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About Port Orford news. (Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon) 1958-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1967)
• » Date Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. WEATHER Max Min 57 b 72 55 7 71 t 63 45 44 9 76 57 10 64 56 11 68 52 12 76 TPnvt Orford Xrius Rain . 00 . 00 . 00 . 00 .4 0 . 00 . 00 í .. Vol. 10 No. 24 k Charges May Be Filed In Court Hassle ------------------- — ---- _ , .. . . . . ! Group Seeks City AWSFIIS DUllfling BlDST OrderlyProgress <» H o o k llD S T o S t a r t _ M H i V v fiw l ■IVWnH|f« In L lir r v C o u n tv * Ashtray Assault Claimed; Insults Said Cause Of Rift « house service and plugged off Juch tim e asthe plant goes * M alleged assault ca«e agaim t feUovr c o m m w i« .« Fell C am p- bell, Chairman of the commission, but as y et no charges have been filed. ____________ ______________ T im eu salleg esth at Cam pbell . - . hit him over the head w ith a glass ash tray during a regular m eeting of the com mission in . IX* 11 «J the courthouse last Wednesday. A /lC in K |||G C I H e s a id th a th e w a s g iv e n m e d - ical treatm ent and that stitches were required to close the head wound. Campbell said he received only minor injuries to his hand from the cu t ¿ a s s and declined m edical tre a tm e n t a staternent to the News Wednesday m orning, P i c k e t t said, "We have been engaged to represent H. E. Tim eus w ith re gajd to an alleged vicious as- sa u lt We are investigating the m atter and w ill take w hatever appropriate a c t i o n , if any is necessary,as is necessitated. We bave no further com m ents and do not wish the m atter tried through the news m edia. " Both Cam pbell and Timeus haV ede c l i n e d to m a k e a c o m - m e n t as to w hat specifically caused the incident, but C am p- bell, d id issue the following statements "I sincerely regret th a t the Army Pfc. Patrick G. Kelley incident happened, however, a of Gold Beach has been killed pe^on can stand only so m uch in action in Vietnam, the De- ¿f such things as abuse, insults (ense D epartment said Monday. a n d physical threats without He was the son of Mr. and there being a reaction. " Mrs Charles H. K elley of Gold Witnessing the incident were Beach. county commissioner R yceW il- -------------------------------------- -— son and insurance m an Vem Kolen. Both have declined to «, P_.ll«. comment. [wflVfiI*Iiûr Ls3llS Campbell told the News thaï further action on his pari would depend on Timeus. _ ln T- structure Awarding a city hall construe- came to $40,710. The s^ucture Formation of a Com m ittee t ¡ o n bid insurance bid and a will be com plete except for for Orderly Progress (COP) in sewer construction progress re - final finishing (paint, etc. ), e - Re fore starting on private Curry was announced this week rt were m ain points covered ectrical fixtures, m achinery an service lines, residents are asked by a group of Brookings area w o and one-half hour plumbing fixtures and .ram m g tonotif,, die city office of start citizens. city council m eeting Tuesday of an apartm ent in the fire sta- . t ¿ SQ engineers can m ake Jack Andersen and Robert ni h t that saw more arguments tion. insDections. Specifications stip - Earle were nam ed as co -ch air- than action. The total building plan wa ^ t e th a t only cem ent-asbestos, m e n while W illiam J. (Bill) Mayor Frank St. Clair broke a e s t i m a t e d at $78, UOO. i ms ^ ^ i f i e d clay, cast iron or co n - Guthrie was chosen as secretary- tie vote that would have thrown would include an enlarged lib- m ay ll£ed bl ser_ treasurer of the group. out all city hall bids. The m o - rary,clerk's office, extra m e e t- vice lbles Com mittee members said the tion was proposed by alderm an ing room and storage space. The council set a delinquency group was formed because they Adolph Windmaiser because he Horton Bros, estim ated con- d a t e of j for all sewer were concerned with the m ount- said per-foot cost was ex- structian tim e of the new b una- h . n o tin c iuded in phase I, ing confusion and the disturbing c e s s iv e , doors shouldn't b e ing at four months, if no delays display o f personalities with laced On the south side of the occur. They said construction MOTIONS FAIL Curry County governm ent building and that the building would start as soon as contracts Two motions by Windmaiser, Andersen and Earle said the could ^ b a b l y be built by day are signed. to blcrease the hookup fee few com m ittee had n o personal [abor for about 3 0 p e r cent less. INSURANCE motels, fa iled. The first asked axes to grind. Alderman Herb Thage agreed for a $ 1,000 hookup. When this "W e simply think our com - and Suggested the city m ight ^The council agree a to accep faUed he asked for $500, w hich m ittee can aid in solving some even buy the Griffey-Laird shop the « » » « « i b i d I o f $ l , 5 4 was also turned down. of the problems of county gov- building and property if they from Farmers ^“ “r , . p‘ -pbe coimcil accepted the em m ent. We hope we can act leave. This would provide room The bid was $20 h i g h e r fecom m elldation of Thage that as a 'sounding board' for the for all city e q u i p m e n t , he one subm itted by South c o nine properties he had been people of the county, to better c la uned. ^ “Cy covera-e asked investigate over sewer enable residents to make their m a y o r , however, ex - 000 property damag hookup questions, four of them wants known." pla ined that he understood the instead of $10,000 asked in the five o’f be tom . COP members said A ey were $30) ooo grant from die county specifications policy cov- P ^ disturbed because some m em - was fOT new construction at the ers fire, liabi lty an o y 20-foot right-of-w ay on die bers of the county commission presen t city hall location and coverage. north side of the sewer settling had passed over residents sag- could not be used for purchase gg^VER REPORT ponds was accepted from Bill gestions concerning e x p e n d í - of oider building. What we re Kennedy in exchange for a sew- tures of county monies. concerned w ith here, S t Clair A bout300to 400 feet ot m am er bookUp. "In our opinion," said the p ^ t e d out, is building for the trunk line rem ains to be laid in r r o KEN com m ittee heads, we are just future ¡md the present city ad - the Geer A ddition and the sew- SECOND TIE BR pla in spending too much money m inistrative com plex is already er w ill be com plete, as far as Mayor S t Clair broke the on the wrong things in the coun- out-grown. present funds w ill allow, the second tie vote by voting No an ty. " After the m ayor's vote k illed city engineer said. When la ter- a m otio(n by W indmaiser that The COP group declared they w in dm aiser's m o t i o n , Thage als are in, residents can begin anyone building a house or bus- were interested in hearing from m oved to accept the low bid partial hookups. iness on a street w ith an exist- all county residents with sug- Horton Bros., Brookings, Residents already on service . w ater line be given a free gestions and comments on how w ith stipulation th at the lines can also begin running w aterhookup($65). W indmaiser to improve county government. could only spend the pee- lines from their homes to the safd thism ight induce new con- cop> turn, offered to work sen t am ount budgeted, $10, 000, sewer, itw as pointed out, to take struction in the city 'an d relieve with the county commission to towards construction. advantage of the good weather. the tax burden. find a solution to the problems. Horton's bid, for the fire h all Complete hookups can not be _____ ÔD6C131 □CSSlUIl ,,We tnyite com m ent and and police station, less a lte r- made but lines can be run up to TO POLICE SCHOOL critic ism from everyone in the n a t e s amounting to $9, 890, the point of connection at the Nicht patrolm an Harry H olm - rn v Tnm McCall has an- c o u n ty> " said Andersen and -------------------- -------------- -------------------------------------- - es was granted permission to a t- nouncLj that a special session Earle, "just drop a note to COP, tend a pollce training school of Uie Oregon Legislature will Box 32, Harbor, Oregon. ■ 1 ■ M i n i r T p s t in O from Nov. 5 to Dec. 1, after sev- ronvene o ct 30 in Salem at Andersen and Earle stressed P1US1C 1 eSIUlIJ attem pts to bind him to a . ® ' they were not promoting any -y “¿ tr a c U o r th e privilege of a t- ^ 'p r o c l a m a t i o n calling for area of the county. tending the school. J special « X the Ctov- Andersen has been ’ School District 2CJ fourth and Alderman Smith m ade two ernor said> “ There is a com - /'-I J UwV'wll DpMfU . k . d RoifRark Rill McDonald DESPITE action shown by P acuic halfb " Waldport sunk the Pirates 25-0. _PHS Photo _ _ _ _ _ _ -------------- -------------------- --------- ----------------------------- _ . - . n X Cf* P lo p tin n A M V L ilC u I lU I l ... O3ICly boniest Un . 1 -- Conducted by the Port O r- r|A9fl|lTIP N p ars fortí Pollce Department and sponsored by the Lions Club, The approaching election of there will be a Bicycle S^ety ASC community committees for Contest at the Port Orford E le- •farm program administration in mentary School for w h ic h ‘Curry County was announced by awards will be given. During Wm. V. Crook, chairman of the the three-week course, a boy Agricultural Stabilization and and g iri will be select?A 'a a a Conservation County Commit- winner each week and a boy and tee. He called particular atten- a girl will be named champ- tion to the fact that the commun- ions The contest will be ex- lty committee elections t h i s plained at the general assembly year are a little ea rlier than gywlU V ISCaUIlllG HCaiJ The f a r m e r - c o m m i t t e e . system Is a unique means of administering national agricul- O I W TJ j aJlU Jj| fgj- Penalty committeemen wiU serve as chairman and vice chairman for coming year. toe tí?e , l¿ S- ^ ir F®rCe*H® T w L h D f r e c to r f die oTezon TB childhood in Oregon and Wash- tion Director of the Oregon its ington and has owned property and H ealth Association. in Curry county since 1959. He The event is sP ° ^ OTed¿ y ¡j chairm an of the Brookings Curry C o u n t y TO and H ealth city council's budget com m it- Association with the local PTA tee. He and his wife, Shirley, as host. have two children, a girl, M er- The schedule also includes edith, 15, and a boy, Brian, 12. films beginning at junior and Guthrie graduated from grade senior high school lavels, with school and high school in Cuiry s h o w i n g s at 2 p.m . Monday, county and attended Southern Sept. 18, a t La ng io is « Ç h ? ! O egon College. Sept 19 10 a m. Pacific high He served as a helicopter school; Sept. 19, 12.10 p. . , crew chief in the Viet Nam war. Rotary Club; S ept 19,1.50p. . , Guthrie and his wife, Greeda, Battle Rock School. have four children. A no host dinner w dl loe held Andersen is a truck driver for for Pierson at 7:30 Tuesday ev- a m ajor logging company. Earle ening at Humbug Lodge. is the owner-operator of a gas- Wednesday Sept. 20^7; „line s e r v i c e station while p.m the film w ttl be shown to Guthrie is a grocery m arket local L io n sat the £>fords C e d - onerator ar Room. The rem ainder of the operator._____________ week the film w ill be shown in TIMBER OPERATORS other are, , of the county. PICNIC IS SUNDAY ‘[0^ S ' a^ " aX a ^ S f*°* 01 „„ S L ° p ’ u, * e ^ ^ „ ^ ‘’ ver P^ d \ e faster p“n f traffic pass you at thefirst safe “ a° so* .. . _ thf, Ho’c° T ? th» num “? a ‘°,d "nts hato7curwhen **7“ ° “\e r ?n and . " paoSS]?oK? d r^ p r doesn't always inVr,lved in accidents m «Tit ’ « id Holcomb ”he himself, saia moi om , does ca“ ?e , eiJt. s' _.v„ th„ s iow j < The \ Î?*« u ! M T Hrtv«. driver ? choice: He an or.ve * tth duU the ”UU °ver t0 traîne pass. —----------------- picnic CT Y County Timber Operators As- sociation originally scheduled ior Agness will be held at the Curry’ county fairgrounds Sun- Se^ ^ ^ a d because of fire danger. Steaks and other food will be supplied free by the association but members need to bring their own silverware. \ benefit dance will be held Saturday night, Sept. 16, at the new fairgrounds building. Ad- mission will be $1 per person and fundsraisedwill be donated to the am bulance associations in the county. Music for the dance w ill be Jerry Car- « .„ter, Asa Carpenter and Don W o lf.’ money fOT Hie boat race planned in cooperation with the p icnicw illbe set aside for next PLAYDAY SCHEDULED year according to Paul Stallard, -pjæ 4_H horse group Cold president of the association. ^ a c h Mustangers, is sponsoring --------------------- a piayday at the county fair- g jo u n i Sunday, Sept. 17, at 10 a.m. Fun and games for all ages The Veterans of WWI and ¡„dude: Western pleasure, pole Auxiliary h e l d their regular bending, barrel race, flag race, m eeting, Sunday, Sept. 3, at the keyhole race, boot race, rescue American Legion hall with a r a c e , Simon Sez, wheelbarrow potluck dinner b e i n g served, raCe, potato race, cowhide race Commander J. Gilkison of Dis- and five place ribbons. trict9 , and his wife were guests wiU different from Myrtle Point. Plans were U ZT **ccl H H B nlH n fU "1 IU S Vi I* «Ivn OlUUKlUg A «UI -, p m TOBCuhOWIl s S S r S B S a S S œ s g S the stree ts. a square dance group. He and night.8 p.m , at the Port Orford ------------------ his wife, Jane, have three sons grade schoolm ultip^pose room. . Earle is a retired m ajor m w ül be g i« n by .tu ra l program s and pobcies. The community committees as- ‘ sist the ASC county committee _ — ». m administering agricultural program s In the county; the) I . . are particularly responsible for siOwpoke drivers who refuse . keeping their neighbors inform- t0 ,_t Pother drlvers pass will ’’ ed about the program s. The ‘ face a enalty of up to county committee supervises $100 o r 10 days ¡mpriSOnment. the ASCS county office and is ngw j whjch tQOk ef_ responsible for the adm inistra- Wednesday, Sept. 13, re - tion of fhevarlous program s. ires slow moving vehicles on Voting will be by mail the ^ o. lane roads t0 pun over at chairman explained, and ballot. f¡rs( opportunity and let have been sent to each knom faster tr a ffic pass. On m ulti- eligible voter. In case eligible highways, such as free- '. voters fail to receive a ballot “ T s, slow moving v eh 1 cle s - through the mail, a ballot can in the right lane— be obtained at the ASCS office leaVing the left lane clear for in the Gold Beach courthouse. mOving at faster speeds, • Eligibility to vote or hold of- How d0 yS0U know u you>re a fice as a committeeman is not d riv er’’ Holly Holcomb, restricted by reason of race, ’ n. >>he Oreeon > color, creed, or national origin. Super lntendent of the^oregOT . Envelopes containing marked ^ a b l y be considered a slow m i^d to the A ^ S County Of'- moving vehicle anytime you flee any time before 5 p.m. SeDt. 18. Ballots will be tab- ¡ ulated publicly by the county • committee Sept. 19 at 1 p .m . , in the home demonstration room in the courthouse. The public is Invited to witness the vote counting. Following the nom- iness for ASC community com- mlttees: northern community: / Jam es W. Brooks, John M. L . Donaldson J r ., Richard Hllde- brand, R o b e r t Hildebrand, Lloyd Kreutzer and G e o r g e Woodworth. : ‘ Central community: E a r l ; Hockema, Elma Ism ert, Ralph Ism ert, Wilbur Moore, P earl . Purdin and Ralph Walker. southern community: Fred , Blunt, Jam es Crown, David De- ; Martin, Eldon Harroun, Roy ' u le s and Ray Nidifier. For each committee, three ‘1. regular members and two al- j ternates will be elected. The chairman, vice chairman and , third regula member of the \ elected ASC community com - mlttee will also serve as dele- gates to the county convention to be held Sept. 28 st 1 p.m. in the home demonstration room, The alternate committeemen wlU also serve as alternate delegates to the convention. Delegates to the convention wiU elect farm ers to flU vacancies UUTVlH« »r î S ’^ “ ^3 ^ 7 ; î 7 5 « ^ , 18 » “ R “ w th Nelson said today. S ep t 20, N el- a ^ e e t¿ g for potential b a n d members and pu at the local grade «-hnofat 7-30 p m On th F fo l- S X g n £ aA n illar m eeting be held in Langlois at the tta *am e • BAND TO MARCH The Pacific High band will m arch Bandon Cranberry Festival Parade Saturday m oni big Nelson noted. A few seventh angJ eighth ^ r s from both Port o,.ford and Langlois w ill a w ith highschool H band. --------------------- W indmaiser m o v e d t h a t Holmes be sent to the school if he°d promfre to stay w ith the S t S S S sembly, and it now appears that revenues for the current bien- nlum will not be as great as b O n g r C M Ilia U n 111 O- T *n n R UOIU nl H De B each Oreeon Congressman John D ellenblek w ill b e in Gold S for a t e e a X t m eeting |^ a y S ep t 16, to discus problems with local residents. c x e g o n ____________ _ c , p „ D»»ï— Kalil Will Will WaKC Tj r Cl._l_ niUnWdY QllVIk » Df3 P/ X U1 “ S ,’ « 0« e U U c ^ n c ^ in g me m emergency action Mon- Highway officials explained day morning, the Oregon Game during the dry Summer com m ission lifted all hunting ’ monthg, on droppings from closures which opened up sev- pa„ lng cars and trucks and eral big game seasons and .an flne d irt particles accumulate area for blue and ruffed grouse on ,he pavement. As long asth e hunting, all of which were p re- pavement remains dry, the oil vlously closed because of fire ha, „o effect on the operation of hazard. traffic. With the advent of the The emergency measure flrgt raln> however, the pave- opened up the High Cascade ment assum es all of the charac- Buck Hunt, the Douglas, Jack - te rl, t i cs of an Ice-skating rink. son, and Josephine Agricultural n was pointed out that stop- Deer Season, the Wasco, Rogue lng distances under these con- and Sixes Archery Seasons, and dltlons are approximately twice the blue and ruffed grouse sea- on dry pavement. The son from the Cascade summit problem of merely keeping the to Highway 97. car on the road can become The Commission advised difficult. When sufficient rain hunters that If the high fire hM fallen to wash off the oil, hazard conditions return, hunt- the problem no longer exists, ing seasons may be cloeed to officials are extremely con- protect forests and rangelands. cerned this year because of the prolong«! drought ot this sum - SENIOR CITIZENS m er. They said an unusually U rge amount of oil has ac j P , a ? 8“ a . i cumulated on the streets and ” ade a‘ c - - ! - rïiT L i.’ highways. When the flret rains SeF*- ¿ or' y . come, pavements will become m rde the tripstopping at M slippery as glare Ice. AU ing Sprtags fee dinner. People d r tv tr , are cautioned to drive in <ne group were from Norw extrem e care during and B«*4 to Brookmp. A wonderful foUow,Dg a,® first rain. ------- ~ potluck and entertainm ent fol- fo "* * toe French-Italian border 1. eight m iles long. 2 city at least one year, or return were estimated at the regular S cratch p ad ...........................2 *h« « in n fee The m otion was . . . Letters To Editor...................... 2 ar>r,roved " session, and it Is desirable Research Story..................3 P¿ f S action, bills in the a - that the legislative assembly North Curey News......................4 moimt of $5.838 19 were ap- have an opportunity to make School and Sports.....................5 proved for paym ent. appropriate revisions.” Scenes and Sounds....................6 proved lor paym ent,_____________ f ---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- HlHltÍnO SF 1)311 potential hazards which will exist on most of Oregon’shlgh- J Llllcd MflVlflaV w ays ^ W hen present ¿ eC°2 i PlOIlUay d the ry ,ell finally breaks and first rains come, S nTxt S ífríT m e e tm g w UI be held on Oct. I, in Brookings, ’ „ OW Il UlW J erWay H —----------- P n n n r#«m an W ill PACVK CRtt) STAW. Merti«t McKee I, head coach, center; Clay Dunlap, assistant,
