Vol. 11 No. 18
jPnrt Orford ZVeius
Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon
Price Ten CenO
T hursday, A ugust 1, 1968
Commissioners Hatfield Seeks
Weekly Report Capitol Officer
Don Bedford, State Parks D e­
partm ent, interview ed the Board
o f County Com m issioners to
gain inform ation to co m p ile an
inventory of county parks, boat
ram ps and areas particip ated in
by the county.
Bids w ere receiv ed for one
county car and award was m ade
to Akin Motors of Brookings for
low bid of $2, 282. 00 on a 1B68
Ford.
Bids were receiv ed for a boat,
m otor and trailer, belonging to
the sheriff s departm ent. Award
was m ade to George M etheny
for high bid of $481. 31.
On Monday, com m issioner
Gene C olegrove w ith represen­
tatives of the Fish and Game
Comm ission, investigated pos­
sible sites on the C hetco and
also toured the W inchuck.
The b o a r d co n tac ted the
State Board of H ealth during the
w e e k , re la tiv e to securing a
sanitarian for Curry county. The
departm ent is still searching for
a qualified person to fill this
position.
On Tuesday, the com m ission­
ers m e t w ith m em bers of the
Fish Com m ission a t the Elk R iv ­
er fish hatchery to m ake an on
site tour and to discuss problem s
of m u tu a' interest in regard to
the im provem ent of fish culture
in this area.
On W ednesday, the W elfare
C o m m issio n m etw ith the board
to h o l d the regular m o n th ly
m eetin g . Mrs. Grace M cKenzie
was appointed to fill the v a­
cancy le ft by the expiration of
term of M arilyn Fields, on the
W elfare Board.
W ednesday a f t e r n o o n the
com m issioners m e t in regular
session w ithL ot Robinson,M yron
Baumer and Bruce Shaner.
The follow ing projects were
discussed:
O iling crews are working in
the Brookings area.
The road dep artm en t is n e ­
gotiating w ith Elmer Bankus on
a driveway, access and roads.
The W inchuck road is being
prepared for work.
The engineering is now being
done for the w idening of north
fork bridge on the Chetco.
Road w est of north fork of
C hetco and m ain road was dis­
cussed w ith no definite solution
proposed.
Bill Crook, fair board m a n ­
ager, was granted perm ission for
work and equipm ent to be used
on the fairgrounds com plex.
Fish Viewer
Set For Rogue
A fish viewing chamber, long
in the planning stage, w ill finally
become a reality at the Gold
Ray dam on the Rogue River
near Gold H ill. It w ill enable
the Game Commission to make
absolute counts of the salmon
and steelhead which moves into
the upriver spawning areas.
A call fo r construction bids
was recently advertised, with
the bids scheduled to be opened
on August 15.
The viewing
chamber w ill be a p a rtia lly
submerged structure w it h a
window through which passing
fish may be observed.
The
counting station and adjacent
concrete trap w ill be built into
the existing fish ladder at Gold
Ray.
Senator Mark O. H atfield a n ­
nounced th at he w ill appoint a
U. S, C apitol P olicem an for the
duration of the 90th Congress.
The Senator has appointed two
p o licem en in the p a s t , Frank
C arpenter of Y achats and Stan
Bunn of Dayton. Both of these
young m en have done an e x ­
c e lle n t job.
The Senator is asking th at
each county ch airm an subm it
the nam es of any young m an
who m ig h t be qu alified for and
b en efit from the program. The
appointm ent would extend for a
one year period. The appointee
m ust be a t least 21 years of age,
a citizen of the U nited States, of
good physical h ealth and vigor,
and be a t least sixty-seven in ­
ches in height.
This is a rem ark ab le oppor­
tunity for a young m an from
Oregon to further his education
and a t the same tim e h ive the
experience of view ing our A m ­
erican governm ent in action.
The jo b pays $6676 w hich w ould
be helpful in paying ed u catio n al
costs for the student involved.
Any young m en th at are in ­
terested are asked td send a r e ­
sum e covering their q u a lific a ­
tion to: Harry H eflin, P. O. Box
922, Gold Beach. The in fo rm a­
tion receiv ed w ill be forwarded
to Senator H atfield.
Two Sentenced
For Burglary
R obert Gene Bachman and
H erm an Francis W hitley a p-
peared before Judge Jam es Nor­
m an in c irc u it court last M on­
day and pled g u ilty to burglary
in con n ectio n w ith an attem p ted
s a f e robbery at D ick's Farm
Store in Langlois.
W hitley receiv ed a m axim um
of six years and B achm an three
years, however Bachm an is to be
released on p r o b a t i o n after
serving 90 days in the Curry
county ja il w ith c re d it for tim e
alread y served. A c iv il ju d g m en t
was given against th em for the
c o s t of the court appointed
counsel in both cases.
Two Big Teen
Dances Slated
Two big teen dances and
three bands are scheduled to
provide en te rta in m e n t for fair
youngsters on Friday and Satur­
day nights.
Follow ing the Q ueen's Pag­
ean t F r i d a y night, the "Just
Slightly R icher" and the "H ad-
j i i E m pire" bands w ill perform
u n til 1 a. m .
On Saturday n ig h t from 9 to
1 a .m ., en te rta in m e n t w ill fe a ­
ture the "Papre O rph'ns" and
the "H ad jii Empire. "
More than 800 teenagers a t­
tended the dance a t th e fa ir­
grounds last year, fair o fficials
said.
Four candidates fo r the pres­
idency in 1824 resulted in the
election being decided by the
House of Representatives. An­
drew Jackson got the most votes
but did not have a p lu ra lity and
John Quincy A d a m s was de­
clared the winner by the House
vote.
Know Your
Health Department
Did you know th at your Curry
County H ealth D epartm ent is
the sponsoring agency for the
Curry County H ome H ealth A -
gency? Did you know th at the
Curry C ounty H ome H ealth A -
g e n c y provides home h ealth
services in your com m unity?
Home h ealth services can
h elp in the care of persons w ith
any of a v ariety of conditions: A
baby a t hom e w ith cystic fibro­
sis; a boy hospitalized because
o f a fractured hip; a young
m o th er w i t h em physem a a t
hom e; a m id d le aged m an re ­
covering from a coronary and
read y f o r discharge from the
hospital; an eld erly w om an suf­
fering f r o m congestive h eart
disease in a nursing hom e. These
people have a ll reach ed a point
in th eir illness w hen they need
sk illed professional services, but
n o t on a n a ro u n d -th e-clo ck
basis. Each one can eith er r e ­
turn hom e or can stay at home
and receiv e Home H ealth Ser­
vices if the fam ily is ready and
able to assume care. W hen the
hom e situation is satisfactory
and the p a tie n t needs less than
24 hours a day of professional
care, som e form of hom e care
m ay w ell be the treatm en t of
choice. M aybe the p atien t w ill
n eed only nursing or physical
therapy, or m aybe m any profes­
sional services such as Home
H ealth A id e Service, Equipm ent
and Supplies.
Did you know th at Home
H ealth A ide Services are spon­
sored by and av ailab le from
your H ealth D epartm ent.
The purpose of this service is
to provide personal care for the
hom ebound person on a p art-
tim e in te rm itte n t basis. The aide
m ay a l s o assist w ith sp ecific
household tasks according t o
need, as d eterm in ed by the pro­
fessional nurse. Thus the invalid
w ill be able to be in his own
hom e am ong fam iliar surround­
ings.
Did you know th a t the H om e
H ealth A id e assists in m a in ta in ­
ing a safe and h ealth y hom e e n ­
vironm ent, perform s personal
services d irected tow ard ad e ­
quate n u tritio n by preparing the
hom ebound person's snacks, and
sp ecial diets if n eeded. Gives
the hom ebound person a bed
bath and changes the bed lin ­
en. Also helps a hom ebound per­
son to w a l k , assists w ith pre­
scribed exercises, and m e d ic a ­
tions w hich can be se lf-a d m in ­
istered. The A ide w ill receiv e
supervision and guidance from
the professional nurse.
Did you know th at the Home
H ealth A ide has had special
train in g and experience in c a r­
ing for the p a tie n t in the hom e?
The qide is n eith er a nurse nor
dom estic, but a unique worker
whose services are supervised
by professional h ealth personnel
and provided as part of a co n tin ­
uing m ed ical care program of
your Curry County H ealth D e­
partm ent.
Did you know th at you can
o btain this service by callin g
the Curry C ounty H ealth De­
partment, 247-651Sor 247-6717.
Date
July 24
July 25
July 26
July 27
July 28
July 29
July 30
WEATHER
Max Min Rain
68
54
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68
53
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68
53
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72
50
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56
71
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no report
no report
Fair Salmon
Days Contesi
Concrete Bridge Span Falls Off Truck
Do you have children between
3 and 6 years o f age?
Have you signed them up for
the H earing and Vision C linic
to he held in Curry county the
first part of August?
The Oregon State Board of
H ealth and the Curry County
H ealth D epartm ent are sponsor­
ing such clin ics to be held in
your area for pre-school c h ild ­
ren.
Port O to rd —W ednesday, A ug.
7 ,C om m unity C hurch.C all Jean
Sam udio,332-2882 for appoint­
m ent.
L anglois—Thursday, Aug. 8,
C om m unity Church. C all Mrs.
R. D. Tucker, 348-2453 for a p ­
pointm ent.
Brookings—M onday, \ug. 5,
Presbyterian Church. C all C on­
nie N iem ie, 469-4363 for ap­
pointm ent.
Gold Beach—Tuesday, Aug. 6,
R iley Creek School.C all H ealth
O ffice, 247-6515 or 247-6717
for appointm ent.
AU fisherm en are urged to
b reakout th eir fishing gear and
try for th at big one to en ter in
the Curry C ounty Fair Salm on
Days Contest. The contest open­
ed Thursday, July 18, and w ill
close Saturday, Aug. 10.
Fish m ust be en tered at M or-
rie 's Outdoor Store in Gold
B eachor at Leo's Sporthaven in
Brookings. Salm on m ay be eith er
from Curry county rivers or the
ocean off the Curry coast. A ny­
one bringing a salm on to the fair
w ill be a guest of the fair.
Three divisions w ill be judged:
m en, women, and ju v en ile, up to
17 y earso f age. Trophies w ill be
presented by the Rod 'N R eel,
Arntzen's Rogue R iver Resort,
M orrie's Outdoor Store, A rcade
T avern,C orner Dr ug,Sporthaven
and Brookings Inn.
Loggers Jamboree
Curry co unty loggers are re ­
m inded th at only seven days r e ­
m ain to s ig n -u p for the Logger's
Jam b o ree,to be h eld a t the fair
on Aug. 10-11.
A ll trophies being aw arded
to the first pla ce w inners in each
event: power bucking, cross-cut
bucking,chopping,axe throwing
and choker setting, are being
sponsored by the Harbor Logging
Supply. Chokers are being pro­
v i d e d by Enlund E quipm ent
Company.
Two Hired
For I.E.D. Sle"
JAMS AND JELLIES
Iva Curry, H ome Products
S uperintendent, says, "jam s and
je llie s should be entered a c ­
cording to the variety such as
b lack b erry ,p lu m ,cu rrant, etc. ",
instead of classes as listed in
the 1968 Fair Book. H ome pro­
ducts clerk in g staff w ill assign
class num bers w hich w ill be
posted a t th e entry stations in
the Entry Building to the fa ir­
grounds.
FLOWER EXHIBITS
Flower exhibitors are asked to
bring their cu t flowers in su it­
able jars for the flower show for
the 1968 Curry C ounty Fair. A
large num ber of exhibits are
ex p ected w hich should b e a
sp ectacle of color displaying
"C urry's Bounty by the Sea. "
SUMMER BASKETBALL
PROGRAM SLATED
There w ill be a m e e tin g on
Friday,A ug.2, at the B attle Rock
gym, 7:30 p .m ., for grades 9
through 12, to discuss and or­
ganize sum m er basketball. If not
able to atten d but w ould like
to be a part of this s t,n m e r fun,
c o n t a c t K eith Nelson, 332-
5381 after 5 p. m .
COMING EVENTS
Monday
Vol. Fire Dept. , 7:30 p. m.
Job's Daughters, 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday
Rotary, 12:10 p. m.
Tops, 332-4545
BPW, 6:30, Humbug Park
Wednesday
P. O. Lions, 8 p. m.
Back Acres, 8 p. m.
Half of Saudi Arabia is waste­
land. Only about one percent is
suitable fo r agriculture.
Quincy, Mass., was o n c e
known as Braintree.
A 55-TON concrete bridge
span, bound for Elk River,
fe ll from a truck and crash­
ed to the highway on a sharp
turn just north or Laurel Grove
last Wednesday afternoon, se­
verely damaging the girder.
The span fe ll Into the drive­
way of Mr, and M rs. John
Herrnberger who missed being
crushed tcdeath "by about three
m inutes."
“ We had just stopped in the
driveway to pick up the mail
‘‘We had just finished stop­
ping at the mail box, located
right alongs'de the highway,
and driven the pickup up to the
house when they heard a te r­
rible crash and saw the span
hit the spot where we’d just
been parked,” sa d Mrs. Herrn­
berger. "Believe me, we’d have
looked like rr.incenea;,” she
exclaimed.
The couple said it sounded
"lik e a ll mayhem had broken
loose,” when the structure hit,
and It even "shook the ground.”
The span, which was 13C feet
long, was being hauled toCurry
County by Morse Brothers of
H arrisburg who returned Sat­
urday, cut the damaged section
into five pieces, and hauled it
back to Harrisburg.
The span was believed to have
been worth between $3-and
$4,000.
A spokesman fo r the state
highway department reported
that there’d be 42 spans ¡rav­
eling through this area to Ell
River, with 32 of them to be
130 feet In length and the other
10, 80-feet long.
—Photo by Warren Strycker
Practical Nurses
To Graduate Sunday
The Learning Resource Cen­
te r at Southwestern O re g o n
Community College w ill be the
site of the sixth annual grad­
uation of the college’ s School
of Pratical Nursing, Sunday,
August 4.
Commencement excerclses
w ill be held at 2:30 p.m. In
Ttoga Hall, upper level. T h ir­
teen students from Southwest­
ern Oregon w ill receive d i­
plomas.
K e y n o te speaker fo r the
afternoon ceremonies w ill be
Dr. Tenlson Haley, Dean of
Student Services at the college.
Merlen Freeman, chairman of
the college’ s Board of Education
w ill award the diplomas. The
capping ceremonleswill be con­
ducted by Mrs. I. La Fond,
R.N., assistant professor of
nursing at Southwestern Ore­
gon Community College.
Jack E. Brookins, president
of Southwestern Oregon Com­
munity College, w ill give the
welcome speech.
Receiving diplomas w ill be
Christine Endicott,Sherron I-ec
Floyd, Janet B. Johnson, Lynn
Marte Larson, Lots Marie Mes­
sner, Velta May M ille r, Cecile
E. Paris, Margaret JaneSchlff,
George E d w a rd s Shaunce ,
Carolyn Ruth Smith, Carmer
B e a t r ic e Tucker, R. Louise
White and Fran M. Wtdmark.
Jordan has a bumper olive
crop.
THE CITY Public Works Department is currently in process of opening up 10th St. between Jefferson, Jackson and
Washington Streets.
Pre-School Clinics
To Be Next Week
The Baltimore and Ohio was
the firs t railroad for public
use In the United States.
Mrs. Mazie Fountain, a grad­
uate of Portland State C ollege,
w i t h a B. S, in education, has
been em ployed by the Curry
County Interm ediate Education
D istrict as a special class te a c h ­
er for Pacific High School, Port
Orford.
Mrs. Fountain, who is at pre­
sent attending a full sum m er
session at Portland State, and her
husband w ill m ove to the Fort
Orford area in August.
Mr. John B. Harr, who recently
resigned as superintendent of the
Rogue River, Oregon, schools
after 13 years in that position,
has been em ployed by the Curry
The Oregon Coast Associa­ county I. E, D, as the vocation­
tion announced that its new color a l-te c h n ic a l education consul­
film "P o rtra its of the Oregon tan t for Curry county.
Mr. Harr has had 23 years of
Coast” ’ was aired in its com­
pleted version over KGW-TV, experience in education as a
Channel 8, on Tuesday even­ teacher, high school principal
ing, July 30, at 7:00 p.m. The andsuperintendent.H e has bach ­
showing was the firs t time the elor of science and m aster of
movie has been presented in education degrees from the Un­
its entirety by a major TV iversity of Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harr have two
station.
The film is a color pano­ children, both of whom w ill be
rama of sight and sound de­ in college this fall, and plan to
picting the m a g n if ic e n t of m ove to Cold Beach as soon as
beauties and exciting activités suitable housing is obtained.
A ccording toM r. Ray N eugart,
of Oregon’ s uniquefourhundred
mile coastline. Using a com­ S uperintendent of the C u r r y
pelling m u s ic a l score, the County I.E.D. , the staff is c o m ­
movie attempts to capture the plete w ith the exception of a
many moods and seasons of the speech therapist for the Brook­
Oregon coast. The viewer Is ings area.
given a tantalizing introduction
to the wonders of the various
coastal areas and is then In­
vited to visit them fo r himself.
Acclaimed to tie the best film
of its kind ever produced In
Oregon, "P o rtra its of the Ore­
All ladies planning to attend
gon Coast” is to be shown on the annual Curry County Fair
TV and live audiences through­
free lam b and bear barbecue on
out the entire United States. Sunday, Aug. 11, 12 noon, are
Five prints of the film have asked to bring a sheet cake. Ev­
already been shipped to the East erything e l s e is free but the
Coast to be shown to audiences
Livestock A ssociation n e e d s
there.
More are soon to be help in obtaining cakes.
shipped to other population cen­
RODEO SIGN-UP
ters across the country.
A ll youngsters, boys and girls,
Ideally timed fo r television
betw een the ages of 8 and IB,
use, "P o rtra its of the Oregon
Coast” w ill eventually be made who plan to p articip ate in the
first annual Curry County Fair
available to every m ajor TV
station In the nation. It has Junior Rodeo, are urged to stop
by the office at the fairgrounds
already been entered in several
and pick up entry blanks.
upcoming film festivals and is
Entries m ust be m ade in ad ­
being prepared to compete In
vance of the rodeo and proof of
future International contests.
individual insurance coverage
C o n s id e r e d to be more
dramatic and entertaining than m ust be shown before co n test­
the usual travel movie, " P o r­
ants are elig ib le to p articipate.
tra its of the Oregon Coast” Is
The Junior Rodeo w ill be held
in the grandstand on Saturday
expected to substantially In­
and Sunday, August 10 and 11.
crease the number of people
visiting the Oregon Coast this
SATURDAY PARADE
year. ______________
The big fair parade will start
at noon Saturday, Aug. 10, and
w ill travel to the tairgrounds
Oregon bird gunners w ill have down the west side of Highway
a 30-day b a n d -ta ile d pigeon 101 so through tratfic can use
season this year and a 50- da y the east two lanes.
sp lit season for the taking of
Parade spectators are rem in d ­
ed that the best viewing spots
doves.
This is the advice from Phil for the parade will be on the
Schneider, state gam e director, west side.
who said the dove and pigeon
seasons previously proposed, and
given conditional approval by
the Com m ission a t its J u n e
m eetin g ,fell w ithin the fram e­
work of the federal m igratory
bird rules w hich were recently
Mr. Wilbur C. M ooie of Ophir,
received.
has been a ppointed by R obert V.
The director said the pigeon Pierce, State D irector of the
season w ill extend from Sept. 1 Farmers Home A dm inistration
through 30. Bag lim it remains
the same as last year; 8 pigeons as a m em ber of the th ree-m an
C o u n t y FHA C om m ittee, the
per day, 8 in possession.
Dove shooters w ill have a agency's county supervisor Eu­
SO-day season but split into two gene M .Denney announced this
periods sim ilar to last year. The week. The appointm ent is for
first portion o l the season w ill three years and began on July 1.
extend from Sept. 1 through 30, Other m em bers are Herb M orr'll
and the late portion from Oct. of S ixes,andjoe Zumpie of H ar­
19 through Nov.7. The late sea­ bor. Mr.Moore rep laces Mr Jim
son is designed so that Oegon Ferguson of Gold Beach whose
hunters may take some of the appointm ent expired June 30,
birds which winter over in the 1968.
state,especially in southwestern
The local Farm ers Home Ad­
Oregon.
Bag lim it for doves is 10 per m inistration county co m m ittee
day, 20 In possession, a reduc­ reviews applications by farmers
tion of two birds in the daily and other rural fam ilies for var­
ious types of agricultural, land
bag from last year.
Coast Movie
Aired On TV
Sheet Cakes Wanted
For Fair Barbecue
Seasons Are Sei
Many Motorists
Drive To Death
It .'as a rase of driving
then,selves to death for nearly
half the drivers killed in Ore­
gon’ s tra ffic last year.
W hat’s co re , the Department
of Motor Vehicles says it is
accumulating e v id e n c e which
points to the need for more
stringent driving for apparent
alcoholic individuals inOregon.
In an 8 1, 2 month period
studied, the department told the
Oregon Traffic Safety Commis­
sion on Tuesday that it pin­
pointed 84 persons who to­
gether have accumulated 108
driving while under the influ­
ence convictions on their total
Oregon driving records. These
are individuals with four or
more convictions on the charge.
In addition, the department
said there were 219 drivers
during this time found guilty
of their thirddrunkdrivingcon­
viction.
"T h is information, coupled
with information concerning the
extent of intoxication present
in drivers k'lled in traffic d u r­
ing 1967, leads to the conclu­
sion that the problem drinker,
not just the social drinker, may
be a major factor in Oregon’s
tra ffic accident picture,” the
department noted.
Statistics concerning driver
Victims reveal that 114, or 57
per cent of the 200 drivers
tested had alcohol in the blood
at the time of their deaths.
(There were 333 victim s iden­
tified as drivers in the study.)
Differences in compiling data
made it impossible to include
Multnomah county in a break­
down concerning the extent of
alcohol in the blood, but for the
rest of the state 47.2 per cent
of the deceased drivers who
were tested (169) had readings
at or above .10 of one per cent,
the le v e l at which medical
authorities say an individual is
"under the influence.”
In fact, 24.8 per cent of the
drivers tested had levels of
.20 or m ore, a level at which
most authorities a g re e the
typical social drinker would lie
"under the table.”
In a report to Governor Torn
McCall, the department said it
believes there should be a law
requiring alcoholics to be re­
ported to medical authorities
and the Department of Motor
Vehicles, and that a new ap­
proach In handling licensing
problems of these individuals
needs to be studied.
“ Repeated fines, ja il sen­
tences and license suspensions
alone appear to be ineffective
in c o n t r o l l i n g these drivers
since many continue to drive and
continue to drink while driving,
witli or without a license,” the
report noted.
Information concerning tlie
problem d r i n k e r s inOregon
tra ffic was revealed In con­
nection with a department studj
of a new law, approved by the
1967 Legislature, which per­
mits Individuals convicted of a
firs t offense for driving while
intoxicated to gain a special
license fo r occupational pur­
poses.
The report also indicated that
about 35 per cent of all persons
convicted of this offense for the
firs t time are receiving court
recommendations for specl-1
licenses and that slightly more
than 60 per cent of those re­
c e iv in g recommendations re­
ceive the special licenses. The
r e p o r t Indicated that some
courts are not being as dis­
criminating as the department
thinks they should he In eval­
uating drive r requests for this
consideration.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Birthday wishes go out this
w e e k to Renee Foster, Leta
Moore, Carol Moore and Bar­
bara Coyne.
Anniversary wishes go to Mr.
and M rs.David Barklow and Mr.
and Mrs. Ken Dennison, Mr. and
Mrs. \\ ilbur Sypher, and Mr, and
Mrs. J. C. H albersleben,
New County FHA Member Named
purchase, housing, recreatio n al,
grazing, and w ater and sewer
loans m ide in Curry county. In
addition, the co m m ittee advises
w ith the county supervisor re ­
garding the adapting of national
loan policies to local conditions.
Mr.Moore is a fan n er at Ophir
and is active in com m unity af­
fairs. County supervisor Eugene
M. Denney says th at Mr. M ooie's
farm ing experience w ill enable
him to make a real contribution
to the county c o m m itte e 's a c ­
tions when they review loan ap­
plications.
During the past fiscal year
en dingjune 30,a total ol $131, -
3 0 0 .0 0 i n loans were m ade
through the area FHA office
w hich is located in Grants Pass.