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County Resolves Kronenberg Claim County Gets Land, Cash Son in law Dies From Collision Gi t aid D v illr k , 22, oí Ito»«— i'Ui,-, «as killed in a iw o-rar evening, A pril 24, .d Onta i io, Or«*. M is. D e rric k , the fo rm e r Wanda Ihon as, da uidilei of Mr. nd M i I d » a id Thomas, Tort rim funi-i.il «as held In On tano. __________ A T T E N D CO NVEN TIO N A ttendili! the .uintial state National Forest Recreation Sites Covered by Sticker convention in Ashland (or ESA 8 ..... i 1 tod rl» S m ith, Bonnie Helen si,.I. , : ln \ anil i etui ned home Bona, 1 1 an» W.ignei and |e li 1 | td.e. Sunday. C urry Demos Book S traub (.OLD UEACII tn c p .il Slate T rc iis itrrr K u I hti Sim uli In - .ic ic |iic (l au iim i.ilti.n In ap |X'.ìl a - k1 s U nte -|H*akci at Ihe animal illuni i meeting >■( Ihe till'll CiiililH Ih-lltiN I alle I eu Hal ( n in iiiiltc e Pi lie held lust* l'i m i uid u in to ( lian tiliin lirin Manici I’lilllS Ini Ule illl'IH I a ie lieu (indir ssj» unii Hu- tim e m d plat i h> lie m iio iiti, i ti laici Tin anneiuiti inert i aim il a Itllt'llttg el Hie lenillllllei re «riti Is In elin i hm im Iln* >'"11 > Itllt'i-i suiti un n i e l l i h a i'-ins ■Sellalei W ann Mei e - , and nil \ let Sain Il al-u o lili Mils appi m e ll Ihe IlieL'eil ( e a - l \ - -m la it e li ami Ihe ( in ' < I ollllls ('m iri » -la 'td nn the pr.i|».,ed h iiih u a i luikitte Htr ( in r i Cea i utili le a pinne (nilllls One hundred slxty-slx of the 866 developed campgrounds and picnic areas In the National Forests of Oregon and Wash ington have been designated for coverage under lhenewFixler.il recreation-conservation stick er. The $7 tamper sticker en titles the driver of a private non-commercial auto and his passengers to admission to the ICC sites as well as most other Federal recreation areas, the Forest Service said. The stick er was au horl/ed by the I and and Water Conservation Art as a means of helping finance the expansion of recreational op portunities for the American public. The sticker Is on sale at most offices of Federal agen cies which administer recre ation -lies. There Is an a lte r native single-day entry fee for aniline not wishing to purchase a sticker. The single day fee must be paid by each person 1C years or over, at all des ignated charge sites. 7'he stick e r o. fee w ill no. be required at un-deslgnaled sites In the National 1 orests. Clara Erwin Wins Sweepstakes Ribbon At Annual Floral Show I h e Khododendi on F lo w n C lub oi I anelols held tlieli an nual flo w e r »how last weekend in the I anelols Gl ade School. Ill sp ile ol i ilny « e a th e i, the ilisplas w as l.il i;e. G eneral cha irm an of the show ' Soy It With I lew 01 s” W ,|.S M i s. Gene Cotton. Port O rford, C u rry County, Oregon Price T en Cents New Officer On Duty Store, Tavern Are Entered ++++++++ O r i n i d, and 11 - in o n lti-o ld dam lite r, Kita I la in e , a m s u r vivor ». V o i. 8 No. 4 Betty Keeler Wins KOPS Queen Title Curry c o u n ty’ s c la im «gainst the e s t a t e o f deceased C ool co u n ty m illio n a ir e lack K ron- enherg lias been resolved, Curry C o un ty D is tric t A tto rn e y Robert 1- M ille r said today. The c la im had been flle l in N ovem ber o f 196.4 ch a rging the Kronenberg lo g g in g Co. w ith fiv e a lle g e d t i m b e r c u ttin g trespasses on Curry co m ity land in "P a c ific C i t y , " near Floras Lake, and asking trip le damages. 1 lie fin a l c la im , a fte r e x te n sive research o f m il l record», lu u lin g penults, e tc ., and cru is in g and surve yin g the logged areas, was low ered to double stum page value to ta llin g $ 1 3 ? ,- 730.88. \ bout tA) acres o f co u n ty lands were in v o lv e d in the lo g g in g trespasses. Paym ent to the c o iu ity was m ade by s >5,OOOcash and m ore than NIX) acres o f Kronenherg Ian-1, one i>O4 acre tra c t up Sixes R iser, 70 acre tra c t on t lie south end o f Floras la k e , 11 acre tra c t on the west side o f Floras Lake, plus a ll of the Kronenberg p ro p erty ssitlun P a cific C ity . A cco rd in g to M ille r , 0 |»er cent o f the SS5.000 w ill go to the ta x in g d is tric t in (lie area in vo lse d . in c lu d in g S clio o lD is tr ic t 2CJ and the 1 anglois C e m etery M au iteu ance D is tric t I lie com ity retains 10 p e r c e n t Counts co m m issio n er R) Cc W ilson, who spent many liourt toss a n l seeing tlie c la im resolves) said the trespasses occureo be tween the spring of 194 and |-'6 3 Idle ins csti gal ion, p ro m p ts' : by tlie C o lo m b o *Day storm, siasstarted 'lie cou nty in May of I ” 6 3. r o l 11 • t o n 8 .inn d.i) jPort (Dt ford A'cuis dt.splai and blue ribbons went to Florence Sydnam, o r c h id c.irtus, cllv.i and cymbidium oicltld; lucy Gentry, coleus and azalea plants; Clara E r vin, noi fork pine, cactus, suc culent and mum; Tressa Gor- sm h, cactus and sultan; Doris Sluistei, succulent and cactus Mrs, R, K. Erwin won the planter; Ethel Boston, geran sweepstake r ib b o n and Mrs. ium; Ir e n e Cotlon, African Sam Cuatt won the artistic ar violet; Linda Guerin,date palm. rangement award with her nr« Junior division winners were i aiiRement In Ihe class '' Tele Ilene Fisher, Cartuaplant; Her vision of T lowers.” bert Bell, planter box; Steve Lucy Gentry won Ihe horti Bell, planter box. culture award with her potted Blue rIblon winners In hor coleus. ticulture were Mary Ann Sul Other blue ribbon winners livan, A la n Sullivan, Mltzle were: Gene Cotlon, ocean trea Cook and Wayne Cook. sures; Mrs. Erwin, Interna S p e c ia l displays were by tional holiday, driftwood and ‘ ‘The Bells of L a n g lo is , ” fresh materials, driftwood and Dick's Farm Store, the Roc!; dry materials; Blue rlblons In H o u n d s, ceramics by Viola specimens; Florence Sydnam, Cuatt. Providing music for the Vivian Kranlck, Stella Slocum, program were David, D arrell Ir e n e Cotton, Clara Erwin, and Sandra BJerg and Kathy Dana Karie, Dick BJerg, Viola Tucker. Cuatt, Doris Shuster, Gene Cot A silver tea and plant sale ton, Dollle BJerg, Linda Guerin. were held In connection with the Many potted plants were on flower show. M RS. FLO YD (B e t t y ) KEFXER. m em b er o f Port C rfo rd C a lo rie C o u n tin g TOPS clu b, was nam ed Queen o f KOI'S ( Keeps, i f Pounds Sensibly) fo r the state of Oregon at the annual TOPS d a te c o n ven tion Iteld in Coos Bay last weekend. Mrs K e e le r won the Iw n o rb y lo m ig ilie m ost w e igh t to rea ch her goal, 84 pound*, iin c e jo in in g TOPS. She wasone o f bh gra du ating KOPS. The lo c a l c lu b also had another w in ner: In D iv .l, W in n ifre d I el wards took second place w ith a 67 pound loss. Budget OK'd. Mayea Wins GOLD BEACH—Unofficial re sults of H ip Curry Counts Inter mediate Education District elec tions Monday slmsied a vote of 484 yes and 175 no on the issue to exceed the six ;>er cent linit- taiion Amount requiring voter approval was $.150.249 92 in ex cess ol ihe lim itation Wayne duller of Gold Beach and Wilbur Moore. Agness- Dplnr district, were elected Io IED school board Individual school district elec tions found general approval of exceeding the six per cent lim itation in school budgets • Port Orford-Laglois 91 yes, pi no Io exceed the lim ita tion Elected to the school board were Helen Stole and Glen Mayea Mayea was named on a write-in basis. M ayea today to ld the New» th a t he w o u ld n o t a cce p t poei- tio n on the achool board. T e ch n ic a lly , he is ( t i l l a board m e m ber e le c t u n t il the n e x t reg ular achool board m e e tin g . I f he m akes an o f f ic ia l de c lin a tio n then, the board w ill a p p o in t a m e m b e r to »erve un t i l the s c h o o l e le c tio n next spring. • Agness 20 ves 1 no Io ex ceed limitation. Lour directors were elected Earl Ayers. Wes ley Morgan, Burl Rutledge and Ernest Rutledge, i • Pistol River: 18 ves, 2 no to exceed limitation. Elected bv write-in to school board was Ralph Ismert. • Upper Chctco: 20 yes 3 no to exceed limitation. James Waeljen svas elected to Ihe school hoard. \ f e l l o w going on a blind d a te is lik e a fe llo w d rivin g a car w ith his eyes c lo s e d ; he doesn't know svhat h e '11 run into. k Tests Complete Testing of meters and heavy duty scales In Curry County h a s h?en completed by the Oregon Department of Agricul ture’ s weights and measure’s division. Meter checks, which totaled 24, Included meters for whole sale bulk plants, tank trucks and those for liquid petroleum gas liquid. Operated the meter testing equipment were Dick Carlson and Elmer Deltaas. Checks were made on seven of the county’ s heavy d u ty scales by Ray Fleischmann, Dick Mathis and Jack Holman. Testing of the small and me dium scales and pump.- a ga-s stations Is a continuing process done by Walter Querk, Grants Pass, weights and measures inspector for the department In this area. Q uerk tested 44 small and medium scales and 46 gas sta tion p u m p s during the firs t three months of this year. Bank Presents School Tree GOLD BEACH - Two burg laries over the weekend are be ing investigated today by au thorities The Ophir Store was broken into Friday between 7 and 11 p.m and beer and about $100 in cash was taken E ntry was gained through the back door of an apartment behind the store. Mr. and Mrs. "M u tt" Wade, owners of the store, were not at home at the time. Investigation is being conduct ed by the Curry County Sheriff's Office and Oregon State Police. Early Sunday, between 2 and 4 am , the apartment of Frank Turner, in the rear of Hunter's Creek Tavern, was entered and personal belongings taken. In eluded were a television set. (able radio and filing cabinet containing p e r s o n a l papers, later recovered. Turner was absent at the time. The door from his apartment into the tavern was broken down and beer, cigarettes, pepperoni and a small amount of cash tak en from Ihe business establish ment. Turner's filing cabinet and papers were found Sunday morning near Pistol River by Mr. and Mrs. John Cushman, Port Orford, who were beach combing. This incident is being investi gated by Gold Beach City Po lice. sheriff's office and state police N E W P A T R O LM A N C e d r i c M cB rid e began his e m p lo y m e n t w ith the c it y last Tuesday, A p r il 27, re p la c in g Bob M ontague, who resigned because o f his h e a lth M cB rid e cam e to Port C rfo rd from fiv e years continuous du ty w ith the C om pton, C a lif. , P. D. He is a graduate o f the p o lic e aca de m y a t C om pton and c o m ple te d sp e cia l in s tru c tio n a t the Burglary in v e s tig a tio n In s titu te at Los A ngeles State C o lle g e , S p e c i a l Investigators School, FBI F irearm s and T ear-g as and defensive ta c tic s in h a n d -to - hand com b at. M cB rid e and his w ife , B everly, have three c h ild ren, B ren t,5, C ra ig, 3, V a le rie , 2. M rs.M cB rid e is the n ie ce o f M r. and M rs. W illia m S idle o f S id le 's M o te l in W edderbum , and a c o u sin o f John Ikiggs o f Briggs C h ar te r Boat Service a t G old Beach. Thur». , M a y 6, 1‘ «55 Fish Processing Firm Seeks Outlet Here A t a sp e cia l m e e tin g Tuesday n ig h t, fo llo w in g approval o f the budget, com m issioners exam in - ed a new seafood product from an O akland processing firm th a t has in d ic a te d an in te rest in es ta b lis h in g in the Port O rford area The ,-roduct d ispla yed was a h a lf K in g c ra b fo re c la w th a t had been v a c u u m -fre e ie -d rie d and ce llo p h a n e packaged. The pro cessing m e th o d was e xp la in e d as "fla s h ” fre e zin g in a vacuum , fo llo w e d by c o m p le te de hyd ra tio n . The process is said to p ro vid e c o m p le te re te n tio n o f the fla v o r.A s m a ll am ount o f warm w ater added to the product puts i t back to its "n o rm a l" state, ready fo r consum ption. The processing pa te n t is he ld by the D ix a ll V acuum Freeze firm o f O akland, C a lifo rn ia ,c u r- re n tly m a rk e tin g f r u it and veg - etable*. An avocado was d is p la y ed w ith the crab m e a t N e ith e r product required re frig e ra tio n . a cco rd in g to package in s tru c tions. George Hahn, a partner in the Cape Fisheries h e re .to ld th e port he was under the im pression the processing p la n t was e xtze m e ly expensive but th a t i t c e rta in ly had po ssib ilities. He said he fa v ored fu rth e r n e g o tia tio n w ith the D ix a ll people to d e te rm in e to what e x te n t th e ir in te re st was d ire c te d ;p la n t lo c a tio n o ra p u r chasing o u tle t. Port com m issioners vo te d to pursue the m a tte r and w i ll dir e c t« le tte r to the fir m suggest- in g a m e e tin g w ith « representa tiv e from D ix a ll. Eddy Explains Phone Exchange Consolidation BUDGET APPROVED Because o f s tip u la te d re q u ire m e n t s as e x p la in e d by West Coast T elephone d is tr ic t m a n ager Ekuce Eddy, Coos Bay, i t w o u ld appear th a t the cu rre n t m o ve to co n so lid a te phone e x changes betw een Port O rford, Langlois and Bandon m a y have to w a it several years. The b ig stic k e r, Eddy to ld m em bers and guests o f the BPW C lu b Tuesday n ig h t, was th a t ju s tific a tio n o f such extended area service req uire d a m in i m u m o f fo u r and a h a lf phone c a lls p ' r m o n th per phone be- t ■ the exchanges. A t t h i s tins«,, Eddy said, this average is n o t colse to be in g m e t. He said th a t a cco rd in g to I.B .M . c a lc u lations, the fo llo s v in g averages e xist: The 1965-66 po rt budget re c e ive d f in a l a p pro val and set fo r p u b lic a tio n M a y 27 and June 3, w ith a p u b lic he aring on June 15. The new budget to ta ls $51, - 055, a ll w ith in the six per cen t lim it a t io n and $13,288 less than the cu rre n t budget. Speed Said Big Killer Speed too fast to r c o n d itio n s re m a in e d the single m ost le th a l d riv e r e rro r in O regon's 1964 f a ta l t r a f fic a ccide nts, the Oregon D e p a rtm e n t o f M o to r V e h icle s reported M onday'. A ju s t-c o m p le te d ta b u la tio n o f 1964 d riv e r errors in v o lv e d in fa ta l accide nts re ve aled th a t to o hig h a speed fo r road, sveatlier or tr a ffic c o n d itio n s accounted fo r tw e n ty -th re e per ce n t o f the d riv e r e r r o r s , a fiv e per ce n t 1963 1964 ju m p in th is error last yea r over 1963. Port O rford to Bandon The re p o rt by the T r a ffic Sa 1 . 0 9 ........................................1. 11 fe ty and Education D iv is io n in Bandon to Port Orford d ica te d th a t o u trig h t excessive 0. 4 6 ........................................ 0 . 40 speed a cco un te d fo r an a d d itio n Port O rford to Langlois a l fou rte en per ce n t o f the d rive r 0. 66........................................0. 66 e r r o r * . Thus th irty -s e v e n per Langlois to Port O rford c e n t o f the d riv e r errors in fa ta l The Coos C u r r y Electric 2. 3 9 ....................................... 3, 21 crashes in v o lv e d speed in one Cooperative, Inc., of Coquille, fo rm or another. was honored in Los Angeles The re p o rt also in d ic a te d th a t Eddy a Iso sa id the firs t req uire - today (Thursday) fo r an out d riv e r in to x ic a tio r as a c o n tri standing safety record in 1964. m e n t was in te re st shown in tne b u tin g c ircu m sta n ce in f a t a l The u tility was a winner in c o m m u n ity , and th a t the PUC crashes is on the rise, in cre a s the American Public Power As doesn't consider business phones in g fro m one per c e n t in 1963 w ith resident c a lls . sociation’ s annual Safety Con to fo u r per ce n t last year. test. A d rin k in g but n o t in to x ic a te d In 1961 there was con sid er Award certificates w eretjre- sented to S a fe ty Contest win able interest and m a n y s m a ll d riv e r fig u re d in an a d d itio n a l ners during the 22nd annual m ee ting s on co n s o lid a tin g Port ten per ce n t o f the state's fa ta l t h e same fig u re as in convention of the APPA, the O rford and Langlois but the m ove crashes, 1963. national trade association of the m e t w ith so lid d e fe a t in the v o t T his fig u re , o ffic ia ls say, is Nation’ s local publicly owned ing. M any b a llo ts were n o t re turne d and were considered as based o n ly on p o lic e in v e s tig a electric utilities. N o votes, Eddy said, and m a n y tions o f accide nts and is u n re a l The local co-op was second place winner in Group C (sys Langlois people voted against i t is tic a lly lo w because o f la c k o f tems «1th more than 100,000 because Bandon was not in c lu d c h e m ic a l test evidence. Blood but not more than 250,000 man ed. The PUC requires o ve r SO per tests o f v ic tim s in d ic a te a lc o h o l hours worked). A ll winners in ce n t o f the ba H ot returns in fa v plays a m u c h m ore s ig n ific a n t Class C reported perfect sa o r o f extended area service. ro le Local Utilih’ Wins Safely Award fety records. LO CAL B \N K m a n a g e r G il Rush, le ft, m ade a presentation of this N o ble F ir to the grade school X rborD ay, la stF rid a y. A t the presentation were, le ft to rig h t.D a l W eir, ch a m b e ro f c o m m e r c e president; A1 Johnson, The Curry F ire m e n 's A ssocia supt. o f schools and Lloyd Bates, tio n w i ll h o l d th e ir re g u la r m ayor. m o n th ly m e e tin g F rd ia y , May- 14. S p. m . a t the H a rb o r fire lu ll Curry Firemen To Meet In Brookings T o bring about a vote, Eddy no te d , the phone c om p an y w ould firs t f ile a schedule o f proposed r a t e s w ith the PUC, and they w o u ld in tu rn send out b a llo ts to a ll phone subscribers. In answ ering questions, Eddy s a id a lo c a l vote taken and sent to the ?UC w o uld not be con sid ered, and th a t f ilin g p e titio n s w o u ld probably not he lp b rin g the question to a vote. Aside fro m speed and d rin k ing, the study o f d riv e r m istakes th a t caused the state's 577 tr a f f ic deaths i n d i c a t e s th a t the t h i r d ra n k in g d riv e r e rro r was d r iv in g on the wrong side o f the road. D isrega rding signs and sig nals and rig h t o f w ay errors were the n e x t highest d r i v e r errors noted, each a cco u n tin g fo r six per cent o f the 528 d riv e r errors noted. There were 709 drivers in the study. First National Bank of Ore gon’ s Port Orford branch this week began Its observance of the statewide banking system’ s centennial by p r e s e n t in g a Noble F ir tree to Port Orford grade school. Branch Manager G. B. Rush presen'ed the tree to local of ficials at a ceremony Friday at the grade school. On hand to accept the tree were Mayor Lloyd Bates, Dal Weir, presi dent of the Cha n ta r of Com merce, and Alfred Johnson, superintendent of schools. Presentation of Ihe Noble F ir to Port Orford grade school Is one In a planned series of sim ila r p r e s e n t a t io n In cities throughout Oregon as F irst Na tional begins its second 100 years of service to the people of the state. More than 100 sugar maple trees are being planted along the Capitol Mall In Salem as part of the bank’s living gift to the state. The trees were formally presented to th state on A rta r Day, A p ril 30. F irst National Bank of Ore gon was chartered In 1865 and became the firs t national bank on the Pacific Coast. Its con tinued growth has brought It to its present position as one of the nation’s leading banks, with 103 offices throughout Oregon and deposits and resources In excess of $1 billion. : »
