4—Tile Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, August 22, 1968 Supt. on the 15th. The Dum
mer family will be greatly
trailer house in the near fu missed in the community.
ture. The property was re Registrations will be taken
cently acquired by Mr. and for pre-school children August
Mrs. John Henzel of Portland. 29th at a 7:00 p. m. Kinder
Francis F. Dummer and garten meeting scheduled at
family will be moving to Day the home of Mrs. David
By Boot« Champion
A blackberry brier mound ton about September first, White. Children who will
on the former Pat O’Brien pro Mrs. Dummer said Monday. reach the age of five years
perty was removed last week Mr. Dummer completed his old before Nov. 15th will be
by a “cat” and a septic tank last day here as school super eligible to enroll. Mrs. White,
installed on the upper end intendent Wednesday, August chairman of the group, said
of the property preparatory 14th and has taken up his there are about eleven pre
to the moving of a rental new duties as Dayton School schoolers expected to attend
school this fall. Last years
enrollment was twelve. Appli-
' cations for a teacher is still
being taken she said. Anyone
interested may contact her or
Mrs. Larry Poole, secretary.
Treasurer of the Deanha
Kindergarten group is Mrs.
James Monroe.
Visiting last week at the
Idanha home of Mr. and Mrs.
Len Davis was Mrs. Ida Rines
of Bend, Ore.
Now is the time to get that car in shape for
Sunday visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Fall and Winter Driving.
Champion were Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Nune sof Milwaukie, Ore.
Visiting this week is Mrs.
Champions sister, Mrs. Emma
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A Sunday School pot-luck
luncheon is scheluled for Sun
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in the Idanha Community
Church yard. Friends are invit
ed to participate.
Unseasonal rains are raising
havoc with both picnickers and
campers. Sunday the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Roth of
Silverton attempted to hold
their annual family reunion
potluck picnic at Bush’s Pas
ture in Salem, but the heavy
rains forced the group out.
Attending from here were
Rev. and Mrs. Harold Roth and
family.
Following a summer visit
here at the home of his father,
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Glen Madsen, Ricky Madsen
left Monday by bus for his
home in York, Neb. He is mak
ing his home with his sister
there.
Arriving home on a weekend
pass from Ft. Lewis was Pvt.
Ronald Round. Ronald recently
graduated from basic training
and is now taking a nine-weeks
course in advanced training.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mel Round of Idanha.
Paul Knapp of Idanha was
one of the few who was lucky
enough to be ¡sued an antelope
permit. Yea, he got one Sun
day south of Burns. How
about a steak. Paul.
The Patio was the setting
Monday morning of last week
when the ladies of Detroit
Catholic Church Alter Society
honored Mrs. Francis Dummer
with a farewell coffee.
The group presented Mrs.
Dummer with a St. Francis
prayer plaque as a going away
remetnberance.
Kerry Ketchum, young son
of Mr. and Mrs. Donald L.
Ketchum, entered Salem Gen
eral Hospital Tuesday evening
where he underwent a tonsilec
tomy Wednesday morning.
Returning home Sunday fol
lowing a trip to Ashland where
she attended the Shakespear
ean Festival was Mrs. Winifred
lili
Murphy. Accompanying hep
was Essie White of West Linn,
a long time friend.
The trip was made with a
group by chartered bus of the
Hammond Stage Lines. The
tour included a trip to Jack
sonville, an old mining town,
where they visited a Museum
and other historical points of
interest in the ghost town. En
route home they toured the
rim of Crater Lake.
Mrs. Murphy said a snow
storm passed through Crater
Lake and snow was still on the
trees when they arrived.
Visiting here at the Idanha
home of Mrs. Carrie Storey for
the past two weeks is her
niece, Jettie Brubbaker of
Los Angles, Calif. Mrs. Storey
will accompany her niece home
for an extended visit in the
Los Angles area, and at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Ethel
McDaniels at Long Beach,
Calif.
Visiting here for a few days
at the home of her grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Mc
Millan is their granddaughter,
Kvon Irish of Salem.
Making plans this week to
fly to Hayward, Calif., is Mrs.
Sam Leffler. She is being called
there by the illness of her
granddaughter.
Salem Scene
by Everett E. Cutter
economy without destroying head off problems that are
Oregons incredible beauty? not now in an aggravated con
Move more people to work dition but which are already
and back each day without beginning to fester. If we
further strangling our cities? don’t do this well or Ln a time
Then, in projecting answers, ly way, then we will have to
the team must ask: How do live with the secondary pro
Oregon’s localities relate to blems which develop from
these plans? Cross-govern our acting. Either way it is
ment action is imperative, Dr. going to be costly, but surely
Kieffer says, to make the in acting now for government
state more attractive to non modernization to fit the ’970’s,
polluting industry, to develop Oregon’s people will be mak
adequate transporation, t o ing a major, excellent invest
help train and employ the un ment in protecting and en
employed and underemployed, hancing their future.’
and to develop a sound tax
structure.
Finally, getting right down
to the individual, the task
force asks what kinds of jobs,
health and other benefits can
be provided to make a maxi
mum number of citizens pro
ductive, self-sufficient and
contributing to a tax paying
society.
(1 Cor, 15:58.)
“Oregon is not yet geared
When we are centered in
to meet the needs of this Christ and established in our
cross - government job,” ex Christ identity, we are more
plans Dr. Kieffer. “We are than equal to changing con
trying to see how the appar ditions in the outer. If we are
atus of government can be changing jobs, if we are mov
made to effect this interaction,
and to get a comprehensive ing to a new home, if we are
moving to a different city or
ness of view.”
Time and money are short, country, if we are changing
he believes. “Judging from schools —any such major
the difficulties of the other change in our life calls for ad
states, Oregon hasn’t very justment to new circumstances,
much slack time to wait be to new surroundings, to dif
fore our problems loom a lot ferent personalities. At such
larger. The state’s economy times the realization of our
must depend less on timber— Christ identity is most helpful.
a past over reliance which has We are at peace with our
produced “tax vulnerability— selves : we are happy where we
we will have to broaden our are.
economic base or we will have
a real problem in our tax base
in the 1970’s.
In summing up, Dr. Kieffer
says: “We in Oregon can de
velop ways of focusing and
coordinating our private and
public resources to lessen or
ernment’s capacities for prob
PRIORITY TASK FORCE
PLANS NOW FOR 1970’s
lem solving and better coord
A priority government re ination than with organiza
organization and moderniza tional neatness and symme
tion project is in the works try.
“Looking ahead, two things
here.
Gov. Tom McCall’s “Project are crystal clear," he asserts.
7’s” Task Force, established “First, the whole federal
by executive order two grant-in-aid system, with its
months ago, is well along on emphasis on special program
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for action may come.
“In terms of the gross pro ment. Moreover, our local of the timber industry and agriculture in this area.
blems faced by American so agencies have had to distort
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the action, or not taking it in counties are defaulting in
area after area of their devel
time.”
By attempting to under opment. The situation has
stand our people’s needs of been made worse by the
the 1970’s now, he says, we clumsiness of the federal
in Oregon may be able to head grant-in-aid system and Its
off or mitigate poverty, pol nonresponsiveness. The feder
lution and stagnation. We al approach actually discour
may be able to head off or ages communities from at
mitigate poverty, pollution tacking local problems in both
and stagnation. We may be a comprehensive and timely
able to prevent our cities way.
from going through what “Too often federal funds tend
Chicago, Detroit, Newark and to be available only when
Ix>s Angeles have experienced. conditions have deteriorated
But without responsive state to some national standard of
machinery and local govern misery. A community that
ment interaction, “everything wants to head off a problem
that has happened in the East finds that money isn’t avail
and California can and proba able because the situation
bly will happen here.”
isn’t much worse. Unfort
Dr. Kieffer, chairman of unately, the states have not
public affairs and administra been in a position to help.
tive programs at the Universi “During the 1970’s the fed
ty of Oregon's School of Com eral government is going to
munity Service and Public have to help the states devel
Affairs, heads up a team of op greater competence to deal
Your business may need a second line. It can
four professors working in with state and local problems.
prove to be a lifeline, especially when it begins to
the governor’s office on ways Thus, the 1970’s may well be
save sales for you. Call our business office today
to improve the effectiveness the crisis period in our con
and ask for a free telephone traffic survey.
of government in Oregon. Oth cept of state government.”
The first job of the “Pro- '
er task force members are
Carl Saltveit, also from the ject 70’s’ Task Force, then, is
University of Oregon; Dr. to develop a picture of the
Ronald Cease, associate pro real problems and questions
fessor of political science at Oregon is likely to face in the
Portland State College; and next decade. Why is there
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problem-solving capabilities of
government and to develop
suggestions for making state
government more effective, ef
ficient and more responsive
to the needs of individual cit
izens and their communities.
They are consulting with state
agencies, local government,
private Industry and citizens
in developing their sugges
tions. Their report will go to
the governor before Novem
ber 30, and to the legislature
next January.
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