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Library lÄ iv e r s it y o f (bregón Eigene» Oregon FISHING HUNTING BOATING BEACH COMBING P o r t O r Îo r d Ä e w s Volume Four, Number Fifteen P ort Orford, C urry County, Oregon — Price, Ten Cents City Asks Final Sewer Plan; Will Apply For State Aid CLAMMING CRABBING SCENERY SIGHT SEEING Thursday, July 13, 1961 LONE PILOT ESCAPES INJURIES N e w C G Boat Is In Service The Coast Guard placed in op eration last week two new 22 foot shallow draft rescue boats. One at Tillamook bay for operation on the Nehalem, and one at Port Orford for operation at Gold Beach and Brookings. The Tilla mook boat, in its first week of operation, performed five rescue operations. It is anticipated that the ef ficiency operation of the Coast Guard at both locations will be increased considerably with the availability of these boats. The city council agreed Tues- use charge included on water ,One controversy arose, however, day night to apply for a sewer bills, to get the project into a ) w h e n alderman Windmaiser project aid grant from the State “working” stage. I questioned the legality of rais- Sanitary Authority, after discus- The city should get authoriza- ¡ng a salary after the budget had sing the problems and possbili- tion from the people, by general| been published. City attorney ties with R. H. Erickson, consult- obligation bonds, for the entire Lynne McNutt ascertained that ing engineer from Coos Bay. The cost of the initial project, be-, state laws procided for the trans bay firm has recently assisted in sides making applcation for state ter of budgeted funds which securing grants for three other aid, Erickson said. This will j would make raises permissable. small cities in the south coast insure that sufficient funds to (The budget was adopted unani- area, Erickson said. j complete the project are avail- ) mousl. Erickson will begin sometime able in the event the grant is ) Police commissioner Wind- next week in compiling final in- not received. Bond obligation maiser told the council that he formation to bring the city's would be relieved by the grant, (was pleased with the new police sewer survey report up to date. The engineer was opposed to a j officers and that the department Included will be an actual house do-it-yourself sewer project be- was running smoothly. Building Counselor-Coach Hired count to determine the number cause of the possibility of dif- and license commissioner H. A. of users, new construction costs ficulty arising with the sanitary McGarvey said that city licenses At Pacific High School and disposal plant possibilities, authority. He cited other com- were being paid promptly. Bob Allord from Oregon City with consideration for a lagoon- munities that had faced such Bills in the amount of $5,- high school, has been employed type disposal of the effduent. | complications, as well as finding 865.57 were approved for pay as head basketball and head The SSA, which issues the themselves paying considerably ment. baseball coach at Pacific high funds received from the federal more for construction, for the coining school year. government by the state, may Erickson was retained to corn- Mr. Allord will fill the position loan to small cities with critical plete the proposal and prepare Timber Inventory vacated by Bob Stolz. Mr. Stolz financial problems, the engineer the assistance request at a figure has accepted a position as coun pointed out, but a grant may not not to exceed $250. exceed 30 per cent of the con- Other council business was ex- Study U nderw ay selor with the Lompoc, Calif., struction of a disposal plant or tremely light, with no one ap- school system. main trunk lines, minus cost of pearing to oppose the budget, Assessor Patrick Masterson Mr. Allord has been serving as the land, and not to exceed which was adopted as published. has sent office deputy Blanche head basketball and assistant $250,000. j ------------------------------------ I Little to visit six western Oregon football coach at Oregon City Major items to be determined high. He had previously taught i county assessors’ offices to study j A gas failure may prove to be, at Jefferson, Oregon, high school, will be how much of the system JUrV Trial Asked j and compare the method of in- the cause of this plane crash last j can be constructed and method » ventorying timber. Masterson Thursday shortly after 4 p.m. a t 1 A graduate of Oregon State uni of financing. This should be de- states, “We feel the present I Agate Beach from which w alk-, versity, he competed for three termined, as a starting program, On Drunk Rap method is not adequate to f i t ' ed pilot Dick Wessel, Gold Beach, | years as a member of Slats Gill's by the city council and city at- I our local needs—so we will strive ! without harm. About 75 feet to j Bonneville Power Administra- and erection of steel structures1 varsity; three years as letter torney, then presented to the tax I Fred Allen Royer, Fourmile, to incorporate the best ideas of | the right of the plane stands a t ration today announced the j foi the ciicuit breaker and other j winner with Ralph Coleman's payers at a public hearing, Erick- asked for a trial by jury when he the major fir raising counties in huge round-topped rock that was awarding of $15,131 contract I Une terminal equipment, yard baseball squad, followed by one son suggested. | appeared before City Judge Lor- our own program.” I directly in its path before it to Olson Electric company. Van lighting, and construction of the)year semi-pro experience as a couver, Washington, for install control house extension. The pitcher. Several methods of financing aine Haines Monday, July lo. Mrs. Little left Sunday after-) turned and came to a stop, Graduating in 1957 the project were outlined. Gen- ' charged with driving an auto- noon and will be on the project Wessel told the News that he ation of a 115,000 volt circuit circuit breaker will be installed wlth a bachelor of science degree. eral obligation bonds, a square mobile while under the influence until Friday. She will study was flying south at about 500 breaker and line terminal addi by the government. Mr. Allord has taken additional foot assessment of benefitted of intoxicating liquor. Royer mapping, inventories, severance' feet when the rented Tri-Pacer's tions at the Gold Beach substa Addition of the new circuit work In counseling through the property, and a direct connec-1 was arrested Saturday night by reporting and other facets o f ' engine quit, causing the forced tion. Work On the project is ex breaker and associated facilities general extension of the state tion fee payable over a period of local police officers. The case timber assessments in Klamath, beach landing. The plane is pected to begin within two will provide Coos-Curry Electric department of education. time. Erickson suggested start- has been continued to Tuesday, Lane, Josephine, Douglas, Jack owned by Western Areo, Inc., weeks a n d includes grading, with a new 115,000 volt point of Mr. Allord is married, has one fencing and surfacing of the delivery at the substation for daughter and will be moving to ing a sinking fund with a sewer- July 25. son and Lincoln counties. Brookings. Joe Henry Anderson, Port Or Rumors to the effect that a . substation addition, foundations, power supply to the southern the district in mid-August. ford, forfeited $5 bail for having portion of their Curry county passenger was In the plane have Mileage Up In an expired automobile license. system, including Brookings and been denied by Wessel who told I TV O r Not TV Judge Haines suspended a $5 Harbor, and will bolster the co the News that his student’s li-I Local Deposits, fine against Raymond L. Morris, Oregon This Year operative’s power service ln the cense does not permit the car- ) Port Orford, for making a U- Is The Question Gold Beach area presently sup Hub Cap Theft lying of passengers. At least turn in front of the postofficel Street and highway travel In . plied from a 69,000 volt feeder 'Loans Down The plea is still on for new because it was the first citation Oregon so far this year is show- , position in the Oold Beach sub Brings Fines nP ,.p M reJ in „L e _, plane members of North Curry Recrea issued at that location, and at a in« a steady increase with more it crashed. Wessel sur- station, Completion of the pro tion, Inc., the organization that time when traffic was light, j than 3 billion miles traveled O ver Last Year ject is required in 70 calendar Quick action by local police is attempting to maintain im Judge Haines added that future ! during the first five months of j rr| se? that the excitement of the days after notice to proceed and chief Barney Issel and officer proved TV reception in the local suspensions would not be made, the year, the department of plane may have caused some to Deposits have reached an all- energization of the new equip Mel Brownley resulted ln the area, said president Don Dewey a^d warned drivers against mak- tor vehicles has reported. time nigh mid-year mark at First ment is scheduled for this fall. immediate apprehension of two today. The all-out effort to in- j ¡ng U-turns which she said are This exceeds travel last year imagine a second person. ------------ o----------- National Bank of Oregon, it was Gold Beach men July 4 by Gold crease membership is necessary not only dangerous but are pro for the same period by better revealed when the bank submit Beach officer Dale Gifford, as to insure that funds are on hand jubited between intersections, than 191 million miles and the ted its June 30, 1961 statement BAIL FORFEITED they entered the southern city to cover costs of translator con- as many as 20 such violations comparable 1959 period by more W estern States Team of condition figures in response with stolen hub caps In their struction demanded by the FCC.■ have been made n the course of than 257 million miles. to a call by the comptroller of Judge Loraine Haines declared possession. Dewey said that local equip- a morning mail rush. At the same time, the depart Loses Softball Game bail forfeited Tuesday, July 11, The county's trl-clty police ra the currency. ment has been sent to Seattle to ) ________ 0________ ment said the state’s mileage be built to FCC specifications death rate, based on the number The Western States softball Deposits of $874,974,993 were in the case of George Joseph dio network was responsible for DAMAGE, THEFT OF and will be ready to re-install of persons killed in each Io0 team of Port Orford lost its reported, which topped the pre Demarals, Costa Mesa, Calif, the fast arrest of the men. Lo here in two or three weeks, pro PAPER BOXES CHECKED million miles traveled, is up from initial league game Sunday af- vious mid year mark of $84o,- $20, speeding, 50 m.pji. ln a 3o cal officers dispatched a de- viding funds are available to pay _ . | last year’s 4.6 to 5.4 for the Jan- temoon to the U. S. Plywood 304,145 set on June 10, 1959. mile zone; and William David scrlpt'on of the suspect car to Deputy Sheriff Fred Jamieson. uary thj.0Ugh May period. 'Day and Swing Shift team of The current figure represents an Morgan, Seattle, Wash., $15. fo other police agencies ln the area for it. Money will be refunded to nembers if Port Orford looses end Officer Mel Brownley are Por fjve months at least, the Gold Beach at the Riley grade increase of $41,960,251 over the parking on the left side of the Immediately after getting the ¡investigating (heft and d images deatjj ,.ale iower than for 1959 .school diamond In Gold Beach June 15, I960 bank call and it is highway, not a one wiy st-eet. its translator, he said. 'to self-service newspaper stands when a record traHlc was 8 to 4. Arrested were Carrol E. Phil up $8,551,973 since the spring, ------------ °-------- In financing translator lips, 21, and Virgil Carter, 22, changed,' This league is to play a double call. terns, the FCC requires that! from the Pacific Super Market set but all that may charged with possession of stolen Loans at the bank's 87 offices CirCUS Scheduled ‘‘Cash on hand or firm commit- I and the Galley Cafe. ¡the department said, when th e ‘round robin during the schedule, property, hub rip s from a car mpnts for financing must equal | An early break in the investi- 8.month death rate is computed. Manager Botz of the local throughout the state were re belonging to a Fom-mile resident the combined casts of completei Sat.ion Is expected, they say, be- j une this year saw an all tirm team Is doing a good Job with, ported at $484,796,714 down from At DoUglaS Fair whose car was parked on the construction and installation of cause of fairly conclusive evi- high death toll of 55 recorded fo r, the team, but needs a few more lust June's $507,107,549. The Douglas highway above Battle Rock state- the TV translator station, plus donee. that month unless mileage saw i players, mainly another pitcher, cuiTent loan figure is up $1,- Reluming to the the estimated cost of operation -------------0------------ , a correspondingly sharp increase , as Ron Pearce is the only one 683,756 from the April call fig county fair for the third straight park during the local fireworks ure. year will be Big John Strong’s display. for one year. Proposals to ac G. F. Interest it will in all likelihood shove the j lbe team has. quire funds upon receipt of au death rate above 1959. too. i r,ext Sunday afternoon at 1:30 The Port Orford branch of circus, it has been announced by Returned to Port Orford, they thority to construct are not ac E arnings Told The department computes (he Western States Panels will First National reported June 3o fair manager Dick Turley. “This were tried in Justice court by ceptable." mileage based on reports of gas .J meet the U. S. Plywood Grave- deposits of $1,476,831 and loans is without doubt the mosi popu Judge Arthur F. Niemann. They totalling $1,108,345, according tc lar children's feature we have were both fined $100 and given Memberships may be paid at General fund interest earnings oline gal Ion age sold each month. ! yard, Hahn Hardware. receipted during the past 18 » * » « « — * — * » » « « « « « « » « Following is the schedule for i G. B. Rush, manager of the ever had,” stated Turley in an- 30 days sentence, with $50 and ' nounclng the August 24 thru 27 the time suspended. he remainder of the season with branch. months amounted to $6.848,424, o all games being played at the. At the same time he released return engagement. Howard C. Belton, state treasur SWIM PROGRAM SET Support Riley grade school in Gold, comparable totals or the branch Several new features will lie GOOD BU SIN ESS er announces. Total general FOR AUGUST 7 Beach : I for the June 15, I960 bank call. seen in this year's circus show fund interest earnings credited Sunday, July 23, 1:30—U, S. ' On that date deposits were $1,- Included will be Capt Merrill Forest fire prevention Ls good Miss Curry Co. Port Orford's annual Red f o r the 1959-61 biennium Plywood Graveyard vs. U. S. Ply- j 577,491 and loans amounted to Heuer’s trained lion buffalo act business for every Oregonian. Cross swim program will s ta rt' amounted to $8,716,342. and wild animal exhibit; Fritz i In no other state do forests mean wood Day Shift; 3:30—Hunters j $1.233A9C. this year on Monday, August 7,1 Treasurer Belton has prepared I |Creek Tavern vs. Western States' “The rising bank deposit trend Hanz, German hand balancer; Iso much and bulk so large in a DIANNE KANICK and continue through the 18th, the following tabulation of in | I Panels. ¡Is an illustration that Oregon's and Freddie Macaroni the clown. | state’s economy. Six out of every It was reported this week, w ith' terest earnings credited to the J Saturday, July 29, 5:30—Mor- economy Is expanding, and It ls Big John will again present his ■ ten Oregonians are directly or Linda Steddom as instructor. I general fund for each six month for I tie’s Outdoor Store vs. Western anticipated that business con trained dogs, ponies and chimp, indirectly dependent upon the Registration will be held on period since January 1, 1957. The ditions will continue to Improve The Big John A. Strong circus forest for their Income. You I States Panels. Thursday and Friday, July 3n- fli-t figures are from January 1 21 at the co-op building. Hours to June 30 of each year, and the i Sunday, July 3q, j jq —Mor over the balance of the year,” will present three free shows) can do your bit by being careful Miss Oregon day directly in front of ad hi K eep Oregon will be from 10 a.m. to noon, and last figures are from July 1 to ale's Outdoor Store vs. U. S. Ralph J. Voss, First National each new exhibit building 1 p.m. to 3. The usual swimming December 31: AT SEASIDE PAGEANT Plywood Graveyard; 3:3o—Hunt president said. class waiver will be found else-1 1957— $1,124,688, $1,360,878. ers Creek Tavern vs. U. S. Ply JULY 14 - 15 - 16 where in ttjis paper. Parents or [ 1958— $1,479.123, $1,031,574 wood Day Shift guardians are asked to have them 1959— $ 1,245,077, $1,869,918. With Telegrams. Flowers Sunday, August 6, 1:30—West filled out so they may be turned, 19|>—$2.397,659, $2,420,650. or Attendance e r n States Panels vs. Morric's in when children are registered.' 1961—$2,030,116, H W W W t M M M i t f W W W W W M M W 1 O utdoor Store; 3:30—U. 8. Ply- wood Graveyard vs. Hunters Creek Tavern. Saturday, August 12. 5:30—U. S Plywood Day Shift vs. Hunt ers Creek Tavern. Sunday, August 13, 1:30—U. S Plywood Day Shirt vs. Mor-1 rie’s Outdoor Store; 3:3o —j Voters living in the southwest- sessed valuation), committee, organized several Western States Panels vs. U. S. | ern Oregon College district,) The directors of the college months ago to fight the inclusion PR-wood Graveyard. which includes all of school dis-) have stated that an election on of their territory ln the pro Sunday, August 20, 1:3o—U. S. trict No. 2CJ, Port Orford- the withdrawal petitions pre- posed district, feels that the bud- Plywood Day Shift vs. U. S. Langlois, are voting today from sented several weeks ago by J get proposal will be easily beaten Plywood Graveyard; 3:30—Mor- 2 to 8 pm. on the proposed bud- voters of district 2CJ will be in Curry county. The o n l y rie's Outdoor Store vs. Hunters get for 1961-62. called soon after this budget el- question, according to Jack Rice, Creek Tavern. The budget calls for an ex- ectlon. secretary of the committee, ls Saturday. August 26, 5:8o — penditure of $856.159—$564,500 If the budget is passed, how- “getting out the vote”, Western States Panels vs. U. S. of which is capital outlay This ever, even the withdrawal w ill) Voters in the Port Orford area Plywood Day Shift. | will, if approved today, impose) not relieve the 2CJ taxpayers of will vote at the Port Orford ele- Sunday. August 27, 1:3o—Hun a tax levy on property owners ln liability for the millage on this mentary school. Those in the ters Creek Tavern vs. Western the district of some 4.6 mills proposed budget. Langlois area will vote at Lang- g tates Panels; 3:30—Morrle’s' Thia group of Junior accord Jensen Music Studios pro- Kathy Colvin, Terese Dean. ($4.60 for each $1,000 of as- The district 2CJ Eduction lols._________________________ Outdoor Store vs. U 8. Plywood ion players from the Gold gram over channel II-T V ln Dianne Phillips and Jeff Mit- Contract Let On Power A dd. Community College Vote Today Oraveya Beach area recently played the Coos Bay. Left to right are: chell.
