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jPint (Orford îCeius Port Orford, Curry County, Or.gon Prie« Ton Cent* ~ ~ ~ _______________________________________________ Thursday, May 4,196; Vol. 10 No. 5 Port Orford To Get Flag-Stop Air Service School District Budget Passes Elk Hatchery Looks Sure Voters In School LMstrlct 2CJ Monday gave their approval to the 1967-68 school budget by a margin of 44 vote*. Langlois cast 1500 pounds o f freight or a Coot Aviation Inc.began dally 89 Yes and 51 No votes. P o r t com bination of both. commuter air taxi fll^nt service Orford voted 73 Yes and 67 No Passenger fare from North Monday fr o m North Bend to for a total of 162 Yes and 118 Bend to Brookings (or reverse ) Curry county, It war announced No to pass that portion of the lart week by J ernes Higgs, man w i l l 1« $15.50) Gold Beach budget, $148,053.75, which ex $12.50; Port Orford $8. 50) Ban ager, The flight w ill aerve Ban- ceeds the six per cent lim ita dot», Port Orford, Cold Beach don $7. SO. Freight will be car tion. The total school levy Is ried at eight cents a pound or and Brook Inga. estimated at $298, 869. 95. Regular scheduled stops will $5 ;xr 100 ¡xjunds, with a $2 Directorships were woo by lx made d ally.flve daya a week, m inimum,Higgs »aid. Fare from Violet Stevenson, 142, over In at Cold Beach and Brookings, North Bend to Eugene w ill be cumbent Don BJcrg, 99, for Zone while Bandon and Port Oford $9. 98. 1( and Newton Haga, 170, over Coo* Aviation's charter flight w i l l be served on a flag atop J o h n L. W illiams, Jr., S 3 ,fte service w ill lx continued as basis. Under thia plan the flight Zone 2. will not atop at Bandon or Part present, Higgs announced, with The Curry county intermedi Oford miles* a passenger for other planes available to supply ate Education District budget the demand. these cities boards at another also passed by a vote of 692 to «top or unU-ss reservations are 465. made by passengers from the Charles Sabin and Jane New two cities. house were elected to the IED The schedule Is planned to board of directors. connect with West Coast Air Ail other school budgets, ex lines flights north and south at cept 3C which has not reported, North Bend and Eugene. passed in the county and Upper An early morning fire Sunday Chetco voted t o consolidate The plane wH* depart North Bend at 10i45 a. m . (after ar damaged the living room of the with the Brookings-Harbor dis rival at a. m. of the West Calvin Penberthy house on Elk trict. Coast f l i g h t iron» Portland), River road, the sheriff's office with Its first scheduled stop at said today. The fire was re(»ort- l l i l S a. m . at Cold Beach, ar cd at 3:05 after being discovered riving In Brookings at 11:35 a. m. by James Estes, Oegon-Joum al After a lay-over In Brookings, paper carrier. The f i r e was said to have the flight w ill head north at 2 :2 5 p .m ., leave Gold Beach at s t a r t e d from an overheated 2:45 p.m . and arrive In North chicken incubator that caused a wall to ignite. It was extin Bend at 3i2O p. m. The flight w ill continue to guished by Penberthy and Estes. The Curry County Tubercu losis a n d Health Association Eugene at 3i3O p. m . , arriving at 4tOS p. m. to connect with held its quarterly b u s i n e s s W stCoast'I DC- 9 ,which leaves m eeting at Gold Beach April st 4:25 p. m. for Portland. Here 17. cotuiectioiu can 1« made for Election of officer* was held and the following re-elected to Seattle. ft'ooklngs—Tickets for the serve for the com ing year: pres- The flight to Eugene Is plan ned to fill the gap left when Azalea Festival slated for May ident,Mlna DeVoe; vice-presi W estCoest dropped Its afternoon 27-28 w e n t on pre-sale this dents, V e r n o n Hanscam and Monday, May I, according to Dorothea Miller; secretary, Al flight eart, said Higgs. In Eugene, southbound con information available a t the ma Deets; t r e a s u r e r , Selma nections m ay be made lor San Chamber of Commerce Azalea Campbell. Francisco, departing at 6 t l8 p.m. Festival Steering Com m ittee A new member fr o m the and arriving at 7i 58 p. m. The m eeting held Tuesday night. It Brookings area, Mrs. Ethel Two- air taxi w i l l return to North was announced that the adult hy, was elected to the board of Bend, arriving at Si05 p. m . A festival tickets w i l l pre-sale director*. It was decided to again place W estC oastalrllnasfllght leaves for $2 from May 1-14. Price af Eugene at 9:48 a .m . aud anrres ter May 14 w ill be $2. 50. Child tine-testing m aterial in doc at North Bend at 10s 31 a. m . to ren's tickets w ill be 75 cents. tors' offices In the county. Virginia Stauffer was ap connect with the morning south Tickets w ill provide entrance to the seafood luncheon, beef pointed Health E d u c a t i o n bound flight to Curry county. Higgs said that he and Lanny barbecue, flower display, arts Chairman for the north end of Boone w ill be piloting the flight and craft display and a specta the county with Marguerite Watt alternately. They w ill use a tor's seat at the square dance continuing with the south end of the county. Cessna 206 sin gle-engin e utili Jamboree. Arrangements for the com ing The budget report was voted ty airplane, carrying passengers and frelglit on each flight, he festival are w ell under way and on and accepted for the com noted. The plane has a capacity a brochure advertising the com ing year. Dorothea Miller reported that of five passengers plus pilot, plete program Is now available at the cnamber of com m erce the m obile x-ray unit w ill be office. Tickets m ay be purchas In the north end of the county ed at the chamber office and Sept. 25, through Sept. 29, and are also available at leading In the Brooking* area from Oct. business establishments. 2 -6 . The two-day festival w ill In The objective* of the Associ clude a parade, coronation cer ation are: emony, band concert, airplane 1. Cooperation with all offi and boat rides, rock show, teen cial and voluntary health agen age dance.cam lval,scout break- cies, local, state and national fa ( t, and com m unity worship for t h e purpose of securing a The Curry County Grand Jury service beside many other e - better state of health among April 21, charged that (»Isoners vents. the people of Curry county. Bill Landis, festival chairman in tlie Curry County J ail arc not 2. Developm ent of effective getting enough to cat and that has been asked to serve as m as- methods for educational work a qualified dietitian shouldsup- ter-of-cerem ooies at the cor for the promotion of health; a l ply a menu which would cover onation ceremony which w ill be so to secure and disseminate scheduled for Saturday, May 27, i n f o r m a t i o n concerning the a w eekly period. The grand Jury, while com at 11:30 a .m . in Azalea State causes, treatment and preven menting that sheriff Allen Bolcc P a rk . At this tim e J ill Stuart, tion of tuberculosis and other has been doing a "very fine Job Brookings - Harbor high school respirator)’ and/or com m uni enior w ill be crowned. considering the lim ited fa c ili cable diseases. ties that are available, " made 3. Assistance as a voluntary several suggestions for the im group In the establishment of provement of Jail facilities. tuberculosis, respiratory a n d Among the recommendations other case finding projects apd Jurors suggested that: vents in in the strengthening of the of tlie jail be vacuumed and clean ficial health agency program In t h e schools, Industries and ed, that the walls of the Jail be The 1967 Drag Race Season repainted, the floor be damp gets underway Sunday with the homes of Curry county. Those present were Mina De mopped daily and thorougldy firs t drag race to be held at clean ed once a week with dis the Port O rfo -a A irp o rt, eight Voe, Dorothea M iller, Selma infectant, t h a t non-bar type m iles north of Port O rfo rd . Campbell, Opal Campbell and Laundry soap should be made In cece of rain , the race w ill Wanda Brace of Gold Beach; available for prisoner* and that be postponed until the following Connie N iem ie a n d Vernon inmates should be offered some Sunday, according to the South Hanscam of Brookings; D o r is kind of work dally, "inside or western Oregon Tim ing Assoc Colson, Virginia Stauffer and Sylvia Honeywell of Port Oford; outside, depending on the w ea iation who sponsor the races. Donna Harry, Marguerite White ther. " A ll fuel and gas dragsters, Jurors also suggested that street machines, super stocks and Alma Deets of Langlois. sheriff's o f f i c e r s "separate and modified machines a r e trouble makers when feasible" urged lo attend as there w ill be and that there should be no plenty of action In all classes, juvenile or women prisoners in with cars expected from all the ja il. parts of Oregon as w ell as Tlie report, Issued by the sev Northern C alifo rn ia. en .~r>ember* of tlie grand Jury'» The gates w ill open at 8:30 Edith Cox Wilson, native was signed by Elmer C, Hodney a.m . with tim e tria ls beginning of Gold Beach, grand jury fore- at 9. Elim inations w ill get un daughter of Curry county w ill be honored Sunday, May 7, on an. der way at 1 p.m . A ll drags her 93rd birthday. are NHRA sanctioned. She was bom at Denmark,Ore., Top fuel elim inator Roy Dunn to Richard Franklin and Lucy and his super-charged C h ry sle r d rag ster w ill be on hand Linch Cox and attended her first Everyone In the area of Pa- vying for top bracket against school In 1878 under teacher Bill Guerin, grandfather of Cur Iflc High Is Invited to attend anv other top fuel entrants. ie Fashion Show tom orrow Dunn turned 7.19-213.28 at H a lf ry county sheriff A llen Bolee. She married Stonewall Jack- Friday) at 7:30 p.m. In the high Moon Bay, C a lif., A p ril 16, chool gym which w ill be p re - and hopes to better that this son Wilson, who was bom in Coos county March, 1870, near ented by the home ec classes. weekend at the local strip . Powers, (he and his sister were Irs . C arol Berglof, in stru c- A new m ember of theSWOTA j r , announces that the g irls strip team w ill be the Bandon the f i r s t twins bom In Coos 111 model the clothes which Jaycees who w ill man a con county) In Gold Beach, Nov, 10, 1896, by Judge R iley. Their re ley made In class. The school cession booth at the events this ception and wedding dinner was rill furnish babysitters fo r the sum m er. Ittle ones.____________ _ Other drag races scheduled cooked by A lice Carey who al for this sum m er Include June 4, so helped prepare their Golden Wedding dinner. FECIAL MEETING July 23 and Aug. 20. 1 All old friends are Invited to A SWOTA spokesman said, There w ill be a special m e e t- attend the potluck dinner, Sun “ T here should be plenty of ag of Curry Cha ¡»ter 135, Order day, May 7, In the Grange Hall f the Eastern Star, Monday, action fo r young and old at the at Nedka Beach from 10 a .m . drags this weekend, so we’l l la y 8, at 8 p. m . , for the pur- to 2 p. m. be looking fo r you th e re .’’ nise of Initiation. Fire Damages Living Room Health Group Elects Officers Azalea Festival Tickets On Sale County Jail Changes Needed Says Grand Jury Drag Races Due Dinner To Honor Curry Native ’ashion Show Set contractors (O eg cn Construction C o ., of Salem) are restoring property, as near as possible, to original condition.________ The Elk River Fish Hatchery appropriation gained the ap proval late last Thursday of the Ways and Means subcommittee considering the Oregon F is h Commission budget, the News learned through Fel Campbell from state representative Rod McKenaie,Coos-Curry counties. " T h is practically assures its passage," said McKenzie. The hatchery w ill be erected about 10 m iles up Elk River at the mouth of Anvil Creek, with the cost borne by state and fed eral agencies and Curry county cooperating with road construc tion and other labor. Efforts to obta in a hatchery in t h a t area began about 10 years ago.according to McKen zie, who said that former Rep, Carl Back worked tirelessly to establish the facility. Also ac credited by McKenzie with ob taining the appropriation were Reps.James Beddingfield. Don McKinnis of Wallowa county. Paul Hanneman of Tillam ook county. Bill Holmstron of Clat sop county. Sen. Dan Thiel of Astoria. Speaker of the House F. F. Montgomery. and many others. "This has been a real keen e f f o r t and it (the hatchery) should be of great value to the state and the local areas. " M c Kenzie asserted. The proposed appropriation went before the frill Ways and Means Committee Tuesday af ternoon, according to a report by C u r r y Count)' Judge Fel Campbell, a n d received full com m ittee approval. He said Rep. McKenzie told h im he would try and get the bill cn the floor this week for passage. New Postal Rales Told Rhododendron Garden Club Flower Show This Weekend “ E arth ’s Awakening” Is the theme of the flower show to be sponsored this w e e k e n d , May 6 -7 , by the Rhododendron G ar den Club. The annual event w ill be held In the multi-purpose room of the Langlois Grade School. Exhibits w ill be entered F r i day from 5 to 8 p.m . and Sat urday from 8 to 10 a.m . There w ill be a plant sale, s ilv e r tea an d do o r-p rlzed raw - lng Sunday at 2:30. CLASSES LISTED Division 1 (H orticulture): un lim ited entry as long as dif ferent. Classes w ill be divided as entry w arrants. Class l--a n y other flower not listed (1 stem). Class 2— lim bs and branches (one), not listed . Class 3— sm all flowers as pansy, violets, etc. (three) blooms. Class 4— azalea (one) stem. Class 5— rhododendron (one) stem. Class 6— Cam ellia (one) stem. Class 7 - - lr t s (one) stem. Class 8 — daffodils (one) stem. Class 9— brooms (one) stem. Division II (Potted Plants): no lim it, If different. Class 1, grown fo r foliage. Class 2, grown for flowers. Division in (deslgns— with o r without accessories). Driftwood can be used. Class 1 - -beauty and the bird (table design). Class 2— nature’ s art (dry ma te ria ls , mantle design). Class 3 --d a re to be different sug- May License Notices Burned If your driver's license is due this month, you m ay not re ce iv e Jhe usual reminder to re new from the Cregon Depart m ent of Motor Vehicles. Vem L. H ill, director of the department, says p a r t of the May renewal reminders were destroyed by a January fire a- bove the Smith Baking Com pany,where they had been stor ed for m ailing die latter part of April. Hill said the agency has at tempted to recoup the loss of utilizing s o m e new reminder forms which w ill be used when its computer conversion is fin ished, but it has been unable to cover all the more than 40, 000 Cregon drivers whose licenses expire this month. HUI said those who do not receive a reminder wUl have to renew at a department field of fice where renewal applications can be obtained. The problem Is expected to exist only on the May renewals since it was the last month for which the old renewal ferm to have been used prior to the conversion. gestlng the beach. Class 4— forecast of spring (oriental In fluence, fresh m aterials. Class 5— light and free using a botde as container (fresh m aterials). Class 6— tea tim e (m iniature not to exceed five Inches over a ll). Class 7— from the garden (mangle design with fresh m s- (m antle design with fresh ma te ria ls ). There w ill be Junior divisions in all classes. During a recent meeting of the club, held at the home ol M rs . V irg il Cannon, eight members and two vis ito rs , M rs . Georg Schaefer and M rs . Wayne Foster, answered ro ll call by naming th eir favorite house plant. A report of the D is tric t Con ference was given. The bird report was on the Orange M ln l- vet and the flow er report on Bear Grass. O fficers elected were M rs . V. Woodward, president; M rs . Jay Barrington, vice president; M rs . Sam Cuatt, secretary, and M rs . Florence Sydnam, tre as u re r. . The May meeting w ill Include a tour of M rs . H a rry Hunt’s gardens with a potluck lunch at noon. Anyone wishing to attend Is asked to be at the home of M rs . George Guerin at 9 a.m ., May 25. Mom's Weekend On OSU Campus Mothers of Oregon State Uni versity students w ill be honor ed on campus this weekend, May 5-6 . Some 4,000 are expected to attend, including a number of local mothers. This ye ar’ s t r a d i t i o n a l “ Mom’ s Weekend" w ill include a score of varied events. They w ill include a style show at which coeds w ill model clothes they have designed and made in home economics courses; mod ern dance and folk dance dem onstrations; flow er, photo ta l ent, and water shows; living group sing competition, and ROTC d rill competition and awards ceremony. Athletic events w ill Include a women’ s rowing team demon stration, crew races, tennis, track, baseball, and the A lum nl- Varslty spring football game. Winners of the 1967-68 sch olarships sponsored by the OSU Mothers Club w ill be announced at a breakfast and business meeting Saturday. Last spring, the mothers awarded 29 fu ll- tultlon scholarships with a total value of nearly $10,000. This was the largest number ever. Funds for the study grants a re raised through special pro jects conducted by M o t h e r s Club units. J POPULAR m ovie and TV st ir Slim Pickens w ill serve as grand marshall for the annual Brookings Azalea Festival parade May 27-28, and appear at other functions during die e v e n t Siale Prepares For Tourists The State Highway Depart m ent is preparing for its exp ect ed onslaught of m i l l i o n s oi summer visitors from the north, south, east and west, by sending a 1967 Visitor Host Program packet to the managers of the chambers of com m erce through out the state. The packet contains informa tion on "Operation Company's Coming, " the state-w ide pro gram to m a k e com m unities more attractive and inviting to visitors. It also contains advice on how to keep the visitor long er in an area once he has arriv ed. The chambers are urged to continue their clean-up, palnt- up, flx-up efforts of the past several years. As added inducement, there is the Governor's Cup, which is awardedtothe community with the greatest achievem ents dur ing this campaign. The cup was won by North Bend last year, and in 1965 Pendleton was the w in ner. A new folder, "Whatto See and Do In Oregon, " prepared by the State Highway Depart ment, wUl be made available in quantity to the chambers for distribution to retail clerks, gas station and restaurant operators, cashiers and others who com e in da tty contact with the vaca tioner. The handy eight-page folder Ispackedwithhelpful In- formatiom to help point out lo cal attractions and events, as w ell as things to see and do in other parts of Oregon. It con- t a i n s a com plete listing of Certified Visitor Information Centers, plus general facts about accommodations, fishing, boat ing, rockhpunding, campsites, forests ana trees, wild flowers, skiing, and hunting. With this additional informa tion, it is hoped that many more visitors w ill take advantage of the innumerable wonderful va cation opportunities offered by Ctegon and not j ust whirl through the state on Oregon's superior freeway system. East-West Road Decals On Sale Mem bers of the East-West Road Committee in Port O r ford are selling memberships. The cost Is $5 for an individ ual membership which entitles the owner to a vote. The busi ness memberships are $10 and can be secured by contact ing H a rry P ric e of Paul P eter son. Big meetings are coming up and everyone Is urged to be come a member so they can attend and vote. An Increase In international surface and a irm a il rates went into effect Monday, ."-w aster Norm Baker announce >»day. The new International . es, he said, w ill not apply to m ail ings fo r members of the Armed Forces overseas. Do.m astlc postage rates are applicable to mail addressed through APCPs and F P O ’ s. The rate increases fo r both surface and a irm a il— averaging 13%— w ere firs t proposed on Jan. 14 and publicly confirmed on March 1. T.ie Department explained at that tim e that they were needed to help offset a deficit of about $16 m illion in international mail operations. Specific Information on the new international rates can be obtained from the service win dow at the post office, Post master Baker said. This was the firs t general in crease in International rates since July, 1961. The Increases are: 1. A irm a il letters to Central Am erica and Caribbean area from 13? a half ounce to 15?. 2. A irm a il to the rest of the W estern Hemisphere remains 15? a half ounce, except for Canada and Mexico. 3. A irm a il to E u r o p e and Mediterranean A frica from 15? a half ounce to 20?. 4. A irm a il le tte r rates to the rest of the world remain un changed at 25? a half ounce. 5. Aerogrammes and alrpost cards Increased 2? each from 11? to 13?. 6. Items sent by a ir , other than letters and parcels, such as sm all packages, books, periodicals and other printed matter Increased 10? per piece to all countries except Canada. 7. Most letters going by sur face transportation to all na tions (excluding Canada and Mexico) increased from 11? to 13?. Post cards raised from 7? to 8?. 8. Most p r i n t e d m atter, Including publications, In creased one cent a piece. F o r 2nd c l a s s publications to Canada only, the one cent In crease w ill be deferred for six months to become effective Nov. 1. Also, the present bund ling rate which perm its postage to be computed on the bulk weight of packages of publica tions addressed to Canadlar post offices w ill remain Ir effect until Nov. 1, at which time it w ill be discontinued. 9. Surface parcel post rates to all nations increased 20? a parcel, an average of 7"!. “ Postage rates fo r surface firs t class letters and a ir let ters and surface 3rd class type printed matter to Canada and Mexico correspond to U. S. domestic rates, which are set by the Congress, and are not being changed at this lim e ,” he said. 1
