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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1963)
The City fl.’. ON THE SCENIC NORTH S ANTI AM HIGHWAY VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 17 OREGON’S EAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND TIIE MILL CITY ENTERl'RIE, THURSDAY. APRIL 25, 1!M*3 Southern Pacific Boat Race Plans Talked C of C Meet •UW» Jerry Chffman. chairman of the Whitewater Challenge, spon sored by the North Santiam ChamtM-r of Commerce stated at the recent meeting of the Chamber at Gates that things were progressing on schedule for the big event, ti>c first ever held on the North Santiam river He said he expecti-d at least 2.000 extra people In the canyon area next Sunday to compete and watch the fun. Don Izanlng Joe Hallam and Bud Davis agreed to help Sam Wlzrr get the boats started for the race J and help check them in at the i SMI Mehama bridge when they com- ' pietrd the run. «*•» » Trophies which had been pur-1 as chased to give winner of the race will not be presented, us I It was learned it would work | , to the detriment of the river, run Huffman said the Stayton 11WY High School band would I m * 1 ‘ playing nt the bridge at Me tuima. Only a small crowd was pres ent at the meeting and Jerry • Butler, president of the Stayton Chamber stated they have the ( sume trouble getting members out for the meetings. Be said members seemed to find any excuse they can to stay at home. Art Brown, manager of the V. 8. National bank nt Stayton Itoealit Mitlonr spoke briefly, and said that moat of everything he could say about the future growth of Oregon was summed up in an economic study of Oregon made by Hubert J. Sober, economic consultant, who made the study The Navy Recruiting at 109 at the request of Pacific Pow 9. E. High street in Salem has er A Light Company. during the This survey is loud in Its announced that praise of Oregon calling It the month of March they enlisted "quality state." The report four Canyon area boys on the pays gkiwing tribute to the many Navy's famous buddy program. industries, agriculture and tour This |>rogram assures them that together all ist husincss of tile state. It they will stay showed that the state was through recruit training which growing by leaps and bounds In is for nine weeks at San Diego, population, and many people Calif from California are moving to The four men to enlist were Oregon to get out of crowded Robert Donald Morgan of MUI contitionM down there. Many of City; Robert chose the Navy's these people arc farmers, whose (»laris program. Donald Wayne land has been taken up by the Iwming of Idanha also chose growth of the cities. the Polaris program; Ronald Malone of Detroit chose the high sch<»i seaman recruit pn>- grnm, and David Sterling Hall of Detroit enlisted as a sea man recruit. This is the first time that this number of men has signed up together for this program in In a letter received thia w<>ek the area, however the program from Mr, and Mrs. Carl Longe- is catching on and the Navy neckrr they said they had been officially transferred to the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Plan to Start Work on Refuge nt Ruby Valley, Nev. They had been stationed at the Gas. Co. Building Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge for a number of years before In Salem April 29 being transferred to Nevada. Mrs. Ijongcnccker said they .Stevenson-Wickman. Inc. of were about 60 miles from Elko Salem lias been awarded a con nnd that it was quite cold tract to construct an addition to there now. 'nicy had been sta the Northwest Natural Gas Co. tioned temporarily in the Des ert Game Refuge out of I jis service center at 133 Court St., N. E. in Salem. Vegas, where the weather was The award was in the amount warm and sunny and the fk>w- ers out in bloom. /Anyhow, as of $81.399.60 after two alternates she |»t it, " wp will get to see had been eliminated from the field. The contract specifics a two springs this way." They naked to he remember construction period of 90 days ed to all their friends in the after notice of authority to pro area and said they enjoyed ceed. keeping up with canyon activ Probable starting date is April ities through The Enterprise. 29. Residents coming down Wall Street Wednesday morning to get their mail were glad to see a paving crew replacing the blacktop between the rails. Thu has been a trouble spot for the past six weeks ever since the new rails were installed by the Southern Pacific. W E. Wade, roadmaster for the S. P. said the work would have been done sooner if the weather had permitted. Earlier in the week the local section crew had placed rock between the rails enabling cars to cross the tracks. Board Hires Administrator David Hall Four Canyon Area Young Men Enlist In U. S. Navy Buddy Program Longeneckers Now Replaces Paving expects more to use It at the end of this school year. These men were processed for enlistment by Petty Officer George Wright, who Is the re cruiting officer for the Mill City area. Wright makes his head quarters at Tom's Shell Service every Tuesday morning be tween the hours of 11 a. m. and 12:30 p. m. The new administrative dis trict board hired the new ad ministrator for the district at a meeting held here Saturday. The new man. William E. Lew ellen comes from Days Creek, where he is now administrator. He cornea with plenty of exper ience in a situation such as this area has now under the new administrative district, as in his area 3 districts have been combined into one district. He ha» a Master's Degree in edu cation. Mr. Lewellen signed his con tract here Tuesday afternoon, and stated he plans to move here about July L The new administrator is married and has five children. Detroit Honor Roll Lists Eight Students DETROIT —- Students making the honor roll at Detroit High school for this grsdinj period were: Douglas Spencer with a grade point average of 1; Kaye Dicbcrt 1.2; Frank Storey, 1.4; Margaret Baker, 1.7; Jerilyn Hopson. Iunda Barker and Ketty Malone 1.8 and Janea Belveal 2. Barney Scott Chosen New Lions Head $3.00 A Year — 10c A Copy Mehama Little League To Serve Breakfast Sunday By Jean Koberta MEHAMA Mehama Little League baseball players are planning their annual fund rais Barney Scott was elected pre ing breakfast on Sunday morn sident of the Mill City Lions ing April 28, the same day as North Santiam “White Club Monday night. Other of the ficers elected were: Fred I Water Challenge". Baseball boys aided by Me Berg, first vice president; Lowell Fleetwood, second vice hama firemen and parents will president; Mel Rambo, third serve breakfast from 5:00 A. M. vice president: Jim Gordon, se until the river run is over, at cretary-treasurer ; Carl Kelly, the Mehama fire hall. Mehama volunteer firemen tail twister; Gregg Stevens. IJon tamer and Lee Ross, di will cook the breakfast of hot- cakes, ham and eggs and the rector for three years. Charles Kelly inducted Fred baseball boys will serve and Berg Into the club in impressive pour the coffee. Parents of the boys assist in dishwashing. ceremonies. Le« Ross, chairman of the Plans are to work in shifts Festival of Harmony commit of three hours. Early morning tee. stated a net profit of $9.00 I crew from 5:00 A. M. to 8:30, was realized from the recent next one from 8 00 until 11:30, program, but said next year, and from 11:30 until people with a more suitable date, it cease to come. was expected a large crowd. would turn out. Board Hires Two New Teachers Here Two new teachers have been hired by the Mill City Element i ary School board replacing I Morris Brown and Ernest Wall James R. Hayes, who is now completing his degree in edu cation at Portland State will teach in the upper grades. Richard D. Wilson of Kellogg, Ida., will teach science in the upper grades. He is now teach- ing in the junior high at Kel- logg- Both men have families and plan on moving to Mill Qty i about August L Weather. Detroit Dam * A. M. Daily Weather Reading and !-ake Elevation M ix Min Pep Elcv April 17 33 39 0.23 1555.37 April 18 36 42 0.35 1554.72 1 April 19 34 44 0.50 1551 30 April 20 33 44 0.26 1554.65 April 21 33 38 0.09 1554.87 April 22 34 42 0.00 1554.99 April 23 38 51 0.06 1555.35 "C" Day Here Will Be April 29th "C" Day in Mill Qty will be on April 29, says Mrs. Clifford Swift, who is 1963 Crusade chairman for the American Cancer society. The date has been changed from April 30 and the drive will last from 730 to 9 p. m. Anyone wishing to contribute should do so at this time as there will be no return calls, said Mrs. Swift.On Apr. 29 volunteer Crusaders for the So ciety will call on their neigh bors to distribute educational information about cancer and to ask for contributions to fight the disease which will take an estimated 275,000 Am erican lives this year. Mrs. Swift said this week: “We will try during the Cru sade to reach every family with educational pamphlets that list the danger signals and stress the value in cancer de tection of regular physical ex- aminations. We also want to give every family an oppor- tunity to add Its dollars to the continuing effort to conquer cancer in our time." j Daylight Time Starts This Sunday Sunday at 1 a. m. will see daylight saving time go into ef fect all over Oregon This time Oregon will conform to the rest of the nation in setting clocks ahead an hour. Last year Oregon was in a real state of confusion with part of the state under daylight sav ing time, the rest on slow time or standard time. This was ex tremely confusing to all resi dents. A measure on the ballot last year cleared the way for mak ing daylight saving time offi cial and legal throughout the state. With California and Washing ton both on daylight time, it made it real confusing for ev- eryone when Oregon remained on standard time. This will give residents another hour of daylight in the evening to work up a sweat doing their yard work. Some might even get in a few rounds of golf or an extra hour of fishing. Yankus Car Totaled In Accident Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Al Yankus and son. Allan, narrowly escaped death or serious injury Sunday when their car, just recently purchased, went out of control near Bend, plunging embankment. Yankus. who was driving, said he was going at a moder- ate speed when a sudden hail storm made the incline in the highway slippery and the, car went completely out of con trol. The car was demolished and the Yankus family was taken to the Bend hospital where they were examined and released, Mrs. Yankus and Allan suffer- ed minor bruises but Mr. Yank- us had the muscles tom in his shoulder and will be unable to use his arm for some time. White Water Challenge Living In Nevada New Garage Now Open for Business Mr. nnd Mrs. Paul Stites and family have moved Into the former Vera Hathaway home on N. E. 5th street. They have also purchased the Hathawny garage which is now open for business with a complete line of automotive service and re- pair. Stites opened the gnragc, which is on Highway 22, last weekend in time for fishing season. Before coming to Mill Qty he worked for Davidson’s Auto Service in Salem. Mr. nnd Mrs. Stites have seven children, four of them now attending grade school here. Coming Events Wed., April 24 Order of Rainbow for girls at hall 7:30. Lions Club Auxiliary at home of Goldie Rambo 8 P. M. Safety meeting at Gates Wo man’« Club 8 P. M. Friday, April 29 IOOF lodge at hall 8 P. M. ■Sunday, April 28 North Santiam Whitewater Challenge float races 9 A. M. Daylight Saving begins. Monday, April 29 Lions Club dinner meeting at Fellowship hall 6:30 P. M. Round Robin Pinochle Slub at Agnes Carlson home 7:30 P. M. Wed., May 1 Santiam Rebekah Ixxige at hall 8 P M. I Jayccea JC hall 8 P. M. Jerry (tollman, chairman of the North Santiam Chamber of Commerce committee for the first annual North Santiam Whitewater Challenge stated for this Sunday said today, that after talking with many men who have participated in this type of sport all over the country, the Chamber will not be offering any priies for the event. He said: “In this man ner , we hope to avoid any trouble. Those i<articlpntlkig will not in any way be able to hold the Chamber of Commerce or its members legally liable In the event of any accident.*’ Coffman stated further that there moat likely would be pick- up boats at the mist dangerous spots along the river, and that skin divers will be on hand also to aanist anyone who may (all out of their boats, or be dumped by the rapids. More entries are being receiv ed daily and it is expected that over 50 will put their boats in to the river three miles east of Oaten at 9 a. m. Sunday. Two pancake feeds are sched uled in the area for Sunday, One a benefit for the Mehama IJttle league at the Mehama Fire Hail and the other in Mill <lty, sponsored by the IOOF and R.'b.-kah lodges. (X.ffman said the Stayton Union High School band will be out In force to play at the Me hama bridge. In Mill City he said there would be a sound truck to furnish music anti make announcements. The San tiarn Union High students plan to have a concession at the bridge here. Coffman also said there would be two-way radio rigs along the river to keep track of boaters, and be sure of no serious ac cidents. He also said that sev eral merchants are offering prise« for those entering the run. Each participant entering a boat will be given a ticket. After the race a drawing win be held to determine the win ners. In this manner the boat coming tn last has the same chance of winning a prise as the one coming in first.
