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4—Bort Orford Ne»», Th und« y. May 13, 1965 ATTEND MEETING A special education meeting was held In Eugene last Sat urday w it h M r. McQuiston, state special education d ire c to r in charge of the meeting. Teachers attending were Llsh Mathews, Gold Beach; Edith Jones, Port O rford; Edna Alex andra, Langlois; Thelma John son, Coquille, and Ethel Post of M yrtle Point. HAMLINS VISIT M r. and M rs. Geo. Hamlin and daughters of C o r v a l l i s spent M other’ s Day weekend with her mother, M ary Pugh, In P ort O rford. OPEN HOUSE AT HOSPITAL W IL I BE SUNDAY The annual Open House and Scholarship Tea, held in con junction with National Hospital Week, w ill be Sunday afternoon from 1 to 4 o’ clock at Southern Coos General Hospital. A ll Coos and C u rry residents of the hospital d is tric t, and other interested people, are co rd ia lly Invited to attend the Open House and view the potted plant and flow er arrangement display which w ill be featured. Refreshments w ill be served throughout the afternoon. Highlight of the annual a ffa ir, sponsored by the Southern Coos H o s p it a l A u x ilia ry , is th e awarding of the $100 scholar ship to a student in the d is tric t who is interested in a career in the field of medicine. DAUGHTER HOME M iss Patty E llis , student at Southern O r e g o n College in Ashland, visited her parents, M r. and M rs. John E llis in Langlois during the Mother’ s Day weekend. LANGLOIS PRE SCHOOL VBITATION FASHION SHOW SET G irls from the Pacific High F.H.A. classes, with th e ir in s tru c to r M rs. Judy H arrison, w ill model th e ir dresses fo r the Town and Country Club M other’ s Day banquet toheheld May 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the grade school in Langlois. A ll ladies are invited to at tend and view the teen-age fash ion show, hear special music, and other entertainment. WOMEN VISIT Hazel McKenzie and Donna C h u rch ill visited M yrtle Mc Kenzie and Gladys Kendall at St. Catherine’ s Home in North Bend Saturday. D IN N ti. GUESTS M r. and M rs. B ill Fanno of Ophir and M rs. M arie McIn tyre of North Bend were Sun day dinner guests of Mattie Mosher and C harlie Russell. Monday luncheon guests were M rs. Maybelle McNutt, E sterld C a rv illo and M rs. McIntyre of North Bend. T.B . TESTS DUE The Tuberculosis tine-tests w ill be given at the schools on May 17 and 18. Slips w ill be sent home with the students to be signed by parents or guardians. DANCERS TO ELECT Eight couples and members of the Beachcomber’ s Square Dance club attended the Rog ues and Ruffles dance last Sat urday evening. Next regular dance at the Cove w ill be Saturday, with Joe T urner of Bandon calling. An election of officers w ill be held following the dance. IN COO6 BAY M r. and M rs. Kenneth Bel den spent Sunday with M r. and M rs. Ron Couch and fam ily in Coos Bay. Young granddaughter, Sharon C o u c h , was celebrating h e r birthday on Mother’ s Day. Pre-school v i s i t a t i o n fo r parents with children enrolling in school next fa ll w ill be held W e d n e s d a y at the P rim a ry school in Langlois. Parents are urged to attend and bring th e ir children as registration c a r d s w ill be available and can be fille d out at this time. It w ill be appreciated i f the newer residents of the com munity are contacted by the parents who read this notice o r w ill make a point to notify others who should attend. MOTHER VISITED M rs. Dick Barklow of Lang lo is spent Sunday in M yrtle Point with her mother, M rs. T. G. Sum erlin, and sis te r, M rs. Nancy M ille r. FROM MT. HEBRON M rs. Ralph Cope with two of her children, Becky and Ralph J r ., of Mt. Hebron, C a lif., v is ited at the home of her parents, M r. and M rs. Louis K reutzer, on Floras Creek and also with her siste r, M rs. A lb e rt Tom- lison, at Arago last weekend. A lbert Tomlinson and Louis Kreutzer made a business trip to Ferndale on Saturday. TEACHER INSTITUTE Teachers from a ll schools in the county are planning a Teachers’ Institute. Ray Neugart, county school superintendent, is c h a ir m a n with Ed Kerpa, Fren Wilson, Richard Rousselle and Tom Radcliffe serving on the com m ittee from P ort O rfo rd , Pa c ific and Langlois. IN EUGENE M r. and M rs. Jack Waldle of P ort O rford and M r. and M rs. A. W. Harm o f Floras Lake spent the weekend in Eu gene visitin g with the Dennis Waldie fam ily. DINNER GUESTS M rs. Catherine McPhearson and fam ily of Gold Beach were Sunday dinner guests of M r. and M rs. Charles Storm and fa m ily in Langlois. PICNIC HELD Enjoying a M other’ s Day pic nic at th e Charles Fitzhugh home on Sixes riv e r Sunday w e r e M r. and M rs. P h illip W right and fa m ily, M r. and M rs. C. W, Newton, M r. and M rs. Ralph Helmken and Lanny Boston. STUDENT OFFICERS Candice M a rr was elected president of the studentbody at the election held Friday at the Langlois Upper Elemen ta ry. Other o f f i c e r s are Gary Sm ith, vice president; Linda Bess, s e c r e t a r y , and Leta Moore, treasurer. GUESTS OF SPOERLS M r. and M rs. W. W. Per kins of Seattle, Wash., came to spend the summer months with Steve Spoerl at his ranch south of Port O rford. M rs. Neil B, Rice of River side, C a lif., was a recent guest o f his. TAKE FIELD TRIP The second grade pupils of the Langlos grade school had an education field tr ip to Ban don. Pupils visited the cheese fac to ry and the fish hatchery. Ac companying the group as chap erons were M rs. Pete Shaffer, M rs. Steve Sullivan and Mrs. Frank Wilcox. BOWERS VISIT M r. and M rs. Dale Bowers and son J e rry visited relatives in C reswell over the weekend. IN SEATTLE J e rry Teal of Langlois spent the weekend vis itin g in Seattle. MOTHER’S DAY DINERS M rs. Dora Hatton accompan ied M r. and M rs. Tom Meade to Coos Bay Sunday fo r a din ner and outing. O t h e r P ort O rford people making the same Sunday drive were M r. and M rs. Charles Haines. A few not venturing so far but enjoying dinner at Humbug Lodge were M r. and M rs. Paul Wagner, M rs. Ray Zumwalt, M rs. Oma Wagner, M rs. Geo. Sutton. M r. and M rs. Rod McKenzie and fa m ily, M r. and M rs. A rt Goucher of Sixes had dinner in Wedderburn. FAM ILY GATHERING A fam ily gathering at the home of Hazel Hofsess in Lang lois Included M r. and Mrs. Vern Magneson and M r. and M rs. Dick Hofsess. ATTEND FUNERAL M r. and M rs. Bob Halcomb of Langlois were in Richmond, C a lif., last week to attend the funeral of Vick Simenoe. VISITS IN YREKA Louis Kreutzer visited re cently with his s is te r and her husband, M r. and M rs. Wes Hogan in Yreka, and with Mr. and M rs. Ralph Cope and fam ily at Mt. Hebron, C a lif. FLIES TO OHIO W alter Stauffer flew to Bry- an, Ohio, to see his father who is seriously ill. A f t e r reaching Chicago, he met his daughter, Connie, who went on to Ohio with him. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS »--- Mothers' Tea SOLO CONTEST SET Coast schools fifth and six th grades w ill hold a solo con test in B rooking-, Saturday. Ftfteen are p a r t i c i p a t i n g from L anglois and Port O rford. VISITS DAUGHTER M rs. Bertha Bergstrom of P ort O rfo rd returned this week from Enumclaw, Wash., where she has been v is itin g her daugh te r, M rs. Dennis Zollinger,and fam ily. AT CONVENTION John Mayea and Leo P hillips of P ort O rford attended the Rotary convention in Newport Thursday and Friday of last week. F A M II Y VISITS M r. and M rs. Frank France and M iss Em ily France of Ash land spent the weekend with the Rev, and M rs. Jamie France In P o rt O rford. AT BOWl ING TOURNEY Ethel Magneson, Vera Rhet- n e rt, D oris A c k e r m a n , Ima Strahan, Donna Melton, L u c ille DeGross, Ronda Sharp, Jean Moore, Florence Coldiron, Fay Ennis of Gold Beach and Port O rfo rd , representing the Del- M a r and C h in o o k Bowling teams, left Sunday fo r Portland to participate in the Interna tional Bowling Congress to u r nament on Monday and Tuesday. PARENTS VISITED M r. and M rs. Jim Wilson and sons of Port O rford visited his parents, M r. and M rs. Fred Wilson, in Seneca, O re., and her p a r e n t s , M r. and M rs. Frank LaJoie, in Eugene over the weekend. DAUGHTER VISITS M rs. Ralph Donaldson and twin daughters of Sunnyvale, C al., are v is itin g her parents, M r. and M rs. A rie l MacDonald in P o rt O rfo rd fo r s e v e r a l weeks. BROTHER HERE Fred H a rris of Cottage Grove who Is visitin g and taking in a b it of Rogue R iver fishing has been a guest of M r. and M rs. W illiam Nutt and his s is te r, M rs. Walter C ram , In Port O rford. M r. and M rs. Cram were In Portland several days last week on business. IN CRESCENT CITY M r. and M rs. Clarence Zuber of Port O rford spent the week end with M r. arid M rs. Jack Norman in Crescent C ity. DINE AT HUMBUG M r. and M rs. Tony R ichter of Coos Bay were Sunday v is ito rs at the home of M r. and M rs. John Marsh in P ort O r ford and the four had M other’ s Day dinner at Humbug Lodge. NIECE VISITS Visiting A lbert Wehmeler re cently were his niece and hus band, M r. and M rs. Roger K el ley and two daughters of P o rt land. PARENTS VISIT M r. and M rs. W illiam Green of Newberg visited during the weekend with their son, W ilbur Green, In Port O rford. SISTER VISITS M rs. Thelma B rett visited several days with her sister and M r. and M rs. David P ort Orford. of Seattle last week husband, S ta rr, In HOST CARD PARTY M r. and M rs. Roland G er hardt were hosts at th e ir home Saturday evening fo r a canasta party. Guests were M r. and M rs. Howard Gregerson, M r. and M rs. O rv ille Ruth, M r. and Mrs. Lou Hardy. Th? Hardys and M rs. Gregerson were w in ners of the high and low scores. HOUSE GUESTS M r. and M rs. D eryl Sauers of Rio D ell, C a lif., were v is iting friends In P o rt O rfo rd last week and were houseguests of M r. and M rs. O rris Smith. TOUPEES FITTED ano STTLCO « M u r FOR MEN PORT ORFORD FRI. -JAT. ....MIOSITI IN MEDFORD M r. and M is . George Mac Donald of Port O rfo rd were in Medford durine tin* weekend on business for Hie Grange Mutual I ife Insili ance. DINNER GUI STS M r. and M rs. A lbert B i l l ion of Denmark were guests of M r. and M rs. Bob Pow l ie of M yrtle Point fo r a M other’ s Day d i n n e r Sunday at th e B ro ile r in North Bend. Couple Talks of Trip South M r. and M rs. Robert Meyeis feet. They were entertained by recently returned from an ex a w o n d e r f u l symphony o r tended vacation which took them chestra, dressed in th e ir warm to Mexico for a wonderful sight ponchos. seeing trip along with several N e x t their camp w a s at hundred other people who were Puebla at the edge of the city tn the group, a 'l taking tra ile rs , on an area cleared for a five- known as the A irstre a m Trail»*: year housing development. A Tour. stage was built at the grounds, Leaving Port O rford Jan. 18 loud speakers put up anti en they headed for B row nsville, tertainment consisted of the Tex., the meeting place. A r r i city band, two m arlachis bands, ving there the 27th they had a Normal School dancei •*,Charro few days with friends before on horseback whose horse dan the week of instructions: do’ s, ced with the hand, rope tw ir l- don’ ts, M e x ic a n Insurance, e rs anti a sm all boy Charro. to u rists cards, car p e rm it,e tc. "M a rim b a players and fire They moved Into camp at Fort works that were more beaut Brown w it h the 400 tra ile r iful than any we had ever seen. caravan. They were advised W o n d e r f u l soloists, too. We to b r i n g th e ir own canned ce rta in ly can appreciate the meats, powdered m ilk butter, Mexican culture when we can and cautioned that even when enjoy it tn this way,” M rs. they taught the five gallons of Meyers related. d is tille d water that they must Next day was a bus tour of add the teaspoon of clorox. This the city: at the polio c lin ic they was necessary to combat the heard the children sing, saw ' Ravenge of Moctezuma” as ceram ics from the sifting of the the d y s e n t e r y disease Is clay to the finished painted and called. Brownsville gave us en glazed products; at the m ar tertainment and our meetings kets they saw displays of bas held in their C ivic Auditorium , kets, sarapes, onyx, carvings, says M rs. Meyers. It was quite etc. and were treated by a a sight when the morning of Feb. Supermarket with sandwiches 5 we rolled across the bridge and pop. o /e r the Rto Grande R iver into Next to Cuernavaca, the city Matamoros. of eternal springs, where they The firs t stop was V icto ria , parked on Arm y d r ill grounds. Tamaultpas, a ta a u tlfu l ramp On our tour, M argaret says, near hospital (tn construction) “ we say breakfasts being pack and school overlooking the city. aged fo r school children and Saw a program outdoors, 5,OOP CARE packages from the U.S. school children In colorful cos piled high In the storeroom .” tume and dances. Saturday: a The flowers at the m zrke tw -re i tour of the c ity , Norm al A rt b e a u t i f u l . They visited the School, Henequtn plant, and at Porda Gardens, thp old church, the market bought pineapples, more pyram ids and a beautiful papayas, andbananas--wonder- w aterfall. F r o m there they ful fru it. That e v e n in g a p ro made a bus tr ip to Taxro, gram of native dances was held the s ilv e r mining city. S liver In the theater fo r them. Sunday Is s till mined there and shops Included church at camp and a d i s p l a y the beautiful things horse show at the arena by the made from it. Taxco is built C harros In the afternoon. on the h illsid e and a taxi ride Monday they drove to Tam here gives one a ro lle r-co a st pico, Veracruz, by fields of e r th r ill. sugar cane and maguey cactus. P a r k e d by beautiful M o llllo DRIVE TO ACAPULCO R iver under tro p ic skies. Fla Then came a day for a 208 mingos flew over, pink in the m ile drive to Acapulco, past sunlight. Tripped over the city, fields o.' watermelons, cotton, out to the beach, and were corn, papayas, coconut trees, entertained at camp with a good lvocados and ra ttle . The sky band program . Wednesday on w a s blue, with huge cotton to Tuxnan, camped at the fa ir clouds. We dropped Into the grounds; enjoyed swimming in c ity which stretches about the the warm gulf; entertained by shore of a te a u tlfu l bay. We M arlachis (a ll m u s ic from were parked at the Naval Base memory); toured the E l Tajln with t o w e r in g palms, white Ruils where h ills are being washed trunks and our own uncovered to reveal the Indian dwellings and temples of long beach for the Caravaners. Here they enjoyed a g la ss-lo tto rr ago. In Papantla, the vanilla boat ride to see the bright center, they met two Mormon colored fish. The diver brought m issionaries, young toys ser ving there from Arizona and ip porcupine fish, blow fish, Nevada. At camp that after and sea urchins. They went out noon they saw the rope-swing Into the Pacific a little ways ers and pinwheel rid e rs who and back into the bay to see gave a th r ill with th e ir per the Shrine of Guadalupe under formance. th e water, p a s s in g Caleta Leaving Tuxpan they clim b Beach with its crowd of ba ed to 9200 feet and saw d if thers. At the El M lrador Hotel ferent vegetation at every level. they saw the divers with light Banana palms, orange groves, ed torches in th e ir hands dive coffee plantations, and into the into the water. Again good pro pines. At the top near some grams were brought tn them. large lakes were Indians tend Sunday the children from an ing sheep. One old lady was ma orphanage and their leaders king the wool into yarn. They gave the worship service. They stayed that night at Pachuca, enjoyed the friendship of a Navy man’ s fam ily and visited the I id algo, on A rm y post grounds, ii. ll‘g.tlx cold plateau of 8300__ school and were given some ARRIVE BACK IN STATES On the 12th they crossed Into the States at Roma. Oh! so happy to see good ole* USA and gel a good h a m b u r g e r , French file s , Ice cream, find a coin laundry and lota of good water. In McAllen, Tex., they parked on (lie A rm ory grounds ami had Use of the new civic auditorium foi talent show night and In thal crowd there was lots of wonderful talent. The last night they had a banquet and more entertainment. They report the tr ip was wonderful— all they had hoped fo r and more. The leaders were tops, and said they felt safe with police and soldier pro tection at every stop.The set. up In the tra ile r company out. lining the route, reserving the camp sites, arranging lours, is something a few cannot d< on their own. Many of the Mex icans apeak English w ell, r , Ihe wards of the Governor’ s wife when she made her wel com e speech In P a c h u c a , "T here would be more peace In tile World If more fam ilies c o u ld visit as we.” drums. FOI IAGE I IKE OREGON lhe 24th they d im tad to 10,2f>o feet through foliage like Is found tn Oregon and then dropped 7,300 feet to spend five days in Mexico C ity. The Hide lot the city tour spoke perfect English and It was a most rewarding trip . Ihey vis ited ttie Zoralo Cathedral, Na tional P tla re , markets, pai ks, saw glass blowing, and had a tour oi the U niversity and at tended the Folklorh Ballet at tlw Palace of l ine A lts . Bus ti Ips took them to v isit the Desert of the I tons on the way to Toluca, ihe basket-making capital. Toluca has a great in dustrial future. It w»s maiket day In all Its color when every one conn s io town Io l>uv, sell, shak* hands, see friends, and have a d rin k— and was there a crowd! They w a tc h e d little c h i l d r e n weave baskets. An other day a trip to Xochlm llco, the floating gardens, to ride in the boats ns (hey glide on the canals. Indians with long hair push the boats along with poles. Some boats were kitchens pre paring fo«1 and serving II to people on other boats. Small boats came along side to sell c o r s a g e s , sarapes, musical toys, etc. sveno/ wre.' * 4 niTe$ ENJOY PIÑATA PARTY At San Migeul Attends they saw the copper, tin and brass specialties made, and enjoyed a play at the U niversity, a piñata party, and had an egg- fllle d with conteet broken on th e ir heads--as part of the fUn celebration b e f o r e Ash Wednesday; a ls o here were beautiful firew orks. .'M a r c h 3 thev parked at Sllao and from there visited Guan- jUato, driving through tunnels which were old riv e r beds; went up to a silve r mine, saw 107 mummies in catacombs under ground. Next day to Ic o n , the le a th e r-m a k in g c ity , where they took pictures of a co lo r ful roof garden on the Leon Hotel. While In Aguasctllonle they especially liked the lace fa t t o t y, watchin, 2fX) j-lrt» working and seeing the >4 .aM- tful things they made. March 6 they crossed the Tropic ofCan- e e r, coming to Durango where tliey parked on college grounds next to a stadium and again had wonderful entertainment, a trip to an iron mine and a city, church and U niversity tour. White in Torroon Ihey showed the housing areas, ball fields and hospitals which U.S. money had helped to build. 1 hey tour ed Cruz Blanca and the Ma- gavi Winery. Next stop was S a ltillo where they saw sarapes g WIMESflM-THMlMY-fRIMY HTlIWkY + L/ W,TH TMi a. Î < interludes * * * lender S i t a i» » 'B ily Seafoods * in n * BARBER SHOP MttT TO 0AMH. « | * * * * * * : THE FUN SPOT O F BOLD BEACH * ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ * ** 35 NEWLY FURNISHED ROOMS - »4. 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NORTH TO C H Il PANCIAOO A fter five days they turned north to Chllpanclago, where everywhere they looked ware children, and the beset of bur- den—the b u r r o . Everywhere women c a n y loads on their head: the washing, bundtea of wood, buckets of water and always they are washing at every riv e r, stream , o r I r rigation ditch. On ihe Army Reserve grounds they had ta illl a laige p isifo rm . The Mayor had lea and cakes served to a ll, w h ile entertainers with beautiful c o s tu m e s and head d r e s s danced native dances. Next m o r n in g everyone was awakened with the bugle» and PHONE ED 2-4161 U/¿¿t&UV BU 11PERS SUPPLY Mexican textbooks. • W f ALSO HAVE AC ANTV O f RitONDlT/ONtA U ltD AUMAS HMR COLORING ÖPSN' WKK M rs. Jean S train, teacher of the firs t grade at the Lang lo is school, held a Mother’ s Day tea for her pupils and par ents Friday afternoon. This has become an annual •v e n t, sponsored by M rs.S tra ln and looked forward to with plea sure at this tim e of the year by the many parents. Each ofthe Students recited a poem, amt I lnda Stevenson placed a plant* solo, and the group sang "Down In the V alley.” The guests then enjoyed refreshments served by Mrs. John Wahl and M is. A rchie Aldropp. Guests attending were M is. Lawrence Keeler, M rs. Dick Hildebrand, M is . Shi Cadnian, Mi s. Frank W ilcox, Mrs. Die’, fu c k e r, M r s . Gerald Kan ph, M i s. Jack Donaldson, M rs. Jin- Sweeney, M rs. A lb e rl Moore, M rs. Etl Sypher, M is . Dale B e llin g e r, Mrs. Marion Whit taker, Mrs, H a r o ld Syphei, M rs. Joe T a ylo r, M rs. Gal, Stevenson, M rs. James Hanna, M rs . E a rl P otter, M rs. Clyde Short, M rs. DonHcrhtson, Mrs. C ecil W right, M rs. Tom Kay, M rs. John W illia m s, and Mrs. Francis Melton. ZUMWAl IS PICNIC Honeyniau State Park near Florence was the meeting place for a Mother’ s Day picnic when M r, and M rs. Wes Zumwalt of Port O rtord met th e ir daugh te r end fam ily, the Don Ruckers of Junction City, fo r the fam ily get-together. The Zumwalts learned re - cently that th e ir son, Major Bruce Zumwalt, stationed at Davenport, Iowa, w ill t*e lea ving the states In July for Ethiopia where he w ill be an advisor for the Ethiopian arm y. M i s. Bruce Zumwalt w ill re main in Davenport duiing her husband’ s absence of a year. W ORK FUEL O IL CHAMBERS PLUMBING & HEATING 269-9334 Coo» Boy 2S2 $ 2nd