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Oregon since he was four years old, the last 15 years at Sixes. He had been a lo«e>* and ranch e r. The deceased I t survived by his w<dow, Martha, Sixes; tons. Forest J . LaFlamme, Myrtle Point; Jack E. LaFlamme of Hillsboro, Larry R. LaFlamme of Corvallis daughters, Mrs. Gloria Coombes, Myrtle Creek and Mrs. Ryce Wilson of Sixes; brothers, Lance LaFlamme and Russell Train of Myrtle Point and Ell LaFlamme of Belgrade, Neb.; sisters, Mrs. Mary Poppe and Mrs. Anne Whallen, both of Boring, O re., and 15 grand children. Funeral services were held Monday In the chapel of Coos Mortuaries with the Rev. Ger ald Nelson of the Myrtle Point Methodist Church officiating. Burial followed in the Myrtle Point cemetery. -Port Orford New», Thursday, October 26, 1967 Port Office Box 5 97465 Port Orford, Oregon PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Socaod class m a il privilege» »nthonied at Port Orford, Ore. L Felaheun ......... ............................ Editor rod Publisher Paul L Paterson ....................... . . ................. Managing Editor Subacnption la Cony County (per year in ad v a n c e )........................... S3. 00 Outaide Curry C o u n ty ........................................ . . . . . . . . S3 SO Slagle Copy......................................................................... 10 Cent» Announcement», Notices, New» and Advertising Must be in the Office by StOO p m. Tuesday» I D I T O * I AL $ c6n?’ IW And Now There Are Three With the filing Monday of recall petitions against Commissioners Ryce Wilson and C. Fell Campbell, Cur ry county voter« m ay have the opportunity of wiping out the entire county Board of Commissioners at the poll». (We say 'm ay' because there first has to be the certification of petitions before a recall electio n is called. ) This is the same as tin owing away the whole box of apples because one bad one is found. In the case of Commissioner Time us, let us point out that the recall petition far him is not based on the fact that he has accused Campbell of a crim e. Rather, it it baaed on the very plain fact that Timeus has re fused to cooperate in restoring dignity to the Board of Commissioners and has been responsible for a w eaken ing of relations between the county and practically everyone he has been in contact with because of his bull-headed attitude about how he thinks county bus iness should be conducted. This kind of an attitude can in no way be consid ered conducive to good county government. Co the other hand, both Campbell and Wilson have expressed a very strong and forthright desire to solve county ¡xoblems. They have worked tirelessly and e f fectiv ely far the benefit of the entire county, at all levels. Far this reason we are opposed to their recall, and support the recall of Commissioner Timeus. I fin ally joined the ranks of the big buck hunters last w eek end. Went and got all the n e c - eaeary legal permit» and such. . . t h e n hit for the brush for an early evening hunt F riday.. . a - leng with a couple other eager beavers who hadn't scared yet. After a couple hours beating the brush with no lu c k .. . which b usually m y lu c k .. . we d ecid ed to knock off until the a. m. B u t.. . on the way back to the c ity I made the mistake of sug- eeettog that what we should do b pick up some sleeping bags ana grub so we could cam p out and be already in the woods— ooena the dawn. Before I could talk m y way out of it, brother ] lm and Darrel Brown had decided it was an e x - oellen t idea. So before I knew It we were on our way back to the hill». , . with bag», blanket», break!»it grub and one o f a lo t of confidence. We set up cam p on the only fla t p iece of ground we could find under the trees and spread out the bed roll». Brother and 1 the start, with the tarp randoverua. Darrel d ecid ed to crawl in the back of his pickup can o p y .. .an d w e clim b ed into the sack, remarking a - bout how warm the night air was, and chopped off to sleep along tenvard midnight. Tna air was warm alright. . . Just warm enough to bring on a dow n- pour of not-so-w arm rain. This wouldn't have been so bad, of course, If w e'd have felt the first drops. As it w a s.. . neither of us felt anything until it was too late. And I mean too late. I aroused when I realized mv head was starting to float. But being sleepy. . . I just pulled (he tarp up further and cbifted back to sleep. About 3:30 m y sleep - tog beg was soaked about half way up so I decided to try for pickup. I reached for my is under m y jack et that I was using for a pillow and found them soaked through. What the h e c k .. . said L . . m y feetwere already w et so it prob- ahly wouldn't hurt to make the dean through the deluge in my Stocking pinkies. Brother roused I to make the understate st of the season: 'Hey, it's tu toto e," then went back to sle e p .: got up, slid my bag and blanket deep under the tarp and lit out for the truck cab. About halfway there I hit a puddle and went In up to my a n k les.. . but I m ade the truck. . , Jacket and rim s in hand. Sitting there shivering and Blinking unkind thoughts, 1 man aged to f i n a l ly calm down enough to drop b ifk to » lu » - besland in about ‘45 minutes Fifteen minutes liter, at 4:30, little brother'd also had enough usd decided to Join me. . .which, of course, m eant I had to give him half the seat ' c a u s e I Coulsto't lock the doors to keep Z .Ï I m ean it was tim e for break fast, yet! A ndwe hadn't had our usual night's sleep .B u t.. . being of sturdy pioneer stock, or som e thing like th a t.. . we crawled into the back of the truck where it was fairly warm from the Coleman stove and sat there watching Darrel, bane dry, fry ing spuds and bacon and eggs. (I was still trying to figure out how to suggest going back to to w n , without showing what a chicken-heart I was. ) We'd just finished eating when Leo Phil lips and Dale Bartlett arrived from their warm beds (I swore they'd never show) to lead us to where the big bucks were. And it was STILL raining! N ot having anticipated rain we were not, to say the least, riggedoutw ith rain gear either. But we thought, what the heck, it'll be worth it when we bag the big bucks. N eed I te ll you that after a- b o u t three hours of sloshing through the rain we didn't even SEE a set of horns! I don't know what to say to them fellers that always seem to stumble onto the big ones with hardly ANY effort. Maybe there's something to "living right" after all. - P- Somebody unce said that music hath charms to soothe the savage b ea st.. . I wonder if It also d o e s n ' t som etim es just plain make you savage. Here's why I wonder. (But first, leave m e te ll you that I'm one who really likes music and I think everybody who plays an instru m ent probably enjoys l i f e a little bit more than other peo ple. For this reason the three we have in school at present are all taking an instrument in band. ) The other night, you see, I cam e straggling home from a hard day at the office and step ped through the front door.. . expecting the usual f a m i l y greetings. But N O .. . something was wrong. There were no de lighted hellos because daddy was home at last, no sir' Instead . . . f r o m the laundry room I heard the wobbly strains of a coronet as young son attempted to blow a reasonable sounding n o te .. . from one bedroom No. I daughter w a s practicing the saxaphone while being accom panied by second daughter on her drum practice pad. . . in an- o t h e r bedroom n iece Sharon Campbell was playing the a c- cordian. . . the TV was playing in the livin g room. , , the two youngest daughters were trying to sin g .. . ana I think the bride probably felt like making a lit tle music of her own. Oh, yes! Music hath charms . . . after about 20years practice. -P - Hardy Stewart, publisher of the PortOford Tribune from a- bout 1903 to 1920, stopped by the office Tuesday for a brief v is it.. . and to talk about old friends he plans to see during his stop here. He was an the way home to Sacramento from Port land and said he drove up just so he could stop in Coos and Curry to look up friends. to the E ditor TO THE EDITOR The citizen-taxpayer of O e - goo today receives more service from hu state government than ever before. O irever increasing population, the advances made by our economy, the growth in com m ercial and industrial de velopm ent and the fast-chang ing technological w o r ld are som e of the major factors which result each year in continuing requests for state government to provide mare and better ser vices to its citizens. I b e l i e v e that our state, through its personnel, is m eeting the challenge of the changing t i m e s . Modem and efficien t government is possible only to the extent its personnel have the skill, education and dedica tion to make it so. We in Cregcn are fortunate to have the high ly qualified em ployees needed to conduct the d ay-to-d ay bus iness o f our state's com plex governmental operation, and to conduct that business at a high le v e l of efficien ce and harmony. It is appropriate that we re cognize our f e l l o w citizens whose duties and responsibilities are to operate our government at the lowest possible cost to the citizen-taxpayer. I therefore designate the w eek of N ovem ber 1 2 -18,1967,as STATE EM PLOYEES WEEK in recognition of the 29, 000 dedicated men and women in state service. Tom M cCall Governor of Oregon TO THE EDITOR There appears to be much misunderstanding and confusion regarding the Curry County In term ediate Education District budget and tax levy. As ques tions concerning this arise every year, it appears that a brief e x planation m ay be in order. Curry County operates under Oregon Revised Statutes 334.24C through 334.330 which, sim p li- fied,m eans that the budget pre pared by the IED provides 50 per Sent equalization for all school districts in Curry C o u n t y . In other words, 50 per cent of the funds needed to operate all the schools in Curry County com es through the IED levy and is used to offset taxes for the districts. For exam ple, for the current op erating year (196 7 -6 8 )th e total IED tax levy is $680, 172. 43 or 21. 7 mill». $554, 067. 43 is the equalization figure which is us ed to offset taxes in all school districts. The actual dollar fig ure lev y for operating the IED budget itself is $126, 105. 00. Thus, $554, 067. 43 goes to all schools in Curry County on the 50 per cent equalization offset basis and the $126, 105. 00 tax lev y is used to operate all the programs sponsored by the IED for the Curry County schools. This makes the total IED levy for the 1967-68 school year the aforem entioned $ 6 8 0 ,1 7 2 .4 3 , or 21. 7 m ills. A ll budgets vary from year to year depending upon many fa c tors; the amount of basic school support, die amount of cash car ryover from the previous year, the amount of taxes co llected and uncollected, the amount of other Federal, State and local funds available, and m any other variable factors. For the 1966-67 school year the figures w e r e as follows: Equalization tax lev ied for all school d i s t r i c t offsets w a s $571, 505. 13, the lev y for op erating the IED was $148,852. 00 making a t o t a l IED levy of $ 7 2 0 ,3 5 4 .1 3 or 2 5 .6 m i l l s . Thus,you can compare the fig - BATTLE ROCK eighth grade students ware costumes depicting nations who are members ot the (J. N. to senooi i u esu ay United Nations Day. Here, they visited the grade school. The occasion marked the end of a six-w eeks study of the U. N. under Mrs. Clarice Hopkins. ures for 1966-67, and 1967-68 and note that the IED lev y is down 4. 9 m ills; however, due to the variable factors it m ay be up another year. Any questions anyone has re garding the Curry County IED operation should be directed to our office in the courthouse in Gold Beach or call Cherry 7 - 5325. Ray Neugart, Superintendent Curry County I. E. D. Dear Editor: The children of the world are a m atter of concern for every sane adult. Millions of them, right now, need vaccines, med icines, proper food and a chance to obtain at least a rudimentary education. Fortunately, these "conditions are almost wholly outside the USA. The United N a ti o n s Child ren’s Fund, therefore, has the responsibility of working to ward a better future for m il lions of boys and girls who are hungry, who are 111, who live a substandard life In Asia, in Africa, In Latin America, and In the Middle East. Besides contributing to their Immediate w e l f a r e through more than 500 long-range pro grams in 120 c o u n t r i e s , UNICEF's goal is to prevent the circumstances which cause these children to suffer. It is to feed, heal and educate them so that later they may help themselves. It is to wipe ofl the face of the earth, today’s appalling conditions of which children are the first and most helpless victims. So great has been Its effort that In 1965 It was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. But UNICEF has no assured source of Income and there fore must depend solely upon voluntary contributions from governments 4 private sources. N a t i o n a l Committees for UNICEF In countries around the world sponsor private ef forts of which the best known Is Trick o r Treat for UNICEF sponsored by the U. S. Com mittee at Halloween. Here In Oregon $26,102.08 was raised last year during a two-hour Halloween collection of pennies In place of cookies. Oregonians also contributed proceeds of 13,834 boxes of UNICEF Christmas Greeting Cards to the vital work of United Nations Children’s Fund. Cards were sold all over the state by groups willing to give a helping hand. On behalf of the United Na tions Children’s Fund and of the U. S. Committee for UNICEF, which I represent in Oregon, it is a privilege to express heartfelt thanks for such a tang ible expression of friendship toward needy children and mothers In all parts of the world. Halloween is again at our doors, can Oregon do still bet te r this year, save still more young lives from hunger and disease? I am sure we can if all of us will do a little more. The feeling of having im proved—and possibly saved— young lives who may lead the future world together with our own children, will be our well- deserved reward. Yours very truly, MARIA CAPPER-JOHNSON State Representative for Oregon US Committee for UNICEF Clinton C. Smith Funeral services were held for Clinton C.Smith at 11 a. m. Oct. 16, a t the Assembly of God Church in Port Crford with the Rev. R. L. Sharp officiating. In term ent was in the Masonic cem etery. Smith. 66, Port Orford, died Oct. 12, at Hermiston in the hospital of injuries suffered in an auto accident Oct. 6. He was b o r n in Nichols, Iowa, O ct 4, 1901. A welder by trade, he was employed for many years in W hittier.Calif. . prior to his re tirem ent in October 1966. He moved to Port Orford in Novem ber 1966 where he and his son- in-law, Howard Beasley, were associated together in the Agate Beach Trailer Court. He is survived by’ his widow, Phyllis, Port Crford, a son, Jack and daughter, Mrs. Wanda Beas ley, both of Port Crford; a sis ter, Mrs. Edith Schnieder, West Liberty, Iowa; five grandchild ren, one niece and two nephews. He was a member of the Port Ckford Lions Club. Roger 0. LaFlamme Roger O. LaFlamme, 67, 01 Sixes died Oct. 20 in Bandon. Born Dec. 5, 1899, in Rapid City, S. D., he had lived in ïBim aspm... Something in i t h r heryone! WE CARRY A COMPLETE SELECTION OF BUILPING SUPPLIES NOW AVAILAUUF PLUMBINC SUPPLIES SHEET ROCK WINDOM’ GLASS ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES CONCRETE PRODUCTS Y E A R . IN CURO COUNTY TREASURE TONE PAINTS ttAW M il» COMCkfTi BTBY HOT SUBSCRIBE? him out After discussing our predica m ent and the sensible logic in going back to town. . . we both doted back to a fitfull a n d spasmodic s le e p .. . until about ¿ 3 0 when Darrel roused us so he could put the coffee on. I swpur J«T MORTM »F TOWN PM. 332-4161 jPnrt (Orford Acini; 4
