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Agness Celebrated Sunday
6 —T h u r s d a y , lune 14, 1962, Port O rford News
Varied Topography
Zion Lutheran
Church News
Vacation B'ble School will
Fr'dav at 11 00 o'clock
We tnvl'e the narcnt« to »'sit
dases Friday Our Cho'r Sun­
day w ill be the Vacation Bible
School Pupils Th»v w'U sin«
wveral whirs thev have ’earned
We have a wonderful Bible
school
W ell
behaved pup” «
'pnod teaching r ta ff and ef-
firg’ nt a.«sl«rants.
T h e members of the coegre-
gatlon
vo’ ed to remain on
Standard t'me during the sum­
mer months
Linda and JU”’ ». children of
M r. and M rs OrvUle Tofttim
and M r. and M m W P Eves
were hao*'sed on Sunday.
Randv Knoke A’tan T o f’um.
H #rrv M ohler M r W P Eves.
Mr. D a rre 'l Hundley and M r.
Oe'mar Is»k«nn were received
Into the church membership by
the rite of confirmation on Sun­
day.
There w «l be choir rehear-
»at« this week
The Iy d 'a R uth Circle w ill
mee’ on F ri'” >v. the 15th. at
the home of Mrs. M ilto n Leer
, t 7 30
Thp M erv M artha C rele will
meet on Wednesday, the 30th.
at 1:00 o’clock at the home of
M rs W alter P ra tt.
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R EC O R D ER 'S CO URT
The ses-w ash ed shorelines of
the B aham a Islan d s display in­
terestin g variations in terrain,
ranging from cra g g y rock for­
m ations to sm ooth, s a n d y
beaches. T his pretty vacationer
is enjoying a bK of both at
the sam e time.
"Waokiy TV FighfT
A ttract Millions
N E W YORK — It has been
said that if the S ta te of N ew
York should ever legalise box­
ing out of existence, a smart
prom oter could reap a fortune
by renting a barge and sailing
it o u t of th e jurisdictional
boundaries o f Em pire State
officials.
Chances are he could sell
tick ets at $100 a clip and w ith ­
in 24 hours a fter announce­
m ent o f the fight, the promoter
would have to display the "sold
o u t” sign to avoid overcrowd­
ing the barge.
The popularity of boxing ia
a ttested to by the fa ct that be­
tw een 12 to 15 million people
tune in every’ Saturday night
to view the TV fight of the
w eek — and m ore than 20 mil­
lion for recent cham pionship
fig h ts R atings have remained
at about the sam e levels for
alm ost the past tw o years and
there is no evidence of declin-
m g audience.
TW O BOATS n e a rly e s c a p e th e cam era’ s eye
a s th e y le a v e a w a ll o f s p ra y beh ind them in
th e A g n e s s w h ite w a te r r a c e . Spectators l i n ­
ed a goo d p o rtio n o f th e s ix te e n nule co u ise
to see A ld e n B o ice o f G o ld Beach capture
f i r s t p r iz e and th e c o v e te d G e n e ra l's Trophy
fo r th e se co n d s tr a ig h t y e a r.
Cases appearing in the re­
corder’s court before C ity Judge
Loraine Haines since the last
i eport were:
Charles A. Jarvi, June 6. V i­
olation basic rule. $10.: G loria
C. Stoico. June 6. VBR. «25 ;
James J. Robertson. June 6.
VBR. $15.: Hubert Fitzpatrick
June 6, overparking. $ 2 : Mabe'
L’ Simmons. June 7. VBR, $12.
Slielbv S. Wilson. June 8. VBR
»10: George G. Morley. June 8
VBR
$ 1 3 ; Roy Lee M iller
June 11. D runk in a public
T V Exposure
¿lace, $ » : Lewis A. Schwab
Prior to TV. the m ajority o f
June
It,
reckless
driving.
fig h t fans w ere centered in N ew
»200.: Ravmond J
Groenert Y o r k . Chicago, Philadelphia
June 11. VBR , $10.
and perhaps a few other major
Science Briefs
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Fingerprint Health Clue«
Rare fingerprint patterns are
relati'.vly comm on am ong schi­
zophrenia patients tw o Mich­
igan researchers have found.
The dis every tends to support
he theory that susceptibility to
mental illness m ay be inherited
they said.
Human Virus in Cancer
Tf.rei T exas scien tists report
the Induction o f-filg h ly m alig­
nant lung cancers in laboratory
animal.-, w ith the use o f a virus
known to cause a v a riety of
.■oraracn human respiratory dis­
inters No other a g en ts were
ised in the experim ent
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b r n n -D r iir n Radio
A bacteria - powered radio
transm itter has been built with
a range of about 15 miles. The
identity of the bacteria is a mil­
itary secret, but it has been
disclosed that the electricity
was generated by bacterial a cti­
vity in a sm all te st tube filled
with sea w ater and sugar
Multiple Lause»
Most students of disease pat­
terns today agree th at all di­
seases ha-, e more than a single
cause, says a Columbia Uni­
versity epidem iologist. The new
concept is called "competing
risks "
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Cloth of Gold
A fabric covered with 24-
carat gold has been developed
to protect persons handling
space rocket fuels from flash
tem peratures.
cities. For the rest of the coun­
try. Uieir relationship w ith top
figh ts w a s confined to hearing
descriptions o f the fight on
radio. The introduction of the
video tube, how ever, changed
this.
It is estim ated th a t at lea st
100 million people have been
exposed to TV boxing at one
tim e or another. A substantial
segm ent of th is audience have
been converted to ardent figh t
fans T heir support of boxing
is evidenced by th e fa ct th a t in
1961 alone, there were 656 box­
in g cards in the U .S. alone. A s
each card is supported by at
least four prelim inary bouts, it
is estim ated th a t there were
alm ost 4.000 p rofession al bouts
in the U .S during 1961 Only
about 50 had n ational TV ex­
posure.
48.000 Boxer»
S ta tistics com piled from R ing
M agazine and other b o x i n g
sources show th at the most
popular country for boxing la
Mexico w ith 759 m ain bouts,
followed by the U .S . and A rgen­
tina. w hich staged 518 cards
in 1961 The m ost avid fig h t
tans in Europe are in Italy,
which held 356 main eventers,
followed by Spain 258. France,
256 and B ritain 226.
The 36 countries surveyed
showed a total o f about 4,800
cards in which roughly 48.000 I
boxers participated.
The popularity of boxing has
gone a long w ay since Sept. 29.
1944 when W i l l i e P ep and
C halky W right fou gh t for the
featherw eight cham pionship of
the world a t Madison Square
G a r d e n . Som e 18,000 fans
packed the Garden but only an
estim ated 10,000 saw it on TV
— a tin y fraction of today's
multi-million fig h t audience.
ALDEN BO ICE, G old B e ach, g a in e d p e rm a n ­
ent p o s s e s s io n o f the fa m o u s G e n e ra l's T ro ­
p h y ,o n th e r ig h t, by ta k in g f ir s t p la c e In th e
A g n e ss w h ite w a te r ooat ra c e Sunday fo r tw o
s tra ig h t y e a rs . Boice to p p e d h is la s t y e a r 's
tim e o f 20 m in u te s and 15 se co n d s o v e r th e
ru g g e d s ix te e n -m ile c o u rs e w ith 19 m in u te s
and 10 s e c o n d s . Boice a ls o w o n a $500 c a s h
p riz e w it h th e f ir s t- p la c e tro p h y .
W IL M A C U M M IN G S o f Powers had p le n ty o f
" s w in g in g ro o m " w hen she w o u n d up w ith
t h is d o u b le - b itte d axe in a th ro w in g dem on­
s tra tio n a t th e Agness f e s t iv it ie s S unday.
N o te d fo r h e r th ro w in g s k i l l , M rs . C um m ings
w a s "o n th e m a rk " c o n s t a n t l y from a 2 0 -
fo o t d is ta n c e .
Dedication, Highlights
S unday ce rem onies o f f i c i a l l y n o te d th e
p a s s in g o f an era in re m o te A g n e ss as th e
new C o o s -C u rry E le c tric p o w e r lin e w a s d e d ­
ic a te d d u rin g the b a rb e cu e a n d w h ite w a te r
b o a t ra c e f e s t iv it ie s . As w a tts r e p la c e
w ic k s , A gness re s id e n ts w i l l o n e by o n e be
s n u ffin g o u t lamps fo r a f in a l tim e in fa v o r
o f " f lip p in g " a s w itc h fo r t h e ir lig h t s , h ea t
and p o w e r.
The new power lin e , ru n n in g from G o ld
Beach 32 m ile s up th e Rogue R iv e r, w a s b u ilt
a t and e s tim a te d c o s t o f $ 4 0 0 ,0 0 0 »ob ta in e d
b y C o o s -C u rry E le c tric C o -o p e r a tiv e th ro u g h
a lo a n from the Pural E le c t r ific a tio n A d m in ­
is t r a t io n . Because o f th e ru g g e d te r r a in , th e
C o -o p e ra tiv e em plo yed th e s e r v ic e s o f a
h e lic o p te r to set a good p o rtio n o f th e p o le s
—a m ethod as new to C o o s -C u r ry as " w ir e d -
in " p o w e r is to the m a jo r ity o f A g n e ss r e s i ­
d e n ts .
D ig n ita rie s a tte n d in g th e d e d ic a tio n and
c e le b r a tio n w ere Jack O 'N e a l, P o rtla n d area
m anager fo r the B o n n e v ille Pow er A d m in is lia -
tio n ;H a rr y R e is lin g , REA f ie ld r e p r e s e n ta tiv e
from P o rtla n d ; T. C o lm an F a r r e ll re p re s e n ta ­
t iv e fo r th e REA in W a s h in g to n D . C . ; Robert
D u n ca n , s ta te re p re s e n ta tiv e ; Bruce S h e ve re ,
g e n e ra l m anager o f C o o s -C u r ry E le c tr ic ; Iv a n
L a ird , C o o s -C u rry boa rd c h a irm a n ; C u rry
C o u n ty Judge F e rn le y Long a n d J. J. G e a n y ,
C oos C o u n ty c o m m is s io n e r.
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LO O KIN G O U T from u nd er th e shad ed s e a t­
in g a re a , th e cam era c a tc h e s th e c ro w d w a t t ­
in g to g e t in lin e fo r th e A g n e ss b a rb e cu e .
O v e r 1,000 p e o p le w e re s e rv e d ta s ty b ee f
w it h t h e " t r im m in g s " a t th e s lx th a n n u a l f e s t ­
iv i t i e s S unday.
CELEBRATION EVENTS
In th e f ir s t o f S u n d a y's e v e n ts , Dan G ib b s
JACK DeVORE, a nd h e lic o p te r , show s p e c ­
ta to rs at th e A gness b a rb e cu e and boat race
how' to set a pow er p o le " s in g le - h a n d e d ."
A fte r p ic k in g up th e p o le a t th e C o o s -C u rry
E le c tric y a rd , DeVore fle w to th e h o le s ig h t,
h o ve re d fo r a m om e nt, set th e p o le , dropped
th e lin e and w a s o f f . As c o n fid e n c e o f the
p i lo t 's a c c u r a c y , fr e e - la n c e p h o to g ra p h e r
F r itz S tra u s s , C o os B ay, had p la c e d a s e v ­
e ra l hundred d o lla r cam era ju s t a c o u p le i n ­
c h e s a w a y from th e h o le to get a sh o t o f the
" s e t t in g . "T h e s c o re -o n e p o le in th e g ro u n d ,
o n e cam era I n ta c t. DeVore w a s d e m o n s tra t­
in g th e m ethod use d to c o n s tru c t a goo d p o r­
tio n o f th e C o o s -C u rry pow er lin e in to A g ­
n e s s .H e is t h e sam e p ilo t w h o made th e r e s ­
cu e o f Rod Spencer from th e ro c k a t th e m outh
o f S ix e s R iver la s t D e ce m b e r.
o f Broadbent w o n the lo g -b u c k in g c o n te s t
w h e n he c u t th ro u g h a 44- in c h D o u g la s F ir
lo g in 1 :5 6 .5 . Second was Don C a s tle m a n
w it h 2 :5 3 , fo llo w e d by Trank A rn e tte w ith
2 :1 6 .5 and C e c il N e lso n w ith 2 :2 1 .5
O th e r e v e n ts in c lu d e d an a x e th ro w in g
e x h ib itio n b y W ilm a Cum m ings o f P o w e rs, a
b e e f b a rb e c u e , p o le c lim b in g , a p o le s e ttin g
d e m o n s tra tio n by p ilo t Jack DeVore and h is
h e lic o p te r, and th e s ix th a n n u a l w h ite w a te r
b o a t ra c e . A p a ra ch u te jump by D ic k W e s s e l
o f G o ld Beach w a s c a n c e lle d b e ca u se o f
h ig h w in d s .
BOAT RACE
A ld e n B o ic e , G old Beach, fo r th e se con d
s tra ig h t y e a r w o n the rugged b oa t ra c e . B oice
g a in e d perm anen t p o s s e s s io n o f th e fam ous
G eneral's T ro p h y and took home th e $500 f ir s t
p r iz e m o ney.
Byron G ra n t o f H o opa, C a lif. , to o k secon d
p la c e fo r $ 2 5 0 , and Johnny W a lk e r o f T r ln i-
dadA C a li f . , w a s th ird for $150. F ou rth p la c e
a n d $100 w a s w o n by D elm er K yle o f G o ld
B each.
Race p ro g re s s o v e r the h a za rd o u s 1 6 -m lle
c o u rs e from A g ness to Illa h e o n th e Rogue
R ive r w a s re p o rte d from vantage p o in ts a lo n g
th e w a y by th e C u rry C itiz e n 's - B a n d Radio
C lu b .
P re s e n ta tio n o f the tro p h ie s and ca s h a -
w a rd s w a s m ade by M is s Barbara Ja ckso n ,
d a u g h te r o f th e C ougar bane s to re o p e ra to rs ,
w h o w a s e a r lie r crow ne d M is s A g n e s s .
FOLTDWTNG in M o m 's fo o ts te p s , Fred C u m ­
m in g s , 14, r e tr ie v e s h is a xe from th e b u l l 's -
eye o n h is se co n d th ro w .
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