The Mill City enterprise., February 28, 1963, Page 6, Image 6

MEHAMA
Mrs. John TwUri
Mrs. Joseph (Betty) Spencer
returned home from Santiam
Memorial hospital last Friday.
She had spent three weeks
there following an auto acci­
dent in which she sufered a
fractured pelvis. She is now
able to get around on crutches
and in a wheel chair. Mr.
Spencer is also at home as he
is suffering from broken ribs
he received in the same acci­
dent.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crook
and her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Goodell enjoyed a ride
DULL'S MARKET
MEHAMA
1 LB........................ 59c
2 LBS.
...... $1.17
6 oz. Instant
89c
east of the mountains a week
ago Sunday, when they went
as (ar south as LaPine. where
they had dinner.
Mr and Mrs. Ercill Wilson
and Mr. and Mrs Dale Cran­
dall returned home Saturday
afternoon from Eugene where
they had attended the meeting
of the Oregon logging Con­
gress.
Visitors Saturday evening at
the G. V. Christensen home
were his brothers' family. Mr.
ind Mrs. Harold Christensen
and daughter. Sharon of Al­
bany.
Weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Art Andersen were Mr.
and Mrs John Andersen of
Condon. Sunday visitors at the
Andersen’s were Mr and Mrs.
Jack Spoelstra of Salem and
Mr. and Mrs Dale Spoelstra
.i.al son. Brian, of Chemult.
T'.ie Andersens were in Salem
Saturday evening to attend the
wedding of Janice Spoelstra to
Jenny R. Hileman of Amity.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Owen and
three sons of Albany visited
| acre Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
j C. M. Cooper. They also visit-
1 ed with relatives and other
i friends here Mr and Mrs. Ed
| Castle were Sunday
evening
iin er gi. s of the Coopers.
V .s.ti.ig Saturday with Mrs
J. M. Herberger at the Ed
I Castle home were Mr. and Mrs.
I U LO'.cik of Salem and two
sisters of Mrs. Lovcik. J. M.
Herberger spent Sunday with
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UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
OREGON DIVISION
NOTICE
Personal property taxpayers are required to file
an invoice as of January 1, 1963, with the Assessor,
for an assessment base. Assessment must be filed
on or before March 2, 1963. A penalty is provided
for late filing.
Personal Property To Be Reported
A.
FURNITURE & FIXTURES IN COM­
MERCIAL USE
C.
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Salem Scene
l iivinploy ment Pay
Ti> Be Hot I mhio
Mi»st people are not very fa­
miliar with unemployment com­
pensation. Even ttu'se who have
received benefits are often un­
aware of how the system works.
Yet unemployment compensa­
tion has a duvet, or indirect, ef­
fect on nearly- every person in
the state. It is a subject that
seem destined to become one of
the hotest issues at the current
Legislature.
Organized labor supports a
series of bills which seek to
broaden coverage and increase
benefits. On the other hand,
management representatives en­
dorse a group of bills which
would tighten coverage and
"prevent existing abuses."
We have asked spokesmen
from both cani[» to present
viewpoints tins week
First, it might be well to ex-
1 lain briefly how Oregon's un­
employment compensation pro­
gram operates.
I’nemploy ment compensation
insurance is paid entirely by
employers into a trust fund, at
rates prescribed by law. When
this fund reaches a certain high
level,
employers
pay on a
merit rating" basis. This per-
, nuts employers who have good
.experience records How em­
ployee turnover) to pay lower
ates than do firms with fre-
juent employee turnover. These
cates range from 1.2% to 2.7%
>n $3.800 of payroll per em­
ployee.
But for the past four years,
iue to increased drains on the
inemployment trust fund level,
til Oregon employers have been
paying the maximum 2.7% rate.
George Brown, political edu-
-'atin director for the Oregon
ir'L-CIO, explained organized
abor’s position on unemploy-
aent compensation.
"We believe it is essential to
>ring an many employees as
ossible under coverage of the
aw," he said, adding that "too
aany people now covered are
nable to draw benefits because
ualifica tions requirements are
.oo severe."
The labor official also believes
that Oregon’s unemployment
compensation law "has not kept
pace with increases in wages,
nor is it in keeping with the in­
tent of the program.”
We asked Mr. Brown to give
js his definition of the true
ntent.
' To give the
unemployed
■vorker enough of his lost wages
to take care of his non-deferr-
ible, such as food, housing, and
ither necessities," he respond­
ed.
"The original intent of the
program,” Brown went on,
"was that unemployment com­
pensation should provide 50% of
the worker s regular earnings.
Organized labor supports a bill
<H. B. 1103) which would in­
crease benefits from the present
M0 per week to 50% of Oregon's
iverage weekly wage. This
vould probably amount to $48,
n d e r present conditions,”
frown pointed out.
He believes experience rat-
ig is "fine, but it should not
be determining factor to the de­
triment of an adequate unem­
ployment
compensation
pro­
gram.”
We asked him whether he be­
lieves employees should also
share in the unemployment
INVENTORIES & SUPPLIES
1. Commercial merchandise inventories
2. Manufacturing inventories and supplies
3. Food processing inventories and Live­
stock, - Seed, Feed, Fertilizer inventories
held for sale.
4. Inventories of Consigned Merchandise.
5. Log Inventories: Colddecks and Ponds, al­
so felled »nd bucked logs in the woods.
6. Automotive and Trailer House Inventor­
ies, also Boat Inventories.
B.
ft—Thr Mill City Enterprim', Thui-mUy, Feb. 2H, IMS
MOVABLE MACHINERY
Farm machinery
Construction machinery
Logging machinery
It is necessary that these forms be signed and filled
out in detail in order to receive equitable assess­
ment. The Assessor’s office will be willing to help
you with the proper filing of the forms.
ORS 308.105 makes the responsibility of the tax­
payer to file these reports or incur the penalty pro­
vided by law.
AL BROWN
Linn County Assessor
his wife and son-in-law and
daughter.
Mrs. Edith Marks returned
home Saturday from California
where she had visited several
days with her son’s family, the
Ted Rogers at Rio Dell and she
also visited with a sister at
Oakland.
Mrs. Larry
Kimsey
was
hostess at her home Saturday,
February 16 for a birthday
dinner honoring her daughter,
Mary, on her 5th birthday an­
niversary. Present besides the
honor guest were her grand­
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Arch
Kimsey and Mrs. Jennie Moe,
Becky Kimsey and Mr. and
Mrs. Larry
Kimsey,
Mark,
Kurt, Randy, Susan and Floyd.
Mr and Mrs. Ivan Clason,
Mitchell, Glenn and Alice Jo
and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rogers,
Danny and Bobby Jo visited in
Rziseburg during the weekend.
Mr. Clason returned to his work
at Myrtle Creek and the rest
returned home accompanied by
Linda Davenport, who had been
visiting friends in Roseburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Golliet
*vere in Seattle, Wn„ a couple
h ^ayS last week where they
a
gone to attend funeral
services for Mr. Golliet's bro-
Mrs. Blanch McDonald of
Salem, visited last Wednesday
” the D. L. Teeters home.
Remember the
By Marlon Atovall
by Robert H. Elsner
compensation insurance contri­
butions.
"Not unless it were adopted
und< r national Federalized stan­
dards." he replied
On
the
related
subjects.
Brown said he thinks "no hard
and fast rule" sihxild apply to
Social Security benefit recip­
ients who also apply for un­
employment benefits. "Individ­
ual decisions should be made
in each case." Brown feels,
"depending on whether the sen­
ior citizen in question really is
seeking work and is available.”
Brown also defended the right
of "loeked-out" workers in a
labor dispute. He thinks they
a e entitled to unemployment
b> le.'its.
Oregon’s 2-7% rates on $3,-
8tX) of payroll are "not exces­
sively high" claims Brown. In
fact, he maintains that the base
should be raised to $-1.800.
which would permit employers
to then do something about ex­
perience rating,
because it
would bring in sufficient money
to liberalize the program and
still alkiw for a reduction in the
rate.”
He denies the claim that pres­
ent rates are detrimental to
a'tracting new business and
payrolls to Oregon. "Costs per
a our for unemployment com­
pensation insurance are actual­
ly lower today than they were
on 1938." Brown said. "And
this is the true basis of deter­
mining costs not rates and
oases."
On the other side of the fence,
we talked with Ivan Congelton.
general manager of Associated
Oregon Industries, a statewide
business and industry associa­
tion. He has a somewhat differ­
ent viewpoint on the unemploy­
ment compensation situation.
He maintains the orginal con­
cept of unemployment compen­
sation basically is "to tide over
— for a reasonable period a
person honestly attached to the
labor market and out of a job
tlirough no fault of his own, un­
til he or she finds a job.
"The program was not intend­
ed to provide benefits to work­
ers who voluntarily quit or who
arc discharged for good cause,”
Congleton
emphasized.
"Yet
under Oregon law as it now
stands, these people often can -
anil do quickly qualify for ben­
efits.”
He also discussed Oregon's
"critical problem” of seasonal
workers. Congelton cited a quo­
tation from a report prepared
by
a
committee
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt establish­
ed to submit guidelines for state
unemployment
compensation
programs.
The report read, in
part:
. . experience has demon­
strated that seasonal industries
will cause a heavy drain on the
unemployment-insurance funds,
unless the benefits to seasonal
workers are limited to unem­
ployment occurring within the
usual season for tht particular
industry . . . Similarly the funds
need be protected against too
heavy drain by the casual work-
es. This can be done. . . allow­
ing benefits only if the employ­
ee has worked with some de­
gree oi regularity.”
Congleton also referred to a
chart, obtained from the State
Department ot Employment. It
listed employment compensa­
tion insurance rates for all 50
stat?s, and was converted to a
uniform $3,000 base, which is
the common base figures. It
showed Oregon’s comparative
rate at 3.4%, putting it in a
tie for third-place among the
states with highetst unemploy­
ment compensation insurance
costs.
These additional costs to Ore­
gon employers, which must be
added to the price they charge
for their products, is often the
difference between an Oregon
firm's ability to successfully
compeete with similar indust­
ries in outside states,” Congle­
ton said.
He was critical of attempts to
constantly expand and broaden
the unemployment compensa­
tion program.
"Oregon’s employers have al­
ways supported, and will con­
tinue to pay for, adequate un­
employment ompensation pro
viding the law is restored to its
original concept,” he pointed
out.
’ We believe that the AFL-CIO
officials are doing a disservice
to 'he majority of workers in
Oregon, as well as to the job­
producing industries in the
state, by demanding unreason­
able benefits and qualification
standards,” Congleton said.
"The end result can only reduce
job opportunities for Oregon
citizens not help them.
"We believe Oregon workers
are far more concerned with
building job security for them-
GATES
From The Enterprise
Five Years Ago
One of the hardest storms ot
the winter had hit the area with
power disrupted for several
hours. Heavy rain and high
winds did considerable damage.
School was closed for a day.
District 2 Basketball tourney
was scheduled at Mill City that
week with Jefferson top in th«*
league.
The Catholic church in Mill
City was the setting for the
wedding >’f May Haywood to
K ,'hnrd Andersen. They were
i' m ik.> their home in Tilla­
mook.
Th«' Round Robin Pinochle
club members had entertained
their husbands with a dinner nt
The Last Frontier. Cards were
played at th«' Al Yankua home
after th«' dinner.
Audrey Shaw was working in
Shirley’s Beauty shop while
Mrs. Laird was recuperating at
home from a recent illness.
Mr and Mrs Dick Downer
had just moved to Albany
where he was connected with
the police force
Ten Years Ago
A new $800,000 plywood mill
as going up between Lyon»
id Mill City, constructed by
he M 4 M Plywood Company
Ressler's Grocery was being
'-opened that week after It
had been badly damaged by
lire in September.
Rosalie Bassett had won the
trade school spelling contest
ind entered the Statesrnan-KS
l.M contest at Salem Runners
up in th«' contest were Naomi
Taylor and Charles Marttala.
Rosalie was an Sth grader then
Mr. .and Mrs. Herman Free
at Lyons had b«'«’n robbed while
on a vacation trip to California.
They were staying at a motel
and were robbed at gun [xilnt
<>f $275
Plans were under way to get
a power line into the Little
North Fork by Benton-Lincoln
electric.
Floyd Voikel had bren elect«1«!
nayor at Gates at a recent
ouncil meeting.
Plrying at the Mill City
heatre thnt week was "I’ll Sec
’ou in My Dreams" featuring
toris Day and Danny Thomas
Fifteen Years Ago
Mrs. Charles Sullivan had
ieen honored bj members of
he SBA with a special degrc«'
ind pin for her services as
nst president Also for many
years of membership.
Mrs. R. I.. Faust and Mrs
Ernest Graham left that week
for San Francisco where Mrs.
Faust visited at the Dan Quinn
tome and Mrs. Graham with
her daughter, Irma.
Mrs. Jack Colburn’s name
had been added to the mem­
bership roster of the Mill City
Woman's club that week. Guest
speaker at their meeting was
Jyette Adolphson of Denmark,
exchange student at Willamette
University.
Mrs. Constance
(Bodeker)
Hampton of the Marlon County
home demonstration unit was in
charge of a meeting at the
Gates Woman's club. Project
leaders were Mrs. Burrell Cole
and Mrs. Glen Hcnness.
Arthur Kriever had been in
Portland to attend a re-union
with buddies of World War I.
Mrs. Kriever and Betsy attend­
ed a performance of "La
Boheme.’
A record crowd of 1.500 peo­
ple were on hand at Hoodoo Ski
Bowl to view the Obsidian Ski
club meet of Eugene.
selves and their children than
they arc to provide benefits to
people for whom the law never
intended to receive them in the
first place,” he added.
"The legislation we support
would disqualify claimants who
are not genuinely attached to
the labor market, or who have
been separated from employ­
ment by their own volition or
lor misconduct,” he said. "Len­
ient legislation in this area is
not only costly to employers,
but tends to reduce benefits
which would otherwise be pay­
able to bona-fide claimants.”
These various unemployment
compensation bills are now un­
der consideration by the House
Ui’xir and Industries Commit­
tee. letters to legislators are in
order.
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Mr. and Mrs. Don Erickson
and family drove to tlie coast
recently where they were over­
night guests of Mr, mid Mrs.
Rny Comstock at Ifockaway.
Bob Blumenstein and son.
Bruce, spent last Saturday in
Eugene where they visit«! Bar­
bara, who is a student at th«'
U of O They also altended the
Oregon Washington Stat«' has-
ketball game, bowled, toured
th«> campus and «lined at the
student union.
M>»» Juanita
Bayae was a guest ot Miss Car­
ol Blumenstein Saturday.
W.'. ken.l vMton M M m I mom
ot Mr and Mrs Bill Gabriel
were his brother-in-law an«! sla­
ter, Mr. and Mrs
Kenneth
Searcy, Debbie and Roy of
Portland
Mr. ami Mrs Oliver Watson
helped their daughter, Evelyn
Stevens, celebrate her birthday
recently by taking her out to
dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Tumldge
took a trip to th«' coast Sunday,
going over through Salem and
making the return trip through
Corvallis. They visited friends
and relatives along th«' way.
Mrs Maude Davis, who has
been ill. is reported to be much
improved now.
The CUb Scouts would like to
bring to the attention of kx-al
residents the display of their
handicrafts they have placed in
the City Council office next to
th«' store. They also wish to
thank everyone who donat«!
egg cartons for their fund rats-
•ng project
Mr. and Mrs Glenn Hennes»
trove to Dallas Sunday where
hey visited her parents. Mr.
ind Mrs. Roy Taylor
They
verc accompanied by Eiina
latzeburg and Lilli«' Lake of
alcm, sisters of Mrs Hennes».
Mrs. Rosie Roten. who broke
ier ankle some time ago. Is
-eported to be rcc<»veririg nice­
ly and Is getting around home
in a walker.
Mrs. Terry Blake and Miss
Phyllis Bickett were weekend
,;u< sts at he home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Bickett.
The Gates Community Church
toadies’ Missionary group met
last Wednesday at the church.
Tlic group [»ackcd and sent
five boxes of clothing to Essie
Brinkley West,
operator
ot
Girl’s Town in Arlington. Cal.
('resent at the meeting were
Mrs Bert Martin. Mrs. Wil­
lard Howell, Mrs. Lang Staf­
ford. Mrs. Sarah Raines. Mrs.
Clare Hcnness, Mrs. Oliver
Watson and Mrs. Clyde Oliver.
Friends of Mrs. Fritzie Ward
will be glad to know that she
is recovering from the injury
she sustained some time ago
and is able to get around on
crutches.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Jones of
Rose City, Calif., were visitors
nt the home ot Mr. and Mrs.
Vic Herron for several days
last week.
Pat Herron of Sacramento,
Calif., was a recent visitor at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vic
Herron. He was in the area
from Saturday until Tuesday
visiting other relatives and
friends, also.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harmon
nnd Lorena were Sunday vis­
itors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Brosig at Detroit. Also
present were Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Brosig and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ke lie and
family drove to Bend Sunday,
where they visited and had
dinner with Lloyd Reed, who
taught school here 22 years
ago.
The Santiam Canyon Home
Extension unit will meet Thurs­
day (today) at 10 a. m. at the.
clubhouse. Following the mxc
potluck luncheon, the county
agent will give
the
lesson,
"New Directions In Color De­
corating."
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bickett and
family were guests at a birth­
day dinner Sunday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hortsman
in Stayton.
Mrs. Vic Herron was a week­
end visitor at the home of her
grandmother, Mrs. Ed Sehlin
In Fox Valley. Several other
relatives wore present also.
Sunday visitors nt the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Gohel
were her brother and slstcr-ln-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Harold An-
dreassen, of Cornelius.
Miss Jeanne Britton of Port­
land, spent the weekend at the
home ot her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Rex Britton.
Mr. and Mrs. Clare Rush and
Ruth Hess visited Clare's fa­
ther, Charlie Rush, in Salem
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Rush and
family were Saturday visitors
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clare Rush. They visited her
mother, Mrs. Boss Vandermcor
in Mill City Sunday.
George Stovall sustained two
fractured toes in an accident at
Fertilizer Needed
For Good Lawns
The next frw weeks la a good
tune to start fertilizing the
lawn
Fertilizing la necessary for a
vigorous and healthy lawn. Vlg-
oroui growing graaa resists in­
vasion by diseases.
weed»,
moa» and even mushrooms ami
toads fools
l.iwn graaa atnrta growing
with th«* first warm weather of
later winter and early spring.
As the rale of growth Increases,
ao does the amount of fertilizer
used by the grasa.
Grasa grows more In
the
spring than in any other sea­
son Because of this, the >|uing
fertilizer application la very
lni|x>rtunt and should lx* tlu'
largest. Any fertilizer used in
th«« spring should be relatively
high in nitrogen. Nitrogen la
important for the green color
and growth of lawn grass.
Further information on fer­
tilizing lawns la available at the
Marlon Cbunty Extension of­
fice. (Axinty CiHirlxxuc. Salem.
Santiam Ripples
By Ed MoCUnly
We have several large shl[>-
ping bag» full of clothes we col­
lect««! in the clothing drive
Wednesday night I'm auro the
needy children will appreciate
them Although we didn't makr
It to all the houara and only
held the drive one day. we did
collect quite a bit.
A representative from Mail­
er’« Engravers »¡x»kc to Stud­
ent Obuncil Inst ’Ihesilay and
showed U» the design for the
new Boy and Girl of the Month
pin», which we slxxild be grtting
soon.
The Junior class wa»hc«l cara
■11 day Saturday and raffl«!
iff a ham and turkey at Sat-
rday night's basketball game
o rake in what will lx- $80 or
<90 of profit And that ain't
my.
Thursday wus the first rc-
learsal for the upcoming Var-
ety show or. as It turned out.
t was a rehearsal for a re-
icarsal. But after the acts get
irgunlzcd. this slwxild be a gixx!
show.
his home Friday. <\ large k>g,
which be was placing in the
fireplace, slipped nnd fell on
hla left foot. He is grtting
around on crutch«*».
The fifth and sixth
grade
students of the Gates Element­
ary Schixil will hold a white
elephant Sale Friday, March 1,
from 10:30 a. m. to 2 30 p. m.,
in Die old high sch«x>l building.
Any donations of white ele­
phants for the sale wxxikl be
appreciated by the gnxip. Th«'
sale Is open to the public.
Mrs. Ruby Brisbin was host­
ess for the Gates Women’s club
meeting, held at her home on
Thursday. The meeting, at
which routine business
was
taken care of, was attended by
Mrs. Burrel Cole, Mrs. Hollis
Tumldge, Mrs. Joe Novak,
Mrs. Glenn Hcnness. Mrs Walt
Thomas. Mrs. Harlan Gobcl,
Mrs. Rex Britton, Mrs. Mnudc
Davis ami Mrs Brisbin
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