New Bill Would
Benefit Schools
City Awarded Street Funds
SALEM—A b ill design'd 1»
achieve a m ete vquiiebiv d is .
Irllxitlou of the « I a t » basic
school support torxl by freezing
the portion of the fund called
''eq u alizatio n " nt Its present
dollar level was Inti odui’ed Jan.
27 by Hep. Shirley Field ( R .-
Portland).
Keprssentatlves Ed Whelan,
' M rs. C. G, Cluilnard, Norman
Howard and Lee Johnson are
oo-sponsoring he b ill, which
would require any Increases
In the basic fund to lie dln-
trlbuted as flut grants on a
p er.jiupll basis after dixluctlona
for transportation and growth
are made.
Presently, the amount of the
total hind devoted to equaliza
tion Is determined on a p e r
centage basis and, consequent
ly, It grows as the basic fund
Is Increased. This year more
than $11,800,000 was used foi
equalization.
Aliout half the srlusil districts
In tlje state qualify for extra
stale funds from equalization
under the present complex d ls-
t i l l mt Ion form ula, These gen
e ra lly are districts which have
relatively low true rash values
of property per pupil- the so-
culled "|<Mir'* districts.
H o w e v e r , the equalization
formula f a l l s to take into ac
count the extent to which prop
erty within d istricts Is already
taxed.
Thus, districts such as P o rt
land, Reynolds, Astoria, West
f ir , West I.Inn, Poweis and St,
H e le n s --a l) of which have very
high property tax rates—do not
i • ' el-.. . <ju.illz.»ti‘>i., w tltle lit
era lly hundreds of dlsti lets with
lower tax rates are given a
b o n u s from the equalisation
fuisl. In fact, the school dis
tric t with the lowest property
tax rate In the state--the Ap-
I'l' d. d i s t r i c t In Ja< kson
County— Is an equalization dis
tric t.
The Port O rfo rd -L a n g lo ts
school d is trict, like those dis
tric ts mentioned alxive, does
not receive equalization, p a r
tially liecause of this, the port
O rfo rd -I anglols d i s t r i c t de
rived just I9>; of its total rev
enue from the state l>aslc school
supjxirt fund, as compared with
th<- state average of 28^.
Port O rfo rd -l.an g lo ls Is not
alone as a non-equallzatlondis
tric t In C urry County. In fart,
a m ajority of the county's 3,600
students attend schools In non-
equallzatlon d istricts.
Hy m e re ly freezing equali
sation at Its present level, no
d istrict In the state w ill lie de
prived of any funds It Is cur
V oi. 7 No. 43
^ ort Orford.
Curry County,
OregçTÇ
VACATKJNLAND
Swedish Student
On P T A Program
A t the January 28 m e e tin g o f
the Port O rford PTA, It waa m o v
ed to adopt a re co m m e n d a tio n
o f the e x e c u tiv e hoard to ilo n -
a te $ 5 0 lo th e ip s c ia l e d uca tion
program at the grade jch o o l.
It was re|x>rted that the c it y
c o u n c il had |>ut $ 5 0 0 on deposit
tow ard the purchase o f c a u tio n
lig h ts fo r the school crosswalk.
Letters o f a p p re c ia tio n h a v e
been sent to pol ice c h ie f Harold
H ig h t and the c it y c o u n c il fo r
th e ir c o o jie ra tlo n in o b ta in in g
the lights.
C o n d u ctin g the program for
the eve n in g was M r. K enneth A.
Stuart, >u,icrin te nd cnt o f schools
in K id dle, Oregon, who showed
'■tides a 'id sjioke on the to p ic
'M e e t M od em Sweden". W ith
h im and his w ife was an 18 year
o ld Swedish hoy, Svante T horse ll,
who also sjioke and answered
questions a lio u t h it home land
T h o rse ll accepted an in v ita tio n
f r o m the Stuarts to liv e w th
them and atten d K id d le high
s c lx io l fo r a year. The In v ita
tio n was m ade last spring when
M r Stuarl, alon g w ith a group
o f a lx m l 79 o th e r tc lio o l a d m in
istrators, v is ite d Sweden fo r six
weeks
A bout St) persons attended the
m e c tin g and saw the slides w h ich
illu s tra te d a b e a u tifu l Sweden
w ith its build in gs b u ilt in tlie ir
n a tu ra l surroundings and an in
s p irin g sis splay of art in each one
The ne xt PTA m eet mg w ill
be February 25.
Award Contract
For Brookings
OCA Studies
T p I ai /IQIAII
Coast Build - up ■
.VAN I I
I HORSEl.L, ce n te r, a student from Sweden now suzuying a year at the R id -
lle high school, was guest speaker at Iasi Thursday's PTA m e e tin g . His home in Rid
die is w ith M r. and Mrs. K enneth A. Stuart, also p ictu re d . S tuart is tim e , ntcn dcnt o f
School at R iddle.
BPW Honors Senior Women
Sport haven. lncor|x>rated, P.O.
Box 126. Harbor. Oregon, has
been awarded a $9, 205 co n tra ct
by tlie Portland U. S. Army l_n
gineer D is tric t fo r liin n s h in g a
d ra g lin e , tra c to r and tw o dum p
trucks fo r dre dg ing the entrance
to the C h e tco R iv e r boat basin
at Harbor.
[he d ra g lin e , w h ich is c a p
a b le o f h a n d lin g a tw o cu b ic
yard bucket, w ill be used for a
to ta l o f about 120 hours. The
rently recetvlnr. A lso, the hUL tra c to r w ilt be em p lo ye d IOH
does not affect the transpor
hours and tlie tw o '0 cu b ic y ard
tation and growth funds, which dum p trucks w ill be needed for
come “ off the top*’ of tin- basic about *»<) Itourt work.
fund before (he flat grants and
The boat basin entrance ch a n
equal I ration are dlstrltmted.
ne l w ill lie dredged to a depth
The only effect of the b ill of a p p ro x im a te ly ten le e t be
low m ean lo w er low water.
would be to raise the percent
F. L. Somers, M edford, was the
age of the fund that Is dls-
o u ly o th e r bidd er fo r the Job. His
trllm ted as flat grants grad
ually through the coming years b id was $16, 617.
M a in ta in e d by the Portland
as the baste support hind It
U .S .A n n y Engineer D is tric t, the
self grows. C u rren tly, equali
zation amounts to 20*'; of the n a v ig a tio n channel at the en
trance to the C hetco R iv e r is
money left after transporta
tion and growth are deducted. n o rm a lly l2 0 fe e t wide and sev
This is about 18'" of the total en fe e t deep at m ean lo w er lo w
w ater
fund.
As flat grant portion of the
fund Is Increased, the percent
age of state supjxirt received
by the non-equ a 11 za t to ndis
tric ts such as Portland, Rey
nolds, A stoila and P o rtO rfo rd -
Langlols w ill Increase.
A prim e mover In the attempt
to freeze equalization has been
W illiam Wyse, chairman of the
legislative committee of the
Portland school hoard.
Concerning the chances of
p a s s a g e for the b ill, Wyse
stated:
“ No one so fa r has taken a
position against us officially.
We are finding that Interested
people throughout the state—
including those in equalization
d ls trlcts --s ee m willing to be
fa ir. They know we are trying
to flixl an equitable solution to
the pro blem ."
Surplus Grain
A v a ila b le To
Flooded Farm ers
Fanu la n d in C urry co u n ty was
scve rly dam aged d u rin g the re
cen t flo o d am i about I , (XX) acres
o f pasture land w ill have to be
reseeded, a cco rd in g to Lou Oes-
ter, co u n ty extension agent.
C o stly dam age to stream hanks
was also general and m any ac
res o f soil washed to sea Fences
were e ith e r destroyed o r have
debris and s ilt p ile d aga mat them
so m ost w II have to be re p la c
ed, D ebris litte rs m any fie ld s
and m ust be rem oved before
crops can be grown.
loss o l pasture and hay crops
w ill cause severe e co n o m ic loss
because owners m ust now pur-
Cbase hay am i gra in to feed liv e
stock. It w i ll be la te sum m er
before s i l t - i overed fie ld s can
he brought back in to production,
says Oester.
An em e rge ncy feed program
w ill soon be in op e ra tio n that
w ill enable farm ers to buy sur
plus grain f r o m governm ent
stocks fo r liv e s to c k feed.
Price I en C e n ts i b in . . I 'c l i r t u r / 4, 1 '» '/’
New High Water
Nark Requests
T h e Oregon State Highw ay a n n u a lly fo r several yean.
C o m m u u o n last Wednesday an
O th e rc itie s re c e iv in g approv
nounced that Port O rford would al on th e ir projects in clu d e iC ss-
be one o f 12 sm a ll Oregon c itie s c a d e Locks, $22.000; C ulver.
sharing in an estim a te d $243, - $18.500; E s t a c a d a , $30.000-,
214 spe cia l c it y a llo tm e n t fund G a rib a ld i, $ 2 3,00 0; Harrisburg,
designated fo r street im p ro v e $28, 000, ju n c tio n C ity . $25. -
m e n t projects.
900, M osier, $20. 000
Port O rford w ill re ce ive $20, -
N o rth Plains, $2 0.00 0; Nyssa.
0 0 0 fo r grading and p a vin g 14th $27,500. O a k r i d g e . $27,000.
Street f r o m Ham le t Place to Rogue R iver, $17, 500 A spec
T ic h e n o r Avenue and Arizona ia l pa ym en t o f $7. 214 to C en
Street from 14th to 12th Street. tra l Point fo r its share o f costs
The to ta l p ro je ct cost was ap for ra ilro a d signals was charged
proved a t $22,000 w ith the c ity to the 1965 a llo c a tio n .
p a yin g the $2, 000 d iffe re n ce .
Y o n ca lla has been in clud ed
This is the firs t such a llo t fo r approval subject to a v a il
m e n t granted to the c it y though a b ility o f funds for construction
requests have been sub m in ed w ith in the $250, 000 authorized
N e w po rt —The E xecutive C o m
m itte e o f the Oregon Coast A s
s o c ia tio n convened in Florence,
F rida y fo r its firs t m e e tin g of
1965. U n d e r discussion were
plans fo r a stepped-up prom o-
t i o n and p u b lic ity cam p aign
a im e d at rea ching fa r m ore peo
ple than in the past and m a k in g
"O regon Coast" the liousehold
phrase fo r "v a c a tio n "
Proposals were m ade fo r m ore
extensive use ol te le visio n lim e
and extended m agazine c o v e r
age to m ake m ore people aware
o f w hat the Coast lias to offer.
A Iso suggested was a program to
increase tlie num ber o f Oregon
Coast T ra ve l Guides d istribu te d
to in la n d c o m m u n itie s. It was
de cid ed th a t a ll o f these pro
grams w ould be im p le m e n te d if
m em b ersh ip support is adequate.
A new approach is being co n
sidered to help solve the prob
lem o f la g g m g m e m b crsh ip su b -
scriptions.
Present at the m e e tin g were
e x e c u ttv e s .B ill Easton,of Brigh
ton. Don Houghton, o f Elorence,
Howard I e n t z. of N orth Bend.
M ilt Prcisz, o f N ew port. Dave
M o ffitt. ol W aldport, and M a n
ager George W e a ve ro f Newport.
Is Back On
N e a rly 7S persons in d ica te d
support o f N o rth C u rry R ecrea
tio n last F riday n ig h t a t the an
nu a l m e e tin g a n d e le c tio n o f o f
fice rs held a tc ity -h a ll. The sup
port assured, for the present at
least, th a t the te le v is io n trans
la to r would c on tinu e to operate,
rebroadcasting channel 3 and 6
from Eureka on channels 8 and
13.
Before e le c tio n of new o f f i
cers and board m em bers, the
board approved a m o tio n to le t
those who had paid S10 annual
dues in ¡964, but not the s20
m em b ersh ip fee. have fu ll v o t
ing p rivile g e s. The a ctio n was
put to a question by o u t-g o in g
president Jim V in ce n t, e x p la in
in g he fe lt t h a t most people
d id n 't real ize there was a separ
ate m em b ersh ip fee. as w e ll as
the annual dues
ROSE ELECTED
Jack Rose, owner o f the Jack
R o s e Garage, was e le cte d to
succeed V in ce n t as president.
V in c e n t was nam ed to the VP
position, and Dorothy Knoke as
secretary -treasurer
D irectors a r e r io y d Keeler,
Wesley D. Spencer. Sr. . Frank
M orris and John C am pb ell
DUES ARE DUE
It was stressed that 1965 dues
are payable now. Dues cover the
calendar year only, regardless
o l what tim e during the y ear t liey
are paid. The $10 charge may
be paid at K eeler’s Saw Shop.
Western Auto. Haiin Hardware,
or m ailed to Dorothy Knoke at
Bos 6'.2. Port O loid .
' T i e new hoard w 11 take*un-
de rco n sid e ra tio n the suggestion
that the S20 m em bership fee be
dropped. Such a ctio n would re
quire a change in the co rp o ra
tio n 's by -law s and n o tice to the
State o f the action.
The translator system was pu l
back on the a ir fo llo w in g the
m e e tin g but te c h n ic a l d i f f ic u l
t i e s in te rrup te d broadcasting
again u n til la te Saturday a fte r
noon.
THE LO CAL Business and Pro sion.
fessional Womens c lu b Tuesday
Vera Redenbaugh re c a lls as
n ig h t payed trib u te to nin e sen one o f her m ost v iv id m em o ries
io r wom en at sp e cia l banquet the honor o f being in clu d e d in
cerem onies. The occasion was a la u n c h in g party fo r a ship as
to honor lo c a l wom en q u a lifie d it slippe d down tlie ways. T his
lo r re c o g n itio n because o f in e ve n t occured du rin g her e m
d iv id u a l c o n trib u tio n s to society' p lo y m e n t w ith the N avy Supply
d u rin g th e ir life tim e s . Inclu de d D e|>artm ent a t M are Island d u r
in the honors, le ft to rig h t, were: in g W orld W ar IL
Mrs. S y lv ia H o ne yw ell, a Bell
Mrs. E<lna Jamieson, who began
h e r w o rk in g care er at tlie o ld T ele ph one opera to r fo r 23 years,
Knapp H o te l in Port O rfo rd , a m o ve d to Port O rford in 1958
w e ll known stagecoachstop. and w i t h her husband where they
in 1935 w ent to work i t the lo raise and s e ll blueberries.
M rs. D o cia Sweet,
e n te rin g
c a l post o ffic e u n til her r e tir e
the nursing profession and re
m e n t some 26 years la te r a s
postmaster.
c e iv in g her cap, found th a t her
Mrs. Geneva T u cke r, l o c a l services were in v a lu a b le many-
BPW president.
lim e s d u rin g her life tim e in an
Mrs. V e m ic e Masterson, who area short o f m e d ic a l fa c ilitie s .
in 1921, re ce ive d lie r Oregon
M rs. M a ry Pugh, t e a c h e r ,
life tim e tea cher's c e rtific a te , p h a rm a cist and m e d ic a l so cia l
w ill be rem e m be re d fo r lie rc o n - w orker, was g ive n sp e cia l re c
trib u tio n to the te a c h in g profes- o g n ition fo r p ic k in g up her c a r
Residents In the recent flood
areas are requesti-d by the
Portland U.S. Arm y Engineer
D istric t to set high water marks
In their respective communities
on trees, power o r telephone
poles, lailldlngs or other such
landmarks.
Colonel W illiam J. Tallxitt,
d is trict engineer, said he Is
repeating the request he firs t
made after the d i s a s t r o u s
Christm as week flood, so that
the U. S. Corps or Engineers
and other Federal and state
agencies cooperating on studies
for additional flood control can
olitaln needed Information.
He said that If high water
marks for the current flood are
made, especially at those loca
tions where marks were made
for the Christinas week flood,
the cooperating agencies will be
able to obtain twice as much
Information at no Increase In
the survey cost.
n tlK S .-F tw s f Service officials
Colonel Tallxitt noted that In
disclosed this week they are
some areas, the recent flood
giving a "c a re fu l look" to the
was of a greater magnitude
Idea of preserving five tracts
than the previous flood. He
of Redwood trees now growing
added that In order to record
In the southern C u rry County
vitally needed data never tx1-
area near Brookings.
fore available, it Is now doubly
Important that the levels reach
J. H erbert Stone, the forest
ed by both floods be recorded.
s e rv ic e’ s regional forester,
High water marks can be
said plans are to set aside two
Indicated by nails driven Into
of the groves as “ unusual-in
trees or buildings; notches In
terest (botanical) a re a s " by
trees, buildings or yxrsts; or
July of this year while three
painted lines showing the max
other areas are now being "kept
imum water elevation.
In reserve to determine what
It Is extrem ely Important—
way they can best serve the
fo r the approval of needed flo<xl
people” .
control projects— that high wa
The two units under consid
te r marks for Ixith floods lie
eration for action this year are
recorded, Colonel Tallxitt said.
the L ittle Redwood Creek grove
T h e ir value cannot be over
near the Chetco R iver ahout
emphasized.
15 miles northeast of Brookings
and the grove that adjoins Loeb
State Park near the western
If a m an em p tie s his purse in boundary of the Siskiyou Nat
side his head, no one can take
ions! Forest about eight miles
it from him .
northeast of Brookings.
B enjam in F ra n klin .
The L ittle Redwood grove Is
SPECLAL MEET HELD
The new board o f directors of
N o rth Curry Recreation, held a
special m e e tin g Tuesday e v e n -
ing. Feb. 2, a t the M asonic h a ll.
A ll board m em bers were p re
sent Also a tte n d in g were Frank
eer, in 1964, as a l i c e n s e d
her firs t te a c h in g jo b a t Bald
K no ttingh am and L a w r e n c e
ph arm a cist, a fte r m a n y years o f H ill near M y rtle Point and has
M ille r . M ille r is d o na ting a p re
re tire m e n t.
tau ght in Coos and C u rry co u n
Mrs. Rose C urry, bom in 1877 ties on ly, exce pt fo r one yea r a m p lifie r to the N o rth C u r r y
R ecreation, one o f the needed
near the m o u th o f Brushes Creek, in Douglas cou nty. She is pre
parts. Jack Rose is to see Coos-
re c a lls w a tc h in g lo c a l Indians se n tly v is itin g in Pakistan,
Curry E le ctric about some as
as th e y tra v e le d alon g the road
sistance. and then w ill c a ll an
near her home when she was a Games Plentiful
oth er special m eeting.
c h ild . She was em p lo ye d fo r 10
New 1964 m em bers are: Rex
years at the Knapp H o te l and in A t School C arnival
Robbins. M ild re d Russell. Gene
1906 was m a rrie d . She noted
The annual grade school c a r K n ig h t Watson Thacker, Joyce
th a t C urry co u n ty was nam ed
n
iv
a l, scheduled fo r Saturday, M cK enzie.D orothy Knoke. W 'in-
a fte r her husband's ancestors.
efred G u e r in , Floyd Keeler,
Mrs. C u rry was t b - oldest hon Feb. 13, w ill fea tu re the n o ve lty'
Frank S t C la ir, O rv ille Flowers
ored guest at Tuesday n ig h t's table, hostess room where tire d
parents can re la x w ith coffee , and Frank K no ttingh am .
event.
One hundred a n d eigh te en
Mrs. Rex Robbins has 19 years baseball throw , b o w lin g game, statem ents ha ve been m a i ed to
o f p o lic e w ork to her c re d it. She fis h ponds, darts, the cake w alk,
pe, pie who have paid a t one
worked w ith the Fresno Juvenile cou ntry store, bingo and several
tim e or another.
others.
___________
D iv is io n in C a lifo rn ia and upon
re tire m e n t m ove d to Port O rford
"O h, steward, I have a c o m
where she and her husband now
p la in t to m ake. A s a ilo r peeked
reside.
in to m y c a b in last n ig h t! "
Wanda V o lc k , n o t p ictu red ,
"W e ll, w hat do yo u e x p e c t
a te a ch e r fo r h a lf a ce n tu ry, had
second class—the c a p ta in ? "
TOPS Members
Seat Officers
Curry Redwoods To Get Careful Consideration
accessible by road and-cont^lns
many tre es of "good f o r » and
c o lo r,” according to the forest
service o fficial, and are from
five to ten feet tn diameter«
The " L o e b " grove Is In a
120-a c re tract donated to the
federaL governm ent fly SLirter
Bankus. The Redwoods grow on
the west side of the Chetco
Rlvpr above the Chetco Rlvfcr
Road.
T re e s he re, Stone, added,
irange to size from five to 15
feet In diam eter. Best known of
the trees In'the area are “ Big
Scout*' and " L it t le Scout," two
tre e s marked by' members of
Brookings Boy • Scout troops,
and " B ig E lm e r" , named alter
grove’ s beneJUctor.
Largest of the three other
groves, marked tn « ’re s e rv e ,"
Is the 120-aere rolxed-specles
section In the^upper Bear Qneek
drainage area bordering C a li
fo rn ia's Six Rivers National
F o rest. In .thia tra c t, about 15
es tn the Wheeler Creek d rain
age àrea about ten rtjUes. e is t
òf brooklngs. The^a.groves are
accessible twtbepubltc and con
stat of t f keto of 90 and 83 acres
a ijl contain healthy bqt relative^
Iy short trees, the fo rester
said.
Stone pointed out that these
so-called
"C a lifo rn ia Red
woods” a(iparently paid no at
tention to state lines and estab
lished themselves as sm all
groves and scattered Indi vid
ei lies southeast of Brookings,
are Creek<bottom Redwoods
with 18 to W toot diam eters.
Sogne of Die large trees are
jptke topped and a lqrgs portion
of the trees have two o r three
trunks, $tone said.
Others of the trees a rs b ro k *
en-topped o r diseased.
Stone said the area w ill ba
s tu d ie d ,to r a "N a tu ra l A rea”
class'fleatlon and has no ex
isting o r planned roads, qeardt.
There are two sm aller grov»
uals in the southwest corner
of Oregon.
There
are 18 "N a tu ral
A reas" established In the Nat
ional Forests of Oregon and
Washington tn which virgin fo r
est or range growth Is retained
In an unmodified condition.
"T h e re are no groves In the
campgrounds of the Siskiyou
National Forest simply because
the species doesn’t grow in
places suitable tor campsites.
Siskiyou Forest personnel are
planning to establish the unus
ual-interest areas where people
can enjoy the trees even If they
aren’t In campground«. T im b er
cutting In such area« Is lim ited
to removal of dead, dying sad
diseased trees when such so*
tlon la necessary to malntole
the botanical features of (he
a rs a ," he said.
" Although the Oregon trees
lack the height and splendor of
th eir California neigh bora,'Drey
are worthy of special tre a t
m ent," stone concluded.
Mrs. Betty K ee le r was in s ta l
le d as president o f the C a lo rie
C o un ting TOPS clu b at t h e i r
January 25 m e e tin g O ther o f
fic e rs seated were Mrs. Louetta
Jamieson, v ic g president; Mrs.
M axine Rogers, secretary; Mrs.
M a b ie K ig ht, treasurer.
QUEEN NAM ED
A t the reg ular m o n th ly m e e t
ing, h e ld at the home o f the
president M onday, Mrs Carm en
Thom as was nam ed Queen fo r
t h e m onth. Mrs. Thomas1 re
corded a w e igh t-loss o f e ig h t
pounds
The "C o m e -a s -y o u -a re " V a l
en tin e them e m e e tin g was host
ed by Mrs. Thomas. S h e pre
pared a heart-shaped angel cake
( lo w -c a l? ) w i t h white D ream
W hip topped w ith cherries fo r
the dessert luncheon. The them e
was carried out w ith a red heart
adorning the Queen's crown.
NEW MEMBERS
A n y ladies in the area w ishing
to jo>n TOPS, or would lik e in
fo rm a tio n on the clu b, m a y c a ll
M is. K eeler a t ED 2 -4 54 5 o r Mrs.
Thom as a t ED 2-2038.
by law.
The State H ighw ay C o m m is
sion a n n u a lly sets aside $250,000
in accordance w it h its testa lu te
to a id c itie s under 5. 000 popu
la tio n w i t h streets that show
"excessive wear through sudden
increase in po pulation in the
area or heavy and unusual tra f
fic . "
$20, 000 L IM IT
I be S t a t e alloca tes up to
$20.000. the m a x im u m a llo w
able am ount p e rc ity inone year,
toward protects tfie c ity has sel
ected. The c ity pays the b a l
ance on projects costing more
than the a llo w a b le figure.
F O L T A Vcles For
Scholarship Fund
The esta blishm en t o l a schol
arship fund was the c h ie f to p ic
under discussion at the Port O r
fo rd -L a n g lo is T eacliers Associa
tio n m e e tin g held at tlie Lang-
lo is school ca fe te ria on Wednes
day. Jail. 27. T h u fund is p la n
ned fo r tlie b e n e fit o f first year
c o lle g e students tra in in g for the
le a ch in g profession, w ith hopes
of broadening tlie program to in
clude o ilie r categories.
A co m m itte e is to be appointed
by president Donna C h u rc h ill to
investigate and de fine the guide
lures lo r a perpetual fund. The
money is to be raised by co n
trib u tio n s from teachers and lo -
ca organizations or persons w lu
wish to p a rticip a te .
\ lis t o f candidates for the
POLT \ o ffic e s fo r the year 1965-
66 was presented by the n o m in
a tin g c o m m itte e . The fo llo w
ing - ere e le c te d by a unanim ous
b a llo t: president, T w ila By mes;
v ic e - p r e s id e n t, Thomas Rad
c liffe ; and secretary-treasurer.
Elva Johnson.
A t the con clu sion o f the bus
iness m e e tin g , a f ilm "S tranger
to the W orld " was shown by D ick
Ramsgaard of N o rth Rend. The
f ilm slw -ed the nec<l for the
M arch o f D im es program in pro
v id in g he lp fo r c h ild re n a f f lic
ted by b irth defects.
Oregon Oceanwaler
Temperatures V a ry
L ittle Y ear Round
The cold ocean water oft
Oreson stay s told almost all
year despite record warm days
iti Either winter o r sum m er,
an O f es fin State University
oceanographer says.
In fact, the watei temper
ature has considerably greater
effect tn coolirm tlie a ir than
the a ir temperature has in
warming the water, reports D r.
June Pattullo.
Water temperatures usually
don’t change dram atically like
the a ir temperatures, long-time
studies show. The temperature
of the water off Oregon ¡«aches
only varies alxrut 10 degrees
year round, according to D r.
Pattullo.
During the winter, there is
relatively 1 i t t i e temperature
change from week to week.
Interestingly enough though,
some o' the coldest water tem
peratures of past years have
been recorded near Newport
during the summer. That’ s be
cause winds from the north
tend to blow the top warm sur
face water layer several miles
off Coast, allowing deejrer and
colder water to “ upw ell" along
the beach.
Chilled bathers is the result.
Those warm d e l i g h t f u l
swimming days on the Coast
come when the north winds
stop and the warm water has
a chance to come back against
the beach.
W inter water temperatures
are generally around 50 de
grees; those In the summer
average around 37 degrees. The
spring warmupbeings In March,
with July and August as the
months when the cold upwell-
lngs (temperatures down to 45
degrees) are most likely to
occur. This explains why Sep
tember gets the nod from some
as the better month for beach
fun.
The OSU Oceanography De
partment has been receiving
weekly water temperature and
salinity readings from 11 vol
unteer observers up and down
the coast but is shifting to daily
readings at fewer places. Cen
te r of their Coastal work now
w ill be the new OSU M arine
Science Laboratory at Yaquina
Bay.
W hen you are "co nfuse d" i t ’ s
when you d o n 't know enough a -
bout a th in g to be w orried.
W ill Rogers
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