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ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1968
Up and Down Hunter's Safety
Course To Be Held
The Avenue
August 14 to 17
New Lathe Installed at Hoover Repair
By Don Moffatt
p
It seems that America is
Cpl. Tom Drynan of the
fast becoming a citizenry on
wheels. The Americans are Oregon State police informed
becoming more and more a The Enterprise that there will
people on wheels than during be a Hunter’s Safety Course
early history, when they came taught at the Mehama Ranger
west to settle this country. If Station, Wednesday, Thurs
you don’t think so, just try day, Friday and Saturday, Au
to get into a state park, or gust 14 through 17. The clas
any other type of park with ses will be held each evening
camping gear or trailer house. starting at 7:30 o’clock. In
There just Isn’t any room any structors will be Ron Lindsay,
more. And, If you are like us, Barry Drake and Drynan.
Drynan says according to
we have a good deal more
privacy and also a better view state law, no hunter under 17
of the river than when we years of age is allowed to
take off for someplace else. hunt unless he carries a safe
I don’t think people are trying ty card, which will be issued
to get away from other people to all those who complete the
for if they were, they’d cer course.
tainly stay at home. On our
home lot we could probably
park 20 trailer houses, and
give them more room than
they will have at any state
park, or private park set up
to take care of the tourist.
That is not the point. I think
most people just want a
change of pace.
I can remember when we
came to this state in 1942, we
used to go to the coast oc-
casionally— not too often—for
a weekend. We usually wound
up at some “dump” of a mo DETROIT—A Salem man,
tel, because there were not Robert C. Bechtell, 53, was
too many real top-flight plac killed Saturday night in a two
es available. We used to drive car crash near the summit of
from one end of the now called Santiam Pass on the North
Miracle Miles to the other in Santlam Highway. He was as
search of decent accomoda sistant director of the trans
tions. They were there all portation division of the Pub
right, but we were always a lic Utilities Commission.
He was thrown from his
little late. Now the situation
in the 10:45 P. M. collis
has changed. Lots of real nice car
ion
despite the apparent use
places to rent, but the same
old problem, more and more of seat belts, state police said.
His car skidded broadside
people are taking advantage into
an oncoming auto on the
of these places. And another
highway
2% miles West of
thing, more and more people Hoodoo Ski
Bowl Resort.
are traveling with trailer
Bechtell’s brother, Lake
houses and tent houses. The Betchtell
of Prineville was
state parks are full almost killed on Jr.,
the
highway
every day of the week, espec in July 1964, same
when his car
ially during the summer
left the highway and plunged
months. People have come to over
a bank East of Idanha.
know that Oregon has the
Also
in the accident
best state parks of any state was a injured
Kelso, Wash.; couple,
in the nation. If you don’t be Leon Royce
28, who
lieve me, just go to almost, was listed in Chartier,
good
condition,
anyone from California, and his wife, Judith, 27, in
Washington, or states of the serious condition according to
middle west and east coast,
at St. Charles hos
and they’ll tell you the same attendants
pital,
Bend.
They said both
thing.
had multiple fractures and
All these people want to that
Mrs. Chartier also had
have a change from their own possible
Internal injuries.
environment, and why not.
The highways are good, they
have the time, and most of
them have the money so why
not take advantage of this re
laxed manner of living.
You don’t need to think
that the coast has all the peo FAIRBANKS, Alaska—Air
ple either. That Is just not so. man First Class Louis V. Kel
All the lakes and other camp le, son of Mrs. Betty A Kelle
grounds, especially ones that of Gates, has been recognized
have been improved are “full- for helping his unit earn the
up.” At Detroit Lake the “no U. S. Air Force Outstanding
vacancy” sign is up early in Unit Award.
the week. We’ve just become
Airman Kelle, a vehicle op
a state where everyone likes erator in the 5010 Combat
to congregate. And I’ll bet Support Group at Eielson
you’ll find other states with AFB, Alaska, will wear the
the same problem, as we are distinctive service ribbon as a
becoming Nomads. We like to permanent decoration.
travel, we like to see what
His unit was cited for high
the other parts of our United ly significant contributions to
States are like. Let us hope the effectiveness and accomp
the people building parks can lishment of the Alaskan Air
increase their efforts to take Command operational mission.
care of these travel-hungry
This is the second time in
people. It will take a lot of I the past 18 months that the
doing, but it can be done.
unit has been so honored.
The airman is a graduate
The mother of a pretty girl of Santiam High School and
received a letter and picture his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
from her daughter. The letter Louis R. Kelle, resides on Rt.
explained that she was about 1, Lyons, Ore.
to marry the man on the pic
ture. She said, “my fiancee is
a clumsy, homely, uneducated
lout about a foot shorter than
me. By the way, that funny
looking thing in the back
ground is an oil well.”
Only a small turnout was
Do you realize that this is on hand la< Wednesday for
about the last of summer va the August board meeting of
cation time. School will be go the North Santiam Chamber
ing again within a few weeks. of Commerce. J. C. Kimmel,
People then will start settling president-elect, presided over
down for the winter grind of the meeting. Floyd Eastwood,
club and lodge meetings and secretary-treasurer stated that
a time of confinement for the Whitewater Challenge
many. I always look forward showed a net profit of $558.56
to the time school lets out, as All but $200 of this amount
that gives us that freedom. was transferred to the general
But, on the other hand, when fund.
the schools are in session it
Dues for the fiscal year
is good too, because these 1968-69 are now due, said pre
club gatherings are a neces sident Kimmel and urged all
sary part of community life. businessmen of the area to
Be glad you live in a country please send in their checks at
where we still can have once to Secretary Eastwood
chools, clubs, and lodges to at Mill City. Dues are $10 a
sort of tie us together.
year.
Salem Man
Killed Sat. in
Hiway Crash
Airman Kelle Gets
Air Force Award
f
Whitewater Run
Again Shows Profit
$3.50 a YEAR — 10c a Copy
Hoover Repair Expanding
To Handle Machine Shop
WorkJoHandle AutoParts
Jim Hoover, owner of Hoo
ver’s Repair in Mill City stat like this part of Oregon. Wood
ed this week that they are has had 22 years experience
’n the middle of an expansion in the auto parts business.
nrogram, which will bring a
The "old men” on the crew
complete machine shop and in length of service are Ralph
its services to the area. Hoov Bud long and Ole Olson.
er said this week that: "I
Iris Hoover is bookkeeper.
feel this area will continue to Veryl Hoover, who has been
grow and our firm is going to active in the business, has
grow with it. For a long time just recently retired.
we have felt there was a real
need for a complete machine
shop here.
“We have been fortunate
in securing the services of
Art Spear, who has had 40
years of diversified machine
shop experience. He, his wife
and three children come here
Sea Scouts Ship No. 49
from Las Vegas. They have a
girl 13, a boy 5, and one boy members with their skipper
months oid. They have pur Tom Drynan and a group of
Hoover Repair is adding to their Vegas. Spear has had 40 years of ex 9 chased
additional
adults
made
a home here.”
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service to the North Santiam Canyon. perience in this line of work. He is shown Mr. Spear
stated "this is I „2Y71
if?11-
week and had a wonderful
They are in the process of putting in a mashining a part on the new lathe.
a fine community and we are time.
complete machine shop. Shown above —The Mill City Enterprise Photo.
happy to become a part of it.”
Gene Teague of Stayton was
is Art Spear, who came here from La3
In other expansion moves,
another mechanic, Duane Tay the guide in his drift boat,
lor has been hired. He comes with the group taking five
here from Springfield. The days for the leisurely trip.
Taylors had eight children, They cooked out in nice warm
one recently having been kil weather and Drynan said a
led In Vlenam. All but three few minor spills added to the
are grown. Of the three with excitement of the trip.
them, one is of school age.
Scouts going were Lee Staf
The other member who Is ford, Jerry Hutchinson, Den
joining the firm is Walt Wood nis Kelly and Rick Hazelton.
from Riverside, Calif., who They took rubber rafts, put
A two-car accident on High
way 22 just east of the Sports
The price of subscriptions will be in charge of the auto ting them in the Rogue at
man’s Center injured at least
to The Mill City Enterprise parte department. A new Grants Pass and running to
two of the five occupants Sat
are going to be raised 50 cents building to the north of the near Agnesa.
shop is in the process
urday.
Several of the Scoute
____ _ that
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MARION FORKS—All but per year in all areas begin present
Mr. and Mrs. James Sulli three of the 10 fires started ning September 1 of this year. of being built now. Mr. and had planned on the trip were
van and son, Mike, were driv by lightning Saturday in the The management has been Mrs. Taylor and two boys unable to go because of work-
ing home from a birthday din Marion Forks area (Mt. Jef holding off raising the sub came here because they, too, Iing at the Stayton cannery.
ner celebration in Salem about ferson Primitive area) of the scription price for some time,
Other adults making the
11- p. m. Saturday evening Cascade Mountains were out but increased cost of opera
trip were Barry Drake, Bill
when they were struck from Sunday, Detroit Rangers said tion has finally made this
Ijewellen and Harry Day of
behind by a car driven by They added the three remain move necessary. The last raise
Salem.
Les LaMunyan, with John ing fires would be out by was In 1965.
Drynan said it was a won
Swan as a pasenger.
All subscriptions received
derful trip and that he was
Monday morning. None of the
Mrs. Sullivan had signaled fires reached more than a half in the office prior to Septem
just sorry more of the boys
and slowed up to make a acre
could not go. He said he felt
in size. Another fire was ber 1st will be credited at the
right hand turn onto 5th spotted west of Goat Rock old rate.
that too little time was spent
street when the LaMunyan Monday morning. Forester
New rates will be as fol
by young people nowadays
car hit them, causing the car Byron Rarey said. He said it lows: Marion and Linn Coun
doing this type of thing, that
to overturn, taking out a was a hang-over from Satur ties, $4.00 per year; Outside
could only be enjoyed to the
Stayton
district
employees
stop sign and landing in the day’s electrical storm and that Marion and Linn Counties but
fullest by youth.
of Pacific Power & Light com
ditch.
it had burned about a fifth in Oregon, $4.50 and all others pany, who have completed
The fire department was of an acre. Goat Rock is locat at $5.00 per year.
four years of work without a
called out as there was some ed about two miles due East
lost-time accident, were hon
gasoline on the road, and the of Pamelia Lake and not too
ored at a safety awards din
ambulance from Santiam Me far from the South slope of
ner Friday evening at the
morial hospital took Mr. Swan Mt. Jefferson.
Swept-Wing Restaurant in Al
and Mr. LaMunyan to the hos Four smoke jumpers sent
TACOMA — Plywood pro
bany.
pital as they had severe facial in on two fires in the Bing
duction
in the United States
In
noting
the
four
year
safe-
cuts. It was reported that ham Basin area were to be
through
the first six months
ty-at-work
achievement,
John
Swan’s head hit the wind lifted out by Helicopter Mon
Kohls, PP&L local manager, of 1968 totaled 7.25 billion
shield with quite an impact. day and transported to the
said that over 986,000 working square feet, up from 6.3 bil
Although their car over Redmond Air center, Rarey
man-hours had been accumu lion in the same period last
turned and was totaled out, said.
lated without a lost-time acci year.
and the Sullivans seemingly
Detroit’s Inter Forest crew
At
the
Lions
Club
steak
dent
by the men in the Al James R. Turnbull, execu
suffered only bruises. How of the U. S. Forest Service
vice president of the Am
ever, they are being checked was called Sunday morning fry held at the city park Fri bany district, which Includes tive
erican
Plywood Association,
day
evening
it
was
announced
Stayton
and
other
surround
further by their doctor.
on
a
fire
in
the
Sweet
Home
said
this
15 percent increase
that
Martin
Hansen,
a
long
ing
communities.
Joe Challender, investigat
time member and past presi A mishap in June prevented "virtually assures that 1968
ing officer, said no arrests area.
dent of the Mill City club the PP&L district employees will be a record year for ply
were made.
had been named chairman of from reaching one million wood production."
He predicted Industry pro
Zone 1. This is a distinct hon working man-hours, a record
or both for Mr. Hansen and achieved only rarely In indus duction in August and Sep
tember will total approximate
the local Lions. The announce try.
ment was made by Bill Met-
Fons Hughes, PP&L safety ly 277 million square feet per
teer, president of the club director from the company’s week, or 102 percent of cur
general offices in Portland, rent operating capacity.
this year.
Turnbull said an expected
DETROIT—Ronald K. Wilk DETROIT — A $68,579 con The steak fry was highly presented the utility’s silver
slowing
down of the economy
successful
with
good
food,
safety
achievement
award
to
erson, principal of the Detroit tract for a day lodge develop
Grade School the past two ment at Hoodoo Ski Bowl has good cook, (Bill Lewllen) and Kohls in behalf of the Stay later In the year will result
in a slight drop in production
years, was named superinten been awarded by the board of and a warm, summer evening ton employees.
dent of the Detroit Unified the ski facility to C. A. Lance adding to the enjoyment. Ear Larry Penkava, safety ser below present levels, but the
lier in the day some “thunder vices manager from the State anticipated year-end total of
School District by the Board Construction Co. of Salem.
record 14 billion square feet
of Education at a meeting The two-story structure with heads’’ had indicated a show Compensation dep a r trn e n t; a now
appears certain.
er, but the skies cleared by V1 c Helgeson, Workman’s
Thursday night.
square feet of space will evening.
Commenting on a reduction
Comi>ensation Board; Floyd
He replaces Francis F. Dum 7,000
include a fireplace, kitchen,
The regular Lions club din Mullen, Linn County Judge; in house starts to 1,313,000
mer, who resigned after being sales area, and a second floor
In June—the lowest rate
superintendent for seven deck overlooking the bowl. ner meetings will start Sep and Floyd Jenks, Linn County units
Commissioner, also attended so far this year — Turnbull
years, to take a superintend The project is scheduled for tember 9.
said that even a slight easing
the dinner.
ent post at Dayton.
completion
for
the
opening
of
of
monetary restraint would
The
company
’
s
Albany
dis
Wilkerson, a graduate of
season late in November. Mill City Students
trict Includes 104 employees help the housing industry. He
Southern Oregon College, has ski Architect
for the project is
In Albany, Stayton, Sweet noted that June’s total on the
been teaching the past 13 Don Richardson
Get Degree at U of O Home and Lebanon.
of
Salem.
Op
seasonally adjusted rate was
years, starting in the Klam erators of the bowl located at
still 6.5 percent above the
Saturday, Aug. 10
ath County system. He will
1,233,000 unite of June, 1967.
top of Santiam Pass, plan
continue as principal of the the
Some
1200
degrees
were
con
grade school and expects to to construct overnight facili ferred at the University of Pre-Kindergarten
Fred Gruver Home
hire a new principal for the ties later to replace the lodge Oregon’s summer commence School Meeting Set
high school and a vice princi which was destroyed by fire ment exercises Saturday, Au
From U of Santa Clara
pal for the grade school this last April.
gust 10, beginning at 10 a. m. For August 22
Fred Gruver returned home
Mrs.
Mary
Carpenter,
chair
week, he said. Dummer had
in the School of Music amphi
man of the P.T.A. Kindergar Sunday from California where
been principal of the high H. Nicholas Now at
theatre.
has been attending the Un
school in addition to his oth Local Ranger Station
More than half of the (le ten school is announcing this he
iversity
of Santa Clara. He
week
that
there
will
be
a
pre
er duties.
were
graduate
Hurston O. Nichols and his grees granted
has
finished
the necessary
kindergarten
meeting
at
1:30
wife, Maryann, son Allen 9 degrees — a total of nearly
hours for his masters degree
in
room
6
at
the
Mill
City
about
570
mas-
680,
including
years
old,
daughters
Allison
Weather, Detroit Dam
and has been accepted for the
Elementary school.
7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading 6, and Ruthanne, 2, recently ter’s degrees and some 110
program. Mr. Gruver will be
All
residents
of
the
two
moved to Mill City and are doctorates. Approximately 530
Pool
writing his thesis on “Com
communities
who
have
child
residing at No. 3 Parkside Dr. baccalaureate degrees were
Elev.
ren of Kindergarten age are puters in High schools”. He
presented.
Mr.
Nicholas
is
a
forester
Aug. 7 77 55 1560.87 0.0
the program at San
Among the students to re asked to meet at the school at instituted
tiam
where
he Is an instruc
Aug. 8 83 56 1560.53 0.0 and transferred to the Mill ceive
this
time.
a bachelor of science de
tor.
Aug. 9 85 57 1560.18 0.0 City Ranger District from the gree was
Mrs.
George
Stafford
is
Frances Reid of Mill
He attended the University
Aug. 10 87 63 1559.85 0.0 Sweet Home Ranger district. City. Philip
D. Van Daff, for again teaching the group this
Aug. 11 92 60 1559.52 0.0 He is working as head pre mer Mill City teacher receiv year For further information this summer on a National
Aug. 12 85 56 1559.18 0.0 sale in timber management on ed a master of Arts degree.
call Mrs. Carpenter at 897-2096. Science Foundation grant.
Aug 13 81 54 1558.82 0.0 the district.
Sea Scouts Take
Trip Down Rogue
Accident Here
Saturday Night
Totals Automobile
Canyon Fires
Put Out With
Minor Loss
Subscription Rates
To Enterprise to go
Up September 1st
Pacific Power
Employees Feted
For Safety Record
M. Hansen Named
Chairman Zone I
Lions Clubs.
Contract Awarded
Ron Wilkerson To For Hoodoo Bowl
Head Detroit School Construction
Plywood Industry
Set for Record Year