Car Flips Al Humbug
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Curry County,
Or« goni
Long Distance Phone
Rates Drop Again
Annual Having* on long dla-
atanc« ra ils will he liooatod
Io an eallmatixl >150,740 (or
rualom era of W«al Coaat T e le -
phon« Company and Ila sub
sidiary, 11 « a v e r Stale T e le
phone, with the (Ding of new
loll ta riff* on. Jan. 11, a com
pany official said today.
According to L. E. Croa»,
Weat Coaat'* Oregon Division
in a ii 4 •• t , the now toll I.itc
changea fllecl with the public
U tility Commissioner correa-
|ond to thoae change* announced
e a rlie r by the Federal Com
munication* Commlaalon for
Interatate c a ll*, and are ach-
nduled to b e c o m e effective
Feb. 1. Included In the »avlnga,
I, w ill be .ippi oxlm a-
tely >13,700 In exclae taxes
which are atlU applicable to
long dlalance telephone ca ll*.
The saving* emtlmale la baaed
on the numtier of c a ll* placed
by telephone rualomera In the
past; however, Havings could
be larger If calling volume 1»
Increased.
The lower ra te* will apply
only to c a ll* placed on a ata-
tlon-to-atatlon basla and not
on pet ann-to-person meaaagea.
Of particular Intereat are pro-
poaed change» In time |*-rloda
wher. the lower ra le * apply.
The special night rate, a
maximum of >1.00 for a th ree-
"ilnule Htatlon-to-atatlon call
to any point In the 48 adjacent
»tales, w ill begin al 8 p.tn.,
Instead of 9 p .m . as It now
does, and will also apply all
day on Sunday. A lower even
ing rale w ill go Into . rr.-< t
between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. week
days, as well as all day Sat
urday. The regular day rale,
applicable on c a ll* made be-
tween 4:30 a.m . and 6 p .m .,
Mon-lay through F rid ay, will
not change.
Ixmg dlalance aavtnga a * a
result nf tti. tb ■■ i hanges will
be supplemented by actual cost
reductions on certain classes of
Lex Cope Dies
Funeral services were held
Wednesday In the Bandon chapel
of Schroeder Bros. Mortuary
for Alexis Waldo (L ex) Cope,
78, who died Jan. 17 In the
Southern Coos General Hos-
pltal.
The Hev. Timothy Dalrym ple,
F irs t Presbyterian Church, of
ficiated. Cremation followid at
Sunset M em orial Park.
Born Feb. 17, 1886, In F o r
tuna, C a lif., he came to Lang
lois In 1888 with his parents,
W i l l i a m and Kate Emerson
Cope ami his four sisters and
three brothers. He Is the last
member of his fam ily.
M r. Cope had a dairy ranch
on Floras Lake Road, and after
retiring moved to Bandon a! out
to years ago.
He also served as a C urry
County Commissioner for 10
years.
lie m arried Eva Ia*nox In
Kosetalrg Dec. 4, 1926.
Survivors, in addition Io his
wife, Include one daughter, M rs.
Alton (M a rjo rie ) Strain of Port
O r f o r d ; two granddaughters,
Beverly and Delores, and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
M em orials are tielng made
to the Heart Fund.
Intrastate and Interstate mesa-
ages.
As an example of the effect
of the reductions, Cross said
t h a t under existing rates a
three-minute call on Sunday
from Beaverton to l./o» Angeles
coats >1.20. A fter Feb. 1, that
same call w ill cost 75?.
Three Curry OTI
Students On Rolls
Have Curry county Oregon
Technical liu tiiiite i t u d e n t a
were named to honors for the
fall lenn.
J« rry Thomas, G o ld BeacK
w ith a GPA In Auto Mecbanter
of 4.Usml I'lu rle * Sugg, IXook-
ing*. with a score of 3. 833 in
D r tael, were both named U, thr
Prvstdcnt'i Liat.
On thr Dean'r List war George
H ale, Brookings, a m echanical
student with a GPA of 3. 277.
Curry Council
Told of Special
School Classes
The Curry County Council of
PTA was held Thursday night,
Jan. 14, at thr Ophir grade school.
Mr*. Clarence W hittaker presid
ed at the meeting.
M em ben were reminded that
the s t a t e convention of PTA
would be held at Coo* Bay on
A pril 27, 28 and 29.
An intcreatlng re jo rt was g iv
en by Mr*. W. E. Wilson who a t
tended thr Governor's Confer
ence on Children and Youth Nov.
19, 20 and 21 In Salem. She gave
an account of th eir group studies
and recommendation* given to
the Governor's Com m ittee.
M r. Ray Neugart reported on
le g u latio o on education a n d
gave a redone on employm»
of youth in our county and Mate.
M r. Al Johnson, program ch air
man, turned the program over
to M r. Ray Neugart, County Sup
erintendent of school*, who spokc
on the (p e d a l education pro
gram being carried on in Curry
county with c l a s i e t in Gold
Beach, Port Orford and Langlois.
Those attending the m eeting
were: Mr*. Clarence Whittaker,
Mrs. Bill Want and Mrs. Gene
R e ilin g all of Brooking*; Mrs.
W. E. Wilaon, Mr», J, W, Herndon
a n d M r. Ray Neugart of Gold
Beach; Rev. and Mr«. A. I , (Roy)
H a l l , Mr. Tom Hawkins, Mr*.
Jim R u c k e r and Mrs. C alvin
Davis of Ophir, Mr. and Mrs. Al
Johnson, Mrs. Donald Stole and
Mr*. Kenneth Werner of Port
Orford.
The next me eting w ill be held
M arch 11, at 8 p .m . in Gold
Beach. Mr*. Al Johnson, ch air
man of H e a l t h and M ental
Health, w ill plan the 1*0gram
on health for that meeting.
Frica T «n Conta
Bales Condition
Is Still Critical
No change In the condition ot
C liff Bales has been re ported and
hr remain* on the c ritic a l list
at Sacred H e a r t Hospital in
Medford.
Bales was found in a c o m * last
Wednesday -nomlng a n d was
flown by M ercy Flight to M e d
ford for an em rrgrncy operation
because of an internal hemor
rhage of thr skull.
It was at first believed that
Bales may have suffered the in
jury from an altercation. Fur
ther information, however, has
disclosed that Hales had slipped
while getting wood at his home
thr previous Thursday and struck
thr back of his he ad on a wooden
step.
County Suffers
More Accident»- In
1984 Than in 1963
Oregon’s r e c o r d highway
death toll of 576 was reflected
In the number of traffic victims
In most Southern Oregon coun
ties. Coos, C u rry, Josephine
and Jackson counties all suf
fered more highway casualties
In 1964 than during 1963. Kla
math County, however, reduced
the 1963 traffic toll.
Many of the 19 Coos county
traffic fatalities occurred In
the Coos Bay-North Bend area.
Four people died In one ac
cident In the county, helping
to push the 1964 death count
two over the previous year
when 17 people were killed In
traffic accidents.
Five people died In C urry
county mishaps In 1964 com
pared to four fatalities In 1963.
Grants Pass area accidents
accounted for most of the 17
Josephine county traffic fatal
ities. 1964 deaths Increased two
over the 1963 total of 15 tra ffic
victims.
Despite three accidents each
killing three people, Klamath
County finished 1964 with 25
traffic fatalities compared to
27 for 19( 3.
Multnomah County recorded
the most tra ffic deaths with 85;
then followed by Lane County
w it h 58; W a s h in g t o n , 40;
Douglas, 34; Linn, 30 and Kla
math, 25.
Thu n ., Jan. 21, 1965
Engineers Make
Flood Surveys
Rivers and harbors In O re
gon are being surveyed by the
Portland U. 8. Army Engineer
D istrict to determine changea
In the navigation channels and
find areas that require dredging
as a result of the Christmas
week rioods.
Colonel W illiam J. Talbott,
Portland district engineer, said
crews are now working In the
Columbia, W illam ette, Molalla
and Clackamas Rivers and In
the estuaries of the Rogue and
Chetco Rivers on the coast.
COQUILLE TO BE SURVEYED
Also to be surveyed tn the
near future are the estuaries
Of the Coquille, Umpqua aixl
Sluslaw Rivers and Coos Bay,
all on the coast.
In the Columbia River the
aurveyboat Robert Gray Is cur
rently surveying bars upstream
from P illa r Rock--about tw o
miles downstream from Brook
field, Washlngton--to Portland.
The aurveyboat Norman B ray
Is working on the bars from
Vancouver to Bonneville Dam.
Col. Talbott M id very little
shoaling has been found In the
Columbia R iver so fa r, but
•ome extra dredging may be
required. After their present
work, the aurveyboat* Robert
Gray and Norm al Bray w ill
probably survey the Portland
Harbor and the Columbia R iver
bar and estuary.
Crews In the W illamette V a l
ley are making surveys for
flood restoration work on the
M olalla, Clackamas and W il
lamette Rivers.
Col. Talbott said the survey
crews are also marking high
water marks and tn the Col
umbia, W illam ette and coastal
rive rs are making an Inventory
of survey beacons and dredging
ranges lost In the flood.
He added that the surveys
now being made are sim ilar to
those taken after the spring
freshet, each year.
Swedish Schools
Is PTA Subject
The regular m eeting of Pert
O r f o r d P. T , A. w ill be held
Thursday, Jan. 28, at the Pert
Orford grade school m u ltip u r
pose room at 7:30 p. m.
Toby W allace, Gold Beach,
The program of the evening
has replaced jack Evans as coun w ill be about education in Swe
ty dog catcher is of Tuesday, den. Kenneth A. Stuart, super
Jan. 12. Enforcement of new dog intendent of school* in Riddle,
ordinance w ill be strictly fo l w ill be the guest speaker. He
lowed accordingto W allace. A ll studied educational systems in
dogs off prem lies without prop Sweden a year ago as represen
er care according to law, w ill tative o f the Am erican Associa
be picked up, lx-Id for five days tion of School Administrators in
and disposed of if not called for cooperation w ith the State D e
or identified.
p artm en t He w ill also bring a
Swedish exchange student who
attends high school in Riddle.
His program w ill consist of a
lecture and showing slides. A
question and answer period w ill
follow.
New Dog Catcher
Farm Losses Nay
Be Deducted On
Income Tax Return
Specially prepared Informa
tion on claiming Federal Income
tax casualty losses on farm
property b e c a u s e of recent
flood* has been published by the
Internal Revenue Service and Is
available at the County Exten
sion Office In Coquille.
F arm ers, home owners and
other persons s u f f e r i n g per
sonal property o r farm and
business losses because of na
County extension ag-ntx have
tural disaster may deduct cer
been asked toprovldt inform a
tain of these losses on their
tion to local comm unities on
Federal Income Tax return.
procedures to follow in estab
These special i n f o r m a t i o n
lishing com m unity action pro
sheets prepared by the Port
grams under the Economic Op-
land D istric t office of the In
B ills authorlz.tng the approp
I'ortuiilty Act, reports Dwight E.
ternal Revenue Service cover
riation of >14,750,000 (January
Haugen, Special assistant to the the types of damage and losses
1962 prices) for the Secretary
Governor.
that are d(-ductahle, notes Fred
of the Interior to construct
Extension agents lneachcoun- Hagelsteln, c o u n t y extension
Sexton Dam and reservo ir on
ty arc being provided inform a agent.
Jump O ff Joe Creek north of
tion on how to establish a repre
The Internal Revenue Service
Grants Pass w ill be Introdu
sentative com m unity a c t i o n
ced in the Senate and the House
idvlses taxpayers claiming los
early this week by Senators group, the procedures to follow ses that they should be able to
In obtaining a grant and possible
Maurlne Neuberger and Wayne
substantiate the n a t u r e and
Morse and Congressman Rob- activities that can be covered extent of thetr losses. Photo
under the Economic Opportunity
e rt B . Duncan.
graphs taken a^ er the casualty
Act.
The authorization for the
Com m unity action programs and before the damage Is re
M erlin Division of the Hogue
stored w ill be helpful In show
H lver Basin project must he w ill provide technical and f i ing this.
nancial
assistance
for
urban
and
passed before funds for plan
Persons having flood losses
ning and construction can be rural comm unities to fight pov may obtain copies of these In
e
r
t
y
.
Individual
communities
appropriated. "T h e re Is still
formation sheets by calling or
w ill decide how to do the job
a long road ahead," the legis
contacting the county exten
lators cautioned. "Strong local w ith private and public resourcei sion office tn the courthouse tn
that
w
ill
be
augmented
by
fed
support w ill be necessary."
Coquille or the Internal Rev
eral assistance.
A s im ila r measure was In
enue Service In Coos Bay.
Specific
local
com
m
unity
ac
troduced In both houses In the
tion
programs
m
ay
include
rem
last Congress tait was not acted
e d ia l reading, literacy courses,
upon.
job training, em ploym ent coun
seling, hom emaker s e r v ic e s ,
Job development and training,
W EATHER REPORT
vocational rehabilitation a n d
George Anderson was fined $50
Rain health services.
M ax M in
Date
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Jan. 12
"A program that addresses all in Recorder's Court Jan. 6, after
.0 0 o f theie d ifficu lties in a system pleading guilty to a charge of
SI
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Jan. 13
. 00 atic fashion w ill truly help a trespassing. Anderson was charg
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Jan. 14
44
.0 0 ch ild and hla fa m ily to remove ed on a c o m p l a i n t file d by
53
Jan. 15
.0 0 th r shackles of poverty. This Is Adolph Windmaiser. Judge lo r -
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45
Jan. 16
.(X) the Intent of com m unity action," alnes Haines suspended $25 of
bo
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Jan. 17
the fine for a period of one year.
.0 0 Haugen said.
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Jan. 18
County Agents
To Give Data on
Economic Act
Dam Bill I i
Introduced
Trespassing
Brings Fine
Morse Sponsors
School Funds
Senator Wayne Morse said
today that the Administration's
education program which he ts
sponsoring In the Senate would
bring about >9,036,748 to O re
gon schools per fiscal year. The
nation-wide expenditure th e
firs t year w ill be >1.2,’ 5 b il
lion.
N early >7 m illion of this will
Into schools faced with ed
ucating the children of very
low In c o m e fam ilies In an
effort to upgrade their educa
tion and lift them out of a re
curring fam ily pattern of pov
erty.
The remainder of the Oregon
funds w ill provide >1,069,776
f o r supplementary education
centers and services, >980,782
for school lib ra ry m aterials,
and >133,013 to strengthen the
State Department of Education.
JUSTICE C O U R T
Cases appearing before justice
A r t h u r F. Niem ann in Justice
Court since last report were:
George Stuait Merchant, Jan.
13, angling in prohibited arcs,
$25 fine, $4. 50 court cost, $20
suspended; Stuart E r w i n M e r
chant, Jan. 13, angling in pro
hibited area, $25 fine, $4. 50
court cost, $20 suspended; Alden
Wayne Boicc, Jan. 15, no tail
light, b ail posted, $10; Harold
Dexter Ward, Jan. 15, no wheel
covers, dismissed; Ivar W illiam
Holhquist, Jan. 18, no vehicle
l i c e n s e , $5; Charles Thomas
Simpson, Jan. 18, no v e h i c l e
license, $5; Roy Delano Mills,
Ja n . 19, no re a rv ie w mirror,
$10 fine, $5 suspended.
Co-op Members To Attend
Annual Miami Beach meet
The Coos-Curry Electric Co
operative, Inc., w ill send three
of its members to M ia m i Be ach,
Florida, to participate in th e
23rd Annual M eeting of the N a
tional Rural Electric Coopera-
Senate Bill To
Remove Levy
A Bill introduced in the State
Senate by Senators Dick Chap
man and Ben Musa Ian. 14, would
elim in a te the right of p olitical
party ccntralcam m ;ttees to as
sess their nominees a percent
age of wages or salary of the
office for which they are a cand
idate.
Senate Bill 5 would amend
Section 1,ORS 248. ISO to read:
The county, state and city cen
tral com m ittee of each m ajor
p o litic al party is t h e highest
party authority and may make
proper rules,regulations and re
solutions for all matters of par
ty ¿-»vemment which are not
controlled by t h is chapter or
other laws of the state.
Oppose Camp
White Closure
O r e g o n American Legion
Commander C. Ray W il s o n
today registered his "stlongest
disapproval’’ ol the Veterans’
Administration plans to close
the White City com lclllary near
Medford In six months.
“ T h is Is false economy and
a fast-shuffling game of pre
tended solution,” Wilson said.
"Washington, D. C. seems to
think by the mere elimination
of 11 hospitals and four homes
throughout the nation It w ill
have eliminated the problem of
caring for the aged and 111
veterans.”
"W e strongly resent thedeg-
redatlon Inherent in this man
euver and w ill ask the national
organization to marshall our
total forces of nearly th ree -
m llllon to protest closing tne
much-needed VA f a c i l i t y at
White C ity ,” Wilson said.
“ We are In firm agreement
with Rep. Robert B. Duncan
that there ts far more reason
to expand the scope of service
rather than to curtail this op
eration.”
The Dom iciliary near Med
ford was activated tn 1949 as
a conversion of the Camp White
hospital established by th e
Army in 1943 as a part of
the training camp. It has 1,011
residents and 220 Ctvtl Service
employees.
•■An on-the-slte study of vet
erans’ needs tn Oregon would
show that the White City fa
cility should be converted Into
a 100-bed ge«cral medical and
surgical hospital," the Legion’ s
Commander of the Department
of Oregon contended.
"W e I m p l o r e our Oregon
Congressmen to do what they
can to correct the Inclusion of
the Southern Oregon facility tn
this ’ economy’ m ove," Wilson
concluded.
tive Association, Jan. 24-28.
They w ill be among the 8, 000
rural electric members that are
expected to attend the meeting
from nearly every state in the
country»
Attending the m eeting from
C o o s -C u rry Electric Coopera
tive w ill be Ivan C. Laird, vic e-
president, D a v i d R. Philpott,
secretary-treasurer, an d W. A.
Cock, general manager.
Leaden from the Johnson id-
mimstration, the Congress, and
power resource, consumer and
labor groups w ill ta k e m ajor
roles in the M iam , meet.ng.
The m eeting w ill center on
th e theme "Rural E lec trific a
tio n -T o d a y a n d Tomorrow".
Featured speaken w ill include
Sen ato n A .S M ike Monroney of
Oklahoma. T h o m as Juchel of
California, and Lee M e tc a lf of
Montana-, Ant.Secretary of a g
riculture Dorothy Jacobtcn; Eric
Sevareid, news correspondent for
the Colum bia Broadcasting Sys
te m ; and U. S. Representative
John Moss of C alifornia and Leo-
nor K. Sullivan of Missouri.
Others include Clyde T. Ellis,
general manager NRECA, Nor
man H. Clapp, administrator of
REA, jack Conway, director of
the Community Action Program
of the Office of Economic De
velopment ( War on Poverty) and
many other top experts in power,
consumer a. J legislative fields,
who w ill be featured in 16 panel
discussions. One of the panel
discussions w ill investigate the
consumer aspects of new d evel
opments in power pooling and
in proposed new developments
in water and power resource de
velopm ent
Delegates w ill deliberate and
decide on a broad range of pol
icy matters involving such top
ics as water and power resource
development, rural are a* d eve l
opm ent REA loan issues, AID'S
cooperative development pro
gram, the Federal Power Com
mission, a n d other consumer
issues.
The National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association is the
nation service organization for
nearly 1,000 rural electric sys
tems. The systems serve nearly
20 m illio n people in 46 states
on a n o n -p r o fit cooperative
basis.
APPARENTLY no injuries were
suffered w h e n this auto turned
o v e r and landed on it's top at
the edge of Brushes Creek in the
jjf u m h u g turns. The accident
The Oregon Department of was reported to the Sheriff's O f
Veterans’ Affairs granted farm fice about 8:30 p. m. Saturday
and home loans to 3,734 vet but no one was at the scene when
erans last year tn the amount it was investigated. The car was
of $41,723,000, H. C. Saalfeld, registered to Steve Beard, North
d irecto r, reported today.
Bank Road, Brookings.
T his was an 8r Increase over
— Sheriff's Office Photo
1963 when 3,552 veterans bor
i . d .
rowed >38,496,000. Last year’ s
.-olume makes a total of 48,644
loans in the amount of some
$415,996,174 to Oregon’ s World
War I I and Korean War vet
erans since the program start
ed lr. 1945.
Be sure to attach copy B of all
In Coos County last year,
loans were granted to 68 vet Forms W -2 to your 1964 Federal
erans In the amount of >699,600 income tax return. Re funds can
compared to 98 loans In 1963 not be paid nor can credit be
thhe Id wi thout
for >1,093,300. Since the start given for taxes
of the program, loans have t h e required Forms W -2, the
gone to 1,314 veterans here In withholding tax statements from
employers.
the amount of $9,898,300.
This advice comes from A, G.
In Curry County last year,
loans were granted to 22 vet Erickson, Director of Internal
erans in the amount of >235- Revenue for Oregon. He said that
450, compared to 13 loans In the Forms W- 2 should be attach
1963 for >127,100. Since the ed to the Form 1040.
However, Erickson asked that
start pi. the program, loans have
gone to 251 veterans here In it apleaor pin* not be used on the
card Form 1 0 4 0 -A. Card form
the amount of >2,197,400.
Saalfeld said that of the some returns are processed by m a
>416 million borrowed, vet chine and staple or pin hole* in
erans have repaid >254 million the cards interfere with proces
in principal and interest. They sing
Taxpayer* should be sure that
are repaying at the rate of
about >3.5 million a month, the W -2 attached to the return
with Interest payments alone is Copy B, the one marked for
averaging about >875,000. Of t h e Federal tax return. Ifth e
the m o r e than 48,000 loans taxpayer had several job* dur
ing the year, a W -2 form for
granted, 29,116 were outstand
ing on Dec. 31 In the amount of each job should be included.
January 31 is the deadline for
$268,175,232.
employers in Oregon to furnish
the ir employees with «atem ents
DATES T O REMEMBER
of Federal income and social
Birthday wishes go out this security taxes withheld f r o m
week to Herb Geer, R oger H of- their wages during 1964.
This reminder was issued to
sess. M ildred Russel. Joe I Brooks.
Rick Wright, Edith Shook, Joan day for the benefit of any e m
Kruetzer, D avid and D a r r e l l ployer* who have not already
done so, said M r. Erickson.
Bjerg.
Veteran i Loans Top
1 9 6 3 By 8%
Attach Forms To
Income Tax Returns
Do You Want TV? Be À1 Meet
Last Friday night at 8 p. m. in
the city hall, North Curry Re
creation tried to hold its annual
m eeting There was a total of
15 people present, including the
board of directors. This hardly
seemed to re present a m em ber
ship of 90, N. C. R. said. The
election of a new board of d ir
ector* was postponed until Jan.
29, at the c ity hall, 8 p. m.
A new nominating com m ittee
consisting of Donald D e w e y ,
M arie Gerhardt and Delbert Neal
was appointed since none of the
members of the other nom inat
ing comm ittee or a n y of the
people nominated attended the
m e etin g
Last year 500 f o r m letter*
were m ailed to non-membezs
but no one paid the ir$ 1 0 to sup
port television.
If you want television in Port
Orford be at the city hall at 8
p. m. Jan. 29, the organization
said.
Charier Day Set Sunday
fc A L tN D M
Thursday
Jaycees, 8 p TO.
Monday
Chamber of Com. , I? noon
Tuesday
Rotary Club, 12:10 p. m.
Wednesday
Quarterback, 7:30 p. m.
APPEAR A T C H A R T E R D A Y
The Christian Church of Port
Orford, has scheduled Charter
Day Service* Sunday, Jan. 24, at
the Legion h all, A potluck d in -
ner w ill begin at 1 p, m. Sign-
ingof the charter w ill be at 2:30
p. m. The speaker, Dean of Ac
ademic of Northwest Christian
College W illiam Siefke, D. D , ,
Eugene, w ill precede the Cru
sader Quartet, Northwest Chris
tian College.
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