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Volume Four, Number Twenty-Five
Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon — Price. Ten Cents
Thursday, September 21, 19tH
Two Langlois Boys Killed In
Three-Death Collision Sunday
Two young boys from Lang Norman Ray Church of Lock-
lois were killed Sunday night port, New York, was also killed
when the car in which they were in the collision which left lour
MAKES BID
riding collided head-on with an- others injured.
The Miller boys were in a car
cther car six miles south of Ban­
don. Dead were: Noble Quince ■ driven by their father. Floyd
Miller, 11. a student at Laug- I Norman Miller, who suffered In-
j lois. and his brother, Randi Louis | juries believed to be non critical.
Miller. 14. a student at Pacific i Also in the car was a third son.
i Vestal Dewayne Miller, 9. who
i high school.
An occupant of the other car. suffered fractures of the jaw,
hip and ankle; and Stella Violet
i
Kosbau, 50, critically hurt.
In the car with Church was
James Horace Banner, North
Bend, critically injured.
State police said it hadn’t been
definitely determined how the
mishap occurred, but It appeared
A small house near the north that the two cars collided head-
city limits was completely gutted on, then a third car with only
Monday evening by a fire that one oecupunt slammed into the
broke out about eight o'clock. wreckage. The driver of the
The fire department was able to third ear. Herman Rhuban Hu-
save the main part ol the resi­ sen. Reedsoort. was not injured.
dence. but damage was still es-
t mated at about 9ifper cent. The STILL IN SEATTLE
house, owned by Lours Manning.
Slg Unander, who last week
California, was unoccupied
announced his candidacy for
The blaze is thought to have
the Republican nomination for
started near the north rear en­
U.S. senator, promises a “hard
trance, scene of the heaviest
hitting, grass-roots campaign**
burn, and may have been incen­
in his effort to capture the seat
diary, the department believes.
Part of Curry county’s summer
held by Sen. Wayne Morse
The house had been vacated Sat
improvement projects is this '
new bridge spanning Willow
urday and electricity had been Still in the undetermined fu­ Vnander-for Senator commit­
turned off The absence of any ture is the date of installation' tees will bo organized thruout
creek on the Floras lake road
n< w’ nearing completion. Con­
sign of highly combustible mater­ of the Port Orford TV translator the state, according to Wes
ial indicates the fire could have which was sent to Seattle last Phillips, campaign chairman.
st* act**d of completely creoso
started from a dropped cigarette June for repairs and reconsruc-
te pressure-treated materials,
tion to meet legal ¡^jecifications
or match by trespassers.
the bridge is 44 feet long and
Donald Dewey, president of
The department was called out
24 feet wide. The old bridge
Mr. and Mrs. Hairy Allen of! again early Tuesday morning to North Curry Recreation, Inc.,
was replaced because of deter­
Ontario, Oregon, have purchased1 extinguish a minor blaze at the said that the translator was sent
ioration and because it was in­
the Villa Motel f r o m
Mrs.; residence when some old mat­ in June to the Video Utility
adequate in size to carry the
company in Seattle for repairs
Curry county Judge Fernley op a oo per cent basis ra th e r Blanche Kelly. The Allens took tresses started to burn again.
amount of water that comes
over the management of their I
because the company was licensed
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down Willow creek and flood W. Long said last week he will than on a 75 per cent basis
by the FCC to repair and recon­
September 11. The Vil-
conditions developed. Cost of determine what procedure to take The McNary Distribution Act ' Property
John Johnson, 58, sustained
la has 18 motel uni is.
struct translators. The company
the bridge is expected to be in order to recover nearly one ol 1937, the law which provides
The Allens have a daughter
[ had promised Dewey that a rep­ several fractured ribs and tnulU
near $5,90o. of which $3,603.93 half million dollars of O&C | that each O&C county shall have who is attending Laurelwood
resentative would be sent to Port pie lacerations Monday when hi«
is tor materials and the rest for money that may belong to th e . distributed to it 75 per cent of academy and two g. ow;i children.’
¡Orford September 19 to help In­ vehicle was involved in a one-
labor. William Dobyns. road- county, if allegations by Brook-1 the gross revenue from sales ot
Mrs. Kelly is now living in Coos
stall the translator. However, car crash around 10:25 a.m. five
master. said. The bridge Is I iugs attorney Ed F Ackley prove timber from O&C lands, gives Bay.
I Dewey said that he received a miles south of Coos Bay on High
Curry county 75 per cent of the
about .7 of a mile off Highway ! correct.
phone call Wednesday afternoon way 101.
101 and was started Septem­ | In a letter to Judge Long', Ack- total of said sales which are al­
He was taken to the Me Au ley
i
(yesterday) from the company
locable
to
Curry
county.
'
ley
stated:
ber 11.
: stating that the engineer would hospital where his condition is
If my information is correct
September 5. 1961
| not be able to make the installa- described as good.
then it is my opinion that Curry
Honorable Fernley Long.
State police said Johnson was
A verdict for the defendant I tinn until October.
county is only receiving 66.67 per
Co. Judge of Curry County,
was brought in by the jury in the I Dewey said that he asked that driving north and that his ve­
cent of the sum which is law­
Gold Beach, Oregon
court action of Robe't and Aud- j tlie TV translator be returned at hicle started to slide after it
fully the county's. In such an
Dear Fernley:
rey Lewis against school district once so that local persons can rounded a curve. Police said the
It is my understanding that the I event Curry county should com-
2-CJ and Don Deming Tuesday | install it. He said lie asked that car hit an embankment on the
U.S- Bureau of Land Manage- j mence litigation to recover the
in Gold Beach.
i the company engineer install the left side of the highway, returned
ment has paid, or is about to ¡sum of money that is rightfully
Mr. and Mrs, Lewis were suing tquipment necessary to comply to the highway and turned over.
pay, Curry county its propor-, its share of O&C funds,
t ’onate share of O&C monies fo r! May I respectully request you There will be a public civil de for $1,920.50 damages, which was: with federal specficatlons when Johnson was thrown out of the
1960 and 1961. I am also in- to inform the taxpayers and res- fense meet ng Saturday evening. the total amount of medical e x -1 he comes down in October. How- car. ------------ o------------
Later opening dates for com- formed that the said Bureau ot idents of Curry county if the said September 23 at the Sixes grange peases incurred after the acci-, ever, at press time yesterday
n ercial crab fishing operations in Lund Management is paying oft Bureau of Land Management is hail. A lecture will be given and dent their son Gary suffered on i Dewey had not yet received word Cancer Society
retaining one-third of the sum the film strip, “Rural Civil De­ April 22, 1960 on the school if his present request would be
both the northern and southern
grounds at Battle l ock school in I complied with.
of money which under the said fense", will be shown.
areas of the state were an­ GUN SAFETY CLASSES
Port Orford.
1 “I feel a responsibility to the
law
it
should
be
paying
to
Curry
nounced today by the Oregon
The meeting is described as Gary suffered head injuries people because I have pushed this Starts Re Check
county?
fish commission. Harry Smith, I Gun safety classes are being
important and all persons are when he reportedly ran into ¡thing," Dewey said. "I have
Very truly yours.
A second annual follow-up in
commission auditor, said that held Mondays and Fridays at
urged to attend.
the path of an eight-pound! asked people to contribute, aud the nation’s largest medical re­
Ed
F.
Ackley
area I (offshore waters from i the American Legion hall at 7
I shot put as he ran to retrieve a we have money in the bank and search study Will begin October 1
Cascade Head to the Columbia) tp m. Young people from the
Ackley further said he had
ball., Deming was the teacher In j a bonded treasurer. But we have when the American Cancer So­
would now be open from January ages of 10 to 18 are invited to reason to believe the sum due
S c h o o l B o a r d charge of the playground at the I not gotten any response at the ciety re-checks on the more than
1 through September 15. T h e' attend these free classes, Al Curry county amounted to at
time of the accident.
i other end.”
one million Americans enrolled in
former open period ran from De- Brown, publicity chairman, said. least $462.1100. He explained that
I last year the county received District 2-CJ board of direct­
tliis six year cancer prevention
cember 15 through Septem'oer 15.
survey.
The new dates coincide with
about $435,000 from the BLM, ors met at Pacific high school at
In Oregon 15,815 families and
Washington's commercial crab P.I. Exposition Plans about $217,500 short of what it 8 p.m. Septen be i 11 and trans­
a'most 30,000 individuals are
fishing season in the adjoining
should get. This year the coun­ acted the following business:
participants in the study. They
area to the north.
will get about $490,00 0, an­
• Mrs S 'rev a Lindberg ask
Parade October 13 ty
live is 27 counties of the state.
Formerly the Columbia river
other $245.000 less than the law ed about a pi. yshed for children
When the study begun in the
estuary was open al! year, but
provides for.
at Port Orfot f elementary school.
North Portland — More than
fall of 1959, each of the enrollees
following the recent regulat ion
Long said he would attempt Mrs. Lindberc was informed that
answered a detailed, confidential
change the season in this section t 140,005 in cash awards make to find a way to recover the mon. there was no money budgeted Tor
will conform with the prescribed 1 the northwests own Pacififc In ey the bureau was withholding.
questionnaire giving information
this item cu .ently. but that it
for area I, that is, from January; ternationai Livestock Exposition
about occupation, health history,
would be g.ven consideration
personal habits, including those
1 through September 15. S m ith 'one
years biggest money
when the next budget was pre­ Five crews of the Bonneville Bonneville system.
sauj
j shows in the nation, president
pared. She suggested donations Power Administration descended Jim Wilson, district manager concerned with eating and smok
The area II (offshore waters Thomas Kerr announces,
of Coos-Curry Electric in Port ing. On the basis of this type of
from various organizations and
from Cascade Head south to th e ' Youth will play an increasing
was assured that if the money upon southwestern Oregon over Orford, said cooperation of con information, gathered uation-
California line) crab season will r0|e this year, with the Portland
v ere forthcoming the shed would the weekend to effect repairs and sumers during this period was w de cancer researchers hope to
be open from December 1 thru Junior Chamber of Commerce
new construction on transmission greatly appreciated. Bruce Sha lind out. If poss.ble. what every
be built.
August 15. Previously the sea- j making promotion of the P-I its
lines in Coos and Curry counties, vere. general manager of Coos day habits and occupations have
»
H
A
.
McGarvey,
the
dis­
Jobs
International
order
of
son ran from November 15 thru htajor project this fall. A huge
it was reported by Larry Moore, Curry, pointed out that repairs to do with people getting cancer.
trict's
agent
of
record,
reported
Daughters,
Bethel
No.
50,
Port
August 15
! Parade with livestock, floats and
district manager for Bonneville and new construction done by Directing the survey for the
on
casts
relating
to
changing
the
Orford,
held
their
regular
meet­
In making the announcement marching bands will take over
BPA crews over the weekend ACS’s Oregon division is Mrs.
in Eugene.
of the commercial crab season j the Portland business district on ing and installation o f bethel district's insurance over to the
In an effort to minimize inter­ added greatly to the flexibility of R W. Meserve. Portland. As­
new
PIP
plan.
After
cancella­
guardians
Monday
evening.
Mrs
sisting her are some 20'» volun­
change, Smith pointed out that Friday, October 13 The P-I
Ada Moore of Coquille, past tion of the present policies and ruption of service, BPA authori­ the Coos-Curry system and will teer group leaders and nearly
the personal use or sport crab­ runs October 14-22.
mean fewpr intrruptions In the
ties
decided
to
pull
in
work
credit
for
dividends,
the
new
grand
guardian
was
installing
of­
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1,700 individual workers, also
bing season in the Columbia river
plan will cost $781.64 this year. crews from as far north as Salem future.
ficer.
volunteers During the first r»*-
estuary and in the offshore wa­ GURRY COUNTY TO
A
new
switch
was
installled
at
and
work
around
the
clock
to
The following guardians were
• Added coverage for false
check in I960, the volunteers
ters in both areas I and II re­
installed:
Mrs Arliss Kosta, arrest, slander, and personal in­ complete the jobs at one time the BPA sub-station in Langlois wanted to know only if study
main the same as the commercial OBSERVE RED HAT DAY
guardian: Bernard Kosta, as- jury to the present liability poli­ Service was interrupted at 1:05 and a circuit breaker at the Ban participants were still living and
season in these areas With the
a m. Sunday In Bandon, Lang­ don sub-station, as well as four
In Brookings at the Chetco ociate guardian; Mrs. Evelyn
exception of the Columbia river grange hall, September 25 at 8 MacDonald, guardian secretary; cy carried by the district at add lois and Port Orford areas for major repair projects while the if those still living had changed
ed
premium
of
$72.00.
addresses In that re-check, all
estuary, bays remain open the p.m. In Port Orford at the grade Mrs. Marcella Oilfillan, guard­
BPA crews were in the area
• Approved extension of bus switching, which lasted about 30
of Oregon’s 29,567 parte ¡pants
entire year to commercial and school multipurpose room, Sep­ ian treasurer: Mrs Lucille Ellis,
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rinutes
due
to
communication
to Agate Beach Court in Port
were accounted for Many of
personal-use crab fishing, the tember 26 at 8 p.m.
difficulties
guardian of music; Mrs. Ruby Orford
MRS HAND HONORED
them it was found had moved;
commission auditor stated
The local butchers — Charlie Rundberg. guardian of sociabili
Bonneville crews killed trans
Cancel
• H'-ard report of enroll mission lines between Port Or­
Honoring Mrs S. W C iR u th i 210 o< them hail died
Hauman Harbor and Otto Sell- ty; Mrs. Florence Mills, guardian
wa.s given as the cause of death
S H E R IF F S RESERVE
en. Port Orford, and the Curry | or hospitality; Mrs Ray Heim- merits from Jack Rice, district ford and Bandon at 1:05 Sun­ Hand on her birthday, Mr and
53 of the 210
(county etxension staff. Lou Oes- ken, associate guardian of hos­ 2-CJ superintendent.
day and worked on recall's and Mrs. D onald E. Dewey en terta in -! for This
IS ORGANIZED
year an additional ques
• Heard report on vandalism new installation of switches and ed a group of friends at dinner at
ter, W. L. Andersen and Sylvia pitality; Mrs. Georgia Severni,
tionnaire will be filled out. listing
Flank Proshaska of Gold Beach C. Lee. will be on hand to give guardian of paraphernalia; Mrs, , at pacific higli school concern- circuit breakers until approxi­ their home S aturday night.
in health statu hospit­
was elected captain of the Cur- assistance in field care, safety Bernice Dwire. associate guard­ ling the safe and two windows
mately 4 30 pm The city of Other guests were Mr and Mrs t changes
alization and surge t ies since 1959
ry county sheriff's reserve at the in the field and safe methods of ia of paraphernalia: Demps Oil- • Approved plan for devel- Bandon was without service from Wesley Spencer, Mr and Mrs J Survey
leaders hope the re check
final all-county organizational; handling the meat, the cutting flllan. finance and fraternal re- opment of the Pacific high site 1:05 to 5 05 and Langlois and Charles Haines, S W C. Hand can t>' completed during Octo­
meeting of the reserve Sunday at and preparation,
j by the Curry county soil dis-; Port Orford were without ser­ and Mrs Maude Frederick' of ber Nationally, the study will
lations
vice approximately one and a Ixrs Angeles
the courthouse.
Venison and bear meat will be
trict.
'continue through 1964
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The group was organized by served for your sampling
I » Named John Mayea and half hours during this period
Oold Beach and Brookings took
Deputy Sheriff Fred Thom. A All hunters and friends are
Weight for weight, wood is the. Rice as a committee to get flg-
Retail lumber yards and build­
sherlffs unit has been organized urged to participate to bring ! strongest
structural material ,ures together on a busmainten two interruptions when an Inter ing materials dealers of this com WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
In each town in the county Port about better relations between j for example, a simple tension 1 a nee shed to be presented to the rnpter switch didn't hold as the munity are counted among the
Women’s volleyball classes are
Orford officers are Wayne Thom- landowners and hunters and to j test found that three per cent budget committee next spring. | load built up on the feed from 35.000 serving the entire country being held every Monday at 8
as lieutenant: George Jenkins provide safer, saner and m ore, e:eater weight of strucura! steel
» Approved bills in t h e Brookings to Port Orord. and I U S dealers ring up sales of more ! pm. In the Battle Rock school
first sargeant; Harvey Youne productive hunting opportunl-|ls required to exhibit strength amount of $28.495.01.
when switching arrangements I than $7 billion a year, It is esti-j 1 gym Everyone is welcome to a t­
sareeant.
ties
equal to a piece of Douglas fir.
» Adjourned until October 2 restored normal service from the mated
tend
Home Destroyed
In Monday Fire
TV Translator
Not Installed Yet
County Judge To
Seek O&C Funds
Villa Motel
Changes Hands
John Johnson
Injured In Crash
CD M esting
Fish Commission
Announces Crab
Season Changes
Suit Against
School District
Is Lost
At G range
Hall Saturday
Five Crews Work On
BPA Improvements
Jobs Daughters
Install Guardians