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FISHING HUNTING BOATING BEACH COMBING P o r t O r io r d Volume Four, Number Thirty-Nine L ib ra ry I n i v e r s i t y o f Oregon Eugene, Oregon Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon — Price, Ten Cents ew s CL.'.MMINO CRABBING SCENEKY SIGHT SEEING Thursday, December 23, 1961 Daring Helicopter Rescue Ends Bandon Youtif s 22 Hour Ordeal Friday By MARY DUFOH,? The rescue m achine, a sm all ¡copter has been used by Coos- ¡H iller 12-E owned by the R e- C urry Electric Cooperative for I t was a very m erry C hristm as forestation Service, Inc., was P i" , setting power poles in th e Ag- . ,,, _ i for Mr. a n d Mrs. W ayne Spen- loted by Ja c k DeVore, M cM inn- ness area. cer of B anden whose son Rod, 19, ville, who had flown from Brook- Beach parties had m aintained was picked off a n ocean rock lings upon hearing of the lad’s an a ll-n ig h t vigil aro u n d bon- early F riday afternoon In a d a r- plight. Much credit was given fires at th e m outh of Sixes l iver, ing m aneuver by a civilian heli- j to the skillful pilot who was able about 600 yards fro m huge C astle copter pilot a fte r a large A ir ■ to hover his sm all c raft about a rock which tow ers 30n feet above Force 'copter was unable to reach ! foot aw av from Spencer who water. R ushing to the scene, af- th e stranded youth. 1 th e n “hopped a b o a rd ”. T he hel- te r they were notified by Bob Bowm an, weie Rod s f a th e r ,, gone to S.xes late T hursday a f - |t h e lower portion of th e rock a s .c e r to Bandon. frien d s of the family, coast K rnoon and planned to spend the tide w as very low. and he W atchers th en began to leave guardsm en a n d other volunteer the night in the Spencer cabin th en became trapped w hen thelfm - th e ™ 'J“*™ help. i _____ ...... “ J . . m e |i o r th e a irport, but upon a rriv - n ear the m outh of th e river, tide came in. A fter being gone ing they were inform ed by Rough surf m ade it impossible About 4 o'clock they had climbed about half a n hour, Bowman went coast guardsm an th a t th e A ir for the coast guard to a tte m p t the rock to do some shooting and back to find his friend, but upon Force 'copter h a d n o t rescued th e rescue by boat, although a a little while late r Bowman h a d , checking the spot w here he’d sett Spencer but h a d ru n low on fuel c ra ft was stan d in g by when the decided to leave and re tu rn to ¡him , thought th a t Rod had re- a n d h a d gone to N orth Bend to helicopter rescue was executed, shore i turned to the cabin. refuel. Then, Just a s th e crowd, Been Clim bing Rock Shortly a fte r Bowman left. A fter discovering th a t Spenc- was deciding w here to go next, Spencer a n d Bowman had Silence - decided to walk around ¡er. a form er B andon high school DeVore’s m achine landed w ith I athlete, was not a t th e c a b n . Spencer aboard. Bowman again retu rn e d to the He was th en flown to th e B a n I rock, this tim e w ith difficulty as don a irp o rt by Mike Ray, ac | the tide had begun to rise, only com panied by Bowman who th e n | to find no one. A fter firing his took h im to Southern Coos G e n i gun several tim es and receiving eral hospital w here h e was e x I no answer. Bowm an went to the am ined by Dr. E. F Lucas a n d Cody Carlson hom e (Piercy released. Sweet ranch) and called for help R elates Experiences nt about 6:40 p.m. L ater, In relating his e x p e ri , Sighted By P lane ence, Rod said th a t h e h a d n o t I A plea for help to various a lr- been unduly alarm ed during the , plane ow ners in Coos and C urry night, as, according to th e tide counties was answ ered early table, a sim ilar m inus tide was F riday m orning. F ir s t to be scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday, a t sure th e U niversity of Oregon which tim e lie planned to walk sophom ore was still on the rock to safety. To those on th e shore were Joe O ribble of P o rt O rford It was doubtful w hether the tid e I and R alp h Hall of Sixes who would reach th a t low point as a I spotted Spencer from th e air storm had been forecast. I about 8 a m. seated on a ledge Spencer, who had been clad on the west side of the rock only in lig h t slacks a n d a foot I O th ers who kept a co n stan t ball-practice sw eatshirt, w a s a 'r vigil d uring th e m orning and I soaked to the skin and showed up u n til the lad was rescued, signs of having spent an ex- was Ted McKenzie of Elk River trtm e ly cold n ig h t perched on th e and Mike Ray of Coos Bay. tw o-foot wide ledge, some 30 to Among those w aiting a t th e 40 feet above the w ater. He was beach for help to arrive were never in m uch danger o f being Mr. Spencer, Piercy Sw eet. Ken reached by th e high tides though Rogge, Bowman. Vance Carlson, as he was able to elim b h igher B utch R ichert. Jim Mauzey. B ill! up th e rock from the point a t Bowman. Bill Burgher. P o rt O r- w hich he was rescued ford Coast G uardsm en Don Me- F ired M any Shots Michael. Bill Parker, E verett Rod .said th a t he had fired 10 Vigil. Tony W archol, Bill Wason or 15 shots, but apparently no and Gery T esdall; sta te police one heard him over tiie th u n d er- officers W ayne Tucker and Boc ' o us ro ar of the ocean. T ile gun T routm an of Coquille; C urry had been fiven to him by his fa- county officials, Deputy S heriff [ th e r only two weeks earlier, but Ross B ates and Chief Deputy it was necessary for him to F ed T hom , both of Gold Beach. ‘ leave it behind as the 'copter p i- and W ayne Thomas, rescue of lot th o u g h t it would be too cum ficer from P o rt Orford bersome as he a tte m p ted to e n H elicopters Arrive ter th e m achine. "T he gun would The first 'copter to arrive at not have been m uch good any - the scene belonged to the U 8. way." said Spencer, “a s a th in I • ■ Force from K lam ath Falls, co at of ru st had form ed over it although earlier rep o rts were from the salt spray during th e th a t it had been dispatched from n ight.” P o rt Angeles, W ash. A bout 15 E arly th a t m orning, McKenzie m inutes late r iapproxim ately had attem p ted to drop several 12:15 p m > th e R eforestation Jackets to Rod, but strong winds r arrived. carried them Into (he ocean W hite w ater a n d black rock As com m unications between - r , Oul I lia> e k'cked myself presented obstacles too great lan d and a ir were practically m any tim es th at rl'd it for n o t lor this big Air Force rescue 'l l t.lios' on rhor? th a u d it (h i keeping mv down-filled Jacket,” helicopter a s it attem pted to F od had be»» reicued when Vi rr'a te d Spencer who h i d given remove R ot Spence iappj.- V r Foiee 'rooter, w h 'rh h i left) whose whip- jersey stands the he»vy e e rm e rt ‘o Bowman • -een on th e o th °r side of th* rc t • t e l e to »ho'-e w’th b m as h ’"d o u t a g ain st dark, sea-staineil C urry county circuit court Ju r for quite som e tim e s’ d 'e» ’-*1» io* warm a re a n e ar w ater line of C astle D. E. Dewey of the N orth Cur- ors to appear at the Ja n u a ry ses- | appeared and then heade I Rock in the ocean offshore Senator W ayne Morse .- .aid last I ■ ry Recreation Inc. reports that sion a t 10 a.m. Ja n u a ry 8. are: ¡w ards the Sixes airport where ¡week th a t th e allocation by the! irom m outh of Sixes river. i there are enough funds a t pres (C ontinued on P age 5) a n o th e r p'ane was to tak* Sn*n- Use H oliday ( ’autioni T he bold attem pt, with the ¡A rm y Corps of Engineers for ent to pay for th e equipm ent at w hirley-bird hovering over the ¡general investigations in O regon; hand. However, th e technical en- e n u rning w aters, was photo | d uring fiscal 1962 would provide, i gineer recom m ends enlargem ent graphed by Lou Felsheim from ; the following f.ood coni' i s u r - j ! of the present fo u r foci ih e lte ” a light plane piloted by Ted Ivtys: McKenzie shortly a lte r 1:0 ( j sjO ofi) 1er a suivoy on the | Southw estern Oregon college | i t is not larg e enough to p m . Friday. The rock fac” ICulapooya river: » 7 0 '“) l..r t h e ! ' H provide two registration c e n - ' contain present technical eouip- w as so steep th a t the “ reach ” ¡Clackam as river; »4,in)) for the! ters for w inter teim reg istratio n m ent nor the testing equipm ent T he vocational technical dlvis- I which m ust be used to obta n of th e craft's rotors m ade i Coquille; »3.0b; for the G ra n d e 1 (C ontinued on Page 4i (Continued on Page 5> closer m aneuvering too h azard I Ronde; $33.50» r ■■ R J ous. Actual rescue was made 1 ( ’0000 for T hom as creel:; »25,- about 1:30 bv a sm aller com ¡900 for th e Um pqua: a:i • *21,- m ercial helicopter piloted by | ! io » , for Willow creek n e t: Hepp- er | Jack DeVore who in sam e vi rc r. cinity hovered w ith his rotors ! Allocations for navigation su r w ithin about five feet of the v e y s in Oregon were: ? l» 0 0 » : rock while Spencer scrambled ¡fo r tiie Chetco river; $8.0»0 for! aboard. P o rt O rford; $6 000 for th e S 'u s -i I Hoop fan s are prom ised some W inners of T hursday games law river: »7.800 for Tillam ook ' good, fast c o u rt action this eve- will compete for first an J second bay: <9.5»» for Um pqua riv- . ... the . .. . jn in g as th e th ird annual Pacific place in the F riday night piay- SEASON»* GREETINGS er,', and »6,(>»0 for th e Y aquina (in v ita tio n a l basketball to u rn a- effs w ith losers trying for third river. < m ent gets underw ay w ith Powers | R efreshm ent concessions will A seasons' greetings card was ' T he surveys on th e Clackam as vrH , h c iiu ij u ic v iu iu u Beach c a t i i q q u uintet iiitr m k eeting the Gold be operated by to urnam ent spon received by the r c /f r n O m r tr S ^ I 'I ,,? n? iS. .C.r 5ek ,and th e 31u’ 1,a ^ I hi a RTand-slam opener Pacific sors. the P ort Orford R otary club C ham ber of Commerce from th e an<j y a q u in a rivers were adde 1 tangles w ith Yoncalla in the Proceeds are m arked for the Eugene H ighlanders Bagpipe tQ appropriation bill by the second encounter. The tourney club's foreign exchange student band, sending 'W i' a' kind I opener sta rts a t 7 p m . fund. thochts fa r a Happy C hristm as a n ' a Ould New Y»ar". n every- one in P ort Crford Use Holiday Caution! Pori Orford Funds Included TV Translator In Navigation Survey Allocations Needs Funds January Jury List Named SWOC Offers Added Courses Powers vs. Gold Beach; Pacific vs. Yoncalla in Tournaraeni Openers Flu Lowers Allendance AS Annual Communily Yule Parly Preparing for rescue joli, a fte r w o rking at setting power pole* from the a ir In rontliern C o r ey county fast week. P ilo t lack D eV ore and a C urry sheriff's depot} a»e men In the Refores- I h e effect of the "flu bug" m ade itself furth er evident in th e com m unity by its curtailm ent of attendance a t the sixth a n nual Com m unity C hristm as p a r ty last F riday night. Less th a n a hundred persons b oth children and adult, were on hand for the annual visit of S a n ta C laus to receive treats from th e popular Y ule-tim e fig ure. P ort O rford Jaycees had sacked 70o bagsi of candy, nuts 1 and oranges, paid for by d o n a tions from m erchants and ser- I vice clubs In the city. Several hom es In the area, however were visited following th e program and tre a ts given to I sick youngsters and th eir b ro th - )ers and sisters. tation Service Inc. “chopper” . Home decorating prizes this on beach In background Is year went to th e M innie Jolly target, Castle Rock, *ome 600 home, first, and B ert M ulrden yards out in ocean a t norm al I hom e second for »15 and »10 titles, as seen from shore. ’ cash prizes. Hom es receiving (Mary D ai o n photo) i $7 prizes were: Lynda B ryant,, Tom Petok. Dale B artlett H e r m an Baum an, F re d Weis ami Hoyt Littrel. T he Weis home also won an oil painting for the best decorated window. Rexall D rugs won first for the Oest decorated business, with 1st N ational Bank second and Hann H ardw are third T he buslne.sst., received h a n d -p ain te d m yrtle- wood plaques Mrs W W W illiam s was awarded the doll and wardrobe sponsored annually by the Alpha Psi ch ap ter of Epsilon Sigm a A lpha sorority. T h e proceeds of th is event are contributed to, su p p o rt of the Crippled C h ild re n ’s hospital in Eugene Bonnie Jensen en tertain ed on j th e organ w ith prelude carols and accom panied th e com m unity] singing under the direction o f ( Tom H aban T h e organ was f u r nished by th e Jensen Music Co “T hanks for th e lift," says this « a rm handshake of Rod S pen cer aa he and Pilot Jack Dc Vore alight a t Sixes airp o rt a fte r quirk trip In R efo resta tion Service Inc. helicopter from ( a s ile Itork where Rod spent 22 hours overnight last Thursday. The grateful thanks of Rod's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Spencer, were expressed for DrVore's feat and for the m any volunteers for help, o f fers of help and prayers d u r ing a night which proved m oro harrow ing to them th a n to Rod, as tliev couldn't be -tire of his w hereabouts or his con d ition until he was slglite I by plane about R:O0 a m . Friday (Lou Felshejm pliutui
