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WEATHER Date Max Min Rain No Report Aug. 22 52 .0 0 'Aug. 23 73 .0 0 53 Aug. 24 71 52 .0 0 Aug. 25 78 51 . 00 Aug. 26 66 49 .0 0 Aug. 27 66 .0 0 51 Aug. 28 62 ÎPort Orford Mews Port Oford, Curry County, Oregon Vol. 10 No. 23 COMMUNION DEDICATED The Port Orford Christian Church funday d e d ic a te d a portion of the communion set which they secured through ar rangements by Mrs. O tto Wlechma in with the Gold Bond Trading Stamp Co. They now have four of the seven pieces in the set. A1 Krlbs conducted the ser vice while his son, Timothy Kribs, minister of the Chris tian Church In Harrisburg, gave the dedicatory prayer. Price Ten Centi Two Injured In Plane Crash School Scoring Is Explained Unnecessary alarm has been generated by a l i s t of school districts which may not quite meet th e standards for high quality education which Ore gonians h a v e long supported. There are many facts that at test to the high quality of Ore gon'education. Ctae of the most recent and easiest to understand is a finding from a recent study of 13, 000 Oegon high school students by Science Research Associates. In r e p o r t i n g the stu d y , Dr. Leon Minear, State Superintendent o f Public In struction, pointed out that Ore gon high school students are achieving at a rate approxi mately 12 per cent higher than the national average but neither the State Board nor Dr. Minear finds this to be cause for com placency. The list in question was car ried in an Associated Press re lease and many Oregon news papers and misunderstanding a- rose over the reference to cer tain schools as "substandard. " Neither the State Board of Ed ucation nor the Superintendent of Public Instruction has refer red to schools as "substandard. " The Board and the Department of Education use the term "con ditionally standard" for those schools that do not fully meet minimum state school standards. In such schools, the deficiencies may be relatively minor—such as inadequate playground :p?ce for the number of children who must use it. Most of the districts in the state exceed standards in m a n y ways. A school district may be operating an exception ally fine overall program while still trying to overcome diffi culty in one or two buildings or sites. The misunderstanding arose when the State Board of Educa tion requested a full accounting of Oregon school districts which faced school budget defeats this y e a r . Budget cutbacks often mean that class size may in crease, supplies and equipment may be reduced, or ma intenance may be slowed down. Alter these m o n ey -sav in g measures are taken, it is the child who always suffers. The State Board of Ed ucation is concerned about these kinds of actions. There were 113 budget defeats this year in lo cal school districts, intermedi ate e d u c a t i o n districts, and community college districts. These budgets were prepared a f t e r careful study by local school boards, budget commit tees, a n d superintendents. In their judgment this was th e minimum amount required to m eet the educational needs of our children. It was pointed out very clear ly at the meeting that many of the school districts listed as "conditionally standard" may not in fact be that way any longer. When one of the Depart ment of Education staff discov ers a problem, a school district is required to submit a plan to the Department for its correc tion. The Department provides advice as these schools try to solve their difficulties, and the r e m o v a l of the designation "conditionally standard" is in some cases delayed pending a personal visit to the district by a member of the Department staff. Iam sure that the superinten dent of schools and the mem bers of the board of education in your community would be happy to discuss any education al problem which affects the welfare of the students. They would welcome, in fact, your interest a n d participation in making our schools the best they can possibly be. The other m em bers of the State Board of Edu cation and I, too, would welcome any further questions about Ore- go n schools and the quality standards developed for them in cooperation with citizens and local school district personnel. The development and applica tion of minimum standards to insure that state funds are used to obtain and sustain quality education in Oregon is a con tinuing concern of the Superin tendent o f Public Instruction and the State Board of Educa tion. Ray C. Swanson Chairman State Board of Education Date Max Min Aug. 29 68 49 Aug. 30 73 48 Aug. 31 56 54 Sept. 1 69 54 Sept. 2 76 50 Sept. 3 68 48 Sept. 4 45 70 Sept. 5 73 49 Curry Timber Will Be Bid TWO CALIFORNIANS were injured in this light plane crash last Friday night when an attempt was ma de to land in fog at the Gold Beach airport. —News Photo by Bob Wallace Crash of a light plane in driftwood off the Gold Beach Airport about 9 p. m. Friday sent two California residents to hos pital. Mrs. Norma Ellen Kessler, 55, Los Angeles, was flown to Prov idence Hospital at Medford af ter examination at Curry Gen eral Hospital. A report from the Medford hospital said she was in the intensive care unit there. The pilot, Denio Morelli, 51, Pasadena, was transferred Sat urday from the Curry General Hospital to Keizer Memorial Hospital, North Bend. His con dition was not learned. According to Sheriff Allen H. Boice, a plane was heard circ ling the airport in the fog short ly before 9 p. m. Officers and others went to the airport and endeavored to guide the plane in by use of lights and portable radio communication. A plane appeared out of the fog in the approach pattern but headed in die wrong direction, and toward the ocean,saidBoice. Following up on the sound of a crash, the plane v « f-nmd piled up in driftw^ ■'•h. Season Opener Friday Oregon hunters are advised that unit deer permits are still available in a number of man agement units. Perm its are be ing issued on a first come, first serv ed basis in the order that ap plications are received. Hunters who failed in the drawing may refile _for..an open unit if they so desire or retain the unsuc cessful card for future prefer ence. Following is a list of units still open and the number of permits available as of Sept. 1. Since some of these may be filled by incoming mail, appli cants should mark three choices in the spaces provided. Alsea, 4, 204; Elkton, 88; 1m- aha,768; Keating, 113; Lookout Mountain, 263; McKenzie, 2, - 767; Melrose, 1,496; Minam, 595; Nestucca, 1, 332; Polk, 548; Siuslaw, 995; Sixes, 437; Sled Springs, 273; Snake River, 1, - 211; Sprague, 557; Tioga, 583; Willamette, 5, 170. Controlled deer tags are avail able for the following control led deer seasons: Bly, 435; Bryant Mountain, 100; Eagle V a lle y , 629; Goodlow M o u n ta in , 836; Imnaha, 55; Medical Springs, 78; Ritter, 20; Sled Springs, 261; Snake River, 34; Sprague, 546; Wallowa Val ley 161. Local Appraisers Complete Training Oregon State University—More than 200county appraisers from throughout Oregon completed the 12th annual Oregon Apprais al Short Course this week (Sept. 1) at Oregon State University. The short course is co-spon sored by the university and the State Tax Commission. It is de signed to help bring about im proved accuracy a n d greater uniformity in die valuation of real property for tax purposes. Residential and commercial appraisals drew special atten tion at this year's course. The list of participants by counties includes: Curry: Port Crford—Charles Fitzhugh, Box 22S. Gold Beach: Ben Hensley; Boyd L. Westeren, Rt. 1,. Box 47; and William H. Ga untie tt. DA To Take Vacation District Attorney Robert L. Miller announced today that his medical advisors said he should take three or four months away from the stress and strain of the DA' s job. Because of this, he has planned a leave of absence from the position beginning some time around late November or early December. Prior to leaving, Miller said, he will appoint a qualified at torney as deputy district attor ney to act fully during his ab sence. The deupty will be paid by Miller atno expense to Cur ry county taxpayers. Miller, who has been DA for the past seven year, underwent surgery in late May of this year. He plans to visit Canada with Miller, who has been DA for die past seven years, underwent surgery in late May of this year. He plans to visit Canada with his family during his leave. Deer Permits, Tags Still Available Senator Wayne Morse, D- Ore., said Thursday he has been advised that the Copper Moun tain tim ber sale in north Curry County, estimated at $965,000, w ill be held this year at public bid. The sale was originally set for June 28 but was postponed at that time pending an agree ment between the U. S. Forest Service and the Small Business Administration. Morse, following a request by a small business timber user tn the area, had asked the Forest Service to recon sider whether the timber should be sold as a “ set aside’ ’ under terms of the Small Business Act. Under the Small Business Act, small business timber users are assured of being able to bid on and purchase a fa ir proportionate share of avail able federal timber. Morse said today he has been advised the two federal agen cies have now agreed that the Copper Mountain sale need not be a “ set aside.” Morse said the Forest Ser vice and the SBA have agreed that the Copper Mountain sale and another sale, the Steffin Meadow sale, w ill both soon be advertised fo r public bid. But, said Morse, the Forest Service and SBA further agreed that if small business is unable to purchase either Copper Mountain or Steffin Meadow, then the sales remaining in the d istrict program fo r the rest of the year w ill be advertised as “ set asides.” Those sales would include the Bald Mountain Creek, Black berry, Sornsise and Panther Lake No. 2. U ntil recently, “ set aside” sales have not been made in Oregon, although they are made frequently In Washington and California. Morse said the Forest Ser vice intends to review the rec ord of sales in Oregon with an eye to evaluating the ability of small businesses to compete In federal timber sale offerings. Sixes-Elk Will Start New Year The Sixes-Elk Home Exten sion Unit will start a new year of study onFriday,Sept.l5, when they meet at the home of Mrs, Laverne Tope on Sixes River. The sack lunch event will start at 10:30 a. m. The program will be on cake decorating along with planning for the new year. Lessons this year will include clothing ac cessories and Mrs.Fix-its short cuts to hot meals. All women of the community are invited to attend the m eet ing, Babysitting can also be ar ranged by calling Mrs. George McDonald at 332-2794. About 45,000 tons of ripe olives a re harvested and pack ed every year by C alifornia’s $30 m illion olive industry. First day registration in Port Orford-Langlois schools showed a continued slight decline from last fall, 757 to 729, but Pacific showed an increase of one, 241 to last year's 240. By grades Pacific coiuited 64 frosh; 60soph; 55 juniors and 52 seniors. Langlois tallied 24 in die first grade, 18 2nd; 25 3rd; 28 4th; 28. 5th; 22 6th; 23 7th; and 25 8th, lor a total of 194. Last op ening day tiiey registered 196. Port Orford schools took the biggest drop, from last year's 321 to 294. By grades die count was 36 1st; 39 2nd; 27 3rd; 30 4th; 55 5th; 34 6th; 32 7dq and 35 8du Special class students came to 16. Log Production Down Oregon log production in 1966 dropped over 5% for a three- year low of nearly 8.9 billion board feet, according to State Forester J. E. Schroeder, Ore gon State Forestry Department. This downward trend was pro ceeded during the years 1961 through 1964 by a 21% raise in log production. Three other top years with customary slumps in between were 1959 at 8,- 936,563,000; 1955 at 9,719,- 878,000 and an all-tim e high in 1952 of 9,802,471,000 board feet. The Douglas f i r region of watern Oregon produced some 7,095,564,000 board feet of this past year’ s volume, while about 1,802,448,000 board feet was War On Crime Is Proposed A new and effective "Federal War on Organized Crime" was proposed today by Fourth Dis trict Congressman John Dellen- back a n d twenty-two fellow Republican congressmen. In his strongest attack on the Johnson Administration to date, Dellenback scored the Admin istration for its indifference and lack of positive action towards abolishing organized crime. Dellenback cited "four prin ciple reasons for his war on or ganized crime: It could help lower all inci dents of crime. It could help the urban poor. It could help lim it political corruption in the cities. It could provide an appropri ate example of incorruptible leadership at the National lev el. " Dellenback also said, "The seduction of the poor by the many sided vices of organized crime is a basic cause for much of the petty crime and street violence of modem America. " Dellenback is p r o p o s in g twelve specific recommenda tions for action by the Admin istration and he and his col leagues are expected to intro duce legislation on the floor of die House tomorrow. "The proposals I am submit ting are in large part based on the work of the President's own National Commission on Law Enforcement and Administra tion of Justice, whose work the Administration apparendy has chosen to ignore." grown in the ponderosa pine re gion of eastern Oregon. West ern Oregon felt the Impact by a reduced harvest of over 420 m illion board feet compared to last year, while eastern Oregon was about 60 m illion board feet short. By 1964 standards the harvest is down 600 m illion on the west side and up 75 m il lion east of the summit. Of the 8,898,012,000 hoard feet harvested by the forest industry tn Oregon this past year, some 4,099,981,000board feet or about 46 was logged from private la n d s . Some 3,269,300,000 h o a rd feet o r about 36.7' came from U. S. Forest Service managed nation al forests, and 1,243,514,000 board feet o r about 14% from Bureau of Land Management forests. Of the remaining 3.3% 219,246,000 board feetwashar- vested from state, county and municipal forest lands; 60,241,- 000 board feet from Indian lands, and 5,730,000 from lands under the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Douglas County retained its lead in log production fo r the se c o n d straight year with 1,481,629,000 hoard feet. Lane County was second, Linn County third. Coos County with 631,705,000 board feet placed fourth for the second year, as it did in 1961 through 1963. In 1964 It made third place. Curry county was in8th place fo r w e s te r n Oregon w ith 356,922,000 board feet. Boy Delivered At Restaurant An Empire couple had die birthplace o f their n e w son picked out for them Monday when the stork refused to hold up delivery. The early arrival is the son of Mr.and Mrs Davy L. Crocket and was horn in the parking loj in front of the 11 umhug Lodge restaurant about 5 p. m. ITie young lad made his ar rival j u s t before ambulance drivers Mrs. Cecile Paris and Mrs. Clara Miller arrived with the Port Orford ambulance, in the wake of deputy sheriff Vic Lanham, to assist Mrs. Crocket. After emergency post-natal c a r e , the new mother and son were rushed to Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach. plete roster is listed below. Pos. Jr. No. Name QB HB HB T E G FB QB E HB HB G E E TorC TorE HB T G E E HB G G orT E HB T PREVENT FOREST FIRES If you must burn trash, use an Incinerator that Is In good repair, get a fire permit and abide by Its easy, common- sense In s t r u c t io n s . Flying sparks touch off many fires every summer. You can help “ Keep Oregon Green." . 00 . 00 . 00 School Count Down STARTER. Don Dahrens (senior), shown during a recent practice, is expected to start at the quarterback position in Friday night's contest with the Waldport Irish The game will start at Blanco Field at 8 p. m. Don Dahrens Bill McDonald Lory Tope Jim Hall BUI Krick Wayne Moore MUt Smith Dave Knapp Bob Fry Fred Guerin Marv Allison John Hatmaker Lee Potter Mel Potter Mike Deets Brad Marsh Bob McKenzie Robert Biggs Ron Sheldon Darrell Bjerg David Bjerg Scott McKenzie Mike Wilson Larry Sheldon Fred Fry Phil Cope Ken Bess JA Con Thursday, Septem ber 7, 1967 County Paves Road To Hatchery Site Veteran mentor Merritt Mc Kee 1 will provide local football fans with their first look at the '67 Pirates this Friday night on Blanco Field at 8 p. m. Wald port furnishes th e opposition and little is known in regard to their strength t h i s year; they knocked off the Pirates 24-13 in last year's opener. This year the Pirates will op erate out of the I formation. This formation was developed primarily by ex-Oregon coach Johnny McKay at Southern Cal ifornia and has had wide use on the collegiate level. It is rela tively new to prep grid-irons. To make it go, McKeel has quick Donnie Dahrens at quar- terback,seniors Billy McDonald a n d Lory Tope at the halves, and junior Fred Guerin running at fullback. The line features Bob Fry and David Knapp at ends; Jim Ha 11,Ken Bess, tackles; John Hatmaker a n d W ay n e Moore at guards, and Bill Krick at center. Dahrens and McDon ald are small but quite f a s t. Tope had some experience last year, and Guerin was a lineman. In the line Fry was a standout at times last year, and both Jim Hall and John Hatmaker have shown prom ise. The twenty-sev en member squad h a s seven seniors, eight juniors with the balance comprised of untried ninth and tenth graders. A com- Rain . 00 . DO PAVING was nearing completion last Friday bn about three miles of unimproved Elk River road ending at fish hatchery site Three layers of two inch thick cold-mix asphalt have been applied here with Curry County's new paving machine. strip 13 One more layer will be added to provide four inches of road surface. The paving machine can lay a maximum -----*---------•’ spring, Was first used feet wide at a top speed (with hot mix) of 54 feet per minute. The equipment, purchased in early t) on the Floras Creek road. 1
