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Home of the Croft Lüu Brookings* Harbor Pilot 7)ne7 Number Twent-one ilea Festival ;anization Will Formed Here une Organizations To Be Heard )m By Chamber BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY. OREGON Top-soil Was Taken From Axford Driveway Incensed over removal of rich top-soil from the driveway to their place on the winding road to Harbor, Mr. and Mrs. H. Wj Axford advertised, this week, in the Pilot, offering a reward of $50 for information leading to arrest and conviction of the per son or persons responsible. “ This topsoil,” said Mr. Axford, “ is rich with humus, due to the rank vegetation of that vicinity. I t would be exception for lawns of the area, and perhaps many people don’t think when they load this up.” Kenyon-Davidson Price Schedule Is Announced, Co-op New Co-op Manager Takes Over Duties In This District Mrs. Mildred Byrne To Open Office, August 1 Brookings w ill have a public stenographer. Announcement is being made in this issue of the Pilot by Mrs. Mildred M. Byrne that she w ill, on August 1, open up a public stenographer’s office in the Cen tral Building, across the hall from the West Coast Telephone office. Already connected w ith a num ber of accounts in bookkeeping, the demand for office space be came necessary, so Mrs. Byrne decided to open up downtown, and has added this service. Lily Capital of the World THURSDAY, JULY 25. 1946 Local Legionnaires Attend Convention Held at Portland Brookings Lilies Make Impression At Legion Memorial Services Mr. and Mrs Earl Templar and Tallcut A. Perkins, formerly Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Mendenhall with the California Farm Bureau, Sr. returned late last week from with an eight-year record of note, Portland where they attended the became the manager of West annual convention of the Oregon Coast Growers, Co-op,, succeed Department of American Legion. ing Mark C. Cotton, who resigned Mr*. Mendenhall Report* June 15. Mrs. Mendenhall, delegate from Recommended highly by the Chetco Unit, American Legion Bank of Cooperatives at Berkeley, Auxiliary, reports that the con Mr. Perkins is married has two vention. under direction of Mrs. children, Janice, who w ill enter Earl Templar, Department pres University of Oregon as a fresh ident, had an extraordinary busy man this fall, and Edmund, ju According to H. T. James. Mon session. day, work on the perfume experi The choir of the Baptist com nior in high school. Child welfare will lx* increased ments this year have been held m unity church, under direction of Announce Kenyon Bulb Price* this year, reported Mrs. Menden Following the meeting, held last up because of the coal strike and Otto C. Turley, director, w ill pre hall, who added that rehabilita sent a vesper service at 8 o’clck i Monday evening at the Chetco resultant lack of coal ta r deriv- tion of veterans w ill be stressed. j Grange, the co-op set the follow iatives and fats. Sunday evening at the church. District No. 4. of which the M r James, who has been in- Practices for the e'ent have ing schedule for Kenyon-David- local post and unit are a part, is tensely interested in this proj- been held for the past couple, of I son bulb prices. The purple stem variety, known ect, laments the fact that another outstanding in state membership weeks, and much interest already achievements. Being large and un has been manifest in the coming as Royal, said to be the leading year w ill be lost in this experi- wieldy, the district has been di event. A complete program of Kenyon-Davidson variety, was | menting. and delay of a business vided. and the local post and unit the affair may he seen by turn picked as the basis for establish which might aid lily growers to now come under District No. 10. ing prices. Since the Six-inch bulb a great extent. ing to page seven of this issue. Chetco unit received a citation Proceeds of an offering w ill go in this lily compares favorably to as a new unit and also one for the 7-inch Croft it bud count, i t ! Pi»’«»-« toward proposed purchase of a w exceeding its quota for mem ill he included in the schedule J ™ KlVers Hammond organ for the church. bership. Since there are very few E s-, End Girl Is Announced A very impressive memorial tate lilies grown in Curry County, | Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Williams, was held at the sunken ball Vernon Goldizen Was but sizeable fields in Del Norte i of Rivers End, near the state room of the Masonic Temple at announce the engagement of Portland, on the second day of Honored At Party, Tues. county, it was necessary to estab- lish a price on this type of lily. | their daughter. Joy. to Clair John- the convention. Edith Low. of the A going-away party was held As confusion has been in minds of son son of Mr. and Mrs. M illard local post, furnished lilies for the Tuesday evening for Vernon Gol dizen at M ill Beach, given by his many of the growers a to price Johnson of Fort Dick, cross, about six feet in height, The couple, both graduates of to be p la c e d on a simulated pre and Compass Club — parents and friend of the Com of Crofts, set at the Coos Bay tmeeting, the following list has p (>i Norte high school, plans to he grave. A picture of this appeared Hanscam. m unity church. jmarried in October. last week in the Oregon Journal. Vernon left Wednesday for his been released by the co-op: rbor Community Club—Mrs. Price to Jobber* These lilies were in memory of camp in New Jersey, after en b Wood. Under Over Mrs. Low’s brother, and his son, t' -lite Club Mrs. Lillian Wie- joying a furlough he/’e with his No. in Price to 500 500 Allan Bynon and Lt. Allan By- parents. He is in the army. nan. Size Case Forcers Cases Case* non, Jr., killed in March of this « No. 966. V. F. W. — A. CROFT year. ollinger. 7- 8 250 $135.00 $110.00 $100 Deputy Vice-Commander of Dist. 8- 9 200 $135.00 $110.00 $100 A general field day on the VFW J" W. Auxiliary—Mrs. H ar- V A Mendenhall Sr., retiring 9- 10 150 $135.00 $110.00 $100 building site is scheduled for Sun com meander of the local post, was Stephenson. 100 $110.00 $90.00 $82 day. July 28. when all members picked as vice-commander of the chamber has yet to hear ROYAL of the post are to show up and newly-formed District 10, which many of the other organi Last Saturday, one of the hot 6- 7 300 $135.00 $110.00 $100 clean up the grounds, prepartory comprises Douglas, Curry and s in g that their dele- ter days experienced by this area Coos Counties. b »ill soon be named and this summer, when people here 7- 8 250 $135.00 $110.00 $100 to the proposed new building. s- 9 200 $135.00 $11000 $100 Work w ill start at 8:00 a. m. " rk toward this permanent complained of the 65 degree $135.00 $110 00 $100 and members w ill not only bring “Nation can be started, just 75 miles, the way a hfrd their own tools, but w ill arrange Ralph Vincent Finishes KENYON-DA VIDSON first meeting of the dele- would fly, at Medford, people did Lily Photographing Here 300 $110.00 $85.00 $80 * »'ill be calle at an early not have the energy to complain Ralph Vincent, for many years $85.00 $80 $110.00 250 ''ssib’.y the first part of —under the 115.2 degrees of heat.1 official photographer for Oregon 200 $110.00 $85.00 $80 Notice w ill be given to Brookings, on that day, was Jurnal. and who w ill soon make 150 $110.00 $85.00 $80 / ,eWes. Mr. Vincent prom- the coldest place in the nation, dozer couldn’t do as well as hand Brookings his home, has com ESTATES present with sugges- reporting to the U. S. Weather 7- 8 250 $110.00 $85 00 $80 pleted photographing of local lily and ideas. Bureau 50 degrees cooler than 8- 9 200 $110.00 $85.00 $80 fields for growers, and is leaving Medford and averaging 35 degrees *9-10 150 $110.00 $85.00 $80 for Portland to move his equip cooler than any other place in ment here to open up his new $81.00 $65.00 $C»0 100 Oregon, reporting temperatures. veteran who wishes to contribute . office. Pete Lesmeister, and other real Temporary offices w ill be open to this job. or anyone else who estate men of the area, want ad feels a community beautifying ed in the Central building, next ditional copies of the Pilot this urge, w ill find plenty of room to door to Attorney Ed Ackley’s of ^ 1Ve Tuesday, the Nook week to point out the desirability fice, in what was once the pay swing a mattox or brush hook At last Wednesday’s well-at- master’s quarters in old m ill days. . as leased by Mrs. C. I. of the area for a permanent res The entire James family, of | tended post and auxiliary meet- » ^as been chief cook idence. Earlier in the week, with Hugh C. Gearin was author- Sidewalk At Nook Cafe ' ago* re*open*n8 a short an 80-degree temperature, peo Harbor, Thursday, suffered a se- ple here lamented the fact that | vere attack of ptomaine poison-, ized to advertise in the Gold 1 ing from what was believed to Beach, Crescent City and local Sank About A Foot m J??*0*1* has been in it was “ hot.” When the supporting wall un Early morning and late after the from a meat roast they h a d ; paper for sealed bids for the / ,a for more than a year, noon fogs, coming in from the ¡cooked a couple of days before. , building now located on the plot. der the front entrance of the lo w in g of friends, ocean have helped immensely in In recounting the developments This advertisement should he seen Nook Cafe, gave way, the side ¡f ~ t0 learn of her Keeping pretty much uniform the Mr. James told the Pilot that he in this issue of the newspapers^ walk, last week, sank about a r une in entering business, j foot. Monday, when the old walk temperature of the area ; had taken a beef roast from the Money obtained for the sale of was removed, it was discovered to serve the best pos-J | freezer locker, his wfe had roast thia structure w ill be added to the the sill, and much of the retaining contingent upon the T. A. Perkins, manager of the ed, and they had eaten one meal building fund. to * wi,l also be my de-; wall had decayed, necessitating James A. Rulla. who served West Coast Bulb Growers, and from it earlier in the week. Mrs. the best possible 1 J new sill and considerable repair. Ed Farmer, one of the board of James put the remainder in the with the Eighth In fa ntry Division Bob Davis, owner of the cafe, Thp moment, I w ill directors, w ill work in this area refrigerator. When it was taken during World War 1, a member of refrigerator, i eu Ganges, using the' for a few days this week on out for the next meal, nothing the VFW post at Newport, affili ’ began work immediately and a \rV>nnel of The cafe,” as- w ill be poured. ated himself with the local post, new walk was noticed about it. __________ _______ . co-op business. t Patrick. Tuesday. | having recently purchased the John Bow'dish and Chas. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Buckley Bell and owner of the cafe, Mrs. Helen Held of Oakland .former Leming property, next to family of Roseburg were visitors completes repair to the w ill leave Saturday for Medford was in Brookings over the week- the Odd Fellows hall._______ of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sunderland W? rP. ans to return to Van- where they w ill look after bus looking after business in- ---------------------------- - iness matters. on Monday I Subs'T’bed o The P ilot today! where he is in- rrv Pilot Classified Advert isi " * tavern. a meeting of the directors ie Brookings-Harbor cham- >f commerce, last Thursday sing, Ralph Vincent, long- staff photographer for the .Journal, and closely as- led with Portland’s Rose Fes- program, told the directors he would take charge of a to form a permanent or ation. Vincent pointed out how an organization would ad íe this eommunoty and how ilea Festival could be made outstanding event, able to ete with similiar affairs over state His long association the Portland Rose Festival ization would give Brook- the value of his experience. time ago, members of amber of commerce had in an organization sim ilar to one outlined by Mr. Vincent, üd not know how to proceed, srganizations of the commun ity had been contacted by each to send a represen to become a member of Azalea Festival group. To the following have been ap- ted for that group: id and Gun Club — Herfry Perfume May Not Be Realized Soon Choir Will Present Vespers, Sunday V. F. W. Post Will Beautify Grounds Brookings Coldest In Nation, Saturday J Cafe Leased Mrs. Patrick Family Suffered Case of Ptomaine
