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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
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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.
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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.