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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1962)
ON TOE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — GATEWAY TO THE HEART OF NATURE’S EMPIRE____________________________________ VOLUME XVII NUMBER 50 Al Brown Gives Timber Tax Info Al Brown, Linn County Aw»- sor. thl» wivk ri*lcit»i*d th* fol lowing Information which he said should I m * noted by Linn County taxpayers. Du* 1961 legislature piissrd u !uw which established valuation I i<H-i*<turca for all privutr tlm- •x*r In Western Oregon except ih'it on clnssiflcil reforestation bird anil that on land claaalfcil under the Small Tract Option al Tax l-aw These valuation procedure» In turn established three Umber < la»»i» known a» "R<*|>roduct- ion." “Young Growth," “Old Growth." For aach of these classes. the law prcacribed a metlxKl of arriving at the true cash value for assessment |xir* poses. For 'Old Growth" tim ber the law specified that the true cash value would lie 30 |>er cent of its Immediate harvest v aluc except tor owners wtx> could »how that their timber was being harvested in a longer than 30-year period, in which Instance the true cash value would I m * 25 per cent of im mediate harvest value. Estab lishing a “tract" with a 25 |"*r cent valuation factor was done only upon application of the owner and If his cutting rate was stow enough. It la important that owners of old growth" timber and es tablished “tracts" I m * informed of two impoit.’int requirements of the law niMl uctlon tiiey need to take by January 1, 1963 A. Owners of tracts which 'wert established through report V tile County A*s<*s»or and Tax Commission tiefore January 1. 1962 must again take action by Jnnuary 1. 1963 as follows 1 Either tile a description o, icy addition» or deletions from the tract, or 2. Flic a statement with the County Assessor anil Tax Com mission that the tract as estab lished during December 1961 is unchanged. I nlrwM th*-**.* requirement» are met, the tlmtwr will be .«I <» true caah value uf .30 per cent of Ila Immediate harveat value*. B Owners of Old Growth lim ber (timber over 90 years of egei who have not established a tract and feel that their tlm- lier is being cut at a longer than 30-year rate, as shown by the past three years' harvest, may establish a tract and re ceive the 25 per cent valuation factor by making application to the County Assessor and the Tax Commission. Forms and in structions for this purpose may be obtained from either of these two agencies. Thrssr* nppllcaUona must he filed on or before January 1, IM.3 to accomplish thia. These requirements arc set for by ORS 321 635. Further in formation can I m * obtained from the State Tax Commission, Sa lem 10, said Brown. Councilmen Re-Elected In Large Vote Turnout Two incumbent councilmcn were re-elected at the city elec tion Tuesday with a heavy turn <*ut of voters. Delbert Goforth was re-elected police commis sioner for a three yeur term, receiving 107 votes. C. E. Ma son will serve another three year term as street commis- soincr, receiving 111 votes. There were five write-in votes according to Rex Ohmart, city recorder. Neither Mason or Goforth were opposed for their offices. Tuesday's vote was nn ex ceptionally large one for a city election. Well Child Clinic Here December 19 MILL CITY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, DEC. I», 1962 Toys For Tots Lions To Again Sponsor March of Santiam Wins First A-2 League Game from Canby Dimes Campaign Joe Hallam of Stayton was speaker at tin* Lions club meet ing Monday night when he usked lor the support of the club in tile annual March of Dimes drive in the city. The Lions club has been in churge of this drive for many years, and at a tioard meeting they agreed again to take care of this project. Hallam brought with him a film on the work the Foundation Is doing It not only works for control of |sdk> hut also birth defects and ar thritis Also at the board meet ing It was voted to go along with the city in leasing purl of the city park to the elementary schiol district for playground use Tile State Board uf Educa tion says the local ditsrict does not have enough space for the present enrollment, This will in no way take the purk out of public use. Over 60 pair of old glasses were collected and turned in to Mel Eide. 'Die old glasses arc used in the Lions sight conser vation program. The old lenses arc sorted for re-use and the gold frames are melted down Another guest at the meeting was Wayne Guin, manager of the district 1*1*61. office In Stay ton. Merchants Hold Fourth Annual Bowl Sum lay. December 9. the 4th Annual Merchants Bowling tournament was completed with winners living declared in “A” class, ' B" class, “C" class and a newly added "D" class. In class A, Don carry bowl ing for Clarksston's 76 won first place with 53.20 Peterson points. Tony Masser bowling tor Girod’s Super Market was second with 51.26; Clare Hend ricks bowling for Gerath's Richfield was third with 51.22; and Dxiie Atkinson bowling for the Aumsville Coffee Shop was fourth with 51.08. in class B, George Pavlish, tsiwling for the 1st National li.mk. was first with 53.32 points; Jess Schleman bowling for the North Santiam Lanes was second with 53.25; Roman Fredricks, bowling for Schie- wek's Service was third with 52.40; and Art Fronihcrz, bowl ing for Sini|Mon's Timber, was fourth with 50.26. in Class C, Bob Pruitt txiwl- ing for North Santiam Lanes, was first with 50.45 points; Bill Wallace bowling for Stayton Electric, was second with 50.26 point; Joe Lulay, bowling for I ai lay Bros, laimber, was third with 47.42 (Kiints. and Verne Jenks, bowling for Simpson's Timber was fouth with 47.25 [xiints. In Class D, Arlyn Birkholz. bowling for Girod's Hilltop Mar ket, was first with 51.33 points; Hank Miotke bowling for Simp son's Timber, was second with 50.0*1 points; George Burns, bowling for Girod's Super Mar ket. was third with 49.03 points; and Doc Angel, bowling for Pacific Power and Light, was fourth with 47.28 points. 'Die first place winner in each class received $30, ami his sponsor's name on the traveling trophy. The sponsor will have [tossession of the trophy for one year. The second place winners got $20, third place winners $12.50, and the fourth place winners $9.50. Engineers Ask for Bids For Work at Dam Bids have been invited by the Portland U. S. A'my Engineer There will lie a well child district for modification of the Health and Immunization clinic elevator control system at De at the SUHS Teacher's ixx»m on troit dam east of here. Wednesday December 19, ac Bids for the work, expected cording to Mrs. Dave Brnnhardt to cost less than $25,000 will be health chairman for the aren. opened by Col. Sterling K. Eis- For appointment with the iminger, Portland District En Marion county health doctor, gineer. in his office, 628 Pit toe k call Mrs. T. If. Baughman at Block, Portland, at 2 p. m. 897-2629. January 10. President Jim Hoover and John Wills, chairman of the Mill City Jaycee Toys for Tots project request that names of needy children be turned in as soon as (Missible. The last few years names have not been turned in soon enough to allow the Jaycees to do much planning. Albany Man New Vice President of Education Group Mrs Mary Brent, president of the Linn County OEA attend ed the Representative Council of the Oregon Educational A sm > station in Portland Saturday. The group passed a modified version of the controversial sanctions" resolution which gives the OEA power to cen sure individuals or groups throughout the Oregon school system. Dr. laxin P. Minear, state superintendent of public instruc tion stated that he was not pleased with the move. He said that if the state and local school boards kept educatKin in good order, sanctions would not be necessary. Allen Rogers, a classroom teacher and counselor at Al bany High school was selected ■s vice president of the OEA. He will automatically become state president the following year, making him the first state president from Ijnn coun ty in the history of the asso ciation Mrs. Doris Sanders of Tigard moves up to the presi dency of the group. Several items were recom mended by the Economic Wel fare committee including the salary goal of $6.000 minimum to a $13,000 maximum pay for teachers. TTiat the Board lx? urged to study the provision of adequate clerical assistance to teachers and administrators. More sabbatical leaves be made possible by the local dis tricts, such leaves to be grant ed after a special period of ser vice. That the OEA oppose any ad ditional teaching assignment beyond the currently accepted five-day week. That the OEA request and support legislatkm to permit school districts to pay all or part of hospital and medical premiums on their empkiyees. provided such payments will not be in lieu of adequate sal ary. Tie ethics, legislative, mem bership and other committees also gave specified recommen dations to the group. Kindergarten To Have Christmas Program Dec. 19 Mrs. Laverne Ohrt, kinder garten chairman, said this week that the Christmas program will lx* December 18th at the old Gates high sclxxil, starting at 7 p. m. All parents and the public are invited to attend. Mrs. George Stafford is instructor for the youngsters. Names should be called in to 897-2889 at any time. Toys may be turned in to Hoover’s Repair between the hours of 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. The Jaycees thank all those who have donated new and used toys to their project. Santiam JV's Win from Amity Santiam JV's turned back Amity Friday night in the pre liminary game of the Wolver ine basketball debut They roar ed oft to a 19-3 lead in the first half and held on grimely to end the game with a 34-30 ad vantage. Lgiwrence Robertson led the Ijtde Wolverines in the scor ing department with 11 count ers. He was folknved by David Cline who had 9. Larry Con over pulled in a total of 12 rebounds and added 6 points to the scoring column. Santiam dominated play the first half but new offensive maneuvers by Amity in the second half resulted in a big recovery and had the Wolver ines worried at the end of the game. Coming Events Wednesday, December 12— PTA at grade school gym. Christmas music presented by the band. Spanish class present ed by Jay Rasmussen. Order of Rainbow for Giris at hall. 7 30. City council at hall, 8 p. m. Thursday. Dec. 13—Morning Circle at Goldie Rambo home at 10 o'clock. Friday, Dec. 14-IOOF lodge at hall. 8 p. m. Monday. December 17 Round robin Pinochle club at Lou MacGregor home. Christmas party at 7:30. Bid or bunch pinochle club at Helen Ellingson home. Christmas party, 7:30. Lions club dinner meeting at Fellowship hall. 6:30. A FA AM lodge at hall 8 p. m. Election of officers. Tuesday. December 18- Wom an's club meeting at Irene Po- drabsky home. Gift exchange. Also gifts for Chemawa Indian school. Wednesday, December 19— North Santiam Safety council no-host dinner at Frontier. Special Union High Board Meeting To Be Held Dec. 12 Art Hempeck, chairman of the building committee of the Union High Scluxil board is call ing a special meeting Wednes- <’V*. December 12 at 7 p. m. in the faculty lounge, to discuss the immediate need for coord inating any building program within the district that will now or in the future affect the San tiam Union High School district, either because of curriculum coordination or use of building facilities on the secondary level. 13.00 A Yev 10o A Copy Santiam won its first league I game in the Capitol Conference I Tuesday, December 11, defeat ing Canby 49-37. Santiam led' all the way with a team effort' from four ixiys in the scoring' Santiam won its first game in and Don Podrabsky and Mike Gleason supplying the spark to A-2 competition here Friday night with the Amity Warriors the all-out effort. Santiam displayed poise in by a score of 56-38. winning this one with a very , The game was very ragged good defensive effort holding from start to finish with San the Canby team to 38 shots for tiam gaining its big advantage the game, allowing them to with the use of a zone press. Many mental errors were com make 14. Santiam contributed 13 points mitted by the boys which will through effective free throw have to be elmimated this week. shooting by Rusty Whitten who Santiam shot .436 from the field making 23 for 53 at made 7 out of 8 free throws. Terry Morris and Mark Shey- tempts. The free throw line the played their usual smooth produced 10 points for 20 at game and dominated the re tempts. Terry Morris played a very bound department. Team scoring--Morris 10, steady game and produced .750 W’hitten 11. Sheythe 16, Hicker shooting percentage making 6 son 10, Gleason 2, Podrabsky, for 8 attempts. Mark Sheythe was high scorer with 21. Cannon and Marshall 0. Friday and Saturday night the Wolverines play the War renton team. The freshmen meet the local grade school Saturday night and the scouts Friday night. Point makers Friday night were: Terry Morris 14; Rusty Whitten 5; Mark Sheythe 21; Don Podrabsky 3; David Hick erson 6; Mike Gleason 2; Randy Marshall 2; and Gary Whitsett 2. Representative Detering Busy With Legislative Duties Many Area Students Enrolled at OSU Oregon State University—A total of 704 students from Mar ion county are enrolled at Ore gon State University this fall, including 6 from Mill City. All qf Oregon's counties are represen'ed in OSU’s student body. al>mg with 46 states, and 63 foregin countries. Fall term enrollment this year is 10.032, highest ever. The total is 1050 more than a year ago and 2000 more than two years ago. Those attending from Mill City include: Ernest F. Ander son. a junior in the School of Education; Charles R. Epper son. sophomore. Humanities and Social Sciences; Robert P. Gordon, junior. Science: Vernon Dale Johnson, senior. Business and Technonogy: Kenneth D. Norrie, sophomore. Agriculture: I and Douglas P. Ohmart. fresh man. Education. Gates: Marcia J. Bamhardt, sophomore. Pharmacy: Jim C. Gulliford. sophomore. Business and Technology; Rodney R. Stubbs, sophomore. Science. Mehama: Lyman B. Bollman, senior. Humanities and Social Sciences; Nicohlas D. Ross, freshman, Science. Idanha: William J? Deibert. freshman. Agriculture. Sgt. Sam Bass of Mehama Plays St. Nick in Tokyo TOKYO A Marine from Ore gon has been instrumental in starting a fund to give a little Japanese girl a Christmas pre sent that may save her life. Sgt. Sam Bass of Mehama, and Sgt. BiUy Joe Petrisky, of Dallas, Texas, read about Rit- suko Otsubo, 11. who suffers from a defective heart and ure mic poisoning. She is a patient at Kobe Medical Uunversity hospital. Ritsuko is an orphan and penniless. Without an operation she may not live the rest of 1962. Sergeants Bass and Petrisky spoke to their commanding of ficer, Lt. Col. C. E. Crew of Marine Fighter Squadron 451 axy.it living Ritsuko a “real Christmas present?" Col. Crew liked the idea and members of the squadron promptly [ledgod the amount needed, 200,00 yen ($5551 to be turned over Dec. 20. The Marines wrote Ritsuko to "get well, so you can visit us." Warrenton Plays Here Fri. and Sat. Andy Anderberg Being Transferred The man who probably knows more Pacific Power & Light Company customers in the Stay ton-Mill City-Scio area on a per sonal basis than any other PP&L employee has been pro moted to a new position and soon will transfer to Junction City, according to Wayne Goin, PP&L's Stayton manager. Norman W. "Andy" Ander berg has been journeyman ser viceman for Pacific Power here for the past 11 years and goes to Junction City to be the local supervisor. Anderberg, the man who in stalls all new services in the area as well as taking care of any electrical troubles that may arise any hour in homes and business of PPiL customers, is a 16-year veteran of the com pany. The departing serviceman be gan his Pacific Power career as a groundman in Albany in 1946 and in 1950 became a journeyman lineman in Albany. A year later he was transferred to Stayton as a serviceman, I and. except for a short stint1 as a lineman, has been kept, busy at the job ever since. While living in this area. An-1 derberg has been president of both the Mill City and Scio Lions clubs as well as a mem ber of the North Santiam Sportsman club. No schedule has been set for Anderberg's departure from this area. Goin said. "He will stay on at his present job un til we can find a suitable man to replace him," the local man ager explained. Rep.-Elect Gerald W. Deter ing says he feels the legislative session started for him soon af ter the November 6 election, .yil groups (hat might have an interest in the up coming legis lative sessions beginning Janu ary 14 have been anxious to acquaint legislators with their problems and needs for money. Among the meetings Detering will attend this week are one at the invitation of Pres. Jensen of OSU to visit the campus and its facilities and inspection of new reseach work at the Uni versity at Corvallis Wednesday. Dec. 12. Detering with other legislators from the region served by OCE will meet with some of its administrators and faculty in Monmouth December 14 for a discussion of the needs and problems of the school. Detering will attend the Leg islative Orientation conference that has been scheduled for De cember 17, 18. 19 at die State Capitol for all persons who will be members of the 1963 Legis lative assembly. In addition to the three-day conference on re venue and expenditures for 1963-65, a special one-day con ference on tax matters will be held Dec. 20 at Salem. The tax conference will be sponsored jointly by the Tax Commission and the University of Oregon. Rep. Detering, president of the research and advisory coun cil. has called an executive committee meeting at Portland for Friday, December 21 to re view developments that have occurred in connection with the budget request for agricultural research as contained in the Governor s budget to be pre sented to the 1963 legislature. Scout Troop To Have Scrap Drive Mill City Boy Scout Troop No. 49 will have their annual scrap iron drive Saturday. De cember 15, acording to Tom Drynan. scout master. Anyone having scrap iron to donate is asked to call the fol lowing : Tom Drynan. 897-2820, Mike Worley. 897-2165, Wayne Howard May, president of the Bartow. 897-2974, or Jack John Golden Rule Translator Com son, 897-2467. pany said Tuesday that he had just received a telegram from U. S. Senator Wayne Morse i Weather, Detroit Dant with the following content: | 7 A. M. Daily Weather Reading an-* Lake Elevation "Was advised today the FCC. Max. Min. Pep. Elev. has granted application filed 46 36 0 00 1503.39 by Video Utilities for 4 UHF Dec 5 47 36 0.59 1498.27 translators to serve Mill City." Dec. 6 48 38 0.00 1493.81 In an interview with May he Dec. 7 48 36 0.00 1488 22 stated that construction of the Dec? 8 50 36 0.00 1 H M translator system would start Dec. 9 48 36 0.00 1475.83 immediately and that the en Dec. 10 52 36 0.00 1468.27 Dec 11 gineers would arrive Friday. Translator Company Gets OK From FCC To Build System
