Dog Class
Meet Held
Local Bank
Deposits Up
The
Port
Orford
Dog
Obedience Club had its first
meeting on Saturday, Oct. 16,
at the Battle Rock gym.
People and dogs present
were: Adrian van Aswegen
with his Collie, Lutz; Bev
('rose without her Irish Re
triever, Rusty; 4-H members
Darren Hassett with his dog
Charlie; Rocky Collins and
Dany Shepherd each with their
St. Bernards, and Alida Ben
der, trainer-4-H leader, with
her dogs Ginger and Spice.
The dog handlers were
shown how to properly fit
their dogs with a training
collar, along with right and
wrong ways to use it and the
other
training
equipment.
They were given tips on how
to teach a dog to “ come'" re
liably when called, as well as
instruction in teaching a dog
to "s it” and "stand.”
The group will continue to
meet at Battle Rock gym at
9:30 a m. Saturdays for the
obedience classes and the 4-H
members will have additional
meetings for other activities.
Mrs. Bender is making ar
rangements for the 4-H mem
bers to go on field trips to
tour boarding and breeding
kennels, dog shows, groom
ing parlors and the animal
shelter. In addition, arrange
ments are being made to
have professional trainers,
handlers, judges and a vet
to give talks and demon
strations.
Later in the year it may be
|K>ssible to have small exhi
bition-dog show.
If you missed the first class
and are interested in signing
up, call Mrs. Bender at 332-
4763 or come next Saturday.
( lasses are $20 for 8 weeks
and are free to 4-H members.
First National Bank of
Oregon reported an increase
in earnings for Ixith the third
quarter and nine months end
ing September 30, compared
to a year ago. Both deposits
and loans were up compared
to third quarter 1976, accord
ing to Robert F. Wallace,
chairman.
The bank’s total deposits
were $2,446,337,000 on Sept.
30, compared to $2,208,786,-
(XX) recorded at the end of
third quarter
1976.
First
National’s loans generated
by 146 branch offices were
$1,466,667,000, up from the
$1,358,122,(XX) reported on
the same date in 1975.
Total loans and deposits
for the third quarter of this
year included $20,612,000 in
foreign loans and $17,400,000
in foreign deposits in First
National's
Cayman
Island
branch. The funds in the of
fice are being used on a select
ed basis as an offshore de
pository and financing branch
for the bank’s business cus
tomers.
Total r e s o u r c e s were
$3,113,062,000, up f r o m
$2,768,683,000.
Income before securities
transactions for the third
quarter amounted to $5,797,-
(XX), or $1.09 per share in
1976, compared to $5,076,000,
or 96 cents in 1975. This
amounts to a 1.6 percent in
crease.
Income before securities
transactions for nine months
amounted to $15,482,000 or
$2.91 per share, up 2.4 per
cent from $16,123,000 or $2.86
per share in 1975. Net income
after securities transactions
was $15,413,000 compared to
$15,140,000 last year. This
amounted to $2.90 per share
compared to $2.86 per share
last year.
The Port Orford branch
reported deposits of $5,494,-
(XX) and loans of $548,000 as of
Septeml»er 30. Comparable
totals for the branch a year
Everyone is faced with a ago were $5,102,000 in de
health emergency at some posits and $608,000 in loans.
time during their life. Here’s
an opportunity to leam how to
avoid health emergencies and
what to do in case of such
emergency, says Dora Rum
sey, Curry county extension
The pear slug, a tiny green
agent.
A meeting conducted by ish-brown, slimy, slug-like
Norm
Eburne,
Extension larva is causing considerable
Health Specialist, will include problems on pear, cherry and
information on treating bee plum trw‘» this year, noted
slings,
poisons,
wounds, W alt .Schroeder, Curry county
burns and bone injuries. In extension agent.
The little slug-like creature
addition, Dr. Eburne will
also demonstrate
artificial is very difficult to find. Evi
resuscitation and pulmonary dence of his work is the skele
resuscitation. This information tonizing of leaves. The slug
would be particularly helpful eats the more tender parts
to young mothers, says Mrs, of the foliage, leaving a lace
Rumsey. Children are often like arrangement of tiny
faced with health emergen veins.
The slug can be controlled
cies, including bums and
by using malathion 26 percent
abrasions, or muscle injuries.
If you are interested in wettable powder at the rate of
learning how to avoid a health two tablespoons per gallon
emergency, attend the two- of water, or diazinon 50 per
hour session on Thursday, cent wettable powder at the
Oct. 21, at the Harbor Com rate of one tablespoon per gal
munity Room, at 10 a m., or lon of water. The slug may
the evening session in Port also be controlled by just
Orford at the elementary using common ground dust
thrown over the tret* so that it
school, 7:30 p.m ., on Oct. 21,
For more information on contacts the slug. The dry,
the program on How to Avoid powdery soil is said to dry
a Health Emergency, contact the slug out so that he dies.
Generally, the trees that are
the Curry County Extension
Office, 247-7011, extension bothered by the slug are al
226; Brookings to Gold Beach ready weakened from some
call 469-4600; Port Orford to other cause. This might be
Gold Beach phone 332-6171. lack of fertility, lack of water,
or other stress causing factors.
These are toll free numbers.
Meet Tonite
On Emergency
Pear Slug Control
Information Given
NEW GRANDPARENTS
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Lester
Dahrens, Port Orford, are
paternal grandparents of a
daughter, Monica Marie, born
to their son, M r. and Mrs.
Donald Dahrens of Salem.
The new granddaughter was
liorn Oct. 18 and weighed
six pounds. Maternal grand
parents are M r. and Mrs.
McKinstry of Tacoma, Wash.
Mineral Study Beetles, Moths, Effective In Tansy Control!
Report Tonite
John Beaulieu of the De
partment of Geology and M in
eral Industries will report
on the mineral and aggregate
study completed in Curry
county and public hearings
will be held for six zone
changes and one conditional
use application, when the
Curry County Planning Com
mission meets at 8 p.m. to
night, Thursday. October 21,
in the circuit courtroom of the
courthouse at Gold Beach.
Other business will include
tabulation of response from
CCI questionnaires and plan
ning details for a tour of the
Harbor-Winchuck
planning
Unit.
County Makes
Appointments
Eugena L. McBeth was
hired as full time Clerk Typist
I on the recommendation of
the Curry County District
Attorney effective October 1,
1976 at Range 3, Step 6, at a
monthly salary of $585.00.
On the recommendation of
Victor G. Wood, Administra
tor of Curry County Health
Department, LaReine Eck-
holm was granted a merit
raise in salary to R.N. II,
Salary Range 16, Step 2 at
$907.00 per month, effective
October 1, 1976. Motion car
ried.
On the recommendation of
Curtis D. Brown, Planning
Director, Rosalie M . Gaither
was granted a merit raise in
salary to Clerk Typist III,
Salary Range 7, Step 3, at a
monthly salary of $614.00,
effective October 1, 1976.
Everett M . King, Sr., has
been appointed to serve a
six year term on the Curry
County Hospital Board to fill
the vacancy which occurred
when Allen Finch resigned.
Bob Dose was appointed to
serve as a member of the
Planning Commisson to fill the
unexpired term of Cy Zeigler
which expires April 1, 1977.
FROM THE RSVP CENTER
What's What
In RSVP
by Helen Taylor
Here we go again! O ff to
Reno! If you’ve talked to
anyone who went before, of 38
if you were one of them that
went, you know what a good
time everyone had. Don’t miss
the bus this time. The dates
for the trip are between No
vember 29 and December 2,
1976. You will go by Grey
hound bus B U T—there will
only be one bus available.
The tour will stay at the
Pioneer Inn in Reno. More
details will be available in
our next few columns, so
watch and plan.
The RSVP Battle Rock Re
tirement Club luncheon on
Sept. 29 at the Rainbow Cafe
was well attended.
Walt
Schroeder, Curry county ex
tension agent, introduced Don
DeLorenzo of the State Ex
tension office. He showed
slides on predatory animals
and answered questions about
programs being used
to
control them.
Oregon Department of Agri
culture scientists attempting
to establish effective biologi
cal control of the poisonous
weed tansy ragwort in Oregon
are encouraged by the ap
parent destruction of the
weeds by two imported in
sects.
The orange and black cater
pillars of the cinnabar moth,
noted for their voracious appe
tite for tansy ragwort leaves
and flowers, have been test
ed in Western Oregon for a
number of years and have
proved to be an effective agent
for the reduction of tansy rag
wort. The second insect, rela
tively new to Oregon, is the
tiny, tansy ragwort flea beetle.
The adult beetles feed on
leaves, but the greatest dam
age is done by larval feeding
on the plants' root systems.
Dennis Isaacson, entomolo
gist with the department’s
weed control program, said
U.S. Department of Agri
culture test sites near Ft.
Bragg in California have
shown that the effectiveness
of using the two insects to
gether is beyond earlier ex
pectations.
The flea beetles were im
ported from Northern Italy in
1970 and released for testing
at Ft. Bragg. Colonies of the
beetles in California became
the source of colonies subse
quently released in Oregon by
Isaacson and his coworkers.
So far, Isaacson said, success
ful releases have been made
in Marion, Clackamas, Lin
coln, Benton, Polk, Lane,
Tillamook and Curry counties.
"W e are now collecting
more beetles at Ft. Bragg.
The first shipment has arrived
and is being screened and
counted at our temporary
holding facility at Oregon
State University,” Isaacson
said.
divots
by Duane Bergstrom
There will be a M en ’s Club
meeting
today,
Thursday,
Oct. 21, 7 p.m. in the club
house. This is the last one
until March
There have been complaints
about various problems that
come up during the year which
develop into rumors and make
a lot of little nothings lead to
big problems. If you will
bring your questions to the
men's club meeting or board
meeting, I'm sure your little
complaints can be answered to
your satisfaction without it
being blown clear out of pro
portion.
Everyone
should
know your golf club needs
positive action not negative
rumors.
Fix your ball pits on the
greens as the greens are
softening up and also, blow off
your shoes to extend tlje life
of your rug.
Until further notice in
March, the clubhouse is
scheduled to close on Mon
days.
The President's Cup is
winding to a close as Larry
Hoover now plays Vem Kolen,
who sidelined A1 Bice 4 & 3 in
the upper bracket. The lower
bracket winner Ralph “ T iller"
Munson, who disposed of
last year’s Pres. Cup champ
ion Don Ament, with a bril
liant 3 & 2 victory in 27 holes.
Bob Strain will play Gordon
Neal
for the
consolation
championship.
He said the control has
been so effective in California
that not only is tansy ragwort
disappearing, but so are the
beetles.
"This will probably be the
last year that we can collect
enough beetles at Ft. Bragg to
make the trip worthwhile,"
Isaacson said.
He said Oregon colonies
are likely to become the major
source of flea beetles for all
subsequent Oregon releases
Isaacson said the biologi
cal control of tansy ragwort is
a relatively slow method of
ragwort control, but a de
sirable method because it can
be used effectively in areas
where the application of chem
ical herbicides is impractical
or undesirable.
Parents: Don’t Let
Your Children Burn
(Part 0 )
by James McAlister
Extension Safety Specialist
Oregon State University
This is the second of a five
part series designed to help
parents teach their children
and themselves how to survive
a house fire.
A child who has had the*
opportunity to practice what
to do in a fire has a much
better chance of surviving a
real fire.
Following are two of the six
drills offered in this series.
All a r e , designed to teach
children how to survive a
fire.
After the first try, these
"fire drills” can be tested
during the day or after child
ren are in bed at night by
using the signal " F ire !” In
the fifth part of this series, a
final "rookie” examination
will be presented to deter
mine whether your children
qualify as "firem en.”
A drill called "On with the
gas masks" teaches children
about poisonous gases which
are the true killers in fires.
Pretend the house is fill
ing with smoke. You must
get out as quickly as possible.
In all the drills, stress im
mediate
escape.
Yell
" S M O K E ” and have the
children, wherever they are —
in bedrooms, living room,
kitchen—grab a pillow, or
several thicknesses of fluffy
material such as a towel, and
SCHOOL LUNCH
p
/•>
OCTOBER 2 5 - 2 9
-. .
li
Monday: Scalloped potatoes
with wieners, cole slaw, jello,
rolls.
Tuesday: Hamburger gravy
over potatoes, spinach, car
rot sticks, upside-down cake.
Wednesday: Beef stew, cot
tage cheese, pears, snicker-
doodle bread.
Thursday: Tuna & noodles,
peas, pudding, hot bread.
Friday: W itch’s brew (Bar
becued beef over rolls). Gob
lins grass (green salad),
spooky shivers (applesauce),
scarecrow ciscs (cookies) and
cat's meow (milk).
place it over their mouths
and noses.
The cloth won’t filter out
poisonous bases in smoke,
but will alleviate some of the
irritating effects of inhaling
smoke. Have the children
move as fast as they can,
keeping close to the floor
where the air is best. They
should avoid deep breaths.
Emphasize the fact that
smoke, not flames, is the num
ber one killer in fire. It con
tains iarge quantities of car
bon monoxide and a dozen
or so other poisonous gases
from burning materials. By
far the majority of fire victims
are asphyxiated by smoke
gases long before flames
ever touch them. Sometimes
poisonous smoke can knock
you unconscious after two or
three breaths and can kill
you in a few minutes.
Smoke always rises, making
upper floor bedrooms the
greatest fire traps. Be sure
children know that wherever
there is smoke—there is po
tential death, so get to fresh
air fast.
The next drill is call "H o t
door—Cold door.” As part of
"Basic Training”
firemen
leam the dangers of opening
a door in a fire. I t ’s some
thing your child must know
too. Teach him never to fling
open a bedroom door if he
suspects fire.
He should apply this test:
Put his hand on the door panel
and knob. If either is warm, he
should not open the door, for
heat and gases are on the
other side, all ready to burst
in. One lungful of superheat
ed air can fell a person in
stantly. He must leave the
door closed and make his
escape another way.
If the door doesn’t feel
warm, he should brace him
self against it, open it a crack
and be ready to slam it should
smoke or heat rush in. If
all is clear, he can proceed
through the doorway with
caution.
Make sure young firemen
practice this routine until
they have it down pat. As a
fire drill is being announced,
slip a sign under the closed
door reading hot " or "cold"
while youngsters react appro
priately. Also, make it a
nightly ritual to close bedroom
doors unless this would pre-
“ SEE IT LIKE IT IS”
A free Christian Science Lecture by
Miss Nancy E. Houston
of Champaigne, Illinois
Sponsored by the Christian Science Society
of Gold Beach
IN TH E MASONIC BUILDING
Moore St., opposite Post Office
8:00 P .M ., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26
Port Orford News, Thursday. October 21, 1976 — 3
vent a bedroom fire from set 11 minutes. W ith the door
ting a fire detector located in open the survival time is only
a hallway. Tests have shown 2 minutes. Ideally, each bed
should
contain
an
that behind a closed door room
your survival time is from 5 to audible fire detector.
VCrifcK b K E M S IR A IIO N
i rum the office of the ( nunl) ( leik
Anyone wishing to register after October 27 for the General
Election must come to the County Clerk’s office in Gold Beach to
get a Certificate of Registration if he wishes to vote in the
November 2 election.
From now through the 27th, post card registrations will
still lie processed and the voter’s name will be in the poll book.
Commencing with the 28th, you must come in to the courthouse
to register and receive the Certificate which you will take to the
polling place and give to the election board.
Remember that on the post card registrations we must have
a definite location for the residence address. Inside a city, the
street and house number . . . in the rural area something like
"on the north side of Smith Lane, 2 miles from Highway 101,”
or "1 mile south of Brookings on west side highway” . . . any
thing to give us a definite geographical location.
WILKEN
County Commissioner, No. 2
Paid by W ilken lor Com maeioner Commission
M arione W ttksn, Tree , Box 377. G o « Beach. O re 97444
BARTLETT’S
WILL BE
CLOSED
OCTOBER 2 5
th ru
NOVEMBER 7
For cleanup and repairs
Walt
Thompson
Means
Business .
I OPPOSE A COUNTY ANNEX
IN BROOKINGS
As suggested by my opponent
The only way to reduce the cost of govern
ment is to Reduce—not Increase—govern
ment.
It would further alienate other sections
of the county when the real need is to uni
fy the county.
I believe a second toll free line to Gold
Beach courthouse as a better alternate.
I would also suggest a regular weekly meet
ing time where commissioners would be
available for contact in their respective
districts.
for
P osition No. 3
VOTE
FOR
WALT THOMPSON
Curry County
COMMISSIONER
P .0 . Box 2066, Horbor, Oregon 97415