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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1946)
Home of the Croft Lily Brookings - Harbor Pilot Volume One, Number Five Climate Of Area Vital Factor In Its Development BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY. OREGON Cub Scouts Assigned Project For Next Week The monthly pack meeting of Cub scouts was held Monday eve ning at the Odd Fellows hall, un der supervision of Leo Spangler, assistant Cub master, in absence Nature Produces of Joe Berger, master. Here What Man Tries The project given to the boys To Grow Under Glass tor the coming w*eek was weath er vanes of various kinds. The Climate is determine ! by geog previous project was home-made raphy. An easy proof of this is boats. Roy Annin, who judged the the comparison of the Chetco cli ! boats, awarded the prize to Don mate with that experienced in ald Crook for his Chinese Junk; other places of tbout the same second to Richard Carlson and distnce from the equator. The i third to David Berger. Prizes were irallel passing through this area tickets to the theatre. All boys threads Cheyenne, Detroit, Chi- between ages of 9 and 12 are in Boston and Rome Italy. vited to attend these meetings. ?rtainly, folks fam iliar w ith the iveather in those area can m ake dvid comparison to th a t which have here. Death Summons Pioneer Figure Before going on to talk about the weather it might be interest- After being in ill health for a to note that at Brook in gs- larbor you are more ban 2000 number of years, George Wilson, tiles west of the P anam a C anal, I one of the earliest settlers in this >nly 15 miles east of Cape Blanco, area, died at his home at Har- he most-westerly th ru st of the | bor Thursday. Funeral services Jnited States, and about seven were held Monday at Roeder Fun tiles east of Gold Beach, the eral Home, Crescent City, and in- Staking Of Lines Begun By Coos Electric Co-op Work Wil? Start At California Line To Come Northward Earl Saunders, staking engi- eer for the Coos Electric Co-op erative, arrived in Brookings on Tuesday to start staking out pole sites from the California border, Wednesday, on the first step of the Co-op’s re-building and expansion program. The new sub-station site has already been determined. The proposed site of the new’ sub-station will be about 200 feet inside the state line, and will be just off the highway to the west. The w’ork of staking out the new pow’er line right-of-way will start at the state line and come north. At the present, all ease ments from the state line to he existing established right-of- way on the highway have been signed. Although there are still a num ber of easements unsigned, the staking engineer will locate the new right-of-way as far as sign ed easements will permit. It is the desire of the local Co-op that the people who have easement blanks but have not re turned them to the office, to do so immediately so that the stakes may be set while the engineer is in the area. ! terment was at Smith R i v e r . :ounty seat. Mr. Taylor, long a figure at Set quite deeply in a sheltered xtver, the Chetco mouth area is Harbor w’here he rode horesback supplied with a type of weather in almost all his travels, wras born tot experienced elswhere in the at Taylorsville, Calif., March 3, vorld. If a doubter, consult the 1864. His family moved to Smith S. Weather Bureau statistics River when he was about two covering this locality for about (years old. A couple years later years. It is this unique cli- they m o v e d to the Winchuck nate, naturally air-conditioned, ranch, south of Harbor. *hich allows us a highly lucra *A self-taught man, George Wil tive form of agriculture which son took correspondence courses :ontinues and is expanding wifh- and became one of the earliest »ut competition, and also which surveyors of this area.. His dad ittracts people who wish to es was given contract to build the cape the tremendous vagaries of Curry County court h o u s e at dimate they have to endure in Gold Beach in 1878. fss-favored areas. He is survived by his widow, After being held up for several We say our climate is air-con- the fromer Harriett Shaeffer of months due to lack of materials, htioned. Possibly a better term Cochocton, Ohio, whom he mar the planer, at the Curry County vould be sea-conditioned because ried at Portland in 1905, a son, Lumber Co., will probably be in really is the Pacific ocean with Clifford of Harbor, and t h r e e opertaion within the next week, warm Japanese current which grandchildren. Also surviving are or ten days. ontrols our weather. This cur- two sisters, Mrs. Belle McDonald R. D. Row’ley, of Smith River, enr. swinging in a vast arc from of San Francisco and Mrs. Nettie planer man of many years ex hot, west central Pacific, flow’s Gerks of Pontiac, Mich. perience, has been repairing and outh along our coast at a tem- putting the planer in order for erature averaging thruout the the anticipated rush of work, as far, about 55 degrees and the soon as it is ready. loser you are to the shore-line Homer Kessler, owmer of the more this warm w ater ef- company, has set his boiler, con fts the thermometers. Converse- structed a concrete and fire brick the further you go from the Under auspices of high school dutch oven, and will be ready to hore-line. the less influence so, students entertainment will be fire up shortly. 1 ile there may be a com para- given tomorrow evening at the "With Mr. Rowley as foreman V either the B rook- Brookings high school gym, when of the planer, I feel confident we 't's or the Harbor postofFices, the "Suppressed Desire” dance is can take care of lots of work— 'Jn a mile or two up the river billed. A play, to be given by the if we can get the lumber after •deys there will be a difference high school, is other cntertian-, we áre ready to go," said Mr. Possibly 20 degrees. Mt. Emily, ment offered to the public. Kessler. fven miles back and 2700 feet Refreshments in way of hot' 'e the coast, may be entirely dogs, cokes, and such will be sold ,0^-clad and not even a frost by the students. Money thus real Red Cross Drive Lags Mrs. Goldie Smith, chairman of wc/wdcd on pUge Seven ized will be used for the student the Red Cross drive in the Brook- body funds. ings-Harbor area, has sent in $125 Students hav^ been making an collected during the present drive. advance sale of tickets. The drive is still on, and those who have not as yet contributed, may still do so by either contact Will Talk Airport Site irom Ore^ on Journal All those interested in seeing ing Mrs. Smith at the Brookings an airport located in the Brook- post office, or send it by mail. ,F^tiyals that have not been ings-Harbor area are invited to -in four years are scheduled attend a special meeting tonight iis v UFn to ibe Oregon coast (Thursday) at 8 o’clock, at the Weather for Brookings the past r._■e.ar' 9 iflers that have been Central building. week, was: Inquiries have been made of > tra / * FecaijSe of shortage Max. Min Prec. nrc ? anf^ materials will be the chamber of commerce, and again. March 25 ......... 59 41 certain business in this area as to 43 ^ i n2aJea f<s,ival at Brook-' the desire, need and possibilities March 26 ......... 57 43 a v 1 '* hf' H Mfty 2s - R are ! of having an airport here, and March 27 ......... 55 39 1.00 lte ‘8ht so d u tif u l as Azalea this meeting is being held to de March 28 ....... 48 37 .33 wtk in that season. Bush-, termine as much as possible, the March 29 ......... 51 39 .02 ** SSi ! v i t h the colorful i public opinion on a project such March 30 ......... 56 March 31 .........63 43 “ ri-ow Dead-high in the as this. Total rainfall .................1-35 Park that over- People are reminded that the rveni/n river basin’ For Attorney Hugh Gearin will open , the traveler, pol-' P.-T. A. will hold a meeting at his law office at the Central Bldg., ihc ? u’ood p i c n i c tables the school tomorrow’ (Friday) at nl« next Tuesday, he announced. ’ roughout nark.” i .a no n m. Ever\ one invited. Planer Soon Will Be In Production High Schools Plans Dance For Friday Mentions Festival n Daily Editorial Weather Report Tidal Wave “Fools” Real Estate Salesman The tidal wave, which hit the Pacific, Sunday and made history, meant most to the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska and Pete Lesmeister. Figuring he knew’ his waves —the ripples in the ocean— Pete told a prospective land buyer that "waves never have reached this far.” A few moments later they looked back—a wave had in undated the spot where they had stood when the state ment w’as made. Dean Schoenfeld Billed For Talks Final arrangements have been completed, scheduling Dean W. A. Schoenfeld, dean of the college of agriculture and director of ex- tension service a n d experiment St,a QOnHW,nrk„ in ° .T S T for ril 9 and 10. His schedule provides for a meeting with the Cape Blan co Lily Growers Association at Sixes Grange hall at 8 p. m. on April 9, and with Central Curry Lily Growers at the court house at Gold Beach at 1 ;00 p. m. on April 10; and with the Chetco Lily Growers at Harbor Grange hall at 8:00 p. m. of the same date. This schedule has been a r ranged by County Agent R. M. Knox, and all lily growers are invited to attend one of these meetings, irrespective of member ship in any of the organizations. The dean will be accompanied by J. C. Moore, assistant market ing specialist, who has been as sisting organized lily growers in all sections of western Oregon, since his recent appointment. He wil discuss organization work. Since Dean Schoenfeld is also a director in the Federal Land Bank for co-operatives, it has been suggested that he should discuss marketing a n d finance, and also outline a program for disease control research w’ork, and a general education ‘program. Croft lily growers h a v e re quested the establishing of ex periment station in southern Cur ry county to determine the cause and work out control methods for scale tip rot. Wednesday forenoon, April 10, is being held open for individual conference at the county agent’s office. Lily growers committees, or directors of local associations will be scheduled for D e a n Schoenfeld’s time by placing re quests with the county agent. Lily Capital of the W orld THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1946 Mark Cotton Left To Make Survey Of Lily Industry Schedule Given If Any Grower Wishes to Contact Manager Mark C. Cotton, manager of the West Coast Bulb Growers’ Co-op, left Tuesday, April 2, to be gone a month to study and review the major Easter lily markets before and after Easter. This trip will be of greatest importance and in terest to each grower in the in dustry. Andrew Flynn, president of the co-op, announced t h a t Cotton would, on May 7. present to a joint meeting of the board of di rectors of the co-op and repre sentatives of all lily growers as sociations in Washington, Oregon and California, a report on his and aiso"an“ analysis of the crop survey now being undertak en. This meeting is to take place at Coos Bay, in the afternoon, and a public meeting is to be held in the ’evening of the same date, to which all grow’ers are invited. To send its manager to the major markets w’hich are so far removed from the growing area is a most important service of the co-op to the industry. To have such information made available to the industry is certainly evi dence of the co-op’s announced policy to be of service to the en tire industry, a policy on which the co-op is to be congratulated. On leaving Brookings, Tuesday, Cotton told the Pilot: "I wish that all good and responsible growers, both large and small, were in the co-op now. They should be. I feel certain that they will join as each one under stands ’that those who help each other help themselves.’ Helping Concluded on Page Three Contest Play Billed For Gold Beach Students of Brookings H ig h School^Jiave selected "The Tar- nished~Witherspoons,” a farce in one act, as their contest play, this year to be presented at Gold Beach on Friday, April 12. The cast of characters: Grandma Witherspoon — a gen tle, sweet little old lady—Eugenia Moore. Grandpa Witherspoon—a chip per little old man, a horse thief —William Foltz. Margaret Witherspoon—a mod ern mother—ambitious for social prestige—Phyllis Huffman. Henry Witherspoon—a p o m p - Hams, 70 in number are enlous, easily agitated businessman route to Brookings to be prizes —Gene Gould. for the Chetco Rod and Gun Club Helen Witherspoon—t he fun- shoot, to be held Sunday at the loving daughter—Carol Lee Croc- Crissey farm, near the mouth o f; kett. Charles Witherspoon an eager, the Winchuck river. enthusiastic youngster, out of tune Several events, including men and women contests, rifle matches with his mother’s social ambitions as well as shotgun, will be held —Eddie Freeman. Margaret W’itherspoon, the so for those wishing to participate cially ambitious young matron, is in the different events. Mr. Crissey gave the club per striving to attain place and posi mission to use a spot on his Win tion in the social world for her chuck place, to fire into or across self and family, when, can it be the sand dunes. The time of be possible! Is there a skeleton in the fam ginning is set at 11, says adver ily? You will enjoy reactions of tising for the event. the various members of the With- Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Dunham of I erspoon family when it seems that Cumberland, Wise., are guests of Grandpa has a "past”—a past Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hogan this; that is not elevating to the social week. Mr. Dunham is assistant standards of t h e Witherspoon manager of Stokely Foods Co. family. Ham Shoot Billed For Next Sunday
