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.
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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,
andtupi<ort from new wicmben,
maybe- an indication that ,v o
id*
tin n in g the 'ra n tla to r operation.
The »yttem receives channels
3 and b f r o m tu rcka and re-
b ro id c a tu ltu rn l o c a l l y on
channels 8 and 13 w ith mere <s-
ed power that perm its home re
ception w ith "ra b b it e an" in
most Cates, e lim in a tin g the ex
pense and constant repair of
OUttlde antennas.
North Curry was formed sev
eral yean ago is a n o n -p ro lil
corporation to improve loe al TV
re c e p t io n , starting w ith one
channel then increasing to two.
From tlk* inception it has hern
plagued w ith a shortage ot o p
erating ca p ito l anil la c k o l a
licensed Serviceman in tlv area
to m aintain u n i n t e r r u p t e d
broadc as tm g and a "p e rfe c t"p ic
ture on home receivers Other
tr insm ittm g problems not con
tro lle d by NorthC urry have a l
so b e e n a constant source o f
c ritic is m against tlk- group.
These points, plus the many
FCC regulations have to be met,
such as m a in ta in in g a m inim um
amount o f cash lor repairs, have
added to North Curry's worries,
a board m em ber stressed, and
demand an increase in the m e m
bership to insure a continued op
eration. We are seeking a good
turnout at Friday's m eeting so
Seal Returns
Top Last Year
The local seal sale campaign
is running ahead o f last year's
fin a l results according to Con
nie Numic, cam paignchairm an.
Receipts as o f |.in. 20, amount
to $2,O3‘i 00 compared to $2, -
O' 4. 30 on Marc li 31, I ‘•<>4. 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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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