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Volume Four, Number Thirty-Eight
Thursday, December 21, 1961
Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon — Price. Ten Cents
Scodina Hull Wed in New York
3 A«id«anur
Wet, stormy weather and poor
visibility was blamed by police
for three car accidents which oc­
curred on city streets during the
past lew days.
Friday evening about 6 p.m. a
pickup coming out of tlie drive­
way at Pacifia Super Market
reportedly collided with a car
travelling on the highway, No
injuries were reported.
Saturday night a car driven
by Dennis Schroeder reportedly
went out of control in a sudden
gust of wind which deposited the
car on top of a fire hydrant,
breaking off the hydrant.
In a third accident December
13. a car driven by Bob Ostrand­
er was struck in the rear by a
car driven by Mrs. Virginia Krig-
baum as Ostrander was backing
up to leave the postoffice, it was
reported by police. Mrs. Krig-
baum suffered mouth lacerations
and the front end of her ear was
damaged. Ostrander was unin­
jured The back end of his pickup
I was reported to be damaged.
No citations were issued in any
i of the accidents, Police Chief
I Barney Issel said.
JOE ZOOK IN HOSPITAL
Joe Zook, manager of Port
Orford Plywood Corporatin. has
been in Suthern Coos General
hospital in Bandon since Mon­
day, suffering from a ruptured
disc.
He had been confined to his
home since Thursday.
duplicate bridge
CANCELLED
The duplicate bridge session
planned for Friday night (to­
morrow) at the Port Orlord
grade school has been cance'led
because of t h e Community
Christmas program at the Battle
Rock school, members of the
group have announsed.
CLAMMING
CRABBING
SCENERY
SIGHT­
SEEING
Community Yule Party
Is 7:30 Tomorrow Night
Santa Claus is scheduled to ar­
rive in Port Orford Friday af­
ternoon (tomorrow) in time for
his appearance at the annual
Community Christmas program
at the Battle Rock school gym
at 7:30 p.m.
Prior to the program, Santa
will be at Coos-Curry Electric
Friday afternoon from 3 to 5
p m. for visits restricted to pre­
school age youngsters only.
Sharing honors with Santa on
the evening's program will be a
community sing of Christmas
carols, und r the direction of
Tom Haban, band and music in­
structor in the Port Orford I a member of the Port Orford Art
giade schools. Because of the Association, and are given by tho
closing of district 2-CJ schools
Friday due to the flu and the ill­ I Community Christmas Associa-
ness of many students, stuuent j tion.
choral and band groups will not A prize of an oil painting by
be able to perform this year, Ha­ Arthur Selander, an" Oregon a rt­
ban said.
ist, will be given to the homo
Paul Peterson, managing edi­
tor of tlie Port Orford News, will owner with the best decorated
be master of ceremonies and will window.
present plaques to the business The painting and plaques will
houses receiving first, second and be on display at the Port Orford
third place in the Christmas art center from Thursday through
lighting contest.
The plaques have been painted Friday, Mrs Minnie King Jolly
bv Juanita Wilson of Gold Beach, said.
The chamber of commerce is
«SnWv sponsoring the contest for
Hie best decorated home. This
will be restricted mainly to out­
side decoration and to the night
time effect of homes in general,
including yards and home fronts.
Prizes will be $15 first prize, $14
second prize and six prizes of $5
ported absent. Attendance was each.
Mrs. Rod McKenzie is chair­
also hard hit at Langlois and
Port Orford schools. The Port man of the committee to Judge
Orford schools, where attendance the business houses and the best
was not noticably affected until decorated home window. Three
Friday, had 90 absent Friday af­ judges, all from out-of-town
have been selected, Mrs. McKen­
ternoon, it Is reported.
Basketball games and other zie said.
school events scheduled for last Judging will be Thursday eve­
weekend in the district were can- j ning (tonight).
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celled.
Flu Closes Schools
One Week Early
Children in the district 2-CJ
schools received an unexpected
bonus last Friday with the an­
nouncement that they would re­
ceive an extra week’s Christmas
vacation due to flu-like virus
epidemic which has hit Curry
county.
Attendance dipped to a new
low at Pacific high school Friday
afternoon where 132 were re-
Postoffice
Stays Open
TAKEN DOWN
LUMBER SHIPMENT
EXPECTED TO LEAVE
Another shipment of lumber is
expected to go out from the Port
Orford dock Friday or Saturday,
MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH DESIR? DWEK
weather permitting, Ira Tucker,
port commissioner said.
(Scodina Hull!
A shipment of 500,000 feet of
Port Orford's Christmas tree
had a brief debut this year on lumber from FSP was shipped
Ml-. and Mrs. Samuel Elliott in Geneva, Switzerland where,
the lawn of the Port Orford grade out last week, Tucker said.
Use Holiday Caution!
Huil announce the marriage of they plan to live after Mi. Dwek's.
The postoffice will be open un­ school. Saturday's strong winds
their daughter Scodina to Joseph graduation from business school |
til 3:00 o’clock Saturday after­ tipped the tree and brought out
noon. Wilma Stevens, acting a Coos-Curry Electric crew and
Desire Dwek at the Central Syn- and where he expects to be work-
postmistress, has announced.
truck to the rescue.
agogue in New York City Novem- ¡ng ,n the investment banking
The postoffice will also be open
ber 23. Mr. Dwek is the son of business.
Cables were attached to the
on Sunday Mail will be distrib-| jree from the Coos-Curry truck
Mr. and Mrs. Desire Dwek of
i
The
bride
has
been
living
in
.
uted. but there will be no window on the lawn below during tlie
London, England.
service, Mrs. Stevens said.
Rabbi Seliipson performed the New York City where she is un- |
night’s storm to prevent it from
Over fifty interested Curry
I
der
contract
to
NBC
television
j
toppling on electric wires.
ceremony which was attended by
county timber owners gathered
siudios.
Plans early this week were to , at the courthouse Thursday, De­
a small group of close friends.
The bride wore a short white
the tree and re-set it in cember 14 to discuss the effect!
Biggest Issue Yet shorten
lace gown and a pillbox hat
the lawn. However, it was found ' of the new timber tax law. T ie
It promises to be a bright new, the hole. The lead line is drop- This Issue of the News, 12 pages, to be damaged by the storm and |
covered with a veil. She carried
group heard Curry county assess­
year for the little community of | ped from the helicopter when the marks the largest newspaper ev it was believed to present a haz­ or, Patrick Masterson, discuss the
a bouquet of pink and white
rosebuds. Mrs. Lois Boggs of
Agness located some 25 miles up j pole is in the correct position.! er published in the city of Port ard to the school.
general proviions of the bill and
Port Ur ford was matron of hon­
With the okay of the Christ­ specifically the method of re-
the famous Rogue river from j Due to the narrow right-of-ways I Orford. Last year's Christmas is-
mas Association, a Coos-Curry
or for her sister and wore a
' Gold Beach, on the Oregon coast. and tall timber in certain areas, | sue, with ten pages, was tlie lar- truck was again parked on the portng tracts which reports are
pearl colored suit with matching
Saturday night's storm broke| Electric power is be.ng pushed it is necessary to use as much gest up to then, according to a grade school lawn Tuesday mern- due January 1, with no exten­
hat and accessories.
research of former Port Orford
sion permissible under the law
ing to take down the tree.
Lewis De Young of New York an electric powerline supply wue into the area by Coos-Curry El- as 180 feet of lead line to set papers.
Felled and bucked timber cn
to the fire station, rendering the ( ectric Cooperative, and a timber some of the poles. 15 to 25 poles
was best man.
forest service lands was brought
fire
sirens
inactive
and
plunging
;
access
road
is
going
more
slowly
A reception was held following
up. anti Masterson stated that
up river from Gold Beach, along a day can be set depending upon
into darkness.
the ceremony at the home of Mr. the No station
"If the logs were taxable they
the length of haul and weather
fires
were
reported
to
have!
the
south
bank
of
the
Rogue,
but
De Yuung.’ Over 40 guests at­
would be levied upon—If they
occurred, however.
I isn’t scheduled for completion conditions.
tended.
were not taxable that would set­
A fire hydrant at Sixth and until 1964
Clearing of the right-of-way ]
The bridegroom, who was bom
tle the problem. The question
was broken off when! One of the unique features of
m si- with the
In Cairo of British parents, went I Jefferson
is one that necessitates legal In­
struck by a car during the storm ' the power line installation has began î
y
to England in 1956 to attend col­ Saturday night. The driver a s -! been the use of helicopters for ' original completion date of line
terpretation and we will work to
lege. graduating in economics
bring these opinions forth.”
serted a gust of wind forced the | setting of poles and stringing of i construction set for December 1.
He has since worked in a Wall car over the hydrant. The driver wire. Collins Electric, who took j 3 ruce shavere. general manager
Masterson further stated that
Street firm of stockbrokers and
the several questions which wero
! the construction of the 'line with of Coos-Curry, said, "It is our
was
not
cited.
is currently attending the Harv­
not answered at the meeting will
apparently' a low bid of $187,645, says, in the
ard business school where he is Tlie hydrant was automatic : rough and difficult terrain of the hope it will be completed soon
be studied ftnd interpretations
equipped
with
an
taking a two-year course.
j
will be published soon.
no water! area, the use of a helicopter has after the first of tlie year.” Wire
shut-off
valve
and
Mr. Dwek’s father was formerly .
is being strung by ground crews
been invaluable.
gushed
from
the
broken
hydrant,
in business in the Middle East. 1
A sub-contract with Reforest -
The couple plans to leave De- 1 the police commissioner. Adolph [ ation Services of Salem, who at the present time along that
portion of the right-of-way next
cember 22 foi a two weeks' wed­ ¡ Windmaiser said.
have two Hiller 12-E model heli-
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to the completed timber access
ding trip to Accapulco. Mexico.
copters,
has
proven
most
suc­
Use Holiday Caution!
They pian to spend next summer
cessful. They offer a complete road, up river from Gold Beach.
Tex Tolliver, of Collins Electric
reforestation service which in­
Llovl R Chandler, assistant
cludes nursery stock, tree seed­ said, "We hope to start using the
division engineer for southwest-
ing and seed treatment, plus helicopter for wire stringing next
'em Oregon with headquarters at
power line construction, right-of- week if weather will allow the
Roseburg. Is being promoted to
way and forest brush control' completion of pole setting."
division engineer for the same
spraying. Herman Poulin, one of
area according to the Oregon
the owner-managers, has been
State Highway Department in
flying
since
1932,
and
was
the
Salem
Powers will meet Gold Beach competing for third place
first person west of the Miss­
Chandler, who has been the as­
in the first game of the third an­ Concessions will be sold by issippi to receive a helicopter li­
sistant engineer since 1955, is
nual Pacific high school basket­ members of the Port Orford Ro­ cense.
moving into the vacancy created
ball tournament Thursday eve­ tary olub which is sponsoring
Collins Electric has been build­
by the promotion of Frank D
SALEM. December 11—Resi­
ning. December 28 at 7 p.m. on the event. Rotary Anns will ing power lines in California for
Morgan from division head in
serve sandwiches and milk to the
dential
and
rural
customers
of
the Pacific floor.
the past 30 years, and the last
Roseburg to construction engin­
privately
owned
electric
utilities
Pacific will play Yoncalla In players after the games.
eer in the Salem headquarters of
Proceeds from the tournament five years in Oregon. Before operating in Oregon consumed
the second game starting at 8:30.
the state highway department.
will go toward the fund to spon-. moving to the job on the Rogue* 313,799.000 kilowatt hours of el­
Winners of the games will com­ sor
foreign student at Pacific they completed a secion of the ectric energy during October, an
Chandler studied engineering
pete for first and second place . . h a ez-hnni
I Iledmond-Burns 118,000 volt increase of six per cent over the
at Oregon State university and
trophies Friday night, with losers n:gn scnooi.
( transmission line for the Bonne­
started work for the department
same period in 1960 according to
ville Power Administration
in 1924 He has been employed
The Gold Beach-Agness power statistics released last week by
continuously since 1933 except
line has been a challenge right the state public utility commis-
fo, military service during World
frnm the beginning. It ru n s,s'°nei
War II. He has held a variety
across some o fth e roughest 1er-, The PUC report also disclosed
of field positions in the organiza­
in southwestern Oregon, ¡that the same type of consumer
rain
tion and was previously assist­
The poles for the line have i used 4 331,881.000 kilowatts of |
ant maintenance engineer In Sa­
been'trucked to both ends of the J electricity for tlui 12 months
lem He is a registered profes­
line at Agness and up as far asip f'i'id ending October 3 , 9 .
sional engineer.
(Juosatna creek. some 10 miles ¡an increase of two per cent over
Included in Chandler’s area,
At
the
same
period
of
the
previous
The big news this week—or , a result, not only schools have up river from Gold Beach
district 3. are all or parts of Lane,
ie yardg the cross arms and 1 >'ear
rather, the reason for the lack ¡been closed, but a number of j th
Coos Curry. Douglas. Jackson
There were 457.413 consumers
of it—is the flu-like virus which scheduled events and - meeting !some hardware u instailed. Then
Josephine, Benton and Klamath
classified
as
residential
and
ru­
I the
are picked up by the
has at'acked so many persons, have been cancelled as well.
counties As division engineer,
If the paper seems short on , hellrnpter and dropped in the ral during October. I960, with an
large and small, in northern
Chandler will be responsible for
news this week, the reason >8' holes along the line right-of-way average 455.539 consumers, re­
Curry county
moves on to Agness. Collins all state highway construction
Almost every family has had very simple. Most other persons A two man ground crew with ported during the twelve month This helicopter proves inval­
Electric Is constructing the new and maintenance in his division
uable in w ilin g poles and
at least one member who has are staying home. too.
radio control, guides the pilot to period.
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line.
stringing wire In rough terrain,
Another aspirin, anyone?
been stricken with the flu As
the correct location for ea^’.i
Use Holiday Caution'
as Coos-Curry Electric power
Use Holiday Caution'
pole and assists in placing It In
Agness Prepares For
A Bright New Year
Storm Tips
Christmas Tree
M any Hear
Timber Law
Fire Siren
Power Fails
H ighw ay Engineer
Gets Promotion
Invitational Basketball Tourney
Is Next Thursday and Friday
Rural Electric Use
Up Six Per Cenl
W HATS NEW?
MA/NEY FLU'.