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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.
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Curry Gets
Phone Taxes
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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.
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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
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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■
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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.
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.’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
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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
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1. 60 forest land fo r fire control
wanda and a faster rate of
Nov. I t
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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
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church
w
ill
hold
a
Thanksgiving
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Tillamook
Bay anglers have
extension
office,
Box
488,
Gold
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service on the evening of Wed
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also enjoyed some of the best
Nov. 14
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.0 0 Beach, by Nov. 25 so th e ir land nesday, Nov. 25, at 7;30.
chinook fishing in years with
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The service w ill be a cele
. 01 can be inspected by a repre
many exceptionally large fish
Nov. 16
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.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.
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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
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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.
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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
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