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Dec. 30 46
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Dec. 31
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Jan. 2
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Jan. 3
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Jan. 4
52
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Port Orioni^ Curry County. Ore got.
Vol. 8 No. 38
Sheriffs Office Stops Burglary
Spree Of Nesika Couples
I t 9.
A sixteen page report on 1965
county road |*ojacts was issued
the last of December by the
county c o irt under the direction
of commissioner Ryce WUson,
listing in detail all road work
completed during the year, In­
cluding storm repair, new con­
struction and oiling programs.
Storm damage repair ;»ojects
are classified in two ipoupS|l ed-
eral \ld System,FAS 9,OOOSer -
let,for which the coiuity w ill be
reimbursed approximately Ho
per cent of expended funds; and
Public l aw 875, PL 8,000 Series,
for which all equipment used
was hired and the county w ill
be re Im Inirsed 100 per cent of
expended funds. Other projects
designations are: 1, 000 Series,
construction; 3, 000 Series, o il­
ing, and 2, 000 S e rie s as the
crushing irogram.
Under the FAS 9, 000 Series,
thirty-three projects were com­
pleted at an estimated coat of
$426, 207, with 80 per cent to
tw reimbursed to the county.The
PL 8,000 Series saw 15 projects
completed at an estimate of
$ 104,241, with ihe county to 1«
reimbursed 100 |«r cent.
The report said 26 construc­
tion projects were completed
but did not Include estimated
costs. Ih irty oiling projects were
completed, making a total of
25. 59 miles of oil-sealed road,
9.b6 miles of stabilization base
land, 4. 0 miles of penetration,
1,96 miles of SMK overlay and
,82 miles of asphalt cement hot
m ix laid,
Ihe crushing |<rogram taw
29,445 yards of rock crushed at
four stockpiles and 4, 740 yards
of gravel re-screened at one
Stockpile,
Hie re;>ort also noted that a
maintenance irogram was car­
ried on in addition to the fore­
going, consisting of patching,
culvert Installation, g r a d in g ,
shoulder work, solving drainage
p ro b le m s , building residence
access to coioity roads, and other
general maintenance work. A
total of 79 Individual projects
were completed.
NEW PRIORITY PROCRAM
Fo.tr priority road projects
w e re Included in the report.
These w e re : widening of Ilk
River Road, widening and Im ­
proving Jerry's Flat Road, wid­
ening and improving Pistol R iv­
er Road, Langlois streets in con­
junction wlthremovlng >hc bluff
at the Highway 101 end of Floras
Creek Road.
Search On
For Talent
Interested In show business '
Mayl<e singing,or dancing, spin­
ning yarns or Lm persona ting, or
playing an instrument 'If you are
then yo u'll have a chance the
end of this month to present your
s o c ia lity before the public. IlM
desire fora career,however,isn't
a requlrement,all that is requir­
ed is your ;iersonal enjoyment
in performing.. , and your w ill­
ingness.
Your chance w ill come car
Saturdayjanuary 29, at tire Ro­
tary Club's scheduled Hullaba-
tco to be held at Battle Rock
school gym at 7:30 p.m . Any
type of talent Is eligible, there
w ill be no categories nor age
restrictions, said Jim Peterson,
general chairman.
The Hullabaloo w ill take the
place of tlie annual Rotary Club
talent .how usually held later In
the spring.
Several numbers have already
been signed up, Peterson said.
Including a comedy spot and
vocal presentations, but w e'll
accept all we can get to make
tills a really big show. Plans call
for a professional type produc­
tion complete with back drops,
stage props, spotlight! and the
works.
Admissionwlll be 75 cents for
adults and 25cents for children
• under 12. A ll performers w ill be
admitted without charge. Sign­
up for talent may be made with
Norm Baker at the post office,
Jim Peterson at Pacific Super
Market, or Paul Peterson at the
News Office, as soon as possible,
the chairman urged.
Social Security
Session Changed
A Social Security Interview big
session scheduled for Tuesday,
January 4,was cancelled because
f lo o d conditions in Northern
California prohibited travel,ac­
cording toMr.Keychcek, Eureka,
local director.
A new date has been set for
Tuesday, January 11, beginning
at 1 p. m ., at the Curry county
court house In Gold Beach.
I-
FIRST BABY
A Port Orford c o u p le , Mr.
and Mr*. Nick Rosenberry, ara
parents of Cha first baby bom In
Coos C o u n ty , and maybe the
state, in 1966. Ronald Ray was
born at 12:28 a. m. and weighed
6-lb, 13 0«. He is their f ir s t
child.
A search of the suspect's cab­
venile mother, 17,whose husband
is being held In Del Norte coun­ in uncovered about $320 in small
ty or. a parole violation charge, coins and bills. Several boxes of
after they allegedly burglarized ammunition, a gun and tools,
the office of the Gold Beach taken from So. Oregon Supply
had previously been recovered
laundrom at.
The couples, Carl Clarke, 19, along the highway near the sup­
his wife Marguerittee, also 19, ply building.
Darrel Lee Coy, 20, and his wife
Tire juvenile girl was turned
Shirley, IS,and the juvenile, her
over to Curry county Juvenile
daughter and husband, had been
ixH io ritle t. The Clarkes and
liv in g together in a cabin at Coys were ordered bound over to
Nesika B e a c h for about six
the grand jury after waiving pre­
weeks, the sheriff's office said.
lim inary hearing Monday before
Coy and his wife were arrested Judge Lloyd Bates in Port Orford
about 1:30 a. m. Saturday when Justice Court. The men were
their car became stuck on the lodged in the countyjail in lieu
r o a d shoulder near the Ophir of i5,0Q 0bail,eack The women
school, the Clarkes and the ju ­ were released on their own re­
venile w e re apprehended at cognizance. The four are sched­
Rising flood waters ol the Co­
quille River changed the New their cabin.
uled to appear in circ u it court
t i l were charged w ith burg­
Year's Eve plans of a Langlois
Friday-.
lary
not
in
a
dwell
in,,,
far
the
couple,who were on their way to
Coos Bay to enjoy New Year laundrom.atoffice break-in, the
festivities, by chasing them out sheriff's office said, but Clarke
of their 1965 Valiant and forcing and Coy also admitted their part
in eight other recent burglaries,
them to seek safety in a tree.
M r. and Mrs. W illiam (R i p ) i n c l u d i n g a Coos Bay dairy-,
Storm le ft their Langlois home M obile Service in Bandon, So.
shortly before 6 p.m. and headed Oregon Supply at Laurel Grove,
The appointment of Rotert
for the bay c ity via the North Nesika Beach 2nd Hand Store ,
Bank Road of the Coquille. Sud­ Corky's Tavern at Nesika Beach H. 1 eep, 39, as the new Dis­
denly they couldn't see the road twice, Hunters Creek Tavern, tric t Manager for the Social
andrealized they were surround­ T h e Landing at Smith River, Security Administration In Eu­
ed by water. Leaving the car on California,ar.dtwonurglaries at reka uas announced by John
F. Richardson, regional com­
the road, they made their way die laundromat in Gold Beach.
missioner of the Social Se­
through muddy, ising, water to
curity A ministration in San
a tree where they clung to ' imbs
Francisco.
to keep afloat.
Leep has been a Senior Staff
For nearly two hours they were
Assistant in SS headquarters
in this predicament. In the dis­
in aan Francisco for the past
tance they could hear the bark­
year. Since 196C, he has ser­
ing of a dog at a farm house,
.Fyce W.lsort (D), Sixes, in­ ved as a Management Analyst
whi'e around them the cold wa­
in the administration's national
ter swirled. Finally the farmer. cumbent Curry County Com­
Joe Howanic, came outside for missioner, announced this week h e a lq u a r t e r s in Baltimore,
that he w ill seek a second tour Md.
fireplace wood and was attrac­
U nler Ieep’s supervision the
ted by the Storm's cries and the year term on the county court.
signal from a flashlight Rip had Wilson said he w ill file in Match sS office In Eureka located at
managed to get from the car be­ for the position which comes up 223 " K ” Street, services res­
for election in November. His is idents of H u m b o ld t and Del
fore they abandoned it.
Howanic im m ediately went the oniy term that expires this Norte counties in Calltornla
and Curry County in Oregon.
to the couple's rescue and took year.
Leep urged residents over 65
them into the warmth of his
During his term, Wilson has
home while helping arrange for been prim arily concerned with who have not yet tpplied for SS
the county road department op­ 'PTTW’lts to Jo so right away in
them to get back to Langlois.
Though dancing plans were eration, issuing this year the first order to qualify for the Federal
changed to tree-hanging, the complete re port on road depart­ Medicare Program.
“ Even If you can’t collect
Storms said they were mighty- ment activities oy project ac­
grateful f o r Howanic's assis­ count , Luc'uding a priority road payments now because your
earnings are too high, ycu w ill
program for 1966.
tance.
s till be eligible for enrollment
Storm said that no trace of
lr. the S o c ia l Security pro­
the car has been seen and that
gram,” Leep said. "M y staff
it's not lik e ly that it w ill be
and I are ready to help the
found when waters recede.
Second Lleutenart David A.
public In any way we can with
Conley, son of Mr. and M rs. social Security matters,” he
E. B. Cor.ley of Elk River, added.
has been awarded U. S. A ir
Force sliver pilot wines upon
graduation at Wlllian s AFB,
ArU.
Following specialized a ir­
crew training at Sewart AFB,
A. G. Erickson, D istrict Di­ 'ienn., he w ill be assigned to
rector of the Internal Revenue Tachlkawa AB, Japan. He w ill
“ Cash sales of United States
Service for Oregon, announced be a C-130 Hercules pilot, In
Savings Bonds in C urry Coun­
today the period for filing 1965 the M ilitary A ir Transport Ser­
ty amounted to $10,091 last
Federal income tax returns w ill
month,” the Curry County Sa­
vice which operates a global
extend from January 3 through
vings Bonds Chairman report­
a irlift system for U. S. forces
A pril 15. To provide assistance employing m o re than 1,CCO ed today.
to taxpayers in this area, the modern aircraft.
“ Total sales for the state
Coos Bay office of the Internal
during November we re $2,102,-
The lieutenant is a graduate
Revenue, in the Professional of Pacific High School. He re­
5"8 as c o m p a re d with $2,-
Building at 396 Highland Ave., ceived his bachelor of science
423,061 for November of last
w ill be open from 8 a.m. to degree from Oregon State Uni­
year.
4:45 p.m. each Monday until versity where he was commis­
"Nationally, cash sales of
A pril 11. They may be reach­ sioned upon completion of the
Bonds during the month totaled
ed by phone at 269-9346 or A ir Force R e s e rv e O fficer
$338 m illion. Total E and H
260-9347.
Bonds oustandlng nationally has
Training Corps program. Lieu­
D irector Erickson stated, tenant Conley Is a member of
reached an all-tim e high of
“ Taxpayers coming In for help Delta Upsilon fraternity.
$49 FllUon, 175 m illion.
w ill be asked to fill out as much
“ If you’re fortunate in re­
His wife, C o n n ie , Is the
of their returns as possible, and daughter of M r. and M rs. Ray
ceiving an Income tax refund,
w ill be given any additional In­
Jo as many Americans did last
Shaw of Langlois.
formation needed to complete
year--take your refund in Uni­
them.” He suggested taxpayers ON HONOR ROLL
ted States Savings Bonds. A ll
telephone for information be­
Sheiry Anu Dahrens of Port you need to do Is check the box
fore going to an Internal Rev­
Orford was named to the honor on your 1965 Federal Income
enue office, since essentially roll for the fa ll term at Oregon tax return, requesting your re­
the same service Is available College of Education at Mon­
fund In Savings Bonds. The rest
by ;elephone as at the offices. mouth.
is automatic,” he said.
A scries of thefts that occurred
from Coos county through Curry
county to Del Norte county was
sol ved by the Curry county sher­
iff's office New Years morning
after extensive investigation of
the crimes by law enforcement
officers of a ll three counties.
End of the burglary spree came
when Curry county deputies ar­
rested two young Nesika Beach
couples and apprehended a ju -
Couple Escape
Flood Lost Car
New Social
Security Head
OFFICERS Installed in Masonic
I . u .1 < e 5.1. I - \ . N»., N o. 1/0,
Port Orford, Sunday, »ecerr.ber
19, were: front row le ft to right
—I red Savage,Sr, Deacon; Carl
Hale, Sr.Warden; Bill l.noke,
Worshipful Master; Harold M e-
Garvey,Jr. Warden; I rank Morris,
Secretary. Back row left to right
—Hoyt Litterell, Jr. Lie a con;
Walter Corsuch,Chaplaln; trial
Mac Donal d,Marthal; Ken Bran­
ham,Jr. Steward; Wilbur Clarke,
Tyler. Not pictured are Norm
Valet, Sr. Steward, and Calvin
Smith, Treasurer
Seeks Bid To
Rent Equipment
To Dredge Chetco
The Portland U. S. Army En­
gineer District has Invited bids
tor the rental of a two cubic
yard dragline, a tractor dozer,
dump trucks and a towlxjat to
dredge the entrance to the Ixjat
basin on the Chetco River at
Harbor.Oregon.The work is reg­
ular maintenance dredging.
Colonel W illiam J. Talbott,
Portland District Engineer, said
the bills would tie opened at 11
a. m. January 12 in room t>28
Pittock Block, Portland. Work Is
to l>e accomplished In two |>arts.
River conditions permitting, die
first w ill be shordy after award
of die contract and the second
not later dian five months after
award.
Hie boat basin entrance chan­
nel is to lw dredged to a depth
of ten feet lielow mean lower
low water.Width ot the channel
w ill be determined by the full
cast of the bucket from die south
bank.
The tractor dozer w ill remove
excavated meterial from the
dragline dump to the final spoil
area while the ten cubic yard
trucks w ill be loaded by the
dragline for spoil disposal at the
upper end of the site since dozer
use is lim ite d there by a U. S.
Coast Guard installation.
The towboat w ill be used to
haul the dragline bucket out into
the channel beyond the normal
cast of the dragline.
The invitation calls for use of
die dragline for 240 hours w idi
ten hours standby time and ten
hours overtime. Use of die trac­
tor is for 100 hours plus ten hours
overtime. Dump trucks are to be
used 60 hours w idi five hours
standby time and 20 hours over­
time. Towlioat use time is 50
hours plus eight hours overtime.
Telephone Company
Makes Agreement
A new one-yeai agreement
was reached by West Coast
Telephone Company and I oral
77, International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers, on Dec.
22. Negotiations on a new con­
tract have been underway since
Oct. 27.
A c c o r d in g to Federal Me­
diator Albert Gese, the new
contract w ill be submitted to the
union memitershlp for vote rat-
flclatlon. Details of the new
agreement were not released,
pending their submission to the
union membership.
The former contract had ex­
pired Dec. 1, but was extended
by the mutual agreement of both
parties. The federal mediation
service was called into the
bargaining sessions on Dec. 6.
Upon ratification, the new
contract w ill be retroactive to
Dec. 1.
Personal Property Tax Relief If Filing On Time
Persons and firms wanting to
make sure of receiving the ben­
e fit of new legislation reducing
property taxes on inventories
should file their personal prop­
erty returns not later than March
2, according to Curry County
\sscssor Charles L. 1 ilzhugh.
' he law, passed by the 1965
Legislature,definitely states that
omitted property added to the
roll because it was not properly
reported w ill not receive tire
reduction in assessed value pro­
vided by House Bill 1498, whose
purpose is to g iv e inventory
owners some tax relief.
It is intended that this relief
w ill approximate 10 per cent
the first year, 20 per cent the
second year, 30 per cent the third
year,40 per cent the fourth year,
and 50 per cent the fifth year
and succeeding years.
The assessor points out, how-
ever, that the actual percentage
is deter-i.ined by a f o r m u la
which distributes state approp­
riations for inventory relief. The
legislators appropria ted $2 m il­
lion for 1966, to be given to the
counties on the basis of the tax
on inventories levied in each
county in 1965. Relief to the
taxpayers in each county w ill be
on the basis of their ; ortion of
the tax on inventories in 1966.
This makes it unlikely that
the percentage of re lie f ever
would be exactly 10 per cent.
It could vary considerably from
this figure because of an increase
or decrease in either inventory
value or taxing district levies.
It w ill also vary from county to
county.
The $2 m illio n appropriation
for the first year of re lie f was
merely an estimate of what it
Curry Due Recreation Funds
Under New Conservation Act
Under the provisions of the a ll citizens of the United States
Land and Water Conservation of ;resent and future generations
Fund Act of 1965, the State High­ such qual iry and quantity of out­
way Commission has allocated door recreation resources as may
more than $495, 000 to local be available and are necessary
governmental units tor the 1965- and desirable by providing funds
66 fiscal year, it was announced for and authorizing Federal as­
today try Fo.-rest Cooper, state sistance to the states in planning,
acquisition,and development of
highway engineer.
Under the provisions of the certain lands and other areas.
The Act is founded on the
distribution plan recently ap­
proved by the Highway Com­ principle that adequate outdoor
mission, 40 per cent of the funds recreation for America can be
available a re to be divided provided only If all levels of
equally among the 36 counties ot government share in the task.
the state and 60 per cent are to Federal funds are contributed to
be divided on the basis of each the states toward accomplishing
county's percentage of the total the job, w ith state governments
state population. These funds acting in a pivotal role w ith
can lie used to match local gov­ respect to p olitical subdivisions
ernment funds for approved out­ having a share of the responsi­
b ility on local levels.
door recreation projects
For additional information
While the State Highway De­
partment has been selected to concerning die program, agen­
administer the program for the cies are encouraged to contact
state,management has been as­ their county court or county
signed to the Parks and Recrea­ liaison officer.
The proposed distribution tor
tion Division of the Highway
Department. Each county court C urry county is $7, 567. 00.
w ill be requested to appoint a
county liaison officer or board
a nd an interagency advisory
committee to represent local
Oregon driver license exam­
governmental units. This com­
m ittee w ill evaluate local pro­ iners started wearing new blue
je c t applications, considering uniforms this week, the firs t
local needs and priorities, and uniform change for the exam­
pass them to the liaison officer, iners in 11 years.
The old uniforms, which were
who w ill in turn subm it them to
brown,
were due for normal
the State for evaluation and
submission to die Bureau of Out­ wear-out replacement, accord­
door Recreation, which is die ing to Vern L. H ill, director of
Federal government's admin­ the Department of Motor Ve­
hicles. They are being replaced
istering liody.
,
Those eligible arc the county, by a blue lightweight dacron
c i t y , park districts, and other' polyester-wool blend uniform
local governmental units which with a light blue stripe on the
h a v e die local authority and coat sleeves and up the side of
matching funds to acquire and the trousers. The emblem has
develop land for parks and rec­ lieen moved from the shoulder
to the breast pocket.
reation.
The uniforms w ill be worn
This first annual state appro-
tionment Is the start of a 24- w ith a p o lic e -b lu e short-
y e a r grant-in-aid program to sleeved shirt with a combin­
local government. The Land and ation collar, black tie, black
Water Conservation Fund was es­ shoes and socks, and a uni­
tablished by Congress in 1964 form cap.
The new uniforms w ill serve
a nd is financed by revenues
from the new $7 Recreation for both summer and winter
Conservation Permit foriuseof wear. During Ihe summer, ex­
Federal outdoor recreation areas, aminers w ill wear the blue
other Federal recreation fees, trousers and the shirt without
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s a le s of surplus Federal real tie.
property, and the existingTed- Once 1 was discouraged,
eral motorboat fuels tax.
And feeling very blue;
The Federal Act is designed Until I looked at the mighty
to assist in preserving, develop­
Oak—
ing, and assuring accessibility to And saw what a nut could do.
wouid take to provide a 10 per
cent reduction. The arr.ountap-
propriateci in future years w ill
of course, influence the size of
further reductions,Fitzhugh said.
The Li gislature included ail
livestock as inventory. Also af­
fected are materials, supplies,
conta iners, goods in process, fin ­
ished goods, and other personal
property owned by, or in posses­
sion of, the taxpayers which are
or w ill become part of his stock
in trade.
Items which are not now, at
never w ill be, part of the stock
in trade w ill not receive the re­
duction and must be reported
separately from other items that
meet the test as inventory, ac­
cording to the assessor.
One d iffic u lt category is sup­
plies, because so m e , such as
packaging items, are deemed to
become part of the stock in trade
and thus inventory, while others
used in plant maintenance are
not properly inventory. As the
years go by and the inventory
value reduction rate approaches
f i f t y per cent, the matter of
whether a certain item is inven­
tory or not becomes increasingly
im portant.
Under the new law, the State
Tax Commission is required to
check the classification of per­
sonal property on the assessment
ro ll to make certain each tax­
payer receives his correct re­
duction.
For this reason, the Tax Com­
mission w ill be making field
audits of personal property re­
turns d u r in g the first seven
months of 1966. Each return w ill
be subject to a check by Com­
mission auditors to determine
whether the taxpayer has report­
ed a ll his personal property’, in­
c l u d i n g inventory, livestock,
furniture and equipment, farm
machinery,other machinery and
equipment, boats and vessels,
and any other taxable personal
property. Special attention w ill
be given to determine whether
the property reported is in the
right category.
The county assessor invites
anyone with questions to contact
his office at the court house in
Gold Beach.
Wilson Seeks
Second Term
Awarded Pilot Wings
Tax Office Open
At Coos Bay
Get New Uniforms
Curry Savings
Bond Sales
Sheriffs Men
On Storm Alert
A Tf.-
A FIFTEEN year old Port Orford
youtli, DavidFrechette, escaped
injury Friday morning when he
lost control of his parent's car
and went into the bank near the
Bandon c ity dump. The accident
occurred between e ig h t and
nine a. m.
Curry county deputy sheriffs
maintained an a ll-n ig h t v ig il
Monday on orders by sheriff B ill
Gauntlett because of the Impos­
ing threat of flood waters on the
Rosue, Chetco and W inchuck
Rivers. The alert was sim ply a
precautionary m e a s u re , the
sheriff said. In the event that
floodwatersrepeatedtheir 1964
performance, we wanted to be
ready for a fu ll scale action.
Deputies were engaged in
telephoning several h u n d r e d
river residents in Gold Beach
a nd Brookings to be ready in
case evacuation became nec­
essary, standing c iv il defense
and police radio watches, keep­
ing in f o r m e d of teletyped
weather reports and issuing per­
sonal evacuation alertmessages.
A few families along the W in-
chuck and Chetco Rivers did
evacuate, but fortunately rivers
subsided instead of running ram ­
pant as they did last Christmas.
The special alert was secured
about 7:30 a. m. Tuesday, chief
deputy LE. Delamarter said.