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TRAGEDY STUNS TOWN Tichenors Killed In California Accident by L a ra im H alm » The highway 99 head-on colli sion occurring a t 5:90 p. m Sat. June 9th, near Redding, Calif, w h i c h killed four person« G rover and Anna Tlchenor. Port Orford, Ruthe Maloy Norrla, Springfield. Ore and driver of the other car, G erald H Volght, Redding, has shocked and sad dened this City. The Tichenors and their two daughters, lAiclUe. Portland, and Thelm a Purdin who resided with her parents here, had been on vacation In C alif, and M exi co in Lucille’s new ea r eepecial- iy purchased for the vacation. They were en route home when tragedy struck near Redding. C a lif Volght. alone, was alleg edly driving on the wronx side of the highway on a curve Surviving are three eons, be side the two daughters Robert H of Renton. Wash: Gerald E ., E l Sobrante, C a lif ; and Col. Laurence Tlchenor with the arm ed forces in Paris who flew for the funeral. M r Tlchenor was the grand- BIG BOR LeMAIRE te rm e d M a y o r Andy C rib b le " o n e o f th e fe w w o rk in g M a y o rs I 'v e m e t, " w h en In tro d u c e d a t th e c it y h a ll F rid a y a f te rn o o n . L e M a lre , w h o se home Is In H o lly w o o d , c o m p le m e n te d th e m ayor o n th e new c it y h a ll, and re m a rke d o n th e u n e x p e c te d fr ie n d lin e s s he w a s e n jo y in g In th e a re a . Big Bob ca u g h t a r id e b a ck to G o ld Beach w h e re he s ta y e d o v e r th e w e e k -e n d to a tte n d th e A g noss b a rb e cu e and b oa t ra c e . He c o n tin u e d h is w a lk to S e a ttle M o n d a y . Tor p ic tu re s and s to ry o f th e C o o s -C u rry Co o p e ra tiv e pow er lin e d e d ic a tio n and Sunday c e le b r a tio n at A g n e s s , see page s ix . Congenial Rig Bob I a ire. j route on foot, but Big Bob said looking for all the world like It was perm Usable to ride a m ixture of Sebeatlan Cabot. | ahead and walk back to the Burl Ives and a heavy weight pick up point, then ride ahead wrestler, strolled into Port Or again and continue walking ford with his walking stick F rl They m ay also ride anywhere dav afternoon looking rem ark- inside a city. ably fresh despite a days' bat He does all his walking In the tie with strong headwinds be daytim e because hikers are too tween Gold Beach and here hard to see at night, he said, L eM alre, who left San Fran- adding that he would also miss cisco M ay 9. is one of four men loo much scienery walking from the Bay City to L eM alre caught a ride back the Seattle World's F a ir The to Gold Beach after his visit others are 79-year-oId retired here, where he spent the week- postal employee John "Iro n end and enjoyed the boat trip Legs” Stahl. Charles Knowles up the Rogue and the Agness and Herb Hasche Rig Bob Is barbecue, boat race and field the only one traveling Highway day. He rode back to Port Or- 101 exclusively. ford and continued his Journey An adventurer at heart, and a^ Monday morning. photographer by profession, Le | ----------------------- M aire. who has a weekly travel-1 T a x Commission adventure T V program in Hoi 1 lywood, "Rendevous with Ad- j Seeks Engineers venture," told the News that he was very enthused over his trip up the Pacific Coast and that he is seriously considering a return trip to film it for his show. Most of M M a lre 's travels have taken him to Central and South America for his T V series m aterial M s t year, however, he went to China and Quemoy where he was decorated by a ,£t»tnmanding officer when fly ing for the Chinese Nationalist army. The 275-lb w alker averages about 18-24 miles per dav, using six pairs of shoes which he changes frequently. The extra pairs, and other items he col lects on his route are forwarded to towns ahead of him. He carries with him only a sm all shoulder bag and his walking stick Ix*M aire said his trip so far has been untiring and very en joyable. But, he added, walking Into the wind is lowering his daily average. The hikers are required to cover the entire Local 4-H 'ers Attend Summer Camp Among the nearly 1800 youths attending the 4-H Sum m er School this year at Oregon State University are a number of students from the northern Cur ry County area. The following students were chosen to represent their area at this conference: C harlie W at erman and B arbara W igle, Four M ile; Connie G uerin, P atricia Ellis, and Nancy Shaw, Lang lois; M arilyn Rundberg, Dewey Hall, Peter Brooks, M a ry Helm - ken and Jerome Lester, Sixes; and Sheryl Mechals, Karen M ac Donald and Christine Johnson, Port Orford. ________ ____________ The State ______ Tax Commission has ann<>Unced that graduate engi- neers are being sought tor ap p rsisal work in Its industrial and u tility sections. Acceptable applicants will be offered positions im m ediately, - the Commission said, at a monthly salary of 5480 Appli cants with experience in con struction and allied fields can be started at a m inim um of 5525 a month. Increases can be earned to a m axim um of 5855 Successful applicants w ill con duct appraisals of industrial or u tility properties throughout the state. Persons wishing further in form ation or applications should contact Roy T aylo r, Personnel D irecto r, State T ax Commission, Salem. _ . n n son of Capt W illiam Tlchenor who founded Port Orford. He is also survived by a sister. M rs. Anna Guerin. M yrtle Point; and a brother, Herbert who lives in the East, and many nieces and nephews. A niece, Ellen Quick Rowland of La Fayette, C alif., drove to Itedding to be with Lucille and Thelma who are hospitalized there and reported as being to fair condition though both were seriously Injured, instead of coming here for the funeral as was first planned Services are scheduled for 2 00 p m. Thure. June 14th at the local Hall, internment at Cemetery. Grover and A n n a ------- both 75 years of age. would have been m arried 58 years on Aug. 4th They were a devoted and inseparable couple; their sud den departure from thia life wfu leave a void which none can ever fill T heir going together as always, must have been a part of God's w ill Ruth Maloy Norris M rs Claude D Norris, the form er Ruth Beverly Maloy, of Springfield, Ore., was killed instantly In a head-on crash on June 9th. near Redding, C alif., which also took the lives of G rover and Anna Tichenor and d rive r of the other car, G. H. Volght High School except the last two years which were completed at San Diego, Calif, Besides her parents, she is survived by her husband. Claude, to whom she was m a r ried in 1939, and one son, H e wett, both of Springfield. She is also survived by a sister, Mrs LaRcine Eckholm , a t JO Ruth who was born M arch 1, Cajon. C a lif.; brother, Sarg. 1st 1918 at F t. W illiam s, Out , was class Edw ard J. M aloy of the daughter of M r and Mrs Ix-wia, Wash Edward A Maloy of this City Funeral services w ill be h e li The M ilo vs moved to Port Or- Friday, .June 15th, 2:90 p .m ., ford In 1923 where Ruth at- at the Port Orford Comm unity tended both E lem entary and | Church. Chamber of Commerce Will Erect Garrison Lake Sign World’s Fair Hiker Stopped Here Friday ff R O The Cham ber of Commerce stuck by th eir resolution Mon day night that adopted Daylight Saving T im e June 9, but polnted out that it was still an individual choice. . Plans were made to locate the tourist Inform ation post in the art center building at the cor- ner of the entrance to BatUe Rock State H ark Signs pointing out the route to Garrison M k c w ill also be erected, the chamber voted. Oregon Seeks C O M M R R C IA L P IS H IN G R U LES N E A R IN G S I T The Tillam ook Bav chum sal- mo|) ftshery chang8. ta regulations governing the bar- vest of biuebeck, and the open- jng young's Ray on the lower C o h nn btato comm ercial fishing are among the m atters slated f a consideration at the regular monthly meeting of the Oregon Fish Commission in Portland on June 19. The public session is to be held in Room 98. State Office Build I tog, 1400 S W. 5th Avenue. Port land. Starting tim e is 1:90 p.m DST. Research A nalysts City Gets Street Paving Funds; Mayor Queried On License John F le tc h e r, C o u n ty w eed in s p e c to r , i n form ed th e c it y c o u n c il T ue sday n ig h t, th a t he w o u ld b rin g h is e q u ip m e n t end s p ra y gorse fo r th e fe s o f $ 1 0 .per h o u r. The c o u n c il s u g - q e s te d th a t F rank M o r r is , P u b lic W o rk s Com - m (c c (n n p r and F le tc h e r s u rv e y th e a r e a s m is s io n e r , and n e t c n e r s u rv e y m ost In need o f s p ra y in g . T h e y p o in te d o u t th a t a s ta te s ta tu te re q u ire d w e ed c o n tr o l, and th a t i t w o u ld be w is e fo r th e c it y to sp ra y n o w , b e fo re a s ta te in s p e c tio n . I t w as m o v ed th a t th e c it y c o n tra c t to h a v e gorse s p r a y ed in th e am ount o f $125 o n c i t y stre e t a re a s fo llo w in g th e s u rv e y . A petition signed by 14 rest- denta on 12th street was pre- sented to the council, stating Salem—T h e Oregon D e p a rt that the ro a d ' had poor drain- ment of Em ploym ent is in im T h e Alaska Cedar arrived in „„ h h«« mediate need of two m ale re- r«#rt Friday. to < e d U 0 0 000 h t^ h .Z h ^ X ^ f f k search analysts, one to be em- board feet of lumber and sailed ^ ^ . , ¿ ^ ¡ 0 ^ ^ T t a k e n but area economic Sunday. analyst to the Medford area a n d ----------------“---------- — ° the other as a researcher in M any troubles are caused bv manpower utilization in Salem too much bone in the head and The two Jobs pay 5480 per X w t T T n th e b a r k month to start Qualifications Anonymous include four years of college , , > ♦ and two years experience in ______________ research or equivalents. In te r ested applicants should file with the Oregon C ivil Service Com mission for the Research Anal yst I I classification, ment of Em ploym ent's Jt's person person- • nel division said. Coos Bay Dredging Co., Coos Bay, Thursday waa low of three bidders with an offer of $62,584 D A V ID R IG H T H O M E ON when the Portland U S Army T W O -W E E K S ' L E A V E Engineer District opened bids T he Law rence K ig h t’s are en for repair of the South Jetty at joyin g a tw o -w ee k vis it w ith the entrance to the Chetco Riv Government th eir son, D avid, who is on leave e r a t Brookings from the Veterans’ Hospital in estim ate was $59.200. Other bidders w ere F . L Portland D a vid has been im proving steadily, his mother Somers, Medford, $72,450, and stated, and it is hoped that he N a tt McDougall Co., Portland, 985,110 w ill soon be hom e to stay. Work must be completed m 90 calendar days. Bids were asked ■ under serial CIVENG-35-026-62 pointed out thBt 1Jth street was at the top of the list of streets requiring improve- menta. M ^aor Orifcble announced that the city is to receive be- tween $8500 and $9000 paving Coos Bay Dredging Bids Low To Repair Cheico River Jelly 1 lit / * M IL L IO N DOLLARS (M g ifts , G RANTS r ec eived BY OSU Oregon Stole University - Granta an<j gifts totaling more than | i ,000,000 have been re- in pasrt six weeks by Oregon state University for research, trainiiw? institutes, construction, and scholarships. The state Board of Higher Education officially accepted $1 023,221 total in behalf ot Q g y at jts meeting this Business & Professional Women s J L o S S f f i S i Ä S S E S Club Formally Launched Here and bedding layer m aterial. ------------------------- The Port Orford club of Busi ness and Professional Women was form ally launched Saturday, June 2, when the North Bend club sponsored their Charter Banquet in true nautical style. Mem bers of the Port Orford club decorated the banquet room with table settings featuring m iniature sail boats with floral arrangem ents, sea sheila for ash trays and m int dishes, and cor sages created from anemones. C arrying the theme still further, B illie Kolibaba, Ruby Yoemans and Corky Olson sang a sea chanty. The program began with an invocation by Pastor H . L. Daugs of the Lutheran church. Louise Norcross, state vice-pres ident, led the flag salute; a wel- ^ t io n to apply toward construe tlon of an Oceanography build ing on the campus. State funds L IB R A R Y HOURS amounting to $188,000 w ill be come and introduction was giv Monday ................ 7-9 required to go along with the en by Nora Jones, southwest Wednesday ...........7-8 federal grant. Plans call for a Oregon district chairm an; initi F rid a y .................. W fotr-story, 38,000 square-foot S a t u r d a y ............ 1-5 ation and em blem ceremony by the sponsoring North Bend club Two new non-fiction books are building. I t Is hoped construc a n d installation by Dorothy now available at the library tion may begin before the end D u perrier, state membership "The Secret of Happiness." by of the year. chairm an. The charter was pre- Billy G rah a m , and “ Beyond sented by state Junior past p re « - Ourselves,’ ’ by Catherine M ar- M O T N E R D IES dent Lucille Norton and the m ain shall. IN MODESTO address by state president Jeane A set of six Danny Orlis paper M r. and M rs. Roy Price and Greene. backs have been donated by the Reto Russell, left last Tuesday Bonnie Jensen supplied d in n e r; Comm unity Church for younger for Modesto, C a lif., to be with music on an organ loaned for the readers. They also donated the R eta’s mother who was seri occasion by the Jensen Music new book by B illy Graham. ously ill. She passed away F r i Store. day, June 8, after the Prices With this send-off, the Port SISTBR V IS IT S had left to return home. M rs Orford B .P.W . is ready to sail, M r. and M rs. B ill Sears and Russell stayed w ith her and its first meeting as a fully estab son M ike, are here for a few plans to return home next week lished club scheduled for July 2 days visit with Mrs. Sears’ sis Funeral services were held last at the Co-op building. ter and fam ily , the Paul Wag- Monday, June 11. CONVENTION BOUND TO CINCINNATI M r and M rs. Red M cW illiam s left tost Thursday for Portland to send their daughter Julie, to Cincinnati for the F B L A con vention They returned F rid a y after they picked up their son. John, from school a t Ashland John plans to spend the summ er at home ------------------------------- T i . a . ■ e . LITTLE LEAGUE b a s e b a ll is in f u l l s w in g w it h fo u r lo c a 1 and o n e L a n g lo is team o n th e sum m er d ia m o n d c i r c u i t . O n June 19, th e D o d g e r s m eet th e Braves a t th e lo c a l g rade s c h o o l a n d it s I G ia n ts v s Y a nks a t B a ttle Rock s c h o o l. Q u a rte rb a c k , C lU D Sponsors Calendar I Community calendars t h i s year are being handled by the Port Orford-Langlois quarter- back club with sales being con- ducted by m em ber’s wives and IndlRIl ArtllRClS other U dies of wiU communities, xuuiuu nAaaauvaw caIendars c a rry W rth- UnC0V6r6u iunds from the county. Com- misatoners Marsh Hahn and An old Indian camp site un- McOarvey were appointed t ------------“ -----------' — ’ 80 U'itlis£ 17 ^ , : ar,ena conduct a survey and recom,- mend which streets are most in produced several artifacts n- need of paving and oiling. eluding a tomahawk, for its day and wedding anniversary listings beginning witn Sept., ¡ J g and endin« with Au«ust Regional sales chairm en are: G j, Rush; Sixes. EJfc Harold o unn; Langlois, Frank M o rris asked the „ Dick Tucker Proceeds from council to consider the purchase T ]* ¿LiMnTPr cutting catondar listing sales w ill be of a M yard bucket loader * ^ n, a used to promote D istrict 2CJ used, fo r t h e price of $4300. The awaY d rt f° r a loR* ' A v . school’s athletic program , council suggested that t h e uncovered what appeared to be --------------- 7 . . L . council suggested ------ -------- . .. _______________ Dozer" oper- equlanent be demonstrated by ; «n old bon-fire tor Ed Conley, determined that F O R M E R PO R T O R F O R D , he ownera, a t no cost. the ashes and charcoal, buried RES. ' D E N 1 D,EA . . I t waa moved that bills in under about a foot of d irt and M rs M a ry Weiss of T ila- the amount of 52.120 76 be paid. teaves w r e no doubt from an mook, form erly of Port Orford, O lty H a ll aw tracto r M ilto n Indian camp fire. died last Wednesday, June 6, Marsh confronted Mayor G rib- With a stick, he started dig- following a long illness. He*- hie w ith sever«', statements re- gjng and soon unearthed several funeral was held at the Preo- sulting fro m the underbidding arrowheads, a tom ahawk, sev- byterian Church in Cloverdale o f the city haU sidewalks by era] pieces of arrows and im - Saturday, June 9 at 1 p. m . the G ribble Construction Co p|ements. flin t rock, etc. | -------------------------- Marsh pointed out th at the <phe artifacts can be viewed RURAL T R A FFIC UP O r lb b le Oonstrurtlon Co Conley is keeping the site lacked seveal. or a lt required ‘his secret" until he gets that R u ra l tra ffic on Oregon’s non- licenses necessary to conduct a mountained moved. interstate highways increased contracting businesa and th at it 5.8 per cent during A pril of 1962 became quite evident that since HOM E F R O M H O S P ITA L 33 compared to the previous Gribble presumably had none Lonnie Abston returned home A pril, according to figures re of these. I t was possible for him corded by 78 tra ffic counters of to underbid. M^rsh listed costs last Saturday, June 9, after un the Oregon State Highw ay de dergoing surgery F rid a y at Mc- for these licences and added partm ent. Auley hospital. th a t t h ^ e necessary eruendl- tures made it difficult to com pete w i t h Gribble. Marsh stated th a t in his opinion i t was unethical and illegal fo r G rib* Me o r his relatives to bid ou anything pertaining to city work Inasmuch as Gribble ap parently d id not even have a Presentation of awards at sity of Oregon, Thalia M ath ie- c ity lloense. Pacific High commencement, son; tuition scholarship to Ore- T h e city auditor advised th at Sher- Educ; M ay 28, w ere made to the fol gon College of education, tlie methods used for transfer ry Dahrens; lowing: o f funds bo revised and th at a Tuition scholarship to Seattle- Floras W illow aw ard. June definite procedure be aopted for Pacific, Kay Steddcra; tuition future transfers, t t was moved Noah; D a rre ll G uerin award, D a ry l Robison; Q uarterback awards to Oregon State Univer- by the council th at form er mo Club aw ard, James H a tm ak er; sity, U niversity of Oregon, Ore- tions of this nature be rescind Am eriean Legion aw ard , James gon College of Education and ed. M o tio n carried. Kosta; Valedictory aw ard, Sher Oregon Congress of Parent- I^ re Oamm kbloner Oeca-gr ry Dahrens; Salutatory aw ard. Teachers Scholarship at the Uni- H ahn eaM t t had been suggest M errie Jo Jensen; John Philip versity of Oregon, Connie Shaw ed th a t th e olty tnstoH individ Jim Kosta, tuition scholarship ual phones for firemen, to stop Sousa aw ard Jointly to M e rrie to Golden G ate College and Re- Jo Jensen and Ruby H atm aker. false alarms. The council took T h e following scholarships public Car Loading scholarship the m atter under advisement at the University of Oregon. and wRl aw a it decision after were awarded; Sherry Dahrens received a To E la in e Lang and Peggy hearing a representative who perfect attendance award. Stanley, Beauty college schol w ill explain the prooedure In Received since commence arships at Corvallis. detalL Port Orford-Gold Beach Dup ment: The question of Janitorial A tuition scholarship to Skel serylcei fo r the city h all ,-was licate Bridge CMb aw ard , Sher dtsoussed and w ill be inveotlga- ry D a h re n a f P o rt O rford Rotary ton Beauty College, E ls ire Lang and Peggy Stanley. hSrther action ts Club aw atfl Don H U I; Pacific Students Receive Awards and Scholarships Tuition scholarship to Univer- l I f
