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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1968)
Mrs. Bill McCauley, former Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shew- make of Greenville, Calif, spent six days recently with Mr. and Mrs. Marc Sims. They like the area so well that they decided to locate here and will move this week. Mr. Shewmake is a brother of Mrs. Sims. Detroit resident now living in Walton, was in The Enter prise office Monday to take out a subscription to the paper. She said she now managed Camp Lane at Walton; in fact had for the past two seasons and enjoyed it very much. Herb Schroeder has had to “slow down” a little lately and is taking a forced vacation from his carpenter repair jobs. He fell from a ladder while doing some roof repair work at the home of Mrs. O. K. DeWitt. The ladder slipped and he fell Mr. and Mrs. AVayne Smith with it, breaking a bone in the who recently sold their Mean heel. He is now getting around der Inn tavern here have pur on crutches. chased a home at 819 East Main street in Silverton. Mr. and Mrs. Burrell Cole re turned home recently from a Mrs. Maude Tailant of Liver fishing trip on the Siletz river. more, Calif, is visiting with They were there about a here longtime friend. Betty month, camping in their trail Bostwick. er. Mrs. Cole said they had a good time but that it rained Michael Johnson has receiv a lot of the time. ed his degree from OCE and is teaching Freshman math at Mr. and Mrs. Howard Farm- Willamette High school. His en and Mr. and Mrs. Fred wife, Connie teaches 6th grade F’armen of Albany were hunt at Auburn school in Salem. The ing in the Fossil area. The couple now reside in the Cap men each got a nice buck. itol city. Mrs. Robert Herring and Mrs. William Tracey of New berg visited Tuesday with Mrs. George Long and family. Mrs. Herring is a sister of Mrs. Long. Terry Corryell, junior at OSU spent Sunday with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lake. He is majoring in politic al science. Mrs. Golda Martens has been a patient for the past several days at Santiam Memorial hos pital. She is presently feeling much better. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mor rison received a telephone call from their son, Pfc Eddy Mor rison, who has been hospital ized in Japan. He is returning to his company in Saigon this week. He received a hand in jury but said it was now heal ed. Mrs. Joe ('hallender accom panied by her mother, Pearlet- ta McMahon returned recently from Southern California where they visited with rela tives. TURKEY DINNER—SUBLI MITY—Sunday, Oct. 13, 1130 am. m. to 3 p. m. Parish hall. Adults $1.50; children under 12 75c; pre school 50c. Sponsored by St. Boniface Parish. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hayes of Eugene were in Mill City last week visiting with friends. He is a former custodian at the Mill City schools. They were overnight guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Ohmart. Mrs. Cyril Archer, Sr., has returned home after spending the past five weeks visiting with friends and relatives in Southern California. She said she had a wonderful time. Mrs. Roy Welstad is expect ed to return this week from Minot, N. D., where she was called by the illness of her father. Mill City Groups Seek Station Use A vacant Mill City ranger station has two agencies vying for ownership. The station, located in the North Santiam area served as a ranger station until last month when offices were mov ed to Detroit. The Oregon State Police has expressed a need for a patrol office in the building and the Mill City School District also wants the structure. School board plans were not announc ed. Federal agencies command first priority with state and local governments rated second and third, according to Detroit Ranger Lee Boeckstiegel. The facility, which includes an office building, three-bed- room home and a parking lot, Mary Lee Van Stockkum of will be offered as surplus pro Eugene flew up Tuesday to perty by the General Services see her grandfather Edmund Administration. Bertram who celebrated his 88th birthday Wednesday, Oc tober 9. Mrs. Stokkum and a License Examiners To friend landed at the Gates air Take Training In port and after a short visit re Portland Oct. 15-17 turned to Eugene. No driver license tests will Mrs. Douglas Winn, of Port be given in Oregon Oct. 15, 16 land, accompanied by her bro and 17. The “moratorium” on ther, Duaine Schultz of Los new drivers is necessary to en Angeles spent Tuesday and able the state’s 75 driver lic Wednesday at the home of ense examiners to attend an their brother-in-law and sister, annual in-service training con Mr. and Mrs. Don Moffatt. ference. Only those stations Schultz, who has been ill with near Salem and Portland will a heart condition, is now recup be open all day Monday, Oct. erated to the extent that he 14 to examine drivers. Normal can travel, and expects to be examination service will re able to go back to work as a sume Friday, Oct. 18. cabinet maker when he returns The three-day training ses to L. A. sion will include discussion of scoring written examinations, Mr. and Mrs. Don Moffatt public relations, medical pro spent the weekend at the beach blems related to driving, and a in their travel trailer. They demonstration of new types of were celebrating Moffatt’s bir audio-visual equipment used in thday anniversary. They were some states to test drivers. Rep. Frank Roberts, Port joined on Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Cris McMann of Portland. land legislator and head of the Mrs. McMann is the Moffatts speech department at Portland State College, also is a sched granddaughter. uled speaker. Jimmy Hiebert Has Major Surgery DETROIT—Jimmy Hiebert was re-admitted to Salem Me morial Hospital Thursday of last week where he under went major surgery Friday morning. Jimmy was released from the hospital last Sunday, Sept. 9th after being hospitalized with an injury to a kidney suffered in a football game Sept. 21st at Camas Valley. It was discov ered that the injured kidney had not been fuctioning pro perly for sometime. Cause of the mal function was not de terminefl. Bleeding developed after his release from the hospital so he was re-admitted and the kidney removed Friday morn ing. Jimmy a senior at Detroit high school is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hiebert of Id anha. His father said Monday even ing he is getting along fine following the surgery. Oregon Nurses Ass’n. To Sponsor Career Coffee October 17 The Nursing Career’s Com mittee of the Oregon Nurses’ Association, District 3, is spon soring a Career’s Coffee for the secondary education counselors and principals of Marion and Polk counties, on Thursday, October 17, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon at Pringle Park on Oak street, in Salem. ,The purpose of the coffee is to acquaint the school personnel with the Careers Committee’s service in counseling the jun ior high schools and senior high schools. This service includes individual counseling to stu dents interested in nursing, and panels presented by nurses to students in the classroom setting. At the coffee, there will also be a panel of nurses giving information on educa tional and work opportunities in nursing in Oregon. Evelyn Baker Marries Lawrence Barker At Saturday Ceremony IDANHA — The First Meth odist Church in Salem was the setting for the wedding of Miss Evelyn Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baker of Id anha, and Mr. Lawrence Bar ker of Salem, Saturday even ing. Officiating at the 7:00 p. m. candlelight ceremony was Rev. James Hulet, pastor of the church. The grooms par ents reside in Moscow, Idaho. Miss Margaret Baker of Portland was maid of honor for her sister, and their bro ther, Earl Baker, served as best man. A reception was held at the church parlors following the wedding. The new Mrs. Barker (Evelyn) formerly attended De troit school and is a 1967 grad uate of Salem High school. Following a short honey moon the couple will live in Salem for a while before mov ing to Bend where they will make their home. Attending the wedding from here was Mrs. Harold Roth and daugh ters. Linda and Cindy. Weather, Detroit Dam 7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading Pool Elev. Oct. 2 66 42 1540.30 0.00 Oct. 3 76 41 1538.77 0.00 Oct. 4 73 45 1537.25 043 Oct 5 eo 46 1535.65 0.06 Oct 6 61 46 1534.03 0.29 Oct. 7 54 43 1532.45 0.62 Oct. 8 51 43 1530.72 005 Future Citizens 5—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Oct 10, 1968 Idanha Church Group Mill City Women Meet at Hiebert Home IDANHA—The Idanha home Attend Fall Meet PICTURED on the right are children of Larry G. Urban, Lorie 9, Linda 6, Leslie 3 and Lorne 16 months. On the left are John 11 and Corliss 9, children of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Archer, Jr., all of Mill City. By Karen Oliver One Car Accident DETROIT — An unidenti fied Salem woman and her small son were injured Sunday afternoon in a one car accident on the North Santiam High way near the State Highway Dept. Shop. The 1:45 P. M. accident ap parently occurred when she hit a slick spot on the highway caused by rain. She apparently lost control of the small car which landed in a ditch bottom side up. Reports indicated she received a cut to the leg and bruises and that the boy sus tained bumps and bruises. A dog in the car apparently es caped injuries. Detroit Mobile First Aid Un it was called to the scene of the accident but the victims did not seek aid. Following the bandaging of the cut, apparently by their own group, the woman and her son were placed in a camp er which apparently was trav eling with the car and was tak en to a Salem hospital. A wrecker from Hill’s service Station towed the car to the station. Weatherman Muise Says Sept. Ranges From High to Low DETROIT — According Ao weatherman, Joe Muise, the De troit area received 3.06 inches of precipitation in the month of Sept. 1968, with .99 of an inch recorded on the 15th. Nor mal average for Sept, is listed as 2.46. High temp, reading for the month was recorded as 92 de grees on the 6th. Low temp, was listed as 37 degrees on Sept. 28th. Based over a 24-year period former Septembers holds some interesting facts. In Sept. 1959 the area received 9.94 inches of precipitation with the greatest amount recorded as 3.60 in a 24-hour period on the 26th. Driest Sept, came in 1965 when only .54 of an inch of precipitation was recorded. According to Muises report this Sept.; on the average, had 2-degrees cooler days, but 2- degrees warmer nights. A record high for Sept, was recorded as 103-degrees in 1955 and a record low came in 1950 when a cool 28 degrees was re corded. Railroad Men Visit In Detroit Home DETROIT—A group of dis tinguished visitors from Ogden, Utah were guests at the Frank Anderson home here last Sat urday and Sunday. They were Murray M. Moler, Associate Editor of the Ogden Standard Examiner, Mark Darney, Vice- president of the Ogden Cham ber of Commerce, and Nathan H. Mazer, Executive Director of Field Operations of the Golden Spike Centennial Cele bration Commission. Their visit here was to in spect all items for the Rail road Centennial Celebration which is to be held in Ogden May 10th to Sept. 1,1969. Frank Anderson, retired locomotive Engineer, has a large collection of railroad items which they wanted to view with the idea that some of them would be suitable for display their next year. Also present was C. J. Keen an, chairman of the Board, Na tional Railroad Hall of Fame. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Erickson, formerly of Detroit, but now residing in Mill City. Mrs. Erickson assisted Mrs. Anderson in the serving of the dinner Saturday evening. On Monday, September 30th, Varsity “S” met to choose the Homecoming Princesses. Those selected were: Lonnie Bodeker, Senior, Trishia Moore, Junior, Linda Hampton, Sophomore, and Rosie Whitney, Freshman. The Student Body will select the Queen cn the Monday pre ceding Homecoming night. She will then reign over the week's activities. Pep Club met on Monday to finish making plans for their spaghetti feed, which was held on Friday night. They did quite well, clearing around $70. FHA also held a meeting on Monday. The purpose of this meeting was to finish making plans for initiation, which was held on October 8th. Commit tees were chosen to help with the preparation. This complet ed, money making projects were discussed. It was decided that a baked food sale would be held at Girod’s and Stew art’s on October 11 beginning at 10 a.m. It was also decided to sell cookbooks around Christmas. A G.A.A. meeting was held on Wednesday. The main pur pose of this meeting was to make plans for Homecoming, which will be held on October 18, following the North Marion game. There will be special days throughout the week pre ceding Homecoming night. On Monday everyone will wear blue. On Tuesday an “Ugly Man Day” will be held. For this, each class will vote on someone to represent them. Then the tSudent Body will vote on who they think has dressed up to be the ‘.‘ugliest” by placing pennies as a vote. Wednesday will be crazy hat day. Then on Thursday each class will have a specific color which their members will be required to wear. Friday will be a red and gray day. The purpose of all these days is to build up spirit through class competition. At the end of the week twenty dollars will be awarded to the class that shows the most spirit during the week by participating in the week’s activities. Class meetings were held on Friday. During their class meeting, the Senior organized their spook insurance plan. They also decided to hold a car bash during the pep assem- bly on the Friday of Home- coming. The Juniors finished organ- izing their booster badge sale. They also decided to have a car wash on April 5th. The Sophomores spent their class meeting choosing dance dates. They chose Rick Harlen to be their representative for the Ugly Man Day. The Freshmen chose com mittees to plan for their dance which will be held on October 11. A button sale is also plan ned for a future money making project. Adventist Church To Have Lectures “Coming Soon—One United Church” is the title of the op ening night lecture in a series of Bible lectures to be present ed by Pastor Robert G. Letch er of the Mill City Seventh-clay Adventist church. Associated with the TV Bible class, Pastor I^etcher will bring 20 different Bible study topics to the Mill City area on succeeding nights. Each study will be illustrated In vivid ' black light” colors. Other features of the crusade will be a motion picture each evening, and a Bible-marking period, with the opportunity for each person present to re ceive a free Bible. These meetings will be held in the Mill City Seventh-day Adventist church located at 501 S. W. Ivy street, beginning at 7:15 each night. The series will continue four weeks, each night except Wednesdays and Fridays. Why Don’t You Subscribe to The Mill City Enterprise of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hiebert was the setting late Sunday afternoon when the Young Peo ple of the Idanha Community Church met with Gerald Hie bert acting as president in the absence of his brother Jimmy. Hosting the event was Miss Gina Williamson. Lesson for the day was on the subject “Witnessing”. Plans were also completed on the group’s annual Hallow- e'en party for the adults and their friends of the Idanha Community Church. The even ing of Oct. 27th has been scheduled for this “spooky” even*, of which the destination will not be disclosed until the morning of the event. The groups Hallowe’en party is al ways sparked by leading their guests down a “spooked” trail lined with Hallowe’en spooks. The group will also present an 8-act play “Witnessess Wanted, Fakes Need Not Ap ply, at the Idanha Community Church the evening of Oct. 20th at 7:30 p. m. Present at Sundays meeting were: Ricky, Mike" and Gina Williamson, Donald and Ger ald Hiebert, Dorsey Smith, Ro bin Whiteley, Linda Roth, Lin da Beachy, Henry and Freda Hiebert and their counselor, Martha Taylor. The groups next meeting will be held Sunday, Oct. 13th at 5:30 p. m. at the Idanha home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyn Williamson. Hosting the event will lie Miss Linda Roth. Title of the days lesson is the “Dating Game”. Any teenager who has a question on the subject is asked to please attend. At the beginning of the meet ing questionaires will be pass ed out to the Young People who will then be paired off by univac for the refreshment hour. Attending the call to Fall Institute for the 4th district of Oregon Federation of Women’s club in Salem Friday were Mrs O. K. DeWitt, Mrs. J. C. Kim mel, Mrs. John Swan and Mrs. Glen Cummings, all members of the Mill City Women’s club. Theme for the meeting was “Pattern for Action” with in teresting skits carrying out the theme. Small groups of women held buzz sessions which was followed by the noon Luncheon at the city halL A short business session was held in the afternoon. For Quality Job Printing call The Enterprise, 897-2772. Rep. L B. Day REPUBLICAN POST. 4 Re-elect an Effective Legislator Pd. for by Dey Support Commis««. R. I. Elfttrom, Chrm., 1391 Werren Street, Salem. i New Shipment SKIRTS and SWEATERS Better come in today and make your selection. You’ll like the new styles and colors Ada’s Needle Shop Phone 89T-2141 227 S.W. Broadway Mill City Fall Tune-Up SPECIAL Insure Safe and Trouble-Free Driving this Fall and Winter. We use the Marquette Dyna-Vision Electronic machine to diagnose your motor. This assures you of a good job. HERE'S WHAT WE DO ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Check cylinder compression—•clean air-filter Clean or replace spark plugs Ignition points—condenser Check and set timing Check distributor cap and wiring Check resistance ignition wiring Clean fuel bowl and filter Adjust automatic choke Cheek clean and fill battery (heck starter capacity—check voltage regulator and generator output FREE COOLING SYSTEM INSPECTION Get your car or truck ready for Fall and Winter Driving. It’s time to have your radiator checked for anti-freeze. 8 Cylinder Most American Make Cara Most American Make Cars $g95 Plus Parts Bassett's Chevron Station Ph. 897.2786 Mill City. Or.
