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WEATHER Data I v '.y P July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 M ax 67 64 65 67 66 67 69 Min 62 62 62 62 <>4 S8 67 jPoti (Örfnrd | » Hain .0 0 , IX) .IX ) .0 0 .0 0 .0 6 . IX) Port Orford, Vol. 9 No. H Curry County, Oregon Governor M ark Hatfield today pointed to cut backs In produc tion by m ills In the Albany- 9prlngfleld area as examples of what Is to come If the Na tional Administration doesn't take Immediate steps to curb Imbalances caused by unwise spending programs that create Inflation while apparently lg - Jim Peterson Is Rotary VP Jim Peterson, Pacific Super M a rk e t owner and operator was Tuesday named as vice presi dent of the Port Orford Rotary Club. He succeeds Harry Price w h o assumed the president's chair on the resignation of A l ton Byrd. The announcement was made by Price at the Tuesday noon m eeting. Bridge Name Road Plans In Hopper F iv e M illio n Acre« Of Oregon Forests In Tree F a rm System Addition of 165,880 acres of privately owned tlmberland In Oregon to the nation’ s forest Industry sponsored T ree Farm Program since January has p u s h e d Oregon T ree Farm acreage over the five m illion acre mark. By m id-year on the 25th an niversary of the p rogram ,O re gon has certified 5,063,254 acres, according to figures re cently released by American Forest Products Industries,the education and Information arm of the forest Industries. As the figure passed the five m illion m ark,Oregon came clo ser to certifying Ils 500th T re e F a r m . There are 498 T ree Farm s In the state. Oregon has the fourth largest number of acres under the T re e Farm program In the nation. Georgia leads the nation with 7,349,884 acres certified un der the program. Alabama la second with 6,914,619 acres and Florida Is third with 6,630,992 ac re a. ___________ Brookings Riders T a k e Show Honors Is Approved Home, Belongings A fire ea rlier this week razed the home of the Den VItone fam ily In I'art Orford, burning all the fa m ily possessions. The fa m ily war out of town for the weekend, according to the Curry County S h eriff» Of fice, ana the fire too w ell un derway when It w i i discovered to l a v e either the building or the content». W hile the actual cause of the fire wa» unknown, It appeared to have started near an electric w a l l heater in a bedroom, it was reported. E verett Strain Services Held Funeral aervtcea were held Saturday In the Ianglola Com munity Church for Everett R. Strain who died In Southern C o o s General Hospital last Wednesday, July 13. He was the son of Frank and Edna Strain and was to rn July 21, 1906, In Langlois, where he resided throughout his lifetim e. He engaged In ranching and ,fo r 17 years served with the fire patrol. Survivors Include his widow, the fo rm e r Jean Mauny Pierce of Coquille whom he m arried In 1934; a son, Hal Strain,Coquille and grandchildren, David, Dan iel, Darcte and Douglas Strain; brothers, Eugene and Henry of Bandon, W alter of Arizona, A r thur of Langlois; staters, Stella Shaw, Montana; Ruby K elly, Co quille, and Della Royer, Port Orford. Services were conducted by the Rev. W illiam Mat with In te r ment at theDenm arkCem etery. .Pallbearers were his nephews, Frank Strain, Lyman Starrett,, Lyle Strain, George Wilson, George W o d k ln s and H arry Strain. Annual Pioneer Picnic Slated The C ool-C urry Pioneer As sociation annual picnic w ill be h e l d an Sunday.July 31, at 1 p. m . at the North Bend Com m unity Bldg. The lunch w ill lie potluck w ith coffee furnished. Guests are asked to bring their own table service. Mrs,Janies M ap le, a long tim e faithful m em ber w ill be crowned Queen for 1966. She w ill be escorted by Russ Tower, a re la tive, and Mrs. Dan Keat ing w i l l provide the Queen's bouquet. Everyone Is w elcom e. Fifteen riders participated In the Open Show at the F a ir grounds Sunday, sponsored by the C u r r y County Sheriff’ s Posse. David M ilts of Brookings was high point man for the boy’ s Junior riders and received a ribbon and a currycomb which was donated by M rs. Patrlcln Cox of Brookings. Peggy June Cox of Brook ings was high point rid e r In the g ir ls ' junior class and re ceived a ribbon and currycom b, donated by the C urry County Seed Store In Brookings. Basic School M oney Fred Blunt of Brookings was awarded a iibl>on for high scor Goes To Districts ing rtdpr of the senior division. The Sheriff’ s Posse group Is This w eek school districts In s c h e d u l in g a public dance Oregon w ill receive a total of July 30 at the form er bowling $2,296,989, 26 which Is the re alley north of Wedderburn. Music w ill be provided by m ainder of the 1965-66 Basic the Red Jordan O rchestra of, School Support Fund.The money represents the amoimt by which Coos Bay. This dance w ill be given on a the actual 1965—66 apportion tria l basts and If successful, m ent of Basic School Support dances In other areas of the Funds for the»« districts exceed county w ill be given. The main ed the amount Mwwn on die March 1965 estim ate, concern w ill be the w ell-o rd er Curry county*« Riare amount ed and good conduct of all who ed to $926. 06. attend. * Thursday, July 21, 1966 Lumber Cutbacks Blamed On National Policies Says Mark Gov. Mark Hatfield has re v e s te d the U. S, Army Corp« 1 1 Engl "»era to Immediately dredge the entrance to Gold Beach harbor In Curry County, and ) him a full report on t.i-b plans for rectifying critic al ahoal conditions that threaten to curtail or stop lum - lier shipments from th eh artw r. Gov. Hatfield said reports from Gold Hesch indicate that the entrance to the Port Is rapidly becoming lo6 shallow for use. Tim ber products from plants In the Gold Beach area are transported out of the harbor by barge to points along the Pacific Coast. The U. S. P ly - «ood plant at Gold Beach, for example, ships 36 m illion feet of lumber by barge to Ixie Angeles and San Diego, C alif. The plant, which employs 390 persons, would have to shut down If barge traffic Is stop ped, according to reports re ceived by the Governor. F ire Destroys STOPPING f o r a n o t h e r 4 -H c l u b passenger In Port Orford Tuesday, this bus Is on the way to Cam p M yrtlewood at M yrtle Point far four days of camping. A total of 37 boys and girls from Curry’ s 4 -H clubs are attending the outing this year, according t o j l m Ross, extension agent. C urry Road Project Bids Called Fo r S A I-E M --B id s w ill be re ceived by the Oregon State Highway Commission on July 28 In Salem for four projects esti mated to coat approximately $638,000. These are In addition to the 17 projects announced e a rlie r for this date. The project In C u rry County Involves culvert lining on the Burnt HUI Creek-Lone Ranch Creek Section of the Oregon Coast Highway between Gold Beach and Brookings. Plans call for paving of Inverts of eight existing culvert pipes. Completion time Is set for 80 calendar days. Forests Surveyed F o r Insect Damage The 19th amiual aerial survey of some 52 m illio n acres of fed - ersl, state, and private forest In Washington a n d Oregon is n o w underway, according to Benton Howarc^chlef. Insect and disease control branch,U.S. For est Service, Portland. The survey Is made coopera tiv e ly by W ashington State De partment of Natural Resources, Oregon S t a t e Deparbnent of Forestry, and U. S, Forest Ser vice to locate and m ap tim ber damage caused b y about 20 species of destructive forest in sects. Three hieidred flying hours are needed to com plete the Job. L.F. Pett Inger, W ashing ton zone entomologist for the Fores' Ser vice, and R . L,Johj»<y, forest entomologist for the Department of Natural Resources, w ill make the survey In W ashbigbto. R . E. Dolph, Oregon Zone entom olo- ist for the Forest Service, and , N , K1 ine, forest entomologist for the Deparbnent of Forestry, w ill do the survey la Oregon. Each year, most damage is done by bark b eetle^ w ith lesser damage by d eflllatta g Insects and aphids. Following the ariel survey, ground surveys are m ade to de term ine the trend of the Insect damage. Prompt detection of the p otentially serious tree k ille r Is essential to give forest managers tim e to consider control action. The cooperative aerial Survey w ill be com pleted by m id -S ep tem ber,at which tim e the results w ill be published,said Howard. Minors Fined For Alcohol C ity police arrested two lo cal youth at 1 a. m . July 17, and charged them w ith minors In possession of alcohol. They were James Dixon, 18,and Lyle C re a - son, 19. Both pled g uilty In m unicipal court Monday and were fined $100 by Judge Loraine Haines. in addition, Dixon was fined $5 for failure to have an oper ator's license in his possession. Swim Classes See Low Enrollment Tiie annual summer swim class enrollm ent Is down this year, according to Mrs. Clara Hefner, instructor. Classes start ed Monday and as of Tuesday there were 95 registered for four classes) 70 beginners, 19 advanc ed beginners, five Intermediates and one swimmer, Last year's enrollm ent reached 142. IE : Price Ten Centi 4 -H 'e r i Leave F o r Camp M yrtlew ood Dredging At Gold Beach Asked Persons Interested In request ing a public hearing to discuss proposed plans for rig h t-o f-w a y a c q e ls ltio n s for future construc t i o n on the Sixes R ive r-E lk River Section of the Oregon Coast Highway (U S IO I (near the com m unity o f Sixes, C u r r y County, w ill have until Wednes day, August 3, to file notice, It wss announced today by Forrest Cooper,state highway engineer, l*roixsaed plans call far widen ing of existing alignm ent w ith saraenilnorcts've revision. Pro posed construction basically w ill not change existing Ingress and egreaa. There wUl be new struc tures at Sixes River and Crystal '.reek. The plans call far two 1 2 - f o o t l a n e s plus 1 0 - foot shoulders on e ith er sid e . There w IR“ also be 12-fo o t clim b in g lanes cw the ascending grade w ith 4 -fo o t shoulders adjacent to the clim b in g lane. Requests far a hearing should be directs *to the Curry County Court. C C M M U N ITY CALENDAR FAREWELL GATHER INC SET A farew ell gathering is sched uled for Sunday evening, July 24, 8 p. m . at the Com m unity Church for Rev. and M rs.Jam ie France and son Tim othy who are leaving shortly to make their home elsewhere. A ll members and friends are co rd ially Invited, The State Highway Commis sion approved the name "A s to ria B rid g e" as the official title of the trans-Colum bia Riv e r b r i d g e between Astoria, O re ., and Point E llic e , W ash., at Its meeting Thursday. The 4 .1-m lle bridge, costing more than $24,000,000, Is to be officially dedicated Inelaborate ceremonies attended by the Governors of Oregon and Wash ington and dignitaries from across the country Aug. 27. norlng a tight money trend that has the home building industry almost at a standstill. The Governor said layoffs at Albany and Springfield plywood m ills are attributed to the tight ening of credit and money avail able fo r the construction of new homes, and renewed his warn ing that unless the Federal Gov ernment makes some changes In Its present fiscal course, Oregon as a leading tim ber products state w ill be hard hit economically. The Governor pointed out that rather than asking private busi ness to cut back on expansion program s as a means of stop ping the Inflationary s p i r a l , the Administration should firs t take a look at Its own prog rams that require massive govern- Named To Posts Delegates to the A m erican Legion, Departm ent of Oregon Convention, held in Newport on July 7 -9 , were M r. a n d M rs.C la r- ence Brazil and M r. and Mrs. W . L. Montgom ery, Edgar J.Seelye was was a guest. M rs. ft-azil was in - s ta l i e d as D istrict A u xilia ry President on the last day of the convention and stayed over an other d a y for the executive boardm eeting on Sunday morn ing. M rs.M ontgom ery, who h as b e e n on the executive board the past year of the state 8 and 40, a subsidiary of the A m erican Le g ion A u xilia ry , stayed for two days of sessions on July 10-11. She was appointed for the sec ond y e a r on the membership co m m ittee, ment spending. As a start Hat field suggested the Administra tion should: 1. Cut foreign aid spending. 2. Postpone new domestic program s now In the works. 3. R e s t r i c t expansion of present federal programs. Hatfield In itially called at tention to this cris is at the Governors' Conference In Los Angeles July 6. In a statement Issued there he said, "B y con tinuously blowing up the In flationary balloon at one end ,and depending on the private sector to let some of the a ir out at the other, the govern ment Is creating grave Im balances. and the paradoxical situation of tight money amidst In fla tio n ." He called upon the Federal Government to curtail Its spending and to set an ex ample by living within its bud get, and not to depend upon the Federal Reserve to do a patch- work Job that leads to Inequities in the economy. The Governor said that unless something Is done now, home building w ill become the Ap palachia of the national econ omy. He said that a recession In the home building Industry w ill hl* Oregon especially hard b e c a u s e nearly 50% of the state's economy Is based on lum ber and tim ber products, and half of Its production goes either Into new housing or for maintenance and rep air. EXAMINER DUE The drivers license exam in ers w ill be at city h all, Port Ck- ford,Friday,July 29 from 10 a. m. to 3 p. IB. CLittet w ill continue through F H < ty ,J u ly 29. District Court Jury Panel Third quarter District Court Jury panel includes: W Ilford M . Price, Wedderburn. Wanda E, Thompson, Samuel D. Dotsoo, Chester A .Sm ith, Ed na Messer, Rebecca B anlck,Sig- rid Tantare, Pearlie M . M ille r , Thelm a E. Davidson, Dolores V. Oaks, Edward H eikla,Jam es R. W idm er, M argery W .to en , Reg inald J. Vanderhoof, Louise Os- ■ ten berg,J olm F. S lem i 11 er, Brook- Inga. ' . A lic e K. Sweeney, A rt E. F iak, Elm er Bodewlg, Ruth Murphy, M ario n Bauer, Robert F. Cham berlain, Donald L^Johnson, How ard W . Wood, Gold Beach, Harold F. Davidson, Gertrude E. Adolphsen, Lawrence E.Kight, Inez E, Dunn, M arguerite F. W il son, Port Orford. Chrystle Bums, Ophir. Performance of 'T h e N u tc ra c k e r" Slated for August YO UNG swimmers line up far kicking exercises at annual summer sw im m ing classes. Forty dancers with San Fran cisco's B a l l e t Celeste w ill appear locally In a complete production of "T h e Nutcrack e r ," one of the most popular ballets ever produced. Ballet Celeste has p erfo rm ed this for sell-out houses for more than 12 seasons In San Francisco. The performance w ill be pre sented at M a r s h f i e l d High School In Coos Bay Aug. 4 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $1.25 for youngsters under 12 and $2.50 for adults. All seats are unreserved and can 1« obtained at the box office the night of the perfo r mance. Tickets are also on sale now In Coos Bay at The Music Box and In North Bend’ s Pony Village at Jensen Music Store. Because of this company’ s popularity and high c a lib er, It has been awarded p artial spon sorship by the city and county of San Francisco. This Is most unusual as there are less than six companies so sponsored In this country. WUl F r . Peter D a lly Serve Communion Fr. Peter Dally w ill celebrate comm union at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church Siaiday, July 24. The former vicar here, Ft, Dally Is now at Vashon Island, Washington. M OTHERS watch as youngsters go through their swimming paces as next class waits their turn. «
