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From Sink Voi. 6 No 1 5 Thunday Celebration Group To Meet Monday A I I members, interested par-ties, er ethers, ere urged end requested to attend the meeting of the Celebration Association next Monday night at the city hell. The I p.m . meeting 1s ce ll ed te r f i n a l reports on ell phases of the Celebration, president Paul Petersen said, end to elect officers for the coming year. Star, Masonic Picnic Dated The Masonic p icnic w ill be bald Sunday, July 14th at M c - Grlbble Guard Station end w lU be an a ll day food fast, break fast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast w ill begin at 7:30 a m and all are asked to bring cam p stools, stoves, etc. In case of rain the gathering w ill be at the Masonic H e ll Bulb Growers Field Day Set A HIGHLIGHT of the July 4th Celebration w lith e Battle Rock Pageant, under the direction of Ha/el Knapp, Indlaru, played by local Jay c e e i, are ihownhere In their first ik ir m iih to con vince the w hite men to leave the area. The actual battle wai Red Cross swimming classes (ought June 10, 1851. Port Or arc scheduled to start next M on ford Sheriff's Roaervei portray day at the Susie W hite Garrison ed the white men. Lake property on L a k e s h o r e Highway 101 Shows Increase in Traffic O iv e , weather perm itting, .aid Mrs. C lara Hefner, head instruc tor. The free classes w ill Include Beginners, Intermediates, Ad- t i m e before the county would realize any benefits from t h e road opening, and that it would create additional problem« meh as m aintenance and traffic and dust control. v anted, Swimmer» and Junior and Senior Lifesaving. A schedule o f those already registered w ill be posted In the p o » t office, M n . Hefner said. Registration blanks m ay be »e- c u i e d from her. Registration w i l l be ope n through the first day of classes. Deep U ater Port Urged For ( urry •r At ! imber Opera ors Gathering Traffic volume throughout 1 Oregon »howed a net gain for May IMR3. a» compared to May 1962. but there were decreases on certain sections of major M ajo r reasons why Curry coun highways, according to t h e ty needs a deep w ater port, in monthly report compiled by the cluding loss of revenue, waste Oregon State Highway Depart of resources and continued e c ment onomic growth, were cited at Hural highway routes that the m eeting of the Curry Coun generally showed traffic in ty T im b e r Operators Assn. June creases during May were US ¡21 at the Rod 'n RceL 2«. US 97. US 101 north of Coos Frank McPherson, U, S. Ply- Bay, and US 395 wood’s Gold Beach operations Declines in traffic were noted manager, and keynote speaker on seven of the 12 counters lo at the meeting, pointed out the cated on both Interstate 5 and j waste of forest products due to Interstate HON This is the first high transportation cost At pre trend indicating a traffic de sent the only transportation is by crease that could be due Io tra f i truck or barge —the county has fic generated by the Seattle no railroad facilities. Possible locations mentioned World’s F air in 1962 A percentage increase of 4 9 for a deep water port were the u .i n-i orded for rural high Cheico river area, Rogue river ways. which included the two a n d Port Orford, and proiccts Interstate highways The urban now underway lor improving the inert- ise was listed at 18 per ports were mentioned however, none at present would provide a cent real deep water harbor. In comparing the first five Harold Kidby of Portland, rep months of 1963 to the first five resenting the army corps ol en n; inths of 1962. the figures show gineers, spoke on the merits of that rural traffic increased 5.7 j the Port Orford harbor, explain per cent and urban traffic in-j ed the cost which would be en -’leased 5 6 per cent. tailed in deepening the Cheico <M«ximum traffic for May oc harbor channel and commented curred Memorial Day, May 30. on conditions existing at the at i m ajority of rural highway Rogue harbor which would seem counter locations io preclude a deep water harbor In that lo c ality , Kidby explained that th eir yearly dredging operation on R o g u e river are, w ith in two weeks after the Job is co m p leted p ractically undone. The steep slope causes the river to f i ll with gravel and sand a condition that cannot be co rrected The Rogue river rises two feet to the m ile and in some areas up to fo urfeet to the m ile . Meetings In southern Curry c o u n t y during recent months have also taken into considera- tion Chctco cove, located just n o r t h of the mouth of Chetco river, Brookings. The annual cost to truck com m odifies to Coos Bay and other harbors where deep ilraft ships can enter is $300,000 The waste of w o o d w hich could be con v e r t e d to chips is now being burned at a rate of $ 1 ,0 0 0 , 000 a y ear loss. F acilitie s are need ed for shipping out ores f r o m Curry county mines and other products which are now being le ft in the woods " R e d ’ Sargeant, T im b e r Op erators president, and Bob Knox, president of the OregonCoastgl Ports Assn., also spoke on the need for deep w ater transporta tio n from Curry county . Despite Wednesday's deluge I M u s i c Floats: Jack and J ill of rain that dampened the en ' Kindergarten. thusiasm ol float builders, hone- M arching Adults: Jaycee In - back riders, and others, Inde • dians, Veterans of W WI. pendence Day paraders put their M arching Children: Indepen best foot forward and made the dence H a l l , boy and bicycle, big i- inch to Battle Rock State girl w ith bustle and buggy. Fark anyway And, many hardy Mounted Riding Group: Coos souls who had faith in the day's County Fair Court. weather liued the 20 blocks of M oulded Individual: Barbara m ain street, and fille d the Park Jean Coyne, Ed Hughes, M ike entrance, to watch them. M cW illiam s. Even when the music fa ile d to C om m ercial Float- Coos-Cur show, the parade went on, led ry Electric, R ic h fie ld Service, by N ell Knapp and a Color Guard Denmark Service Statio n from the Veterans of W WI. And Best Load of Logs: Jim Allison. despite the shortness of the par P r i s e winners may pick up ade, it was colorful and impres their ribbons from Babb. Those sive, from die freedom float to from out of town w ill receive the " fa t lady. •' theirs through the m ail. Paraje chairman Burrell Babb T he Independence Day Horse expressed h is appreciation to those who weathered the e le Show, sponsored by Harold Knapp ments to form up the parade, and and Jlggs King, also fe lt a blow to the Judges who selected the from showers of the day before winners. But riders were eager and w illin g , The Sweepstakes W inner, sel w hich made for a good crowd- c e t e d by Babb, was Lakeside pleasing afternoon's entertain T ra ile r Court. Others, by c a te ment. gory and place, ire: O ffic ia l tim e r for the s h o w Club«, Organisation! Art As was Fred Starkweather of Gold sociation, first, TOPS Club, sec Beach. A lyce Clark, Powers, was ond, Bandon Cranberry Princess j u d g e , C e c ile Paris and Pam es, third. M ayea were scorekeepen. An nouncer was Paul Peterson. Winners were, by place: Flag Race: Madge H ickam , JoAnne Gorman, Art Dobney Pole Bending: Sr. , Art Dob ney, M argaret Alborn. Jr., Madge Hickam . Mary Knapp, Pat Lap ping. Kids, Kathy Burness, David Knapp. C a lf Riding: D avid Knapp and Kevin Buss Other riders w e r e Danny Cole, Gary King, Brett V ale t, Pete Werner, Bill Smith, Don 'In ju n ' H ale, Vern M cPher son and Tony Hefner. There is no doubt that the county could force the road op- e n i n g , he added, at least to Eckley. From there to the Coos county lin e is another problem. Wilson said he had found a doc ument in Coos county that prop erty owners had signed to vacate that section o f road but that the Coos County Court had fa ile d to act on It. Affidavits w ill liave to be se cured again, then turned over to the ! dlstrii district attorney for ac tion, Wilson noted. Mrs. M innie Jolly w ill m ake an effort to Ob tain these affidavits from prop erty owners. W ilson also noted that Georgia - Pacific, who Is responsible for the locked gates, w ill be through logging in tw o more yean and that m aybe things w ill straighten out by themselves at that tim e. A le tte r from the Gold Beach chamber of comm erce invited anyone interested in m ining to attend a m eeting of the S. W. Oregon M in in g Association at 8 p. m. Friday, July 12, in Gold B e a c h , sponsored by the port commission. The meeting w ill discuss the h ig h ra il shipping coat of low -grade ore Other business coming under discussion was the W elcom e to Oregon program G il Rush, lo cal chairm an, suggested erect ing a large log cut at each end on the c ity and m o u n t i n g a "W elco m e” sign on it. No ac tion was taken. The Art Association requested a donation from the chamber to help them w ith expenses. The association conducts the local tourist inform ation center.Funds were pledged when they become av ailab le from membership dues receipts. New Assistant At McKay Store Roger Ellis, fo rm erly of M c Kay's M arket in Coca Bay, is the new assistant m anager and pro duce man at the local M cKay m arket. Pat Cody, former as sistant, w a s transferred to the Reedsport store. Bursting Rocket* over a Q uiet Surf and Battle Rock Ended a Perfect Day Selander Exhibit At Art Center The painting exhib it by Arthur Salander, prominent artist and teacher from Portland, w ill be on view at the art center until the end of the first w eek in Aug ust. Hung last Friday, after being displayed during the C e le b ra tion, the exhibit features work In oils, w ater colon, charcoal and pencils. Sea and landscapes are included inSelander'sw ork. Parade, Horse Show Winners laly. Commissioner Ryce Wilson Says No Crash Program On Sixes Road Opening Red Cross Swimming Classes Start Next Monday Morning -N e w » Photo by L u c ille till» 196| CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Bulb grower« w ill have an op-! portunity to see the progress be-! ing made in lily research at a ■ field day at Pacific Bulb Grow ers Research and Development Station, Harbor, on Tuesday, July 16, starting .at 2 00 p m Drs. A. N. Roberts and L. T. Blaney, horticulturist« from Oregon State University, w ill Curry couMy's road depart be present to discuss research ment is currently working on the projects being conducted at the Sixes R iver road, a section be station and at the University. ing surveyed above Dry Creek, Emphasis is being placed on b u t there is no attem pt being selecting strains of lilies that made to open the road through are resistant to disease to P o w e r s at this tim e, said A plant breeding program is Commissioner Ryce Wilson, aixl •Uo being conducted to find new the county has " no crash pro Easter lily seedlings that are gram" underway on such s move. disease resistant but still have These remarks were directed to tb<- excellent qualities of the m e m b e r s of the Port Orford Ate and Croft varieties that chamber of com m erce at their have been grown for many •Monday night meeting. Wilson said the county has years. All growers and others are many priority road proj ects that invited to attend the field day, are behind schedule -n d that h» ia not conviiK^ed the according to Arnold Samuelson, personally, Sixes road opening is im m e d i president of Pacific Bulb Grow a t e l y necessary. Wilson also ers Association. said he fe lt it would be a long To c h e c k crimes against Some say th a t never be women, Baltimore. Md Legion fore did we have so much naries offered free police whis federal aid in spending our tles to women walking unaUend money. ed at night. July 11, Smith River To Celebrate Lily Festival "Easter L ily in July*' is the S m i t h River Klwanis Club's theme for the annual L ily Fest ival set for Sunday, July 14. The a ffa ir w ill start w ith a Queen's Ball Saturday night. A pancake breakfast,displays, Lily j udgi n g, trap shoot, art show, rock s h o w and other events w ill be featured through the day The modern w orld is best summed up by the man who drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed h i g h w a y w ith gas bought on a credit card. Fire shooting from a kitchen s i n k shortly after 11 o'clock Tuesday morning interrupted a m eeting of the TOPS Club and brought the volunteer fire de partm ent on the run. But It waa over as quick at it started, with the only results b rin g some dis turbed n e r v e s and a practice run for the departm ent, fortun- Where the flam es cam e from a n d why, is a mystery. TOPS members said they were m eet ing in a room behind the k it chen o f the form er K a tie 'i Cafe, now the art center, when they heard a loud pop. Hastening to f i n d out whet caused it, they rushed to the kitchen to see blue fla m e * shooting from the sink. They noted that the lights flic k ered, then the flam e went out. The blue fla m e Indicated a gas-type fire, a firem en s a id , but what could have ignited it was the puzzler, inasmuch as no one was around the sink. Electric Co-op Wants Pictures Do you have any old pictures involving the C o o s - C u r r y Electric Cooperative? B ill Cook, public information director for the cooperative, is sending out an urgent plea for oldtime pictures that can be used in connection with the cele- bra t»n of the cooperative’s 25 years of service to Coos and Curry counties. The silver anniversary w ill be celebrated in the Coquille Com m unity building in connection with the annual meeting of the organization. The celebration is set for Sept. 21, 1963, and the pictures are needed immediately. Ocean Front Property Values Appraised Up GOLD BEACH—Increase no tices w ere m a ile d to owners of o c e a n front age properties in Curry county by the B o a r d of Equalization t h i s w e e k The range in frontage values varied from $2. 50 per f r o n t foot to $40. 00 per f r o n t foot. E a c h property was ad) usted according to size, location, a c c e s s and other economic factors. The Board of Equalization, u p o n recom m endation o f the county assessor, w ill place the new values on the rolls for the 1963-64 tax year. T o ta l increase was $ 1 , 04S, 560 in t r u e cash value. The 1958 reappraisal psogram <h< not adjust values along the Veach, and since that tim e this property has increased in value many tim es according to Patrick E. Masterson, Curry County As sessor, and the increases w ill be a m ajor step in the directio n of equalizing taxes in Curry county. Walt Pritchard Takes Position W a lt Pritchard, Sixes, has a c cepted» poaltlon as art instruc tor at the Caney Junior C o lle g e in Pinna Passes, Kentucky. Pritchard, a w ell-k n o w n sculp tor and form er art professor in Washington, created the dino saurs at the Prehistoric Gardens. He w ill m ove his w ife and mother to Kentucky for the f all term His daughter, Shasta, w ill continue her studies at the Uni - versify of Oregon. C U R R Y County ludge F ell Cam pbell, center, delivered an In dependence Day address prior to the Jaycee Bell Ringing C e re mony. Jaycee president Jini Peterson is at left. — News Photo by Leo Phillips Oregon Death Toll Makes Record First Six Months More people died in Oregon tra ffic during the first six months of this year than in any comparable period in the state's history. The T raffic Safety Division of the Oregon Department of Knapp, Motor Vehicles said the tenta Texas Barrel Race, Sr.: Art tive toll of 251 was more than Dobney, Bowman, M argaret A l- 29% above the six-month toll in born. Junior M ary Knapp, Jo 1962. those months. The fifty-three people killed in June traffic represented a 43% increase in June a year ago. Safety officials said if the k ill ing pace continues during the last six months of the year, the state’s traffic toll w ill set a new all-time record and could go as high as 600 deaths. Anne Forman, Pat Lapping. Kids.- Officialls urged drivers and Kathy Burness, D avid Knapp. The month-by-month break pedestrians to exercise com Special Texas Barrel, Open: down of traffic deaths shows 31 mon sense driving precautions Madge H ickam , M ary Knapp, Pat in January; 27, February. 56, at all times and reminded the Lapping. March; 32, A pril; 52, May; and public that strict enforcement ¡ í % Ä S ì Z i S l ‘ k " 1. ? com p,ct I ’ * * p b rr,th AJI entries w ere winner« in the 53 in June. The March and May against »-»Hie can this float, m o u n t e d on and | 4 th /Ira d a w /u ^ d r a w ln x , ***" PhOt° * U ° PW1U* w aterm elonrace. tolls were all-time records for be expected to continue. Balloon Race, Open: JoAnne Gorman, Sue M erritt, M ik e ft-y- ant. Rescue Race, Open: JoAnne Gorman, Madge Hickam . Art Dobney, Steer Dobblrg, Jackpot- NeU
