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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1963)
The Mill City Enterprise ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTI AM HIGHWAY— OREGON'S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME XIX NI MBER 46 Cheer Leaders At Mari-Linn Young Man Caught While In Local Store A bizzarc break-in, preceded by the setting off of n string «»C firecrackers, brouglit th«1 ar rest <>t a 19-yrar-old Spring field youth about 3 a. m Sun day. Mill City authorities were flrat alerted when Tom Morris cal led Jim Knodel, who waa on duty, that there waa a prowler uround the I Jeer Hom Motel. Knodel arrived at the acene and as lie wai watching around ti>e prim 11 ana saw movements in Kellum'i Grocery and upon moving in closer aaw a young fell«av packaging beer. Aa he entered the store the thief run out the back way, Knodel culled for him to halt ami fired ahuta in the uir. A chase followed with Tian Morria ami Gibba Baker, a motel re- slderit. joining in. with the thief captured on the highway near the Red & White atore. Knodel called state patrolman Tom Drynan to witness the statement made by the thief when he admitted entry to Kellum's atore not only Sunday evening ixit said he also ntlilx-d the store the week lietore He was lodged In the Mill <*lty Jail and was then taken to the Marton County jail where he |uatcd (1.500 bail on a charge of a burglary not in a dwelling Application for a winter-sporti devekipment inside Mt Jeffer son Primitive Area on the east- cm «lo|>e« of Three Fingered Jack has been turned down by the Forest Service. Resorts, roads, and mechaniz ed equipment are excluded from Primitive. Wilderness, and Wild areas of the National Forests. These Classified wiiderneas-tyjx- ureas are established for public benefit as natural, undeveloped environments, it was explained by J. Herbert Stone, Regional Forester. The ajiplication for the winter spurts devekipment, by Western Star Devekipment Company of Salem. would involve construc tion of about five miles of ac cess road from the Sanuarn Highway in the vicinity of Square Ijike in the Deschutes National Forest. The Mt. Jef- ferson Primitive Area also in- cludes portions of the Wiliam-1 ette and Mt. Hood National For- , està. Proposal for reclassification of the Primitive Area to Wild Area status was announced by the Forest Service in August A * public hearing, to grve interest ed persons an opportunity to present their views, will be held ! sometime after February 5 ’ •» there is sufficient demand. Dog Alerts Owner To Fire Danger Mrs. Tom Kanoff Heads Seal Drive Tlie 57th Annual Christmas •*•«1 campaign In Marion-Polk ixainties will receive Its tra ditional sendoff Friday, Novem- tier 15. with the general mail ing of Christmas Seuls to resi dents. said Mrs Tom Knnuft. who is local chairman. Gradyn Stnlem, Salem and Fred Zito, Dallas, co-chairmen state that militons of Ilves have lx '-n saved since the first con- ti dution waa made tor a Christ mas Seal. "But the saving of lives is not enough." they nddcd "We are also continuing to wage a relentless fight against the suffering, tragt-dy, loss « time ami money that result from TH and other diseases that af fect breathing. Many of these other respiratory diseases are not only gravely hnrmful in themselves but increase su sceptibility to TB " Figures released by the U. S Public Health Service show that rrspiratory disease ranks first nmong disablers of people and fourth among causes of death One of the goals is to alert every person to the fact that chronic cough and shortness of breath, most common symptom, of respiratory disease, may in dicate the presence of n seri ous ailment and require the ad vice <rf a physician. Safety Council To Meet November 25 Tony Shillingbcrg of the Timber Operators Council. Inc. <,f Portland announced this week Hint the next meeting of the Safety CYiuncil would tie held at the ldist Frontier, Monday ev ening, November 25 with the no-host dinner starting nt 7 o’clock and the meeting at 8. The topic will be "Fatal Ac cidents, Cause and Prevention." A members of the State Indus trial Accident commission will lead J discussion on the sub- p -< t. Mr. Shillingberg said there had lieen 14 fatal accidents in the logging Industry recently and therefore it was a timely and vital subject. Plans Being Mede For 19th Annuel Firemen's Benefit focal firemen have started their ticket sales for the 19th annual firemen’s benefit which will be held here Saturday night, November 23. Tickets sales are going good, ns usual, said some of Hie smoke enters. Money rnised from this bene fit goes for department equip ment and maintenance. $3.00 A Yew — 10c A Copy THE flILL CITY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 19413 GATES- Possible tragedy - was averted by a Utt e dog at the home of Mrs. Mabel Knutson Friday night. Her pet's persist ent whining at the door about 10:30 caused Mrs Knutson lo open the door ana discover smukc and sparks at the hack of the house. Going to the base ment. she found a fault in the flue of the wood furnace had al lowed fire to start burning into the wall. After calling the Fire Department. Mrs. Kuntson, who was alone in the house except for her two young grandchild ren. poured water on the fire and had it under control by the time the fire department rived. An unusual sidelight to the story was that the first the Gates Fire department knew of story was that the first the dents heard the Mill City truck going through town wrth the siren wide op<“ft. Gates It seemed that the Fire siren was not working. nor were the phones connected to the set-up. Mrs. Bob Blumenstein, a neighbor of Mrs. Knutson had phoned in the alarm, or had tried to but could not reach th* Gates department. She then caUed the Salem operator who also vainly triad to get the de partinent. Mrs. Blumenstein then caUed the MiU City fire department who responded to the call and stood by until the members ot the Gates firemen could be con tacted. In this picture below are Earl Layman, Detroit mayor, Walt Skinner, Marion County Civil Defense di rector of Salem and Veryl Hoover, Civil Defense director for this area. They were on hand Saturday forenoon to help unload approximately $6.000 worth of survival supplies which will take cate of some 2377 people in this area front Mill City to Idnnha. In the second photo a hoist load of supplies is being lowered down into an other level at Detroit data. The third photo shows some of the organized confusion as civil defense work ers, employees at the dam and Boy Scouts from Mill City assisted in unloading the two truck loads of sup plies. In the lower picture, The Enterprise photographer climlxHi many stairs to get an "on top view" of the pro Rabies Clinic To Be ceedings. Skinner said there were 14 eartons of medical stores, and 49 sanitary kits. 296 cases of food, 476 wat Held at Fire Hall er jugs, which look more like cans. Each of these jugs A rabies clittic will be held at the Mill City Fire hall had a plastic liner, which will be installed and then the on Monday evening, November containers filled in case of an alarm, said Don Westrick 18. from 6 until 9 o'clock. Cost project HU|X'rintendent. Few people realize that the dam of the vaccination Is nominal. provides a safe shelter in case of an atomic attack. The clinic is being held in There is room enough in the structure to take care of cooperation with the Linn Coun all the people in this area, allowing each 10 square feet ty Health department and there is also one at the Lyons Fire of »pace. The entire shipment weighed 23.130 pounds. hall at the same time. This may not be a T-bone steak diet, but it would keep It is important that your pets people alive for some time. be vaccinated against rabies This action was taken through the efforts of Veryl every two years. Rabies is Hoover, who believes that even tho there is no immedi spread to man and animals from ate threat of war, it is well to be prepared.—The Mill saliva of the rabied animal, It may enter the body through a City Enterprise photos. break or scratch in the skin. New Freezer Now Installed At Hilltop A now freezer to store frozen foods, turkey, and moats was In stalled at Hilltop Market this past week. The unit Is a pre-fab job nnd wns brought by truck from Eugene. Two men worked about six hours to install the large storage unit. Omey Lovell, moat manage» at the market said they plan to cut, wrap, nnd sharp freeze meat for the public as soon ns they get the unit in operation. Weather, Detroit Dam Dave Hickerson Max Min Pep. Elev. Fraternity Pledge .* A M. Dally Weather Reading and Ijtkc Elevation At Linfield College 52 41 Nov. 7 49 40 0.17 Nov. 8 56 39 Nov. 9 50 42 1.17 Nov. 10 53 Nov 11 52 44 Nov. 12 44 Nov. 6 60 0.73 395 42 0.25 T 000 1497.22 LINFIELD COLLEGE. Mt - Minnvllle — David Hickerson. 1497 05 former resident of Mill City, is 1501.74 among more than 200 Linfield College students who have pled 1511.32 ged one of 10 Greek letter social organizations on the campus, 1514 73 folknving annual rush week act 1514.92 ivities. Hickerson is a pledge in the 1314.29 Delta Psi Delta fraternity. Cheer Leaders were recently elected at Mari-Linn school for the year. From left to right in front row are: Patricia Clipfell, Lynda Shephard and Rosalie Rohwein. Back row: left to right, Katherine Schmitt, Valerie Chy- tka and Cecelia Van Agtmael.—Stayton Mail photo. Talk to Chamber Members Nov. 20 Work Started On High School Add Local Girl Runner Up In Essay Contest Perfect weather aided Veter an's Day activities with the Unn County celebration draw ing thousands. The day started with pancake breakfasts in Al bany, Scio, Brownsville and Leb anon. A group of 20 students from Santiam attended the breakfast at Scio where they got to see Raymond Burr. TV star, with some managing to get his auto graph. The 20 students were class winners at Santiam on an essay, "What Freedom Means to Me." Winners at the local level were Sharon Williamston, Pat Moore, Melody Rosamond, Jes sie Parker, Theresa Gleason, Sharon Rose, J an eta Johnson, Laura Rambo, Mary Lou Schro der, Janet Hutchinson, Christine Chance. Sherry Pittam, Jahn Kelly, Ed McCuray, Linda Duf fy. Mary Bowman. Ron Ohmart. Carol Ragsdale. Joyce Gleason, and Claudia Hayden. From this group top class win ners were named: Pat Moore, freshmen; Claudia Hayden, sophomore; Joyce Gleason, jun iors and Ed McCurdy, seniors. The semi-finalists throughout the country received certificates of merits for their essays. Don Podrabaky was named the Junior Citizen at Santiam. At the official banquet held in Albany at the Elks chib Mon day evening the top winners were named with Congressman Robert Duncan presenting the $5(X) bond to the winner and a $1(JU bond to each of the runners- up. Joyce Gleason received one of the $100 bonds, an honor not only for herself, but to her school and parents. Among dignitaries present for the banquet was Governor Marie Hatfield. Main speaker of the evening was Raymond Burr and he held the rapt attention Ot everyone for 45 minutes. William Lewellen, adminis trator of the school district here said it was an outstanding day and one in which the young people could be proud to be a part. Jerry Coffman, president of the North Santiam Chamber of Commerce said at a recent board meeting that John Quartz representing a Salem Sign A contract for construction of Company would be presert a* a four-room addition to the the next general meeting of high school here was awarded the Chamiier which will be held Thursday to DaTke Construction at Gates. Wednesday. November Co. of Salem with a bid of 20. A location for the direction »9.350. al sign advertising the Detroit , Work worx has nas already aireaay started siarrea on Lake recreational area has been I tie building, said William Lew- secured. just sou’h of Salem ellen, administrator who expres where Interstate No. 5 connects sed his belief that the district with Highway 22. Mr.Quartz will will receive their money’s worth be present to show a mock up from the contractor. Work will of the sign, and all chamber be completed in 100 days. members are asked to come out The offer was low among nine to this meeting to express their bids, which ranged to $67,781 views. Estimates cost is $61.000. The project includes one gen The Chamber has been work ing for 10 years or more try eral classroom, a special class ing to get a sign directing traf room and a home economics I fic to this scenic area, and it laboratory. The building is financed out, now appears that the efforts of Jerry Coffman, president of a $68,400 special improvement; fund. have brought this about. A lot of work has been done searching for a location which is suitable to place a sign of this type and it was agreed by National Education Week is the Board of Directors that this being observed this week and site would be acceptable. on three days and two evenings conferences are being scheduled with grade school parents. Area educators and their There wil not be an evening entire personnel will be honored conference on the 14th because guests at a reception sponsored of the PTA ham dinner. How by the Mill City Masonic lodge ever, on the other two days Monday. November 18 at 8 there will be scheduled confer o'clock. This meeting is to tie ences with parents being noti in with National Education week fied of the time. and the program is in charge of Any questions that parents the history and education com have will be answered at the mittee of the local lodge. conferences acording to Vernon Larry Morgan of Stayton has Peterman, principal at the Mill been secured as main speaker City Grade school and Bill of the evening, and Superin Gleason, principal at the Gates During October 960 Oregon tendent William Lewellen ad grade school. schools operating hot school ministrator of the local schools Open House at the Mill City lunch programs received 59 wil give a short talk on the pro grade school will be the evening train carloads of donated com gress being made here, and also of November 20 and will be held modities. according to Dennis something of future plans. on November 21 at Gates. Patch, director of the Oregon Assisting with arrangements Following the program of school lunch program in the talks and musical numbers wil be the PTA room mothers State Department of Education. which J. C. Kimmel will MC, helped by the cheerleaders. The distributed commodities, refreshments will be served. Refreshments will be supplied donated by the U. S. Depart All Masons and their wives by the PTA. ment of Agriculture, amounted and all school personnel of to 891 tons of food which had a Detix>it, Gates. Mill City and wholesale value of $567,262.00. Lyons have been tnvited. Foods distributed consisted ot frozen chickens, frozen beef, frozen turkeys, butter, cheese, dried egg», lard, roiled wheat, Wednesday. November 13 Bob Hill, manager of the Mill flour, rice, cornmeal, and dry Order of Rainbow for Girls at City Branch of the U. S. Na milk, Canned goods included tional Bank said this week that pork, corn, apricots, and green hall, 7:30. Thursday, November 14 beans. work was progressing on some PTA ham dinner at grade new features to make the bank Last year prices charged to Oregon students for a lunch var school gym. Serving time 5:30 more attractive for its patrons. ied from 15c to 25c for element to 8 p. tn. Roger Nelson has been paint Friday, November 15 ary students and from 25c to 35c ing the inside of the bank and POOF lodge at hall at 8 p. m. on Tuesday a Portland firm for high school students. Monday, November 18 hung fiber glass (»rapes at the Each of the 2.781,000 individ Bid or Bunch Pinochle club at windows. ual lunches served included a half-pint of milk purchased Elsie Ohmarts home. 7:30. Hill said a mural type wood Round Robin Pinochle club at carving will be placed on the from local dairvmen in Oregon. An additional 18,000.000 half Margaret Boroughs at 7:30. wall later. Before next summer Masonic lodge reception for a much needed air conditioning pints of milk were purchased for use in schools under the Special teaching staffs and school per unit will be installed at the sonnel in area, Detroit, Gates. bank. Milk program. During the last school year, Mill City and Lyons schools. Hill said the business here Oregon School Ikinch programs 8 o'clock. was expanding considerably Tuesday, November 18 received a total of 4.096 tons of and he had asked the directors Woman’s club at Clara Morris some time ago for the needed food from the U. S. Department home, 8pm of Agriculture. improvements. School Lunch Program Is Big Business Area Educators To Be Guests of Masonic Lodge Coming Events School To Observe National Education Week Mill City Bank Gets Improvements
