Monitor and was a lifetime i
resident of Oregon. He lived _
in Salem the past 26 years.
Betty Kelle
| Mr. Hitchman’s first wife,
Newcomers
to the area are
Minnie died a number of years
ago and his wife, Anna, died Mr. and Mrs. Wiltfang who
have recently purchased the
last January.
He is survived by one bro Walter Thomas J. mobile home
ther, Elmer Hitchman of Rose near the fire hall.
HAROLD H. JENKINS
Mrs. Wiltfang, known as
burg.
'r.F^!ra\ST7niCeS we,:e
interment
Interment was in me
the n
Rose Kitty, will be the representa
tive in the area for the Mar
ion-Polk Self-Help and Ed
old H. Jenkins, 68, who passed ' WALTER L. PETERSON
ucation Programs. Part of
away Saturday evening follow Walter L. Peterson, 65, of what she does is acquainting
ing a long illness.
I Salem, passed away in a Salem people with getting food
He was the brother of j
hospital Saturday following a stamps, seeing about medical
late Delbert Jenkins of
aid and continueing their edu-
lengthy illness.
comb who passed away re-1 Mr. Peterson was born in ucation.
cently and Hugh Jenkins, who ! Lake Crystal, Minn, and lived
In the autumn, from Sep
was killed in a logging acci in Portland many years. He tember to May, classes in nu
dent in Mill City a number of lived in Mill City a few years trition will be held in Gates
years ago.
at the Community Hall and
to Salem in 1952.
Mr. Jenkins was born in ' moving
they also have them at the St.
Mr.
Peterson
was
a
driver
• Lacomb and lived in the De- I salesman for Grandma Cookie Boniface church in Sublimity.
troit-Mill City area for many c until
forced
re. Here they will be held on
years. He moved to Salem in tirement.
Thursdays from 10 to 12 in
the mid 30s. He was a builder I He was building chairman the morning, on Fridays in
and carpenter.
Sublimity. These days can be
He
member of
Pacific iOr
the GraCe Lutheran church
He was
was a
a member
of Pacific
■
„r
changed if more convenient
r Lodge
kt
atto ak »
-
i
in
Salem
was
a
member
of
Pa-
No. 50 AF&AM of Sa- I „ cific
ifi„ Lodge #50 AF&AM.
a ™, am
for the largest amount of
lem and Al Kader Temple of i Mr. Peterson’s brother, Don- people.
Portland.
Peterson, owned and pub Many in the area will be ac
Rev. Bard Marshall officiat- I ’ aid
lished
The Mill City Enter quainted with Kitty as she has
ed at the services and ritual prise for
about three years, been to meetings at the club
istic services were by Pacific and his sister,
Mrs. Ed (Grace; house before in connection
Lodge #50 AF&AM of Salem. Cooke was a Mill
with this program.
Interment was in the Lone for many years. City resident
Billy Briggs, son of the Walt
Oak Cemetery in Stayton.
Rochons, has just recently re
I
One
son
was
killed
in
a
car
Survivors include the widow
a number of years turned from a two week trip
Elaine Jenkins of Salem; one accident
with Claude Roberts in his
ago.
daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Tay
long-haul freighter. They left (
|
Surviving
are
his
widow,
lor of Salem; one stepson,'
from Forest Grove traveled to
Gladys
Peterson
of
Salem;
one
Wade Carter of Seattle; one
Salt Lake City, Utah, through work by the fire department
sister, Mrs. Olive Scott of son, Gary Peterson of Salem Nevada and on to Sacramento, prevented the fire getting to
who
just
returned
from
Bra
Longview, Wn.; two grand
Calif and back to Oregon. the house.
children. Donald Jenkins of zil where he was a missionary, Billy says it was really a great
Tuesday morning Gates res-
one
sister,
Mrs.
Ed
Cooke
of
Mill City is a nephew.
trip but sure hot through the idents were again awakened
Salem,
one
brother,
Donald
The family suggests contri
desert. They collected many by the fire siren about 2 a.m.
butions to the Cancer Society. Peterson of Lincoln City and rocks to bring home with for a roadside grass fire in
, four grandchildren.
front of Vista Mobile Park. It
EARL R. HITCHMAN
1 Graveside services were held them.
Well, after all the grumbling was qu ickly under control
Funeral services were held at P; m- Tuesday at the Val- about the heat for a couple and the firemen able to return
Monday
a. m.
m. at
at Bar-
Bar- ley Vlew Cemetery
Kionaay at
at 10:30 a.
-------- -- at Silver- weeks, how is this for a to their homes to try and con
rick’s Chapel in Salem for
I haft* to admit
Earl R. Hitchman, 76, who pas- ' V25tOrJ scl'v‘ce ^’as at 3 P Thursday morning I broke tinue their interrupted sleep.
Audrey Levon has finished a
sed awav last Wednesday in a m- Tuesday at the Grace Luth- I Thursday morning i
and turned .he.
the furnace three-day workshop on juve
[Horne X ™ church In Salem Contri- i down and
for a little while. The rain nile delinquency at OCE.
ing a long illness.
, butions may be made to a me- I i on
we had was really welcome | Mrs. Levon left on Saturday
He was well known in the morla^ fund at
the
church.
_ ._
| and sure hope it relieved the , for her home in San Francisco
Mill City area as he was a I REV. ELMORE GILSTRAP 1 fire danger a little.
logger and sawmill man. He1 Memorial services were held 1 Last Monday morning Gates . after a five week stay with
logged on the North Fork with ‘ Wednesday at 11 a. m. at the ' was awakened about 3 a.m. by. her son and family, Robert and
Converse under the name of Christian church in Turner the sound of the fire siren. | . Audrey Levon.
C & H Logging Co. in the late for Rev. Elmore Gilstrap. 83, The fire was a chicken coop, The Rayette dancers, of
40s and then was in the saw who passed away Sunday in a on the former Joe Novak prop- which group Lori Levon is a
member, danced last Wednes
mill business. His mill was lo Salem
Nursing home. He had erty on Gates Hill Road. Quick day for the Eagles in Salem.
cated where Cedar Lumber
On Saturday the group
Co. now is located and it burn been in poor health for some 1
time.
I il Service job. Robert has been I danced at the Clackamas
ed in the early 50s.
Rev. Gilstrap was well working in Bob’s Food Mar-' . County Fair at Canby.
In 1945 Hitchman started the
Salem Equipment, Inc. in Sa known in Mill City as he fil- ket for his father, Robert Rey-; jjad a reaj njce telephone
lem where he manufactured led the pulpit in the Christian nolds, Sr. Mrs. Branch is his vjsit wRb Charlene Cooper
i sister. Where he will be per-' on Sunday. She and Peggy
small sawmill equipment. The church.
He was one of the founders ’ manently located is not sure, . were in the area over the
firm started as a four-man
shop for manufacturing and of the Turner Memorial Home ' but he expects to be in Florida. , weekend taking care of some
Mr. and Mrs. Al Hemsborn details for Peggy’s September
repairing small sawmill equip and was the first chaplain of
ment. It has grown until it is the Salem Memorial Hospital anl son, Jimmy, have return- wedding. The Coopers had a
now one of the top sawmill which position he held for ed from their vacation in Can- call from Sandy in Germany
___ _ years.
| ada. They spent several days , on their anniversary and
machinery manufacturing bus I many
r.,- where theyI gandy will
______
be ______
coming
_ home
inesses in the world. It now, He was born in Washington in Victoria, B.C.,
was
an ordained visited the world famous September 8 for a couple
employs 115 people and has , State.
State.^ He ja
'3 s
annual sales of over $3 million. Christian minister and served Butchart Gardens. They took | weeks fO be here for Peggy’s
Mr. Hitchman was born in Christian churches in Californ the Nanimo Ferry Princess wedding. Sandy also said she
ia, Washington, Kansas, Texas of Vancouver” which holds had talked to‘Frank Cather-
and Oregon. His last pastorate 3000 cars to Vancouver, Can-( wood on the phone and he Med
They reported that are sfcttled in fairiy well.
was in Medford where he re ada.
ED LEWIN
tired in 1957 and retired at the British Columbia, Canada has They are about a three hour
Turner Memorial Home. He been very dry; they have had drj * ve
from where
Sandy
Auctioneer, Inc.
V W away
K*
~
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t*'” "" , ¡s and are boping to get to
then became Chaplain at the no rain for almost tnree
Complete Auctions ¡Salem Memorial hospital.
months.
1 gether in the near future.
I
Sunday guests at the home
At one time he did field
Clare and Margaret Rush
Phone 769-5466
______
work for the Minneapolis Bible of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Olm spent the day in
Salem _____
Sunday
college and the Eugene Bible stead were her mother, Mrs.1 aftencling two fiftieth wedding
college (Northwest Christian Bertha Young of Corvallis and ann
anniversaries.
iversarjes. One was for
College). He was superintend- her sister, Mrs. Irene McEl- , jong time friends, Mr. and Mrs.
ent and field representative; downey of Philomath.
I ' Lester Starr, ______
*1'- _
held at the First
for the Turner Memorial Home I Mike Wimer from Turner Christian Church. The other
| was a weekend guest at the wm “f or M- ~ and Mrs. Otis
from 1930 to 1950.
Rv. Earl Lyda officiated at home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Micheal at their Salem home.
the services.
| Meek and family. He is a The Micheals are parents of
Survivors include the wid 'nephew of Mr. Meek.
Rush’s daughter-in-law, Vera
ow, Mrs. Mary Gilstrap of I This is the last week for Rush
day last week a birth.
Turner; four daughters, Mrs. I the rummage sale held at the
Josephine Blakemore, Chicago, ! United Methodist church. They day djnner was held at the
Ill.; Mrs. Ruth Fowler, Peoria, wiH be open ^Thuursday and home of Margaret Rush for
Ill.; Mrs. Margaret Licht, Port- ”
Friday
10 am. to £ .7 p.m. • Sylvia Duir'an. Other guests
’ - from "
All During August
Mrs. Orval
presen{ i were wvw
Olivia Kaplinger,
land, and Mrs. Femel Down-! Mr.
1,„. and
---- -----
----- Bilyeu
.
presen
inf, Indio, Ca.; one brother,' flew to Douglas, Alaska, to at-| Ruth Johnson and Bessie Bas
Eric Gilstrap, Fresno, Ca.; 11 tend the wedding of their son, '• I sett, all of Mill City*'
City. The
The
grandchildren and 6 great Larry Dean Bilyeu ^and ^Mi- heat we had been having had
chele Marie Savikko held eased off so it was a perfect
grandchildren.
June 17 at the Shrine of St.1 day for eating outside.
Theresa. While there they i Sunday dinner guests at the
224 - 4th St., Stayton
visited various places of in Clyde Oliver home was their
terest.
son Bob and his wife.
B.v Eva Bressler
Mr. and Mrs. Orvin Sletto Mel and Dorothy Newberg’s
Open Monday thru Sat
A 10 inch water main across from Murdo, S.D., and Mr. and I house is seeming pretty quiet
urday: 12:30 p. m. to the new bridge was completed Mrs. Larry Case of Ridfield, I this morning after Dorothy’s
Tuesday with Mehama resi S.D., were recent guests at brother and wife and Roy
5:00 p. m.; Friday:
dents only out of water for two the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kruse’s and grandson, Mark,
12:30 p. m. to 7:00 p. m. hours. The water will be tes j Lloyd Sletto. Mr Orvin Slet- left about 5:30 a.m. for their
ted and chlorinated and the , to is a cousin of Mr. Sletto. home in Redonda Beach,
switch from the old bridge to
Mr. and Mrs. Davis Baker Calif. Newberg’s other grand
the new one will be in the near from Jackson, Tenn., spent son, Butch, returned to his
future which will give the Me several days at the home of Salem home on Sunday so that
hama residents more pressure. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Whaley. puts the family back to three.
Water hookups have been Mr. Baker, who is a nephew
My sister, Carolyn, and her
granted to Gail Elmer who is I of Mrs. Whaley ,is a teacher I friend. Dawn Risner, of Beav-
building a new house on 7th at Lane College for black co | erton were Saturday drop-in
Street and to Homer Mitchell eds. He is a graduate of Lewis j visitors at my house, then on
building on McCully Mountain and Clark College in Portland. I down to the folks, the Hollis
road.
Mr. Jim Dalby of Casper- j Turnidges where they stayed
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hickman Wyo., spent last week at the | overnight. Hollis, Carolyn and
of Salem have moved into the home of sister and husband, Dawn went cat fishing Satur
Wilson acres addition east of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Henning. day evening and did real well
town.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Meek
Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Mrs. Katie Skillings and aid family attended a reunion Straight have had quite a
Mrs. Ethel Wyman of Albany of the McCormick family, her house full of company lately
returned on Tuesday from a mother’s people, held Satur with their daughter and hus
week’s trip to Idaho. They vi day at Champoeg Park.
band, Mr. and Mrs. Lenard
sited Emmett and Riggins with
Mrs. Leota Worden with her Smith and three children from
friends and enroute home they son-in-law and daughter, Mr. Morgan Hill, Calif., spending a
stopped at Hood River to see and Mrs. Wayne Lierman of week with them. Chester’s sis
Mrs. Wyman’s sister.
Stayton, were at Reedsport ter, Mrs. Gail Soto from Los
Harry Clason of Lyons, Me Saturuday where they attend- Angeles was up for a two-day
►
hama Water Board Superin ed graveside services for
visit on her way to Canada.
tendent. is seriously ill at the Barnard, four and one-half Coming up from Corvallis
Salem Memorial hospital.
month old granddaughter of with her were Charles and
A going-away picnic din Mrs. Worden. Services and Hawthorne O’Rourke, cousins
ner was held at the home of burial were held at Seal Rock. of Chester The O’Rourkes
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Branch of
Rodney Cone of Eugene was have lived in Corvallis about
Phone 769-5311
Scio for Mr. and Mrs. Robert a Sunday overnight guest at three years but the Straights
I L. Reynolds who left for Flo the home of his aunt, Miss . didn't know it before.
S+ay+on
rida where he is taking a Civ- Lula Cory.
Visiting at the Straights
1— The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Aug. 24, 1972
GATES
OBITUARIES
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Old Fashioned Franks lb.
Mmmmm Good
13-year-old twin
now
grandsons, Larry and Gary
Beireis of Albany. The twins
an dtheir parents have just
reutrned from a month long
vacation covering 21 states,
with stops in Florida and Min
nesota to visit relatives.
Arriving at the Floyd Swaim
home last Wednesday for the
day were Mr. and Mrs. Steven
Marshall, Shirley’s cousins and
an aunt, Mrs. Mae Pitcher of
Bakersfield, Calif. With them
was Shirley’s’ mother, Mrs.
Charles Chubb of Oakridge.
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