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Voi. 12 No. 10 School Election Monday jPort örford Arms Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon 97465 Price: Ten Cents Thursday,June S, 1969 Pacific Seniors Graduate Sunday Forty-six Pacific high school seniors will receive diplomas in baccalaureate and commence ment exercises Sunday, June 8, in the high school gym. The program will include: Processional,by the high school band; invocation by Rev. R.L. Sharp,Assembly of God Church; introductions by senior c la s s president Ken Bess; Salutatory Address by J e a n n i n e Parks; "You'll Never Walk Alone, " sang by the choir; Baccalaure ate Address by Rev. E. A.Haight, Brush Prairie Church of God; Valedictory Address by G le n Libby; presentation of awards by Pacific high school principal John W ahl; Commencement Address by Tom Radcliffe; class roll,Michelle Deets,senior class secretary; presentation of diplo mas by chairman of the school board John Mayea; Recessional by the high school band. TRAFFIC has been using the new Elk River bridge for a little more than two weeks while contractors are working over t i m e to complete paving of highway approaches. The new route eliminates hazard of former narrow winding highway and old wooden bridge. Dellenback Seeks Postal Reform Congressman John Dellen employees, Dellenback advised back has introduced a bill to that, if the customary policy create a self-supporting, gov were followed of looking to ernment-owned U. S. Postal Congressmen for recommenda Service. He joined nearly 50 tions, he intended to adopt a colleagues in a bipartisan ef nonpartisan procedure infilling fort to reorganize the Post postal vacancies. He has long Office Department. advocated reorganization to "We can no longer risk the give the nation a modern, eff economic damage and personal icient and well-managed postal hardship of a complete break system. “ This reform is years down in the mail service. The overdue and I urge Congress Christmas 1966 standstill in to give it immediate consid Chicago was a warning to ev eration," Dellenback conclud ery major post office that pos ed. tal reform is an urgent nation al requirement," Dellenback said. [C O U N T Y N E W S j "A mere face lifting will not end the continuing c y c le of higher postage rates and b il lion dollar deficit," he added. In regular business the Board "Only total reorganization of of County Commissioners ap the postal system will insure proved the refund of $134.46, fast, dependable and low-cost erroneous t a x assessment on mail service. For the postal timber in Code 2-4, to Melita worker this sweeping reform Kam p; and, also a pprove d the re - will provide the improved work classification of Mrs. Bea Arm ing conditions, better facilities strong from machine accountant and Increased benefits which to chief accountant. he deserves. The commission approved an "We have seen sound busi increase in salary for W. T. ness practices lead to im Tankersley,director, and Sylvia provements in the public util Locke, steno-clerk, both of the ities and we should achieve Juvenile Department. these same results if we apply Wednesday morning, the Wel proven management techniques fare Commission m et with the to the postal service," he add board of county commissioners ed. with the following members at The measure calls for: tending; Tom Ayres, chairman, 1. removal of post office from Betsey Machines, F r e d Flynn, the cabinet; Mrs.Grace McKenzie and case 2. new and extensive collec worker Linda Redford. tive bargaining rights for pos The regular afternoon road tal employees; meeting was held with Lot Rob 3. bond financing for major inson, Myron Baumer and com Improvements; missioners Tucker and Hale a t 4. a fair and orderly pro tending. The following report cedure for changing postal was heard: rates, subject to congression Construction is progressing on al review; W inchuck. 5. regular reports to Con A. C. mix will start to be laid gress to facilitate congression an the Wedderbum road next al oversight of the postal sys week. tem. Crushing of rock for road use Under the proposal a nine- is behind because of repairs. member board of directors se Sporthaven maintenance will lected without regard to polit be prepared for the Azalea Fes ical affiliation would administer tival. the self-supporting operation. Crusher w i l l be moved to Postal employees will retain Rogue River for summer gravel their civil service annuity run. rights, veteran’s preference Jack McLeod discussed the and other benefits. It also pro Wedderbum road with the com vides, for the first time in missioners. history, true collective bar In other business the commis gaining In the postal system. s io n approved the amount of Before the administration el $25 for an indigent case. iminated political patronage from the selection of postal Annual Ambulance Fined On 2 Counts Meeting Changed Monty William Knight, 18, Port Orford, received fines on two separate counts from mun icipal judge Loraine Haines. Cn May 22, Knight pled guilty to a charge or minor in pot sets ion and was fined $150. May 26 he pled guilty to discharging fire arms inside the city and was fined $25. The annual ambulance as sociation meeting will be Tues day, J une 3, at the Port Orford g r a d e school library at 7:30 p. m . The association is in ur gent need of volunteers. If the association is taxable to g e t more volunteers there will be no alternative but to discontin ue ambulance service in the Port Crfard-Laaglols area. Local Students To Get Degrees Ckegon State University—A record 3,300 degrees will be conferred Sunday, J u n e 8, at Ctegon State University's 100th commencement program. The total includes about 2, - 500 bachelor's degrees and 800 advanced degrees. The number of seniors graduating this year is nearly 500 more than a year ago. Diplomas will carry special Centennial seals as part of the OSU 100th y e a r observance, which will end with the com mencement exercises. Sixteen distinguished alumni w i l l be given Alumni Centennial A- wards as a part of the program. The graduation program is scheduled in Gill Coliseum at 2 p.m . Four tickets have been given to each graduate for rela tives and friends and the ticket holders are expected to fill the giant building. Television coverage of the entire program will be provided by KOAP-TV,Channel 10, Port land,andKQAC-TV, Channel 7, Corvallis. Local area students who are candidates for degrees include: Port O rfo rd : Janet Marie Dougherty, Humanities and So cial Sciences; Mary Lou Bates, Christine Anne Johnson, Susan K ay Rush, Home Economics; William Lloyd Bates, Doctor of Philosophy. Mayea Elected Vice President UNUSUAL, is this log discovered at the Tampco mill at Euchre Creek by Earl Barrington of Port Orford. The log was being peeled for box veneer when lathe operator ran into an embedded limb that had been wired to tree. Spec- ■ilation is thatthe limb may have been wired to small tree as long as a hundred years ago, maybe for use as part of clothes line by a pioneer family. Local Man Falls From Rock Cliff Ron Worthington, 21, Port Or fo rd , escaped serious injuries l a t e Sunday when he and his wife were beachcombing o n Agate Beach and he fell from a rocky point about 45 feet to a rock ledge. The incident occur red just before 9 p. m. Mrs. Worthington called for help at Agate Beach Trailer Court and owner Howard Beas ley assisted ambulance drivers Elmer Bens and Bill Steinmetz, deputy sheriff Les Knight, city police chief Vic Lanham and Gary Reese carry the man from the area by stretcher. He was taken to Curry General Hospital for treatment and observation and released. Dr. Jack Brookins, president of Southwestern Oregon Com munity College, addressed the spring meeting of the Curry County School Boards Associa tion last Monday evening at the Sunset Motor Inn, Gold Beach. Forty members of the organi zation were present at the an nual dinner to honor new and retiring school board members. Bud Smith from the Brook- lngs-Harbor district was re elected president; John Mayea from the Port Orford-Langlois district was elected vice pres ident, and Richard Larkin, sup erintendent of the Gold Beach school district, will serve as secretary for the coming year. SEE STO R Y COLUMN — 8 The voters of the Port Ctford- Langlois School District 2 CJ will vote for the second time on June 9, 1969, on proposition to exceed the six per cent statu- to r y increase of the 1969-70 school budget. The school dis trict budget was reduced $70, - 692 over that amount that was turned down by the voters at the May 5 election. This reduction was made by the action of the district budget committee at its meeting on May 8, 1969. More accurate estimate of anticipated income and tax off set monies from sources other than property taxes has been re ceived from the State Depart ment on die Basic School Sup port which will be $123, 889. 22. This is $14, 536.46 mere than was estimated on the earlier basic school apportionment.The budget will be reduced by $14, - S36.46 prior to sending die bud get to the assessor to be posted on the tax rolls. This method of reduction is necessary because the school district did not re ceive notice of this increase apportionment in time to be in cluded in the publication of the ballot. The district tax levy for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1969, will be $459, 692. That which will exceed the six per cent limitation and will require the voters' approval is $265, - 754. Last year the tax levy was $510, 862. The amount outside six per cent limitation that was approved b y the voters w as $326,141. The total tax levy for the 1969-70 school year will be $51,270 less than that of the current school year. With the reductions stated a- bove your school taxes should be lower n e x t year over that which was paid this school year, a school district: spokesman said. CLASS OFFICERS Peggy J° Armstrong, Kenneth Bess, Michael Blackshear, Leslie Senior class officers are: pres Brown, Jerry Carpenter, Philip ident, Ken Bess; vice-president, Calvin Higgins; secretary,M ich- C o p e , Michelle Deets, Sharon elle Deets; treasurer, Barbara D enn, Barbara D o n a ld s o n , Donaldson; Sgt. at arms, David George Edwards, Randy Elliott, Knapp; class representative, Ar Bene Fisher, Fred Guerin,John H a tm a k e r , Calvin Higgins, ne J ohnscn. Class flower is the Yellow Richard Hodge, Larry Hofsess, Rose, colors are green and yel Peggyjcnsen, Arne Johns on,Ter low, and the motto is "To Be esa Keith, David Knapp, Linda The Best of Whatever We Are. " Knutson Krick, Thomas Kreutzer, Kathy Krick, Glen Libby, Ronda CLASS MEMBERS LongjamesManicke.KentMar- Cheryl McDaniel Adamyk, tin, Lester Moore, Frank Neely, Jeannine Parks, Dell dee P ie r, LeeottLs Potter, D e b ra Reese, Kenneth Rodgers,Fremont Scott Rose, Dave Sharp, Darla Smith, Janice S m ith , Milton Smith, Valorie Stiegler, Patrick Still, WUliam Strain, William Thom as, Michael Wahl. Ushers for the ceremonies Harold L. Berry, who one month ago was hired cn the city will be National Honor Society police department, resigned his members Linda Bess, Tam Han position as of May 31 because na, Hazel Hofsess and Richard the salary did not m eet his fi Rush. Class advisors a r e Dianne nancial needs. Police chief Vic Lanham said that a replacement Weihe,Tom Radcliffe.and Vin has been hired to fill the posi cent Tamassi. tion. The new officer is Gary Reese, 21,who will begin his duties on General Telephone Friday,June 6, foil owing his dis charge from the Coast Guard at Announces New Bandon, Reese, a Petty Officer 2nd Class, is a member of the District Manager Coquille police reserves and is ‘It’s about like returning studying basic law enforcement home,’ says Dale Rongey, new a t SWOCC. ly appointed district manager He and his wife, Naomi, will for General Telephone Com reside at Price's Anchor Inn. pany’s Coos Bay District serv They have no children. ing territory. His appointment Is effective June I. He’ll succeed Bob McKenzie who has transferred to a special staff assignment J ack F. Br idges, 41, Gol d Be ach, with the company’s Southern was arrested Friday evening at Area headquarters In Beaver the Curry county jail far pos ton. session o f marijuana and at The Coos Bay District Is tempting to smuggle marijuana responsible for service to into the county jail. Curry county joined the rest some 30,000 telephones In Coos The sheriff's office said Brid of the state Tuesday in soundly Bay, North Bend, Empire, Co ges is alleged to have tried defeating th e proposed state quille, Gold Beach, Lakeside, smuggling one lid of marijuana sales tax,by nearly a 10-1 mar- Langlois, Myrtle Point, Port into the jail by placing the nar in. Curry county voters said NO Orford, Powers, Reedsport and cotic inside his sock.He is pre , 0S8 times and YES only 327 other neighboring communities. sently serving 50 days as a work The district employs more release prisoner, serving time times. County Clerk B. I. Mather said than 200 local men and women. weekends, as a result of being that 58 per cent of the county arrested for hit-and-run driving voters turned out. Total state while under the influence of a l figures were not available at cohol about two months ago in WEATHER press time but the measure was Gold Beach. Date Max Min Rain another historic failure. The Friday arrest was made June 1 74 54 .00 after a skin search revealed a June 2 77 50 .00 vegetable substance encased in June 3 58 49 .00 wrapping pa;x:r in the man's sock. 4-H T ra il Riders Officer Quits New One Hired Arrested On Dope Charge Sales Tax Defeated f Choose Route The 4-H Trail Ride will be up the Winchuck River this year and Is tentatively scheduled for July 13-19. The route Is expected to go through Bear Wallow, Cotton wood Camp, Vulcan lake area, Johnson’s Butte and on to Tag gart’s Bar or Quail Prairie. Curry County Sheriff’s Posse members will check out the trail on June 6, 7 and 8. The ladles’ trail ride will take place after the county fair, starting on Aug. 10, or possib ly Aug. 17, depending on the snow In the Cascades where the riders plan to go this year. Wayne Morrell, director of vocal music for School Dis trict 2CJ, wishes to express his thanks to everyone tn the district who helped with the vocal music program during the past school year. Christmas Tree Field Day A t Knapp Ranch Saturday Shearing pine trees for max imum value as Christmas trees will be demonstrated Saturday, June 7, starting at 10 a.m. on the Harold Knapp ranch Just north of Port Orford. Resources experts will cover Information of interest to the beginner as well as the “ old timers” in the business. Gary Sander, OSU extension forester; J. L. "Slim” M iller,statefarm forester; Jerry Proutt, Soil Conservation Service conser vationist and Knapp will share In the Instruction. Topics to be covered will In clude site and specie selection, soil testing and preparation, planting methods, weed, Insect and disease control, fertiliza tion and cultural practices. "Shearing Is essential to produce quality trees," says Knapp. This practice will be an important part of the pro gram. Knapp also has a new planting machine that he will demonstrate. The Knapp "ranch is located at the west end of Knapp Rd. The road leaves Highway 101 at Western Builders Supply about 1 1/2 miles north of Port Orford, and directional signs will point the way. The market for quality trees is growing while that for trees cut in the wild is declining. Christmas trees can be a sup plemental source of Income for a farmer or for retired persons who want something to do. Summer Camping The local Assembly of God Church has established Its summer camping plans for boys aged eight years and up. The first campout is secheduled for June 20 overnight to the 21st. This camp will Involve camp cooking (Sour-dough hotcakes), gold panning, and swimming. Other camping events following will Involve hiking, swim ming Instruction, fishing, sur- vlal camping (No food), safe gun handling and firing (Boys will not bring their firearm s) and a lot of Just good camping fun. A camping event will be scheduled tor each week follow ing the 20th of June. Interest ed parties may contact Rev. R. L. Sharp, phone 332-2056. A.D.C. Boys welcome regard less of church affiliation. CONTRACTORS are working against time to permit the opening of the new Rainbow Cafe, across from Battle Rock State P ark , by Saturday, June 14. Operator of the cafe will be Mrs. Pauline Hand of l^ucky Lodge, up-river from Cold Reach. Owner of the new building is Agnes Leutwyler. $ 1 J
