselves against cancer:
(1) have a health check-up an­
nually; (2) know cancer's dan­ I
ger signals and go to the doctor 1
if any of the signals last more i
than two weeks. The Society '
also urges support of its April
Cancer Crusade so it can con­
tinue its life-saving programs
of research, education, and ser­
vice.
“Your contribution is one of i
the greatest investments in the
world." said Mrs. Swift today.
Kimmel Improving—
Friends will be glad to learn
that J. C. “Doc" Kimmel who
has been hospitalized at Salem
Memorial for the past 10 days
is considerably improved.
He is expected to be able to
return home shortly.
Lions members Monday night
nominated a slate of officers
for the coming year. A report
was read from the committee,
then nominations made from
the floor.
Nominated for president were
Barney Scott and Dick Cole.
First vice president. Fred
Berg.
Second vice president. Lowell
Fleetwood.
Third vice president, Mel
Rambo.
Secretary-treasurer, Jim Gor­
don and Shields ReMine.
Tail twister. Carl Kelly.
Lion Tamer, Gregg Stevens.
Director for three years, Lee
Ross.
Nominations will again be
received next Monday night in
case others are chosen to run
for these offices, and Monday,
April 22, the election will be
held.
Forest Service To
Start Stream Clearing
The Mill City Ranger station
received word this week that
they would be doing a consid­
erable amount of stream clear­
ing work in the next two
months. Irv Steers said they
would be interested in hearing
from those in the area who had
cats or tractors to rent.
They are asked to contact the
the Mill City Ranger station
for more details.
Lyons Area Gas
Service Authorized
Bloodmobile To Be
At High School Today
Residents
are
reminded
again this week that the blood-
mobile will be here. Thursday.
April 11 (today) for anyone in
the area who wishes and is able
to give blood.
Mrs. Jim Grant, president of
the sponsoring organization, the
Mill City Jaycettes. said she is
counting on area residents re­
sponding to this worthy cause.
Co-chairman with Mrs. Grant
is Mrs. Myrita Davis, with
members of the Mill City
Woman's club also assisting.
The blood drawing will be
held in the teachers room at
Santiam Union High school
from 2 until 6 p. m.
LYONS—The Lyons City coun­
cil has granted a franchise to
Northwest Natural Gas Cb. to
distribute gas in the commun­
ity-.
Percy J. Hiatt. Ly< ns mayor,
announced the decision after a
recent council meeting.
Northwest Natural's engin-
I erring department announced
that a feeder line consisting of
4-inch pipe would be- installed
at an approximate cost of
$81.000 This line will cover over
10.4 miles.
In addition, distribution fa­
cilities. including services and
meters for industrial accounts
will entail an additional invest­
ment of approximately $3f..OOO. Well Child Clinic
Also at the meeting the fran­
chise at Santiam Sanitary Ser­ Slated for April 17
The Well Child Immuniza­
vice at Stay-ton was approved.
This firm has been serving tion and Health clinic will be
held at the teachers room at
Lyons for some time.
Santiam Union High school.
Wednesday. April 17 at 9:30.
Those wishing appointments
with the Marion county health
doctor are asked to call Mrs.
T. H. Baughman at 897-2629.
New Money Orders
Now Issued Here
Charles Kelly, postmaster at
Mill City and his crew are now­
issuing new- yellow' tint colored
money with the new postal
money order issuing machine.
The Department had these
machines designed for Post Of­
fice use in order to speed the
money order service for pa­
trons and also for protection of
the amount the orders are writ­
ten for, as these amounts are
printed in the amount columns
of the money order blanks, on
the same principle as a check
protector printing machine.
Weather, Detroit Dani
? A M. Daily Weather Reading
and Lake Elevation
Max. Min Pep. Elev.
34 49 0 23 1546 39
April 3
40 48 0.59 1547.58
April 4
42 55 0.21 1549.39
April 5
42 55 1.22 1552.44
April 6
41 52 0.22 1555.88
April 7
38 53 0.24 1558.31
April 8
38 51 0.42 1558.51
April 9
$3.00 A Year—10c A Copy
Don Walker
Heads New
School Board
The new five-man board of
the newly formed administra­
tive school district No. 129J
was sworn into office at a meet­
ing of the elemenetary school
board last Wednesday night.
Mr*. Edna Ros*, clerk, gave
members their oath of office
in the absence of William DoL
myer, Linn County superintend­
ent and clerk of the Rural Re­
organization board.
Don
Walker
was
named
chairman of the board and oth­
er members are Bill Pennick,
Homer
Williamston,
Martin
Hansen, and Don Westrick.
The new board will meet
Wednesday, April 10 at the high
school faculty room to plan
the budget for the district.
The board will convene at
7 45 to appoint a clerk. Mrs.
Edna Ross ha* served for a
number of years as clerk of the
Mill City Elementary and High
School boards.
Those serving on the budget
committee are Mrs. Jack Reid,
zone 3; Mrs. Albin Cooper, zone
4; Verne Shaw, zone 5; Floyd
Völkel, zone 1, and Bob Oliver,
zone 2.
The present administrators.
George Stovall, Bill Gleason and
Larry Brent will also be pre­
sent at the meeting.
Area Men Get
Simpson Service
Pins Recently
Among area men recently re­
ceiving recognition for years of
service at Simpson
Timber
Co., were Adolph Brunner,
Henry Shimanek, Don Sieg,
Nick Gustafson, Ernest Kadin,
Cyrus Perry, Robert Suerwood,
Marvin Neperud, Don Hassell,
Sr.; Harold Adams, Lewis Let-
son, Ernie Gars jo, Al Lantzer
and J hue Johnson for 10 years
of work.
At Idanha Veneer, A. C. Mc-
craven received the
10-year
award. Walter Gregory receiv­
ed a five-year award at Lyons
and E. L. Emmerson at the
Idanha Veneer plant
Coming Events
Wednesday, April 10
Order of Rainbow for Girls
at hall. 7:30.
PTA at SUHS library. Pro­
gram on mental retardation. 8
p. m.
City Council meeting at City
Hall, 8 p. m.
Thursday, April 11
Firemen's Auxiliary at Fire­
hall, 8 p. m.
Style Show at Meier & Frank.
Benefit Santiam Memorial hos­
pital, 3 p. m.
Bloodmobile at SUHS Teach­
er's room, 2 until 6 p. m.
Friday, April 12
IOOF lodge at hall. 8 p. m.
Monday. April 15
Lions club dinner meeting at
Fellowship hall, 6:30.
Bid or Bunch pinochle club
at Darlene Ruby home at 7:30.
Round Robin Pinochle club
at Rose Haywood home, 7:30.
AF4AM lodge at hall, 8 p. m.
Tuesday. April It
Woman's Club at
Nadine
Duggan home, 8 p. m. Speaker
from state sanitary commis­
sion.
Enter The North Santiam
Whitewater Challenge
13 MILES OF THRILLS - PRIZES
FROM* Three miles east of Gates
TO:
Mehama-Lyons Bridge
RULES: No motors in competition, no entry fee.
Every passenger must have an approved life
jacket. Decision of Tuning Committee will be
final. The North Santiam Chamber of Com­
merce is in no way liable for personal injury or
damage to boats.
I “I wish to enter the above contest and under- |
' stand the rules.”
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