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Gen. lief. and Doc. D>v. ■> Newspapers, V of O Library 97403 The Mill City Enterprise •) VOLUME XXIV 1 NUMBER 20 Up and Down 1 The Avenue By Don Moffatt You kn.w Mill City is really coming alive on this beautifi cation bit. It seems that once something starts, it snowballs, and let’s hope the program is one of that kind. Of course, not all the improvements can be attributed directly ta the move ment, but don’t knock any thing that improves the looks of our city. Those vacant hous es, across from the high school gym are gone, and the lots will soon be leveled. This is one improvement. Verne’s Clip Joint has been painted and so has Barbara’s Beauty Lane. That, too, improves the looks of that part of town. Others have clranea up their premis es, and as spring and summer progresses the Old Dawes build ing most likely will bite the dust. If that old building could talk, it would have a real story to tell. Jim Hoover of Hoover’s Repair also did con siderable work cleaning up the winter’s accumulation from in front of their new parts building. Next week we’ll tell you more about U. S. Bank’s land scaping. It looks a lot nicer than the pictures you’ll see. Things are looking up down on Spring street, too. Two new houses are being built down there on property purchased from the Cecil Lakes. The duck population also now has a better chance of propagation since Al (Daniel Boone) Pease, our neighbor, caught a possum on Monday morning. Some thing has been cleaning out all the duck nests. This has been going on for some time, and it’s a wonder the ducks don’t march on the Statehouse in Salem, or write to the Sierra chib or someone to see if something couldn’t be done to protect the nests. At one time I thought crows were responsible for the egg loss, but last year I shot one (he had a duck egg in his beak at the time) but still the nests were destroyed, so 1 guess the black feathered birds were not entirely to blame. Maybe now we can raise us a batch of ducks. They are nice to have around, providing they don’t get too friendly. When the river is low, they hardly ever come up on the patio, but when the river is high, like it is now. they can’t get enough to eat from the river bottom. They soon let us know they’re hungry, and many of the resi dents in “Lower Slobovia” as Boh Hill used to call we river folks, give them grain. The next time you see a column by this writer, it will will be written elsewhere, as we’re taking off on vacation. I hope we find some country that is as beautiful as where we are fortunate enough to live. ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1969 Whitewater Film To Be Shown on TV Whitewater Challenge Chair man Ed Davis, of the North Santiam Chamber of Commerce and Marv Sandberg of the San- tiam River Guides will make an appearance on Telescope TV ciiannel 8 on Wednesday, May 21 between 9 and 10 a. m. The men will show scenes of last year’s whitewater run on the North Santiam River. The Princesses were scheduled to make this appearance, but are not able to do so. Ticket sales are not up to par so far, said Floyd East wood, chairman of this com mittee. Princesses are being urged to get out and sell more tickets, and also members have been “beating the brush”, as this is the main means of sup porting the Whitewater Chal- enge. A generous prize of a free trip to Reno for two (three days and two nights) which in cludes lodging and meals, and also $100 for expense money, will be given to the holder of the lucky ticket. The winning ticket will be drawn at the Mill City bridge during the Memorial Day service. The tickets also admit holders to the coronation ceremonies at the Mill City Grade School gym on May 23. The show the princesses put on is well worth the price of admission. Heck Harper of Portland will be MC of this event. Buying a ticket for a buck is a whole lot better odds that you’ll get when, and if you go to Reno. When there was some talk of dropping the Whitewater Challenge, there was a great cry of “don’t do it.” So now let’s see some action from the public, proving that they really want this event to continue each Memorial day. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Don W. Moffatt, Editor The Mill City Enterprise Dear Sir: I have written the following letter to you in hopes that we may still have some chance to save Marion Lake for use by the hundreds of people who visit this area each year. I w uld sincerely like to have this scenic lake taken out of the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness area. It always has been accessible to many people, and is needed so badly as our pop ulation increases. Here is how I feel about it: The Rape of Marion Lake Unless an injunction or a Federal restraining order can be served upon the U. S. For est Service before July 1 of this year, all man-made facil ities will be destroyed or re moved from Marion Lake. That means there will be no fireplaces, no tables, no boat house, no boats, nor any other facilities for the comfort of the visitors. The Guard House will be burned: the well will be made unusable, all boats will be re moved or destroyed. Sanitation will be no prob lem. There are enough trees to furnish any privacy that the few people who go in to see a big hole in the ground with water in it, will require. Mr. Alva Morris and Mr. Don Foster of Salem are heading up a committee to get Marion Lake back out of the Wilder ness area. They have sent pe titions with over 4,500 signa tures back to our Congress men and Senator Mark O. Hat field has caused a bill to be introduced in the House to that effect. Time is Running Ont! The Committee is asking for finan cial assistance from boat own ers, timber operators and oth ers to attempt to stop this ex pansion of the Wilderness area. They feel this area should be left open for the use of ALL people. They feel that some thing can be done to stop this rape of our beautiful scenic areas. If you are of a like mind and wish to help out send your contributions to Alva Morris, 1999 Childs Ave.. N. E. Salem, Oregon. SCOTT YOUNG, Steve Lewellen, 15 year-old Marian Forks Oregon. son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lew ellen and an Sth grader at Mill City elementary school, had First Aid Courses the misfortune to have some To Be Given at Detroit teeth knocked out Monday. DETROIT — A four week During baseball practice, a ball hit him in the mouth, Standard First Aid Course Is knocking out one front tooth scheduled to begin here May and loosening two others. He 26th at 6:00 P. M. at Detroit City Hall under the direction also has a crack in the jaw. He was immediately taken of a State Industrial Instruc to a Salem dentist who has tor. The first meeting is slated started repair work on them. to be in session for four hours. Steve expects to be back on The class there after will meet the ball field this week, wear every Wednesday for a two ing a protective guard on his hour session, for the following three weeks. mouth. A advanced course class will and will end July 23. Weather, Detroit Dam Dale Parnell To begin Wednesday, June 25th 7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading Speak Here Thursday Pool Dale Parnell, superintendent Detroit Dam To Elev. May *7 82 45 1557.58 0 of public schools, will be at the May 8 85 48 1560.02 0 Mill City grade school gym on Observe Armed Forces ?»Iay 9 80 49 1562.96 0 Thursday evening. May 15 at Day This Saturday May 10 79 49 1564.58 0 7:30. Armed Forces Day, Satur May 11 84 49 1.566.20 0 His subject will deal with May 12 85 49 1567.76 0 schools and taxation. The pub day, May 17 will lie observed by the Corps of Engineers at May 13 81 50 1568.07 0 lic is urged to attend. Detroit Reservoir Project On this day guided tours of the De troit Powerhouse and Dam will be conducted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p m. The public is cordially in vited. There are 36 seniors in the graduating class at Santiam yl Alban, Lynette Anderson Awards Program Set High school this year with Parker, Lonnie Bodeker, Judy For Santiam High graduation ceremonies sched Boroughs, Marvin Brown, Lin The annual awards night uled for May 29 at 8 P. M. In da Budlong, Vai Chailender, the Santiam High school gym. Don Deyoe, VaDonna Earhart, I prgram for Santiam High Karen Loveall is the Valedic Dave Chance, Deborah Chance, school will be held at the high torian and Lonnie Bodeker is Lonny Elliott, Esther Free school gymnasium Tuesday, the Salutatorian. Speaker will man, Randy Hannon, Jeann May 20. The program will be be Dr. Howard W. Runkel ette Herron, Stewart Hill, Joe gin at 8 o'clock. Athletic and all other awards from Willamette University. Hince, Barbara Hutchinson, Baccalaureate services will Janis Jacohson, Sherry La- will be given out at this time, be held in the elementary Munyan, Karen Loveall, Den according to Burton Boroughs, school gym the evening of May nis Lunsford, Deborah McClel principal. 25 at 8 o’clock. lan, Teresa Metteer, Jim Mow Motto for the class of 1969 ry. Alan Muise. Martha Penn If the number following is “May our memories linger I ington. Larry Ragsdale. Fran in the past, as our minds chai- j ces Sh addon, Helen Simon. Lee your name on The En lenge the future.” Class flow-, Stafford, Ellen Stahiman. Don terprise label reads er is the red rose and colors na Lee Walker. Clifford are silver and red. Warde, Dianne Welstad and 5-69 it's time to send Class members include Sher Catherine Whigham. a check for renewal. Steve Lewellen Loses Tooth Mon. Hit by Baseball Santiam High School To Have Graduation Ceremonies, May 29 Chamber To Choose New Officers Soon At a recent Chamber of Commerce meeting held here, a nominating committee to se lect a slate of officers for the new fiscal year was named. Chairman of the committee is J. C. (Doc) Kimmel, Serving with him will be Floyd East wood, Ed Davis, Gene Teague and Sam Leffler. They will make a report at the May gen eral meeting, which will be held at The Riverview at noon May 21 To be elected this year are a president, vice-president, se- retary-treasurer, and one dir ector for Detroit-Idanha, one for Mill City, one from Lyons and two for Lyons-Mehama and Stayton. Gene Teague was present at the meeting and said the N. W. Steelheaders group from Salem is joining with the North San tiam River Guides in handling the river portion of the White water Challenge May 30. He said things are shaping up for the run. He also said the State had given their approval to putting in a boat ramp at San tiam Park west of Mill City and that the BLM had agreed to change their boat launching facilitv at the park just west of Mill City. The chamber has been asked to furnish four judges for the Mill City 4th of July parade, and also for the coronation ceremonies, prior to that date. Lucky Butte Timber Sales Self or May 27 DETROIT — Lucky Butte No. 2 timber sale, with an es timated 8,100,000 board feet of federal timber is scheduled to go on the auction bLck at 10 a. m. May 27 at Detroit Rang er station. The sales includes 3,400 MBF of Douglas-fir logs and peeler blocks, an unestimated amount of Douglas-fir special cull logs and blocks, and 4,700 MBF of Western hemlock and other coniferious species. Advertised rated per M are: Douglas-fir 63.05: Douglas-fir special cull logs and blocks $3.60: Westem-heml :ck and other coniferious species $45.75. Douglas-fir special cull logs and block will be sold at fixed rates. In addition there is within the sale area an estimated 207 acres of all-species of sub stand logs which the bidder (optional) may elect to pur chase at $2.50 per acre. Bids may be submitted far the standard timber alone, or for the standing timber and sub standard timber (liecause of defect or size.) The substand ard timber if included in the bid, will be sold at the adver tised rate. The timber is located in the Blowout Range about 25 miles Southwest of Detroit. Detroit High Nine To Play In State B Tourney May 24 DETROIT — Detroit High, behind Gerald Hieiiert’s no-hit hurling for six innings, clinch ed the Marion B League base ball crown Thursday evening of last week by whipping error- prone Falls City 100. Detroit got only four hits but scored in every inning as the Users committer! a whop ping 22 errors. Detroit will now play Gas ton in the state B playoffs. The game is scheduled for May 24th, but details as to time and place are not avail able at this time. Lyle Rogers, one of the Cougar’s star players (catcher) sustained a broken thumb Mon day while at baseball practice. He was hit cn the end of the thumb by a swinging bat The hand and arm up to the elbow were placed in a cast. $4.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy New Lions President at Work Newly-elected Mill City Lions club president Fred Krecklow and past president, Bill Metteer exchange pins at the Lions club installation ceremonies Saturday night at The Riverview. — The Mill City Enterprise photo. New President Pins Past Prexy muc x uoie, newly-elected president of the Mill City Lions Auxiliary, presents out-going president LaDell Metteer with her past president’s pin at ceremonies at The Riverview in Mehama.—The Mill City Enterprise photo. New Lions Auxiliary Officers Sue Poole, president; Pat Eastwood, vice-president; Julia Bassett, insta’ling officer; Bonnie Krecklow, Sec retary and Ann Rush, Treasurer.—The Mill City En terprise photo. Little North Fork Claims Lives Of Two Youth The Little North Fork of the Santiam river claimed two victims over the week-end. The warm, sunny weather drew hundreds of sun bathers and swimmers to that area. Patrick Wayne Valley, 25 and a 6 foot 6" Oregon State University football player, whose home is in Piedmont, Calif., is presumed to have drowned beneath Salmon Falls on the river tributary. A witness to the drowning said Valley jumped from a rock near the popular falls and was unable to t each shore. Marion county sheriff’s depu ties attempted to recover Val ley's body but were forced back because of the strong current. They believe the body Is pinned against the rocks be neath the -falls and will have to wait until the turbulence subsides. The recent warm w eather has made the water in the Little North Fork treach erous. Michael Ray Magines, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mag ines of Salem was with a group of students when he jumped from the steel bridge over the Little North Fork which is about 10 miles from the High way 22 junction at Mehama. He was unable to reach shore because of the extremely cold water and strong current. His body was recovered a short time later downstream by state police Cpl. Tom Dry- nan. Attempts to recover the body of Valley are expected to be resumed this week by Marion county sheriff divers. He is the sin of Francis Valley, one of the owners of 'he Oakland Raiders football team. Forest Service Campgrounds To Open This Week DETROIT—A spokesman at Detroit Ranger Station said Monday, that four more U. S. Forest Service campgrounds will open this week. They are Riverside, Marion Forks, Cleat- er Bend and Breitenbush. Campgrounds opening earlier were Hoover, Southshore, Piety Island, Whispering Falls, Sha dy Cove, and Humbug. Roads are now open to the parking lot at Pamelia Lake and Marion Creek. Blowout Road is open to Lost Lake, and the Little North Fork to the gate. Fishing was reported fair to go'/l with Rainbow trout and Kokanee being mostly caught. These catches were made on lures. Lions Club, Auxiliary Install Officers It was a gala evening Satur day, May 10 for Mill City Lions alub members and Auxiliary as they held joint installation ceremonies at the Riverview in Mehama. Preceeding the 7:30 dinner incoming president Fred Krecklow and his wife, Bonnie entertained members and friends at a social hour at their home on SW Hall. Kreck low, a former member of the Parkrose club in Portland had a large contingent of friends from there. The Hawaiian theme was us ed for the decoations and most of the guests appeared in “na tive” costume. It was a warm, sunny evening and it couldn’t have been nicer even in Hon olulu. John Anderson from Park rose was installing officer for the Mill City Lions club with Mr. Krecklow installed as pres ident; Bill Lewellen, first vice- president: George Long, second vice-president; Gale Larson, third vice-president and Jim Wettergreen, secretary-treasur er. He was installed by Don Green, sec’y treasurer of the Parkrose club. Vernon Rush was installed as Lion Tamer; Roger Mink, who was not pres ent, as tailtwister and Floyd Eastwood and Burton Bor oughs, one year directors. Bill Metteer, retiring presi dent gave Mr. Krecklow his president’s pin and he in turn gave Metteer his past presi dent’s pin. Metteer also gave his Presi dent’s service award to Martin Hansen and Roger Mink for the good programs they had provided during the past sea son. Pins for 100 percent at tendance went as follows: Ro ger Mink and George Long, one year; Burton Boroughs, two years: Martin Hansen and Bill Metteer, three; Fred Krecklow, four; Fred Berg six. Mel Rambo seven, and Don Moffatt, fifteen. Mrs. Lee Bassett was instal ling officer for the Lions Aux iliary with Mrs. Leo Poole in stalled as president: Mrs. Floyd Eastwood as vice-president: Mrs. Fred Krecklow, secretary and Mrs. Vernon Rush as trea surer. Retiring president, Mrs. Bill Metteer presented each of her officers. Mrs. Poole, vice- president; Mrs. Bill Lewellen, secretary and Mrs. Mel Rambo treasurer, with a gift. Mrs. Mrs. Rambo served as page and presented each of the new officers with a corsage. Mrs. Metteer praised her Ways and Means committee co-chairmen. Mrs. Eastwood and Mrs. Kreck low. for their efforts on behalf of the auxiliary. Eagles Auxiliary To Have Organizational Meeting Thurs. Night An Organizational meeting for the Indies Auxiliary of the North Santiam Aeries’ Frater nal Order of Eagles will be held Thursday, May 15 at 8 p. m. in the Eagles Hall (the old Baptist Mission Church). Anyone interested in the Auxiliary is Invited to attend this meeting. It is a Isa stated that the ladies do not have to have anyone affiliated with the F.O.E. to become a member of the Auxiliary. All ladies who have joined are asked to attend this meet ing and bring a friend. Melody Aires To Play At Brownsville The Melody Aires had a prec tice session at the Mill City Christian church Monday, get ting ready to play at the Brawnsville Ok! Timer’s pic nic in June. Two new members have joined the orchestra. Ole Erickson and Herbert Bastus- check. Others in the orchestra are Bernadine Vernier, Mabel Miller, Pearl Oliver, Mrs. Don Dishong, Paul Schiewek, Earl Ixmcks, Cyril Archer, Sr, Chris Lodahl. J. A. Miller, Charles Fultz and Ruby Bris bin.
