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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1971)
Enterprise VOLUME XXVI NUMBER 35 Up and Down The Avenue * By Bon Moffatt ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE—MILL CITI, OREGON THURSDAY, September 2, 1971 New Beauty Shop Opens Football squad Gets $a|em Contractor Low Ready for First Game of Season Begin Water System Soon $4.50 a YEAR — 10c a Copy i Bidder on School Cafeteria; Pfft—and where did summer The Santiam football team go. This coming weekend will completed its first week of be the big one of the year— | practice Saturday with an of Labor Day. It is the last big fensive scrimmage. The main GATES — A special Council holiday before the old routine Sealed bids covering con purpose of the scrimmage was of school begins. For a lot of | meeting was held at the City to see how well the team had struction of the school cafeter Jahn said “It should be em we older people it is a time of i Hall Thursday to sign two learned the assignments, The ia were received and opened phasized that the total cost of joy. Less people on the high more contracts for the new | coaches felt this objective had at a special meeting of the the school cafeteria will be ways and more space at fav water system. Mayor Lorraine' Board of Directors of Adminis paid from serial levy funds I been accomplished. Mills and Recorder Betty Kel- orite camping grounds. I’m al trative School District 129J on and will not require any addi The next week and a half f-w* ways glad when this holiday is le will meet with FHA repre Tuesday, August 24th. The low tional tax levy”. will be spent on continual po over as it seems that after sentatives in Salem September bid was submitted by L. D. lish of the offense and de school begins, things sort of 1, to sign necessary papers to veloping a strong defense and Mattson, of Salem, in the a- I I j I complete the loan. Cam Steck- settle down. Of course this is kicking game. The athletes and mount of $69,867.00. At the when the clubs and lodges [ atee reported that work will are eagerly working same meeting bids covering in start their meetings, and ev I possibly get started this week. Mrs. Pauline Jones, center above, opened her new coaches for a victory against Crescent dividual equipment items not erything gets back into shape. Discussion was held on the P.J.’s Beauty Center on Broadway Friday of last week. Valley at Parker Stadium in included in the construction We hope that those of you Simko easement but no action! She reports a brisk business. With her in the above pic Corvallis on Friday, September contract were opened. The to who do take trips over the hol was taken. ture are Ellen Stahlman right and Shirley Coleman on 10 at 5 p. m.. tal of the low bids submitted iday will drive carefully and The question of inspector the left.—The Enterprise Photo. by several companies, covering come back home safely. came up and Steckatee report individual items of cafeteria Crist Finishes Basic equipment, ed he had interviewed Herb | was $20,122.83. Af I had quite a visit over the Jones, who will be competant j Two HurF at ter much deliberation, and weekend with our neighbor, Al to handle the job. checking with the State De Detroit State Park Pease. He is quite a story tel Harry Harmon reported that partment of Education con ler, and this time he told a Danny Peters will give an DETROIT — Two accidents cerning federal aid, it was de real dilly about his pack rat easement across his property occurred at Detroit Lake State Schools in Administrative cided to go ahead with con episode. Al and Irene are im for the pipe lines and will I park during the week. An uni School District 129J will open struction. proving their garage, tearing give the pipeline he owns to ( dentified girl about 12 years The federal government will for the year on Tuesday, Sep it all apart inside, and fixing the city when papers are I old, sustained a skinned arm allow the sum of $9,600.00 on tember 9, according to school it into a heated room, which drawn up. and kness and a possible frac the $67,867.00 building con officials. will be an added improvement tured nose Sunday when she Discussion with Sam Chest Buses will operate at the tract, for stainless steel items to the home. I know as I used nut on putting in a trailer I i fell from her bicycle, while and a walk-in freezer and cool regular time Tuesday morning. to live there. The story about park at The Frontier west of I | riding in the State Park area. School will take up five er which are included in the his rat was something. He said town. He will not need an addi-1 She was given first aid treat- minutes earlier this year, start construction contract. The gov By Goldie Rambo he had been trying to poison tional business license as his | ment by an ambulance attend ernment will also allow the ing at 8:15 a. m. Dismissal will it, but the rat just packed off present license is sufficient, O. W. Galloway, state direc ant (city hall) and taken by District $15,092.12 of the $20,- be at 3:18 p. m. the poison and kept on living He will pay an additional tor for the American Associa- I private car to Stayton for The first day will open with 1 122.83 for the rest of the cafe- very happily. Finally Al got water charge. tion of Retired Persons AARP medical attention, | teria equipment. Therefore, to- an assembly and introduction out a muskrat trap, baited it I Walt Rochon appeared Mill ___ City Thursday, Gene Ruston of ..____ at was __ _ in ___ ___ Wednesday! _______ ■ tai bids of $89,989.83 less fed- of teachers and explanation of * . . _____ ■ i 1 Van/vnivpr Wn who u/hrt was wac va- with cheese, . and covered the the request of the Council evening, . August 25 to _ assist i Vancouver, Wn., leral aid alloted of $24,692.12, registration will take up most trap and bait with a cloth, about two traiiers he has park.. with the formation of the San- cationing at the park, cut his leaves a net cost to the district of the time. Following the as th’?”mlghtAhun‘ ed at his station. He says tiam Chapter of that organiza- foot severely with an axe. He I sembly, registration will take of $65,297.71. Not this rat, says Al. He was( he charges no rent and in re- tion. was taken by private car to place in the new auditorium. “ The above figure may seem just too smart. Lf I could __ for r_ ____ . . to ... 0“]? J just !iS- I *. turn parking there, the Contact person prior the the , a doctor for attention. expensive, and it is; said Wes Fees will be paid at the office. see him sitting up on the residents serve as night watch- organization meeting was Mrs. [ Jahn, Supt.,” but construction The afternoon schedule will shelf, with the cloth tied a- men. M. G. Rambo assisted by Mrs. costs have risen 12% in the last involve seven periods of an round his neck, eating my I He requested a business li- ! Carl Schaeffer, Mrs. J. C. Kim- U. S. AIR FORCE ACAD year and are predicted to rise abbreviated schedule of ap cheese. This made me real! cense for Gates Enterprises to mel and Mrs. Dean Mowry, EMY, Colo.—Robert W. Crist, another 12% during the com proximately 20 minutes for mad. I started hunting him be started in shop buildings ” son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne B. ing year. Also, if construction each period. “ ’ ’--- prelim- ” However, those doing with my rifle, and sure enough owned by Shields ReMine on . inary work had previously in- Crist of Detroit, is one of 1,249 is not started prior to Decem Thomas Grant replaces Rich there he was. I took a shot at the west edge of town. freshmen cadets who have en ber 1, 1971 the district will ard Moore, who takes Ben I dicated they were taking a him, missed, but did connect tered the U. S. Air Force lose the federal grant monies Jones’ place on the Santiam Marvin Edwards reported “rest” from heading clubs. with a quart of Irene’s fruit. that Marion County had ac Academy class of 1975. Orville Downing of Lyons of $24,692.12. Construction faculty. Mr. Grant is a recent I finally did nail him, though.” cepted the application for tak was elected president of the Cadet Crist was accepted in should be completed sometime graduate of the U of O, hold So now his carpenter project ing over the city building in- ' new chapter with Clyde Bate to the cadet wing after com during the winter months. ing a Master’s Degree, and will is progressing on schedule. pleting seven weeks of basic handle the Social Studies pro spection and buildng permit (to serve as vice-president; Lil- training, including field train gram. Mr. Grant and his wife job. lian Peck, secretary and Ervin Those who did not go to the ing at a simulated frontline will be living in Mill City. -------------------------- 1 Peterson as treasurer. Pet of the Week grandstand performance at the combat base near the academy, | Mr. Downing said he would State Fair Saturday and Sun strenuous physical conditioning be appointing his various com day nights really missed a good and survival instruction. mittees in the near future and show when Pete Fountain and The cadet now begins a four- promised those attending an his band showed the public year course of study leading “active” winter. what Dixieland jazz was all to an Air Force commission It was voted to meet the about With Pete’s group was and a bachelor of science de- j fourth Wednesday of each Eddie Miller, who is to sax gree with an academic major ; month at the high school aud Work of remodeling U. S. lovers what Louis Armstrong | in one of 27 fields of interest itorium with social meetings Bank here has finally been was to the trumpet men. He is ' provided in the curriculum. also to be held. The next meet | completed, and this week the the greatest. Pete paid Miller I Cadet Crist is a 1971 gradu ing will be September 22 at By Jean Roberts i institution has taken space to a real compliment at the show ate of Detroit High School, A fire watchman finds many 7:30 p. m. thank patrons for their pa- Saturday night when he said where he was a member of the There were 72 attending * I tience while the work was be- Everytime I play a show with things besides fire. National Honor Society and 58 Wednesday ’ s meeting with Take Lawrence Kanoff, of I ing done. Eddie, it is a music lesson.” lettered in basketball, track, signing as charter members. The job could have been fin- And that is a real compliment Mill City, fire watchman for football and baseball. He was ■ ished more rapidly, but just coming from a musician such Parkett Logging Co. at Me salutatorian of his class. after the place was tom up, as Pete Fountain. Glen Ash hama. Coming from work the other Three Hurt in I there was a carpenter's strike WASHINGTON, D. C.—El- also was plenty entertaining. I lis Meuser, 24-year-old son of Bonneville Power To All in all, it was a good show. night on Parish Lake Road Car Accident The fair is always a joy for southwest of Marion Forks he DETROIT — Three persons ( Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Meuser of Gates Man Gets most people, and the horse found a frustrated fisherman were hurt in a one-car accident Willows, Calif., leaves this Hold Public Meeting races are a lot of fun too, if beating his incapacitated car at 2:10 p m. Friday on High | month to begin his short-term you enjoy buying hay for the with a pair of fishing poles. Army Silver Star way 22 about 18 miles east of ! missionary asignment under A public meeting on the Kanoff bought the poles for here (near Marion Forks). | the Christian Service Corps, Bonneville Power Administra bang tails. I enjoy trying to Pet of the week brought to $1.50 and listened to the fish Twenty-four-old Peter Wille outguess which horses will Gordon E. Wolf, 48, and an interdenomination, evan tion’s Environmental State come in. I strictly bet on the erman’s trials: Ardis B. Wolf, 62, both of i gelical program of domestic ment for the fiscal year 1973 The Enterprise was a good old of Gates has been awarded the His wife was mad because Lebanon, were taken to San and overseas service patterned construction and operation and rugged alley cat, with no name Silver Star, the army’s highest looks of the horse and the jockey. The jockey seems to he went fishing; he hadn’t tiam Memorial hospital, Stay after the U. S. Peace Corps. maintenance programs will be but a lot of personality. He is medal, for bravery in Vietnam. Formerly of Mill City, Meu held at 7:30 p. m. September 9, > a year old, and is gray and Peter, the son of Mr. and Mrs. be the deciding factor in most caught any fish, and then had ton by the local fire depart of the races, or at least that is a blowout and put his car in I ment ambulance where they ser attended Santiam High and at the Linn County Courthouse I white. He is good with child Frank Wille of Beavercreek, ren and is housebroken. His was discharged from the serv the ditch. the way I think it is. received out-patient treatment graduated from Northwestern in Albany. I family had to give him up as ice in the fall of 1969 and is Kanoff only regretted after for cuts, officials said. Christian College in Eugene. When we used to play the The meeting will focus on ponies in Gresham, a good bet ward that he hadn’t offered Dallas C. Claflin, 55, Wakita, As a senior majoring in Chris the proposed Marion-Santiam | .they are moving to an apart now employed in the logging the fisherman $10 for the car. was to find out who had the Okla., also received cuts and tian Educaton, he worked wth transmission line, about 10 > ment. The Rainbow Girls of and construction business. He is a graduate of Molalla biggest feed bill, and usually was admitted for obesravtion West Hills Christian Church miles east of Stayton. The pub Mill City who are sponsoring in Portland, and upon gradu lic is invited to comment on this project through the Hu High school. they’d have a winner some at the hospital, they said. time during the season. Maybe State police said Gordon ation, he served as youth min any part of the statement at mane Society in Salem have been placing most of the pets that was just luck too, who Wolf was the driver and that ister with Monmouth Christian this meeting. knows. the car hit a bridge abutment Church in Monmouth for one A copy of the statement cov publicized in The Enterprise. Wesley Patterson Gets year. In October of 1970, he ering BPAs proposed fiscal Last week we had Hamsters at Marion Creek. We had one pleasant exper Cause of the accident was joined the headquarters staff year 1973 program, including featured, and Patty McClin Promoted In Army ience when we left the fair not determined, but it is be of the Christian Service Corps this system addition, may be tock said she had over 30 calls I Wesley G. Patterson, 22, son DETROIT—A Salem man lieved it could have been caus in Washington, D. C., as a field reviewed prior to the meeting for them. She says more are Saturday night. Somehow I forgot to turn off the lights, was injured Monday morning ed by wet pavement as it was representative, presenting the at the Linn County Court- ( available at the Center. The of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L. challenge of missions i n house at Albany or at the BPA Enterprise even received a call Patterson, Roui” 1, Emmitt, and the battery was plumb when the log truck he was raining at the time. churches and colleges across office at 834 Pearl Street, Eu for the Hamsters Tuesday Idaho, recently was promoted dead, when we wanted to driving developed a mechan morning. to Army Specialist four while the country. leave. That was an odd feeling ical failure. gene. serving with the 23rd Infantry In July he began training Robert Rummell, 24, was at that time of night. A first Division in Vietnam. for an overseas assignment aid car was nearby, so I asked taken by local Rural Fire De Brother of Local Man Spec Patterson is assigned with Worldwide Evangeliza a policeman if he could help partment ambulance to a Sal with Company C. 3rd Battalion tion Crusade in Monrovia, Li me. He said he’d call someone, em hospital after the truck he 21st Infantry of the Division’s beria. Founded in 1913 by C. Killed in Accident but just then a young man was driving went over an em 196th Light Infantry Brigade Heavy rains the past few T. Studd, WEC now supports said his car was nearby if I bankment on a logging road Eino Wirkkala, 62, of Port near Da Nang. had a jump cable—which I al near Twin Meadows, three days have been a boon to late over 500 missionaries. Meus land, brother of Charles Kirk- His wife, Theada, lives in gardens, and for the loggers, er will teach Bible in govern ways carry, he would help us. miles above Marion Forks. An organizational meeting kala, of Mill City, a construc Idanha. Rummell leaped from the but it has been tough on fair ment high schools and junior He got us started and when I | high schools in Monrovia, as of the Cub Scouts, Pack 49, of tion worker, fell to his death wanted to pay him, he said: truck before the loaded ve- goers. First and second days of sist with a recreation center, Mill City will be held Wednes i Tuesday while working on a "this is for brotherhood." Now hide plunged over the em- evening. September 8 __ at water storage tank construc If the number following _ ,_____ r__________ isn’t that a nice gesture? It bankment. The truck was the fair were near perfect, but youth program, counsel in sum- day goes to show that we still have owned by Benton Trucking of weather so far this week has mer boys’ camps, teach a Sun-¡7:30 at the Scout House, ac- tion project at the Cedar Hills your name on the En been anything but good. The day Bible class in a national cording to cubmaster, Ken shopping center some good people left in the Idanha. They said Wirkkala was A spokesman at the firm’s fair will run through Labor 'church, where over 14.000 Harrison. world. I did give him some All parents with children in working on a catwalk when terprise label reads money, and told him "This, office here said Monday. Rum Day, so there is a chance for tribesmen from the interior of too, is for brotherhood.’’ Don’t mell was pretty much “shook a day or two of good weather Liberia live and work with terested in becoming Cub he apparently lost his balance while reaching for his hat, Scouts are asked to attend this think all our young people are up” and sustained bruises, but yet, however as we went to their families. 9-71 it's time to send Meuser’s father is currently meeting Anyone interested in which had been blown away thoughtless. They are not. has been released from the press Wednesday morning, it by a gust of wind They said scouting is invited to attend pastor of the Willows Christ- We’ve been helped by them hospital following medical at looked like the middle of the he fell approximately 30 feet. a check for renewal I ian church in Willows, Calif the meeting. winter. tention. before. Completion Set This Winter Open Here Tues. Sept. 7 0. Downing Heads Local a Local Man Buys Fish Pole Cheap; Should Have Tried for Car Bank Remodeling Job Now Complete J Ellis Meuser To ¡Serve Overseas Log Truck Accident Rains Soak Area; Hard on Fair I Cub Scouts To Have Organization Meet