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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1963)
.(__Tiie Mill C ity EntrrprlM', Thurmhiy. April 2ft ,1IMW Funeral Services Held Students Make Good Showing at Science Fair For Steve Luvich OPEN Under New Management ? CAFE LYONS. OREGON MEALS - LUNCHES SHORT ORDERS STEAKS A SPECIALTY HOURS: 5 A. M. Until 8 P. M. SATURDAYS: 7 A. M. To 8 P. M. CLOSED SUNDAYS HARVEY and LEONA KANOFF, Prop LYONS Students of the Mart- Linn school faired well at th«« Northwest Science Fair at Al bany. The billowing students were winners at the event: Joy Prideaux was Gold Seal Winner and qualifi««d for the finals in Portland May fourth. Brenda Johnson and Maureen James, sixth graders, both received Silver Seals, and will have th«« privilege of displaying their pro ject at Portland. Other Silver Seal winners were Ann Mathieu. Verna Kimery, Diana Horn. Lynette Larimer. Nikki Cruson. Ginger Cart««r. Ronnie Palmer. Gloria Nye and Sara Wagner. Th«» Red Seals, awards of merit went to Gloria Brown and Dwight Downer. Funeral services wer«« held Wednesday for Steve Luvich, 71), of rural Salem, who (Hissed away Sunday in a Salem hos pital. He was th«« step-father of Mrs Don Walker of Mill City. Mr. lAtvich was a retired coal I miner and had lived in tlx» ’ Salem area for the past 20 ) years. Other survivors inclini«« the , willow-, Mrs. Tuna Luvich, . Sa- lem: step-daughters, 1 Mrs. Mildred Zahradnik. Salem; Mrs. Morris Jensen. Salt I-ak«< City. Utah; Mrs. James Green, Clo . verdale. Calif., ami eight grand . children. . Interment was in Belcrest Memorial Park. Advertising in The Mill City Enterprise Old Age Assistance Up About 10% Over Last Year i Monthly old-age survivors and disability Insurance lM«n«'fits in Marion County now top $1.113.- 927 00, Richard C. Stillwell. District Manager of social se curity in Salem, said today on releasing his annual county ben efit data report. Tlie new monthly figure re- presents an Increase of about 10 per cent over the prior year. "This increase can be at- tributed to the changes in th«« law in recent years, as fell as to the growth of our aged |*>p- ulation,” Mr Stillwell said. "This money stimulates county I iHisiness; most of it is spent tor food, clothing and shelter.** "There is no longer any doubt. Social security benefits Fits your plan for modern living... QUICK RECOV ELECTRIC WATER HEATING No flues or vents fits anywhere dependable and clean! A Quick Recovery electric water heater gives you all the hot water you need, any time you need it. And because electricity requires no messy flues or expensive vents, you can tuck your Quick Recovery electric water heater away in that extra closet or under the stairs... any place out of the way. See your appliance dealer right away. You’ll be delighted with the efficiency and convenience of a modem Quick Re covery electric water heater. arc helping to stabilise th«« in come iind spending powrt of many residents in Marlon Ouunty.** Monthly benefits first beesm«« pays bl«' in January 1940. and they have continued witliout in terruption for 23 years, occom panted by a steady growth In the number of beneficiaries. Stillwell ixHcd that 1,1 Dec ember 31. 1962, some ltt.NCi residents «*i the county wen« col lecting th«1 million dollars an nually from social security. Mor«« |M«oplc in Marion Cain ty, he said, could draw social security benefits if they know more about the law. and for that reason they are urged to visit or call the local social security office whenever they have a question concerning their bene fits or responsibilities. Th«- following table allows the number and amount of each type of monthly benefit ¡'aid in Marion Cbunty as of Decem ber 31. 1962 Retired Worker, 14,828. $1.- 037,374 Wife or Husband. 2.231. $87.- 067. Widow or Widower an«l Par ents. 1,342, 185,342. Mothers and Children, 2.134. $114.072 Disabled Workers and pendents. 1.154. $76,553 Electric Use Shows Gains on PP&L System (Ise of electricity by house holds. commercial firms and Pacific industries sc ru'd by Power 4 Light Company lias increased on««-third during the IMist five years and reached a new high level of using In the past year, th«« company reports. The average amount of puw- er used annually in househoiiis of th«« PP4L system Incrcas«',! to 9.111 kilowatt hours, for an averag«» increase of 325 kik>- watt-hours over the year previ ous. and a new total that is more than «Inutile the national average household use III most of the PP&I. M IA I. , arras in Oregon and Washing ton. th«« average housciiuld use t..¡>s in i««) *>;.sa-itt hom■ Mb nually. and in many modern homes the us«« ranges from 15.000 to 20.000,** reports PPA Torn L’s district manager, Keenan Electrical energy used by all customers totaled 7.371,407.000 kilowatt-hours, up 5.4 |rr cent. I The system also posted a tww peak load of 1,684.000 kilowatts. ¡(««porting on progress of the company as not««d in its annual report to shareholders. Pacific Pow««r not««d growth of the areas serv««d by its system re sulted in a net increase of 5.- 828 new electric customers. A I major one Is U. S. Steel's iron on« mining and milling opera-1 tion in Wyoming that is one of th«« larg««st industrial develop ments in the West. A pf «ilnnce «Cairo I' p Electric appliance deniers in PP&L's service area reported home electrical equipment sales ' ,.| $ ,7 SiMI.IMMi for the v-.o. an Increase of 16 per cent. Head-1 Ing th«« sal««s list of electric- i living conveniences were 38.700 automatic clothes washers and 23,000 dryers. Other highlights of the com pany's progress were the ener gizing of major transmission In terconnections in Washington, Wyoming, California and Ore gon for delivery of additional power supplies into PP4Ls j system. Also not«1«! w««re com pletion of an 18.000-kllowatt / capacity hydrnclctric develop ment in northern California and the start of construction of a 200,000-kilowatt steam-elec tric unit in Wyoming. Along with new distribution service installations, the con struction work required an outlay of $ <40,339,000 throughout PP&L’s system. Snow Cover Is Near Record Low Pi. 1963 water supply iMHiouk Is iHily fair for the WlUamettr Valley, according to a report release«! tisiay by T P. Ilel seth, Slatf Cimaci vatliMliat of die Soil I'lMiacrvalloii Srrvic«« (USDA) «'OH|"'I-Illiig with Orc gon Slate University. Oregon State Engineer, and others SnoM cover along th«1 Cascades la a near record low and stream flow Is expected to approach the low flows of 1941 Month end sldrms failed to make uf> the big deficit in snow ixiver on lhe Cascades Meas urements on 34 snow course« now average isily 21) percent of the 1943-57 period bn April 1. nd many of these are near the lows of record Water content of the snowpack Is only 22 per cent of Inal «• tills time Watershed soils are well primed and will aid runoff from siurwmelt or rainfall. Six multi fHirpoae reservoirs In th«« Willamette lbtsln have ahove average storage and are ahead of last year at this time These reservoirs ar«« «iterated on a pre arranged plan by the Corp« of Army Engineers. Statewide, Oregon la begin- nine its 1963 Irrigation BCnMMI with an extremely poor Muter supftly «aitlook for lands »«•rv<x! from direct streamflow. In c « mi trast. most land» served from stored water sui>pli<-s will have sufficient water for most crops. March storms brought heavy snow to the Cascades and high est arras of Eastern Oregon Itut failed to make up for thc huge deficit in the record-low snow|>ack Many reservoirs an' likely to 1>C completely drained this season, leaving no carry over water for next year THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE Entered as second class matter November 10. 1944 at th« Post Office at Mill Qty. Orrgun un der Act of March 3. 1879. NIWIFAFII fUllllHlil AltOCIAtlON NATIONAL Telepiamc 897-2772 or 897-2#» Subscription Rates M.iri.1114 Inn Counties $3 a year Outside Mnrlon-lJnn $3 50 a Yr. DON W. MOFFATT. Ed-Pub. Automotive A Indu««trial Maintenance Weitling, I>ieM*l Engine Service Shop or Field Delco liattrrirx Factory Equipment Ignition Parta Ih'dJrr for Altro Weitling Producta Hoover's Repair Jim and Vrryl Hoover Ph. WMM1 Mill City Safe Drivers can qualify for this DIFFERENT MONEY-SAVING AUTO POLICY! Do you have s good tsfs driving rscotdf Then this revolutionary and realistic auto policy is for you! 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