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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1967)
^•»îw'ÎT **• " 2L'> ■ Ihr.ry The Mill City ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME XXII NUMBER 17 THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY. OREGON Scholarship »fcjg» Fund Nearing $600 Goal Valedictorian Up and Down I I Right as this is being writ ten, we have a device on the moon for some purpose or other. This thing has a shovel protruding from it that will Last week’s concentrated dig into the moon’s surface drive in the Mill City-Gates so our scientists can deter area to raise money for the mine what is on the moon. Santiam Canyon Scholarship Whether it is green cheese, fund was a success, according or gold dust I think it is a to Jim Rose, chairman. The lot of money to invest. Prob amount registered on the ably T’m old fashioned, but I scholarship thermometer is would rather see this money $500. spent to take care of people There are a number of in in our own world, or better dividuals, business people yet, leave a little more money and other firms and organiza IDANHA—Rudy Thornton, in the taxpayers’ pockets, so tions that have indicated they he might decide how he will contribute, which should son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Thornton of Idanha, was wants to spend the money he bring the total over the top. earns. This scholarship is given to chosen Valedictorian of De I would be all for this two qualifying seniors at San troit High school 1967 gradu moon shot and shovel bit too, tiam High school in the ating class with a grade point if they could fly all the amount of $300 each. There average of 3.7. Rudy will have completed French designers of clothing has been some discussion on up there and bury them. I’m the possibility of raising the all 12 grades at Detroit. He so tired of these tight pants, amount if possible. Any mon is a member of the National where you have to unzip ey that might be left over will Honor Society and Letterman them to get into your pockets. continue in the scholarship Club. Earned Varsity letters Now they are talking of skirts fund until next year if schol in football, basketball, and in track and was recently se for men. Whooeee, what next. arships are not increased. I suppose we’ll have to start Mr. Rose said he would like lected to play on the Shrin- carrying purses, so we won’t to clarify a misunderstanding er’s All-Star football team at need pockets. What a life— that some people had; a stu Pendleton in August. Year and dresses for women, or dent receiving this award book editor and student coun should you call them ruffles does not have to have a par cil president, Rudy plans to around their hips. Pretty soon ent who is a PTA member. attend Oregon State Univers all there will be is a belly However, such memberships ity and major in Forestry. band. Maybe this all comes are certainly welcomed. about with old age, but I have Other requirements may always been of the opinion, be obtained from Ben Jones, even in my youth, that there counselor at Santiam High. was more fun in life if there This scholarship may be was something left to doubt. used at any institution of Oh well, in a few years the higher learning, a col’ege, vo dresses probably will b e cational school or any type of dragging in the dirt again. specific training. Short dresses may be all right Despite a number of people on the younger generation, being out of work due to the but on older women—yukk. late snows and other reasons All members of the Gates for work shut-downs, the Volunteer Fire Department Our area was invaded this amount collected on the are now alerted to fire alarms past weekend by , . thousands ! house-to-house drive alone by telephone. of fishermen. This is the first was $246.06. The ladies can A new system which rings big outing of the season, and I vassing in Mill City received each firemen’s regular phone everyone was glad to get out donations amounting t o with a steady ring when a fire into the clean mountain air $201.06 and in Gates $45.00 is reported was placed in ser to enjoy one of their favorite ■ was given, vice April 25. Ten phones sports. The highways were designated “control stations' packed all this weekend— can blow the siren. One of and this is just the beginning. them will always be manned of the season. i to take the fire report, blow We are always concerned ■ the siren and repeat the fire with keeping our country a ; location for other firemen clean place in which to live. I checking in on the circuit. Af If each person used our I ter answering a fire report a beautiful outdoors properly ; i Ree Ross, charter member of fireman can make regular we could have something to; the Mill City Lions club pre- phone calls in the normal leave our coming generations : sided at ceremonies Monday manner. “ —but if we continue to litter I night when four new mem If a firemen’s line is busy our highways and park sites' bers were initiated into the a steady dial tone is superim with all kinds of human litter | order Those inducted were posed to indicate that an all we will leave them is a i Jim Wettergreen, Perry Jones, alarm is in progress. As soon king-sized garbage dump. j Benny Bennett and John Ste- I i as tne the caning calling party nangs hangs up Cities and states would save vens. the firemen’s phone will ring. millions of dollars in taxes This new system has sever Officers for the ensuing each year, now spent for year were also elected and al advantages over previously cleanup, if each one of us took will be installed at joint cere available telephone alerting our own trash home to our monies with the Auxiliary systems and other methods of garbage cans, a garbage dump, Friday, May 12 at the River alerting firemen: 1, Power or put it in public containers view Cafe at Mehama. The failure and/or trouble on a along streets and highways. dinner meeting will start at fireman’s line will not affect It seems that invidivuals 7 o’clock following a social the other lines or the basic scatter everything from chew hour. system. 2, Every fireman can ing gum and candy wrappers, Maynard Smith will serve be alerted regardless of his cigarette butts, napkins, as president; Bill Metteer, grade of telephone service sacks, cans, newspapers and first vice; Paul Brady, second and location. 3, The chance nose tissues to beer bottles, vice; Ed Davis, third vice; that no one would be near boxes of garbage and other Jim Rose, Lion Tamer; Lee one of the 26 firemen’s tele debris. All it takes is for Ross, secretary-treasurer; phones to answer a fire call each person to take care of Clyde Richards, Tail twister is relatively remote. his own junk, and we’ll have and Verne Peterman, director An identical system was au a clean countryside and city. for three years. thorized by the Mill City Fire Parents should teach their John Anderson, past district Department and is now on children, and in many cases, governor from Portland will order. the children should check up be the installing officer for on their parents, as some of the Lions club at their May them could do a little better. dinner meeting. I was glad to see the City Martin Hansen, club presi Council get on the ball in an dent, announced that contain I attempt by ordinance, to get ers had been placed in busi rid of junk cars and trash that ness houses for the Lions The budget for the City of litters some of our city. Let’s White Cane week, with pro Mill City for the fiscal year all cooperate to make this a ceeds to be used for the club’s 1967-68 in the total amount of clean City this Spring and sight conservation program. $19.171 was approved by Summer. Several members from the voters in Tuesday’s election. Mill City club made a visita The budget included a tax When it comes to handling tion to Stayton Tuesday noon levy outside the 6% limita the family budget, most of us and a zone meeting in Salem tion in the amount of $10,191.- have a rather difficult time Wednesday evening. 04. determining just where the There were only 52 resi dollars go. Imagine what the Don't Forget To dents voting and the budget average member of Congress was approved 39 to 13. faces in trying to unravel Change Your Time There was an increase in even a small portion of the the budget over last year’s in Saturday Night present day federal budget, the amount of some $1,700. covering thousands of govern Resident will have to sleep a little more this week as they ment activities, most of which are totally beyond the range will lose an hour when day Weather. Detroit Dam of personal experience and light saving time goes into 7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading Pool knowledge. I believe the fed effect Sunday, April 30. Max. Min Elev. Pct eral budget is running Con It might be a good idea to Date gress and not the other way set clocks ahead an hour be- Apr. 19 43 35 1527.53 0.05 around. To avoid further de for giong to bed Saturday Apr. 20 53 36 1527.82 0.01 ficits we should chop expend night so as not to be late for Apr. 21 57 38 1528.11 0.00 Apr. 22 58 35 1528.13 T itures now. Deficit spending is church Sunday. Daylight saving will con Apr. 23 56 37 1528.34 083 like building a house on sand, some day it all crumbles to tinue until fall when the Apr. 24 58 45 1529.15 000 1 clocks are turned back again Apr. 25 54 38 1529.79 0.42 the ground. Gates Firemen Now Alerted By Telephone Lions Club Inducts Four New Members Mill City Voters Give Budget an OK THURSDAY? APRIL 27? 1967 State Parks Up Fees on First of May Salutatorian Revised fees on Oregon state parks will go into effect the first of May, it has been announced by the State High way Department. This is the first raise in rates since i 1952 and increased costs of I operating the parks makes this a necessity. The daily campsite fees are generally increased 25c and 50c depending on the type of DETROIT—David Michael campsite used. The nominal increase will help offset the son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl cost and keep Oregon parks at Michaelson of Detroit, was their present level of clean chosen Salutatorian with a grade point average of 2.9. liness and comfort. People from other states us David transferred to Detroit ing Oregon parks state they from Symlar High school, Symlar, California in his surpass any in the nation. Mrs. Edith Howell, Mill sophomore year. Lettered in City, who works at Lake baseball and participated in Shore Park on Detroit Lake the Junior-Senior class play said all the trailer sites were this year. David plans to join filled this past weekend, the Air Force after gradua which was the opening of tion for further training. fishing season. A thunder storm sent many fishermen home early, and the weather i was not too good The lake | level was lower than usual this year, causing some trouble in launching boats. The Mill City Ministerial Association has invited two men from Korea to show slides Monday evening. Pastors Sam Park and Choi of Pusan, Korea, will arrive in Mill City Monday after noon, show slides and speak in the evening, and continue • their tour of Oregon of Tues- ' day. They are being sponsor The Santiam High School ed by the Voice of China and band and chorus and the Missionary Society of Pasa grade school band will be fea dena, Calif. tured in a concert Tuesday, While in Mill City, Pastors May 2 at 8 p. tn. i Choi and Park will be given The concert will be at the lodging at the home of Mr. Mill City Grade school audi- and Mrs. Shields ReMine, torium and the public is in-. This special United Chris- vited to attend. There will be i tian Missionary program on a small admission charge. : Korea will be held Monday Spencer Hillesland will di- evening in the First Presby- rect the concert which will terian Fellowship hall at 7:30. feature a variety of musical All are welcome to attend. _________________ numbers from Pop to the i more serious. Korean Pastors To Show Slides Monday School Concert Slated Here Tuesday Night Need Correspondent In Gates Area The Mill City Enterprise is looking for someone to cov er the news in the Gates area. Shirley Swaim, who has done an outstanding job as correspondent, this week an nounced her resignation due to other obligations. It is with regret that we lose her as our Gates news gal, but hope there is someone in the area who will carry on the job. Anyone interested in writing may call Mrs. Swaim or The Enterprise office. Safety Council Reduces Meetings To 4 a Year $3.50 a YEAR — 10c a Copy District Voters Asked To Approve Budget May 1; Vote on Two Directors The annual school election for Administrative School Dis trict 129J will be held be tween the hours of 2:00 and 8:00 p.m., Monday, May 1, 1967. Polling places will re main the same as in pre vious years, located at the Gates School and Santiam High School. Two major items will be included on the ballot for voter decision. No. 1, the an nual election to exceed the 6% limitation; and No. 2, elec tion of Directors to the Board of Education. In the latter category, two positions will be up for election, as follows: Zone 1 — 5-year term, Dave Barnhardt, incumbent, run ning unopposed; Zone 4 — 3-year term, the vacancy being created by the resignation of Don Westrick, two names to appear on the ballot—Albin Cooper, incumbent by ap pointment, and Ollie Muise. The voters of the district will be asked to approve a levy for the 1967-68 school year in the amount of $428,- 912.00. This figure represents an increase of $42,891.00 over last year’s budget. It is ex tremely important that the voters of the district recog nize that although the elec tion on May 1st is legally titled “to exceed the 6% limi tation,” this title is somewhat misleading. Administrative- School District 129J does not have a legal tax base; conse quently, all taxes to be levied are in excess of the 6% limita tion and must be voted upon each year. In addition to this the total figure of $482,912.60 to be levied will be reduced by ap proximately $98,000.00—this district’s share of the Linn County Intermediate Educa tion District levy already passed hv the voters on April 10th. Oregon Statutes do not permit a reduction in the amount to be voted locally, as these funds are treated as a tax offset by the county as sessor’s office in the final reconciliation of tax levy. It should be noted that this rep resents no change in budget procedure, but is as it has been for the past several years. Administrative School Dis trict 129J experienced a tax reduction last year, due to in creased assessed valuation. Although the Income picture is somewhat muddled due to legislative action, local offi cials do not expect the mill- age to increase in excess of three mills, which would be at approximately the same level Initially calculated for At a meeting of the North Santiam Safety Council held Tuesday night those present decided to hold only four meetings a year. Lack of in terest of mill and logging owners and lack of attend ance the meetings was given as the cause. Only 11 attend ed this meeting There will be another meet ing next month, Wednesday, May 24, said Don Moffatt chairman when Howard Cur tis and John Lande of Simp son Timber Co., Shelton, Wn. will put on the program. Topic will be damage control. Tony Shillingburg of Timber Operators Council said this was a real good program, one of which has been put on at the National Safety Council and also at the Governor’s Safety Council in Washing Santiam High school was ton. At the May 1 election in featured in the April edition The nominating committee Mill City and other towns in of Education News. The will report at this meeting. Linn and Benton counties, school was cited for its ad voters will have the oppor vanced program in media cen tunity to vote on combining ter development. the two Intermediate Educa Project Springboard in the tions District offices. local schools was featured at the National School Board This merger would be ef association convention held in fective July 1, 1968. The Portland recently. Conven thinking on this proposal is tioneers were invited to visit that if the offices do not com the Springboard operation in Mrs. Howard Morrison, pre bine the legislature will di Mill City. sident of Santiam PTA said vide the state into as few dis the measles immunization tricts as possible, losing some clinic held Tuesday at the local control. Lyons-Mehama Water Gates grade school was con On the proposed effective sidered a success. There were date, the office will be con Budget Published in 139 children who were given trolled by a board elected by the serum which was less the residents of zones of the This Issue of Enterprise than anticipated. However, a two counties. School boards of the two Residents of the Lyons- number of youngsters were Mehama Fire district are ask sick with three-day measles counties as well as the ad ministrators feel that more ed to check page 4 where a and other illnesses. There were some 30 child effective operation could be summary of their budget is being published this week. ren from Detroit taking ad obtained by the merger. The IEDO is a service office A meeting of the board of vantage of the immunization. There were four Linn Coun fcr local school districts. It commissioners will be held on May 15 at the Union hall at ty health nurses present and 1 maintains records of students 8 p. m. when anyone can be 30 PTA volunteers who assist I and teachers and of distribute heard relative to any item on ed Dr. Janice Willms of Stay I ing monies and materials to I the state department. ton. this budget. Local Schools Featured in Education News Linn-Benton Voters Asked to Decide on IED County Merger 139 Children Given Serum At Measle Clinic Tuesday the 1966-67 school year. Major contributing factors of the inerease in the 1967-68 budget reside in the areas of instruction, fixed charges, and capital outlay. Increases in the budgetary area of in struction are due primarily to increased salaries for cer tified personnel. It should be noted that the district’s sal ary schedule represents a mid dle-of-the-road approach In comparison with other Oregon school districts. Also contrib uting to the increase in this area was the provision for one additional teacher for the 1967-68 school year. In the budget area of fixed charges, an increase of ap proximately $8,200.00 is indi cated, representing payroll taxes and provisions for em ployee health and accident in surance. The capital outlay category has been increased some $8,900.00. Major items will include blacktopping of the parking area adjacent to the high school gymnasium, construction of book counters and remodeling of storage areas in the elementary and high schools, and $36.000.00 for the district’s second year’s participation in Project Springboard. It should be noted that this represents the final commitment to Project Springboard, and appropria tions for the support of the mass audiovisual program will be substantially reduced in the following years. It is also significant that thi3 year’s budget will make the last payment of bonded indebtedness on Santiam high school. Administrative school district 129J will he entirely debt free on January 1, 1968, making possible a reduction in levies required for bond interest and redemption funds of approximately $22,000.00. Joe Muise Named by City as Building Inspector Joe Muise of Detroit has been hired by the City of Mill City to serve as building inspector. He has had considerable ex perience in this work and will be in the city hall here each Friday from 10 a. m. until 2 p. m. He said if it is ne cessary later on he will be in the office one more day a week. He may also be called if an urgency exists. The City Council made this move to improve service to to build ing trades and owner-builders by appointing a qualified Building Inspector. It will be Muise’s responsi bility to check plans, and to also issue permits when Zon ing Code Regulations have been met, and no Building Code violations are indicated. He will also make periodic inspections during the course of construction to insure con formance to the minimum standards of safety and health as laid down in the Uniform Building Code. Mr. Muise was building in spector for the city of Ocean side, California for five years. Otto Knutson Buys Bargain House Otto Knutson, who recent ly retired from the Air Force at Tomson, Ill., is now mak ing his home in Mill City. He and his wife are presently renting the By Rarey house on Kingwood but plan on getting a permanent home here. Mr. Knutson purchased the Evan’s Bargain House across the street from the old thea tre building.
