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«Ss Ü " ■>: The Mill City Enterprise VOLUME XXV ON TiHE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON'S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND NUMBER 53 THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1970 Up and Down Area Residents May Register For Winter Courses At Local High Schools Community Col uled should also indicate their The Avenue lege Chemeketa courses will begin th’ interest by contacting the high By Don Moffatt U.S. Plywood Sherwood 52-43 High Bidders On Timber Santiam, Taft, Stayton and Scappoose all posted first round victories in the Cascade- Regis High School Basketball tournament at Turner and Stayton, Mondav night, Dec 28. Santiam scored ever Sher wood 52-43 with Gary Richards leading the Wolverines in the opening game at Cascade. Rich ards scored 20 points and Bob Nix led the losers with 17. Sherwood was held to six points in the first two quar ters of action while Santiam held a sizeable lead. Scoring for Santiam besides Richards were Cox 10. Plotts 5, Elliott 10, Taylor 4. Poole 2 and Story 1. Sherwood—Barr 8, Haide 3, Nix 17, Alvarez 4, Lundy 10, Howard 1. M.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy Scholarships To c \ ri High School Seniors J^TIÎâ LlâllS week of January 11 in the Mill school or college. If 12 persons City, Detroit and Lyons area or more indicate an interest in Santa Claus, in years past All high schools in the state has taken many forms, and First of all, Happy New for interested area residents. a particular course, every ef have received announcement this year was no excepttion. Year to each and every per The courses are held in coop fort will be made to provide of the 25th annual college For nine families in the Mill son in Mill City and the North eration with the local high the course in that community. DETROIT — U. S. Plywood- school, They are a part of the scholarship awards contest of City area, Santa took the form The winter term courses be Santiam Canyon. Champion Papers, Inc., Leban the Oregon AFL - CIO, Ed- of four Jaycee members, dis We finally arrived here all college Adult Education pro ing offered at Santiam are on. was the apparent success ward J. Whelan, president an-1 trihuting clothes and toys don- Typing I, Monday and Thurs in one piece, but believe if I gram. ful bidder at $11.655 for an Pre-registration will be the day, 7 to 8:30 p.m. ated by the local townspeople. nouncod this week. ever start out in the winter Typing II, Monday and estimated 600,000 board feet of Top award is $2.000, payable I Jim Lewis, chairman for again pulling our “Mini week of January 4. Contact Willamette National Forest $500 yearly over the four-vear ’ “Toys and Clothes for Tots Home,” I hope someone puts vour local high school or Thursday, 8:30 to 10 p.m., both timber in the Horn Creek In Four other and Teens”, reported that this college course. ~ me in a safe place. It was a Chemeketa Commuitv College j in room 9. termediate timber sale, con awards are made; two for $600 years’ program was a complete beast of a trip until we reach for information or pre-registra-! Welding • General Repair, ducted at Detroit Ranger Sta- success. “The people we gave and two for $300. ed Boulder City, and then we tion. Persons interested’ in a Thursday, 7 to 10 p. m. in room ion Monday. sched-I 12. the gifts to were really appre had a nice easy trip the rest class that has not been Any senior in an Oregon J I-og Scaling, no schedule to Four hundred thousand board ciative. It was a Christmas hi of the way. high school is eligible to try feet of Douglas fir sold for date. itself just to see those people for the awards. Before we got over Santiam Detroit courses are Prin $23.10 per thousand, ten cents so happy”. Pass we had to put on chains The qualifying examination ciples of Accounting, Monday, more than the advertised rate ____________ —a job I hate with a passion. on labor and industrial affairs “This year’s program was of $23 per thousand; 200.000 , 7-10 p.m. 1 in all more comprehensive than last We just got over the hump will lie given A April Oil Painting, Wednesday, 7- board feet of cedar and others _x_ i_ x___ itr.. irnor'c ’kiic! xmnr year ’s, ” T l nxiria ewis anirl said. T This year ’a s when a cross link broke, so schools where students notify . sold at fixed rates as did 71 10 p.m. the school administration that program included clothing for pulled them off and we made acres of all species logs in the Sewing with Kits, Thursday, teens: something that hereto the rest of the trip with jus" they wish to take the test. sale area. 7-10 p. m. studded snow tires. We drove The five students who score; fore had been overlooked by There will be a Tole Paint Cedar and others were adver Christmas came to the Elk from Bend to Reno on almost the highest in this examination the Jaycees. The program had ing course at Lyons on Mon tised at $2 per thousand, and all black ice and snew. It did horn area and to Bill McCall day, 7 to 10 p.m. and who have satisfactory I dealt just with toys for the 71 acres of all species logs at snow quite hard some of the and Jack Fowler, Valley Tele scholastic records will be • younger children. This year, $28.39 per acre. way on that leg of the trip. We phone Co. repairmen at Mil! brought to the Salem office i however, all the teens on the There were four qualified froze everything un at Bend, City, when the Elkhorn area of the Oregon AFL-CIO early Jaycee list received clothing. bidders. and when we got to Reno, it served by Valley Telephone The Mill City .Tavcees would in May where a professional The sale is located about a was late, so we just got into Co. was cut over to new un like to thank the following bus- panel, none of whose members i half mile south of Marion a trader camp and went to derground cable on Dec. 24. Fors'er Construction Com are connected with the state' ¡«ess establishments for their The new facilities replace Forks on the west side of pany bed. When we woke up in the of Salem was low bidder labor organization, will inter-1 aid in the program: Girod’s , open wire built in I960 which Highway 22. morning it was 3 above zero, The Santiam Wolverines on a $25.000 addition planned view the finalists. Scoring of Hilltop Market, space for drop and that’s cold in anyone r—------ s , was subject to storm outages were downed bv Taft 60-52 in for the Mill City office of Val napers Ls by a graduate student off barrel, gift wrapping sup < -i tem *— every winter and seemingly Tuesday nicht nlav of the Cas language. It stayed that ley Telephone Co., according to not connected with the state plies- Circle K Market, space perature for the three nights every Christmas. Additional cade-Revis Hol’dav Basketball an announcement this week by AFL-CIO. Order of awards is for drop off barrel; Rose Hard circuits have been added to we were there. We drove from Tournament. The game was ware. space for drop off barrel; Lowell Brown, district man made by the panel. Reno on down the pike and meet the growing needs of the tied at half tim° with Taft Vem’s Shell, repair and labor ager for the company. tied up again in a sort of bliz area. outscoring the Wolverines in donated: and Mill City Hard Included in this project, ex the last cuarter of nlav. Har zard and 24 degrees. The wind ware repair items. pected to start within sixty I old ■ Browning was blowing a gale and the Their co-operation in mak- -x« t«d His • . team —. , . in i Tillamook u •uiv/v/ix ^aiiiuuv “i viavo, clays, io is viic the icpiauvuic. replacement of the 1 Presbyterian Church Catholic wuu won uv over snow was drifting. In the ing this a merry Christmas for scoring with 23 points Phtam host net,olt 68 to 50 for the present garage with t a new morning we got hooked un many families in the area is 'it0 SantiaLP championship of the Detroitt I work center and equipment Has Christmas Eve and helped another traveler greatly appreciated. ro J'n ,x 71 Holiday Basketball Touma-' space, an additional under Candlelight Service Plotts 13, Elliot 2, Poole 1 i ment — - get his car started, ate break The people of Mill City de ground service entrance and Tuesday night. The candlelight service on serve a heartfelt thanks for and Tavlor 3. fast and found that the roads remodeling of the front of the Mike WilHamson scored 13 Finals . of . ... the . tn’ . imsmont , points for Detroit. Dan Gal building. The interior of the Christmas eve at the Presby their donations. Without them, were open so we left in a 3V ’ ’ “ * hurry. Had some ice until we roro nlayed Wednesday night laeher led the Tillnrnook team building will also be repainted terian church was very well the program would have fold DETROIT — The two day nt Cascade with Stayton mjet-, attended. Rev. Wayne Blake ed. The Jaycees are grateful got over the pass, and from ¿Tp^* '‘followed''by was in charge of the service for the donations given by the n....i o. —j____ with ■*«- • ]5 - then on it was pretty fair go (28-29) annual Holiday Basket ring I ing Taft for the championship ' Paul Sandprs with the program made up of townspeople. ing. We were headed for ball Tournament in progress and Santiam playing Scap Eddyville nipped Gaston 55- special numbers by the choir Death Valley, but at Beattie at Detroit High school this poose. 54 in overtime to take third which he directs. Scripture we were told the pass was clos week got off to a good start place in the tournament. readings, hymns by the con Missionary To Speak ed and that it was raining in Mondav. Participating teams are De-' Liqhting Contest gregation, a reading bv Jeanne the desert, so we got beat out Blake, a special Christmas At Santiam Chapel of that part of our trip. Hope troit, Gaston. Tillamook, Cath- Winners Announced Glen and Ruth McCollister, A special election will I m ? prayer, and the impressive to get there some of these olic and Eddvville. LYONS—The annual Ohr’st- Weather, Detroit Dam Though all of the teams’ ' mas lighting contest of homes 7 a. m. Daily Weather Reading held for the City of Gates, Jan. lighting of the candles with missionaries to Hawaii, will be days, though. „ , ,, Pool the participants forming a special guests at the Sunday 8, 1971. held Wednesday evening. I got off the road once, and scores were not available Tues- was Max. Mln. Elev. Pep A proposed charter amend- huge circle all the way around evening evangelistic rally at we went over a pass that was dav. reports Indicated Detroit, judges Mrs. Jeanne Owen and Santiam Chapel Assembly of ment will be presented to the the sanctuary. 7626 feet high. After travel won their game vs. Gaston by | ^jrs Lut,her Miley chose Mrs. Dec. 23.....37 34 1449.15 0 Neal, first place winner Dec. 24 39 33 1449.13 T Accompaniment for the out God, in Lyons. They will pre legal voters of the city for ing about 40 miles, finally one point. A full report will I for $15, Mr. and Mrs. Frod Dec. 25 49 3.3 1449.02 0 their adoirtion or rejection. The standing numbers by the choir sent the work of their mission there was a highway sign fol ow next week. accident occurred to on*' Lindemann, second place win- Dec. 26.....48 31 1448.83 0 polling place is the City Hall was furnished by Judy Len- field, and Rev. McCollister will which informed us we were of An Gaston’s players when a De-| ner for $]0 and M1. and Mre Dec. 27. .. 47 31 1448.59 0.20 in Gates and the polls will be gacher at the organ, Doris preach. The service begins at going west, and we wanted to go east. So with only a quar troll plaver and he collided in Kenneth Namitz, third place Dec. 28.....39 .33 1-148.39 0.72 open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sheythe on the violin, and 7 p.m., and everyone is wel- causing the victim to fall v’tnri^r for $5. Jeanne Blake with the clarinet, come. Dec 29 ... 40 32 1448.75 2.12 Jan. 8. ter of a tank of gas left, we play, to the He was taken to got back over the pass, then Santiam floor. Memorial Hospital. nursed it back down the moun bv Detroit Mobile tain to a service station. Some Stayton. Aid Unit about 10:30 p.m. one (Up There) certainly was First Ambulance attendants said he riding on my shoulder on that sustained a scalp wound and a blunder. concussion. One of Gas Now we are safe and warm slight ton’s chaperones said he would running around and chatter been appointed to head the was accompanied by her moth First street.) and the sun is shining bright be By Goldie Rambo released from the hospital There were permits Issued to ly. Enough of that phase of Tuesday March of Dimes drive in Mill er, Mrs. Dave Bamhardt. Shn It’s that time again. The old ing. night. also received a scholarship to build six news homes in the our trip. year ending and a new one be Some icy snots one roads in City. city this year with a total FEBRUARY OCE. Now it is 1971, or nearly so, ginning. To most of us it is a the area caused several bad ac A big event in the lives of value of $96,750. Additions and time for a lot of resolu The Bank Cafe, formerly op- time when we take stock of cidents, reminding residents tions. I just don’t make them times past, goed and bad and that winter was still in control erated by Whitey anti Hazel Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ragsdale and alterations amounted to anymore as I am sure that after Goodman, had been sold to was the observance of their $2-1,025 and 27 permits were is vow to make the new vear bet cf weather conditions. this many years I won’t Pacific Power and Light I now owners, the Cecil McCor 50 th wedding anniversary. sued for the work. There were ter, not only for ourselves but Their children hosted the fes two additions to stores at a change my ways too much. companv had announced that micks and Eva Conneally. for others. cost of 85.500. One new store The Guide Dog School for Randv Marshall, former Mill tivities. The decade of the 70’s is now “There Is a destiny that they would spend over one one year old. I suppose there the blind at San Rafael. Calif., million dollars on expansion Citv football star, had been The Santiam Wolverines won (The Circle K) was built at a makes us brothers, will be the usual pledges of is a little richer this week due No one goes hls way alone. programs. (Rates were to be selected bv pro football team. second place in small groups cost of $25.500. The Chevron | Falcons. He was to play de <lrill«lanoe team competition service station cost Standard reform having to do with to the contribution of two All that we send into the "expanded" also.) Oil $95.670. One new public smoking, drinking and various small girls in Mill City. A tract of land in the extent fensive end on the team, at Corvallis. lives of others Tonya and Anne Porter, six Santiam High was to have building (school) was built at and sundry things which will cf 158 acres in the Rogers Randv, son of Mr. and Mrs. Comes back into our own.” be soon forgotten. It would and nine year old daughters of So in these troubled times mountain area was designated Don Marshall, is a 1965 gradu- co-valedlotorians this year, Re a cost of $305 831 APRIL seem, though, that now would Mr. and Mrs. Ray Porter don perhaps if wo try to make the as a petrified wood park. ItjCte of Santiam High school becca Earhart and Larry Hil- April Fool—this writer had and Linfield college. He was Iceland. be a good time to go beyond ated a book of green stamps path a little smoother for was controlled by the BLM. The Jaycees were preparing just announced publicly that strictly personal matters that to the building fund of the someone else, our own bless Installations were numerous a colorful figure in many ath- for their annual Easter egg she was retiring after 11 year« might make a difference in Guide Dog school. as lodges and other organiza , ietic events here ings may be increased. Alice Anderson, a blind opera what kind of a nation we will Here in review are some of tions were under new or re ' The Mill City Jaycees were hunt with the assistance of the with The Mill City Enterprise singer who resides in Silver- the happenings in our own newed leadership. and life must go on without I undertaking a community sur Jayceettes. be living in 10 years hence. The old Hammond hail her efforts! Norma Long, wife Santiam High school receiv vey on changes or improve- A few good resolutions in be ton. will forward contributions area and It was certainly a (Daws building) luid been pur of assistant publisher, George meats ,-. needed. half of the environment, the for anyone who would like to year of steady growth and ed top accreditation by the 1 ....... The North Santiam Cham- chased by Shields ReMlne and Long, was to assume her solvency of government, a donate to the Guide Dog Sight manv Improvements made by Northwest Association of sec- her of Commerce had named was to be tom «town. This duties. (As this is being writ residents of the cltv. Our beau ondarv and high schools higher quality of performance school. tification award was well de The City fathers had started a committee to work on the had long been an eye sore hut ten the year is being reviewed on the job and the rights of the other fellow are certainly respect the rights of the other served. Let’s make 1971 bet- mulling over figures as the pollution problem Working the place held many memories with a groat deal of nostalgia ) The Mill City Woman’s club budget for the fiscal year was, on the problem from Mill City for old-timers. It had housed a needed now. The countryside fellow and be a little more rea ter and brighter! "kicked around.” I were Ed Davis, Don Moffatt meat market, store, tavern, and the city had received hon- JANUUARY could do with a lot less litter. sonable, maybe we could get pool hall, drug store, confec orable mention In the area Pollution—was the Name of, and Flovd Eastwood. Everything aulet after the Going through some desert the our country back on the right holiday rush and festivities-- the Game and all sources of1 The Mill City Lions Club tionary. cowling alley, theatre Beautification contest, The bottles and cans and pieces of track. Resolutions like these could happy or frustrated. life fand possible pollution were being bad taken as a community and was used as a gathering capable chairman was Mrs. paper really show up, and it is a disgrace to evervone using just make the difference be holiday hills) and work was examined. In the Mill Citv and school service project the place in the "old days” for Dean Mowerv, who is heading area the wigwam burners at building of several student bus parties, dances and big com the work again this year. the highways. All departments i tween just another miserable going on as usual. pany holiday dinners. Fred Moore had moved the In contrast to last year, some Tillh were causing some belters in strategic places of government could do with year and a truly Happy New Circle K (the controversial old Shell oil office building MARCH ’ess demand« from private Year. Won’t you try it just for «prtng plant life was "popping heated controversy Mill Citv teachers had asked, Melody Bamhardt was the convenience store) was to start from property purchased bv citizens and groups trying to fun? What have you got to out all over ” Crocuses were peeping through the ground: a pay raise of 43 per cent winner in a state contest on constnirtion soon. George Shields ReMine Mr. Moore got something for nothing. A lose? So again we’ll just say. Hap even flowering quince and oth which was turned down by the the Governor’s committee to Makris announced that after has since built a simp west of ”ttle dedication by workers for iob well done migh* dk' more py New Year to all of you, and er early soring blooms were administration. A nmich more employ the handicapped. Her some difficulties everything town for hls logging equip »»'an anything else to restore our sincere hope is that you making bright spots in some realistic figure was arrived at essay was on "Ability counts.” seemed to be going smoothly ment. Voters turned out In force to She received an expense paid i It is now a bright spot on - national sense of vahies. One «111 have «month saflfng In yards. Squirrel.« were not hi later in the year. (Continued on page 5) Mrs Eugene Davenport had trip to Washington DC., and the corner of Highway 22 and bernating and could be seen r- -e resolution would be to 1971. Underground Cable Now In Use In The Elkhorn Area Bid Awarded In Valley Telephone Planned Addition Taft Downs Santiam In Tournament Play Tillamook Catholic Wins At Detroit Detroit Hosts Holiday Basketball Tournament Special Election For City Of Gates 1970 Children Give To Dog Sight School City Grow
