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.
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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
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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%.
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