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About Port Orford news. (Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon) 1958-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1964)
Two Men Perish In Rogue Entrance Attempt The organized search for the bodies of John Walker, 54, Ban don, and Ray Jones, 40, Gold Beach, was relaxed Wednesday a f t e r continuous patrols up to late Tuesday evening failed to produce results, according to the Curry county sheriff's office. The two men were lost Sun day afternoon about 4:10 when th e ir crab boat capsized and sank as they were attempting to cross th e Rogue River bar at Cold Beach. According to a report, the boat North Wind, owned by Ray Nowlin of Port Orford, was com ing over th e bar when it w a s h it by * breaker in rough seas. The tragedy was witnessed by Bob Nowlin, who had entered t h e Rogue River on his ooat H alco just ahead of the North Wind. He said that heavy seas caught the boat, sinking it im m ediately w ith both m en aboard. T h e boat was s a id to liave " p i t c h-pulled, " turned com p le te ly over end for end, when i t went down. A search was launched by the C o a s t Guard, assisted by the sheriff's office, c ity police and o t h e r volunteers in the Gold Beach area. Two local fishing boats from Port Orford who heard the ca ll from Bob Nowlin also jo in e d the search Sunday even ing. The search continued tnrough Monay and Tuesday w ith Cur ry county sheriff B ill Cauntlett and Rich Buffington making an airplane patrol of th e beach areas late Tuesday. Only part of tne steel-nulled boat's cabin and other smaller I pieces have washed up ou the beach. Walker, w ell known and a form er resident in the Port O r- f o r d area, was skipper of the North Wind w hile Jones was a p a rt-tim e helper. Jim Peterson Named DSA Winner; Red McWilliams Is Top Citizen at Jaycee Banquet; Others Noted to A.W, Sweet lor use of his Cat- e rp llla r for the stream clearing project at the mouth of Hubbard C re e k , and to Paul Petenon, managing editor of the Port Or f o r d News, for "co rd ia l rela tionships" w ith the press. A C ertificate of M erit went to ! Mn. Anna Thomas, P acific high 1 school instructor, lor her valu able efforts w ith local youth as i school counselor, JAYCEE AWARDS Two File for Assessor Job Two Republicans a n d one Democrat have tossed their hats in th e Curry county p o litic a l ring, according to a late Wed nesday report. Charles Fitzhugh (R) Port Or ford, present c n ie f deputy astes- or, made the tin t filin g for the assessor's Job. A Curry county native, Fitzhugh has worked in the assessor's office for the past two yean. The second Republican filin g for the assessor's seatwas made by Blanche L ittle , a lonner cnief o ffice deputy and penonal pro perty auditor. She worked In the office for nearly three years be fore resigning last October. A report last week said that Mastenon was not seeking re- election but lie told the News Saturday that he was "not run ning in the primaries. " The lone Democrat to file is IL F, Timeus, Pistol River. He w i l l seek election for county- commissioner. Charles Grayshel (R) Brook ings, who announced Ins inten- tio n to tile for tne commission er's spot, had not submitted his petition as of Wednesday. President Peter honored the lo llo w in g ja je u o lor their club clforts w ith Jaycee of the Mouth ' Aw ants: r*rn Green April, Ken Hensley, banquet CUES'/ SPEAKER chairmanship. May, Dennis Sondennan, club Port Czrlord's Junior Chamber float forRrookings Azalea Fest- of Com m ent: paid tribute to lo j ival. persons w ith 22 aw art« lor out June, J e r r y Caughetl, c ity standing service to the club or 1 cleanup campaign, community at their annual Dis July, Don Hale, Kent Wagner tinguished Service Award ban and Jiggs King, for the Indian quet Saturday night, f ive of the Village. a» ants went to non-club mem Augsut, Wayne Hodge, sum- bers. j mer ilrag races. Sejilember,Jiggs King, stream DSA PLAQUE 1 clearance pro) eel; K c:‘Hensl cy, Wtuner of the Distinguished barbecue, Service Awardwas Jim Peterson, iOctober, Bob W o o d w o r th , owner ol Pacific Su|«r Market c o m m u n ity c e n te r association. a n d a charter member ol the November, I I don W iechmatui, Jaycees, wa, selected by Judges used bicycle drive. Loraine I la I net, Red McW 111 I a ms December,Frank St.Clair,op a n d Lloyd Bales for both club eration fa c e lift. activities and community ser January, Paul Petenon, Em vice, He is a member of th e mett Cronan Hypnotic show. c ity council, chamber of com merce, volunteer fire depart SPOKES m e n t, and a volunteer emer Spoke Aw arils were presented gency ambulance .triver. lie was to Boh Woodworth a n d Ken active In th e n io ve to retain the Hensley. Coast Guard station here and has beenchairm anof many projects SPEAKER d u r in g the past lour yean for I Keynote speaker at the ban com m unity development under i quet was Terry Green, Medford, the Jaycee program. He and hi* National Director of the Oregon w i f e have three school-aged I Jaycees and one of the state's A new project un lenvay by children. th e chamber of commerce is top 10 Jaycees. The club presented gifts to intended to insure that visitors SENIOR CITIZEN a n d to Frank S t C lair, I to the are* w ill be fu lly inform Named as Senior Citizen by Green ed about everything of interest Jaycee Vice President ior Dis Jaycves w as John " Reef* M c w ith facts, maps and person to tn c t 8, win? called the meeting W illiam s, shoreline Motel op person contacts. erator and real estate and m- to order and assisted w ith award People in the area w ith factual lurance agent. M cW illiam s was presentations. Opening and closing pray en knowledge on a varied selection cite d t o r community service over a period ol yean that in w e re led by Rev. Mai of the of items (agate and rock hunt ing, Indian encampments, camp cludes th e city lO tw cil, Port Langlois Community Church. I d Dwire was installed as a sites, etc, ) w ill be recruited to O rfo rd -L a n g lo is Quarterback I Club, C h r is t m a s \s io c ia tio n ,! new member of the Jaycees and assist in com piling such infor Boy S c o u ts and Celebration , two previous DSA winnen, Pat mation for use in the drive to C om m itter. He is a Rotarian Masterson a n d Paul Peterson, interest visitors in staying in the area a little longer. andwas selected in 1959 by the were introduced. Guests at the annual affair, Business people who come in Port Orford-Langlois Teacher's ■ Association as I ducstion Citizen h e ld this year at Whalens in daily contact w ith the traveling of the Year. Jaycees said that ’ Langlois, included Mrs. Terry public w ill be indoctrinated and McW illia m s " is h e 1 d in such Green, JayCettes and other Jay w ill have this inform ation a va il able for distribution to visitors. high esteem by the .Memhenhip cee w iv e s , th e Judges, Mr. Mrs. Eleanor Price was appoint of this CYgauiratiou that it has Charles Haines, Mrs. Red M c elected to confer upon him the . W illiam s, Mr. and Mn. Glenn ed to head the committee. No action was taken on a re fu ll rights and privileges of Life Wagner and Mr. and Mn. George ply from the State Aeronautics Memhenhip" in the Port Orford Sullivan, Board concerning an emergency Jaycees. radio installation here. The re Seeks Donors KEY MAN AWARD p ly stated that installation of The Key Man Aw aril, by choice j The A m erican Red C ro s s such radios is normally a jo in t o f the J aycee president, wa* giv Rloodm obile w ill he in C o q u ille effort between the state, feder en to l.es "Jiggs" King for " in on Eeh. 3 at th e Community al and local c iv il defense units valuable assistance to the presi B uilding from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Costs are shared 50 per cent by dent during his term of o ffice ." a n d in Coos Bay on Eeb. 4 at the federal and25per cent each King is a past president of the tin- Elks T em ple from 2 to 6 p. in. by- state and local. The radios Jaycees. Three-hundred pints ol blood cost al>out $400, including an a day are needed to supply the tennal and installation. OTHER AWARDS It was reported that a cedar hospitals tliroughout the state, Certificates of Appreciation Coos and Curry counties have t r e e has been located by the were also conferred to Mr*. Susie not been donating enough blood Jaycees that w ill he cut and used W hitc, for the generous use of and the quantity needed has had for signs at each entrance to the h e r lake property for the Red to he made up by other counties, city. Cross Swim program and gener it was noted. Car |>ools or any There is an old age of the al benefit; to Mn. Aggie I eut- o t h e r group transportation to w yle rfo rth e use of her property Coquille orCoo« Bay would help heart, and a youth that never grows o ld —Mary Baker Edify for the Jaycec's Indian Village- m e e t the requirements. Chamber Will Compile Facts About Area Favorable Report on Breakwater Forwarded by State Water Board JIM PETERSON—WINNER OF DSA Hypnotist To Appear In Big Show Saturday In a recent comm unication to the Chief of Engineers, De partment of the /Army, the State Water Resources Board asked for favorable consideration of the local breakwater report from the Congress and asked for early as , possible authorization and ap propriation of fundi tor the pro- je ct. Donel J. Lane, executive sec retary of the Water Board, said that construction o f the break water extension proposed in the " Solid Entertainm ent" . . . to Pacific Super Market where I report would be of assistance to “ A Grea: Show," , . , “ Whole she w ill remain in trance until the lumber industry of the area some Family F un," . . . “ An about 4 p m . From there and that the Board notes the re Amazing Performance," . . . Cronan w ill proceed to the Tex p o rt has a favorable benefit- these are Just a few of the aco Service where he w ill place ' cost ratio and that the Port of many comments used throughout a local subject. Miss Kathy P o r t Orford has the a b ility to Oregon to describe the “ Outer M ills, in a trance in the window provide requirements for local Space Hypnotic Show" that of the station. cooperation. comes to Port Orford this com Lane added that the Oregon You won’t want to mis.' either ing Saturday, February 1. of these demonstrations, or the State Came Commission recom- "A Night out of This World" big two-hour show at 8 p.m the ra e n d s that public access be features the amazing talents same evening at the Battle Rock guaranteed on the proposed im provement. of Emmett Cronan in a two-hour school gvm show of fun and mystery that UNIFORM BENEFIT OTHER COMMENTS w ill be enjoyed by young and Proceeds from the show w ill old alike Its a fam ily show and go to the JayCette's Pacific high | The Oregon Fish Commission has reported "no objection" to the volunteers from the audi- school band uniform fund drive ence who join the hypnotist on Admission prices are $1 for the breakwater project w hile the stage have as much fun as the adults and 50 cents for grade U. S, Fish £ W ild life said they " believe it would be a benefit rest of the audience. school youngsters. to fishery-. " Local shippers were RIDE INTO SPACE Refreshments w ill also be on a ll favorable to the project, the Cronan is the first hypnotist sale before the show gets under report stated. to Lake his hypnotized subjects way and during intermission IMPROVEMENT on a ride into space for a visit about half way through the per T h e plan of improvement to the moon and Mars. The formance. calls for construction of a rub- antics of these "space pilots" I blemound breakw ater extension is guaranteed to bring roars of j to the existing breakwater in a delight from the audience. southwesterly direction f o r a HYPNOSIS USES distance of 550 feet. The height There is a serious side to the J would be m o re than 20 feet show, too, as Cronan demon-1 above mean sea level. The im strates the many uses of hypno-1 sis and w ill select a volunteer j In an order dated Jan 24, 1964 provement would r e d u c e the surges created by waves by about who wants to quit smoking to the Oregon State Tax Commis one half. come on stage Other uses of sion has held that the assess hypnosis w ill be on display ment of logs felled and bucked, ESTIMATED BENEFITS making the “ Night Out of This and which are located on Forest Estimated a n n u a l benefits W orld" a show you’ll long Service lands, are subject to from the breakwater construc taxation. remember tio n include transportation sav The option of the order stems ings of $31, 500; damage pre TICKETS Advance tickets for the show from an appeal of South Coast vention, $21,300; reduction in are available at Pacific Super Lumber Company of Oregon lost tim e to fishermen, $8, 100; Market, Texaco Service, Port Lim ited of Brookings, on an harbor o f refuge, $3,000 and re Orford News, or from any mem omitted property assessment creational, $900, for a total of ber of the Jaycee club, sponsors. made for the 1961-62 tax year. $65,300. Estimated annual costs The assessor placed in that year for ammortization, interest and FREE EXHIBITIONS The public is also invited to an omitted property assessment maintenance to $32, 800. for a watch the free demonstration of two m illion feet of logs w ithin benefit to cost ratio of 2. 0 to in the window of Port Radio the boundaries of National F or 1.0, under a 50-year analysis. and TV on the afternoon of the est Service lands described in A 100-year analysis estimates the benefit-to-cost ratio at 2. 3 show as the amazing Mr. Cronan a timber sale contract dated to 1. 0. Sept. 2, 1960, between the United places a young Coos Bay lady OTHER COMMENTS in a trance at about 2:30. The States of America and South sleeping beauty w ill then walk Coast Lumber Company. A recommendation by the Felled Logs Are Taxable Aid For Schools Is Down IN CURRY COUNTY’ FAMOUS HYPNOTIST Emmett suspending her between supports. Cronan demonstrates his amaz 1 h is Is only one of the many ing powers over a yotuig lady by amazing feats Cronan w ill per putting her in a deep trance and form at Saturday night's "O uter Space" Hypnotic Show at Battle Rock school gym. The big show starts at 8 o'clock. Preliminary estimates from the Oregon State Department of Education indicate that the pub lic schools w ith in Curry County w111 r e c e i v e approximately $516, 106.00 in S ta t e Basic School Support payments for the 1964-65 school year. This is approximately $82, - 000. 00 less than Curry County Schools are receiving from State Basic Scnool Funds for tne cur rent year, but exceeds tnat re ceived in previous years. The $516, 106. 00 total a llo cation may be broken down by individual district as follows: 2CJ, P o r t Orford-Langlois, $120, 878. 00. 3C, Gold Beach Elementary, $73, 784. 00. 4, Agness Elementary, $1, 340. 00. 12, Ophir Elementary, $40, 176. 00. 16, Pistol River Elementary, $4, 852. 00. 17C, Ekookings-Harbor, $229, 778. 00. 23, UpperChetcoElementary, $9, 576. 00. UH-1, Gold B e a c h H ig h School, $35, 773. 00. Final State Department esti mates w ill not be available un t i l sometime in March. z\ll fig ures are subject to change. Sears Store Opens Here D istrict Engineer calls for im A new business w ill j oin the provements by the United States lo ca l scene w ith the opening on as described above at a net cost February 13 of a Sears Catalog of about $696,000 for construc- Merchant Store, located in the t i on and S2, 000 annually for Kerpa building across from Pa maintenance, w a s concurred c ific Super Market. w ith by the Division Engineer. Manager of the store w ill be Department of the Army Mrs. Ivy Kerpa. The Board of Engineers for w Catalog merchant stores are Rivers and Harbors concurred in a new venture onthewest coast, general w i t h the above views M rs. Kerpa said, in that they but recommended the addition are independently o p e r a t e d al provision that local interests Popular in the cast, they were provide and m aintain term inal first tried out here, in Novem and transfer fa c ilitie s open to ber. at Reedsport. a ll on equal terms. Display merchandise w ill be The Chief of Engineers has stocked in the store. Patrons w ill agreed w ith the Board but esti also have the advantage of pur mates the annual cost of m ain chasing everything from v ita tenance w ill be in the order of mins to tractors through the cat $3,500 rather than $2,000. This alog service Orders w ill also would in c r e a s e the annual be taken over the telephone. charge to $34,000, resulting in The grand opening of the store b e nefit-to-cost ratio of 1. 9. is set for February 13. 14. 15. Lane further said, in a le tte r to Senator Wayne .Morse, that the State Water Board hoped that this project can be authorized during the forthcom ing session o f Congress. Commissioners of the local port are in enthusiastic agree- m e n t w ith the desire for the earliest possible authorization of of project funds. They also w ill appreciate increased lo ca l sup port in a w ritin g campaign to Senators W a y n e Morse a n d Maurine Neuberger a n d Con gressman Robert Duncan Be cause this proj ect is of v ita l and im m ediate importance to ev eryone in this area, s a id port chairman Ray Reinke, we can't afford to allow the project to become stale by a lack of local interest. Roly Olsen in Ail-Stale Band Waterman Makes State Farmer Bid Charlie Waterman, FFA mem ber from Pacific High school, was in Grants Pass Friday fo r the State Farm er interview, which is now in the final stages, where he submitted record books for the past two years of FFA activity. F arm inspection of Water man’s project was made by FFA State President Pat Nell. There are approximately 190 applicants throughout the state of which only about 70 members w ill earn the degree Qualifica tions are that a member must serve in Vo-Ag and FFA for at least three years and have re ceived the Green Hand and Chapter Farm er degrees. Also he must have shown a $500 earn ing either in money in the bank or reinvested in the project at the time he applies. WEEKLY WEATHER Date Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Jan. 27 Max M in 47 37 46 36 45 33 50 42 58 44 57 43 54 43 Rain .0 5 . 70 . 67 . 56 . 00 .0 0 .0 5 Roly Alan Olsen, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McLeod of Langlois, was selected as the outstanding musician to repre sent Pacific High school at the All-State Band to be held in Portland, March 16 through 19 Roly, who is now playing tenor saxophone for his second year, had played drum s for four years. A fter the application was sent to Portland, Roly learned of his acceptance for the band this past week. Band instructor for Pacific High school is Wilson Sheets.
