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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.
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