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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1972)
4—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Jan. 6, 1972 DETROIT IDANHA Weather for December JVs and Girls Tillamook Catholic First in Tourney Thieves Break Into Cedars Tavern Tues. DETROIT — Thieves broke into Cedar Tavern early on Tuesday morning last week, Observer from Detroit Bv Roots Champion but according to a report, no DETROIT—Jewell and Til thing was taken. It is believed A surprise potluck farewell DETROIT—This report cov- party, honoring Mr. and Mrs. | ers the entire month of Decern-| lamook Catholic high schools they were scared off before Sam Leffler, was held Satur I ber, 1971, with comparative j fought their way into the final they had a chance to steal. The day night in the clubroom of ■ figures for the same month in round of the Detroit Holiday report said the till had been the Idanha Fire hall. Hosting 1970. Weekly reports will re Basketball Tournament last tampered with, but only pen DETROIT — Thousands of the event were Mrs. Dallas Tuesday night. _ nies _____ had ____ been ___ left __ in ___ the till. fishermen, vacationers and were trapped in their boat by Benton, Mrs. Opal Laming, sume next week, and will be Jewel, with Steve Olsdy tos- , -p w0 empty money bags were continued as long as requested. picnickers visited the Upper floating ice. By Dan Cox Mrs. Edith Bittner and Mrs. The high temperatures of the sing in 33 points, routed host thrown on the floor, opened North Santiam Canyon during During the Holiday vacation. Detroit, 102-75. A house numbering system I Thelma Storey. In place of a month in 1971 was 49 degrees Tillamook of course. 1971. Santiam High School ’ s Varsity by the Planning going away gift, a money tree on December 20th, against 44 Catholic battled from behind Entrance was made by pry The area experienced 77 dry proposed nd J. V. basketball and Girl’s Commission and passed by the was used. There were about 30 days from June through Sep City Council went into effect in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. degrees on December 10th, Volleyball teams participated to nip Santiam, 57-55. Jewell ing open the side door of the and Tillamook met following tavern, apparently with a 1970. The lowest temperature tember with substantial rain in April. Leffler recently sold their in for 1971 was 15 degrees on the n the annual Detroit Christ the consolation round game crowbar, the report said. August 31 and September 1. • f*-,-»„nr — ont T * was A two- terest in Detroit Super Market Detroit High School’s foot between Detroit and Santiam 26th and 27th followed by 17 Temperature was 102 de and are moving to Lake Os- degrees on the 28th. As of the day affair in which Santiam Tuesday night, December 28. Annual Dog Races ball team had a good year in grees on August 11, setting an made a decent showing by | wego. Mr. Leffler will be em- In the championship games Slated at Sisters all-time high for the season. the Casco eight-man league. In j ployed in Tigard after January 31st, the low was 32 degrees. winnin® th» .T. V. haskMhnI’ a bid for the state champion- The lowest temperature for on the 29th two free throws A long and beautiful Indian and volleyball championships Mrs. Kay Gordon of Gates Summer set the stage for late ship, host Detroit was defeated, æ Red Asher, recently of Sitka, • 1970 was 16 degrees on the 7th. while the Varsity took third by Steve Bartiein with two said this morning that the an 42-32, by Huntington from ' The average mean for 1971 was Tillamook fishermen and vacationers, I seconds left gave v nual dog sled races will be and Randall, Alaska, arrived 32 . degrees, with an average place. _ _ a 60-58 ___ win over held at Sisters this Saturday and the colorful autumn leaves Eastern Oregon. Catholic On the first evening, the here for the Christmas-New mean of 36 degrees in 1970. U. S. Plywood-Champion Year Holiday on an extended covering the hillsides were Wolverine basketball squad Jewell and a first place finish and Sunday, with the races to never more brillant. The sea Papers Inc. mill at Idanha Total precipitation (melted , failed to squeeze out the last in the Detroit basketball tour start at 11 a. m. Mrs. Gordon son’s first snow came in late rounded out another year with'V1S;t New Year’s Eve Watch snow and rain) was 16.20 inch bit of energy in the fourth nament Wednesday night. said that some 40 entrants al October, sheathing the scenic 176,482 accident-free hours. I was held at the Hanh Com. es, with the greatest fall being quarter and fell victim to the Tillamook Catholic came back ready have been made in the ni ht 2.80 inches on the 8th, 2.58 on tall Tillamook Catholic Vik from a six point deficit at the Husky dog race. area in a glistening mantle of For this achievement two munit church Frid plaques were awarded by the | with some 30 ,e Jn t. the 4th, and 2.46 inches on the ings by a 57 to 55 score. The end of the third quarter. white. | This ls j,ouj the eighth is a about The U. S. Forest Service, in Accident Prevention Division, tendance The evening.s pr0. 5th. In 1970, the total preci- Vikings jumped ahead at the Top point getter for Jewell year the races have been held its annual reforestation pro of Workmen s Compensation. I gram lncluded a film> devo*tion ! pitation was 15.11 inches. Total game’s start, but the Wolver was Steve Olstedt with 24 at Sisters._____________ gram, covered 978 acres in the In a review of other events time, singing, quizzes, and re- snowfall in 1971 was 35.80 in- ines quickly took the lead and points, while Sander led the g | Detroit District of the Willam of interest during the year, freshments. Sunday evening a ! ches, against 35.00 inches in held it until the last period, winners with 20 points. , 1970. December 1971, f ' _____ _ _ _ __ _____ _____ ette National Forest. Of this three Detroit High School candlelight communciation found, Pacing the Big Red team was In the clash for third place ( figure, 21 acres were planted students took first place in a 1 candlelight communion serv- . 10 inches of snow still on the | Randy Walker“ with 15 points. Santiam walloped Detroit 97- j Mr«. John Terror« by forest service crews and talent show at N. Marion High ¡ce was held at the church, ground in open areas, with 5.50 | close behind was outside 65. Dennis Budlong headed Mr. and Mrs. Donald Teeters the rest was contracted. school, Aurora, in January.! A New Year’s Day family inches on the ground at the shooter, Dennis Budlong with the scoring for Santiam with went to Seattle Christmas Detroit Planning Commis They were Cathie Christ, De- (gathering was held at the end of last year. For your in 10. 18 points but Don Hiebert of morning and were dinner sion was formed and the eight troit, and Sherry and Gina I country home of Mrs. Verna formation, in the event your Santiam met Detroit in a Detroit outscored everyone guests at the home of Mr. and member board was sworn in Williamson of Idanha. Miss ROth, Silverton, Saturday. At- own lawns sheltered by trees consolation game the follow with 33 counters. Mrs. Lester Anderson. They at the council’s February meet Crist and ------ Miss Williamson pre- tending 14 from here were Rev. and buildings, show a lesser ing afternoon and defeated the ----- ----- ----------- s---- win net stayed overnight at the home ing. sented a duet, accompanied by I and Mrs Harold I Roth and amount on the ground, please Cougars 97-65. All but one of their son and daughter-in- Detroit’s Mobile First Aid Miss Gina Williamson at the family. Some 27 members of be advised the Detroit weather Santiam player scored in the Pickup Catches Fire law, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Unit, operating as an inde piano. station stands in the center of game. High for the game was the family were present. Teeters and returned home pendent corporation for the The Wayne Crists received Now that the Holidays are an open lot, not sheltered in Dennis Budlong with 18. Gord Sunday evening. past 11-years, merged with the word from Senator Packwood’s I over basketball games will re- any way. We are prone to for on Plotts had 15 and Joe Ha- East of Marion Forks Mrs. Boyd Norton returned Idanha Rural Fire Protection office in Washington, D. C. ' sume. January 7 OSSD will get what the weather was gen came off the bench and IDANHA—The Idanha Rural i home Monday evening, De- District in April. The State that their son, Robert had re | play Detroit here, and on Jan- really like twelve months ago, did an outstanding job by Fire Protection District was i cember 27 from Good Samar- Emergency Board has authoriz ceived his appointment to the i uary 14, Detroit will play Per- and make our own compari getting 14 points. last Tuesday to the I itan hospital in Portland where ed a grant of $8,132 in federal Air Force Academy in Denver I rydale there. JV games are sons. But these figures are tak Coach Sander’s J. V.’s were called scene of a fire about a mile ¡she underwent heart surgery. funds to assist • in purchasing Colorado Hot Springs. Robert, I scheduled for 6:30 p. m. and en each day, in the same place, too much for Tillamook Cath East of Marion Mrs. G. V. Christensen and Forks, about a new ambulance for the dis a graduate of Detroit High, Varsity at 8. at the same hour, and cover olic to handle. Little Red walk 5:20. A pickup, pulling a horse j daughter, Bonnie, went to Cal trict. entered the Academy in early the 24-hours ending at that ed all over the Vikings to win trailer and loaded with hay ifornia December 26 where Mr. and Mrs. Wayne (Salty) Forest Service officials re July. Wright. Detroit, are receiving time, These two Decembers by the large margin 60-30. Tied caught afire. they visited at the home of 6% A steelhead weighing ported 55 fires in the Detroit felicitations on the birth of a show very little difference, for the games high scorer were Susee Engdahl and children at Fire Chief Dave Roberts said District, of which 28 were pounds and measuring 26% son, born Jan. 3rd at Santiam Each had its several days of David Plotts and Matt DeMain They returned lightning caused and the other inches long was caught in De- Memorial Hospital, Stayton. gusty winds, its brief power with 14 each. Roger Davidson it was thought that a newly Healdsburg. 27 man-caused. Officials said 1 troit Lake in the Blowout area, He weighed six pounds 13% shortages, and its seven or pulled down 14 rebounds to installed muffler on the pick home December 30. up had overheated causing the Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dodds more than half of the man- It is believed the catch is a ounces at birth. A name for eight days of brief sunshine, lead his teammates. hay to catch fire in the pickup. and daughters of Leaburg vis- caused fires were in the wild record for this area. In the championship game, The trailer was unhooked and i ited several days during the the newcomer has not been December 1971 had three days Tragedy struck the canyon I settled at this writing. The with no snow on the ground, the J.V.’s walloped the Detroit erness area and were caused by abandoned campfires. Largest , again during the year. A young family has two other children, and 1970 had two inches on squad 64-39. Once again David not damaged, but the wooden j Christmas holidays at the bed of the pickup received ex I home of her parents, Mr. and of the blazes in the district Mill City man and his com- Theresa and Richard. Paternal the ground. Plotts was the highest point tensive damage. I Mrs. Wesley Helsel. was the Lucky Butte Fire, panion, late resident of Silver- grandmother is Mrs. Bruce The above weather data by getter with 19. The unidentified driver and I Cpl. Stuart Christensen ar- which covered 260 acres before ton, lost their lives in an auto Wright of Mill City, and ma Irene Paullin, Detroit weath The Girl’s Volleyball team members of his family were ! rived January 2 from Camp brought under control. Strong truck crash four miles west of ternal grandparents are Mr. their from Eastern Oregon. No one Pendleton, Calif., for a leave also met Tillamook in easterly winds caused a slash Detroit on Highway 22. In an- and Mrs. Lloyd Ketchum Sr. of er observer. tournament opener. The de at the home of his mother, Mrs. fire to escape thus causing' other auto-truck head-on col- Detroit. For the week 12-28 to 1-4-72 termined Santiam group was was injured. G. V. Christensen. He will be the Lucky Butte fire. | lision a Bend women and her the following weekly weather the victor with a 15 to 4 win New Years day dinner guests returning to Camp Pendleton An educational documentary j 6-weeks-old baby died in the at the Harold Champion home report was furnished by weath in the first set, a 9 to 12 loss in about January 12. film which featured local citi-, accident near Mongold State were, Irene Paullin and Bertha er observer, Howard Drago, in the second, and a 15 to 8 win Vandals Pilfer Enjoying a family gathering zens was made in the area dur- Park. Five other persons were Loken. the Marion Forks area. in the last set. and dinner New Year’s Day at Christmas Lights ing the summer. The film was | seriously injured. What could For the championship, the The high was 38 degrees on Arriving here at the home of the G. D. Bilyeu home in Leb one of four series shot by John : have been another tragedy was his parents, Mr. and Mrs. January 1st and the low was Santiam girls took Detroit in Residents of Mill City take anon were Mr. and Mrs. Greg Secondari Productions Limited, quickly averted by four young Wayne (Red) Christ to spend 11 degrees on January 3rd. two quick sets, 15 to 1 and 15 pride in decorating their homes Robl and three daughters of New York, a division of Xerox I people cruising on Detroit i the Christmas-New Year holi Total precipitation for the to 10. for the Christmas holidays. Stayton, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Films. The Oregon sequence i Lake, when they saw an alum- days, was there son Bud, from same weekly period (melted This Tuesday the Wolver deals with a boy in the woods i inm boat capsize with a Port- the Air Force Academy, Colo snow and rain) was recorded ines will meet the Dayton Much work and preparation is Brown and Vicki of Lyons, put into this decorating. Mrs. Rillie Trask and Mr. and who will lose his tree fort i land couple aboard. They rado Hot Springs. squad here and then they will as .25 inches. This year much vandalism Mrs. Harry Monroe, Mehama, when the forest is logged off. I quickly went to the rescue and Present snow remaining on travel to Nestucca Saturday has taken place. Light bulbs and Mr. and Mrs. Bilyeu. The Mr. and Mrs. Earl Layman Twelve timber sales with a I took them aboard their craft, returned home New Years Eve the ground is 22 inches in- ne Dayton JV game will be- total of 63,650,000 board feet A Roseburg woman sustained from a two week combined eluding four inches of new in at 6, as will the Nestucc were taken from the beautiful I I gathering also celebrated Mr. ly decorated homes of the Wil Bilyeu’s birthday. of Willamette National Forest serious injuries when a tree pre-holiday and wedding an-1 snow, ime. bur Harlans, Don Carlsons, Bonnie Christensen, who is timber was sold during the crashed down on her summer niversary trip to Los Vegas Morris Howe, Golda Martens leaving January 8 for Bain year. Appraised value was home in the Devils Creek and Los Angeles, Calif. and Lowell Crees. The van bridge, Md., where she will be listed as $2,191,653. In addition summer home addition in the As I look back The couple observed their dalism was done by two boys | taking basic training in the 98 green sheet sales with an Breitenbush Hot Springs area. 39th wedding anniversary on through the years, as their foot prints were easily. Navy, was honored with a re estimated 537,110 board feet of Strong easterly winds had been New Years Day. I see a bare foot boy traced in the snow and those j ception following the morning timber was sold. prevailing for several days. Mrs. Lee Boeckstiegel who with laughter and tears. who had the misfortune of i worship services at Mehama The Forest Service also con Annually the American Le I recently underwent major sur having their lights stolen are. church Sunday. She was pre structed and reconstructed ap gion and Auxiliary, Idanha gery at Santiam Memorial It was his bare feet pretty sure they know who sented with a bouquet of red proximately 50 miles of forest Post 141, sponsor a boy and Hospital, Stayton, is expected that waded the dew, did it. | rose buds and a gift of money roads and installed a 1,800-foot girl to Boys and Girls State. to be realeased from the hos To get the horses, The police were called to in appreciation of the work she new log boom at the mouth of Six Junior High school stud pital this week. investigate. | has been doing in the church. and plow for you. the Breitenbush River. ents were selected for that Mrs. George Grant and Twenty-nine Portland per honor. Namely, Mary Bittner, To till the land sons were rescued by snowmo Sue Morgan, Susan Revers. daughter, Colleen returned re and plant the seed, biles from their snowbound Donald Hiebert, Dennis Ben cently from having spent the To raise the crop cabins in the Breitenbush Hot ton and Greg Slayden. The Holidays at Huntington Park, Springs area in early Febru students are chosen on their Calif. Mrs. Grant said they en for human need. ary. In May, two Salem men scholastic merits, personality, joyed the weather there, but This bare foot boy were rescued by helicopter and other scholastic achieve that she wouldn’t like living Faith he craved, from East Lake after they ments. there any more. Robberies are I prevalent, and people can’t So when he died leave their houses or cars un he would be saved. Highway 22 — Mill City locked. In nearly all homes in He would slip into that area, robberies have oc- curred. his saviours arm, ATLAS TIRES and BATTERIES Bi carried away Iatok into the benefits of the North Santiam The Trailer Court in South where there is no harm. Federal Credit Union Idanha owned and operated by | Linda Wurtez (Spelgatti) was I Expert Tune up and Brake Repair Insured Savings . . . Insured Loans We will be there sold to two Portland couples.' on that beautiful shore, All profits an- returned to the share holders Mrs. Wurtez had operated the j Where the Saints of God WE ARE CTKRENTLY PAYING 5 Court for some 15 years. In kVe Pick Up and Deliver have gathered before. DIVIDENDS QUARTERLY another sale. Detroit Super Market changed ownersh : p in Contact Sec.-Trea-s. Matt Martin That bare foot boy late December. New owners 1005 N. I st. Stayton Ph. 769-2 144 I are has seen many years, Mr. and Mrs. William Mc Down lifes pathway Call of Mill City. where there is Joy and tears. Four Detroit High school boys on the 8-man Casco Good Assortment Of He has met many people League football team were down the road as he went. named on the All-Star team. PRE-FINISHED Some thinking of Money They are quarterback Tom Leming, backs Don Hiebert Others quite content. Call Us Any Day For and Dennis Benton, and tackle Some believe in God Dave Stevenson. No Mileage Charge on Route Calls Between others believe in man. Don Pizer, manager of De Stayton and Gates. troit Lake State park was You must choose ON OR OFF THE CABLE transferred to Valley of the wherever you stand. " AND UP Rogue State Park, near Grants RCA VICTOR This Bare Foot boy Pass. Pizer and his family came here in June 1966 from The Beit TV for Cable or Fringe Areas. his eyes are quite dim. Champoeg State Park He is looking toward God RCA WHIRLPOOL Detroit City Council passed and away from Sin. a city zoning ordinance in The Best Laundry Equipment early December to comply The Angels are calling with Senate Bill No. 10 of Our bare foot come home, 1969. which requires all cities We have watched over you to be zoned and have land use every place you have gone plan in effect by December 31, 1971 Despite the early heavy | It won’t be long snow pack in the mountains.1 the call he will hear. Detroit Ranger Station in the j Appliance — Radio He’ll be caught up above Willamette National Forest, ' SALES — SERVICE with laughter and cheer. sold 1.482 Christmas tree cut-j 509 N. Third Ave. Stayton Ph 7S9-215-’ ting permits out of 1.500 per- 1 HUGH DURALL mits available. Detroit-Idanha Year-End Review Tells of Activities Given by Weather Det. Tourney MILL CITY CHEVRON SERVICE S$S Interested in MONEY ??? TV, Radio & Appliance Service WOOD PANELING $979
