Ray Sheldons Move
To Cascade Locks
Wolverine
Boots
Shipment just arrived
4 New Styles
Priced to Sell
The most Comfortable
Best Buy and Most
Service for your Money
Chucks Shoe Shop
MARION FORKS—The Ray
Sheldon family of the Marion
Forks Fish Hatchery moved
to the Bsneville Fish Hatchery
at Cascade Ixx-ks Wednesday
f last week where Mr. Shel
don will serve In the same ca
pacity there as he did here.
Succeeding him here as fore
man is Ned Abrams, Ox-Bow
Fish Hatchery, who moved
here with his family Friday.
Personnel of the Marion
Forks Fish Hatchery honored
the Sheldon family with a
farewell “pot-luck" luncheon
at the hjme of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Drago the day before
they left.
Teen Age Dance
Come Out For An Evening of Fun at the
Traveler's Cafe at Gates
THE SOUND EXPRESS
ADULTS WELCOME
Saturday, January 25, 1969
8 to 12 p. m.
50c Singles
Detroit Residents
To Try Warm Area;
Too Cold Here
By Boots Chamoion
DETROIT —Mr. and Mrs.
Visiting here at the home of Joe Muise left here Thursday
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken for El Cajon, Calif., for a one
neth Clark, Idanha, is their or two month visit at the
son Spf4 Donald Clark who home of their son-in-law and
arrived here the last of the daughter. Mrs. Muise said “due
week from Fort Irwin, Calif. to the accumulation of snow
Donald served a year and a here; Mr. Muises’ heart at
half in Vietnam and returned tack last fall and their recent
to the states the latter part bout with asian flu, they felt
of September. He is being that a warmer climate would
transferred to Fort Lewis, be beneficial to both of them.
Wash., at the end of his nine
Father Francis Callan, Port
day leave here.
land, pastor of the Detroit
Also returning home from Catholic Church, has moved in
Vietnam recently was Terry to the Muise home during their
Dean, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Dean of Corvallis. Ter
ry’s service in the armed for
ces has terminated.
Mrs. Scott Young of Marion
Forks returned home from a
Salem hospital Friday and is
now recuperating at home.
She was hospitalized Christ
mas Eve with the flu.
If you are an employer or
If you know someone who is,
please hear this: Non-profit
Goodwill Industries has, for
over 60 years, been helping
handicapped folk. At Goodwill
handicapped people get voca
tional training, work exper
ience and rehabilitation. They
make excellent employees. So
please call Goodwill today and
find out if they have the em
ployee you need!
Music By
$1.00 Couple
DETROIT
IDANHA
absence. Frank Hancock has
again taken over the duties of
the weather station here in
the absence of Muise.
Friday Deadline
For W-2 Forms
Friday, January 31, 1969 is
the deadline for employers to
give employees their 1968 W-2
forms, showing the amount of
earnings, income tax withheld
and social security information,
A. G. Erickson, District Direc
tor of Internal Revenue for
Oregon, said today.
Forms W 2 have to be filed
with income tax returns and
those who had more than one
job last year should make sure
they have received all of them
when they file their returns.
Six Weeks Honor
Roll at Detroit
Grade-High Gven
Detroit High School
Robert Crist 3.8; Gina Wil
liamson 3.8; Glenda Beachy 3.7;
Gary Lynn 3.5; Dorsey Smith
3.4; Sue Morgan 3.4; James Mor
gan 3.3; Greg Slayden 3.3; Paul
Michaelson 3.3; Jeff Drago 3.2;
Randy Gardner 3.2; Ricky Al
ley 3.1; Barbara Stephens 3.1;
landa Roth 3.0.
Semester Honor Roll
Gina Williamson 4.0; Robert
Crist 3.9; Gary Lynn 3.8; Glen
da Beachy 3.7; Dorsey Smith
3.6; Sue Morgan 3.5; Ricky Al
ley 3.5; James Morgan 3.3;
Greg Slayden 3.3; Paul Mich
aelson 3.1; Jeff Drago 3.2;
George Derrick 3.1; Randy
Gardner 3.0; Cathy Crist 3.0;
Linda Roth 3.0.
Elementary School Honor Roll
Name
6 wks. Sem.
Lucy Young
3.7
3.7
Richard Roth
3.6
3.5
Bonnie Young
3.6
3.4
Diane Beachy
3.4
3.5
Randall Roth
3.3
3.1
Marty Gardner
3.1
3.0
Judy Benton
3.0
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THE
MILL
CITY~ ENTERPRISE
P. O. Box 348 Phone 897-2772 MUI City, Ore. 97360
Published at Mill City, Marion County, Ore. every Thuixiay
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without charge or cancel the charge for that portion of an
advertisement which is in error if The Enterprise is at fault.
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Editor and Publisher
GOLDIE RAMBO ................................. Society and News Editor
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CORRESPONDENTS
Detroit-Idanha................................. ................. Boots Champion
Gates.............................. . ........ . ............... . ...... Betty Johnson
Mehama....................................Mrs. John Teeters - Jean Roberts
Lyons_____ ________________________ ____ Eva Bressler
Old Timers Say Winters of
Yesteryears Much Worse
By Jean Roberts
which was just across from
MEHAMA—As snow piles Frey’s market, and how the
deep in the hills around Me mules would get down on their
hama, old timers still claim knees to be unhitched. Church
that “no winter can compare would yell and the mules
to the ones we used to have.” would kneel. If they failed to
Very few old timers are left obey, Church would use his
who can recall the winter crutches on them.
when Jim Church froze both To drive his freight wagon,
his legs coming out from the he had a pole run up through
mines above Elkhorn. The the wagon seat, and he sat
snow was deep and the winter astradle of this to keep him
was bitterly cold but Church on the seat. At his cabin at
and a man named Jones had Elkhorn, he had a platform
decided to hole up at the mines built to stand on to enable
for the winter; the mines had him to harness the mules.
A small shallow spot in the
been in operation during the
summer. After the prolonged river just below the present
cold spell they ran out of food Rex Davis property is still
and Church decided to walk called Churchs’ Ford, because
out to get provisons
this was where he crossed the
Travel was slow in the deep river. Only old timers remem
snow, although frozen it would ber where the crossing was.
break through occasionally
Church plied the freight
and required much effort to route for many years without
climb back on top and keep feet and legs and was regarded
going. Church was getting in those days as a “tough”
weak because of lack of nour character. He is laid to rest
ishment when he reached the at Fairview Cemetery near
foot of Evan’s mountain. He Gates. In death as in life he
was forced to kill his dog and was “tough." When he was
eat it. He used the hide to buried the preacher “drank a
wrap around his feet to try pint of whiskey, preached the
to prevent them from freezing. service, then threw the empty
He managed to make it to a bottle on the grave,” as re
cabin near Myer’s bridge but quested.
by now his feet were so frozen
This is the kind of a winter,
that he could not walk, but had old timers like to recall.
to crawl on his hands and
knees. Trying to get to the
cabin which was up a small
hill he later stated that he
“slid back on the ice three
times, but finally made it on
the fourth try.”
Jim Churchs’ legs were am
putated between his knees and
thighs following this exposure.
Most people recall his hardi
ness after this initial experi
ence, because he steadily drove ■
a mule team from Elkhorn to
Stayton carrying supplies for
the mines. Sometimes he
would walk with use of
crutches, sometime he would
just stump around on the
“Ok, ok,—TU tell the doctor
stumps of his legs.
Old timers in the Stayton you feel you’re an emergency
area can remember him tying —but if you’re bluffing just to
his mules in the livery stable, • get in first, watch out!”
A National Roll Call
To Be Filled in Only by
ALL VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I, WIVES AND
WIDOWS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE
VWWI, USA, INC, OR ITS AUXILIARY.
Name and Address...................... ........................................
Branch of Service ............ .......... __ ............... ..................
Married ___ ____________
Single ......_____________
Name of Non-Member Eligible for Auxiliary_____ __ __
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A National Roll Call of all veterans of World War I,
wives and w’idows, has been requested in order to compile
a complete file of non members of veterans and widows of
World War I. Most veterans are not aware of the many
benefits that they are eligible to receive. Do you know
you can request burial in a National cemetery, also your
wife? Do you know about a widow’s pension? Hospitali
zation and rest home care’ Do you know you can get a
pension, depending on your income and marital status’
There are about 1,150,000 World War I veterans living,
many of whom do not know of these benefits. Some of
these benefits apply to all WWI veterans, rich and poor
alike. WWI veterans and widows who are not already
members are requested to fill in the above Roll Call box
in order they may join the organization and be informed
of their rights.
Mail to (ycur harracks) W.W.I. Barracks No. 3263
Address Box 146, Mill City, Oregon 97360