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C>n Ref. and Doc. Div . Newspapers, b of O Library 97403 ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — ORE GON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME XXIII THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON NUMBER 14 THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1968 Plywood Is Down lip and Down The Avenue Heads N. S Pilots Club By Don Moffatt I am continually amazed at the attitude of the American people at this time. There once was a time when nearly all citizens had a lot of re spect for our laws, and the courts of our land. Right now I just don’t know. It seems that almost anyone can break the law, incite riots, destroy property in supposed marches for the betterment of a min ority group, and get away with it. Just what is happen ing to us. Our we becoming a gutless bunch of people? Just why should men like Martin Luther King get away with inciting riots. He is not so stupid but what he knows will happen when he gets a lot of people all "hepped up” and leads them on a march. I feel that he is intelligent enough to know that trouble will brew, and that he isn’t man enough to control his mobs—and that is just what they should be called. Why should the shop keep ers on Beale street in Mem phis have to put up with hoodlums breaking their win dows and stealing their mer chandise. You noticed in a news release that when these people got out of hand, King ran down an alley and hid out in his hotel room. He shouted for a peaceful demonstration. Nuts. I feel he knows all the time what will happen, there fore, he is the one who should be made to pay for all the damages. I think it would cool his desire to be a “big shot,” at the expense of the solid citizens. Possibly the good colored people, and there are a lot of them, should in their own way put him away where he can cause no more disgrace to their race. King said he will continue demon strating for the striking san itation men of Memphis. I say. he should be arrested and put in jail for 20 years. King’s next big move for power will be the march on Washington. D. C. this month. I feel that President John son has enough trouble with the Vietnam war and his var ious domestic problems with out having the likes of King, Stokelv Carmichael and H. Rap Brown stirring things up in our nation’s capital. The time to act is now, before these trouble makers get in to Washington. They should be turned away, and kept a- way. They are a menace to our country, they darken the image we present to foreign nations, and are truly un wholesome leaders. The negro people, that is the sane seg ment of the race, should ex ert all their power to put these men in their place. Colored people have made steady advance over the years, and thev could have made more had they tried to help themselves more. Cer tainly the giving in to dem onstrators is not the solution to the problem. Capitulation to a minority group never has been the solution of a prob lem Our police and our courts will have to get tougher and tougher, before things of this nature can be curbed. The only way to succeed is to work individually for that success. Respect cannot be purchased with dollars or aid programs, it has to be earned. WOW! That is about the on ly safe comment one can make at this time after listen ing to President Johnson’s speech Sunday night when he announced that he will not be a candidate to succeed him self as President of the United States, and that he would not accept a draft. Manv wonder why he did this. T feel he did the right thing. He made a play for unity of his party and also I feel he wanted to quit while still a winner. I think he felt his party desert ed him. It certainlv does on en the political arena for all comers It will be interesting tn watch the developments. I still don’t think Bobby Kennedy is presidential tim- t>er—hut he’s trying Pilots Install Officers By Mary Jane Chance The above truck and trailer owned by Farris Ben ton went into the ditch and turned over between Me hama and Stayton at about 5 a. m. Friday. Driver of the outfit, Carroll Quillin was uninjured in the spill. Mr. Benton said the truck was not heavily damaged. Cause of the accident was unknown.—The Mill City Enterprise photo. Mari-Linn Budget Meet Set LYONS—April 15 is the date of the hearing of the Mari-Linn budget for the 1968- 69 school year. As in all school budgets, the category of in struction receives the largest amount of the total budget. Salary base this year is $6,000 for a beginning teacher with a degree. One item that on a super ficial glance appears to be high is transportation. Even though money has been set aside for the past few years in a bus replacement fund, it still has to be listed as an expenditure this year. Where as the budget shows an ex penditure of nearly $19,000, r.early half of this money is actually just a transfer of funds that the district already has on hand. Another area of question is the figure under the unappro priated balance. This again has to be listed as an ex penditure, and again it is really a transfer of funds that the district already has but needs to carry over for use until the money comes in for the next year. Since District 29J does not have a tax base, the total amount of money to be raised has to be voted on. Any ques tions on the budget will be answered at the April 15 meeting. The election on the budget is set for May 6. Voting on the County I. E. D. budget will be Monday, April 8 at Mari-Linn. The polls will be open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. The Mari-Linn bud get summary is published this week in The Enterprise on page 4. Patricia Moore Is Finalist in Contest Held by IOOF Lodges Miss Patricia Moore, senior at Santiam High school was a finalist in the United Na tions Pilgrimage contest held Friday night at the IOOF Temple in Salem. Winner was Miss Debbie Rogers of Gervais High school, who will be the 19th student sent on the IOOF-Re- bekah sponsored trip from the Salem area. These young people are sent annually on a tour of the historical shrines in the east as well as a trip to the United Nations. The young people compet ing in Friday nights contest were taken on a tour of a Salem industry and then gave their impressions of that vis it at a gathering at the IOOF temple that evening. Weather, Detroit Dam 7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading Pool Mar. 27 50 38 1541.26 0.03 Mar. 28 50 45 1542.10 0.33 Mar. 29 59 45 1512 .80 007 Mar. 30 50 29 1543.16 0.10 Mar. 31 63 32 1543.14 0.00 April 1 68 36 1542.72 T April 2 49 38 1543.21 0.16 Santiam Has Work Experience Prog. The State Department of Education has approved a Work-Experience Program at Santiam High School to be- gi nearly in April and term ate June 7. The program will commence again in Septemb er and continue throughout 1968-69.Several local busines ses have agreed to participate in the program and make it possible for seniors to work and learn about an occupa tion. This gives students an opportunity to discover the necessary qualifications to excel in a field of work. Ex- Dosure to the work world will greatly assist students to ac cept the demands of future employers. * Data from a student ques tionnaire will be used by a committee of teachers to re commend seniors for this pro gram. Students will be expected to satisfy certain basic goals such as dress, meeting the public and promptness; there are also certain school de mands that must be met. Par ticipating students will be re quired to read specific mater ials in the guidance office, write a research paper on the occupation, view films on occupations, write a resume about themselves and list important points necessary for a succesful interview. Seniors involved in the work-experience program will begin work any time after 1:30 p. m., for 6 to 10 hours per week at a nominal wage. At present no credit is given. Grade School Teachers Attend Special Course Commencng last Thursday, four faculty members of the Gates Primary and the Mill City Elementary schools en rolled in an extension course in Albany. The school person nel attending are Mary Wright, Sigrun Grimstad, Marge Parker and Vernon Peterman. They will study, as a team, best methods of utilizing student, or intern, teachers in the classroom and evaluating the effeetveness of such personnel. This pro gram will qualify the local schools to receive teaching student interns from teacher training colleges, such os OSU and OCE, in the near future at no cost to the district. The teacher to whom a student teacher is assigned is respon sible for guiding and super vising this fledgling teacher toward well organized and satisfying teacher experienc es and in turn can expect much assistance from this training. The Mill City teacher repre sentatives will attend these classes each Thursday even ing for the next eight weeks Each of the faculty members involved is fully certified for this training program that will eventually make this ad- ditonal service available tc the local schools. $3.50 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Election on Budget Set For Monday The election to establish a buget for the school year 1968- 69 will be held Monday, April 8, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Polling places vzill be at San- I tiam High and the old Gates school. The local election w'ill be held in conjunction with the Linn County Intermediate Education District election. The question on the ballot Above are the officers of North Santiam Pilot’s will he to increase the tax club which were installed following a banquet Saturday levy for the fiscal year 1968- night at the Riverview in Mehama. They are from left 69 in the amount of $422,302 to right Burnett Cole, incoming vice president; Jerry which, expressed as a rate of Coffman, outgoing secretary-treasurer; Farris Benton, levy, is estimated at $10.74 outgoing president; William Morgan, new president; per $1,000 of true cash value Paul Knapp, secretary-treasurer and Mel Round, Lee of taxable property within the district. Reason for in Hopson, Jr., and Wayne Kerr, members of the board of creasing such levy are that directors. —Photo by Sunnie Chance. the district has no tax base, and operating costs have in Whitewater Princess creased. Under the new pub lication laws tax levies can no longer be expressed in mills, but must be expressed in dollars of taxation per thousand dollars of true cash value. Administrator Bill Lewel len said "this is quite a de parture from procedures fol lowed over the past many years. In some respects it has less effect upon the local dis trict than on districts which At a joint meeting of the have a tax base. Due to the city planning commission and fact that the local district has the city council on Wednes no tax base, voters annually day evening March 20 the city have the opportunity to vote fathers were presented with upon the entire operating maps of the city, drawn for budget for the school district. long range planning. The six percent limitation ap Gary Hollaway, Linn coun plies only to districts with an ty planning commissioner, established tax base, or to has worked for the past sever such funds as serial levies and al months on the maps show bond payments.” ing the city streets in detail “It should be noted,” said Xnd the improvements that Lewellen, "that the $10.74 per are needed. en by Santiam High School Long range planning will to represent them as White thousand dollars true cash hopefully see the city streets water Princess for the annual ’ value estimated for the local area, covers the entire oper- K & K Construction Co., J. widened, curbs installed, Whitewater Challenge which sting budget prior to tax off drainage and sewage system C Kimmel and Carl Kelly is held on the Santiam River sets which are not permitted have graded out First Avenue for the city. on Memorial Day each year. It will be necessary to ac Vicki is a Senior and has tc estimate at this time, and S. W. off Kingwood in Mill also prior to the apportion City and are now putting in quire a number of right-aways been very active in many ac ment of the IED levy to the the curbs and gutters in the as they become available. tivities. She has been a Cheer local district. Should the IED During the past year the leader for three years, chosen newest development in Mill City planning commission has girl of the month, Homecom levy pass county-wide, our City. local levy for operating pur First lot in the development completed zoning for the ing princess, member of Hon poses would be reduced by ap has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. town with commercial and or Society, Member of Pep proximately $100,000. This, Edward Slayden of Lyons, residential lines clearly estab club and is on the Student plus the normal offsets re and they are now starting con lished. Mr. Hollaway has been Council. ceived from intermediate and struction of a new home extremely helpful in this mat She was a Princess for the state sources, will bring the ter according to Mrs. Jack 4th of July celebration that there. Slayden has a plumb Scott, secretary for the group. is held in Mill City each year, local levy very closely ap ing business in Lyons now. It is hoped that citizens she is active in the Rainbow proximating last years levy. Mr. Kimmel said Monday At the present time it is es morning that their firm ex will continue to show interest for Girls and will be the timated that the levy will be in ways and means of improv Worthy Advisor of this organ up slightly. It is not antlclpat- pects to start a couple of! houses in that area in the ing their city, both now and ization in May. , ed, even should offsets fall in the future. Vicki is the daughter of short of what we currently near future. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Rush estimate, that the tax levy of Mill City. She plans to at level would exceed that paid tend the University of Ore during the school year 1964- gon in Eugene and to study 65.” the Liberal Arts. Her chaper The budget advertised this ones will be Roz Remine and year Includes the district’s Hattie Golliet. last commitment to its five- year serial levy. The budget also reflects the fact that the Gates City Council district is currently debt free, Raises Pay Rate in terms of bonded indebted- A large group attended the GATES — The Gates City ■ ness. Monday evening meeting of Council held their monthly the North Santiam Sportsmen meeting on Wednesday, March Plans for the Mill City area club when Al Gardner, recrea 27 in council chambers. After Peoples Telephone Co. Summer Recreation program tion officer for the Detroit the minutes and bills had been are currently being formulat Forest service was speaker. approved, the council decided To Have Meeting Soon Barry Drake, the r.ew area to raise the pay scale for city ed. One major stumbling block LYONS—A special meeting has arisen which will have a Game enforcement officer was work by private Individuals of the People’s Telephone present and introduced to the direct bearing on the summer from $2.00 an hour to $2.50. Company will be held Wed group. The next meeting will be nesday night, April 10 at the program this year. Mari-Linn school at 8 p. m. A popular part in the pro Mr. Gardner laid down some held Wednesday, April 17. ground rules for the clubs This is a continuance of the gram has been swimming of March 13 annual meeting as fered the past two summers. site on the shore of Detroit Parent-Teacher Club there was not enough stock Unfortunately the pool facil lake. Members were present ities are currently closed, and from Mill City, Stayton, Me Elects New Officers represented at that time to to date there is no indication hama, Lyons, Salem and Port DETROIT—A election of of complete the resolution on that the pool will open under land. ficers for the year was held borrowing. All A and B stock should private ownership this sum There were many objections at the regular meeting of the to some of the rules outlined be represented at a meeting mer. Deanha Parent Teachers Club. The Board of Directors of by Gardner, one of them stat Mrs. Arthur Whiteley was by proxy or In person which District 129J has requested ing that camps could not be elected president, Mrs. Lynn requires 2/3 of all stock to that school officials attempt less than 100 feet of each Williamson, vice president, be represented. to organize a community-wide other. Manv of them now are Mrs. Earl Michaelson, secre committee to undertake the two and three camps within tary and Mrs. Lyle Rogers, organization of a swimming that distance and members treasurer. Outgoing president Blood Drawing To Be program for this summer, have spent considerable a- is Howard Drago. At Stayton April 25 letters are being mailed to mounts on their camps. The Forest service says that clubs and organizations in the Mrs. K. A. McKenzie, chair area, asking their support in no one is supposed to have House to House man of the Red Cross blood sending at least one delegate exclusive use of the area Scholarship Fund Drive drawing program for the tc an organizational meeting Each camp is supposed to Stayton area, said this week set for Tuesday, April 16 at have a number which will be Slated for Friday that she would like to remind recorded by the Forest Ser- Santiam High. Ray Snelson, Gates, general all canyon area residents that Water sports have become vice chairman of the Canyon Schol a blood drawing would be The Sportsmen club mcm- arship Fund drive said today held at the Stayton grade popular in this area, and it i.s October 1, iters have until important that young people that the house to house can school on April 25. learn the skills of water safe 1969 to comply with the reg vas for funds will begin at Time wll be from 4 30 until ty. A concerted effort will be ulations and at that time the 6:30 Friday evening. 8:30 and those wishing more only permanent things to h ’ made to open the pool this Mrs. Darrel Bethel is chair information mav call Mrs. summer. McKenzie at 769-2906. See SPORTSMEN on Page 5 man of the Mill City area. The 1968 officers of the North Santiam Pilot’s Club were installed Friday even ing. at the Riverview in Me hama. The installation followed a 7:30 banquet served to the club member^, their wives and guests. The new flying club president is William Mor gan of Mill City; vice-presi dent is Burnett Cole of Lyons; secretary-treasurer is Paul Knapp of Detroit and elected to serve as a board member is Wayne Kerr of Mill City. Oth er board members are Lee Hopson, Jr., of Idanha and Tom Drynan of Mill City. The pilots’ club was formed in 1967 to continue interest in flying as a sport and prac tice air safety and promote negotiations with the U. S. Forest Service and the Feder al Aviation Authority to ap prove a landing strip near the shore at Detroit Lake. Last season the club sched uled two weekend fly-ins to the Ocean Shores Resort in Washington and entertained at the home port, Davis Air port at Gates. The highlight of the even ing was the presentation of his wings to the past-presi dent, Farris Benton. Other pilot members of the 23 attending the dinner were Vern Morgan, Kenneth Chance, Sam Leffler and Francis Bodeker. City Planners Working on Development First Avenue Now Being Opened Up Summer Rec. Sportsmen Club has Forest Service Man Plans Being As Guest Speaker Formulated
