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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1966)
4—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Oct. 20, 1966 NOTICE Our Property Is Posted. It is not Open To Anyone for Hunting. MARTIN KELLY You can relax when you're covered by JERRY PITTAM INSURANCE Ph. 897-2413 or 897-2754 Mill City, Oregon Lord's Acre Auction Set for Saturday Saturday, November 5th is the date set for the 20th an nual Lord’s Acre auction and barbecue at the Powell Butte Christian church east of Red mond. This annual affair is held at the church and the adjoining school grounds. The sale starts promptly at 10 a. m. with the County Store and Bazaar. Here you may purchase top quality beef and pork. This includes steaks, roasts, ground beef and homemade sausage, chops, roasts, spareribs, etc.; Bakery items, homemade candy, sau erkraut, canned goods, plants, pillow cases, tea towels, novel ties, dolls, aprons etc. At 11:45 the barbecue pits are opened and lunch is then served. Beef, ham, potatoes, and beans all are barbecued. At 1:30 the auction of lambs, livestock, lumber, quilts, and miscellaneous articles starts. Charlie Smith of Tulare, Calif, has donated his services each year since the beginning of the project. Each year the crowd in creases and Income averages from $6,000 to $8,000. Items for the sale are re ceived from Washington, Cal ifornia, eastern places, and from the Valley as well as the Central Oregon section. Pie, coffee, ice cream are served all day. Proceeds from this annual sale are used for the construction of a $70,000 educational unit and missions. 34 Pre-Schoolers Enrolled at Lyons LYONS—The Mothers of Pre-Schoolers held their mon thly meeting with 17 mothers present. The school census will be taken by mothers dur ing the last week of October. The pre-school has 34 child ren enrolled in two classes— one class on Tuesday and Thursday and another on Wednesday and Friday. The Halloween parties will be hosted by Mmes Mumey, McKay, Bender, and Dunham. The pre-schools will go Alert, Responsive, Trick and Treating on Octob Responsible er 27 and 28. Anyone who would like to have children Pd. Pol. Adv. Ken Purdy, stop please call Jean Owen. Scio, Oregon The route will go up Elm to the Variety Store and back down fifth to the school. Linn County A Blowup You Can Avoid Residents of Lyons who of volunteer work on their city proud of their accomplishment.— prise photo. well be City Enter- Volunteers Work to Make Many Improvements on Lyons Library Lyons may be only a small spot on the map, but it has always had alert and civic minded citizens. One of the recent ways in which this has been shown is the new library with the building donated and then completely renovated by vol unteer labor. The building has new sid ing, paint, cement porch and steps and a sidewalk in front. The inside of the building was repainted and new shelving added. Taking a keep interest in the library is Mrs. Elsie Fol som of Stayton, who took over the duties of librarian earlier in the year. Detroit School to Get Federal Help DETROIT — The Detroit Board of Education held its regular meeting recently. Ron ald Thaheld, coordinator of the the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action program was present to discuss with the board the function of the Community Action Council in regard to the filing of appli cations under the Elementary Secondary Education Act, Public Law 89-10 Title 1 pro gram. and the services avail able to communities through this council in setting up other community action pro- jects. The board has approved a j Title I project and applica tion has been completed and submitted to the State Depart ment of Education for approv al. The program would consist of Reading-Library Assistant to teach remedial reading and assist the librarian. Detroit implemented the same pro- gram last January and re- ceived some $3000 to help supplement the salary of the Reading-Library assistant and to purchase library books. Ben Cave, architect, gave a progress report on the con struction of the new high school plant. Mrs. Ruth Miller, school dis trict clerk was designated by the board to take the school census and has appointed members of the PTC to help with the job. The census will he taken on or about October 25 and they ask the coopera tion of the people in the com munity in answering acurate- lv all the questions the census takers ask. Lyons-Mehama Water Board to Elect Directors in December I LYON S—T h e Lyons-Me hama Water Board held their monthly meeting Wednesday, October 12 at 7:30. A motion was passed to send anyone who is three months delin quent a certified letter to either pay their bill within five days of receipt of letter or their water will be turned off and a SI.00 fee will be charged to turn it back on. Meter heads are in short supply and the board will order 36 more. The board will receive tele phone credit cards from the People’s Telephone Co., to be used when members of the hoard has to make long dis tance phone calls for the dis trict. The board voted to raise Evelyn Morman’s salary Freres Veneer Jack Roy’s term expires on Simpson Timber Company 1. The election of a Lyons, Oregon Timber Division P. O. Box 308 Albany January new board member will be held December 5th. Anyone Boise Cascade Corp. wishing a petition to place a Willamette Plywood Corp. name on the ballot may obtain P. O. Box 127, Independence, Ore. P. O. Box 228 Aumsville, Ore. one from Jeanne Owen, sec retary. The petition with 20 Young & Morgan Timber Co Frank Lumber Company, Inc. qualified voters must be com pleted and returned by Nov Idanha and Mill City, Oregon Mill City, Oregon ember 20 THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE ' Christians to Unite for Worship Library at Lyons There are over 1200 vol umes on the shelves which of fer a good selection of fiction, mysteries, westerns, biogra phical and historical works as well as science, religion and general reading. There is also a set of Encyclopedias. Besides these books new volumes are borrowed from the State Library and over 100 books are included in each shipment from that source. Individual borrowers may also request special titles by asking the librarian to send for them. Mrs. Folsom, who has stu- died Library Science, was em- ployed at the State Library seven years before moving to Stayton. The library is open Tues day afternoon from 3:30 to 6 o’clock; Thursday evenings, 7 to 9 and on Saturdays from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. The Story Hour for children is from 11 a. m. to 12 on Saturdays. The hour is divided for different age groups. Mrs. Folsom said that any Junior or Senior high school girls would be welcomed as volunteers to help with these story hours. Gunners Poised for Pheasant and Quail Oregon gunners will have a full slate of upland game birds on the shooting line this coming weekend with the op ening of the general season for ringneck pheasants and mountain and valley quail. Alread open is the season for chukar partridge, Hungar ian partridge, and blue and ruffed grouse. Hunters are re minded that this will be the last weekend for grouse, with the season scheduled to close October 23. The pheasant and quail sea son opener is scheduled for 8 a. m„ Saturday, October 22. This 8 o’clock opening applies to all upland game birds and waterfowl on that date. For the remainder of the season, hunters may begin shooting one-half hour before sunrise. First Snow Falls On Santiam Ridges DETROIT—Snow, the first of the season, was noted last Wednesday morning on the ridges surrounding the De troit-Idanha areas. The white mantle chased deer hunters, loggers, and cone pickers out of the woods during the storm. At Marion Forks one inch of snow was reported and two inches of snow at Santiam Junction. The Santiam Pass reportedly received about 12 incres. Highway is reported bare over Santiam Pass with some roadside snow remain ing. This year’s snow came eai ly according to weather bu reau records. It is interesting to note that snow records as reported by weatherman Joe Muise for the Detroit area shows that the first snow of the season from 1963 to 1965 came in November. A trace of snow was recorded on No vember 21, 1963 with a tem perature reading of 27 de grees. November 12, 1964 half an inch of snow, temperature 31 degrees; November 26. 1965 .08 of an inch with a temp erature reading also 31. The first snow noted on the ridges last year was on No vemher 10. Checking with the Marion Forks Fish Hatchery weather station for the season’s first snowfall last year, Superin tendent Howard Drago report ed that .03 of an inch was re recorded November 23 and 2*4 | inches on the 27th, 1965. Entered as second class mat, ter November 10, 1944 at the The first monthly “United Post Office at Mill City, Ore under Act of March 3 Christian Worship Service” gon will be held this Sunday ev 1874 ening at 7:30. NEWSPAPER Laymen and ministers from PUBLISHERS five Mill City churches met recently to find a common ASSOCIATION ground for Christian witness. The common consent was to experiment first, in the area NATIONAL NEWSPAPER of common worship and wit ness. On the fourth Sunday even ing of the next five months, Subscription Rates the United Christian Worship Marion-Linn Counties $6.50 yr. Service will meet at the Free Outside Marion-Linn $4.00 yr. Methodist church. The Rev. Outside Oregon.......... $4.50 yr. Roy Bedwell of the Baptist Mission will preach on the DON W. MOFFATT. Eel-Pub' topic, “The Eyes of the Lord.” The Presbyterian, Commun Automotive ity, and Christian churches and are cooperating with the Me thodist and Baptist churches Industrial to plan the services. Maintenance The United Christian Wor ship Service is open to all Diesel Engine Service people of all faiths. Local re Welding sidents and friends who are Shop or Field not active in any church are Dealer for Airco Welding especially invited. Local min Products isters are hoping many young Delco Batteries adults will attend the monthly Factory Equipment united services. A joint statement of local Ignition Parts ministers said: “Other local experiments in united Chris tian worship, study, and mis sion can be expected to follow Jim and Very] Hoover if the people of Mill City sup Phone 897-2911 Mill City port us.” Hoover's Repair Water Problems Topic At Extension Meeting LYONS—The Lyons Home Extension Unit held their meeting Thursday, October 13 in the dining hall at the Lyons Methodist Church with pres ident Lois Morgan presiding. Coffee and cookies were serv ed from a pretty decorated table by Helen Johnston and Pat Nickelson. Project lead ers were Joyce Neal and Thelma James who present ed a very interesting lesson on “Water Problems.” A “Special Interest Meet ing” on Hot Water Pie Crust will be held at the Mari-Linn School on Thursday, Novem ber 3, at 7 p. m. Next Extension meeting will be held at the Lyons Methodist Church Thursday, November 10, at 10 a. m. Project lesson will be “Making Yeast Rolls and Bread.” Ev eryone is welcome to attend both meetings. Door prize was won by Thelma James. At tending were Mmes. Lois Morgan, Alma Olmstead, Bar bara Potts, Alla Mae Bethel, Pat Nickelson, Martha Cru- son, Eleanor La Munyan, Joy ce Neal, Thelma James, Helen Johnston, Dorothy Downer, Donna Elmore, Hazel James, June Kokstis and Alma Spell- meyer. Detroit Dist. Wants Tree Planterss Linn County! Keep Your Voice!! RE-ELECT GERALD DETERING YOUR STATE DETROIT — Applications are now being accepted by the REPRESENTATIVE Detroit Ranger district for tree planting, Forester Gary Coleman said Tuesday. POSITION NO. I Some 200 acres will be planted by hand. The seed lings will be planted in the • We Need Deter- McCoy Creek, Woodpecker, ing's ability and ex Tom Creek and Beard Creek areas. Some 735 acres will be perience seeded from the air. Major seeding units include Slate and Kay Creeks, Bruno 9 You can have con Meadows, Parkette and Bruno fidence that Deter Mountain. In addition some 400 acres ing does the job has been contracted in 18 well. units to a Portland firm.These include Slate Rock, McCoy Creek. Tule Lake and Divide £ Detering has a Creek, Coleman said. proven record of Aerial seeding is expected I to get under way next week. Weather, Detroit Dam 7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading Pool Date Max. Min. Elev. Pct. I Oct. 5 82 49 1532.76 0.00 Oct. 6 76 50 1531.67 0.00 Oct. 7 61 50 1530.55 0.08 Oct. 8 64 52 1529.42 0.22 Oct. 9 66 40 1528.36 0.02 Oct. 10 67 40 1527.27 0.00 Oct. 11 69 45 1529.99 legislative accom plishments for Linn County and Ore- Pd. Pol. Adv. by Detering for Representative Comm. J. C. Kimmel, Edith Mason, Mill City, W. R. Stevens, Lyons. FLOWERS For All Occasions Plants — Cut Flowers Nationally Advertised Glassware I se Our Christmas Lay- Away Plan Permanent Flowers and Arrangements Open 8 A. M. to 7 P. M. Wire Service Anywhere Brunner's Flowers 230 N. E. 4th St Ph. 897-2452 Mill City
