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JPori (Orford Arms Vol. 10 No. 28 Poet Orford, Curry County. Oregon --------- — --a— ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Storm Causes High Ag Damage Price Ten Cent! *___________________________________________ trice ten Cena_____________________________ . Timeus Refuses To Cooperate; Recall Sought Losses to Oregon agriculture from the Monday, Oct. 3, wind storm amounted to an estimated $1,720,765 over a 20 county area, according to a report compiled by the Oregon State University Cooperative Exten sion Service’s Rural Civil De fense Office. The majority of the losses were to orchard and field crops for a total of $812,000. Farm buildings accounted for $541,- 500 of the total. Some $81,000 in farm timber was blown down and other damage, such as Ir rigation systems, fruit trees and electrical hookups, amount ed to $286,265. The survey included all Wil lamette Valley and Coast coun ties in addition to Josephine, Douglas, Jackson, Hood River and Umatilla counties. Campbell Warrant Served Bail Posted A warrant charging assault with a dangerous weapon was served Saturday afternoon on Curry County Commissioner C. Fell Campbell and a bail of $500 was posted, the sheriff's office reported. The commissioner returned to Gold Beach from a two-week vacation at 3 p. m. the same day. The charge was filed by fel low commissioner H. E. Timeus a f t e r an alleged altercation Missionary To Speak Sunday ■I A special speaker at the First Community Church on Sunday, Oct. IS, at 8 p. m. will be Bud Garmo, formerly a missionary to Bolivia now serving as Reg ional Representative for New Tribes Mission while on an ex tended furlough and awaiting return to Bolivia, Prior to going to this South American country, Mr. Carmo served as Minister of Music in churches, and after graduating from the Moody Bible Institute in 1946,remained for some time as Assistant Production Manag er of their radio station WMBL During his student years he was associated with WMBLas soloist and producer. Returning to the West Coast, he was engaged in the insurance business field for several years. While a missionary in Bolivia, Bud Carmo shared for a time in an initial contact with a prim itive group of tribespeople, be yond civilization, known as the Yuqui Indians; his scope of dut ies a ls o included serving as Government Representative be tween the AmericanNew Tribes missionaries and the Bolivian government, and other phases of missionary endeavor. New Tribes Mission, which is working in IS countries around the world, has a primary objec tive of reaching the hitherto un reached tribes of Indians, tucked away in jungle area, with the missionaries searching for their trails, leaving gifts, and finally making contact with these tri bal people. When a friendly contact is established,the next phase is to learn the languages represented by these various tribes, reducing the languages to writing through a linguistic approach,teaching the Indians to read and write in their own tongue. As soon as p o s s ib le , the Scriptures are translated into the tribal tongue, and they are given the Gospel. The end result is the formation of indigenous churches, under the leadership of trained Chris tian leaders from among their own tribespeople to carry on the work. The public is invited. Thursday, October 12, 1967 when Timeus claimed he was hit on the head with a glass ash tray. A hearing on the charge has been set for Tuesday, Oct 24, before District Court Judge Sam Hall. Curry County District Attor ney Robert L. Miller has assign ed E u g e n e attorney Thomas Brownhill as s p e c i a l deputy prosecutor to handle the crim inal c a s e against Campbell, who is being defended by attor ney Roger Todd of North Bend. John Pickett, Coquille, is repre senting Timeus. Wilson Gets Mayor Nod Mayor Frank St.Clair submit ted his resignation to the coun cil Tuesday night, to be effec tive Monday, Oct. 16. The mayor is leaving the city to accept a position with Georgia-Pacific Corp, in the Coos Bay area. Named to replace St. Clair, in a unanimous v o te of the council, was Jim Wilson, local district manager for Coos-Cur- ryElectric Cooperative. Wilson. Fishing Rules To Be Talked A 17-year old California g i r l remains in critical condition in Curry General Hospital, Gold Beach, fol lowing a one-car accident shortly after 6 a. m. Wed nesday. She is Cassandra Dryburgh, 17, of Simi, Cal ifornia,one of three alleg ed runaways in the vehicle. The driver, Terry Blair, 16, and Randy McDonald, 15, bothalso of Simi, received bruises and abrasions. The accident occurred w h e n they failed to negotiate a turn, hit the bank, bounced a c r o s s the highway and crashed into a tree next to Brush Creek in the Humbug curves. A passenger the trio picked up in Laytonville, Calif., Steve McDonald, 23, of Coquille, r e c e iv e d a bloody nose in the accident. 1 ' " ’ Long, Hot Summer Boosts Forest Fire Total t NAMED TO COMMITTEE Donald Johnson, Gold Beach, was this week named as Curry county membership chairman for the Oregon Log Truckers Association. The association has scheduled an all-day meeting of the board of directors in Salem on Sunday, Oct. 15. Safety and membership committees will also meet. Date Max Min Oct. 4 61 51 Oct. 5 61 49 46 O ct 6 62 66 43 O ct 7 67 42 O ct 8 67 O ct 9 47 62 53 O c t 10 Rain .91 . 10 . 00 . 00 . 00 . 00 . 00 The long, dry summer is re flected in a summary of fire statistics for the Pacific Ncrth- westRegian(Oregan and Wash ington) of the U. S. Forest Ser vice. The summary to Oct. 1, show ed a total of 2, 234. fires in the 19 National Forests of the re gion, third highest number on record. Total acreage burned was 28, 621 acres. . Oregon's 13 National Forests had 1,867 of the fires and 20, - 726 acres burned. Largest of the fires w a s the 7, 700-acre Big L a k e Airstrip fire in the Wil lamette and Deschutes National Forests in late August. Most of Oregon's fires were caused by lightning, 1,426, but 441 were caused by people. In Washing ton, lightning started 110 fires, and 257 fires were man-caused. Hearing Dated For Dam Project Senators Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore) and W ayne Morse (D-Ore) a n n o u n c e d Thursday that a public hearing will be held In Washington, D. C., on the proposed $16 million Mer lin Irrigation Project. The Senators said the hear ing will be at 10 a.m. Oct. 31 In Room 3110 New Senate Of fice Building before the Water and Power Subcommittee of the Senate Interior Committee. Hatfield and Morse said the Merlin proposal calls for the construction of Sexton Dam on Jumpoff Joe Creek to Im pound 39,000 acre feet of wa ter. The project will serve to Irrigate farm land In the Jo sephine County territory and also recreation and flood con trol facilities. The estimated cost of the project In 1964 was placed at $ 16,660,000._________ Extension Unit To Study Accessories i PACIFIC'S Tam Brown crosses cross-country finish line at Gold Beach invitational.The Pirate* finished in fifth place, mit of »even. Port Oford Sixes-Elk Home Extension Unitwill m eet Friday, Oct. 20, at the home of Mrs. Wm.Rasch above Arizona Beach. The program starts at 10; 30 a. m. with a sack lunch at noon. The program is clothing accessories, a lesson thatrelates to selection of accessories to the basic art principles. How accessories can add interest to the costume, how they express the personal ity and taste of the wearer, and appropriate accessories for cer tain occasions are to be discus sed. Home Extension is sponsored by the Oregon State College through the County Extension office. All women in the county are invited to come to each or any meeting. There are no dues. No one is voted in or out The Port Orford Sixes-Elk has a babysitter for mother* who have pre-school children. Call Mr*. George McDonald, 332- 2794, for more information of any kind. Acreage burned was more than double the previous year's figure, but well under the 1960 total of 80, 000 acres, highest since 1939. One of the factors in holding down the acreage figure, said K.O.Wilson, Chief of Fire Con trol, was quick aerial attack. In a one-month period, August 10 to Sept. 10: 876 jumps w e re made by smokejumpers on 273 fires; more than 1 million gal lons of retardant was dropped by air tankers on 160 fires; hel icopters were used 2, 884 hours. Damage to natural resources totalled several million dollars, and fire suppression costs have exceeded $6 million. Pickett Raps Curry Citizens COQUILLE - John Pickett, Coquille attorney representing Curry County Commisisoner H. E. Timeus, today called the Curry citizens’ group urging Timeus' recall "a vigilante com mittee.” Meanwhile, in Curry County, Commissioner C. Fell Camp bell—charged by Timeus with assault with a dangerous wea pon — told The World today that "publicity hurts the coun ty real bad.” Campbell said, "The county is not at a standstill. Building and street programs are func tioning. Regular public meetings are being held at 2 p.m. on Wed nesdays.” Said Campbell, “ The only thing the county is suffering from is publicity." He expressed the fear that publicity may af fect the public attitude toward commissioners. Campbell said he and Timeus are on speaking terms, but that conditions are “ not good” in the commissioners' offices because of charges against him. Pickett, discussing recall pro posals against Timeus made by the Curry Citizens For Unity in a meeting Monday night in which the committee asked Timeus to dismiss charges against Campbell, said that this is not possible: “A crime is not a crime against a person, it is against the peace and dignity of the State of Oregon and against the state and not against the indi vidual involved, and the indi vidual has no right or authority to simply say he wants the charges dropped once they have been filed It seems to me that the alleged claim of the vigi lante committee to drop charges is ridiculous. If any charges were dismissed, it would have to be done by a judge of a court." -T h e World The long period of hot wea ther with no rain brought an un precedented closure of all Ore gon forests for a six-day period. In Washington, all forests were closed for eight days at the height of the fire danger period. .High temperatures and lack of precipitation set r e c o r d s throughout the region. Many weather station in Oregon ex ceeded the Portland record of 71 days without measureable rain. Portland had 24 days with temperatures of 90 degrees or higher. But Pendleton went 81 days without rain, breaking a 1931 record, and had 68 days w ith temperatures o f 90 or more. Heat records were also set in several other areas of Oregon and Washington. Cooperation of the public and among the various land man agement agencies reached a new high, also, Wilson pointed out. During the forest closures, there were very few instances of violation of complaint. The Forest Service was helped by the Bureau of L and Manage ment, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Oregon Department of Forestry, Washington state agencies, m il itary units, and other Regions of the Forest Service during the crucial summer. on his annual hunting trip, was not available for comment as to whether he will accept the position. " City engineer Roy Erichsen reported that all sanitary sewer lines have been installed,clean ed and tested, and that pump stations h a v e been received. Further good news, he said, is t h a t if the treatment plant, which was supposed to have ar rived Oct. 6, gets here in time, the sewer system could very well be in operation by the end of October. The engineer also said con tracts fo r the city hall con struction have been signed and should begin soon. Charles Haines was selected from five applicants for the job of sewer treatment plant oper ator. He will begin work with the installation of the treatment plant and pump stations, so he will be familiar with the com plete operation mechanics of the system. A request from Agnes Leut- wyler was tabled for more study by city attorney Lynne McNutt, Public Works Supt Frank Morris and commissioner Jim Peterson. Mrs. Leutwyler asked the coun cil to lower the grade of 7th St. between Jefferson and Deady S t and dead-end it at Deady. Mrs.Leutwyler said she has plans to build a motel on the property. Bills in the amount of $2, - 311. 07 were approved for pay ment. Oregon fishqrmen and other interested persons are advised that November 3,at 10 a. m. , is the time scheduled by the Game Commission to hold its annual public hearing to consider reg ulations for the 1968 angling season. The meeting will be held at the Commission's Port land headquarters, 1634 S.W. Alder. At the hearing, angling regu lations for the coming year will be discussed, including proposed changes and new rules recom mended by the staff. Recom mendations proposed by th e public will also be considered at that tim e . Following the hearing, a tentative set of rules will be adopted and provided the news media throughout the state. On November 17, the Com mission will reconvene and re view the tentative set of rules. Any changes or additions will be made on that date. Regulations adopted at this meeting will be Seaman Recuit Alan Dean come final for the 1968 season. All interested persons are in Lenox,son of Mr. and Mrs. Albin L.Lenox of Box 283, Port Oford, vited to attend. enlisted in the U. S. Navy on Oct. 5, 1967. Alan is a 1967 graduate of Pacific high school. RUMMAGE SALE Alan will take his recruit train The Job's Daughters will have ing at San Diego. After gradua their annual rummage sale Sat tion, he will be granted fourteen urday, Oct. 14,from 10 a. m. on. days leave and will then report to his new duty station. Luncheon will be served. Joins Navy A recall petition will be fil ed against Curry County Com missioner H.E. Timeus, the C it izens For Unity committee vot ed Monday night after Timeus three times refused to sign a resolution pledging harmony a- mong the board of commission ers. Before voting on the recall, Timeus was asked by the com mittee if he would resign his position. He refused. Commissioners C.Fell Camp bel! ’.n.dRyce Wilson both sign ed the resolution without ques tion. A statement by the com mittee and issued by chairman Dick Barklow, Langlois, said: "This committee finds that on the basis that Commissioner Timeus has declined to sign the resolution of this committee to promote harmony within th e County Board of Commissioners, which was signed by his fellow Commissioners, an initial (re call) petition will be filed. Committee members present were Barklow and Dick Erwin, Langlois; Norm Crowhurst, Dick Larsson andjoe Lenhart for How ard Ha uschildt, Gold Beach; Bob Earle, Archie McVay for Leo Shurtleff, D.N. Eggers and Bruce M a n le y , Brookings; Frank St. Clair and P a u l Peterson, Port Orford. A statement read to Com missioners said: "We of this committee be lieve that an elected official upon taking the oath of office also takes an obligation of con duct of that office. "We believe officials should act in good taste and with the dignity d u e their office and when disagreeing should do so without being disagreeable. "It appears that among our county commissioners conduct has occurred which does not meet this standard or the pub lic's approval. "Therefore we recommend the following resolution: "1. Be it resolved that the Board of County Commissioners refrain from any further press releases, letters to the editor, t h a t indulge in personalities, either directly or by implica tio n , and that they drop all charges, court actions, or any other action that further agi tates this regrettable affair. " The statement continued: " T h is committee will use all its influence to quiet this m at ter in order that necessary coun ty government may be resumed. "2. Should _any member or members feel unable to follow the above,then we believe they should resign at once so that the normal county functions may be resumed. "Believing that the welfare of our county is larger than per sonalities, political ambitions, or like conditions, we sincerely hope this resolution is accept ed. " Choir Robes Presented To PTA AT THE PTA meeting Thursday, Sept. 29, Pat Sweet and Helen Stole, representing the ESA Sorority, presented PTA president Dee Wood with 40 satine choir robe* for the Battle Rock Upper Elementary choir. PatSweet,chairman of the choir robe committee, reported that 12 members of the sorority worked most of the summer putting in 35 hourscutting time and 240 hours sewing time and ten hours pressing time in getting the robes ready to present at the first PTA m eet ing of the year. Helen Stole, left, was credited with making the most rqbes. Shown with her are Maryjane Peterson, Cary Frankovich and Pat Sweet.
