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e Home of the Croft Lily Brookings - Harbor Pilot ,lume One. Number Six ocal School Must ixpand To Meet rowth Of Area BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY. OREGON Madge Moore Finds Markets Opening Up Ham Shoot Success Sunday With Good Weather Aiding “Wild Hog” Barbecue Still Chad’s Hopes Lily Capital of the World THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1946 Future Of Lilies Is Up To Bulb Industry Itself Mrs. Madge Moore, owner W. S. Chadwick, m anager of Moore’s Variety and Ap for the Azalea F estival com parel Shop, spent the early m ittee of the cham ber of com part of last w eek at San Fran merce, is putting H. D. Til cisco, on a buying trip. ton, originator o f the "W ild State Experts P o in t Juvenile and Womens Dean Sehoenfeld, J. C. Mrs. Moore reported, on her Hog" barbecue, on the spot. Events Hold Share Out Many Facts In Moore Explain Issues return late last week, that Chad says Tilton will be things are beginning to ease Of Attention Their Findings subpoenaed, sum m oned, or Now Facing Growers up in some lines, with piece- w hatever they do in a case “The fu tu re of the lily indus like th a t, to be chef at the The Chetco Rod & Gun Club’s To acquaint people of Brook- J goods and yard-goods becom ing more plentiful in the next try must rest entirely up to the festiv itie s he originated. ham shoot, held Sunday, was, in igs-Harbor area with the a c tu a l; th irty days, or so, along with grower, w’heth er he will lx* in N ow a resident of Portland, their words, “an overwhelm ing edition of the local schools, the an increase in certain ladies business against foreign com peti old-tim ers think Tilton will success,” with an estim ated 600 ► ilot Will, in the next two weeks, dresses. However, she reports tion, or not,” said Dean W. A. oblige and come to Brookings in attendance. The 70 ham s which ublish the findings of the bureau that both mens and womens Sehoenfeld, dean of the college to carry out the work he had were prizes, were all gone before f educational research experts, slacks, particularly, are hard of agriculture, Oregon S ta te Col a hand in shaping. three o’clock in the afternoon. jcently in this area. S ta rtin g w ith to find, and woolen goods in lege, at a m eeting of lily grow Had the w eather been nice, all letter from C. L. HufTaker, one general are scarce. ers, held W ednesday evening a t day, at least 150 ham s would f the men making the local sur- Chetco G range hall. The hall was have been needed, according to ev, this installment will contain tilled alm ost to capacity with in Bob Perkins, club president. s much as space will perm it the terested people. The day’s event saw’ m any ex-1 eport they made to the local "W hen the Ameri<f n growers cellent m arksm en. Competition chool board: 4 grow th eir lily bulbs to be fa r was keen, and was high-lighted ichool Board, District No. 17, superior to any others from for by Homer Sanders and Dr. A. O. bookings, Oregon. eign lands, and especially keep First Step Taken In Schm itt’s shoot-off for the “su-j Gentlemen: I am subm itting their custom ers satisfied, then no per gi<md championship of the j lerewith a copy of a report on Expansion of System fear should result from compe W inchuck river district.” W ith , onditions as I found them in Area “Hungry” For In Community tition,” the dean concluded. each round of fire, the two p a r four schools. In m aking this re- Piles of Lumber; J. C. Moore, m arketing special ticipants moved back, until they »rt I have attem pted to consid- ist. w’ho helped organize the lily Progress Watched H. O. Chapm an, district m an reached the 32-yard m ark b eh in d ! >r all factor that m ight influence grow ers recently at Eugene, told ager for the W est Coast Tele the trap, where Dr. Schm itt miss he development of the district in T w o enormous tru c k -tra ile rs,1 ed his 13th clay pigeon —the m yth phone Co., of Coos Bay. has been of the organization of the Pacific he near future. All forecasts of in Brookings since Monday, super Lily Growers, and went to con inure conditions are subject to which parked in town last W ed ical crown going to Sanders. vising the moving of the telephone siderable length in explanation of An outstanding show of m ark s >rror and in event the conditions nesday evening a n d Thursday the functions and aim., . f the if the community change m arked- morning, have been subject of no m anship was witnessed in the office from the form er location, t o 1 organization. its new location in the C entral] first open rifle com petition when! little speculation. y forecasts will lack validity. A fter his talk he answ ered all The rigs bore Texas licenses, J. B. Stevens, a lad of 14, out-shot building. W ith C hapm an is W alt The parts of the report w ith the questions put to him by grow Riniem er, m anager of the C res ihich the board is most concern- and th eir pilots gave out enough a group of 14 adult experts and ers about the proposed org an i cent City telephone office. id is, of course, the conclusions. inform ation to lead snoopers to won a ham. Young Stevens was zation. It is expected, according to firing against such experts as ; have included much more th an believe this was the end of the R. M. Knox, county agent for he conclusions in the report in run for them. The most favored Bert Cleveland, Jesse Hoagland, Chapm an, th a t the move will be C urry county spoke briefly con com pleted by today, unless some iddition to the findings. This has inform ation was th at these tra il Fred Anderson of Lakeview, and cerning lily roguing and spray unforseen incident happens. teen done in order th at the board ers were loaded with a complete Roy and Mrs. Annin. dem onstration which is dated for In addition to the moving of The best shot of the day was night have the evidence upon saw’mill, to be set up in the Brookings and H arbor, April 17, the telephone office, m ore modern vhich the conclusions w ere based neighborhood and this seems to made by Merle Hanscam, w’ho comm encing a t the Rogers lily equipm ent will be installed in ind some indication of the line of hook up with another well-vouch- shot a dead-center bull’s eye. In ; field a t Brookings at 1 o’clock, the C entral building. However, easoning used in arriving a t the ed-for report th at a tim ber deal the ladies event, Zelma Cooley and going from one field to a n the equipm ent will not be new, took honors by putting a bullet is in the work, involving about a arious recommendations. but will have a larg e r capacity other in the area, finishing south The basic economy of the com million feet of stum page, handy in the “9-ring” to win a ham. of the Chetco. for service to Brookings. The boys event was w’on by munity has undergone a radical to town. H. T. Jam es, secretary of the In view of the growing demand 15-year-old Lee S l a t e r Jr., of Som ewhere along the line was hange within the past two years, local lily grow ers told about a in this area, the hours for tele md this change is the basic cause hooked another bit of hypothetical Crescent City, who fired against packing case c o n tract he, w ith phone service will be changed if a number of school problem«, wisdom th a t some fifteen families 21 other junior nimrods. S la te r’s Ray Struebing, had made at Med to 8 o r 8:30 a. m. to & or 9:30 shot hit the bullseye. t is very difficult to determ ine w ere on their way, the menfolks The rod and gun club asks th at p. m., anti another telephone op ford, and urged grow ers to place he future of “specialty farm in g ” of which would supply the m an e ra to r will be employed so as to orders im m ediately. He also read L' it has developed in the Brook- power for the operation. There is anyone w ith a helpful suggestion give continuous service through a le tte r from the Oregon N u rsery r.gs-Harbor area. As a rule spe- another p retty substantial report on the “running-off” of t h e s e out the day, C hapm an stated. mens Association, urging co ntribu :i£ ’y areas develop very rapidly th at prospects are bright for the shoots, m ake t h e i r suggestions tions tow ard a research fund to The w ar production board is ind then, with a decline in prices, operation of three small sawmills known either by person or by a still governing the installation of be used by the sta te college in between Brookings and Cilgrove’s 1 letter. Conc/uded on page eight new’ service, it was pointed out, study of diseases perculiar to the and another large layout about to and although the equipm ent be lily industry. Dean Sehoenfeld ex set up on the W inchuck river. Brookings Ahead of ing installed now will have larg er plained the plan under which this W ith the a r e a starving for Concluded on page ten capacity it does not m ean th a t “Sunny California” lum ber and funds available to buy there will be any g reat increase The popular dispenser of such if offered, mill prospects in in the num ber of phones for the things refreshing a t C had’s this area should be very a ttr a c com m unity at this time. Em porium, sailing under the , ^ rectors °f cham ber of tive to mill-owners. “This move is the culm ination m onicker of “Bill Chadwick,” amorce this week invited rep- of over GO days of planning for has been getting publicity of ^ntatives of Oregon Public more adequate service in Brook classing as well as w’orld-wide - mties Commission to m eet w ith W hen the county budget was ings-H arbor a re a ,” C hapm an told in nature. H ere’s how: in Brookings concerning the set up, a sum of $900 was set the Pilot. Phone service in this area. This Brookings There used to aside f o r advertising purposes, — i be quite a flock of swallows " ng will be at the e a rlie st $300 for each, Gold Beach, Port Orford, and Brookings, with each a e , n ?P n C e commission. 1 A rthur G uthrie has accepted a, around here, along about the • itter was also directed to position as coach w’ith Brookings first of the month but most com m unity to m atch this money American Railway E xpress High School for the 1946-47 school of them are gone, now. for publication of advertising m a at Portland, relative to the term , the school board announced terial. L u th er Tisdale was dele ........... Bill Chadwick, local cham service in this area. It this year. In addition to his duties ber of commerce aide, is the A sm all, but interested group gated by B rookings-H arbor cham pointed out to the express as coach. G uthrie will teach phys source for the inform ation attended a m eeting last T h u rs ber of com m erce to appear before jnpany that the postal records ical education and m athem atics th a t m any of these swallows day evening to discuss possibili-1 the budget com m ittee last Wed- -icate between 1700 and 2000 or science. were under contract tor a p er ties of locating a sm all a irp o rt in nesday to suggest that the fund The school board also announc are now being served in this area. V. A. M endenhall J r .,1 budgete for this printing be re sonal appearance at San Juan area’ but at present express ed th a t all the teachers presently C apistrano, and they and their was nam ed as head of a group allocated. '■‘»ptnents for here are received teaching in the local schools havei agents went south again. Since Gold Beach and Port O r to investigate possibilities for a ■ ‘*^ent City, and consignees been re-elected to teach for the He looks for them back suitable landing field in this area ford passed up th eir chances to notified by post card, it be- coming school year. obtain any of this county money, a fte r they have fulfilled their for sm all planes. W ith exception of Miss P earl ' JP to the individual person- contract.—Oregon Journal. M endenhall stated th a t a lot Mr. Tisdale hastened home, and e. r °r tro u g h C entral T rans- Sulliway, who is teaching under of probable sites have been looked a t the tim e this paper goes to • 0-, at extia charge to bring an em ergency Oregon certificate over since T hursday’s m eeting, press, has raised alm ost half the ^shipment here. and who does not wish to con but no definite action will be am ount necessary to m atch the the letters to the public tinue teaching, all teachers have W eather for Brookings the past taken until the group m eets to county money. This proposed booklet, to be il .es Commission, there a re no accepted. High school teachers m orrow night. w as: lu strativ e of area, will be given r s C 1 i,rs- or com plaints, will be L. D. H orner, Ruth Wood week, “All those who are interested Prec. Max. Min to tourists, soon to come through ton r the West Coast T ele" ward. and A. W. G uthrie Grade ; in aviation in any way.” Men 46 1 ....... , hut a request for a school teachers will be I rances April — denhall said, "are urged to a t the area. 40 2 ....... ......54 April People of the area, wishing to adp1 S lcator to visit here, is Horner, Frances Henry. Ruth tend the m eeting tom orrow night, .04 43 ...... 53 aid in this cause, and to help the V-hIn or^r r th a t the present Garcia, Irene Crump. Bernadine April 3 ....... to help us get the ball rolling.] .... 41 60 April 4 f situaiion m ay be placed Sfeele and Evelyn DeMoss. T h e m eetin g w ill be held a t area in the m eantim e, a re asked 40 April 5 ....... .......54 ‘*'obt ; commission, in an effort 8 p. m. in th e C e n tra l b udding, to contact Mr. Tisdale im m edi 40 58 ately to m ake contribution. Advertise the are a by sending Apr'! am for the com m unity a a v ’ th e public is invited. .64 44 59 Telephone Office Was Moved To Central Building Sawmill On Trucks Cause For Much Local Speculation «of C. Seeks New wires For Area Will Match Money For Advertising Faculty Re-elected By School Board Mendenhall Heads Airport Group Weather Report ihe P ilot to y o u r friends.
