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< PORT ORFORD Voi. 6 No. 4? ‘ I Port Orford, IDENTIFICATION MADE Body Recovered; One Still Lost Positive id e n tifica tio n was made Wednesday o f the body of John Walker, 54, Bandon, the vic tim of a boating accident at the mouth of the Rogue River lie w asikipperof the N rthwind, a c o m m e rc ia l fishing and crab bing boat, th a t capaired in an atte m p t to cross the Rogue R iver bar January 26. The body was found Friday, lanuary 31, on the beach about o n e -h a lf m ite south o f the Gold Beach c ity lim its . Id e n tific a tio n was made from fingerprints by the State Burear o f Id e n tifi ca tio n and Inve stigatio n. A second v ic tim o f the Sun day tragedy, Ray Jones, 40, Gold Beach, a p a rt-tim e helper on the Northwind, has not yet been found, acco rding to the Curry county she riff's o ffic e . Heart Fund Drive Underway; No House Calls This Year February lias b e e n named m a d e goodies during tlie day "H e a rt M onth" and at the m outh and each person e n jo ying some it w e ll on its way Heart C h air ol the good food and coffee may m an Maude W eir hat named per- put th e ir c o n trib u tio n in a con to n t tc au ist her in a >trtve for ta in e r on the tab le The lis t of funds inP ort Crford. A fte r m uch clu b presidents, or i f they wish J ltc u iiio ti it ha, been decided ' to appoint a ch a irm a n from th e ir that there lie no house to house clu b to act in th e ir place, w ill s o lic itin g this year, in not Jo- be printed in the paper in g this sort of s o lic itin g this Mrs Chester Boot' has been year, 'he asks that people who appointed as heart week c h a ir art not contacted at home please man, M n I uruce T ang rm an and ia ki th e ir contributions to one M n Mary Brazil are chairm en ol ’ *i. clubs, irg a n isa tio iu or to to visit the Western States m ill. Heart week begins Feb. 17 the chairman and I eb. 23 is Heart Sunday it The president of each club w ill be a p p r e c i a t e d if the co m m u n ity w ill an.! organisation is ap|>oiiited on churches o f *li. Heart c o m m itte e and w ill g e t tog ether on a big "H e a rt b e asked to sponsor a coffee Sunday" program , Mrs. W e ir said. M n . W eir announces that she hour tea or some sm all project j wlsere Hinds may be turned over w lll give 10 percent o f any sale' to tin- Heart fund f o r instance , on BeeLinc Fashions during Feb tlie BPW clu b w i l l assist the ruary t h a t are made d ire c tly cha irm an in sponsoring a coffee through her to the Heart Fund hour at tlie Coos Curry E le ctric , O ther business people m ay wish February 14. 10 a m to 4 p m t o jo iu in o n th is m ethod of g iv 1 lies w i l l serve eolfee and home in g to the fund, she added • M O R S C TO S P E A K Curry County Democratic Meet Is Set In Gold Beach C old Beach—Dan D im m lc k , ton ner State Senator, Roseburg attorney, was announced as key note 'p e a k i r tor the Curry Coun ty D em ocratic C onvention, tc by held in C old Beach Fi bruary 22, when the Curry County IX. n i- o c ra lic C entral C o m m itte e met Monday alghl la C old Beach. Plans for the u p -co m in g con vent ion were firn ie d u p , as were p la in fo rth « Kennedy M em o rial Dinner to be held that evening. 1 lie convention w ill he held at the Curry County Fairgrounds. Members of t h e D em ocratic C entral C o m m itte e v o te d to re n t tlie o lfie e bu ild in g for the m orn ing and afternoon sessions. The dinner w ill b e h e ld a t7 i0 0 p. m. at t h e R iley Creek school in C old Beach. Senator Wayne Morse, fea tured speaker lor the Kennedy M e m o ria l Dinner, w ill ta lk on tw o im portant matters, accord ing to liis ad m in istra tive assis tant, Charles Brooks, o f Sixes Topics selected are foreign p o lic y and taxes, Brooks said. It is expected th a t Morse w i ll pre sent his views on these m atters w ith his usual vigor. R egistration w ill start at 10i00 a. m. , according to tem porary ch a irm a n C a rl Back. The te n ta tive agenda indicates the regis tra tio n w ill be fo llo w e d by the in voca tion, fla g salute,w elcom e com m ents by t h e tem porary chairm an, and the e le c tio n o f a perm anent convention c h a ir man. T h e rules w i ll then be adopted. D im m ic k Isscheduledto speak during the last hour before the noon recess. When the convention meets in the afternoon session, co m m ittees w ill m eet and resolu tions are te n ta tiv e ly scheduled to be passed beginning at 2t00 p. m. Forms f o r those w ishing to s e r v e on com m ittee s w i ll be d istribu te d to party members by Back. Robert M ille r was appointed by Rack to serve as cha irm an o f the Resolutions C o m m itte e. In other business, c o m m itte e members h o ld ing tickets for the dinner were asked to report to th e ir lo c a l c o m m itte e m a n by February 17, as to the num ber o f tic k e ts sold. It w as pointed out that it is im p o rta n t to do so in order that the dinner co m m itte e m ay determ ine the num ber to be served H and lin g dinn er ticke ts in the Port O rford area are Carl Back and Frank M orris. Vern Kolen is cha irm an f o r the Cold Beach area and Bruce M anley, c h a ir man o f the D em ocratic Central C o m m itte e, can be contacted in Brookings. The tickets sell at $5.00 a p e r s o n or $7. 50 per couple. Bruce M an le y, C arl Back and Fred Flynn, and possibly other party members w i ll attend the Fourth D is tric t convention to be held in C o q u ille . It was also announced that Charles Brooks, M a rjo rie Brooks and C arl Rack w ill attend the State D em ocratic C onvention, to be held in Portland February 28 thru March 1, as Curry coun ty delegates, in a d d itio n to Jack 0 1 H o 11 e r a n, Fred Flynn and cha irm an Bruce M anley. Redheads Team To Play Here A special tre a t w i ll be in store for lo c a l basketball fans w h e n the n a tio n a lly famous "R e d Heads" ap(>ear here in a w ild contest F riday, February 21. As most sport fans know, this famous professional basketball team i- an a ll w om an squad who usually manage to m ake th e ir m ale opponents look lik e second stringers on the substitute team . The b ig game w i ll be spon sored by lo c a l JayCettes as an o t h e r fund raising protect for P a cific high I.and unifonns. The event w i ll be at P a cific highschool. Adm ission a n d tim e w i ll be announced later. Seeks Position Oregon Stale U niversity—Jer ry Cannon of Bandon and John H Uenhart of Langlois have Deen selected for membership Oregon State University in Alpha Zeta, national agricultural honorary. Selection is based on scholar-I ' ship, leadership and promise of future achievements Cannon is a junior and Isen- I hart a senior this year at OSU Both men are graduates of Pacific High School. Instruction For Budget Officials Tells New Laws Curry CC Group Sets Projects BELIEVE ft or not, these three subjects are con vin ced they are seeing som ething th a tju s t a in 't there" Except through the sug g e s t i o n of hypnotist Em m ett Cronan. A t lc lt is Steven s- ith, son of the Lester Sr ha, an un id e n tifie d g irl, ano nette Belden, daughter of M r. and .Mrs. Ken Belden. Subjects th in k they are seeing a va rie d assortment of sights w h ile on a "bus rid e ." Two Pacific Grads Named to Honorary The Oregon State T a x Com mission has scheduled a class io r lo c a l budget o ffic ia ls to b e he ld at the Curry County Courthouse in Gold Beach on Tuesday, Feb ruary 18, beginning at 1.-30 p. m This session, directed by James W. Van Calder, special consul- t a n t to the Commission, and Assistant A ttorney General Ira Jones o f the Com m ission Law Section, is to in fo rm and e xp la in to l o c a l budget o ffic ia ls the various provisions of the n e w budget law , passed by the 1963 Legislature. A ll members o f the various budget com m ittee s throughout the county are urged to attend this session. The firs t meting of the Curry County Chamber of Commerce Committee was held at Gold Beach last Thursday with 11 Chamber of Commerce mem bers from the three chambers in the county in attendance. Purpose of the committee is to develop a plan for advertising and promoting the county to aid the tourist and recreation industry. The committee discussed many projects and promotional ideas but agreed upon three im portant ones to develop at pres ent. These were: 1 Seeing that a sign is placed north of Crescent City to en C o n tin u in g t h e i r efforts to courage travel on highway 101 raise funds for hig h school band north; unifonns, JayCettes have sched 2. Develop a plan of radio uled fo r February 21,the appear advertising in Southern Oregon ance of the famous "R ed Heads" to encourage off-season travel; : wom en's basketball team a n d One of the greatest problems 3 Develop an inexpensive i th e fo llo w in g S a lu rd a y, February- j fa cin g North Curry Recreation, county brochure 29, a repeat o f the popular 25 1 Inc. , is lack, of the funds nec- Members of the committee w ill i c e n t spaghetti feed at P a cific essaryto m eet current b ills and gather information on the three ' Super .Market, w h ic h w ill again to co m p ly w ith FCC regulations, projects and meet again on feature t h e convenient ta ke - the organizations"; treasurer said Feb 13 to develop definite plans home service. I today. These were among several for the projects. North Curry operates and m a in m o n e y-m a kin g projects discus JayCettes Date Spaghetti Feed For Fund Drive Lack of Funds Is Problem of North Curry TV tains the T \ translator -'.stem 1 on Coast Guard H ill. T he organization was form ed w ith the understanding th a t a ll persons re c e iv in g te le visio n re ce p tio n from the system w ould i co n trib u te m em bership dues o f j $ 10 per J or operating ex- l a . • e • ’ ,Vi 1 pe n t c s So far, les person? ,-e trv irg to ■ i translator ¡N .C .R . sai per i sons pa id up for 1964. ; New members arc needed, and ’ w elcom ed. M em bership p a y - m i t s m ay be made at Hahn I Hardware or m a i l e d to P. O. 1 Box 43, Port Orford sed at the regular m ee ting last CLARA ERWIN HEADS Wednesday evening at the home 4th FLOWER SHOW o f Mrs. Donna King. An announcement wa> made Mrs. Clara Erwin, Langlois, chairm an of the Curry county o f the Jaycee T r i- A c tio n Day in Salem , February 7 and 8, w ith f a ir f l o w e r departm ent, has ig rce d to chairm an the flo w e r guest speaker Nelson R o ckefel bow held annually at the Port ler. Other speakers fo r the tw o Orford July it h C. le bra tion, a c- day program w i ll in clud e Jaycee C t i i n g tc , i . ident M in n ie N ational v i c e president Ernie Lewis, te le visio n p o litic a l c o m Jolly. Also president o f theFloras m entator Tom Lawson M c C a ll W illo w Club, M rs. Erwin w i ll and N ational ch a irm a n o f gov be assisted by the Rhododendron ernm ental affairs Robert Young. Appointed to represent the Flow er Club, Langlois, Sixes- Elk Garden Club, and the Sunset JayCettes at the July 4th C e le and Back Acres Carden Clubs of bra tion m eetings was Mrs. Nancy Peterson. Port Orford. A le tte r o f thanks was read from Mrs. Irene H ale for a go in g-a w ay g ift presented to her by the club. Guests atten din g were Lorena Kowal, Erika M erlow and Lenora Sweet. Freedoms Foundation Winner Speaks Ai Lincoln Day Dinner Fred W. Flynn, lo n g tim e resi Cuest speaker at the L in co ln dent o f Curry county, file d Feb D a y Dinner to be held at the ruary 4 as a candidate fo r C ur ry county com m issioner on the Veterans H a ll in G old Beach is the new Executive D ire cto r o f D e m ocratic tic k e t. A resident of Brookings, Flynn t h e Republican Slate C e ntral came to Curry county in 1933, C o m m itte e of Oregon, Dr. O lo M. Rr s. In 1959 Dr. Brees was w o rking on a m in k farm in H a r- honored by the i re o n i ' Foun bor. d a tio n " fo r out standing aciueve- He worked for the Forest Ser vice in the ea rly 1940’s, he was m ent in bringing about a be tte r understanding o f tlie A m e rica n one of the first l i l l y bulb grow ers in that area and served as W ay o f L ife . " Few m en can speak w ith such p r e s i d e n t o f the C ro ft L illy understanding born of e xp e ri Grower's Association for f o u r ence. He was a coal m iner, te x - years In 195b Flynn was elected to t i l c worker, teacher, printer, a fo u r-y e a rte rm as County c o m publisher, author, senator and missioner. Since 19bl he ha s orator. H it fo rm a l educationwas fo l ow ed road const m et ion work. obtained at several colleges and H e is presently em ployed as universities at home and abroad, in c lu d in g Rrosvn and C olum b ia f ic ld o fflc e m anager for a con struction com pany in Crescent U niversities and U niversity C o l lege at Southampton, England C ity, C a lifo rn ia . His b a llo t slogan w i ll read, end U niversity o f Vienna. His tw elve years in the New- "N o promises e x c e p t be tte r c o u n t y governm ent based on York State Legislature won for him a reputation as a cha m pion past experience. " of Free Enterprise and tlie A m e rican Way o f life . When serv ing the th irte e n western states for the N a tion al Association o f Manufacturers, Dr. Brees b u ilt a rep utatio n as o n e of the best speakers available. T ic k e ts for the dinner, Feb Port Orford grade school is in ruary 12tls, m a y be obtained need o f assistance to locate a ll from Neonta H a ll, Lloyd Bates, p o te n tia l f i r s t grade ch ild re n M in n ie Jo lly, or any other m e m whose birthdates were between ber o f tlie Curry County Repub lic a n C entral C o m m itte e. Novem ber lb , 1957 and Novem ber IS, 1958, and reside in the WOMAN HELD FOR ASSAULT school boundry. This in fo rm a tio n is needed to Ha zel Butler, Langlois, w a ived help in forecasting the teacher p re lim in a ry h e a r i n g before lo a d and other needs for the judge A rthu r F. Niem ann in Jus com ing year tic e Court on a charge o f assault Persons who have a c h ild who w ith a dangerous weapon. She fills this q u a lific a tio n , o r who was bound over to the grand ju ry know o f one that does, are asked and lodged in the Curry county to n o tify the school im m e d ia te ly . J a il In lie u of $ 1 ,000 bail. Four McClaren Youths Lead Officers On Merry Chase; Steal Six Cars In Process Four Juveniles, a ll honor boys from M cC laren School for Boys at W oodburn, tram ferred to the Bar H Boys Ranch, escaped e a rly Wednesday night and a lle g e d ly stole a to ta l o f six cars before being caught near the C a lifo r nia lin e about noon Thursday. A ccord in g to a sheriff's o ffic e report, the boys stole the firs t v e h icle near the ranch at Wren, T hey drove It just north o f New port where they le ft it and too k another, le a vin g it south o f New port and ta kin g another T his o n e was driven to North Bend w h e r e i t was le ft in place o f another w h ich t h e y drove to Bandon. Rig Opening Set For Sears W ith the opening o f Sears C a t alog Store next T hunday in the Kerpa build in g, the entire w ide v a rie ty of Sean products w i ll be a va ila b le to everyone in t h e area w ith the added advantage o f personal service. Orders m ay be placed at the s t o r e , or by d ia lin g ED 2-3051 and ordering by phone. A lo c a l service departm ent w ill assure prom pt in s ta lla tio n as w e ll as service o f appliances as is guaranteed on a l l Sears merchandise. M anager Ivy Kerpa in vite s you to drop in during the grand o p ening next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13, 14 and 15, to get acquainted, see the e x c it ing new merchandise on display and share in the gifts and prizes being offered for the event. Donkey Ball Game Slated The junior class of Pacific High School is sponsoring a donkey basketball game Satur day evening at 8 in the Pacific High School gym JayCees w ill play the letter- men for this game which should be most interesting and amusing I for the spectators .Mona Motz, announces that a girls' basketball game w ill be played earlier starting at 6.30. They are tentatively planning to i play another town team but if not available, the game w ill be inter-squad team play. Owner o f the Bandon vehicle sew the car leave his yard and set out to fo llo w the youths as they drove to Port Orford. W hile he was n o tify in g authorities, the boys again traded cars, this tim e ta k in g a p ic k u p truck, owned by Western States Plywood, from t h e Frank St. C la ir residence about 5»45 a. m. and headed on south. The she riff's o ffic e and c ity p o lic e b e g a n an im m e d ia te search, a fte r n o tify in g a u th o ri- t i e s down the line, down the coast. T h e picku p was located about 8 a.m . near the C a lifo r- n i a state lin e where the boys w e r e h id in g out in the brush About 13 m en from the Curry and D e l Norte county sheriff's departm ents, Port O fo r d a n d Brooking? c ity p o lic e jo in e d in the search th a t resulted in c a p ture o f the boys about noon by D e l Norte county sh e riff's dep uties. The youths were turned over to C urry cou ixy and placed in c o n fin e m e n t in Juvenile deten tio n quarters at C old Beach un t i l th e ir release to authorities from the M cC laren schooL Denial Office Sale Announced Dr. C. M . T y le r, lo c a l dentist, announced his re tire m e n t and the sale o f his o ffic e equipm ent to Dr. T errance M cC u llo u g h o f Cold Beach this week. Dr. M cC u llo u g h w i ll rem odel the lo c a l o ffic e and ho ld o ffic e hours on Tuesdays and Fridays, w ith th e p o s s ib ility o f increas in g the m i f w o rk deems i t nec essary, he said. In p ra ctice in C o l d Beach since last July, Dr. M cC u llo ug h is a graduate o f the Northwestern school o f Dentistry- at C hicago. He and his w ife have a son, 9, and a th re e -ye a r o ld daughter. Dr. T y le r is ending 45 years o f dental p ra ctice tha t began in Portland in 1915. Before m o vin g to Port Orford, he had planned to re tire in Eugene A v is it here, however,changed his m in d w h e n he learned the co m m u n ity was w ith o u t a d e n tis t Sc he and his w ife and three sons settled here a n d purchased a home. They p l a n to re m a in in Port O rford where Dr. T y le r w i ll pursue his hobbies o f fishing, agate c o l le c tin g , gardening and beach com bing. Deadline For Filing Noted DATES CHANGED A change in m e e tin g dates for the J u ly 4th C e le b ra tio n co m m itte e w i l l be made because o f c o n llic tin g m e e tin g s o f the Cur Candidates for nomination in ry county f a ir board, celebra the 1964 Oregon P rim a ry Elec tio n president M in n ie J o lly an tion must have filing completed nounced this week. by 5 p m. M ar 6, according to Insteadof m e e tin g on the sec Curry County Clerk, B. I. Math ond Mondays o f the m onth, the er. group w i l l n o w m eet on the Those filin g for county offices, fourth Mondays. The tim e and district offices tsuch as Port place rem ains the same, S p. m. Commissioner) w ithin a county, at the art center. or precinct offices w ithin a county must file with the county clerk F iling is by declaration or by petition. F iling by declartion for county office nomination requires a $20 filin g fee (the fee for filin g for Port Commissioner is $5). Filing for precinct com m ittee man or committeewoman is by declaration only, but on these no filing fee is required. in using the petition method a p re lim in a ry filin g must be made in the c le rk ’s office before commencing to circulate petition forms fo r signatures. This is done by filin g a signed copy of the form , then when the signatures are completed they are filed with the o rig in a l filin g form . Signatures must be obtained from 5 precincts w ithin the county. A petition for D em ocratic party nomination requires 56 signatures and for Republican, 48 signatures. As these «ig-»- tures must be checked and cert ified by the county clerk as ol registered electors a ffilia te d with the same p o litica l p a rty as the candidate, they k ban id be presented considerably before the deadline to a lio * for last minute rash. It is advised that women be cautioned to sign as registered — for example, “ M a ry ” Smith ra th e r than "Mrs. John” Smith. Search On For First Graders ENJOYING an hour's sleep in th e window o f the T exaco Service S a t u r d a y afternoon is Kathy M ills , P acific high senior and daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. Evert M ills . K athy was p a rtic ip a tin g in a free dem onstration o f hyp nosis by E m m ett Cronan, famous hypnotist w h o appeared in a fu n -fille d tw o -h o u r show in th e evening. Crutches a r e not to hold her down. . . but to help her when she is up, due to a knee i nJ u r y rece ive d in g irls' P. E. last week. CHAMBER M EETING The Chamber o f C om m erce m e e t » next Monday, Feb. 10, at noon, at Orford». A ll m em bers are urged to attend.
