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The Mill City Enterprise VOLUME VIII ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY—OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND NUMBER 26 THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1963 Up and Down ¡Council OKs The Avenue By Dun Motf.lt Vacation time is beginning to get under way In the«* parts, and Sunday, Father's Day. was-a day of extreme pleasure for many folks who love the outckxir life. A trip up to De troit In the morning saw M<>n- gold and the State park fllllng up even a few brave mails water skiing and some, brrr even swimming. Of ciairse It was the real young who were In the water. 1 guess that is because they have good red bkxxl in their veins This bea- tiful camp on the shores of De troit Izike is a sight to behold In the morning Many still have their campfire and cook their meals outside. The aroma <>f bacon and eggs cooked in an old iron skillet, just about slays a person, as they drive through the camp Of course, nowadays many pe<»ple have camiiers and trailers, with all the rmxlern conveniences of home away fnm home. We who live here in thia won derful outikxirs country pro bably have a hard time realiz ing what It means to city dwel lers to get out Into the open and enjoy a day or two. We have It every day. ao our senses become somewhat dulled to the beauty of the country around us. Salmon fishing Is on the wane now Ixit the bridge nt Mill City has been lined with spec tators every morning and even ing. as the flshermrn try to catch the salmon which annual ly make their trip to the s[»nwn- ing areas around here. It is a lot of fun to watch the big Chlmatk break water on tiled migration up stream. I really enjoy my )ol> inoat of the time ... as going anxirxl visiting people In our town and the surrounding communities in nur area always brings some interesting visits with the peo ple When down in Mehama this past weekend, I was kx»k- ing for Grant Smith of Mehama Oncral Tire Sure enough I hxind him at the Hub getting a cup of "Norwegian gasoline " Our gorxl friend and feature writer. Jean Roberts, was br- hind the nxinter as usual, but working under a handicap She had one hand in a cast, She hart fallen from her horse nnd broke her hnnd. It didn't sk»w her up, though That wasn't all the trouble the Roberts family had Her horse was sick and so was her husband. The horse had distemper. I guess, and didn't say what Ray had. Jean had called the vet. she said While we were drinking coffee, in walked Ray. not kx>king too sharp, but nt least hr was on his feet. Maybe the Vet had given him a distemper shot too. Plans are going forward for the annual Fourt of July event here Committee meetings are toing held, ami the program is taking shape. I read, over the weekend, where many towns are going to ring all the bells on ths* Fourth of July. I think it is a g<MMi idea, and would like to hear all the church bells in our city sound out in honor of our Nation's Birthday. We know the flags will be out, as that , is a Jaycee protect and I might add, one of their best. This week my rigtit hand man, Dnve Warde, Is on vacn- tlon. He is back in Minnesota visiting his sister, and hxtking over some of his childhixxi haunts. We miss him. anti if you find extra errors this week, I hnve no one to blame them on. Dnve is one of those rare men, who are hard to find in this day nn age. He seems to enjoy his work, and doesn’t spend his time clock-watching or taking coffee breaks. I wonder how many less people the state would have to employ in Salem, if they threw out all the coffee pots? You'd be sur prised how much these prolong ed coffee breaks cost the tax payers. Oh. well, I guess it is just flic modern way to work. Coffer cup in one hand, and a far-away l«x>k in the worker’s eyes. Motel Addition Nears Completion Island at 1st And Bwdy. At the June meeting of the city council, approval of an island at First an<l Broadway was given by the Unn County court and the hedge ttore will be rrmovrd in the near future Authorization for renewal for the physical damage Insurance policy covering grader, mower, and tar |xrt was made. Two ordinances were adopt ed, one for street closure and A new plush addition to Barker’s Motel at De one for alley closure. troit is nearing completion. Mr. Barker stated it would 'Die pipe line grid for the I be ready for use in the very near future. The new ad Northwest Natural Gas com pany was approved so that lines dition will consists of 12 rooms. There will be eight may be placed within the city. units, two with kitchens. The lower portion will be cov Bills for the month authorized ered about half way up with Roman brick and the up- to lx- paid amounted to $1,829 - ■ per part finished with shakes. Around the upper deck 64 will be a wrought iron fence, Barker said and there is Run Meacham, police chief a fine view of the lake from the upper level. Mr. Bark gave his report for the month er said they were putting in the finest possible furniture of May with 14 traffic viola and that there will be tile baths and wall to wall car tion cited to court; 12 for fail ure to stop at posted intersec peting in all units. The Barkers besides having a trailer tion. 1 for Inadequate muffler (court have seven units and two small houses in the and 1 violation for posted speed present set-up. Merle (Doc) Garton of Mill City is the zone. ! builder.—The Mill City Enterprise photo. "Diere were 10 complaints re ported to the police department with right of them nleared. Idanha Father War I Veterans Mr. and Mrs. Delivers Daughter Get More Benefits Robert of Clyde Rogers Hurt exper his of Under New Law In Car Wreck Thursday 13, IDANHA — Guerin ; Idanha had the unusual delivering baby ience daughter, morning, Jun«* enroute to a Salem Mill City friends were sorry to hear this week 111 at Mr. and to. pi tai. Mr. and Mrs. Guerin left Mrs. Clyde Rogers were involv ed in an auto accident at Ore Idanha hurriedly about 7 a. m. gon City. The Rogers' station f<>r tin- Ixispital but the stork wagon was completely dvmol- overtook them on the way. Isixxl foliowing a co U is K mi with Guerin, who had been instruct- <-d by the family physician, for a big Safeway truck, was Mr ruigrrs suffered a head just such an emergency, gash. requiring 27 stitches to equal to the task. He then drove his W1IB wife and clone the wound and Mrs Rog- er* ha. a broken knee, elbow "2* T to the re- and rib. Thor daughter. Mikl- I red Wambaugh, who was in the I P‘,r,*•<, * »* ,n co"d,tl<x1' but father was a little jittery. car with them, suffered a bruit Tile Guerins have three other en arm ami other Injuries. They are at Willamette Falls hospit little ones at home. He Is an Idanha mill worker. al in Oregon City. Mr. Rogers was released early this week. Nancy Stewart Is July 4 Princess For Rainbow Girls The Rainbow Girls held their last meeting of the year at the hall Thursday evening with Sara Smith, worthy advisor, presiding. It was voted to have a float in the 4th of July parade with the theme 'Flower Drum Song.' Princess selected was Nancy Stewart, junior an Santiam I’n- ion High school, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Stew art. Then* was considerable dis cussion on the girls attending Grand Assembly in Corvallis June 16-18 with Sara Smith and IJnda Duffy staying for the three days and other girls going to some of the sessions. Janice Ixtgan. Grand Repre sentative to the State of North Dakota, will be unable to attend the sessions. Nancy Stewart invited the girls to a summer swimming IMirty at her home. There will be no more regular Rainbow meetings until fall. Myers Sell Cranberry House to Californians Mr. and Mrs. Steve Myers, long-time residents of the Lit tle North Fork area in their famed Cranberry House, mov ed recently to a new home in Stayton. They sold their house nnd some acreage to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fisher of Alham bra, Calif. He will log with Jim Grant nnd she plans on attending college this fall to complete her degree in cduca- tion. She will work for a Salem telephone company this sum- mer. Hie Fishers also raisc quarter horses. They say they love it here in this area and are glad to lie away from the traffic and smog of California. Plan to Spend July Fourth Firemen’s Auxiliary To Sponsor Softball Game For Fourth of July The Firemen's Auxiliary members are sponsoring a soft ball game the 4th of July at Allen Field. They are challeng ing any and all women in the an-a to play them. There will be a practice ■ this (Thursday) evening at the school field starting at 7:30. information For more Mary Wright at 897-2957 Welcome to Oregon Painted on Highway Entrances to State Sixt«»cn highway cntranc«»s into Oregon have now toen painted at th«» state borders with the "Welcome to Oregon" green mats that stretch out 152 feet to form a greeting sign for all travelers entering the state. These 16 large welcome mats are located in every area of the state wherever a major highway crosses the border, ac cording to Forrest Cooper, state highway engineer. Paint crews of the Highway Department will also paint welcome mats on several other entrances to the state as soon as possible, Thes«» other high ways include roads under con struction and those in remote areas. All incoming lanes have the "Welcome to Oregon" painted in letters eight feet tall. On the outgoing lanes are letters of the same size stating "Hurry Back." This is the second year that the Highway Department has painted the welcome mats on state entrances. WELCOME? STAY AMD MAY TO OREGON { ANOTHER DAYI Additional World War I vet- «•ran* and widows will be en- titled to state and local bene fits as the result of passage of Senate Bill 411 by the 1963 legislature. Russ McCormick, Linn County veterans' service said today. The n<-w law extends the dates of military service for defining a World War I vet- teran under law. thus liberaliz ing entitlement of World War I veterans and widows to state property tax exemption and house trailer license exemption, and liberalizing such veterans' entitlement to low-cost game licenses, to assistance under the county indigent veterans' program, and to civil service preference. The change took effect May 1. A companion measure. Senate Bill 442, gives these newly en titled veterans ami widows un- til September 12 to apply to their county assessors for the ■ 1963-64 property tax exemptton. I The veteran must prove a 40% ■ disability. Under the old way. a World War I veteran had to show 90 days of military service be tween April 6, 1917, and No vember 11. 1918. The new law extends his period of qualifying service to July 2. 1921, if he had at least one dav of service on or before November 11. 1918. The new measure also qualifies him as a war veteran if he en- tcri'd service after the Armis tice and his 90 day* of active duty included time spent with th«» United States forces in Rus sia on or before April 1, 1920. Completion of 90 days’ service is not required if the veteran was discharged for service con nect«^ injury or illness. Veterans affected were ad vised to contact Ross McCorm ick at 123 W. 2nd Ave. Albany. Ed McCurdy Tells of Fun on Mexican Trip Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McCurdy have received word from their son. on a trip to Mexico with the Spanish class from SUHS, that he is enjoying it to the fullest. He is greatly impressed by the "wild life" there- in the bird and animal kingdom, speaking of the "great green lizards." He said that they went swimming a lot but the water was almost as warm as that in a tub at home. He men tioned some of the prices there, particularly Cokes, which are extremely popular with the group, selling for 1 peso, or 8 cents. He said the bottle de- posit was 1 peso or sometimes a half peso. A good meal runs about 20 pesos. He spoke of the prices being "wild." Ed said that in a visit to the University of Mexico he talked to a group of 100 young people visiting Mexico by plane 1 from the Southwestern part of 1 the United States. Time Short For Entering July 4 Floats There are just a few more days for organizations to get their float and princess entries in for the 4th of July parade in Mill City. Deadline for en tries Is today (Thursday, June 20 I All entries should be submit ted to Barbara Olson. Box 467. Mill City. It was voted that a minimum of 10 entries would be required for the parade and to date just six have been re ceived. Some girls have been asked to be princesses, but until their sponsors' entries are turn ed in they cannot be accepted. New entries include. Mill City Firemen's Auxiliary with the theme "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing.” Their princess is I-canna Carpenter. Rainbow Giri« will have the theme, "Flower Drum Song," and the princess is Nancy Stewart. The Garden club will use "My Fair Lady" and their princess is Janet Hutchinson. Th.* IOOF and Rebekah prin cess is Leila Barney and theme for their float is "Carousel." Jack Goodell Takes Pari in Fleet Maneuver USS SAINT PAUL—Jack V. Goodell. Jr., seaman. USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack V. Goodell of Lyons is serving aboard the heavy cruiser USS Saint Paul, a Pacific Fleet unit which recently participated in First Fleet exercises off the coast of California during the President s two-da y visit June 6-7. The operations included am- phibious/mine warfare demon strations. anti-air warfare ex ercises involving the attack air craft carriers USS Oriskany and Kitty Hawk, missile dem onstrations and anti-submarine exercises. The Saint Paul is homeported at San Diego. Calif. Three SUHS Students Get U of O Journalism Awards For meritorious work in jour nalism. 223 Oregon high school seniors have been recognized by the Oregon Scholastic press. These students received Eric W Allen awards for rwwspaper work and George S. Turnbull awards for yearbook work. Stu dents were nominated by their high schools for the awards which were made by the Ore gon Scholastic press, an affili ate of the University of Oregon School of Journalism. Students from Mill City who received the Eric W. Allen award were: Terry Morris and Patsy Pennick. Alice Bickett won th«» George S. Turnbull award. Hot Weather Increases Fire Danger in Woods Recreation rtqxirt from the Mill City Ranger station indi cates the fire danger is be coming increasingly severe and caution should be taken. Weather for the weekend is expected to be hot and dry. AU campgrounds are open and logging trucks are using French Creek road. Breiten- bush road and Marten Buttes road. Firemen Called Out - - The fire department was called out Tuesday evening to stand by while a large pile of scrap lumber from tearing down the old Linn (Hoeye) ho tel was being burned. It has been in the process of being razed for the past several weeks. Eldon Hutchinson, fire chief, said aU three pieces of equip ment and a gixxi turnout of vol unteers were on the job Tues day evening. Weather, Detroit Dam ? A. M. Daily Weather Reading and Lake Elevation Max. Min Pep Elev. 76 52 0.00 1569 21 June 12 76 55 0.00 1659.21 June 13 81 54 0.00 1569.19 June 14 86 55 0.00 1569.08 June 15 93 59 0.00 1569.14 June 16 88 56 0.00 1569 12 June 17 86 57 0.00 1569.09 June 18 $3.00 A Year — 10c A Copy Lions Auxiliary Princess I-aura Jo Rambo, daughter of of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Rambo was choaen recently by the Lions Club Auxiliary to repre sent the group as princess in the July 4th queen contest. Chamber Banquet At Riverview Cafe Thurs., June 20th Anyone interested in ideas and ways to improve tourist in come is invited to attend the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Riverview Cafe Thursday evening, June 20 at 6.30. Speaker for the evening will be Don Seeley, Oregon State Highway Instrastate Travel co ordinator. He will have some good ideas to present, said Jer ry Coffman, president. Guest of honor will be Tom Wright, Statesman State editor. Officers will be formally in stalled and colored movies of the White Water Challenge will be shown after dinner. The film was made by Forrest Holman. Stayton. Coffman said the senices of the Portland Ski club have been obtain«»d for the Detroit Lake Water Festival. August 18. They will put on a one-hour ski show after the boat parade. Other events are in the plan ning stage. Upland Game Shows Good Carry-Over Two Mehama Firms Entered Friday Night Min City Police Chief Ron Meacham arrested a Lyons youth on a burglary charge Monday evening. At the time he and two other youths were stopped, it was on a routine loitering questioning tn compli ance with a city ordinance. However, in examining the car Meacham noticed a large book of trading stamp« in a plastic bag in the back of the car. In checking with state police he learned that there had been two robberies at Me hama Friday night. The Me hama General Tire Shop had been robbed of about $90 and Harold Wiltse's Servito st» tion had been entered and about $35. the trading stamp« and some spark plugs taken. In both business houses en try had been through back windows which were unlocked. The youth was taken to the Mill City police station and state police were called and took him into custody where he is charged with burglary other than in a dwelling. Local Clubs Ask Highway Sign Limits In Scenic Area Designation of a portion of the Santiam Highway as a scenic area has been requested by a number of Mill City organ izations, according to A. N. Weir, chairman of the State Scenic Area commission. Petitions were Mled by the Mill City Garden club and the Mill City Woman’s club. The area described extends from the Junction of the North Santiam Highway with Highway No. 20 (Santiam Pass) to the west city limits of Sisters, a distance of approximately 26 miles. If the above areas are des cribed as scenic areas, no ad vertising panel, structure or sign, tire primary purpose which is to be viewed from the high way may be lawfull erected. All non-exempt advertising signs which previously have been erected and maintained must come down within a per iod of seven years. The Scenic Area commission is considering the petitions and will hold a public hearing at 10 a. m. on Tuesday. July 16 in rooms 202-203 of the Labor and Industrial building in Salem. If game birds have a good nesting season this spring, up land bird gunners can look for ward to a pretty fair season this fall. This is the word from the district biologists of the game commission who report that the spring breeding popu lation of most upland game birds stows an upswing in most areas from the winter carry Sig Jepsen Given 40 over of 1962. R. U. Mace, chief of the up Year Pin At Masonic land game bird program for the game commission, reports Lodge Meeting Mon. a 10 oercent decline from last Sig Jepsen, long-time resident year in the carry-over pheas of Mill City was honored Mon ants in western Oregon; higher day night at the Masonic lodge breeding populations are pre meeting here when he was pre sent in the lower Deschutes, sented his 40-year pin by Wor Klamath basin and the south shipful Master Leo Russell. east basin; and fewer birds are Russell also presented a belt present in the Malheur country buckle to Sid Baughman, for and the Columbia basin than a taking part in a ritual contest. year ago. The buckle was adorned with Valley quail show a substan a polished rock. Mr. Russell po tial incrase over last year, ac lishes these stones as a hobby. cording to Mace. This is par He said the ritual contest would ticularly evident in southeast be continued again this fall. ern Oregon wht»re the 1962 car J. C. Kimmel gave a com ry-over was very low due to prehensive report on the Grand severe wintering conditions. The Lxxige session, which he at- 1963 breeding density of valley tended in Portland last week. quail is almost three times as This was the last meeting of high in Malheur county and up the lodge for the summer. substantially in Lake and Harn ey counties. Modest increases were not«»d in northeastern Gates Cub Scouts Oregon. Enter Strawberry General observations of chu-1 kar partridge indicate increases Festival Parade Den 4, Cub Scouts of Gates, in the number of breeding pairs over most of the range. It is accompanied by Den Mothers, estimated that a third more Mrs. Robert Wilson and Mrs. birds are present in the lower Arnold Dennis, attended the John Day drainage than a year Strawberry Festival at Leb ago. while the carry-over in anon last Friday. The Cubs Malheur county is believed to entered their own float in the parade, which they had helped be the best ever experienced. Little change is apparent in build and decorate, depicting Hungarian breeding populations a Cub Scout Campout. The Cubs participating were Kelly Dennis. over a year ago. Mace reported that game Craig Stevens, Kim Gabriel. farm production of pheasants Jimmy Jacobson. George Rust and chukar partridge is well and Bobby Wilson. The Scouts underway for the year, with expect to «xjntinue activities egg setting on schedule. Pheas throughout the summer. Boys ant breeders have already been from 8 to 1144 years are eligible released from the Hermiston to become Cubs. The next Den and Corvallis game farms. Pro meeting will be held Friday. duction schedules call for rear June 21. at the home of Mrs. ing around 21,000 pheasants and Robert Wilson. A hike is be ing planned. 10,000 chukar partridge.
