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I SAMPLE COPY box hol D i a Senate Approves Local Harbor Planning Funds Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon T h u ri. . S eptem ber 2, 1965 Price Ten Cent« Voi. 8 No. 21 WESTERN UNION Æ TELEGRAM \_ X PR AO?0 W SNYO40 SIIZ4 SNZA GOVT PD 8 E X .5N WASHINGTON DC 26 N FT* E D IT O R * PORT ORFORD NEWS PORT ORFORD ORG. PLEA3ED TO ADVISE THAT MONDAY SENATE APPROVED PUBLIC WORKS APPROPRIATIONS FOR OREGON» INCLUDING $ 2 0 ,0 0 0 FOR PREPLANNING ON PORT ORFORD HARBOR PROJECT AND $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 ON CHETCO HARBOR M O D IFIC A TIO N PROJECT, THESE APPROPRIATIONS WERE MADE CONTINGENT UPON AUTHORIZATION OF PORT ORFORD AND CHETCO PROJECTS UNDER T H IS YEAR’ S OMNIBUS RIVERS AND HARB0R3 B IL L NOW PENDING IN HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE* APPROPRIATIONS W ILL BE CONSIDERED IN NEAR FUTURE BY SENATE-HOUSE CONFEREES AND WE HAVE URGED CONFEREES TO RETAIN SENATE-APPROVED APPROPRIATIONS ON THESE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PRO JECTS- WAYNE MORSE USS MAURINE B NEUBERGER USS ROBERT B DUNCAN MC* i Car Leapt Sidewalk, Breaks Windows Hunter Creek M ill Burns Destruction of the Ocean View Lumber Company m ill on Hunt e r’s Creek, near Gold Beach, a W acre fire In brush and re production area near the Sixes Hiver, marked the weekend in Curry County. The Lumber m ill at Hunter’s Creek south of Gold Beach was destroyed by (Ire early Sunday morning According to Gold Beach Eire Chief Jim Kay. the building was almost completely gone when the (ire was discovered at 2 57 a m Sunday. He said the rcof had already caved in by the time Bremen arrived on the scene. Some 20 men from the Gold Beach departmen' assisted by m ill personnel battled the fire until midmorning Sunday. A forest service truck was also on the fire line extinguishing embers on the outlying brush areas adjacent to the lire area Chief Kay said facilities in cluding the chipper, barker, and green chain were saved. The owners. H W Crook and Lawrence Payne, both o( Gold Beach, could give no financial estimate ol damage at present Between 38 and 40 men were put nut of work by the fire w h i'h is believed to have been started by a spark from the burner Sixes Fire Controlled A Sixes River fire, believed to have started of Incendiary means about 1:30 p. m. Sunday, the Coos Forest Patrol reported, and was controlled about 9 p.m. The blaze was located on the north side of Brush Prairie. The efforts of 17 patrol employees fr o m Cold Beach, Bridge and Coos Bay were required, along with three tankers and two b ull dozers, to stop the fire. Mop-up and patrolling con tinued through Monday. _ School Staff Problems Told DRIVE-IN window service was accidentally instituted at the A teacher's failure to fu lfill p o s t office Tuesday morning a c o n t r a c t agreement with when a car drove across the School District2CJ, salaries and curb and smashed into the huge homing were among items dis front windows as the owner was cussed before the Rotary Club inside doing business. According There w ill be at least one Tuesday noon by Supt.of Schools to a police report, Alton King more major battle against litte r AI Johnson. parked his car in front of the The superintendent said that according to one leading Pa It w ill take a little longer post office w ith the motor run cific Northwest Utter-preven all teacher and administrative to obtain automobile registra ning and in gear, but w ith the positions for the district were tion and beautification spokes tions and titles for awhile be brake on. Apparently,while King fille d e x c e p t for a vacancy man. cause ol an Increased workload was inside,the brake slipped and "W ith the L alor Day holiday caused by the failure of newly In the Oregon Department of the car leaped across the side An act of arson was thwarted hired counselor andmath teach weekend almost upon us, clean Motor Vehicles. walk and into the b u i l d i n g , about 1030 Monday night by er at Pacific high school to hon up crews throughout Washington The workload has been gen s m a s h in g two windows out, police chief Harold Hightwhen or his contract. A substitute is and Oregon are readying them erated by the fact that Infor cracking a third and damaging he extinguished a blase at the s till being sought, Johnson said. selves for the final major on mation on the state’ s more than paper boxes in front of the post mock out-house put up to house slaught of vacationers on high Total personell for the dis- 1 m illion vehicles Is now being office. petitions requesting rest rooms trict, including teachers, a d- ways, parks and beaches.” Eu coverted from punch cards to at Battle Rock State Park. gene B. Kasper, executive di ministrative, office help, m ain magnetic tape. Additional Infor According to Hight, he had tenance, bus drivers, cooks and rector of CLEAN and Beauti mation also Is being keypunched made a tour of the park area just janitors amount to 74 employ ful, pointed out. to permit Unking vehicle and In addition, beautification before 10 p .m ., then came back ees, Johnson noted. Salaries last driver records together when and found a lower south wall of y e a r , he noted, amounted to groups In the Northwest are a computer is installed later the building beginning to blaze. $407, 863 but are expected to doing their best to plead the this year. Oregon’ s Department of State antl-Utter cause, with vacation Further investigation turned be less this year because of h ir The department must con w ill begin this week to adver up a large coffee can smelling ing several firstyear Instructors ers out for a final fling. tinue to handle an averagedally tise thousands of dollars of un "Unfortunately, It’ s l i t t e r of kerosene that had been dis on a lower salary schedule. business of 7,500 venlcle tran cashed warrants which have not carded in a litte r can at the that usually gets flung,” Kas Salaries are a big problem in sactions and 500 record inquir been presented for payment, park. A kerosene smell was also recruiting teachers, Johnson also per said. ies during the conversion to Secretary of State Tom McCall The leader of CLEAN and noticed in the building. pointed out. Most teachers pre electronic data processing. reported. The action prompted H ightto Beautiful, the business and In Once completed, the conver fer employment in larger areas dustry-sponsored organization warn that arson of this type, up The lis t of 200 warrants, all sion w ill result In more posi on conviction, Is subject to a where fa cilities, such as ade serving Washington and Oregon, outstanding for more than seven tive identification for vehicle term of ten years in the state quate housing, and salaries both said more than a half-m illion years, w ill be published In a are usually better. T h is puts owners, as well as a more penitentiary. newspaper of statewide circul efficient operation, according to smaller districts at a decided dollars are spent each year cleaning up the highways In the ation Sept. 3, 10, 1" and 24, Vern !.. H ill, director of the de- disadvantage, he observed. as required by law. • The employment of several two states. Such organizations partm enL as the U. S. Forest Service "Warrants In the group not single teachers this year, how It now takes about 25 work and others also badget m il presented for payment by Nov. 3 ever, lessened the housing prob ing days to process registra lions more to clean up litte r. of this year, w ill be cancelled,” tions and titles. Normal pro lem in the district. "B y making a serious effort Johnson added that District cessing time has been about 12 McCall said. 2CJ comprisedan area -bout 14 to curb litte rin g , we can cut working days In the past. The Small Business Admin He explained, however, that these and other costs paid by istration conditionally approved miles In width by 35 miles long; our taxes, we can reduce high his office makes a continuing extending south from Timm ins $399,121 In loans In the Fourth effort to contact owners of out way a c c id e n ts c au sed by Congressional D istrict In June, road, near the Coos County line, striking or swerving to avoid standing warrants and to issue to justabove Arizona Ranch, and the latest month for which fig duplicates upon completion by objects, we can fight an obvious ures are available, represent east to a line in relation w ith menace to health, and we can the owner or payee of an affi ing 82ri of the total granted In the Plum Trees up Sixes River. Sixes-Elk H o m e Extension davit for warrants up to $10( preserve our beautiful North The superintendent urged the state that month, Congressman w ill hold their first meeting of and an Indemnity bond for war west,” Kasper explained. An accident at Western States Jobs Daughters Bethel No. 50, Robert B. Duncan announced. attendance of district patrons at the new year Friday, Sept. 17, Et rants of more than $100. Port Ckford,held a special meet Plywood plant last Friday re school board meetings when they Four of the seven Fourth Dis the home of M il* Lavern Tope, ing Monday, Aug. 30, for the pur sulted In the loss of an arm to DATES TO REMEMBER have problems or questions. The The 200 w a r r a n t s total tr ic t counties were Included in three miles up Sixes River. I t pose of In itita tlo n and Installa employee Raymond Rogers. f $7,055.24. The largest warrant June’ s lending activity by SBA, board meets the first Mondays w ill bean all-day meeting be- tion of the new Ciusrdians tor According to a report, Rogers Birthday wishes go out this Duncan said, with two firm s in of the month. The September ginning at 10 a. m. w ith a sack advertised is for $409.20 and the w e e k to Allen Wagner, M ilt le ft arm got caught between a 1965-66. smallest Is for 23 cents. Forty- lin n County allocated a total meeting, however, w ill be held lunch. Smith, Marie Gerhardt and Ron Miss Carla Hubbel was in iti pulley and conveyor belt in a There w ill be a special pro six of the 200 are for amounts of $56,000; five firm s and one next Tuesday because of the hol new green chain section at the da Colson. ated into the B .tlie l and w ill be Individual In Lane County al iday Labor Day. in the morning at 10, of a less than $5. Anniversary wishes go to Mr. gram m ill about noon, crushing the organist for the year. demonstration inm aking ribbon located $199,121; one firm In and Mrs. John Belcher, M r. and roses by Mrs.George McDonald, Last year, McCall said, his arm a nd requiring a lengthy Douglas County, $44,000; and MASONIC MEET SLATED New Guardians are: Dorothy tim e to free him . office advertised 179 warrants Mrs. Blaine Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. each furnishing their own ma one In Jackson, $100,000. Knoke, guardian; Ralph Hanhart, The first fa ll meeting of the Emergency treatment was ad- Bruce Sequine and Mr. and Mrs. totaling $2,248 and ranging from "The Small Business Admin Port Orford A.F. C A .M . lodge, associate g u a r d l i n j lowena m inistered by a local doctor,who terial. u rn $143 down to one cent. The cost Lloyd Bates. For more inform ation,call t u istration was net only a great w ill be held Saturday, Sept. 4, Clarke, guardian s e c r e ta r y , also accompanied the injured The flower for the month of of advertising that lis t was 2-2794. Everyone is cordially help to Fourth D istrict com 8 p. m ., Masonic hall. ITielma Hanhart, guardian trea m a n by ambulance to North September is the aster, the jewel, panies and Individuals In ex A ll Masons are urged to at ____ $714. invited. surer! Pat Lewman, director of Bend. Rogers was Im mediately the sapphire. tending more than $3.3 m illion music; Kris L itterell, director of transferred by air ambulance to tend. In disaster loans following this ephics; Jean Samudlo, director SacredHeart Hospital In Eugene w inter’ s Hood, but it also is of of paraphenallai Evelyn Mac in hopes to save the arm. Further continuing a s s is ta n c e in Donald, director of sociability! examinations, however, deter strengthening the financial base H a z e l McKenzie, guardian of mined that amputation of the hospital ity; and Tressa Gorsuch, Injured member was necessary. of sm aller firm s In our area for normal c o m m e r c ia l ac assistant director of hospitality. Rogers is expected to remain tiv ity ,” Congressman Duncan The Jobs wish to thank Brenda at the hospital for about two said. Wright, Linda L e s te r, Mary weeks. " I t Is important to the year- Helmkcn, Kathy Sevems and round economy of our D istrict Paulyne Clarke who were all and our efforts to maintain a W INS STATE RIBBON pro-tems and helped out. high level of e m p lo y m e n t Arne Johnson, son of Mr, and throughout the year that re Jobs next meeting w ill be Mrs.Al Johnson, Port Orford, won sponsible and sound small com Monday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 P»n'. Council meeting w ill be held a red ribbon in Oregon State panies be assisted In expanding their business, thus providing Tuesday,Sept. 14, at 7:30 p .m ., Fair Judgingof4-11 Entomology more Jobs and greater business at the home of Towena Clarke, for a bug catcher. opportunities,” Duncan said. Battle Against Litter Continues Arson Tried On Mock Oui House Workload Increased In Motor Vehicles Dept. Due to Change Advertising Begun For Warrants SBA Grants Fourth Loans G R A N D CHAMPION Show manship trophy was presented to Alan llaga (right) of Lang lois by Cal Monroe, a 4-H k t a t o extension agent from Oregon State University in Cor va llis. The trophy Is a rotating cup provided by Southern Oregon Production Credit Association. Alan Is pictured with his elght-month-old champion Je r sey calf, Christy. Alan a? 10 received five chain- pion rtbtXMis on five l>eef, and one reserve champion award In the Future Farmers of Am erica group. In addition to these, he was awarded seven tdue rll>l>ons on his b e e f, and received the American Hereford Award In Beef In the FFA division. a Thursday jaycees, 8 p. m. Saturday A .F . C A .M ., 8 p.m . Monday Labor Day Tuesday School starts Wednesday Quarterback Club, 6; 30 p. m. E. S. A . , 8 p. m , ________ Jobs Daughters Install Guardians / « let / Home Extension Slates First Meet Left Arm Lost In Accident Date Max M in Aug. 24 68 61 Pj Aug. 25 68 66 I Aug. 26 74 70 E Aug. 27 72 65 uJ Aug. 28 73 64 ? Aug. 29 73 65 Aug. 30 82 55 ) Rain .01 .41 .01 .0 0 • 00 .0 0 . 00 UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Rest roams at Battle Rock State Park, started Monday, are going up fast under the direction of Chuck Knox, Gold Beach contractor. Basic plumbing was Installed Monday and cement floor pour ed. Tuesday morning the build ing was started and by quitting tim e the roof was on. Footing for a four-foot high cement block retainer w all was poured Wed nesday. The long -looked-fcr comfort stations are being con structed by the county w ith park and recreation funds, in cooper ation w ith the c ity public works dept. after years of continuous refusal by the State to lmf»ove park fa cilities. The last exten sive effort for State help was conducted by local JayCettes. IN THE GOOD old days Port Orford also sported a town band that furnished music for a ll lo cal festivities, and appeared at events In other communities. This photo wastakenln 1916 at a July 4th celebration In M yrtle Point. Band members are, le ft to right, front row: Louis Kna; p. Leland White, Johnnie Stone and Jack ZumwaltCenten Wes Zum w a lt, Lynn Woodcock, "Dad ' Buffman, \ndrew Spurgeon. N.H. Larson, Bernal Forty. Bad Clive Daviilson, Merle A oou- Z / cock, J. C. Mock, Lowell Johns ton, De,war Wright, N.F. Wood- c,„ k. Herb rt Uriican and Gene —tiioLO i-ourt' ly ol Bob Forty
