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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1968)
Gei». Het. and Uou. Ln\. Nw spapers, U of 0 Library 97403 ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — ORE GON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME xxin NUMBER 46 Up and Down The Avenue By Doa Mottett I couldn't help but be con siderably concerned about news releases in the Sunday dailies relative to the plot to kill President-Elect Nixon. Not only did that story shake me up, but another story told about some 7,000 letters and crank calls monthly about do ing away with President John son. This should be stopped, and it is easy to sit here in my office and say “stop these threat» against our leaders,” but it is another thing to ac complish it. First of all, and I can just hear the “dogooders” scream, I would suggest that we round up all the Arabian aliens, put them on a ship and return them to their native country. Then possibly we should put more stringent re strictions on who we let into our country. We have plenty people of our own here now, let alone admitting every race and creed of the world. We can’t police our own citizens completely, let alone those who have lived here for years and have not yet taken out citizen ship papers. Truly, many of these foreigners have proven to be excellent citizens—but can we afford to risk the lives of our top citizens to the crack pots who do come here? It really is a problem to think about. I can only say 1 am thankful for our law protection people for the job they are do ing. I fully expected some of our presidential candidates would be plugged during the campaign, but thankfully it did not happen. While mentioning the cam paign and its hair-breadth con clusion, I thought Vice Presi dent Humphrey did a graceful job of accepting defeat. I feel he was sincere when he said we must now work together to unite our country. Another thing this election has brought to the fore is the electoral col lege. One of the first things the new Congress should do when it convenes, is to see that this facet of electing pre sidents is scrapped. It is an obsolete system. The president of the United States should be chosen only by popular vote. To me it is the only fair way. The people then would be the ones to decide. Here in Oregon, and other states for that mat ter, I think we should have our primary election date set for the first of September. Sixty days of listening to can didates promise things, many they can’t do, should be suffi cient. It might also eliminate some of the mud that is splat tered by both parties. Any candidate who can’t get his message across in 60 days isn’t worth his salt, and has no busi ness running in the first place. Again turning to the Sunday Oregonian—a great newspaper —or at least I think so, we found a full-page story with pictures, about The Jefferson Review. Publisher Lester Shields states he believes the weekly newspaper in small towns is about done for. Could be. but it will be a sorry thing when, and if they go—as many small towns have no other way to get their everyday happen ings into print. Some may say. “who cares,” but after all, the weekly newspaper is a history of news in the territory it serves. You'd be surprised how many times people come to The Enterprise to look through our old files to verify some happening of earlier days. It is all contained in our bound files and they are open to any one who wishes to take the time to go through them One thing that interested me most about the Jefferson Re view story was their news paper press. The Publisher re fers to it as the old "grass hopper” press. If memory -erves me correctly, it is a Prouty. I learned to feed news papers on that type of press many, many years ago in Granville, N. D. Our old press was powered by a gasoline en gine. The city light plant did not produce enough energy to run a big enough motor to pufl the oM outfit We did have electric lights in town, but that was about all. As I say, it will he a sorry day when people THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON Police Seek Week-End Burglars Don Gillenwater, Mill City police chief and Joe Challen- der, patrolman, have been run ning down leads this week on a series of break-ins in business establishments. Sometime between Saturday night and early Monday morn ing The Mill City Enterprise office was entered through a rear door that evidently had not been locked. Between $4 and $5 in change was taken. Several checks and the pen nies in the cash box was not taken. Barbara’s Beauty Lane was entered through the rest room window and about $1.50 taken from the change box. At the Mill City Wash and Dry the com machine was pried from the wall hut the would-be burg lars found the box empty. Another break-in was in the old Dawes building across the street from the U. S. National bank. Entrance was gained through a rear door but evid ently nothing was taken. Chief Gillenwater said sev eral suspects had been ques tioned but they were cleared. Poster Winners Named for P. T. A. Ham Dinner Poster winners for the PTA ham dinner which is being held this Friday, November 15 were Sherry LaMunyan, Martha Pennington and Frances Blum- enstein. The posters were made by students in the art class with Mrs. Beulah Bowes as instruc tor. All of the students did an outstanding job and their ef forts were appreciated by the PTA officers and dinner com mittee. The three winners were giv en tickets for a free dinner Friday evening. Boy Of The Month THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1968 Governor and Poster Boy Man Hurt When Car Hits Truck Chubbies Form Club In Lyons Area A new club for Chubbies, known as S.O.S., or Slim Our Selves, has been formed in the Lyons area. Named as presi dent of the group was Mrs. I^ila Rockwell and the meet ing will be held each Monday evening at the Mari - Linn school at 7:30. Anyone interest ed in joining Ls welcome to at tend. Anyone from Mill City wish ing transportation to Lyons mav contact Mrs Roy Wel- stad at 897-2010. like Mr. and Mrs Shields re tire, and possibly Jefferson will then be without a news paper The newspaper might be purchased by some corpora tion and run in that manner, but it would lose its identity as a local business, and that is where it loses much of its true worth District Gov. Speaks at Lions Meet IDANHA — The top of a car driven by an 18-year-old Idan ha youth was sheared off when it slammed under the rear of a loaded log truck Friday. Terry Lyon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Link Lyons, was reported to be in fair condition Monday at a Salem hospital where he is being treated for severe fa cial lacerations he received in the colliskn. State police said the accident occurred when young Lyoli rounded a turn on Highway 22 and came upon a logging truck slowing to turn into the Dry Creek log scale station. Officers said Lyons could not stop in time to avoid the smash. The truck was driven by Troy Lee Wilson, Idanha, and was owned by Benton Truck ing Co. U. S. Plywood Top Bidder on Forest Timber U. S. Plywood Champion Pa- pers Inc.; Idanha, was apparent high bidder at $39,169 on an es- timated 1,040,000 board feet of Willamette National Forest timber in the Eagle Rock Fire No. 4 timber sale conducted Friday morning at the U. S. Forest Service, Detroit Ranger Station. The sale also included the removal of some 74 acres of substandard timber (all species logs) at $2.50 per acre. Four firms were represented with Douglas-fir and Western Hemlock and other coniferious species logs going at $43.30 and $33.70 respectively, only one cent ahove the advertised rate per thousand on each of the species. Other firms repre sented were Young & Morgan Inc.; Mill City, Stout Creek Lumber Co.; Lyons, and Frank Lumber Co.; Mill City. The sale located 10 miles North of Detroit off the Breit- enbush Road involes 410 MBF of Douglas-fir, an unestimated amount of Douglas-fir special cull logs and blocks, and 630 MBF W. Hemlock and other coniferous species. I k' •'%- Jeffrey Welstad, 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Welstad, who was re cently named Muscular dystrophy poster boy for Linn and Benton counties, is shown pictured with Governor Tom Mc- i CalL He with other poster boys in the , state recently visited the Governor in ■ his chambers. November has been des . ignated as Muscular Dystrophy month ' and the annual drive for funds is now un ' ' derway throughout the nation. Canisters I are being placed in business places this ’ week and local organizations have been t donating funds to help combat this dread disease. Most of the money from the drive goes toward research to try ' and find the still unknown cause of this crippling disease. Some of the funds Eagles To Meet At Grants Restaurant The Fraternal Order of Eag les will continue to hold organ izational meetings at Grant’s restaurant. % mile East of Mill City each Thursday night at 7:30. However, on November 21 the group will meet at the Pa tio in Detroit. The Mill City area is now nearing the number required to institute a new lodge so those interested are urged to attend and bring a friend. Goal for the Eagle organization here is 50 but more will be welcome as there is additional strength in numbers. The Eagles have a great deal to offer according to those ar ranging the meetings here and more information may be ob- Among those participating tained by attending. in Veteran’s Day events at. Al The next meeting will be bany during the week-end November 14 at Grant’s. were Deborah McClennan from Santiam High school. She par ticipated in the Junior Citizen contest Saturday night. Win ner of the award, named from high schools in Linn county, was Vernadene Fitzgerald of Scio. DETROIT — A new staff The Junior citizen award is given on recommendation member was added to the of from the school, character re fice personnel with the arrival ferences and personal inter of Ralf E. Whitmore, G-S-ll, Other Resources Assistant. He views. Gold Medallion winners in reported Monday for his new the essay contest included Su duties at Detroit Ranger Sta- san Crowther, sophomore and tion. Mr. Whitm :re came here Shery LaMunyan, senior, from from the Olympic National Santiam High school. This annual event drew hun Forest, Quinault Ranger Dis dreds to the various activities trict, where he served as G-S-9 although Veteran’s day on pre-sale Forester. Previous to Monday was somewhat damp his assignment there he served as Timber Sale Officer and in ened by the weather. Youth banquet guest speak the Pre-Sale Reforestation De er was John Salisbury, Port partment at Solduck Ranger District, Olympic National For land radio personality. est. He and his wife Patricia and Baptist Mission Has two children are making their home in Idanha. Afternoon Classes The Baptist Mission Is 1 now holding Sunday school classes at 2:30 P.M. with preaching following. Everyone is welcome to at tend and more information may Mrs. I lene Baker received be obtained by calling J. A. word November 8 of the death Miller at 897-2966 of her son. Spec. 4 Rodney Pearson. 19. If the number following He was an equipment mech your name on The En anic in Vietnam and was kill ed in a truck accident. Pearson terprise label reads wouki have been 20 years old 11-68 it's time to send on November 14. Military service« far Pear a check for renewal. son are pending at Beaverton Santiam Youths Attend Veteran's Activities at Albany I^arry Eide, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Eide was chosen Boy of the Month for October at Santiam High school. Larry is a Junior this year. Am mg Larry’s activities are football, Varsity S, Honor Roll, Sweetheart’s Ball Escort his Freshman year, and class president this year. Larry plans to attend college but has no definite plans for a major subject. $4.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy help buy appliances such as wheel chairs/ braces, hydraulic lifts and other items to aid the patient and his family. Jeffrey Weis tad was afflicted with the disease sometime between birth and seven years. Although confined to a wheel chair for most of the past two years he leads a fairly active life. He attends school in Mill City and finds his teachers, friends and administrators very cooperative to he and his family. The Mill City volunteer fire department placed the canisters in business houses in the area. The Mill City Woman’s club will have a silver tea on Tuesday Decem ber 3 at the Fellowship hall of the Pres byterian Church from 2 until 5 P.M. Girl Of The Month Girl of the Month Zor Octob er at Santiam is Janice May Lewellen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lewellen. Janice is a Junior this year. She has been active in all school activities. Some of them are volleyball, track, basket ball, GAA, Pep Club, Intra school Council, and this year she is Secretary of the Santiam High Student Council. Janice hopes to attend the U of O and major in language. Ralf Whitmore Now Wilma Bumgarner At Detroit Station Opens Kracker Barrel Store Here Rodney Pearson Killed In Vietnam Mrs. Wilma Bumgarner op ened her Kracker Barrel store at 700 N.W. Alder last week. | This is the building formerly i occupied by Kellom’s Grocery. Mrs. Bumgarner has made the store very attractive and inviting and likes to call it her “fun store". She has a number of antiques, variety items, some groceries and oth er miscellaneous wares. One interesting corner has a barrel filled with cheese and crackers, wrapped individually and these may be purchased or served with the coffee which Mrs. Bumgamer has in a pot cn a square old-fashioned tab le. The Bumgamers bought the Kellom store and house on Sun set Court after the Kelloms moved to the Marion home at Sublimity. Weather, Detroit Dam 7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading Pool Elev. Nov. fl 51 38 1499.86 0.0 Nov. 7 54 38 1499.75 0.24 Nov. 8 53 44 1497.38 1.94 Nov. 9 fll 50 1505.41 2.73 Nov. 10 55 41 151190 0 06 Nov. 11 53 41 1513.91 1 43 Nov. 12 58 38 1518 20 1 5fl Rain, Snow and Heavy Rainfall on Weather Menu Except for the snow which fell in the hills surrounding Mill City Monday night, one might think it was spring, not because the weather has been so balmy but it has certainly been variable. Torrential rains Friday made the rivers and creeks in the area rise to new levels for the season. Up on the Little North Fork of the Santiam culverts that had been newly placed this summer by road crews flooded and water was running down the hillside near Myers bridge onto private property. Manv basements in the area were flooded with sump pumps working overtime. The rather active winds accompanying the storm at least helped clean the trees of remaining fall foliage thus making it easier on the “leaf raker”. John Hobson, District Gov ernor of 36-R from the South Salem Lions made his official visitation to the Mill City club Monday night. In his opening remarks Hob son said he felt at home in this club as he was born in Fox Valley, attended grade school there, and hih school here. He spoke of the need for Lions clubs in the country, and of the great work they do in sight conservation. "Local clubs should work hard to keep their present members, and to encoufdge others to join,” he said. A pro ject a month for each club should be the goal, and see to it that all members have a part in completing the project?, Llonism is the art of getting people to work together. It Is not a one-man proposition. He told of a club that sent a young girl to Devers Eye Clinic in Portland, where they performed an operation toe straighten her crossed eyes, making it posible for her to live a normal life. Only a small crowd was pre sent due to the holiday. The Lions Auxiliary had charge of the dinner. Cascade Downs Santiam In Play-Off Wet was the word Friday night when the Wolverines of Santiam were defeated 19-0 by the Cascade Cougars on Allen Field. This was the Wolver ine’s last game which left them a 3-5-1 season record, and a 3-2-1 conference record. The irst quarter proved the worst for Santiam as the Coug ars scored a touchdown with less than half the quarter to play, and again with three min utes left in the quarter. The extra point attempt failed af ter the first touchdown, but was made after the second touchdown. The Wolverines then held Cascade scoreless un til halftime. After the half the teams came back onto the mud cover ed field where the Cougars were again held scoreless through the third quarter and into the fourth when they scor ed their final touchdown and failed to make the P.A.T. Santiam gained a total of 209 yards in the game. Leading the offense for Santiam were Larry Hlllesland with 90 yards and Howard Lyness 54. leading the Wolverine defense were Lee Stafford and Mike long, each collecting seven tackles. Students Study Early 1500's Curious bits of history are revealed in unique newspaper articles created by the sixth grade students. During a current study of the Spanish and Aztecs during the early 1500’s, the class developed the orig inal idea of writing a newspaper of those times. The girls are writing items of interest as would be pub lished by the Spaniards in 1519. The boys are taking the Aztecs’ view of events during that year. Herbert Bastuscheck, shown in the background is the instructor. Girls in front are Patty Howell and Melissa Lawrence. The boys in the picture are not identified.
