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Wreck Takes
Life Of
Brad Marsh
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Local Candidates
Thia week concludes an for three years. He is a mem
A one-car accident just
introduction of candidates ber of the Lions Club, chap
north of the Rogue River
seeking city offices, three of lain for the VFW and senior
Bridge last Wednesday night
them for council positions warden in the Masonic Lodge.
resulted in the death of one
and one for recorder/munici-
man, according to Oregon
As a council member,
pal judge.
State Police.
Conn said he would work to
Robert D. Nagle. 69. is wards encouraging new bus
Jon Bradley Marsh. 24, of
asking to be elected to the iness and industrial payrolls
Port Orford, died at Curry
recorder position, but he could in the city. “ After living
General Hospital following the
wind up being elected to a here for three years, 1 feel I
accident, police said.
|>osition that will be abolish* should be a part of and take
Marsh’s car was north
ed at the same instant his part in the government of the
bound on Highway 101 when it
term of office would start.
failed to complete a curve,
city,” he told the News.
That possibility exists be
ran
into the gravel on the
All candidates indicated
cause city voters will be favoring the new city charter.
shoulder of the road and rolled
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calling shots on a new city
three times, throwing Marsh
charter as well as city candi
from the car, according to
RUSSELL CONN
m axine M c F arland
ROBERT NAGLE
dates. The present charter
reports.
Marsh was alone in
AILEEN SMITH
For Council
ROBERT K WAGNER
For Council
For Recorder
the vehicle at the time.
includes the elective office
For Council
For Council
of recorder and that's what
Memorial services were
.
Nagle is running under. But
held Monday, Oct. 18, at
if voters approve the new char
St. Christopher's Episcopal
- h
Church in Port Orford. Cre
ter, the elective office is auto
mation followed
matically eliminated . . . and
Mr. Marsh was bom July 2,
becomes two separate* ap-
1952, in Myrtle Point and
pointive positions. Then it
graduated from Pacific High
will fall on the mayor, with
School in 1970. He had served
council approval, to select a
with the U.S. Army for three
recorder and a judge —if they
so decide.
years and had also attended
Clinics will be held this
the University of Oregon.
Nagle is a retired U.S. Air Friday, Oct. 22, from 9:30
Voi 19. No. 27. Thursday, October 21, 1976
Price: 16 cents
Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon 97465
Survivors include his par
Force Inspector General for a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to provide
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Blaine
flight safety and has lived
swine flue immunization for
Marsh of Port Orford; two
in the city for eleven months. senior citizens persons over
brothers, Nick and Joseph,
A member of the Port Orford 60 years of age, announced
Port Orford; two sisters,
Rotary Club, he also belongs Vic Woods of the Curry
Tracey and Sue, Port Orford:
to the American Radio Relay
County Health Department.
League.
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
The clinics will be held in
N.B. Marsh, Port Orford; and
The candidate says he has the health department offices
a grandmother, Bernice Saleh
no special interests or pro in Brookings, Gold Beach and
of Hespiria. Calif.
grams to promote “ In fact.”
Port Orford. The Port Orford
The family suggests memor
he says, "the position vacancy office is located on 9th and
ial donations to the scholar
was mentioned to my wife and Washington Streets.
she was urged to run. She,
The port boat hoist was put though,” the president said, ship fund in Port Orford.
The immunization will be
however, said I would make a a bi-valent vaccine which con
back in operation Tuesday "that the port commission is
better candidate so 1 threw my tains both A/New Jersey
after being shut down since concerned with the safety of
hat in the ring.’*
last Thursday morning while all port operations and would
(swine flu | and A/Victoria
Incumbent council member viruses. The Victoria virus
emergency repairs were made have responded to a request
Kent Wagner, 43. a resident is the influenza that was pre
to replace a “ cap” supporting that the hoist be inspected.
the main mast.
of the city for 10 years but a valent last winter.
The commission has no desire
The state headquarters for
native of the area, says he is
Port president Paul Peter to endanger either life, limb
Patients with serious health
the
Jimmy Carter presidential
concerned with seeking a firm problems, such as heart,
son said the faulty cap, a or property.”
campaign
announced
last
tax base that does not fluctu lung or kidney diseases, are
14x14 inch timber, was dis
Several local fishermen re week the appointment of the
ate through inflation, along encouraged to discuss the in
covered by an inspection by sponded to the closure prob
Carter/Mondale
campaign
with an expansion of street,
A! Cooper. Safety Compliance lem and volunteered their
fluenza immunization with
committee
for
Curry
county.
water and sewer systems.
Officer, Accident Prevention services to get the hoist back
their private physician, Woods
The co-chairperson for the
■*T>
Wagner, a self-employed said Woods added that the
Division, Workmen’s Com in operation. The commission
Curry
County Carter Commit
rri”
commercial fisherman, holds health department had dis
pensation Board, and George expressed their appreciation
life-time membership in the tributed the vaccine through
Hageman, P E ., Safety En for the effort, noting that tee is Rose Kennedy. Ms.
VFW and Pacific Booster out the county to the private
gineer for the Compensation both down time and expense Kennedy is a long time Demo
crat, active in party functions.
Club. He is also a past mem- physicians
Board. The safety men were were kept at a minimum be
Rose Kennedy is chairperson
ber of the Junior Chamber
here in response to an anony cause of the effort.
There is no charge for the
of the Curry County Demo
of Commerce.
mous
phone
call
from
a
local
In other business Monday, cratic Central Committee
influenza immunization pro
Constance A. Smith, 66, is
source recently complaining it was agreed to support an
vided by the county health
The co-chairperson and her
seeking a second term on the
that the hoist might be unsafe. extension of the commercial
department but they will
committee
will be conducting
council. She is a real estate
It is believed the call was salmon fishing season off the
ask for a SI.00 voluntary
an intensive door-to-door voter
broker and has lived in Port
prompted
because
of
recent
mouth of the Elk River and to
donation to help offset the cost
Orford for the past six years.
action by the port commission pay bills in the amount of contact and get-out-the-vote
of the program.
campaign. Anyone interested
She is secretary of the
to increase the length and $7.986.89.
" v 11 ■' ,h- * * « ..............• *
in volunteering with the
chamber of commerce and a
weight limits of commercial
New leases for the cannery Carter/Mondale
campaign
representative of that organ
fishing boats than can use the building and fish buying sta
should
contact
Rose
Kennedy
ization for the Battle Rock
hoist. There was some feeling tions were also discussed.
at 247-6306.
Retirement Club, and a mem
that the hoist was not capable
classes i„ marine biology a. Arcata and the U nV crsiu « 7 M omeie»“ S h e i ‘"‘'"b“ " " " " V
ber of the Curry Board of
of handling any more weight.
asked
to
do
some
illustrations
for
a
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k
She
was
subsequently
The Curry County Council
Realtors.
During the course of the
Total development of all on Alcoholism will hold its
inspection, however, it was
city services to all residents October council meeting in
determined that the hoist
is a goal she would like to Brookings on Thursday, Oct
was rated to lift 50 tons,
work for. as well as sidewalks 28, at the Cork and Cleaver.
four times the weight limit
along both sides of Highway It will be a noon no-host
set by the c o m m i s s i o n .
101 the entire length of the luncheon. The speaker will
"That's the safety ratio we
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LCDC's citizen involvement
"Well, not you, but others
be Rev. John Hawthorne, Jr.,
city.
prefer to work on .” Hageman program is so full of confusing
along
the coast,” Anderson
of
the
Lighthouse
Assembly
of
said.
A former social worker and
devices, deliberate misrepre said.
lieauty shop manager in Cali God Church in Harbor, who
When it was discovered sentations and double talk
Fitzgerald said he was run
that the supporting cap was citizens can't get involved in
fornia, Maxine McFarland. «1. recently attended the South
is now owner of her own ern Oregon Alcohol Institute
broken, Peterson ordered the it, Curry county commissioner ning for Curry county com
lieauty salon here, Maxine's at Southern Oregon State Col
hoist closed after allowing a candidate Mike Fitzgerald told missioner and if elected LCDC
would be well advised to hang
Fountain of Charm She has lege in Ashland in August on
time for boats anchored in the the LCDC here October 12.
The American Association ant way than a yes or no vote
on
to its hat as far as Curry
scholarship
from
the
Curry
been a resident for two years
harbor to be placed on their
of University Women held a on LCDC."
Elk River rancher Brice county is concerned.
and belongs to the ESA County Council on Alcohol
trailers
as
a
safety
measure
Take your instrument out
local candidate forum Monday
Wagner said he agreed with
ism.
"Even if LCDC isn't voted
Sorority, chamber of com
of
the closet and dust it off! in case of a sudden storm.
Fitzgerald, who made his out November 2 you have my
evening.
Get
18.
at
the
house
Anyone
interested
in
the
merce
and
Community
Cooper told the commission charges in the question and
Have you been meaning to
Council and its activities is of Mrs. Lou Giottonini on
Theatre.
it was that positive action that answer segment of the first words that we’ll be organized
take
that
"horn”
out
but
not
DeVoe
Road.
On
hand
were
enough to take you to task for
In seeking a position on the cordially invited to attend
known where to start? Come kept him from putting a red LCDC citizen invoivement all this baloney,” Fitzgerald
all the candidates for Curry
council. Mrs. McFarland told WINS CONTEST
review fingerings and music tag on the equipment. The meeting to be held so far in said.
county commission: For po
the News that “ in order that a
fundamentals on Monday. tag would have meant an of Curry county.
Belva McDonald, Lecturer sition no. 2, Dave Wilken,
"Citizens in Curry county
city like Port Orford can pros of the Sixes Grange, won third
October 25 and Monday, Nov. ficial closure by the state. But
Earlier in the day. LCDC have already involved them
Rose Kennedy and Mike Fitz
Pacific
High
School
will
host
even with port cooperation in
per, everyone must be willing prize in the State Lecturers gerald: for position no. 3, Les
a visitation by representatives 1. We have reeds and oil and the shut down. Cooper said, representatives went over selves in the planning pro
to do their part, and I am skit writing contest.
fingering
charts.
If
you
need
Wagner's Elk River ranch
Williams and Walt Thompson.
from the Oregon State Sys
it might still mean a fine that property with Wagner. LCDC cess. We wrote a comprehen
willing to accept the respon
Rose Kennedy |l)|, reaf tem of Higher Education on an instrument we can probably
sive county plan in 1972 and it
could go as high as $1,000.
sibility of helping to govern SALEM AS CENTER
representative Jim Rose said is a good one. Any inter
firmed her interest in review Monday. November 1, at 10:30 find one for you. Call 347-2785
In addition to the broken they had learned some useful
our wonderful little city.”
or 332-4651.
A world map in the new ing public assistance pro a.m.
vention by the state is unnec
cap, it was also determined things on Wagner's ranch,
She added that she has no Atlas of Oregon places Salem grams. She said she felt that
Christmas
is
just
around
essary and restrictive,” Walt
Unique
throughout
the
specific programs in mind at as the map center of the a woman would better eval
the corner, along with our that a couple lengths of and that Wagner had nothing Thompson told the LCDC rep
this time but would remain world. On it, Oregon’s state uate these programs as to the United States is a visitation Christmas concert. The Band chain and cable needed to be to fear from LCDC. Both Mr.
resentative.
bv representatives of the Ore
open to suggestions
replaced and cable clamps
capital is halfway between necessities involved.
Thompson, candidate for
gon State System of Higher meets every Monday evening added to conform to state and Mrs. Wagner said they
A self-employed carpenter, Washington, D.C. and Hono
didn't believe it.
Mike Fitzgerald (R), stress Education to every high from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at Pacific
Curry county commissioner
safety specifications.
Russell Conn, 64, has been a lulu or between the Isthmus
Fitzgerald, referring to a position three, said he attend
ed that as a public relations school in the state. The team High School in the band room.
contractor for the past 28 of Tehuantepec and the Ber
At the conclusion of the 20-page LCDC pamphlet, ed the meeting because he
man with long political ex impresses upon secondary
years and a resident of the city ing Strait.
state inspection, the commis showed how one statement wanted to see how citizens
perience, he knows how the students the need for some
sion called in a structural was cancelled by another and were actually being involved
federal and state bureaucra type* of education or training
engineer, Gregg Schroeder, how the document defines in the LCDC process.
cies work. Fitzgerald worked beyond high school.
from Winzler & Kelly, Eureka, regulations as goals.
in public relations for the
Thompson said the citizen
1 he visitation supplements
who was on the scene Friday
Ross admitted that the
Nixon campaigns in ’68 and the guidance program of Pa
The Powers Ranger District morning to prepare plans for choice of wording was un involvement procedure was
’72.
an exhaustive review of LCDC!
cific High School by giving of the Siskiyou National For reconstructing the supporting
Dave Wilken (I), detailed students
first-hand
infor est has announced that the piling and cap system. It was fortunate. LCDC commission background followed by a
er Dorothy Anderson said it script-accompanied slide show
his program for restrained mation about course offerings, Myrtle Grove and Butler Bar
decided to drive two additional
growth in Curry county. “ The admission
requirements, campgrounds have closed for piling to provide three cap was the fault of the Oregon featuring photos of sand
state legislature, which had dunes, coastal erosion, dune
attitude 1 would take to the housing, costs to attend, fi the winter season as of Octo
Recent scientific findings are revolutionizing
supports, and add consider insisted on the wording.
buggies and infra-red views of
commissioners' office,” he nancial aids and scholarships ber 18, 1976. This closure
our concept of the origins of the oceans and the
able more bracing to tie-in
"Then you should go back Oregon from an altitude of
declared,
“
is
concern
for
the
and
other
information
perti
continents. Don Stensland, professor of Geology
is made necessary to reduce piling to increase lateral sup to the legislature and get the
512 miles, followed by a ques
rights of those already here, nent to planning for college maintenance costs and pre
and Oceanography at SWOCC will be at the Port
port for the stem.
false wording corrected,” tion and answer period.
rather
than
catering
to
de
experience.
Orford Library tonight, Thursday. Oct. 21, at 8 p.m
vent injury and damage to
Schroeder will return for an
When LCDC commissioner
velopers and speculators.”
Parents are invited to attend campers by limbs falling inspection of the project be Fitzgerald said.
to discuss some of the new theories being generated
When Fitzgerald asked if Dorothy Anderson pointed out
Though growth seems in the visitation and art* urged to during winter storms.
by scientists investigating the ocean floor.
fore its completion, then certi the language of Senate Bill that under LCDC planning will
evitable. he said, county discuss post-high school plans
Exploration of the Sea. A New World Picture,
Myrtle Grove campground fy a new weight limit for the 100 specifically empowered
be done at the local level
government must be the med with their sons and daughters is located approximatley 9 'i total system.
is the fourth in a series of lectures in Oceans Our
an appointed body to develop under state control to make
iator
between
the
rights
of
the
before
and
after
the
confer
Continuing Frontier. Anyone who is interested in
miles south of Powers on road
At the port meeting Monday the kind of program they sure the work gets completed,
individual property owners ence.
attending just one or a few of these lectures is wel
No. 333 and Butler Bar camp night,
Peterson remarked
and the people's desire to
Members of the press are ground is located approxi that, despite the anonymous were about, both Ross and Thompson replied the state
come. There is a charge of SI .00 per lecture for those
Anderson heatedly replied should find a way to help the
prevent Curry county from de invited to attend
not registered for the course. This week, because of
mately 21 miles east of the method of “turning in” the they were doing just what the
lagging
counties
without
generating
to
the
extent
of
the extensive new material Professor Stensland has
junction of US101 and the Elk port commission, the commis law said they should.
penalizing Curry county or
southern
California.
HOMESTEAD
CLAIMS
River
road
No.
325.
to present, the lecture will run a little longer than the
sion was glad the incident
"And I'm getting tired of other areas where planning
“ In electing their commis
usual hour.
According to the Atlas of
Corrective action is plan occured because it disclosed you soaking up all this mis has moved well.
sioners this fall," Wilken Oregon, homestead claims in ned to remedy the situation
Next week: Science and Ancient Sea Stories by
a serious fault in the hoisting information about LCDC,”
added, "the voters will have Oregon, which peaked from and the campgrounds will be
Ron Lilienthal.
system that might eventually Anderson said to Fitzgerald
a chance to decide for them 1911 to 1920, practically reopened for the 1977 camping
have resulted in an accident.
‘ W'hat misinformation do I
selves in a far more import ceased in the state after 1945.
season.
“ It should be understood, have?” Fitzgerald asked.
Swine Flu
Shots Due
On Friday
Port Hoist Down
To Make Repairs
Kennedy Is
Carter Aide
z
£
Alcohol Group
Meets Thursday
LCDC Involvement Program
Sa id Full Of Double Talk
Slow Growth Is Advocated
Community Band
Needs Members
Group Slates
Pacific Visit
Exploring The
Ocean’s Floor
Two Forest
Camps Close
I