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About Port Orford news. (Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon) 1958-current | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1967)
jPnt't (Orford Arms Voi. IO No, It. Youth Employment Office Hour»—Monday through Friday, 8s30 a. m. to 4 p, m. Applications and job listings may be made at the grade school office or phone 332-2712. Price Ten C ena Operation Dale Announced For Langlois Central Dial Office At 11:01 p .m ., Jan. 20, 1#««, General Telephone Company of the Northwest, Inc., w ill put a new central dial office Into operation In langlola. At the same tim e, D istrict Manager R. A. McKenzie announced, the preaent three-digit telephone numbers w ill tie changed to all new seven-digit numbers begin ning with the prefix “ 348.” Heplacement of the Langlois dial office, McKenzie said, rep resents a total cost of w ello ver *80,000 Including the new build ing now under construction. When II goes Into operation, It w ill m ark the completion of General Telephone's conver sion to A ll Number Calling tn the Southern Division which in— clbu.'s parts ofOregon and N or thern California. langlols customers w ill re ceive a new number sticker for their telephone dials and a directory supplement listing the "3 48-x xx x" numbers short ly before the change becomes effective, McKenzie said. Stolen Vehicle Wrecked Thursday, July 20, 1967 Sixes Fire Contained A forest fire west of Powers, fanned by strong winds, spread to about 150 acres before being trailed Thursday night by a crew of about 85 men, Coos Forest Patroi officials said today. those persons who uaebusiness cards, letterhead stationery or other Imprinted m a t e r i a l s would be wise to remember when they order supplies that they w ill have a new telephone number next January. Slow Vehicle Law Begins The fire, reported about 2 p m. started ir. old slash on tne G rif fey-Laird logging operation on the north fork of the Sixes River about six miles west of Powers. The wind pushed the flames Langlois Vote Being Taken Extended Area Phone Service r/i up the steep ground of the area so that some fell and bucked timber was involved in the fire. About 75 men from the forest industry and 10 from the Cone Patrol were aided by seven bull dozers and nine tank trucks in getting the blaze completely trailed and under control by 10 40 p m Mopup operations were beinft carried out today. la rg e s t The Sixes fire was the largest of 20 reported Thursday on state protected lands. A Coos Patroi crew was dis patched from Bandon about 11 a m. Thursday to assist a Coos County crew when a brush-burn ing fire in the Floras Lake area got out of control. The escaped fire, in brush and old logs, was held to about half an acre. A fire near the Fox bridge, north of Gravelford, was report ed about 9 p.m. Thursday. A pa trol crew from Bridge spent a couple hours putting out the fire which was believed caused by children playing with matches. Ballots were mailed Monday Service would eliminate long Farmers who take to state to General Telephone Company distance charges on calls be highways with trac.art and other of the Northwest, Inc., custom tween the two communities. It equi[>nent operated at speeds ers In Langlois so that they would also require an Increase under 25 m iles per hour will be *Zv. can vote on a proposal to estab in monthly telephone b ills for required to have a slow moving lish Extended Area Service be Langlois customer» only at the vehicle emblem attached to the tween Langlois and Bandon, time EAS becomes effective, equipment after J anuary 1, D istric t Manager R. A. Mc McKenzie added. Governor Tom McCall recent Kenzie said today. The proposed and present 1 w !*• « ly signed House BUI 1024 Into The proposed Extended A rea Langlois rates are as follows: law, which ivohibla ope ration X * j -, RESIDENCE: present rate for of motor venlcles designed for a one-part’ line Is $6.60 and It s|*ed s less than 25 mph on state would Increase to $8.60; two- highways unless the emblem Is party, up from $5.35 to $6.80; displayed. It was sponsored by fo u r-p a rty and suburban, up 35 O egon legislators and en from $4.20 to $5.40;. THIS HUGE Cat 769 rock truck wound up In a canyon about 20 m iles up the south bank Meantime, he suggested that dorsed by the Governor's com BUSINESS: PBX, present rate m ittee on farm safety. of the Rogue River on July 2. The vehicle is owned by Brownie Coldiron, Gold Beach, and Is $14.50 and the proposed rate Ellwood Miller, Oregon State valued at $70, (XX). The sheriff's office said an injured man was found in the truck and The 32-foot fishing b o a t University farm safety specialist taken to Curry General Hospital for treatment of cuts and bruises. The incident is still "Vicfem", o w n e d b y Ralph would be $22.75; one-party would Increase from $9.65 to being investigated. and chairman of the National Howard, broke loose from its $15.15; two-party, up f r o m Farm Safety Week program for mooring adjacent to the local • ____________ —S. O. Photo $8.10 to $12.05, and suburban, O egon, said that the new law dock som etim e Thursday night ig) from $6.60 to $8.90; applies to lm plem ena of hus The ilie rtffs office this week and went aground on the beach S E M I-P U B L IC ; coin tele reported two local accldena. Cta bandry, road machinery, ro*(£ near Rocky Point. July 13. Charles D. Hanaoa, 23, rollers or farm tractors except The boat was a total loss but phones, up from 30? to 35?. The preposed rate Increases when the vehicles are engaged swerved to mlaa a deer 2 miles Howard, of Sacramento, C a lif., Bonneville Power Admin "Seeyou in the funny papers" The senior camp, from July 18 In actual construction or main south of Port Orford about l(k 3 0 managed to salvage the engine, w ill apply only to basic charges istration has published a study Is no idle chatter at 4-H camps for local telephone service, Mc tenance work and guarded by a dirough 22, is for the older 4 - p.m . and loat control of his car. electrical equipment and othei on the recreation and tourist being held from July 10 through H'ers. Rots directored the Junior Kenzie said. Mileage charges which (ilunged through a guard flagman or by clearly visible gear from the beach. industry of the Pacific North July 22 at Camp Myrtlewood camps and S diroeder the senior Money for f r e e , yes, over and rates fo r supplemental tele warning signs. ra il. Two passengers were with The craft was formerly own west. $9, 000 w ill be given away this ed by James T. Preston of Mon- phone equipment, such as exten When a combination of v e nearBridge."Comic Strip Char camp. hbn, his brother Dave, 19, and The report, p art of BPA’ s sion telephones, would not be hicles Is being operated in such acters1' is die theme of this Members from Curry county y e a r to award-winning cakes, tery, C a lif., and went aground Scott M cDonald, 20. A ll three economic base study, Is titled affected. learning and fun-fUled ex]«r- a manner as to obscure the em garden vegetables,horses, hobby attending t h i s year are: 1st escaped Injury. on the beach south of Battle “ Potential fo r the Recreation collections and many other ex Rock the afternoon of July 25, On July 14, a car driven by blem mounted on the |x»wer unit, ience, according to J bn Ross and cam p-Brookings-liar bar, Des and Tourist Industry in the hibits at the 1967 Curry County 1965. M A IL BALLOTS NOW Randall H, W aldle, 22, crashed an additional em blem must be Walt Schroeder, camp directors. mond Smith, Linda Parke, Ste- Pacific Northw est.” Forty-five Curry County 4-H plien Smith; Gold Beach-Wed- Fair and Rodeo. displayed on the back of the Langlois telephone u s e r s Into the rear-end of a car driv Its findings include; Now is the tim e to get your members are joining campers rearmost vehicle. Miller said should m ail th eir ballots to the derburn, K a th y Rogers. Terri en by Mrs.Donna E. Zlttelbcrger, 1. Tourism ts the region’ s copy of the new Curry County from Coos and Douglas oounties the law does not apply to equip Oregon Public U tility Comm is Johnson, Judy Prince, Marilee 21. The accident occurred an third la rg e s tta s ic Industry, be Fair premium book and decide for this 18th annual Tri-county ment operated only on county sioner before July 31 to have I lodney,Nancy Newhouse, Bren the north Floral lake road when hind agricultor e and food pro event. th eir votes count. A ballot not da J a c k ; Port Orford, Sandra which department you would Mrs. Zltzelberger had stopped roads,but the farm safety com cessing in firs t place and forest The |xir|xjse of 4-H camping Keeler; Langlois, Carol Everest, like to exhibit in. There are 16 m ittee Is urging farmers to at returned wifr be considered a her car In the road, at the bot products In second place. tach the reflective signs on all is many fold, noted Schroeder. Steve Donaldson; Bandon, Char different departments with prize “ no” vote, the D istric t Mana tom of a dip near the Lowel 2. Tourism is the region’ s For die campers it's fun, food lene VanLear, Matt Hanna, Mike money ranging from $10 for the equipment. ger said. A postage-paid return Krcutxcr ranch, to turn around. fastest growing m ajor '-xiustry. More than 15, 000 young sal first place in the dairy and beef and fellowship. But die real pur Miller said that Oregon law Hanna. 2nd Camp— Brook ings- envelope has been provided to The sheriffs office said that By 1985 tourism Is expected to poses of camp are to train young I iai bor, Dan Berry, Eddie Berry, cattle department to $1 for the mon and steelh e.d have been m all the ballots. W aldle came over the rise at does not prohibit the use of the supplant the forest products given a new lease oo life through third place winner in the hobby- Dttbbic Brewer, V i c k i Smith; t h is tim e and couldn't avoid emblem on stationary ohjeca, people in leadershl|i, character industry as the Pacific North the efferts of a crew of Curry hitting the other car because of such at mailboxes, but points d e v e l o p m e n L responsibility, Gold Beach-Wedderbum, Cindy craft and collections depart west’ s second largest em county teen-agers. group living, to develop an un Knox, Scott Knox, John Qmlin, ment. an oncoming car in the other out that the emblem was design ployer. By the turn of the cen When Curry county com m is derstanding and a ppreelation of Only Curry county exhibitors ed specifically far slow moving Sharon Corbin, Mary Boeshardt, lane. The accident occurred a - tu ry, employment In tourism vehicles as a warning to motor nature and to help them grow M ichelle Samuel, Toni Walker; and contestants will be eligib le sioner H.E. Tim eus, Gold Beach, bout Si 30 p, m. w ill surpass the number of jobs ists. physically,m entally and spirit Ophir, M a rk , Daniel,Deborah for premiums unless otherwise noted large numbers of finger David Knapp, son of Mr. and In the farm and food processing The emblem must also con ually. Caughran, Ann and Dennis Ben stated or provided by the Fair lings stranded in potholes in the industry. Tourism w ill then be lower reaches of Dry Creek, an Mrs. Harold Knapp of Port Or Morning hours are devoted to nett; Langlois, Linda Hildebrand. Board. form to the nationally accepted If you intend to enter liv e important fish producing tribu ford, recently was notified that the leading Industry of the re standards for the SMV emblem flag raising ceremonies, camp Senior Camp— Btookings-Har- gion. and mutt not replace existing clean-up and discovery per txr, Valorle Erb; Gold Beach- stock, poultry or rabbits, reser tary of the Sixes River, he ap he had placed third in the 1967 3. Tourists now spend close Rogue - Um pqua FFA A gr ¡culture pealed to the Fish Commission vations for stall space must be tail lights or warning flags on iods hi such topics as camp Wedderbum, Janis Qmlin, Ruth to $1 billion annually in the Placem ent Contest. the vehicle. cooking, crafts, n a t u r e study, Buffington,Mary Daniels, Karen made to the Fair Board in Gold for help. Pacific Northwest region. His supervised farming pro Under supervision of R ollie The e m b l e m Is pyramid forestry, knot tying, survival, e l Kolen; Ophir, Nancy Buffington, Beach not later than August 4. A b ill Introduced In the Uni 4. By 1985 over $2.2 billion Last day for entering exhibits Montagne, F is h Commission gram and agriculture placement ectricity, and w ildlife. Profes David Caughran, Margaret M il shaped w i t h a yellow orange ted States Senate recently w ill, a year w ill be spent tn the coastal rivers biologist, a crew program was judged in com pe is Thursday, August 10. Premium sional and amateur outdoers- fluorescent center and outlined ler, Jack Morgan, Cindy Morgan, If passed, provide federal as In red. It should be large enough men work with the young people Jane ice Nowlin; Pert O r fo r d , money for the fair com es from of local youngsters working on tition with 12 other schools m region by tourists. By the year sistance to states for fire pro 2010 annual tourist expendi to be visible day and night at in the discovery sessions. Linda Stiegler; Langlois, Tim p a ri-m u tu a l racing proceeds Curry county's econom ic op the Rogue- Umpqua FFA district. tures w ill reach $6.8 b illio n . tection In rural areas. Knapp's supervised farming and Is distributed by the state portunity program turned their Three camps are being held least 500 feet away. Hanna. The measure was Introduced 5. The equivalent of 100,000 attention to the project. program consist of one three- to the counties. Firms now manufacturing SMV this year to accommodate the by Senator M ark O. Hatfield w orkers are presently employ In a two-day effort, some 11, - year old registered Jersey cow, The "Biggest Show in Curry large number of cani|>ers from emblems Include Pacific Reflex upon the request of the National 000 steelhead fingerlings and one registered senior yearling ed tn Pacific Northwest jobs County" starts August 10 and the three counties. {Tie first two, Signs of McMinnville, Bair Ma Association of State Foresters. about 4, 000 sm all fall Chinook Jersey heifer, one junior year- which stem d irectly and exclu concludes August 13. chine Company of Llncoln,Neb- from July lOto 14 and 14 to 18, Oregon’s state forester, J. E. salmon were seined out of the l i n g Jersey heifer, one junior sively from tourist spending. raske, Northwest Screenprlnt of weie for younger club members. Schroeder, upon Instructions fa st-d ry in g potholes. The fish Jersey calf,one registered Jersey Of these, 45,000 are in Wash Chicago and AgTronic, In c., of from the association, contact were transported in buckets by bull calf, two junior yearling ington, 35,800 in Oregon, 14 ,- Hastings, Nebraska. ed Senator Hatfield, who Is a The Grand Lodge of Masons truck to the upper reaches of Hereford heifers, and 15 acres 700 in Idaho, and 4,500 in W est Miller emphasized that the member of the F orestry-A g In Oregon w ill lay the corner Salem —Bids w ill be received Dry Creek where water flows of spring oats. ern Montana. F ifty -fo u r percent passage of the bill is not "Just riculture Committee, to explain stone fo r the new $150,000 by the Oregon State Highway are more reliable. The finger Knapp's agriculture place of these w orkers are employed another regulation to restrict the proposal and enlist hts sup Brookings City Hall In a special Commission on Thursday,July lings should fare w ell until fall m ent program consisted of the In b u s i n e s s establishments farmers' privileges," but was port. Sen. Hatfield ta quite fa ceremony scheduled for Satur 27, in Salem, for 12 projects es rains restore the lev el of the farm and ranch work that he has which sell goods and services The Coos-Curry Pioneer and instigated In the legislature by m ilia r with this situation in day, July 29, at 2 o’clock. A l timated to cost approximately lower reaches of the stream. kept re oords on since his enroll directly to the tourist. The other agricultural interests which felt H istorical Association w illhold Oregon. fred B. Homes, grand m aster. $372,000. These projects are in Its annual picnic in the a ll A substantial number of the m ent in Pacific high school two 46% work in supporting en ter that it would actually h e l p The b ill, designated as S Grand Lodge of Masons In O re addition to the 23 projects an rescued fingerlings v.-ere marked years ago. Some of his work ex prises which furnish provisions farmers keep the right to oper purpose room of die elemen 1978, authorizes the Secretary gon, and H a rry Proudfoot, past nounced previously for this date. by fin -d ip p in g. Later in the periences are cutting, pruning, and services fo r business firm s tary school in Port O rford, ate vehicles on state highways of Agriculture to cooperate with grand secretary, both of Port The Curry county project in year the number of marked fish a n d marketing o f Christmas making ultim ate sales to cus Sunday, July 23, at noon. The and above all, save lives. Neb state foresters In organizing, land, w ill conduct the ceremony. volves painting of the Rhinehart showing up in the test netting trees, plowing, discing, rota vot tomers. Siskiyou West historical group raska, Michigan, Ohio and Ver training and equipping forces They w ill be assisted by Grand Creek Bridge o n the Oregon w i l l give some indication of ing, mowing, chopping and put 6. Tourist industry w orkers w ill be hosts for the day and a mont have similar laws an die for the prevention and suppres Lodge officers. Local arrange Coast Highway (USlOl)* about the success of the rescue oper ting up silage, irrigating, haying, in the region w ill increase from big exhibit Is planned. B ill books. sion of structural and w ild fires ments are being handled by 18 m iles north of Gold Beach. ations. and other jobs that he has had 100,000 at present to 165,000 The specialist pointed out that Crook, Pistol R iver, manager In ru ral areas. Assistance Is the Sidney Croft Masonic Lodge Specifications call for cleaning of the C u rry County F a ir, w ill hi addition to performing a a n opportunity to do on his In 1985 and 276,000 in 2010. in 1965, Oregon law enforce to be provided In accordance No. 206 of Brookings. and painting of ail structural valuable community service, father's dairy, b eef and sheep 7. Tourism generates an Im ment agencies investigated 651 be m aster of ceremonies, and with cooperative agreements The public ts being Invited steel of t h e existing bridge. the Curry c o u n t y youngsters ranch. portant net credit for the Pa M rs. Edith Cox Wilson of Gold accidents Involving slow m ov between the federal government to attend the ceremony. Com pie tian tim e—110 calendar have received a valuable first A score card is used by the cific Northwest’s e c o n o m y . ing vehicles. Ctaly four per cent Beach w ill lie crowned queen. and states. The B r o o k t n g s - H a r b o r i days. She was born 93 years ago In hand lesson in natural resourc judging com m ittee in selecting Nonresidents spend more tour of these were single vehicle ac To carry out provisions of School band, under the direction Denmark, O re. She attended es conservation. the w mners. David Kna pp scored ist dollars here than Pacific A parrot is the only creature the act, an appropriation of cidents, the rest Involved a fast of Wilson Sheets, w ill provide the firs t school In Denmark high in a ll eleven areas of the Northwest residents spend In moving veh icle. gifted with speech that Is con $3,500,000 Is authorized for music. The granite corner score card,especially the record other regions. Fifty-four operators of the with B ill Guerin as her firs t tent to repeat what It hears According to official U.S. gov- the fiscal year ending June 30, stone, with a lead box containing 8. The Pacific Northwest is keeping area. s lo w moving vehicles died in teacher. Guerin’s grandson, A l without trying to make a good em m ent figures, a ripe olive 1968. various Items of local Im lan Bolce, w ill present her for The Pacific FFA did not have endowed with diversified and these accidents, the total prop story out of it. contains only about 7 calories. In commenting on th e p r o - portance, w ill be set In place by the coronation, and she w ill be an entry in this contest last year. scenic recreation resources. posed legislation, Schroeder erty damage bill cam e to more the Grand Lodge officers. Its recreation resources w ill crowned by the president, W al than $37.5,000for an average of said that there was a program Brookings M ayor Bruce M an- continue to attract tourists, and ter Barklow of M yrtle Point. s im ila r to this operated In the $580 per accident. The slow ley and members of the city unlike some natural resources, Dick Barklow of Langlois w ill United States a few years ago. moving vehicle was hit from the council w ill be on hand for the resource upon which the make the coffee, and women rear In two-thirds of the a cc i- At that tim e five model states, the event. Donald Horton of tourist Industry d e p e n d s — from Siskiyou West w ill have dents and more than 70 per cent of which Oregon was one, were Horton Construction Company, scenic and other outdoor at charge of the food, which w ill selected to test the value of of the property damage resulted builder of the new fac ility, w ill tractions— need never be de be potluck. Following the din from rear end collisions. Of the such a ru ral fire protection also be an honored guest. pleted If properly managed. 651 accidents, 75 per cent In ner, the firs t part of the pro program . This tria l run extend The ceremony w ill take place The study is the 17th pub gram w ill be the crowning cere volved farm tractors, most of ed fo r a one-year period only at the new city hall site located lished by Bonneville In its ec mony; then George Wasson, which had been driven less than with funds made available by at Fifth Street Just off Highway onomic base study series. P re great-grandson of one of the one m ile from the farm. the United States Forest Ser 101. The new building, which vious reports covered abra earliest pioneers of this area, "National Farm Safety Week vice through the Office of C i w ill house all departments of sives, agriculture and food pro might lie a good time for farm w ill sing some of the old songs, vilian Defense. the city, Is slated fo r completion cessing, alloy m etals, coal, there w ill be instrumental m u- ers to install SMV emblems on Schroeder felt that the pro this f a l l ._ _____________ dc by C harles Jensen and Monte copper-lead-zinc, forest p ro their equipment," Miller ob gram ’s results In Oregon were ducts, labor force, magnesium, King, who is the g rea t-g rea t- served. "A fe w $2 emblems good, since Oregon has a large personal Income, petroleum , might lave such expenses as a grandson of W. A. King who amount of ru ral lands too scat taught the firs t school at Den phosphorus, population, steel, $580 repair b i l l , a law suit, tered to Justify the type of pro sulfur, titanium and w ater. m edical bills or funeral costs. " mark In 1878. The closing num tection provided by forest pro Boat Lost On Beach Two Accidenii Reported Here Attend Camp Myrtlewood Bonneville Makes Pacific Northwest Recreation Study Free Money Given A t F air Youths Rescue Stranded Fish Wins Third In FF A Contesi Bill Gives Fire Aid Masons To Lay Cornerstone Annual Picnic Slated Sunday Bridge Work Due Gold Beach Nasons Host Salmon Dinner tection agencies. He said a number of other states hao s im ila r predicaments, hence his association endorsed the proposed legislation. ENTRY DEA DUNE The de a di Ino for 4-H entries in thè Curry County Fair is July 21. Send entries, pcn and dormi- tory rescrvatlons to tire Curry County Extension Office. I Power To Be Off Coos-Curry Electric said this week that there w ill be a three- minute power outage Sunday morning,July 23 at 12:35 a. m ., shortly after midnight. The out age w ill effect all customers from Langlois sou’h to, and in cluding, Port Orford. „ .TV® °i,ta«e *» due to Bonqe- v i l l e P o w e r Administration maintenance work. ber on the program w ill be “ The Lord’ s P ra y e r” done In Indian Sign language represent ing all tribes, by Patty Wood ruff, with Instrumental accom paniment. The picnic w ill con clude at 3;30 p.m. A special feature of the his torical exhibit w ill be some of W. A. King's school reports. One Is a report on the venti lation in the school buildings and says: ''It Is entirely satis factory fo r there are 214 knot holes and two windows out.” AU Masons and their wives are invited to attend the annual Salmon Dinner of the G o l d Beach Lodge, No. 199 A .F . & A .M .,o n Saturday, July 22, from 4:30 to- 6:30 p. m. The event w ill be an outdoor barbecue on the south bank of the Rogue R iver about 11 mUes upriver from Cold Beach. An outdoor E. A . Degree w ill be held follow ing the dinner, w ith special entertainm ent for wives w hile the degree is beina conferred. Copies of ail reports are available from the BPA, P.O. Box 3621, Portland 97208, o r from th eir Eugene d is tric t office, 834 P ea rl Street, Eu gene 97401. F A IR David Knapp, third place winner (see story J. T IM E NEAR C u rry County F a ir tim e Is almost here and a ll calendars should be marked to remind the citizens of the county that i t w ill be held in Gold Beach, Aug. 10-13.
