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Pon O rioni,
Curry County. Ó regoif
VACATIONLAND
P rice Ecu Cents
Two Coquille Youths
Break Into School
Hale Knoke, 12 y e a r-o ld ton
o f Mr. and Mrs. B ill Knoke, Car-
riso.-i ta k e Road, suffered con­
cisions, abrasions and a sprain­
ed le ft h i p Saturday when he
c o llid e d w ith an auto driven by
Art Baska.
A ccording to the accident re­
port, Baska was tra v e lin g south
on C a m son Lake Road, as was
young Knoke and a com panion,
Stan DeLap It was ra in in g and
Knoke had his J acket up over his
head. Baska, tra zeling about 1 5
PTA Will
Meet Tonight
P o rtO rfo rd PTA w ill m eet to ­
night, Thursday, N ovem ber 21,
7i3O p. m at the grade school
m ultipurpose room. The m e e t­
in g was c h a n g e d from next
Thursday because o f the Thanks­
g iv in g H oliday.
Episcopal Holiday
Service Slated
The annual St, C hristopher's
1 piscopal Church T hanksgiving
H o ly Eucharist Service w ill be
held \ \ ednesday, Novem ber 27,
•it »>: .0 p. n i.
The service w ill be In St.John's
C a th o lic Church b u ild in g.
TAKE W IN TER
VACATION
M r and Mrs Stanley M ischak
ol Evergreen fr a ile r Park le ft for
an extended vaca tion in Florida
this week. T hey plan to v is it in
M innesota, W isconsin and C h i­
cago on the way and w ith Mrs
M isch ak's parents in F lorida. Mr.
and Mrs. C lare Sladden w i ll take
care of th e ir business w h ile they
are away.
M . 1_ be M art in, of Harbor,
presented a p e titio n bearing 133
signatures and charging alleged
m ism anagem ent of Brookings
Port Com m ission funds to Curry
County D is tric t A ttorney Robert
M ille r Monday o f this week.
T The p e titio n asks that M ille r
t a k e a c t i o n to " r e c o v e r a ll
fc e o k in g j Port D is tric t funds that
m ay have been spent unlaw ­
fu lly ." The p e titio n s p e c ific a lly
refers to $5, S51 supposedly not
budgeted as in com e for the fis­
c a l year ending June 30, 1961.
D e M artin cla im s this amount
was possibly transferred ille g a l­
ly from the general fund to a
then" n o n -e x is tc n f'c o n s tru c tio n
fun J. He a lle g e d th a t permission
fo r such • transfer was not shown
in port com m isaion m inutes sub-
by P a cific high school students
tom orrow night, Friday, Nov 22,
at 8 p. m. .Above, Janice Bush­
n e ll, as " Rapunzel, " and D ick
Haines, as the Prince, star in the
p la y Rapunzel. Second b illin g
w i l l be O ld M othe r Hubbard.
Adm ission to both plays, staged
In the gym balcony, w i ll be SO
cents per person.
tered the substation yard either
craw ling over, or under the cy­
clone fence on the south side of
the substation yard
The wire was removed the
same way, and was take.n some
distance to a car or truck which
was parked on the Bonneville
Power Substation roadway.
Both Coos-Curry E lectric's !
substation and the Bonneville
substation lying immediately to
the south are well lighted The
thieves were well schooled in |
whal to take as they sorted out |
the aluminum wire which was
stored with the copper and left
A ll seniors at Pacific High
it, as it has a low resale value School were given the privilege
About a year ago the same of taking A ir Force Aptitude
substation was robbed of copper tests al the high school Tuesday,
wire, but that lim e the thieves Nov 12
cut the padlock on the front
These tests have been given
gate and boldly drove their truck by the A ir Force to high school
wire They were later appre- seniors throughout Oregon and
into the yard and loaded up the the United Stales as an aid in
hended but no wire was re­ helping the students choose their
covered
future education and occupa­
tions.
This not done as a recruiting
device
The scores on the tests are in
four areas mechanical, elec­
tronic, administrative and gen­
eral.
Th»' Langlois Cemetery Main­
Posted in each of the high
tenance District w ill hold the
schools is a chart showing the
annual election Monday, bee. 2.
occupations which require scores
The election w ill be held in
of a certain level. The stu­
the Sportsmen's budding from
dents compare their grades
I p m In H p m.
with the chart and then use the
Two directors w ill be elected,
"Occupational Outlook Hand­
bne w ill serve a 3-year term
book" to find professions they
and the other a 2-year term
might be interested in
Anyone wishing Io have his
Later in the year the seniors
name on the ballot may turn in
w ill be given interest tests The
a petilion with If) signatures of
.•ombination of the aptitude test
tax payers living within the
and the interest tests should help
cemetery district to Mrs. Paul
the student pick the vocation
Smith, secretary of the district
in which he would he most suc­
When a m an finds no peace cessful and most happy
The youth was exam ined at
j t h e m e d ic a l c lin ic here then
■ referred to his fa m ily physician
I in Bandon. He was a d m itte d to
■ Southern Coos General H ospital
I fo r tre a tm e n t and observation
' u n til his release Monday.
m itte d for audit.
Head port com m issioner Karl
Ostenberg was quoted as saying
th a t D eM artin's charges are "a
c o m b in a tio n of dissem ination
o f inaccurate in fo rm a tio n and
erronious conclusions based on
in co m p le te or distorted assump­
tions and comparisons and can
o n ly do harm to the port com ­
m ission in part and the com ­
m u n ity as a whole. ”
M ille r w i ll reportedly exam ine
the budgetary practices o f the
com m ission.
Cemetery Vote
In December
w ith in him self, i t is useless to
seek it elsewhere.
the same age said th a t lack o f
interest among teenagers w o uld
not warrant b u ild in g a center. A
th ird sank " I t w o uld seem tnat
you have already decided upon
a teen center Are the teenagers
m ore im p o rta n t than the rest of
the people o f Port O rford?"
O ther com m ents show tnat
teenagers are not only interested
in having som ething for them to
do, h u t also in paved streets,
sewers and a general ele a n -u p
o f the town. Many o f them dis­
regarded the lis te d item s and
voted for be tte r shipping, more
industry and re a c tiv a tio n of the
Coast Guard station.
Q uestionnaires in the adult
survey are s till co m in g in so a
com p le te ta b u la tio n is not yet
ava ila ble.
\o r a com plete ta lly o f teen
ee page two
The Curry County Court last
Friday le n t a $324, t>44 c la im a l
paym ent for liv e a lle g e d tim b e r
trespasses on C u rryC ou nty land
to representatives o f the estate
of deceased Coos County m il­
lio n a ire J a c k R. Kronenberg,
, w ith notice that a suit w i ll be
file d i f the c la im is refused
The county court is charging
the Kronenberg Logging Co. w ith
( c u ttin g an estim ated $108, 214
w orth o f tim b e r off county lands
in the "P a c ific C ity " area near
F lora. Lake. The c la im rep re-
. i e n t s trip le stum page on the
basis of present tim b e r values.
The alleg ed trespasses are said
to h a v e occured on a p pro xi-
s m a te ly 143 acres o f county land
between the spring o f 1949 and
1963, according to C urry County
C om m issioner Ryce W ilson.
C ounty estimates place a to ta l
o f 6,281,000 board fe e t o f t im -
b e ra lle g e d ly taken by the Krozs-
enberg com pany o ff bo th co u n -
■ ty and private lands in the Pa-
' c if ic C ity a r e a . Of the to ta l,
Fish Processing Plant Cited As
Local Industrial Opportunity
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Annual Yule
Parly Dated
Port O rfo rd’s annual Christm as
party for the youngsters w i ll be
held on Thursday, Dec. 19, i t
h a s been decided. The party
features a short program and the
a p p e a r a n c e o f Santa Claus
b rin g in g treats of candies f o r
the kiddies.
Program details and the fund
SURVEY COMMENTS
d r i v e w i ll be two im p ortan t
For ad ult com m ents on the
item s o f business at the n e x t
recent C o m m u n ity -A re a Survey m ee ting , Tuesday, Nov. 26, at
tu rn to page six.
8 p. n t in the art center A11
■ organizations are requested to
send representatives.
C ontributions to the annual
party, used fo rtre a ts and decor­
a t io n s , m a y b e m a i l e d to
"C hristm as Tree Fund, "ca re o f
Mrs. Pat Starr, treasurer.
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about 60 per cent was off coun­
ty la n d s , according to Curry
County D istrict A ttorney Robert
K tille r.
The investigation, prom pted
by the C olom bia Day s t o r m
w h ic h caused c o n s i d e r a b l e
b l o w - d o w n in the area, was
started by the county in May,
shortly after Kronenberg died,
and was com pleted in October.
A cco rd in g to W ilson, c u ttin g in
the area was going on when the
county's tim b e r cruiser arrived
in th e area. An aerial photo a l­
so showedthat tim b e r was being
cu t down on county land.
M ille r said that Kronenberg
and the county had entered in ­
to an agreement in 1942 a llo w ­
in g t h e tim be rm an to u tiliz e
tim b e r on the county lands. The
agreem ent expired in 1946 and
no evidence o f an extension is
on f ile in the county. Nor can
the county fin d any record o f
le g g in g perm its being obtained
fo r any of the alleged trespass
logging.
The Kronenberg estate, ac­
cording to an inventory on file
at the Coos County Courthouse,
is valued at $1,004,977.55. T his
appraised value of a ll property
holdings includes some $696, -
988. 55 in personal property and
$306, 009 in real property.
The estate includes real hold­
ings in Coos and Curry counties
and share holdings in West Coast
A irlin e s , Union Lumber Co. of
C a lifo rn ia , C ro cker-A ng lo Na­
tio n a l Bank and other businesses.
Pacific Drops
Conferences
P a c ific high school w i ll not
! h o ld parent conferences on the
days re g u la rly scheduled Is,r che
grade schools in the d is tric t, ac­
cord in g to p rin cip a l John W ahl,
a n d school w iU be in regular
session Thursday afternoon.
Parents who desire a confer­
ence w ith a teacher, however,
may c a ll ED2-31 31 and an ap­
po in tm e nt after school w ill be
A joint convention of Oregonj arranged
School Boards. Oregon .Associa­
Reason for d iscon tinuing con­
tion of School Administrators j ferences during s c h o o l , W ahl
and Oregon School Clerks was j said, is that so few parents at­
held last week at the Hilton tend that loss o f in stru ctio n tim e
can not be ju s tifie d .
hotel in Portland.
Schoo! Personnel
Meet in Portland
\ m odern fish processing and : c o u ld change the p ictu re ove r-
is a va ila b le from the Portland
packaging plan t was c ite d as a nigh t He said the U S. Bureau o ffic e
prim e new industrial opportun­ o f M in in g has made a study o f
Lloyd Anderson, deputy d i­
ity fo r the Port O rford area at a deposit o f lo w -gra de n ic k e l re cto r o f plan nin g and zoning,
last Wednesday's cham ber o l in the county and found th a t it
stressed t h a t w hat happens to
com m erce s p o n s o r e d p u b lic is c o m p a r a b l e to other lo w -
Port s'rford is "up to the people "
grade deposits; one being Cuba
m e e tin g conducted by L a r r y
Ind ivid uals are our greatest re­
D in n e e n o l the StateD cpartm ent w h ic h is now cut o ff Because source, he said, no m a tte r what
Over 600 delegates were pres­
n ic k e l is a strategic m e ta l, C ur­ other natural resources we may ent for the three-day affair I
of P lanning and Developm ent
Discussing the fish processing ry county m ig ht some day de­ have, the human resource is the which featured several outstand­
was B ill M ille r , also o i the Plan­ ve lo p its production. Recent ex­ most necessary He pointed the ing educators and political fig -.
ning and D evelopm ent depart­ p lo ra tio n in the in la n d p o rtio n i m p o r t a n c e of planning and | ures.
m ent and a businessman w ith of the county has been sione on zoning p r o p e r 1 y, no tin g that
D r Richard Walker, director.
liv e successful business ventures lo w -g ra d e iron ore and Ramp m any o f the coast towns have Institute of International Stud-
On Sunday, Nov. 17, D is tric t
to his c re d it. M ille r .aid the sea said he be lie ved a good deal just grown in a h e lte r-s k e lte r i ies. University of South Carol­
was one o f the U nited State's m ore interest w i ll be shown in fashion. Port O rford s t ill has a ina spoke on "The Communist 9 Veterans o f W o rld W ar I and
greatest resources but that this this mineral.
chance to properly plan and lay Threat and Education": Senator* the a u x ilia ry h e ld th e ir quarter­
Ram p also noted th a t P o rtO r­ out w ater and sewer systems, Ai Flegel, chairman of the ly m e e tin g at Brookings,
country had slipped in to fifth
In attendance w ere Dept. Sr.
place in the production oi fish, ford is in a good lo c a tio n for streets, business areas, etc. He Legislative Interim Committee
behind Russia, Japan, Sweden m in in g developm ent because o f encouraged w om en to be a ctive
on Education, spoke on the V ice C om m ander Jack H erm an,
and F in la n d whose methods of th e lo c a l harbor Ocean trans­ in city and county developm ent,
Philosophy Behind the New Dept. Jr. V ic e Edward Johnson,
P a s t Dept. C om m ander Ralph
I fish hand lin g have far surpassed p o rta tio n is very c o m p e titiv e and keep at it
i Intermediate Education District
he said, w ith regareis to shipping
ours.
Ths- m eeting was attended by Law.” D r Daniel Davies. Pro­ A y ls w o rth Dept A u x ilia ry Pres­
M ille r suggested that a local ores and m inerals.
52 persons from the area and fessor of Education. University ident Vera M cK in n e y, Past Pres­
id en t T hyrze(Lew is) C urry, Leg­
C oncerning in d u stria l m in e r- , follow ing in d iv id u a l talks each
devel o p m e n t corporation be
of Arizona, sjaoke on "School is la tiv e Chm Eslith H erm an, and
form ed by residents to study this als. Ramp pointed out th a t the , speaker held a discussion w ith
Board Practices and Proced­ V. A. V. S. Chm Dorthy Lauty
indu strial p o ssib ility The m a r­ Port O rford area has am ple sans! persons interested in th e ir fie ld
ures” .
and other visitors fro m D istricts
ket tor s o -c a lle d scrap fish is and gravel of construction grade. j during a refreshm ent periosl
Speaking for the joint ban­ 1, 5 and 7.
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growing and modern canneries as w e ll as na tive rock and c la y ,
quet
held
Thursday
evening
was
A dinn er was served by the
\bras,ves. .. >-fo
and freezing plants, w hich in ­
a u x ilia ry o f the host Barracks
pushing then tru n ks up Gov. Mark 0. Hatfield.
sures the q u a lity o f this im p o r­ soapstone are also found in Curry
Attending were John Mayea.
A free drawing was h e ld d u r-
\ t. -he surface- i f the w ater
tant sea product, are necessary county As the area grows, so
to keep the supply on a level w ill m in in g T am p noted. He and breathing th rough them , Mrs Lawrence Right. Superin­ i n g the dinn er w itli about 20
added that Oregon is con du cting elep h an ts can w alk on the bot­ tendent Al Johnson and Mrs. winners
w ith the demand
Don Stole ot Port Orford, and
The Barracks and a u x ilia rie s
A nother im portant phase in a lo ng-range sam pling program tom of a riv er.
The ears of the crick et are’ clerk. Mrs Clark Slocum of h e l d th e ir separate m eetings
the eco no m ic life o l this area over the entire state a.id that
fo llo w in g dinner.
Langlois.
is the tourist industry. Don See­ in fo rm a tio n concern!ng findings ir. his legs.
ley, of the tra v e l in fo rm a tio n
of the State H ighw ay Depart­
m ent, to ld the group He stress­
ed that tourists should be treat, d
as visitors, rather than as tou r­
ists, and made to fe e l "at home "
He c a lle d Port O rford a 'key
area" because of i t s lo catio n
near the south entrance ol the
s t a t e . A "V is ito r-H o s t” co m ­
mittee or group has pros ed ar.
e ffe c tiv e p u b lic re la tio n ' pro­
gram to induce visitors to si as
longer in the area They should i
w e lcom e the v is ito r and be d. •
fin a te in p o in tin g out p l.u .i- oi
The Coos-Curry .Junior and interest, w here to look lo r Indian
Senior High School Area Coun­ a rtila cts, agates and d r ill" cod.
selors Conference is being held where the best fish in g or clam ­
today Thursday! at South West­ m in g can he found, etc
Seeley said the tra ve l in fo r­
ern Oregon College
The group w ill he addressed m a tio n d ivisio n i> charg. Iw ith
by Dr Kirby Brumfield of the a ttra c tin g people to Oregon and
Stale Dept ol Educalion. Dean that its up to the communities
Earl Hepler of the Technical to keep them here. Eh.' total
Vocational Div of S W. o C ; gross from out ol stete v i'ito i
and Dean Sam York of the Lib­ last year am ounted to 21
eral Arts Div of S.W O f , and lio n dollars, he noted.
G eologist Len Ramp Stats
Daniel Browne, the consultant
D e p a r t m e n t ot Geology a nd
on Guidance, Counseling and
M inerals, said that a great
al
Testing of the Stale Dept of
o f research has been dom m
Education
Curry county m in e ra l potential,
NEW C IT Y ' PROPERTY. T he
There w ill be an interchange hut the m in e ra l future at tins i
of counseling material from all point is pretty op to m istic Cold,
old C urry county road d e p a rt­
the counselors of the district.
m ent barn and gravel storage
copper, low -gra de n ickel, c o il, i
site, ju s t north o f the c ity l i m ­
Mrs Anna Thomas, student J lead, ch ro m iu m , silver, borax,
counselor at Pacific High School, I vanadium , ansi others, mas be i
its, is expected to be transferred
to the c ity o f Port O rford. 1 he
it a tte n d in g the m e r liiig
found in v a r y i n g quantities ,
county is c o m p le tin g a new barn
There is room lo r m in in g di
uorth o l P a c i f i c high school.
velopm ent here. Rampsaisl, a l­
Vhen it conics to giving
T hey w i ll also reserve a p o rtio n
though now it is al a low ebi
soictliing. sonic persons atopi T e c h n ic a l changes, however, i
o f this property fo r a sm a lt gra­
aliothing
vel sto ckp ile .
and the in te rn a tio n a l situation I
Pacific Seniors
Take Exams
By Air Force
Students Tell Desires
P a c ific high school students
voted m ore than three to one in
favo r or a teen center, results
o f the c o m m u n ity -a re a survey
t a k e n by Port O rford Jayceei
sliow. One hundred and n in e ty -
fiv e students p a rtic ip a te d In th e
po ll.
Students were asked to clioose
between a teen center, sw im ­
m in g pool, co m m u n ity center,
c ity park or "o th e r. " The teen
center rece ive d 33. 7 per cent
of tiie votes; s w im m in g p o o l,
25. 3; co m m u n ity center, 20. 4;
c ity park, 10. 2j others, 10. 3.
Com m ents made atx>ut the
survey ranged strongly in favor
o f till- teen center to some who
fe lt it was a waste o f tim e . A
I 7 y e a r-o ld saldi " I do not he-
l i e y lh .it a teen center w ould
In p ra c tic a l because o f la ck o f
interest, transportai ion and 11m-
ile d p a rtic ip a tio n ." Ano’ tier Of
m ile s per hour, p u lle d up along
s id e the boys to o ffe r them a
l i f t when Knoke turned in to the
car a n d was h it by the rig h t
| fro n t fender. The m ishap o c -
' cured about 11 a. m.
Port Charged
Co op Loses
Copper Wire
In Burglary
The cham ber o f com m erce
w i l l m eet next Monday noon,
N ovem ber 25, at t h e Orfords
Cedar Room. A report from the
recent Oregon Coast Association
conference is expected to be
heard at the m eeting.
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Boy Hit By Auto
I w o 1 3 y e a r-o ld C o q u illr
When c h ie f deputy sheriff A l­
youth, that broke in to tin Port len Boice le a r tir d o f the tioys and
O rford g r a d e school Saturday th e ir sack of money he began
night were apprehended by the q u e s tio n in g th e m a n d fin a lly
Curry county sh e riff's depart­ was to ld of flie burglary here A
m e n t before th e ir c rim e hail furthe r d ice k w ith deputy D rla -
even I wen discovered.
m arter v a rifle d the crim e and
1 he Juveniles rem oved m o ld ­ the C o o l County Juvenile auth­
in g from around the window ol o ritie s were n o tifie d .
a rear tloor, took out the glass
I irla m a rtc r said the boys read­
and cra w le d through the hole, ily a ib n lttc d r iite r ln g th c u liool
then repeated the process at the on tw o occasions Saturday night
o ffice door and cleaned out the and ta k in g th e m oney and knives
,a le and m oney from p e n cil and They had run away from t l i r l r
ta b le t vending nsa< limes In the C o q u ille Isoines about l i >0p m.
h a ll They a lto Went back a sec­ Friday, they said, entered the
ond tim e and took paring and school tw ice , purchased a lo u t
butcher knives from the school $20 w orth o f c l o t h i n g from
kitch e n and placed them undrr I ticker's M art, went to the slow
wheels of parked busses along and stayed a ll nigh t in the o ld
w ith em p ty pop hotties.
p a rtia lly torn-slown co m m u n ity
Iie p u ty she riff Ira IW la m a rtcr church b u ild in g , then headed
s a id the o ffic e sale had hern south Sunday m orning.
le ft open and that paring knives
A fu rth e r Interro gatio n o f the
had been used to pry open the youths was made by P ortO rfo rd
v rn d in g m achines The youths p o lic e ch ie f Barbey tsscl when
t o o k about $60, to ta l. In the the y sto|>ped here during th e ir
burglary
r rtu rn to Coos county.
Capture o l the boys was made
Sunday a fte r D e la m a rte r w a s
n o tifie d by a lo c a l resident that
tw o youths w e r e h itc h h ik in g J
south about a m ile and a h a ll .
out ol town. The person said he '
though! he recognized one o f the 1
youths as a Isoy Irom C o q u ille i
and I hat they m ig h t he try in g to '
run away from home,
Ilc ls m a rte r searched the area
The Norway substation of
to I lum bug Park hut found no sign
of the m . He radioed th e ir de- CoosX'urry E lectric Cooperat­
a crip tio n to C old Beach, where ive. in Coquille, was burglarized
t h e y were la te r p icke d up by sometime between i p m F ri­
C o ld Beach c ity p o lic e o ffic e r day and H a m Wednesday, it
Fred Thom and t a k e n to the was reported today by M L.
court lsou.se. They were ca rry­ .Mitchell, assistant manager
Some 900 pounds of weather­
in g a paper sack c o n ta in in g what
w a , le ft o f the stolen money proof copper wire was taken,
valued at 1490, The thieves en­
w ith them .
Chamber Meets
Monday Noon
I lu ir . , ,'.ov. 21,
Curry Seeks $324,644 Triple
Cost Timber Claim Against
Kronenberg For 'Trespassing'
Counselors
Meet Today
WWI District
Meeting Held
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