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Sewer Bonds Sold; Work Starts Monday Port Orford Xruis Voi. 10 No. 2 Rotarians To Attend Meet Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon 97465 Price Ten Cents Thursday, \pvil 13, 1967 One-Car Accident Injures Two More than ten member» of the Port Orford Rotary Club are ex pected to attend the Interna tional's Annual District Confer ence set for Brookings, on April 14-16, Harry Price, club presi dent, said today. The conference will be held in the Qks Lodge building and will Include plenary sessions, group discussions of Rotary sub jects, and entertainment fea - tures. C. Harold Sexsmith (cq; w ill be the feattved speaker and will represent the president of Rotary international. The Rotary district of thia area includes 27 Rotary clubs and covers most of the southern Oregon area. Frank Eberlein of Klamath Falls is the Rotary district governor for the area. U nding a g o v e r n m e n t check In the amount of $125, 000 for purchase of sewer bond» to mayor pro-tern Adolph V In dm abler la Bill Sllngsby, County FHA director from Grants Pass. FHA haa alao approved a grant for »ewer con stru ction the »mount of $97, OOU, available after bond funds are expended. _______________________ . Trail Riders Give Pointers At Coos Meet AY OR PRO-TEM Adol;di Wlndmalaer signed »ewer construction bond» Wednesday omlng at a pre-construction conference with State FHA official», engineers and coo- actors at city hall. The 125 boud» were for $1, 000 each. At le ft i» Bob I ierce, State Dlr- :tor of the Pirm cn Hom« A dulniitration. _____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____ Flower Show is Festival Event WINNERS of the recent American Legion \uxillary apon- lcred Americanism Essay Contest were, left to right: Jer- lta Hefner, third; Mike McBride, first; and Karen Price, second, all from Battle Rock eighth grade. Prizes were medals. The first-place essay also earned entry in the state contest. Contest chairman Margaret Meyer said the auxiliary extended their thinks to all students enta-Ing and to Judges Loraine and Charles Haines, Ruth Moyer and Gil Rush. The first-place winner appears in this Issue of the News as a guest editorial. Annual TB Meeting Held The annual m eeting of the Curry County T. B, and Health Association was heldAprll 5, In Gold Beach with guest speaker W illiam R. Murlln, M. D ., of Salem . Dr. Murlln has been director of the Chest Clinic for Post-san c a t e s throughout Oregon for several years. Recently, he be cam e director of the Tubercu losis Control Section of the State Board of Health, replacing Dr. Ambrose Churchill. His e x i g ence In this work for the past tw enty-five years presented a good background for his talk on what la being done to eradicate tuberculosis. Dr. John Ballet, chairman of the Advisory Board of the Home Health Agency In Curry coun ty explained some of the pro gram of this newly formed com m ittee, There were 34 members and friends present to e n j o y these talks. Guests from outside the county were: Mrs. W illiam R. Murlln, Salem; Miss Karen Klune, associate program direc tor of O. T .H .A ., Portland; and Mr. and Mrs. Harland Montgo mery of Coos Bay, executive secretary of Coos County 1. B. Association. The next m eeting of this association w ill be April 19, at the Health Center In Gold Beach. DATES TO REMEMBER Birthday wishes go out this w eek to Amy Mensch, Jerry Al exander and Darrell Price. B altim ore began using na tu ral gas to Illum inate streets In 1817. BROOKINGS— The C h e t co Grange w ill handle the annual Azalea Festival floral display to be held during the two-day event scheduled for May 27-28. The announcement was made during the Brooklngs-Harbor Chamber of Commerce Steer ing Comm ittee meeting held last Tuesday night. M rs. Jule Wersch and M rs . Bob Zim m erm an reported on arrangements being made for the flo ral display. The display w ill be a non-Judged show In cluding both horticulture speci mens and arrangements and w ill be held at the Kalmlopsls School. A ribbon w ill be p re sented to the display selected by the 1967 Azalea Queen. A “ popular choice” ribbon w ill also be awarded. A silve r tea w ill be held In conjunction with the display. Death Rate Soars On Oregon Highway F orty-tw o persons lost their lives on Oregon highways d ur ing M arch, bringing this y e a r’s total to 145 dead, according to the Department of Motor Ve hicles. Through M arch, 35 more persons had died In traffic this year In the same period In 1966. Almost 40% of M arch’ s fa talitie s were Portland re s i dents, although most accidents occurred outside of the city lim its . M ore fatal accidents occurred In Clackamas County than any other Oregon county during the month when 10 p er sons were killed there. T rafttc fatalities during the month followed the normal oc currence trend In that over one- third were killed on weekends. Over 30% of the deaths oc curred In accidents killing more than one person. Richard Gatling, Inventor of the machine gun, also developed a steam plow. 4-H trail ride» and a 4-H horse clin ic were the ma In top ic» of diacuiiion at a Coot Coun ty 4-H H o t i e Club Leader« m eeting h e l d last Thursday, April 6, In the county extension office, Coquille. Curry county horse club leaders and older members were asked to attend and explain the Curry County 4-H Trail Ride Program. Lead er» and champion trail rider» in attendance from Curry county were: Mr». Murray Walker, Mr». Cleve Berry, Eben Miller, Jack Christian, Teddy Miller, Neal Walker, Jolene Prince, A n ita Floyd and Bruce Starkweather. Members of the Curry county delegation gave talks on dif ferent phases and responsibili ties of the trail ride program according to Curry County Ex tension Agent James F, Ross. Slides were shown of lastyear'« 4-H trail ride and pack equip ment, trail bridles, and »addle bags w e r e displayed and ex plained. A demonstration was given on how to tie a sleeping bag onto a saddle and what to wear and how to take care of your horse on the trail was also discussed. Curry county has an extensive trail ride program for all 4-H horse club m e m b e r s . "Trail rides, "Ross commented, "are an excellen t method of working with boys and glrla in a group experience." E a c h 4-H trail rider face« a large amount of responsibility, not only to him self and his horse, but also to every other m e m b e r of the group. Team work b e c o m e s quite b a s i c and the 4-H'ers learn It quickly due to the fact that they must rely upon only themselves and the ¿horses and must work as a group in order to survive. "Of course, " Ross stated, " th e group« are w ell chaperoned and supervised by adults with years of trail ride experience, but the leadership comes from the 4-H'ers. " Horse club members planning to go on a county-wide trail ride must pass the "The Trail Rider" phase of the 4-H Horse Advancement Program, m u s t participate In a pre-trail ride ride in their 4-H club and be cleared by their leader a n d parent according to Ross. This year's ride w ill be in the north part of Curry county and w ill be held from July 1 to 8. Kite Flying Fun, But Says Co-op Manager Kite flying in brisk spring breezes can be fun, but it can be dangerous, too, warned J tm Wiliac, Port Orford manager of Coos-Curry Electric Coopera tive. "The pleasure of kite flying can be marred by carelessness, " Wilson warned. "We hope there a r e no accidents here during the kite flying season. " Wilson pointed out that one ot the m olt common accidents in kite fly ing is entangling a kite in pow er lines. Wilson offered these sugges tions far kite flying safety, both to protect the kite flyer and to insure greater enjoyment. 1. Fly kites in an open area, away from power lines, or e le c tric transmission towers. 2. Use dry string ana never wire or m etallic string. 3. Avoid the use of any m etal in making a kite. 4. Keep kites away from high ways. 5. Do not fly kites in w et or stormy weather. 6. Do not attempt to remove a kite entangled in power lines. A booklet, "Kite Flight, " is available free to the youth of the community from Coo«-Cur ry Electric Cooperative at their Port Crford office. Senior Citizens News The Senior Citizen Club of Port Orford held a potluck din ner at the American Legion hall on April 3. Colored slides of Utah, Colorado a n d Montana w « e shown by George Guerin. Officers elected were Fred Kitselman, president, and Cl ar ise Cl a mo, secretary. Forty-two people attended the m eeting. The next m eeting w ill be held on April 17, at 5:30 p .m . at the American Legionhall.A potluck dinner w ill be served and cards w ill be played. Anyone 50 years or older is ellglh le to Join the group. It is hoped that all who can w ill at tend. Porcupines are rodents. TWO LOCAL youths were injured late Sunday even ing w h e n car driven by Scott M. Mecum, 18, went out of control just off the highway on Qk River Road and rolled over bank head- on into a tree. Mecum re ceived severe facial and chest injuries. His passeng er, Mike Henderickson, 17, also received facial la c erations. Both youths were t a k e n to Southern Coos General Hospital at Bandon for treatment. Mecum was then transferred by Mercy Plane to a Medford hospit al where he is reportedly tnfeir condition. Hendrick son has been released. The car was a total loss. OSH Honor Roll Cregon State University— Names of local students on the winter term honor roll at Ore gon State University have been announced. To qualify for honor roll list ing, students must make B plus grades or better far the term. Those with stralght-A grades are given special designation. The list of local students in cludes: Barbara Kallgren, senior, Education (stxaight-A n Mary Harris, sophomore, Home Econ omics. PAST MASTERS NIGHT SIATED Sidne, Croft Lodge No. 206, A. F. & A. M ., of Brookings, w ill celebrate Past Masters Night, Monday,April 17,at theM ason- ic Temple on Azalea Road. A 6:30 p. m. crab feed pre cedes the m eeting at 8 p. m. Lodge w ill convene to confer the third degree. The degree t e a m from Kery, O egon, Belt Lodge No. 18,w ill put on degree work. Refreshments w ill be served following the m eeting. A llM as- ter Masons are cordially invited to attend. OCA Endorses Hatchery; Upgrading Of Facilities N e w p o r t — (Special) "The Oregon Coast Association has made large and significant ad vances in promoting the travel industry a n d in highway im provements on U. S. 101 during the past year, but must have a substantially increased budget if it is to k e e p the Ctezon Coast in com petition with other areas in the ever increasing travel market'1. This was the theme the message delivered to the 37th Annual Convention of the CCA m eeting in Newport on Friday and Saturday by man ager George Weaver. Weaver cited extensive na tional magazine publicity, much newspaper and radio coverage, the beginning of a color motion picture of the Oregon Coast and vigorous legislative activity as some of the OC.'.'s accomplish ments o v e r the past year.He warned, however, that the Ore gon Coast is being rapidly out done, outsold, and outclassed by other areas s u c h as Hawaii, British Columbia and California in the Travel promotion field. He further stated that the Ore gon Coast is settling for just a tiny overflow portion of a gi gantic tourist market and that unless more time, effort and money is put into coastal pro motion programs this situation would become much worse. Also called for was a concentrated effort to upgrade coastal facil ities, clean-up blighted, run down areas and preserve the natural beauty of the coast so that tourists visiting the Oregon Coast from other parts of O e - gon and from other states alike, could share in the joys of this outstanding recreation area and would return to do so many Home Extension Achievement Plans are being made for the annual Home Extension units’ Achievement Day to be held Wednesday, A pril 26, at the Ophir Grange hall In Nestka Beach. Registration w ill be from 12 noon to 1 p .m ., according to Pat Hanson, C u rry County ex tension agent. The g u e s t speaker, Velm a Seat, Food Marketing Specialist from OSU, w ill talk at 1:30 p.m. about new trends in packaging and new food Item s. Exhibits w ill be on display, and coffee and cookies w ill be served. The public is invited to attend. times. Speaking to the OCA conven tion delegates on the subject of highway beautification and up grading were Glenn L.Jackson, Chairman of the State Highway Commission,and Larry V.Espey, Recreation specialist for Pacif ic Power and Light Company. Jackson indicated that over the past seven years some 41 per c e n t of the State's available highway funds (excluding in terstate routes ) had been spent on the Oregon Coast highway and its lateral routes. He said that in order to justify this ex penditure and f u r t h e r large h ig h w a y Improvements, the trend toward t u m b le - d o w n abandoned buildings, unsightly, deteriorating signboards a n d rusting abandoned automobiles m u s t be stopped. He showed pictures of blighted areas on U.S. 101 and urged total coast wide cooperation in a massive effort to clean-up the coast and elim inate these uselesseyesores. He warned of dire consequences to the tourist industry if this clean-up was not undertaken immediately. Gerald W. Frank, President of the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce was keynoter for the convention and moderated a panel on the mass media and their role in tourist and travel promotion.!^esaidthatthe O e - goo Coast is still underdevelop ed and uncrowded and that un sightly and ramshackle planning should be avoided in the de velopment of the coastal areas. He further s t a t e d that more quality facilities and conven tion centers, more events and festivals, more concerts, plays, and art exhibits re needed on the coast. Frank was Joined in the panel b y Dick W r ig h t, KGW-TV 1 n Portland, Roger Emmons, O r e g o n Council of Outdoor Advertising, Dick Levy, KXL AM-FM in Portland, and Robert F a i r c h i l d , Spokane Spokesman-Review. They all contributed expert evaluations of how the Oregon Coast can b e s t be promoted as a major tourist and recreation center. Later in the session the OCA delegates adopted a new set of by-laws and passed a resolution to support H.B. 1395 calling for a Fish Commission s a lm o n hatchery to be built on the coast. New officers elected were M ilt Preisz, president, from Newport, Judge Fell Campbell, first v ic e- president, from Gold Beach, Don Dils,second vice-president from North Bend, and Don DeFreese, treasurer from Newport. Out going president Howard Lentz presided. a t coos county meet 3RFRS of Battle Rock eighth grade class posed for the News camera prior to leaving V ^ r ¿ e f r ^ u a l tw o -la y excursion to Salem where they wUl visit the legUUture L o n , among many other points of interest. Left to right are: kneel ing-K iB ten Davis, la Billings, Lynda Sdegler, Carol Tope Judy^Cushman• l^ o n Mrs. Syneva Lindberg, Port Or ford, Mrs. Dorothea Miller and Mrs.Mina DeVoe of Gold Beach, attended the Coos County T. B. and H e a l t h annual m eeting April 6, in Bandon. The guest speaker for the evening was Dr. Donald S, Crane of Bandon. •fner Kim Dunn, Teresa Harrington, Carol Knapp, Jim Kirchgesler, Muse u ou, Phillip«, ScottMcKenzie, Jim Samudio, Mike Hardy, Bob Valet, Karen Stauffer, Doug .. . r*__ a.. T ir« Çnark« anH H prm an M ontgom ery Men are said to be four times as susceptible to ulcers as women. 1 I
