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-Ttiursday, November 30, 1961 PORT ORFORD NEWS Kit n Kaboodle PO R T Published OETOEO M HA Every Thursday By Ed. U. Kashun 8econd class mail privileges authorized at Port Orford, Ore. Louis L FcLheun ............................. Editor and Publisher Pau] L Peterson .............. ..................... Managing Editor New Highway Will Cut Driving Time Up lo Thirty Minutes Oregon Farm Loans increase Several persons have shown interest in continuation of the coffee hours” which have been held at the district 2-CJ offices ihe past three years for the pur pose of studying various school problems. The first of this year’s series will be held at Pacific high school at 9:30 a.m., December 12. This will be an organizational meeting at which time plans for the remainder of the year will be laid. All interested jiersons who wish are invited by Superintend ent Rice to attend these meetings —which will probably be heid twice monthly. The department of agriculture Nearly fifteen miles of relo- coast throughout its entire length lias reported to Senator Wayne cated Oregon Coast High «ay inland has ample turnouts for those Morse that Farmers Home Ad Curry county, all bordering the wishing to view the magnificient ministration loans in Oregon lor ruggedly scenic Oregon beach. 1 scenery. Two picnic areas are fiscal 1961 totalled $3.954.650. will be officially dedicated by under construction at the present P. O. Box 5 Port Orford, Oregon This figure compared with $3,- Governor Mark O. Hatfield De- time, one at Lone Ranch, the Subscription per year in Curry County (in advance) ... $3.00 504,555 in loans for the preced cember 9, it «as announced in , other at Whale Head Cove. Dear Editor: Outside Curry County ...................... ............................... $3250 ing year. Oregon farmers also Salem today by Forrest Cooper, are scheduled for public I would ilke to take this op repaid $3,663,322 on their loans deputy state highway engineer. These Single Copy ............ ............ ....... ..................... Centa usage in 1962. portunity to say a big "thank during fiscal 1961. With the opening of this unit Because the old highway trav A n n ou n cem ents, Notices, News and A dvertising M ust B e you" to the many kind people of The FHA advanced these loans between Pistol River and Brook eled inland, the new highway In The O ffice by 5 :0 « O'clock Tuesday E vening Port Orford who so generously for equipment, livestock, feed, ings, one of the most crooked! will a view to the motorist donated books, used clothing, old seed, and other operating ex sections of U. S Highway 101' of a offer S * w " A F * « N A T 1 0 N A t E O IT O R IA L portion of the Oregon coast electrical appliances, broken toys, penses, enlargement of individual will be bypassed. The new sec-| which until now has been seen odds and ends of paint and lum p u b l is h e r s . — — farms, soil conservation meas tion slices 5.9 miles in distance ¡by few persons traveling through ber, and the many other things ures, repair and contruction of and 20 to 30 minutes In driving Curry county. ASSOCIATION which I took over to the Veter farm buildings, refinancing of time off the old route W H B M I » LL lub ans’ hospital in Roseburg. We are told by recent research certain other indebtedness, and to The "ribbon cutting" ceremony This construction project rep resents one of the most difficult I threatened to hire a trailer on the subject of high school aid farmers hit by natural dis scheduled for 2 pm. on December two-lane highway projects ever if necessary. I didn't have to drop-outs that about 25 per asters. 9 will be at the south end of the undertaken in the United States quite do that, but I did have a cent of those students who leave EDITO RIAL majestic Thomas Creek bridge Enormous cuts and giant fills pick-up piled high. Oregon schools before h i g h Governor Hatfield, ihe Oregon are found throughout the length Those at the hospital were school graduation leave to get state highway commission, coun of the route. Elaborate drainage most grateful and appreciative married. The Port Orford PTA ty and city officials, and repre facilities to control land slides and they also said to tell every group is preparing a program for sentatives of many interested or are a part of the project. one "thank you”. I was told their January meeting which will ganizations will be in attendance Still to be completed, but all again to tell people not to throw deal with information on teen A resident of a Virginia community, according to a at the dedication. under contract, is the section anything away, but to save it for age marriages. All parents who r’V>n from the International Association of File Chiefs Cost of the new two-lane road, from Gold Beach to Pistol River the veterans to use in their oc possibly can attend this meeting recently stood by helplessly while his furniture shop burn including rights of way, was ap- This 10.58 miles of highway will cupational therapy and rehabili should put it on their calendar. ed to the ground. Why? State Treasurer Howard C. proximately $11,133,000. This, eliminate 2.6 miles of driving tation work. He didn’t know the proper procedure fo r reporting a — o — fire! The Port Orford American Le The average teacher’s salary in Belton reports at the sale on includes an expenditure of $1,-! distance and will make available What had he done? He had phoned the volunteer fire gion Auxiliary also sent over $50 district 2-CJ schools for the cur- | November 15 of two separate is 268,0 0 0 for the Thomas Creek! to the motoring public a com- of state highway bonds to- bridge which spans the canyon pletely modern highway from department and, receiving no answer, Jumpd into his car worth of new gifts for the gift rent year is $5,313. Salaries! sues taling $20,000,000, the successful 350 feet above the stream bed. Gold Beach to Brookings. It Is and drove to the fire station five minutes away. He found shop. Here the veterans can pick range from a low of $4,000 to a ' bidder for the $8,000,000 short- co one on duty. While he was trying to telephone firemen out Christmas gifts for each high of $6,700. District 2-CJ I term bonds was the First Na- This 30-foot-wide structure is planned that some units of this at homo from the station office the alarm went off He 957 feet in length and is the high section will be open to traffic member of their families. The expected firemen to come into the office, where he was teachers are on a nine and one-1 tional Bank of Chicago and asso est in Oregon. late in 1962. gifts are then wrapped and mail fourth month (185 days) con but they never did. They sped on to fight another fire! ciates, with an effective interest The new highway hugs the The new highway is designed ed, all free to the veteran. The tract, which runs from August 31 Had he but known it, there was a fire alarm box just rate of 2.679636 per cent, and the for 60-mile-per-hour traffic, a work involved is done by volun to June 1, inclusive. Teachers outside the station! The firemen would have responded successful bidder for the $12,- m time had he used it. teer workers. speed far greater than was safe in this district teach 175 days 000,000 issue was Harris Trust The method for turning in an alarm here varies in on the former route. Sincerely. during this period. The other j and Savings Bank, the First Na- ihat the alarm is by telephone or by turning on the master Mrs. Frances Gribble ten days include four days of in- tional Bank of Oregon and asso- alarm at the station house. service training, which includes! . The Port Orford system works this way: Rural traffic on Oregon's high the two days before school b e - * “* 5' " ith an effectlve ‘^ e s t Say a fire breaks out in your home. You pick up the ways increased 4.9 per cent during rate of 3.334 per cent. gins and the annual two days of Phone and dial the fire department at ED 2-2002 This September, 1961, as compared to Belton said that he was highly September of 1960. according to action sets off the phone alarm at the station, calling vol institute at Gold Beach; and La unteer firemen Don't hang up! You must stay on the bor Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanks pleased with the bids received, results from 84 traffic recorder CIVILIZATION phone until a fireman answers! Then calmly give him giving Day and Memorial Day— and noted that the effective in locations of the Oregon state the exact location of the fire When he gives you the o.k.. plus two days after school ends terest rate on the highway bonds highway department. T h i s Civilization is a movement and n&ng up and he wi>ll turn oil the master alarm signiiying The state highway department for the students. to other firemen that there is an actual fire. working cooperatively with the If this seems high—then you was less than that of other states brought the total for the first [ not a condition, a voyage and There is no time wasted at this point. Firemen already department of finance and ad also should know that district | havlng the same bond rating as nine months of 1961 to 5.6 per not a harbor, Arnold Toynbee. at the station have the truck warmed up and ready to roll cent greater than the same ministration is arranging for a 2-CJ salaries are below the aver- Oregon. The true civilization is where by the time the big alarm is sounded and location of tile fire months last year. fiscal procedures and manage age for Oregon—and quite belowj is noted on the blackboard at the station. every man gives to every other ment study to be conducted by a j those paid by other coast dis- The two major things to remember: Don’t hang up every right that he claims for jntil your call is answered Know your complete street management consulting firm, it tricts—except Gold Beach ele- himself.—Robert G. Ingersoll. address and give it calmly to avoid confusion was announced today by Forrest mentary! With winter arriving, and with it the need for added Civilization consists in teaching Cooper. deputy state highway All administrators in the dis neat and lights, the danger of home fires increases sharp- men to govern themselves.—Ben engineer. trict have master’s degrees (6 y. Check your flues, stove pipes and electrical wiring, jamin Tucker. Proposals from several man years or more) as do five class hire prevention is cheap—the loss of property and death agement consulting firms are be room teachers; 28 teachers have rom fire« is not! Chastity is the cement of civ ing considered by the two de bachelor's (4 years) degrees; 7 The Oregon state department day conference of the Council of ilization and progress. — Mary partments. The study is expected teachers have five years of train of education was granted $25,000! Chief State School Officers in Baker Eddy. to begin before the end of the ing; nine teachers have v.iree or last week by the U. S. office of ( Baltimore, Maryland, addressed year and is to be completed with more years of training (three of education to develop operational j the council regarding this depart- Increased means and increased in six months in order that a these will receive their BA degree plans for establishing a national ; ment’s progress in developing leisure are the two civilizers of final report and recommendation | this coming summer); and one system of regional centers for J the plan to establish a national man.—Benjamin Disraeli. Americans during December will buy and decorate can be submitted by June 30, '62.' has only two years of training. better utilization o f educational ■ system of regional research cen- The true test of civilization is, srrnind 4» million natural Christmas trees cut from the Cooper stated that the study I Total experience of teachers is media such as teaching machines,* ters. nation’s tree farms and forests. For these trees Americans is being made at the suggestion j 504 years! 171 years of the to language laboratories, education-) While in Baltimore Dr. Minear not the census, nor the size of «dll spend >ver $5u million To decorate them families ot the state highway commission., tai have been in local schools. 15 al radio and television (both open! conferred with officials in the cities, nor the crops—no, but the will tiny around 200 million new ornaments. The Oregon highway depart- [ of the 54 teachers and adminis- and closed circuits), and other U. S. Office of Education regard- kind of man the country turns USE CARE IN DECORATING out.—Ralph Waldo Emerson. ment has a nation-wide reputa- I trators are teaching their first electronic devices. The National Board of Fire Underwriters today asked I ing the program, which origin- tion for being an efficient and year in the district, and three are The state superintendent of ated an idea of Dr. Roy Lieual- mat < are bo taken in erecting and decorating these trees. well-operated department," Coo- ’ teaching their first year any- public instruction, Dr. Leon P. len. president of Oregon College VISIT IN FLORENCE A tree contains natural resins which ignile easily and burn readily, l»ie national board reminded. If proper precau ___....... j; Minear, who is attending a four- of Education in Monmouth. The Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rice and tions .ire taken, however, fire may be avoided. Particular any organization, there is al-1 _ • _ ----------- ¡concept was then developed by children spent the Thanksgiving Lttentlo.i should be giien to trees in churches and schools ways room for improvement, and i | the state department of educa- holidays in Florence where they DO N’T BLOCK EX ITS we believe that such a study I salary statement above ! tion as an outgrowth of the Ore- visited Mrs. Rice’s sister. Mrs. Trees, in addition, should not be set. up close to stair would confirm those areas of should be clarified by adding that ways because in case of fire the stairway as an exit from by Al-¡Mary Wright. a n d ^ r . and Mrs. sound management practices and i most other districts in the state upix-r floors would be blocked With regard to the care of len Lee. and forwarded to Com- 1 Earl Hill suggest economies and improve- ! and 011 coas^ have 190 day Christmas trees in the home, the national board has these missloner Sterling M. McMurrin.| '_____ „________ ments in areas where needed.” contracts—which is one more following suggestions: If these plans are approved i .. _____ week than local contracts--many 1. When you choose your Christmas tree this year and a regional center Is estab-IBANDON GUESTS are now going to 200-day con select, cue which aopears freshly cut. Feel the needles to Salem—Death growing out of lished in the northwest, the pro- Mr and Mrs D r k -» v „„a tracts. make sure hev are firmly attached. injuries suffered in the course,1 gram would need funds in the j son Don of Bandon were guests of 2. Keep the tree out of doors until just before Christ of their employment claimed nature of a quarter million dol-■ Mr and Mrs Algot NeKnn nn mas Anu keep It standing in a pail of water so that it ■vui rem ain fresh. Cost per child in the district i seven men in Oregon during the Ja rs annually, said Dr. Minear. 1 Thanksgiving Dav* week ending November 16. a c - ----------------------- ------------- ------------ K vln8 Day- schools this year for teachers' . , ' vhen you i>ut tlle tree up. place it in the coolest . . . _ salaries is $271; for adm inistra-' ccrding to the state industrial oart of the room It should be as fnr as possible from radi- itors, heaters, and as far away as possible from the fire In keeping with its purpose to] tion the cost per child is $32. accident commission. Also re place Tills will reduce the chances of fire, and keep the stimulate musical talent in the j Transportation cost per child is ported for that week were 1,244 tree front drying, K conununity, and to provide fresh $25 for salaries and $23 for other industrial accidents and 27 claims 4 Use a tree stand which has a water container in material for its imaginative pro costs—making the total transpor for occupation disease. which t ie trunk can rest Most trees "drink” water fair- gramming, the Portland Cham tation cost per child $48. Those whose injuries Herman proved B ^ch'^substation . . •y fast» so iill the water container daily ber Orchestra association an Cost per child for operation of fatal w e r e Harold 5 Ciiristmas tree decorations should be fireproof. Use nounces a contest for Oregon plant $48 548; for maintenance of j Grave3* a worker from Roseburg 1952- brought to a successful end I Ing Coos-Currv Fieotri ’ terii|'lBC<jr"tions made of glass, metal or fire-resistive ma- composers. plant $29; 29; for fixed charges $33 ! who was injured October 31; E1-. “ >e long effort of Coos-Curry El-'ouate source A cash prize of $200 will be 6 Electric trains should be set up away from the tree l win S. Champion, a farm labor- “ trie Cooperative to bring Curry’ " ior awarded the Oregon composer A spark from the train could ignite dry needles er iron Madras, injured October' county citizens an adequate su p i' mg industrial loads. B° ? nevUle'? T Use cnly electric lights to decorate the tree—never contributing the best composi- j 26; Verl F. Harrington, igton. a laborer of Ply this of Iow power c t cost f o H h r ^ Success d e ^ i ^ ? 011^ am°Unted andlea He ..ure to cheek lighting sets before placing them tion for chamber orchestra. All from Portland, injured October the I rei Those with frayed wires should be discarded entries, which should be approx- i county the fastest growing conn-! tramsmiKio^’ iine’ 2'00«000» 17; Truman Carl Brown, a truck ARu-n you buy a new set look for the UL tug or label of Imately 20 minutes in length. I . const/ liction’ driver horn Portland, injured ty in Oregon, and Gold Beach almosT ?300 nderwriters Laboratories. Inc. $ ' ° ln s t a t i o n must be mailed to the Portland) February 4. 196(1; Howard Wil one of Oregon’s fastest growing “ 8. When you open presents on Christmas morning Chamber Orchestra association.: >ut away gift wrappings you intend to keep Gather up liam Johnson, an electrician from municipalities. Today’s expan- lacilities at Gold Beach, and over $100,000 in substation facilities box 544. Portland 7. Oregon n o t, tlier wraiipmgx ¡,nd throw them away Immediately after Portland, injured October 26 and! sion of BPA's Gold Beach sub- at Port Orford. ^resents are ooened. later than March 1, 1962 Gold Beach (Special)—Santa William H Fuller, a faller and ] station is the result of growth BPA’s ? Investment 9 The lights o il Christmas trees should be turned The prize-winning selection Claus will be In Gold Beach Sun- ’ bucker of McMinnville, injured Population and industry which countv’« " vestn?e n t in Curry iff when everyone is away from home. will be performed at the he April day. December 10 at 1 p.m. t o l near Corvallis April 13. 1956 would not have been possible justified T < 'e been amPIy possible 10 Cheek the tree for dryness from time to time If 25th concert under the direction visit with Curry county children. without an ample and depend- justified. The availability of el leedles near lights have started to turn brown, change the ectricity has aided in a great in ol Boris Sirpo. conductor. Near He will arrive complete with : able supply of electric energy. position of the lights. dustrial expansion. In 1958, 4tn ly 100 first performances of sig live reindeer and begin greeting I I When the needles start falling, take the tree down During the early 1940’s, electric million board feet of timber was nificant works in the chamber children from 1 p.m. until all ’mmediately ami discard It outdoors. ! service was provided Brookings X ds n T h “" “i P° rt X e s X Ä S T alm05t music idiom have been brought have been seen 12. Even if the ti-ee is still fresh, plan now to dis mantle ii the day after New Year's to appreciative Portlanders by There will be free candy for all 1 — - Curry" 13 Make sure your decorative lighting does not over this talented ensemble since its g r a X ? county lumber on “n t ; X T Ore^ n cltl- a" d 1’ residents of Curry county had no milla load electrical circuits. conception in 1947. , turned out 164 million nL X 2 X T . J° " ? and. to„ take, counties have taken a major step central station service. Neither .__ 14 Wiring and electriral equipment used out-of-doors pictures of children with Santa tew ard uniformity In police ac- * ‘ L.P° r ' r_ “'.all8ble for mi“ ‘nff board feet of lumber in 1958, al- sjiou l lx* JfMigned for that purpose. I for those interested daughter home Curry county’s large Sl»nos stands or of most three times as much as in it work acci- bv X In addition, a great ex H '7« “ T ° n 8 P|atform on) cident adopting investigation a standard police T Although a considerable t h ^ X T ' W“ . home for| « ‘irhway io i near reoort fo rm pansion of plywood manufactur lghuay 101 near the the courthouse courthouse dent dem remr» amount of timber was felie.i felled he Thanksgiving holidays visit- and all children are welcome An within the county, mast of it was ing has occurred in the county. ing her parents. Mr. and Mrs “ a n ta 'o n 'h i^ v i'u ? ^ t e r ' T h X 1 in T X * °Ut for dy P - - Population has exploded. County Leo Goergen. __ l,h Santa on his visit last year. ' cooperation with the Oregon ____ As- . . cessing in over service With the passing of another belo__ ___ _ , Moss sociation of Chiefs of Police and Coos-Curry ¿ X ,“7 , took . Over m 7heX as r8te W8S triP‘ed during Menu. «re reminded again of the closing of an era and was offered to the departments 5 te r W o r ld 'w X 'i? JUSt 1 S’ with Curry county , " f f!'8t •s"P*“,'l<,r “reed of men who — took ___ part voluntary basis. It is ex- “ a W W resldent‘al or a Cl On set.ling of the . , West tro n g and and unafraid, u nafraid with vr-.n, their . and commercial service was im- i7 » « X on rising from 6(m Irei.n» n A—i . , s S ,l'ong pected to aid departments eX in dreams «.ui ,deals high, they carved their homes from an 13,869, an Increase of 129 per ■ JT JT T ^ c y had the g rea.n el to fi£e conducting more thorough on- .proyed’ , E te tric service was ex- cent Gold Beach and Brookings the-scene accident investigations The rooperetivX1 i8rmiDB 8rea i r « ? i Sed ln trengthd|n l‘tl H»0"Inen‘. 8n,’ f ' en death with laughter and 81 an even which, ln turn, will provide more ! to V7 ® ’ °f energy greater rate. ,w.ri2?’^ losa tli ir.ty residents In Curry county during the irtngth m their hearts Their values were real born of Pelt’d from April 1, i960 to July 1, 1961 apparently*had accurate accident Information 137 7wh ° " ly 1 slnTX maf " itUde of the exPan- a basic knowledge of life as It is—unwarped bv social sta- effect on the state as a whole, showing a gain of 47 658 for use In enforcement, engineer- .he In 19o° In 1951 - d X n J h try ln Curry county’ t a ^ ,’dn' “ “nd «!t,ner0B'tv ’"»’«PUX-reil by or 2.7 per cent, during the same period Ing and education, according to !quesU J*™ had unillIed (dicing the decade, caí can be These were the truly successful men -n o t in the mean- 1 w u la tlo n bulletin credit« the state with J past uetaue, Vern L. Hill director of the de- quests tor service to in dustrial July X l 961 d U nd CUrr> eounty with 13953 «» «f ■ngleasna.» 01 ail amasscl fortune or lame, but in the con- loads totalling 1.700 M» ‘ eIectrical terms. In partment \ T ' h ’ “ "io ° r life th<> cotDRge to uphold their con- The shortage of energy for chased onbX w fcustomers Pur- Hill said the state has long servinjt Curry county s ! 0 tabulation broken do«*n shows P o rt vii tlons the will Inguess to live each day to the best with- industrial loads served as tricitv r ' j,37 009 kwh of elec- ^ X T ’h ^ r e 'J 7,1 0 ^ , ® - ^ ' 785 and B r X ’ g, provided standard report forms s brake on Industria, and X m them, with optimism and that precious humor all qual- S r M "’eXi08’^ ' 7 In 1960 Jties no evident In Moes M corpora ted' are™*1" n8 * 317 county residents live ln unln- to be used by drivers, but police . latinn orewti cui tomers Purchased .. . ---------- Jn Curr ---- P -1 .uuuavnai 'approximatei Those of us «ho loved him so dearly may take heart in reports have not been uniform. I In I950 193' . o . i f ' “'? ' cdunty approximately Port Orford did not show an increase during the fifteen million boa,« fret from re X ....... 15M0’"0« kwh --------- of tim ber"X re ’cut" ma' c u£ B ° \ . » at the Oold And Wh8t ls ,n reaae breathing, but The drivers reports will be con ere rut m \ 2 £r°>n thP the cooperative Sid'd T X 5*5' the , nCw f* urex reflect Increases for to free the breath from its restless tides, that it mav rise tinued without change county, of which only 61 million su^Tf th X ’d X a'°ne ** 8 □old Beach of 1.1 and for Brookings of 16 per cent, with »nil expand and seek God unencumbered?” In place of ------------ -o-------- ft decrease of 0.2 per cent for the ronntv county, from wnvoi rural resi- his phyaa ii presence. Moss has left a priceless heritage board fret were sawed into lum-t tion r r ^ t "dustrial and popula- dent loss. 7 7 en ero ^ H °" X ’ 8" T k"ew hlm- « lalth tomorrow ber by the 18 mills of the conn- n , a „ ^ „ T s - . the <'o°P®'-atlve's « generous heart a profound love for humanity and a noble- <*“*us Curry county has shown J em8nd at the ° ° ld Patronize Our I tv This was the situation when X X nesi or spirit g ro th ¿ ™ u £ s ’ St^ bV “ ’ h0Oping m‘ Jorltv (Bonneville's 115 kv Oold Beach X m \ X X ,i0T' h8s lncreaaed from 3 290 kw in 1952 to 14,560 Advertisers line and the Gold Beach and kw in ,960 Residents Thanked |A i^ c g „ |u Siale Highway Bonds Sold Il Could Happen Here! Traffic Up Gems of Thought Highway Depl. Plans Study Slate Education Department Gets s 25,QQ0 for Operational F’anning Holiday Safely Hinls Injuries Fatal To Seven Composition Contest Now Underway BPA s Investment in Curry County Santa Due In Gold Beach Accident Report Form Adopted An Era In Passing Official Census
