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One. Number N ine
ter Registration
23 Per Cent In
st 12 Months
pproximately 654
egister Before Closing
f Books, A p ril 16
te^istration of voters in the
«kings and Chetco precincts
shown an approximate 23%
rease since June, 1945. This in-
ase is up to and including clos-
of registration books on
16.
ording to latest a p p ro x i-
te and unofficial figures, th e re
312 registered voters in the
«kings precinct in Ju n e 1945
22 registered voters Tin th e
•too precince. Since, 83 qual-
voters have registered in
©kings, and 37 in Chetco pre-
ftis shows an increase of 120
1rs in this community w ith
cial registration being about
These figures do not take into
sidération the voters whose
?s were taken off the regis-
ion list because of death or
nng away to other com m un
ie registrars in both precincts
orted that there were a num-
who wished to register, but
eared after the books w ere
led. Registration books close
days prior to an election, and
& again follow ing. A fter May
primaries, books will open, to
ain until one month before the
eral election in November.
i the May 17, election notices
opposition has been filed in
county election. However,
will be a few state nomi-
tions.
immunity C hurch
lects At D in n er
of both church and Sun-
school were named by the
■•"■.unity Baptist church a t a
»'hip dinner and social hour,
Iast Friday night. About 60
present for the dinner and
«««s meeting which followed.
opq were:
beacons — Everett Eisen-
•J E. Stevenson, O. W. Mill-
'eacon for life) and Leo Lu-
beaconesses are Mrs. J. M.
and Mrs. Malissa Hend-
ees—W. H. Hoagland, E.
»‘^re and Clifford Lindskoug.
* - Mrs. Kathrv Reekman.
^urer-M iss Edith Ott.
rV '. Scfl0°l Superintendent
G Hoagland.
•■-ay School Secretary—J. E.
'enson.
School T reasurer—Mrs.
J5* Smith.
^ e various officials
a remarkable growth in
lev r?ear’ under leadership
l’Lnham« It was decided
made’ givins the
i
me' and hours of serv-
w °rs name, these to be
ftveT the hiShw*y at the
littm *° town’ and one in
the church- Sunday
a»te9i <? rnmence at 9:45 a -
» MoVc’u rrh a" OW 3 Short
o Ln Church services.
ck.airman of the
Sr^ th a ? Up?lng c°m m ittee,
ied
, lrnpr Bankus had
ift n ° ots adjacent to the
’•hat
to ^ e church,
Pl*Sion * pIanned to s ta rt
1 as r
, a Parsonage as
h* oh ,ain ‘
* " a s expressed to
Ior his generosity.
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY. OREGON
Food Collection Will
Start Here, May 12
Croft Lily Growers
To Hear Findings
Of Trip, Saturday.
The N ational Em ergency Food
Collection drive will s ta rt Many
12, Mrs. J. E. Stevenson» ch air
m an of local collection committee,
announced early this week.
Mrs. Ray Streubing
She sta te d th at arrangem ents
have been made at both the C het
Billed For Report At
co M arket and Brookings M arket
Postponed Meeting
for collection boxes, where the
public m ay donate food in tin
A report of her trip will be
cans during this drive. Mrs. S te given at the postponed m eeting of
venson stressed the fact th a t the Croft Lily Growers Association,
food donated will go only to our
Saturday night a t the Grange
w ar-tim e allies.
hall by Mrs. Ray Streubing, who
just returned from a trip to the
east to ascertain reasons for so
many com plaints about the lily
bulbs from florists.
While non-com m ittal about her
findings until she is ready to
Brookings schools wil observe give her report, Mrs. Streubing
N ational Music Week with a m u did intim ate th at growers would
sic festival, to be presented on have to be rigid about standards
the afternoon of May 10, at 1:15. an«l qualities, and would have to
All rooms of the grade school be scrupulously honest w ith the
have been practicing on songs florists if the industry will hold
during th eir class periods, and the a future of promise.
festival will represent the finale
Sent as a representative of the
of the music activities for the local unit of the Croft Lily Grow
school year.
ers Association, Mrs. Streubing
Included in the program will be visited St. Paul, Minnaepolis, St.
the presentation of the flaf and Louis, Denver and San Francisco.
flag salu te by the Boy Scoots of She was gone about two weeks.
the school, crowning of the queen
of the festival, Pauline Hend
ricks, who has already been chos
en from the princess candidates
from the various rooms, song con
tests with all rooms participating,
instrum ental ensemble, consisting
At the requpst of Don Eddy,
of B arb ara Christenson, Violet American Magazine representa
and D anny Jaggers,
Kenneth tive, who visited this area some
Pierce, Robert Bates, Joe S arfer weeks ago, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
and Jim m y Robinson.
Vincent, who soon will locate at
Special num bers from the dif
ferent rooms will consist of a
TO IL L U S T R A T E STO RY
vocal solo by M ary Jean Gott,
vocal trio by Jim m y Lytle, Jim m y
Robinson and Jim m y Berger, a
solo by Jim m y Fitzhugh, a duet
by P a t and Judy Murphy, an ac
cordion solo by Jacquelyn Payne,
g u ita r solo by Lois Anne M iller
and a tum bling act by the girl
scouts. Girls in the act are M ary
Lou Berger, K aren Foltz, M yrtle
Brown, P a tty Sum ner and JoAnn
S hrader. Roy B urrell and Dann
Jag g ers will sing a duet.
Princesses who were elected by
the various rooms are Phyllis
D arger, seventh grade; Lynette
Raymond, eighth grade; N ita Ray
mond, fifth and sixth grades; P a u
line Hendricks, fourth and fifth
grades; JoAnn Clenendon, third
grade. Flow er girls selected from
the p rim ary room are Lavicia
Jaggers, Kay Brooks, B arbara
G uthrie. M arilyn M errill and
Joyce Raymond.
Mrs. Levitt H orner, music in
Ralph Vincent, m any years
stru c to r and director of the fes
the Oregon Journal photogra
tival, and the students extend a
pher, who will open studios
cordial invitation to all parents
at Brookings and Crescent
and friends to share with them
City a fte r first of June.
this music week program .
Nat’l Music Week
To Be Observed
Taking Pictures
For Magazine
Couple Married Monday
At Crescent City, Mon.
Brookings, were here to take
pictures of people to be included
in Mr. Eddy’s article in a fo rth
coming issue.
Mr. Vincent, for m any years
official photographer on the O re
gon Journal, will open studios in
Brookings, and a t C rescent City,
sometime a fte r June 1, when the
fam ily will move here to make
its home. Mr. Vincent feels he’s
in the right spot for the kind of
free lance study he wishes to
follow.
Doris D rake and Archie Mc
Vay w ere m arried a t Crescent
City last Monday. The wedding
cerem ony was perform ed by Rev.
E. R. Freem an of the Federated
Com m unity church, at the p a r
sonage.
Freddie Flynn was best man
and M ildred D rake was brides
maid. The young couple is a t
P o rtlan d on a wedding trip. They
plan to re tu rn about Saturday,
The Baptist Com m unity Church
and wil lm ake th eir home in
W omen’s Circle will m eet at Mrs.
Brookings.
B eaulieu's home next W ednesday
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. M errill re for dessert luncheon at 1 p. m.
The speaker will be from Sm ith
turned to P ortland Tuesday a fte r
River mission and the talk will
spending the m onth of April w ith
be
held a t the church following
th eir son, Joe M errill, and their
daughter. Mrs. A. P. H er
Gold Beach Darkened;
Co-op Withdraws Bids
From reports coming in from
the north, the e le c tn c power sit
uation in this area is not as bad
as it could be. The Gold Beach
power plant, according to these
reports, broke down com pletely
last week, when two generators
burned out at the sam e time.
It is also reported th at the Coos
Electric Cooperative has given up
trying to buy the present plant
at Gold Beach. The Coop was ap
proached w ith the suggestion to
buy out the system in an effort to
give more adequate service. How
ever, the necessary options were
not forthcom ing, and the Coop
was forced to w ithdraw .
Scouts Attend Co.
Court Of Honor
In company with three Scout
com m itteem en: Tony Grace. Bob
P erkins and Chas. Low, L arry W.
M etier, local scoutm aster, took
21 of his scout troop to Coquille
last Friday for the Coos-Curry
court of honor.
Gov. E arl Snell was principal
speaker, telling the assem bly the
“Things Scouting Had M eant To
Him and his Son.”
Local Boy Scouts who w ere ad
vanced to Second Class at the
Court of H onor w ere: Stanley
Grace. Jim m y C arte. Chris Brown.
Joe Moore, Roy Johnson and Doyle
Rausch.
Den Chiefs appointed to help
w ith Cub work were Joe Moore,
of H arbor and Doyle Rausch and
LaVerne M endenhall of Brook
ings.
Enjoyed Beach P arty, Monday
A beach party, at which wieners
w ere roasted, was enjoyed Mon
day evening by the troop. Five of
the boys passed th eir swimming
tests in the Chetco river th a t eve
ning.
Following this a "kangaroo
co u rt’’ was held, at which four
boys w ere tried for disorderly
conduct at the court of honor, at
Coquille. Sentence was suspended
providing the boys henceforth ad-
herred to the scout law.
Chamber Of Commerce
Picks Festival Workers
Lily Capital
of the W orld
T8HURSDAY .MAY 2. 1946
County Track Meet
Will Be Held Here
Tomorrow P. M.
•
Brookings Will Play
Host To County
Thin-Clad Athletes
Brookings High School will be
host to o th er Courry County High
schools at the annual tra c k m eet
Friday, May 3, sta rtin g at 1:00.
This is the first tim e th at the
county meet has been held since
the w ar and tran sp o rtatio n con
ditions put an end to it in 1942.
Local school officials hope th a t
(he re-introduction will build in
terest with local students for the
years to come, as m any of the
present students are not fam iliar
with track as an activity, except
those tran sferred from o t h e r
schools.
The list of events a re :
Shot put; pole vault, broad
jump, 880-yard run, discus, high
j u m p , 120-yard hurdles, (tw o
heats), 100-yard dash, 220-yard
low hurdles (tw o heats), 440-yard
run, mile run, 220-yard dash, 120-
yard high hurdles finals; 220-yard
low' hurdles finals; and relay.
Team* W*H be here from Gold
Beach, Ophir, P ort O rford and
Langlois high schools. Rules a re :
1. Each school may e n te r two
eom petitiors in each event.
2. Boys may e n te r four events
exclusive of relay.
3. The custom ary scoring of
5, 3 and 1 will be used.
4. This meet will I k » governed
by the N. C. A. A. rules.
5. The hurdles this y ear will
consist of the stan d ard 120 high
hurdles and the stan d ard 220 low
hurdles.
6. Every list should be sub
m itted to Mr. H orner. Brookings,
not la te r than April 26.
7. Oregon sta te a th le tic asso
ciation rules for eligibility shall
apply to contestants in field and
track events.
P.-T. A. Announces
Queen” Contest
To plan for an Azalea F e sti
val Queen, local P arent-T eachers
Association m et Monday evening
to discuss the choosing of the
lady who will reign a t the festi
val. The candidate will be picked
by a popularity contest.
In talking to the P ilo t T ues
day, Mrs. C. H. Rausch, who is
aiding in the m atter, said:
“The idea of an Azalea F estival
Queen is new to us, so we a re
asking the support of the e n tire
comm unity. O ur queen will be
chosen by your votes, which m ay
be obtained from each reg istran t.
“All girls of high school age,
or over, are eligible, and all who
are interested, are asked to send
a card with th e ir nam es age, and
address to Mrs. Joe M errill, Box
47, Brookings, not la te r tharr
Monday, May 6.
“On Tuesday, May 7, Mrs. M er
rill will m eet w ith all reg istran ts
at her home at eight in the eve
ning to give them particulars.
“It is hoped th a t all girls and
boys will urge their friends to
register, to put some pep into
the affair and m ake it a real oc
casion. Since tim e is lim ited, it
will be necessary to get to work
im m ediately.”
Dance Com m ittee—Bob P e rk
ins, chairm an; Vernon H anscam ,
Mrs. C harles Low, Mrs. Sidney
Abbott, C lark Rawlings, Fred Gus
tafson, A. Diment, Ed Thornton,
Mrs. Nicodemus, H erb Payne.
Barbecue — C harles Grayshel,
chairm an; T hor Ask, A. C. Thom p
son, Vic Reynolds, Ju n io r H ans
cam, Jim Robinson, Joe Berger,
Roy Annin, Tony G race and Bob
Carson.
E n te rtain m en t—L u th er Tisdale,
chairm an; Mrs. A. A. Johnson,
N orris Kemp, Mrs. H ibbard, Mr.
Maloney, Ruth B athinay, L arry
M etier.
Publicity—Dewey Akers, ch air
m an; Max B rainard, C harles Ech
ols.
Finance — W i l s o n Freem an,
chairm an; Leo Lucas, Roy Sund
erland, E lm er H anscam , Elm er
Bankus, Dr. A. O. Schm itt, and
H. Jam es.
Reception and Inform ation —
C. A. MacKenzie, chairm an; Mrs.
Osa Johnson, Charles Low, Mrs.
Dorothy Lockland, Val Menden
hall, Jr., Mr. Zenier, E arl Tem
plar, P ete Lesm eister. Mrs. Me
Pherson, C harles Schall and Mrs.
A ttorney Hugh C. G earin re
Jam es.
It was pointed out th a t most turned Tuesday evening f r o m
of these com m itteem en do not be Portland, w here he had been by
rle;
of an aunt, last week.
long to the chamlx*r.