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Pacific's Best Dressed W R B-, PO RT DBFDflD Voi. 7 No. 33 Pprt Orforti, Early News Next Week Because of the Thanksgiving Holiday next T h u r a d a y , the New» w i l l be m ailed on Wed- neaday, November 25. This early schedule w ill re quire that all new» and adver t i n g must be in the office not later than 5 p. m. Monday. The New» office w i l l be open Sat urday, November21, and closed Thursday and Friday, Novem ber 26 and 27. *.v Curry Gets Phone Taxes ■ f * • t West Coast Telephone Co. o fficials are paying $869,517 In local property taxes fo r the company at 14 county court houses In Oregon this week. C u r r y county’ s share Is $47,812. In 1963Curry received $42,945. The largest check Involved Is the one for $304,591 made out to Washington county, according to West Coast’ «Oregon Division Manager, Lyle E. Cross. It rep resents an Increase of $55,917 over the company’ s Washington county tax payment a year ago Cross said that West Coast’s total county property tax h ill tn Oregon this year was up more than $113,628 over the 19C3 figure of $755,889. Most of the Increase was recorded tn two counties. Besides the $55,917 advance In Washington c o u n ty , there was a hike of $15,011 in Coos county. Cross said that more than S 5,000,0.iO of the revenues from West Coast subscrtt>ers InO re- gon, Washington and northern California are paid out in fed e ral, state and local taxes an nually. ' 11 is i Curry Delegates To Attend Children and Youth Conference There W ill be 20 itele ates Cui i t County attending tb. st.it. C o n te n m i on C h ild ren 4 Youth .it Sah Nov 19-21. T h is del a tio n inrhntes six youth fro r ll. e Ihl •• s rlin o l. T ile e n t r y de le g atio n w ill Join f. 'O o th e r count) d e li ra te s lot tin* tlire e days ot fo ru m s and w orkshops on tin th e m e “ C o m m unity Aetton fo i C h ild - ten a Youth in a Chan In. s o c ie ty .” M ajot speakers w ill 1« Gov- • IIIOI M a rk o . H a tfie ld ; D r. W in. (■ . A m o s, r h te l of the D iv i s i o n o l Y o u th E m p lo ym e n t G uidance Sm v lres--U .S . Dept. of | alxir In Waslim tn D.C.. a I Miss I" m |(, \ ih i I.I _ spe< - la lis t ill m o b iliz a tio n o f c o m uaH os, 1 re n 's Hu: r a il, W .islim ton D.C. C o m m u n ity action w ill be the p i tm a n co n ce rn o f the fo ru m s and w orkshops and w ill Include “ W h a t is a F a m ily in a Chan In S o c i e t y " T i . iliiln lor E m ploym ent D p|sn tiin ttle s In a ploy m i nt O p p o rtu n itie s In a Chan in. S o c ie ty ,” and “ E d ucation In a Chan In S o c ie ty ,” aci o id ln .' to W. I . A n d e rson , ch a irm a n o f the C u r ry Count) G o v e rn o r's C o m m i t t e e o n C h ild re n 4 Youth. Social Worker Is Now Author I o ra l p s y c h i a t r i c social w o rk e r, Nina Carton, Coos- C u r ry M ental Health C lin ic , C o q u ille and Gold Beach, has tin ne.l a u tho r. She is c o -a u th o r o f a lo o k e n title d “ D e v e l o p m e n t o l T h e o ry and P ra c tic e In S ocial C a s e w o rk ." Hei portion of the isxik rep resents four years of work and Is a new approach, u n if y in g under one rover four fo rre s -- soclal change, the fam ily, the caseworker, and social case work. The look should contribute new dimensions and Insights to c a s e w o r k e r s tn graduate schools of social work anil those already In the field of social work and should he of Interest to other disciplines and com munity-minded people through out the United States, J.K. G ill Co. and Portland Book Store, Portland, are re tail distributors for publisher Charles C. Thomas. DEI EGATE s NAMED Those attending the ro n fe i - once fro m C u rry w ill include Kent tl K U lin , J e ff Ito ln ■ s, Ja m i e H ya tt, and M rs . Kendall G r o v e r , B ro o k in g s ; I'he Rev. Wayne J u lle r , M rs . Don DeVoe, M is . E lm a ta il e r l, Mi s. E rn ie W ils o n ,D a v id 1 tli ” , Paula Stellman, M l■ 1 ' ' 1 ' . A H l ■ J ., ,,; .. e is |e y ,G o ld lle a r h - P Is to l R |v - ■ -, THERE HAVE been a lot of wools used to describe clothing fashions but to do Justice to the style» j town above, you'd have to invent some new ones. The designer« are Brenda Wright, as M a m m i e Yokum, and Nick Hensley as Lil Abner. The event was the annual Sadie Hawkins d a n c e at Pacific high school w ith this couple being named king and queen. Forest Tree Orders Taken i'i area; For«>st tree o r d e r blanks from the state forest nursery Bros , Mra. ci,. stei Boots, are now available at the ex Mrs. 11 a r o l 1 in n t, 1 1. tension of Ice in the courthouse ( I a 1 k e , C athy Sevei nx, and at Gold Beach, o r may tie se M IS . M m a D eets, P o r lO r f o r d - cured by w riting to toe Stale I a nr lots are a . Department of F orestry, Salem, according to Lou O ester,Curry county extension agent. P ractically a ll s p e c ie s of trees s u i t a b l e for lu m to r, Christmas trees, windbreaks, o r w ildlife habitat are available al a cost of $10 to $18 per thousand. Trees are from one Mrs. I lo ) J Keeler w as named to three years old. Trees can pres 1.leni ol the lo c a l C a lo ric be delivered anytime during the Counting TOPS C lub at the an winter tmt orders should bp nual e le c tio n held M onday a f placed as soon as possible In ternoon. O ther officers elected case a shortage develops, says .ire: Mrs. Vcm on Jamieson, vice Oester. president; Mrs. Dean Rogers, There are many lands In the secretar); Mi». I.ayvrance R ight, treasurer; Mry. J e r r y Studley, county which are presently un productive, although most of weight recorder; Mrs. W illia m them once s u p p o r t e d fine Edwards, reporter. growths of tim ber. Nature w ill New officers w ill l a k e over eventually restore them to fo r the first m e e tin g in January, est p r o d u c t i v i t y where seed \ w eight lots o f six ami a half trees are adequate and Inter pound» was r e c o r d e d for the vening land use practices do e i g h t members present at the not Interfere, to t the process m eeting. Is slow. Therefore, planting offers a way to speed up this process. Poor la n d that may n o t support a stand of tlmbei should grow suitable Christmas trees. Considerable Interest has been noted In this enteprlse and sev eral p la n t a t i o n s have been A pictorial account of the established In the county the M a iih 2H I Id.1 1 wave al Crps- last few years, says Oester. cent c ity Is contained ln a Landowner« are encouraged newly published book, "D ark to plant trees on land suitable D isaster," now on sal« at the for forestry purposes and cost News office. II Is the firs t such sharing Is available for this publication to give a compre piactlce through th e county hensive look at the extensive ASCS program. Further Infor damage caused by the deva mation on t h i s conservation stating series of waves un program Is available at the leashed by the savage Alaskan extension office. earthquake. T on i H a w k i n s , O p h ir; Al Mrs. Keeler Heads TOPS Curry County, Oregon Penalties Stiff For Destruction Of Navigation Aids Interested tn spending a year in Jail? This could he your penalty, upon conviction, fo r shooting aids to navigation, the coast Guard announced today Or you could tie fined up to $2,500 or receive a combination of loth. The Commander of the T h ir teenth Coast Guard d istrict, an- ntxinced that there has tieen an Increasing number of cases tn Oregon and Washington of aids to navigation found destroyed by gunfire. Sunken buoys have been recovered with bullet holes tn them and other equipment has been found sim ila rly dam aged. Besides facing a fine or Im prisonment, the people destroy ing this equipment are also In creasing the danger to loa tin en who rely on those aids for navigational purposes. The Coast Guard also re minded people that one-half of the fine paid bjf the convicted person would be given to the person o r persons who had given Information leading to the con viction. Holiday Recess Development Group To Talk Cannery Purchase Hondas, Cars In Smash-up The occupants of the c a rs , Ralph and Dorothy Baird; and Sam Clarence Shadle of M yrtle Point, were uninjured. The boys on the motor bikes, Cary Dean Rogers, 18, an d Douglas Earl Funk, 18, both of Port Orford, received bruises and abrasions. Although salmon anglers are According to the report, one s till enjoying a field day on car was making a le ft turn when both Chinook and silver salmon it was hit by one of the motor at most coastal points, toe big bikes, which glanced off and hit Job of determining the annual the secondcar. The other motor trend In numbers on the spawn bike hit the first one while it ing beds Is now underway. was laying on the pavement. The G am e commission fishery sheriff's office investigated the biologists are w o r k in g key accident. streams throughout toe state The Port Orford school« w ill dismiss Wednesday, November 25, at the regular tim e. There w ill be noschool Thursday,Nov ember 26, Thanksgiving, and Friday, November 27. Classes w ill resume Monday, Nov. 30. Timber Sale Announced Supervisor J. r . phllbrlck, Siskiyou National Forest, an nounces toe sale on toe Gold Beach Ranger D istrict today of an estimated 9,000,000 toard feet of timber. W e s te r n states P ly w o o d Cooperative, P ort O rford, was high bidder for i mt* toe tsutier B utler Mt. •••*•• .’suuvi lu making th p annual spawning ground surveys for Chinook sal mon, with work on slive rs to continue through December and January. This work is coor Camper« at 29 National F o r dinated w it h the f i s h com est campgrounds tn Oregon and mission, which also conducts Washington paid nearly $40,000 volumes, advertised advertís»«! pi m ices,and ire« ,, ,1 * surveys on selected streams fo r overnight use during this Richard Hodge, 13, Port Or bid prices are as follows; (rates of toe state. past summer, reports the U.S. are accelerated under 80% of ford, received bruises and abra From the reports it would Forest Service, Portland. the volume) D ouglas-flr and sions Nov. 5, about 4:45 p. m. appear good numbers of chinook Between June 11 and Sept. other species 9,000,000 board when the pickup in which he was 14, a total of $39,678 was col fe e t, advertised price $22.53 riding ran off the road. He was salmon are 0.1 the spawning beds lected at the c a m p g r o u n d s taken io Curry General Hospital in coastal streams showing a and bid price $31.65. Total ap continued upward climb of the through use of coin-operated praised value was $212,400.00 for treatment. ticket-vending machines. The and toe t o t a l bid p r i c e was Driver of the pickup, Ramona runs over the past seven years. machines were Installed at se $294,300.00. Hodge, his mother, and Brent Warren Kntspel, district fish lected campgrounds developed Hodge, 12, his brother, were un ery biologist at Warrenton, re for m a x im u m comfort. No injured. Moderate damage was ported the Chinook spawning charge was made for daytime done to the vehicle, according ground count on the Nehalem use of the campgrounds. More to the sheriff's office, which in River from the Salmonberry to Jewell was the highest record than 1000 other campgrounds vestigated the accident. ed s in c e 1938. In addition, In the Pacific Northwest region According to reports, the pick Knlspel established a new cen are free. up skidded and h it a bank in an sus route on the Salmonberry The total collected this year Farm ers who have recently attempt to keep from hitting an because of the increased use Is atxxit $18,000 more than In converted land from trees or other vehicle, which had pulled of this stream by chinook Sal 1963, the firs t year of charge brush to graslng land may be out from a driveway on a blind mon In recent years. camping operation. Like other eligible fo r a lower fire con curve. Chinook surveys are just get receipts from National Forest tro l tax on this land, accord ting underway on the Nestucca, resources, toe money went to ing to Lou Oester, C u rry Coun Trask and Wilson rivers, but toe U.S. Treasury. ty extension agent. prelim inary examination shows The C u r r y County L a n d good rns of fish in these riv Classification Committee w ill WEATHER REPORT ers. Game co m m is s lo n b io l- meet In December to consider ogists report an Increase In classification of graslng and Date M ax M in Rain the chinook catch at Cape K i- Nov. 10 53 44 1. 60 forest land fo r fire control wanda and a faster rate of Nov. I t 56 43 St. C hristopher’ s Episcopal 1. 56 taxes. Farm ers who have land to catch per angler at Garibaldi. be reclassified should notify the Nov. 12 55 37 church w ill hold a Thanksgiving . 66 Tillamook Bay anglers have extension office, Box 488, Gold Nov. 13 47 35 service on the evening of Wed .71 also enjoyed some of the best Nov. 14 50 32 .0 0 Beach, by Nov. 25 so th e ir land nesday, Nov. 25, at 7;30. chinook fishing in years with Nov. IS 55 33 The service w ill be a cele . 01 can be inspected by a repre many exceptionally large fish Nov. 16 59 34 .03 sentative of the Coos Forest bration of the Holy Eucharist. being taken. Many chinook in Protective Association. The public is invited. the 35- to 50-pound class have U. S. *40,000 Campers Pay A burglary at the 76 Union >ervice was reposted M onday morning by city police. The report said entry to the station was gained by psying the front door open with a pinch bar. About $6.50 in change was tak en from the cash register, police ««id, but another$5.50 worth of rolled change was overlooked. Two passenger c a r tires m ay also have been taken. The burglary is being investi gated by city police and the Curry county sheriff’ s office. FORMER RESIDENT dees in washincton Mrs. Joe (Blanche) Woodard died Sunday, Nov. 18, at Cen tralia, Washington. Funeral ser vices were held Wednesday. She was a former resident of Port Orford. T IE -R O D BREAKS Fred Erickson, student minister of the Christian Church, had the misfortune of a tie-ro d breaking on his car while on the way home to Eugene Sunday night. Erick son and his passengers escaped injuries, except for a bump to the head of one passenger. • Rogue, Other Coast Streams Indicate Salmon Build-Up been e x a m in e d . The lower Trask is also producing large Chinook salmon. No fall spawning reports have come from R ollle Rousseau on the Siletz. However, SCUBA counts In the u p rive r area on both spring chinook and summer steelhead Indlcatè a build-up In n u m b e r s In the face of In creasing angling pressure. The fa ll runs on both the Siletz and Alsea riv e rs indicate an up swing as evidenced by Increased angling intensity and catch over last year. The same was true for the Nestucca where SCUBA counts show a good run of s p r in g chinook and summer steelhead. No report Is available from the Sluslaw, while the Tenmile Lake coho ta lly w ill not be made until late November and December. At Coos Bay toe report shows fa irly large num bers of silve rs entering the M illicom a. Chinook angling at Coos Bay this summer was r e p o r t e d good, and on the Coquille, a n g le r s have been enjoying good success In the tidal areas on both chinook and silvers. Fall spawning counts on other south coast streams are Just getting underway. However, if the catch records are any ’in dication, most south coastal streams w ill experience In creases In both chinook and silver runs. One - Car Wreck Injures Youth Some Farmers Eligible For Lower Fire Tax Episcopal Church To Have Special Thanks Service Police Car Damaged COPTERS FLY ROGUE Six helicopter flights were made on the upper Rogue River by game commission fishery biologists in cooperation with other state and federal agencies to gather information on the s p r in g chinook run. Flights were made at one-week In te r vals over a 40-m ile section from M i l i t a r y Bridge near C a m p White u p s tr e a m to Laurelhurst bridge. Excellent numbers of chinook were ob served, with a decided Increase over the p a r e n t run. Peak spawning occurred on the upper Rogue about Sept. 25. F a ll runs on the Rogue and Umpqua also show decided Improvement. First Aid Course May Be Started > .• -»«jir’tn f” A new first aid course w ill be conducted if enough people are interested, said Red Cross in structor C ecile Paris this week. She said several have inquired about a course but more interest is needed before one can be started. Anyone interested in enrolling in a first aid course is asked to ca ll Mrs. Paris at ED 2-3403. DAMAGE of about $40 was done to the city police car Thursday morn ng when it was backed in to by a station wagon driven by M rs . M aureen Perkey. Police ch ief Harold Hight was just pul ling up to the intersection of 9th and Oregon St. when Mis. Peikey backed into the street from a parking space along side the drug store, bumping the right r e a r fender of the patrol car Mis. Perkey was cited for f a il ure to yield right of way. Early morning h ail storms give the appearance of snow on streets and bouse in background. » DATES TO REMEMBER Birthday w is h e s go out this week to Jimmie Smith, Sue M e- chals, Minnie King Jolly, T er ry volson, Julie M e y e r s and Mary Jane Peterson. Anniveisary wishes toM r. and Mrs. Conrad A. Johnson. Burglary A t Union Service P ort O r’o rd ’s newly-formed Port owns toe cannery building Community Development Corp, and leases it to Depoe Bay. w ill take the firs t step in an Present manager of the plant, effo rt to stimulate local em Stan Anderson, has Indicated ployment when they meet to that employment fo r about 50 night (Thursday) at toe city women could be realized from hall. A spokesman said there nine to eleven months out of is a possibility that toe Depoe th«‘ year, with some adjustments Bay Fish Co. may tie In te r In processing procedures. ested In selling their Interests The C.D.C., Incorporated re In toe local cannery and the cently for $50,000, is concerned corporation w ill listen to their with Improving the employment proposal tonight. picture, as well as bringing Representatives of toe fish or helping new industry and company and the Port Com business come Into the area. mission w ill m e e t with the The Corporation has the a b ility C.D.C to discuss any possi to borrow money to make p r i b ilitie s in taking over toe op vate local loa. s or purchases, eration of toe fist), crab and on a ratio determined by the shrim p processing plant. The amount of investment In the Corporation by members. De pending on the type of industry, a high employment type rates at the top, the C.D.C. could borrow as much as $4 fo r e v e r y $1 of available local funds. Two can and two motorbikes Tonight’s 8 o ’clock meeting were involved in an accident at could see the start of the firs t 5:05 p. m. Nov. 5 about j m ile undertaking fo r area develop ment. north of Port Orford. Tidal Wave Books Here The 64-page book contains scores of personal accounts of the tidal wave’s destruction and 139 pictures, many of them f u l l page, plus full c o v e r photos of the damage. The book was published by the Crescent City American and sells for $2. ■Price Ten Centi 7« * *
