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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1946)
Page Suc _______ Hot»»' o f th? C ro ft L ily THURSDAY, MARCH 14, BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT,^BROOR^pS, OREGON_ News Items Eyes of Entire World Now Focused On Local S/Sgt. Melvin Hanscam arrived Robert Perkins returned selected by Gov. Earl Snell as one of the committee to choose his business trip to San Frat last Thursday. the “Oregon Mother“ of 1946. Development in Brookings and Harbor home Thursday afternoon for the first time in about two years, which time he »pent in training the Coos Eelectri Co-operative. Bit M S. Brainard in the eastern part of the United Many thousands of acres of Possibly no other big, flttle new and old growth fir are now States, and later in Europe. Mel town in Oregon is being subject being taken up by sundry oper vin, who is the youngest of four ed to such a vigorous working ators. One small mill and one sons to serve in the armed forces, I over as is now going on in this planer are in operation and more plans to return to the University area. From that day when the will be supplying the market as ol Oregon the first of April, as .sprawling hug»* sawmill, miles of soon as necessary equipment is the war interrupted his studies. Mrs. Curt Waldien is in Los railroads, steamers, and woods available. Angeles visiting her children for camps of the giant California and The postmaster reports a cur Oregon Lumber Company collaps rent shortage of about 250 boxes a tew weeks. ed, and workmen walked away in her layout. A full-grown news Mrs. Mary Van Pelt returned without even stopping the en paper, linotype and general print- Sunday from a few weeks visit gines or pulling the fires from ! ing shop is running, with the first with relatives in California, most under the banks of boilers, to this edition of the Brookings-Harbor of which time was spent at San date when almost every vestige Pilot. Deeper than fraternal sen i Diego. Herbert Payne and Mr. and of that layout has disappeared, timent is the fact that it will or an occasional surviving rem succeed substantial community Mrs. John V. llbur and children spent the past week at Cave City nant reconverted to other use, on business. has been, and is an accomplish support is assured. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bush arrived ment rarely met with in the at Desirable business property on tempted resurrection of the west's the main street and the by-ways from Parker, Ariz., Monday for many ghost towns. We have our is rapidly changing hands at fig a few* months at their home here. ghosts but, they too, are busy. ures indicating that even exper Mrs. Clifford Wilson is in the ienced business people are con Knapp hospital whe”? she is re To enumerate all of the sun vinced will get at least fair ceiving medical treatment. dry interwoven projects would be | returns they on their There’s Mr. and Mrs. H. T. James and to catalog all the elements neces a dentist here, ventures. and another re son, Tommy, returned S u n d a y sary to transpose utter desertion portedly signed up for office space trom a week's trip to San Fran into a thriving city. as well as a second doctor of Most prominent is the noisiest medicine, hanging out his shingle. cisco where they combined busi-f of equipment, consisting of two ! Mercantile and service institu ness and pleasure. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Struebing are bulldozers, a power shovel, air tions are in the ascendancy. visiting relatives at Los Angeles hammers, a tricycle loading rig, A large addition to the consod- a ditcher, and sundry heavy dirt idated school is hung imperatively lor a couple of week.s While they trucks. New streets are reaching mulled over; a rural fire district are away, their niece, Miss Paula out through the brush when* new* is well along, new* fraternal or Applegate, of Elkton, is with their building site« have been pegged ganizations incubating and estab daughgtet, Marilyn. Mr. and Mrs. J. Welch of ofY and many already bargained lished ones enlarging. Progress Grants Pass were house guests for. Fills are being Tnade and is being made toward a new vet levelled for warehouse construc erans memorial ball. A large bank of their son-in-law and daughter, tion needed to shelter equipment of food lo kers is being installed Mr. and Mi's. Vern Hanscam this and shops. Several mil»*s of new and considerable improvement in ( week. sewer and water service mains navigation facilities by the fed Miss France Reekman arrived are being m o v e d underground eral government is in sight, the from Portland Friday to spend from stockpiles of surplus war latter being watched by represen- lour weeks vacation at her home materials. Poles, crossarms, wire,' ttaivi's of the ocean fishing com- here. She is a cadet nurse and is in training at St. Vincent’s hos and pole line furniture sufficient panies. pital, for 300 miles of n»*w and renewed As in other communities, do Mr. there. and Mrs. Archie Anderson electric s e r v ic e construction mestic shelters are lacking, but northward from the California possibly the area is in a happier and children and Mr. and Mrs. state line are accumulating by situtaion than less favorably lo Fred Anderson and children of cated towns when one considers Lakeview arrived the first of the for a stay at their homes the lumber prospects, to which week here. of course, folks now on the ground ''hall have preference after vet William Tolman returned from a trip to ihe state of Washington eran priorities. Nurturing this community de where he visited his son, Milton, who is in a veterans hospital re velopment is, fundamentally, cli ceiving treatment. matic conditions agreeable to the Miss Lois Christenson who is more com fort a hie living than in attending Walla Walla College most other areas and also unique ls adaptable to highly profitable in Washington, and her sister, out-of-door pursuits particularly Miss V irginia Christenson, who at concent rated agricult un*. Contin tends Laurelwotxl Academy at ued stability seems assured. Beef, Gaston. Ore., are enjoying a visit sheep dairy, |x>rk, and lumber are here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Christenson. reliable, negotiable substances. Johnny Robertson, who is as Added to these are the highly sociated with the Lester and Iris, specialized and exremely lucra Orton in running a logging truck, I tive products sold to the floral had the misfortune of cutting off trade throughout the country. An ticipated is a heavy tourist cav the end of one finger while at alcade along the coast highway, work. While unable to work he fhe prospects of an all-Oregon is sjx*nding a week at Portland. Ralph Wallace is visiting his route through the hills toward uncle, Milton Foster, and other Grants Pass is a factor to con- '•ader. Time certainly is seeing relatives tor a week, following rough-shod riding, these days, over which he will return to San Fran-, the brushland that used to be cisco where he is employed. He leased, twenty-txld years ago. at was a navy machinist mate, being a half dollar per ewe the year. discharged the l'fst of the year. Mt. and .Mrs. Tony Olson have Try Pilot Classified A dvertising as then house guest, Mrs. Blanche Hamann of Portland. Dale and Melvin Smith are now on their place on Jack’s Creek. Dak*, who served in the navy, and Melvin, who was in the army en gineers, Iwtth received their dis charges Their mother, Mrs. Ana- bei Smith, who is now employed at Salem, may mm#* back soon. in s u r a n c e in s u r a n c e Life Auto Bulb Dwelling Health and Accident Public Liability I etc .!♦ Lesincister Aircucv Real Estate And Insurance Office Bus Depot Brookings, Oregon ! 1 he daffodil sh ip ix 'ij have con- th e ir sh in m u of the l i e en tltS to P art land marl y rej an remai up ED AND MENDY AU THO RIZED D IST R IB U T O R S Standard Station ST A T IO N NO. 5056 Brookings Oregon Expert Tire Recapping We are exclusive Agents for J. and J. Tire Company COOS BAY Tires Mounted and Remvoed Free of Charge Hard-To-Get Kitchen items FOOD STRAINERS, 2-inch. 3-inch and 6-inch. 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