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Gen. Rei. and Due. Div. Newspapers, U of () Library 07105 The Mill City Enterprise ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — ORE - .wN*S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME XXIII NUMBER 7 THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON Up and Down The Avenue Many times a person finds things to make him happy without looking for them. This happened at The Enter- prise last week when we re- ceived a shipment of news print from Blake Moffitt & Towne. The truck driver, Paul Barrows, who has worked for the firm for 25 years, and who has been delivering in this area for some time, stopped with us for coffee following unloading the shipment. In the course of our visit, we were discussing ages of our crew. In the ensuing discuss ion I found out he was the same age as I was, not only that, he is an exact twin, age wise. He was born on October 5, 1907. When he signed the freight slip, he told me that was the Irish way to spell his name. I then found out that we both are Scotch-Irish. This is the first time in my life that I have found a twin. Paul is a fine man, and is a real asset to his firm. He should be in public relations, instead of on a truck. He likes his job, though and I guess that is the main thing. Did you know that Feb- ruary 25 is an anniversary which many people know nothing about, and when they find out, they certainly will bake no birthday cake in hon or of the event. On this date in 1913, the federal govern ment was authorized to levy an income tax. Congressional leaders felt at the time the rates could never reach 10 per cent and, indeed, the first year of tax brought the gov ernment only $80 million, on a ner capita tax of 82 cents. In 1966 revenue from cor- jxirate and individual income taxes totaled $85.5 billion, and the per capita tax yield was $434. This amounted to per capita tax payments which were 529 times the 82 back in 1913. In 1913 a single man earn ing $5,000 a year paid a $20 tax: in 1966 he paid $671. In 1966 the rates ranged from 14 to 70 percent, a far cry from Congressional predictions bark in 1913. In 1913, 70.5 per cent went for state and local govern ment and 29.5 per cent for the federal government. In I960, 66 5 percent went to fed eral. 17.9 to state and 15.6 to local. Pack In 1913, people did lo cally what thev wanted done. Today. thev give their billions in tax money to the federal government and fight among themselves to see who can get the most back. Funnv set up isn’t it. I still say we would he better off to cut out a lot of the federal tax, and keen the money home in the first place. In this wav we could eliminate much of the federal waste. The federal go”ernment would have to curtail foreign aid, spend less on shots to the moon, and jxjssiblv state, countv and lo cal government would be a lot more effective. Manv tir"es you hear peo ple cornniaining about getting o’d. Did you ever stop and think that manv people nev er have that privilege. What difference does it make whe ther von are 20 or 60 as long as vou feel good, and can live you” life in a constructive manner Just think if vou’re 40 von have lived half of your life. I look on the bright side, if you were a horse, you’d already be dead 15 years. Arsd d'd you know that a hangover is something that occupies the head that wasn’t used the night before? Weather, Detroit Da'* 7 a. m. Dally Weather Reading Date Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Max Min 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 58 55 60 61 58 55 59 35 34 34 37 35 34 38 Pool Floy Pct 1478 16 0 1479 55 0 1481 C6 0 0 1483 09 0 1484 90 I486 99 0 0 1487.37 Vandalism Named Chairman of Whitewater Event Takes Toll In Forests Still On Top In League By Don Moffatt Kandee Henness, 17, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clare Henness and a senior at San tiam High school has been named Betty Crocker Home maker of the year at Santiam High school. Her instructor is Mrs. Charlene Slack. Kandee has always been ac tive in school affairs and is presently serving as student body secretary. She is also a member of the Honor Society. She ranked first in a writ ten homemaking knowledge and attitude test given to Sen ior girls in December. She remains in contention for the state and national scholarship awards ranging from $500 to $5,000 and will be awarded a specially designed Silver charm for her local achievement. State winners, along with their school advisors, will compete with winners from the 49 other states and the District of Columbia in an all-expense educational tour of Washington, D. C„ and oth er historic places. The state winner will re ceive a $1,500 scholarship grant and the first place na tional winner a $5,000 scholar ship. There are several run ners-up awards. North Santiam Chamber Selects Bean Candidate At a board meeting recently of the North Santiam Chamb er of Commerce, President Floyd Eastwood announced that Dick Parker of Mill City would be general chairman of the Chamber’s Annual San tiam Whitewater Challenge. The event is held Memorial day each year. Parker stated it would soon be time to choose princesses for the talent show. These are chosen from seniors of the area high schools. Secretary Jerry Coffman reported that the sign on In terstate 5 south of Salem has been repainted and set up. Hoodoo Ski Bowl is now using the lower portion of the sign. Christine Rogers of Detroit High School has been named as princess for the Santiam Bean Festival it was learned today. More information will be forthcoming at the general meeting to be held at 12 noon February 21 at The Riverview at Mehama. The Santiam Wolverines bolstered their league record to 8-1 with a 70-55 route of the Gladstone Gladiators, Friday February 9, on the Wolver ine’s home court. The Wolverines outscored the Gladiators in all four of the quarters by scores of 18- 12, 16-14, 19-11, and 17-14. High scorers for the Wol verines were Mark Bennett with 23, Alan Yankus with 17, and Denny Cline with 15. The Wolverines are now 14- 5 for season play, and lead the Capital Conference Minor Di vision by 1 game. Santiam plays second place Regis Friday, February 16, on the Ram’s home court, in a game in which the Wolver ines will either be in undis puted first place, or tied for the honor. They then come back Saturday to play the Scio Loggers on the Mill City Court, in their second to the last league game. Kandee Henness Named Homemaker At Santiam High THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968 Tower Sinks 45 To Pace Detroits Grand Prairie Visits Santiam Recent visitors to local schools have included eleh- teen staff members from the Grand Prairie Elementary School District, visiting under the auspices of Project Spring board and Project Open Door. The central library staff and instructional materials center personnel from the Springfield Public Schools spent Tuesday in Mill City, to observe our local library and instructional materials center operation. The Spring field Public Schools are con templating a library retrieval similar to the one presently being developed in the local schools. In Fridays Basketball game played at Perrydale, Ken Tower came through with a 45 point scoring effort to guide the Detroit Cougars to a 89-63 victory over Perrydale and to their eighth win with out r loss in Marion B League Division play. Perrydale fall to-6-5. Detroit (89) K. Tower 45, L. Smith 12, D. Tower 15, Sophy 7, Hiebert 6, D. Smith 2, Williamson 2. Perrydale (63) Ediger 15, Fast 29, McAllister 10, B. Bak ker 4, Vognild 1, P. Bakker 4. JV score: Detroit 82, Perry dale 39. Detroit will play Falls City here Friday Feb. 16th at 6:30 P. M. On Saturday Feb. 17th Detroit will play Maupin there at 6:15. Boy of the Month I I Seventh Graders Have Valentine dinner; Practice Etiquette Miss Christine Rogers, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Rogers of Detroit has been se lected by the North Santiam During a 2-week unit on Chamber of Commerce as manners, Randy Moberg sug their Santiam Bean Festival gested the seventh-graders at princess. the Mill City Elementary Miss Rogers is 17 and a sen School practice etiquette at a ior at Detroit High school. buffet dinner. Each student She is a talented baton twirl- brought a dish for the noon er as well as being an attract dinners. Committees were in ive young lady. charge of getting tables and She will join other members '■■hairs, making decorations, of Detroit high school, San setting tables, and cleaning tiam High school and Stayton up. High in selecting a “Group” The 21 students of 7A had to play at the Teen age dance ‘heir dinner during the lunch Alan Edward Yankus, a sen which will be held at the ior at Santiam, was chosen ’•■o'ir of February 6. Place Bean Festival this year. boy of the month for Jan mats matched the large crepe- uary. Alan is the son of Mr. ”>aner roses in the middle of and Mrs. Albert J. Yankus of ‘he tables. Tris Hampton and Gloria Mill City. Alan has had a Grade Po nt of 4.00 for his Poole created a yellow, ruffl.v worm carrying a heart for 7 semesters. He has been very active in •’w dinner of 7 B. Valentine’s sports, Participating in Bas ”>iace mats decorated their ketball, Football. Baseball and -Hnner on February 7. Track. Alan received a draft Mi«s Patty Beets. English DETROIT-Church services ing award his Freshman year md Language Arts teacher, of the Catholic faith were and a Chemistry award his said, “The students enjoved ieid Sunday for the first time runior Year. Alan is president thp dinners. Thev were con n their new quarters on De- of Honor Society. He also was scious of the right and wrong roit Ave. Sav of the month during his wav of table etiouette and The building formerly Freshman and Jun'or year. noticed things they could Im 'mown as Detroit Outboard Alan hones to attend either prove.” Service was purchased from harvard or Stanford Univer Dinner guests were Al Glo *r. and Mrs. Joe Muise last sity and "Tans to major In the ver and Roger Mink. ’uly. Extensive work has math field. been done to convert the building into a church. A 24 Seaman Tinney not addition was built to the *-1eAr+ Fund Drive Completes Basic ear of the building and a To Start Sunday -e«tibule added. Some refur- Charles Fultz, chairman of Navy Training '-'"hin«’ still remains to be ‘hp hea”t f”nd campaign drive SAN DIEGO (FHTNC) Feb. ’one. Plans also call« for the :n Mill Citv th's year said 7— Seaman Apprentice Run- ■'otnt'n'T nf the exterior. ■hemo for the 1068 drive was dall G Tinnev. USN, son of Corvtpp« were fnrmprJv held “co More will live”. Mrs Chester G. Tinnev of Rt. city Hall. Pastor The bouse to house apneal 1. _____ I.vons, r___ Ore., r_______ has been ____ grad- •- p-v Hugh Gearin of Mill "o” fun'»« will he February 1 wated from nine weeks of nty. ’8-25 and residents are urged Navi- basic training at the ♦r> «rive a« much a« thev can Naval Training Center here. afford. Funds will he used for Tn the first weeks of h's Tf nnmhpr fnlUHntr »-eart research and techniques service he studied mil nnrnn r»n Tl-n Fn. ■■’'i',h a-e being improved all naval itary cublects and lived and •h-> tim°. ‘omrep lobpl rpnjjq worked under conditions sim ”r ^’'Itz «aid a number of ilar to those he will encounter t’tnp tn »end a check ’•ntontoers would be assisting on Ms first chip or at his first -nnewal. the drive. shore station. Catholic Services Now Being Held \t Detroit Vandals caused at least $4,376 in damages during 1967 in the Willamette National Forest. The year before mali cious thefts and destruction totalled $4,752. The Forest’s eight ranger districts reported 72 cases of vandalism. Many of these, however, were multiple items such as 17 rustic signs pulled up or 28 road signs missing. And many of the vandalism problems are reported as “continuing” problems that happen throughout the year. These include the shooting of bullet holes in signs, the breaking of windows and lights, or the theft of signs, Damage to signs alone in 1967 totalled $2,692. Many of the vandalism in cidents were almost of petty nature, involving damages ranging from $1.50, $6, or $15. But damage estimates also ranged $50, $100, and $300. In addition, no dollar value could be determined for some dam ages, nor could estimates re flect the costs of patrolling, inspecting, or correcting the situation. The year 1967 was notable for the Willamette National Forest in that two teen aged boys were caught in the act of vandalizing Dolly Varden Campground in June. They broke a fireplace and chop ped a picnic table with an axe. The damage was repair ed by the two boys. Supervisor David Gibney of the Willamette expressed ap preciation to citizens who helped to report vandalism. The two youths were appre hended because of this type of vigilance. Seldom, however, are van- dais caught. That is why public cooperation is so neces sary, Gibney emphasized. And in an effort to halt the con tinuing problem, Willamette National Forest Officers in 1967 initiated closer working relationships with county and state police. Nothing in the Forest es capes attack by vandals. Toi lets are broken, doors torn off buildings, garbage cans are stolen or damaged, sinks are ripped from comfort sta- tion walls, cans, dirt and tow els are plugged inside toilets, buildings are broken into with tools and equipment stol en, windows are smashed, trees are cut and hacked, signs are stolen, and fire ex- tinguishers removed from ve- hides. One of the larger acts of vandalism involved the theft of the entrance sign to Blue Pool Campground. This was later recovered in Redding. Calif. And users of the Mt. Jef ferson Primitive Area caused 8300 damages to pit toilets when planks were removed »0 make tables or were used as firewood. Editor’s note: This certain- ty must have added fla- vor to their hot dogs or ham- burgers. Blowout Bridge Contract Awarded To Freres Lumber DETROIT — Freres Lum ber Co. of Lyons was awarded a contract by the U. S. Forest Service on a $2,000 bld for the reconstruction of ap proaches to Blowout Bridge which was damaged in the 1961 flood. Repairs to the steel re-in- forced concrete bridge was completed this fall. Work be gan last week on the project which is scheduled for com pletion Wed. Feb. 14. Site of the bridge is about 14 miles South of Detroit. $3.50 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Girl of the Month Catherine Enid Glover, a Senior at Santiam High School, was chosen girl of the month for January. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Glover of Mill City. Cathy has gone out for girls track for four years and plac ed 3rd in the 440 at the State Track Meet her Sophomore j ear She’s a member of Pep Club, G.A.A., President of F T.A. this year and a student council member. She was a J.V. Cheerleader her Sopho more year and on the girls drill team her Junior year. Cathy hopes to attend the University of Oregon and plans to major in Physical Ed ucation. Kimmel Again Chairman of Hosp Executive Com. Lewellen Presents Low Budget The combined budget com mittee o f Administrative School District 129J met in formal session Monday even ing, to consider budget pro posals for the 1968-1969 school year. The first order of busi ness was to elect budget com mittee officers: Bob Oliver, Chairman, and Jim Rose, Sec retary. The annual budget message was presented by W. E. Lewellen, Superintendent, followed by the proposed bud get covering operating expen ses for the district schools for the next year. The over all budget propos ed would require an increase of $5,690.00 above the 1967-68 budget. This compares with an increase of $43,948 00 last year. The total operating bud get category will be up $27,- 530.00, and the bond and Inter est category will be down $21,- 840.00. The budget as adopted by the budget committee pro vides for salary increases for certified and classified per sonnel consistent with current trends in school districts throughout the State of Ore gon. Major items of mainten ance and repair include re roofing the high school gym nasium and the Gates elem entary school, and the install ation of a master key system in all of the district’s school buildings. The budget hearing has been scheduled for March 14 at 8:00 p. m. at Santiam High School. The budget election has been scheduled to coin cide with the Linn County In termediate Education District election on Monday, Anril 8, in order that one election board could serve a dual pur pose. At a meeting of the San- tiam Memorial Hospital Exe- cutive committee Tuesday night, J. C. (Doc) Kimmel was again elected as chair man. Merton F. Cox Of Stay ton was elected vice chairman and Gil Schachtsick was re elected as secretary, a position he has held since the hospital was started in 1952. Other committee members are Har old Pendleton and Don Mof fatt. In other action non profes sional workers were given a raise of 10 cents an hour, This is the first raise they Burton Boroughs reported have received since October Monday night at the Lions 1966. Administrator Gale Chris club dinner meeting that a- tensen reported that the air bout $1,400 was in the San- conditioning system is nearly tiam High School Memorial completed at this time and a Scoreboard fund. This leaves check for $30,381.97 has been about $600 left to raise to paid the installing company. complete the project. Benny About $9.000 remains to com Bennett, chairman of the plete payment for the system. drive was not present. How The committee voted to car ever it is known that some pet the west patient area in sort of benefit Is expected to the near future. This is being be held in the near future to done to cut down noise in the raise the balance of the mon hallway. It is just one more ey. move to put Santiam Memor-1 For the program a film on ial hospital out in front in the first Americans ever to climb Mt. Everest was shown. patient comfort. This film in color, gave Lions a chance to see all the prepar ation which goes into a climb Sophomore Class to of this nature, and the hard Have Pancake Feed ships the climbers endure. President Maynard Smith Saturday, Feb. 17 announced that the state con The Sophomore class at Santiam High school will vention would be held in Eu have a pancake feed on Sat- gene May 16, 17 and 18, and urday, February 17 before the urged members to attend. He set March 8 as a tenta last home basketball game of also tive date for a "Sweethearts" the season. The feed will be held in dinner meeting at The River This will be confirmed the Santiam High Home Ec view. room and those attending at a later meeting. are guaranteed to have all the pancakes they can eat. These will be accompanied by two eggs and a beverage. Those wishing bacon or more eggs mav purchase them at a slight additional cost. The class is nutting on the feed at a nom GATES — Fire aided by inal cost and hope they have strong winds, consumed the Russ Lake home near Gates a large crowd. Monday afternoon wh'le sev eral volunteer fireman at Pleasant Hill Firm tempted to stop It. The house and the entire contents in Gets Forest Service cluding personal possessions Contract for $9,200.50 of Mr. Lake and his grand DETROIT — Peterson & son were lost. A dog caught Sons of Pleasant Hill, Ore under the house was rescued gon was awarded a contract hv the firemen and no one by the U. S. Forest Service was injured. The fire, which was report for the removal of Some 50 acres of stumps on Detroit ed at approximately 1:30 was Reservoir extending from the I probably started bv a spark North Santiam Arm on the I from the chimney. It is under flats of Piety Knob to the ' investigation. Tuesday, February 6. a flu Brcitenbush Arm. Work began last week on ' fire was promptly controlled »he protect and Is scheduled bv the volunteers at the Bill I Gabriel house. No damage for completion in 45 davs. Contract bid was $9,200.50. 1 was reported. $1,400 in Memorial Scoreboard Fund Russ Lake Loses Home in Gates Fire
