'i- Port Oford News, Thursday, February 20, 1969
Farmers May Get FHA Assistance
Farmers and ranchers who
have suffered damage and hard
ship due to the prolonged win
ter storms and as a result
have credit needs that can
not he met by regular sources
of credit should contact the
Farmers Home Administration
office serving the county In
which they live.
When widespread need fo r
credit becomes obvious and it
cannot be supplied by regular
credit sources, the areas are
then eligible for consideration
fo r designation as disaster
areas by tlie Secretary of Ag
riculture.
Emergency loans
may then tie made on a county
or area wide basis to eligible
applicants.
In cases where only a few
operators
need emergency
credi , Farmers Home Ad
ministration w ill consider their
applications on a nondeslgnated
basis.
Emergency loans at 3%.In
terest are made only to appli
cants who are unable to obtain
the needed credit from private,
cooperative or other
re
sponsible sources, Including
other types of FHA loans, and
w ill be unable to continue their
normal farming o r ranching
operations. They w ill be ex
pected to return to local sources
of credit as soon as possible
and in any event within a reason
able period.
The applicant’ s equity In real
estate,
chattels, and other
assets w ill be considered In
determining ability to obtain
credit from other sources.
The FHA office fo r Josephine
and Curry counties Is located
in the Dierks Building, Box
311, Grants Pass. The County
Supervisor’ s office day is Mon
day when he may be contacted
fo r more complete information.
Increased Immunization Programs
Causes Communicable D isease Decline
Increased immunization acti
vity caused a decline in com
municable diseases commonly
associated
with
childhood
during 1908, the Oregon State
Board of Health said Tuesday.
The largest decrease was
noted in regular(hard) measles,
object of an intensive, state
wide
vaccination
campaign
since 1966. The 1968 measles
toll dropped to 594 cases, an
a ll-tim e low and 66 per cent
less than the previous low of
1,725 cases In 1967.
P rio r to widespread use of
measles vaccine Oregon had
up tn 15,000 cases during
epidemic years.
Vaccine also kept a check
on polio, once the most dread-
eel of childhood diseases. There
were no reported cases In 1968
the third consecutive year the
state has t een free of the c rip
pling illness.
Oregon also had no di
phtheria, compared to three
ases In 1967. One adult con
tracted tetanus but was treated
successfully, there was only
one case of tetanus In 1967,
but it was fatal to a five-year
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Bill Seeks Legislative Reform
Washington, D. C. -Repre
sentative
John
Dellenback
(Kep.-Oreg. 4th D is tric t) dis
closed today that he has once
again joined a group of reform
minded Republican Congress
men In
Introducing
of a
legislative reorganization b ill
to update some of the more
archaic procedures In Con
gress.
“ When the Congress is held
back by outmoded systems of
operation then the nation Is held
back,” Dellenback explained.
“ And some of our current rules
actually obstruct the legislative
process.”
This is not the fir s t time
that the group of Congressmen
has pushed fo r passage of a
Congressional
reform
b ill.
Dellenback and other Re
publicans Introduced a s im ila r
b ill during the 90th Congress.
When the House Rules Com
mittee tabled the b ill Congress
man Dellenback and other re
form supporters conducted last
October a series of parllm en-
tary rules designed to convince
the Democrat leadership that
the House whould have a chance
SON IS BORN
Born to M r. and M rs. Edward
E. Dwtre, 1049 H a rrie t, Coos
Bay, a son, weighing 6 pounds,
3 1/2 ounces, at 6:07 a.m.,
Feb. 6. The maternal grand
parents are M r. and M rs. Leo
Blomqulst of North Bend and
off pounds sensibly is invited to
call 332-3591.
HOME FROM CCLLEGE
Charles Bates was home from
the Community College in As
toria to attend the game and
Valentine dance at Pacific high
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school. _____
COUPLE TAKE TRIP
Every year pharmaceutical
companies sponsor a trip for the
senior students in pharmacy at
Oregon State University, taking
them by train into the eastern
part of the United States to visit
the laboratories of the big com
panies that supply drugs.
This year Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Bates, sen of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Bates, and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs.Verdo Harris of Port Ctford,
were privileged to take this trip
and they ha ve j ust returned from
visiting the laboratories in Chi
cago, Indianapolis, Kalamazoo,
and other places.
TWI LIGHTERS MEET
Twi Lighters TOPS club m et
Feb.17, for their social evening
and honored Geneva Lambert as
queen for the month of January.
Donna Zitzelberger led in ex-
ercistis.Qccticn of officers will
be held on March 3.
Anyone interested in taking
Senator Mark O. Hatfield (R-
Ore) said this week the govern
ment has maintained constant
communication with Oregon to
help combat any dangerous run
off from the heavy snowfall.
Hatfield said he received
word from George A. Lincoln,
D irector of the Office of Emer
gency Preparedness in the
White House, that “ all federal
agencies having disaster re
lie f responsibilities are. . .
cooperating to the fullest ex
tent In this joint endeavor” with
the Oregon Emergency Com
mand Post.
The Senator had urged the
government to be as fu lly pre
pared as possible to offer
assistance whenever needed in
case of any disaster.
Hatfield was governor of Ore
gon during the Columbus Day
Windstorm of 1962, and the
Christmas flood of the w inter
of 1964-1965.
ACTIVITIES
DUPLICATE BRIDGE
The Port Orford Bridge club
were hosts on Sunday to the
Unit game with nine tables in
play. Winners were North-
South, 1st, Bob McClure and
Jack Langworthy; 2nd, A. W.
Sweet and Fred Horowitz; 3rd,
Nancy Starkweather and M yrtle
Rose. East-West, 1st, C hris
tine Gobel and LoBlse Couts;
2nd, Geneva Tucker and Nadine
Kalina; 3rd, G erri Preston and
Maude W eir.
On Wednesday, Feb. 12 there
were four tables of Duplicate
bridge in play at the American
Legion hall In Port Orford and
tlie winners were 1st, Maude
Weir and Adolph Windmaiser;
2nd, M r. and M rs. Charles
Dougherty and 3rd, M r. and
Mrs. Joe Halbersleben.
MESSY FINGERS
Hie third meeting of the 4-
11 Messy Fingers cooking club
was called to order by the
president, Paula Roberts, at
the home of her mother, Mrs.
Robert G. Roberts.
Under new business, Junior
Leader, L o ri Loshbaugh sug
gested that when projects are
all completed at the end of
the year, the club combines with
the Pins and Needles sewing
club fo r a s t y l e r e v ie w .
The clothing would be presented
by the sewing club and the
refreshments would be pre
pared by the cooking club, tlie
affa ir to be held at Bullards
Park. This was approved by
a unanimous vote.
L o ri Loshbaugh and Linda
Stevenson volunteered to work
as a committee to make dough
nuts as a demonstration at tlie
next meeting which w ill be Sat
urday, March 8.
VISITS SMITHS
A friend of M r. and M rs.
O rris Smith of Port O rford,
Cecil R ill from Heppner, was
a houseguest fo r a few days.
IN MYRTLE POINT
M r. and Mrs. A lbert Britton
of Denmark went to M yrtle
Point Feb. 9 to see their grand
the paternal grandparents are
M r. and M rs. Elton Dwlre of
Sixes.
to vote on the b ill. But despite
the Senate’ s overwhelming ap
proval of a legislative reorgan
ization b ill in early 1967, the
Rules Committee never allowed
the House version to come to
the floor.
“ Although
the
Democrat
leadership did not see f it to
let us vote on reorganization,”
Dellenback said, “ we did suc
ceed In emphasizing the drastic
need fo r reform in Congress,
and the results of our efforts
w ill stand us in good stead now.”
The Congressman expects
widespread support of the 1969
Legislative
Reorganization
B ill. “ Already 24 House Re
publicans are cosponsoring the
b ill and we are sending a letter
to a ll House members asking
them to join us.”
daughter, Mary Powrle, In
stalled as Worthy Advisor of
the International O rder of Rain
bow. Another granddaughter.
Sue Powrle, was Installed as
musician fo r the coming year.
The hall was decorated with
blue flowers which were made
by the g irls .
Aid Pledged
the German measles vaccine,
and the disease Itself, some
times produce short-term arth
ritic
symptoms
in female
adults, tentative plans call fo r
Initial immunization of young
children to protect mothers
from exposure.
Meanwhile,
the Board of
Health’ s Immunization Pro
gram continues to stress that
communicable childhood dis
eases, particularly regular
measles and polio, w ill recur
In large numbers If Immuni
zation Is not started at In
fancy and followed by necessary
boosters.
During 1968, the state pro
gram distributed about 67,000
does of oral polio vaccine and
24/100 doses of measles vac
cine to private physicians and
local health departments. In
addition, about 17,000 children
were
Immunized a g a in s t
measles on “ Mop Up Measles
Day” on March 31 of this year.
Immunizations
or
Infor
mation concerning them may
be obtained from fam ily phy
sicians or local public health
departments.
tri.
The 1968 mumps total was
1,025 but incidence of this dis
ease can be expected to de
crease In the future because
an effective vaccine is now
available through private physi
cians.
Although German measles
cases dropped to 625 In 1968,
compared to 986 in 1967, epid
emiologists expect the disease
to occur in epidemic pro
portions over the country In
1970 or 1971. However, a Ger-
iricasles vaccine
Is
expected to be ready this spring
to head off the disease, which
is relatively harmless to child
ren hut causes serious con-
enltal birth defects when con
tracted by mothers In their
firs t three months of pregnancy.
Studies are now being made
nationally and locally to deter
mine which age groups w ill
receive the vaccine firs t. Since
Sales Tax Fight
Brings Voter
Register Drive
SAI EM— The Oregon A F L -
CIO today urged all union mem
bers throughout the state to
check their voter registration
status and If not registered to
become registered Immediate
ly.
Edward J. Whelan, president
of the state labor body, said
that all unions and county and
area labor councils have been
requested to make voter reg
istration their number one ob
jective In order to Insure de
feat of the “ 111-concelved sales
tax measure which majority
party leaders in the Oregon
legislature have determined
w ill be offered as property tax
re lie f.”
The state AFL-CIO, Whelan
aikied, is cooperating with all
groups who are attempting to
Inform the puvple concerning
the tact that what Is about to
be offered for their consider
ation Is neither tax relief nor
additional fundi ft ■ adw a tt i .
•’With the Ikiuse tax coin»
mlttee action today sending die
sales tax package to die flm r
and die Senate tax committee
indicating consistently that It
w ill go along with the House
leadership moves, the citizens
of Oregon are faced with not
only an additional tax but with
changes In the baste school
support fund formula of state
aid with which no one knows
what the effect w ill be on most
1« < al school d is tric ts ,” Whelan
t>aid.
"F u rth e rm o re , die legis
lative
leaders
who have
approved this package have re
jected the advice of most tax
economists In locking certain
tax and school support matters
In die constitution as well as
dedicating steadily Increasing
tax revenue fo r a specific pur
pose.
" n il s could very well lead
to a shortage of funds for other
essential needs In the neai
future and thus compound Ore
gon’ s application of Its revenue
resources tor essential needs.”
Commercial Fish
License R aise On
The House Committee on Fish
and Game of the C ie g c c Legis
lature will have a hearing in
Salem Thursday,February 27, at
3 p. m ., in Capitol Room 19A
on House Bill 1130 which will
increase the commercial fish
ing license fees effective Jan
uary 1, 1970, amending ORS
508. 285.
This bill will increase reven
ues from commercial fishing
license fees by approximately
50 per cent. This fee increase is
included in the Governor's rec
ommended budget and is pro
posed to partially reimburse the
General Fund for various pro
gram improvements in the Fish
Commission's programs relating
to increased production of an-
adromous fish.
School Zone
Caution Asked
Oregon
motorists
were
cautioned today to check their
speedometers when driving
through school zones.
According to the T raffic
Safety Commission, Oregon law
sets the designated speed when
passing
school grounds or
school crossings at 20 mph.
This Is In effect when child
ren are going to and from
school
or
during
recess
periods.
“ If you’ re not fa m ilia r with
school hours,” explained a
Commission spokesman, “ It’ s
a good rule of thumb to de
crease your speed anytime you
are pass trig a school. Ih e re
are any number of reasons why
children could be on the way to
and
from
school
during
irre g u la r boura.”
He rem lndel drivers that
children are not as safety con
scious as they should be. **ln
their mind Is a tra ffic acci
dent,” die spokes'rush said.
“ School children are thinking
of activities that lie ahead-
walking, talking, perhaps ever'
running.
"They may readily step out
Into the street, not realizing
just how long It takes fo r a
car to stoii. And, of course,
the faster you are driving, the
longei
It
would take you
to stop."
The Commission reported
that 22 pedestrian fatalities in
1967 Involved youngsters under
14. Another 469 were Injured.
“ No one wants to be re
sponsible fo r the death of a
child, or fo r maiming him for
life ,*' the spokesman concluded.
“ Expect children to be care
less; be prepared anu watch
that speed In school zones.”
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