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_____________ ONTHESgENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND
VOLUME xxrv
Up and Down
The Avenue
By Don Moffatt
NUMBER 5
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON
Joint Meeting
Held by Two
City Groups
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1969
Mrs. Morman Gets March of Dimes Wheel Chair
Winter vacations—Yiik. At
least that is the way I felt
when we were returning from
Quincy, Calif., where we visit
The Mill City Planning com
ed my wife’s brother and sister
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bob mission met jointly with the
Schultz. A winter vacation City Council Tuesday evening,
would be all right if you just January 21 at the city hall.
Herbert Peck, mayor of the
kept on going south and stayed
for a month or so. We left a city and Carl Kelly, chairman
week ago Tuesday, and went of the planning commission led
over the mountains and got as the discussions.
Future plans call for desig
far as Klamath Falls. There
was a lot of black ice between nated areas for recreation, bus
Bend and K Falls, but nothing iness and industrial sites in
really serious. The next day cluding tentative plans if a
though was something else. We new route for Highway 22,
hit a lot of ice, and consider which now goes through the
able snow at the 5,000 foot city, materializes.
It was pointed out by some
elevation. At one place the
highway was covered with members present that there
water. The Susan river was at should be better communica
flood stage. We could see tion between the two planning
where it had been considerable bodies, both working for the
higher the day before. We good of the city.
Virgil Trout, representing
made it to Reno where we
spent a little time, etc. We got the Mill City Jaycees was pres
up Friday morning, turned on ent and urged members and
the TV and heard the weather other residents of the city to
report. Really all we had to do get behind that group in their
was look out the window and house numbering project.
there it was, a veritable bliz Among specific things dis
zard. It was stacking up pret cussed was the need for a new
ty fast, so we decided to get Postoffice, with possible sites
some breakfast and head out mentioned; a professional
over the mountains for Quincy. building inspector for Mill
Of course, California has a City; land acquisition for a
law that if they say chains are new city dump; beautification
mandatory, you put them on of industrial buildings includ
or else get a ticket for some ing the ones owned by Pacific
$25. We didn’t see the sign Power and Light and the need
about the chains because It for better cooperation from the
was snowing so hard—so we city attorney
Gary Halloway from the
didn’t chain up. We made It
to Quincy without mishap. We Linn county planning commis
stopped at a little cafe near sion was also present to aid
Quincy for lunch and met a the members with their plans.
Wyoming rancher and his wife. He has been working closely
They had come up the Feather for the past several months
River canyon, and were forced with the planning commission.
to put on chains. They had
snow tires with studs. He was
a pretty mad cow poke. Com
Mrs. Evelyn Mormon of Lyons was ton, left, chairman of the Linn County
ing from that country where
the recent recipient of a new wheel chair March of Dimes and Mrs. Marjorie Sex-
they drive in all kinds of wea
from the March of Dimes foundation. ton, equipment procurement chairman
ther, mostly bad in winter, and
group. Mrs. James Budlong is the
Mrs. Mormon spends from 16 to 18 hours of the _
then be forced to chain up,
a day in the chair, and has for the past chairman of the Mother’s March in Mill
when really they were not
14 years. She is pictured with Marv Sax- City which will be February 3.
needed.
We left Quincy about noon
(Photo Courtesy of The Democrat Herald)
Saturday, and drove as far as
Medford. It was dark then,
The Marion County Health
and as we don’t like to drive Department i n cooperation
on ice and snow after dark we with the Willamette TB &
stayed at a motel. We called Health Association and the
George and Margaret Rambo, Oregon State Board of Health
and had a good vsit with them. recently announced the sched
We left for home Sunday ule for this year’s upcoming
The Mother’s March of
morning and got as far as Mobile Chest X-Ray visit to Dimes starts in Mill City on worked at getting her strength
Roseburg, and were told traf Marion county.
Monday, February 3, headed by back and learning the ‘‘do it
yourself” method her own way.
fic north was stopped. Wow!
For a period of twelve days Mrs. James Budlong with a
After Mr. Mormon’s retire GATES—The World War I
We got a motel right quick as
crew
of
volunteers.
accomodations were filling up the X-Ray unit will travel
A living example of how ment from the Air Force they Auxiliary women met Thurs
throughout
Marion
county
be
fast. What a mess of traffic,
some of the funds are spent is moved to Lyons where he day of last week at the home
and the snow was really com ginning February 3rd and Mrs. Evelyn Mormon of Lyons, bought a service station.
They designed and built of the president, Mrs. Lang
ing down. There was about a ending the afternoon of the pictured in this week’s issue
their own home, with special Stafford, for a business meet
foot of new snow on our car 19th of the same month. The of The Enterprise.
Monday morning. Then we unit will be at the Mill City
She spends many hours a conveniences for Mrs. Mormon. ing. At the close of the meet
heard that chains were man grade school Thursday, Feb day in a wheel chair and has She has learned to do every ing coskies and coffee were
thing all over again and does served. Those present were
datory, so we went to a service ruary 6.
the past 14 years.
There will be no charge for for Her
station to have the dumb
old chair showed the the cooking, sews all her own Pearl Oliver, Ellen Rust, Nel
things put on over our snow these chest x-rays taken. Ev many years of use and was clothes and has become ambi lie Allen, Ruby Brisbin, Irene
tires. Guess what—we really eryone over the age of 21 pretty well worn. Mrs. Mor dextrous although she has only Lewin, Nelda Knutson, Mabel
got the shaft, up to here! They years is invited to visit the man said it was always need limited use of her arms. She I Bruder, Ruth Kerr, Marie Day,
socked it to us to the tune of unit during its visit to Marion ing repairing and that she was 18 completely paralyzed in her Colleen Later, Clyde Oliver,
Charlie Day, and the hostess,
$4.00. Not only that we drove county.
tempted to carry a screwdriver legs.
The Mormons were forced Mrs. Lang Stafford.
about 10 blocks when one
As a means of safeguarding wherever she went. And—
cross link came loose. We stop one’s health, have detected tu Mrs. Mormon goes everywhere. into “real retirement” when The Auxiliary sent 60 five
ped at another station and berculosis, other respiratory
In the early part of January he broke a shoulder last spring pound boxes to Vietnam in
waited for over an hour for disease, types of tumors, lung she received a new lightweight in an auto acident. He sold his 1968, and plan to continue send
them to hook it back together. cancer as well as broken bones. wheel chair from the March service station and has been ing them this year. Any contri
It took them about three min
of Dimes Foundation. She says helping his wife and catching butions of cookies, candy, gum,
utes to do the job—then sock Weather, Detroit Dam it is much easier to put in a up on some of the work around Kool-aid, jig saw puzzles,
combs, pencils, pens, station
ed another $1.50. (Mi, well,
car and very comfortable to sit home.
Mrs. Mormon kept books far ery, etc. will be most welcome.
that made $5.50 for nothing, as 7 a. m. Dally Weather Reading in.
Pool
we could have made the trip
For 20 years Mrs. Mormon her husband while he had his Please leave any contributions
Elev.
home with our snow tires. We
traveled with her husband who-1 service station although she with Mrs. Lang Stafford at
drove about 20 miles when one Jan. 22 35 28 1441.59
12 was with the Air Force. They had no formal training. She Gates.
chain started clattering, so we Jan. 23 33 17 1439.40
10 were in Denver in 1954 and now keeps books for the
Lyons-Mehama water district
pulled it off, and went with Jan. 24 30 15 1436.81
0 she was director of the nursery and is the Lyons City recorder. Meeting of District 3
one chain. Another 20 or 30
at
Lowry
Air
Force
base
hos
miles when the other broke a Jan. 25 26 13 1434.38 T pital. They had come home She attends the council meet
cross link, so we pulled It off, Jan. .26 24 16 1432.11 096 to visit her home town (Lyons) ings, issues permits and licen Oregon Nurses' Assoc.
then got down to the business Jan. 27 32 23 1428.07 0.61 and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ses.
Although the March of The results of the study by
of coming on home, without Jan. 28 33 24 1427.99 0.28 Arthur Vaughn, when she was
Dimes
foundation has more re the subcommittee of Func
mishap. We were really sur
stricken by polio in August.
prised to see how much snow
The summer months are when cently emphasized birth de tions, Standards and Structuras
had accumulated since we left street department here In Mill it used to be so prevalent in fects and other diseases—they will be discussed at the Oregon
home. Our driveway was full. City has done a good job of the era before vaccine became still have not forgotten the Nurses’ Association District 3
"old patients”, victims of the meeting to be held Monday,
The city had plowed the keeping things moving, so I effective.
streets, but that didn’t help guess we shouldn’t complain
Their seven year old daugh disease before It was conquer February 3, at 7:30 p. m. in
the auditorium of Salem Gen
our driveway. With a little too much Art Hedge said Tues ter, Susie had received the ed.
Mrs. Mormon says, "Every eral Hospital.
shoveling, we made it down day morning that he was real Salk vaccine which had been
one connected with the founda The sub-committee studied
to the house, and there the car ly getting a lot of cussing for discovered the year before.
sits, and it can stay there for plugging driveways, but that
Then began the long period tion has been wonderful to me; in depth the reaction of mem
all of me, until the weather it couldn’t be helped. They of hospitalization for Mrs. they are right at hand when bers of District No. 3 to the
breaks.
proposed structural change.
just don't have the time to Mormon; first in Portland and you need them.”
Monday afternoon I thought clear each driveway. It is bet later in Denver. She had both
Since this controversial ques
I’d check some of our local ter to have the streets open, Bulbar and spinal polio.
If the number following tion affects all, it should be a
M?rvice stations to see what and I’ll have to agree with
most informative report. A-
The March of Dimes paid for
they charged for putting on them.
all of her hospital care in Port your name on The En mong the highlights is the re
chains Two stations said $1,
commendation that all state
Shoveling out driveways land, therapy on the flight to
and the other one called said would give employment to a Denver, wheel chair and hospi
terprise label reads sections be deleted.
$1.50. Some difference.
bunch of young folks, If they tal bed when she was able to
Joyce Savage, of Marion
It Ls real rough in a country really had that much ambition. leave the Denver hospital after
C unty Health Department
1-69 it's time to send chaired the committee and will
like Oregon. We never get Might do them some good too, six months.
this much snow, so are not to get out of the house and do
Mrs. Mormon isn’t the kind
be reporting the results of the
prepared to take care of it. Our something really worth while. to be waited on and she really a check for renewal.
study to the state committee.
Mobile Chest X-Ray
| Unit To Be Here On
Thursday, Feb. 6
Mrs. Janies Budlong Chairman of
Mother's March of Dimes Drive
War I Auxiliary
Sends Boxes
To Vietnam
$4.00 a YEAR — 10c a CoRy
Heavy Snowfall Here Puts
Slowdown on Business;
Most Sawmills Working
Mill City, like other Oregon
towns, was trying to get back pick up students they may re
to something like normal this sume classes later in the week.
week. However, the odds were Burton Boroughs, principal,
against those trying to shovel said Tuesday that bus turn
snow—off and out.
arounds are delaying putting
The heavy snowfall of Sat the buses back on schedule.
urday and Sunday put about The basketball game on Tues
20” on the ground in most sec day evenings agenda was post
tions of town. The street main poned.
tenance crew kept most of the
But more snow ls forecast
main thoroughfares open with and meanwhile the youngster*
v’erl Moberg operating Fred are enjoying sledding and ski
Moore’s plow giving a big as ing.
sist.
Boots, mittens and other
winter gear got a lot of usage
is residents were busy push-
ng snow off their cars and
clearing out ariveways.
A few roofs on sheds and
other outbuildings reportedly
caved in from the weight of
.he snow. It was “light stuff”
c:mpared to that of the last
storm, however and so did not
;ause as much damage from
a pile-up.
Over in the North Fork area
it was said to be about 40”
Jean Roberts
deep and still falling, causing
much concern to summer
MEHAMA—Despite falling
home owners.
snow and freezing weather,
Mills in the Mill City area spring calves are arriving in
have, for the most part, re the Mehama area, with two
mained open. Frank Lumber sets of twin calves born on
company and North Santiam the Lloyd Sletto farm.
plywood mills have remained
Twin calves are unusual and
in full operation. Freres Lum to have two sets in one night
ber were unable to run full is almost unheard of. Sletto dis
capacity on Monday, operat covered his two cows with
ing only the big chipper. How f:ur calves within an hour of
ever by Tuesday the day shift each other, with all 4 calves
was in full operation but the (two bulls and two heifers)
night shift was not working.
still wet and all alive.
Both Cedar Lumber comp Sletto, who has been In the
any and Stout Creek Lumber cattle business for many
mills were dawn. Crews at years, says this is only the
both companies were busy fourth time he has had twins.
clearing away snow so that
Since the cows»are Here-
the carrier could get around. fords, he doubts If there will
Business houses have all re be enough milk for four calves
mained open but the schools so he plans to sell two of the
are still closed. Walkways at new calves.
the schools are now all open
Bud Barkmeyer found a new
and if the buses are able to calf frozen stiff before it had
managed to suck. Taking the
stiffly frozen calf Inside he
massaged and warmed it, forc
Citizenship Award
ed some whiskey down its
throat and managed to revive
the animal. The calf however,
had not learned to suck as yet
so its survival will be a chal
lenge
Two Sets of
Twin Calves
At Mehama
Heart Attack Fatal
To Lee Carlson
The annual Good Citizen
ship tea of the Chemeketa
chapter. Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution is scheduled
for Saturday, February 1 at
the Salem Women’s clubhouse
at 2 o’clock.
Guests of honor will be the
ten girls chosen by the faculty
and senior students in area
schools. They will be accomp
anied by their mothers who
will be special guests.
Girls are chosen for patrio
tism, leadership, dependability
and service to school and com
munity. Miss Cathy Whigam
was selected to represent San
tiam High school.
They will compete for the
district winner in March and
the girl will then be awarded
a $250 bond. The state and
national winners will be pres
ented with $100 and $1,000
bonds.
( Lee Carlson, a familiar ng
ure around town, riding his
bicycle in all kinds of weather,
died suddenly at his home
Tues, afternoon. A little neigh
bor girl, Denise Gibson was
visiting with him and he went
out in the kitchen to get a
donut and some milk for her
when he suddenly keeled over.
She called in neighbors who
notified his good friends, Mr.
and Mrs. Arlie Dickie, who
in turn called a doctor. Death
was attributed to a heart at
tack.
Mr. Carlson was born June
28, 1885 and came to Mill City
in 1907, living here most of
his life except for short periods
spent in California and Wash
ington. He was a retired log
ger. Mr. Carlson had served
In the Navy during World War
I.
Survivors include two cous
ins. Ebner Adams of Eureka,
California and Edna Huir of
Auburn, Wn„ and two neph
ews: one in California and one
in the east.
Services are pending at Wed
dle Funeral Home in Stayton.
Bloodmobile To
Jaycees Plan On
Be At Stayton Grade More Ski Classes
DETROIT—It was announc
School January 30 cee
ed this week that Salem Jay-
Ski School will attempt to
The Bloodmobile will be at
the Stayton grade school
Thursday, January 30 from
4:30 to 8:30 P. M.
Mrs A. K. McKenzie is
chairman of the Red Cross
drive in Stayton and said the
need for blood was urgent. All
those able to donate are asked
to be on hand Thursday.
make-up Sundays canceled
classes next Sunday with a
double session.
Officials said the weather
permitting, classes will be
taught at Hoodoo Ski Bowl
both Saturday and Sunday to
make up for those canceled
the week end of Jan. 11th and
12th.