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,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
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, hut a request for a school teachers will be I rances April
— denhall said, "are urged to a t the area.
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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,
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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.]
....
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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
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‘*'obt ; commission, in an effort
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p. m. in th e C e n tra l b udding, to contact Mr. Tisdale im m edi
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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.
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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.