Pitch's Burglars Are Captured In Springfield Two men who are alleged to have burglarized Pitch’s Tavern early the morning o f January 20, and a third man tra ve lin g w ith them, are in custody after being apprehended in Springfield Jan. 21. The trio was picked up by Lane county deputies on infor­ mation furnished by the Curry county sheriff's o ffice . Two of th e m , M artin Lloyd Strachan and Tony D irryb e rry are being hl*Id as ex-convicts being in pot- e ion o f firearms capable of b e in g concealed. The third, B illy Ray Lait, was h e ld for Washington state on a burglary warrant. Curry county hat felony war­ rants for Lail and Derryberry on C h a rg e s of burglary not in a dw elling, and for Strachan on receiving and concealing stolen proper»*,. The trio is alleged to have broken into Pitch’ s through a rear restroom window and ta k ­ en $220.00 in coins and m a ll bills, part from a change cache and the r e s t from game m a ­ chines that were broken open. C ity police c h ie f Harold (lig h t was n otified o f the b u r g l a r y whi n the taveni opened at 9 a.m. and called th e th e rift't office to assist w i t h th r investigation. Subsequent inquiries led officers to determine the mens' a c tiv i­ ties during their tim e in Port Orford and disclosed that they liv e d in Springfield. /Assistance from office*., in that area led to their apprehre- sion and arrest on the Laine coun­ ty and Washington charges. A - bout $50, s till in a bank bag, belie ved to be from Pitch's, was found in the Strachan home. It has not yet been d eterm in­ ed whether the men w ill be re ­ turned to Curry county to ans­ wer charges, or be retained by Lane county, according to the sh e riffs office. st TV Meeting This Friday Tomorrow night'» m eeting of fo rlh Curry K>-err at ion. Ini , n.n .i. C i :■ Hi. I j I, ,ii ih, i, |. /to o n translator system oper- ited by the group, a member aid tlk- week. In ,m ounting h« re-scheduled annual m e e t­ ing, a mamber o f the board of Iirv c to n tlr e n .d that II H ill dc - »end on thi- member turnout a he I her the tra n jl ator it put back m operation, (ta ly four of the X) paid member* responded to :he regul ar annual m eeting, the ooard noted, w hich was loo fev to conduct bunnett or hold e l­ ect I >n of new officer», Thi i ap­ parent lack of member interest, andtupi4. I'll«- association is highly gratified w ith tlk- increase so far. It is th e ir hope that those wlio have n o t answered th e ir Christmas Seal a p p a ls w ill do so prom ptly and make this a banner year. Seventy three per cent of the total receipts w ill rem ain in this county to further the work lor tubc-rculoais and other respira­ tory diseases. This yearthe state X -ray unit w ill be in the county a to ta l of nine days so that all may h a v e aq opportunity for that yearly checkup. The first dabs w ill be Feb. lb , 17 and 18 in Brookings, follow ed in June at P o r t Orford and in October at Cold Beach. Ix a c t lo cation and times w ill be in your local paper prior to the* date. You may further the work by tending in your contributions now, the chairm an said. The jew el for the m onth of January is the garnet. ( these points may be explained, BURGLARS tore up things be­ hind the b ir at Pitch's before they fin a lly found the change cache in a beer carton under the b a r. Approximately $220 in change and sm all b ills was ta k ­ en. SYSTEM OFF The translator was turned o ff the air last Thursday, January 21, because Channel 13 was said to be in terferring .vlth the re­ ception of Channel 11 from Coot Bay and C h a n n e l 8 was too "snowy". If re p a in ca n b e c o m ­ pleted by Friday night, and suf­ fic ie n t inrm beis show an In te r­ est In keeping the system in op­ eration, It w ill be turned back on follow-ing the annual m eet- Utf- Annual E lection To Be fie ld A t M eeting Nary Helmken Wins Contest Oregon courts ri‘|xirti*d some 271,558 traffic violation con­ victions to the Department of Motor Vehicles durliu 1964. The figure la 5 1/2*’; higher than In 19C3. The department also report­ ed that It s u s p e n d e d 45,644 driver licenses during the year, an Increase of 3,037 over 1963. More than 39,000 of the sus­ pensions were mandatory under Oregon law. The remainder (6,610) were Invoked through discretionary authority of the d e p a r tm e n t or upon recom­ mendation of courts. D river license suspensions range from 30 days to several years, as In the case of a third or subsequent conviction for driving while Intoxicated. The department says, however, that the greatest number of sus­ pensions are for abort periods of time and licenses are re­ instated when provisions of the law are compiled with. Of the 6,610 s u s p e n s io n s meted out under discretionary a u t h o r it y of the licensing agency, 2,629 were given tc drivers with repeated accidents or violation convictions on their records. These drivers, the depart­ ment report Indicates, are far fr o m average motorists.Stud­ ies reveal that the average Oregon driver (male) has one traffic conviction every 4 1/2 years and one accident every 6 3/4 years. Date J in. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Ian. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 M ax M in 49 52 48 50 47 SO 49 52 54 49 46 50 51 43 Rain . 18 . 4fc . 14 . 14 1. 88 . 59 . 49 The special m eeting to hear another report on the c ity 's sew­ er planning program w as called o ff late Tuesday afternoon at t h e request of engineer R.IL Erichsen. And it may as w ell h a v e been, only two Citizens showed up at c ity hall to hear it, but maybe t h e y were the o nly two that d id n 't get the word. Cleaners Has New Owner Mary Margaret Helmken, a Pacific High School senior, was winner In the g irls ’ division of the Elks Youth Leadership con­ test and was presented a $50 U.S. Savings Bond at a meeting of the Coquille Valley Elks last Tuesday evening. Mary competed for the high honor against g irls from M yrtle Point, Coquille, Bandon and Pa­ cific, Many things are taken Into consideration b e fo r e a winner Is chosen. Mary’ s act­ ivities, which Include 10 years as a 4-H club member, a 4-H club junior leader, past honored queen of Jobs Daughters, have been assets Ir. winning this award. At Pacific, she has taken part In the G irls Athletic As­ sociation, Future Homemakers of America, Drama club. Var­ sity cheerleader, and National Honor Society. Jim Johnson, senior at Coq­ uille High, was winner In the lioys’ division. Second place winners included Claudia Dob- ney of Bandon and Gary Cook of Coquille. F irst place winners w ill com­ pete In the Elks d istrict con­ test for possible further honors In the Elks Leadership con­ test, They w ill enter their bro­ chures In competition with win­ ners In the other 11 Lodges in the district. Mary Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ren Rundberg of Six­ es. O W g« V A r ± T M > 8 W S ~ W e e Ten C ^ T I m ? January 28, 1965 FSP Closes Down FSP saw m ill ceased operation here Monday lo llo w in g a deci- l i o n of the board of directors Friday. The cloture w ill effect about 75 m ill employees and reduce the annual area payroll by approxim ately $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 . Several small loggingoperations w i l l also be effected by the move. Poor economic conditions in ihe industry and loss of a large com plete unit sale, or liq u i­ burner d u r i n g the Christmas dated in some other manner. week storm were given as par­ tia l reason lo r the shut-down. The cloture of FSP is the fifth The m ill operated two shifts. wood products operation to cease A t far as the management is production here in the last two concerned, i t was learned Wed­ years. The others include Port nesday, the shut-down under the Orford Plywood, C a p e Blanco present operation is permanent. S tu d s , Kronenberg M ill and a The m ill property is expected p l a n e r m ill, both of which to be put on the m arket for a burned. Two of the machines broken into during Pitch’ s burglary SEWER MEETING N O T CONDUCTED ★★★★★★★★ N om inated are: president,Bur- re ll Babb, Jack Rote, vice pres­ ident JohnCampbelt, secretary- treasurer Dorothy Knoke, Jean Samudio, four board members: Floyd 1-, . l e r . D elbert Neal, Frank Morris, Knud Jensen, Mr. Pe arson. W e s le y Spencer Sr. . and Lawrence M ille t. Nominations can alto be made from the floor Flu- m eeting w ill be held at 8 p m. in the Coos-Curry Elec­ tric office. Over 4 5 Thousand Licenses Suspended By Oregon in 1 9 6 4 ★★★★★★★★ C«r w * No- 42 h« Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sanders, form er residents o f Cold Beach, are the new o w n e r s o f Port Cleaners. They w ill be open for business Monday, Feb, I. Mrs. Sanders has approxim ate­ ly tw e n ty -fiv e years of cleaning experience. She has been e m ­ ployed by Carson's Cleaners in Gold Be ach for the past ye ar and previous to then, worked eight ye ,irs w ith the Lincoln C le ane rs in G r a n ts Pass. She also has worked in the cleaning business in Y a k im a , Wash., and San Francisco. Mr. Sanders is employed at U. S. Plywood in Gold Be ac h. They w ill make th e ir home in Pott Orford. They h a v e three sons, two m arried and one is „grade school teacher in Oakridge, Oregon. Sub Sighted O ff Coast Suh, Troller, UFO Reported Locally Said "Unofficial" R e c e n t sightings of a sub­ marine off the coast at Humbug M t. and north o f Gold B--ach have not been recognized o ffic ia lly by any government agencies, but i t is believed that the T h ir­ teenth Naval D is tric t conducted an investigation the day after the sightings were reported on January 14. T h e y further re ­ quested the story be held up un­ t i l late last Wednesday n ig h t— too late for inclusion in the News Three Separate reports o f the submarine sighting were made at diffe re n t times, according to inform ation fumislx-d the News. The first is said to be from Mrs. M erle Boice o f Gold Beach, who noticed i t f r o m the highway near the old Rogue Lanes bow l- lin g alley. The second sighting wasmade by Dr.C.C.Boots from a vantage point just north o f the bridge at Humbug M t. Dr. Boots first saw it about 7:30 p .m . and viewed it through binnocul ars as it m o v­ ed slow ly in a northwest d ire c ­ tio n w ithout running lights. It was seen fo r the th ird tim e by night patrolm an Bob M onta­ gue at about 10:25 p. m . M ont­ ague watched it m oving in the s a m e d irection, s till w ithout lights, u n til it went out of sight be hind rocks in the harbor edge. The clear, m o o n lit night made it pocsible for Montague and Dr. Boots, both, to see the submar­ ine cle a r enough to make draw­ ings o f its superstructure later. The drawings were made sep­ arately and were said to match. Whether the submarine was foreign has not been o ffic ia lly deter ni J but the im m ediate coastal area was observed for sev. ial hours by air fo llo w in g the re port to the 13th Naval Dis­ tric t. TROLLER VIEWED Also on the evening o f Ja.i- uar, 14. Montague a n d Mrs Ruth Wahl reported see ng what appeared to oe a large fishing tro lle r in the same area, running without lights inside the normal sailing lanes. PREVIOUS SIGHTING Montague further reported the sighting of another submarine setting in the southern part of the harbor a bout three and a half months ago, also late at night Court Holds First Local Session and without lights. He was on th e point at Coast Guard h ill that tim e and when he returned from reporting it, it had disap­ peared. Montague said it ap­ peared to be the same type of sub. UFO WITNESSED Just two days prior to the sub sightings here, at least four peo­ ple in the Bandon area reported seeing unidentified objects tra v­ e lin g at high speeds in a west­ e rly direction about 6:30 a. m. Two of the witnesses said the object was low in the southern sky, m oving fast, and that they watched it for several minutes. The object was said to be not perfectly round but ragged in shape and le ft what looked like a tra il o f grey vapor w ith a glow on the lower edge. No sightings of it were reported from this area A com m ittee to study the pos­ sible purchase of a building and f i v e acres o f land on the old Agate Beachroad was appointed Monday by chamber president Dal Weir. The group, Red M c ­ W illiam s, C il Rush a n d Paul Peterson, w ill investigate the Coot Head T im b e r Co.holdings with the vjew toward u tilisin g a mess hall building for com m un­ ity recreation purposes and the gTound for a c ity park. There are several other out- b u i l d in g s included w ith the property; form erly used as bunk houses, wash rooms, e tc ., but all o f them sm all and in need of repair. A fu ll report on the property is expected to be made at the next chamber meeting. At th e request of the Save O u r Lakes, Ass'n,, Gardiner, Oregon, the chamber agreed to furnish inform ation to them a- bout weed life in Garrison Lake. The association said it h.is been determined that infestation of Brazilian w aterweed is in lakes of Coos. D o u g la s , Lane and Lincoln and in Garrison. The inform ation was requested to help substantiate a b ill now be­ ing drafted for presentation to the legislature- Seeking state aid for control and rese arch on this problem. They said the weed growth has become acute enough in some areas to threaten the recreational use- of tlx.' lakes. TO SEND CRAB A box of crab, about six doz­ en, w ill be Se nt to Senators Morse andNeuberger and Congressman Duncan through the jo in t efforts of the chamber, port commission a n d Cape Fisheries, who w ill also handle the arrangements. The local delicacy, running to between 125 and 140 (rounds, w i l l be iced and shipped air ex­ press to the Oregon delegation in appreciation for their quick introduction in congress of the lo ca l harbor b ill. In other business the ch.unber learned that M innie Jolly had resigned as president of the C e l­ ebration .Association; president Dal Weir appointed Herb Thage, a rve w member, and D elbert Neal at tlx* program com m ittee; and approved a motion to con­ ta ct the Job Corp« for inform a­ t i o n about establishing a Job Corps Camp in this are a. Two Bridge Bids Asked Bids w ill 1« received by the Oregon State Highway Com­ mission on Feb. 2 in Salem fo r two bridge projects e sti­ mated to cost approximately $390,000. The two projects were REPORT SIGHTINGS made necessary by damages Police ch ie f Harold Hight said caused in the recent floods. it has been suggested by the 13th The p r o j e c t fo r Jackson Naval D istrict that anyone see­ County Involves the erection of ing subs, ships, or hearing radio a 330-foot prestressed concrete messages o f a peculiar nature, beam bridge over the Rogue make a positive identity o f the R iver on the Shady Cove Bridge object, then m ik e a drawing o f Section of the C rater Lake High­ its shape.record its physical de­ way about 20 miles north of tails, where seen, tim e, etc. , Medford. Plans call fo r a 40- and turn the report in tothe ch ie f foot roadway and one five-foot s id e w a lk . The structure re­ places the old bridge that was washed out. It is scheduled fo r completion June 15, 1965. The Linn County project In­ volves the erection of an ex­ tension to an existing overflow bridge near the Santiam River near Jefferson on the Jefferson Secondary Highway. Plans call fo r 23-foot prestressed con­ crete slab sections, two lanes In width. One end of the bridge was washed out by floodwaters. Completion date is set fo r A p ril 15, 1963. Thursday P. O. PTA, 7:30 p.m . Monday School Board, 8 p. m. Jobs Daughters, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Rotary Club, 12:10 p. m. B. P. W ., 7 p. m. We dnesday Lions Club, 7:30 p, m. Back Acres, 8 p. m. Port Officers Are Named Ray Reinke was re -elected fo r another tenu as president of the Port o f Port Orford Com m is­ sion at a special m eeting held last Tuesday night. Cither officers are: J, B. Kosta, vice president; Ira Tucker, sec­ retary; Roy Enlund, treasurer. Frank St. C la ir, new port com - m issioner, and Re inke and T u ck­ er also took the form al oath of o ffice at the meeting. Chanbtr Studies Land Possibility ANNUAL GRADE SCHOOL CARNIVAL IS SLATED The annual Grade School Car­ n iva l is scheduled for Saturday, February 13. MEMBERS o f the county court. m eeting at the lo ca l City h all Judge Fel Cam pbell, center, and Tuesday afternoon. The court commissioners Ryce Wilson, left, instituted the meetings to make and Heck Timeus, right, held it easier for c o u n t y citizens, t h e i r first scheduled m onthly liv in g in the southern and north­ I ern e xtrem ities o f the county, at Port Orford every fourth Tues­ to confer w ith the court w ithout day from 1:30 to 4:00 p. m. at having to drive to Gold Beach. the c ity h a lt They have s c h e d u le d these meetings, alto heldin Brookings, Birthday wishes go out this week to Cyrena M ills, W illia m Shook, Jr., Susan Kreutzer, Laura M a n ta ll, Conrad A. Johnson and Patty St, C lair. 1 I