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About Port Orford news. (Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon) 1958-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1963)
r Voi. 6 No. 38 Curry County, Oregon •Price Tea Cents Thursday, December 19, 1963 Community Christmas Program Is Tonight At 7:30 Santa Claus makes Us annual appearance tonight, Thursday, Dec. 19, during the community Christmas program at the Battle Rock school gym at 7:30 o'clock. Program director Hazel Knapp has arranged for special enter Donations for the annual com tainm ent by the grade school m unity Christmas party h a v e advanced band, J a c k and J ill A W. Sweet, president of Wes- as soon as facilities can be com- reached a to ta l of $191, accord Kindergarten, Caryn Marsh, tfie Street Carolers and a duet by ing to treasurer Pat Starr. tern Bank, confirmed rumors pitted. Those m aking contributions Frances Smith and Cary Beck. that his organization intends to Western Bank is well known During the program, Santa's establish banking offices in the to the residents of Southwestern to date include: G riffe y- Laird, location w ill be given out as he cities of Gold Beach and Brook- Oregon, having served this area Hahn Hardware, McKay's Mar nearsPort Orford and the school ings in the near future. under its former name of Bank ket, P o r t Orford Variety, Dr. Sweet stated that a site had of Bandon since being first or- C. M. T yler, South Coast Agen gym- Winners of the home decora becn leased in the Brookings ganized in 1904 It now has of- cy, F ir s t National Bank, Sea tin g contest and winner of a free Crest M otel, Western States Ply Shopping Center at the north > fices in Bandon, Coos Bay and wood, Bartlett's Cafe. S. D. A. bicycle, given by JayCettes, w ill edge of the city, and that an Empire. Dorcas Society, E, S. A. Sorority. also be announced. option had been taken on prop- Sweet stated that his organi- Santa's appearance w ill c li I>. C. O. Boots, Rotary Club, erty in Gold Beach It is plan- zation had been requested many Port Orford Sanitation, Prehis max the party- A ll Port Orford ned that services w ill be started times to come to Gold Beach to ric Cardens, American Legion area youngsters w ill be given as soon as authority is granted and Brookings, and that its of- a u x i l i a r y , St. Christopher's treats and a chance to te ll Santa by the State Department of ficers and directors had been Guild, Christian Womens Fel th e ir w is h e s , so come early, Banking and by the Federal Dé working a long time toward the lowship, Battle Rock M otel and a d v i se s the Christmas Assoc posa Insurance Corporation, and establishment of better services the American Legion. iation. for its customers in this area. Individual donors are Minnie Sweet is a long-time resident ot K in g Jolly, Mrs. Orris Knapp Curry county, having lived on and Mrs. David Starr. PORT ORFORD MAN the fam ily ranch at Sixes since Contributions may be made graduating from Port Orford Christmas Tree Fund, " in care COM PLETES TRAINING High School in 1937 of Mrs. Starr. San Diego. Calif., <FHT\'C)— The "Bank of Bandon’’ , as Donations are used to purchase Western Bank is still known to treats distributed to the children Robert R Reinke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray A. Reinke of Port many in this area, is a state- during the party. Orford, Ore., completed basic chartered organization, owned training Nov. 27. at the Naval and controlled by local people, j Training Center, San Diego, Richard Buffington of G o l d Calif. Beach has served on its board The nine-week training in of directors for a number of T } ' years Many Curry county resi- r l C K - U p O U l l u a y cludes naval orientation, history and organization, seamanship, dents are stockholders of the : Postmaster W ilm a S te v e n s ordnance and gunnery, m ilitary bank. When questioned about the said today that local post office d rill, physical fitness, first aid H H I I I time of opening, Sweet pointed patrons w ill be able to pick up and survival. During the training recruits out that the establishment of C h r is t m a s packages Sunday, HI RE'S ONE for b ell collectors the offices was s till contingent December 22, before 12 noon. receive tests and interviews This small brass bell was found First-class service w ill not be which determine their future upon the approval of the State recently about three miles up assignments in the Navy. Upon Banking Department and the available. Dry Creek from the Sixes River Mrs. Stevens also reminded completing the program they Federal Deposit Insurance Corp by the Bob J o h nso n fam ily. that he believed that patrons to use the local ZIP code, are assigned to service schools Markings indicate that it is 85 oration. but Brookings could be- 97465> on a11 of their outgoing for technical instruction or to years old. One side of the bell service in _____________ 1964 because the i mal1- ships and stations for on-the-job gin early in has the words Chiantel Pondeur training in a Navy rating spe building was already there and »» . . « on it, the other carries the date cialty o f 1878 above the word Saig- under lease In Gold Beach a V 30311011 u 6 i Naval t r r ’ning produces the nelecier The bell was buried new building w ill have to b e ! Schools in D istrict 2CJ w ill be power in seapower by supplying w ith only a fraction of its rim constructed. The Gold Beach showing and is s till in good con site is the north half of the lot dismissed Friday Dec. 20, at qualified personnel to man the dition, giving a strong lasting at the corner of the Highway and 3:17 p.m. and w ill return Thurs- ships, aircraft and shore stations of today’s Navy. day, Jan. 2. ring. It m a y have been used Seventh Street. either as a sheep bell or on a pack mule, it is believed. I ( anyone is fa m ilia r w ith this type of bell, the inform ation would be welcomed by johnson, or at the News office. Western Bank Intends To Open Curry Offices works harder. I n t e r o r lo n g e r hours d u rin g the Y u le ie<aon Ilia n ,«o«t o ffic e e m p lo y e d \n d Port < r lo r d 't crew i> no •« C e p tio n T he y arc on the Job fro m e a rly m o rn in g to past c lo s ing hours, Saturdays and Sundays, to insure e x p e d ie n t d e liv e ry to a ll patrons, and to get o u tg o in g cards, le tte rs and p arcels on t h e ir w a y to po in ts around th< w o rld w ith o u t d e la y T w o tru cks a rriv e d a ily , o u r c a rry in g l i n t c la s t m a il at 7i 10 a, m . , f o llo w ed by p a re d |x » t a l i t t l e la te r. T h e b ig jo b . . , to get it in to y o u r boxes, Photo above was ta k e n about Si >0 W ednesday m o rn in g , ju s t a fte r th e a rr iv a l o f the p a rc e l ,»o«t tru c k . M ost o f fo u r sacks o t firs t class m a il had a lre a d y been so rte d w h e n 25 m ore sacks o f p a rc e l post, plus several loose packages, a rriv e d . T h is Is a d a ily Oregon To Issue New License Plates Starting In January occurence during the season, but only half of the Job. The crew still has to sell stamps, weigh packages, sell money-orders, post c a rd s and envelopes, and complete the many other jobs con nected w ith a |>ost office. During the week between December 11 and Id, 12,679 pieces of first class m a il was run through the canceling machine. More than an average of 1, 000 for every man, woman and child in the city. And this doesn't include first class m a il that Is hand canceled, or parcel post. So, to the wo men who arc determined that "the m a il must go through, " Ger trude Adolphsen, Marie Barrington, postmaster W ilm a Stevens and Ad Niemann, we tip our editorial hat for a big Job Very W ell done. Weather Date Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Max 53 53 S3 51 53 54 55 Min 33 35 35 34 34 34 34 Rain 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Oregon w ill begin issuing new- an immediate massive switch , mt,mi..bur I.ren.se plates in filing systems or employ ex J,in 2. but the Department of tra personnel Io help make the Motor Vehicles says It w ill be re-issue. five years before all autos are The new system w ill perm it equipped with them an almost endless combination i Over a four year period, new «( letters and numbers No ef- plates w ill be issued to peraons fort w ill be made to spell words, who buy new cars or move to some letter combinations, how- the state Replacement for muti-i ever, w ill lx- eliminated since laled plates w ill continue to be ihey might offend an owner available Remaining plates of Oregon has approximately the old series, first issued in 900.000 registered passenger 1955, w ill be replaced in 1968 cars. The new plates w ill contain aj three letter prefix and three; numbers I AAA 001). sim ilar to the system used in Washington and al least Ihree other states ; The first letter w ill indicate the I month of expiration, but the other letters and numbers w ill! J R Philbrick of Fork Panther timber sale on the have no significance . Supervisor . Color of the plates w ill be un- I he Siskiyou National F o re * ha. Gold Beach D istrict, consisting . , . 1 1 a announced n n o iin iu iJ lsaz<> o lz i. k ,e two c sales held l this of 3.100.000 board feet of tim ber changed yellow on a blue back week, one at Powers Ranger contained in 82 acres. ground Estimated volumes, adver Missing from the new series of D istrict and one on the (iold plates w ill be the slogan "P a Reach Ranger D istrict, totaling tised prices, and bid prices are cific Wonderland" The le g is 20 400,000 board feet of timber. as follows Douglas-fir 2,900,000 Independent Diggers & Con board feet, advertised price lature dropped the slogan to per mit larger letters and numerals tractors, Inc , Coos Bay, Ore., »15.90, bid price »26 50; western was the high bidder for the hemlock and olher species ami a larger "Oregon " Vern I, Hill, director of the Bedrock Blowdown timber sale. 100.000 board feel, advertised department, says that taking the' This sale area of 395 acres on and bid price »7 15; Port-Orford- next five years to ' issue the ' the Powers D istrict contains ap- cedar 100.000 board feet, ad plates w ill save »200,000 because proximately 17,300,000board feet vertised and bid price »4.3 20. Total appraised value was »58,- it w ill be unnecessary to make : __________ . Estimated columes, advertised 338 00 and tolal hid value »89,- prices, and bid prices arc as 078 00. follows: Douglas-fir 15,700,000 There w ill be road construc board feet, advertised price tion by the purchasers of both »26 65, bid price »28 00. western of these sales The advertised hemlock and other species 200,- and bid prices are at rates ac (XX) board feet, advertised and celerated under 80' of the vol- bid price »11 00; Port-Orford- ume W a lte r V e rn o n Roach, Ban cedar 1.400.000 board feet, ad don, was se n ten ce d to t h r e e vertised price »57 50 and bid N e e d y mothers and infant years in the O regon C o rre c tio n price $145.00 Total appraised a l In s titu tio n by c ir c u it c o u r t value was »505.776 00 and total children receive CAR1 food aid Judge R o lie rt Bi Hom 011 a charge bid value was »641.621 00. at clinics and feeding centers in o i b u rg la ry in a d w e llin g . Western Slates Plywood Co many parts of the world, thanks to American donors who scndSl I lie b u rg la ry was in th e Roy operative. Port Orford, Ore., C \R I l oad Crusade parcels. M ills house on N o v e m b e r 29. was high bidder of the Middle Two Timber Sales Tolal Twenly Million Board Feet Roach Gels Three Years A b ill that w ill help salve the water problems in the Fourth D istrict was sent to the House Interior and Insular Affairs com mittee this week. Congressman Robert B. Duncan (D-Orc> an nounced today. The Water Resources Re search Act of 1964. one of the three most important conser- vation bills before the House i this session, was reported from an executive session Thursday, and was sent to the full Interior Committee for its earliest con sideration. "T his b ill w ill be of particular help to the Fourth D istrict," Duncan said. " In Southwestern Eight Pacific high school stu Oregon only 137.041 acres of farm land out of a total farm dents have completed the first area of 2,437,479 acres is cur seminar in t h i s year's county rently able to be irrigated. We intcr-school Seminar program. also have a continuing problem Evoluation, presented by Asso- c i a t c Professor of Biology’ at of water pollution." he added. Southern Oregon College, James Duncan said he had long been R. Dawson, was the first topic. worried about the future supply The group w ill next study as of fresh water in the entire tronomy under Dr. Edwin Eb- state "Oregonians tend to take bighausen, professor of physics their water supply for granted at the University of Oregon. We can no longer afford to do Pacific students participating this as it is becoming more in the program include Richard scarce and more polluted by the Bell, Colleen Breed’ove, Janice Bushnell, Richard Hindes, El day," he said. len McW illiam s, M arilyn Rund- This b ill, if enacted, would berg, Cheryl Sevcrns and Kathy provide up to »950.000 for each Sevens. state over the next ten years to finance a research center to con duct investigations, experiments and the training of scientists in the fields of water and of re sources which affect water. Curry Students Complete Seminar Duncan noted that the bill would probably be sent to the House this session, "The Inter ior Committee under the chair manship of Wayne Aspinall is one of the finest of the House committees and has an outstand ing record this session." he pointed out. “ Of the three m ajor conserva tion bills sent for its consider ation this year, the committee has reported two of them to the floor and has only this water bill le ft," he said. problem Is Just one of the dally many that face post office em ployees, but more so this tim e of year when m a ll volume m u l tip lie s a lm o s t out of reason. Marie Barrington, left, postmas- t e r W ilm a Stevens, rear, and Gertrude Adolplisen sort through thousands of letters and cants received Wednesday morning, taking these m inor questions in stride. Parcel Posl The chamber of commerce w ill liold its regular meeting at 12 noon next Monday, Decem ber 23, at O»fords Cedar Room. The center is to be located at the state's land grant college. “ We should have had a similar b ill many years ago We can’t afford to waste any more time in finding solutions for our wa ter problems," the Congress man said. WHERE do you put a le tte r ad dressed o n ly to Bob Wallace, Port Orford, Oregon? Inhls m ail box? H o w about when there's three of th e m ,, . Robert J., Ro b e r t W, and Robert A. ? This Old Bell Found Chamber Meets Next Monday Water Bill Is In Committee Yule Parly Donors Noted Duncan referred to the Public Land laws Revision Commission b ill which was sent to the House this week and the Land and Wa ter Conservation Fund bill which was voted from the committee in November. The committee has also reported 76 other bills to the floor this session. College Course Due Al Pacific A Yule Summit Conference A college-level evening course, “ History of American Educa tion (G) (Ed 441)," w ill be given in Port Orford this winter by the Division of Continuing Educa tion of the Oregon State System of Higher Education. The class w ill be held on Wed nesday evenings, beginning Jan. 8, from 7:00-9:45 p.m. at Pacific High School. Those who satisfactorily com plete the course may earn three hours of college credit from the University of Oregon. Details on fees and registra tion may be obtained from the Ashland Continuation Center, College Campus, Ashland; tele phone 482-3311 (Ashland), ext. 250. YOUNG LAD at the le ft, not sure about this man Santa Claus, seems to be asking, " Is i t re a lly me you want to see?" Juveniles Back To California Five Juveniles, including one g irl, between 15 and 17 years of age, were picked up by the Sheriff's department December 6 at Pistol River driving a stol en car. They were a ll from the “ Although I am only a fresh Oakland, C alifornia, area. man member of this committee, They were released Sunday, I have been very proud of its work. I think the committee has December 8, to th e ir parents and C alifornia authorities. done a fine job," he added. ASSURED that Santa does want to ta lk to him, he forces h im self to go to him , (w ith urging from Mom) but maintains his doubt by refusing to took into his eyes.
