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I 2 —Port v?rtord News, Thursday, lune 18, 1964 Forest Protection Comes High Curry Public Works Projects Include Chetco and Rogue been unusually cooperative in . Washington, D C. — T h e (air with our o ia tn c t," uun House Appropriations Com can said. mittce has recommended 8100. " I have tried to ask only COO for operations and main tenance of public works in 1er that which can be justd.e, Curry County during the next as ectn.m .cally sound and fiscal year, beginning July 1, that which is reasonaole m Congressman Robert B Dun view of the available funds at the comm itiees disposal," can iD Ore 1 announced today Lur.can pointed out. " I have The comm.Dee's recommen dations. which had been urged served on the Appropriation by Duncan and included in the CctnmJtee at S zitm and 1 President s budget, were $20.- believe the cumm.ltee mem 000 for the Chetco River and bets appreciate this somewhat 800.000 b y the Rogue River at novel approach." Gold Beach " I w ill do everything possi "During the next twelve ble during the coming y e a r," months," Duncan said, "the Duncan said, "to move" along Appropriations Committee is as rap.dly as passible w ith a recommending that the Corps s o u n d program of public of Eneineers invest 812 882.000 w rks The construction of and the Bureau of Reclama these essential public works tion 8840.000 on construction, adds significantly to the ecan planning and survey projects cmy of our d istrict. The and $2.518.000 for operations money put into this construe and maintenance of public t;on work is in fact an invest works in the 4th Congressional ment and not an expenditure D is tric t." and w ill return benefits to the The committee approved 4th District and the country 8150 000. not included in the for many years into thé President's budget reauest. for future " initial planning for App’ecate Reservoir on the Rogue River The unusual procedure re suited from an appeal by Dun can to the committee to grant At a special m eetin g Monday, June 15, the Curry County Court at least minimum planning adopted p l a n s tor a summer funds for Applegate and Elk y o u t h em ploym ent program. Creek reservoirs on the Rogue The plan was subm itted by W. L. River so that the two dams Anderson and follow s ideas and could proceed at the same experiences of other such pro- time as Lost Creek Reservoir g r a m s ioed in Lane, Marion, Seven bovs of the F FA Chao "The committee chose to Hood R i v e r and M ultnomah continue the Lost Creek pro ter of Pacific High School with counties and the city of Port ject at almost full speed and Advisor Charles Hines left ject at almost full -need and I Langlois Friday. June 5. at land. The plan c a lk for em ploying am very grateful." Duncan 3 00 p m. to go to Grants Pass said. There we were joined by the 25 boys for cam p developm ent a n d construction work on the "In addition it eave us toe Grants Pass Chapter ano their Lobster Creek cam psite and to full capacity of the Corps of advisor. Wallace E ichler, sn do other forestry, trail and right- Eneineers in planning for experienced rive r guide. of-w ay clearing p r o j e c t s as Applegate despite the fact that The firs t night camp was tim e and finances w ill permit. this was not in the President's made at Graves Creek and tne The program starts July c> and budeet While no funds were following day the entire group w ill run for six weeks. included for Elk Creek, the covered 17 miles of the rough Appropriations Committee has est terrain before making camp at Meadow Creek Tuckers Flat was the next step where the group was treated to a steak fry spon sored by the Grants Pass Chapter Leaving Tuckers F û t the next morning we As Father's Dav approaches, C, mmon stockholders of two p o V X î.Hrough the Mule Creek the other members of the g rge and the bubbling water affiliated ccmpanies. Western f.m ..y w ul oe wiioper.ng be Utilities Cooperation and West of the “ coffee pot" of the h.nu ms back, homing secret Caast Telephone Company. Rogue riv e r It was along this conclaves to find a special today gave approval to pro area that bear. deer, otter way to pamper Rapa A ta irly and wild ducks were seen as posals to merge with General ty p x a i tam.iy p u n inciuues well as many wild flowers Telephone A E'ec'.romcs Cor bieaKtast in oea lor dear old Squirming along the narrow peretion. The vote, taken at Dad. his favorite menu for tra il of Devil's Back Canyon, special meetings in San Fran Sunaay dinner, some gaily cisco, indicated that the mer we could see the riv e r 500 wrapped gifts, and a 24 iw ur feet below us ger was favored by ho'ders of reprieve from his usual chores We continued along this nar 92.1' of West Coast Telephone —no matter how much he en row tra il for seven miles of shares eligible to vote and by joys aoing them unbelievable territory to Illa- holders of 91 1 . of Western Father s Day would be a he where we again set up U tilities common stock. good time for the fam ily to camp for the night. The next Stockholder meetings for two enter into a conspiracy to keep morning we hiked our last other affiliated companies. the head of the house in good six miles to Agness where we California Water A Telephone physical condition all year enjoyed lunch before return Company and The Southwest round and for many Father's ing to Gold Beach on the mail ern States Telephone Com Days to come All fathers pans. w ill be held in San F ran beat We could appreciate the should get seme form of daily skill it took to maneuver the cisco on June 15. 1964. exercise apart from their beats through the rapids and Agreements in principle to work, according to your Ore around the rocks merge the four companies into gon Heart Association Daily The boys who took the 47 General Telephone A Elec exercise prevents muscles mile trip were Floyd Chase. tronics Corporation w e re frem turning into marshmal reached bv the Board of D i Alan Haga, Rayburn Guerin. lows. helps work off the annoy Roy B arr Harry Mollier, Mike rectors of each compan- in ances and frustrations of Knapp. Ricky Bauman and March The merger plans everyday life It keeps Dad one guest Dick Hindes call for the exchange of eieht a solid citizen rather than a tenths of one share of General softie In short, daily exercise Telephone A Electronics Cor is good for his heart and his JUSTICE COURT poration's common stock for health as well as his appear each share of Western U tili ance and state of mind Cases appearing before Justice ties Corporations common A r th u r F. Niemann in justice Most important of all, the stock: and one share of Gen fa m ily might conspire to help Court since last report were: eral Telephones c o m m o n Dad find the time and oppor Robert Lincoln Grant, June s t o c k tor each s.iare of 10, no v e h i c l e license, $5; tu n ity for exercise even day the other three companies' Charles Franklin Emery, June o f the year If h e 's" been stock General Teiepnone s 10, no operator l i c e n s e , $5, especially sedentary in his stockholders w ill vote on the Bem ell Adair Roundy, June 11, habits, suggest a physical proposals at a meeting to be \T$R, S I 5; Robert Ernest Gen exam before he tackles stren neiti in New York on June 15. try, June 11, no operator lic uous sports. Even after the It is expected that the mer ense, $5; George Lindsay, June check up convince him that a ger w ill oecome effective on 11, o v erlo a d dismissed; Elmer gradual approach makes sense. June 30, 1964. Charles Robison, June 11, ex Don't let him lite ra lly knock c e e d bag lim it, (cla m s),$25, him self out trying to impress $4.50 court cost, $10 suspend little brother DELAM AKTERS MOVE ed; Fred l.andston Burton, June TO NEW HOME Putting Pop on a pedestal 12, VBR, $10; H o w a r d Ellis is fine—for one day But he Moving operations were com Calhoun, J u n e 15, VBR, $25; can get out of condition very p leted Sunday by deputy sheriff Wanda Vema Nickolson, June fast up there not moving a Ira Delamarter and fam ily into 16, no v eh icle license, $5. muscle their new home two m iles north o f Port O r fo r d , across from HERE FROM COTTAGE GROVE Chuck's Myrtlewood factory. DONATE TO THE The deputy's phone number FIREW ORKS FUND Spending the weekend at the w i l l remain the same, ED 2- Ira Delamarter home were Mr. 4511. and Mrs. Barney Issel and fam ily of Cottage Grove. The best things in life are free. They visited with many of It is the worst things that are their f 'ends here before return so expensive. ing homo Sunday evening. Rugged Scenery Wildlife Seen On Rogue Trip Phone Company Votes Merger Salem Forest protect kin coats of nearly 83.677.tNX) are anticipated (or the flacal year beginning July I on aoine i I5.4MJ.IMM) acres ul finest land administered by the State For rs try Department and a fflll aled Forest Protective Assort atkins. according to Slate For eater Dwight L I'hippa In aiklltion to thia budgeted amount, there la about 11,608. ooo in emergency lire funds which is available for fine fighting, only alter a mini muni prest i died district ex pendlture has been ma te Another 81 HOO.iXMl w ill be •pent by private timber own ers on their lands for hazard reduction .iii.l ,.(hrr extra for est protection measures " ( the 83 «77,000 budgt'led. the general public w ill contrl- County Court Starts Youth Employment Exercise Is Good For Dad Roy» accep ted on the program will be nom inated by the prin cipal» of the three high schools in the countv and their cou n sel ors. Age lim it* are 14 through high school years. Named as director of the pro gram is Tom Hawkins ot Ophir. A s s i s t a n t directors are Tom Radcliff. Port Orford, and Frank Fanger. Brooking». A $10, 000 program budget was approved. The youths w ill be divided into lour working crew» with a hoy in each group as crew lead er. They w ill receive $6 per day a n d crew m em bers w ill eam $5 per day ea c h A hired cook and a ioreman w i l l m ake up the rest of the • staff. It was suggested that an ad visory co m m ittee be establish ed by the County Court to in clude representation from the t h r e e areas in Curry County, school aiknmistr.ition. I n t e r m e d i a t e Education District, County PTA C ouncil, County- C o r e C om m ittee on Children a n d Youth, Juvenile D*| art» ment. County Recreation Com m ission, State Forestry D e p t. U. S. Forest Service a n d the County Road Department. It was also recom m ended that a youth em ploym ent service be established in Brookings, Gold Beach and Port Orford to serve as a clearing house lor youth em ploym ent during the sum mer. T h i s program could be sim ilar to the one conducted in Brookings in 1962. The State Employment Service,Cham bers of C om m erce, PTA and other interested c iv ic groups should be contacted in each district to take the leadership in develop ing a youth em ploym ent ser v ice It is suggested that $200 be allotted to each district as m atching funds to help on the expenses of this youth em ploy m ent service. Pori Orford Man In The Phillippines USS Eldorado — Gary L Marsh, seaman apprentice. USN, son of Mr. and Mrs Louis Marsh cf Port Orford, is participating aboard the Navy amphibious command ship USS Eldorado in a com bined sea assault and airborne combat training exercise called “ LIGTAS” May 12 to June 10 under the direction of the direction of the South East A s ia Treaty Organization 'SEATO) in the Philippines "LIG T A S ” . meaning "res cued” or "saved” in the Phil ippine language, is being spon sored by the United States and hested by the Republic of the Philippines A ll member nations are participating in the exercise which is part of a SEATO gen eral counteroffensive to be used if an "enem y” should invade South East Asia and gain control. D elay Holds Up TV Broadcasting The fourth Congressional Democratic Party District Committee today selected five alternates to attend the Dem ocratlc N 'tk m it Convention in A t'in tic C itv. N J The meeting was held Sun day in Roseburg The actioi was by unanimous vote o chair n u n and vice c h iirm e i from C urry. Douglas. Jose l-hine, Lane and Linn counties Those designated as alter notes were John O'Holleran. Brookings; Sidney L e i k e n. H.seburg. Edward Kienstra, Grants Pass; Louvar.na Hart man. Sweet Home; P j u I II dl m m . Eugene George Balsiger, chairman of the 4th Dbtr I c mm said “ a fu ll discussion was held on the mutien of the State Democratic Executive meet.ng designating this procedure for selection of alternates After approving that action unani mously the names from var itius counties were placed in rum ination. and upon motion, also approved unanimously, the five named were selected Mrs Carl Back, Port Orford, wife of Representative Carl Back, and Mrs Charles W Breuks, Sixes, represented Curry county at the meeting Clothing Course Scheduled by SWOC A new course called CuXhing Select.on and Construction is scheduled for the 1964 SWOC summer session it was an- neuned today. The course is designed for students who are faced with the responsibility of selecting a wardrobe for college or work and who would l:ke to learn how to construct garments quickly and easily. The course w ill be offered ir. two sections Section One w ill meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 11:30 a m : the other w ill meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 3:30 p m Both sections w ill utilize the college's new campus located o ff Newmark Avenue in Em pire, Oregon, and w ill meet on Tuesday June 23. Mrs Veneitä Slender of the Home Eecoromics Department w ill instruct the course SHOP A T ! A special • iceting of the North Curry Recreation Inc was held Jun« II al the home of Mrs. Clarence Brazil, to see what could be done about getting Channel 13 back into operation There has been a delay in the delivery of the necessary parts and it w ill be several more weeks before they arrive Final plans were made for a float entry in the July 4th parade June membership includes Ray Pearson, Myron Forty, Dale A Smith, E a rl Barring ton, Mary Pugh. Port Orford Drug. Vernon Shenk, Calvin Smith, B ill Hefner, Walter Cram. R O Reinke. Chas Comer, Wesley Spencer and W ilbur Clarke Two Receive U of 0 Degrees The University of Oregon’» June 1964 graduating class, including undergraduate and graduate students, totalled 1.461 candidates who were p n -ented for degrees at the June 14 Commencement and Baccalaureate exercises. In addition, the University con fere 1 degrees oil 318 candi dales presented at ceremonies of the University of Oregon Medical. Nursing and Dental Schools At three commencement convocations held earlier in the academic year, the Univer sily conferred 806 degrees, bringing the total for the 1963 64 year to 2,597 Candidates from Northern Curry county and the degrees arc. Leon I.vle Haight, son of Mr and Mrs Lester E Haight. Sixes. Bachelor of Science; Charles Lee Clarke, son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Clarke. Lanelois. Bachelor of Business Administration. The Curry County Tubercu losis and Health Association met In Gold Reach, June 12, at the Court House, for their quarterly meeting and electmn of officers The following were elected for the coming year preal dent. Mina DeVoe. first vice president, Dorothea Miller, treasurer, Wanda Brace. G ild Beach, secretary, Alma Deets, Langlois; second vice presl dent, Vernon Hsnseam. lia r bor, and Rev K D Kilim , executive secretary of Brook ines. Preparing a budeet, select ing enmm-ttee chairmen « M making plans for the coming \e a r were taken care of at this m re’ine Mrs Connie N'eml of Rronklnes w ill aeatn serve as Seal Sale chairman for Curry county FOLGERS COFFEE l ib . . . 83 2 -lb . . *1 « 3 lb . . . $2 i5 Insîanl, 6 oz. $l ly TUCKER S MART Seven Rules For Burning Trash 1. Get your pesm lt from the city hall betöre you itart bum- ma 2. Do y o u r burning in the early morning, never bum late at night. It may bum you out betöre morning. 3. Be iure you have a liote c h a r g e d with water —never leave your fire unattended. 4. Never b u r n too large a pile of traah at a tim e, always keep your tire under control. 5. If you have too much trash to b u rn , c a ll your Fire Chief, he w ill arr-mge for a ituud-by truck. 6. Re >ure your fire it all out before you lea v e it. 7. Never bum when the wind it blowing hard enough to scat ter your (ire. H ow High Is Your Community Credit Reputation? WE A L L Uka to ba admired looked up to fS Y O U R rarord fag paying your bllla one to ba proud ofT fT NOT. TO D A Y '8 T H E O A T TO F A Y ! Let's start building a food SEASIDE VISITORS credit record today, ro you Mis Itroohi Wagner and ch ild - 1 can charge tomorrow. Your Fire Chlel ren, Tam m y and Brian, are in , Port Orford for a two week va- i. ation visiting triends andrela- 0 0 Q U IL L X t iv a s . Mr. and Mrs. Wagner, Seaside, O r e g o n , are fonner Sarvtng the resident» ot Port Orford. While llandon - North Curry Area here they are staying with Mr. I (X J Q I'II.I.K . OREGON and Mrs. Bob Forty. CREDIT BUREAU or NEPHEW VISITS N eil Swem of Gold Beach, n e p h e w of Mr and Mrs. Ken B r a n h a m , is S|>cnding a few weeks w i t h them during the summer vacation. A R IZ O N A R A N C H RESORT Open House SAT. & SUN. JUNE 20 21 LOANS UP TO $ 1 5 0 0 Herr it is - a HANDY HUMMED or More! Call Crater Finance PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Second class mail privileges authorized at Port Orford, Ore. Louis L. Felsheim .................................... Editor and Publisher Paul L. Peterson ............................................. Managing Editor Post O ffice Box 5 Port Orford, Oregon Subscription In Curry County (per year m a d v a n ce)........................ 8S.0O Outside Curry County ....................................................... 50 Democrats Name Alternates For Convention MEMBERS of the volunteer fir* department listen to Bruce Eddy, ol West Coast T elephone, as he explains operation ol new lire rc|K>rting alarm system city is putting in. The m eetin g also saw 13 volunteer* loin the de partment. Two more lolned the next Jay. Curry TB Group Elects Officers but* approximately 8WH (MX) toward the coal of protecting thia half of Oregon's forest lands Some 8420 lx» of this w ill come from the state gen eral fund for isinservatkra activities of the deoartment and fire protection admlnlstra tora in the field The other 8544 000 Will be fe.leral tax mimiea that comes Io the state through funds allotted ureter th Clarke McNary act Forest landowners including private federal and stale w ill contribute aome 82.713 000 to the normal forest protection 81.800 rx)0 w ill he expended by activities, while the additional private landowners to further fire nroof their forest lands Of the 81.608.000 available in the form of emereeoev fire fighting funds, about ll.283.WW la contained In a west side fun I made up |hro»i«h a sever ance tax on all tim ber har vested from lands w ithin the boon-laries of the foreet o»x» lection imMa In western Ore gon A forest acreage assess ment snd aeversnee tax in eastern Oregon lor emergency fire fighting has accumulated 823.UOO while $300.000 has been set aside from tim ber har vested on state owned lands for (ire responsibilities where a conflagration breaka out an these lands "Mbatx suant exareg siuautf 18 UZt MJMEY H0M|" Single Copy ................................................................. ¡0 c in ts Announcements, Notices, News and Advertising Must be in the O ffice by 5:00 p. m. Tuesday REFRESHMENTS, PRIZES. FREE PICNICKING. Spend a day at the beach and have family FUN in the SUN. Picnic & campground, miles of ocean beaches and forest trails to explore. MODERN MOTEL units, Laundry facilities and ULTRA-MODERN trailer spaces. THE NEWEST VACATION SPOT on the Oregon coast. Recreation hall & modern well-stocked Store & Gift shop. BE OUR GUEST FOR THE DAY. IT ’S ALL FREE— BE SURE AND REGISTER LET’S PAMPER POP! Wrap Dad in your love on Father's Dayl And make him feel like the V.I.P. (Very Important Pop) he is by choosing his gifts here. We have the solutions to all your present problems! BILLFOLOS • CAMERAS RAZORS • LOTIONS WATCHES • CAROS On Highway 101 ACROSS FROM PREHISTORIC GARDENS B ETW EEN r I I PORT ORFORD D R U d S AND GOLD BEACH f
