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4—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Aug. 24, 1972 DETROIT IDANHA NEEDED: A CUTOFF home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wallen and with other relatives and friends in Bv Moral Teeters the area. Mr. and Mrs. John Shafer Roy Wright has been spend returned home August 14 from ing some time in Sutherlin a two weeks fishing trip when with his son’s family, Mr. and they stayed at a resort on one Mrs. Leslie Wright and chil of the islands in Stewart lake dren. Wade and Belinda, help which is in the northern part ing them build a new house. of British Columbia They said They were all here for a few it was one of the most enjoy days last week and returned able trips they had taken. to Sutherlin Tuesday, August Overnight guests Monday, 17 The Wright’s daughter, August 14 at the home of Mr. Mrs Ray Sawela, and daugh and Mrs. Bruce Teeters were ter, Cynthia, came from Coos Mr and Mrs. John Grimes and Bay on Tuesday and visited son, Johnny, and Mr. Grimes' with Mrs. Wright until Thurs uncle. Pies Fowler, all of day. Mrs. Sawela took her Crescent City, Calif. Mrs. daughter, Anette, who had Grimes and Mrs. Teeters had been with her grandmother attended high school together. back home and left Cynthia Mr and Mrs. Wayne Bass here for a visit. and sons, Craig, Robert and Susee Teeters Engdahl and Rodney, left for their home in children, Chris. Jane and Fallbrook. Calif., Thursday, Garth, came Friday. August August 17 after a visit at the 18 from Healdsburg. Calif., for a visit here. Dr. and Mrs. James R. Prine (Marjory Teet ers), Christine and Carl, ar rived Saturuday from Los Ala- mas.N.M The Engdahls are Highway 22 — Mill City guests at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. G. V. Christensen and the Prines are staying at the home of her aunts. Mrs. E. J. Frame while visiting with other relatives here. A recent guest at the home of Mr .and Mrs. Edward Titze was her sister. Leona Allen of Bridal Shower Honors Oakland. Calif. The two ladies Miss Sue Morgan Tacos, Enchiladas, went to Seattle and visited MARION FORKS The high several days with another sis school library was the setting Tamales, Burritos, ter. Mae Wiltse, returning evening for a bridal Fried Chicken, Ham here on Saturday. Mrs. Titze Thursday shower honoring Miss Sue accompanied Mrs. Allen when Morgan, bride-elect of Myles and Eggs. she returned home August 22 McMillan. Hostess was Miss and will be visiting in Califor Cathie Crist. We Are Open Front nia until after September 1. Following the opening of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Smith gifts, refreshments were serv 11 a. nt. until 11 p. nt. visited a short time Saturday ed to the honored guest, Flo, Six days a week evening at the Mel Penkratz Bonnie and Lucy Young, Dor home in Salem. othy Johnson, Gert Morgan. Monday 2 p.m.— 11 p.nt. Stayton, Pam Johnson. Stella Why Don’t You Subscribe to Markee. Pat McMillan, Joyce The Mill City Enterprise and Cathie Crist, Donna White, Elaine Hopson, Gina William son, Nancy and Vickie Monroe, Sue Spier, Kathleen and Kelly Boeckstiegel. Kerry Murphy and Robin Wilkerson. Send 135 Wall Street ing gifts but unable to attend were Nan Young, Mary Walk- UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT | er. Mill City, Marge and Judy J Benton. Kathlyn Hancock, New Owners Carol Thomasson. Mary Mc Richard and Marilyn Willeman Millan, Sheri and Dorothy Wil liamson and Thelma Storey. Same Friendly Service The McMillan-Morgan wed Open 8:30 to 6 — Monday Through Saturday ding will take place Septem- ! ber 15 at the Court street I Christian church in Salem. MEHAMA DAVILAS CAFE Specializing in Mexican Food Mill City Shoe Repair NEED A TOW? Call 897-2442 For Fast Service AllState Motor Club Road Service Vern’s Shell Service We Give S & H Green Stamps Phone 897-2442 Mill City By Boots Cham pion À Salem Scene I by Jack Zimmerman Ray May, who underwent | major hip surgery at St. Vin-; ‘TRUE’ TAX REFORM IN cent’s Hospital, Portland, is OREGON HISTORICALLY ther referendum defeated an getting along as well as can attempt in 1936 and a third be i; cpected. His wife said SLOW PROCESS Many observers doubt the attempt1Q^s 4re,jeCt^ vo7 Tuesday he is now undergoing ters in 1944. A fourth attempt 1973 Legislature will achieve therapy and walking on died in 1947 and a fifth failed crutches. She said if he con I anything resembling true re a decade later in 1957. tinues to improve he may be form of Oregon’s tax structure. Present readers are fami That doubt is expressed des able to come home next week. liar with the most recent sales pite dual threats of guberna i Stella Davis, Idanha, was tax proposal-soundly trounced taken to Salem General Hos torial muscle and an Initiative at the polls in June of 1970. pital Monday evening by Idan Ballot Measure that could Few fiscal experts are open ha Rural Fire District ambu- close the state’s public schools. ly advocating a sales tax in And it is based primarily on i lance, for medical attention. Oregon today. But privately ' Mr. and Mrs. George C. Der two facts. they concur it’s only a matter The first involves the his of time until needs for revenue rick of Idanha, are receiving felicitations on the birth of a torically tedious route tax re make taxing consumer pur son, born Thursday, August 17 form has traveled In the past. chases politically palpable. at Salem General Hospital. He And the second, of course, in- Meanwhile, government at has been named Brandon Cur volves the people’s right to re- all levels continues to grow tis, and tipped the scales at fer revenue measures to the and its supporters seek a var seven pounds, 15 ounces at electorate. iety of lesser income producing .birth. Maternal grandparents True tax reform might be schemes to sustain that growth. ' are Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Irons, defined as a major change in That is the stance of Gov. I Washington, and paternal the manner in which govern grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. ment raises revenue. State gov Tom McCall’s plan to reform educational finance by erasing Melvin Derrick of Idanha. Also ernment now raises the bulk receiving felicitations on the of its revenue from income the school system’s dependence birth of a daughter are Mr. taxes—personal and corporate upon property and substitu and Mrs. Harold Hiebert of Local government depends on ting higher personal and cor porate taxes, an employer-paid Idanha. She was born Friday, the property tax. J payroll tax and federal aid. August 18 at Salem General Whenever the subject o f His plan is still in the form- Hospital and weighed six raising revenue for govern pounds, 10 ounces at birth. She ment purposes arises, experts ulative stage and likely won”t has been named Angela Mi claim there is only one other be fully refined until early No-Host Farewell chelle and joins her brother, form of taxation that would fall. But it’s unlikely the final Reception Honors Glen, at home. Maternal produce revenue in proportion | version will differ greatly grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. ate _________ amounts. ___ And ___ that is the I from that first implied last Mr. and Mrs. White spring. And it’s even more un William Mohr. Detroit, and pa- sa ) es t aX- DETROIT-A no-host fare likely the final plan will ach ternal grandparents are Mr. I Use t axes are bandied about, well coffee reception honor ieve reform by addition of ing Mr. and Mrs. Dave White and Mrs. Henry Hiebert ol i ievied against liquor, cigar- a new, major income-producing | ettes, gambling, and other and family, will be held Thurs Idanha. Arriving here at the home | ..slns- But taken together broad-based tax. day evening August 24 from Meanwhile, the Oregon 7:00 to 9:00 p.m in the library of Mrs. Ann Fagan recently they seldom produce the types Farm Bureau has successfully for an extended visit was Mrs. | * of funds (extracted through of the Detroit Elementary Fagan’s brother-in-law and (taxation against income and placed an initiative on the No School. A money tree will be vember 8 ballot. If sanctioned sister, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. ’ property. available. Grellner of St. Louis, Mo. Ac | Oregon presently has its by the voters it will prohibit Mr. White, assistant fore companying them for a short | share of use taxes. It has a I use of funds derived from pro man for the State Highway visit here was Mr. Grellner’s ' substantial income tax system, perty taxes for operation of Department here, has been Oregon’s public schools. De promoted to Regional Safety brother, Joe Grellner and Mrs. i And it has a property tax sys- clared impractical and irres Grellner ’ s son, Robert White, I tern that is under fire in much Officer and is being trans also of St. Louis. Last week the ______ x property tax ponsible at nearly every turn, same _____ manner ferred to Bend. The family its supporters believe it will has resided here for the past the family drove to Depoe Bay es are being objected to nation- create a “crisis” that will pro where they did a bit of fishing, I aBy an( j have been resisted 10 years, coming here from duce a satisfactory legislative catching five salmon on Wed I universally for many years. Bandon. nesday. Sunday they drove to: Some experts claim true tax solution in 1973. Mr. White’s new duties will Portland Airport where Joe As long as the public retains begin Sept. 1. The family is and Robert enplaned for their reform does not arise from re the right to refer taxation volt against a given system of making preparations to move home in St. Louis. taxation. Instead, it evolves plans adopted by the Legisla to Bend August 31. Patrick Lyon, son of Mr. and I from an overwhelming need ture. this line of thinking fa A farewell coffee honoring Mrs. Leon (Link) Lyon of ces a massive practical hur the Whites will also be held at Idanh;i has received greetings for more government revenue. dle. In recent years, voters State government in Ore-| the Idanha Community Church from Uncle Sam. His parents gon at first depended upon the have been just as reluctant to Sunday following the evening took him to Portland Interna property tax for revenue. But I accept higher income taxes as service. tional Airport early Tuesday its needs were meager and J they have enactment of a sales morning where he enplaned those of local government tax. If th# Farm Bureau initia Film Strips Shown for San Diego Naval Base for were even less demandiig. is passed in November, tive inservice training. Over the years, this has chang Mr. and Mrs. Rex Ohmart At Idanha Church Sharon Derrick, daughter of something will have to give. ed to the point where the state IDANHA — The first of a se I and John spent a recent vaca- I Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Derrick What that something will be is I tion visiting some of the ries of colored filmstrips will of Idanha, was released from depends largely upon income anybody’s guess at this stage of scenic spots in Oregon. They be shown at the Idanha Com Salem Memorial Hospital Fri taxes and local governments the game. went to Crater Lake and took munity Church Sunday, dur day following surgery on both depend on property taxes. But recalling the theory that The transition was not sim the two hour boat ride on the ing the 7:00 p.m. service. feet. She is wearing casts on true tax reform is predicated ple. As has been noted many The film, entitled “Geogra both feet up to the knee and lake (That evening the boat on revenue needs rather than j house burned!) They also phy of the Holy Land,” pre is getting around at home times, Oregon accepted the in tax relief—combined with the come tax with “ great reluc sents a survey of that area. spent some time at the coast with the aid of crutches. fact income tax increases and The filmstrip makes the and took in the Oregon Vortex. Weekend visitors at the tance.” An amendment to the sales tax proposals have been Constitution in 1917 permit While at the coast they had a viewer “sense the reality of home of Mr. and Mrs. Len repeatedly beaten back by the brief visit with Floyd East Biblical locations,” Rev. Ar Davis were Mr. and Mrs. Bill ted progressive income taxa voters—there are really only tion. But no income taxes were vin Johnson, pastor of the wood at Coos Bay. Bradbury of Bend. two alternatives. church said. The film deals Returning to her home in imposed until 1929. Either a new tax source will Income tax amendments had with Biblical events associat Salem in Wednesday follow be proposed and accepted by ed with different localities. ing a few days visit at the been defeated in 1906, 1910, the voters, or government is The second of a series of five home of Irene Stout, was Mel 1912, and 1914 before the 1917 going to have to get along with filmstrips will be shown Sept. ba Dellaire. Mrs. Dellaire re amendment was accepted. Un I less revenue. 3, during the evening service sided at Idanha for a number der the successful amend at the church. Title of the film of years before moving to ment, attempts to implement any plan were beaten back in is: “The Bible Land Where Salem. Ruth Tohl Top Jesus Lived.” Mongold State Park was the 1919, 1920, and 1921. Even when an income tax setting Sunday afternoon when Golf Winner members of the family of Mrs. law was passed—by a meager 516 votes in 1923 — it was re Day’s Play at the Santiam Robert Kirk gathered for a potluck picnic. Present were pealed by initiative petition golf course for the women was Mrs. Kirk’s parents, Mr. and the following year. Further at Odd Hole Half Handicap for Mrs. Rodney Peebles of Leb tempts in 1926, 1927 and 1928 the 18-hole group. Class A anon, an aunt, Eva Peebles, again failed. And though the winner was Ruth Tohl with and a sister her husband and 1929 law was accepted as that 42%. Winning Class B was family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill year’s “Property Tax Relief Mary Phillips with 43 and Palmer all of Corvallis, and a Act,” impetus for its accep Class C winner was Jean Lu- brother and his wife, Mr. and tance was provided more by! lay with 48%. Lil' Jon the 9 lb. giant! The First low net went to Ber- Mrs. Fred Budde and family the needs for revenue to sup of Albany, and the Robert port burgeoning government, neice Evans with 70 and sec- highest performance lightweight Kirk family of Detroit. The than by relief for property1 and low net was won by Betty afternoon social event includ taxpayers. Reforming the present struc- | Klutke with 72. ed water skiing. saw for the outdoorsman, you've ture to provide additional funds for still-burgeoning go | BEST THINGS IN LIFE | ever seen — cut branches, small vernment through addition of f • TATI HIM 1 X Call another broad-based tax is trees and brush, firewood, fence BILL ALLMAN proving just as difficult. Ore gon’s lawmakers first proposed Phone 769-5729 INiUUNCI posts, Christmas trees. See your b------------------------ U a sales tax in 1934 and it was 715 1st—Stayton defeated in referendum. 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