JP n rt (O tfn td ä V uiü
Thursday, February 29, 1968
Final Disaster
Check Received
Following the floods of De­
cember 1 9 6 4 -Jan u ary 1965,
Curry county submitted appli­
cation to the Office of Emer­
gency Planning fo r financial
assistance to repair and rebuild
damaged areas.
$112, 487. 00 has been pre­
viously received and after all
work was completed, inspected
and the records audited, it was
determined that the amount of
$21, 069. 37 was still due Curry
county.
Mr. I.J. Tatala, district coor­
dinator for the Dept. of Emer­
gency Services, and Mr. George
Morey, director, Curry County
Emergency Services, delivered
a check in this amount to the
Curry County Board of Com­
missioners which will close the
file for Disaster Relief for Cur­
ry county.
Prize Offered For 4th Theme
The chamber of commerce
will offer a prize of $10 to the
winner in a "Name the Theme
Contest" for this year's July 4
Celebration, it was decided at
the Monday night organizational
meeting. The contest opens to­
day, Thursday,Feb. 29, and closes
n e x t Thursday, March 7, at 5
p.m. In case of a tie, the earli­
est entry will be declared win­
ner. Entries must be mailed to
"Theme Contest", P. O. Box 5,
Port Oford, Ore. 97465.
Organizations represented at
the meeting included PTA, Sor­
ority, B e a c h c o m b e r s , Sixes
Grange,)aycees.B. P. W., Rotary
and Lions clubs and the cham­
ber.
It was voted to hold a child­
ren's parade the afternoon of
July 3 and the main parade on
the morning of the Fourth. Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Robinson will
chairman th e latter with the
PTA sponsoring the children.
Besides the popular Indian
Village, Battle Rock Pageant
and motorcycle hill climb, Jay­
cees said they were also exam­
ining the possibility of holding
a four-wheel hill climb contest.
JayCettes will operate a food
concession.
Beachcombers will a g a in
sponsor t h e i r annual Square
Dance Jamboree on the 4th; the
Lions auxiliary will sponsor a
cotton candy booth; the Lions
will sponsor bingo and probably
conduct so m e type of funi-
raising button sale and kangaroo
court; the BPW will sponsor the
Queen contest; Sixes Grange is
planning a food concession and
the Art Association will work on
an arts-craftz-and flower show.
Other events discussed were a
buckaroo breakfast and salmon
barbecue.
To help raise funds for the
jala fireworks display on the
evening of the 4th, the chamber
will hold an auction. The city
has voted to donate $150 to the
fireworks fund.
The next general meeting will
* announced
Arrested For
Narcotics
A ikookings man was arrested
by the Curry County Sheriff's
o f f i c e Tuesday and charged
with possession of narcotics.
% David Scott Cameron, 20,
iormerly of Portland, was ap­
prehended as the result of a
search of his residence Feb. 13,
by county,state and city police
during which a quantity of mar­
ijuana was allegedly found.
Cameron is being held on
$3, 000 bail.
State Rep. Rod McKenzie of
Sixes announced this week that
he w ill file fo r a second con­
secutive term in the State House
of Representatives.
McKenzie, a Republican, told
Port Orford Press he would
file this week fo r nomination
in the May prim ary as the
party’ s candidate in the No­
vember general election.
If re-elected, McKenzie w ill
be serving his fourth term in
the House, having firs t been
elected to the Coos-Curry seat
for the 1953-55 term.
He was appointed to serve
In the last regular session of
the House as a member of the
legislative highway committee
and of its subcommittee on
recreation and tourism. He was
also appointed to the financial
affairs committee and on the
natural resources committee.
A fter being defeated fo r the
office by Carl Back in 1964,
Rep. McKenzie defeated Back
in the 1966 election by a margin
of 11,516 to 10,548.
P£ SSENS Eu W3u hosPltali2ed with multiple fractures of the legs, arm ai
t o t i t ad<- 1116 <t - V6r
° dler Car Was char8ed with driving under the influence of ir
5°/
a
!>quor foUowmg a head-on collision at the north end of the Floras Cree
rfrit8n„ab?R , P',m- Tues,day
According to a sheriff's office report; Mrs. Rose Ba.
rmgton. 58, Langlois, and her son Tom, 17, driver, were traveling sou* in their seda
Were hlt^by 3 plckup driven hy Ray Tichenor, 18, Port Orford, going north. Mr
? a'" “ 8t°Ii WaS take\ to Keizer Hospital in North Bend where she is e x a c te d to rernai
for about two months, hospital officials said. Tom Barrington and T irh<JX received onl
h X ’T
B’ T ne i Car’ to? Photo, is being^xam inedb? deputy sW H fv l
Lanham. Bottom photo is the Tichenor pickup.
Out Of Hospital
Postmaster Norm Baker was
released from Good Samaritan
Hospital in Portland Saturday
following a nine day stay for
observation and treatment. He
left Tuesday to spend about one
month witK his brother in Palm
Desert:, C alif., for a much-
needed rest.
CRAB FEED DATED
The Port Orford Lodge No 170
will hold a crab feed on Satur­
day, March 2, at 6:30 p. m. fol­
lowed by the stated meeting. All
Masons are invited.
No costume in the world Is
as graceful as the sari worn by
the women of India.
Game To Help
Little League
The Lions and Rotary clubs
of Port Orford are combining
to s tir up trouble fo r another
local group, the Jaycees. A
basketball game w ill be played
at Pacific High Tuesday even­
ing, March 5, as a benefit fo r
the L ittle League uniform fund.
Each club w ill match the ticket
sales and everyone Is reminded
that this w ill be a fine time
to assist the L ittle Leaguers
get those unlfroms.
Storm Warning
Signals Change
The "whole gale” 'warnings
used In weather forecasts fo r
m a r in e interests along the
coasts and on the Great Lakes
w ill be changed to "s to rm ”
warning effective March 1. The
term "s to rm ” w ill also be
applied to the flag and light
signals fo rm e rly called "whole
gale” signals, which are dis­
played at coastal stations.
These changes w ill make the
Weather Bureau’ s terminology
ABUNDANT FOOD DAYS
conform to that used Interna­
P o r t Orford—March 18, for tionally.
certification,March 20, for de­
The warnings and display sig­
livery at the Coos-Curry Co-op nals w ill now be as follows:
Bldg., 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Small craft warnings; One
red pennant displayed by day
and a red light over a white
light at night to indicate winds
as high as 33 knots (38 miles
an hour) and/or sea conditions
considered dangerous to small
craft operations are forecast
fo r the area.
Important: The Small Craft
Warning covers a wide range
of wind speeds and/or sea con­
ditions.
Also, "s m a ll c ra ft”
Include boats of many designs
and sizes. Therefore, mariners
should regard the Small Craft
Warning display signal as an
alert that wind and/or sea con­
ditions potentially dangerous to
th e ir boats exist o r are fore­
cast.
F or more specific In­
form ation, they should obtain
a detailed forecast by telephone
o r by listening to coastal weath­
er forecasts and w a r n in g s
transmitted over local radio
stations, Coast Guard radio, o r
the Weather Bureau’ s contin­
uous VHF/FM broadcasts on
162.55 megahertz where avail­
able.
Gale Warnings:
Two red
pennants displayed by day and
a white light above a red light
at night to indicate winds with­
in the range of 34 to 47 knots
(39 to 54 miles an hour) are
forecast fo r the area.
The significant thing fo r the
Oregon Coast is that the term
"Whole Gale” Is dropped and
the term "S to rm ” substituted.
Storm warnings w ill then in­
dicate winds of 40 knots o r
higher.
The term Hurricane
w ill be used only with tropical
storms so we should not be
using It on the Oregon Coast.
COMING EVENTS
PUBLIC WORKS supt Frank Morris standi knee-deep in
flood waters of Hubbard Creek that rose high enough to
cover both pump* Thursday night Morris said water was
highest he'dever seen itatth ecity 'sw ater pumping station.
Sat-’rday
A. F. C \ M ., 8 p. m.
Monday
Vol. Fire Dept , 7:30 p. m.
Job'» Daughters, 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday
Rotary, 12:10 p. m.
Tops, 332-4545
Wednesday
Lions, 7:30 p. m.
Back Acres, 8 p. m.
P. O. Bridge Club, 8 p. m.
«
McKenzie
Will Seek
Re-Election
-
■
r
’ 1
Chapman To Run
*
BURGLARS entered Pacific high school early Wednesday morning and ransacked vending machines, broke windows in
doors of rooms in the gym and library, and this huge window in the school office where drawers and desks were rifled in
a search for money and valuables. A storage room in the library was also broken into and two 35mm cam aas taken. A-
bout $37 in change was missing, school officials said. Investigating officers from the sheriff's office place the time of
burglary between 1:30 and 6:30 a. m. Damage to the premises was estimated at around $200.
Board Accepts Tapp Report
The Board of Curry County on Hoffeldt Lane, Harbor area.
Commissioners make the fol­
County will assist in the con­
lowing weekly report:
struction of the south approach
Harold Tapp m et with the of Agness bridge with cat and
board and interested citizens to trucks.
give details of background work
State Highway will make the
done in compiling the recent preliminary survey on the Floras
Department of Employment re­ Creek bridge. Estimates will be
port on Curry county. The form­ presented on cost of laminated
er board of comm issioners and a beams and log stringers.
committee, selected from the
three areas of the county, had
previously approved the prelim­
inary report. In a motion the Will Collect
board accepted the report as
Tax Judgements
prepared.
The members of the board, Si
The Curry County Sheriff's
Cox, State Engineer, and Lot
Robinson, construction superin­ Office, tax d e p t, is currently
tendent, viewed the Pistol River endeavoring to collect delin­
fo r possible realignment and quent personal prope-ty taxes
also inspected the bridge over that have been reduced to judg­
ments, Sheriff Allen Boice said
Floras Creek.
Kenneth Thompson, adminis­ this week,
Boice said letters are being
trator of Curry General Hoapit-
al,made the semi-annual report mailed to those people believed
on the condition of the hospital. to be involved in the judgments,
In a motion the board accept­ some of which date back to 1928.
ed resignations of Herb Morrell Total j udgments to date, inc) ud-
from the fair board and of Tom ing interest, amount to $191, -
Ayres from the parks and rec­ 000, he said, and interest con­
tinues to accrue at the rate of
reation comm is«ion.
The board approved hiring one per cent per month from
Susan Fox, part-tim e employee, judgment date.
Persons with judgments against
by the Family Service Clinic,
at a salary of $1. 54 per hour them will have thirty days from
DEPUTY sheriff Vic Lanham points to school supply dis­
and approved an advance in sal­ d a t e oi notification to reply.
pensing machines that were tom apart in Pacific high
ary for Loma Myrick, tax office, After that time, the sheriff said,
school burglary early Wednesday morning as burglars sought
any of the Cregon laws pertain­
to $326 per month.
money.
At the request of United Ap­ ing to the collection of personal
peal, the board appro-'ed orders property taxes, including gar­
be drawn . , the various agancies nishment of bazik accounts, may
that have assisted with care of be used to recover the debt to
Phone Company Places New Cable
chilcken from Curry county.Five the county.
a g e n c i e s representing 1, 283
Much activity tn the Port live partiel per line.
days of care for 13 children will
Oford telephone exchange area
A third major cable project
Musical
Comedy
receive payment totalling $1, -
is due to construction of new just started calls for burying
283. 00.
cable facilities by General T el­ cable from Port Orford south on
In a motion the board approv­ On Stage Tonight
ephone Co. of the Northwest. Highway 101 to Prehistoric Gar­
ed appointingjamet L. Ferguson
Telephone crews h a v e been dens. Although this area has al­
The choir and band students
to the budget committee to fill of Pacific High are presenting placing aerial and buried cable ready been reduced to five par­
the unexpired term to June 30, "Swinging High” , a swinging along Highway 101, 13th Street, ty, the new cable is intended to
1968, and Homer Kerber to the musical comedy tonight (Thurs­ 20th Street, Cape Blanco Road reduce maintenance coata, im­
Board of Equalization.
day) and w ill give it again on and Sixes River Road. They ha ve prove service reliability a n d
Mrs. Lute Henry of Langlois, March 1 and 2 In thehlgh school also been burying cable east of provide for growth in the area.
interested in gaining knowledge balcony.
Highway 101 on the Elk River
The total expenditures for
Road to the new fish hatchery. the three cable projects amounts
concerning the vacation of an
This musical tells what hap­
old county road in that area.
pened when a formidable new These two projects, In addition to $112, 490. Thia is by far the
At the regular Wednesday road principal takes over the school. to providing for future com­ largest amount of money spent
meeting. Lot Robinson made the
The production includes the munity requirement!, are part of for local exchange facilities in
following report:
entire 56-member choir with GTNW'a program to reduce all the Port Orford exchange area
Necessary striping will be done the band providing the music. t»n party lines to no more than in many years.
Senator R. F. (Dick) Chap­
man, a resident of Coos Coun­
ty since 1920 and a member
of the state legislature since
1954, announced today that he
would be a candidate fo r re-
election to the Oregon State
Senate.
Chapman, who says he has
been a "champion of educa­
tion throughou. mv career In
the legislature,” has f i l l e d
many Important positions since
starting In politics 14 years
ago.
"Some of the appointive po­
sitions which I have held,” said
the senator, "include chairman
of Health and Welfare, chair­
man of Planning and Develop­
ment, as well as chairman of
the M ilita ry A ffairs Com­
m ittee." He has served on the
commerce and u tilitie s com­
mittee, education, financial af­
fairs, elections, local govern­
ment, natural resources, state
and federal affairs and has, in
addition, been favored with a
position on the highways com­
mittee, the latter being one of
the most sought after com­
mittees In the legislature. At
the present time, and during the
1967 session, Chapman was
chairman of Alcoholic Control,
vice chairman of Fish and Game
and a member of Highways, as
well as Labor and Industries.
For many years Chapman
and his wife Vera have made
their home In the Coos Bay
area where he has been en­
gaged In residential construc­
tion and painting contracting.
Chapman said "When I am
returned to the Oregon State
Senate, I w ill continue to close­
ly scrutinize expenditures of
the taxpayers’ money, as well
as working fo r the betterment
of education In all grades.”
"Always a booster of South­
western Oregon C o m m u n ity
College, I am proud of my
part In getting the college est­
ablished awl getting state f i ­
nancial help fo r the Institution,”
said the senator.
In the 1967 regular and spe­
cial sessions, Chapman was
one of the leaders in opposing
a state sales tax, as well as
opposing the transfer of $15
m illion from the Veterans’ Re­
serve Fund.
WEATHER
Date
Max Min Rain
Fab. 20
55
51
. 50
59
Feb. 21
51 1. 08
Feb. 22
55
52 2. 75
SI 1.01
Feb. 23
55
64
Feb. 24
45
. 00
Feb. 25 67
47
. 00
74
45
Feb. 26
. 00
44
Feb. 27
66
. 00
9