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The Mill City Enterprise
VOLUME XXIV
NUMBER 6
ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1&69
Snow Removal Cat Style
Up and Down
The Avenue
Bv Don Moffatt
The next time you start to
complain about your local or
state taxes, just stop and anal­
yze where the most of the de­
ductions of your paycheck
wind up. It is in the Federal
treasury, not local or state.
And again, think that one ov­
er—isn’t it a little of our own
fault that Federal expenditures
have mushroomed in the man­
ner they have? Everytime we
turn around we are holding
out our hands for some money
from Uncle Sam. We’ve be­
come more and more depend­
ent upon federal monies to
keep up our way of life.
Take Social Security for one
instance. It climbs every year
as Congress adds more and
more benefits. You’ll see that
it takes quite a bite out of
your check, and also adds to
the expense of your employer.
I think that Social Security
is a good thing, but I don’t
think that the government
should try to make it take
care of all our needs in our
old age. We can’t expect So­
cial Security payments to be
large enough to keep us on
the same level of living as
when we are working full
time.
Too many of us just com­
plain about federal spending.
We should let our elected re­
presentatives know that we’re
getting fed up with federal
spending excesses, and that we
can’t continue to have social
security taxes compounded all
the time. Things are getting
out of hand more and more
each year, and sooner or later,
taxpayers will rebel against
high taxes. Better to taper off
on spending than wait until
there is real trouble—and it
could lead to a revolution that
would really cripple our form
of government, which to my
way of thinking is the best
there is on earth.
Phyl B. Knight brought in
the folk wing article which he
saw in the Weyerhaeuser Area
Newsletter. They had copied
it from the Louisville Courier-
Journal at Louisville, Ky.
It is reprinted herewith:
‘•THIS IS YOUR LIFE"
“While the FCC is berat­
ing television for its cigarette
commercials, we wish it would
look into another aspect of TV
ads aimed not at corrupting
the young but at demoralizing
adults. In TV commercials,
nothing good happens to any­
one past the age of discretion.
Life not only doesn’t begin at
40, it ends at 25. Watch the
people in the ads for a while.
Teenagers invariably
have
great, glistening teeth. Adults
have dentures and denture
breath. Boys switch hair
grease and girls are ecstatic.
Men usually don’t have hair.
If they do, it is full of dand­
ruff. Boys douse themselves
with shaving lotion and wait
to beat off the girls. Older
men arc happy to find some­
thing that drains all eight sin­
uses.
“Young people spend their
evenings wolfing hamburgers
at amusement parks or beach
parties. Older people go to a
nearby movie and have to
leave because gas pains are
killing them. Girls have yards
of blond hair full of body, and
boys nuzzle it. Wives have
gray hair, and their husbands
won’t take them dancing.
Teenagers spend a lot of time
in boats, sports cars and swim­
ming pools. Adults spend their
time in doctors’ offices and
dentists’ chairs. Young people
always are at the end of a
glorious evening. Adults are
always at the end of their rope.
Life is fun, fun, fun for the
young. They can laugh even
with their mouths full of hair.
About the only happy time for
an adult is when he has an
accident and the insurance
company pays off.”
It Isn’t only the TV commer­
cials that make we of the old­
er generation sick. It’s that
damned whanging and bang­
ing of musical instruments and
the veiling of those people who
would like you to think they
are talented that gets under
my hide. That is when I’m
real thankful for the little
button on the "tube” that can
Language Arts-
Social Studies
Group Coming
$4.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy
Snow Makes Lots of Work
Mill City School District Na.
129J will be host to a number
of persons this weekend. About
10 teachers who are members
of a Oreg:n Language Arts-
The 1969 Heart Fund cam­
Social Studies workshop will
paign will open here and
be meeting all day Saturday at
.hroughout the state cn Satur­
the grade school for a series
day, February 8 and will con­
of classes, demonstrations, and
tinue through February 28, it
films designed to heip improve
was announed today by Charles
instruction methods.
E. Fultz, Heart Fund Cam­
Guest speaker will be Dr.
paign chairman.
Alice Scofield, a professor at
The 1969 Heart Fund goal in
San Jcse State College in Cali­
this community is $375.00, as
fornia. Dr. Scofield has been,
compared with $360,95 actually
active on the California State*
1
realized in the 1969 campaign.
Text adoption committee and
The campaign highlight«
has been teaching in the Watts
will
include a business district
area of Los Angeles. She is a |
canvass known as “Heart Days
well qualified expert on the
for Business’ to be conducted
Negro problems of our coun­
from February 9-28, and a
try and is concerned in a peace­
Heart Sunday residential ap­
ful solution. Dr. Scofield will
scheduled from February
be using a group of eighth
One thing this snow has caused is a lot of back­ peal
16-23,
grade students as a demonstra­ breaking work. The above picture shows Cliff Crook
tion class on Saturday.
at work removing the heavy snow. He was no exception, Last year the National Heart
Friday, February 7, Dr. however, as nearly everyone was in the same boat. fund totaled $37 million, which,
Scofield will be giving a pre­ Maybe everyone here should build A frame houses. even in these days of inflation,
may sound like a lot of money,
sentation to the Senior class
on Black Power, and will be They let the snow slip off.—Photo by Stanley Ogden. said Fultz. But is it? Measur­
ed against the size of the prob­
discussing Negro history with
lem—a complex of diseases re­
the eighth grade social studies
sponsible for 54 percent of all
classes. Students In the grade
deaths, with 25 million living
schools will be sent home early
victims in this country— it
at 12:30 Friday so that Dr.
seems very small, he said.
Scofield can meet with the
When equated to a national
teachers to disuss methods of
popultion of 197.2 million, It
improving classroom instruc­
comes out to a shade less than
tion and work with a Language
20 cents per person. In point
Arts curriulum committee.
of actual fact, the 416 million
Mrs. James Budlong, chair-
Heavy snows increase the heart fund dollars contributed
man of the Mother’s march in likelihood of flooding and may 1949 through 1968 represents
the Mill City area said she was ;:ause severe damage to both an Investment of less than $10
very pleased with the response new and existing structures, per family.
by residents for their generous yet the public can do much to
Since 1950, the year massive
donations to the March of cut down the total snow-caus­ research studies were begun
Dimes Foundation.
ed damage, report structural with heart fund tax dollars,
Despite bad weather condi­ engineers at Oregon State Un­ the overall cardiovascular
Below are listed those stu­ tions
and difficulty in parking iversity.
mortality toll for persons aged
dents who have made the honor by homes
below 65 years is down 18.4
in
many
areas
there
Banks
of
snow
covering
roof
­
roll for the third six weeks was $245.00 collected Monday tops may be no deeper now per cent.
and first semester of school:
Chairman Fultz says the
evening.
■ „
than they were a week ago,
Seniors—
slogan is "Give-So More Will
This
is
above
the
amount
col
­
but
this
can
be
extremely
de
­
wks
Sem. lected last year which was ceiving, according to Harold Live!”
6
4.00
3.71 $216.00.
Sheryl Alban
D. Pritchett, associate profes­
3.50
Lonnie Bodeker
3.66
Mrs. Budlong attended a sor of civil engineering.
3.50
Javid Chance
luncheon in Lebanon Tuesday
Pritchett explains that last
3.50
Lonny Elliot
which was held for all the
’s light-weight powder
3.50 Mother’s march chairmen in week
Jeannette Herron 3.50
snow has turned into a heavy,
3.57 Linn county.
Sherry LaMunyan
hazardous snowpack and
3.67
3.83
Karen Loveall
should be shoveled.
3.83
Deborah McClellan 3.67
Roof shoveling is even more
3.66
3.50
Alan Muise
important for owners of flat-
Jean Roberts
3.50
3.50
Clifford Warde
roofed residences and business
3.50
Dianne Welstad
buildings. Increased snowpack­ MEHAMA — The unsung
3.83
Cathy Whigham 3.67
ing of these rooftops could be heroes of the recent snowfall
Juniors—
unusually hazardous and the are the Marion County road
3.81
Melody Barnhardt 3.50
OSU engineers advise that crews in the Mehama area,
3.8j
Linda Crowther 3.71
most of the snof be removed who have put in 11 to 16 hour
4.00
Rebecca Earhart 3.83
days trying to keep the roads
as soon as possible.
3.67
3.50
Larry Eide
Pritch'»4, says that flood open for use.
3.85
3.71
Louise Gruver
Battling snow on some hill
DETROIT — Three Detroit dangers may be at least par­ roads of four and five feet
4.00
Larry Hillesland 4.00
tially
averted
if
people
will
3.71 people and an Idanha resident make sure that roof drains in depth, the graders some­
Virginia Lankins 3.71
3.71 escaped injury Thursday after- and street-comer drains are times merely have a passable
lanice Lewellen 3.57
3.83 no :n when their car side­ "leared to permit efficient tunnel between towering banks
3.83
Michael Long
4.00
4.00 swiped a Low-Boy loaded with runoff of melted snow.
Karen Oliver
of snow reaching 8 to 10 feet
3.71
3.71 tow heavy motors a short dis­ Snow has virtually curtailed in height on both sides.
Garry Plotts
4.00 tance east of Detroit.
4.00
Bruce Roscoe
Kubin Hill road with snow
Driver of the car was Mrs. outside construction work up to 6 feet in depth had .to
3.71
Donna Snodgrass 3.71
throughout the state and the
Ada
Tompkins
of
Detroit.
Rid­
Sophotnores—
OSU engineer further cautions be graded as there are 40 head
3.57 ing witli her were two of her (hat this may result in a severe ot cattle at the top of the hill
Susan Crowther
3.57 children, Teresa and Tony and construction labor shortage In standing in snow up ttf their
3.57
Barbara Etzel
3.71 Glenn Matsen of Idanha, own­ coming months when comple­ backs waiting for feed.
3.71
Twyla Fultz
3.57
3.57 er of the vehicle.
Michael Moffatt
Twenty bales of hay must
The 2:30 p. m. accident oc­ tion of winter construction pro­ be hauled to these animals to
3.85
Richard Posekany
jects
must
be
overlapped
with
curred on the North Santiam
Freshmen—
the start of new spring build­ keep them alive as they can
3.71 Highway on a long winding ing.
Debra Barnhardt 3.71
only stand anti wait for the
curve
just
after
leaving
Detroit
3.71
3.57
Greg Eide
snow to melt.
3.57 A motorist had stopped on the
Mary G. Fleetwood 3.86
With snow still' falling In
3.57 on the curve and was putting
Doris Hovey
this area, the grader men have
on
chains
when
the
Matsen
car
3.57
3.57
Vickie Moore
made frequent trips or there
3.71
3.57 appeared on the scene in a
Victoria Olsen
would be no place left to push
3.71
3.71 blinding snow storm. Unable
Kim Posekany
the snow in a tunnel bounded
to
stop
in
time
an
attempt
was
385
3.85
Hope Willson
by 12 feet of frozen snow and
3.85
3.85 made to go around the parked
William Wood
ice.
vehicle when the west-bound
Low-Boy was met. Mr. Mat­
sen said extensive damage was
done to his car.
Residents of the Mill City
and the Detroit-Idanha area
are reminded that the Marion
County Health Department in
cooperation with the Willam­
LYONS—Four different far­
ette TH and Health Associa­
mers suffered the loss of build­
tion and the Oregon State
ings on McCully Mountain
Board of Health will have the
Basketball games which
Sunday when they collapsed
Mobile Chest X-Ray unit in
under the weight of heavy
the two cities tomorrow were postponed because of bad
Jean Roberta
weather conditions will 8*
mow. William Kulken was the
MEHAMA—There has been (Thursday).
only farmer to lose livestock; little traffic in the Mehama
The unit will be at Detroit underway this week and next
a calf and two pigs were in area during the recent snow Super Market from 10 to 12 for the Santiam Wolverines.
his bam when it went down except for people hauling noon and at the Mill City The game with North Marion
killing the one pig. Earlier in wood. Demand for wood from grade school in the afternoon will be played there on Sat­
urday, February 8 and the
the week an old granary and the two local sawmills is spok­ from 2 to 6 p. m.
equipment shed on his proper­ en for three weeks ahead, with
There will be no charge for game with Gervais will be
ty also caved in. Bams also many people not expecting these chest x rays taken. Ev­ played here Saturday. Febru­
collapsed on the Vem Nydeg- this much snow out of wood. eryone over the age of 21 ary 15.
A game was scheduled for
ger farm and the former Hen­ One man, Merle Philippi years is invited to visit the
ry Croisant farm now owned went to get some wood from unit during its visit to Marion Tuesday, February 4 with Sa­
lem Academy here.
bv John Taylor of Ix>s Angeles, a neighbor's lot and before he county.
The date of the Sweetheart’s
As a means of safeguarding
California. A garage at the Ro­ got home 4 pickups were
bert Carj>enter place also went stuck trying to get him out; one’s health, the X-rays have ball has been changed to Feb­
down because of the heavy his pickup with wood, another detected tuberculosis, other res­ ruary 22 but with the coopera­
snow. In most places the snow with posi-track and chains, one piratory disease, types ot tum­ tion of the weatherman it is
is four feet deep with drifts with a winch, and finally a ors, lung cancer as well as bro­ hoped that all school activities
i will resume regular schedules.
ken bones.
from 10 to 12 feet high.
4 wheel drive with a winch.
Fund Drive
When the heavy snows came to this area, the city
enlisted the assistance of Fred Moore’s big cat and
blade. Here it can be seen at work clearing the street
in front of the bank. This equipment was used all over
town to keep the streets open. Street Commissioner
Adolph Brunner and street man Art Hedge also de­
serve a vote of thanks for the many hours they spent
with shovels clearing sidewalks in some areas. This
photo was taken for The Enterprise by Gary Davis,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Davis, Mill City.
Mayors of Detroit-Idanha
Say No Government Loans
Warranted Becauseof Snow Honor Students at
By Boots Champion
DETROIT — A controversy, ilies in the area and rumours
steming from a attempt by steming from Pinson’s state­
four Detroit-Idanha business­ ment are false.
men to have the two cities de­ As to the political warfare,
clared a disaster area was Mayor McMillan had an ans­
short lived when the Mayor’s wer for that one, too. He said,
f the two cities assured the •we have been asked to try to
Governor’s office that there declare a disaster area so bus­
was no existing emergency iness could get low interest
loans, and that’s the only poll-
here due to the heavy snow.
The four who called at Gov- tial thing I know between bus­
enor McCall’s State Office of inessmen and the council.”
As for the mills being closed
Emergency Services and aired
ineir views were not authoriz­ this is a natural procedure
ed by city officials to do so. when weather conditions war­
In fact the two city govern­ rant it. The short duration of
ments were not aware of the (he closurers certainly did not
groups intentions and was as­ affect families to the extent
tounded by the unfounded ac-i that they were without food or
msations hurled at them and I fuel as Pinson’s statement in-
the sordid picture painted of ferred.
supposedly bad conditions ex­ Jumping the gun and blow-
isting in the two cities. The | ing things all out of proportion
rash statements made by Fred certainly never does anything
Pinson, spkesman for the for any community. There
group, were unwarranted. Pin­ were plenty of snow shovel
son was qusted as saying “that jobs open for anyone who car­
the city councils were thart- ed to earn a few dollars. This
ing efforts for state and fed­ is not the first rough winter
eral aid, and that there is a canyonites have experienced,
little political warfare going and it is probably not the last.
on in Detroit at the expense of Operations resumed at Green
small business and stranded Veneer Inc. and Stuckart Lum­
families”.
ber Co. on Monday and Tues­
There are no stranded fam- day. Pinson, comparative new­
comer to the area, is reported
to have recently established a
shingle mill in the Idanha ar­
ea.
Snowfall Is Heavy
In Upper Canyon
DETROIT — According to
weatherman Frank Hancock
the Detroit area received a to­
tal of 119.5 inches of snow dur­
ing the month of January with
‘10 inches still on the ground
February 1. As of Tuesday
this week the snow has settled
to 45 inches. Temp, in January
ranged frsm a high of 53 on
January 7th to a low of 6 de­
grees on January 24th.
The most snow in a 24 hour
period fell on January 27th
when 15 inches was recorded.
According to weather ob­
server Howard Drago at Mar­
ion Forks Fish Hatchery supt.
the Marion Forks area receiv­
ed a total of 188 inches of
snow in Jan.; and at the end
of the month 7 feet and 6
inches was on the ground. The
snow for the month equalled
20 inches of precipitation. All
but five days had snow fall.
be turned off. I’m also thank­
ful for some good records and
stereo which certainly is
southing after being subjected
to that form of cruddy noise.
I hope I live long enough for
this “phase” of moronic clut­
tering of the air waves to be
over, and things will again get
back to better programming.
Wolverines Beat
Salem Academy
The Santiam Wolverines ev­
ened up the score when they
defeated Salem Academy here
Tuesday night 61-46 in Capital
Conference Minor Division
Play.
The last time the two teams
met was on the Salem Acad­
emy floor, when all but three
local players were benched via
the foui route. Santiam had a
22-6 first suarter lead over
their opponents.
Scoring for Santiam were:
Muise 5, Pittam 9, Mowry 7,
Hillesland 14, Johnson 15,
Berg 3, Richards 4, and Hince
4.
Weather, Detroit Dam
7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading
Pool
Elev.
Jan. 29 34 22 1427.98 0.12
Jan. 30 32 24 1428.98 1.62
Jan. 31 37 29 1126 12 0.53
Feb. 1 38 32 1426.12 0.53
Feb. 2 36 32 1426 79 0.31
Feb. 3 38 32 1427.11 0.13
Feb. 4 46 34 1427.51 T
Mother's March
Monday Night
Is Successful
Snow Pack May
Damage Roofs If
Not Removed
Santiam Named
County Road Crews
Battle Big Snow
Canyonites Escape
Serious Injury In
Car-Low-Boy Crash
Buildings Collapse in
McCully Mountain
Area from Snow Snow Storms
Make Demand for
Stove Wood
Mobile Chest X-Ray
Unit To Visit
Mill City-Detroit
Activities at
Santiam High
Back to Normal