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Jefferson Takes Ball Games from Detroit Home Extension To Install at Idanha DETROIT — Jefferson scor ed a non-league twin baseball win over Detroit Saturday, taking the first contest 7-3 and coming back for a 1-0 triumph in the night cap. Falls City played Detroit here Monday. Thursday, May 7 Detroit will play Siletz there and Friday, May 8, Jef ferson will play Detroit here. All games are scheduled at 3. In the junior high baseball games, Detroit played Mari- Linn there Tuesday and on Wednesday, Cascade played here. Thursday, May 7 Mill City will play Detroit here. IDANHA—The social room of the Idanha Fire hall will be the setting for the installation ceremonies of the new officers of the Home Extension unit Tuesday, May 12. A potluck luncheon will follow the 10:30 a. m. event. New officers to be installed are Mrs. Darr Mennis, presi dent; Mrs. Henry Hiebert, vice president, and Mrs. Loretta Adams, secretary-treasurer. Installing officer will be Mrs. Clyde Storey, past presi dent of the Unit. She will lie assisted by Mrs. Norman Thomasson. 1966 Ford zton Pickup Big 6 $1295 3 speed transmission 1966 G.M.C. i ton Pickup $1195 1966 International flatbed $1795 V-8, 4 speed transmission 1 Ton, 1968 Ford Galaxie 4-door Sed. $1595 V-8, Automatic Transmission 1966 Mustang Fast Back V-8, $1395 4 speed transmission 1964 Pontiac Station Wagon $1295 4-Door, 9 Passenger, Power Steering Philippi Motor Company Telephone 709-2117 1094 First Street Stayton, Oregon DETROIT IDANHA Santiam Honor Students Named By Boots Champion The Idanha Community G. C. BARNHARDT church, as they have always done in the past will again Funeral services will be held honor the oldest and youngest mother, and the mother with Thursday, May 7 at 2 p. m. at the most children with a spe the Gates Community church cial mother’s day gift this Sun for Grover Cleveland Bam- day during morning worship. hardt of Gates. Mr. Barnhardt passed away Brunner’s Flowers will make Tuesday morning, May 7th at deliveries to Detroit and the Salem Memorial Hospital Idanha Saturday afternoon. following surgery. He had been Order early. adv. ill about eight days. He was born December 13, Mabel Poncia, who has been hospitalized at a Salem hos- 1883 in Illinois. He was mar ' pital for the past two weeks ried to Eva Dara Rose in 1905 following a heart attack, was at Windsor, Illinois. She pass released Monday and is now ed away in June, 1968. He was a retired electrician recuperating at the Detroitt home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee and had lived in Illinois and Indiana before moving to Gates Eoas. 18 years ago. He was Post St. Christopher’s church, De- Master at Gates for awhile. ' troit, will be the setting Sat- He was a member of the I urday morning, May 9 for the Masonic Lodge at Butlerville, | wedding of Miss Sharon Mohr Indiana and a member of the ' to Harold R. Hiebert. Miss Gates Community Church. Mohr is the daughter of Mr. He is survived by three and Mrs. William Mohr of De sons, Aubrey Barnhardt and troit, and Mr. Hiebert is the David Barnhardt both of Gates son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry and Harry Barnhardt of Port | Hiebert of Idanha. Richey, Florida; two daughters, Mrs. Leah St. Johns of Wil Paul Michaelson, who has lamina and Mrs. Pauline Pow 1 just completed six weeks of ell of Winston-Salem, North basic training at Lackland Air Carolina, twelve grandchildren j Force Base, Texas, arrived and thirteen great grand child home last week on leave. Al ren. though he was granted a 15- Burial will be at the Fair day leave he chose to use only view Cemetery with Weddle , a week of it at this time, sav- Funeral Home in charge. ! ing the remainder to come , home again in August when BRYAN FRANK TUERS j his aunt from England plans Funeral services were held to visit here. He left Tuesday I by plane for Grand Forks, N. Tuesday at 2 p. m. at Weddle’s Dak., where he has been as- Chapel for Bryan Frank Tuers I signed to the 804 Combat Sup- who passed away Saturday at I port Group at the Defensive a Portland Hospital. The baby was born February | Missile base there. Paul is the I son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl 6, 1970 at Klamath Falls. He became ill on Tuesday and Michaelson of Detroit. was hospitalized at Klamath With summer vacation time Falls on Friday. Saturday he drawing near the Woman’s was taken by ambulance to Mission Society of the Idanha Portland. Community church has sched- Surviving are the parents, u'ed May 14 as their last meet Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tuers, ing of the season.-Hosting the ' (Kandee Henness) of Klam- group will be Mrs. Helen Lich-1 ath Falls, Grandparents, Mr. lyter. The meeting will be at and Mrs. Arlo Tuers, Mill City 7:30. and Mr. and Mrs. Care Hen ness of Gates, Great Grandpar Mrs. Sam (Ann) Cimino re ents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur ceived word that her sister Blackburn and Mr. and Mrs. i passed away Saturday at Sioux Glen of Gates and City, Iowa. She had been in Great Hennes Great Grandparents, Mr. poor health for three years. and Mrs. Roy Taylor of Gates. Burial was at Belcrest Me morial Park in Salem. REV. TEDDY LEAVITT OUR FflBuWUS FORESTS Ä F orests IM THE DOUGLAS k FIR REGION OF OREGON ANO WASHINGTON k PROTECTOUR ^ENVIRONMENT! i k IJ hrough ’ k TREE B FARMING — “ PERMANENT ! FORESTS PROVIDE BEAUT/, À L RECREATION, * I WATER, HOMES . 1 AND MORE JOBS j k THANANY 1 OTHER SOURCE! J| MÍ e HAVE A SETTER EKJV!ROMMEVT THROUGH FORESTRY! MV ■ Frank Lumber Company, Inc. Mill City, Oregon Young & Morgan Timber Co. Mill City and Idanha. Oregon Stout Creek Lumber Company Mehama. Oregon Cedar Lumber Company, Inc Mill City, Oregon Parkett Logging Company Mehama, Oregon H 4 W Logging Co. Idanha and Mill City, Oregon U.S. Plywood Champion Papers, Inc. Idanha-Lebanon The Mill City Enterprise Printers-Publishers Mill City friends have re ceived word of the death of Rev. Teddy Leavitt recently in Portland. Rev. Leavitt was an Evangelist for the Chris tian Church for many years. He organized the Mill City Church in 1920. He was 76 years of age at the time of his death. Funeral services were held at the Rose City Christian Church. Survivors include a daugh ter, Mrs. Mary Clark of Port land; four sons, Don of Port land, Dale and Gordon both of Ellensburg, Wn., and Teddy Jr., of New York. He was a brother of the late Mrs. Mabel Boyington and an uncle of Mrs. Russell Wilson of Meha ma. WILLARD GIBSON Funeral services were held Monday, May 4, in the Rigdon Colonial Chapel with inter ment in City View Cemetery, Salem, for Willard Gibson of 321 S. W Kingwood. Mill City. He died Wednesday in a Salem Nursing Home at the age of 65. He lived in Canoga Park. California, before com ing to Mill City. He had made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hamilton for the past 18 years. He is survived by one brother. Alvin H. Gibson, ad dress unknown. Gibson had been a laborer most of his life and came to this area about five years ago. Many Activities Set at Detroit School DETROIT—Many acUvties are planned this month by students of Detroit school as summer vacation draws near. On Monday the 5th and 6th graders along with their room mothers and perhaps their tetchers boarded a school bus for Salem where they viewed Apollo 11. On Wednesday, May 6. the annual Marion-B league Senior banquet was held in Salem. Friday, May 8, a track meet is scheduled at Western Men- noite. and a field trip to Kah- Nee-Ta Resort in Eastern Oregon is planned by the 5th and 6th graders The annual Junior-Senior, prom and banquet will be held Saturday evening in Sa-1 lem. FRESHMEN Linda Long Gloria Poole Leroy Shepherd SOPHOMORES Dan Cox Greg Eide Mary Gay Fleetwood Vickie Moore Vickie Olson Gordon Plotts Kim Posekany Rebecca Savage Hope Willson William Wood JUNIORS Herb Carpenter Susan Crowther Jackie Evans Twyla Fultz Kim Gabriel Ken Goforth Linda Hampton Pete Hawley Robert Loveall Sandi Oliver Rick Posekany Tom Rush SENIORS Melody Barnhardt Gary Bartow Linda Crowther Lynn Cutsforth Greg Davis Rebecca Earhart Larry Eide Louise Gruver Larry Hillesland Ron Johnson Virginia Lankins Janice Lewellen Mike Long Howard Lyness' Karen Oliver Karen Olson Garry Plotts Alan Raines Bruce Roscoe Donna Snodgrass Jearldine Wright James Grant 4—The Mill City Enterprise, Hiursday, May 7, 1970 Salem Scene 3.57 by Jack Zimmerman 3.57 3.57 ‘EQUALIZER’ AVAILABLE I Regardless, Board business for PROPERTY TAXPAYERS ' is booming. Multnomah Coun ty, for instance, contains some 3.57 The second Monday in May 3.71 is their “day in court” for 500,0(X) parcels or accounts of 3.57 Oregon’s myriad property tax real property. In 1966, when the tax rate was about $27 per 3.57 payers. $1000 true cash value, the Mul 3.71 Throughout the state, on tnomah County Board heard 3.71 May 11 this year, three-man 235 remonstrances. The total 3.71 Boards of Equalization will be had risen to 327 in 1968. And 3.57 convening in 36 county court last year—when the tax rate 3.71 They will meet for ap stood at $30 per $1000 true 3.85 houses. proximately three weeks to cash value, 620 individuals ap give taxpayers a peared to complain about per 3.80 chance complaining to remonstrate sonal, commercial and residen 3.85 ing the value placed on regard their tial property values and pen 3.S3 property. alties charged for late filing 4.00 integral part of a proper of personal property returns. 3.57 ty An system for which Ore On the basis of early appoint 3.57 gon tax achieved national ac ment requests, authorities ex 3.71 claim, has appeal for pro pect the total this year to ex 4.00 perty taxpayers boards have been with ceed 1969’s record. 3.50 us in one form or another since How successful is the aver 3.83 the early days of statehood. 3.83 Separate Boards of Equaliza age taxpayer who complains to 3.66 tion have been a part of Ore the Board of Equalization? In Multnomah County last 3.83 gon law since 1871. And the year he did pretty well. Nine 3.83 boards as we know them now ty-six of the 262 residential 3.83 were authorized by the legis property owners complaining succeeded in achieving reduc 3.66 lature in 1953. In each county one member tions in their property apprais 3.83 4.00 is named from the County als. None were raised. The bal 3.83 Court or Board of Commission ance were sustained by the 4.00 ers. Another is from the Bud Board. 3.83 get Committee or Tax Super Commercial property com 3.66 vising and Conservation Com plainants were 50 percent suc 3.66 mission. The third, chosen by cessful: 52 reduced, 57 sustain 3.66 the first two, is a lay mem ed. Personal property com 3.83 ber (non-office-holding free plaints saw 17 sustained, six reduced and one raised! 3.50 holder). Taxpayers who believe their Only 42 of 210 taxpayers 4.00 3.60 property is unjustly apprais complaining about penalties for 3.83 ed (and taxed) need only to late filing of personal property 3.83 phone their courthouse or call returns were excused. 3.83 in person to obtain a form Just how successful the 3.83 with which to make an ap “winners” were in dollars and 3.66 pointment with the Board. cents is another matter, Say 3.66 There is no charge—and they you thought your property was don’t need a lawyer to plead appraised a couple of thousand in their behalf. dollars higher than it should A vociferous bunch among have been and you succeeded themselves, taxpayers haven’t in convincing the Multnomah really availed themselves of County Board. At $30 per By Rebecca Savage this simple inexpensive pro $1000 true cash value you’d Elections were held for the cess to make their voices stand to gain a $60 reduction 1970-71 student body officers, heard until recently. Boards in your property tax bill. But studies in other states Thursday, April 30, 1970. Mike traditionally settled disputes Eliott was elected president; within a week in most coun-1 show appraisal reductions this vice-president, Dan Cox; secre ties. The official meeting now , size and larger are not the rule tary, Sue Crowther; treasurer, lasts three weeks, can be ex- —and usually apply to the Twyla Fultz; publicity manag tended two more weeks by higher priced properties. And er, Rebecca Savage; and Sandy resolution and longer if the in Oregon the Truth in Taxes Bill tends to create a situation Oliver, activities co-ordinator. caseload demands. Now, despite the 1967 Truth where property is anpraised Thursday evening try-outs took place at 7:30 for the 1970- in Taxes Bill that did away slightly less (5% to 10%) than 71 Wolverettes. The 12 girls with levies expressed m mills true cash, or current market chosen were Sandy Oliver, and required that assessed val value. Nonetheless, beginning May Toni Newberg, Vickie Moore, ue become true cash value, Vickie Olson, Betsy LaMun- Boards of Equalization are 11 Oregon property taxpayers yan, Linda Hampton, Gloria busier than ever. Some obser- have a chance to do their com Poole, Doris Hovey, Nancy La- vers think the simplicity of plaining to someone other than lack. Linda Long, Karen How the Truth in Taxes measure neighbors and friends. After has made taxpayers more con all, they can only sympathize. ell and Twyla Fultz. is desired, the place The band and chorus start scious of what they pay in to If air action complaints is before the ed their annual migration to respect to the value of their the Oregon coast at 9:30 a. m., property. Others claim rising Board of Equalization in your county. May 1st. The 52 band and chor tax rates are the cause. us members, chaperoned by Mr. Hillesland, Mr. Boroughs. Mrs. Richards, and Mr. and Mrs. Hovey, stopped at Regis High School in Stayton for a concert before proceeding to the coast. They spent the night at the Surf Tide Motel in Lin coln City. Friday, May 1, 13 Art stu dents and chaperon Mrs. Bow es, spent the day at the art museum in Portland. Class meetings took place Friday during activity period. Seniors discussed Senior Skip, while the Juniors talked about a hayride. Sophomores worked on the possibility of support ing a child from the Christian Children Fund. They also nom inated pupils for class officers next year. The main topic on the Freshman agenda was the Freshmen-Eighth Grade dance May 8. The theme this year will be “The Circus”. Santiam Ripples
