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One, Number Thirteen.
morial Service
1 Be Held Here
is Afternoon
V. F. W. Auxiliary Had
Interesting Display
Among the interesting sights
offered during the festival was
the wundow display prepared by
th e ladies of the V. F. W. Aux
iliary. Insignia and flags formed
igion, V. F. W. Will
a background for many interest
ing w ar souvenirs, brought home
art Services At
by m any boys.
hool, at 2:00 p. m.
A gun-sight from a Jap bat
tleship and a copy of the sur
■tco Post, American Legion ren d er document signed by the
Veterans of Foreign W ars Ja p s w ere among the interesting
.old a Memorial Service a t item s on this display.
»metery at 2 p. m. this af-
n. in honor of their buddies
Work Started On New
i world wars.
Luther Ison of Gold Beach Catholic Church Rectory
A ctual construction of a new
rookings Episcopal churches
rectory for the Catholic church
onduct the services,
px-service men are urged in Brookings started Monday,
ticipate. The services will w ith the clearing of the land
it the school house, where next to the church, site of the
and V. F. W. members new’ stru ctu re.
Rev. -Daniel Kelly, pasior, is
ather and march to the
ry in a body. At 2:30, at in Brookings helping to get the
«metery. appropriat cere- w ork started, and Jack Hall is
will be conducted by Rev. in charge of construction. Forms
nd it is anticipated th at a have been erected, and it is ex
squad will fire a volley pected th a t concrete will be ready
ie graves of the veterans to pour today.
here.
possible, all ex-service men
ild appear in uniform for the
is now nearly eighty years
1 the custom of honoring our
c war heroes was inaugurated
ough a general order issued
General John T. Logan, Com-
er-m-chief of the G r a n d
of the Republic on May
1868
b observance was originally
for those in th e Union
sy who had given th e ir lives
the Civil War. But over th e
it has come to include all
ivhohave made the suprem e
lifice that this nation m ight
^December, 1941, the ranks
thf silent army, whose last
f ? places are marked with
e white crosses, have in-
'• greatly. New fields of
have sprung up on the
* °f Normandy, on the
Germany, on the tor-
• terrain of Anzio and Guad-
“a and Okinawa, on the
of North Africa, and .
ground of a hundred other I
le known and too soon
Wen.
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Architect Working
On School Plans
Mr. Freem an, noted Portland
architect, was here Monday and
m ost of Tuesday, to study the
topography of the ground and to
g a th e r data for erection of a
new school building for Brookings
this year. He also studied the
old building with view of m ak
ing suggesstions for remodeling.
E xcavation will begin immed
iately for the new building, south
west of the present building, so
as to keep intact the present a th
letic field. Until his plans re
tu rn , little can be said about the
proposed building, except that it
wil lbe designed with view to
expansion in the future.
M embers of the school board
spent much tim e with Mr. Free
m an, going over the local prob
lems, and are hopeful to have the
prelim inary plans within a few
weeks.
Garbage Dump Is
Open To Public
everyone should
t and honor these b rav e
The com m unity garbage dump
is now’ ready for business. Ar
th u r Crook built the road lead
ing into the dum p early this week,
and it is now’ ready for the pub
lic to use.
The site of the dump is located
two miles from Brookings and
1.6 miles from Harbor, on the
south bank road. The chamber
of com m erce has had signs made,
which will be posted to direct
people to the dump.
Since opening the new’ dump,
the cham ber of commerce and
county are co-operating in see
ing to it th at all refuse and g a r
bage a re dfimped in the proper
Z ‘o
degrec the debt
place, ra th e r than along roadsides.
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great silent arm y. A stiff penalty is promised anyone
• .t.hr°ugh such found dumping elsewhere except
Maw ac? vities’ make to- a t the new ly-created spit.
a f e ? nd evpn day in the
The disposal area is high up
,o ,h e the side of the hill with a go<xi
road leading to it, and cannot he
seen from the south bank road.
f i X w Dr and Mrs- Glen
This site was approved by the
n ^ o v e r festival week- s ta te highway patrol as being
*r fomi' hnd Mrs- O. R. most satisfactory in the area. It
<* Klam-, is so located that it will not con
evrUer Shop. He has ta m in a te eith er the river or any
l ^ £ £ T e , int forcing priv ate w ater supplies.
• ■' the r-
lo°ked over
P
considered1 Say th a t you saw it advr-tised
i ti
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s°me formal cere-
‘ lemorial Day. But we
2 2 £reater honor, we can
Rfatitude for th eir
by do>ng more for the
L ° ‘ their families, th eir
huddies. and the down
Peoples for whom they
,
a better world.
see to it th a t the
tiv pn
faHen are ade-
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for’ only as we
VeteFans thc P^ys-
h i a and spiritual aid
,' nnJed,. only as we do
• t a'(‘dlrS the huHEry
^ i r « UrOf>e an<* Asia. do
Primary Election Has
“Item For Ripley”
Here's one for Ripley if
he can be paged at the mo
ment:
Charles Elchols, a demo
crat, was nominated on the
republican ticket at the re
cent primaries, for bounty sur
veyor. Mr. Newhouse, a re
publican was nominated on
the democratic ticket. All the
I'otes were “ write-ins" — and
neither had filed for the of
fice.
Throngs Visit Azalea Annual Festival,
Saturday, Despite Rain; Flower Show
One of Most Complete Ever Displayed
Coronation Held At High School Gymnasium When
Intermitten Rains Came; Barbecue Served To
Over 1500 Visitors At Azalea State Park
Experiments Are
Being Conducted
With Lily Blooms
Despite the handicap of rain,
which fell in term ittently in the
m orning, and began in earnest
shortly a fte r conclusion of the
barbecue at the Azalea S ta te
Park, the annual Azalea Festival
a ttra c te d alm ost 2000 people last
Saturday. Over 1500 were served
at the barbecue, while ethers,
Results Should Be
Known By Middle
Of July
Visitors Here
From Every wh re
Howard T Jam es recently re
turned from a meeting at San
Francisco with officials and chem
ists of the Flora Synth L abora
tories of New’ York City, filled
with optimism over possibilities
of the use for lily blossoms in
perfume.
Jam es held several conferences
with Dr. Alexander Katz, one of
the leading perfume chem ists of
the country, and reports th a t
Dr. Katz expressed considerable
interest and hel dhigh hopes for
the outcome of experim ents which
will be conducted as soon as lilies
in this area commence to bloom.
Complete arrangem ents have
been made for exhaustive experi
ments. and based on these experi-
mnts will depend the ultim ate
use to which the grow ers’ lily
blooms will be put.
If these experim ents prove suc
cessful. the Flora Synth Labor
atories suggested that they m ight
establish a laboratory in this
area.
Shipment of blooms for ex
perim ents have been done, and
three separate experim ents will
be run. The first will be on lily
buds, the second on semi-blooms
and the third set on full blooms.
Dr. Katz explained, by using
the three stages of bloom he will
be aided to determ ine any v a ria
tion in odor or fragrance. He
said th at quite often where the
flower was used, there was a
variation in quality of odor during
the tim e before the bud opens
until the flower reaches full-
blossom stage.
The time for the experim ents
will take about ten days or two
weeks, and if successful, it is
likely th at those growers, whose
lily buds or blooms are a t the
proper point of development, will
have a m arket this year.
In discussing methods of shipp
ing blooms, should experim ents
make it necessary, and before a
local laboratory is set up, Jam es
said th a t these blossoms would
probably be put in large card
board boxes, with no p a rticu la r
care being taken. It may be th at
these will be sold in pound m eas
ure ra th e r than by bloom.
Results are expected by the
middle of July.
Rains Of Past Week
Welcomed By Growers
Rains, w’hich ham pered Azalea
Festival activities last Saturday,
and whichhave fallen for the
past several days, were welcomed
bv growers of this area, since the
winds earlier this month had
dried out the soil to considerable
The guest register for the
Azalea Festival reads l i k e
geography, listing the names
of states and towns. From
the rock-bound coast of Mas
sachusetts to the shore-line
of the Pacific appear names,
showing quite clearly that
there were festival visitors
from nearly every state in
the union.
Of course, registration from
Oregon ted in number, with
California a n d Washington
appearing prominently. Mrs.
Jessif B. Tbbe of Warehouse
Point, Connecticut and Miss
May E. Davidson of Thomp
s o n v i 11 e, Connecticut, are
most likely the visitors the
greatest distance from home.
The state of Massachusetts
had a fair representation at
the Festival, with sir persons
registering. New York State
was also represented, as was
Georgia, New Mexico, Illi
nois, South Dakota, Wyoming,
Idaho and Colorado, just to
mention a few.
It was quite certain that
everyone f r o m out-of-state
did not register, because ears
with Virginia, T e x a s and
Maryland licence plates were
parked along the main street
during the day.
fearing rain and disdaining the
"long line” went to restau ran ts.
The day sta rte d a t 10:30 with
Coronation of Queen June 1 (June
S hrader) at the high school gym,
driven indoors by the rain. From
the gym the crowd w’ent to the
park to view the famed shrubs
in bloom, and to eat “wild haw g”
as barbecued by the local cham
ber of commerce comm ittee.
The queen and her court were
present at this occasion, as well
as a t the flower show which be
gan a t 2:00 p. m. a t the H arbor
Grange hall, under auspices of
Azalea Garden Club.
At one time, shortly a fte r the
queen arrived a t the flower show,
the crowd was so large that the
hall, already crowded with the
gigantic display of domes t ic a t ed
Appreciates Job
Done At Festival
Brookings - H arbor Cham ber
of Commerce. Gentlem en:
On behalf of our cham ber
of commerce, I take this op
portunity to confirm in w rit
ing, the impression I gained
of the fine co-operative and
com m unity spirit exemplified
in the planning and carrying
out of the thousand and one
details incident to the suc
cessful completion of y o u r
Eighth Azalea Festival.
This is the first opportun-
I have had to be present on
this occasion and it would
seem to me th a t for doing a
com m unity job up in good
shape, the Brookings-H arbor
Cham ber of Commerce is se t
ting an exam ple th at will lx?
m ighty hard for any of the
sm aller com m unities up and
down the Pacific Coast to
surpass for some tim e to
come. (Signed) W. W. Allen,,
m anager. Gold Beach Cham
ber of Commerce.
and wild flowers, was taxed to
its limit. W ith rain falling as it
did. at the time, many lingered
indoors, holding . back the pro
cession which would have speed
ed up the lines viewing the ex
hibits.
Climaxing the evening’s e n te r
tainm ent was the dance at the
Grange hall, which again was
filled to capacity.
Flower Show Winners—
Through courtesy of Mrs. B er
nice Newton, show chairm an, a
list of winners ar the flower show
is hereby published:
H ORTICULTURE DIVISION
Sweet Peas - Mrs. P. J. Les
m eister. H arbor, first; Mrs. Leo
Garahedian, H arbor, second; Pete
Lesm eister, H arbor, third.
Rose Mrs. Anderson, H arbor,
first; Mrs. Ella Carson, H arbor,
second; Mrs. Bob W illiams, of
Brookings, third.
Peony Mrs. M. W. Rose, of
Brookings, first; Mrs. E. Asche,
H arbor, second; M r s . Dorothy
Simpson, Brookings, third.
Bearded Iris—W illiam Weide-
man. Brookings, first; Mrs. Tom
Concluded on Page Six
Annual Published
Here Back In 1931
In last issue of the Pilot it was
stated th at the Utopian was the
first printed annual for Brook
ings High School. Shortly a fte r
publication it was revealed th a t
an annual had been printed in
1931 when Mr. and Mrs. Lowell
Sm ith w ere a t the time, the fac
ulty of the high sch<x>l. It was
discontinued because of the ex
pense.
S ta tin g in the tex t of the title
page of the Utopian, the Juniors
dedicate this annual, seemed to
give the impression th a t the class
did the work. A look a t the staff
shows th a t the th ree upper class
es w ere represented:
June H assett, junior, editor;
C arroll Reekman, assistant edi
tor, senior; Lois Crook, photog
rapher, junior; Ray Foltz, art,
junior; M arie B aum gartner, a rt
designer, junior; Phyllis Huffman,
tre a su re r, junior; M ary Hill, ac
tivities, sophomore; Tommy Ja m
es. boys sports, junior; Mabel
Kinion, girls sports, senior; E u
genia M o o r e , producer, senior;
Neil Nelson, advertising, junior;
and Bob Church, advertising, a
soph >r'rp