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»
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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
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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 |
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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