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About The times of Willamina. (Willamina, Oregon) 1972-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1973)
WILLAMINA TIMES, WILLAMINA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15,1973 Subscriptions $2.00 per year 10C per copy Willamina city council plans for water pipes Dan Chase, 17, dies Dan Chase Jr. 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Chase, 770 Cherry, Willamina, was officially pro nounced dead at 6 p.m. Friday, August 10 in the McMinnville hospital during surgery on his jaw. According to his father, the youth got home about 10:30 p.m. Thursday complaining of pain in his jaw which had been hit by another young man in a fight. The youth who hit Chase will here remain unidentified in ac cordance with the wishes of the Chase family. The pain continued during the night, and he was taken to the hospital where he was admitted at 10 a.m. Friday morning. Simple surgery was recommen ded to reset the jaw and was scheduled for four that after noon. No complications were foreseen at that time. However, during surgery, his heart “ went crazy” and then stopped. Shock treatment was administered which started the heart again temporarily, but it failed again shortly thereafter. Repeated attempts to restore heart function failed, and at 6 p.m., Dan Chase was officially pronounced dead in the hospital where he was born 17 years ago. So far, no specific reason has been found for Chase’s death. An autopsy was scheduled for Monday, to be conducted by state officials, bbt -the results of that autopsy will not be known for some time. Daniel Wayne Chase 1956 - 1973 VOLUME 65 NUMBER 4 was in the hospital, the young man who hit him on the jaw •. '.sited him and the two were good friends again by the time he de parted. Doctors and hospital officials were puzzled by Chase’s death, as there appeared to be no med ical reason for it. Chase was always in good health, and had been in a hospital only once be fore when he had his tonsils re moved. Theories concerning cause of death include: allergy to ana- sthetic, an unsuspected heart condition, or damage inflicted by the blow itself. However, all of these theories are mere specu lation at this point. Young Chase would have been , a Júnior this year at Willamina Union High School. His most recent employment was at EÍlingsworth IGA supermarket. Funeral arrangements are be ing handled by Adamson Funer al Home, Sheridan. their meeting Thursday night, ap proved ordinances concerning the new water system and bonds totaling $250,000 to finance the project. The council will meet August 23 to discuss the new water rates. Res idents 62 years of age and on social security will be given special con sideration but they must apply. The council gave permission to the fire department to remodel the old city hall to suit their needs. The curbing on First Street by City Hall will be painted yellow and will be for official use only. Correspondence was read from Mr. Art Hebert and Mr. Werner Stork concerning annexing their property across the steel bridge into the city, and hooking up to city water. This was tabled. Accepted Michael McCurry as a Junior Police Reserve. Correspondence was read from the New principal begins duties Dan Chase is survived by his parents in Willamina; a sister, liebra Sparkman of Sheridan and a brother, Robert Benjamine Chase of Willamina. ‘ ‘South Sea-Rama” School board studies State Health Division concerning an expected water shortage. Mr. Grippen’s request for a zone change from industrial to residen tial on West Main Street has been referred to the planning commis sion. Correspondence was read from Yamhill County Sheriff Bud Mek- kers and from the Yamhill County District Attorney’s Office, thanking the Willamina Police Department for their assistance and coopera tion in the recent narcotic arrests. They state it could not have been accomplished without the help and cooperation of all the police agen cies within the county. There will be a special Parks Committee meeting at the high school at 7:00 p.m. preceding the zoning meeting at 7:30 on Aug. 13. The next meeting of the City Coun cil will be on August 30. .SiíjíS dress code changes The Sheridan School Board Special meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 8 was probably the shortest one all year. This was supposed to be a work session on new legislative bills affecting school districts, but all the information had riot yet been received by the district office. Some policy changes will have to be made by the local board under the Fair Dismissal Tenure Bill, unless it is defeated by a referendum of the people. Student body president Jim Buc kles and vice-president Kelly Flow ers presented a list of revisions for the dress code. These included allowing boys to wear moustaches and hair of any length and girls to wear bandanas. They also asked that clothing not be judged as being faded or frayed. The school board will study the suggestions and give an answer at the next meeting which is on Aug. 15. Mr. Rich Correa, the new high school principal, was present and announced that he was meeting with Mr, DeHart and the coaching staff to formulate an athletic policy and bring it for the board’s approval at the next meeting. A new instrumental music teacher has been hired., He is Daron Phay, who has had the same position at Madras, and has also been a pro fessional entertainer. Mr. Hilton announced there would be a council consisting of three tea chers, the superintendent, one oth er administrator and one school board member, which would meet regularly to provide input to the board on pertinent topics. ■ ■ ■ I Rich Correa, new principal at Sheridan High, assumed his duties on on August 1. The Correas have purchased a home at 363 N. E. Blair St. Mrs. Correa (Peggi) is a registered nurse. Their pre school age daughters are Valerie and Tiffany. Well child clinic this August 16 Tahiti Hattie passes out candy kisses during Sheridan’s sidewalk sale last weekend. Some of the candy kisses contained slips of paper redeemable for prized at local stores. Ruth Dickey and Helen Varlees took turns as “ Tahiti Hattie.” There will be a Well Child Screen ing Clinic August 16 at the United Methodist church, 224 N. Bridge Street in Sheridan. The clinic is from 9 a.m. until noon, and children from 0-5 years will be examined at no charge, for vision, hearing, nutrition and develop ment. Immunizations will be given as needed. For an appointment please call Mrs. Edna Simonson at 843-3294. Willamina, Sheridan represented in Yamhill county fair parade Joni and Jerry Huntley, Sheridan athletes, beam at the crowd from atop a huge wagon in Saturday’s Yamhill County Fair parade. Marshals of the parade. The pair were Grand Willamina Cub scout Den 452 took first place in fraternal organizations at the parade. Long without a cubmaster, the boys will know for sure if they have a new leader on Sept. 19.
