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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.
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