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VOLUME XXIV
1
NUMBER 20
Up and Down
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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.