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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