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About Port Orford news. (Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon) 1958-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1962)
I- • A day o f fire s plagued the Coos Forest Pa tro l Tuesday w ith one In southern Curry coun ty and two In the northern s e ctio n . In Port Orford a l | to 2 acre fire broke out in logging slash and brush on both sides o f the road leading to the c ity w ater pumping s ta tio n , o ff the o ld highway south of town . BUI Hansen, a s s is ta n t D is tric t Warden of the Coos Forest P atrol, said h is Gold Beach the Edison Butte lookout s ta tio n , s h o rtly a f te r c o n tro llin g a 2-acre fire on the Langlois h ill road. Fifteen men and two tankers were d is p a tc h ed from the Gold Beach, Fourm lie , and Coos Bay Coos Forest Patrol statio ns to the lo c a l b la ze . Seven men and a Cat from the Stole and Bens logging o u tfit, a tanker being used by the c ity , and c ity employees a ls o a s s is ted In fig h tin g the fire . If' west side of the road, It crossed the road and burned down over a h ill to the Immediate rear o f the Andrew T riv e tt home. Though w inds kept the fire m oving,Elm er Bens broke a fire tra il ahead of It w ith a C at, and quick work kept the home, and a tra ile r house, from any real danger. Bens continued a tr a il to sur round the blaze. Mopping up operations were started on the northwest side o f the road about 4pm. The The Langlois h ill road fire was on the property of a M r. H ildebrand, about 6 m iles east of Langlois, who put men and a Cat to work on the flam es. The fire was reported about 9:30. A fire reported near the C a lifo rn ia lin e south of Brookings, reported about 7:15am ., was found to in vo lve o n ly a single snag when a Coos Patrol tanker from Brookings reached the scene. ■ Volume F ive , N o. 21 Port O rford, Curry C ounty, Oregon Price 10$ Thursday, August 30, 1962 Assessor Back ®ruce ^unn 1» On The Job Fralernily 0Hicer 2CJ School Bus Schedules Effective Next Tuesday Linfield College, McMinnville Patrick Masterson returned —Bruce Dunn, son of M r. and Monday to his assessor’s duties Mrs. Harold Dunn. Star Route, in Gold Beach following a per Pw< Orford, to among new of- Bus schedules for the first *od of recuperating from a back kcers of the 10 Greek letter ailment at hto home fraternities aod so ro nti« at day of school in District 2-CJ Expected to be off the job in fie ld College, preparing for schools are the same as they for at least a month, Masterson opening of the new college- were last May and are as fol- THE ANDREW TRIVETT home, le ft rear, was in the path o f Tuesday's forest fire , but quick a ctio n kept It from danger. A 1,000 ga llo n Coos Forest Patrol tanker sets th is side of the home. Mark Asks Caution During (he | m m ( weekend, tragic record In traffic fa te b ti« haa been m A in Oregon Sixteen perrons died in automobile ac ekdents from 6 p.m Frkfcy, August 24 Ui midnight Sunday. August 28 Although safety ex perte can «ttm a te the cost in dollar« of these deaths, and it is considerable, the cart In hu man suffering and sorrow is hn (nivusiirable With the Labor Day holiday approaching, I aincerelv urge all Oregon motorists ’ □ uae the groat«»< pownhle cau tion when driving this coming weekend Distasteful though it may be. the truth to that we are always just seconds or inches away from violent death when ever we arc traveling in auto mobiles A second's <xreless~ was at hi>gi speed, an un guarded mo rent at an inter section, a thought lews move in heavy traffic -and it could hap pen to any one at us Driver vigilance is the only defeme agauxA the Cate suffered by sixteen persons that weekend and more then 280 eo Car thto year in Oregon A tari 0. Hatfield Governor of Oregon Information Center Attendance High An estimated 700,000 persons have passed through the Ore gon State Highway Depart ment’s travel information cen ter during the first four months of the Seattle W orld’s Fair, The Highway Department noted today that a recent three- day count showed almost 11 per cent of the World’s Fair visitors have toured the depart ment’s exhibit. As many as 800 persons have passed through the Information center In an hour during busy periods, with an average of 435 persons hour ly and 5,250 daily. .Most visitors are casually touring the grounds, but many have asked for information re garding trip ro u tin g , tourist facilities and vacation activ ities In Oregon. Many use the information center as a rest ing and meeting place because of its ideal location. The ex hibit has padded benches and a park-like atmosphere with a trickling fountain surrounded by feme and plants. The fa ir has another two months to run before cloalrw October 21. Calendars Are Here Community birthday calen dars have arrived and are be ing distributed, said a Quarter back Club spokesman, sponsors of the project Handling distribution are the calendar salesmen from the club. Those who fail to get theirs are asked to contact their salesman tor delivery. Running from Sept. 1 through next August, the calendars list birthdays and anniversaries of those subscribing. R EG IS TR A TIO N SET Registration day for the Jack and J1U Kindergarten w ill be Sept. 5 at the home of Mrs Judy Bens between 2 and 4 p.m. Kindergarten w ill start Sept 10. Hours are 9 to 12 a.m., five days a week. A woman orchardtot in CaU forma claims to have the big gest lemon in the world on het- place. And what d o « he M y? NEWS VIEWS . . . In The County said hie condition had improved V0* 1 ‘n September, and that he was feetoi« conoid ttonn is worthy master of the erably better since the ailment Linfield chapter of Apha Thu put him in the hospital August umega fraternity. The officers were elected in __________ the spring to serve for the fall semester. Many of them have been busy during the summer, making preparation for the first activities of the new year. Each Linfield fraterfiSy has its own fraternity house where many of the members live. The A brush fire was controlled sororiti« have chapter rooms by the fire department Monday L a s t Thursday morning's night after it had burned about in Miller Hall on can^xas earth quake was felt over a Weekly meetings are held by a 120 square foot area on A wide area in northern California drone Drive opposite the Hahan each group. and southern Oregon with little ana Jncvnooie resiaencec damage reported Tremors were Fire chief Paul Peterson said Fair Statistics felt as far north as Coos Bay, it appeared the fire may have and as far south as Eureka, with started from children playing Are Noted the center of the earthquake with matches, because of evi presumably off-shore from Cres Further breakdowns of dence found at the scene. The cent CRy. Cahf The quake oc tics of the Curry County fair fire was out at 7:15. curred at 11:30 a m . were made last week by Harry Light shaking was reported Hedderh, fair manager, from as far inland as Medford He said that attendance total Dewey Adds and Grants Pass. ed 11,108 with 5430 paid and 5670 free. Ki<ls were free all Special Thanks days and no admission charges K irk Myers Dies Donald Dewey, who resigned were made Thursday A total of 1063 blue ribbon At Eureka Home sat week as head of North C ur were awarded, 1002 red and K k k Myers. Paradise Point, ry Recreation. Inc., builders of 622 white for a total of 2707 of died at hie home in Eureka the local T V booster installa all kinds Sunday, according to word re tion, said today he should have The fair paid -vît $6,682 59 in ceived by the police department included a special thanks to premiums with the hipest to Coos-Curry Electric tor erect Mrs Myers and their children any one individual of 886.50 had just returned to spend the ing antenna poles, in his letter Coat of the ju d g « was $885 79 rem aind« of the summer at to the editor. Dewey said he and clerk, superintendents and did not mean to overlook their their Paradise Point home, office help came to 82145 when she was notified of the generous asssistance. and felt death The fam ily had expected that he might have given that to return here the following impression when he acknow- THURSDAY BRIDGE CLUB Thursday Bridge Club will leged no help from organiza year. Details of the funeral arrange tions. He said he was only re play at Bea Zumwalt’s home on Thursday, Sept. 6. ferring to service clubs meats were not known. Disi. Teaching Curry Feels Staffs Named Quake Jolt Teaching staffs for District 2CJ, named thto week by 9upt A1 Johnson. include the follow ing. by schools : PACIFIC HIGH SCHOOL Principal John Wrtil Florence Adams. F r e n c h , Spanish. librarian; V i c t o r Adams, world cultures. Ameri can problems, John Batz, gen eral science, biology; Wiltoam Beckman. English; T j o m a s Bryden, typing, bookkeeping, general math; J a m « Clymer, woodshop; Paul Clute, English; Ernest Davis, vo-ag; Eugene Harrison, U.S. history, physical education; Judith H ar rison, home economics; Doug las Jaoox, vocal music, band; Joann GribMe. g irl’s physical education; Melvin Marquardt, algebra, geometry; Fkjr- McNeese, shorthand, typ ing; Anna Thomae, physics, physical science, math, guid- PORT ORPORD RLRM RNTARY ww-« ■ -« ww a - a Z W J a rnocopai namaa utonon Brush Fire Controlled Grade 1, Mrs. Alice Mrs Margaret Meter. Grade 2, Mrs. Ehw Johnson, Mrs Kathryn Harris, Mrs Twils Byrnes Grade 3, Mrs. Louise Karihsr, Mrs. Lee Young. Grade 4, Mrs Mildred Rus sell, Mrs. Fern Wilson. Grade 6, Mrs. Ethel C rutch«, Richard Farther Grade 6, Ernest Harrington, head Macher, Mrs. Nellie Zook Grade 7, Mrs. Darlyn H ar rington, Edward Kerpa. Grade 8, Mrs Clarice Hop kins, John Hoffman. Music, Thomas Hahan. GOLD BEACH - Dei Rogue Resort property was foreclosed by Henry Kerr, Brookings, In a judgment of about 1115,000 against Tommy Mathews. The bar and dining room are closed; the motel remains open. BIUXIKLNGS - City fathers had to. agree that Federal head- counters were pretty accurate— after their own census taking ef forts failed to reach the 2,837 LANOLOIS R LR M R NTAR Y count recorded in the 1980 tally. Principal Stanley Vandehey Officials believed, however that Grade 1, Mrs. Jean Strain. many people were missed in the Grade 2, Mrs. Jean B e rg « . recent c o u n t — not enough Grade 2 4 3, Mrs. Louise though, to offset the cost of a Whittaker. further search for them. Grade 3, Mrs. Venetoa Wine- BROOKINGS - Two lost Ta coma, W n , brothers, age 10 and sett. Grade 4, Mrs. F ra n c « Ever 11, were located Monday night after a three-hour search by est. Grade 5, Miss F ra n c « Wine- city police, Sheriff's dept. and sett. perk officials, and returned to Grade S i l , Clarence Nelson. their parents, camped at Harris Grade 6, Mbs Helen Jacobs. Beach State Park. The boys Grade 7, Douglas Wainwright. had left camp about 8 p.m. and Grade 8, Mrs. Donna Church were hated as missing a t 8:46. ill, M eM n Whittaker, bead They were back "home" In good teach«. condition about 12:46. Music, Douglas Jacox. GOLD BEACH - A "brave thief" stole an 18 h.p. outboard motor from the sheriff’s dept. RETURNED HOM E Mrs. N e y « W hite has re patrol huat mixired at the Ferry hole sometime between Aiwurt turned home, after being at the bedside of her now deceased 9 and 16. tether, Elie A. DuBell. to the highway; then down Cape Blanco Road to the L i£ )t House picking up all students; meeto Bus No. 4 at Port Orford Ply wood, transferring grade school students to Bus No. 4; then on Port Orford: out to Pacific High School Re Bus No. 1, George Lindsay, turns to Port Orford Grade driver: Leaves Humbug Lodge School, packing up grade school at 7:40 a m .; travels north to students along the highway Port Orford Grade School. Leaves grade school at 8:10 Langisis: a m . for Pacific High School Bus No. 2, Quigley, d r i w : arts at Ralph Hall's on Air picking up high school students on the way out. L e a v « high port Rood at 8 a m .; le a v « school for return trip to Port Pacific High School at 8:M Orford, picking up grade school a m .; L e a v « end Floras Creak students on the way back He road at 8:35 a.m.; meets Bus will be at the Elk River bridge No. 9 at highway at 8:46, trans at 8:40 a m .; Chuck's Myrtle ferring high school students to wood at 8:46 a m . ; Knapp Road Bus No. 9, then on to the bang at 8:52 a m .: S ilv « Springs at lois Elementary School. Bus N o . 9, Lute Henry, d riv « : 8:58 a m . ana „n to the Port Or Starts at Naff's on McTinunonds ford Grade School Bus N o . 3, Harvey McDaniels Road at 7:45 a m .; then OR to d riv « , S ix « River run: Starts Four Mile road, west to Brown at Plum Tree at 7:20 a m .; ar Ranch, and returns to Langlois rives at S ix « store a t 8.12 a.m.; Elementary School. L e a v « ele Kerpa’s on Hensley H ill at 8:25 mentary school at 8:35 a m . for a m .; then returns to the Port Pacific High School, meeting Orford Grade School L e a v « to Bus No. 2 at Floras Creek road make the A«Me Beach run, a r at 8:45 a m ., picking up hi^i riving at Edstrom's at 8:45 a.m. school students from Bus No. Bus No. 4, Ed Hanson, d riv « , 2; then on to Pacific High Elk River run. L e a v « Train’s School. Bus No. 8, Higgins, d riv « , Logging Company scales at 7:40 a m .; meets Bus No. 5 at Port Langlois HiM run: Leaves Isen- rt's at 7:25 a.m ., then pro Orford Plywood, transferring high school students to Bus No. ceeds on to the Langlois E le 5; then returns to Port Orford mentary School, picking up stu Grade School. L e a v « at 8:25 dents along the road. Bus No. 1, Bill Storm d riv « : a m . to make Garrison Lake run, picking up grade school Starts at Short's on upper Four students; arrives a t Paradise Mile Road at 7:35 a.m .; then Point at 8:36 a m . tu r n around, back to the bi^vway and down Croft Lake Road; le a v « Terpe's and returns to grade school. Bus No. 5 "Monty" Montgom at 8:05. then on to the Langlois ery, d riv « : L e a v « Port Orford Elementary School. L e a v « ele Grade School at 7:30 a m., pick mentary school at 8:35 a m . for ing up high school students; Pacific High School, picking up first stop at G e « Addition: then high school students along the on to Paradise Point, returning highway. Bus No. 7, Mrs. P o tt« , d riv er: L e a v « Kreutzer’s on u p p « Floras Creek Road at 7:50 a m . and then on to the Langlois Ele mentary School. Children will be notified if any chang« are to be made in the bus schedul«. Sen. Goldwater Due Monday U S. Senator Barry M Gold- water will arrive in Portland at the Portland-International Airport at 10 08 a.m. Monday, Sept. 3, to address the Repub lican Labor Day rally and pic nic in the stadium of Lewis and Clark College, according to Wal lace L. Lee, general chairman of the event. Senator Goldwater will be the principal speaker on the pro gram which will start a t 2 p.m. Other speakers will be Govern or Marie 0 . Hatfield and Ste Unander, oandidate for the U.Sl Senate. A beef-barbeoue lunch will be served at noon and there will be an admission charge of $1 for adults and 50 cents for children 12 years of age and untter. Tickets will be available at the gatoa. "WE LOVE T H E M .. .p le a se d rive s lo w ," is a p le a I s s u e d th is week, by mothers in the Hamlet area, and fiv e signs, lik e the one a - bove, w ill attem pt to get the message across to drivers. One mother said there are 35 c h il dren in the area today—"and we want to see A- as many tomorrow." Another added th a t when the p o lic e car is in the area people drive s lo w , but as soon as it le a ve s, speeding sta rts a g a in . "We want our c h ild re n to liv e ," th e y pleaded. T H I TR8T The final tert of is to search for your wife’s lost glove u n d « lbs tert of movie patrons and not g rt P«1 . . . City Oktetenaa
