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DETROIT
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By DON PETERSON
The big day many have been wait­
ing for in the Canyon will be here
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next week June 10 with the dedica­
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1953
tion of Detroit dam and the starting
of the first generators producing
power for the good of the northwest.
We can be proud of this great dam
and its purpose — to help prevent
It has
floods and produce power,
already served magnificently in the
first by holding back flood waters
this year and for many years it will
be serving the people by 'regulating
North Santiam citizens will drop the affairs of routine
the flow of the river.
work and observe dedication of Detroit Dam, June 10th.
On Wednesday there will.be a great
gathering of people from many parts
Logging operations will stop during the entire day, June
of the country to witness this great
10, so that traffic dangers will be minimized. Most busi­
event. It will be broadcast and tele­
ness
h (fuses of the canyon area will close Wednesday; 12
vised to many’ parts of the world.
to 5 p.m. Idanha Lumber Co. will not operate Wednes­
Detroit dam and its neighbors will be­
day. Remaining open will bo
come better known as a result of this
new and modern means of communi­
restaurants and service sta­
cation. We must prove our ability
tions.
at being good hosts.
North Santiam co-operative effort
The North Santiam Chamber of
in the dedication plans stems from
Commerce this week put finishing
work now in progress by the North
Some $500 worth of merchandise
touches on plans to assist in the cele­
Santiam Chamber of Commerce. The
will be given away at the Detroit
bration and dedication of Detroit dam
chamber put the final okay on a full
at their meeting in Gates high school
Birthday Carnival Friday night, June day June 10 for North Santiam Cham­
19 at Detroit school gym.
Wednesday evening. Committees are
ber members, Wednesday night at its
Prizes will include a twin wafle Gates meeting.
putting last minute details in order
iron, double automatic toaster, electric
this weekend and will be ready to
The official dedication band will be
coffee percolator, ease of motor oil
entertain and serve the public.
and more than sixty other useful a 100-piece massed band made up of
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high school bands from Detroit, Mill
items.
This week Mill City voters again
City, Stayton,, Cascade and Jefferson,
High
point
of
the
evennig
will
be
a
proposal
to
turned thumbs down on
the door prize drawing at 10 p.m. directed alternately by their regular
amend the city’s charter so that gen­
An automatic washing machine, retail­ leaders, beginning at 12:30. Duane
eral obligation bonds could be issued
Burgess, Stay ton band leader has been
ing for $230, will be given away.
by the city to make needed street
hard
at work getting the mass band
A huge birthday cake celebrating
and drainage improvements by a vote
in working order for the day’s enter­
new
Detroit
’
s
first
birthday,
will
be
of 115 to 112. Of course we always
tainment.
Silverton high school’s
cut by Mayor Nolan P. Rasnick.
have among us those few misguided
band appears on the program at 11:30
There
will
be
a
fish
pond,
basket
­
individuals who oppose something and
ball toss, twenty-one, cake walk and for a concert hour of entertainment.
don’t know why they are oposing it.
Byron Shuck of Stayton will be
a
continuous cartoon movie for the
This time the argument was used that
kiddies. There will be plenty of chairman assisted by Boy Scouts of
since the bonds were “general obliga-1
'the pamphlet handout committee at
weiners, coffee and pie.
tion” bonds then the council could use
Detroit Dam. .lune, 1952. Thia is Detroit Dam just a y
ago. T’,« highwnv atop the dam was not yet com­
Detroit Dam June 10. Albert Toman
Y
’
ou
are
invited
to
come
early
and
’.he money for anything they wished
plete. Soon this highway was completed and Army E ngineers invited the public in for a look-see at their famed
Sr. of Mill City will supervise soft
stay
late
and
have
fun!
if they were to issue bonds for street
Detroit Dam. It wasn't long before the North Santiam River started hacking up against the dam. The silent
drink and eating stand concessions at
build-up of Detroit Lake pushed out the old town of Detroit and Camp Mongold. (Photo courtesy Statesman)
purposes. The ballots were correctly
the dam site.
Three spots will be
written and general obligation bonds
kept in operation. Jerry Coffman of
is the only kind that could be issued
Mehama and E. C. Kennedy of De­
You
in this type of improvement,
troit will have charge of a 24x40 booth
couldn’t issue utility bonds.
where picture slides on sporting and
It is too bad that these misinformed
recreation and movies will be shown
.ndividuals must go about misinform­
8
a.m.
-12:30
p.m.
—
Dam
open
to
public
F irst B ucket O f C oncrete
continuously throughout the day.
James B. Love, 83, seriously ill for
ing others—for had they taken the
inspection.
Raleigh Harold Florist of Stayton
trouble to come out to the meeting j several weeks at the Santiam Mein-
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.—Visitors to clear
tailed byt Ik.-, city council at the Amer­ crini ho'nitr' in Stayton passed away
galleries and assemble injirepara- is donating the shrubbery that will
ican Legion hall they could have this week on Wednesday, June 3. He
tion for (he Dedication ceremonies decorate the movie booth managed
PLACED BV
by Coffman and Kennedy.
¡earned what was in the plans and I i had lived here for several years and
DEDICATION CEREMONIES
BUILDERS <
am sure would have been satisfied early this year his daughter Mrs. Ion
Special communication equipment
1:20—Official gun salute
with the plans as they are prepared. Love Thielke came here from Idaho
PRIME CONTRACTOR
By the Oregon National Guard , for the day’s activity will consist of
Mill City will eventually get good to care for him.
UNDER SUPERVISION OF
1:30—The National anthem—played [ i amplifiers on top of the dam and in­
streets, but these people will have
side the power house, and on the plat­
Funeral services will be Saturday
by Canyon high schools band
DISTRICT
ENGINEER
=pent many of your tax dollars hold­ June 6, at 2 p.m. in the Mill City
form.
Emergency telephone hookup
Invocation, The Rev. George II |
PORTLAND. OREGON DISTRICr
ing elections because of their ignor­ Presbyterian church with Rev. Noble
Swift, Rector, St. Paul’s Epis-1 is being installed at the dam site.
ance, and in this case had the proposi­ Streeter officiating.
Those wishing contact with a Detroit
copal church, Salem.
tion been passed last November the
Mr. Love was born in Athens, Tenn.,
1:35—Introduction of Gov. Paul Pat­ dam dedication guest may call Detroit
ugust
bonds could have been issued under Aug. 31, 1869, and was one of a famliy
1000 for emergency service.
terson by Ronald E. Jones,
the “Democratic” interest rates of of twelve.
Sisters Chamber of Commerce was
He is survived by two
chairman of Willamette River
about 2*4% while now it will cost the brothers, Charles P. of Warrensburg,
represented
at the Wednesday meeting
Basin commission
city 3AA% or over under the “Repub­ Mo., and William S. of Eugene, and
1:40—Remarks by Gov. Paul Patterson of the North Santiam Chamber of
lican” interest rates on bonds, or five sisters: Cassie Ambrose of Santa
Commerce by Art Ladd and Cliff Ul­
1:45—Introduction of Guests
about $7,500 more on this particular Barbara, Calif., Vernie Greenwell,
man of Sisters. They announced the
By
Gov.
Paul
Patterson.
(Photo courtesy Capita) Journal)
bond issue.
Ruth King and Martha Rains of San
1:50—Remarks by Maj. Gen. S. D. Sisters Annual Rodeo, June 20-21. In
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Luis Obispo, Calfi,, and Mary Gee of
Sturgis, Jr., chief of Engineers, response to a report on the Baker bill
The city council would have been Los Angeles; two sons, Leonard E. of
1:55—Construction of Detroit Dam, the canyon-wide chamber ‘ passed a
able to cut street maintenance costs Naches, Wash., Chester M. of Astoria,
By Col. T. H. Lipscomb, district resolution opposing passage of the
in half on their budget foj many years and one daughter, Mrs. Thielke of Mill
bill termed “forest and grazing land
engineer,
Portland district
had they been permitted to issue street ' City.
grab
” bill and recommending that citi­
2:10—Dedication Speech
improvement bonds, which would al­
zens write to their congressmen.
By
Hon.
Douglas
McKay,
A union vacation Bible school, with
most pay the annual cost of the bonds
J. C. "Doc” Kimmel reviewed tho
American Legion Junior Raseball
Secretary of Interior
five churches co-operating will be held booster tickets went on sale this week
—of course these opponents to street
status of the blood bank program for
2:35
—
Sec.
of
Interior
Douglas
McKay
June 8-19, with sessions Monday in advance of the first game to be
improvements are not willing to come
pushes button that starts the the North Santiam and secured ap-
through Friday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. played Sunday afternoon at 2 p,m. on
out and find out about these things
proximately $50 in donations during
By AMBER RUTHERFORD
first
generator.
The Beginner’s department, for four
before they go out house to house
the
course of Wednesday’s meeting.
Today visitors taking the reservoir and five-year-olds, will meet in the Allen Field.
2:40—Indian Dances, performed by
opposing city improvements, or they trip and happennig to glance down at
The next scheduled meeting of the
Junior
Legion
boys
are
the
high
Warm
Springs
Indian
could read about it in the local news­ the first intersection after leaving the Presbyterian social hall; the Primary ,
canyon-wide chamber is in Stayton,
Reservation Boy Scouts
department, for children who were in I school age group and five games have
paper.
' Engineer’s office, may see two bleak, the first, second and third grades, in been scheduled for Mill City fans. 3 to 5 p.m.— Dam is open to public July 8, at the city hall.
The Gates Woman’s club served
I gray buildings perched forlornly on the Christian church basement; and After Stayton they will meet Aums­
inspection.
delicoius pies and coffee to the large
the shore of the lake. The water laps the Junior-Intermediate department, ville June 14, Woodbum June 21, Ore­ 5 p.m.—All visitors to depart.
turnout after the business meeting
impatiently at the hastily improvised for those in the fifth to eighth grades, gon City June 28, and Salem on July
»’as completed.
dirt levee and stockade at the edge. in the main building of the Presby­ 12 on the home field.
gates students get honors
■ These two buildings are the last of terian church.
Oregon College of Education, Mon­
Season tickets are $5 for the whole
i the town of Mongold — the bustling
All childreff of the community are family which should be a bargain in mouth— Roy E. Leualleni, registrar at
The Santiam Softball league sched­ I community that housed government invited to join in the school. The pro­
Oregon College of Education, an­
anyone’s language. This is part of
ule for the first half of play was an­ workers on Detroit dam.
gram will include songs, Bible stories,
nounced today that Ida Belle Black­
nounced today with June 12 as the
Origin of Name
missionary stories, handwork, and rec­ the Legion’s youth program and it is burn an dJohn Ryal, incoming fresh­
first games to be played. Starting
Claude C. Mongold was an engi­ reation, all under the general theme of hoped the public will turn out this men from Gates, have received state
time will probably be 7 p.m. for the neer’s engineer. He had been follow- “Crusading for Christ.”
Funeral services were held at 2
scholarships.
Sunday and cheer for the boys.
first game of the double header.
p.m. Wednesday at Weddle funeral
! ing construction since he was knee-
The Mill City entry is being spon­ high. Jake Fischer, Detroit engineer,
home, Stayton, for Earl R. Wolfkiel,
sored by Chuck’s Fine Foods and by remembers working with him more
66-year-old Lyons résident who died
the Softball league.
The Firemen than twenty years ago at Anaconda
Sunday in a Portland hospital. Burial
entry is being sponsored by the Fire­ ’ in Montana. “Claude was one of the
will be in Fox Valley cemetery.
The Rev. Glenn Vernon will offi-
men's association and various local : best.
A good all-around man”, he
businessmen.
ciate at services.
says,
Big, bluff, hearty, Mongold
The first half schedule is:
Surviving is the widow, Mrs. Lilly
made friends wherever he went. In
June 12—Firemen vs. Kelly
Wolfkiel of Lyons, The deceased was
J 1939 Mongold was project engineer for
Mill City vs. CBI.
a native of Kansas.
Corps of Engineers at Eugene and
June 15— CBI vs. Kelly
I supervising exploratory work on De-
Mill City vs. Firemen
i troit dam. His duties required num­
Gingerbread House’
June 16— Firemen vs. CBI.
erous inspection trips of this area.
Kelly vs. Mill City.
It was on such a trip in May of 1942
Opens in Mehama
June 19—CBI vs. Mill City.
that his driver, blinded by approach­
Kelly vs. Firemen.
ing headlights, lost control of the car
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ross have
June 22—Firemen vs. Mill City.
and went over the edge near Sardine
opened their new drive-in “Ginger­
Kelly vs. CBI.
Creek and Claude Mongold was killed.
bread House”, on the new Santiam
June 23—Mill City vs. Kellys
From him did Camp Mongold derive
highway in Mehama.
CBI vs. Firemen.
its name.
The drive-in will feature home-made
June 26—Firemen vs. Kelly.
Project Postponed During War
. pies and cakes baked by the Rouses,
Mill City vs. CBI.
The war halted all non-essential
I with ice cream and sandw iches.
June 29— CBI. vs. Kellys.
construction work, and it was not
The Rosses did their own decorating
Mill City vs. Firemen.
until 1947 that the first buildings
C.B.L, Detroit Dam contractors, housed their engineer personnel in thoae attractive Mill City homes in what to I for their drive-in, which is dore in
June 30— Firemen vs. CBI.
which were to constitute the new town
yet known aa C.B.L area or Kaiser Court, Army Engineer« have purchased part of three homes for the per- I a Pennsylvania Dutch motif with yel-
Kellys vs. Mill City.
(Continued on Page 3)
son nel who will operate Detroit Dam.
(Photo courtesy Capital Journal) l low figures and trim.
N.Snntinm in Holiday Mood
For Dam Dedication June 10
Detroit’s Birthday
Carnival June ¡9
Detroit Dedication
Ceremonies Program
James B. Love Dies
In Hospital June 3
DETROIT DAM
CONSOLIDATED
CORPS OF ENGINEERS
A
5. 1950
Union Vacotion Bible Junior Legion Plays
School Begin June 8 Stayton Nine Sunday
Story of Mongold
Santiam Softball
Schedule Starts
Earl R. Wolfkiel Dies
In Portland Sunday