ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND
VOLUME .vXVI
NUMBER 27
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1971
up and Down, Western Sec
"ï*«!,“ ['Branch May
Grand Sweepstakes Winner
Check Before You
Call The Ambulance
By Jean Roberts
$4.00 a YEAR — 10c a Copy
Rebekah-Oddfellow Float
Takes Sweepstakes Prize
In Mill City July 4th Parade
I
MEHAMA — If you should
look out the window and see
The Fourth of July has come
your neighbor stretched out
full length, lying flat on his
and gone, and in a way I’m
back, perfectly motionless, be
glad of it. We did have a nice
trip to Wallowa State Park for
side his Jeep, don’t jump to
Sunny but cool weather pre
Western Security Bank will
the concluusion that he has vailed during the Fourth of Randy Bilyeu with the “Gin
about four or five days, and
open a branch at Lyons, pro
died from a heart attack; don’t July Celebration Sunday as gerbread House” float. Second
that is one fine place to spend
summon all the neighbors, un crowds lined the streets to place went to Keith, Kimber
a vacation. The camp sites are viding their application is ap
proved by the State and Fed
til you investigate. Just such watch the Kiddie parade and ly and Kenneth Penrose with
nice and being improved each
eral
authorities,
said
L.
A.
Van
an incident happened to Jean Grand parade. Following the the “Owl and the Pussycat”.
year. Every camp was full,
Kleek,
president
of
the
institu
Speer of Mehama recently I parade, many of the spectators The “Land of Oz’” float won
with many tents put in with
tion.
when she looked outside and enjoyed the concession stands third place. Riding it were
trailers, and the overflow area
In his telephone conversa
saw her neighbor, Austin in the City Park and the ball Leslie White, Molly Mink, Hei
had a lot of campers and trail
Longfellow, lying motionless, games at Allen Field in the di White and April Megargel.
ers tied up there. Fishing was tion to The Enterprise Tuesday
morning
he
said
that
it
was
the
full length beside his Jeep.
excellent, the best I have ever
late afternoon. Crowds gather In the decorated trike divi
i
Pictured Above is the Grand Sweepstakes winner She had watched occasional ed at dusk to watch the giant sion, first place went to Kevin
seen anywhere in Oregon. Not 1 mobiipf b ¡nJ a?1 tht
being a fisherman I am no au cation, then as business ‘built entered by the Rebekah-Oddfellws. Stan Odgen Photo ly all morning as Austin ga fireworks display by the Mill Stubenrauch, second, Keith
thority, however.
thered rubbish and piled it Citv Fireman. Queen Sonja Wilson and third Warren Stu
Mostly I just sat around in up, a mobile home would I
preparatory for disposal, and I and princesses Jenny, Sue and benrauch. In the walking un
serve
as a building. When I
the SUN. I thought I would put
then upon looking out again I Gloria were introduced. The its Jerry Long won first, Jill
I
business
warranted
a
perman-
|
Sweepstakes
Winner
In
Kiddie
Parade
this word in capitals, as I have
saw him motionless upon the [ lucky winner of the Honda 50, I and Jeff Girod, second and
j
ent
structure
would
be
built.
;
seen so little of it this summer. |
ground. Excited and concern j which the F O E. Aerie 3384 Neil O’Donald third. Winners
It would be a little cloudy ear- I , He said they would be serv-
ed,
Jean ran outside into the I sold tickets on, was Mrs. Rus- in the pet division were Marge
ly in the morning, but whenI ! ing Lyons three days a week,
field
and summoned her hus , sell Reid of Gates. Immediate Murphy with her poodle. Bren
~; I Monday, Wednesday and Fri
the sun did come through it
band, Orval, who came on the ly following the fireworks, a da Avery won second and Jim
day
if
and
when
the
applica-
was beautiful.
run. Neighbors came rushing dance was held in the Student my Aliota third. In the decor
Three families of us from ' t*on *s aPProved. He felt that
from all around to give aid. Commons at the Auditorium ated bikes division, Beverly
there
is
a
need
for
this
type
of
Mill City were camped almost i
It was a little embarrasing to featuring the “Third Dimen and Tony Trout won first and
together, the Donovan Moffatt service for the Lyons-Mehama
second place and Linda John
try to aid a man who was sion” group.
area.
family, George and Evelyn1
Grand Sweepstakes winner son won third place.
sound asleep. Austin, hot and
The
banking
firm
has
also
Davis and us. We had a big |
tired from the morning exer in the Grand Parade was the
time cooking and eating, and made application to operate in
tions had stretched out in the Rebekah - Oddfellows float
Turner,
Aumsville
and
Sub
visiting together during our
shade of his vehicle and with the theme “America the
stay there. We had some other i limity.
Beautiful." First place trophy
promptly fell asleep.
callers from Mill City while
in the Adult division went to
there. Mr. and Mrs. Bid Sand- I
the First Christian Church.
ers, the McClains and the j
The Lions Club won second
Moores, all “ " schoolmarms
'
”
and Ron Bentz Realty of Stay
from here were in a cabin at
ton won third.
the lake.
In the Young People’s divi
sion, the Camp Fire and Blue
Coming home through the
Bird float took first place hon
Columbia River gorge was
ors with the Sea Scouts second
I
quite an experience. The wind
and the Cub Scouts third.
was blowing in gusts, and we
There were several “Old Car
darned near lost control of the
A Stayton woman was killed
Entries” and George Holmes
DETROIT — Thousands of
outfit. Those winds can be real Saturday when her car left
won the first place trophy with fishermen and vacationers vis
treacherous. I found out one Highway 226 1 *4 miles west I
his 1910 Chalmers.
ited the Upper North Santiam
Grand Sweepstakes winner in the Kiddie division
thing about that, you surely of Lyons and overturned about
The grand marshall of the Canyon over the 3-day 4th of
I
must have your sway bar on 3:30 p. m.
of
the
parade
was
this
float
depicting
Gingerbread
1
Kiddie July Holiday.
The Gates City Council JayCette sponsored
the hitch good and tight. We
Linn County sheriffs depu House. Stan Odgen Photo.
parade was Higgins (Marma
Sunny skies prevailed most
meeting
on
June
29
was
a
con
had no bad incidents, however, ties said Beth Atkins, 57, of1
duke) , owned
Morris.
-------- by Pam
. .........
......... of the time with mornings and
tinuation
of
the
regular
meet
and were glad to get home. I Rt. 1, Box 79, Stayton was ,
ing for the purpose of opening Carrying the flags were Web-1 evenings a bit on the cool side,
The trailers coming up the pinned inside the vehicle.
First
Place
Winner
bids on the water bonds. As elos Eric Holman and Kenny j Partial cloudiness dominated
Gorge from Salem made the | Her death
_____ was
______
the ___
18th ____
this j
Sharp. Grand sweepstakes
win
**’
!_ Monday with gusty winds. De
there were no bids received, a ci...-
highway going east look like I year in Linn County and 55th •
ner and first in the floats was troit Lake State Park and For
proposed
ordinance
authoriz
the Sandy River when the I jn the five-county
_______ r Mid-Wil-
est Service campgrounds were
ing the sale of bonds to the
smelt are running.
lamette Valley._______________ |
to capacity. Business
Farmers
Home
Administra-
Forest Service Sends filled
Turning off Lancaster com- , Nation-wide traffic accidents
houses did a lively business,
■ tion was read and adopted.
ing east, on Santiam Highway during the Fourth of July
Men From Detroit To and fishing was reported fair
Alta started counting cars, I weekend claimed 635 lives—
Gerald Kazunas was sworn
good.
Fight
Fire In Arizona to One
which she often does on a ma- ■ a record for a three-day ob-I
in as Councilman, by the re
accident occurred (Sat
jor holiday. We wound up with ’ servance of the holiday.
, corder, acting as Municipal
DETROIT — Forest
fires urday) over the three day holi
870 cars from there to Mill
The toll compared with a
Judge. to succeed Councilman have been small and few in | day, and the Idanha Rural Fire
City. This is the heaviest traf- previous high of 611 in 1969 i
Ernest Truhill, who had re- the Pacific Northwest this District made a dry run on a
fic we have ever seen on the and 540 last year. In all three'
, signed.
year because of the wet spring false report Sunday. Traffic
highway. One thing we did cases, the holiday period ran'
| The Council thanked Delbert I . and summer to date. But fire was noted to be heavy on the
notice is that everyone was be- 78 hours, roughly three days. I
n,..... ................. - been idle,
I Neal for leveling the sawdust
North Santiam Highway (22)
ing careful, which no doubt ac-
record toll __
for ____
any I
ac-1 | The
___ _______
on the Southern Pacific right- I ' The U. S. Forest Service has as vacationers returned to
counted for the low death toll Independence Day weekend
¡sent some 350 persons ficm their homes.
of way.
1 Oregon and Washington to j
on our highways over the was ¡n 1967 when the figure
Council members had been
Fourth.
j reached 732 over a four-day
asked where the City got the fight forest fires in Arizona '
—:' period. The figure also is the
money to buy all the sawdust and New Mexico. Another 55, Portland Woman Hurt
r
•
•
•
Now back to work. That is ’ highest for any warm-weather
1
—they didn’t, it was given to including 44 smoke jumpers,
r
the only thing I don’t like a- I [ holiday.
have joined the Bureau of In Motorcycle Wreck
!
the
city
by
Frank
Lumber
Co.
bout holidays — the getting j . - jn the worst single accident
DETROIT—A . _
Portland wo
Land Management forces in
back into the harness. One
One | . over the past weekend, 10 per-
Alaska.
man, injured in a motorcycle
I A crew of some 20 men n accident on Blowout Road a-
sort of feels lost until after a j , SOns were killed and another
full day of work.
eluding the 12-man suppres Hoover Forest camp, remain
I was injured when two cars
sion crew at Detroit Ranger ed in serious condition Sunday
I collided
head-on along a
I have read with interest re- [ straight stretch of Interstate
Station, was sent to Arizona night.
Patricia Alice Swearinger,
cently about the big hassle. 65 in southern Indiana,
June 30 on a fire fighting mis
IDANHA — U. S. Plywood- sion.
which was brought about by
22, suffered head injuries and
This Float won first place in the Adult division of Champion
Papers, Inc., Leban
the $10,000 defense fund put
possible internal injuries and
the parade. It was entered by the First Christian on, was the successful bidder
up by the Council of Church Camp Fire, Bluebirds
was taken to Salem Memorial
Stan
Odgen
Photo.
Church.
at
$182.127.50.
for
an
estimated
Hospital by Detroit Mobile
and State of the United Pres- [
2,800,000
bf
of
Willamette
Na
First Aid unit.
byterian church. The fund was Clean Up City Park
Forest timber, in the
Dennis Patrick McManus,
supposed to assure a fair trial
Building Permits Top tional
Red Creek timber sale, con
21, Newport, suffered head
for one Angela Davis, an a-' _____
About ___
25 ________
Bluebird
and
ducted at Detroit Ranger Sta
$940,620 In May
lacerations, abrasions and con
vowed communist. I was also Camp
—...K Fire girls along with
Building peimits were up in tion here Wednesday.
tusions and was released from
very glad that the Council re- several leaders spent Tuesday
The bid submitted during
Linn Co. in May, 1971, com
the hospital Sunday.
ceived enough letters from ir- morning cleaning up the City
pared to May, 1970, the Univer the auction was $68.70 per M,
The couple was injured
ate members throughout the parfc and football field. The
sity of Oregon Bureau of Bus 5c above the advertised rate
when the cycle missed a curve.
United States that they got the group picked up all the litter
“Courtesy is a form of Miss Swearinger was thrown
money back and several left from the July 4th celebra-
The Linn County Health De iness and Economic Research of $28.65 per M, for 2,250,000
bf. of Douglas-fir.
ministers put up $500 each to i tion and Bud Cline donated partment is conducting hear has reported.
consideration for others from the cycle and down about
Western-Hemlock and other
In May, 1971, the total was
a 25 foot embankment lined
replace the fund. That is all his time to haul it away, after
ing clinics for pre-school $940.620 compared to $378,100 coniferous species, 550,000 bf. practiced by chilized people with rocks and trees.
beside the point. I still believe the girls had gathered it.
when they have the time.”
that church and state should
This is just one of the many children ages three through in the same month last year. sold at the advertised rate of
be separate, and I fully feel. projects that Camp Fire does six years. The clinics will be ; Building permits from 150 $28.65 per M.
Included in the sale were 50
that the church should keep its fOr the community and a big held from Monday. July 19, identical reporting centers in
ßes/ in Young People's Division
nose out of affairs like these.i "thanks” to the group for the 1971 through Friday, July 23, Oregon totaled $58,902,774 in acres of all species logs ad
May, 1971 This was 73.1% vertised at $235.90 per acre.
Each minister can have his I good work and Bud from the
The stand is located approx
own conviction, and I feel that | Mill City Disposal should also 1971. Oregon State Board of higher than in May, 1970.
The state total in May, 1971, imately four miles south of
they should stick to preaching • receive recognition for his Health staff will test children
the _
gospel,
. '. and " ' leave the
" ' hand community spirit
for hearing defects. There is included $43,391,788 for 2,654 Marion Forks, via Pamelia
new dwelling units; $10,532,111 Creek road.
ling of criminal cases to our
no charge for this service.
There were three qualified
was for new non-residential
courts. Both the church and
The importance of detecting construction, and $5,793,536 bidders.
state will be better off if this David E. Horner Now
hearing loss as early as possi was for additions, alterations,
is followed. And another thing.
I don't see where we have to ROTC Summer Camp ble has been well establish and repairs to existing struc
ed. Early medical care is pro tures.
Two From Here On
cater to communists like An
I
FT. BRAAG. N. C.—Army ductive in returning hearing
gela Davis. She has made her
Private First Class David È to normal and in the prevent Local Students Make
bed, let her sleep in it
Honor Roll at OSU
Horner, son of Mr. and Mrs. ion of greater loss.
Deans List at O.T.I.
Ray Horner, Route 1, Lyons,
Names of local students who
War I Groups To
Those from the Mill City.
Local students making the made the scholastic honor roll
is currently serving in support Gates and Lyons area interest
Meet at Gates Sat.
of the Reserve Officers’ train ed in having their child test Dean’s list for the spring term spring term have been an
at OTI were Tony Grant and nounced by OSU.
Veterans of World War I ing corps (ROTC) summ
ed may call the Santiam High Lyle Cutsforth.
■ A total of 417 OSU students
and Auxiliary, Barracks No. I camp at Indiantown gap mi.
.School. 897-2311. for an ap
Tony, a freshman and the made the straight-A honor list
3263. will have a meeting and 1 tary reservation, Pa.
pointment.
son of Mrs Joe Smith of Mill ing and another 1856 qualified
potluck dinner Saturday, July
Pvt. Homer, regularly sta-
Testing center for the area City, attained a 3 16 GPA in for the B plus or better honor
10 at the Gates Community | tioned at Ft. Bragg, N. C., with
I headquarters company 1st Bat will be at the Scio Centennial Electro-Mechanical Engineer roll.
Clubhouse.
Ixx-al students on the list
The dinner will begin at 12 talion. 504th Infantry. 1st Elementary School on Tuesday ing Technology
Judges felt this float was the best in the young
Lyle, a '71 graduate of OTI included: Willard Fleetwood
r.con with the meeting at 1 p i Brigade, 82nd Airborne Divis- July 20 Calling for an appoint
peoples
division of the parade. It was entered by the
with
a
3
00
GPA
in
Mechanical
ment
will
insure
an
even
dis
1
and
Michael
Long,
both
fresh
|
ion.
began
his
temporary
duty
m. All World War I Vets and
Xuxiliary members are in- assignment on June 1 and will tribution of cases and prevent Engineering, is the son of Mr men in Humanities and So Camp Fire and Blue Birds of Mill City. Stan Ödgen
and Mrs Gail Cutsforth
long waiting periods.
cial sciences
photo.
I complete it in early August.
vited.
Serve Lyons
Thousands
Spend 4th in
Detroit Area
Stayton Woman
Killed in Crash;
Holiday Toll High
■ite Old
Pre-School Hearing
Testing Scheduled