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2—Port Orford News, Thursday, August 8, 1968 Driver Examination I ? ’ Post Office Box S 97465 Port Orford, Oregon PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Second class mail privileges authorised at Port Orford, Ore. ». Louis L. Felsheim ........................ .......... Editor and Publisher Paul L Peterson .......................................... Managing Editor Subscription In Curry County (per year in advance)........................$3. 00 Outside Curry County ..................................................... $3 50 Single Copy.................................................................. 10 Cents Announcements, Notices, New» and Advertising Mutt be in the Office by 5i00 p. m. Tuesdays rr NEW SPAPER N A TIO N A L NEWSPAPER P U B L IS H E R S A. Betw basket: r tb b o M arllyi became Haga ol bly of ( 1:00 p, son of Haga o is the d Ray BI been n parent! the lati For I which bride’ s bride w sheat around heart-s an unu! roses v Grace I Maid lene Si green 1 with m. piece, ribbon i backgro Shlrle Chariot! maids a satin d shoes : carrylnj mint gri Candli Wilcox i Barklow Brenda ) and Tina train. Best and Bra. and Evei Jim Ilia' sang “ 1 ” becausi led his d lighted a The b brown an suit with the bride a brown suit w itl accessor White streamer adorned church f< tlon and flv e - t le i decorated green, shaped c fam ily ar also deco green. Sharon Graves ci Peggy Kathy Ac and Guile presided i Marsha M guests. The ne graduate < and atteni College ai of Pacific Equipment A S S O C IA T IO N came concerned that one of them rocks might just happen to hit him so he marched up to the trailer, . . knocked on the door and requested to speak with the man of the house. When he came out, ol' No.3,whojust turned 10, asked the gentleman if he'd please stophis sons from chuck ing rocks at their sleeping site. A while later. . . after No. 3 had, noticed that the man's wife had been listening to five of ours' singing. . . he tells her that he', sure hoped the vocalizing had put a moment's joy into her heart. Things may not be excit ing with him gone. . but it sure will be more peaceful for a- while. Before I get off the camping subject, let me say that it is now 11 p. m. and I'm still sit ting here in my (large) cut-offs . . . staring at a nearly full moon that is slowly working its way up through the tall firs. . . and it is still pleasantly warm. The only sounds are from Elk River splashing over the rocks on its way to the Pacific, an occasion- al snapping from a dying c imp f ir e , and the hissing of the Coleman lan tern. And I LIKE it. -P - The big Curry county fair starts today and fair manager Bill Crook says it's really going to be a big-un. So.. . make it a point to attend at least one FULL day. .. or more. -P - A couple tourists stopped at a local business a week or so ago: and one of them asked the pro-, prietor, in all seriousness. . . if we have these cyclones every day. Another pulled in at May- ea's 76 for gas and service re cently and asked Big John how far it was to Gold Beach. BJ told him, th e n the tourist asked, "where do you turn off to get to down-town Port Orford?" -P - I have an inside report that when grade school principal Don Tate got his new car. . . it car ried a sign stating: "See My New Car. Isn't it Pretty?" Now that's GOTTA be bragging. , , but I don't blame him. -P - And a final note to make EVERYBODY happy., school will start on Tuesday, Sept. 3 FLOWER JUDGING is a long and tedious annual event at the Curry County Fair, start- ing today in Gold Beach. A O I Launches In-Depth Study Of Public Education Tax Needs It has now been ten full days (as I write this by Coleman lite Monday) since we hit the tall timber and believe it or not PORTLAND — A business we're still going strong. I did men’ s study of Oregon’ s p rim Wonder tho,about four days ago, ary and secondary education so we had a family council and systen, and its tax require took the big vote. . . which turn ments, to begin immediately, ed out eight to one in favor of was announced today at a press staying. Oldest daughter voted conference at the Associated negative. . . but then her mom Oregon Industries (AOI) offices ma guppy had given birth to a here. whole passel of small fry so you Purpose of the study is to can understand her concern. examine reasons fo r the growth Really, it is LIVING. No tel of education budgets and deter ephone. . no TV. . .nomovie . mine where efficiencies might just plain no city life atall. . . be adopted to reduce expendi a n d that's pretty relaxing... tures while maintaining Ore- despite the fact of still working said Philip Bladine, AOI vice five days and one night a week. president. We did have part of the city It Is expected to be com brought to us a couple times, pleted In time to provide mean however, so the family hasn t ingful assistance to the 1969 been completely w ith o u t a legislature, he said, “ which touch of civilisation Last Fri is expected to face some tough day night our across-the-street tax reform problems.” He neighlors, the Vem Sondermans, n o te d the special threat to along with the Herman Baumans, school budgets If the 1 1/2 pulled into Butler Bar for the per cent property tax llm lta - weekend a n d provided some pleasant visiting. On Sunday we had eleven guests for dinner. . . making a total of 20 fighting for a place at the trough. They included tlie Ken Branhams, the Ray Bran hams and grandson, and the Er nie Campbells from Albany. The really nice part about the visit SEATTLE, July 10—The 93rd was that they brought all the annual competition fo r admis fo o d and refreshments. .. in sion to the United States Coast cluding two eight pound salmon Academy, located at New Lon </hich soon found their way to don, Conn., w ill commence with Whe barbecue grill, . . and down the Dec. 7, 1968, adm inistra the hatch. It's not too often you* tion of the College Entrance see hack-woods campers eating Examination Board tests given fresh salmon, baked beans, three in over 3,000 test c e n t e r s .kinds of salad, three cakes and a throughout the country. Ap deep-dish apple cobbler.. . but pointments to the Academy are we did, with gusto! te n d e r e d solely on a com And the previous Thursday petitive basis with no congres night the Leo Phillips arrived, s io n a l appointments o r geo graphical quotas. Applications with more goodies, for barbe to participate In the December cued steak and all the trimmin's . . . p l u s some welcome camp VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL , CEEB tests must be made to the Educational TestlngServlce f i r e conversation. So things OVER AT LUTHERAN p rio r to Nov. 2, 1968. haven't been dull. Those attending the Zion Luth To qualify, an applicant must Of course, with the nine of us , and that does NOT include eran Bible School last week in be unmarried and must have the animals. . . we came pretty the nursery group taught by Mrs. reached his 17th but not his well prepared. Like about half R. Mensch, were Pamela Weir, 22nd birthday by July 1, 1969. of the household effect!, seems Gerry Coble, Bobby Dees and Lee The minimum educational re lik e . But believe me it's all Dees. The kindergarten group quirement is a h ig h school necessary when seven of the was taught by Mrs. Keith Nelson diploma, however, high school nine are below the age of 15 and attended by Wesley May, seniors assured of graduation Cheryl Weir, Lisa Lambert, Lin by June 30, 1969, are eligible summers. And the weather has been da Holmes, Nancy Nelson and to compete provided they have perfect. . . except for a couple Larry Dees. The primary group at least 15 credits by that Applicants must have of days when the stui was a little taught by Mrs. J. Dees, was at time. late breaking thru some high tended by Billy Belcher, Sheena completed three units In Eng ■fog. Otherwise, the days have Coble,Harry Holmes. Julie Me lish, and three In mathematics .b e e n hot. . . which makes for yers, Tamera May and Cynthia Including algebra and plane or several hours of swimming daily Kurahal Juniors were taught by coordinate geometry or their -. . , and the nights have been Mrs Harvey Meyers and attend equivalents. Applicants must comfortable w a r m . . . which ed by John Morgan, Julie Sharp, lie In excellent physical condi really means that campfires Kimberly Olsen and Peggy Neb- tion, between 64 and 78 inches haven’t been required, they just son The pre-teen group was In height, with proportionate add a little atmosphere in the taught by Mrs Del Newkirk and weight, and have at least 20/30 late evenings and early raoni- attended by Janis Petok. Mary vision In each eye, correctable ; ings. . . and provide heat for the Belcher.Ronda Colson and I au- to 20/20. Qualified young men are urged rel Olsen dish water. The session was completed on to enter this nationwide com Not only hive the younguns ; uot complained. . bride has re Friday, Aug. 2 A wiener and petition fo r a p p o in tm e n t as mained calmly silent... even ntarahmallow roast was held at cadets In the nation’ s oldest while doing the family wash by Humbug Park and attended by seagoing service. Those ap pointed w ill receive an excellent hand and trying to keep the two teachers, parents and students college education which empha ;youngest daughters clean of the sizes e n g in e e rin g -p h y s ic a l ■dust that rises gently about the science, social science, o r ma licet with each step around the rine science-oceanography aid ; camp site. But despite the fact leads to a Bachelor of Science ■ dial she is not complaining.. . I degree and a commission as Ido notice that she is (sent on en an Ensign In the Coast Guard. There were 55 people killed forcing one of her housewife's Additional information and privileges: she has completely on Oregon streets and highways rearranged the camp site three during July, a c c o r d in g to application forms can be ob ¿times. (The day, however, she figures compiled by the Depart tained from high school guid ance counselors o r by w riting "decides to move the tent will ment of Motor Vehicles. to Commander (p), Thirteenth The July toll brought the definitely be the day we move Coast Guard D is tric t, 618 Sec s t a t e ’ s year-to-date traffic back to town. ) J All in all, It has been. .. and death count to 350. Both the ond Avenue, Seattle, Washing -continues to l<e a very relax July toll and the year-to-date ton, 98104. ing commuter-type "vacation " toll reflect d e c r e a s e s over 1967. Sixty-five people were Thin »did slow down a bit late IDUCATlON STU P Y ... Sunday afternoon, tho. when we killed In July a year ago, and (hipped No. 3 son off to visit the seven month death count always, w ill be the legisla ture's m a jo r business, and the Delamarters in Corvallis. was 364. The department said 28 of school t>udgets always figure About 15 minutes after he left w th the Camplwll't, No. 2 son the July deaths occurred In prominently In any revenue con- sal down y me and mournfully weekend traffic and that eight side rations. Because of the magnitude of Complained t h a t things were of the deaths occurred during education as a business, busi Sure not very exciting with him the Fourth of July holiday. Eight out-of-state residents nessmen and educators alike Which is kind of an un- § one. are banking on the AOI study e r s t a f e m e n t , 'cause No. 3 were listed among the tra ffic victims. fo r recommendations to run it REALLY keeps things, and ev- The figures are subject to ■ • | • efficiently. Reducing qryBODY, moving. . tor as long revision If persons Injured later as you give him free reign , die as a result of tra ffic In costs, Increasing productivity and maintaining the high quality and even when you don't. For juries, the department added. o f O r e g o n ’ s elementary and example: secondary education are sound One afternoon another trailer business goals in die I'est in moved in to a Site al<out three terest of all citizens. FROM OKLAHOMA away Ironi us. and above our V is itin g M r and M n L aM o y- ■younguns' sleeping area. The The Republic of Liberia o r ne Paria for four weeks from iginated In 1816 when the Am family had a couple small boy- type boys who, as all boys do, Claremore, Oklahoma, was Mrs erican Colonization Society was Sally Johnson Mn. Johnson left formed by the US Congress Immediately b e g a n throwing for home by way of Medford, to send freed slaves to the west rocks over the hill toward the Thursday, Aug 1. coast of Africa. river. Well now, No. 3 son be Fifty-Five Killed During July U. S. Coast Guard Academy Competition tion measure is approved at November’ s general election. Such a lim itation would cut local revenue by $105 m illion annually, according to the State Tax Commission. Education now requires 65 to 70 per cent of a ll localproperty tax dollars, nearly two-thlrds of which are paid by commercial property owners. Summer Steelhead Production Up The G am e Commission’ s summer steelhead production program received a boost this spring with a total of well o v e r 1,700,000 eggs placed under Incubation, according to final egg-take figures tallied ai a number of fish hatcheries. This compares with around 1,300,000 In 1967. In addition to the summer steelhead, the Commission also has just over 2.3 m illio n young w inter-run fish at Its hatch eries. Except fo r runts and slow growers, which w ill be graded out during the grow ing period, both summer and w inter-run steelhead w ill be s to c k e d In Oregon streams early next spring as seven to eight-inch sea-going smolts. Streams which provided the adult summer lronheads fo r the Increased eggtake Include the Rogue , Umpqua, Siletz, Hood River, and the Deschutes. The Washington Department of Game also provided some sum mer steelhead eggs from Its Skamania fish hatchery the past two years. On the above listed streams, the Commission has an active summer steelead stocking pro gram in operation. The bulk of the steelhead taken fo r egg p r o d u c t io n are returning hatchery fish, evidence of the high success and survival of the h a tc h e r y product. T h e s e streams are also b e c o m in g more and more popular with anglers as the word gets around of the Increased opportunities to r taking acrobatic summer steelhead. Again, a large share of the fish taken by anglers are marked hatchery stocked fish. Summer steelhead are d iffi cult to raise, mainly because of the long period the adult fish must be held in captivity. When captured, the big fish are taken to v a r io u s hatcheries where they are held In deep holding pools through the summer and winter. The adults slowly ma ture during this holding period and are ready to spawn the f o l l o w i n g spring. Spawning usually takes place beginning in early A p ril and extending into May. From one to two hundred adult fish are captured from each stream and held fo r egg production. A ll other fish are allowed to pass upstream to natural spawning areas. The Game Commission is testing several a d d i t i o n a l coastal streams In an attempt to establish these fine game fish. Best results to date have been achieved on the Nestucca, with lesser results noted on the Alsea and the Salinonberry. In a d d it io n , summer steelhead smolts are being released into the Santlam and the McKenzie systems. DATES TO REMEMBER Birthday wishes go out this w e e k to D bbie Hildebrand, W tyne Moore, Leesa Wagner, Warren Davis, Laura Greene, Ro land Gerhardt. Lori Hoover, De von Voas and F.d McDaniel. Annivarsary withes go to Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Longton, and Mr. and Mrs Clarence Hines. Defensive Driving Cou rs e s are a proven »ay to protect yourself from adverse driving conditions and the actions of other drive rs. To find out where you can take a Defensive Driving Course, w rite to the Oregon Traffic Safety Commis sion, Salem, Oregon 97310. A Take The Time To Buckle Up A simple flic k of the w rist could have spared the lives of at least 60 motorists, according to the Oregon Traffic Safety Commission. That’ s all it takes to fasten a safety belt. These 60 fatalities, which were recorded during the firs t six months of the year, repre sent those who met death when they were thrown from their automobiles. No statistics were available on the number of un b e lte d Oregonians killed by striking in te rio r objects within the car, such as the dashboard o r windshield. Forty-three of the 60 deaths were the result of o n e -ca r situations In which the d rive r ran off the road or struck a fixed object. At least six of the fatalities were the result of c a r-tra in collisions. The Commission also took the opportunity to advise motorists to make fu ll use of their safety belts during the summer sea son. Not only are there more drivers in a hurry to reach vacation spots, but research shows that more persons are killed durlngd ry, clear weather. Even those who plan to stick close to home need to take pre cautions because three out of four tra ffic deaths occur within 25 miles of home. That trip to the neighborhood ice-cream store could be more tragic than a cross-country tour. So don’ t takechances, take the five s e c o n d s necessary to buckle up. In case of an ac cident, a fastened safety belt can help reduce the severity of injury and in c r e a s e your chances of living through it by five times. IN VERNONIA Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Vlo- lette of Sixes went to Vernonia fo r a week’s vacation and visited at the home of his uncle and fam ily, Mr. and M rs. Louis Violette. VISIT SWEETS Visiting at the A rt Sweet home in Sixes on Wednesday were his brother-in-law and sister, M r. and Mrs. Richard Danielson of Coquille. BROOKS GUESTS M r. and M rs. Don Brooks, Tammy and Jim of Eugene, came down Saturday morning to v isit his parents, Mr. and M rs. Clarence Brooks of Lang lois. M rs. Brooks and Tammy returned to Eugene Sunday but Don and Jim stayed to work on the place they own at Langlois. M r. and M rs. William Tucker, son-in-law and daughter of the Clarence Brookses, have been “ loafing” along the coast in their tra ile r fo r their vacation and Monday went to Aberdeen, Moses Lake and othe r places in Washington. They form erly lived in Aberdeen. FROM ROSEBURG Mrs. Eloise Buss and her daughter, Kathy, and friend, C hristi Church from Roseburg, spent the weekend at the home of her parents, M r. and Mrs. A rthur Strain of Langlois. Sisal hemp is second only to Manila hemp In making strong rope and twine. (This is the second in a series of articles explain! ng the Federal Highway Safety Standards and their role in Oregon’s highway safety program.) Last week we left you observ ing the many defective cars you met on the road. Now we are asking you to wonder about the condition of the drivers of those cars. It really wouldn’ t do you much good tf all the cars on the high ways were in excellent condition, but their drivers couldn’ t see, couldn’ t hear, or constantly vio lated tra ffic rules because they didn’t understand them or didn’ t know they existed. And, If you put a defective d rive r in a de fective car, the situation becomes doubly dangerous. This brings us to the second federal standard of the Highway Safety Act: D river Licensing. This standard says: Each state shall have adrtverllcenslngpro- gram to (a) insure that only per sons physically and mentally qua lified be licensed to drive and MR. AND MRS. FRANCIS R. SCHRADER (b) to prevent needlessly remov ing the opportunity of the citizen Jean Dwire) to drive. Wed recently in the Port Orford Zion Lutheran Church, Mr. Oregon, in line with the federal and Mrs. Francis R. Schrader are now at home at 300 Em standard, requires drivers to pire St. , Coos Bay. pass an examination before licen sing, keeps a record of each of our 1,100,000 drivers, uses data processing equipment to keep ■_ W 1 n J those records available, and has MBClinOS 1 0 AllCnQ a d rive r Improvement program. 3 What we do not have is a d ri ver re-examination p ro g r a m. All regular meetings and other Such a law would require every licensed d rive r to be re-exam local activities of the Port Or ined fo r vision and knowledge of ford congregation of Jehovah's the rules of the road at least Witnesses are cancelled for the every four years. Behlnd-the- weekend of Aug. 15-18, in favor E SA SORORITY wheel tests would only be admin of the "Good News for All Na istered to drivers whose records tions" District Assemblies in showed they were having definite Medford and Eureka according problems. to E. C. Carlson, presiding min In Oregon, two-thirds of tlie ister. This will culminate the d rive rs’ licenses are renewed seven-week Christian training automatically upon the payment program at 50 conventions that of the renewal fee. Once a d ri were arranged for the congre ver obtains a license, he can gations of Jehovah's Witnesses usually drive fo r a lifetim e with in the United States and Can 10.AM. 4 I’ M. little o r no Interference, unless ada by the Watchtower Society he has excessive violations o r ac of New York.Carison stated that cidents. several from the local congre The problem with waiting fo r gation have recently attended a record to indicate excessive assemblies in Sacramento, Brit violations is that many driving ish Columbia or Spokane. faults do not show up until i t ’ s "The assembly theme will be too late. A d rive r may not rea developed by talks, demonstra lize that his eyesight is impaired, tions and real-life dramas of even after he’s gone through the Bible events, " Carlson stated. stop sign and killed somebody. "These will show the import A d rive r may not realize thathe’s ance of world events in light of broken a new law that he didn’t Bible prophecy and will em know existed until after he has phasize the part the individual broken lt l Christian plays in telling the t There are a p p r o x im a t e ly "Good News of God's Kingdom" 100,000 Oregon motorists on our both by word of mouth and by roads today who have never taken way of life. " a d riv e r’ s exam. Only since Several sessions of the assemb 1931 have Oregondrlversbeen re ly will focus attention on the quired to take any kind of a test, problems of young people and and drivers licensed p rio r to that will illustrate how they can be time did not have to take any helped to find their place in the test to prove they were physical community as active Christians. ly o r mentally able to handle a The program will begin at car. Many more have been tested 1:30p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15. An Just once, and have never been important feature of the assem near the d rive r testing agency bly will be the baptismal service since. at 9 a. m. Friday, Aug. 16. During the last legislative ses About 6, 500 delegates are sion, a b ill was introduced pro expected to be present at the posing re-examination of all d r i Jackson County Ball Park in vers. It didn’ t pass because Medford for the four-day pro some thought that re-exam would gram.Featuredspeaker is Edwin discrim inate against older d ri R. Thogerson, a Watchtower of vers. However, all licensed d ri ficial, who will deliver the pub vers, regardless of age, w ill be lic address on Sunday, Aug. 18, called in fo r re-exam, and any at 3 p.m ., entitled "Man's Rule d rive r who doesn’t know the rules About to Give Way to God's of the road or who cannot see Rule. " Interested persons are well enough to drive w ill not encouraged to attend. be re-llcensed until he corrects his deficiency. The main objective of the D ri VACATION IN W ASHINGTON ver License Standard Is to re The Roland Gerhardts spent move the unfit from the roads and the last two weeks fishing and make them saferforeverybody to clamming in Westport, Wash. travel. This means that one per While in Washington, they also son’ s privilege to drive w ill be visited friends at Lake Quibrault, measured against everyone e l- Aberdeen and Olympia. se’ s right to LIVE. For further Information, con tact the Oregon Traffic Safety Commission, 1905 Lana Avenue, Salem, Oregon. Witnesses Cancel District Assemblies 16 For Auto, Life and Fire FROM GRANTS PASS Insurance, See Visiting N^r. and Mrs. Bert Dean for a month, was their grandson Bobby Melton fro m Grants Pass. He was joined by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Melton,who spent two weeks in the area. Mrs. Melton is the daughter of the Deans. LARRY HOOVER Cecile Paris is once more a daily resident of the area. 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