Port Orford news. (Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon) 1958-current, December 21, 1967, Page 4, Image 4

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    4— Port Orford News, Thursday, Dec em b er 21, 1967
Jobs To Install
Job’s Daughters, Bethel No.
50, are inviting interested per­
sons to their 30th public in­
stallation of officers and choir
Thursday, Dec. 28, at 8 p.m.
in the Port O r f o r d Masonic
Temple, dene Fisher is honored
queen-elect and June Est is the
retiring Honored Queen.
CLUB HOLDS PARTY
Mrs. Del Newkirk entertain­
ed the Silver Springs Sewing
Club a* her home last Tuesday
for their annual Christmas
party. This club was organized
about 12 years ago by Mrs.
Wes Zumwalt. The meeting this
month was an all-day party.
Present were Mrs. C e c il
Colson, Mrs. Harry Gebauer,
Mrs. Chas. Morgan, Mrs. Eulah
Elliott, Mrs. Forrest Elliott,
Mrs. Bud Pomeroy, Mrs. Ger­
ald Lynch, Mrs. Dow Clarno,
Mrs. R. L. Sharp and the host­
ess.
Pomona Grange
Installs Officers
Curry Pomona Grange met at
the Chetco G ra n g e Hall in
Brookings Dec. 16 where of­
ficers and committee chairmen
for the past year made their
reports.
Earle Parker, who has Just
retired after being Coos Po­
mona Master for six years,
and Mrs. Parker were among
the guests.
Ed Seeley of Port Orford
became a member of Curry
Pomona and Randy Coe of
Brookings conducted an auction
of Christmas gifts in order to
raise money to finish paying
for the typewriter which was
recently purchased for the
Grange Youth Camp. He had
been given lovely dolls, ear­
rings set, a toy piano, and
other donations for the auction.
"Bounty by the Sea’’ and
"Curry Wonderland’’ were the
names suggested for me County-
Fair in 1968 and "Bounty by
the Sea” was chosen by popular
vote.
It was announced that Pomona
would sponsor another "F u n
Night” on Feb. 17 at the Ophir
Grange Hall, with potluck at
6:30 and the theme to be Val­
entine’s Day.
Election of Officers forCurry
Pomona included Master, Wm.
Webster; overseer,C la re nee
Davies; lecturer, Docia Sweet;
steward, Joe Zumpfe; assistant
steward, Robert Billings; chap­
lain, Albert Kribs; treasurer,
F l o r e n c e Bray; secretary,
Marjorie Moore; gatekeeper,
Y* ,'gil Cannon; Ceres, Lillian
Zumpfe; Pomona, Viola Cuatt;
Flora, Juanita Billings; lady-
assistant steward, Teresa Mc­
Grew; home ec chairman, Mar­
ion Brooks; musician, J e n n y
Cannon; executive committee,
Clarence Brooks ‘‘Pop’’ Bray
and Orville Phipps.
The Pomona officers and the
corresponding officers of the
subordinate granges of the
county were installed by a team
from the Sixes Grange under
the guidance of C la r e n c e
Brooks, Dick BJerg and Marion
Brooks. Others who assisted
were Florence Sydnam, Viola
Cuatt, Dolly BJerg, Bea Mar­
tin, Jenny Cannon, Docia Sweet
and Virgil Cannon.
Attending from North Curry
were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bill­
ings, Mr. and Mrs. Art Sweet,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Bjerg, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Brooks, Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Cannon, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Kribs, Bea
Martin, Viola Cuatt, Ed Seelye,
Dick Erwin, Clarence Hansen,
Henry Adolphson and Florence
Sydnam.
NIECE VISITS
Mrs. Clara Laudinsky, niece
of Mrs. W, L. Montgomery of
Port Orford, from Thousand
Oaks, Calif., was a guest of
her aunt Sunday. She works at
the California Lutheran College
and this was her annual holiday
trek to visit relatives in Ta­
coma, Wash. She sometimes
makes the trip on the train to
miss b 'd weather but decided
to drive this year and has re­
portedly encountered poor wea­
ther all the way.
DAUGHTER HOME
Pam Mayea, who is attending
the University of Oregon at
Eugene, is home for the Christ­
mas vacation which extends to
Jan. 2.
CHRISTMAS PARTY’
St. Christopher’s Episcopal
Church had a Christmas party
for all children of the parish
Sunday evening and there were
36 in attendance through the
high school department. Special
guests of the group were mem­
bers of the teen club from St.
John’s, Bandon.
Adults present were Mr. San­
ders, the youth advisor; the Rev.
James Lloyd, Mrs. Glady Petok
and Mrs. Dee Hansohn.
HOST DINNER
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. My­
ron Forty entertained Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Morgan and son,
John, Mrs. Josie Forty, Mrs.
James Forty, and Ollie Fer­
guson at dinner in honor of
their son, James, who is home
on furlough from Ft. Leonard
Wood, Mo.
FATHER VISITS
Ollie Ferguson of Gold Beach
was a guest of his daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Myron Forty, Sunday and Mon­
day.
We re brimming with good
wishes and thanks to ali
o u r w o n d e rfu l frie n d s
Foster
Shoe Repair
PARENTS VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Goheen
of Bottlneu, N. D., parents of
James Goheen, a teacher at
Battle Rock Junior High, visit­
ed their son and his wife re­
cently and are now living In a
motel in Brookings, planning to
stay there during December.
Their future plan is to spend
January in Port Orford, for
they have fallen in love with the
coastal area. The Christmas
weekend will be spent in Eugene
at the home of their daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Detels, and their four
children, where the Port Or­
ford Goheens will Join them. On
New Years, they plan to have
their family part at the motel
In Brookings.
Eastern Star Holds
District Meeting
YULE PARTY HELD
SON IS HOME
Sunday evening at 6 o'clock
the Eastern Star and Masons
of Port Orford had a potluck
supper and Christmas party for
about 45 members and guests,
including some children. There
was a Christmas tree and gift
exchange and when Santa ap­
peared, one little boy said,
“ That’s a woman, I can tell
by her heels.” Santa did seem
to have laryngitis and Hoyt
Littrell proved to be a very-
capable “ helper.”
Jack Preston, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Orville Preston of Port
Orford, is home from OTI in
Klamath Falls for the Christ­
mas vacation.
The district meeting for Port MASTER POINT NIGHT
Orford, Gold Beach and Brook­
From a buffet table taste­
ings Eastern Star chapters was fully decorated for Christmas,
held last Thursday evening in lovely refreshments -were en­
Gold Beach with a large number joyed by those playing Bridge
in attendance.
at the Port Orford Legion Hall
Worthy Grand Matron Laurie Wednesday evening. Winners at
Woodard of Forest Grove was the Monthly Master Point night
the guest of honor, and others from north-south were Mr. and
attending with her were Mrs. Mrs. Fred Horowitz, first; Ge­
Gordon Baker, worthy grand neva Tucker and Grace McKen­
Martha and wife of the worthy- zie, second; and Nadine Kalina
grand patron, and Helen Stano- and Bob Dutton, third. East-
vich, representative of Iowa west winners were Mr. and
in Oregon.
Mrs. Chas. Dougherty, first;
Port Orford conducted the Mr. and Mrs. Joe Halbersle-
initiation.
ben, second, and Mr. and Mrs.
Brookings had won the trav­ Paul Wagner, third.
eling gavel with 22 present;
20 were from Port Orford, 13 VACATION STARTS
members plus the officers tak­
Christmas vacation will be-
ing part in the work from Gold gon this afternoon (Thursday)
Beach and seven visitors from at 3:30 p.m. for the schools in
other chapters.
district 2CJ.
NAVY SON VISITS
Petty Officer, 3rd class, boil­
er technician Gregg Dahrens,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Dahrens of Elk River, was home
for three days recently after
spending eight months in Viet­
nam. He is on the destroyer
USS Aggerholm and his home-
port is now Long Beach, Calif.
He tells of one very tiresome
mission when the destroyer was
asked to check on a Russian
fishing boat for three days, but
mostly they are on guard duty
for the big aircraft carriers.
HOME FOR HOLIDAYS
Edie Clarke, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ethan Clarke of Port
Orford, is home from Southern
Oregon College at Ashland, for
the Christmas holidays.
ROOF BLOWS OFF
The Elmer Bens home on
Hubbard Creek that survived a
fire some months ago by such
a narrow margin, gave the fam­
ily another shock Sunday about
1 o’clock when the roof blewoff
the front of it at the height of
the strom which hit the area.
Mrs. Bens was there when it
happened and says that it
“ really gave her a scare.”
SENIOR CITIZENS
The Senior Citizens Club of
Port Orford held their Christ­
mas program Monday evening
which started with a potluck
supper. A program was pre­
sented which included a read­
ing by Audrey Gebauer, "The
Night Before Christmas,” by
Ollie Britton and a skit by
Echol Nutt and Lela Hubbs.
Santa, in the person of Wes­
ley Zumwalt, helped with the
gift exchange and then George
Guerin showed a group of his
slides.
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Milton Leer returned
to McAuley Hospital in Coos
Bay Monday for further ob­
servation and treatment. She
hopes to be home in about a
week.
HAS CHECK-UP
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas
of Port Orford went to Eugene
last week, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Zumwalt.
Zumwalt went to the doctor
for his regular check-up.
VISIT PARENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Balzer
of Port Orford went to Dallas
last Tuesday to visit her par­
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Erp Ben­
nett. Bennett had undergone
major surgery about two months
ago and had been improving, but
Mrs. Balzer was called back
because his condition had taken
a turn for the worse.
MEET CANCELLED
The Sunset Garden Club can­
celled their Dec. 8 meeting and
Christmas party because of ill­
ness. The gift exchange will be
held Jan. 12 during the regular
meeting.
DINNER GUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Owens
and daughter, Laura, who have
recently moved to Port Orford
from San Ysidro, Calif., were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Hubbs.
TO HAWAII
Susan Mechals, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Don Mechals of
Port Orford, who is a fresh­
man at Oregon State University,
left by plane for Hawaii Mon­
day to spend Christmas vaca­
tion with her college room­
mate.
TRANSFERRED
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Forty,
former residents of Port Or­
ford who have been living at
Valsetz, are moving to New­
port where he has been trans­
ferred.
Langlois Yule
Program Held
On Thursday evening at 7:30
the Upper Elementary grades of
the Langlois school presented
their Christmas program for the
community. A large group at­
tended and responded enthusi­
astically to the number present­
ed by the regular chorus and
other singers who had b e e n
trained by Wayne Merrell, vo­
cal director.
The beginners, intermediate
and advanced bands, under the
direction of Kenneth Nelson,
band director for school district
2CJ,performed their part of the
program in a manner to make
everyone very proud of the pro­
gress they have made. The be­
ginners who have had their in­
struments only a v e r y few
months were outstanding and
those who have been playing for
a longer time showed marvel­
ous ta lent. The schools of this
area are indeed fortunate to
have such fine teachers in the
music departments.
The primary school program,
for the first, second and third
_,Tades of the Langlois school
will be given on Thursday (to­
day). All the parents of the
children in hese grades and the
pre-schoolers are invited to this
program and to welcome Santa
Claus.
On Thursday (today) afternoon
th e upper elementary school
will be jiown a film of the Bob
Hope picture "Son of Pale Face."
Christmas vacation for all of
children begins this afternoon
and will continue until Jan. 2,
1968.
New Procedure
Set For SWOGC
A new registration pro-
cedure, adopted for winter tern
at Southwestern Oregon Com­
munity College, will enable stu­
dents to enroll for classes fas­
ter and more efficiently, ac­
cording to the college informa­
tion office. The first da;, of
classes winter term is Wednes­
day, Jan. 5.
For the most part, all regis­
tration will take place in the
course of one day, Tuesday,
Jan. 2, in the f ir s t level of
Prosper Hall, the new physical
educatior. ! uild in .', - j
will begin registering ate a.:: ..
returning freshmen at 10 a.n .
New students and others
register anytime after 1 p.r. .
that day.
Registration packets are no
available at the admissions of­
fice main desk and have teen
made up in advance for those
students enrolled fall ter . Ne
students and those returnn.
after an absence of two or three
terms should call the college
(888-3234) and leave nan •
addresses, and registra-..
packets will be prepared.
Late registration fees cull
be charged afterJan.2. Folk -
up r e g is 'r a t i o n , bcginnii.
Wednesday, Jan. 3, will be ieid
until Friday, Jan. 12. Begin
Thursday, Jan. 4, registra:? n
will be moved to Dellwood Hall.
The registration schedule is:
Jan. 3, 9 a.n .-1- :
4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m.
Jan. 4, 1 to 4 p.m., and 6 to
9 p.m.
Jan. 3, 1 to 4 p.m.
Jan. 8 through 11, 1 to
p.m., and 6:30 to 8:30 p.i
Jan. 12, 1 to 4 p.m.
Winter term sched’ s may
be picked up at the college.
Advising has already begun,
and students are encouraged
to contact their advisors for
assistance with programs.
Seniors Invited
To Visit OSU
State University’s an-
nual open house for high school
seniors, then parents and
friends, h is beer scheduled for
Saturday, J an. 20.
Most ol the s: ?cial orleota-
tion prog rai will be devoted
to school meetings at which stu-
dents and their parents will be
briefed
: fields of study,
raduation re-
course 2 : I
qui rem e nt s, and career oppor-
(unities af
In othei sessions, mforrr.a-
tion willbi presented on housing
accommod a! 10ns and costs; ad-
mission 1 e q u i r e m e n t s; fi-
nancial a : d s —scholarships,
part-time ork opportunities
and loars ; student activities;
and ROTC program for men.
The Oregon Traffic Safety
Commission reminds you that
over one half of all holiday
traffic accidents occur because
of drinking. So if you’re plan­
ning to drink don’t drive--be
around for the New Year.
EASTERN STAR MEETS
Port Orford Eastern Star met
in regular session at the Mas­
onic Hall Dec. 16 where it was
reported that Letha Bush and
Beth Magneson had returned to
the hospital for treatment and
observation and that Sylvia
Honeywell had undergone major
surgery.
The group voted to send $5
to the Eastern Star home for
the Aged at Forest Grove to be
used as “pin money" by the
guests.
Pro tern officers for the
meeting were Tronle Morris,
Viola Spencer, Mildred Russell
and George Frultt.
The program included a vocal
solo by Frances Smith and the
words of a Christmas carol
read by Worthy Matron Gert­
rude Adolphson. This particular
carol is chanted to the sound of
drums by the Loma tribesmen in
Liberia, Africa, and Is very dlf-
ferent.
Pomegranates are commer­
cially grown in Arizona and
California.
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Galatians 3:12.
Assembly of God
10th and Washington St.
Rev. R. L. Sharp, Pastor
Phone 332-2056
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Deanery Dinner Held
The Rt. Rev. J âmes W. F. Car­
men, Bishop of Oegon, and Mrs.
Carmen hosted a dinner for the
deanery clergy in the parishhall
of St. Christopher's Episcopal
Church Monday night. Those at­
tending w e re Rev. and Mrs.
Richard Glidden of Brookings,
Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Welsh of
Gold Beach, Rev. Walter Parker
of G o ld Beach, Rev. and Mrs.
Harry Heeney, Coos Bay, Rev.
a n d Mrs. Douglas Thompson,
Reedsport, Rev. and Mrs. Qrlo
Hoye, Coquille, Rev. and Mrs.
Gordon Ashbee, Myrtle Point,
and Rev. J ames Lloyd, Vicar of
St. Christopher's.
December is the worst month
of the year for Oregon traffic
accidents reports the Oregon
Traffic Safety Commission.
When driving on winter’s wet,
slippery, fo g g y roads, slow
down. Adjust your speed to meet
road and weather conditions.
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