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Editor
In discussing various political
Issues 1 have come to the con­
clusion that Comnilsslosier Ryce
Wilson should be ra-electad.T he
following reasons for this con­
clusion are submitted for your
consideration:
1. Taxes are naturally of great
concern to all of us. Moat of our
r e c e n t tax statements have
shown a substantial reduction
this year. Ryce Wilson with his
work on the board of equalisa­
tion played a vital part in ob­
taining this reduction.
2. We know that WIlson does not
play favorites, and he certainly
cannot be accused of the old
po litick trick of "riding the
fence. "
3. Wilson h a s worked hard to
make our area more attractive
to natives and tourists alike.
The public boat launching fa­
cilities are proof that he does
more than just talk.
4. Commissioner W ils o n has
been one of the guiding forces
behind the Curry County Youth
Employment Program. The Lobs­
ter Creek Youth Camphas shown
continuous development.A pro­
gram initiated two years ago to
hire high school boys as hrush
cutters has been of great bene­
fit to the county. A copy of our
local program is now on file at
Oregon State University where
it is made available to other
counties wishing to establish
like programs.
These are a few of Commis-
s i o n e r Wilson's accomplish­
ments. I feel he deserves out
vote and support.
My sincere thanks to the ed­
itors tor making this space avail­
able, and to you, the reader, for
taking the time to read my
letter.
Jim Southward
Gold Beach
TO THE EDITOR
We, die voters and taxpayers
of the north end of Curry coun­
ty are very much concerned a-
bout the coming election of
county commissioner.
Most voters and taxpayers
know that in die past die whole
county has firmly believed in
an equal distribution of author­
N IW S P A P IR
N A T IO N A I I 0 1T O « I A L ity. Namely; one commissioner
f r o m the south, one from the
PUBUSHIRS
north and one from the central
A S S O C IA TIO N
area of the county.
For the information of the
voters of the county, in general
we feel that our present com­
missioner, Mr. Ryce Wilson, has
■nerican Education Week, scheduled for Novem­
done a good job and has stood
ber 6-12, is sponsored by the National Education Asso­
firmly on his convictions. There­
ciation, The National Congress of Parents and Teachers,
fore,we think that he should be
the U.S.Office of Education, and The American Legion.
retained in office.
The point we are attempting
"Education Adds Up" is the 1966 then-.e, and the seven
to tell you is that we should be
d a i l y topics which support the theme are: to human
represented by a commissioner
dignity, to rational thinking; to a creative spirit; to
from the north, whether he be a
self-reliance; to economic competence; to informed
Democrat or a Republican. So
citizenship; and to lifelong opportunity.
.American Education Week is a tim e to look at our
in all fairness, we ask you voters
schools and decide whether they are really meeting our
to continue to honor this "gen-
standards of quality. Changing times and circimstances
dem en's agreement" that our
call for intensive re thinking of the task our educational
commissioners be elected from
system must perform.
each section of Curry county.
Educators feel that all men should have equal op­
In conclusion, you may or
portunity for achievement. The public school was found­
m ay not have agreed with all
ed on the notion that the components of human dignity
die decisions our Commissioner
necessarily spring from education and that education
hasmade but lie had represented
adds up to human dignity. Studies have shown that the
the entire county as well as the
m o r e education one has, the more likely he is to be
north end, and we respectfully
tolerant of different ideas, races, and cultures.
ask thatyou cast your ballot for
Education enables one to think rationally. Perhaps
Mr.Ryce Wilson so that we will
the most important result of this ability is that the in­
still have representation.
dividual who possesses it is truly a free being. He is not
Yours for a continued fair and
To The Editor:
dependent on others to interpret things for him.
equal distribution of authority
With election day approach­
While the school cannot give the child the jif t
for the whole county.
ing, I think It is important that
of creativity, it can help produce conditions in which
Thank you.
the voters of C urry County be
the gift can flourish—and progress is only possible when
Dick Barklow
aware of a few facts regarding
creative individuals produce new ideas and formulate
George Hahn
our
present Commissioner
new solutions.
N. B. Marsh
Ryce Wilson and the otherm em -
Self-reliance today means understanding and using
Everett Isenhart
bers of the County Court.
the wealth of choices with which modem society has
For the past three summers,
enriched man, and to become the master instead of the
boys, ages 14-17, have been
TC THE EDITOR
servant of technology. This kind of self-reliance is best
hired to help develop a park
produced by education.
Curry county is the finest
site on Lobster Creek which
Education assures employment, and employed per­
place 1 have ever lived. The
w ill be used as a group, 4-H
sons are consumers. They create a demand, which in
people are very friendly, and
and church site. For the past
tu r n raises employment because more workers are
the natural beauty of the area
two years, the county road de­
needed to produce goods and services.
is unsurpassed. Since I plan to
partm ent, under the direction
To keep our environment safe, we need education
make my home here I am at­
of Commissioner Wilson, has
of the sort that produces informed citizens and expert
tempting to leam more about
leaders. It is the people—the graduates of our schools—
Curry county and its government. employed boys, ages 16-19, In
Its brush clearing and weed
whomust decide the values and goals for which govern­
control program. Also, for the
ment works.
all the same. His addressing m a­ past two summers, youth em­
Recognizing that the complexities and changes in
chine must have got stuck or ployment offices have been set
our civilization re quire more than 12 years of education
else he had some copies left up in Port O rford, Gold Beach
to be absorbed and understood, our schools must provide
o v er.. . or maybe he j ust wanted and Brookings. These offices
the powerful forces that encourage people to seek learn­
to make sure Ire a d a t least ONE, have served businessmen by
ing formally and informally throughout life.
Usually at election time I providing a ready list of boys
—Port Crford-Langlois Teacher's . .ssociation
"expound" editorially oncandi- and g irls who wish part or
date recommendations out this full time employment during
cific highschool principal John y e a r Pm not. Instead, PH j ust the summer. The Gold Beach
Wahl reminding everybody of say that after satisfying myself office, p artially supported by
th e annual faculty-sponsored of the issues and qualifications the Chamber of Commerce, also
back-to-school night next Mon­ the following will get my vote. provided tourist Information
For Governor—Bob Straub.
which has meant additional dol­
day from 7 to 8 p. m. Purpose of
For Senator—Bob Duncan.
lars to the county.
the event is to give each school
For Representative, 4th Dis­
patron an idea of the subjects
Commissioners Ryce Wilson,
taken by his child and how each trict— John Dellenback.
"Heck” Tlmeus and Judge F ell
For State R epresentative- Campbell have been vitally in­
is taught. To do this, the regular
school day is abbreviated from Carl Back.
terested In all of the youth in
For County Commissioner— this county and have done a Job
a fifty-five minute period to a
fifteen minute period and par­ Ryce Wilson.
that other counties could well
For C o u n ty Sheriff—Fred look to and copy. These projects
ents m eet with teachers during
W ill the annua! grab bag this shortened class time. Par­ Thom.
were not started m erely to put
For County Treasurer—Evelyn money in the pockets of these
night has come and gone.. . with ents are asked to pick up class
fewer youngsters making th e schedules at the school before Moir.
young people, but were Jobs that
For Port of Port Orford—J. B. required doing.
t r e k this year, at least in my 7 p. m. and be directed to the
area. 'Course itd id n 't make me first period class. Fol lowing the Kosta and Ryce Wilson.
These jobs provided needed
For City Council—Harry Price, work experience and training
unhappy at a l l .. . me being the last class, refreshments will be
one doing all the getting up and served in the home economics Frank St. Clair and Elmer Bens. for these young people, teaching
down to answer the door and pass room. Sounds like a good way to
For County Measures—Yes on them how to work, to respect
out the goodies while the bride really get acquainted with pro­ the Edson Creek Park and Fair­ the results of their energy and
grounds and No on the Golf labors, to use tools properly and
rode a r o u n d town with the cedures at Pacific.
younguns.'But, maybe the getting
I haven't figured out what it Course.
safely, to accept responsibility
If you don't agree, don't call and to work together. School
up and down is good for the old might mean but Tuesday I re ­
physique. (1 said maybe. )
ceived a total of eight "final me on the phone and chew me counselors provided guidance
Have you ever stopped and letters as a 4th District Repré­ o u t.. .ju st be at the polls next and support for any who might
thought about how Halloween sentât ive" from Bob Duncan. . . Tuesday and w e'll settle it there! have personal problems, bord-
lias changed in the last 25 or
30 years? We didn't have or­
ganization in those days for one
thing. There were no car pools
to trans|>art us about the neigh­
borhood. . . parents did not even
drive the kids around.. . or take
much of an interest in whether
we collected any treats. In fact,
we didn't even confide our plans
for the big night with parents.
No, sir! We made our masks
from grocery sacks colored with
crayolas, with holes cut out for
the eyes, nose and mouth, and
m et secretively to plan our ac­
tion for the night.
Usually our eerie schemes
scared us far more than anyone
we were plotting against and it
usually took the rest of us push­
ing to get one of us to knock on
any doors. As soon as we knock­
ed we'd run around the corner
of the house leaving the "brav­
est" (not by choice, either) to
face the music when the front
door opened.Then we'd all wish
W'e'd stayed with the lucky one
when he'd join us muching on a
cookie or an ap p le., , or if he
was real lucky, a store-bought
candy bar. Seldom did any cf us
ever gethome with any loot. We
usually ate it on the spot. . . but
we didn'tcollect goodies by the
sack full, like's done these days.
But commercialism has taken
o v e r now and the real fun of
Halloween has been replaced by
a desire to see how much loot
can be gathered b e f o r e the
patience of parents run o u t.. . or
something like that. But It sure
a in 't Halloween.
Nobody probably needs a re­
minder to vote next Tuesday
but It sure w on't hurt none to
say It anyway. You'll find a list
of polling places in this issue
and the polls open at 8 a. m ., in
c a s e you want to be fir«. If
you want to be last they stay
open until 8 p. m. That's a full
12-hour period f o r v o tin g ...
enough time for everybody to
get the job done.
?i.S
J ,i'lb??.r. GOT,'n'>r c»""" • GMr«‘
Cimpiifln Coordinator,
618 S W. Fifth * « , Portland, Orason 9720«
Got a note Tuesday from Pa-
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erllne school drop-outs or those
who might b* on the edge of
trouble.
The present court and Its
advisors put this program to­
gether for A L L our young peo­
ple from A L L areas of thia
county. There has not been a lot
of horn blowing about these
programs and those that were
acquainted with these efforts
may have forgotten. One gets
an Idea of the magnitude of the
accomplishment when one rea­
lizes that over 550 Job place­
ments for young people were
made In the past two years.
The results of these projects
w i l l t« much-needed parks,
w a y s i d e s , and cleared and
cleaned county roads. With
tourism
Increasing
In Im ­
portance every year, these ef­
forts are like money In the bank
to all of us.
Keep the present court to­
gether, vote for Ryce Wilson.
seeking tactics. Ills supporters
claim that he haa changed, but
judging from recent actions, It
appears doubtful.
It Is hoped that our Fourth
D istric t w ill be represented
by John Dellenback.
JACK PARKER
Route I, Box 4049
Florence, Oregon
To The Editor:
Reference Is
made
the
payment of >2541.46 to Carlson
and Associates for gathering
data In support of a substitute
salary arrangement for Curry
County. It appears to this tax­
payers association that this was
a waste of the taxpayers’ money
since a salary Increase took
place In C urry County In 1960,
with a very substantial taxiat
in the salary paid commis­
sioner!, and no waste of county
funds took place at that time
for the collection of data to
support a substitute salary a r­
rangement. While lids waste of
the taxpayers’ money Is, no
doubt, a product of the tax and
spend, tax and spend theory, It
does, however, exteixl Into the
••money to tiurn" category so
¡n ev al. nl In » tit ly < ouiili.
A violent, undetermined form
of park fever has apparently
gripped those 111 the saddle,
Judging from the eixlless en­
deavor and determination to
C onf. fUgo-J
RE-ELECT
CURRY COUNTY
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VF.RN KOLEN
P. O. Box 601
Gold Beach, Ore.
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COMMISSIONER
RYCE WILSON
To The Editor:
During the past few months
I have had several talks with
John Dellenback, M edford,can­
didate for Congress from the
Fourth D is tric t. We have also
exchanged letters. My Im pres­
sion of M r. Dellenback Is that
he Is an Intelligent, friendly,
well-balanced Individual who
Investigates thoroughly an y
problem before he makes up his
mind.
Perhaps that Is why at the
close of the 1961 State le g is ­
lature he was named by the
press as the "most promising
freshman
leg is la to r." Since
that tim e he has had five years
to study the problems of O re­
gon and the Fourth D is tric t,
In p articu lar.
I have found hla attitude a
contrast to that of his oppon­
ent, Charley Porter. I have had
talks with M r. Porter and have
taken part In Congressional
hearings at which he testified.
His actions are predetermined
by his political leanings which
support the federal government
taking over the affairs in O re­
gon. M r. Porter becomes ob­
viously
Irritated
when not
agreed with. He made a poor
Impression when he was a
House member four years ago,
by his Irresponsible publicity-
Democrat
.Qualified by a wide background of years of experience In logging, lum ­
bering, road construction, farming, and buslnea administration.
As your county commissioner for the past four years, I have taken an
active part in the county road department and all other phases of the county
government.
1 have tried to be fair and Impartial, deciding each Issue on Its own
merits.
If elected, I will continue to work for the best Interests of all the peo­
ple of Curry County.
I would welcome your checking my record.
1 will ap;»eclate your vote.
RE-ELECT
RYCE WILSON
Id. Pol. Ad. Ryce Wilson, Sixes, Ctegon
V o te F o r T h e
DEMOCRATIC
TICKET
TUESWtt, NOVEMBER 6
For State Representative
Seventeenth Representative District
(X) Carl Back
THESE ARE THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
r
For County
For County Sheriff
For County Treasurer
(X) Evelyn N. Noir
For Governor
(X) Robert W. (Bob) Straub
For United States Senator
(X) Robert B. Duncan
For Representative In Congress
Fourth Congressional District
(X) Charles 0. Porter
For Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor
(X) Norman 0. Nihon
Democratic Central Committee, Bruce Manley, chairmari, Brookings, Oregon