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VOLUME XVII
Guidance
Session To Be
Held at SUHS
A guidance »«-»»ion covering
|u <-[Hirntlon for college « other
training bryand the high school
level will to* held lor the stud*
ents of Santiam Union High
Sflhoo) on January 11. nt 8 30
a. tn I’rln.'ijMil George Stovall
announced that a visiting team
from the state system of high
er education ha» l>ern invlteil to
conduct the meeting.
Representatives from the state
schools will explain their re
spective academic offerings and
point up earh Institution's spec
ific requirements. Opportunity
for
questions
by
students
Is given to provtilr individual
guidance The lm|»rtance of ed
ucation beyond high school and
the urgency of adequate pre
paration early In the high
school years will lie explained.
A description of what that
"adequate preparation" entails,
career
opportunities,
costs,
scholarships, and mechanics of
school application and entrance
will lie stressed.
These Informative sessions
are conducted annually in the
high sclxnl ns part of the reg
ular program Diey represent
a combined effort by th«« state
system at higher education and
the high school to better pre
pare high schixrl students tor
their future careers The pro
gram presents complete in
formation on the educational
oppot tunlties provided at pub
lic expense within the state.
Report Made on
Christmas Tree
Sales for 1962
District Rangers In the Will
amette National Forest today
reported preliminary totals of
Christmas trees sold during the
pre-Christmas season.
•nils year 2100 permits have
been Issued up to and includ
ing the week end of December
15th; Inst year's total was 1400
for the entire season In 1960,
1.070 permits were issued.
Tire U m .-11 District topped
the list again this year with an
estimated «00-800 sold. Unveil is
the district nearest Springfield
and Eugene.
Other district reported sales
follows M in RI vm IM, Ma
Kenzie «9. Mill City 149, De
troit ¡170. Cascadia 50, Oak
ridge 144 anil Rigdon 264.
Rangers began issuing Christ
mas tr<*e permits for $1.00 each
December Nth.
Tli .’re was an increase in
sale* at all dii'ricts this year
except Cascadia, luist year the
.list! <1 -ill 10 ,x-i mils
Die
largest increase was at Uiwell
where last year Rangers sold
459 compared to this year's
700-800.
Bill Longenecker Now
Stationed at San Diego
Carl W. (Bill) lxmgenecker,
machinist's mate third class,
USN. son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Carl
Longenecker is serving aboard
the dock landing ship USS Mon
ticello, a member of Amphibi
ous Squadron Five o|x*niting out
of San Diego, Calif.
The Monticello is one of the
Navy's
modem
amphibious
ships with the capacity for car
rying numerous assunit crafts,
trixips, and helicopters. She is
scheduled to return
to
her
home port Into this month, af
ter spending six months with
the Seventh Fleet In the West
ern Pacific.
During her cruise, the ship
crossed the equator, visited Ha
waii. Manila. Okinawa, Hong
Kong and other ports in the Far
East.
*3.00 A Year 10e A Copy
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, DIX'. 27, 1WJ
NUMBER 52
Getz 40 Year Mazonic Pin
Santiam Safety
Council Hears
Talk on Accidents
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S. G. "Boot»" Higdon recently received hi» 10
year Masonic pin. The presentation wan made by Jack
Gulliford, master of Mill City lodge. Mr. Higdon is a
charter member of the lodge and the only charter
member living in Mill City at the time. Mr. Higdon is
active around hi» home on S. E Maple »treet where
ho spade« and takes care of a large garden. He also
sjilits a lot of wood ns he says "just to have something
t<> d<>." The Mill City Enterprise photo.
Editorial—
IXTR TAME A UM1K
AT UNIONIZATION
One of the subjects upper
most in the minds of the resi
dents of this area right now is
the uficomlng bond election
which is slated for Monday,
Januury 14. A meeting was
h<-kl recently when a citizens'
committee of some 30 people
from all w alks <jf life met to dis
cuss the need tor an uddltlon
to the elementary school here.
This group went on record as
being in favor of having the
istard of education call for a
bond election authorizing them
to sell $115.tss) in bonds to con
struct and i-quip an addition to
the school. The bonds will run
lor a period of 10 years. At
thut meeting nearly everyone
was in accord that there is a
need for additional space to
handle the enrollment at the ele
mentary school, and Die Enter
prise has no reason to dispute
the fact that the present build
ing is now being utilized to the
fullest, and that conditions are
crowded. It is the opinion of
many people, both here and in
Gates, that maybe we should
take a long, hard look at union
ization us a relic! of crowded
conditions in the elementary
school here. In a Tetter to the
editor" written last week by
Bill Gleason of the Gates school,
information was brought
to
light that the Gates school has
room to adequately handle an
other 75 students in their build
ing. An invitation has been ex
tended to the Citizens commit
tee to visit this modem school
plant at Gates and sec if some
thing could not lx* done to fully
utilize this liuildtng instead of
building additional rooms here
at tins time when taxes have hit
un all-time high. The letter
cites that some $160.000 could
be saved in principal and in
terest, which is not to lx* over
looked, especially right now.
Another letter in last week's
Enterprise asks that a plan be
formulated that will kxik ahead
to future years. These letters
have merit, and that brings up
the urgency to study unioniza
tion at this time.
East April the Department of
Education was invited to Mill
City to make observations of
the facilities of Snntiam Union
High school. Diis was a com
prehensive study, a copy of
which can be seen at tliis office
at nny time.
Included in this report in the
first paragraph of the general
recommendations is the follow
ing statement: "Of first im-
portance, nnd an item which
we feel would make this survey
Incomplete unless mention was
made, is the need for unifica
tion of the high school district.
At present, the system of three
schtxil districts makes for some I
inefficiency in operation nnd cre
ates n definite problem at the j
high school level in providing I
adequately for the needs of the |
Tex Barger, Accident Preven
tion Division of the State In-
dustrial Accident commission
put on a demonstration of stress
and strain on a spar tree or
steel tower at the meeting of
the North Santiam Safety Coun-
ell held at the I-ast Frontier
recently. He had a miniature
tower set up and rigged to
demonstrate his discussion.
Noyes Whitten, chairman in-
trouced lairry Penkava, of the
same State Industrial Accident
department, who showed slides
and talked on the necessity
ot preventing accidents in the
woods and in the mills.
During the past 12 months
there have been 63,755 work
men injured on the job; 125
have been killed. The Commis
sion has paid out $26.000.000 on
compensation and medical care.
Penkava said that each death
cost tiie commission soni<- $22.-
455 and another $36,420 for each
permanent
disability
case.
Diere were 94 workmen perm
anently disabled this year.
He stressixl the need for a
more complete safety program,
and used these four points to
make a "safety chain." 1 Edu
cation, 2 Engineering; 3, En
forcement and 4. Enthusiasm fix*
the program. He said safety
meetings should be held reg
ularly on the job.
There was only a small group
present at this last meeting of
the year.
students due to divergencies in
the
curriculum.
Unification
would allow district-wide plan
ning for the future on a grade
one through grade twelve basis
and should result in better con
tinuity of instruction.”
The Enterprise has no axe to
grind. It Is not interested in
doing anything to deter good
instructional facilities, but feels
that all the facts should be
taken into consideration when
the future education of the
young people of this area is at
stake Unionization is a situa
Future C Wiens
tion which should be considered
dispassionately, it should be con
sidered without rancor, without
¡x-rsonahty clashes. The educa
tion of the young people is the
primary concern now, and for
the future. It is time we do our
best to utilizr* all our building
facilities at hand before any
move is made.
'Die Enterprise suggests there
lx* a meeting of the boards of
education of both Gates and
Mill City, when the principals
of each school lx* on hand and
[xissibly a moderator from the
State Superintendent's
office
could be present so all the facts
nnd figures can be placed be
Brenda 3. and Brian 5, child
fore the public.
ren of Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Under unification there could ' Brown.
lx* one five-man board to handle
nil the affairs of the district. It
would make for ckner unity in
the area. Under this plan there
cixild be one superinte.ident to
handle and administer the af
fairs of the area, thus possibly
bringing a complete unity in the
course of study.
Diis plan is being offered for
cixisidcration and it is hoped
some plan will be made which
will work for better education
for the entire area.
Die Enterprise invites tDc ex
pression of opinion of anyone
who is interested in education
of our young people.
Sandra 3*s and Craig 6, child
ren of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd
Blackburn.
Funeral Services
Held Monday for
Bertha Van Nuys
Funeral services were held at
Weddle Funeral Home in Stay
ton Monday at 2 o’clock for
Mrs. Bertha Van Nuys of San
Jose, Calif., a former Mill City
resident.
Mrs. Van Nuys was born Feb
ruary 22, 1882 at Pine Moun
tain, Calif She lived in Mill
City and Eugene prior to mov
ing to San Jose where she re
sided in recent years. She was
a member of Victoria Chapter,
Order of the Eastern Star at
Dimer.
Survivors are a son, Clarence
Iz'wis of San Jose, Calif., one
brother, Floyd Shepherd of Mill
City and one sister, Mrs. Viola
Chandler of Salem.
Rev. Stuart Shaw officiated
at the services and interment
was at Fairview Cemetery in
Gates.
Miniature Spar at Safety Meeting
Wolverines
Drop Game at
Woodburn
By Ed .McCurdy
The above miniature spar tree or tower was set up
at the Last Frontier for the recent meeting of the North
Santiam Safety council by Tex Barger of the Accident
Prevention division of the State Industrial Accident com
mission. In the picture helping show how the stress and
pull on the guy lines is Louis Vearrier, Linn county safe
ty representative and Henry Engelen, Marion county
saftey representative.—Mill City Enterprise photo.
Andersen Reports
On Elk Hunting Trip
An interesting Elk hunting sa
fari was taken by Darrel An
dersen. Bill Holtorf and Stayton
and a friend from Portland,
leaving here December 13 and
returning Sunday.
They were in the Troy area
and Darrel said the weather
was beautiful while they were
there, nippy nights but bright,
warm, sunny days.
They packed in 14 miles
from Troy with seven head of
horses and two mules, at times
living a little dangerously as
the trail was only about 18
inches wide and a sheer drop
on one side of one-half to one
mile.
Andersen said that one time
the rocks started slipping with
his horse losing its footing and
he though he was going to shoot
right over th? horses' head,
down the cliff.
There were two of the pack
horses that "spooked" easily,
which kept all of them alert for
whatever might happen.
They had quite a time trying
to get a bale of hay on one of
the horses that had decided it
didn't care for the cargo and
bucked, throwing "straw to the
winds." The hay was pulver
ized by the time the horse got
through kicking it around and
Darrel said they never were
able to get a tarp over it.
They went up seven miles
from their main camp on a high
or higher (they were all quite
sheer' ridge to kill two nice
fat elk.
On the return trip back to
their car they walked, as the
horses were loaded heavily with
the elk.
<
Andersen said it was an en
joyable and never to be for
gotten experience.
Gates School Has
Christmas Program
The Gates Element»? school
presented their Christmas pro
gram to the public Wednesday
evennig A large crowd enjoy
ed the Yuletide presentation.
On the program were the first
through fourth grade students,
who sang a repertoire of mod
em Christmas songs.
The
fifth
through
eighth
grade students acted out the
Christmas Story in pantomime,
accompanied by the
upper
grades' chorus, who sang ap-
proriate carols. The band play
ed several seasonal selections.
Following the program. Santa
Claus handed out bags of candy
and nuts to the children.
Cold Wave Hits;
No Accidents Here
Santa Claus arrived from the
North Pole on schedule for the
Christmas holidays but forgot
to take the frigid air back with
him.
A frosty chill greeted many
mid-Willamette
Valley
resi
dents the day after Christmas,
and although it was a little
chilly most people welcomed it
after the fog which many valley
towns were afflicted with dur
ing the busy pre-holiday sea
son.
Mill City residents have been
enjoying many bright, sunny
days while it was overcast
elsewhere, causing many to
brag about our "banana belt”
climate.
No reports were received at
Die Enterprise office of local
people being involved in any
holiday traffic accidents.
The .Santiam Wolverines drop
ped a close one to Woodbum
at Woodbum Friday, Decem
ber 21. 36 to 33.
Woodbum outscored the Wol
verines 12 to 5 in the first
quarter. Santiam narrowed the
margin to two at the half and
went ahead during the third
quarter, which ended in a 23-23
tie. Santiam was ahead once
more, in the fourth quarter, but
the Bulldogs overtook them and
won.
High-point man for the game
was Dave Hickerson at Santi
am. with 12 points. Woodburn's
Lantis, at 10, was the only other
player to hit double figures.
Santiam scorers were: Hick-
arson 12. Whitten 9. Sheythe 7,
Morris 4 and Podrabsky 1.
Aliens Must
Register During Jan.
District Director Alfred J. Ur-
bao of the Immigration and Na
turalization Service stated that
the annual alien address report
program usually causes a sharp
rise in the number of applica
tions for naturalization.
The law requires all aliens in
the United States, with few ex
ceptions. to report their addres
ses each January. Throughout
the United States, almost thirty
percent more applications for
naturalization are received dur
ing the months of January, Feb
ruary and March than are re
ceived during other months.
Mr. Urbano attributes this sud
den rise to the Alien Address
Report program.
Aliens not required to make
this report are diplomats, those
accredited to certain interna
tional organizations and those
who have entered temporarily
as agricultural laborers.
Forms for making the reports
will be available to aliens at all
Post Offices and offices of the
Immigration and Naturalization
Service during the month of
January. Mr. Urbano indicated
that aliens desiring informatioi
concerning naturalization
or
similar matters should obtain
the forms at an office of the
Immigration and Naturalization
Service where personnel train
ed in these fields will be avail
able to answer inquiries.
A thought for today—What a
pity human being can't ex
change problems.
Everyone
knows exactly how to solve the
other fellow’s.
Seabaugh Gets Award
Simpson Top Bidder
In Timber Sale
Simpson Dmber
Company
was the apparent high bidder |
for the Upper Hawkins Creek
Dmber sale conducted at the [
Detroit Ranger station Decem
ber 21, at 10 a. m.
Twelve million six hundred
thousand board feet of timber
with a total appraised value of I
$165.821.40 was sold. The re-1
suitant total value of the tim
ber after the completion of vig
orous bidding was $470.216.40.
Diere were 50 bids recorded.
Mother of George
Davis Dies in Salem
Karen 2’a and Danny 5, child
ren of Mr. and Mrs. James Sea-
Requiem Mass will be said at
baugh.
St. Joseph's Catholic church at
9:30 a. m. Thursday for Mrs.
EARLY DEADLINE—
Frances Davis, who passed
Correspondents and
adver away December 21 at a Salem
tisers of The Enterprise are Nursing home.
She is the mother of George
again asked for their coopera
tion in bringing in early copy Davis of Mill (Tty and other
for next Weeks issue. The office survivors include sisters in Ok
will be closed on New Years lahoma and Kansas.
Interment will be in City View
Day (Tuesday) but the presses
will roll as usual on Wednesday. cemetery.
A S50.00 award was given recently to James T.
Seabaugh of the Mill City Ranger District for a work
improvement suggestion. The award, part of the fed
eral government's Employee Incentive Awards Pro
gram, was made for his suggestion for development of
a new plastic template for plotting coordinates on
graphic paper. District Ranger Ralph McCurdy pre
sented the award. Seabaugh has been in charge of tim
ber and watershed management on the Mill City Dist
rict since April 1962.