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Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon 97465
Vol. 11 No. 51
Fire Destroys Home, Pickup
Price: Ten Cents
Thursday, March 20, 1969
Ore. Storm Loss Is s3 Million
Curry County Recreation
Appraisal Nears Finish
A FIRE of unknown origin destroyed the home of Wendell Buchelle, Paradise Point Road, about 10:30 a. m. Tuesday.
Also lost in the blaze were furnishings, personal effects and a pickup parked in an attached garage. Mr. Buchelle was re­
portedly in Coos Bay when the fire broke out.
Charity Bridge Tournament
Slated Here Tomorrow Night
Bill Sweet, president of the
Port Orford-Gold Beach Dupli-
c a t e Bridge unit,reminds all
bridge fans to join the world's
Largest Bridge Tournament- »
continent-wide charity game in
which,right here in Port O fard,
you can play the same hands as
the country's leading experts are
facing in the Spring National
Championships at the Sheraton-
Cleveland Hotel in Cleveland,
Ohio. The game w ill be played
onFriday evening, March 21, at
the Legion hall. Play w ill begin
at 8 p. m.
The entry fee of $2. 50 per
player is tax deductible. It ben­
efits t h e Am erican Contract
Bridge League Charity F u nd ,
which has contributed over $2, -
500, 000 to worthy m edical re­
search organizations, a n d the
social-w elfare groups. The game
w ill be played in mere than 200
cities in the United States and
Canada. It is now expected that
more than 20, 000 players w ill
take part, m a k i n g this the
world's largest bridge touma-
Commissioners
Weekly Report
The board of county com ­
missioners m et with members
of the press for a general dis­
cussion relating to county pub­
li c r e l a t i o n s . Attending the
m eeting w e r e Dick Keusink,
Brookings-Harbor Pilot; P a u l
Peterson, Port Orford News; Bob
Van Leer, Curry County Report­
er; Marge Barrett, The World;
and Wayne Julier, Mayor, C ity
of Gold Beach.
By Resolution the commission
authorized the Curry County law
enforcement department to par­
ticipate in the Omnibus Crime
and Safe StreetControl A ct pas­
sed by Congress anjune 19, 1968.
Commissioner Gene C o le-
grove attended a hearing held
at Salem March 11, pertaining
to the Chetco river bridge.
Telegram s opposing HB No.
1459, relative to changing jus­
tice courts and forming district
courts, were directed to State
Senator Yturri and Representa­
tive Smith.
The regular Wednesday after­
noon road m eeting was held
with Ed Sypher, Myron Baumer,
Lot Robinson and commissioners
Ira Tucker and Glen Hale at­
tending. The following report
was made by personnel of the
road department.
Work and construction con­
tinuing on Hunter Creek Heights
road.
Pine Street in Brookings being
based in.
Slip out on south bank of
Chetco river w ill be stabilized.
This is a sizeable problem.
Lobster Creek bridge is to be
repaired. The 74 foot span to
have one set of pilings in the
center.
Manhole has been placed and
levellin g w ill be done at the
fairgrounds.
Hensley Hill slide, Port Orford,
to be stabilized.
ment. Liberal Master Point a-
wards are given for the best
scores in e ach lo cal game. Prizes
are awarded for the best three
scores, continent-wide, and the
best two scores in each of the
24 districts of the ACBL.
For further information, play­
ers a r e asked to ccntact Mrs.
Esther Conley, secretary of the
group. A ll bridge players are
cordially invited to take part in
this tournament.
Last year, a sim ilar tourna­
m ent was played at the Legion
hall in Part Crfard. They took
in$100from the event. Ed Con­
le y was director for this game
and w ill again act in the same
capacity.
Grants approved by the ABCL
Charity Foundation since 1964
include the Salt Institute of Bi­
ological studies; the National
T. B. Association; the National
Cystis Fibrosis Research Foun­
dation; Child Welfare League;
Am erican Cancer Society; Na­
tional Council for Homemaker
Services; Arthritis Foundation;
Howell Laboratory of Ophthal­
mology; National Society o f
Crippled Children and Adults;
National J e w i s h Hospital at
Denver; NationalAssociation of
Neuro-Muscular Diseases; Fam­
ily Service Foundation; Nation­
al Association of R e t a r d e d
Children; Leader Dog for the
Blind; A llergy Foundation o f
Am erica; and the Cancer Soc­
iety of Canada.
Senior Citizens Form
"Port Crford Senior Citizens"
is: he name of the new club or­
ganized on Monday night at die
Am erican Legion hall, with a -
bout 30 people present. This
group has been m eeting togeth­
er for potluck and fun for some
tim e and now w ill be able to
join the National Federation of
Senior Citizen clubs.
Mrs. Dow Clam o is president
of the group and Mrs. Wes Zum­
w alt issecretary-treasurer.Dues
w ill be $1 per year and all old­
er citizens are invited to m eet
with them.
A t the next m eeting the or­
ganization w ill be completed
with the by-laws to be adopted
and the appointment of com ­
m ittees.
EXEMPTION DEADLINE
Curry county tax exemption
holders are reminded by the
Curry County Assessor's Office
to turn in their applications on
or before the first day of April.
This pertains to the War Veter­
ans and the widows of War V et­
erans, Senior Citizens over the
age of 65 and with a household
of less than $2500 per year, and
the Senior Citizen's T ax Defer­
ral exemption holders.
Green Belt exemption holders
are also reminded to file their
applications on or before March
31.
Sixes Native Is Game Director
LESLIE ZUMWALT
L eslie Zumwalt, age 51,
supervisor fo r the Game Com­
mission’ s northwest region
since June of 1950, was appoint­
ed to assistant game director
replacing Clark Walsh, recently
deceased.
Zumwalt and his wife, Mary,
have three daughters, 18-year-
old K im berly, and 16-year-oid
twins, L o ri and L e s li. He is
a native Oregonian, and was
born and raised in the Sixes,
Port Orford area.
John McKean, state game
d ire cto r, made this announce­
ment following the screening
of a number of qualified can­
didates. McKean saidthatZum -
walt was selected fo r his out­
standing
adm inistrative ac­
complishments
through the
many years he has worked fo r
the Commission. He has also
often taken over administrative
duties of the entire department
when the board of commission­
ers and director were obligated
to attend out-of-state meetings
and hearings, and has assisted
Walsh on many occasions as
well as all through his recent
illness.
Zumwalt has been with the
Oregon
Game Commission
since January 1940 following
his graduation from Oregon
State U niversity in the biolog­
ical and marine sciences. He
served in the armed forces
during World War n as a 1st
Lieutenant. Following his dis­
charge he was appointed dis­
tr ic t game biologist fo r the
south coastal area and remain­
ed in that position until his
appointment to regional super­
viso r in 1950.
Zumwalt has received many
plaudits fo r his work in what
is known as the most d ifficu lt
and complex game and fish
management area in the state.
In 1966 he received the W ild­
life Conservationist of the Year
award fo r outstanding achieve­
ment in conservation sponsored
annually by the Oregon W ildlife
Federation, the National W ild­
life Federation, and the Sears-
Roebuck Foundation.
An appraisal of potentials for
outdoor recreation development
is the latest project of the Cur­
ry County Technical A c t i o n
Panel, said Jerry Proutt, panel
chairman.
The appraisal is designed to
help groups and individuals by
pointing out the potential for
certain types of recreation en­
terprises. The report, now in the
final preparation process, con­
siders the county as a unit and
no attempt has been made to
appraise individual s i t e s for
recreation development. Ten
kinds of outdoor recreation were
appraised with certain key e le ­
ments used as factors to deter­
mine their potential.
Key elements used include
clim ate, scenery, natural areas,
soils, existing wate: areas, pop­
ulation of people within 20 and
300 miles areas of influence, in­
come levels, proximity and a c ­
cess, and access roads.
Kinds of outdoor recreation
and their potentials in Curry
county are as follows: vacation
cabins, cottages and horn esites—
h ig h ; camping grounds—high;
picnic and field sports areas—
low; warm water fishing areas—
low; cold water and salt water
fishing areas—high; golf cour­
ses—medium; small game hunt­
ing areas—medium; big game
hunting—high; natural, scenic
and historic areas—high; riding
stables — medium; v a c a t i o n
farms and ranches—high; and
water sports areas—medium.
The appraisal w ill be printed
if funds can be found for this
job, noted Proutt.
The Technical Action Panel
ism adeup of representatives of
county, state and federal agen­
cies operating in Curry county
as w ell as representation from
Coos-Curry Electric Coopera­
tive. Agencies represented in­
clude Soil Conservation Service,
Farmers Home Administration,
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service, U. S. For­
est Service, OSU Extension Ser­
vice, State Employment Service,
State Farm Forester, State Game
Commission, Curry Community
Action ftogram, County Board
of Commissioners, County Soil
and Water Conservation District,
County Health De partaient, Coos
Forest Protective Association,
andschool Vocational A gricul­
ture Department.
Purpose of the panel is to as­
sist rural people and rural com ­
munities identify the services
they need for econom ic, social
and cultural growth, and locate
and secure the needed services.
The panel also assists individ­
uals and groups with economic
development plans, community
development projects, inven­
tories and surveys. It also serves
the purpose of providing infor­
mation on each agency's ser­
vices so individual agency rep­
resentatives c a n better serve
the local people.
Last year the TAP collected,
inventoried,and made a library
of all studies,surveys and reports
done on Curry county over the
past years. The library has been
made available to the County
Planning Commission for the
development of arequiredcom -
prehensive w a t e r and sewer
study and a land use map. Plan­
ning Commission members es­
tim ate this library has saved the
county many dollars that would
have been spent in locating and
researching the information.The
library has been com pletely in­
dexed and cross referenced.
The Curry TAP meets once
eachmcnthon.the second Tues­
day. Visitors are welcom e to at­
t e n d meetings. A t the March
m eeting the panel discussed the
l o c a l de vel opm ent company
programs with Mr. Robert Gay­
nor of the Sm all Business A d ­
ministration.
Tax Group
Forms Here
A North Curry Tax Associa­
tion was formed here recently
w i t h Herb Morrell, Sixes, as
president; Vance Noble, P o r t
O r fo r d , secretary; and Lela
Hubbs, Port Orford, treasurer.
Prime purpose of the group
is to seek property tax relief at
the county lev el, a spokesman
said. They cite operating costs
of the court house and other
projects as areas that could be
curtailed to provide tax relief.
An N. C .T . A , advertisement
appearing an page 3 seeks tax­
payer support for presentation
to the county budgetcom m ittee.
SCOUTS TO
SELL COOKIES
The Girl Scouts w ill be sel­
ling cookies Thursday,March20,
at Pacific Super Market and
M cKay's Market. The cookies
are $1 a box.
Travel Trailer
Group Formed
The first m eeting of the Cur­
ry Travel Trailer Association
was held March 12, at the Rod
'n Reel Restaurant in Wedder-
bum. Temporary officers were
elected and committees form­
ed to m eet the various needs of
this association.
Represented at the m eeting
were the following firms: Brook­
ings-Harbor area—Chetco Trav­
el Trailer R e s o r t , Driftwood
Travel Trailer Retreat. G o ld
Beach-Wedderbum a r e a —Del
Rogue, Anglers, Jot's, Amtzens,
LuckyLodge, Rogue River Park,
F o u r Seasons Trailer Resort.
Port Orford area—Arizona Beach.
Any travel trailer parks wish­
ing additional information or to
join this association please con­
tact any of the above mention­
ed resorts.
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Chamber Names
New Committees
Members of five new com ­
mittees were named by cham ­
ber of c o m m e r c e president
Maude W e ir at an executive
board meeting Monday noon at
the Galley.
Rev.Dan Parsons w ill head up
a youth committee composed of
Doyle (keen, Don Tate a n d
Johnny Mayea.
fra Tucker was named chair­
man of the county affairs com ­
m ittee, with Evelyn Moir and
A llen Boice.
Ruth Wahl and Delbert Neal
were appointed to a com m ittee
an city affairs and Bill May, Jim
Riedlinger,Harold Robinson and
Paul Peterson were named to a
c i t y parks com m ittee. Flash
Owens will chairman the cham ­
b e r auction, assisted by J.B.
Kosta, Dale Bartlett, A1 and Bill
Steinmetz.
No date has been set for the
auction, to raise July 4 funds,
butmembers were urged to start
collecting items to be sold at
the event.
Owens and John Campbell
were appointed to study the pos­
sibility of erecting signs at eith­
er end of the city directing peo­
ple to Battle Rock Park, the
Marine Lab and Dock.
A letter was read from Gold
Beach chamber president Lois
Whitehead setting the date for
the joint chamber dinner, with
Gold Beach hosting,for Wednes­
day, April 16, at the Rogue R iv­
er Cafe. The dinner clim axes a
membership drive contest wen
by the local club. An alternate
date of April 17 w ill be sug­
gested to the Gold Beach organ­
ization.
President Weir announced that
Curry county home extension
agent Jane Shearer • w ill share
the program with Mr. and Mrs.
Stuart Tompkins at the charp-
ber dinner m eeting next Mon­
day night at the G alley. Miss
Shearer w ill speak on the coun­
ty's ten-year planning jwogram
and the Tompkins w ill talk on
their life in Hawaii. The m eet­
ing w ill start at 7:30 p. m .
It was agreed that the cham ­
ber would purchase supplies for
driftwood novelties to be made
by Mrs.Weir.The novelties w ill
be given away at the April state
E. S. A . Sorority convention in
Coos Bay.
Brief discussion was also held
on the July 4 celebration but no
action was taken. Under consid­
eration was how many days of
activities should be scheduled,
button sales, and the queen con­
test.
Childrens Clinic
Slated In May
Western Oregon farmers suf­
fered a loss of almost $3 m il-
l i o n due to the heavy snow
storms earlier this year, Gover­
nor Tom M cC all reported today.
He saida final report received
today from his storm damage
com m ittee headed by Director
of Agricur ire W a l t e r Leth,
showed these most recent losses
to be $1,274,500 to crops, $1, -
048, 295 to farm b u i l d i n g s ,
$613,415tolivestock,and$34, -
389 to farm machinery.
The governor pointed out that
the figures must be recognized
as estimates only but are un­
doubtedly more accurate than
some earlier figures released
during and im m ediately after
the snow storms. Joe Cox, as­
sistant director of the Extension
Service at Corvallis, directed
the gathering of the current re­
port and assembled the m aterial
from field estimates obtained
through each county extension
office.
M cC all said that virtually all
of the crop losses occurred in
C l a c k a m a s and Multnomah
counties, w ith potatoes account­
ing for mare tlun $900,000 crop
loss in the two counties. Potatoes
that were still unharvested due
to prior wet weather froze in the
ground. Nursery crop and small
fruit losses were substantial in
Multnomah county at a com ­
bined $250, 000.
The governor said damage
and destruction to hay and liv e ­
stock bams accounted for 65 per
cent of the building losses and
were heaviest in Lane ($411, -
245), Lincoln ($259, 000), and
Douglas ($132, 500) counties.
Douglas,Coos and Lane coun­
ties suffered brunt of the liv e ­
stock and poultry losses, which
hit 11 other counties an lesser
scale. M cC all said sheep and
lam b losses of 37,917 head were
valued at mare than $410, 000.
C attle losses were put at $56, -
868, the governor reported.
Pastor Asked
To Remain Here
A t a specially called congre­
gational m eeting following the
morning service Sunday, March
16, an unanimous call was ex­
tended to the Rev. Harold M.
Best to become the permanent
pastor of the Port Orford Com ­
munity Church. Pastor Best was
extended an invitation to be the
interim pastor of the church last
January for a six month period.
Rev. and Mrs. Best now live in
Coos Bay but w ill be moving to
Port Orford in the near future.
The Bests have two children,
Dr. Harold MacArthur Best, who
is a distinguished organist and
composer and head of the music
department of the Nyack Mis-
s ion a r y C ollege, Nyack, New
York, and Mrs. Sara Jane Kissee
whose husband is pastor of the
Christian and Missionary A l ­
liance Church, Coos Bay.
"The Crippled Children's
Division o f the University of COMMUNITY CHOIR
CreganM edical School, and the FORMS FOR EASTER
Curry County Health Depart­
A Community Choir, under
ment, w ill sponsor a free Diag­ t h e direction o f Mr. Wayne
nostic Crippled Children's C lin ­ Merrell, will be formed to sing
ic for orthopedic defects, at the at the Easter Sunrise service to
Health Department in G o ld be h e l d at the* Pacific high
B e a c h an Thursday, May 8. school.
Patients will be seen on refer­
There w ill be two rehearsals
ral from their private physicians. for this choral group at the Zion
If you are interested in an Lutheran Chirch, 2 p. m. March
appointment please contact the 23 .uid 30. A ll interested adults
Curry County Health Depart­ in the community are invited
m ent in Gold Beach.
to cam e and sing.
Sex Bill Dies
The bill to require sex ed­
ucation in public schools is dead
in the Senate Education Com ­
m ittee following a Monday vote
to table it.
Sex education can now be the
option of any school district,
some of which already provide
the subject.
The bill caused a furor around
the state when parents objected
to schools teaching sex when
they thought it hould be taught
by parents. Other opponents ob­
jected on the principle that the
legislature should not tell the
schools what they should teach,
and t h a t some of the subject
matter was questionable.
Speaker Slated
The Port Crford Community
Church will have a guest speak­
er at both the 11 a.m . and 7:30
p. m. services next 'S u n d a y ,
March 23,MissMarie He ineman,
who for tw enty-five years has
been a teacher in Burundi, A fri­
ca, under the World Gospel Mis­
sion. A t the evening service she
will show pictures of her work.
ONLY four men and a woman attended the 9 a. m. m eeting with Congressman John Dellenback last Friday. Despite the
small turnout, the Congressman spent his scheduled hour here discussing OCC Funds, Federal Forest Receipts, the draft
and several other matters before leaving to speak to the Bandon high school student body.