Storni Destroys Dock Ramp Monday
THIS VII W of J im ig e d |xjrt
Commission dock «hows begin
ning of demolished ram p to llsli
dock area and tagging ramp
leading to m ain dock area at
right. Structure at extrem e right
is bottom of tower that holds
fuel tanka. Picture la coni|xxilte
of two |>hotos.
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Port Orioni, Curry County, O reg o n _Ten Cenu
County Seeks Exchange
Of Pacific City Lands
County Commissioner Ryce
Wilson said this week that Curry
County is c u r r e n t l y In the
process of consolidating Pacific
City lands In the Floras Lake
area by seeking land swaps of
the Pacific property, In plats
2 arid 3, for property In plat 1.
Wilson said the county already
owns the majority of the Pa
cific lands, acquired from tax
foreclosures and the Kronpn-
berg Timber Co., In a timber
payment agreement.
About 100 25x100 foot lots.
Chamber Names
New Officers
Heavy Gusts Overturn Two
Trailers; Phones, Power Out
Once more angry seas, pushed
liy the fury of mighty' wind gusts,
have crippled local harbor op
erations by destroying the entire
ramp approach to the fishing
section of tire }>ort commission
d o c k . Monday's storm tossed
huge logs, root-wads and othei
del»is under the dock with a
force that snapped piling in two
as if they were m atch sticks.
Radiy damaged was the ramp to
the ma bi lumber dock but e f
forts were Imlng made Tuesday
to save the remainder of tills
section so it can be repaired to
perm it fishing boats to be haul
ed on the dock to the sea hoist.
About 12 piling w ill need re
placing.
All local fishing boats have
(seen removed from the dock by
trailer and parked safely in the
lumber storage area. The port’ s
pile slriver was pulled from the
m ain lock by two G riffey-Laird
trucks only shortly before the
ramps gave way in the early
a iter-noon. Seas crashing over the
old Jetty tlirew debris onto the
storage area but no damage was
reported.
The port commission said a -
bout 30 piling w ill have to be
replaced,as w ell asnew decking,
at an estim ated coat of $25,000.
It has not been pottlble to make
a survey of piling under the main
dock to determine the extent of
dam age there but it is expected
there w ill he some broken pH big
fount!. With weather permitting,
repairs to the main ramp w ill
probably take about four or five
days.
A t a special m eeting of the
portcom m isslon Tuesday night,
local fishermen offered to do
nate theb' labor to rebuild the
m abi dock ramp. The otfer was
accepted and the port w ill fur
nish all m aterial. Money saved
on the labor cost w ill be appli
ed to rebuildbig the fish dock
ramp, fourteen local boats are
fishing from the dock and cur
rently have between 1900 and
2000 |<ots in crabbbtg grounds.
The port also agreed to in
vestigate the possibility of pro
em in g submarine nettbig to hang
around the outside of the dock to
prevent debris from getting un
derneath,
TWO TRAILERS TURNED
W ind gust» of a reported SO
m . p. Is. flipped a trailer con
taining three new racing shells,
each o v e r SO feet long, and
du nped them across Highway
101 near De id y St. about 8s 10
last Thursday night. There was
no bijurles to driver of the tow
ing car, Ccun I', I indley, Bel
mont, C alifornia. Findley said
he was traveling about 20 rr.ph
w h e n the gust hit the trailer,
w hich stayed attached to the
car, but tipped and dumped the
ih e l.f.
\ sm all cam per-type trailer
was dumped on its side bi the
same area Monday afternoon.
Owner of the trailer was not
Identified. C h ief of police Har
old Hight said he is m aking im
m ediate request for Wind Gust
signs to be placed on either side
of this section of highw ay by the
State Highway Dept. There lu ve
lieen several other accidents at
this same spot.
MINOR
DAMAGE
Other dam age bi the area has
been minor, consisting m ainly
ot broken windows, blown down
signs and phone and power out
ages. Ca;<e B l a n c o recorded
wind gusts Monday of 99 mph
with a rabifall of 6. 7 inches in
a 24-hour period ending at 4
a. m. Tuesday. Ka bifull recorded
at the .ocal weather station be
tween Sunday and Tuesday was
5.02 inches, with a total for tire
period from l a s t Wednesday
through Tuesday at 8, 26 inches.
Midnight Service At
Community Church
Nine lo 12 p.m. is the time
set for the New Y e a r's Eve
Watchnlght S ervice at the Port
Orford Community Church.
The varied program , design
ed for the whole fam ily, will
Include tim es for gam es, col
ored film s and slid es, refresh
ments, fellowship, devotional
thoughts and prayer.
David Flynn, stationed at the
Cape Blanco IORAN Station,
will be showing film s and slides
taken on some of his past tours
of duty, Including duty on an
Icebreaker that went to the
Antarctic.
Date
Dec.
D ec.
D ec.
D ec.
Dec,
Dec.
D ec.
WEATHER
M ax Min
22
51
31
23
41
47
24
49
39
25
46
36
26
36
47
27
35
52
28
43
51
Rain
00’
12
2. 46
66
• 38
1. 95
2. 69
LOOKING east from damaged
ramp leadbtg to ma in dock area,
gaping hole shows where Mon
day storm knocked out piling
causing fish dock ramp to c o l
lapse.Ckily power pole and single
piling rem abi.
Col. S. W. C. Hand
Buried In Yakima
C ol. Samuel W, C . Hand, 82,
former pioneer resident of Y ak
im a, W ash., passed away D ec
ember 16,at Southern Coos Gen
eral Hospital, Bandon, Oregon.
C ol. Hand was bom in Ctoowa,
Iowa,March 19,1883, m oving to
Yakim a in 1900tojoin his fath
er bi fruit ranching.
As a young man lie attended
M ilitary \cadem y at Morgan
Park, nt., and later was one of
the first commanders of the Na
tional Guardwhen itw as formed
in Yakim a. Later he entered the
Federal Service. Since retire
m ent .f t c ; World War II he has
resided in Port Orford.
He Is survived by his w ife Ruth,
Port Orford; three sons, Lt. C ol.
Robert Hand, Albuquerque.N.M.j
John S. Hand, Olym pia, W ash.;
and frank I land, Kirkland, Wash. ;
six d a u g h t e r s , Mrs. Frances
Crom m esch,Yakim a; Mrs.Hazel
Donovan and Mrs.Janet Gavin,
Prosser,Wash.; Mrs.Elnora Stru-
ther, Lawton, O k la .; and Mrs.
M argretFackler, Arion, Iowa. A l
so 19 g r a n d c h i l d r e n and 32
great-grandchildren.
Disabled Am erican Veterans,
Chapter No. 8, furnished p all
bearers and conducted M ilitary
honors at the grave in Tahoma
C em etery, Y akim a, on D ecem
ber 21, 1 965,
First League
Play Slated
With the taste of their second
defeat at the liands of Douglas
still a trifle bitter, the Pirates
are having holiday practice to
try to sharpen up their shooting
eyes. The s e c o n d bout with
Douglas ended with a score of
43-33, Scott M cDonald dunked
seventeen points.
Pirate coach l.aw is having
the team view some m ovies of
their play to point out mistakes
and make Improvements.
January 7 finds P acific facing
the awesome "5" of C oquille on
home grounds, then on January
8, they travel to M yrtle Point
for their firstleague gam e away
from hom e.
Don't forget to jo t a m em o
to be on hand January 8 to cheer
die Pirates to victory.
Chief Urges
Driving Care
Over Holiday
"W ith the record number of
deaths that have already occur
red on the highways, and with
still one more holiday yet to
add to the to ll, 196S wUl go bi
the records as die worst year in
history for Oregon traffic fa ta li
ties," said c h ie f of police Harold
H ight of Port Orford.
C h ief H ight went on to urge
all Port Orford residents to e x
ercise caution and good sense in
New Year's driving. The New
Y ear's Eve period sees many
people driving to entertainment
spots to see the New Year in,
then trying to drive home in the
wee hours of the morning still
under the influence of the c e le
bration drinks they had. With a
reading of just , 10 per cent a l
cohol in the blood stream, a per
son is considered to be impaired
to some degree. \dd fatigue,bad
weather conditions, speed, and
m any other drivers who are not
alert, and the com bination is
deadly, he said.
C h ief Hight went on to sum
m arize the Port CTford traffic
record for 1965, He indicated
that there were 20 reported a c
cidents,six injuries, and no traf
fic deaths. He urged Port Orford
residents to start 1966 with more
driving care and to help make
Port Orford a "safe-d rivin g" city
by being cautious,courteous and
sensible drivers, "T ra ffic ac
cidents don't just 'h a p p e n ',1' he
pointed out. "T heir cause can bt
traced d irectly to a la ck of one
of these. "
Hight also noted that with the
New Year an im plied consent
law w ill take e ffe ct in Oregon.
This law provides that refusal to
consent to a hreath test when
requested to take one by a po
lic e officer is grounds for driver
license suspension. The driver
must first have been arrested
for driving while under the in
fluence of liquor.
Saturday
\ .F . G A .M ,, 8 p .m .
Monday
School starts
Jobs Daughters, 7:30 p .m .
Wednesday
Backacres Garden, 8 p. m.
Lions, 7:30 p. m.
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Delbert Neal, owner of Port
Orford Variety,was named pres
ident of the chamber of com
m erce at a board of director's
m eeting on December 20.
V ice president is George Hahn;
Red M cW illiam s w ill continue
as secretary and Gil Rush as
treasurer. It was also to ted to
pay the secretary a salary of SIC
per month because of the tim e
necessary to answer correspon
dence.
O n goin g ; resident is Dal Weir
h o w e v e r , are s c a t t e r e d
throughout the county holdings,
Wilson pointed out, and the
county is offering even ex
changes, except to per sons own
ing only one of the sm all lots.
Single lot owners are being
offered 50x100 foot lots In ex
change to insure them of enough
property for sm all hom e-site
development.
Wilson noted that all but about
12 P a c i f i c lot owners have
agreed to the exchange offer.
Those who refuse to exchange
will have condemnation pro
ceedings brought against them
and the county will vacate all
streets and roads within the
property boundaries to remove
lt from a subdivision status.
P acific C ity, also known its'
Lakeport, was an alleged “ land
swindle” conducted at out 1912.
The sm all lots were sold on
the prem ise of gold and oil de
velopment and that Floras Lake
would be converted into a port
by opening a channel to the
ocean. H o w e v e r , when engin-
e e -s arrived on the scene It
was discovered that the lake was
several feet above the ocean and
that cutting a channel would do
nothing m o r e than drain the
lake.
The e x c h a n g e property In
plat 1 is located adjacent to
Boice-Cope park with access
a v a i l a b l e by county road.
Pacific City lands are south
of the old Floras Lake hotel.
A public h e a r i n g on the
proposed exchange will be held
at the Curry county courthouse
on February 2 at 4:00 p.m. in
the courtroom.
Thursday, December 30, 1965
High Speed
Causes Wreck
Excessive s;*ed was said the
cause of a wreck Monday even
ing that put one in the hospital,
apparently totaled the car and
caused damage to another car
that was parked.
According to a c ity police re
port, driver of the car was Ron
ald D. Cook, 23, of Port Orford.
Cook was a lleged ly traveling
north at 80 m .p.h. when he ap
proached the corner in front of
Flash's Food Center. The vehicle
reportedly went out of control,
spun around in the highway about
three tim es and crashed into a
parked car o w n e d by Eldon
Weichmann, and a power pole
in front of Bartlett's Cafe.
Both Cook and a passenger,
Terry Brotton, 19, Port Oford,
were thrown from the- vehicle
onto the pavement. Cook was
taken by Community \m bul-
ance to Curry General Hospital
in Gold Beach for examination
and treatment. The extent of his
inj uries are not known. Brotton
escaped w itha minor cut lip and
abrasions.
No c Rations were issued at the
scene of the accident.
New Manager
At Title Co.
Brookings v o t e r s Dec. 22
passed a measure approving
an $885,000 water bond Issue
by a vote of 304 to 245.
Previous to the e l e c t i o n ,
Brookings city councllmen had
Indicated they would consider
two possible methods of obtain
ing a municipally-owned water
system If bond issued passed;
attempt to purchase the present
Elm er Bankus system and ex
tend service to all areas of the
city or construct an entirely
new system .
Extension of the Bankus sy s
tem would cost an estimated
$600,000 plus purchase of the
system . A new system was e s
timated at the $885,000 figure,
the council said.
Birthday wishes go out this
week to Misty Wood and David
Sells.
Anniversary wishes go to Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Forty, Mr, and
Mrs.Vernon Sonderman, Mr. and
Mrs.Elrr.er Bens, andMr.and Mrs
Robert Gentry.
Donald R. Workman has been
named manager ot the Curry
County branch of the Oregon
Title Insurance Company. The
appointment, effective Jan. 1,
was announced by Roy Vern-
strom, president of O .T.L
Workman and his family will
move to Gold Beach after eight
years in Klamath F alls, where
he has l>een title examiner and
most recently assistant mana
ger at the Klamath Falls O.T.L
branch.
The new Curry County mana
ger succeeds David A. De Mar
tino, who has resigned to be
come Assistant Attorney Gen
eral of Oregon for insurance.
Workman has levn with O re
gon Title Insurance since 1948,
during which time he has ser
ved in Portland, Oregon City and
Klamath F alls, prior to his new
assignment in Gold Beach.
In Klamath Falls he w a s
assistant to Manager Jam es A.
Little, a form er manager of the
O.T.L Curry County branch.
THE TOLL one in hosptial, one
car extensively damaged and
one car w i t h slight damage.
D r i v e r of car was Ronald D.
Cook, 23. A ccident occured a -
bout 5:30Monday evening when
Cook, a lleged ly speeding, lost
control of veh icle, spun out and
crashed into parked car owned
by Eldon Weichmann and hit
power pole in front of Bartlett's
Cafe. Cook was taken to Curry
General Hospital in Gold Beach
with undetermined injuries. His
passenger, Terry Brotton, 19, re
ceived only slight abrasions and
a cut lip.
— P, O, P, D, Photo
Brookings Ok's
Water Bonds
To r FM
I've said it before and I'll say
it again, as have a lot of peo
ple. . . w< keep putting in docki
and storms keep taking them out
Something's got to give one of
these clays and I don't think it'll
be the Port Orford people. What
everybody hopes is that the oi*
ever-givto' Guvment w ill give
us enough of them new sandwich
coins to build ourselves a right
smart breakwater. Course,Uncle
Sammy has already promised us
the coin but so far we ain't even
got a smell of the f i l li n '.. . un
less you call the stale odor of
m oldy red tape fillin '. It seems
dang ridiculous tom e that some
little foreign power can ask for
some long green and get it the
first tim e o u t.. . while P. O. has
been negotiatin' w i t h them
Washington Big Shots since about
time Cme and a in 't got no place
yet. The Good Book says that He
helps those who help themselves
and from the looks of things a -
round here, He's still going to
get first chance at it. Course, on
the good side, if things do keep
going like they are, we're going
to turn out the best bunch of op
erators toever man that big pile
driver in the sky.
in case you wondered what
happened to that cheerful feller
that stops around your house
every now and then to remove
all of your disposables.. . . well
it seems he got a little eaget
last Friday and backed his truck
too far over a refuse trench and
the b a n k gave way, bending
s o m e kind of a gizmo that is
partofa hydraulic thingam ajig.
And there was ol' M cCarvey,
H .A ., without a truck to pick
up your refuse or wheels to carry
it off with. I've heard ol' jo lly
M ac sometimes referred to as
the garbage c o lle c to r .. . but I
want to te ll you here and nosy
t h a t Mac does notCOLLECT
garbage. I mean how would it
look to his good w ife, Pat, when
they had guests and M ac said,
"Hey, you folks want to see rr.y
garbage collection ?" But Mac
gotthe blasted truck fixed fair
ly early Tuesday morning and
hit the road in a dead heat, so
that he didn't even have tim e to
pass on some of his usual hum
orous anecdotes, just so he could
clean out your little trash cans.
(Besides nobody LIKES to be c a l
led names. )
Remember that brief power
outage early Christmas Eve? I
have it on good authority that
it was just C o-op m anager Jim
Wilson and the local crew te ll
ing everybody that their Merry
Christmas depended a whole lot
on Coos-Curry Electric.And how
rig h t!
The kids' letters to Santa in
last w eek's News were appar
ently enjoyed— from the amount
of comment received. I got m y
chuckles from them, I know, and
a lot of kidding about the re
quest far a bedspread from third
grade daughter.But one ¡thought
topped that, (and why shouldn't
I?) was written by a young girl
in the Cave Junction area. A f
ter listing her brothers and sis
ters and putting in for their pre
sents, she made a final request
for tim e-bom bs for all of them.
I think, however, she must have
been referring to a pop-a part
toy that's new on the kiddie
m arket this year. Used to be that
a ja ck -in -th e -b o x or aleap in g
snake was all that was needed
to startle a youngster.. . but now
it's bomba,yet. Though the m a
jority of new toys for boys seem
ed to be war we a pons or spy sets,
at least one company attempted
to make one of their models
safe. So s a f e , in fact, that it
doesn't shoot any type of ammo
. . . just a blast of air. They sure
overlooked the fact that little
boys aren't com pletely dumb.
Now they can shoot the farfiily
pets or onnery brothers and sis
ters at w ill without fear of pun
ishm ent.. . a f t e r all the gun
leaves no marks so there is no
" p r o o f of the shooting.. . and
to accuse them of performing
such an atrocity without a wound
as evidence would be a violation
of their rights.
I appreciated the letter last
week from the "avid reader"
saying they enjoyed m y trials
overcooking Thanksgiving din
ner, and that they missed the
column the week before. M y on
ly excuse is that I was just plain
running too late to get around
to writing it. I also should note
here that Christmas dinner was
a beautiful and delicious cand
le-ligh t affair t h a t went off
without a hitch. The w ife was
home.
Our girl Friday (Monday thru,
that is ), Mrs. Dorthy Branham, is
taking this week off for a little
Rest and Recreation. Needless
to say, I've been stepping on my
ow nheelsinan attem pt to keep
things running smooth, lik e it
does when she' snot taking R and
R.