Basketball Opener Tomorrow Night
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V o i. 3 No. 35
First Crabs
Are Shipped;
Price Agreed
The first load oi crabs le ft
her» Mo.sday nig h t for San Fran­
cisco markets w hile discussions
o v e r the price offered local
fishermen continued, t ishermen
were asking 20 cents, the same
starting price as last year, but
Cape Fisheries was standing by
their offer o f 16 cents.
Monday’ s catch, about 10,000
p o u n d s of dungeness, brought
fishermen 20 cents but further
negotiations Tuesday afternoon
firm e d up the buying price at
17 cents, one cent above the ask­
ing price by the Coos Bay fleet.
Buyers there a re offering 14
cents.
Part of the Monday catch,
from about ten boats, was ship­
ped to the Los Angeles area, a
Cape Fisheries spokesman said.
Vole Accepted
In a b rie f m eeting Monday
night c ity council members met
at c ity h all to canvass and ac­
cept votes cast in the special
November 29 e lection.
The o ffic ia l ta lly was: Sewer
B o n d Authorization — 122, No;
114, Yes. Charter A m e n d m e n t-
124, No, 106, Yes.
Postmaster Asks,
Please Write Clear
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U 'D IC S v a n ity hoop »quad
Lil m e e t the Dougla* fiv e on
i. home court tomocrow, I r l-
,y, nig h t in the season opener,
icturedare, le ftto rlg h t: coach
a IA L a w , B ill Ila bn a her, M ike
c W llIU m i and N ick D lxjon,
c»>t row| Scott McDonald, Bob
itrander a n d Charles Storm,
icond row) Steve Phillip» and
on W orthington. t h i r d rowj
a lt Stauffer and Greg Mayea,
ju rth row, and Rod fo rty , rear,
hlstle tim e for the first var-
ity contest 1* 8 p.m , A J \ game
111 be played at 6 p .m . On
.iturday nl {ht,the Pirates travel
3 Powers.
- P a c ific Photo
P acific opens its basketball
season on home grounds tom or­
row nig h t against Douglas. S u -
tistic-w ise ,th e teams arc even­
ly matched. Both squads have a
m axim um height of 6’ 2 ", and
the m a jo rity of members are
seniors. T h e Douglas hoopers
h a v e the slight advantage of
ha vlng already tested th e ir s k ill
in a game. Tnls w ill be Pacif­
ic's In itia l tU t, but the fact that
tire game w ill be In a friendly
te rrito ry should be to P acific's
advantage.
Coach Law stated that he is
co n fid e n t that the P acific cagen
have the abU lty to bring home
th e ir first w in, but the c o n tin ­
gency o f the big " if " plays a
m a lo rro le . " I f " we shoot to our
capabilities,- play a steady de­
fe n s e , cut down on turnovers,
concentrate on learn e f f o r t ,
there Is no reason why we ca n 't
w in Friday night.
Permission Needed
To Cui Yule Trees
F am ily groups going out in­
to the forest to cut th e ir own
C hristm as trees for the holiday
season are reminded that p e r­
mission of the landowner must
tie obtained fir s t, according to
State Forester J. E. Schroeder.
Damaging o r removing trees
or any other vegetation from
lands of another without his
w ritten consent Is expressly
forbidden by law.
A very desirable approach
to legally cutting the fam ily
C hristm as tree In the forest,
Schroeder suggested, Is to con­
tact one of the various govern­
ment o r private forest land-
owners who have responded to
this demand by offering tree
perm its for a fee.
It Is also suggested that
Individuals transporting more
than five C hristm as trees have
evidence of ownership. This In­
cludes the 1)111 of sale, the name
and address of the o riginal
owner, the numbei of trees
purchased, and the description
of the land. The only exception»
are where the Individual owns
the land o i where a common
c a rrie r is Involved.
Yule Contest
Entries Slow
Entries hi the annual h in e
Christmas decorating contest
sponsored by the chamber of
com m erce are com ing In slow
w ith o n ly one more week re­
m a in in g I « fo re the contest clos­
es on Dec. 16.
Judlng of entries, on Dec. 19,
w ill be based on theme, or ig in ­
al lty and execution of design.
Whiners w ill be announced at
the annual com m unity Christ­
mas p a r t y Dec. 21, at Battle
Rock gym.
Cash prizes w ill be awarded
winners, the chamber said, and
residents are urged to f i l l out
their entry blank and turn them
hi as soon as possible. I irst prize
w ill be $15, second, S lQ w ith
six honorable m entions of $5
each. Coos-Curry E lectric is
donating $25 towards the prize
money.
L im its lor tlie Judging w ill
include the area tie tween a ir­
port road and Humbug Lodge.
New Turning Law
Requires Earlier
Turn Signals
With the onset of w inter and
reduced v is ib ility , Oregon d r i­
vers were again reminded that
state law now requires turn
signals to be given at least
100 feet tiefore turning o r chan­
ging lanes.
Vei n L. H ill, d ire c to r of the
Orr 'on Department of Motor
Vehicles, noting that the law
fo rm e rly required that turn sig­
nals be given only 50 feet In
advance of a turn, said: “ High­
e r speeds and reduced v is ib ility
make giving turn signals well
in advance not Just a matter
of being legally rig h t, but a
m atter of life and death.’ *
Figures from the Depart­
ment’ s T ra ffic Safety A Educa­
tion D ivision show that turning
e rro rs (14%) and d riving on
wrong side of the road, strad­
dling o r d riving In wrong lane
(7%) are Involved In more than
one-fifth of all of the State’s
accidents.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Birthday wishes go out this
week to Cyrena M ills , W illia m
Shook,Bobbie Lynn Gentry, Haz­
e l Reis, Laura M a rsta ll. Donna
Kaye Mays, Caryn Marsh, Sand!
Sanchez, D avid Knottlngham ,
M ary H elm ken, Morgan H all,
Ginger Kosta and Norma Valet.
Anniversary wishes go to M r.
and Mrs,Norm Baker and M r, and
Mrs. Vem Magneson.
The flow er for the m onth is
th e N acissus, the stone, tur­
quoise.
Christmas Seal
Use Is Urged
Emergency Hunt
Applications
Now Accepted
Curry County Tuberculosis
\ssociation held their regular
Oregon hunters who wish to
m e e tin g December 1, at the
be elig ib le fo r emergency big
court house. Reports from all
game hunts which may be
com m ittees indicate consider­
scheduled In 1966 have u n til
able work has been accomp­
lished. A t present there are two January 15 to submit applica­
patients from Curry county in
tions.
Dave Luman, chief of big
the T.B. hospitals andnumerous
game of the Oregon State Game
m in ia tu re x -ra y checks are be­
C o m m is s io n , said hunters
ing m a d e each m onth. Tine
wishing to sign up should sub­
testing and the x-ra y u n it w ill
m it th e ir applications by post­
again be a part of the work In
ca rd , listin g name, address,
the Brookings area in February
telephone number, and the coun­
1966.
ty a p p lie d fo r. Applications
It Is hoped that there w ill be
must be sent to the game com­
an Increase In the returns from
m ission’ s Portland headquart­
the Christmas Seals o v e r the
e rs , 1634 S. W. A lder.
previous year. Between Novem­
Emergency hunts are estab­
ber 16 and December 1, $897.10
lished to control crop damage
has been sent to Connie N iem ie,
which may occur at any tim e
seal chairm an,who urges every­
of the year. Since It is Im ­
one to buy the attra ctive seals
and use them .N ationw ide reports possible to predict in advanc»
where and when crop damage
show that T.B.is on the increase
may occur, county listin g s of
and, as this county has many ar­
applicants must be established
rested cases, the association is
at the fir s t of each year.
s trivin g tokeep T .B . at a m in i­
Any resident 18 years or
mum here.
older may apply. A hunting l i ­
Members attending the m eet­
cense and tag are not needed
ing were: Port Crford and Lang­
in o rder to apply, but w ill be
lois: Syneva Lindberg, Mabie
necessary If a hunt Is called.
Right and A lm a Deets; G o ld
Hunters are reminded that If
Beach: Selma C am pbell, Doro­
a season Is authorized, they w ill
thea M ille r and M ina DeVoe;
be called to participate on short
Brookings: Doris Anderson, M a r-
notice.
garile Watt, Constance Niem ie,
laiman advised hunters that
Rev. K ille n and Vem Hauscom.
the chance to participate In an
emergency hunt Is sm a ll, but
to have that chance If It does
arise, the hunter must have
his name on the county ro ste r.
Since 1957 when emergency
seasons were authorized by the
Libby Pond, sm all Impound­
Oregon legislature, only a few
ment on Libby Creek near Gold
such hunts have been held.
Beach, w ill again produce fa ll
One of the biggest problems
postal e m p lo y e e s face Is
Illegible h a n d w r it in g . At
C hristm astim e, when m all vol­
umes skyrocket, this can tie-
come a m ajor problem, Post­
master Norm Baker said today.
“ The use of ZIP Codes by
m ailers does help speed up the
process because often If the
city and state are unreadable the
ZIP Code w ill d ire ct the mall
to the post office from which It
w ill be delivered. C lerks In that
post office, being more fa m ilia r
with local residents, may be
able to figure out the person
to whom the m all should be
delivered.
“ Another significant problem
Is the number of parcels delay­
ed o r actually undelivered be­
cause of poor wrapping or pack­
ing,’ ’ said the Postm aster, “ and
I urge that special care be taken
to see that each package Is
tightly stuffed and that nothing
rattles around Inside.”
Parcels are usually shipped
In bags and often heavier item s
rest on top of sm a lle r, lig h te r
packages. The postmaster en­
couraged m ailers to be a bit
cautious and Insure a ll pack­
ages.
A ll parcels s h o u ld be ad­
dressed on only one side and
should have the address w ritten
somewhere on the Inside of the
package In case the e x te rio r
wrapping should come off. It is
a good Idea to also enclose a
lis t of the contents.
Poor packaging and Ille g ib le
or
Incorrect a d d r e s s in g
accounts for about half a m il­
lion undelivered parcels each
year.
Local Stores Burst With
Christmas Gül Items, Ideas
The g ift giving season is here g ivin g easier. You’ ll find local
again and local stores are burst­ shopping a decided re lie f in case
ing w ith hundreds of Items spec­ of a f te r-Christmas exchanges
ia lly deaigned to help w ith your t h a t occur, despite the most
selections this Yule season. G ift careful and painstaking g i f t
merchandise includes every­ selecting. There Is also tim e to
thing for everybody and m er­ place your order for Special i-
chants have taken care to stock tems that m ay not be in stock.
From toys for the toddler to
wares that come w ith in every
games,clothes,tools, appl iances
buying budget.
and just about anything else you
A big advantage In selecting m ay want,check your local g ift
your gifts in Port Orford is the headquarters first. There is only
courteous assistance that pre­ thirteen days le ft to complete
vails in lo ca l stores. Sales per­ your shopping lists.
sonnel w ill provide expert help Choice selections of g ift wrap,
In choosing those "hard to make ribbon,package and tree decor­
up your m in d " gifts for those ations, indoor and outdoor lights
you want to please.
and many other decorating items
M o s t stores also have g ift w ill also be found in local stcres.
wrapping service and lay-aw ay A happy H oliday Season starts
plans to make your Christmas rig h t here in town.
Co-op Oilers
Free Bulbs
To Introduce the moderniza­
tion program and the new a ll-
e le ctric com m ercial rate which
was Initiated Dec. 1, Coos-
C u rry E le ctric Cooperative Is
giving away free light bulbs
to its consumers. Consumers
wishing to receive the free
light bulb offer and hear more
about the new rate do so by
visitin g th e ir d is tric t office.
The Co-op urges a ll com­
m ercial consumers who pres­
ently qualify fo r the a ll-e le c tric
rate to f i l l out the application
form available at each d is tric t
office. This must be done be­
fore the new rate can be applied.
Residential consumers who
wish to take advantage of the
a ll-e le c tric rate should also
make application at the d is tric t
office.
A cre d it bonus Is being of­
fered by the Co-op to a ll mem­
ber consumers who qualify dur­
ing the next three months and
are urged to check with th e ir
e le c tric a l contractor, appliance
dealer o r the Co-op d is tric t
office to take advantage of this
bonus offer. The modernization
program ends Feb. 28, 1966.
A cre d it of $5 per KW of
Installed space heat w ill be
given and a cre d it of $20 on the
Installation of an e le ctric range
o r hot water heater when the
Installation w ill qualify the con­
sumer fo r the a ll-e le c tric res­
idential rate. These new rates
w ill give the Co-op consumers
a substantial savings on th e ir
annual e le ctric b ills .
Christmas Magic
Christmas is the season of
storybook enchantment — a
holiday rich in fables and fan­
cies for the young at heart.
The fam iliar Christmas tree,
gleaming with festive tinsel
and trim , is a centuries old holi­
day delight.
Thur»., December 9, 1965
Price Ten Centi
Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon
Post Office Hours
Set For Holidays
An appeal for early C h ris t­
mas m ailing coupled with an
announcement of special post
office window hours was Issued
today by Poa’ master Norman
D. Baker of Port Orford.
E a rly mailing and the use
of ZIP code numbers on a ll
le tte rs and parcel post pack­
ages w ill be of great help In
assuring delivery of the heavy
holiday m all before Christm as
Day, said Baker.
Post office windows w ill be
open Sat., Dec. 11, and Sat.,
Dec. 18, from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. Instead of closing at noon.
On Sunday, Dec. 19, we w ill
distribute all Incoming m all
to the post office loxes and
put out parcel post as called
fo r. No out-going window ser­
vice w ill be available on Sun­
day, Baker said.
Chief Pleads For
Driving Caution
City To Argue
Cemetery Road
As a result of the Tlchenor
cem etery road hearing held at
A e court house to Gold Beach
last Thursday,mayor Lloyd Bates
agreed to toss the problem Into
the c ity council's lap at next
Tuesday's m eeting.
The apparent big problem Is
A e feeling by M in n ie King that
the road does not conform to a
deeded rig h t-o f-w a y . Mrs. King
owns property on each side of
the road and m aintains that the
road should be relocated to con­
form w iA the deed, w hich would
mean m oving A e road west a -
bout 75 feet, A en going up Ae
h ill almost straight to the cem ­
etery site from where i t leaves
Coast Guard h ill road.
The hearing disclosed A a t
A e county was to potsession of
the rig h t-o f-w a y deed but that
It had never been accepted by
A e county to form al action. It
was A e feeling that because A e
road was w iA in the c ity lim its ,
A e c ity should undertake the
re lo ca tin g project.
Bates said he had made no
com m ittm ents on the project,
only that he w ould bring i t be­
fore the council for discussion.
Besides A e cem etery, the site
also contains A e N o.'A Curry
Recreation T V insta lla tio n and
A e c iv il defense, Coos-Curry
and G riffe y-L a ird radio relay
stations. __________ _
Chamber Will
Elect Monday
Election of chamber of com ­
merce directors w ill be held
next Monday, December 13, at
A e regular noon m eeting at Or­
fords Cedar Room.Three regular
positions, for three year terms,
w ill be fille d plus an unexpired
term for two years.
Directors whose terms expire
are Floyd Keeler, Pat Starr and
G il Rush. The rem aining posi­
tio n was v a c a t e d by Leland
W ells.
Those nom inated include G il
Rush, George Hahn,J im Peterson,
Paul Peterson,Floyd Keeler,Dale
B artlett and W ilb u r Green. Other
nominations m aybe made from
A e floor.
New officers w ill be elected
from the board of directors.
As m any as 50 people m ay die
to Oregon traffic An tog Decem­
ber, unless the present rate of
deaths slows down, according to
C hief of Police Harold P. H ight.
H ight said that although most of
these deaths w ill occur to rural
areas on A e open road, at least
ten probably w ill take place to
cities.
In addition to A e deaths, Dec­
ember always sees a high num ­
The Curry county sh e riffs
ber of injuries—about 2,800 last
year—and most of these injuries o ffice Monday nig h t solved the
purse snatching incident that
w ill take place to urban a cci­
occured to Langlois Friday,Nov­
ROGUE FORESTERS
dents, A e ch ie f said.
December, w hich n o rm a lly ember 26, w iA A e apprehension
TO HOLD MEETING
of two juveniles, 16 and 17 years
The December m eeting of the averagesmore than 6,000 a cci­
of age, b o A from Langlois.
dents
each
year,
is
rated
as
the
Rogue Chapter of the Society of
The alleged attack by Ae
o
ve
r-a
ll
most
dangerous
m
o
n
A
Am erican Forester*,w ill be he'd
youths was made against Mrs.
of
Ae
year.
Last
December,
A
e
Dec. 10, at Amtzens Rogue R iver
ch ie f said, was wven worse than Julia Anderson,69year-old pio­
Resort. Dinner w ill start at 7:30
neer of A e com m unity, as she
p .m ., $3 per p e r s o n w ith a usual w iA 8, 500 tra ffic a c c i­ was returning to her home at
dents
reported.
The
snow,
ice
choice o f fish or steak. This w ill
and flood conditions of la te Dec­ dusk.
be the chapters Christmas social
A t least three o A e r crimes
ember w e re m ajor factors to
w ith wives and g irl friends cord­
w e r e also said to have been
A is increase.
ia lly Invited. Dancing and re ­
cleared w iA A e youths' appre­
H ight urged A ive rs to Pert
freshments w ill be a va ila b le .
Orford to exercise patience and hension, Ae A e riff's o ffice said.
A short business m eeting w ill
courtesy i n crowded holiday These included A e A e ft of $58
follow the dinner.
from A e Vera Oswick car, a T V
tra ffic . He also rem inded ped­
set from A e Dan Stricker resi­
estrians to check tra ffic care­
CHURCH WOMEN MEET
fu lly before stepping into A e dence a n d A e burglary of a
The Christian Women's F e l­
Bandon home to w hich a rifle
lowship w ill m e e t t o n i g h t , street.
and ele ctric razor were stolen.
"A
pedestrian
who
hides
under
Thursday,Dec.9 ,at the home of
The rifle was recovered.
a
mountain
of
packages
or
under
M argaret M e y e r , 7 :3 0 p .m .,
BoA youths were turned over
w ith Lin Johnson as co-hostess an um brella or who becomes so to Ae Curry county ju v e n ile de­
pre-occupied
w
ith
Christmas
and Ethel Montgom ery in charge
partm ent for disposition.
of the program e n title d "L e t's shopping A a t he or she fa ils to
pay
attention
to
tra
ffic
m
ay
not
S in g C a ro ls." Women are to
bring gifts for the M e n ta l Hos- be around for A e New Year, "
ch ie f H ight added.
p ita i in Salem,
Purse Snaichers
Nabbed In Langlois
Body Found
On Beach
Libby Pond Set
For Fall Chinook
Chinook salmon under a co­
operative agreement between
the game commission and the
Salmon U nlim ited Organization
at Gold Beach.
A rvo R llkula, d is tric t fishery
biologist fo r the game comm is­
sion on the lower Rogue R iver,
reported that the egg-take fpr
the young Chinooks destined for
the pond is complete with around
123,000 new In the incubation
trays.
Adult Chinook fo r the egg-
take were captured from lo b ­
s te r Creek In the salmon trap
constructed fo r this purpose
by the Salmon U nlim ited group
two years ago. The egg-take
was completed by mid-Novem­
ber.
Young fish produced fro r.
these eggs w ill be placed In
Libby Pond as unfed fry . They
w ill not be a rtlfic a lly fed but
w ill be allowed to grow to the
sm olt stage on natural food
supplies In the pond. The young
»molts w ill be released next
summ er In th e lower Rogue
R iver.
By JEAN N U LF
GOLD BEACH—The body of
Carl Mendell of Wedderburn
was discovered on Bailey Beach
just north of Gold Beach at 2:30
Saturday afternoon, Dec. 4, by a
mother and her children as they
were beachcombing.
Mrs. Roderick Head and her
children were walking along the
beach west of Wedderburn when
they came upon the body. The
body was identified through an
investigation by the Curry Coun­
ty Sheriff’s office with the aid of
dental charts. Mendell had been
aboard the crab fishing boat
Halco on March 12 of Ais year
when he and two companions
were washed overboard. The
owner of Ae boat. Dick M arr of
Port Orford was rescued while
A e Aird man, Lyle Inmann of
Langlois, perished.
Inmann’s body was recovered
near Charleston April 22.
WWI VETS HOLD
PARTY, INSTALL OFFICERS
Battle Rock Barracks 90 a
Veterans o f W orld War One and
A u x llia ry m e t at A m erican Le­
gion h a ll for their December
m eeting and annual Christmas
party. There was a good atten­
dance and new members were
w elcom ed. Joe Combest was in ­
stalled as Commander and V iv ­
ian H a ft as A u x ilia ry president
for the year 1966. An In vita tio n
is extended to any Veteran of
W W I to attend the meetings. The
next m eeting w ill be held Jan.
2, the social hour and sewing
projects w ill resume In January.
You can work decorator mag­
ic on hundreds of Christmas
items, with white glue and a
sprinkle of glitter.
The glue, which comes in a
plastic dispenser, is called Glu-
Bird, and writes like a fountain
pen. No mess, no fuss . . . all
ingenious effects, to the limits
of your needs and your imagi­
nation.
FROM le ft to rig h t, back row,
J o h n Hatm aker, 148 lb s .; Bob
Fry, 157 lbs. ( Greg M cD onald,
heavyweight} Dale Barton, 168
lbs. | and M ike Owens, 191 lbs.
Front row, John Loshbaugh, 115
lb*. | B ill K rlc k , 141 lbs. j Tim
Sullivan, 178 lbs. > C a lvin H ig ­
gins, 136 lbs. j and Ron Estes,
106 lbs. These are A e novices
A a t made such a good showing
at A e M arshfield N ovice Tour­
nament last Saturday at Coos
Bay. Three of the m atm en, Dale
Barton, M ike Owens and T im
Sullivan took b o A o f t h e i r
matches. Heavyweight Greg M c ­
Donald, to o k b o A o f his m a tch ­
es, however one was by default.
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