The times of Willamina., October 31, 1973, Image 1

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Keith Lamson
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Willamina OR 97396
Sheridan mobile
home explodes
Special Edition
Happy Halloween I
Included in this week's Times is a 12-page Special Edition dedicated to this ?
y ea r's Willamina-Sheridan football game. Prepared by Dick Mishler and Ron
Wedgewood, the Special Edition not only gives the facts and conjecture about
this y e a r's game, but goes into the history of the Bulldog-Spartan rivalry from
its sta rt. We hope you find the Special Edition entertaining, and extra copies
will be available at the game and at the Times office. We wish to express our
thanks to the Booster Club and to the athletic staffs at both schools for their
help in preparing the material for this edition.
Accident victims in
ormance
repeat
An explosion which was heard in the adjacent Huntley Apartments on Main
S treet, Sheridan, did extensive damage to this Winnebago motor home Friday
night. Owner of the rig is Harold Denney, who lives in one of the apartments.
He received some burns around the face when the explosion occurred. Fire
Chief Ade Pelzer noted that there were two butane tanks inside the motor home,
which are usually located on the outside.
Youths charged in
school break-in case
Four youths, age 16 and 17, were app-.
rehended and remanded to juvenile author­
ities in connection with the recent break-
ins at Willamina Union High School, accor­
ding to Willamina Police Chief Bill Hale.
The school had been broken into twice
in the space of two weeks, with the
theives making off with change from ven­
ding machines as well as some of their
contents. Damage to Property was re­
ported to be more extensive than the
value of what was stolen.
Some of the contents of the machines
has been recovered, Hale said, and the
investigation will continue.
Council authorizes
bicycle ordinance
In the second regular meeting of the
The council set a special meeting date,
month the council conducted the following Thursday Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in City
business:
Hall for the purpose of considering the
The council authorized the drawing up new zoning ordinance. Anyone interested
of a bicycle ordinance, which will require should attend.
licensing and establish rules for use in
the city. A class has been conducted in
Mr. Frank Smelser presented a petition
the school on bicycling and in November to the council pertaining to having an area
there will be a refresher course and test. on West Main in the residential zone in­
Judce me. of Tigard, was given a seven stead of industrial zone.
day notice to remove the cattle the firm
The city offices will be closed Nov. 12
recently placed on the property they own in observance of Veteran's Day.
north of East Main Street and which is
The next regular meeting of the City
in the city.
Council will be November 8,1973.
School presents
"Vaudeville Variety"
An old-fashioned sing-along provides the finale for "Vaudeville V ariety",
another "Paineful" production at Willamina Union High School Saturday night.
Written, directed and produced by the Thespian Club, Rod Fibbible, President
and Gerald Paine, advisor, the show was well attended and a big hit with the
audience. Proceeds from the production will go for badly-needed new curtains.
David A. Hershberger, Sheridan, and
Kenneth Laundagin, Stockton, California,
were taken to McMinnville hospital Monday
evening following a one-car accident.
At 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 22, their
car, traveling at high speed, went off the
road at 1100 W. Main, Sheridan, went
through a ditch and smashed into a tree
while airborne.
H ershberger suffered a fractured leg
and w rist, while Laundagin sustained head
injuries and cuts to the body, according
to Sheridan Ambulance Service, which took
the boys to the hospital.
Both were barely out of the hospital
following their involvement in another ac­
cident at Grand Ronde Agency on Satur­
day. m that accident, th eir car hit a semi
truck at 2:28 a.m ., sending both boys to
the hospital for observation, m the same
car, but no so fortunate, were Margo
(Nicki) McKiellip, Sheridan and Dave Mc­
Ginnis, Grand Ronde. McKiellip underwent
a leg amputation and McGinnis was in
critical condition from skull fractures
and head lacerations Jl
Jaycees to throw
Halloween party
The Willamina-Sheridan Jaycees are
sponsoring a Halloween party this year at
the Willamina Elementary school Wednes­
day, October 31.
The party will be for children from
pre-school age through sixth grade. Films
will be shown, costumes will be judged,
other entertainment will be furnished as
will candy and apples.
"Interest' is
Chamber theme
The purpose of the party is not only
to prevent vandalism, but also to show
the kids a good time on Halloween without
endangering themselves by being on the
streets at night and exposing themselves
to traffic.
There is no set time for the party to
end. As long as the kids are having a
good tim e, and their parents allow, it will .
continue.
House
burns
Topic of the next regular meeting of the
Willamina area Chamber of Commerce
The home of Mr. and-M rs. Jack L.
will be "How can we arouse community
Young, 843 E . Main St., Sheridan, received
interest?"
The meeting will be held at Vic's Cafe extensive damage by a fire which broke
on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at noon. A guest out early Tuesday morning, Oct.23.
The fire which started in the utility
speaker is tentatively scheduled, but has
room was discovered by their son Rich­
not yet been decided upon.
The Chamber meets on the first and ard, 16, whose bedroom is next to the
utility room. He awakened his parents
third Wednesdays of each month.
and five brothers and sisters and all
escaped without injury.
The two-story frame home was insured
for $8,000 and the contents for $2,000.
Fire chief Ade Pelzer said damage esti­
mates run about $7,000.
The family has received help from the
Red Cross, Navy Relief and individuals.
Kiwanis
charter
night
C harter night was the main topic of the
Willamina-Grand Ronde Kiwanis Club
Board of D irectors' meeting held Wednes­
day, Oct. 25 at Vic's Cafe.
C harter night will take place Tuesday,
Oct. 30, at the Willamina Elementary
school. Ihe Governor of the Pacific North­
west D istrict will preside, and guests will
be present from various clubs about the
state.
Although charter night festivities will
take place after this paper has gone to
p ress, tentative plans are for a ham dinner
followed by a program including the Willa­
mina High School choir under the direction
of Gerald Paine.
Other topics discussed at the board
meeting included consideration of a new
name for the club. It was felt that since
the club welcomes members from Sheridan
as well as Willamina and Grand Ronde,
the club should rename itself. No new
name has been definitely decided upon.
The board also considered the problem
of dues. A certain amount of member­
ship fees and dues must go to Kiwanis
D istrict and international offices to pay for
services rendered to the local club. How­
ever, the view was expressed that the
present dues ($36 per year) plus ten
dollars membership fee might be pro­
hibitive to prospective members. The
board voted to refer the issue to the gen­
eral membership at the next regular meet­
ing.
It was moved and approved that appoint­
ment of standing committees be delayed
until membership is large enough to war­
rant such appointments.
BOOI
Bond election due
Tuesday, November 6 will see the school
bond issue placed before the voters again
for the purpose of constructing a new
school at Grand Ronde.
Polling places for people living in Yam­
hill County Precinct 28, Polk County P re­
cinct 91 and Tillamook County Precinct 18
will be at the Grand Ronde Grade School.
Voter’s living in Yamhill Precincts 8 and25
or Polk County Precincts 89 o r 90 will
vote at Willamina Union High School.
The polls will be open from 8 a.m . to
8 p.m.
At issue will be permission for the
school district to incur a bonded indebt­
edness of $918,880 toward construction of
a new facility' to replace the present
Grand Ronde Grade School, which has been
declared unsafe.
Bond issues placed before the voters and
defeated e a rlie r this year included not only
funds for a new Grand Ronde School, but
W illam ina
No, this isn 't the Chicago Stock Yards nor is it the
North Portland yards. It's Willamina, the cattle capital
of Southwest Yamhill County. Monday, Oct. 22, M r. Louie
Rivas of Yamhill began moving cattle onto the Kershaw
place east of town. There were approximately 300 head.
.Quite a few of these had calves with them. The rest will
freshen before January. These cows and calves will be
also funds for remodeling the high school
and the addition of new shop facilities.
This bond issue is solely for the purpose
of providing a safe structure on the site
of the present Grand Ronde school.
Alternative plans which have been pro­
posed include the busing of students to
Willamina Elementary School. The prob­
lem with this idea is that the school in
Willamina is already being utilised to
capacity. Also, D istrict Superintendent
Donn Mitchell expressed his belief in the
concept of keeping the grade school as
close to students and their homes as pos­
sible.
According to a recent community sur­
vey, a majority of the registered voters
in the area favor construction of the new
Grand Ronde facility. However, survey
forms are not ballots. This newspaper
urges all qualified Voters, regardless of
opinion, to vote on Tuesday.
cattle
drive
pastured on the hills north of Willamina for the winter.
Tuesday evening, there were about 75 head of cows brought
in without their calves. By dark, their calves had not
arrived yet and the cows were getting a little restless.
Can you imagine a herd of cows going through town at
ten o'clock at night looking for th eir calves .Anyway, the
cows at it all straightened out and are settled in.
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