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VOLUME XVIII
Brown Talks
At N. Santiam
CofCMeet.
Al Brown. Linn County As-
sessoi was ■|x,uk<,r for the first
monthly meeting of the North
Snnti.un Chombcr of Commerce
held ut Gale». Prior to Brown'»
talk u sixirt business meeting
was held.
There was u report that work
in tlic area parka was jaogrea-
■ing. Some of tin* park» in the
North Pork iiK .i will be In
proved Uu» summer and work
la going forward now on the
new Bureau of Land Manage
ment park Unrated just well of
Mill City, in Marlon county.
n>u park, when
completed,
will be one of the finest in
the Canyon, according to Infor
mation received here. Thia wiU
be an overnight camping fa
cility with flush toilet*,
and
everything for the comfort <»f
the tourist.
In hl* talk Bniwn laid “there
ha* been considerable publicity
over the effect* of the 1961 Ma
jor Operator»' Timber Act. The
l>ur|x»c* expressed in OKS
321 610 <2* of rrduclng the
annual coat-to-carry
of
old
growth stand* by lessening the
annual taxation arc good legis
lation. tail the 'additional tax'
tall* short. The
'kicker'
or
additional tax' assessed against
severance and suiqxiscd to
make up the U m * of revenue
will proimbly provide an er
ratic Income equaling approxi
mately 20% of tlic Income loss
experienced by Unn County
School district*. This loss Is of
course spread' over all proper
ty In the form ot Increased mil
lages."
Continuing ah>ng Uns line of
explatsUon Brown listed Um lol-
lowing side effects of this law
which may not have been stres
sed during hearings, as fol
low* :
“A. Ihat the metallurgical
industry of Albany pays $2,660
additional, due to the 1961 law.
Oregon invite* new
industry
and then assesses that new in
dustry to help support our 'fa
vored industry'- Umber.
”B That a Mill City resident
owning a property worth $10.-
000 (market value) is now as
sessed $193 4 tax.
$16.25 of
which was formerly timber tax.
“C. And probably the most
obscure fact of all is that a full
section ot Linn County Timber
worth $1.500.000 has paid in
both tax and fire coats over
60 year only 3% of it's value
today."
Following his talk, where he
used charts to put across his
point, the meeting was opened
to a question and answer per
iod when Mr. Brown shed more
light on why taxes are as high
as they are now.
Brown said: "we may think
our school taxes are high, and
they arc. but it is our best
luirgaln today. Where could we
educate a child for what we pay
in school taxes."
Lunch was furnished at the
close of the discussion by the
Gates ladies.
Lloyd Ross Hurt
In Car Accident
It was leurned Wednesday
that IJoyd C. Roes, 26. of Mill
City was injured Tuesday ev
ening a lx >ut 10 in a one-car ac
cident near Jefferson.
State police said his car left
the road and landed in a water
filled ditch. He was still un
conscious when found and ex
act extent of his injuries were
not learned at press time. He
was taken to Albany General
Hospital and later transferred
to Salem General Hospital.
Pittam Insurance Wins
Bowling Trophy
Pittam
Insurance
howling
team placed first in City Tourn
ament competition held Sunday
at the Santiam ljines in Stay
ton
They will receive trophies
and (Hitches for their shirts.
Members of the team include,
Olive Bornhardt, cnjrtnin; Dar
lene Ruby, Mary Wright, Betty
Pittam and Marge Parker.
I School Vote
Coming; Rural
Election Thursday
School Issues will be definite
ly in D m - news next week with
reorganization vote for the Mil)
City-Gates districts scheduled
to be held Monday, March 4.
Polling place* will be the Mill
the
City Grade sctiool und
(lutes Grade selMstl from 2 until
8 |> tn.
Vote on TtiurMtay, Too
There will lx- a iJnn County
Rumi School District election
Thursday, March 7 In each
coin|>o>icnt sclxiol district also
from 2 until 8 p. m. Purjxjse
of this election I* the question
of Increasing tax levy over the
amount limited by Section 11.
Article XI, of the state consti
tution
According b. school officials
this will not increase taxes in
the urea, but will actually be
a benefit Diis election has car
ried here in previous year*.
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Golden Rule
Moving To
Pittam Bldg
Howard Muy of the Golden
Rule TV and Translator Serv
ice suld tliis week thut fie will
I m - moving to new quurters in
the Pittam budding next week.
I le lias signed the lease with
Pitturn to rent the space form-
arly u»«d by Dickson dental of
fice.
May said he would handle a
complete line ot black and
white and color TV and that
there would be complete sales
and service for the customers.
Bill Evan* is now assisting
him on a full time basis in the
sales und service department.
Owen Andersen, an engineer
from Video TV, wa* fiere for
five day* last week to assist
Muy with installation and
justment of his translator
tern. He said that about
of the work was now done
installation of tfie power
to the station would be started
soon.
Central Takes
Wolverines
Red Rynearson in
Saturday
Portland Hospital
Die Central Panthers over-
powered Santiam here Satur-
day to win 65-45, and clinch
the top position in the Capitol
Conference.
Die Wolverines opened up the
first quarter with a bang, and
looked sure to go all the way.
But Central got moving ami
left the first quarter score 14-13
against Santiam. At the hait
It was 25-24 for the Panthers.
But Santiam fell apart in the
second half and couldn't control
the ball. Centra! hit a high of
23 in tfie fourth quarter while
the Wolverines hit 15.
Ball control made moat of
the difference, Santiam at
tempting 49 field goals and hit
ting 14. while Central had 61
shots and hit on 20 of them, for
a better percentage, .327, than
Santiam's .285.
Gregg Hartman netted
18
for the Punthers and Dale Wild
fang hit 14. Only one Panther
failed to score. Dave Hicker
son led Santiam with 14.
Wolverine scorers: Hickerson
14. Podrabaky 8, Sheythe 7,
Marshall 5. Whitten 4, Morris
3. Whitsett 2, Gleason 2.
Weather, Detroit Dam
? A. M. Daily Weather Reading
and I-ake Elevation
Max. Min. Pep. Elev.
20
45 54 050 1517 05
21
43 55 0.02 151949
::
50 40 0.18 1521.35
53 37 0.00 1522.11
24
59 37 0.00 1523.00
60 39 000 1523.68
57 41 0.74 1524.05
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In a letter received by The
Enterprise this week from Red
and 2>ta Rynearson it was
learned that Red was still con-
fled to the Veteran's hospital
In Portland and would be there
tor a while longer.
They said he liked his work
very much and that it seemed
good to have a regular routine
after the long hours they put in
at their Gates tavern.
The winter at Myrtle Point
had been nuld and ttie Rynear
son'* plan on buying a home
there later.
They asked to t>c remember-
ed to all their friend* here.
Highway Commission
Asks for Bids for
Highway Material
Die State Highway Commis
sion will receive bids in Salem
March 12 fur the furnishing of
16,000 cubic yards of crushed
material for use in maintenance
operation on the North Santiam
highway.
Location of this stock pile is
in the vicinity of Big Cliff dam.
This work is scheduled for com
pletion this summer.
Lyons Firemen Make
Run Sunday Evening
LYONS-The Lyons fire truck
made a call to the former Bes
sie Minich house Sunday even
ing. The place was vacated
over the weekend by Mr. and
Mr*. Billy Stifel and family.
Santiam Union High School
To Have Audio-Visual Room
Santiam Union High school,
unlike most high schools of sim
ilar size, is to have special
audio-visual aid* rooms, ac
cording to Howard R. Haymes,
librarian,
Haynie* states that a door
way has been cut from the li
brary work-room into three
srnnll rooms formerly used as
counseling offices which are to
be used for visual aid purposes.
One room is to accomodate
small supplies such as bulbs,
tapes, sprockets, reels and for
picture files, phonograph re-
cords and a special visual aul
catalog. Here will be kept re-
ords, notices and film catalogs.
Another room will be used for
pi;e-viewing of films and listen
ing to records. The third room
will lie used to house and store
the larger items such as pro
jectors. screens, record play
ers and tape recorder». Cabinet
work has been done by Everett
Like and Jerry Roseman, cus
todians.
Mr. Haymes states that a de
finite audio-visual program is
to be put Into action the re-
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mainder of the school year with
more audio-visual aids being
used. Teachers will be expected
to order niany more free and
rental films than have been
used previously in connection
with their teaching. Still pic
tures and charts are to be used
more. A hundred pieces of free
materials have been added to
the verticle files this year with
more to come. A picture file
has ben started and will be
added to in the future. These
are for poster and display work
and for projection by use of the
opaque projectors.
About half of the books order-
ed this year have come and
are in circulation. Mr. Haymes
further stated that plans are
being made to use two or three
capable order boys to keep ma
chines in good running order
and to act as messengers to see
that films get to teachers and
are returned for mailing.
An outside evaluator,
who
has visited the school recently,
has evaluated the library, au
dio-visual plans and said they
are excellent.
Steelhead Run High
Board of Education Speaks in Favor
Of School Reorganization at Public
Meeting Held Here Monday Night
By Don Moffatt
The second and final meeting prior to the vote on
reorganization Monday, March 4 was held at the Mill
City Grade school gym Monday night, and some 100
or more people were present to hear the local reorgani
zation committee and the Unn County reorganization
board give an explanation on the movement which will,
if it carries, place the Mill City and Gates school dis
tricts under one administrative body.
County School Superintendent William Dolmyer
again stated that the Linn County Reorganization board
was at the meeting only to explain reorganization and
to give whatever assistance they could in helping the
residents here become familiar with the plan. This re
organization move was brought
about by a petition sent in to
them, signed by residents of
both districts. Reorganization
ha* already been given the
"green light” by both the Linn
and Marion county boards and
also the state board. All that
remain* to be done now to
make this change is a vote,
which will be held in both dis-
Steelhead flashing upltricts Monday, March 4.
two - mile - long Portland] Mr. Dolmyer stated that ac-
General Electric fish ladder cording to the petition, the dis-
on Clackamas river ia part tricts will be zoned into five
of record run counted dur divisions which in effect will
ing 1962. Silver salmon mi give three board members from
Mill City district and two
gration, now in progress, the
members from the Gates dis
has already passed previ trict. Thu phase of the propo
ous high count of record. sition came in for most of the
discussion at the meeting. Some
did not think the zoning, which
will be done by school census
was fair. A lot of people got
into the act on this, but in the
end it was fairly well agreed
that this was the only manner
in which it could be handled at
this time. Ed Pollan, one of
the board members stated they
had some problems on zoning
in the Central Linn area when
A last appeal is being made the plan was first put into ef
to area residents to take the fect there, but that now, all
opportunity of having an ex problems seem to have resolved
change student in their home themselves and "we have a
next year. Mrs. Willard Gab good workable education pro
riel, president of the Mill City gram now.” Bill Grenz who re
AFS said that to date no appli presents the Albany-Scrabble
cations had been received.
The program has been in ef
fect for three years with Isaac
Rodríguez attending school here
from Costa Rica; Ann Subardi
from Indonesia, and currently
Okinori Ono from Japan.
When the program is just
well under way it would seem
too bad to have to discontinue
it for the lack of a host family
as the benefits from such a
Friday, Blanche and Louie
program are long lasting.
Thompson are celebrating the
It continue* to grow with the anniversary of the first year
years with future generations of operating the Gingerbread
reaping the benefits of good House at Mehema Junction and
will.
are putting on a “party” to let
Anyone wishing to have a Die public know they appreciate
student in their home next year the patronage accorded them
is asked to contact Mrs. Ga- during the past year.
brie or any member of the
During their year of operat
AFS.
ing this popular eating spot they
Need Home
For New
AFS Student
Thompsons To
Celebrate First
Anniversary Friday
Apprentice Lineman
Hurt In Fall Thurs.
IDANHA — Ted Hardwick,
of Stayton. apprentice lineman
for Consumers Power, Inc., re
ceived a fractured pelvis here
Thursday afternoon when he fell
30 feet from a pole, then tumb
led another 10 feet into a mill
pond.
Ed Nash, lineman who pul
led Hardwick from the water,
said the man had unbuckled
his climbing belt and apparent
ly brushed a "Uve” 110 volt
line serving a street light on
the pole, causing him to lose
his grip.
The Detroit first aid car took
the injured man to Santiam Me
morial Hospital at Stayton.
have made many
improve
ments. First major step was the
installation of rest rooms for
the convenience of the public.
Another needed improvement
was paving of the area next to
the building thus cutting down
the dust in the summer months.
Then they decided to stay open
all winter, so they enclosed the
eating “hut”, making it a cheer
ful place even on cold days.
Last addition was an exten
sion of the roof over the front
of the service window, so pat
rons do not now have to stand
out in the rain when placing
their orders.
Exchange Student
Talks At Lyons
Event
Movie To Be Shown Father-Son
LYONS—Guest speaker at the
Father-Son banquet held in the
At Grange Meeting Methodist church in Lyons Sun
The Santiam Valley Grange
meeting will be held at the
Grange Hall between
Lyons
and Mehama Friday, March 1
at 6:30. A pot luck supper will
be in session at that time. Steve
Dark, Grange Master will con
duct the program.
A color film with sound, il
lustrating the creation of the
world with Adam and Eve will
be show by Forrest Holman of
Stayton.
day evening was Okinori Ono,
exchange student from Santiam
Union High. Ono is from Japan
and told of his life in Tokyo.
Mrs. Leonard Cruson was
general chairman and Wendell
Weaver, master of ceremonies.
Prizes were
awarded
to
Frank Powell, oldest father pre
sent: Lowell Fleetwood, young
est father and Van Prichard
the father with the largest fam-
1 ily.
Hill area on the Linn county
board said that the plan outlin
ed in the present petition here
is the best manner in which to
approach the problem at this
time.
Dolmyer explained, as he did
at the Gates meeting last Mon
day, that the director receiv-'
ing the highest number of
votes, would hold office for five
years, the candidate receiving
the next highest number of
votes, would hold office for
four years, and so on until the
one receiving the least number
of votes would be elected for
one year. In this manner there
will be one
board member
elected each year. This will be
the only time the ares will vote
on five members. In the event
a board member moves, or re
signs then another party will
be chosen from that zone to fill
his place.
If the election carries, the
county board must then call
for an election to secure a new
board to handle the affairs of
the district. Anyone washing to
run for a position on the board
must file a petition with the
county clerk in Albany at least
seven days before the election,
and the party must give notice
of acceptance at least five days
prior to the election, so the
names can appear on the bal
lot. An election will be held
in March or the forepart of
April.
One of the first duties of the
reorganized board will be to
prepare a budget to operate the
reorganized district. According
to Mr. Dolmyer it cannot take
the present budgets to operate
the new administrative disrict
Under reorganization there
will be some $20 million true
cash value in the district, which
according to Dolmyer. will raise
sufficient money to operate a
good grade 1 through 12 school
Coming Events
Wednesday, February 27
North Santiam Safety Council
dinner meeting at Last Frontier
7:00 p. m. Ladies’ Night.
Order of Rainbow for Girls
at hall, 7:30.
Thursday, February 28
Santiam Memorial Hospital
luncheon at IOOF hall, 12:30.
Friday, March 1
IOOF lodge at hall, 8 p. m.
Monday, March 4
Round Robin Pinochle club
at Mabel Yankus home, 7:30.
Reorganization vote at Mill City
and Gates schools, 2 until 8 p.
m.
Bid or Bunch Pinochle club
at 7:30 at the home of Gladys
Podrabsky.
Tuesday, March S
Canyon Campfire
Leaders
meeting at Marion Minty home
in Salem, 10 a. m. Sack lunch
at noon.
Wednesday, March •
Santiam Rebekah lodge at
hall at 8 p. m.
Thursday, March 7
Garden club. Dessert lunch-
eon at home of Mrs. Fred
Moore. 1 o'clock.
Ed James Hurl-
In Mill Accident
LYONS—Edwin James is re
ported to be doing as well as
can be expected at Santiam
Memorial hospital in Stayton
following an accident at Simp
son’s Mill on Thursday.
James caught his arm in a
conveyor and had it broken
both above and below the el-
bolw, as well as having his
the
shoulder dislocated
and
shoulder blade broken.
program. Another interesting
fact was brought to light at the
meeting. Figuring wealth per
school census child. Gates has
$23,512 per pupil and Mill City
$13,000 per pupil.
One question asked was if re
organization would raise taxes.
He was answered that there is
do reason why it should raise
taxes, and it was explained that
through a one-administrative
district it is possible to give
better education for each dollar
»pent.
Another question was “will it
help our children get a better
all-around education.” Dii* was
answered in the affirmative.
“It is generally conceded that
there is a big advantage by
having one board to control all
grades. It also gives a better
use of teachers for foreign lan
guages, shop, home ec and mu
sic." Mr. Dolmyer stated “what
you expect from your school
will determine the cost.”
Another question from the
floor was “how will the school
system run. How will the school
be divided to use existing
space.” This question was an
swered by “this will be de
termined by the new board of
education. With school rooms
costing $15,00 per classroom, it
behooves school districts to use
all existing facilities before de-
k>
where
ciding what and
build."
It was brought out at this
, meeting that there are now two
; bills in the legislature which
1 affect schools. One is a bill
which would eliminate union
high schools in three years; the
other ia a bill which
ould
give reorganized district» $10
per $100 received from state
aid advantage over unorganiz
ed districts. Therefore, if this
bill does pass this session of
legislature, and a lot of work
is being done to get it passed,
those areas which remain un
organized will be penalized.
Dick Cole spoke in favor of
reorganization stating:
“both
elementary districts now feed
students into the high school.
There are some equalities in
training which would be elim
inated under the one-adminis
trative program, where educa
tion would be based on a grade
1 through 12 situation. A five-
member board would be more
democratic in every way. Un
der the present set-up it is pos
sible for a deadlock, where the
clerk would be called upon to
cast the deciding vote. The pre
sent system is a stumbling
block to education.”
Don Walker said: "we’re
fighting for the pupils, not for
ourselves.”
Julia Bassett: “Reorganiza
tion is a step in the right di
rection for a better course of
study.”
Martin Hansen: “I’m in fa
vor of reorganization as it will
give die same background for
all students from
grades 1
through 12.”
Charlene Cooper: “It will
give equal educational advant
ages for all students.”
Following the discussion a
vote by show of hands was tak
en with only two being opposed
to reorganization.
Mr. Dolmyer brought mater
ial for distribution after the
meeting.
New Ice Cream
Machine To Be
Installed at Muirs
Muir's Bakery and Fountain
Lunch is planning to install a
new soft ice cream machine af
ter the first of the month, it was
learned Monday. They are also
putting in a larger ice cream
cabinet to store the home made
ice cream. Diis is a service
they discontinued some years
ago.
Cher the weekend a new
counter top was Installed and
they are planning to put down
new floor covering in the near
future.
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