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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1969)
ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON'S EAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND VOLL’ME XXn* NUMBER 50 THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, I960 Charles Kelly Talks Up and Down About Early Mill City The Avenue At Lions Ciub Meet ;; By Don Moffatt • • * • • • • O Mill City is beginning to look a little more like Christ mas as stores start to put out their Christmas merchandise and decorate their windows. The Jaycees this year put up the lights on the city tree at First and Broadway. All these things make us think about the true meaning of Christmas. a lot of us complain about having Christmas decorations put up before Thanksgiving, but if the gals don’t start fil ling their shopping lists by that time, there is such a hustle and bustle just before Christmas, that it makes them wonder if it is all worth while. Of course it is, though, or they wouldn’t be doing it year after year. All this talk about an in crease in social security bene fits will not be of much bene fit unless inflation can be curb ed at once. It has been said that it takes about $4,000 a year for a retired couple to maintain a “moderate” stan dard of living. If the proposed increase in social security, as recommended b y President Nixon, becomes law, the aver age retired couple’s income will be a shade above that re quired for the government’s definition of a “moderate” standard of living. In the meantime, as inflation contin ues, millions of people on fix ed incomes will drop into the ranks of those that face vir tual starvation. Unless infla tion is controlled, no matter what the government decides to do with social security, the purpose of raising the living standard of even maintaining the status quo, will be defeat ed. I certainly do not think much of the plan to give an annual guarantee of $5,500 a year for everyone. Just how in common sense can that type of money be raised by the government. Not only that, it is morally wrong to guarantee a living wage to anyone, whe ther or not the person works I do feel that something must be done to provide employment to those who really want to work. This is where the main trouble lies. Then, if the party will not work, providing he is healthy, it is just his tough luck. It is a real problem, but making the people subservient to the government with any kind of a dole will eventually wreck our country. I have long been an admirer of Portland congresswoman Edith Green. She is a Demo crat, and one who is working for all the people, or at least that haB always been my opin ion of her. She does not al ways stick to party procedure and I feel we need more like her in Washington. D. C. She has been against many of the things the Office of Economic Opportuntiy has done. She feels that much of the money spent by this agency has been wasted, and she goes on to list a lot of the programs which has siphoned money into th° “sump”. Mrs. Green and a few Democrats and Republicans have joined in sponsoring a bill authorizing and directing major revision- in the anti-; poverty program. Mrs. Green believes that some g od has come from the OEO program but that there have been too many promise« and not enough fulfillment for the $7.7 billion spent in the past five years. Mrs. Green says that OEO has defied the will of Congress, abused its; authority, wasted millions of dollars and done too little to alleviate condition! of poor people. All I can say is I wish both I parties would listen more I to Mrs. Green, she has some good ideas. Hospital Gets New Equipment Student Aid at Work Charles Kelly, a former Lions club member, was guest speaker at the club meeting Monday night. He brought with him many fine pictures I taken in the early days of Mill Gate Christensen, adminis City. He gave a real informa trator at Santiam Memorial tive talk on life in the pioneer Hospital in Stayton said this days here, before a town was week that some new equip established. He said in about ment had been installed at the 1800 the area was opened up hospital this week, keeping for homesteading, anti the only up with the progress else- way into the area was on foot, where. or horseback, there being no One of the interesting new roads of any kind. In those pieces of equipment is the babv days the pioneers cut huge warmer, which is thermostatic trees in clearing a little plot ally controlled. A newborn ba of ground ss they could piant by is placed in the warmer, crops. They burned up these avoiding the sudden drop in large trees, which today would temperature which usually oc bring a fantastic price. curs immediately after birth. Most of the old timers shot This prevents any possible deer and fished for the main brain damage to the new arriv part of their food. They would al and has been developed walk to Stayt'n to get the sup within the past year. The hos plies they could not raise. pital Auxiliary will pay for The railroad came here about this equipment. 1880. The town was establish Also new is the automatic ed and named in 1888 and a Autoclave, a medical instru Post Office came into being. ment sterilizer which is in the Curtis Lumber Co., which op central instrument supply cen erated here in the early days ter used by surgeons. Cost was sold their holding to Hammond $6,500. A portable X-ray mach Lumber Co. in 1914. Mill City ine has been purchased at a was then strictly a c:mpanv cost of $7,105 which will be town. advantageous to both doctors Kelly said at one time hops and patients. was a major crop in the Gates Mr. Christensen said that area. Space here does not per new doctors are being sought mit bringing all the early day to replace the ones who re history' of the area, but Lions cently resigned from the hos- realized that there is a lot of pital staff. good stories of early day life which should be put into book form. It was announced that the | annual Christmas party will be held Saturday night in the Eagles hall. President Kreck- low sairl the material is being purchased to construct one of the bus shelters at the present The Christmas Story, table time. These shelters will be aus with songs, will again be placed at strategic points to enacted by grade and high protect students from the school students in district 129J weather. on Thursday, December 18 at Krecklow said a prize will 8 p. m. at the Santiam High be given to the Lions coming school gym. up with the best name for the Spencer Hillesland will di shelters. rect the program which is lock ed forward to by many resi dents whether they have children in school or not. Several hundred youngsters participate in this heart-warm ing presentation and as many DETROIT — The Detroit have said before, “this really Christian Community Church starts the holiday season for has also scheduled Decembe- us.” 21st for their annual Christ The event is open ta the public and there is no admis mas program. The 3:00 p.m. program will sion charge. include a sing Inspiration to which the public is cordially Lyons Man Injured invited. The Sunday school class will In Woods Accident DETROIT—John Powell of present a special program dur ing the morning service. Sun Lyons who was injured in a day school service begins at logging accident shortly be 10:00 A.M. followed by morn fore 1:00 p.m. Monday, was taken by Detroit Mobile First ing worship at 11:00 a.m. Old St. Nick will have holi- Aid Unit to Santiam Memorial day treats on hand for all of hospital in Stayt n. He is employed by Parkett the children. The Detroit High Choralairs Logging Co. of Mehama. No details were learned a- will present their annual Christmas program of carol se bout the accident. Ambulance lections Sunday, December 14 ' attendants said he suffered leg at 7:30 p.m. in the grade school bruises and a possible leg library. I fracture. Santiam High School Utilizing Students To Assist Instructors in Teaching For the past four years San tint High upperclassmen have had an opportunity to act as individual students. aids to secondary teachers who Linda Cox is an assistant in want them. The individual Home Economics I for Mrs. teacher sets the guide lines Sherry Leisinger. for his own aid and submits LaDonna Bradley and Shir his plan to the adminsitration ley Stone are involved in re for approval. To enter this medial reading and spelling program students who are in with some of the students in terested must secure the con English I. They also help sent of the teacher when they with the filing and testing. make out their class schedules In addition to their other at the beginning of the school duties, there have been times year. Sometimes the teacher that an aid, with a faculty j contacts a capable student who member present, has taken took the course the preceding over a class when the teach year to serve as his aid. Stud er was absent. This is a good ents who satisfactorily com experience for the student aid plete the program receive one as well as a help to the class unit of credit per year. since the aid is familiar with Several departments at San procedures. Some student tiam High are making use of aids discover that they like to aids this year. (See pictures in teach and are influenced ta this issue.) Don Williams is enter the profession. . assisted in drafting classes by Each year more students i at I Kim Gabriel who make sample Santiam High are helping to drawings, puts up bulletin broaden the scope of the 1 boards, and works with stu teacher’s influence in the class dents needing additional help. room. Three programs have George Brown assists students made this possible: the cadet in the shop as they learn to teaching initiated at Gates use the tools and machines. Primary school this year, the student aids working at Mill Tom Rush and Bruce Roscoe Student Aids are being used at Santiam High to are assistants for Bob Wil City Elementary school, and further education in various studies. In the picture be liams’ first year science clas the teacher aids assisting at low Larry Hillesland, assistant to Fred Gruver, is ex ses. They set up materials and the high school. This help is plaining a math problem to Lisa Gabriel. equipmen for experiments and appreciated by the students, Photo By Sue Poole help with tests and individual the faculty, and the administra tion. instruction. Assisting Fred Gruver in math are Mike Long and Larry Hillesland. They pre pare transparencies for use on the overhead projector, admin- ister tests and tutor those needing extra help. A Mill City woman was in- Patricia Moore and Melody jured about 4 p.m. Saturday in Barnhardt are assistants to The Santiam Wolverines a two-car accident on the Vai- Bid Sanders in Russian. They won their first home basket setz road. help first year students prac ball game here Tuesday night Polk County sheriff’s depu tice their oral pattern drills, when they defeated Cascade ties said Sandra Lee Drew, 25, and type materials on the spe High to the tune of 43-39. San- was in a car driven by her SENIORS tiam will have no league husband, Thomas, which was Melody Barnhardt 4.00 cial typewriter that has a key games until after Christmas. board of Russian letters. They 3.66 involved in a collision with an Gary Bartow 3.66 also help administer tests and auto operated by Michael S. Lynn Cutsforth Cascade was ahead 19-16 at Rebecca Earhart 4.00 and vocabulary quizzes. halftime. Santiam made 15 of Cusland, 24, Valsetz. Dan Willis spends the last 28 free throws, while Cascade 366 Mrs. Drew was taken by am Larry Eide 3.50 period of the day in the art connected with only 5 out of bulance to Dallas Hospital and I.ouise Gruver 4.00 room where he helps Mrs. Beu 17 tries. later transfered to Santiam Larry Hillesland lah Bowes take care of art Memorial Hospital, Stayton Virginia Lankins 3.50 materials, Dick Berg with 12 points organizing them and 3.80 cleaning up She was in satisfactory condi Janice Lewellen led Santiam's scoring effort. after a day of art 4.00 tion late Saturday following Mike Long Santiam sccrers: Richards 3, 3.66 classes. treatment of a back injury, William Lyness Cox 2, Berg 12, Hillesland 8, Bert Wells is assisted by 3.66 Patricia Moore hospital officials said. Roscoe 5, Pittam 2, Eide 7 and Karen Oliver 4.00 Becky Earhart in chemistry Elliott 4. 3.66 and Karen Oliver in Biology I Karen Olson II. Since these are both lab Santiam will meet Gervais Garry Plotts 3.66 oratory courses, it is a help to Lyons To Have City here Saturday, Decemlrer 13. 3.66 Alan Raines some one set up the ex They will play Elmir;» there Lighting Contest Bruce Roscoe 3.66 have periments and clean up after on December 12 and Cascade At the meeting of the City Robert Saltalamachia 3.50 wards. They also work with there on December 16. Council Wednesday members JUNIORS voted to get all new Street Susan Crowthers feigns of the reflector type Barbara Etzel which will be installed as s on Jackie Evans Showing Transparencies as possible. Approximately 50 Twyla Fultz will he ordered. Kenneth Goforth Discussion was held on rais Richard Posekany ing the fee for mobile homes SOPHOMORES which is now $5.00. Judging of Dan Cox 3.71 the Christmas lighting contest Victoria Olson 3.57 will be December 19th. First Rosealie Whitney 3.57 prize will lie $15.00; second $10 Hope Willson 3.65 and third $5. William Wood 3.57 FRESHMEN Dennis Budlong 3.57 Freshmen Study Russian Linda Ix'ng 3.85 Jeri Jo Parker 3.57 Gloria Poole 3.71 Leroy Shepherd 3.71 Christmas Story To Be Presented By Woman From School Youngsters Mill City Hurt Detroit To Have Yule Programs $4,00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Santiam Wins First Home Game 43-39 Hagen Re-elected Sports Club Head There was a large turn ou' if meml>ers for the annual meeting and Christmas part’ for the North Santiam Sports man club, held Friday night in Salem at the Four Corners Community hall. During the business meetinc Art Hagen was re-elected to ■erve as president of the group R.bert Gilmore, Tigard will serve as vice-president; Helen Kolsky, Salem, secretary-trea surer; Frank Kolsky, Salem, ’•’red Halverson, Salem and Robert Simmons, Portland «•ore elected directors of the club. Weather, Detroit Dam 7 a. m Daily Weather Readine Pool Max. Min. Elev. Pep 3 49 32 1154.81 00 Dec 1452 45 0.16 Dec. 4 46 Bid Sanders is the instructor in Rus Dec. 5 45 34 1450.20 0.13 sian at Santiam High. Below Melody Dec 6 47 35 1447.69 0.02 Dec 4 45 36 1445.18 032 Barnhardt, center is giving an assist in 8 49 40 1442.68 0.18 basic Russian to Gloria Poole on the Dec Dec. 9 47 35 1440 15 046 right and Jeri Jo Parker. This frees the Seniors Top Honor List At Santiam High Regis To Have Donkey Ball Game instructors to better give instruction to the entire class, and it also gives stu dents the benefit of more personal help in their studies. Photo by Sue Poole. Regis High will l»e the seem of a Donkey Basketball game Mike Long, who is one of the assistants in Fred Monflay. December 15. They will be playing the Stayton Gruvers math classes can be seen showing transparen cies. The students help in preparing the transparencies Javcees. for use on the overhead projector. Photo by Sue Poole The game is called for 7:30. I
