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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1966)
4—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, July 21, 1966 Wins Chain Saw Race Can Mill City Become the Home Of a Major Chain Saw Race? Ken Purdy, chairman of the Dams and Waterways Com mittee of the Linn County Chamber of Commerce has ar ranged a visit to Linn County by Rep. Al Ullman. Ullman will meet a Linn County delegation at 7:30 Tuesday morning, August 9 at Cascadia Park on the South Santiam. After inspecting the pro posed site of the dam in that area he will be taken on a tour of the Green Peter and Foster damsites, and also will inspect the Holly project which is on the agenda for de velopment. He will be entertained at an Albany restaurant for a noon luncheon where he Is ex pected to elaborate on the effect of the tight money market has on the building trade. By Otto Oja Mill City has all the re want to, and go to the local quirements, organization, fa bushelers for thier rules, the cilities, the right kind of peo bushelers and the Jaycees in ple, a sizable home audience combination have the know and potential from recreation how and the organization to seekers in the North Santlam sponsor a major chain saw area. Recall the State softball race that will receive as much tournament and witness the notice as the Whitewater Whitewater Challenge of Na Challenge, and possibly more. tional notice. Thanks to Simpson Timber Last Fourth of July, the Company and Harry Spencer City Jaycees backed its first of Idanha, a uniform, knot Chain Saw Race. Chairman less .cutting log was on hand Charles Huckeby says If he for the contest. has anything to do with it, the race will grow. Chain saw racing is in its infancy, a Boy Hurt By crowd pleasing event in spite of too many and controversial I Running Into Door rules and underdeveloped I MEHAMA — David Patton, methods of presentation to son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold the crowl. The great enemy of chain Ayers, received severe arm saw races is inadequate and and knee injuries when a ran too many rules. MUI City Jay into a glass door. Patton, a high school senior, cees took a new approach. First the race, then the rules. had been swimming with sev Proper way to make rules is eral other boys at the Gene first have a race and then Clascal home here and was find out what the race re running into the house when quires. The first race had only the accident happened. Injuries to his right arm re one rule. “Anything you can pack to the log.’’ Charles quired surgery. Huckeby added a modifica tion — "It should look like a chain saw.” Rules will have Linn Historical to modify future races if they to continue. The first race Society To Have brou ght justifiable com Picnic Sunday plaints. Probably the saw en tries modified for profession The Linn County Historical al races were now wholly ex Society will have their annual pected, although the race was picnic on Sunday, July 24 at listed in Loggers World. Lo the Brownsville City park at cal bushelers with their part 1:30. Those attending are asked ly modified production saws knew they had no chance to bring a picnic lunch and against the more highly modi their own table service. Cof fied racing saws which were fee will be furnished. The perfectly permissable under committee in charge has an the rules. nounced that there will be a If the Mill City Jaycees program of local interest. Ullman To Make Linn County Visit Democrats To Picnic At Brownsville July 31 C. Lentz, Creswell, cranks up saw to win first chain saw race sponsored by Mill City Jaycees. Winning time was 20 seconds for 34-inch log. The “winner-take- all” race had five entries. Only local contestant was Al Ward. Other entries were from Dallas, Willamina, and McMinnville. Upper Brei+enbush Hot Spring Foreclose Takes Effect Tuesday DETROIT—A mortgage on the upper Breitenbush Hot Springs was foreclosed Tues day of last week in Marion County Circuit Court. The fa cility approximately 11 miles North East of Detroit was ord- with $125,874 of the proceeds to go to M. D. Bruckman of Salem who holds the mort gage, $9,383 to Marion County for taxes allegedly owed, and $2,699 to Bourland Insurance Agency. The facility damaged by the 1964 Christmas week flood has been in operation. ered sold at a sheriff’s sale The Linn County Democra tic Central Committee is an nouncing a picnic at Browns ville Pioneer Park on Sunday, July 31, according to Eva Syl vester, chairman. There will be a pot-luck lunch at noon with coffee and cold punch to be furnished by the committee. To follow the tradition set in 1950 all precinct workers are asked to bring a watermel- oh for the “Free Watermelon Table.” There will be a number of Grand prizes offered on lucky numbers. All national, state and coun ty officials and candidates are asked to attend and renew old fi iendships. Anyone wishing more infor mation is asked to contact Stanley Ogden in Mill City. Why don’t you subscribe to The Mill City Enterprise. Six Injured In Car Crash At Detroit DETROIT — Six persons escaped with non serious in juries in a two-car accident at the intersection of Highway 22 and Forest Ave. at Detroit late Sunday afternoon. The accident occurred about 5 p.m. when a car operated by Russell Rice, Detroit, attempt ed to turn off the highway onto Forest Ave., and was struck from behind by a car operated by Ethel Duncan of Chemawa. Both vehicles were travel ing west and the Rice car had halted on the busy highway at the intersection with sig nal lights indicating he was going to make a left turn, off the highway on to Forest Ave. Several other vehicles behind the Rice car, noting the signal slowed down except the Duncan car which passed all of the cars, striking the Rice car in the rear as he was in the process of making the turn. The impact caused dam age to the Rice’s left rear wheel, tire, and fender, as the Duncan car’s right front struck the vehicle. Damage was also done to the Duncan car. Passengers in the Rice car were his wife, Carol, and two small daughters. An unidenti fied woman was a passenger in the Duncan car. In the past month there have been two accidents and several near accidents at this intersection. Traffic on the Highway 22 is becoming in creasingly heavy each year, and especially over the week ends. The speed limit is post ed as 50 miles per hour thru the city limits of Detroit on the highway and motorists not familiar with the highwrv perhaps do not know tha there are three access inter sections off the highway lead ing to the city of Detroit. City officials and the citizenry feel that for safety reasons the State Highway Dept, should install a caution light at the main intersection of the high way & Forest Ave. which leads into the business dis trict of Detroit. Additional safety precaution measures would be to post “no passing” signs within the area of the access intersections of the city. David Johnson Now At Fort Knox, Ky. Cadet David R. Johnson, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jhue Johnson, Mill City, is attend ing Reserve Officer Training Corps summer camp at Fort Knox, Ky., which started June 19. He is a student of Oregon State University in Corvallis. During the six-week encamp ment, he is receiving advanc ed training in the military subjects he has been studying at school. Cadets are trained in var ious subjects which will pro vide them with the skills nec essary to command. On com mand. On completion of the ROTC program, graduates may receive commissions as second lieutenants. Work Under Way On New Station Pete Harris stated today that he hopes P & L’s new ser vice station on Highway 22 in Mill City will be completed in 60 days. However, he said that was not a firm date. Work is going forward now on the foundation. F Wi J"*? . 4 Say goodbye to that obsolete flame type furnace and all its bulky pipes and flues, when you switch to flameless electric heat. No wonder 64% of all new homes and apartments built last year in a five- state area we serve chose electric heat. It’s a big value from Pacific Power.
