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About Port Orford news. (Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon) 1958-current | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1963)
"H ow Long A re You Going to Use Daylight Saving Tim e as an Excuse for Being Late?" •, April 25, 1M 3 City Cleanup Project: Yes, They Should L a * w eek'» city proclaim ed d eam q t cam paign was a fiasco seme of the weed, except for the help o f Cott Kaehnert ta d 'avceesJim Petem o®, Kant W a g » « aad Jetty CaaghelL These m ec were oa head, ready. w i l l i ^ aad able, tart the place d rb ru wm board aad w a itin g far them was the S yarea Liadberg home ’J ader «Sfierest citcamataaces this oould probably be consid ered a good n g a . . . lik e the r e * of the c ity was clean already (Si that were oelv the case. ) Why the lack of cooperatM » is a puzzlem ent M aybe folks hereane-rti jest ain ’t come oa: of hibernation yet. D r m a 'b e the cpr-i.gfever germ basc't hit them. Or m aybe they figure the c i” ought to do some cleaciag of th eir own. . to sort of set as a * am ple far them. W e ll, we ar.alvzed these possibilities to great extern. First, we determ ined beroad a doubt that local fo lia j u * doc t h ib er nate Second, m edical author.t\ claim s there isn't such a thing as r r - .i g fever germa Third, ahsh, you guessed it, ye-. >v one The d r y . Actuallv, it's not a v a lid excuse. But there is some m e rit m the -_aought. w hich would bnag only a d em erit as as exam ple of d e a n iia e a a W e're referring to the c ity-o w n e d property where the j a i l stanch, along w ith a skid shack, more com m only ca lle d the public works supplv shop, w ith its cc.^glomeration of m is cellaneous terns stacked m seat disorder around it. Local people, of course, can fiaally learc to liv e w ith the sight, after they , 1 -« -^ to ignore i t But w hat about the travelin g public. Statistics cla im that more than 350, 000 people visit Battle Rock State Park «»«malty Every person that goes into the Park must come cut. Aad what effect does the mew of the city prop erty, which can’t he missed because it's directly opposite the Park, have on eyes that have J m t devoured a generous amount of our scenic beanty. It's a little lik e follo w in g a piece of A l mond Roca w ith a ta ll glass of persimmon Jince. It leaves the aame sour taste in the mouth. U e r e rr OUTDOOR RAHBUNGS Danger of Confiscation Strong In Firearms Registration Law TO B U Y ,... Purchase of the form er NSP building across from the old c ity ' hall property as is current?- being considered by the city, would n f* Jo Tr-ru-h to decrease the eye-sore problem. Rather, instead of baying the propertv, the city should take steps to have the buildings removed. we have been led to believe the old c ity h all peop- ertv is up for sale. A t l e a * that was the plan, by a m otion of the' council, some - o t t i a back when the fire departm ent asked to m e a em »11 portion of the property to erect a modem, painted, Mrs. Loney Kennedy (D ianne W ild in g to me as a m eeting p lace . Which said building would F ill*) was surprised by a group have hid the city shack, as w e ll. o f fnends and neighbors w ith • So, even taking the tim e to conaider purchase of the XSP bridal »bearer on Wednesday a f property would teem (juesnor-able. Besides, the c ity has plenty ternoon, at the .Art Center. of ground at the new city hall site, for both a public works shop, T h e honoree was presented fire department building and j a i l. W ouldn’t it be more b en efi w ith many lovely gifts and co f c ia l to direct a ll efforts, and the taxpayer's lit t le contributions, fee and cake was served by Mrs. to this end. This would at l e a * be in keeping w ith a centralized Lloyd Bates, Mrs. E. H. Bennett, program. And e lim in a te two degrading eye-sores. Mrs. Aushy Woods and Mrs. Ruth M oyer. Those attending w ere Msdma A u d r y Wiechrr.an, Era Smith, Ruth M oyer, Mary Bates, Bur n a c e Craig, Syneva Lindberg, Bridal Shower Is Surprise Loss of a Sub Teacher Builds Chemical Device I ata J • E d n a Sullivan, M ary Bennett, I r m a DuBeLL S tella Kennedy, H a z e l Reis, Em m a Brackson, Betty- Keeler, Sue and Julie, M a r garet Lamson, Lola M cD on ald and M ab el Might. Those sending gifts w e ro Mrs. Joe C om be«, Mrs. Evelyn John son, Mrs. .Albert W ehm eier, Mrs. George M cD onald, Mrs. F e r n Tow nley, M rs .M in n ie Jolly, Mrs. W innie Edwards and Mrs. Doris Colson. F O U R T H SON BORN retary of Defense “ Any attempt to return to a ’Fortress America’ concept of national defense under present i n t e r national circumstances would be a denial, rather than an expression, of self-interest It would lead, not to self-preser vation, but to slow suicide.” B IL L Y GRAHAM, evangelist: • • • “ 1 think we are losing the war, and we are losing it because we I JOHN F K E N N E D Y , President, concerning steel price hike: are so morally and spiritually “ I opposed such an increase weak ” • • • last year—I oppose such an in MRS ESTHER JAMES, after crease now.” • • • jury awarded her *211,500 from Representative A d a m KARL E MUNDT, Senator fR ., SJD.j: Clayton Powell in libel suit: ” We can’t keep saying “yes” “I was afraid of the king of Harlem , but I found out this to everyone who comes to us with an empty cup. We are is America.’’ • • • going to have to pick the ones FRANCES PERKINS, former who will be helped by our ; f foreign) aid.” secretary of labor: • 4 • “A 35-bour week would leave me so bored I am sure I would BARRY GOLDWATER, Senator (R ., A riz.); concerning eco be a moonlighter 'person bold nomic blockade of Cuba ing 2 or more jobs).” • • • ” We should not do it unilater- ROBERT S. McNAMARA, Sec alley. It should be a multilateral "QUIPS AND QUOTES” to AMTLY REUNION Guests of M r. and Mrs. Cart uehnert over the p a * w eek- id included Cort's parents, Mr id Mrs. E. H. Kuehnert, and iter, Mrs. L e o n e M arcel of o r 1 1 a n d and brother Arthur uehnert,on annual leave from ,e Corps of Engineers in Seoul, ore a. M r. and Mrs. John (B ill) Is- ham, J r ., form er Port Orford residents,are proud to announce the arrival of th eir fourth son, Brian Christopher, bora on April 15 at Sacred Heart General Hos p ita l in Eugene. The new arrival weighed in at 6 pounds 12 ounces. Paternal grandparents are M r. and Mrs.John Is ham, Sr. of Port Orford, Mr. and Mrs. Lee H iley , also of Part Orford, are the m a ternal grandparents M a . H ile y is now in Eugene helping to care for the new arrival. N I C H T C L A S S P R O JE C T - designed by s R e e d College Lionel Liverm ore, R. A. L o n g c h e m i*. Livermore, the son of High School chemistry and phy Doc and Hasel Livermore, Port sics teacher, Longview, Wash. , Orford, is constructing the in works w ith a potentiom eter he struments in an " in - s e r v ic e " built in a night course for science course for t e a c h e r s at Reed, teachers at R e e d C ollege in taught by Dr.Fredrick D .Tabutt, Portland. T h e instrument is an associate professor of chemistry. inexpensive device which can T h e course is being conducted be used for instrumental chem w ith the support of the National ic a l analysis by follow ing plans Science Foundation. FARM BUREAU FURROW Silly Government Programs By Scott Lamb Inform ation Director When it comes to genuine pro grams aimed at helping farmers stabilize production following the demands of World War n, we will go along with just about anything. However, the war has been over for 17 years and everyone is getting deeper in the quick C O M M U N IT Y C H U R C H NEWS sand of ultra-compHcated pro grams. Worship last Sunday opened Last year’s feed grain pro w i t h the hym n, "Crow n H im gram had some features which W i t h Many Crowns" and the make one wonder just how fa r message was baaed on the title I the federal government is will "Now what do w e do?" T h e eve- | ing to go to “help” people. ning service in c lu d e d 'T h e Books Besides the payments to farm of Poetry", the fifth film strip ers for not planting feed grain in the s e r i e s "Survey of the acres, the government doled out Scriptures". Orchestra practice w ill beheld over a million dollars to dealers on Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. Prayer handling seed corn and sorghum as compensation for lost busi and Bibile study is at 8 p. m. The Christian W om en's F e l ness due to the acreage reduc lowship is holding th e ir taste tion program. Senator Williams ot M t v n luncheon at the A m erican Le gion H a ll from 11a.m. to 3p. m. asks the question of how far W omen bringing dishes should the government can go in thia direction He suggested, faceti have them there by 10 a. m. ously, that perhaps the machin PUBLISHED EVERY T H U R S D A Y ery dealers, fertilizer dealers, C A R D OF THANKS Second cla w m a il privilege» authorized at Port Orford, Ore. gasoline and tire people, and others should alao be In line ! apprecl Loui» L Felsheim ...................................... Editor and Publisher to a ll our friends for their cards, for a handout due to loea or Paul L Peterson ............................................... M anaging Editor flowers and many acts of kind business Post O ffic e Box 5 P ° * Orford, Oregon This brings up another point ness in the loss of our beloved worth mentioning. Some faction* Subscription husband and father. in Oregon are using the same In Curry County (per year in a d v a n c e )......................... O utside Curry C ounty ........................................................ -• * 3- 50 Oda M. Sabin argument as a reason for farm Mr. and M a . C. V . Sabin' ers to vote “yea” in the wheat Single Copy ...............................................................10 CenU Mr. and M a . H. G. Sabin referendum. The a r g u m e n t Announcements, Notices, News and Advertising states that small businessmen M u * be in the O ffic e by 5:00 p. m. Tuesday 52 weeks of im portant reading In wl. at-growing areas will be I only *3.00. Subscribe to Port put out of business •inlesa the ^ - g 3 w V ...................... N A T I O N AL E D IT O R IA L wheat fanner is kept in busi Orford News. ED 2-2301. ................. .. l, i W ' 3 N ness by lucrative government effort, but I thiak we can ae- payments. U > ^ - A « * O C IA T IO N __ A C f I V f Ml »/'S ( » Thia puts the wheat farm er oomplish It without our having I I to cammit our own troops.” S A bill—House BUI 1757-haa been introduced during the pres ent session of the State Legis lature. which if passed and en acted into law would not only eventually disarm the private citizens of this state, but due to the Communistic nature of the biT would without doubt call Re a celebration on the part of aU Communists within our midst aad c a u s a both Krushchev and Castro to stand arm those who may disagree with you up and cheer. At the beginning of World War Bill •« Riehta and «ha Pw»p«a ’’ . . the right of the people U all registered firearms were to keep and bear arms shall confiscated in both those coun not be infringed'' So reads tries In case of another war Article Two of the Bill of Rights.; in which thss country became But should House Bill 17Y7 Involved, the same thing could, ever become a law. it would and would happen here at home Those who propose registra-1 compel every law-abiding citi n owning firearms to regis lion admit that it «rill not keep guns out of the hands of crim i ter such arms Any person failing to do so, nals They say, "If we catch a if apprehended, would be ar man with an unregistered gun rested, fined and his gun or we will know that he ia a crim inal.” guns confiscated They also intimate every re It would matter not as to whether he happened to be a putable cRmen «rill be permitted criminal or a respectable citi to keep his guns If he Wti! zen who rebelled against the register them with the police But «»ell-documented experi injustice of a law enacted that served to deprive him of one ence* with the «erirking of these of the sacred blessings for which laws tell an entirely different our forebears fought and died— story: The criminal keepa hia gun ‘the right of the people to keep The honest citizen loses his gun and bear arms ” It causes one to wonder why H. B. 17S7 constitutes a direct attack upon one of the few re politicians, such as State Rep adopt maining freedoms left us, for resentatives. s h o u l d the enactment of such a bill methods and employ precisely into law would serve as a brand the same tactics as used by ing iron to forever burn from such persons as Hitler and Mus the picture the brand as em solini? E x a c t l y the same! bellished upon the Bill of Rights method., used by those taro war back there in that far distant lords — a prelude to the actual day when freedom was won and disarming of the citizen* of their the bill was written by honest. respective countries The citizen of America has God-fearing men to whom free dom was fa r dearer and more no more sacred right or duty precious than life itself, and than the protection of hia home resultant poaafbllUy of confLscs believed by them to consist of and Ms freeman's ballot against tkm of privatoly-ownod arms such a nature that never under Invasion by internal and ex Is a prime easeatial to success any circumstance*, nor by any ternal enemies. There ia no ful invasion of our democratic future legislation could such moral law, no common law, that rights; just as it Is to the suc says he must or should entirely cessful invasion of our native rights be infringed upon. It was something to be pre delegate this right and duty to soil. Now let’s face the facts of served forever—a rightful hen mercenaries. The American people must history The registration of pri tage to be enjoyed by the people get firmly Into their minds the vately-owned arms has always for all time to come. H B 1757 is a direct infringe fact that registration by poti been prerequisite to conquest by ment upon Article I I of the Bill tk a l authorities of the cltimns’ | foreign domestic dictators. Let’s of Rights That House Bill arms Is an Infringement of a not let U happen to America For f r e e d o m shackled soon smacks too strongly of Com fundamental law of freedom munism—of dire things yet to the law if self preservation— starves In order to retain auch free come should it become a Law «rhirti Is the God-given privilege It serves to degrade the Bill which the framers of the Con dom, «»rite your representat v« of Rights, as well as to threaten stltutlon endeavored to convey. a letter today protesting again t We need to clearly under the passage of House Bill No the freedom of the people To stand that registration, with the 1757 Don’t delay. Do tt now! me, it Minks to high heaven I’m cured ofcancerl Audrey Gebaaer, Audrey Woods, There are only two other U_-S The k»B of a nuclear attack submarine is a serious matter sofas of the Thresher s class and aad while the case of the van only a very small number of ished THRESHER is not yet nocicu attack submarines io solved, some of the story seems operation, so the loss of this boat, which was thought to be pretty d e a r. The submarine was practicing the fastest and deepest-diving a deep dive in a deep sea boat in the world is a heavy Something in the boat either OOB. The loss of these trained and failed, or someone failed, or the boat rammed an object or an dedicated officers and men and this fine nuclear submarine is other boat. The possibility that another a tremendous loss to the Navy submarine was rammed is a and to our secuirty program fantastic one, though in W orld* 1 It should remind every citizen War I I submarines often spot that while most of us live a ted their adversaries and some peaceful and protected life, there times fought submarine duels are others constantly risking with them. Though the Russians their lives in behalf of the free would likely remain silent in dom we enjoy. Airmen, soldiers the case of such an accident, and sailors who give their lives chances s e e m small that in the service, even in peace THR ESH ER s t r u c k another time, give their lives tor their boat, especially since she was country and for what the coun try stands for in this world. diving very deep PICKINS were m ighty slim on claanupday Saturday, M id Jay. cans and C o * Kuahnart, owner of Port Orford Sanitation. Tha crew, shown hare throwing an old tira aboard tha truck. In. cludad, 1 aft to right, Kant Wag- naff, Jarry C aughall, Kuahnrrt and Jim Prtaraon. A complrta tour of tha c ity turned up only BY LANS LBMBV« one place that had boxed Kpnn debna ready far pickup Tha crew, however, cleaned up re- fuse along streets on their own Bill 1717 RemlndTul •« before securing from tha pro) act. H itior and Muaaallnl Both Hitler and Mussolini wera Cooperation in the city - spon sored cleanup campaign was dls- directly responsible for the reg istratson of all firearma in Ger apyrointin^ t h e y said. Kueh many and Italy In order to nert added that a few pooplr had aatabliah political control in elected to haul th e ir men debris to the c ity dump but even they those two countries The idea of the political con had disregarded signs designat queror la thus the same as th a t, ing dumping areas that hr had of the military conqueror—to be prepare d especially far the c am • paign. secure in your conquest, dis positioo with the local merchant For instance, the farmer might strike a deal with the local businessman whereby be gets 10% off for taking the blame for being subsidized In reality, It is apparently the local businessman who is being subsidized. There should be some value in accepting the slings and arrows of public opinion as the front man for local busi nessmen Best Vegetables For Home Garden Told in Booklet Vegetable varieties best suited for Oregon home gardens are listed in a new Oregon State University cricular. The recommendations a r e made by OSU extension speci alists in horticulture, botany, plant pathology, food science and home economics and are based upon research, practical experience a n d observation Most varieties are recommend ed for all of Oregon, but some exceptions are made for high altitude and other specialized conditions Vegetable varieties listed in the circular range from aspara gus to watermelons Copies of the circular, "Fresh Market and Home Garden Vegetable Varie ties,” may be obtained from county extension offices or from the OSU Bulletin Clerk, Cor vallis. 51 weeks of important reading only *3.00. Subscribe to Port Nrrfafu C D 2-23A1. CURE MORE n I? B! M GIVE MORE to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY New DOLLAR” long distance rate You can now call long distance to any city in any other state in the nation between 9:00 p. m. and 4:30 a. m. at the reduced station-to-station rate of one dollar for the first three minutes. 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