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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1969)
ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY— OREGON'S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLLME XXIV NUMBER 40 THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1!H>9 Ada's Needle Shop I I ;: Up and Down To Celebrate The Avenue II By Don Moffatt Did you ever have spring fever in the fall? That is just the way it is in the back office of The Enterprise today, Fri day, September 26. It is the end of the month, and we’ve hit a sort of lull—which is fine once in awhile, but not for a steady diet. It is much nicer to be busy. Doesn’t give one so much time to think about things. I can’t help but think a little about the condition of the world today. We’ve become so permissive, have taken the course of least resistance so long, that I wonder just how much longer our form of gov ernment can withstand the abuse we give it. We’ve let the courts strip most of the powers away from the police. Not in so many words, but today I saw where one court gave authorities trouble over having searched a garbage can, looking for dope. Just how far are we going to let the courts go in protecting criminals, or those suspected of living outside the law? It does little good for police of ficers to arrest criminals, only to have the courts take little or no action against the offend ers and turn them loose to a- gain perpetrate crimes against society. “Blacks Close University of Washington project,” screams the headlines in a daily news paper. Isn’t that something when a small group can shut down a project that is provid ing the livlihood for workmen? What will they do to those who wrecked some $5,000 worth of construction equip ment. How can law enforce ment people and the courts let this go on without taking a hard, firm stand against them. I’m not usuallly much in fav or of what “big shot” labor leaders stand for, but I did hear on TV where one labor leader made it clear that he was certainly not going to give out journeyman cards to peo ple just because their skin was black. He said that to do so certainly would not be fair to the workers who had served their apprenticeship and earn ed the right to carry their card. AMEN. Let’s forget this un derprivileged bunk. I believe in equal opportunity,—but not to the extent that it gives any person a privelge just because his skin is black. If he earns it fairly—he deserves the same chance of employment as the other fellow, providing there is an opening on the job. U 17th Anniversary Ada Pl.vmale, veteran busi ness woman of Mill City in formed the Enterprise today that next Monday, October 6 will mark the 17th anniversary of Ada’s Needle Shop. Mrs. Plymale first opened her store in the cld Hammond Building. She operated the store there for some time. She left this location and mov ed to the building space which now houses Verne’s Clip Joint. She remained in those quart ers for 19 months until the business expanded and she needed more room. It was then that she moved to her present location. Mrs. Plymale also did dess making until about five years ago when it bacame too much for her to handle. Now she is running a clearance sale, and plans to close the operation before too long. Ada said' “it isn’t because of bad business that I’m closing the store as it has always made a good living for me, but I’m just getting too tired to keep working any more, and I feel that I have earned a rest. There is a good opportunity for a younger person to make a good living right here if they are willing to do a little work.” Lions Clean Up Santiam Wins Highway Monday Game from Regis 14-12 Santiam downed the Regis Ram 14-12 Friday night on Al len Field to expand their sea son record to 3-0. Ron Johnson threw a 30 yard touch down pass to Larry Hillesland to spark the first quarter of play. Doug Cline kicked the extra point. In sec ond quarter action, Regis cap italized on a fumble recovery to score 6 points. The conver sion failed, ending the half with the score 7-6. Early in the 3rd quarter Ron Johnson again passed to Hillesland for a 40 yard touch down play. The Extra point kick by Cline was successful. Continuing the sea-saw battle, Regis drove to the 4 yard line where Dick Heiberger carried the ball over for 6 points. An other conversion again failed. Neither team scored in the fourth quarter, and the game ended 14-12. The victory left Santiam and Jefferson the only undefeated teams in the league. Jefferson beat number one ranked Glad stone 25-16, and 5th ranked Woodburn was defeated by Newport. Santiam takes on Scio Thurs day October 2 on on Scio’s field, at 8:00. Friday of the following week Santiam will play the North Marion Hus kies. Santiam then will meet Gerald Golden is said to be Jefferson in a home contest getting along as well as can Friday, October 19 at 8:00. be expected at Santiam Me morial hospital where he is re covering from injuries suffer ed last Wednesday at the U. S. Plywood mill at Idanha. He has a broken pelvis and his mother said he was in considerable pain but his doc Time is running out for San tors said he was imprving. It tiam Canyon area boys to reg is expected he will be in the ister in the Punt, Pass and hospital for some time, depend Kick Competition. This com ing on whether a body cast can petition, now in its ninth year, be placed on him soon. He will is open to boys 8 through 13 then be able to get around on and is absolutely free. They crutches. will be competing for 18 hand A mill official said Golden some all-metal trophies to be was crushed between a block awarded during the local com of wood and a piece of machin petitions which are sponsored ery but complete details are by Philippi Motor Co. not available at this time. Contestants will be compet His wife, Joyce, and their ing against boys in their own small son are staying in Stay age group in three football ton at the home of her mother, skills — punting, passing and so she can be near her hus kicking. Gold trophies will be band. awarded to the first place win ners of each age group, silver to the second place winners, and bronze to the third place winners. There Is no body contact and parcitipating does not affect a boy’s amateur I can’t help but laugh a Rally Day and Promotion standing. little bit about all this “stink” will be an event of the 9:45 Registration closes October about wigwam burners used a m. Sunday School Hour at 10, so all boys 8 through 13 by our sawmills. True, they the First Christian Church, are urged to go with their do send up quite a bit of October 5. mom, dad or legal guardian to smoke, but I’ll bet a buck it All members and friends :f registration headquarters at isn't nearly as damaging to the Church and Sunday school Philippi Motor Co., Stayton. the health as the stink and are urged to be in attendance Everything is free and each smoke of a lot of cigarette and at this time. Several special boy gets a copy of the PP&K cigars smoked while these so- numbers will be presented by Tips Book which contains stor called pure air faddist are at members of various classes. ies and tips by Don Meredith tending the meetings. It’s gett and Mike Clark of the Dallas ing so, if you don’t smoke, it i Cowboys and Billy Ix)thridge darned near kills you to sit the college can remain right of the Atlanta Falcons, and an through one of those meetings. where it is, and be expanded introduction by Don Shula, The air is so foul that it as much as necessary to really the coach of the Baltimore brings tears to your eyes. I fill the need. The college at Sal Colts. know I shouldn’t say anything em is centrally located—they about this, as I used to puff have a good plant, and I be the weed too. I quit some 20 lieve it is where they should Mrs. Bob Johnson years ago. and I’m glad. Us go all out to provide more and ually. and I'm no exception, better vocational education, the ones who did smoke, and which to my way of thinking New Gates Postmaster finally got around to quitting, is the real need for today. It GATES—Mrs. Bob Johnson are the ones who beller the will be interesting to watch will assume the duties of Post loudest when the smoke gets developments in the months to master at the Gates Postoffice come. thick. on Wednesday, October 1. She will replace Mrs. Clarence Ball I really think our Governor, who has resigned to assume Every once in awhile I get the urge to make a good “bloop Tom McCall, Is away off base her role as homemaker on a er” in the newspaper—I mean when he announced that pos full time basis. Mr. and Mrs. really on purpose A perfect sibly we should have a special Johnson also operate the Gates chance came this week in the session of the legislature to General store, adjacent to the sermon of the Presbyterian approve or disapprove whether Postoffice. church. It would have been we should do away with the one that possibly could have manner in which we choose made the Readers’ Digest. the president of the United Weather, Detroit Dam Jim's sermon topic was “The States. The proposition to do 7 a m. Daily Weather Reading Stakes Were Never Higher.” away with the electoral col Pool I had a real urge to change lege to me is long overdue, and Max. Min. Elev. Pep the spelling to “steaks.” It real 1 feel we should elect by popu ly would have been fitting in lar vote. But. a special session, Sept 24 60 49 1529.22 0.16 when everyone is crying for this day and age. the government to cut spend fiept 25 71 52 1528.39 0.02 Now that we have formed a ing is purely assinine, and I Sept 26 65 51 1527.52 000 new Community college dis really thought Governor Tom trict. I sincerely hope the board had better sense He thinks Sept 27 72 51 1526.60 0.00 able to make the right we should be the first state to cisionsfr I hope Salem school five an o. k But at some Sept. 28 64 51 1525.70 0.03 ' 'srd wjll be fair and sell $3,500 a day for a special ses Sept 29 74 54 1524.79 000 Salem Tech to the new dls- sion. I would just as soon not • ■ at a reasonable price, so be first. Sept 30 61 51 1523.77 0.11 Local Man Injured In Mill Accident Deadline Near For P P & K Entries Christian Church To Have Rally Day A group of Mill City Lions club members put on their work clothing Monday night and did their bit towards mak ing Mill City a cleaner city. George Long, chairman of the Lions Litter drive got his crew started on the east end of town at the city limits, then they worked west picking up debris on both sides of the highway. You’d be surprised how much litter was gathered in that distance. There will be a picture in The Enterprise next week. Working on the crew besides Long were Ozzie Mikkelsen, fx?o Poole, Bill Lewellen, Burt Boroughs, Fred Krecklow, Clyde Richards, Vern Rush, Mel Rambo Gale Larson and Don Moffatt. Mill City Disposal was on hand to take care of the litter picked up by the Lions. Local Mill Awarded Timber Contract UGN Chairman Ed Davis, member of the Marion-Polk counties execu tive board for United Good Neighbors fund drive said this week that Virgil Trout would head the drive in this area. Trout will be assisted by vol unteers from Mill City to the Marion Forks area. Money derived from this helps many organizations and ovei- $1,000 remains for direct use in the area. The Summer youth recreation program re ceives a portion and The Mill City Welfare fund receives sev eral hundred dollars to aid peo ple in immediate need. Trout has been active in the Javcees, planning commission and other civic affairs since moving here 9 years ago. He was born in Yakima, Washington, moving to Lyons in 1952, graduating from Stay ton Union High school in 1955. He attended college in Van couver for two years where he met his wife Joyce. They have three children, Tony, 10; Brenda, 9 and Beverley, 6. Trout has worked at mills in the area and has been em ployed at Girod’s Hilltop Mar ket for several years. Approximately 18,5 8 6,0 0 0 board feet of timber in four separate parcels were sold at oral auction sale held by the Salem District Office of the Bureau of Land Management on September 23, 1969. Total amount received for the tim ber was $1,097,259.40. One sale containing 6,982 M bd. ft., located in Lane County was purchased by American Can Company, Halsey, Oregon, for a total of $629,367.30, or $103.50 per M for the Douglas- fir. The appraised value of the timber was $436,600.05. The other bidders on this parcel were The Murphy Company, Simpeon Timber Company, and Rex Clemens. There were no others qualifying. One sale containing 6,138 M bd. ft., located in Polk county, was purchased by Boise Cas cade Corporation, Independen ce, Oregon, for a total of $284,- 453.10, or $46.95 per M for the Douglas-fir, the appraised val ue of the timber. There were no other bidders on this par An annual fossil-collecting cel. Also qualifying were Pe- field trip was taken by the dee Lumber Co., Willamette Mill City elementary sixth Industries, Inc., and Young & , grade to Thomas Creek Mon day. The area is rich in fossils, Morgan, Inc. One sale containing 2,164 M and all students were able to bd. ft., located in Clackamas add some to their collections. County, was purchased by About 25,000 years ago the lar.d Frank ¡Lumber Co., Inc., Mill in the area was covered with City, Oregon, for a total of $84,- a lush foliage similar to that 724.10, or $73.00 per M for the found today. One fall a series Douglas-fir. The appraised val of volcanic eruptions occurred ue of the timber was $38,406.60. up and down the Cascades. Ex The other bidder on this parcel tensive lava flows spilled out was Crown Zellerbach Corpor in the Cascades, and huge quan ation. There were no other tities of volcanic dust were blown down from the Cascades qualifiers. One sale containing 3,302 M to cover the Willamette Valley bd. ft., located in Clackamas area. Evidently leaves were County, was purchased by Av- falling from the trees at that ison Lumber Co., Molalla, for same time and as the dust set a total of $98,714.90, or $28.80 tled, It covered the leaves in per M for the Douglas-fir, the layers. At a later time, water appraised value of the timber. containing opal filtered There were no other bidders through the Thomas Creek ar on this parcel. Also qualifying ea causing the crumbly, soft were Crown Zellerbach Corpor ash to cement into a hard opal ation, Burkland Lumber Com rock. The hardness of the rock and pany, Frank Lumber Co., Inc., the large numbers of fossils and Publishers Paper Co. Two sales containing a total provide an excellent place for of 5,435 M bd. ft., both located students to learn about the in Linn County, received no area in the past. bids. The next sale by the Salem District Office, Bureau of Land Management, will be held at 3550 Liberty Road, S., Salem, Oregon on October 21, 1969. Information regarding this sale is available at the above ad dress. $4 00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Hunters Will Head for The Hills this Weekend to Hunt the Elusive Buck Oregon big game hunters will be heading for all parts of the state to take part in the general buck deer season set to open Saturday, October 4. The mass invasion will proba bly see the bulk of the state’s 300,000 dear hunters taking to the forests and rangelands at dawn on that day. The buck season will ex tend through October 22 in eas tern Oregon and through Octo ber 26 in western Oregon. Nim- rods with unit permits will be eligible to hunt deer of either sex within the unit for which the permits are issued from October 18 through the re mainder of the season. And how does the season shape up? Good, says the Game Commission. Deer are available in good numbers with popula tions up in some areas, on a par in others, and down in still others. In the north Coast Range buck hunters will find the go ing a bit tougher than past years, the result of higher than normal winter mortality. Buck hunting will also be difficult on the west slopes of the Cas cades south through the Mc Kenzie country. Best buck hunting in the northwest will undoubtedly be in the south ern portions from the Polk Unit south through the Sius- law and Smith River drainages. Hunters will do well to look over the many spur ridges ex tending out into agricultural lands as well as the brushy foothill country. Blacktails like to live around these brushy ridges where they have ready access to fields and meadows below. Good populations of black tails are reported all through southwestern Oregon. In most areas populations show an up swing except portions of the Cascade slopes. Some top buck hunting is expected in the Six es, R >gue, Evans Creek, Cheto, and Applegate units. Black tails are down in the Keno country, but populations are on a par in most other units of the area. In the southwest region hun ters will do well to check out ’he brushy bottom landq and spur ridges. Some cagey old bucks will be found in the dense brush patches adjacent to agricultural lands. The Klamath country of cen tral Oregon is expected only fair as the hard winter cut in to mule deer herds quite sever ely. The Interstate herds were also hit by the hard winter. Farther north, buck hunters are expected to find good hunt ing through the Grizzly, Mau ry, and Ochoco areas. The De chutes and Paulina units will be fair to good and the Me tolius only fair. Blacktall herds on the north and east slopes of Mt. Hood were hard hit by the winter, but mule deer herds in Wasco and Sherman units came through in fine shape. Buck hunters all through northeastern Oregon are expec ted to enjoy excellent success. Mule deer herds in this country are in excellent shape and in Santiam high school w’ll some areas show increases. host a visitation team compris The Sled Springs, Chesnim- ed of representatives of the nus, Imnaha, and Snake River state colleges and universities units should all be good. Heat on Wednesday, October 8, 1969 ing, Baker, and Catherine at 12:30 p. m. Creek units should also pro Unique throughout the Un duce high yields of deer. ited States is the Oregon State Hunters will find excellent System of Higher Education populations of mulies in the “visitation team” which visits Ukiah, Heppner, Wheeler, every high school in the state. Northside, Murderers Creek, The team impresses upon sec and Ixjokout Mountain areas. ondary students the need for The Minam, Umatilla, and Wal some type of education or la Walla are also good choices. training beyond high school. In the southeast, Beulah, The visitation supplements Malheaur River, Owyhee, the guidance program of San Steens Mountain, and Wayner tiam High school. Students will all look good. Hunters will rind be given first hand informa some big bucks all through tion about course offerings, ad this rimrock and juniper mission requirements, housing, country. Some nice bucks will casts to attend, financial aids also be found in the White and scholarships and other in horse area. Fort Rock, Silver formation pertinent to plan Lake, and Silvies units are ex ning for the college experience. pected fair but are not expect Parents are invited to attend ed to be the top producers the visitation and are urged hunters found last fall. to discuss post high school These are just a few of the plans with their sons and dau better buck hunting areas the ghters before and after the con Game Commission recom ference. mends. There are many more areas to choose from. Individ ual hunter success will de pend on how well he knows the habits of deer and how well he knows the country he is hunting. Santiam To Host Visitors Thomas Creek Area October 8 Yields Fossils Lions Club Birthday Calendars Should Be Ordered Now Camp Fire Girls To Gather Deer Hides The Mill City Camp Fire and Bluebirds will again be selling deer hides if the hunt er’s in the area are as gener ous in donating them to the girls as they have been in the past. This is a nice little mon ey making project for the girls and the hunters are usually more than willing to give the hides. Pickup barrels are located at The Sportsman Center in Mill City and at Jerry’s Tavern in Gates. It would be appreciat ed by the girls and their lead ers if the hides were salted and wrapped loosely before placing them in the barrels as thev keep (and smell) much better that way. Residents are being asked at the present time to purchase a birthday calendar from IJons Club members. This is the only city-wide fund-raising drive made by the club, and the money is used for sight con servation and civic projects. If anyone wishes to have a calendar and to not contacted by a Lions member, he may sign up for a calendar at The Enterprise office. The calen dars list the birthdays, and wedding anniversaries of all those who buv calendars Also listed on the calendars are club meetings of the area. The calendars cost only $2.00 and are payable at the time they are ordered. Delivery sb,uld be made in December. Deadline for sales has been set for October 13. Rex Davis Named To Head Boosters Rex Davis was named to head the newly formed Boos ter’s club at a meeting Friday evening at the Mill City grade school gym. This organization replaces the defunct PTA and will help in backing all school activities particularly athletic events and the Santiam Can yon Scholarship drive which awards $500 to two seniors each year. The meetings will be held after each home football or bas ketball game and are open to parents, teachers and any other interested individual. William Lewellen, administrator of dis trict 129.1 said at the recent meeting that he would have sample Booster jackets for anyone wishing to purchase at the next meeting. At the Friday meeting a footliall uniform was on dis play and the safety features, construction and such were ex plained. At the next meeting. October 17, the amount of dues to be paid will be discussed and a sec’y-treasurer appointed. 45 Register at Mari-Linn Pre-School LYONS — Pre-School began last week at Mari-Linn School following registration of Sep tember 18-19 with approxi mately 45 registered. Two classes will be held, one on Tuesday and Thursday and the other Wednesday and Fri day of each week. Nursery clas- es began this Monday morning September 29, following reg istration of September 22, with 15 enrolled. One class a week will be held, with Mrs. Jeanne Oweas as instructor. Evangelist To Be At Lyons Church Evangelist J. C. Burkey will be at the Lyons Santiam Chap el October 5 through October 12 each evening, starting at 7:30. His topic for the meetings will be “Prophecy.”
