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Port Orford News
By Dorothy Asdel
THURSDAY,
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
cliff and will look for it again
next summer when they take a
fishing trip to the same place,
It was about a 10-mile walk for
the boys.
Since the first of the year the
Legion has taken over the spon
sorship of the scout activities in
Port Orford. The new boy scout
committee is: Fred Steck, chair
man; Charles F. Smith, com
pany; Odell Flake, finance; Ho
mer Kerber, finanée; Henry Four
nier, membership; and E. M.
Norton, publicity. The new cub
committee will be appointed at
a later date.
A large attendance was re
ported at the Grange business
meeting Saturday with 45 adults
and 25 in Juvenile Grange. Men
provided the refreshments after
the program.
Mrs. Eveline Richards, 82, died
Jan. 15, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Jamieson,
after many years of illness. Be
sides Mrs. Jamieson she leaves
another daughter, Mrs. Ethel
Wright. Funeral services were
held Tuesday at the Community
church. Mrs. Richards was born
Eveline Blacklock, in New Zea
land, and came to San Francisco
when she was a young girl. Her
family settled in the area be
tween Langlois and Port Orford,
now known as Blacklock point.
Storms were the news of the
week in Port Orford as elsewhere
in the county, state and nation.
Because of power failures there
was no school for one day and
most of another. The school bus
driver on the Sixes river run en
countered a slide across the road
above Anderson’s mill Friday,
and the McTaggart and Pate
children had to walk about a
quarter miW through the storm
to a car waiting on the other
aide.
Orris Knapp found another big
tree across the road on his re
turn from Cape Blanco Thurs
day, and as there were no log
ging crews about he chipped
away at it with his emergency
hatchet until it came apart and
then lugged and tugged until he
had room enough to slide the
bus through.
Several telephone poles fell
across the coast guard road. Art
Hinderlie of the Port Orford C.
G. station said that a jeep was
used to pull them out of the way
and there they lay until over
worked crewmen can find time to
put them up again.
The whole town was without
electricity several times, once
for 24 hours. Saturday morning,
residents woke up to discover no
water was available, not even
enough to wash one’s face, be
NANCY MOORE, Correspondent
cause of the electric pump at
the reservoir was not working.
Sixes Grange held its regular
Power came on again in the af business meeting Saturday. After
ternoon to save the day so no meeting, refreshments consisting
one was thirsty.
of hot dogs, potato salad, cake,
With no power there was no and coffee were served by the
way to turn on the tire siren men. This was followed by danc
and the first hint of the flue fire ing. The next meeting will be
at Roy Mill’s residence was when held Saturday night, Jan. 28.
the fire engine driven by Mon
I he youth dance at the Grange
roe Pratt clanged through town hall will be held Saturday, Jan.
on the way to put out the blaze. 21. The night has been changed
Les Tythcott, with a portable ex- from Friday to Saturday to en
tinguisher, did the job promptly. able the teen-agers, who have
Storm brought its fun too. basketball games Friday night,
Glass ball hunting on the beach to attend. I’he youth dances for
was a big event. Pat Miller found January, February and March,
14 Friday, largest being more will be held on the third Satur-
than 45 inches in circumference. day of each month,
daughter was born to Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Kirtland
found eight, with one very large ( and Mrs. LeRoy Hofsess Thurs-
one. Some of the teen-agers who adx, •Jan. 12. I'he little miss, their
have been beach-combing with first child, hfts been named Karen
luck are Earle Anderson, Ken-, Louise.
Billie Lee Woodruff has been
neth Forty, Donald Ringheimer
at home for the last two weeks
and Phillip Johnson.
Mrs. John Lyle and sister, Miss' getting ready to go to Portland,
will attend
Naomi (’ushman, returned from! w here
a week’s trip to Portland where western School of Commerce. She
they went through the clinic, will leave this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Kerber have
saw numerous shows and did i
returned from King’s Valley, al
lot of shopping.
fhe Wes Zumwalt’s entertain ter spending eight days visiting I
ed at a pot luck-canasta party his mother.
Robert Robbins of Eugene and;
Saturday night, Those bidden in
Elmer
Robbins of Lebanon visit
cluded Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Marsh.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas, ed their brothers, Cal and Clay
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Zumwalt. Mr. ton. of Langlois last week.
Jay Woodruff
and Mrs. Clarence Zumwalt and
spent two
da\s in the R. V. Leep Memorial
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Saxton.
Many beach-combing trophies hospital. Bandon, last week.
T h e Floras-Willow Women’s
were picked up by the Box Scouts
on their hike, Sunday.
Fred < lub met Jan. 12, at the home of
Steck drove John Hinderlie, Gary Mrs. Eva Cope. Election of offi
Jamieson. Earle Anderson. Don cers. w hich was scheduled for the
ald Ringheimer. Richard Thomas meeting, was postponed due to
and Scoutmaster Wayne Thomas small attendance. Several mem-1
up to the airport. From there bers were unable to attend, due
they hiked to Blacklock point, to sickness and the bad weather.
and to the falls where they cook The club will meet at Mrs. Eva-
ed dinner before returning to lyn Boice’s place Thursday, Jan
the airport where Mrs. Homer uary 26.
Kerber called for them. The boys
Bur-
were pleaied to have only one, gess to (. alifomia last week were
shower descend upon them and Mrs. Helen Fain and Frank Wil-
Mrs. Burgess went to visit
they hid from it in caves along
her
the beach. Mr. Thomas and the
daughter, Jerrence Venard;
boys carved B. S. A., the date Mrs. lain to visit her parents at
and initials on the side of the
Angeles; and Frank to at-
LANGLOIS NOTES
tend the wedding of a cousin,
Rev. Charles E. Bates was ill
at his home several days this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Moore were
Sunday afternoon callers at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Moore.
SCHOOL NOTES
Langlois Panthers won a cru
cial victory over Port Orford Pi
rates Friday, Jan. 13, in both
basketball and volleyball. The
local teams were ahead nearly
all the way in both games. Fi
nal scores: basketball, Langlois,
50; Port Orford, 31; Volleyball,
Langlois, 40; Port Orford, 20.
The game with Brookings, set
for Jan. 10, was postponed due
to snow and ice on the highway.
The game will be played later.
Brookings Schools
The junior play which had to
be postponed last week, due to
power outage, will be given on
Friday, Feb. 3. It will not be
necessary to exchange tickets as
the original tickets will be hon
ored the evening of the play.
The basketball game with the
Langlois team will be played on
Wednesday night, Jan. 18. There
will be both basketball and vol
leyball. This promises to be a
good game, since the results of
the game will break the tie for
second place, now existing be-
tw’een the two teams.
Friday night, Port Orford is
slated to come here (Jan. 20).
The game with Ophir will be
made up on Wed. Feb., 1.
JANUARY
19,
Season tickekts will, of course, ous amendments since the act’s
be valid for the Langlois game, inception to August 1949.
Copies of the book are being
even though it is played on a
different date than originally set. distributed to all veterans’ or
ganizations and agencies serv
ing veterans • and are available
on request from the department
of veterans affairs, 305 State Li
brary Building, Salem.
Your county veterans service
BY C. E. SEGER
officer
has received a limited sup
Gold Beach, Ore.
ply of these booklets which may
An 84-page booklet containing
be had by calling at the service
nearly 50 state laws affecting the
officers home. If this is not con
war veterans or their survivors
venient, a post card requesting
has been conpiled by the Ore
same will bring it by mail.
gon Department of Veterans’ af
fairs and is ready for distribu
tion, Director Wm. F. Gaaren-
stroom announced this week.
The booklet, printed by the
For Relief of Symptom«
state printing department, con
tains all veterans’ laws on the
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