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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1967)
Gea. Ref. «nd Doe. Div. I Newspaper«. U of O Library 97403 The Mill City ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND *7 VOLLME XXII I I NI MBER 45 Up and Down The Avenue By Don Moffatt Many people were sorry that Santiam lost out in the game Saturday with Central, but it was no disgrace, believe me. Central knew It was up against a tough team before they finished the game. This is one of the finest teams Santiam has ever produced, and sports fans should be proud of the fact that they went clear through the sea son, until Saturday, without a defeat. This is a good record in any language. Let’s hope we can have as good a bas ketball team this year. Not only did this team do well on the football field, but they were complimented, by phone, Monday noon by a Gates resident, Mrs. Gladys Cline, who reported that Mrs. Grant of Grant’s Cafe east of town said they were the fin est bunch of young people she had ever seen. The entire squad was taken to breakfast out there Saturday morning. It is heartening to hear good reports on our young people. We usually hear only the bad side of their lives. Mill City Volunteer Fire men were out Saturday mak ing the rounds of business houses selling tickets for their annual benefit which will be held Saturday, No vember 18. This worthwhile event has not been drawing as large crowds as In former years, and the firemen are urging everyone in the area to support them at this time. The money raised goes for a good cause. It is used to keep their equipment up to date—so why not buy some tickets, turn out to the affair, and have an enjoyable even ing. —:— Fall is one of the nicest seasons of the year. I always enjoy the last few remaining days of bright sunshine be fore the winter rains set in. The nights are cool, but the days have been warm and bright, as of Monday, when this was written. Fall in Ore gon can be one of the finest times of the year to travel to your favorite haunts, wheth er it is up into the moun tains, or to the beach. Most of the summer travellers are at their own homes in distant states, making more room for local residents to enjoy our recreational areas. I always enjoy the smell of burning leaves, especially when someone else is raking and burning them. I have plenty of them at home, and suppose 1’11 goof around until the rains come before I get mine raked up. Many people in Mill City are busy this week burning some of the grass which has been growing tall all summer. These con trolled burns are fine, and they do prevent a larger fire from getting started. Let’s all work to keep our city clean. It pays off in the long run. This is from the Wildwood, N. J. Leader: “It is interest ing to note the costly dilem ma of U. S. Post Office De partment operations and its operating deficit with anoth er equally complicated and widespread operation, that of the telephone business . . . The government runs the postal service, and private enterprise runs the telephone service. Over the past 40 years or so, the cost of tele phone service has barely in creased. In some areas . . . the cost today is the lowest in history . . . During this same two score years, first class postal rates have climb ed 150 per cent . . . and it was recently announced that the postal rates must be raised . . . the postal service should be operated without a deficit, at the very least. Tile answer apparently lies in trying to achieve better management with modern apparatus, rather than a boost in the rates.” Pa: “How are your school marks, son?” Son: “Under the water.” Pa: “What do you mean?” Son: “Below *C' level.” ■ ■ , l , ■? 111 i , ...................................... 1 THE MILL CITY EN i'EKPRlSE—MILL CITY. OREGON Parents Get Invitation to Visit School . 1 ■, . — ;— r —.... ........... $3.50 a YEAR — 10c a Copy THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1967 Donkey Basketball Game Slated Park Bill Takes in Big Area Loses Life 3 Craig Jones Loses Life in Car Wreck WASHINGTON —The Sen Mill City residents were ate has passed a bill to es shocked Sunday to learn of tablish a 1.2 million-acre the death of Craig Perry North Cascade national park, Jones, 17, in a car accident recreation area and wilder early Sunday morning. He ness preservation complex in was a senior at Santiam High Washington State. school and son of Mr. and The action, by unanimous Mrs. Perry Jones. voice vote, sent the bill to He was riding in a car the House where considera Craig Perry Jones, 17-year- driven by Terry Savage, 17, tion is expected next year. old Senior at Santiam High, when the car apparently went The scenic alpine area and son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry off the road to avoid hitting a The FHA girls of Santiam High are sponsoring a Donkey Basketball game here Friday night. Ace Roye boasts more than 100 jagged Jones lost his life in an early deer. The accident occurred of Lyons brought these donkeys to Santiam recently for mountain peaks more than Sunday morning automobile about two miles west of Mill feet tall, at least 150 act accident just west of here. City in an area where many the above picture. Riding these smart little donkeys are 6,000 ive glaciers, and hundreds of deer cross the highway to the from left to right Arvada Hince, Sheryl Oliver, Susan glacier-fed lakes. river. Dueber and Tresa Lankins. The FHA girls will compete Only 4,000 acres of the pro The car reportedly traveled against the Varsity S boys and the Women’s Faculty posed new recreation com some 236 feet along the high members will play the Men’s Faculty.—The Mill City plex is in private ownership. way shoulder, clipped off a Enterprise Photo. The remainder is in govern tree and flipped 60 feet over ment ownership in the na into the river, landing on its tional forest preserve. top, submerged in about 10 Idanha Tavern Owner Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D D. M. Morman of Lyons feet of water. Wash., chief sponsor of the was named by President Savage, son of Mr. and Mrs. In Court On bill, told the Senate the pri Floyd Eastwood to serve on Athol Savage, crawled vate property has an estimat the board of directors of the through a window, drifted to ed value of $3.5 million, but North Santiam Chamber oi shore and hitchhiked for Assault Charge its acquisition by the govern help. IDANHA — George Har ment without owner consent Commerce to represent his Cpl. Tom Drynan of the area. This action was taken vey (Dewey) Daley, Idanha is not contemplated so long State Police said volunteer at a meeting held last Wed Tavern ow ner, was arraigned existing uses continue nesday in Mill City. Eastwood firemen and other residents A new corporation—West in Marion County District as without change incompat also appointed Mel Eide of spent 3% hours getting the ern Valley Telephone Com court on a charge of assault ible with a the purpose of the Mill City, Cal Culbertson of vehicle out of the water. pany, has been established to with a dangerous weapon. recreation areas. Lyons-Mehama, Wayne Goin Veryl Moberg was in charge buy the assets of Sunnyside The incident occurred late The bill calls for a two- and Clift Coleman of Stay of getting equipment for re Telephone Company. last Wednesday afternoon at unit North Cascades national the car with fire This would leave Sunny the Spillway Tavern, when a park, with 303,000 acres in the ton on the industrial commit trieving Eldon Hutcheson, Clif side as a holding company to shot was fired. The bullet en north unit and 201,500 In the tee and asked them to have chief, Crook and many others more easily acquire other tered the floor and no one south unit. Separating the a report at the general meet ford assisting with the operation. ing slated at Gates Tuesday, businesses. Sale of the Sunny was injured. two units would be the 105,- November 21. Drynan and other state police side assets will not take place 00-acre Ross Lake national re In other action the board assisted with the rescue work without approved by the Ore The dispute apparently creation area featuring the as well as keeping the high gon Public Utilities Commis stemmed from an argument man-made lake formed by a went on record as being in way traffic under control. over a cribbage game involv favor of having the general sion, the U. S. Securities and dydroelectric dam operated He said it was a wonderful Exchange Commission and ing Daley and two tavern by Seattle City Light on the meetings at noon, Instead of display of “community team customers, John A. Caudill, evenings, as has been the cus the Sunnyside stockholders. Skagit River. tom of the Chamber since its work.” Completion of this transac Eugene, and Perry A. Clute, Abutting the southern bor inception. Reason Is that Milwaukie, State Police said. tion is not expected before on the couth unit would there has been better attend Daley’s case was continued der '1968. be the 62,000-acre Lake Chel ance at board meetings which and he was released on his Western Valley Telephone an national receation area. Company was established by own recognizance Thursday Adjoining the Ross Lake re are held at noon, than the ev officers of Sunnvslde Tele morning followlrtg a hearing. creation area on the east ening meetings. This new in phone Company and an iden He appeared Monday morn would be the 520,000-acre novation will not take effect tical slate of Board of Direct ing as summoned but reports Pasayton wilderness p r e- until after the first of the year, said Eastwood. ors and officers serve both indicated the case was post serve. corporations. poned. The bill would also add two small areas totaling 10,000 acres to the existing Glacier Three men escaped injury Peak wilderness area. late Monday afternoon when their car traveling west on Highway 22 swerved off the Police protection for this road to avoid hitting a deer. area has increased consider The auto plunged over the ably and there are now four bank near Big Cliff reservoir state police and their fam 11 miles east of Mill City. ilies living here. For some State police officer Richard time Tom Drynan was the Seales said the 1964 convert only resident officer. ible went down a 40-foot em Latest to move here are bankment and ended u p Officer and Mrs. Richard caught on a rock with the Detroit Dam east of Mill City and its reregulating Big LYONS—At the regular Seales and their three child front of the car in the river. Colonel Bangert said a horn Cliff Dam three miles down will be installed at Big Cliff meetirg of the City Council ren. They have leased the There was minor damage to stream will soon be operated Dam to sound when the spill Wednesday night, liquor li Peter Brekke home. the vehicle which was driven Others include Barry Drake by Mickeal F. Taylor, 19, of entirely by remote control, way gates are opened to re censes were renewed for Colonel Robert L. Bangert, lease more water. He said the Thiel’s Grocery, Bob’s Market and his family and Glen Big Aumsville. Other occupants Portland U. S. Army District Corps of Engineers’ is doing and Lyons Tavern. A renew ness and family. of the car were not named. Engineer, said recently. this for the safety and con ed discussion on the perk He said both dams will be venience of fishermen and ing problem at the Lyons controlled by one operator in boaters immediately down Post Office was held. As it is Lamps Out of Junk the Detroit Dam powerhouse, stream from the dam. now' they have to back out probably by early 1969. He stated that a hired labor onto the highway. They are At the present time only contract will be let in the in hopes of getting parking the dam’s powerhouses are future to change the power area back of the post office operated by remote control. house controls at Detroit so as to be able to drive The 23rd annual Mill City The spillway gates at Big Dam so the operator may around the building. A dis Firemen’s Benefit will be Cliff Dam and the reregulat leave his post at various times cussion was also held on gar conduct maintainance bage disposal. They want to held at the firehall on Satur ing outlets from Detroit Dam to drawup an ordinance mak day, November 18 with Clif must be operated at their around the two projects The controls will be chang ing it compulsory for every ford Crook serving as gen respective locations. Blds for centralization of ed to take pre-planned cor one to have a garbage pick eral chairman. The fire laddies and Auxil controls at Detroit and Big rective steps automatically if up, to do away with garbage iary members have been busy Cliff Dams will be opened at trouble develops while the which is thrown out on the for the past several weeks 2 p. m. December 1 in Room operator is away. At the same ground The chairman of the plan getting everything in readi 638 Pittock Block, Portland. time horns around both dams Estimated cost of the pro will sound to inform the op ning commission was unable ness for the event which draws people from up and ject is between $25.000 and erator of the exact location to attend so the discussion on $100,000. with six months al and nature of the trouble. enlarging the city limits was down the canyon area. Colonel Bangert emphasiz tabled until another time. The evening’s fun will start lowed for completion. ed that emergencies at the promptly at 7 o’clock with two hydroelectricprojects oc many concessions, grand priz Cpl. Tom Drynan Jim Sullivan Gets cur very seldom. es, door prizes and music Alvin E. Luehrlng, Detroit Rural Mail Carrier later in the evening for the deceives Award from and Big Cliff Project Engin dance by a good orchestra. Interior Department Job at Lyons This is the only money rais Cpl. Thomas S. Drynan, an eer, stated that the remote Jim Sullivan started work control system will reduce ing event of the year sponsor State Police Officer, the project staff by four from Saturday. November 4 as the ed by the firemen and they Oregon was the of the De the present 22 employees to new rural mail carrier on Ly expect their usual large partment recipient ons rural route No. 1, work of the Interior’s 18. crowds. Appreciation Award for his Automatic control systems ing out of the Lyons postof services to the Bureau of are being or will be installed fice. Glen Graham, Mill City, who serves as Weather, Detroit Dam Land Management in the at other Corps of Engineers’ Sullivan has been employ custodian at Mari-Linn school at Lyons has a ed by the Corps of Engineers field of conservation. dams in Oregon. Cougar Dam 7 a. m. Dally Weather Reading hobby of making lamps out of junk he finds The award was presented on the South Fork McKenzie for the past two years so will Pool around the area. He is shown here with three still have a civil service po Monday at a short ceremony River is now converting its Date Max. Mln . Elev. Pct of the lamps. The first one is made from the held at BLM’s Salem office controls. Green Peter and sition. Nov. 1 68 51 1521.74 0.10 by the District Manager, Otto Foster Dams near Sweet He is a former serviceman, base of an old electric coffee maker. The Nov. 2 48 38 1517.78 0.00 C. F. Krueger. In presenting Home, and Lookout Point receiving a partial disability structural part is made from the inside work Nov. 3 63 41 151305 0.00 the award. Mr. Krueger cited and Dexter Reservoirs near from the Navy. ings of a toilet. The second lamp is made from Mrs. Leota Worden of Ly the remains of a pottery coffee maker, and Nov. 4 55 42 1508.20 0.00 Corporal Drynan’s diligent ef Lowell will be converted in ons has been serving as re future to remote control the other one from odds and ends of things he Nov. 5 56 42 1503.58 0 00 forts to minimize vandalism the systems operating from Fost lief carrier for the past 18 found in his workshop.—The Mill City Enter Nov. 6 58 42 1498 00 0 00 public lands and recreation er and Lookout Point respec months since the retirement prise photo. of Mrs. Ervin Peterson Nov. 7 58 42 1596.35 T tively. ites. James Russell Lowell, writ ing in the mid-ninteenth century, said, “It was in mak ing education not only com mon to all, but in some sense compulsory to all, that the destin} of the free repudic of America was practically settled.” This country’s philosophy and the great driving force of education has been to bring out the best in the greatest number of people. And bring ing out the best in more than 56 million students requires quality education superior to any the world has yet known. To celebrate the efforts of American public schools in this great adventure, Mill City and Gates will invite parents to visit school, es pecially during American Ed ucation Week, November 5- 11. This year’s annual event has as its theme “How Good Are Your Schools?” “Good schools are vital to day,” Fred Gruver observed. Good schools help shape the character of youth, provide learning opportunities for all, meet the challenge of change, provide quality teaching, stimulate life-long learning, develop vocational compet ence, and enrich human life. Today’s teacher—youthful, politically active, intellectu ally vigorous—is giving our nation’s children the best ed ucation possible. Education, like any great profession, will continue to grow and adapt itself to the massive changes that cccur daily in every facet of our society. Mill City and Gates exhibit some of the up-to-date teaching methods being used to pre pare young people to meet these changes. “Every parent in this com munity has the right and pri vilege of visiting our schools to witness the many facets of teaching methodology in Mill City and Gates”, Fred Gruver said today. AEW is sponsored by the National Education Associa tion, The American Legion, the National Congress of Par ents and Teachers, and the U. S. Office of Education. “Visit your school during AEF,” Fred Gruver urges. “A dedicated staff of profes sional teachers and an in formed body of parents and concerned citizenry will as sure the best education pos sible. Firemen Getting Ready for Big Annual Benefit Lyons Man Named To Chamber Board New Corporation To Buy Sunnyside Telephone Assets Men Escape Injury When Car Swerves Remote Control of Detroit And Big Cliff Dams to Cut Local Staff from 22 to 18 Four State Police Now Stationed Here Post Office Parking Discussed at Lyons Council Into Santiam River
