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WEATHER Max Min Date 55 Sept. 20 73 SI Sept. 21 71 57 Sept. 22 69 52 Sept. 23 72 43 Sept. 24 70 53 Sept 25 71 SI Sept 26 69 Rain .00 .0 0 .00 .0 0 .0 0 . 00 .0 0 TPott (Orford ?Ceuis Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon Vol. 10 No. 26 Group To Hear Commissioners At Meeting Curry County Commissioners, C. F e l l Campbell, chairman, Ryce Wilson and H. E. Time us, will be invited to appear in dividually b e f o r e a citizens' committee on Monday, Oct. 9, 8 p. m ., in the Gold Beach city hall to express their views on current problems plaguing the county board. The committee was formed Monday night in efforts to improve county gov ernment. Committee members repre sent all areas of the county and include DickBarklow,chairman, Langlois; N o r m a n Crowhurst, vice-chairman, GOP c e n t r a l c o m m i t t e e chairman, Gold Beach; Bob E a r le , secretary, Brookings; Bruce Manley, city o f Brookings; L eo Shurtleff, Brookings chamber o f c o m merce; Morris McGrew, Chetco Grange, B ro o k in g s ; Howard Hauschildt, city council, Gold Beach; Dick Larsson, Gold Beach chamber of commerce; Norm Chenoweth, Ophir grange; Frank St. Clair, city of Port Orford; Paul Peterson, Port Orford cham ber of commerce; Frank Morris, Democrat committeeman, Port Orford; R.K.Erwin,Sixes grange; and D.N.Eggers, Brookings, rep resenting the rural area. Statements made by com missioners will be strictly con fidential, the committee stres sed, w i t h a time lim it of 30 minutes for each presentation. The committee pointed out that it Was solely interested in bring ing harmony back to the board of commissioners. Before the committee went into executive session, members of the audience were given time to express their views on a plan of action to solve differences on the board and re-establish communication. Asking for re signations or instituting a recall were two considerations sug gested, but it was felt that for the good of county government, it would be better to attempt a reconciliation of differences. PTA Will Host Teachers Tonight An extra special program has been planned for tonight's PTA meeting, the first one of the school year, according to Mrs. Dee Wood, president. All teach ers and school staff, plus new members, will be greeted by a special welcoming committee. Mrs. Wood stressed that this is a meeting designed to get ac quainted with teachers and for new members to m eet and be come acquainted with teachers and other members. Plans for the coming year are being discussed and Mrs. Wood urged that parents join now to in s u r e a successful program. Special emphasis this year will be on an increased membership. Tonight's meeting will be at 7:30 in the grade school mul tipurpose room. July Traffic Shows Increase The volume of traffic on most of Oregon’s highways showed and increase in July 1967 com pared to July 1966, according to the monthly report compiled by the Oregon State Highway Department. A summary of the permanent traffic recorder data for rural and urban state highways show ed an Increase of 2.3 percent in vehicular traffic InJuly 1967, compared to July of last year. Judge Hall Refuses Timeus 'Intent To Kill' Cause Not Shown, Judge Says Chamber Hears Road Program Election, Reports, Entertainment To Highlight Electric Co-op Meet "Bonneville's Role in the Thermal Age" will be the topic of Bernard Goldhammer at the 29th annual meeting of Coos- Cu.Ty Electric Cooperative in Brookings on Saturday, Sept 30. Goldhammer, assistant admin istrator for power management, Bonneville Power Administra tion, will discuss present and fu ture plans of the Boxmeville sys tem. He is scheduled to speak at 11:15 a. m. Registration will begin at 9 a. m. at the Brookings-Harbor high school with the business meeting to start at 10 a. m. with a flag ceremony and invocation by the Rev. Roland Wittrock of the Trinity Lutheran Church. Bruce Manley, mayor of Brook ings, w i l l welcome members and guests to Brookings and an nual meeting. Vem Kolen, Gold Beach, act ing president of the cooperative, will conduct the business m eet- ing.Jack Dean,Bandon,will give the financial report. W. A. Cook will give a management report and L. G. Bloomer a report of operations. The afternoon session will be highlighted by a talk and slide presentation by Mary Lou Tur ner, Bandon high, and Alan Rap- raeger, Brookings-Harbor high school, o f their "Washington Youth Tour" sponsored by the co-op. Special entertainment will be the "Sawdusters" of Coquille who will present "olio" acts of the "Gay Nineties" era. The Sawdusters, under the direction of Karen and J ohn Moore, ha ve just c o m p l e t e d a successful summer theatre run. Members will elect directors from three zones to the board of directors. Candidates are: Zone 2, Ed Thornton, incumbent; Zone 4, Thomas Hawkins, C h a r le s Knox and Frederic H. Stark w e a t h e r Jr.; Z o n e 7, Thor Jamsgard, F. L. Rema andR.E, Doyle.Balloting will close at 11 a.m.and a ballot report will be made at 3 p. m. Prizes will be awarded through out tire afternoon session and free luncheon tickets will be given to members and guests at the morning registration. Drivers Cautioned To Drivers Watch Children need to keep a sharp lookout for s c h o o l children loading and unloading fro m school buses,advised Chief Curt Weir of the Port Orford Police Department^ Many youngsters have to cross a street to board the bus in the morning. After school, children are anxious to get home and often run blindly from the bus without thinking about oncom ing cars. "Also," the Chief pointed out, "children who are g o in g to school for die first time are not fully aware of safety rules. " Chief Weir reminded motor ists of the school bus stop law. "Traffic must stop when the upper red lights of the school bus are flashing. On a four-lane highway, only the two lanes of traffic going the same direction as the bus must stop. Cars from both dirictions must stop and remain stopped on two or three lane roads, " said the Chief. NEW DEER SEASON OPENING OCTOBER 7 The State Game Commission t o d a y postponed opening of Oregon's deer hunting season from this coming Saturday un til O ct7 because of high forest fire danger. State Game Director Phil Schneider said the action was taken reluctantly "with full re alization that it will disrupt the vacationandrecreationplans of tens o f thousands o f Oegon hunters. The emergency action was taken at a telephone conference after review of latest weather forecasts and consultation with sportsmen, landowners and land management agencies. Also affected with a similar postponement a r e the grouse and partridge hunting seasons. The commission expressed confidence that Oegon1 s 285, - 000 or more deer hunters would be careful with fire. But it said the probability of congestion and confusion arising from ex tensive public and private land closures, added to the fire dan ger,made it adviseable to post pone the opening. The commission also said the deer season would not be ex tended beyond the normal clo sure dates. Such action, it said, could re sult in an excessive harvest of deerat a time of the migration and breeding season, and also would conflict with scheduled opening of the elk season. The closure includes the arch ery season and the bear season, plus the Wallowa pack and Hart M ounta in c ontrol led se asons, the commission said. Abundant Food Schedule Set Following are dates for the Abundant Food Center in Curry County for the month of Octo ber. Brooking»—Coos-Curry Co-op Building, 9 a. m to 1 p. m. Oct. 2,certification, Oct. 4, delivery. Port Orford—Coos-Curry Co op Building, 9 a m. to 1 p. m. O ct 23, certification, O ct 25, delivery. G o ld Beach-Fairgrounds, 9 a. m to 4 p. m Oct. 5 and 26, An earthquake zone in Japan, near the Bay of Tokyo, is said to average four shock» a day. CREW rf * . Ï Thursday, September 28, 1967 Price Ten Cent» o— b»K V W « U ,< — "< » > ” I . tta U r b . 1 « . w - C 1 . ^ m . U b~< *1 , O S « « » » a Scene, w d The Sea of Galilee is actually a lake. NEW TELEPHONE building at Langlois nears completion this week. The $36,000 facility will house equipment for a complete new dial system which will bring all-new seven-digit numbers to the Langlois exchange shortly after the first of the year. —photo by Warren Strycker NewASC Community Committees Elected Improvement of inland roads in northern Curry county is not included in county road pro gram plans at this time, the chamber of commerce was told at its Monday noon luncheon meeting by county commission er Ryce Wilson. The commis sioner appeared at the request of the chamber, whose members were concerned about the pos sibility of an inland access road from this area to Highway 42. Wilson explained that opening of such a route would require a considerable amount of study and t h a t he couldn't see any hope of such a road for some time. He indicated that at this time an inland route could not be justified and that other pro jects were more pressing. There are,however, other road improvement plans in the hop per for this area, Wilson said. One is straightening the upper end of the Hensley Hill road, another is a route to Silver Springs from the Paradise Point road. He also noted that three miles of paving hasjuft completed the surfacing of the Elk River road to the hatchery site, about ten miles up the river. The commissioner also noted that new methods of preparing surface mix, preparing roadbeds and new equipment has greatly reduced the per-mile road con structing expense. And new ac counting procedures m a k e it possible to keep up with project costs on a current basis. Other points discussed by the commissioner included the Six es River road to Powers, that of the county's 200 miles of roads there are 110 paved miles, signs on inland ccc county roads, the summer youth work program and the Elk hatchery. At the next meeting, Fred Flynn will speak on the Com munity Action Program. Results of the Sept. 18, 1967, election of ASC c o m m u n ity committeemen of the northern, central and southern communi ties were announced today by Wm. V. Crook, chairman Curry County Agricultural Stabiliza tion a n d C o n se rv a tlo n C o m - mlttee. The elections were held by mall, and ballots were tab ulated publicly by the incumbent ASC county committee Sept. 19, demonstration room In the Courthouse in Gold Beach. Farm ers elected to the com mittees Include: n o r th com munity, John M. Donaldson J r ., chairman; Richard C. Hilde brand, vice-chairman; L lo y d Kreutzer, member; George W. Woodworth, 1st alternate com m itte e m a n , and R o b e r t L. Hildebrand, 2nd alternate com mitteeman. Central community: Wilbur C. Moore, chairman; Earl Hockema, vice-chairman; Ralph Walker, member; Elma Ismert, 1st alternate commit teeman, and Ralph Ismert, 2nd alternate committeeman. Sou thern community: Fred Blunt, chairman; James F. Crown, vice-chairman; Eldon Harroun, member; Ray Nidlffer, 1st alt ernate committeeman, and Roy J. Liles, 2nd alternate com mitteeman. The ASC community com mittee chairman, v ie e-chai r- man and third regular member automatically become delegates to die county convention, where farmers are elected to fill va cancies on the ASC county com mittee. The a l t e r n a t e com mitteemen become a l t e r n a t e delegates to the convention. The county convention will be held in the home demonstration room In the Courthouse Sept. 28, 1967 at 1:00 p.m.. After the county c o m m itte e m e n are elected, the d e 1 e g a t e s deter- mlne which of the regular com m itte e m e n wll s e r v e as the committee chairman and vice- chairman for the coming year. ASC county and community farmer-committees are In charge of local administration of such national programs as the Agricultural Conservation Program and the National Wool Program. Last year, 120 farm ers— 4%- of all the farm ers in the county took part In one or both of the programs administered by the ASC committees. Funds dls- bi -sed under the committees’ supervision am ountedto$58,- 525. Of this amount, $32, 834 was incentive payment to wool growers. Lest year, also, 1507 acres of farmland in the county were improved under the Agricultural Conservation Pro gram c o s t-s h a rin g arrange- NOTICE Elk River road from mile post 4. 8 to mile post 7. 8 is now a Curry county road by nature of an agreement with the Forest Service. This additional m ile age is now under the Oregon Transportation Act and will be subject to PUC regulations. ment. This cost approximately $64,227, with over half coming from the participatingf a rm er, and die balance from ASC. Timeus Will Pursue Action Curry County District Judge Sam Hall has refused to issue a warrant for the arrest of county commissioner C.Fell Campbell because of insufficient evidence submitted with the charge of as- saultwith intent to kill filed by county commissioner H.E. Tim eus last week. The charge is the result of an County To Share Comp Dividends Distribution of the record workmen's compensation divi dend paid by the State Com pensation Department has start ed. The first of checks going to 955 employers in Coos and Cur ry counties went into the mail on Sept. 25. Total dividend for over 25, - 000 employers in Oegon is six million dollars. Coos and Curry counties share is $212, 040. Some dividend checks will be delivered by representatives of the SCD's North Bend district office,headed by District Man ager Loyal Bums. Charles B.Gill Jr., State Com pensation Department general manager,saidchecksrange from a high of $220, 000 to a low of $5. To be eligible for the divi dend, Gill said, an employer must h a v e been insured with th e State Compensation De partment within the 1965-66 fiscal year. Dividend declara tion date was Aug. 2. The dividend is the highest ever in Oregon for workmen's compensation. Previous record was the four million dollars paid to employers by the SCD last year. The current dividend is ap proximately 19 per c e n t of earned premiums. Spanish women are gaining more freedom. Girls can now attend one of 12 universities, which their mothers could not do. More women are working, and chaperons have all but dis appeared. Also, ladles can stay out later at night. alleged altercation b e tw e e n Timeus and Campbell in which Timeus claims to have been hit over the head with a glass ash tray, causing cuts to his head. Campbell has said his hand was cut. Timeus' attorney, John Pick ett, told the News Wednesday morning there were no new de velopments in the case but that he was continuing to represent the commissioner. Timeus has indicated he has much more supporting e v i d e n c e to his charge and that the matter will be pursued. He said he has no choice. However, Judge Hall has de clined to issue the warrant be cause "The facts alleged in the information of felony and those set forth in the affidavits here in are not sufficient to satisfy me of an 'intent to kill. '" In support of the complaint are affidavits from Timeus and Sheriff Allen Boice. In the letter filed Monday. JudgeHall said it appears to be discretionary with District At t o r n e y Robert Miller as to whether or not he will appear on behalf of the state "in such kinds of proceedings. " Miller filed an affidavit last week in circuit court advising the court that in any legal ac tion brought by one Curry com missioner against another he would be disqualified to prose- c u t e the case on the grounds that he has a client-attorney relationship with members of the board. Circuit Judge James Norman rejectedM iller's affidavit, say ing that "rendering advice to a county officer in his official capacity doesnotmean that the district attorney and the offi cial are associated in business. " NEW EMPLOYEE AT FIRST NATIONAL The appointment of Robert Bock to the operations depart ment of the Port Orford branch of First National Bank of Oregon has been announced by Manager Gil Rush. A First National employee since October of last year, Bock replaces RichardBusby, who has been transferred to the bank's branch in Phoenix. Lillian Russell’s real name was Helen Louise Leonard. - . fcj»- TELL OE P ^ T landing. Animal weighed about 125 pounds. Stole used a 4t)-lb. bow
