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jPnti (Orford Arms VO1. 10 No. 47 Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon Price Ten Cents Commissioners Weekly Report Sea Grant Funds Released Local Laboratory Benefits The board of county com missioners, Ira W. Tucker, chair man, Homer Kerber and Gene Colegrove make the following weekly report: Bill Tankersley, juvenile of ficer, appeared to request sup port of United Appeal and re lated agencies. The board reviewed outstand- in g accounts receivable and suggested provisions for future , handling be set by budget com mittee. Mayor Bruce Manley of Brook ings, appeared before the board to inquire about, and receive a copy of the recent Tapp Report. Mrs. Betsey Machines, public welfare administrator,explained the July and August accounts of the State Public Welfare De partment. Don Hale appeared before the board to request crushed gravel for roads. On Tuesday, the board of commissioners we e guests of the b o a r d of supervisors and chamber of commerce of Del Norte county. The commission ers attended the morning session of the board of supervisors fol lowing which a guided tour was arranged for them through the detention building. Jim Longwood, of the firm, Morin and Lon gwood, Architects, appeared to explain changes on stairway, c u r b and space for transformers in the new office building on Moore Street. Bob Knox appeared to give a detailed report of his recent tour to compile construction and operating costs of various hos pitals in northern California and southern Oregon. In a motion the board agreed to purchase a Model 300 loader from Feenaughty Machinery Co. low bidder in the amount of $23, 468. 00. Hullabaloo Is Saturday • The Rotary OiubHullabaloo will be presented this Saturday night, Feb. 24, 7:30 p. m. at the Pacific high school gym. Local talent w i l l be featured in an evening of song, instrumental and other selections, according to Bill May, chairman. Anyone interested in perform ing is asked to contact either May, the drug store, Mayea's service or the News office by this Friday. Admission will be adults, 75 cents; under 12, 25 cents, and families $2. PTA, tomorrow night, Thurs. , 7:30, grade school multipurpose room. Plan to attend. Oegon State University, es versity of Washington and Uni program is financed by National tablished 100 years ago as Ore versity of Rhode Island. Science Foundation from fund* gon's land-grant college, will It is anticipated that the sea- appropriated by Congress. start its second century as a sea- grantwork will be as important Oregon State University was grant center of America as well. in the development of marine awarded $553, 000 for the next It has been named by the Na resources as the land-grant pro year with similar or larger an tional Science Foundation and grams have been in the devel- nual support seen for the future President Lyndon B. Johnson as opmentof the nation's tremen as the extensive program de one of the first three universities dous agricultural and forestry velops. It was the largest of the in the nation to receive sea- industries. three institutional grants. grant awards for broad-based Instead of the land grants OSU's sea-grant efforts will programs of training, research, given a century ago to establish emphasize increased production and advisory services related to and ma in ta in a public university and utilization of food from the the sea. in each state for the welfare of sea, but w i l l include a wide The other two are the Uni- the people, the new sea-grant range of other ocean-related research and teaching programs, OSU President James H. Jensen announced. These will include marine Mrs. Dean Couch of Langlois fisheries, aquiculture, seafood was taken to Mast Hospital in processing,marine minerals and M yrtle Point Friday and a l mining, marine e c o n o m i c t , though she has been taken to ocean engineering, and ocean her mother’s home she is s till ography. very i l l and w ill have to have Many state and federal groups more blood transfusions. Any and agencies will be involved one who has blood to donate is as cooperators in the sea-grant asked to report to the hospital work, President Jensen noted. and any type is needed. The Clatsop Community College hospital w ill take any type that will conduct a marine techni is donated and w ill give her ciantraining program, using the the kind she requires. OSU research vessels. The Un iversity of Oregon School of Law will initiate research in ocean law as a part of the program. A "model port systems" pro gram, designed to update and improve the efficiency of mar ine fishing ports, will be intro duced first at Astoria, Newport, An organizational meeting for and Port Orford. the coming July 4 celebration Cooperators in that program has been set for next Monday, will include the U, S, Bureau of Feb. 26, 7:30 p. m. at the city Commerical Fisheries, U.S. Bur hall, g e n e r a l chairman Mrs. eau of Sport Fisheries and Wild Maude Weir said today. life, Federal Economic Devel- The event is being sponsored SAM DEMENT cpment Administration, Oregon by the chamber of commerce "If enough people want me" State Sanitary Authority, State with other community organi Game Commission, Fish Com zations asked to participate. Lo Petitions were being c irc u l mission of Oregon, port com cal Jaycees have already said they would put on the Indian ated this week to place the missions, county governments, Village, Battle of Battle Rock name of Sam Dement of M yrtle and business and industry. Other fisheries programs will Pageant and a motorcycle hill Point on the ballot fo r the Re climb. The chamber will handle publican nomination fo r State also be centered at Port Orford, the fireworks display and parade. Senator from Coos and C urry it was noted. In cooperation with the Curry At p a s t celebrations, other counties. Tom O’Dwyer, chairman of County Board of Commissioners events have included flower and art shows, dance, various con the petition campaign, said that the university has acquired the cession booths, horse show and his organization w ill seek to use of a former Coast Guard races and little league baseball. secure at least 1,000 signa station h e r e and is installing facilities for studying salmon All organizations are asked to tures. Only about 500 are need and other marine life. Research h a v e representatives at th e ed. Dement has told his sponsors on rearing fall chinook salmon Monday meeting so plans and a that he w ill enter the race if in marine hatcheries is sched program can be formulated. sufficient support is indicated. uled to begin at Port Orford A life -lo n g resident of Coos next month, it was announced. Blood Needed Support Asked For Sam Dement Celebration Meet Monday General Telephone Plans Huge Expansion Program Coos Bay,February 16—A five- year program that will see Gen eral Telephone Company invest more than a quarter-billion dol lars in service improvements throughout its operating terri tory has been approved by the company's board of directors, Alfred J. Barran, president, re ported. At the same time, Coos Bay district manager Bob McKenzie announced that more than $1, - 960, 000 will be spent during 1968 alone on expansion and improvement projects affecting customers in Coos Bay, North Bend, Bandon, Gold Beach, Co quille, Reedsport, Myrtle Point, Powers, Langlois, Port Orford and Lakeside. According to company presi dent Barran, "the five-year plan calls for a total expenditure ex- ceeding$29O,OOO, 000 and rep resents a new record of invest- m e n t in telephone improve ments by General of the North west. Tlie program's signifi cance is underscored further by the factitw ill more than doub le our current total investment in the cables, lines, telephones, equipment facilities and other telephone plant items needed to provide quality telephone service. " Citing the rapid growth of die company, Barran pointed o u t that the newly unveiled program represents a $90 million in crease over the five-year fore case announced last year. Our long-range planning is predicated on th is expansion and we must constantly be alert to any changes in the Pacific Northwest's economic climate," LOCATION o f th e O5U Marine Research Lab a t Port Crford is the old Coast Guard station boat house facility at Nellie's Cove. Bob Cortright is the resi dent marine biologist. the company's chief executive officer stated. District manager McKenzie noted that more than $1, 960, - 000has been budgeted for 1968 to help m eet growth demands in the Coos Bay Disnlct. This amount includes $747, CTO for new central office equipment BACK IN HOSPITAL essential in routing telephone Postmaster Norm Baker was calls; $460,000 for outside plant flown to Good Samaritan Hos facilities such as the cables and pital in Portland by Gold Beach l i n e s linking customer tele businessman and p i l o t Ernie phones with the central offices; Wilson last Thursday, Feb. 15, a n d $753,000 for land a n d for further observation. building developments. In addition, district customers FILES PETITION will benefit from two other ma Assessor Charles Fitzhugh of jor items includedin the overall Sixes has filed his prelim inary Southern Division budget. Local petition fo r re-election to the needs will be served by a sig- job he has held fo r thepastfour nificantshare of the $2, 441, 000 years. He is currently collect set aside for new telephones, ing signatures on a petition h a n d s e t s and other station which w ill be filed later. equipment and of the $405, 000, to be used for vehicles, tools STALLARD FILES and miscellaneous equipment. Paul Stallard of Gold Beach Among major construction has filed on the Democratic projects plahned during 1968 slate as condidate fo r Commis are a support center in Coos sioner post #2, the position now Bay and a major addition to the held by Homer Kerber who an central office switching center nounced last week that he would in North Bend. not run. The Coos Bay support com plex on LaClair Street will house BOAT CAPSIZES th e d i s t r i c t administrative Philip A.Johnson, Eureka, nar headquarters, the business office, rowly escaped drowning about and the district's engineering and plant departments. It also 12:30 p.m . Monday when his will provide space for vehicle fishing boat Miss America cap storage and repair, and a 6, 000 sized in the surf off Eureka. Ac cording to a report, Johnson was square foot warehouse for tele rescued by a Coast Guardsman phone equipment. Construction swam to him with a life of the $780, 000 center began who last month and is expected to be’ line after Johnson had spent a- completed in August of th is bout 45minutes in the cold wa ter hanging on to a hatch cover. year. North Bend's central office Johnson's crewman is reported addition will total about 1, 000 missing. son of Mr. and Mrs. square feet—a 30 per cent in John Johnson, D, Johnson of Port Crford, crease in the size of the existing was pulling crab pots when the dial switching equipment build mishap occurred. He was taken ing. The $45, 000 building ex to a Eureka hospital suffering pansion is scheduled to be fin from exposure. ished in August. "Construction of these build ings is only one tangible sign of our continuing growth in the a re a ," McKenzie stated. "We also are experiencing a steady rise in the total number of tel ephones served throughout the district. Currently, this figure is (Eugene) —C o n g re s s m an set at more than 28, 000 and is John Dellenback (4th-Ore.) F r i expected toclim b by more than day mailed a questlonaire to 25 per cent during the next five all postal partons in his D ls- years, reaching nearly 35, 000 tlc t. The questionnnare, which by 1972. " contains 10 question, is the Looking at General of the second to be mailed to Dellen- Northwest's growth picture, the back’ s constituents. company anticipates hitting a Dellenback said that the re figure of nearly three-quarters sponse to his firs t question of a m illion telephones in ser naire was quite enthusiastic. vice towardyear-end 1972. The “ My impression was that voters firm presently serves more than in the 4th D istrict enjoyed ex 412,000 telephones in Wash pressing th e ir opinions and tak ington, Oregon, California, Ida ing part in the legislative pro ho and Montana. cess. I intend to send out this LATE NEWS. .. Dellenback Asks Second Response b rie f questionnaire on a regular QUEEN Shirley Rhodes of the Sweetheart’s Ball held at Pacific high school last Saturday was crowned by 1967 Queen Gloria Shaw. Miss Rhodes represented the junior class. Robert McKenzie watches the ceremony. — F’-fS Photo I Thursday, February 22, 1968 PTA THURSDAY basis,*' Dellenback said. A regular PTA meeting is In his latest questionnaire, scheduled for tomorrow night, Congressman Dellenback asked Thursday,Februrary 22,7:30 p.m. questions on: lo g exports, The at the grade school multipur President’s 10e! surtax propos pose roam. al, Mall order firearm s, The All parents of grade school cre d ib ility of the A dm inistra and upper elementary students tion, C iv il D is o r d e r and are urged to attend. Vietnam. Duncan Aids Are Named State Rep. James Redden, F o u r th Congressional District Chairman of the Duncan For Senate Committee,has announ ced appointment of eight prom inent southern Oregonians to head a county-by-county drive towinthe Democratic Senator ial nomination for Robert B. Duncan in next May's primary election. Redden, minority leader of the Oregon House of Represen tatives, said appointments for Coos and Curry counties are: George Burr, retired Coquille businessman, and Jack Hudson, president of the Port of Coos Bay, to serve as Coos county co- chairmen; and Robert Van Leer, of G o ld Beach, editor of the Curry County Reporter, as Cur ry county chairman. Deer. Youth Are Topics Deer Management and Youth Conservation—these iwo topics are of specific interest to all who hunt or raise children. Both subjects will be talked about in detail by two men well quali fied to present them during the 15th Annual Meeting of the Curry County Soil and Water Conservation District. The pub lic is invited to attend th is meeting held at the Gold Beach high school multipurpose room on Monday, Feb. 26, at 8 p, m. Mr. Harold Sturgis, with the Oregon State Game Commis sion's Coquille office, will pre sent big g a m e management practices and methods of deter mining current season, time and lengths, area harvest numbers (either sex or single sex) and other similar subjects of inter est to deer hunters. Don Brent, director of special education a n d child services for Curry county, will review the current progress of the vocational tech nical education program (job placement of students) and fu ture needs and opportunities. The district board of super visors will review 1967 activi ties of their conservation pro gram and hold an election for two supervisors. Coffee and doughnuts will be served. County and owner of a cattle ranch in C urry County, Dement has been active in ranching and logging all of his adult life . He has had a long-time in terest in taxes, and In con nection with his work In various organizations has become rec ognized as an authority in this field. He has served aspresidentof the Coos County Livestock As sociation and the Western Ore gon Livestock Association. In 1957 he was president of the Coos County A gricultural Tax association, and served two terms on the budget committee of the M yrtle Point school dis tric t. He was recently appoint ed as a member of the SWOCC budget committee. Other ac tivitie s Include work on the County F a ir Board where he served as president fo r 12 years; Lions Club; charter member of the Coquille Valley Elks Lodge, Lions Club, Ore gon Woolgrowers, and the Ad visory Board of the Coos Bay d istrict of the Bureau of Land Management of which he served as chairman. During World War II, he served in both the European and Southeast Aslan theaters, and was retired with the rank of Captain in August of 1946, when he returned to Coos County. At Oregon State U niversity, Dement was an outstanding bas ketball player, and was named to “ Who’ s Who In Colleges and U niversities’ * while at Oregon State. A member o t aploneerSouth western Oregon fam ily, his grandfather, Russell Dement, came to Coos County in 1853. M r. and M rs. Dement live in M yrtle Point and have two children, M rs. Gary Simon of Woodburn, and Joan, 19, of M yrtle Point. The fam ily ranch is at Eckley, and the house there was a post office in the early days. Dement spends most of his time at Eckley where lie tuns cattle and sheep. WEATHER Da te Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Tony Rucinski PHOTO STORY PACE 4 New Translator Is On Order The board of directors of North Curry Recreation Inc. ,m e ta t the city hall Feb. 15, at 1 p. m. The new Channel 13 translator was selected and ordered, with delivery expected in about 30 days. The translator with amp lifiers, pre-amplifiers, antennas plus everything necessary for a good picture, will cost $1,700. Don Cramer reported that new antennas can stand winds up to 120 mph and that salt air will not corrode them as it does the ordinary antenna. This type an tenna is called W in guard and is suitable for home installation. Ten dollars annual dues can be paidatHahnHardware,West ern Auto, Port Orford Variety or mailed to P. O. Box 261, P o rt Oford, 1968 dues pa id since last report are: Rod McKenzie, W. R. Covington,Hazel McKenzie, Le roy Stevens, AdolphWindmaiser, Mary Pugh,George Gehrke, W. E. McLellan,John L. Belcher, Don ald Foster, Harry Cebauer, Ralph Hanhart, Emil Jacobson, R ay N o w lin , W.D. Spencer, John Frankovich,Wm.Krick, Norman B iker, Veme Ratzeburg, Charles Balzer, George Fruitt, Ray Re inke, Wats T h a c k e r , Ethan Clarke, Charles McCool, Fern Townley and Gil tush. Seek Top Young Men A search is on throughout Oregon to find the state's ten outstanding young men in a pro g ra m sponsored for the ninth year by the Oregon Jaycees and First National Bank of Oregon. Selection of those to be hon ored will be accomplished by a panel of business and profess lon- al people, educators and minis ters. Presentation ol the awards is set for Saturday, April 6, at a banquet honoring th e TOYM winners at the Sheraton Motor Inn. Nomination blanks are avail able at the 113 offices of First National Punk of Oregon or through lo:al Jaycee chapters. Nominations must be mailed to O r e g o n 's TOYM, 16745 S.W. Vincent, B e a v e r to n , Oregon 97005, and »nut be postmarked no later than March 3, 1968.
