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a 1-ae Mill City Enterprise ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLUME XXIV NUMBER 45 THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1069 New System Used at Mill City School ! Up and Down ; The Avenue Electrocuted Monday By Don Moffatt Don’t you sometimes get a little sick to the stomach when you hear about what a rich nation we are? All this talk about affluence comes amid the strife of our cities. It comes at a time when we here in Mill City do not have enough bonding capacity, or at least we didn’t a short time ago to finance a sewer system. We are more lucky than some, as we do have good streets and good schools. Seme of our peo ple have a tough time of mak ing both ends meet. Some of this is their own fault because they will not work unless it is a job of their own choosing. They feel the government will take care of them. Possibly, but it surely isn’t the true American way. I don’t think the homeowners can be called | tax stingy, but they are be-! coming disenchanted with | sending their prime tax money i to Washington, where it is often spent unwisely. I know that school teachers and school systems have quite a job on their hands—that of educating our children. The thing that surprises me the most is how many of our young people know so little about grammar. I hear stu dents, even in high school who still say “me and you,” or “them things” for example, and various other improper grammatical uses, that I was taught in the grades. We send these young people to college, and some of them should still be in high school, as far as their ability to speak properly or read and assimilate what they read. I don’t mean by this that all our young people are nit-wits or uneducated. That is not the case, but unless we. as parents, wake up to the fact that the children must be given some basic training at home, they’ll be left out in the cold when they are older. We must start them out on the right track to begin with, and stick with them, or the teach ers will continue to have two strikes on them before the child reaches school age. We see now where some feel that public campaigning for office is becoming too danger ous, that presidential candi dates and others seeking high office will have to keep off the streets and resort to television to put their campaigns across. I think it Is a sin when a country, which is supposed to be so highly advanced cannot control the minority of bums we have. We’ll just have to treat the bums like the animals they are It is regrettable when candidates can’t make public appearances without the fear of someone shooting at them. I think the time has come when we deal in the ancient manner of an "eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.” If we’d eliminate some of this violence, by dealing with some dissenters with like VIOLENCE I believe it would stop a lot of this non sense. About all we do now is give them a big play in the newspapers and on radio and television, making them feel like big shots. When we have a mad animal, we destroy it, so why not do the same thing when this type of person goes sour? We certainly can’t rely on our courts any more. 1 know right now, there will be a lot of “do-gooders” who’ll wring their hands when they read this, but I'd like to see the country returned to the law-abiding citizens and not turned over to the hoodlums. And Herr’s a little chuckli— After attending a series of lectures at a self-improvement clinic, a man stormed into the leKler's office and demanded »xtra free advice or his money hack. “Y- u told me to make new r nd* and see what happens,' '■ mplained. “I did that but '.ng happened—and now -tuck with three new Santiam Boosters Club To Meet Thursday Evening The newly organized San tiam Booster’s club will meet Thursday evening, November 6 at 8 o’clock in the Mill City Elementary school gum. All members and anyone in terested in joing the club are urged to attend this meeting. Rex Davis, president, said that final plans for the Santiam- Staytan football game on Sat urday evening would be made at that time. Some Booster jackets still remain to be sold and orders will be taken for anyone still wishing to purchase them. These bright colored jackets add a great deal of color ta the Santiam rooting section. Booster Club membership is open to anyone in the com munity above high school age. It is not necessary to have a school-age child to participate in this peppy program. Main purpose of the club is to sup port all sports and other school activities throughout the year. $4.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Santiam Wolverines To Play Stayton Saturday in Big Game of the Seasoon Mill City friends and rela After winning their last tives were saddened to learn game of the regular season at 2041. Sophomore tailback John of the tragic accident Monday Gervais 40-12, Santiam won afternoon that took the life the right to play major divi Ruby again got on the score of 22-month-old Richard Gale sion champ Stay ton, Novem board in the third quarter with Bush of Idanha. ber 8 at 8 o’clock on Stayton’s it 5-yard run; brother Dave Ruby kicked the point after. field. He is the son of Mr. and The Cougars drove for 6 The Wolverines got through Mrs. Gale Bush (she Is the the entire season undefeated. points after they intercepted former Launa Randall) who The Wolverines had a 13 a Ron Johnson pass in Wol had just moved into a mobile ¡joint first quarter with the verine territory. home at Idanha Sunday. The In the fourth quarter How combined efforts of John Ruby father was installing a tele ard Lyness scored from 4 yards and Doug Cline scoring touch vision antenna on the roof downs. John Ruby’s touch out and Tony Grant scored on about 12:45 p. m. when it hit down was on a 3-yard run and a 30-yard pass. Ruby kicked a power line and the charge Cline’s on a 22-yard run. Dave one of the extra points. John was sent to the trailer. Ruby kicked the extra point. Ruby was the leading ground The child apparently had a Gervais scored a touchdown gainer with 195 yards. This hand on the trailer, was stand in running back a kick-off 85 was an offensive game for the ing on damp ground and was yards against the Wolverine Wolverines as they used three stricken, state police said. The "suicide squad, ” which is made quarterbacks and never were father was not hurt. up of Juniors, Sophomores, forced to punt. After efforts to start the Defensively Mike Long and one Freshman. family car failed, Bush ran In the second quarter Larry Doug Cline and Larry Hilles with the child to nearby San Hillesland scored on a 15-yard land had 5 tackles each. Long, tiam Highway where he flag punt return and Ruby kicked Allen Eevers and Ron John ged a state police car. the extra point. The defense son each intercepted a pass. The big talk about town Officers Gerald Norris and held the Cougars scoreless. Frank Tsatskowski transport The half ended with the score now is to beat Stayton, and Canyon Merchants have a ed the family to a doctor’s of full page in The Enterprise fice in Mill City. The child this week, urging the Wolver was dead on arrival despite ines on to victory Saturday Tsatshowski’s mouth to mouth resuscitation efforts. night, November 8 at 8 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Bush have a 4 years old. Pictured is Nancy Sharp using some of the “Bas daughter, Weddle Funeral Home is in George (Sparky) Ditter, 59 ket Brigade” instruction material now in use in the charge of arrangements. Mill City, a timber faller for elementary schools in District 129J. Students find this Lone Pine Logging Co., was material interesting and instructive. seriously injured in a woods accident on Evans Mountain Thursday. Ditter, according to his part ner, felled a tree uphill and it rolled down, striking another A unique system has been Parent - Teacher reporting log which hit him. He was tak designed to provide the ele conferences are scheduled next en by Lyons ambulance to San mentary school classrooms week at the Mill City Ele tiam Memorial Hospital in with a mass selection of in mentary and Gates Primary Stayton and later transferred structional materials on a giv schools. DETROIT—A hungry l>ear to Salem Memorial Hospital en subject area. Teachers sub Notices are benig sent to preparing for hibernation went where he underwent emergen mit monthly requests to the parents indicating the time of looking for some of man’s food cy surgery. lacal instructional materials individual appointments. On and wrecked a trailer here, A relative said that Ditter center for media congruent to Wednesday afternoon, Novem state police said. received broken ribs, head in subjects taught. Sources are ber 12, students of the 4th, 5th, By Don W. Moffatt The bear broke the glass juries and a punctured lung tapped for a tremendous var 6th, 7th, and Sth grades will One of the most interesting using drugs as a release from door in a trailer in the Stahl- According to word received iety of materials including: be dismissed from school at meetings this writer has at tension. He said he thought man Addition in an area of here this week, Ditter took a films, tapes, records, study 11:45, immediately after lunch. tended in a long time was the drug helped him, but he summer homes and trailers, turn for the worse Saturday prints, books, and transpar Although all parents cannot held Tuesday night at the became hooked, and it lead to tore off the refrigerator door, and remains in serious condi encies. Media sources include be scheduled for Wednesday Mill City Elementary gym his downfall. He said; “a drug opened cupboards, ate tin cans tion. local library and center, coun afternoon, it will enable the when Dr. Ronald Winters addict will stoop to any means of food, and generally wrecked About two weeks ago, Ditter ty, state, federal, and other teachers to meet with most from OSU and Richard Holl to support his habit. I even the interior, police said. received another less serious free Dan agencies such as Bell of their students’ parents. man, Portland, a drug addict stole money from my wife, The owner was listed as Rog head injury when a limb fell Telephone Company, Shell Oil, Thursday the Gates Primary spoke to a crowd of some 400 son, and mother. A dope ad er B. Tulley, Portland, wh) on him. Ditter lives at 309 First Association Films, and others. teachers will be meeting with people, who came to “Hear dict is immature and irrespons was not present. St. in Mill City. The success of the “basket parents and students of that It Like It Is” on drugs. ible. There is no sure cure for brigade” can be readily at school will be dismissed after Cpl. Tom Drynan introduc drug addiction, and the only tributed to the fact that the lunch. Parents will again be ed Dr. Winters who gave a way out is death. Right now, district has at is finger tips a receiving notices of appoint Student Delivers Instructional Materials talk explaining that there are I have my habit controller!, hut vast array of materials instant ments and should make every thousands of drugs available I can’t completely break it.” ly available upon request. effort to be prompt. on shelves of drug stores, Hollman talks to school The parent-teacher confer While many of the outside which are perfectly safe when groups, and stated that it is sources have excellent mater ence will relate to the individ used as prescribed by physi impossible to dry up the source ials to offer a school curricu ual progress of the child and cians, but by the same token of drug supply. The only solu lum. much of the media is not present an excellent opportun can be very dangerous when tion is through education of available at the time it Is ity to become better acquaint not taken as directed. the young people. They must ed with the child’s school prob needed. He said that many of the ad be made to realize the pitfalls When the “goods” are as lem and his teacher. vertised over the counter of drug use, and its lasting ill sembled by the instructional drugs like Vivarin or Tirend effect n their minds anrl body. materials center staff, they are usually contain nothing but Parents must help to impress placed in handy baskets and caffein, which can be found upon their children that noth are shuttled off to designated in coffee. He said; “many ing good can come from ex classrooms. Once in the class people will take these drugs perimenting with marijuana or room, the materials may be to pep themselves up during any other type of drugs. used by student and teacher. the day, then take some other Hollman said: “if you are ap Records are kept of materials concoction to put them to proached by a pusher, be sure requested and received. These sleep at night.” He inferred that you have means of turn rec :rds include information that many of these drugs are ing him in. Even if jou have such as material evaluation, really not very effective. He sense enough not to touch it, Most business places in town audience, curriculum effective said many people make a habit remember, there are others took a long "break” Tuesday; ness. and instrumentality. of keeping old drugs which who may not exercise good Also using a basket brigade in fact it lasted about 2 hours were prescribed for a certain judgment and try it for kicks. system, is the Linn-Benton when strong gusts of wind ailment. When the drug has This can lead to disaster.” County Intermediate Educa downed power lines just west accomplished its purpose, the The main message brought tion district Brxjk and Film f Meander Inn and snagged remainder should be destroyed out at the meeting was to Library. Baskets of films anrl some lines near Gates. as medicine cabinets become LEAVE DRUGS ALONE. Once again everyone was re other instructional materials full of pills and users forget During the question anrl are brought to Mill City on minded just how much we de what they were taken for. answer period, it was learned the county c urier vehicle pend on power to carry on ev Many drugs can be lethal if that parents should watch twice a week Rapid service is ery day business as stores, they are taken after alcoholic their children carefully for banks, post of flee, print shop, given by this method. beverages have been ingested. behavorial changes, as this shoe shop and other places had Dr. Winter said that using may mean they are using their quiet hours. marajuana did not necessarily drugs. I^earn to communicate Most homes In town had lead to use of hard narcotics. with you children, and dis power hut in many places the It may help, but it depends cuss the problem openly with outage was from about 1 o’ on whether or not the user Ls them. Don’t try to sweep it clock until 3:15 p. m. When an addiction prone individual. under the rug. as it won’t the power went off the fire At the time of going to siren gave a sharp blow and Some can tolerate drugs with work this way. press Wednesday forenoon, when the lights came on the out becoming habitual users, It was also brought out that there has been no reports of fire alarm system for the bank others cannot. pushers are not too careful vandalism in the area result poetoffice anti Enterprise of Dr. Winters said that what they use to dilute drugs. ing from Hallowe’en. It may fice was triggered, giving peo alcoholic beverages were also People who use drugs after be that the football game a* ple in th se places a bad mo a menace when not used in they have been “cut” have no Gervais took many young folks ment until it was turned off moderation, and it was also way of knowing exactly how- out of town. possible to get “hooked" on much of the drug they are by Charles Kelly, postmaster There was very little “win consuming. alcohol. dow" decorations seen, and Dick Hollman stated he has People who attended this not one obscene word was no No School To Be not had much of a life since he meeting, set up by Cpl. Dryn ticed on any window. was 17 years old. and has been an certainly came away with a The usual trick or treaters Held November I I th on drugs for 21 years. At one better knowledge of the drug Mike Farmen is shown carrying the basket used were out, but it did not seem Veteran’s Day will he ob time he was an honor student problem. Drynan has repeat in a new unique system in use in the grades at Mill City and an accomplished musician, edly stated at other meetings elementary school district 129J. The handy baskets are there were as many as last served Tuesday, November 11 year. The young people are to by the Mill City-Gates schools playing with Anson Weeks, that we have a drug problem Classes will not be held on a well-known dance band It here, and one that must be shuttled off to designated classrooms where the in be commended on their ac- ri ns on this night that day. structional material is put to use. was at this time he starter! coped with. Mill City Logger Hurt In Accident Crowd of Over 400 Turns Out To Hear Discussion On Pitfalls of Drug Abuse Bear Wrecks Trailer House in Search for Food School Has Parent-Teacher Large Audio- Conferences Slated Visual Source For November 12 Power Outage Slows Down Business Tuesday Hallowe'en Is Quiet In Mill City
