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Up and Down
The Avenue
By Don Moffatt
Well, a belated Happy New
Year to each and everyone.
While on this winter vacation,
which will be the last, by
the way, The Enterprise had
a birthday. It has now reached
the age of 22 years. Not a
very old age in newspaper
world, but nevertheless, it has
been growing during this
period of time, thanks to the
growth of the area, and the
loyalty of its patrons.
We arrived home from our
southland vacation Sunday
afternoon. I don’t quite know
whether we were rested or
not, but I found that I cer
tainly am not ready to retire,
or at least I do not think
I am. After a week of loafing,
I was ready to get back into
the harness. I guess that is
the way with people who have
worked hard all their lives.
We arrived in Los Angeles
without mishap, and picked
up our new trailer house,
which was our home all the
time we were gone. My wife
spent some anxious hours
before we got out of Los
Angeles. She imagined all
sorts of pile-ups in that traffic.
Alta’s brother George Schultz,
who is used to that suicide
alley, piloted us onto the right
freeway, which happened to
be the San Diego freeway,
and got us across the city and
onto highway 101. It was quite
an experience piloting our
rig, all 22 and a half feet
of trailer house down an
eight-lane highway with peo
ple driving like the devil was
after them. We didn’t have
any bad luck, and saw only
one wreck. It was a real bad
one, and held us up for about
half an hour. The rest of the
trip on the highways was
nearly uneventful. The only
real bad storm we hit was
just coming off the desert into
Reno. A real hard wind came
up a canyon, and peppered
us with hail and small peb
bles. Ruined our windshield
and nearly blew us off the
highway, but we made it all
right.
The weather all the way
after hitting L. A. was sunny
but real cold. I had hopes
of loafing in the sun with
nothing on but my shorts and
a smile. That was all changed.
I only was in the sun with
my shirt off one day, and that
was Christmas day. It was
beautiful in San Diego that
day, and we enjoyed it with
our family there.
Among other things at San
Diego we enjoyed was a
harbor excursion which last
ed two hours. It was Interest
ing and that area certainly
has changed since we lived
there some 20 years ago. An
other highlight was when Sgt.
Bill McClintock picked me up
and took me on a tour of the
Marine base. I saw a class
graduated while there. He
then took me to their home
and I had a visit with Pat and
the children. Mrs. McClintock
Mark and Sue then accompan
ied us to Miramar, where the
late Bob Gordon was station
ed.
We went from San Diego
to Phoenix where we spent
two nights with our son,
Brian. It was real cool there,
but nice and sunny. Brian
took us on a tour of the city
Monday. Phoenix has many
beautiful buildings.
In Las Vegas the water
lead into the trailer froze
solid and at Reno, the same
thing, only the thermometer
got down to 12 degrees above
zero. Wow. Froze up again,
and had to get a propane
torch to get the water works
thawed out. We then went
to Quincy to visit Alta’s bro
ther and wife. It was only
18 degrees there, but by then
lessons learned years ago in
North Dakota paid off. We
let the water run all night.
We did the same thing at
Yreka the last night out, so
got home all in one piece,
and how nice it is to greet
people we know again.
I guess two of the most
important things in this world
outside of good health are
home and friends.
While it was a good vaca
tion. our next one will be
in the summer, when we can
reallv relax.
ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND
THE
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MILL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1967
THE MILL
MILL CITY
CITY ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRISE
MILL CITY,
CITY, OREGON
OREGON
I Mill City Grades
Mehama
Has New
Street Signs
To Present Play
By Jean Roberts
MEHAMA—Mehama is now
boasting new street signs. An
unincorporated town, the
streets are maintained by the
county and street signs desig
nating the names of streets
and roads have been installed
by Marion County Court.
Unknown to many people
the main street through Me
hama is called Ferry Street.
Plotted and registered in the
county court years ago, Ferry
Street led to the river where
Gassy Smith operated a ferry
across the North Santiam riv
er to Linn county years ago.
The town was named for
Gassy’s wife, Mehama. Two
other streets bear women’s
names, Addie and Emma.
For years Mehama was the
end of the road and two hotels
provided comfort for the va
cationer or weary traveler.
Always a vacation land, tents
were errected along the river,
(the North Fork of the Santi
am) during the summer.
To this day Mehama is
known as a recreation area,
where the river is lined with
fishermen, hunters search for
deer in the brush above town,
and campers and swimmers
stop.
The bridge that replaced
Gassy’s ferry is a popular spot
for steelhead fishing, and the
termination of the White
Water Challenge that is held
each year.
Santiam Takes
Two More Games
Santiam made it 5-1 in Cap
ital Conference play by
trouncing the Scio Loggers
88-35, and defeating the Cas
cade Cougars 74-47 the follow
ing Saturday.
Santiam tore in the Loggers
26-7 in the first quarter and
ended the first half 53-16.
Everybody got into the act
in the third quarter, scoring
19 to Scio’s 5.
The game ended with an
easy 88-35 victory.
Five Santiam players scor
ed in the double figures with
Yankus 14, Jones 10, Davidson
10, Ward 12, Pearce 7, Hansen
5, Bennett 6, Lalack 7 and
Meuser 7.
The next night the Wolver
ines defeated the Cascade Cou
-gars 74-47. The winners
jumped to a 20-16 first quarter
score and increased their lead
to 38-28 at halftime. The third
quarter ended with the score
61-41.
The Cougars scored only 6
points during the 4th quarter
ing the game 74-47.
Alan Yankus was high scor
er with 21 points followed by
Dennis Davidson with 16.
The rest of the ssoring was by
Bennett with 13, Jones 8,
Ward 7, Tuers 3, Hansen 3
Pearce 2 and Meuser 1.
Airport Film To Be
Shown at Next
Chamber Meeting
The first regular meeting
for the North Santiam Cham
ber of Commerce will be held
Tuesday evening, January 17
at the Gates Woman's Club
house at 8:00 o’clock, accord
ing to Ed Davis, president.
There will be a progress
report on the Detroit Airstrip,
discussion and report by the
Breitenbush road committee
and the Whitewater Challenge
Committee.
For the program a 16mm
film. “The best investment a
community ever made,” cour
tesy of the Oregon State
Board of Aeronautics will be
shown.
At the January Board meet
ing Davis appointed the De
troit Lake Race Committee:
Ole Erickson. Lee Hopson,
Jr., Sam Leffler, Farris Ben
ton and Joe Muise.
$3.50 a YEAR — 10c a Copy
Francis F. Hill, president of North
west Natural Gas company, presents
Dean Lovrien of the company’s Salem
headquarters, the Presidents Cup for
1966, emblematic of Lovrien’s suggest
ion which was judged the best suggest
ion of the year. Larry Mack, left, who
is manager of the company’s general
Golden Ball League
To Start Saturday
Saturday at 9:30 a. m. in the
high school gym the Golden
Ball league is slated to start.
The groups are scheduled
as follows: 9:30 to 10:15, 3rd
and 4th graders; 10:20 to 11:05,
5th and 6th graders; 11:00 to
12:00, 7th and 8 graders.
Each group will be divided
into teams, the first half of
the period will be spent on
fundamentals such as shoot
ing, passing, dribbling, etc.
The second half of the period
will be spent playing games.
All interested persons who
would like to help coach, re
feree or supervise, please
call Roger Mink, 897-2311.
Mill City People
Take Reno Tour
Mr. and Mrs. Al Hemshorn
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vin
cent of Mill City recently
joined a Stayton group for a
tour to Reno.
Mrs. Hemshorn said her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Christiansen were in the party
and driver of the bus was
Norm Peek, who was accom
panied by his wife.
Mrs. Hemshorn said they
all had a wonderful trip.
U. S. National
Reports Earnings
U. S. National Bank of Ore
gon has reported net operat
ing earnings after taxes of
$9,365,618, or $2.84 per share,
for the year 1966, an increase
of 6.7 percent over adjusted
1965 earning of $8,781,375, ac
cording to LeRoy B. Staver,
president of the statewide fin
ancial institution.
Increases in both loans and
deposits also were reported.
Deposits on December 31,
1966, were $1,252,224,710, an
increase of $48,659,062 over
the same date in 1965. A con
tinued demand for money in
the state's economy pushed
the loan total on the same
date to $744,278,050, an in
crease of $32,635,919.
Monday night, January 16,
will be the finishing perform
ance of the semester for the
Mill City Grade School Drama
group. The curtains will open
at 8 p. m. on a mystery melo
drama titled “The Hound of
the Maskervilles.” During the
week the play will be present
ed to the elementary schools;
Gates on Thursday, and Mill
' City on Friday. During the
I day on Monday the drama
group will go on field trip to
Salem and give a perform
ance for the students at Kei-
zer Elementary school. The
play is directed by Herb Bas-
tuscheck and the following
students are participating:
Connie Sarff, Larry Hayden,
Larry Moore, David Crowther,
Kathy Harrison, Janie Lent,
Carol King, Dan Cox, John
Ruby, Nels Soelberg, Robert
Wilson, George Rust, Craig
Stevens, Mitchell Alban, Dan
Jeter, Jerry Raines, Mike
services department, states the suggest Parker, Charles Riddle, Rus
ion was relative to water boring in new sell Goodloe, and Kelly Den
pipeline installations, Lovrien’s suggest nis.
ion effecting great savings in time and No admission will be
labor. The perpetual trophy is dupli charged.
cated in smaller proportions, which
Lovrien will retain. He also received a
cash award.
Snow Storm
Takes Lifeof
Radio Man
The worst blizzard of the
winter season last week claim
ed the life of James Beard,
radio technician of Silverton.
He and three other men, Ro
bert Young, James Fay and
Roy Lusk were caught in the
storm on Halls Ridge.
Their snow vehicles were
bogged down in the heavy
snowdrifts and the men start
ed to hike out. However,
Beard, 27, became tired very
quickly. The other men walk
ed out a trail 20 or 30 feet at
a time and tried to half carry
Beard out. However, after sev
eral hours of the slow trek
Beard became semi-conscious
and the men realized their
only hope was to leave him as
comfortable as possible and
walk out for help.
Rescuers, headed by Ferris
Benton of Idanha, were on
their way to meet the men.
Young, partner in three log
ging operations had radioed
earlier that if they weren’t out
by 5:30 to send help. The res
cuers had been on a night
long search in blizzard condi
tions.
Beard was taken to a hos
pital where he was pronounc
ed dead. Services were held in
Silverton Saturday for the
young man, who is survived
by his wife and two small
children.
Cause of Beard’s death was
listed as exhaustion and ex
posure.
Blood Drawing Is
Slated at Stayton
Mrs. A. K. McKenzie, chair
man of the Bloodmobile pro
gram for the Stayton area
this week said she would like
to remind residents here that
the blood drawing will be held
January 26 at the Stayton
Grade school.
Blood is needed both at
home and for the fighting
forces in Vietnam and all who
are able are urged to give.
Weather, Detroit Dam The Bloodmobile will be at
7 a. m. Dally Weather Reading the school from 4:30 to 8:30.
Pool
Date Max. Min. Elev. Pct.
Dec. 29 38 32 1447.86 .07 WWI Vets To Meet
Dec. 29 39 36 1447.79 .26
Dec. 30 45 36 1448.11
.23 At Grade School
Dec. 31 42 38 1448.22 .04
World War I Veterans and
Jan. 1 47 37 1448.29 .64
Jan. 2 43 37 1448 64 .12 Auxiliary members will meet
Jan. 3 47 37 1449.01 .44 Saturday January 14 at the
Jan. 4 45 40 1450.69 0.37 Mill City Grade school. A pot
Jan. 5 53 32 1451.30 1.06 luck luncheon will be served
Jan. 6 37 31 1451.10 0.79 at noon followed by a business
Jan. 7 39 35 1451.03 029 meeting.
Commander Ernest Rags
Jan. 8 40 .33 1450.76 0.00
Jan. 9 42 33 1450.29 0.00 dale urges all members to
Jan. 10 44 37 1449.89 0.00 attend.
Greg Pearce
In Navy Hosp.
In Bremerton
Mill City friends learned
this week that Greg Pearce,
who was reportedly wounded
during a gun cleaning acci
dent was actually shot by
a careless fellow serviceman
in Vietnam.
Greg, who was serving with
the Navy in Vietnam until his
accident is now in the Brem
erton hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearce did not
know the details of their son’s
wounds until they visited
with him in Bremerton where
he was taken on December
23. Early reports indicated
he had been hurt while clean
ing a gun.
However, the accident oc-
cured when a fellow man
was “showing off”, pointing
a loaded pistol, with one bullet
in the chamber, at two or
three of the fellows and then
firing. In other words, a little
game of Russian roulette.
Greg jumped up to take the
gun away from him and it
went off, wounding him in
the chest. The young fellow
firing the'shot ran out of the
tent where the accident oc-
cured, but he returned in a
LYONS — At the regular short time and assisted the
meeting of the Lyons City other fellows in getting band
Council, Wednesday night, ages and giving first aid,
January 4th. Ernest Grosso which Mrs. Pearce said she
was sworn in as mayor and thought saved his life.
assigned positions to council She did not know just what
men. Appointed were Edwin action had been taken against
Sieg as police commissioner, the culprit but said she was
Wilson Stevens recreation, sure it was something he
Elmer Culwell who was re would never forget in his
elected last fall as street com entire life.
missioner and hold over mem Greg is recovering from a
ber Cecil Grimes, sanitation bout with pneumonia but is
and welfare. The resignation still paralyzed from the mid
of Eldon Gilson as chairman chest down. He will go to
of the Lyons Public Board San Diego Naval hospital in
was received with no replace three or four weeks for
ment at the present. Mr. Gil therapy treatment.
son cited the lack of time. The
council also voted grading and
graveling of 13th, Cedar and
Dogwood streets and to take
care of the street drainage
as soon as equipment could
be secured.
Ernest Grosso
Many New Projects Lyons Mayor
Now in Progress
In Local Schools
Many interesting projects
and programs are presently in
operation at the Mill City
schools. In September the pri
mary, elementary and the
high school teaching staff be
came involved in creating a
more
interesting student
learning situation. New meth
ods of teaching have challeng
ed the slow, average, and the
faster students in all levels
of learning.
Student involvement has
been the key to this increased
interest. It has been a natural
development derived from
small group interaction or
participation, in which a class
of 25 students is grouped by
the teacher into four or five
research teams. Leadership is
earned at this level and ma
tures under constant teacher
guidance. All students strive
to contribute to the success of
the individual group or team.
Al Glover, social studies in
structor of the Mill City Ele
mentary school has had ex
ceptional success with the
small group research in the
seventh and eighth grades.
One outstanding phase was
activated by Mr. Glover’s
well planned questions: What
are the major problems of In
dia today? How can we (U. S.
Government) best assist In
dia in overcoming her prob
lems? Preliminary student re
action indicated they had only
basic knowledge, derived
mainly from overheard adult
conversation, brief television
exposure, or a dull textbook
assignment. Due to the small
groups almost instantaneous
reaction developed with one
problem and two very general
solutions materializing. This
envelops all students in sup
porting
their
individual
groups solution, it enables
challenges to be made at the
student level, and most im
portantly the entire class is
motivated to do extensive re
search on the problem in ques
tion.
An interested student is
well on the road to knowledge
and will challenge his fellow
students in the race to achieve
Next week another article
on educational development
will appear in The Enterprise.
Jim Rose Inducted
Into Lions Monday
Family Night Held
At Simpson Plant
LYONS, January 9—Officials
of the Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Union and the Simp
son Timber Company partici
pated in a Family Safety
Night at Lyons January 7th
in honor of a successful safety
program at Simpson’s Lyons
Plywood Plant.
The plant broke its previous
record of 151 consecutive acci
dent-free working days last
October.
A highlight of the evening
was a challenge by Lyons
Plant Manager Carol Ander
son to Ray Robb, manager
of Simpson’s Albany Plywood
Plant. The challenge was to
see which plant can maintain
the best safety record during
1967.
Clary Adamson, executive
secretary of the Willamette
Valley District Council, LSW,
told the group of some 200
Lyons workers and their fam
ilies that he appreciated the
enthusiasm demonstrated by
the inter-plant competition.
"I won’t take sides because
both plants are in my dis
trict,” Adamson said. “But in
a contest of this nature, there
can only be winners.”
Bill Smith, business agent
for Local 2896, also attended
the celebration.
About 300 people work at
the Lyons Plant.
Joe Muise Reports
On Canyon Weather
Detering Chairman
Of Legislative
Agriculture Com.
DETROIT — Precipitation
figures compiled by Joe
Muise, weather observer total
ed 91.51 inches comparefl to
71.89 in 1965. It included 12.85
inches which fell in Decem
ber.
The December mark was
far below the torrential 30.86
inches which fell the same
month in 1964.
Gerald Detering, well-known
Linn County representative
from Harrisburg Informed
The Enterprise Monday that
he had been named chairman
of the agricultural committee.
Detering, an orchardist, is
well informed on this subject
and his experience will be of
value to the people he repre
sents.
Jim Rose was inducted into
the Lions club Monday night
as the newest member of this
service group by Lee Ross.
President Martin Hansen
announced that all members
and their wives should plan
to attend a social evening in
Salem, January 26. This meet
ing will be in celebration of
Lions Internationals’ 50th
anniversary. He also said
there would be a work ses
sion Saturday at 9 a. m. in
the city park when some dead
or dangerous trees will be fel
led.
Lee Ross reported on the
Christmas basket project, stat
ing that 18 families from Idan
ha to west of Mill City were
distributed. The ministerial
association did the investigat
ing and distribution. Ross
complimented the Jaycees for
their part in furnishing toys
for the baskets, stating they
were the best he had ever
seen. The Jayceettes assist in
wrapping the gifts.
President Hansen said there
would be a visitation to the
Jefferson Lions club on Mon
day, January 23. All members
planning to attend are asked
to meet at Fellowship hall at
6 p. m. sharp.
Gates School To
Have Open House
Parents and friends are in
vited to attend the Open
House at the Gates Grade
school, Wednesday, January
18 from 7:30 until 9:00 p.m.
This is the first year the
school has housed all the flrat,
second and third grade stu
dents of the Mill City-Gates
School district.
Parents will be given the
opportunity to see their chil
drens work and visit with
their teachers.
Staff at the Gates school
Includes, Olive Barnhardt,
Marge Parker, Gladys Norrie,
Gwen Schaer, Marion Dorothy
and Helen Cox.
Teachers aides are Martha
Etzel and June Mink.