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ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — ORE CION’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND
VOLUME xxm
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NUMBER 19
Up and Down
The Avenue
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By Don Moffatt
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Back home at last, and
we’re glad to be here, all in
one piece. After having travel
led over 3,700 miles, without
accident, we can only say,
Thank God for a safe trip,
and we really mean it. We
never saw an accident while
away. We had one close call
in Los Angeles. We were
sailing along, keeping up with
the traffic on the San Diego
Freeway, when I goofed up
and got into the wrong lane. A
fellow, close on our bumper
swerved around up in anoth
er lane, and we nearly crack
ed up. With some fast man
euvering, we squeeked out of
it, and that isn’t bad for mak
ing several trips clear across
that big city.
One unexpected thrill came
to us on the desert between
Yuma, Arizona and San Diego.
We were zipping along when
all of a sudden a jet plane
flew over us at power-line
level. He was really pouring
on the coal. I heard a roar and
before I could realize what
was happening, it had hap
pened. He zoomed over us
and flew on down the road
aver another car, then went
straight up, doing some wild
gyrations, then a fast outside
loop and over the range of
mountains. I could feel my
hair, what little there is left,
stand on end. I said to Alta,
I’ll bet my face is red, as I
feel all hot. She said, "ha,”
you’re as white as a sheet. The
car seemed to settle down into
the pavement from the pres
sure when the jet went over
I’ll bet that jet jockey really
had a ball pulling that caper.
Now to get back to work.
It is hard to settle down and
get into the swing of things.
Our faithful crew did such a
fine job while we were away,
I feel like doing it again—
later, of course.
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON
Power Co.
Sponsors
Seminar
Princess
Pacific Power and Light
Company has announced it
will sponsor an engineering
career seminar for teen-age I
boys again this year as part
of the 1968 Junior Engineers’
and Scientists’ Summer In
stitute (JESSI) scheduled in
mid-June at Oregon State Un
iversity.
The eighth annual PP&L
seminar June 19 will give local
high school boys enrolled in
the annual JESSI program an
opportunity to meet and talk
with professional engineers
Metteer was elected
and scientists and learn about as Teresa
princess for the 4tn of
career opportunities.
The youths will tour Paci July celebration in Mill City
fic Power’s engineering, con and will represent the Lions
and Lions Auxiliary. She
struction, power, design and club
a Junior at Santiam High
computer departments at the is
and the daughter of
general offices in Portland. school
They will meet many of the Mr. and Mrs. Bill Metteer.
for this years parade
utility’s top engineering, sci Theme
entific and technical people in which the Queen and her
will ride is “World of
during a morning tour, and court
will visit the Oregon Museum Yesterday.”
of Science and Industry in
the afternoon.
The one-day seminar is part
of a two-week session at OSU
in which the boys participate
in typical college-level and
technical courses of study.
The JESSI program, in its
13th year, is aimed at encour
Hazel Gabriel, Gates City
aging young men with science
recorder
said this week that
and mathematics aptitudes
to pursue careers in the sci she felt some of the residents
ences and engineering by ex in that city were not aware
posing them to samplings of of the provisions in Ordin
study courses and by availing ance 37B. This relates to wa
established technical person ter service and payment of
nel to them for discussions of accounts and was made ef
fective in September 1965.
career opportunities.
All water service bills are
Inquiries about the JESSI
program should be directed to due on the first of the month
the schools, the announcement and are delinquent by the
stated. The program is direct tenth of the month and may
ed to high school sophomores then have the water cut off
and juniors, and parents of if not paid by the second
boys with aptitudes for sci month.
The city also requires that
ence and mathematics are
urged to encourage enroll two months deposit shall be
ment in the JESSI course at made in advance of a hook-up
to the system.
Oregon State.
Mrs. Gabriel said she felt
that if residents understood
the provisions more people
Mari-Linn School
would comply. A copy of the
ordinance may be obtained
To Graduate 28 On
from Mrs. Gabriel.
Gates Water Users
Service Cut Off
If Bills Not Paid
I have been wondering if
we in the United States, will
lose our free enterprise sys
tem. If we do, we will have
lost the one thing that has
made this country great. If
we take away our right to
work as free men, and the
right to invest the fruits of Wednesday Evening
Grade Schoolers To
our labors so it will benefit
LYONS—Eighth grade grad
us as individuals, we will be
uation at the Mari-Linn Visit Portland Zoo
on the road to ruin.
DETROIT—A pincic lunch
School has been tentatively
Essentially the ideal of free set for Wednesday evening and a visit to the Portland
enterprise began as a right May 29, at 8 p. m. in the Zoo is the day’s program
of the individual to choose school gymnasium. There will Thursday for the first and
his own means of making a be 28 students receiving their second grades of Detroit.
livelihood without hindrance diplomas. Cheryl Adnson,
First grade room mothers
by government or any other Nancy Dougall, Robin Foster, accompanying the group will
coercive agent. It is the in Wayne Fowler, Sue Frichtl, be Mrs. Linda James, Mrs.
dividuals’ right to apply him- William Harris, Arthur How Jean Roth, Mrs. Nancy Mc
elf to his chosen career with ard, Bob Johnson. Kenneth Clure, Mrs. Yvonne Hills,
initiative, energy, skill and Hughes. Suzanne Kuiken, Jer- Mrs. Howard Drago, and Mrs.
courage, and to reap what raletta Mays, Patricia McClel Gien Reinke, teacher. Second
ever rewards accrue from his lan, Sandra McDougal, Ricky grade room mothers will be
wi dom and efforts. Another Mentze, Julie Myers, Kenneth Mrs. Shirley Knapp, Mrs.
facet of free enterprise is the Namitz, Debra Ramsey. Kay Maryann Levering, Mrs. Bet
ideal comprehended by the Riddell, William Sieg. Paul ty Sheldon, Mrs. Marcia Guer
necessity of competing with j Simmons, Harley Smith, Greg in and Mrs. Buelah Teacher.
others who choose the same Slayden, Elsie Smittle, Geral
The bus will leave here at
career, and the disposition of Smittle, I.aVerna Taylor. Ken 8:45 a. m. and return at 4:30
the fruits of our labor to the neth Walker, Laura Wiggins, p. m. Driver will be Harold
greatest advantage again in Dan Wilson.
Champion.
competition with others,
through barter and trade. Free
enterprise should even give
us the right to fail, without
interference of the govern
ment. We should not have
to be guaranteed anything by
the government, as after all,
the government can give you
only what it has taken away
from you in the first place.
Parents and friends are ur
Let us hope and pray that
rewarded and to know
sometime soon, we can have ged to attend the annual A- efforts
they have backing of parents
people in our nation’s capi wards Night which will be and
friends.
tal who have a sane fiscal held at the Santiam High
school
gym
the
evening
of
nolicy. Let us hope that this
deficit spending for all sorts Tuesday, May 14.
“foolish” programs can be ter The presentations will be Santiam PTA Gets
minated quickly If we don’t given, starting at 7:30, to all
we will cease to function as a athletes, both young men and Gold Oak Award
strong nation. It would be a young women at Santiam
Mrs. Ellen Rust, president
pity if this were to come to high.
of
the Santiam PTA and Mrs.
i >ass.
There will also be depart Fred Gruver, membership
mental awards including chairman, were in Portland
The little boy was trudging those in home ec, music and last week where they attend
;dong carrying a big sack such. One of the anticipated ' ed a state PTA awards lunch
that was labeled, “orange awards of the year, given to eon.
juice”. From a corner of the the outstanding boy athlete i The meeting was held at
sack came a small drip. A at Santiam. will also be given j the Sheraton hotel with about
lady stepped up, put her fing Tuesday evening.
900 attending. The Mill City-
er on the leak, and sampled
Burton Boroughs, high! Gates organization received
the same. “Just what do you school principal said he I a Gold Oak leaf award for
have in there, little boy, a would like to see a good turn-1 outstanding achievement in
leaky carton of fruit juice?”, cut this year as attendance in | membership. There were only
a«ked the lady. “No, mam”, the past has been dropping. 1 58 members in 1967 and there
replied ♦»’“ boy. “puppies.”
Students do like to see their' are 83 this year.
Santiam To Have Award
Night Tuesday, May 14
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1968
$3.50 a YEAR — 10c a Copy
Voters Reject Journalism Class Willamette National Forest
Visits Enterprise
City Sewer Plant Last Week Supervisor Dave Gibney
Ordinance
Tells of Consolidation Plan
Mill City voters, casting
205 votes against and 63 votes
for, rejected a proposed ord
inance for construction of a
sanitary sewerage system for
a portion of the business dis
trict on the Marion county
side of the Santiam River.
The State Sanitary Author
ity for years has been after
the city to stop these business
firms from dumping raw sew
age into the river.
Following the counting of
ballots Tuesday night a spec-
al city council meeting was
held for the purpose of ac
cepting the bid of Fery Con
struction Co., of Stayton for
constructing the system at a
cost of $7,945. This amount
will be paid directly to the
city by the five owners of
property involved. According
to state law the city is respon
sible for sanitary conditions
within the city, and for this
reason, the system will be op
erated in the same manner as
the sewer system in LARK
addition. The properties will
be assessed a monthly fee for
maintence of the system, af
ter it is installed.
Forest Service Men
Busy on Rescues on
Detroit Lake
DETROIT — Two Forest
Service employees were en
gaged in debris removal from
Detroit Reservoir with a boat
to which log booms were at
tached.
Thomas T. Levering and
and George D. Pflug were
working near Hoover Camp
ground (Santiam Arm of De
troit Reservoir) when Lever
ing glaced toward a fisher
man’s boat and noticed the
man who had been fishing,
was in the water clinging to
an over-turned boat. Setting
the boom logs free. Levering
and Pflug went to the aid of
the man, pulled him into the
Forest Service boat, recovered
some of his gear, and towed
his small boat to Hoover
Campground. Sitting on the
edge of his boat while trol
ling, waves from a passing
boat apparently caused his
boat to upset.
The next day Levering and
Pflug rescued two boys in a
boat on the lake. Their motor
had conked out. They were
paddling around more or less
in a circle with a stick they
had picked up in the lake
and a broken paddle. It is not
known how long they were
stranded before they were
dicovered by the forest serv
ice men.
Gibson's Trackers
Take Third Place
Track Coach Gerald Gib-
son’s young track team took
last place against more exper
fenced Salem Academy and
Regis trackers in a three-way
track meet at Regis Friday.
Salem Academy won the
track meet by gaining 109
points. Regis took second with
78 points and Santiam with
23.
Fred Alban claimed the two
mile, giving Santiam its only
first place in the meet. Fred
ran it in 11:14.
Residents Asked to
Pay Up Scoreboard
Pledges at This Time
Benny Bennett, chairman of
the Lions Club Memorial
Scoreboard committee is this
week asking that all those
who have pledged money for
the project to please get their
¿•hecks in as soon as possible.
“Response to the drive has
been gratifying,” said Bennet
and when the pledge money
is paid in sufficient funds will
be on hand to complete the
irojec’
A Journalism class from the
Mill City grade school visited
the Enterprise office on press
day last week and saw just
how a newspaper was print
ed. The Meihle press got out
of adjustment and put on a
“show” for the young people,
strewing newsprint around
until it was fixed.
Patty Marie Beets is the
instructor for the group of
6th, 7th and 8th grade young
sters.
Those visiting the plant
were Craig Hosier, Russell
Blumenstein, Bryan Randall,
Jerry Baney, Marie Wright,
Grace Haueter, Sharon Muise,
Mitchel Alban, David Harlan,
Debra Barnhardt, Rebecca
Savage and Jackie Clark.
Wolverines
Defeat Salem
Academy 4-3
Bob Wards’ two run homer
in the sixth inning gave the
Wolverines a 4-3 win over
the Salem Academy Crusad
ers Friday, May 4 at Salem.
The Crusaders started the
scoring by collecting three
runs in the third inning. The
Wolverines came back in the
fifth inning however, when
Sophomore, Tony Grant got a
double and Senior, Denny
Cline bunted. Both Tony and
Denny scored on Wayne Bar
tows double. This inning end
ed without any more scoring
by either side. Th the next
Inning the Wolverines third
baseman, Bob Saltimachia
singled and was driven in by
Bob Wards hard hit home
run, the only homer for the
Wolverines this year. This
ended the scoring with the
Wolverines winning 4-3, giv
ing them a 5-6 league win
loss record.
Summer Softball
Team Organized
Girod’s Super Market will
be the sponsors for the Wom
en’s Softball team this sum
mer with regular practice and
games scheduled.
There will be a practice
each Monday evening at 6:30
at the Grade School field and
games will be held on Allen
Field each Wednesday night.
The women met last week
for a practice session and
election of a captain with
Virginia Blackburn named to
the position.
Flovd Blackburn will coach
the team.
Others turning out were
Leatta Janes, Esther Cline,
Billie Porter, Glenna Ward,
Gloria Urban, Beverly Sulli
van, Sherry Baldwin, Myra
Mumey, and Sheri Richards.
Curt Benefiel Resigns
As Head of Mari-Linn
School Wednesday
Curt Benefiel submitted his
resignation as principal at the
Wednesday evening meeting
of the Mari-Linn school board.
The budget at the school was
voted down Monday and Mr.
Benefiel said he felt such a
defeat showed a lack of con
fidence in his ability as an
administrator.
He said he had spent three
years trying to make all the
improvements he possibly
could at the school as well
as keeping expenses in line
! with ever rising costs and
■ still hold budget expenditures
down.
Mr. Benefiel said his decis
ion war not anything he had
anticipated but was a direct
result of the budget defeat.
Board members said they
were going to defer action on
his resignation due to the
unexpectedness of his an-
•■'•irrn'rent.
About 20 businessmen were present at the Mill
City Ranger Station here Tuesday afternoon to hear
Dave Gibney, Willamette National Forest Supervisor
discuss reasons why the Mill City and Detroit Ranger
Districts should again be operated as one district, with
headquarters located at the Detroit station. A like
meeting was held at the Detroit Station in the forenoon.
In 1959 the district was di
vided as at that time it was
believed that further refine
ment of Forest Service man
agement policies and prac
tices necessitated a smaller,
more compact district. At the
present time, a study indi
cates that small size of dis
trict is not necessarily the
best.
The President of the United
States and Congress has de
cided that larger districts will
prove to be more efficient
because a higher calibre of
men can be utilized. It is the
contention of officials that
men will be willing to stay
on their jobs longer, and thus
increase the efficiency of for
est management.
Mr. Gibney listed five rea
sons which indicate a consoli
dation of the two districts is
desirable:
“Access to about 80 percent
of the Mill City District is
via Detroit, resulting in high
travel costs and a reduced
working time.
“The two districts now
share a common work center
adjacent to the Detroit Rang
er Station which is 20 miles
from Mill City. This restricts
efficient administration of the
Mill City District, hampering
communication, and incon
venient location of tools and
equipment.
“Mill City has the lightest
workload on the Forest, re
sulting in somewhat higher
costs, particularly in overhead
personnel.
"The shared work center at
Detroit is segregated for each
of the districts, resulting in
wasted space and a degree of
confusion.
“A better utilization of per
sonnel and an upgrading of
their competence is made pos
sible by consolidation.”
DETROIT—Young & Mor If this proposal is adopted
gan, Inc. of Mill City was the Lee Boeckstiegel, the present
successful bidder on an es Detroit Ranger will move to
timated 2,100,000 board feet Mill City, and Paul Brady,
of Willamette National For Mill City Ranger will trans
est timber offered by the U. fer to Cottage Grove. Brady
S. Forest Service In the Camp- is now working at that loca
Creek Intermediate #-2- tim tion, with a plan to move
ber sale conducted at Detroit his family after school is out.
Ranger Station T u es d a y No new ranger is being hired
for Mill City at the present
morning.
Total purchase price was time, pending the outcome of
$49,529.20 plus purchasers the consolidation, and Joe
credit. Total value stumpage TerLouw will act as assistant
and KV was listed as $46,095.- ranger until the office here
80. Douglas-Fir the only spec is closed.
Gibney stated he could see
ies bld on went at $25.42 per
thousand, one cent above the no reason for present person
advertised price. Western nel who live in Mill City to
Hemlock and other coniferous move to Detroit. He also said
species logs and Pine logs that about $37,000 would be
saved annually under the new
sold at fixed rates.
The sale involved 1,110,000 plan.
Following presentation of
board feet of Douglas fir logs
and peeler blocks, 640,000 data, Gibney answered ques
board feet of Western hem tions asked by those present.
He also gave a short discus
lock and other coniferous
species of logs, and 320,000 sion of the pressures being
brought to bear by conserva
board feet of Pine logs.
Although there was four tion clubs who are requesting
qualified bidders only one that certain forest areas be
bid was cast, this on the taken out of timber sales. A
Willamette National Forest
Douglas-Fir.
Companies represented was: Advisory board meeting has
Bugaboo Timber Co. and been called for Friday at Eu
Young & Morgan Inc., Mill gene.
City. U. S. Plywood-Champ
ion Papers, Lebanon, and
Freres Veneer Co., Lyons.
The sale composed of live
timber is located approximat
ely 25 miles S. E. of Detroit
West of Highway 22.
Young & Morgan
Get Timber Bid
Detroit Needs City
Recorder; Saul
Zone To Leave
Camp Fire To Hold
Ceremonial Here
Thursday Evening
There will be a Grand Coun
cil Fire Ceremonial meeting
for all Camp-Fire girls and
Bluebirds Thursday, May 9th
at 7:30 P. M. at the Santiam
High School gym. Included in
the meeting will be the be
DETROIT—The City of De stowing of Ranks, and the
troit is seeking applications presentation of activity a-
for a City Recorder and a wards for the year. Parents
Water Supt., the vacancy be are welcome to attend.
ing created by the resigna Accompanying the group
tion of Saul Zone who is mov from Detroit-Idanha and Mar
ion Forks areas, which will
ing away.
Interested persons are ask include the Third grade Blue
ed to file separate applica- birds will be Mrs. Lee Boeck-
tions on the two positions not ' stiegel, Mrs. Yvonne Hills and
later than May 20. A special Mrs. R. K. Wilkerson.
Mrs. Paul Brady heads the
meeting of the council will
1 Canyon Camp Fire Leaders
be held on May 21.
Applications may be presen-1 association, The Mill City
ted to the city recorder or to groups are sponsored by the
Mayor Harold Champion.
1 woman’s club here.
Mrs. Velma Carey Honored After
Serving 26 Years as Gates School Cook
GATES—Mrs. Velma Carey
retired from her position as
head school cook at the Gates
schools for over 26 years,
Tuesday, April 30. Mrs. Carey
recalled the years when the
■chool lunch program first be
gan with the Gates Women’s
Club active in raising funds
and even food to provide for
the lunches.
Mrs. Carey was honored by
all the grades and Individually
by the children when cards
and gifts of money were giv
en to her. The first grade pre
sented a folder of pictures
they had drawn; the second
grade presented a book full of
pictures of Mrs. Careys acti
vities in the kitchen; the 3rd
grade composed and sang a
special song.