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By Don Moffatt
ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — OREGON’S FAST GROWING VACATION WONDERLAND
THE MILL CITY’ ENTERPRISER-MILL CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1971
Valley Tel.
Has Open
House Here
I can’t help but feel sor
ry for the hunters in this coun
try today. There are so many
hunters, and not too many real
More than 300 persons vis
honest to goodness sportsmen,
ited the offices of Valley Tele
that there just is not enough
land nor enough game for ev phone Co. here last Wednesday
when the firm held an open
eryone.
I can remember when I house.
Purpose of the event, ac
learned how to hunt back in
cording
to Bill McCall, service
North Dakota, and that was a
“fur piece back” when there manager in Mill City was to
was plenty of game. We knew acquaint the public with the
everyone in the area where we operation of a modern tele
hunted. We carried fencing phone system. Many of those
tools with us,. When we came who attended were school stu
to a fence, we just took the dents from the area schools.
To a layman the maze of
wire down, drove across and
then put the fence back up. wires in the plant is just like
This went along for quite a a bowl of spaghetti, but to pro
few years and everyone was fessional telephone men, each
happy and content. Then came wire has its specific use, and
the increase in population, not they know where it is supposed
so much in our rural area, but to be hooked up.
Pictures on this page will
the hunters from Minot and
other cities decided that they, show some of the office
too, would come to the country | equipment installed in the en-
where hunting was good. They | ' larged facilities in the Mill
went through fences, but many i ' City plant.
This is somewhat different
just cut the fence wire, and
le* it lay. Livestock got loose, , ' than the old telephone system
used here for many years,
went into the fields, and all
heck broke loose. The irate when it was a locally operated
farmers began posting their concern. The service then was
much more personal, but ev
land. Could you blame them?
eryone
realizes that as times
I guess most of the land
back there is posted now just change, modem methods must
like it is out here. Who is to be used to keep up with the
i pace of modem business.
blame? You can nail it right
|
Coffee, punch and cookies
down to the so-called sports
were served to the visitors.
men. They not only ruined it
for themselves, but also for all
the good honest fellows who
really enjoyed hunting.
I feel that most people who
go hunting are good sports,
but it takes only a few dum
mies to spoil it for everyone.
The present generation is hav
ing a tough time finding any
place to hunt. It is too bad,
but maybe these young hunt
About 15 members attended
ers will live long enough to the Booster Club meeting held
get rid of the pseudo sports last Tuesday evening, October
man—the
real
ding-e-ling, 19, at Douger’s Drive-Inn. Al
who is causing all the trouble. so attending were John Ruby,
If you were a farmer or ranch Gordon Plotts, Rebecca Sav
er and had a beef shot, what age and Jenny Chance, student
would you do? You would be representatives of Santiam
come very agitated and would High School. The meeting was
post your land in self defense. conducted by the Booster Club
You’d have to protect your President, Doug Knudsen.
livestock. Some hunters even
A lengthy discussion was
shoot up farm equipment and held on the Club’s activities
buildings. Thank God they are and the majority present felt
in the minority.
that the club should expand
it’s purpose beyond the Can
We decided last week that yon Scholarship Fund and
we would take a little time off work with the grade school
and haul our trailer to the as well as the high school on
coast. I figured there wouldn’t various projects.
be too many people out there.
As in the past, the scholar
Ha. and Ha! It was not the ship fund will remain the
case. We did call one of our club’s primary project and the
favorite haunts Thursday to annual ham dinner will be held
see if there was any space ov- sometime in January with all
erlooking the ocean. The an- proceeds going to the scholar
swer was “sorry we’re full.” ship fund. An exact date will
So we went anyway and be announced later.
wound up at Beverly Beach.
The Booster Club issued a
There were plenty of parking challenge to the high school
spaces on Friday afternoon, student body for a matching
but by Saturday they were fund to purchase a stereo sys
pretty well filled up. Just goes tem for the student commons
to show what these three-day lounge. Thermometers will be
weekends do. The rains came placed in the Mill City Phar
in fits and starts. Sometimes it macy window showing the
came down in torrents, then standings of each group.
the sun would come out, so all
Various fund-raising projects
in all, it was a pleasant week were discussed and it was de
end. We were joined by Mel cided that the cake raffles
and Goldie Rambo, and their will be held again this year at
pet purp, Sam, in their new the basketball games.
camper. Everyone had a good
The club will meet again
time between showers. Then Friday, October 29, following
of course, when the weather the football game, in the grade
did get rough, we went into school gym. Vern Peterman,
the trailer and had some good grade school Principal, and the
card games, and of course ( student body president have
things to eat. You can have a been asked to attend to offer
lot of fun at the coast even j ideas of what the Boosters
in the fall and winter.
might do to help at the ele
mentary level. All interested
This Monday, we’re celebrat people are encouraged to at-
ing Veteran’s Day, for the first tend.
time on a Monday in October.
It is the wrong day and the
wrong month, but some people Herb Carpenter
did take the day off. I got most Now In San Diego
of the time off, and thanks to
Navy Seaman Recruit Her
a loyal crew, George and Nor
bert
D. Carpenter, son of Mr.
ma Long, and many of our
correspondents, things went and Mrs. Leo D. Carpenter of
along smoothly on the home Route 1, Lyons, graduated
front, and we’ll get the paper from basic training at the Nav
al Training Center in San
out on time.
What I'm wondering now is Diego.
how many will celebrate the
real Armistice Day. I know be individuals and celebrate
one business house for sure the real holidays anyway—and
that will fly Old Glory, and I intend to do so. I’ll have to
that is The Enterprise. I’m work that day. but it won’t
just too darned old fashioned stop m e from remembering
to let any group foul up the the first Armistice Day, and
entire world. While we’re sup what it stood for—and just to
posed to go along with all these remind you—it wasn't to pro
vjmphool ideas, we still can vide a long weekend
’Booster Club
To Meet Fri.
Bill Tells How It Works
Above Bill McOall, Service Manager of this area
for Valley Telephone Co., is explaining some of the In
tricate telephone equipment to a group of school stu
dents, who on last Wednesday, took advantage of the
open house. The company has expanded their building
here in Mill City.—Enterprise photo.
en House
Dave Launer, Valley Telephones Central office super
visor and a group of Mill City students.
Community
Action Meet
Held at Gates
$4.50 a Y’EAR — 10c a Copy
Loses Life Monday
Car Crash
Takes Life of
K. Buckley
GATES — The first meeting
Funeral services will be con
of the Communty Action Pro
ducted Thursday, October 28,
gram, sponsored by the Exten
at 2 p. m. at Weddle Funeral
sion Service of Corvallis was
Home in Stayton for Karen
held Friday at the Gates Com- i
Rae Buckley, who passed away
munity clubhouse. Mrs. Kitty I
Monday, October 25, in an au
Horton of Stayton was in
to accident. Rev. Charles Fultz
charge of the meeting.
will officiate with interment
Mrs. I lene Wheldon of Sa-
at Lone Oak Cemetery in
lem gave tips on nutrition and
Stayton.
money-saving meals for the
Mrs. Buckley, the former
low income family, or all fam
i Karen Rae Loveall, graduated
ilies for that matter, complete
The above picture is of Kar- 'from Santiam High School with
with recipes. A pan of baked en (Loveall) Buckley, taken the class of 1969. She was vale
beans was prepared and served when she was valedictorian of dictorian of her class and a
at noon, plus a pinto Lean her class in Santiam High member of the National Honor
cake, with coffee being served school.
Society. She attended one year
by the Women’s club.
of college at O.T.I. in Klam
Needs of the communities in
ath Falls before her marriage
the Canyon area were discus
to William Buckley on Sep
sed, and ways to help others
tember 12, 1970.
with new ideas and suggestions
Karen was born April 28,
made. Volunteers are needed
1951, in Tillamook and spent
who can drive and assist in
most of her life in Mill City.
transportation to food centers,
Surviving besides her wid
clinics, hospital or doctor of
ower William and daughter
fices.
Marci Ann are her mother,
One goal for the program is
Mrs. Edith Loveall of Chand
for each community to have a
ler, Ariz., parents, Mr. and
Senior Citizen Drop-in Center
Mrs. George Loveall of Mill
like the one in Stayton where
City, grandparents, Mr. and
residents can make their needs
Mrs. Earl Harper of Scio, Mrs.
known, whether for transpor
Jerry Coffman, president of Ni n a Wilson, Salem and
tation to a doctor, reading ma
Mrs. Geraldine Case of Mill
terial, food or other require the North Santiam Chamber of City. Also, brothers Robert B.
Commerce
told
members
at
ments.
Loveall, San Diego, Herbert
Plan of action is to become their recent meeting that the R. Olson, Klamath Falls and
state
has
promised
to
fix
up
better acquainted with your
Jimmy Olson, Mill City, sisters,
neighbor and lend a helping a boat ramp at the bridge site Nancy Kay Loveall, Chandler,
at
Mehama
when
the
bridge
hand, not only at Christmas,
job is completed. There had Ariz., Karen M. Olson, Fort
but every day in the year.
McClellan, Ala. and Victoria
Some feel this project is long been some question as to Sue Olson. Mill City.
overdue. The next meeting whether there would be access
Karen was a member of the
will be at the Gates Clubhouse to this popular boat loading Presbyterian Church. At the
and
unloading
site.
It
had
November 12 from 10 to 12.
been used as such for many time of her death, she was a
The public is invited.
distributor for the Oregonian
Present at the last meeting years.
Bob Mobley of Taylor’s Park newspaper.
were Kitty Horton of Stayton,
and Ilene Wheldon of Salem, was present and asked the
demonstrators, Lola Henness Chamber of assistance In get
and Mary Wilson, of the Gates ting some road work done in
Women’s club, Mrs. Ruth Hurst his area. He said some 295
and Faye Moore, Mill City, Jo families are renting camping
sephine Anderson and Shirley sites there now, and that there
would be 550 campsites for
IDANHA — Two summer
Stinson of Lyons..
rent when the area is fully homes in the Idanha area were
developed.
broken into and occupied for
Lowell Brown of Silverton, a at least two days last week.
long-time Chamber member Neighbors said theiy noted a
was present and said that he white car parked at the homes,
would be leaving soon for the but thought it could have been
Bahamas where he will be friends or relatives of the
managing Continental Tele owners until things got pretty
phone Company, a phone sys
Chances are improving that tem about the size of Valley noisy over there including
the Detroit-Idanha Rural Fire Telephone here. H? showed what appeared to be some
Protection District will get pictures of the home he will shooting. Ray Monroe said he
federal funds for a new am- occupy, much to the envy of became suspicious of the un
usual behavior at the two
bulance.
Chamber members.
homes and notified the own
The State Traffic Safety
Coffman said that a speaker
Commission originally had left from Chemeketa Community ers. He learned that the own
the project off its list of fed College would address the next ers had given no one permis
eral requests for this year. general meeting of the group sion to move into the homes.
But several projects have been which will be November 27th. During the lapse of time how
ever, before anything could be
finished, or dropped from the
A representative of the Small
list so now the upper canyon Business Administration was done about it, the Intruders
left and apparently have not
request is back on the list.
present and spoke of how their been apprehended.
The commission will ask the
loan program works, mostly
The car according to Mr.
State Emergency Board this
through, and in cooperation
week to approve the revised with local lending institutions. Monroe had been stolen, and
since it would not operate on
list. The Detroit-Idanha group
its own power, police towed
wants $8,132 for a new ambu
it away, he said.
lance to replace the old 1969
The homes, located near the
Volkswagen bus. The North School Play To Be
North Santiam River at the
Santiam Chamber of Com
South end of Blowout bridge
merce has been working with Given November 18
are reported to be owned by
the district to secure this much
The school play for this a Dr. Fox and a Mr. Hoover,
needed equipment.
semester has been chosen. It is both of Salem.
entitled “A Phoenix Too Fre
The report said extensive
quent” and was written by damage had been done to both
Cub Scouts Attend
Christopher Fry.
homes.
There are three parts in the
Skating Party
play, 1 boy and 2 girls. Dyna
36 Cub Scouts of Pack 49
mene is to be played by Fran Mark Hatfield Visits
of Mill City attended a skat
ces Blumenstein, Doto by Jen
ing party at Skateland in Sal
ny Chance and Tegeus by Don Kracker Barrel Here
em Thursday evening, October
Wilma Bumgamer of the
Hoover.
21.
The play will be performed Kracker Barrel Store here
Transportation was by the
Thursday, November 18, at the said Thursday that she had
Scout bus which was driven by
Santiam High School auditor a couple of unexpected visitors
Warren Coffin. The other
ium. Tickets will be available in her store.
adults accompanying them on
Two men came in and pur
I
at
the door.
the trip were George Standish,
chased ice cream bars and
Wcbelo leader and Den moth
were browsing around the
ers, Mrs. Glen Humes, Mrs.
establishment.
John Lengacher and Mrs. Wal i Detroit Carnival Set
One of them was Senator
ter Thomas, Sr.
Mark O. Hatfield, who was on
For Saturday Night
his way to Bend
DETROIT — The Detroit
Light Snowfall
school’s annual carnival will
be held Saturday, October 30, Card Tournament
Here Tuesday Night
from 7 to 11 p. m. in the Ele
Some snow was on the mentary gym All classes from To Begin November 2
ground
early
Wednesday the kindergarten through the
A reminder that the Santiam
morning, giving residents here 12th grades will participate.
Women’s Golf Club is begin
a warning of what is to come
The program will include ning their annual fall bridge
in the months ahead.
the usual booths and conces- and pinochle tournament Tues
This seems a little early,' sions which will provide re- day, November 2, at 9:30 a. m.
but reports come from San freshments, entertainment, and
The tournament will run
tiam Pass that there is lots fun for all. A cake walk will each Tuesday for five weeks.
of snow there, and Wednes also be included.
Refreshments will be served.
day morning chains were re
Another highlight will be a Anyone interested, may con
quired. Looks like a long cold turkey raffle, sponsored by the tact Mrs. Rudy Tohl at 897-
winter.
Deanha PTC.
2774.
Boat Ramp
Under Bridge
Gets 0. K.
Vandals Occupy
Summer Homes
New Ambulance
Not Dead Issue
Robert Knutson, State manager for Valley Tele
phone discusses decorator telephones with students.
Buck Hicks, Val ey Telephones Central office re-
pair man. shows students the repair equipment for Cen
tral office equipment.
Daylight Saving Time
Ends This Weekend
American Legion Posl
To Be Formed Here
This weekend is the time
to catch that extra hours
sleep as we go back on stan
dard time Sunday, October
31, when daylight saving
time ends. Set your clock
back one hour Saturday
night and you should be in
time with the rest of the
world come Sunday morning.
Sunday is also Hallowe'en
and. as far as we know, it
will be celebrated then, so
be prepared for all the lit
tle trick-or-treaters. It seems
some areas are observing
Hallowe'en on Saturday this
year.
Charles Barney of Mill City
has announced that plans are
underway to form an Ameri
can Legion Post in the area
Mr. Barney has met with Glen
H. Howe who is the Depart
ment Adjutant of the Ameri
can Legion and with Don Dree-
sen. the Department Command
er.
A meeting will be held Nov
ember 4, Thursday evening, at
the Oddfellows Hall for org
anizing nd setting up a char
ter. All interested persons are
invited to attend and may con
tact Mr Barney at 897-2484
for further information.