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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1969)
Gen. Het. ana ia > c . D iv , Newspapers, U of O Library 9"4(tt The Mill City ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME XXIV NUMBER 14 Up and Down The Avenue By Don Moffatt Friday our country lost one of its greatest citizens, Dwight David Eisenhower. “Ike” as he was affectionately called by people all over the world will be greatly missed. He was a fighter, and put up a valiant battle for life when many a lesser man would have given up. He had a famous grin that immediately branded him as a man everyone could love and trust. His eight years as presi dent of the United States could be called one of tran quility. It is a shame that more presidents can’t have his qualities of exuding confidenc in the world. He was a kind!' gentleman, and one of th things I will always remembe’ him for was the great respec with which he treated his wife She was always placed firs in all their public appearances He was a man of the people and will truly be missed bj people in all walks of life. There is considerable activity at the present time about Com- muity Colleges, or as I would like to call them “trade schools”. I was fortunate In be ing able to attend a meeting where Dr. Amo DeBernardi of Portland spoke on the need and value of community col- lges today. It is indeed a plea sure to hear a man speak on a subject he is sold on, and the educator from Portland is real ly sold on the community col lege program. At the present time Salem Tech is a part of Salem School District. This works an ex treme hardship on that district, and one that should be borne by a wider taxing district. The plan now is to form a Mid Willamette Area Education District, comprising Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties, and three other joint districts, 29J, which is Mari-Linn at Lyons; 129J, Mill City and 123J, De troit-Idanha. Community colleges differ greatly from the regular 4-year colleges. There is little “froth” and folderol in a community college. Students usually go there for one express purpose, that of learning how to sup port themselves. A community college usual ly offers studies for all people. It is impossible to be all things to all people, but it is work ing at it. I have nothing a- gainst the larger colleges, but it is foolish to attempt to place all our students in that type of education. Many young peo ple have the ability to learn, but first they must have the de sire, and should be channeled into courses in which they have an interest. There is nothing wrong with being a tradesman. Not all of the people can sit behind desks. We still need people who un derstand our comnlex mach ines. We need bricklayers, car penters. electricians, plumbers, printers, just to name a few of the trades. The community college has a place in our present day world, and we must see to it that they have the finances to do their job. Budget Vote Set For Local District The 1969-1970 school budget for Administrative School Dis trict 129J will be referred to the voters of the area April 7. The polls for this year’s budget election will be in Santiam Hl and will be open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Since the district has no tax base, the entire budget is in excess of the 6% limitation. School officials estimate that the proposed budget will re quire an increase of 39c per thousand dollars of assessed avlue. The tax rate for the Mill City Public schools has shown a slight decrease over the past four years. The 1969-70 budget includes provision for a five percent cost of living Increase for school district employees, and one additional teacher to take care of increase enroll ments. THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1969 Need for Community College Told Dr. Amo DeBernardi, Presi dent of the Portland Commun ity College, spoke to a group of educators and businessmen at The Riverview Cafe in Me hama last Wednesday noon. Purpose of the meeting which was called by Merlin Morley. Marion County Superintendent of Schools was to stress the importance of the Community College in the present day educational system. Paul Wilmeth, head of Salem Tech also spoke, telling of the need for a wider taxing district to keep Salem Tech operating to the best advantage. It is now operated as part of the Salem school district. This is not fair, as students from a wide area are using the facilities at Sal em Tech. Dr. DeBernardi said he was “confident that if the people realize the great benefits of the community college, there will be no difficulty in getting Marion, Polk, Yamhill and part of Linn County, mainly the Lyons, Mill City and Detroit Districts into a Mid-Wlllam- ette Area Education District. We must look ahead 20 to 25 years to see the importance of this move now." DeBernardi continued that there was little room left for the unskilled person. Salem Tech now provides about 30 programs or study for the peo ple attending that institution, but the selection of courses need to be broadened. Not all students attending community colleges are young. Many are in the older bracket, who are seeking to better themselves. He said that community col leges take all students, not just the upper bracket. It would appear, by listening to these men speak, that we are spending a lot of money on about 20 percent of the people who need education, under the four-year college system. Tt was learned that when the district is formed there would be a governing board elected from each region in the area served. Petitions are now being cir culated for signatures to get a vote on the education dis trict. Attending the meeting from this area were Ron Wilkerson, principal of the Detroit school; Curt Benefiel, principal from Mari-Linn; Bill Lewellen, ad ministrator from District 129.T, Dick Parker, Floyd Eastwood and Don Moffatt of Mill City. Athletic Banquet Scheduled For Tuesday, April 8 Ted Wilson, successful Bas ketball Coach at Linfield Col- ege, will be the featured speak er at Santiam High Schools an nual Athletic Banquet. Mr. Wilson won the Basketball Championship of the North West Conference in 1968-69 school year. Mr. Wilson has won this Championship five times since the start of his coaching tenure at Linfield. Santiam fathers and athletes are fortunate in having Mr. Wilson as its banquet speaker. Mr. Wilson is quite opinionat ed as far as college athletes and their conduct, and Mill City fans will be Interested in the comments Mr. Wilson has on the subject. All fathers of student ath letes, yell leaders, including, girl and boy athletes of San tiam High are Invited for a nominal fee. Last year over a 100 fathers and students attended the ban quet. If fathers are unable to attend, maybe students can borrow a father. Students can attend without their parents if they wish. The banquet will be prepar ed by the cooks of the Dis tricts Cafeteria and will be served by the F.H.A. girls of Santiam High School. Fish Dumped in Detroit Reservoir Fishermen had some good news this week when it was announced that both water and fish were pouring into Detroit Reservoir. Melting snow has slowly raised the water level which is still far below nor mal. Game commission crews dumped .several truckloads of legal size trout in the reser voir on Monday. The long, cold winter which reduced inflow and increased powed demands has cut the reservoir to record lows. Fishing season opens April 19 and the usual large opening day crowds are expected. Debris To Be Cleaned from Detroit High Grounds DETROIT—E. S. Ritter & Co. Inc., of Salem was awarded a contract for the removal of( the debris caused by a recent fire at Detroit High School. Contract bid was for $7,500. School Supt. Ronald Wilker son said Tuesday work would begin soon with completion The interior of Detroit’s new scheduled for 21 calendar days, high school was gutted by flames in the early hours of March 11th. $4.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Detective Talks About Drugs at Lions Meeting First princess to be selected for the An nual 4th of July celebration is Twyla Fultz. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fultz and a Junior at Santiam High School. Idanha U. S. Plywood Plant Has Accident Free Year The management of U. S. Plywood-Champion Papers an nounced today that the Idanha Veneer Plant has been award ed the National Safety Coun cil’s “Certificate of Commenda tion”. This singular honor, shared by only 12 others in the Wood Products Industry, was awarded as a result of this plant having worked, without lost time injury to any em ployee, during 1968. The re cord indicates that 80,175 work hours were thus accumulated. It is further noted that this fine record continues to the date of this release. Of even greater interest to many will be the fact that the fine Accident Prevention re cord at this plant dates from July 15, 1960. At that time the Simpson Timber Co. operated the plant. "We know of no other industry plant that can match this record which will be for nine years in this com ing July,” said John Madarus, plant manager. Parent-Teacher Conferences To Be Held Next Week Parent - Teacher reporting conferences are again schedul ed for next wek at the Mill City Elementary and the Gates Primary schools. Notices are being sent to par ents indicating time of individ ual appointment. Wednesday afternoon, April 9, students of the first, second and third gi ades will be dismissed from school immediately after lunch. Although all parents cannot lie scheduled for Wed nesday afternoon, it will en able the teachers to meet with most of the parents. On Thursday afternoon Mill City Elementary teachers will be meeting with parents and students of that school will be dismissed right after lunch. Parents will again be receiving notices of appointments and should make every effort to be prompt. The parent-teacher confer ence will relate to the individ ual progress of the child and presents an opportunity to be come acquainted with the school program and the teach ing staff. Sheriff Jack Utterback and Detective Fred Baker of Salem were guests at the Lions club dinner meeting Monday night when club members had their daughters as guests. Detective Baker showed a film on the harmful effects of LSD and other drugs. He said there was a lot of drug use in colleges, high school and in junior high. He said: “few realize how harmful the effects of using LSD and other hallucinatory drugs. Many young people start using these drugs for ’kicks,” and find wind up hav ing a ‘bad trip’ or a ‘bummer’ as they are called in the jargon of the young. Those taking the drugs have no idea of how it will affect them,” he said. Some can take it, others can not. Sometimes a young per son will go insane with one dose. “Control is a hard thing,” said Baker. “None of those us ing the stuff will inform on others.” He answered questions from the floor following his talk. President Bill Meetter ap pointed the following on the nominating committee: Martin Hansen, Maynard Smith and Mel Rambo. They are to re port at the next meeting. Cub Scouts to Have Bottle Drive Saturday Cub Scout Pack No. 49 is holding a bottle drive, starting Saturday, April 5, with funds to augment the Cub Scout treasury. All residents having some extra bottle are asked to save them for the scouts who will be collecting them. The boys will be in uniform. Dave Jessup, Cubmaster, will be leaving the city soon and a new leader will have to be chosen. At a Saturday night pack meeting Mr. Jessup was pre sented with an attache case by the Den Mothers and the boys In their groups. A pinewood derby was also held Saturday night with Tony Trout the grand champion winner. Getting Ready for Whitewater Challenge Timber Cut Increase To Be Effective Health Department To Hold Annual Meeting The 20th annual meeting of When Funds Come the Marion County Health De The regional forester says an additional 410 milion board feet of timber will be taken from Oregon and Washington na tional forests in the next 15 months. Charles A. Connaughton said cutting would begin as som as Congress provided extra mon ey to carry out President Nix on’s proposal to cut an addi tional 1.1 billion board feet. Cannaughton said most of the timber world come from salvage and thinning opera tions. Plans Completed for Easter Egg Hunt Sun. The Mill City Jaycees are again reminding the young fry and their parents that rain or shine the Easter egg hunt will be held on Easter Sunday. The hunt will start at 1:30 P. M. and Glenn Bigness is chairman of the event. There will be different age group divisions so that each youngster will have a chance to find some of the 70 dozen colored eggs. The Jayceettes have been assisting with the coloring. Prizes will be given for those finding marked eggs partment advisory committee will be held Monday, April 7 at 11:45 a. m. at the King’s Table, former Timber Topper at 750 12th S. E. in Salem. Speaker will be Dr. Lester Kirkendall, professor emeritus of OSU. The meeting Is open to the public and those planning to attend should call 364-8427 by April 4 for reservations. $1,000 Dollars ____ __ $ 900 Dollars ________ $ 800 Dollars ________ $ 700 Dollars _______ j $ 600 Dollars _______ $ 500 Dollars..... ......... $ 300 Dollars ________ $ 200 Dollars __ ___ __ $ 100 Dollars ________ Ed L. Davis, Jr. chairman of the Memorial Day Whitewater challenge held a meeting Tues day noon at Grant’s Cafe and appointed his committees for this annual event. The Mill City Jaycees will be in charge of the Queen con test and coronation and serv ing from that group will be Stan Paulson and Virgil Trout. Floyd Eastwood will be in charge of ticket sales and will also be the llason officer be tween the sponsoring organ ization. The North Santiam Chamber of Commerce, and the Jaycees. Fred 1< reck low will be in charge of the Memorial Ser vices which will be held at the Mill City bridge at the city center. These impressive ser vices always draw a large crowd and mark a half-way point on the river run. Cal Culbertson of Mehama will be traffic control chair man and Jerry Coffman, re presenting the North Santiam River Guides will be chairman of the river run. Princess selected are Laurie Monninger from Stayton High school; Rose Aplet from Regis: Patricia Moore from Santiam and Linda Roth from Detroit. The coronation ceremonies will be held May 23 at the Mill City elementary school gym The new queen will be crown ed by last year’s queen, Mada- lyn Smith, formerly of Detroit. Publicity for the event is being handled by The Enter prise staff, Goldie Rambo, George Ixing and Don Moffatt. Capt. Ernest Anderson Receives Pilot Wings Mill City friends and rela- ’Ives will be interested in learning that Cpt. Ernest An derson, son of Mrs. Ben Beis el of Eugene and Darrel Ander son of Mill City received his pilots wings on March 15. Dar rel attended Mill City schools and OSU. His grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fleet wood of Mill City. A graduation ceremony was held at Craig AFB at Selma, Alabama and he finished fifth In his class of 43. His mother said he received the assign ment of his choice, the A-IE Skyraider. His next three months training in this plane will be at Elgin AFB, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Beisel attended the graduation ceremonies and the formal dinner for officers, pilots and their families which was held the preceding even ing. She said they left Eugene February 25 and drove to Ala bama by the Southern route with sightseeing stops in Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Johnson City, Texas; Baton Rouge and New Orleans. They were in Selma for about two weeks and enjoyed seeing some of the old homes dating back to 1850. They said they really enjoyed the "southern hospitality”. They came home by the nor thern route, driving 7,000 miles without having any car troub le or seeing an accident Gates Residents Are Urged to Attend Meet Thursday, April 10 Scholarship Fund Gauge $ 400 Dollars _______ Whitewater Chairmen Are Named The winter storms and high water some time ago lodged a long log on the falls at Mill City. Saturday afternoon, with the help of Pacific Power equip ment and workmen, and with Gene Teague and Marvin Sandberg of the North Santiam River Guides working in the river, the log was removed. Boatmen have been running the river of late, see ing that logs and other debris are re moved, thus making it safer for boatmen in the Whitewater Challenge Memorial Day.— Loyd Sidwell Photo. GATES—All taxpayers or users of Gates City Water, are strongly urged to attend the Joint Meeting of the City Council and the Planning Com mission at 8:00 P. M. Thurs day, April 10, at the City Hall. A Bond Issue Is proposed to finance the first phase of the recommended action to pro vide immediate up grading of the Water System. Issuance of Bonds will cost money. The proposal is expected to be of ferer! to the voters as soon as possible. Only by attending this meeting, listening to the discussion and asking ques tions can voters be Informed. Opinions of all users of City Water will be heard and the Council will welcome the ad vice of all interested parties.
