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VOLUME XXV
NUMBER 6
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE— MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5, 1970
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Up and Down
The Avenue
By Don Moffatt
I guess all of you people
have learned, or at least heard
about getting into family
fights. I learned ab:ut this
the hard way Sunday. The
family ruckus was between
two of our old “papa” ducks.
It seems they were making
a play for one of the hens,
and got into a real hassle. They
had been fighting for a couple
of days, and were really get­
ting down to pecking in earn­
est. I watched them for awhile
Sunday morning and after
the flock had been fed, and
they still insisted on fighting,
I thought I’d break it up, and
teach them a lesson. That was
my downfall.
I put my rubbers on over
my slippers and went into the
storage shed and got a long
stick. I was going to whack
same sense into these old
birds. I got all set, and took
out after them just like I did
when I was young. I was do­
ing real good as a sprinter,
but I forgot about how slick
the rain soaked lawn had be­
come. I g:t about halfway to
where the fight was going on
when my feet went out from
under me, and I lit on the
back of my head. It knocked
me goofy for a second or two
and when I realized what had
happened the whole flock had
flown into the river. It didn’t
even slow up the fight. They
were mauling each other the
same as berore. The only dif­
ference was that I was mud
and wet grass from head to
toe, and today, Monday, I’m
stiff as a board. No bones br -
ken, however. When I fed the
ducks this Monday morning,
they still were fighting, I
decided to let them make their
own decisions. I’ve learned my
lesson, believe me. Let nature
take its course. I suppose this
sort of thing has been ging
on for centuries, so why should
I try to stop it. But it’s the
same old story, it’s the fault
of the female species. I’ll bet
I catch it when I get home
after press day for this last
remark.
You’ve all heard, and have
seen the words printed, “Walk,
Don’t Run” to the nearest exit.
I think now is the time to
take this old slogan into con­
sideration when we’re on this
present binge to clean up our
environment. I have nothing
against clean air and clean
streams, but I feel that the
“planners” are g:ing to make
a whole lot of errors if they
instigate any crash program
They’ll never make it work if
they attempt to stop all burn­
ing of refuse. It is humanly
impossible to make land fills
to bury everything we don’t
need. I think they are going
ab ut it just opposite to what
they should. I feel we should
burn everything possible, and
process the rest in some man­
ner to make it useful. I even
heard one man state that we
could put our garbage up into
the canyons of the mountains
and bury it. This would be p:l-
lution of the worst sort. Ev­
eryone knows, or should know
that when the wet weather
comes, and it always does, that
water would soak thr:ugh the
rubbish and eventually it all
would run into our streams.
So you see, this is not the an­
swer.
I have lived up in this can­
yon for over 16 years, and the
air has been good for the m st
part. We have our wigwam
burners going, and what smoke
does come from burning of
wood waste is not offensive.
Our worst soiling index days
are better than the lightest in
Portland. Why don't the plan-
ncrs cican up their own mess
first, then come up and see
if anything needs to be done
in our area. They’re killing
the guose that lays the golden
eggs, when they attempt to
stop all burning. They had
better change their tactics
and learn to walk, not run.
when making their plans.
We’re not going to die from
pollution out here, but they're
getting a little “sick" in the
bigger cities, and that is some­
thing for sure.
I will agree that impr:ve-
ments must be made in bum
Mill City's Tree In St. Louis
Bank Cafe
Has New
Operators
A deal was consummated
recently whereby Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil McCormick and Eva Con-
neally purchased the Bank
Cafe here in Mill City. The
cafe had been closed for the
past two years. It had been
operated by Mr. and Mrs.
Whitey Goodman until failing
health forced them to close
down.
The McCormicks have cper
ated cafes before, the last one
being the Chemeketa restaur­
ant in Salem. He also was bus-
ness manager for the Marian
Home in Sublimity for six
years. He at one time lived
on the Little North Fork.
He stated Monday that they
plan on having a full menu,
and will also put in full f un-
tain service shortly. Mrs. Mc­
Cormick has had experience in
this line.
Hours for the cafe will be
from 6 a.m. until 10 p. m.
during the winter months.
They are living in quarters
below the cafe.
An interesting follow-up on the 100 foot
Christmas tree which was shipped to the city
of St. Louis for their tree, was learned here
recently. The tree was shipped by U. S. Ply­
wood and loaded at Frank Lumber Company
dock. Steve Toman, grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Toman and nephew of Mrs. Jack Scott
of Mill City was in St. Louis during the Christ­
mas holiday. His aunt had sent him the arti­
cle that was in The Enterprise telling about
the tree and she asked him to get a picture of
it if possible. Steve is in the Naval Air Corps
and is stationed at Pensacola, Florida. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Toman of Salem.
The tree is pictured in front of the arch fram­
ed courthouse in St. Louis.
Seniors Top Honor
List at Santiam
There were 22 Seniors mak­
ing the third six weeks and
semester h nor roll at Santiam
High school. Three of them
made 4.00 for both periods.
3rd 6 Wks. Sem.
Fresh men—
Dennis Budlong
Linda Long
Jerri Jo Parker
Gloria Poole
Leroy Shepherd
3.57
3.71 4.00
3.71
3.77
3.71 3.71
Sophomores—
R. Marshall
Picked for
Pro Team
Randy Marshall, Linfield’s
great defensive lineman, was
one excited lad when contacted
by Atlanta coach Norm Van
Brocklin and informed he was
picked by the Falce ns in the
sixth round of the profootbali
draft Tuesday.
Actually Marshall was the
10th pick of the Falcons, who
had extra selections due to
trades.
Marshall, an all-Northwest
Conference middle guard for
three years, was drafted as a
defensive end.
Linfield Ceach Ad Rutsch­
man said Tuesday night Mar­
shall intends trying to make
the Falcon squad and in his
opinion has a real good chance.
Randy is a 1965 graduate
of Santiam High where he was
a top athlete. His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Marshal, for­
mer Mill City residents, now
live in Central Oregon but
have property interests here.
Hutchinson Logging
Equipment To Be
Sold Here Saturday
Ed Lewin, Stayton auctione­
er, will auction off the Her­
bert Hutchinson logging equip­
ment, trucks, supplies and of­
fice equipment. The sale will
be held Saturday, February 7
at 11 a m. at the Hutchinson
site. 139 S. W. Broadway in
Mill City. A complete list of
the items to be sold are listed
n an ad in The Enterprise
this week.
ing techniques, but it can be
lone. If we can put men on
the moon, we can lick this
problem, if the proper amount
of effort is put into it.
Debra Barnhardt
3.57
Dan Cox
3.57
Greg Eide
Mary Gay Fleetwood
3.86
Vickie Moore
Victoria Olson
3.57
3.71
Gordon PLtts
Hope Willson
3.71
3.57
3.71
3.57
3.57
3.71
3.71
3.57
Juniors—
LaDonna Bradley
Susan Crowther
Barbara Etzel
Jackie Evans
Twyla Fultz
Kenneth Goforth
Douglas James
Larry Moberg
Sandi Oliver
Richard Posekany
3.71 3.71
4.00 4.00
3.50
3.83 3.83
4.00 4.00
3.66
3.83 3.50
3.50
3.67 3.50
4.00 4.00
Seniors—
Melody Barnhardt
Gary Bartow
Douglas Cline
Linda Crowther
Lynn Cutsforth
Rebecca Earhart
Larry Eide
Louise Gruver
Larry Hillesland
Ronald Johnson
Virginia Lankins
Janice Lewellen
Mike I zing
William Lyness
Patricia Moore
Susan More
Karen Oliver
Karen Olson
Garry Plotts
Alan Raines
Bruce Roscoe
Shirley Stone
3.83 4.00
3.50
3.66 3.66
3.50
3.66 3.66
3.83 4.00
3.66 3.66
3.83 3.83
4.00 4.00
3.50 3.50
3.83 3.50
3.83 3.83
3.83 4.00
3.66 3.66
3.50 3.50
3.57
4.00 4.00
4.00 3.83
4.00 3.66
3.66 3.50
4.00 4.00
3.66 3.50
Weather, Detroit Dam
Max. Min. Elev. Pep
7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading
Pool
Jan.
21 58 41 1513.95 1.06
Jan.
22 54 46 1520.02 0.92
Jan.
23 60 40 1530.03 2.91
Jan.
24 50 40 4 540.60 0.81
Jan.
25 46 35 1546.90 1.71
Jan.
26 43 35 1551.87 1.10
Jan.
27 50 36 1557.56 2.45
Jan.
28 39 32 1561.05 0.40
Jan.
29 42 32 1560.56 T
Jan.
30 39 33 1557.57 T
Jan.
31 44 37 1553.42 0.12
Feb.
1 46 38 1552.97 1.12
Feb.
2 43 37 1549.64 0.22
Feb.
3 47 38 1544.60 0.14
Walnuts Taken
From John Shafer
Home at Mehama
By Jean Roberts
MEHAMA — One hundred
pounds :f walnuts have dis­
appeared from the basement
of Mr. and Mrs. John Shafer
of Mehama. The guilty party
has not been apprehended but
he has been sighted several
times as he surreptitiously
runs down stairs or darts into
a dark corner. He has been
seen watching boldly from am­
bush as Shafers’ try in vairi
to reute him out into the open.
In a court of law this sus­
pect could hardly be convict­
ed of theft as the walnuts have
not been transported from the
premises but have only been
distributer! about the property
The legality of the matter
is small consolation for the
Shafers who must look into
shoes, coat pockets, paper
sacks, cans or anything else
that might be in the basement,
for their walnuts.
Sometimes they are lucky
enough to find several pounds
in a shoe, or in a coat sleeve,
or even in a pocket but mos;
of the 100 pounds is still mis­
sing.
The culprit is a silver gray
squirrel.
Mill City Jaycees To Conduct
Community Survey Soon_ _ _ _ _
The Mill City Jaycees will with the city fathers, or feel
start Monday, February 9 to that there is something that
put inti action a community needs changing, this is a good
survey which will be compris­ time to let it be known.
ed of 53 questions.
These will be on city gov­
ernment, public utilities, edu­ Terry Jacobson
cation, business and other |
thing of interest to the com­ Home On Leave
munity. The Jaycees will take i
as many of these door to d :or j Airman Terry E. Jacobson,
as possible but as someone will son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
no doubt be missed they may Jacobson is home on leave af­
secure a questionnaire by cal­ ter graduation from Aircraft
ling Roger Penrose at 897-2757. | Maintenance Specialist Schoo!
Results of the survey will j a’ Shephard AFB in Texas.
be published in The Enter­ He will report n February
prise in about twa weeks ac­ I 16 to George AFB, California
| where he will be assigned to
cording to Mr. Penrose.
ALso if residents have any­ the 479th Tactical Fighter
thing they wash to discuss Wing.
Posekany Makes
Five Gallon Club
Dick Posekany s name was
added to th se making the five
gallon club at the recent Red
Cross blood drawing in Stay­
ton. Mrs. Kenneth McKenzie,
chairman of local arrange­
ments, said there were 84 un­
its given which was consid­
ered a good response and one
that was greatly appreciated.
The need for bl.od is al­
ways greater than the supply
and Mrs. McKenzie said when
they could get “nearly one
hundred units” they were grat­
ified and hopeful that the next
drawing would be even better.
It is interesting to note how
much time and effort is do­
nated to set up a blood draw­
ing. It takes about 40 volun­
teers using 125 man-hours. This
includes station aids, regis­
trars, registered nurses and
three doctors. Boy Scouts also
assist in the work by helping
set up and dismantle the sta­
tion. All services are volun­
tary.
30 Taxpayers Turn Out
Monday Night To Learn
About Teacher Salaries
By Don Moffatt
About 30 taxpayers of Ad­ proposal of the consultation
ministrative School District team given.
129J were present at the high
At the taxpayer meeting
school building Monday night many different unrelated sub­
to find out what was jects came up, but Mr. Lew­
going on in the mat­ ellen informed the group there
ter of teacher salary increase would be no discussion on sal­
for the coming school year. aries, as it was still in com­
Apparently the reason for the mittee, and that it was still
large crowd was the headlines in the “playing games” stage
in last week’s Enterprsie say­ with offers and counter offers
ing "Teacher Group Asks 43% being made.
Salary Increase.” Many evi­ He invited this group to
dently did not read the rest meet again Monday night, Feb­
of the heading nor the story ruary 9 at the school building
under it, as the next part of where they again could be
the heading read "Turned heard. It was brought out that
Down By Administration.”
all school board meetings are
These salary discussions are open to the public, but Lew­
something new this year. A ellen also stated that the meet­
bill was passed in the last Leg­ ing Monday night was not a
islature so teachers could form board meeting, and neither
associations to bargain on wag­ will the meeting to be held
es and benefits. These discus­ next Monday.
sions between the Santiam Ed­
ucation Association, local bar­
gaining group for the teachers,
and the Salary Consultation
team made up of two members
of the board, Clare Henness
and Albin Cooper and Richard
Posekany, with Administrator
Bill Lewellen as their spokes­
man, have been going on for
some time.
At the meeting of the tax­
payers Monday night, Admin­
istrator Lewellen explained
that the taxpayers have the
final say in this matter as
The Salary Consultation
they will vote on the budget. team,
of Albin C:op-
While the teachers made a er and composed
Clare Henness of the
demand which was excessive school board
and Richard Pose­
and out of line, they were giv­ kany, met Monday
night at the
en a counter proposal which Administrator’s office
San­
they in turn rejected. They tiam High to make a at
counter
made another proposal which
to the Santiam Education
was brought up at the Mon offer
Association. Representing the
Girl of the Month day night meeting f the sal­ Education Association were Al
Janice Lewellen was chosen ary consultation team. This Glover, Richard Ricketts and
girl of the month for January team again turned down their Fred Gruver.
at Santiam High School. She request and wound up offer­ Administrator Lewellen,
is a Senior. Janice Is the dau­ ing the teachers a five percent ( spokesman for the consulta­
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. William Increase. This was done in tion team, offered the teach­
about five minutes following ers a five percent increase in
Lewellen of Mill City.
Janice has lx>en active in the meeting of the taxpayers pay. He told The Enterprise
many activities, among them group. There was no discuss that this would cost the dis­
are: Pep Club, G.A.A., F.T.A., ion at the time, only the pro­ trict about $21,000 more than
Girls Volleyball, Girls Basket­ posal of the teachers turned the present budget. He also
ball, Girls Track. Intra-School clown, and then the counter said that in the event the
C uncil and Honor Society.
Teachers did not accept this
She was Girl of the Month in
figure, he would have to pre­
October in 1968 and was chos-
pare the annual budget at the
n Girl of the Year at Santiam
present figure, and in this
her Junior year. This year she
event, any increase would have
was chosen the Good Citizen
to be taken to the voters. The
Award for the Daughters of
Teacher proposal last made
the American Revolution at
and turned down, would have
Santiam.
Mrs. Doris Davenport, chair­ been about a 16% Increase ov­
She plans tj attend Oregon man of the Mother’s March of er their present salary sched­
College of Education and ma­ Dimes said this week that a ule.
jor in education.
total of $231.67 was obtained
in Mill City and Gates. This Blizzard Conditions
is almost the same amount as
Boy of the Month
collected last year which was On Santiam Pass
$245.00.
DETROIT—A chartered bus
Not only does the money load of skiiers from Seattle
help in research to correct participating in the Junior
birth defects and other things Ski Races at Hoodoo Ski Bowl
hut the March of Dimes Foun­ stopped over here Saturday
dation does not forget its “old­ night at a local restaurant for
er patients.” Mrs. Mac Mormon their meal before journeying
at Lyons, who was crippled on to Sisters where they would
by polio and is confined to a stay overnight. Blinding snow
wheel chair, is still helped and freezing rain, whipped
by the Foundation.
along by near gale force wind,
Mrs. Davenport said she ap­ threatened to close Santiam
preciated the response of the Pass for a time Saturday.
Boy of the Month for Jan­ neople who donated and also
State Police said traiffic was
uary at Santiam High School her volunteers who included stalled for a time about 4 p.
was Tom Irvin Rush. Tom is Mmes. Virgil Trout, Dave m. and even the snow plows
a Junior this year and the son Barnhardt, Charles Fultz, Bill I bogged down in the blizzard
of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Rush Shepherd, Eldon Hutchinson, conditions. A total whiteout
of Mill City.
Laddy Elliott, Elmer Bilyeu, (zero visibility) was reported
Tom is very sports minded Roger Mink, Clare Henness, near Hogg Rock at the height
and has participated in F:ot- Richard Freeman, Fred Gruver of the storm.
ball, Basketball and Track. He and Linda Budlong.
At least six Inches of new
was Vice-president of his class
snow fell during the day to
his Freshman year, Class Re­
bring roadside snow to some
presentative to Student Coun­ TAC Plans Spring
70 Inches. Chains were needed
cil his Sophomore year as well
f r passage during most of the
as being in the International
day. By late Saturday night
Activities
Here
Relations league for two
highway crews had again
years.
The active Teen age group, cleared the road and traffic
Tom hopes to attend the Air TAC have made plans for a was reportedly moving through
F rce Academy.
dance Saturday, February 7 without chains officers said.
at the Mill City grade school However, high winds continu­
gym from 8 until 11 p. m. ed throughout the area. A
Sing-A-Long To Be
This will be a Sock Hop and weekend report said there
chaperones will be Mr. and was nine inches of new snow
Held at Sublimity
at Ho doo Ski Bowl making a
Mrs. Wallace Hovey.
Plans for recruiting new total of 102 inches at the re­
SUBLIMITY — The fourth
Gaslight Sing-A-Ijong will be members were made at the sort.
held here Friday, February 6 meeting held Monday evening
from 8 to 12 p. m. in the St. with an all-out effort tj be If the number following
made by each member.
Boniface gymnasium.
Next Monday the group will 2-70 it's time to send
This popular entertainment
for adults is being sponsored meet at the home of Fred
by St. B niface PTA for the Krecklow at 7:30 p m. to final­ your name on The En­
ize plans for the Easter Sun­ terprise label
benefit of the grade school.
reads
Wally Gendron of Portland rise Breakfast which TAC has
a check for renewal.
will be master of ceremonies. been sponsoring.
Teachers
Offered 5%
Salary Boost
March of Dimes
Drive a Success