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ORFORD
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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
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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.