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Two Fishermen Missing In Fri. Mishap Freak Wave Tosses Men Overboard, One Swims Ashore GIRL HOSPITALIZED WITH SEVER! BURNS .9 7 i3 0 a . m. while pulling crab pots just off Hailey Beach alxiut one and a h alf mile« north of the Rogue River e n t r a n c e. The l<oat'« owner, Dick Marr, Lang lois, wai also wailied overboard b u t managed to swim ashore with ilia aiu of a life jacket. Re|>ort« «aid the accident oc- cured when a freak wave hit tlie I lalco. A ll tliree men were wt « l i ed overtioard but M arr managed to hold onto the boat ra ilin g ai il was knocked clear over on iK lida, then c lim b hack atioard ai It righted. He threw life jacket« toward« Inman and M e n d a l l but tlw y apparently fa ile d to reach them. A second wave knocked M arr back into the o c e a n and he «wain in to tiie beach, later jo in ing the «earch for tlie othen. The mishap wai w itnenad by a motorist, Vernon W ilcox of Ophir, wlio notified the sheriff’ « office, then left lux vehicle and raced to the beach *o give as sistance. The sheriff's o ffice in turn notified the Coait Guard at Brooking* who diipatched two v e u e lito lh e scene. An am phib ian C o ait Guard helicopter from Atloria alio «carched tiie area Friday afternoon.Several iuh m g boats from Port Orford a Ito join ed in the «earch for the men. Beach patrol« were «et up by sheriff's office and C oait Guard Sheriff Bill G auntlett and pilot Ricliard Buffington conducted an early air «earchbut failed to find tiie men, both wearing y e l low ram »licker». Both life ja c k PART of search party for lost et« M arr had toned to them fishermen exam ine s t r i c k e n waihed onto tlie beach, at did vessel, llalco, where it washed the llalco. ashore at B a i l e y Beach. Cat The boat, with a badly tom owned by D ale Wood«, shown Keel and a hole in her side wai h e r e , attem pted to drag boat later picked up with the Brown from surf but had to be replac ie Coldiron loader and dragged ed w ith a log loader from Brown down the beach to a point near ie Coldiron, which moved ves the Knox Farm and Building sel down beach near the Knox Supply. property. MPH1BIOUS helicopter from An active l e i and air «earch —News Ploto by M ary V.'ilcox «tona asustad in tire search began shortly after the misliap riday afternoon for two loti wai discontinued Saturday but lieach patrol« by the sherifPs «Ite mien. office and Coait Guard, covering —New« Photo by M ary W ilcox several m ile« nortband ninth of the Rogue River Bar it continu ing d aily on a lim ite d «cale. Rebecca N eal, 4^ y e a r old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, D e l bert Neal, is in c ritic a l condi tion in Curry General Hospital with first, second and third de gree bums over 18 -20 per cent of her body. A repot t said her night gown caught (ne as she was standing in front o f an electric heater a- bout 8 a. m. Wednesday morn ing. Two Curry county fisherman ■ re still missing * t tea today and tlw «earch (or them con tinue«, tliough on a lesser tcale because t h e y a r e presumed drowned m i l authorities are skeptical that their bodies may not be relumed by the te< for tome day«. The two, Lyle Inman, 34, 1-ana- lols, and Carl M e n d a ll,48, Wed- derbuni,Iw ththe father of tlirer children, were washed overboard the fishing veuel lla lc o aliout North Bend Man Awarded Tax Help At Court House School Appeal Week For Seal Campaign Governor Mark O. H.itflekl Thi» week K School Appeal presented the ClrwronStatc ( i > - '* Week in ihe current Eeater Seal ployee» A s s o c i a t i o n Valor Cam paign, M arch 1 t h r o u g h Award to a 20-year-o ld atatv A pril 18. A ll sclaxil children, employee, Blouson I . Neavoll first tlirough tix tli grade«, w ill ol North Bend, during a short receive «mall coin card« in ceremony In the governor’ s of w hichthey m ay m iert th eir pen fice Thursday morning. nies, nicklet, dimes or quarter« Neavoll la the son of M r. which w ill be used to help a le u and M rs. 1». D . (Bounce) Nea fortunate, handicapped buddy. voll ol Coquille. Mr». Cy Zeigler it chairm an of Neavoll was on duty with the the Gold Beach school appeal, State Highway Department near and Mrs. le e M c G ill it chairman the community of Charleston in the Brookings-Harbor school sanding roads during (reeling systems, assisted by Mr». Norm weather Dec. 12. Shortly after Obcrst, Curry County E.isterSeal I aun. he saw flames erupting Cam paign chairman, and Miss from a house some 50-faet o il Carol Hadley. the roadway. Neavoll enternl A colored film is being shown t h e house, awoke Genevieve in several schools in the county Senr slack«-, and led her to saf this week, illustrating the a c tiv ety through thick smoke. The ities of a liandicapped camper elderly woman was alone In at C am p Easter Seal, Lakeside, the house. Oregon.one of Easter Seal's pro The Oregon State Employees jects. Any handicapped person A s s o c i a t i o n presented the from 7 y e a n tlirough adult age, award to Neavoll to commem is e lig ib le to attend this camp orate his heroic action. This which is located on beautiful Is the first tim e In the history Ten M ile la k e . Any organisation of the association that such an or club m ay sponsor a camper award has been made. for a 10-day session at Camp Others present at the cere EasterSeal and, if any group de mony were F orrest Cooper, sires to do so, they should con- State Highway Engineer; R. M. tact eith er M n . Norm an Oberst, Smith, president of OSI A; 1. Brookings, or the Oregon Society R. Chandler, division engineer; fo rC rippled Children and Adults M r. and M rs. It. D. Neavoll 1135 S. W. Yam hi 11 St., Portland und wife, M rs. Connie Neavoll. Oregon 97205. Assistance In preparing Ore gon state Income tax returns w ill tie given by State Tax Com mission personnel at the Curry C o u n t y Courthouse In Gold Beach on March 25 from 10 a.m, to 4 p.m. Taxpayers wishing help In filing their returns are asked to bring earnings slips and other Information needtd tode- i. i i! in. Hi. , in r.-i t tax, In cluding, If possible, a copy of their lederal return ftl« l for the year 1964. The Tax Commission points out that In order to t>e eligible for a refund a taxpayer must file a return. Refunds are Is sued on a " fir s t come, first s c rv « l" basis. It Is also emphasized that If a Joint return Is filed, both spouses must sign It. D e.dllne for filing Is A pril ____________ 15. PTA MEETS T O N IG H T The Port Orford PTA w ill m eet tonight, 7;3O p .m ., in the m u lti purpose room, instead of March 25, due to Spring Vacation. Mr. Donald R. O dell, Director of C h ild Services forCurry coun ty, w ill discuss the school's test ing program. The nom inating com m ittee w ill report and also election of officers for next year w ill be held. IPod Orford $hus Vol. 7 No. 49 Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon Price County Meeting Todoy W ill Discuss Port Orford Economics Industrial development at Port Orford w ill be the subject ol » meeting Thursday. March 18, at 1 30 p.m. in the Curry Coun ty Courthouse, Gold Beach, ac cording to word received Mon day from the office ol Congress man Robert Duncan in Washing ton. D C. Purpose of the meet ing is to provide coordinated counseling on procedures and to explore the possibility of supple menting industrial activity for the Port Orford area. The meeting is the result of a request by Judge Fell Camp bell, who asked Duncan to con tact federal agencies to obtain help in such a program. Tom Current, senior field co ordinator with the Northwest Di vision of Area Redevelopment Administration, w ill be at the meeting, as w ill representatives of the Small Business Adminis tration. Farmers Home Admin istration and Oregon State Di vision of Planning and Develop ment. It has been suggested to Judge Campbell that Curry * * * * * * * * * Hullabaloo Is Well Attended Timber Sales, Fire Fighting, Fish Are Duncan Programs T h e Sorority, this year in a jo in t effort w ith the JayCettes chalked up another success w ith th eir Hullabaloo, even exceed ing last year's Hootenanny a t tendance. Participants in the 21 acts received their rewards from that responsive audience with thunderous rounds of applause during the tw o-hour show. From the first dance perform M ore Small Business set- ed by the Jack and Jill Kinder aside Umber sales by Bureau garten, to "Paper Tiger", to the of Land Management, an Im last number, the program was provement of the Forest S er varied and impressively per vice's aerial Ore lighting pro formed by local talent. gram , and a fish passageway In the first half of the event at W illamette F a lls , Oregon thoae appearing were the k in C ity , Oregon, are programs that Congressman Robert B. dergarten; Beverly Strain play ing " P i p e l i n e " a n d "In th e Duncan, D -M edford, has urg«l Mood" on the piano; M aggie the Subcommittee for Interior Two projects—a road through Dixon, v o c a l s o lo , "Kahna"; and R elat'd Agencies, House Comm ittee on Appropriations Curry county to Grants Pass and Kristy G u y , Carol Ann Knapp, to support by an Increase In the further development of ports— Stephanie S w e e k and Susan were given top priority for the Heinlien. vocaL " H e llo D o lly"; President’ s budget. Carolyn Peterson, vocal, "Choc "A n Increase In the number economic development of Cur of s m a l l business set-aside ry county at a m eeting of the olate Ice Cream Cone"; Brian County Rural Area Develop sales w ill result In more local P hillips comet, "W e’ l l Sing in processing and could well re m ent Com m ittee last week, ac the Sunshine" and vocal, "B ill duce the volume of log ship cording to Ed Thornton, ¡book B a il e y " ; Delores Strain, June ments to Japan. The request for ings, chaitm an of the group. Fenton, Chris Be 1 d e n , Jackie an Increase In the budget of the The road project was consid Bright singing " D o w n t o w n " Bureau of Land Management, ered essential to the county and a n d " We' 11 Sing in the Sun- for this purpose Is to provide methods o f obtaining a feasi s h in e " ; M elb a K in ter singing for additional staffing to handle b ility study for the road were "D e tro it C ity" and " I f 1 had a the Increased workload,” said outlined. County Courts, Cham H a m m e r " ; Pat Gusman, Kaye Duncan. bers of Commerce and Rural Chapman, vocal, "Prism Song' In urging an Increase of half Area Developm ent comm ittees and " B l a m e i t on the Bossa a million dollars for the Forest in the f i v e southern Oregon Nova. " Service for th eir ae rial tanker counties bordering California fire fighting program , Duncan w ill be contacted for support. Following .uierm is’on M ary pointed out the absolute Im por Support is also b e i n g sought Barnett led the program w ith tance that every precaution be from the State Rural Area D e vocals"M ood Indigo" and "Bye taken to protect our forests velopment C om m ittee andstate Bye B lu e s " ; Phil and Delores from the ravages of forest fire . agencies. Phillips and Leonard and Nancy "T h e modern fire fighting tech Peterson, vocal, "Blues Stay A - The group also gave top p ri niques, such as the use of wayFrom M e" and "Sentim en ority to the extension of the ae rial tankers, have held fire t a l J o u r n e y " ; Larry G*tiUen losses to a minimum. We cannot breakwater at Port Orford. Other singing "Lawdie Lawdie Miss afford to lose the availability of projects for industrial and agri Claudie" and " That* s When Your aerial tankers In a tim e of need cultural development in t h e H e a r t a c h e s Begin"; Delores Port Orford area were discussed. for lack of funds to fairly con Phillips indN ancy Peterson, vo A report on flood damage to tract for them. cals," R em em b erM e" and "Sug Another Item that was not tourist and recreation fac ilitie s ar in the M o m in '"; Steve M c In the President’ s budget that was heard and plans for promo Cue and Nancy Peterson, vocaL Duncan Is urging be Includ'd tion of this industry were made "Lemon Tree". M usical accom by the Appropriations Com m it w ith the comity court. T en tative panim ent was by the Interludes tee Is the Installation of a fish plans for revisions in the O ver band, including emcee Leonard passageway at W illam ette Falls all Economic Development Plan Peterson, N a n c y , Q uillen and In Oregon City. While this pro for the county were made. McCue. The co m m ittee has represen ject Is not in Duncan’ s 4th D is tric t, he has urged that the tatives f r o m all parts of the Both clubs, and the performers, passageway not be delayed for county and different segments were pleased by the audience even one year because of the of the economy. The group works reaction in supporting the ben losses that w ill result. "T h is closely w ith the county court. efit. not only affects the fish runs In the W illam ette and McKen zie riv e rs , major streams In the 4th D is tric t, but lack of the passageway w ill adversely affect the com m ercial fisher ies ,*’ Duncan said. Port Orford Port Is Top Ten Cents Thurt. .M arch 18, 1965 * * * * * * * County Rural Area Development also be represented Duncan said that the Port Or ford area has an “ amnztng rec ord” ol bettering itself through its own efforts It has develop ed wharf, dock and harbor fa cilities in ihe past without fed eral assistance in a record "probably unmatched along the coast,” it was noted. Interested persons are urged to attend the meeting and help formulate plans for Port Or ford's industrial future. * Cannery To Hire Students On or about A p ril 1 Cape Blanco Fisheries in Port O r ford w ill h ire high school stu dents to pick shrimp on Sat urdays. When school Is out in early June they may work full tim e. A ll work Is dependent upon the weather. Workers starting w ill receive a guaranteed minimum wage of $1.15. As they become more experienced they can go on a piece work basis and may earn to $1,75 or even $2.00 an hour. A work perm it is needed. Lodge Honors Past Masters Port Orford Masonic lodge No. 170 were hosts Saturday evening for their most popular ye arly event "P a st M is te r ’ s Night” with a deluxe crab feed which brings in many form er members an d visiting lodge members from many counties throughout the state. Some 170 Masons were pres ent for the evening Including several Grand officers, Harold Stokes of C u rry Lodge No. 36; Fred Simonson of Coos Bay No. 29 and Dick M ille r of Coq u ille No. 12. Some 20 dozen crabs were enjoyed. Present to be honored as past masters w ere H -nry Adolph sen who has served three different tim es and was the oldest master present; Fred Jamieson, who recently was presented his 50-year pin; He a n d Adolphsen a r e charter members of the present lod ge. Also present w ere Calvin Sm ith, O r r i s Smith, O d e l l F lake, Homer K erber, Glen M a- yea, Dale B la g d e n , A rthur He.iderly, Demps G llftllan and Frank M o rris. GilflUan read a history of the lodge which was firs t o r ganized In 1918 w it h Ames Johnson serving as firs t mas te r. Form er members attending w ere Ted Hutcheson of Chul- avlsta, C a lif., F r i t z Söder ström , Frank Burlingam e, Pat Fitzpatrick of Portland. B ill Tolman, ex -sh eriff of C u rry county, and E rn ie Fos te r , both of Harbor, along with many others from Coos and C u rry also w ere In ’ ” «nd- ance. * * * * * * * Rand Students Win Honors Contestants from the Port O r ford-L a n g 1 o i s school bands brought back three First Division ratings and three Second D iv i sion r a tin g from the Southwest ern Oregon Instrumental Music Solo and Ensemble contest last Saturday in Coos Bay. A First Division rating was won by a flute trio from Pacific high school consisting of M ary Helm ken, Gloria Knutson, Con nie Higgins and th eir accomp anist, Carla Hubble. T h e girls played a m o v e m e n t f r o m Tschaikovosky's "Nutcracker Suite" en titled "Dance of the M irlito n s". FirstDivision ratings were a l so won by John Jensen, com et soloist, andTam sin Hanna, flu te soloist, both from Langlois Ele m entary school. Second Division ratings were won by Jennie Jensen, alto c la r inet soloist from Langlois, V a l- orie Stiegler, c la rin e t s o l o i s t from Battle Rock school, and Brett V ale t, saxophone soloist, also from Battle Rock school. Accompanists for the soloists were Mr. Charles Jensen, form er band di rector of the Port Orford- Langlois schools. M i is M ary Bar nett, teacher at the Battle Rock school, and M ary Hindes student at Battle Rock and the daughter of Charles Hindes, V o -A g teach er at Pacific. The students are a ll members of the band at their respective schools and were coached by band director Grant Hagestedt. Where to File Tax Returns Taxpayers living in Oregon should mall 1964 Federal in come tax returns to the " D is tric t D irecto r of Internal Rev enue, 830 N. E. Holladay, Port land, Oregon.” A. G. Erickson, d is tric t d ir ector of Internal Revenue, says that each year thousands of tax returns are mailed to Incor rect offices. Such returns must be sorted and forwarded to the d is tric t office where the re turns should have been filed In the firs t place. This takes tim e . It delays the processing of returns and the Issuance of any refunds due. Jaycees To Hold Election Port Orford Jaycees w ill com plete election plans at a m e e t ing tonight, Thursday,8 p. m ., in the c ity hall,said president Leo nard Peterson, and a ll Jaycees are urged to attend. Preparations for a jo in t d in ner banquet and installation of officers w ill also be made. The banquet, expected to be held April 15, w ill be attended by S t a t e Jaycee President Dave Green, past State President and n a t i o n a l president candidate Frank Brawner, and D istrict 8 Vice President D ick Bryant, ac cording to present plans, Peterson said. D IS T R IC T basketball coaches who m e t at Pacific high last Tuesday to clioose the District A ll-S ta r Basketball Team , from le ft to right are: Harland Guy, Pacific; D ick Zack, Brookings; Bob Peterson,Myrtle Point; Har old M iner, Bandon; Jack Reeves, M yrtle Point; Paul Slebenmann, Gold Beach; and Paul C.reig, Co q u ille , Fourteen players were nom inated for the honor of be ing on the team . Each coach voted for five of the nominees; the five receiving tiie most votes were made members of the first team and the five receiving the next highest number of votes were made members of the sec ond team . A ll-S ta r*te a m m e m bers w ill lie announced after the A -2 tournament next week. —News Plioto by Guy Lawrence 4Ä * .«¡NNERS in the Tuesday after noon CubScout kite flyin g con test. Left to right are: Ray Smith, second for heighth; Chris Jensen, first In heighth; Sam Lee, best decorated; Arlan Zastera, largest k i t e . Den mothers treated the boys to barbecued hotdogs fo l lowing the event. t
