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Port Orford, Curry County, Ctegen 97465
Vei. 11 No. 37
Price: Ten Cents
Park Plans Move Ahead
Commissioners
Weekly Report
rred Flynn of the Multi-Ser­
vice Center, Cold Beach, and
Dan Cardwell fro m the Coos
Bay office, appeared before the
board of commissioners to pre­
sent information pertaining to
the Office of Economic Oppor­
tunity and Community Action
Program. The budget is in the
process of being compiled for
Coos, Curry and Douglas coun­
ties.
Roy Lake, maintenance sup­
ervisor, State Highway D ept.,
made a report to the commis­
sion that there is no barricade
at the south approach to the dis­
m antled Winchuck bridge.
Pat Masterson requested in­
formation on a ten acre tract of
property in the Black Lock area.
Mrs. J oe Cubic, a resident of
Rainbow Rock road area, con­
tacted the board in the interest
of old roadway to be used to
improve property.
Elwood Sharey from the Win-
chuck area, Inquired about the
removal of Winchuck bridge and
repair of road damages resulting.
The board approved assistance
to two indigent cases referred
by the Welfare Commission.
Driving Safety Program, as
applied to the defensive driving
course and sponsored by the
State Safety Council, was pre­
sented to the board by Marshal
C.Hoppin of Brookings.
Conditions recorded in an
agreement between county and
K a r l Cfetanburg concerning a
■ ■* gravel bar, were reviewed by
board members.
The board approved the is­
suance of a Class B Dispensers
license to William R. and Don­
na Storm operating "Whalen's"
a t Langlois; and renewal Class
B retail m alt licenses to Tho­
mas J. and Francis Hawkins of
Nesika Beach and to Richard D.
and Ruby Ellis operating Ellis
Grovery Market, Brookings.
The Wednesday afternoon
roadmeeting convened in reg­
ular session with commissioners
Tucker and Colegrove; Lot Rob­
inson, Bruce Shaner and Ed Sy­
pher in attendance.
The following road conditions
and maintenance were reported:
A slip out an north bank of
Chetco.
The Port property in Brook­
ings to be repaired.
Problem on Stafford road to
be checked out.
Facility permit on rights of
way should be up-graded.
Road to TV station in Gold
Beach was ek'd by the commis­
sion to be maintained tempor­
arily.
Culvert on north bank of Chet-
1 co to be repaired, due to debris
from rock pit.
Paisley road to be repaired. _
Flying Club at Brookings re­
quested improvement at air-
p a t to be dene.
Maintenance being done in
the Langlois area.
The Sweet agreement on north
b a n k of Rogue will be com­
pleted this week.
Mrs.Joe Cubic to be inform­
ed that they may improve prop­
erty adjacent to, and including
old roadway, provided the cul­
vert is protected.
Councilman
To Face Jury
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C i t y councilman Adolph
Wmdmaiser (mayor-elect) en­
tered a plea of "not guilty" and
requested a trial by jury when
he appeared in municipal court
last Thursday before Judge Lor­
aine Haines to answer a charge
of violating City Ordinance No.
211,Section6,pertaining to un­
lawful marking of street.
The councilman was arrested
cn a warrant issued by Judge
Haines when he failed to appear
at the requested time to answer
a complaint brought by police
chief Curt Weir.
Weir signed the complaint
after Windmaiser a l l e g e d l y
p o u r e d yellow paint on the
highway (6th S t.) last Monday
in front of the Shoreline Motel
to Indicate "evidence" of an
accident between the council­
man and a log truck driver that
occurred October 18.
Judge Haines will set trial
date sometime after the first of
the year to allow Windmaiser
ample time to secure an attor­
ney. The councilman was re­
leased cn his own recognizance
after posting »18 for Jiry tees.
Win Door Prizes
Doer prize winners at the Ro­
tary Club spaghetti feed Satur­
day night were Mrs. Grace Mc­
Kenzie and Mrs. Deris Colson.
Each were awarded turkeys.
A club spokesman said 131
club's bus shelter project.
Thursday, December 12, 1968
Because of the storm the at­
tendance at the meeting of the
citizens of Port Orford to discuss
the city park was very small but
several important matters were _
discussed.
Attention was called again to
the fact that the Lions club had
made a payment of $2, 000 cn
the 20 acre Buffington proper­
ty, a former m ill site, and that
$8,000 remained to be paid,
th is can be paid at any time
and in any way that is conven­
ient for the people of this area
within the next ten years. The
property is ideally located in
the center of the city, with a
300 foot frontage cn a m ill pond.
The pond is about 30 feet
deep and it will be necessary to
drain it and clean out the logs will be turned over to the park
and debris. Altogether it is es­ project at the proper time.
The local First National Bank
timated that it will take much
donated labor and from $10, - has set up a Park Fund which
000 to $30,000 to build the can be added to by anyone at
;>ark. The plan is to secure the any time and the three m em ­
cooperation of he county and bers of the park committee from
state and even the moving of the Liens club will also gladly
the large amount of sawdust accept donations at any time
t h a t was left by the mill did and put them into the proper
not seem an impossible project fund to f t sh buying and pre­
paring the property for use.
to the enthusiastic group.
Burrell Babb, chairman of the
One of the local churches, the
chamber of commerce, the Bus­ park committee of the Lions,
iness and Professional Women's may be reached at 332-3701.
club,the Historical Society, and Howard Beasley is another con­
the Art Center were represented tact for gifts to the park fund
at the meeting and there was and he can be reached at 332-
discussion of some funds that 2S91, and Dalus Weir, the third
are already in various treasuries member of the committee, may
for local improvement which be reached at 332-S124.
City Plans Action On Library
agreed t h a t plans should be than the architect's estimates of
m a d e to increase the library around $28, 000.
Library board member Gen­
facility but that he was of the
opinion that plans already were eva Tucker again pointed out
drawn up to include a new lib­ the desperate need for larger
rary quarters in the present city quartersand said they had been
administration complex and he getting the runaround from the
was in favor of taking this ap­ city for several years. There Is­
proach. Alderman Jim Peterson n 't room for new books, storage
said he agreed, and added that room or study area and it isn't
federal or state funds may even fair to students, she said. Mayer
Sevems said he had inspected be available for a library pro­ Jim Wilson assured the board
the building and found it to no ject, according to information that immediate attention would
doubt be adequate, but there fro m the League of Ctegcn be given the matter with efforts
had b e e n a second offer of a Cities. Price also said that in­ directed towards the most ec­
building m a d e since the last corporating the library with the onomical plan.
Several leaks In the new fire
meeting. Alderman Windmais­ present city buildings would not
er told the library board they take any property off the tax h a ll- p o lic e station building
were reported and city archi­
could have th e News office rolls.
Windmaiser agreed with this, tect Richard Gessford assured
building for $7,000; $10,000
less than the Sears' building and said he was in favor of using the city that they would be
offer; Sevems reported, and both present city property but not the taken care of by contractors
buildings were the same size in plans prepared by the architect when weather permitted.
Public works commissioner
square footage.
because he thought that the ad­
Alderman Harry Price said he dition could be built for less Peterson reported that blacktop
patching recently completed to
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repair sewer line street cros­
sings was not satisfactory and
final payment would be with­
held to the sewer contractor on
the advice of city engineer Roy
Pacific high school band and choir will present the Christ­ Erichsen. The engineer, present
mas concert Wednesday, December 18, 7:30 p.m . in die high at the meeting, told the coun­
cil that his office should have
school gym.
The choir will feature a candlelight processional and at the been notified the work was be­
conclusion of the concert, "Silent Night" will be sung by the ing dene so an engineer could
choir and audience in candlelight. In addition to the music, three have been cn the job to inspect
the work.He said steps would be
readings will be presented from the Christmas Story.
Choir selections will be "Welcome, Good Sir Christmas, " taken to insure he was notified
"Alleluia, Christ is Bom, " "White Christmas, " "From Heaven of future repair work.
High water has submerged
High I Come to You, " "Carol of the Bells, " "Christmas Gloria, "
"Christmas Is—, " "Jesus is Bern In Bethlehem, " and G.F.H an- water pumps at the Hubbard
Creek pumping station, Peterson
el's "Hallelujah Chorus, " from the Messiah.
The mixed ensemble will present "Coventry Carol, " "I Saw also reported, and steps should
Three Ships, " and "Silver Bells. " Former choir members will be t a k e n to raise the pump
house. A letter from Mary Yoder,
join in the singing of the "Hallelujah Chorus" and "Silent Night."
o w n e r o f the McKay store
BAND SH.ECTICNS
building, seeking Information
Some of the better known selections to be performed by the about the sidewalk elevation
Pacific high school band will Include "Sleigh Ride, " "What Child adjacent to the building on 19th
is This," "OHoly Night, " "Semper Fidelis, " "Silver Bells, " and St., was refeired to the city at­
torney. Mrs. Yoder contends the
"JesuJoy of Man's Desiring. " The band will be under the direc­
sidewalk is too high above the
tion of Ken Nelson.
street level and Is a hazard but
H.EMENTARY CONCERT
doesn't know who's responsi­
The combined Langlols-Pcrt O fard elementary schools bility it Is.
Christmas concert w i l l be held the following night, Thursday,
A motion by Windmaiser to
December 19, 7:30 p. m. at the high school.
permit the police department to
Following the program, treats will be given to youngsters.
purchase a Polaroid camera was
approved, with half the cost to
come from the general fund and
half from the police budget.
The council ratified the re­
cent election of fire department
At the annual election of dir­ Christmas party this year be­ officers. Evert Mills remains
ectors held at Pacific Drive-In cause of lack of enthusiasm, it chief and Vem Son derm an as-
Monday, George Hahn,J.B. Kosta was reported,but the Liens Club sistant.Larry Robinson was nani -
and Don Tate were named to has offered to see that candy is ed secretary and Delbert Neal
three-year terms cn the cham­ sacked, if the Christmas Associ­ treasurer. Captains of the No. 1
ber of commerce board of dir­ ation buys the candy, and have and No. 2 squads are Harold
ectors. H a h n is a re-elected it distributed at the s c h o o l Robinson and Floyd Keeler.
Only two replies were re­
member and Tate and Kosta re ­ Christmas concert December 19,
place Delbert Neal and Floyd along with treats to be distri­ ceived for gas bids, Union Oil
Keeler. According to chamber buted by the Langlois Lions and and Hiillips66, with Union sub­
by laws, directors are to meet PTO. The chamber voted to le t mitting the only bids, which
within ten days and elect new th e Association purchase the were accepted, included in the
bid was . 267 cents for regular
treats.
officers.
gas and . 176 cents for diesel,
Outgoing officers are presi­
per gallon.
dent Maude Weir, vice-presi­
Liquor recommendations were
dent George Hahn, treasurer Gil
approved for Orfords and Flash's
Rush and s e c r e t a r y Wilbur
Market, by polling a quorum of
Green.
the council prior to the m eet­
It was agreed to start a tour­
ing in order to comply with a
ist hospitality program and Mrs.
Weir will arrange a schedule
The Pacific high school Na­ deadline requirement.
Earl Barrington inquired of
with Curry County Extension A - tional Honor Society will spon­
gent Walt Schroeder, who con­ sor a blanket toss during half­ the council what effort had been
ducted a similar program in time at Friday night's Maple­ m a d e to stop water drainage
GoldBeachlast winter.The pro­ ton-Pacific basketball g a m e . from Jackson St. onto his prop­
gram will primarily be to ac­ Proceeds will go to help support erty. He was told an engineering
problem was involved but that
quaint employees of local bus­ a Vietnamese child overseas.
inesses with what the area has
An Honor Society member steps would be taken to relieve
to offer tourists in the way of said this is anew project of the the situation as soon as possible.
Mayor Wilson aid a letter had
recreation and other facilities. club and it is hoped that those
Businesspeople will also be ur­ attending the game will "do­ b e e n received from the State
Dept. asking the city
ged to attend the sessions.
nate generously to this worth­ Highway
and county if they would agree
A brief discussion was held on while cause."
to assume responsibility for their
next year's July 4 celebration
share of the old section of High­
and it was decided to invite
way 101 north of town when the
Bud Belden to a future meeting
highway Is relocated. Wilson
to discuss the Battle Rock Pag-
said he had discussed the m at­
e a n t . Belden is interested in
ter with county commissioner
forming a permanent organiza­
Ira Tucker and it was their op­
tion of local people to play the
inion the public hearing on the
part of'he Indians. He will pre­
Two donations towards con­ route change should be held
s e n t information r® costumes
and equipment. The possibility struction of a new city park first so that adequate access
h a v e alre Jy been received, roads could be assured from the
of having a motorcycle h i l l
climb will also be investigated. Howard Beasley, a Lions Club state.
Bills in the amount of $4, -
Appearing on the program at park committee member, said
905.19 were approved for pay­
this week.
that meeting (not yet dated),is
Making the first contribution ment.
expected to be chief of police
Following the meeting, city
Curt Weir to give a talk on nar­ was Clarence Wiseman,with Ira recorder
Loraine Haines admin­
Tucker
second.
cotics.
istered
the
oath of office to
Beasley
said
that
donations
It was voted to donate $30 to
mayor-elect Windmaiser a n d
the Christmas decorating con­ made be made at the First Na­ alderm en-elect Kent Wagner,
tional Bank, to him, or Burrell
test.
Delbert Neal and Dick Goergen.
There will be no community Babb, committee chairman.
Further study will be made
before a decision is made on
new quarters for the city library,
the council a g r e e d Tuesday
night. That decision was made
following a report by alderman
Ervin Sevems concerning a pro­
posal made last month that the
purchase of the former Sears
building be considered.
Christmas Concert Next Wednesday
THE <XD AND THE NEW.
The top photo, taken about
1903, seven years after the
original d o c k was con­
structed by John Lindberg
(1896) sh o w s Graveyard
P o i n t ( h i l l overlooking
dock site) in relation to its
present length, in bottom
photo.Boat(top)caming a-
round point on l e f t is a
small tramp steamer, boat
near end of old dock is the
"Grass Belly" skippered by
Bob Forty. If Point was the
same size today, it would
extend seaward past end of
present dock. The original
cold storage p l a n t (top
right) w as built by R. D.
Hume.
Photo coirtesy of
Pat Miller
Sypher Is
Commander
Veterans of World War I
of the U. S. A., Inc., an or­
g a n iz a tio n composed of vet­
erans of the area of Port Or­
ford and Gold Beach, held their
regular m e e tin g at the Amer­
ican Legion hall In Port Or­
ford Dec. 1.
Election and Installation of
officers of 1st Barracks No.
903 and their auxiliary was
held and the officers for 1969
are as follows: commander,
Harold Sypher; senior vice
commander, Robert S. Meyer;
Junior vice commander, Frank
Hayes; chaplain, Edgar Seelye;
quarterm aster, Clarence Han­
sen; trustees, 1-year, W. L.
Montgomery, 2-year, Harold
r liner, 3-year Roy Haft.
District No. 9 Commander
James M. Vincent was the In­
stalling officer and Past Dis­
trict
Commander William
Davidson of Bandon was a visit­
or for the meeting.
Date
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
WEATHER
Max Min Rain
.41
47
4 54
41
.62
5 54
.0 0
37
6 S3
7 No Report
.19
40
8 55
39 2. 10
9 56
41 3.40
10 56
General Telephone Files
For 'Wide Spectrum Services'
General Telephone Company
of the Northwest has filed tar­
iffs with the Federal Commun­
ications Commission for *wlde
spectrum services,” as part
of Its continuing effort to meet
the future communications
needs of Its customers.
"Wide spectrum services
r e p r e s e n t s the key to wide
spread future a p p l i c a t i o n of
many major developments and
innovations occurring in com­
munications.
These Include
closed-circuit television, cable
t e l e v i s i o n , data commun­
ications, high-speed facsimile
transmission, video telephone,
utility meter reading, and many
other services—all of which are
expected to expand substantially
over the next several years,”
stated
Alfred J . Barran,
company president.
Wide s p e c tr u m services
would provide the capability
of carrying simultaneously a
large volume of “wide band”
video and data signals, as well
as conventional audio signals,
over a single cable or micro-
wave system—a capability not
possible with the “ narrow
band” facilities used by tele­
phone companies today.
“ The advantages to the cus­
tomer can be seen by looking
at a wide band household com­
munications system of the fut­
ure. A wide variety of ser­
vices could be provided over a
single coaxial cable. These
services might Include closed-
circuit tv channels for shopping
from home, data channels for
ordering, banking or edu­
cational p u r p o s e s , facsimile
printout of newspaper or other
material and many others,”
Barran said.
Under the wide spectrum se r­
vices
tariffs, if granted,
General Telephone Initially will
offer customers either one­
way distribution services or
point-to-point service.
The
former provides for dis­
tribution of signals from an
originating location to a num­
ber of premises designated by
the customer. In point-to-point
service, the telephone company
receives the signals from the
customer at one location and
delivers It to another location.
General Telephone Company
of the N o r th w e s t presently
serves more than 440,000 tele­
phones In Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Northern California, and
Montana.
New Holiday
Postal Hours
All mail will be placed in
post office boxes on Sunday,
Dec. 15 and Dec. 22. Star route
mail will not be delivered and
therewill be no window service.
Packages will be delivered if
called for prior to noon cn both
d a y s, postmaster Norm Baker
said today.
Clinic Cancelled
The monthly Immunization
Clinic scheduled for December
has been cancelled, according
to the Curry County Health De­
partment. The next clinic will
be on Wednesday,Jan. 15, 1969.
COMING EVENTS
Thursday
C. W. F ,, 7:30 p. m.
Rotary Anns
Friday
Sunset Garden Club, 1 p. in.
Saturday
Wr. Del Norte Tour., noon
PTO Smorgasbord
Mcnday
Job's Daughters, 7:30 p.m .
Sheriff's Reserve, 8 p. m.
Tuesday
St. Christopher's C ld., noon
Rotary, 12:10 p. m.
AmLegion & Aux. ,8 p. m.
Wednesday
Christmas Concert, Pacific
High School, 7:30 p.m .
P. O. Lions, 7:30 p. m.
P, O. Bridge Club, 8 p. m.
Local Students
Attending OSU
Curry County has 46 students
attending Oregon State Univer­
sity this fall, according to a
report Issued by the OSU Reg­
istra r’s Office.
The record 14,523 university
lOOth-year enrollment Includes
11,528 students from Oregon’s
36 counties; 2,456from47 other
states and the District of
Columbia (only West Virginia
and Mississippi are not repre­
sented); and more than 500
students from 62 foreign coun­
tries ranging from Afghanistan
to Zambia.
A breakdown of the Curry
County total shows 32 men stu­
dents and 14 coeds. Those at­
tending from the various cities
Include:
B r o o k in g s : Barbara R.
Chess, David M. D r e l s z u s ,
Linda M. Hoffman, John L.
Musser, Lee Daniel Musser,
Douglas A. Nldlffer, Robert L.
Rlxford, R ic h a r d Saylor,
Sharieen E. Young.
Gold Beach: Donald K. Buff­
ington, Patricia E. Chase,
Leonard L. Coldiron, Carol Ann
Coykendall, Robert L. Coyken-
dall, Douglas H. Degross,
Teresa E. Degross, Harold D.
Rowe, James L. Rowe, Kenneth
C. Thelin.
Harbor: Jim K. H a r r o u n ,
Larry A. Kirkpatrick, Vincent
J . Rambeck.
Langlois: Mary G. Wahl.
Ophir: Rodney W. Moore.
Port Orford: Mary Lou Bates,
William L. Bates, Jackie D.
Campbell, Judy Ann Harris,
Marvin Leroy Htxise, Christine
A. Johnson, Bernard M. Kep-
shire, Gregory J. Marstall,
William C. McDonald, Michael
McWilliams, John E. Meyer,
Steven M. Phillips, Teresa R.
Phillips, Susan K. Rush,
Charles E. Sheffield, Walter
S. Stauffer, Terrence E. Sween­
ey.
Sixes; Larry R. LaFlamme,
Lory D. Tope, Susan Marie
Wilson.
Wedderburn: Adam Ray Clop-
ton, James D. Sorter.
New Chamber Directors
Blanket Toss
To Be Feature
Firsl Park
Funds Given