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jPnrf ©rford Vol. 12 No. 18 ---------- ---------------------- -— — — .............................................................................................................. ---- ------------------------------------------------ Port Orford, Curry County, Ore zoo 97465 Price: Ten Cenw Z T ~ ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------— -------------------- _ _ ______________________________________ __________________ Thursday, July 31,1969 Commissioner Gene Cole- grove attended a road meeting held by Yamhill and Tillamook counties. Forming a caravan, the group viewed the BLM lands and Tillamook burn. The com missioner reported that the ses sion was both interesting and in formative. An order hiring Penny L. Col vin as clerk steno 1, in the road department office was approved by the board of commissioners. An agreement between the county and U. S. Plywood Cor poration for gravel removal at a c o s t of 15 cents per cubic yard, to be effective August 1, 1969, was approved. Si Cox and Fred Jeeter of the S t a t e Highway Commission m et with the county commis sion to discuss the new beach law and presented the county with a ’one map of Curry coun ty. The Welfare Commission met in regular session w ith com missioners Tucker, Hale a n d Colegrove,and Grace McKenzie, Welfare board member fro m Port Orford, and Betsey Machi nes, administrator of the Wel fare division. The board m et with the road department Wednesday after noon. Attending were commis sioners Tucker and Hale, and Bruce Shaner, county engineer and Ed S y p h e r, construction foreman. It was reported that the fair grounds road and other requests made by the fair board will be ready by fair time. Third street project, city of Gold Beach, is nearing comple tion. Plans regarding management have been started and should be somewhat finalized in the near future. Street superintendent Lee, and engineer Riley of the city of BrookingSjdiscussedfuture plans for permanent construction on city streets. Two Injured In Head-On Two men were injured and the drivers of b o th cars were given citations as the result of a head-on collision on Floras Creek road about 5:30 p. m .last Friday night near th e Lloyd Kreutzer farm. According to the Curry coun ty sheriff's o f f i a e a vehicle driven by Bill Knickerbocker, 38,Langlois, containing passen gers Sp/4 Merlin Lards and his two brothers, was ounding a bad tu r n when it was hit by a ve hicle driven by Cleve Piatt of Bandon. Merlin Lords suffered a frac tured right leg and Knicker bocker a chipped pelvic bone and minor abrasions. Lords was taken to Keizer Hospital in North B end a n d Knickerbocker to Southern General Hospital in Bandon by Mrs. Kreutzer. Citations w e re issued to Knickerbocker for no operator's license, jnd to Piatt for improp er lane usage. Hospital To Raise Rates Wnj-IS L LOWE, 49, Brookings, escaped injuries Friday morning when the right front tire of his logging truck blew out and torced the truck into the ditch about seven miles below Bandon. The accident happened about 10:50 a m as Lowe was going north, empty, from Western States Plywood where he is hauling to from the Dan Kirkpatrick logging op eration on Coos River. When the tire blew, the front axle also broke loose, dropping the front of the truck into the ditch, intoPthe8 brLlulth SUCH that broke 1OOSe an<J Went OVer the ttuck cab> across >he highway (see photo) and Commissioners Confirm Plan To Lease Dry Creek Land Plans to lease a 640 acre ranch an Dry Creek, now owned by Curry county, for $500 a year, were confirmed last Thursday by Curry county commissioners I r a Tucker and G le n Hale. Commissioner Gene Colegrove was not present. The property also includes a liveable house, a large amount of bottom land,and logged-over l a n d . Camping Unlimited, a non-profit organization dedica Deadline time for entries in ted to providing camping exper the 1969 Curry County Fair is ience to underprivileged child drawing near. re n , now is operating Camp Fair manager, Bill Crook, ask Humdinger at the site. The camp ed Tuesday that all exhibitors is sponsored by the Community get their entry numbers and en Action program and private in t r y sheets filled o u t before terests. The existing old ranch bringing their exhibits to the house is being used as kitchen fair. Crook said,"We can elim a n d quarters for the kitchen inate many of the delays and crew. Without the ranch, Camp confusion at the fair on entry ing Unlimited would have to day if people will get their FRONT VIEW of Lowe logging truck shows front end expend even mere of t h e i r paperwork d o n e before they buried in ditch. meager funds for site rental, come to the fairgrounds." interests point out. E n tr y numbers and entry Discussion over dispositii sheets are available at Coos- of the property has been he a Curry Electric in Brookings and Port O ford and at the fair throughout the county, thouj grounds in Gold Beach. Tucker said to his knowledg there has been no opposition Livestock reservations for pen the lease plan. Hale remind: and stall space must be made The able and gifted child Beach and a field trip to the Tucker o f a letter receiv« for all open class animals no later than A u g .l. Entries for 4-H program for the Curry county Agate beach area in the after from the Parks and Recreate and FFA exhibits will be re schools i s taking a different noon. On Tuesday they went for committee,whose members r« ceived an Wednesday, A ug.6. tu r n this year, according to a trip to the Oregon Caves and quested that th e property All open class entries must be school supt. Ray Neugart. the Illinois and Rogue valleys. kept by the county for recres The sessions will take place The following day, July 30, they tional facilities. in by 8 p .m . Thursday, Aug. 7. in ihe summer instead of during traveled t o Shasta Valley in Both Hale and Tucker cor the regular school year and will California to study volcanics, tended that by leasing the prof include two topics: "A Study of water deposition, wildlife and erty, with an option to reclai) the Drama and Literature of fauna. They spent the nights of it at any time, the county woul William Shakespeare" conduct July 29and30 at Southern Ore in effect still be keeping it "1 ed by Elton Hallmark of the gon College dorms. county hands. " However, the language arts department o f Cta Thursday, July 31, they said that the tentative plans f< Gold Beach high school, and "A At the request of the Depart Study of the Geology and Na w i l l go over the Greensprings the lease agreement call for ment of Revenue (formerly the tural History of Oregon" direc to Lava Caves Monument to clause whereby if the count Oregon State Tax Commission) ted by Dr. Elmo Stevenson, re- s tu d y petrogtyphs, basin and should reclaim the land, the D.Qaine Kay,Chief Tax Deputy t i r i n g president of Southern range topography and life. They would also pay the develop« will spend the night at Oregon the cost of his improvements. for Allen H. Boice, Sheriff and Oregon College. The two commissioners als Technical Institute, then go the Tax Collector of Curry County, The number of students, 32, participated in the Tax Col will be the same in each pro following day to Crater Lake, revealed that Ted McKenzi« lector's In-S e r v ie e Training gram,however,different young North Umpqua, Coquille, then northern Curry county ranche School held at Salem on July sters will participate. Of the 32, home. Mr. and Mrs. John Bender was the party interested in ac quiring the ranch, and state 24 and 25. Emphasis on collec- 13 will come from the Brook will be the chaperones. that he was interested in pos t i o n o f delinquent personal ings-Harbor schools, nine from sible developing a recreatia property taxes using the War Gold Beach schools, seven from area or using the ranch for graz rant-Execution procedure was Port Ofcrd-Langlois schools,two ing purposes. Though no specifii discussed under the direction of from Ophir, and one from Upper length of lease w as stated, 10 ti Walter A pley,A ss istant A ttocney Chetco. The selection was made 20years has been mentioned b) General for the State of Oregon. by the faculties. others, with Tucker saying tha A record 152 were in atten For the Shakespeare project, Horse owners and riders will he understood McKenzie is in dance with 33 counties repre pupils will come from the 7th sented to receive instruction on through 11th grades and for the have a new event to enter this terested in "two or three years.' year at the 1969 Curry County Regardless of the length of tim< new legislation. Of particular geology course, from the 6th Fair in Gold Beach. under the proposed, but as yet interest was the tax distribution through 9th grades. According to Ethan Allen, non-existent lease, the count) workshop on House Bill 1451. Background sessions for the Linder H o u se Bill 1451 it is Shakespeare study will be from horse superintendent, the fair would h a v e to purchase an) mandatory commencing w ith 7 to 9 p. m. at the Gold Beach will sponsor an open Western improvement on the property the 1969-70 tax roll that mon high school library on Aug. 7, Pleasure Saddle horse show Aug. to regain full possession, com ies collected be distributed an 11 and 12. Cta Wednesday, Aug. 8. Ctae of the main tests t or horse missioners said.A stothe child a percentage basis. This per 13,a bus will leave for Ashland and rider is to pass through an ren's camp, they said they were centage will be computed by where the youngsters will spend obstacle course similar to tasks under the impression that Mc dividing the total amount to be two days and see "Romeo and that would be required of a Kenzie "is in favor of it" bul raised by a district by the total Juliet" and "Twelfth Night" at working animal on the ranch or could net say if this use would trail. be protected by a clause in the taxes and assessments certified the S hakes pe are Festival .Harold There are three divisions in lease. by the assessor for collection on Robinson of Part Orford will the event for men, women and Neither commissioner would the 1969-70 tax roll. drive the bus and Mrs. Robinson juveniles. Entry fee for the show venture a guess as to when, or will be one of the chaperones. is $2. if,such a lease would be agreed They will arrive back home a- Following the western plea upon or signed. OATES TO REMEMBER bout noon on Friday,Aug. 15. sure rfiow horse games will be Others hive stated the opinion Birthday wishes go out this While in Ashland they will stay held for all wishing to partici that the corraty should sell the w eek to Karen Price,Linda Holm, in dorms at Southern Oregon pate. property, acquired alter litiga Varney Ferris and Leta Mocre. College. A cowboy polo games is also tion some years ago from the Anniversary wishes go to Mr. The geology program started planned with a ptrse of $100 to Kronenberg estate, to " g .i it and Mrs. Da vid Barklow, Mr. and Monday,July 28, with a discus b e divided by th e winners. Mrs, Wilbur Sypher and Mr. and sion from 9 a. m. until noon at There is a $5entry fee per team back cn the tax rolls. " The taxes on the property Mrs. Robert Foster. Riley Creek school i n Gold for the polo match. would amount to $240 which, if Fair Entry End Nears * divided among the taxpayers of the county, would amount to a very few pennies,commissioners agreed. Members of the parks and recreation committee want to keep the property for develop ment of recreational facilities, for which the site is ideally situated along Dry Creek at its confluence with Sixes River. Date WEATHER MaxMin Date July 23 July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 WEATHER Max Min 65 50 66 50 70 50 69 48 68 54 67 49 67 50 Rain .0 0 .00 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 Curry General Hospital room rent rates are scheduled for an increase effective A ugust 1, ac cording to hospital administra tor Ken Thompson. Semi-pri vate rooms will go from $35 to $38 per day. Otherraiseswill be in surgery,delivery, nursery, lab and x-ray facilities, he said. The new medical staff for Curry General Hospital for the comingyear includes: ivesident, Allen Minser, M. D ,, li-ookings; vice-president, R oy Preston, D. O ., Brookings; and secretary, William Caughran, M. D ., Gold Beach. There are now six active staff doctors and one courtesy doctor on the Curry General medical staff; three from Brookings,three tram GoldBeach and the court esy doctor fro m Port Orford, Thom ps<jn said. New construction on the hos pital is about 20 per cent com pleted with the face brick work done and foundation complete and ready for walls. The new addition will have an extensive basement area Thompson said. LOTS OF JUICE The typical Oregon farmer uses 55, 000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year, says the Agri- Business Council. This is five times as much power as the av erage urban homeowner uses. Fair Time Means Fun, Thrills, Excitement Fair time means fun and ex citement, and this year's Curry County Fair in Gold Beach pro mises both to fairgoers of all ages. Youngsters, from age 5 to 12, will find Friday, A ugust 8, filled with many activities to keep them busy. The morning starts w ith a kiddies parade. Kids games will then take place on the fair lawn with such events as sack races,frog races and water melon eating contests. For fairgoers of all ages Fri day w ill also be the day to watch the judging of livestock, poultry and rabbits. In the after noon officials will be judging Umpqua River Navigation the open western pleasure horse Company of Reedsport Friday competition in the rodeo arena was the apparent low of eight a n d spectators w i l l have a bidders at $498,031 when the chance to view the event from Portland U. S. Arm y Engin the grandstand. eer D istrict opened bids on the For those with a yearn to go second phase of the Corps of into the wild-blue yonder, Davis Engineers’ two-stop develop Brothers Amusements will pro ment of the Chetco River en vide a 12 unit carnival com trance on the southern Oregon plete with merry-go-round and coast at Brookings. loop-the-loop airplanes. Government estimate was Friday evening the queen's $436,935. The work calls fo r competition starts at 7 in the excavation of the entrance chan fair multipurpose building. Af nel, turning basin and small ter the queen's coronation a boat access channel, and con Teen Fair Dance featuring the struction of a dike. Bids ran Neighb'rhood Childr'n and the ged as high as $698,125. Com Shadow Fax will add a musical pletion tim e is about six months. treat for teenage fairgoers. Other bidders were: Peter Ctae of the highlights of the Kiew it Sons’ Company, Van f a i r parade Saturday morning couver, Washington, $505,077; will be the Eugene Highlanders. Lewis-Nicholson, Incorporated Spectators will get the best view and W. J. Nicholson, Eureka, of ihe parade from the west side California, $524,780; General of Ellensburg A venue because Construction Company, Port 101 traffic will use the two lanes land, $557,522; F. L. Somers, on the east side of the street. Medford, $564,560; B e a v e r Saturday afternoon y o u n g State C o n t r a c t o r s , Incor cowboys and c o w g ir ls will porated, Libby, Montana,$595,- m ount t h e i r horses and the 790; W illa m e tte -W e s te rn , chutes will open as the second Portland, $648,100; and Great Junior Rodeo begins.Con testants Lakes Dredge and Dock Com from Oregon and Northern Cal pany, Portland, $698,125. ifornia will compete in 16 dif Construction of the firs t ferent rodeo events fo r over phase has been completed by $500 in prize money. Oregon Crane Service Company Special grandstand contests and F. L . Somers of Medford sure to bring shouts of encour under an $865,000 contract. agement from parents and on This was fo r excavation of the lookers include the calf scram entrance chan ;A and con ble, greased pig contest a n d struction of a 450-foot exten chicken scramble, which will be sion to the Chetco north jetty. intermingled with rodeo events. The second phase calls for Teenagers will again be able building a 1,700-foot protective to dance to the music of two dike fo r the small boat basin bands Saturday evening as the and barge slip , and excavating Music Facet and Neighbr'hood the channel from the upper end Childr'n perform in the m ulti of the boat basin h the inner purpose building. end of the south jetty. The Sunday, August 10, will find channel has been dredged from the biggest event of the fair there out to the sea under the underway, the free lam b and fir s t phase of construction. bear barbecue. Be there early; The Corps of E n g in e e r s ’ lastyear several thousand a t Chetco River entrance work tended the barbecue which is w ill improve the harbor fo r re held on the fair lawn. Following creational boating, commercial the barbecue is another fine af fishing and waterborne com ternoon of entertainment in the merce, which is p rim a rily grandstand as the junior rodeo forest products. goes into the finals. Chetco River Work Slated Geology Shakespeare Chosen For Gifted, Able Child Program All-Stars Play In Medford Port Orford's All-Star Little League baseball team played two games in the Oregon A ll- Star Tournament held in Med ford July 24-25, the first time a Curry county team has ever par ticipated, according to Leroy Lambert, program director. Though both games were lost; U p p e r R o g u e , 19-1,Happy Camp, 12-5; Lambert said, the team was highly commended for their portsmanship by Med ford teams and fans alike. Playing in the big event were Eddie Peterson,Brock Bean, Cor dera Nice, Joe Bens, Billy Sharp, Billy Carr, Toni Morrison, Don Mayea, David Schroeder, Rich Almeida, Rick Lambert, Randy McCune, Robert Boggs and Jim Doughtery. The All-Star team was picked fro m among the players of all four teams in this summer'sLittle League program. Coach of the team was Roy Carr and Spencer N ic e was manager. Local players stayed in the homes of Medford team mem bers, Lambert noted, and were rated top» for conduct by their hosts. "Little League is many years old and well established in the Medford-Klamath Falls a r e a and ampetition is keen," Lam bert remarked, "whereas, in Cur ry county it is very young. But the competition is growing and one day we shall see a team from here in the Little League World Series if the people will support their kids like they are supported in Jackson County. " Tax Deputy Takes Course New Horse Event Noted Nebraska Picnic Due WORK STARTED Monday on new sewer line additions by John'» Backhoe Service of Coo» Bay. The contractor said about 400 feet of line was laid Monday and tin t they are hoping to complete construction of the projects in about 30 days. The annual Nebraska Picnic will be held at Bullards State Park north of Bandon on A ug. 10, from 10 a. m. to 4 p, m. A pot luck meal will be served. Eking your own table service. Drinks will be lumished.For further in formation call 396-2201, Co quille; 756-5456, North Bend; or 347-4265, Bandon.
