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 |
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M aire. who has a weekly travel-1
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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 ----------------“----------
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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
,
,
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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