Duncan Sharply Criticises Local Coast Guard
Station Closure As More Federal “ Waste”
Voi. 6 No. 16
SUNNY DAY combined with i
llw maurpaaed »emery of Pori
Orford’ » bay are all that's need-
to inturr fu ll-u p attendance
•i nettle Rock State Perk dally. I
A »troll on the beach, to cap
ture the scene on film , or but
reel and look are valid excuses I
lor a »top here.
— New» Photo
Community Center Lags
In Reorganization Plans
Lffort» to revive the C o m
m unity Center A n o c U t l o n
I uesday night were »tyniled by
a legal te c h n ic a lity , a» w e ll ai
lack of a q u o r u m . Preiident
Johnny M ayea »aid that hr had
been n o tifie d by the Corpora-
( U o " I * ! * « " » m t of Oregon that
■ ,h*' c ‘» ""’’ u»uty C e n te r Associ-
• “ o ,‘ w , ‘ ,M” 1,1 K °°‘! »««mUng
* t,h ,h r rW paKtnent and could
*"V leg al bualne»».
Department to business c o u ld
be conducted at a meeting let
for Tuetday, July 30.
What route action may take
then 1» » t i l l questionable, if
Tuesday'» meeting 1» Indicative
of local intereit in a community
An o ld faihioned »teak bar-
center. Even the feeling among
becue
|u»t lik e they used to
those p r e i e n t varied from a
hold .town on th r farm
w ill
building, to a rwlmming pool,
be a July 17 event »|>on»urrd by
to a park, to clearing a lection
the Port O rfo rd -I a n g lo li Q uar
of Garrison Lake east of the Par
trrb a .k C lu h
I Mayea »aid this wa» due to the adis»-Point road f ill for recrea
H eld at the M a n h ranch on I , , c t ,h * ‘ th r * * * ' • “ « « * • » »» tional use.
I l k R i v e r Road, )u»t eart ot
w l,h ,h* ' r " ,nu* l corpor-
In order that something con
We.tern S t a t e . Plywood, the ,
J u « •«<! repost«.
crete may be determined July
Satur.lay old tim e get-to gether I ,
H< " ‘ «f
Departm ent In -
30, Mayea urged that all m em
w lll alao feature an auction.
f o r m e d him that to put itaelf ber», and interested p e rs o n s ,
Hour» for the event are be-
, , , U ' *” «oo‘l « • » A " « . th* * » -
attend the 8 p. m. meeting at
tw .e n 4 and 9 p. m. Sdmlaalon
b i rr<t ,,r r d
the grade »choot multipurpose
la, adult», $2. c h i l d r e n , g l, i'l«1
back year'» report, and room.
fa m ilie s »5.
' pay fine» and due» of $25.
Proceed from the auction-
.
‘T « *1. bloclu *» '
b arb e m . an u»ed In the c lu b ’. I
U c k of * T ' or" m ’ WISCONSIN PICNIC
20 paid member», would have
part,» ipatlon In the School I h i
The eighth annual Wisconsin
I rritricted any action by the A i-
trlc t 2CJ'i lf
»port
o rti fragram i.
| «oc i at ion The three p a id m rm - picnic will be held Sunday at
I ben, among the 10 person» pre- Brownsville, Ore., beginning at
I »ent, decided, however, to put 11 a. m. A potluck dinner is
| the Association back In g o o d planned or those attending can
•tending with th e Corporation bring their own picnic lunch.
Quarterbackers
Date Barbecue
Six Linked
To Thefts
School Levy
Reduced By
$55,938.29
W ARNING!
Looking at the run during Sat
urday'» eclipse can PERMAN
ENTLY DAMAGE YOUR EYES,
Sunglasses or smoked glass are
NOT adequate protection.
PI-AY SAFE
Stay I ndoon between 11: 30 a.m
and 2:30p.m . on S a t u r d a y
July 20.
.
If you must be outdoors, wear
sunglass« and avoid looking at
the iky.
(Read about the eclipse in the
Port Orford News. )
Warehouse
Is Proposed
The P o rt Commission met
Tuetday night w ith the m anage
ment of Western State» Plywood
to discuss the building of a w are-
h o u s e for plywood storage on
the dock
Representatives from W. S. P,
were Lindquist, manager, Don
Mechals a n d Smith M itch ell,
chairman of the board.
This proposal was taken under
consideration w ith a survey to
be made and another meeting
arranged to discuss findings.
Woman Dies After Collision
of Pori
Orford. Tuesday was sentenced in
na<tion with the April 1 hurglarly
of Kleve • Market and Country
Store. Four other arrests h a ie
been made concerning the burg
lary and a warrant ha» been is-
aued lor a filth person
Rotary C'ub
Installs Can
By JE R R Y BARON
Staff W riter. Thr World
GOLD BEACH - Sgt. James
Joy of Ihr Oregon Slate Poller
The Monday arrest of two more
person: makes a total of six link
ed to the A p r i l S burglary of
Steve'» Market and C o u n t r y
Store In Empire.
Robert Lincoln Grant, 24, of
Centralia, Wash., formerly of
Port Orford, wa» arrested on a
warrant from Curry county and
placed in custody odCuny Coun
ty Sheriff on a charge of receiv
ing stolen property. A 17-year
o l d girl was remanded to the
Juvenile Court in thr same con
nection.
Arretted last wgek in connrc-
t i o n with the burglary w e r e
Ralph Kenneth Rales, 25, Port
Orfor»l charged with burglary;
narles C ollin Morgan, 21, Port
Orford, and Edward L. Pashall,
GREAT FALLS, Mont., wo
Ophir, charged with receiving
man, Mrs. Carl P. (M yrtle )
stolen property.
A ll three
w a i v e d preliminary hearings, Ettorer, 44, died In Southern
Ceos General hospital Satur
liales In Coos County and th e
other two In Curry County, and day evening at 10:10, three
were tioundover to grand Juries. and a halt hours after the and
A warrant has been issued for her husband were involved in
the arrest of Vernon Sidney Price, a two-car collision about tour
23, who is in Alaska
miles south ot Bandon |ust
G r a n t waived preliminary north of the new access rood
hearing Monday in Port Orford to Bradley Lake.
Justice C o u r t and was lound
The Ettorer vehicle collided
overtotlic grand Jury on $2,000 with a car driven by a Lang,
bail. ■
lols man, Clifford Dale Downs
The arrests came after an ex (center), who relates details
tensive investigation by Curry of the accident to Officer Sid
County Deputy Sheriff Ira Dela-
ney C. Dominy (right) of the
m arter with cooperation from
Bandon police force.
Port Orford police chief Barney
According to a report from
Issel, who arrested Bales, and |
Police
officers in Itouglas County and | the Oregon S t a t e
Empire.
The burglary took place, police
report, between 9 p. m. April
and 8,35 a. m. April 6, and In
volved the theft of about $1,300
SW IM M ING classes are under
In merchandise and $1, 000 in
way with 134 children register
checks,
ed, according to Mrs. Clara H ef
ner, head Instructor, second from
le ft In black suit. The classes
are under the direction of the
RedCross. Mrs. Hefner said that
The Pacific High School chap response and cooperation have
ter of Future Farm ers of Am been excellent, from students,
erica will meet Friday, July 19, parents and helpers, sdlke. She
■I ® p m. at Helmken'a swim d i d have one request, though.
Because of the great number of
ming hole up Sixes
,P,ere will he potluck dinner students, and the lim ited area,
followed by a business meeting she a s k e d that parents please
to discuss plana for the Curry have their children return home
ax Boon as their lessons are over,
county fair.
to make room for the next groups.
Swim Classes
FUTURE FARMERS
TO M EET AT SIXES
SHOP AT HOME FIRST
W illia m T. Tankersley began
work July 1 as the rew juvenile
director for Curry county, re
placing Dan Cardwell who re
signed earlier this year. He w ill
work under the direction of the
A resolution adopted by dir- Curry county ju v en ile judge un
e c to r s of School District 2CJ til the law becomes effective
July 8, brought some tax relief transferringjuvenile department
to district patrons from a reduc supervision from the c o u n t y
tion In the tax levy. The resol judge to the circuit court.
Tankersley was formerly ju
ution stated
"BE IT H E R E B Y RESOLVED venile counselor in Coos county.
that pursuant to enactment by He and his w ife, Louise, have
tlie 52nd Legislative session of one child.
Donald R. O 'D e ll, formerly
Oregon of Senate Bill No. 429,
and because of previously un- s p e e c h correctionist in Curry
a n t i c i p a t e d receipts in the county schools, is the new dir
County School Fund, the Curry ector of child services for the
County School Superintendent rural school board. O 'D e ll re
Is empowered to reduce the levy places Bob Johnson, according
of School District No. 2CJ for to Charles Seeger, county school
the 1963-64 school year In the superintendent.
amount of $55, 938. 29, which
The new speech correctionist
w ill result in a levy for 1963-64 for the county w ill be Miss Louise
of $413,936.71, (Includes Bond Deason of Greeley, Colo. A grad
uate of Colorado State College,
and Interest)
The amount of the reduction she w ill soon complete her mas
is supported by written advice ter’s degree in audiology there.
fr o m the State Department of She has worked as a speech cor
Education a n d /o r the adopted rectionist in Iowa schools.
1963-64 budget of the Court of
C u r r y C o u n t y . The County
School Superintendent is hereby
authorised to make appropriate
corrections on the budget docu
ment and the Notice of Tax Levy
of thl» district. "
In other business, the board
The Port Orford Rotary Club
e l e c t e d John Donaldson, Jr.
was informed at the regular noon
chairman of the board and Don meeting on Tuesday, July 16th,
Bl) erg, vice chairman. A vote of that Johnny M ayea had furnish
appreciation was extended to ed and installed a refuse con
Louis Knapp for serving as board tainer at the Susie W hite proper
chairman during the past > ear. ty for the swimm ing c la s s e s .
The next meeting w ill be T h is container w ill be le ft on
Monday, August 5, 8 p m. , at lakeshore property for the con
Pacific high school.
venience of picnickers, courtesy
of the Rotary Club.
Mr. Bob Knox of Gold Beach
and Union O il Co. representative
Miss Holly Rempel, Palo Alto,
California, were guests at the
m e e tirj.
ASKEW MIT
C irru ll I asset Io three years in the
Oregon Stale Penitentiary in con
-N e w s Photo
Tuesday became Ihe fifth stale
polk-rnian to resign from Ihe
Gold Rearh office in Curry Coun
ty within Ihr last mooth.
With his resignation came word
from district Capl. E. W. Tlch-
r. Medford, that supervisloa
of stale police arlivllies In Curry
County would temporarily hr
under Sgt. Robert White of the
Coquille office in Coos County.
It was further rrvraled by
Capt. Tlehenor that two ef the
fire
state polierm ra
who have
resigned were asked to do so.
They were Donald Houston and
who Investigated the accident,
••m e 47 feet across the south
♦he Ettorer cor, traveling
bound lane end into the bank
north, pulled across the yellow
on the west side ef the high
line in an attempt to pats the
way.
car In front when Ettorer taw
According to the police, the
the Downs vehicle approach
car hit the bonk at almost the
ing, traveling south,
same instant that it was struck
Realising that he did net
on the passenger side by the
have sufficient clearance to
Downs cor.
pass, Ettorer attempted to pull
Downs' wife, Donna Raa. and
back into the northbound lane,
bar I ’A-year-oM-son, Tracy
but In doing so, the front of
Ray Weed, were passengers In
his car struck the roar ef the
♦hs car. Mrs. Downs was
vehicle In front ef him, oper treated at the hospital for un
ated by H. G. Greenwald of
determined head injuries and
Sixes.
than released.
Ettorer then reportedly lost
Ettorer, who it a designer for
control of his cor, veered off
the Anaconda Co.., and hit
onto the oast shoulder of the
wife were on vacation.
highway and then careened
photo by Mary Dufort
10,4
Youth Director,
Child Services
Director Start
2 STATE N IKE
BULLETIN
Ralph Kenneth Rale». »
_Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon
Robert .McDaniels. Houston was
suspected of having filed false
e la im l, Capt. Tlehenor said.
It was disclosed that another
officer, Dennis D allrv who later
resigned, learned of Houston's al-
legod false rlaim s and reported
It to the Medford office.
Capt. Tlehenor said an Investl-
gallon was made and “ It would
appear there were false rlaim s.
II didn't look quite right," said
Ihe captain.
"We didn't have
enough to proscenia ths case,"
Sgt. Jov said todav that Hous
ton admitted filing false claims
but he wasn't charged. "W e just
a rrrp trd his resignation,** said
Joy.
The other officer w ho resign-
ed was Jack Widman.
Sgt. White said today that tra f
fic patrols out of Coos County
would hr rslrnded Into Curry
County and a state game officer
would be sent Io Gold Rearh to
aid Donald W rlp, the lone re
maining o ffirer in Curry.
Jaycee Officers
At Exec Meet
Frank St. Clair, District 8 vice
president, and Jim Peterson, lo
cal Jaycee president, attended
the State Executive and Presi
dent's Meeting in Prineville last
weekend where more titan 150
officers laid out their planned
y e a r of action and budget for
the coming year.
Oregon Javcees were honored
at a Sunday luncheon by N ation
al Jaycee President Dick Head-
lee, from Bountiful, Utah. Head-
lee addressed the meeting along
the theme "What kind of a town
would this town be, if everybody
in town were just like me?"
He a dlee was elected National
President at the National Con
vention held recently in Louis
v ille , Kentucky. He and his fa m
ily, seven children, w ill move
to the J a y c e e Whitehouse in
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Local Jaycee
Bob Woodworth a ls o attended
the national convention.
Will Talk Ports
Curry County Tim ber Opera
tor's w ill attempt to arrive at a
decision on which port should
be pushed at a director's m e et
ing H iwingthe general m e et
ing ton >rrow night, Friday,July
The program for the meeting,
scheduled at the Sunset Inn, w ill
be to consider the deep water
port objective of the association.
A social hour, sponsored by
the J GJ Tire Co. , w ill start at
7 p. m. with dinner set for 8.
Thursday, July 18,
1963
City Works
On Sewer
Aid Request
A communication received
f r o m the State W ater Control
Agency by the city council in
formed the city that its appli
cations for sewer assistance had
b e e n reviewed and that four
amendments were required be
fore the applications could be
processed. Mayor pro-tem Lloyd
Rates directed city attorney Lynn
M cNutt to complete the appli
cations, a l o n g with engineer
Erickson, and forward them back
to Salem.
W illia m Morton, Consulting
Engineer from T akilm a , Oregon,
approached the council on the
possibility of the city hiring him
as a p art-tim e consultant on the
sewer pro) ect or as city engineer
Morton estimated his fee at $50
p e r day. He also explained a
new ty pe treatment process, ox
idation, that originated in Hol-
. land.
Morton claim ed there is no
maintenance or sludge problems
w ith the process that us« an o x i-
d a t i o n ditch and an aerating
rotor. The system has been ap
p r o v e d by the State Sanitary
Authority, Morton said. In ad
dition, the cost of installation
is supposed to be considerably
less than a treatment plant. No
action was taken.
MEET TONIG HT
A special meeting of the city
council ha^Lczu - a ll- d tonight
at the request of R. H. Erickson,
engineer, to further discuss the
s e w e r project and federal aid
requests. The meeting w ill be
at 8 p. m. at the city h a lt
In other action the council:
Agreedto remove a tree near
the Syneva Lindberg property.
Approved a re quest to contact
someone for J anitor work at the
City hall.
Took no action on a sugges
t i o n to have a sign made to
identify the city hall.
Heard a report that the old
city hall property had been ap
praised at $2, 500, as is—w ith
the ja il on it; $3,300 to $3,500
w ith the property cleared.
Voted not to pay R.H. Erick
son's b ill of $2,496 until it was
itemized. Paid other bills in the
amount of $2, 369. 07.
RESERVE MEETING
The Port Orford unit of the
Curry County Sheriff's Reserve
w i l l hold its regular meeting
next Monday, July 22, 8 p .m .,
at the city hall.
In a communication July 11
to A dm i r a l Edwin J. Roland,
Comm sndart, U.S. Coast Guard,
Congressman Robert B. Duncan
sharply criticised the closure of
the Pott Orford Coast Guard Life
boat Station as a waste of tax
dollars and perm itting another
government Installation to rot
from non-use. Duncan said he
was in agreement w ith reactiv
ating the station at Bandon, but
in complete disagreement with
closing the station here.
"N o one w ill work harder for
economy in government than I,
Duncan said, but I don't believe
in closing up the fire department
Just because there have been no
s e r io u s f i r « in the last year.
Neither do I believe that we
should close the Coast Guard
S t a t i o n at Port Orford simply
because the calls over the past
year have not been considered
extrem ely critical. It seems to
me that search and rescue units,
lik e fire departments, exist to
perform in emergencies. One
never knows when they w ill be
needed and h o p e s they never
are. But w h e n they are, they
should be available."
"1 shudder to think of the re
percussions should a life be lost
that might have been saved w ith
a manned station at Port Orford.
I don't care to assume that re
sponsibility and I am prepared
to support the Coast Cutrd in the
solution of such budgetary pro
blems as would enable them to
continue at least m in im al man
ned fac ilitie s at Port Orford. '
The economic im pact of loss
of this station at Port Orford is
obvious, Duncan said. He pointed
out that Curry county is a low
employment area and eligible
for APW p r o j ects. "Here is a
needed service w ith an Install
ation already b uilt and in use
and the Government is pulling
the payroll out of the county. "
Duncan urged further attention
in the m atter, noting that Sen
ators Wayue Morris and M a urine
Neuberger joined in this request
It appears, however, that the
Coast Guard is not giving fur
ther consideration to any pleas,
V ice A dm iral D. McMorrison,
A c t i n g Commandant of the
Coast Guard, maintains the de
cision to move ths manned sta
tion to Bandon is "adequate to
discharge our statutory- mrw-in.
s ib iliti« and represents the best
utilization of available person
nel and equipment. "
TJwugh the Coast Guard has
fa ile d to honor a request by the
cham berof commerce for a pub
lic hearing on the move , M c
Morrison told Duncan he could
be assured that the needs of the
Port Orford community w ill be
kept under close and constant
surveillance and that as those
needs change, appropriate ac
tion w ill be taken to provide the
required degree of service.
Curry Radio Club
Plans Picnic
Arizona Ranch has been cho
sen for the Curry Radio Club
picnic, to be held Sunday, July
2 1 r, The potluck picnic w ill
start at 10 a. m. wtyh dinner at
noon. Coffee, cream and sugar
w ill be furnished.
Everyone interested in C it
izens Band and Am atuer Rad'o
is invited to come.
Third Rabid Bat Found
A third rabid bat has been
found in Curry county, this tim e
on the Hunter creek area, ac
cording to Jack Wright, county
sanitarian.
We apparently have a rabies
epidemic in bats here, W right
said, and he stressed that any
one who is bitten by an anim al
of any type should contact his
personal physician im m ediately
a n d f o l l o w h is advice as to
treatment.
Pets, in particular dogs, who
have not been inoculated f o r
r a b i e s should receive inocu
lations.
Persons seeing animals, es
pecially bats, which appear to
be sick, should be extrem ely
careful not to handle them and
should caution their children to
leave them alone.
Any prudent adult, who is be
ing careful, can capture or k ill
a sick bat, Wright said, but he
cautioned that they should not
touch the bat since there is a
possibility that rabies can be
transmitted t h r o u g h the bat's
u r i n e or through a cut in the
skin of the person handling it.
Bats which are behaving nor
m a lly s h o u ld be le ft alone,
W right continued. The anim al,
if possible, should be placed
under observation, since this i
the only protection the ind ivid
ual has.
The location of the rabid bats
found so far, at Hunter creek,
Pistol River and at Loeb State
park up the Chetco, indicates
the rabies is wide spread,Wright
commented.
Anyone seeing a skunk out in
the daytime is asked to notify
Wright, since it is felt that rabies
may also be present in the skunk
population.