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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.