P ik e s for First Baby of 1964 Go fo Port Orford L a u
Voi. 6 No. 42
Port Orford,
Curry County, Oregon
'¿“"»day, January 16, 1964
Price Ten Cents
Portland Youths Steal Car Here, Wreck Another
The capture of four IS - t b year of eating. The car belonged to
old Portland youthi resulted here Bruce Mani eke.
last I hursday morning altertwo
Jim Allison witnessedthe theft,
of them wrecked a car here that almost getting hit as they sped
they had itoleu in Portland the away, ami notified deputy sher
n ig h t lie lore, w ithin minutei iff Ira Delam arter at 7i27. D el
following the theft of a second amarter called the sheriff's of
car here
fice in Gold Beach to have road
The youtlu arrived in Port Or blocks established there and in
f o r d at 7i25 a. m. , driving a Brookiugs.
1959 Chevrolet convertible they
But fate was also playing its
had stolen at I li 55 p. in. W ed part in the Juveniles' S|*ee.
nesday from a car lot at 82nd
W ith two boys In each car,
and Madison, reportedly on their they sped south for a short 12
way to California. Deciding to blocks when the lead car, the
eat, they stopped at the Galley Chevrolet convertible, crashed
Cafe for a quick breakfast Be
into a |>owii poh In front of the
fore entering the cafe, however, Texaco service station, snap
they spotted a parked car with ping t h e pole off and putting
the keys in it anil on the spur of the car out of the get-away race.
eiu m rn l decided takingit in lieu
The youtlu Jumped from the
wrecked vehicle as their part-
n e rs turned off on a tide road
w lth th r M anlckecar. They fin
ally parked the car onjefferson
St. next to the Shoreline Motel
andtookoff running. They were
apprehended at 7|3S, at t h e y
w e r e trying to make it to the
beach, by Delamarter.
Police chief Barney Isael, noti
fied of the accident. Joined in
the s e a r c h for the other two
youths, with deputies Delamar
ter a n d Boice, who came up
from Gold Beach. City Patrol-
m a n Bill Pickering manned a
roadblock at the north end of
the city. Officers, and several
citizens, conducted a thorough
search of the city amt Paradise
Point areas without finding the
escaped pair.
At 1 1 a . m. the search was
interrupted because the deputies
a n d chief Isscl had to appear
before the grand Jury in G o ld
Beach.
Fate was still on the side of
the "goodguys," however. When
officers approached a spot about
o n e m ile south of the Rocky
Point bridge, they came upon
the two escaped youths Just as
they clim bed up to the highway
f r o m the beach. So, w ith the
four in custody, they proceeded
on to Gold Beach and their grand
Jury appearance.
The youths were placed in cus
tody of the Curry county Juven
ile department and later releas
ed to Portland authorities.
Chamber To
Make Film,
Print Folders
A 16mm color film promot
ing the Port Orford area a.id its
tourist attractions was approved
at Monday's chamber of o m -
merce meeting, with $50 vote<
towards initial costs. The film ,
w i t h a taped sound narrati;n.
may be used for showing at State
Parks in the area, ter,'ice clubs
and I V stations in other areas.
It w ill deal m ainly with where
to go and what to see and do in
Port Orford and northern Curry
county, Paul Peterson is in charge
of its production.
It was also approved to have
5,000 promotional brochures
printed. T h e s e w ill deal pri
m arily with statistical data of
the area and used mainly to ans
wer correspondence received by
the chamber.
A suggestion that the chamber
inquire about getting a C i v i l
Aeronautics radio installed here
w ill be followed up. Volunteers !
have already agreed to man such j
a radio, which, is the belief of ,
the chamber, w ill increase use
of the Sixes airport and also pro
vide an additional emergency
communications point for air
Sport fans w ill be in for a real
craft in distress.
The chamber w ill also contact treat next Thursday, January 23,
t h e Oregon Historical Society according to the P o r t Orford-
w i t h regards to a tour of Coos Langlois Quarterback Club, when
A b e Woodson, S a n Francisco
and Curry counties the Society
49er's defensive backfield man
has scheduled for the near fu
and the most outstanding run-
ture.
back artist in the National Foot-
Minnie Jolly petitioned the
chamber for h e l p in manning ba)1 *-**8“ *. w ill appear at Pa
c ific high school.
the art center on weekends. She
Woodson, named A ll-P ro for
said volunteers were needed to
insure that the center could be the last three years, holds all
kept open as many days weekly records for k ic k -o ff returns in
as possible to handle the many' the National League. He is also
a former A ll Am erican halfback
t o u r is t s seeking information
from the University of Illinois,
about the area. The art center
has also been used as the local and a famous track star.
Fans who watched the AU Pro
information center. Any persons
wishing to help with this effort g a m e Sunday w iU remember
are asked to contact Mrs. Jolly. seeing Woodson make two of his
Ray Pearson was appointed to
represent t h e chamber at the
Monday night Christmas Associ
ation meeting.
T E E N A LOUISE Woodward,
who arrived a t 2:4$ a.m . Jan. 9,
was the first baby born in South
ern Coos General hospital In
1944.
Born to M r. and M rs. W illiam
E arl Woodward of Port Orford,
the S-pound, l-ounce miss joins a
sister, Kelly Rae, and three
brothers, Mike, Jam ie, and
famous run-backs.
Oavie.
These famous run-backs wiU
Mother and daughter w ill re
be the subject of film s Woodson
ceive surprise gifts from the
w ill show at the schooL His col
lection dates from his University following Bandon merchants:
Sunsat Motel, Bandon
Food
days.
Center, Gerry's Ice Cream, M
Sponsored by the Quarterback-
ers, the m eeting is open to the 4 L Grocery, Shindler's Rexall
public and is free of charge, ac Drug, The Senter Agency, Ban
cording to Norm Baker, who ar don Plumbing and Heating,
Ray's Pharmacy, M arian Jewel
ranged the event.
~ The Gold Beach Quarterback ers, Western World;
Beach Junction Grocery, M c
Club and football teams from
G o ld Beach and Bandon have N air Hardware, Yockey Elec
been invited to attend. A spec tric, Lloyd's Cafe, M cKay's
ial invitation is also extended M arket, Bandon Golf and Coun
to th e general public. Baker try Club, Kapling's Greenhouse-
stressed.
Florist, Western Bank, Tucker's
Shell Service, Bandon Beauty
Shoppe, Coquille Valley D airy
Co-op, Bandon Poly-Clean Cen
ter, Kronen berg and Waldrop In-
surance and Windermere Motel.
The contest was sponsored
under the direction of the South
After January 1, 1964, the ern Coos General Hospital Aux
State Public Health Laboratory, iliary who wishes to thank the
Oregon State Board of Health, merchants without whose gen
because of reduced appropria erous cooperation this contest
tions, w ill perform bacteriologi would not have been possible.
cal examinations on private wa —W.W. photo by Lou Felsheim
ter supplies only when such sam
ples have been collected by an
authorized person from a city,
state or local health department.
It is recommended that in
dividual contact t h e i r local
Postal receipts last year show
health department for assistance
in having the water system in ed a gain over 1962 of $844.79,
spected, and, if deemed nec according to local postmaster
essary, a w ater sample w ill be W ilm a Stevens.
Cross receipts in 1962 were
collected and submitted for bac
S20, 005. 77. In 1963 they in -
teriological examination.
These restrictions are to assure i creased to $20, 850. 56.
best use of available laboratory
WEATHER RETORT
services following budget reduc Date
M ax M in Rain
tions resulting from the October Jan. 8
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1963 tax referendum.
Jan. 9
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The Curry county health de Jan. 10
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partm ent can inform you of other Jan. 11
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laboratories available to per Jan. 12
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35
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form these tests on a commer Jan. 13
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c ia l basis.
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Abe Woodson, Top 49er,
Speaks Here Thursday
FOUR Portland Juveniles were
caught here last Thursday after
they wrecked this car, stolen in
Portland, by crashing into a pow
er pole rn front of the Texaco
service station. They were at
tempting a get-away after steal
The city w ill take steps tode
ing a second car in front of the
Galley Cafe. It was abandoned termine If Mayor Andy Cribble
intends to continue in office, or
near the Shoreline Motel.
bow out of the city government.
The action came after an inquiry
f r o m Port Orford News editor
P a u l Peterson, who asked the
council whether or not the of
fice was vacant. The city char
ter stipulates that the office of
mayor shall be deemed vacant
. . . u p o n his absence from all
meetings of the council for a
period of 60 days without con
The Curry County Livestock sent of the council.
Falling Rock
Breaks Leg
Alton Strain of Port Orford
I and Forrest -----------
Manicke ----
of Lang-
■ Fois were injured while working
on the North Bank road of the
Rogue River last Friday.
was tabled.
A large rock came off a high
The city agreed to change bank striking the men causing
auditors for the coming budget severe injuries. Strain received
year.
a broken leg and Manicke re
Acting mayor Lloyd Bates an ceived painful bruises but was
nounced that the city was ex not hospitalized
ercising its option and purchas
Strain is a patient at Keizer
in g the Paul Taylor property, hospital in North Bend where
s ix acres, in the Agate Beach he w ill be confined for at least
area.
two weeks.
F i r e commissioner George
Strain and Shirley Laird have
H a h n was asked to conduct a been doing construction work
membership drive for the vol for the county on the North
unteer fire department.
Bank road.
Laird was not
Bills In the amount of $924. 16 present at the time of the acci
were approved.
dent
City Questioned On Absence of Mayor
Curry County
Livestock Men
Meet Saturday
Morse To
Speak At
Gold Beach
engineer R. H. Erichson's sewer
p r o j e c t plan 2 and proposed
method of financing by general
obligation bon d s. The plan 2
project is only fora partial sew
er installation with lOOconnec-
t i o n s at an estimated coat of
$254,000. The Agency said the
resolution was necessary before
they could take further action
on the city's request for plan
ning funds. A report from their
field engineer is also required
they said.
M ilt Marsh was told he would
have to lile for a nonconforming
perm it before property set-backs
could be waived. He wants to
use a one and a half foot set
back instead of the three foot as
required by the zoning code, on
property at the end of Sauer's
P o in t where he is building a
house.
Agness Leutwylcr asked the
city to put in a four-inch line
and a fire hydrant to provide im
proved protection at the super
market building. Frank Morris
was instructed to make plans for
the project.
A second request by Mrs. Leut-
wyler, asked a $10 raise for city
patrolman Bill Pickering until
July, and then a substantial ra.
Association w ill hold its annual
Mayor Cribble has been out
meeting at the Sunset Inn, Gold
Beach, starting at 10:00 a m of the city since the first of July,
1963, and has attended only one
Saturday, Jan 18
Dean
Frischknect.
animal council meeting, in November,
husbandry specialist from OSU, since then. The council voted
w ill speak on production testing to write the mayor asking him
what his intentions arc.
in commercial beef herds and
If Mayor Cribble decides to
sheep flocks This is a tool in
improving the efficiency of meat toss in the towel, the council is
and wool production and in se required to appoint someone to
lection of replacement heifers f ill the office until the next e l
ection, which w ill be in Nov
and ewe lambs.
Other guests w ill Include Dr ember of this year. Should the
Denton, assistant state veterin office be filled from among the
arian from Salem; Tom Lane, council, an alderman w ill a l
Coos Fire Protective A ssn; and so have to be appointed,
A resolution was approved for
E ric Peacock, district super
the Housing and Home Finance
visor for the U.S. Fish and W ild
Agency agreeing to adopt city
life Service Predator Control
Program
Committee reports w ill in
clude: Dog control, theft and
predalor control, taxation and
economic development, herd
law, pasture-rnnge-weed control
and marketing.
The Board of Directors of the
This meeting w ill be of par
ticular interest to livestock pro Curry General Hospital in an ef
Election of officers was held
ducers in Curry county, but fort to bring the financial con
dition of the hospital closer to
at the final m e e t i n g of the
anyone is welcome to attend.
Sen. Wayne Morse is sched
uled to be featured speaker at
the Kennedy M em orial Dinner
to be held in Gold Beach Feb.
22, according to his administra
tive assistant Charles Brooks of
Sixes.
The dinner, to be held at the
Gold Beach high school, w ill be
the liighlight of the Curry Coun
ty Democratic Convention, also
to be held on that date. Other
speakers w ill be announced la
ter.
Carl Back of Port Orford has
been appointed c o n v e n t i o n
chairman to set up procedure.
Tickets for the dinner may be
obtained from any member of
t h e Curry County Democratic
C e n t r a l Com m ittee Ticket
prices are $5 per person or $7 50
per couple.
State Lab Cuts
Water Testing
Postal Receipts
Show Light Gain
Two Hospitalized, 3 Cars Demolished in Early Morning Crashes
Hospital Rates Yule Group
Are Upped
Elects, Hears
Final Reports
a balanced operation have rais
ed some of the dally rates. Ward
Foresters Meet
In Coos Bay
rates w ill be increased from $20
to $22. 50 per day and private
rooms from $22. 50 to $27. 50
per day. A ll other room rates
w ill remain the same. New rates
w i l l be effective February 1.
1964.
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The topic of "Linear Program
ming In The Forest Products
Industry” w ill be presented by
A change in the credit and
Bye Wynne of the Weyerhaeuser
Company at the Jan. 17 meeting collection policy of the hospital
of the Society of American For w ill also be made. The Credit
Bureau of Brookings w ill process
esters.
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The meeting w ill be held at
the Timber Inn, Coos Bay, with
a social hour beginning at « 30,
a buffet dinner at 7:30 and the
program at 8:00 p.m.
all delinquent accounts for co l
lection. A standard credit ap
plication and contract for pay
ment w ill be required from all
persons needliiR credit after Jan
uary 15, 1964.
Christmas Association Monday
night.
Named to the top position was
Ray Pearson. Vice president is
M innie Jolly, Pat Starr is trea
surer and Judy Bens is secretary.
New directors are Hazel Knapp,
Helen Stole and W ilbur Green.
It was noted that receipts from
t h is year's fund drive did not
meet expenditures. Money from
the reserve fund had to be used
to make up the deficit, accord
ing to Pat Starr.
Plans to make next year's an
nual program bigRer and better
were also discussed.
Try a classified for best results.
CH INA C R EEK flat, about
three miles south of Bandon on
Highway 101, was the scene of
two accidents early Monday
morning which sent two people
to Southern Coos General hos
pital and demolished three ve
hicles,
listed in satisfactory condition
following a one-car accident at
about 1 a m, which was w it
nessed by two Oregon State
Policemen
Traveling south in his new
pickup. Stump apparently lost
control of the vehicle which flip
photo, Mary Dufort Harris ped end over end several times
before coming to land upright
Alfred Stump, 32, Bandon, is in a field some 10 or 15 feet be
low the highway, and across a
five-ftxtl irrigation ditch.
About an hour later two
couples from Curry county, Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Eugene Stan
ley of Ixinglois, Robert B Fow
ler of Port Orford and Yvonne
E Fromm of Sixes, riding in a
vehicle operated by Stanley,
stopped along the shoulder of the
highway at the scene of the ac
cident Mrs. Stanley is the for
mer Peggy Thomas, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Thomas of
Bandon.
Several minutes later a car,
coming from the north, smashed
into the rear of the Stanley car
(center), pushing it over the
bank D river o f the third vehicle
was Lloyd E. "R e d " Storm, 25,
of Langlois, whose car also went
over the bank where it came to
rest at the bottom of the gully.
The From m woman, who suf
fered m inor injuries, was taken
to the local hospital and was re
leased Tuesday. A ll three ve
hicles were listed as total losses,
according to the state police.
The future is purchased by the
present.
Samuel Jackson