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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1946)
Home of the Croft L ily Brookings-Harbor Pilot One, Number Tw entq-tw o mdry O pening Been D elayed BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY. OREGON Fire Destroys Cab on Truck Sunday Afternoon Lily Capital of the World THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1946 Two B o o k lets Will Donald Carson Returns L egion , A u x ilia ry Home With A Bride P ublicize Southern Donald Carson has returned to Will In sta ll, M on. his home' at Harbor, from a trip Curry County, Ore. to California, w here he acquired Joint installation of the Amer Fire, believed caused from gas running on the muffler, burned yed because much of his the cab on the Bankus sem i-trail a bride, Florbelle Iverson, school ican Legion and Auxiliary will be nent has not arrived, H. e r Sunday evening, about two m iles north of town. Fortunately chum, form erly of K lam ath held Monday, Aug. 5, at Chetco rnhard, recently of Los An- “Story of Brookings,” girl Falls. Grange hall. hopes to have his laundry the flames were confined to the And Directory of They are m aking th eir home, Mrs. E arl Tem plar, past O re [or business by the middle cab, where the upholstery, steer tem porarily, at the home of Don gon departm ent president, and a Area Are Planned eust. he told the P ilot on ing wheel and any combustible ald’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl national comm ittee-wom an, will I will, however, be able m ate ria l was reached. Moror and the chassis were apparently un Carson. be installing officer. New Auxili nothing but rough drv work ‘‘The Story’ of Brookings,” de ary officers to be installed: the local power company is harm ed by the fire. picting the history of this area President Regina Haggerty. supply me 220-volt, three- from the time it w’as an idea in First Vice-president — Lula electricity, because much the mind of Mr. Brookings while Goldizen. lumbering in California, to the it machinery requires th at Second Vice-President — E lea present day, will go to the p rint city" nor Taylor. ers sometime about first of the recently discharged from Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Smith, S ecretary-T reasurer - M arjor month. ny, in which he served for Before a capacity house, Sun of Burns, have purchased Polly’s ie Hoagland. W ritten by Mrs. W. H. Hibbard, ¿ears, Mr. Blumhard, while Sergeant-at-arm s — Collena around for a location, de- day evening, the choir of the Bap long time resident of this area, Shop, from Mrs. P. D. Schroeder, ipon Brookings through tist Community'' church presented the story’ is briefly w ritten, and and took possession of the busi Gales Committees in charge of this endation of friends. He is the vespers service, originally to contains about 30 full-page pic ness, Monday of this week Discharged only June 20 from have been a function for lily a ffa ir a re : Decoration — Collena tures. showing various steps in ienced in this work, has leased the front of the week. Decorations of lilies a n d i ^ ^ progress of Brookings, of the the navy where he served during Gales, chairm an; Mrs. J. Zumpfe. (mess hall,” which has re- red gladiolus formed an a ttra c ghost-town and of the boom of the war, Mr. Sm ith is a graduate and Mrs. Leo Spangler; S o cial- of the Burns schools and attended Faye Sunderland, chairm an, Mrs. the area, due to lilies. been remodeled by John tive setting for the occasion Under direction of Otto C. T ur While a little early to predict University ot Oregon for a time J. Yelton, Mrs. Osa Johnson and Ish. and leased to Ray Miller, ley, a two-hour program w'as the number of pages, and the before entering the service. Mrs. Mrs. E. Taylor ing with rough dry laun- Sm ith has had experience in the All members and prospective r Brumhard will add new given, including solos, duets, male cost of the finished product, it drygoods and ready-to-w ear busi m em bers are urged to attend this and mixed quartettes, and choir. is estim ated that the book will i as machinery arrives. As ness with Penneys. meeting. For a choir, such as the local contain about 80 pages, 6x9, and included: “I want to give To carry a complete mens and of this area service as soon one, the vespers was quite an un will sell for at least $1.50, possi w’omens w ear stock, this new store dertaking, yet, all voices carried bly more, depending upon the sible, and add as tim e goes will be known as S m ith’s D epart itil I am able to give a corn- p a rts com parable to w’hat might cost of m aterials necessary’ to m ent Store, when stocks can be be expected of a professional complete the job in a m anner laundry and dry cleaning which will make the hook desir brought up to the level planned This goal will be reached group. Here, in the land of lilies and able as a gift, or an addition to by the young couple. on as electrical power is The bousing situation for the all flow’ers, decorations such as any library. Experim ental work in gorse con ible.” Sm iths, like for many others, is trol in C urry county will lie view w’erc seen Sunday evening, else Proposes Directory of Area where, would have cost quite a Through the cham ber of com a problem, and for the moment ed by southw estern Oregon farm sum of money Each lady of the merce, if that organization will they are staying w ith relatives of ers, Friday, August 9, at a field choir wore a gladiola corsage. take upon itself the responsibility Mrs. Sm ith in Habor. day arranged by D. D. Hill, head Proceeds of about $130 were of publication, a directory of the! Mrs. Schroeder, who founded of the farm crops departm ent at the business last y e a r , h a s Oregon S ta te College. The tour realized tow'ard the purchase of area has been proposed. a Hammond organ. In order to answ er the num er announced no plans, but may re- will s ta rt nt the Sixes Grange the beginning of the war, hal lat 1 :30 p. m ous inquiries about the area, it j • ¡wood, son of the fam ous has become quite a task to w rite s ate ine Work to develop effective con dian trick shot golfer of letters, telling the information trol m easures for this troublesom e fie name, is the first lucky desired. Through this booklet, to shrub has been under way for ■ find himself a motion pic- contain briefly all inform ation of nearly a year. Curry, Coos, Lane ‘ar as the result of a talen t the area, this work is hoped to and Douglas counties are co-op Grange members voted to sup he mimmuized. eratin g with the state agricu ltu ral »’ill be seen at the Pine port the Curry County fair board This proposed booklet will con experim ent station in the project. theatre, Friday and S atu r- by participating in a queen con tain, not only general information Mr. and Mrs. Lee, elderly res Gorse is a woody perennial le E the title role of M onogram test. if organized and supported of the district, but will list any idents of the Chetco Inn, Friday, /alooka, Champ,” the role by Pom ona and also in an old- and all industries, together with narrow ly escaped death when a gume that now covers nearly 25,- a nation-wide tale n t hunt tim e or square dance contest be people interested in these indus butane stove exploded, nearly (XX) acres of land in southw estern Oregon and is spreading steadily. ced by the studio, tw een Granges. Frank Shaw’, mas tries. In other words, this listing wrecking the apartm ent. w ky young man now finds ter, agreed to appoint a contest would compare somewhat with Believed to have been caused, Infested areas can be found in all J among Hollywood’s royal- com m ittee to arrange a queen the classified section of a tele either by a leaky connection, or coast qpunties, Dr. Hill explains. The plant produces a d e n s e c^se his mother sent a pho- contest. The queen is to be se phone directory, together with in failure to completely tu rn o f f the thicket of thorny branches th a t I - ° to the St. Peters- lected by the community making form ation likely to be sought by jet, for when an attem p t was sm others other plant growth. I t • -es the newspaper which the most entries in the fair. any inquirer. F u rth e r details of made to light the stove the place does not provide grazing for live ?.* clearing house of the The fair board also voted to this directory will be told at a exploded. stock and has no value for any t unt in Florida. M rs. Lee, nearly 80. was bad double the premiums published in later date. •purpose. It is extrem ely hardy 49 victors in s ta te com- the last prem ium list. H. H. H an ly burned from her w aist down, and is not killed by burning, as four were selected by sen, president of the fair board, and a fte r first aid, adm inistered new growth from both seedlings by Dr. Schm itt, was rushed to ,, t0 given ‘‘screen requests th a t all organizations in and crowns will be produced on ^rku-ood was singled out the county get together to put Knapp hospital. Crescent City, burned areas. It is a fire hazard .¡tnal competition, and taken on a community booth, for which where, it is said, her condition ip dry seasons and is credited ^•.^ood for additional tests. space will be provided as usual. still rem ains serious» w ith responsibility for much of «Toll is starred in “Joe A cash aw ard to each satisfactory Mr. Lee suffered a scalp wound Oregon’s composite farm wage when plaster from the ceiling the disastrous effects of the Ban ‘amp," ¡n the p a rt of exhibitor will be given to defray ra te per month averaged 2.7 per hit him, besides hum s on his don fire of 1936. E lw /l? ’ Pa,ooI<a,s tra in er. the cash cost of putting on the The plant was introduced in cent higher on July 1, of this hands. He was treated by Dr. Jh v ox P °rtrays Anne booth. Oregon from the B ritish Isles in year than a year ago, according Schm itt, but rem ained here. , xer? heart interest, The fair board also agreed to the ’90s when two plantings were f a r i n g in the film are m eet with any other organizations to an analysis of USDA data by Considerable dam age was done fnadc for ornam ental purposes, /nc etty Blythe. interested in developing a fair the OSC extension service. The to the apartm ent. The son of the according to Dr. Hill. One of these mins t,nnelht h r* B ----- * — Jiova enr>’ Arm strong, and program . The veterans in the increase was less than the nation elderly couple was at Portland was at Bandon and the other al average of eight per cent dur at the time, and the couple had county have been allotted the con ing the year ending July 1, how made plans to retu rn to Idaho to on the Elk River. cessions and entertainm ent on a ever. th eir home it is told here. Vc? y.hound bus depot will trfal basis this year, looking into A t 331 per cent of the 1935-39 Jrom the present lo the fu tu re when a more exten the United S ta te s average level Hub Dixon of Brookings was on I ert DeMoss prop- sive entertainm ent program can of farm w'age rates is now’ the gUest of honor at a surprise birth be developed, which also can be u . ' e highway, betw een highest on record. Farm ers are day p arty at his home July 24. Before Judge A. E. Sandbo,. S£n building and the m ade quite profitable to the vet also employing more hired w ork » , ^ aragc. Sept. 1. T. S. erans. keeping the money a t home ers than a year ago—seven per Twelve friends friends were pres local justice of the peace, Tuesday ent for an evening of cards Mrs. at 12:30 p. m Noial P atrick Edge Jocal agent, said. Wed- instead of bringing in outside con cent more. Dixon served refreshm ents later. cessions. A fern s wheel and a A fter appearing to be slowing Mr. Dixon received m any useful of Los Angeles and Ja n e t E. W all m erry-go-round may be purch of Gold Beach, w ere m arried. wn»n\ and Pro-school down the last part of 1945 the T b e slJ* . h<?ld ? Ionday ased jointly with the Coos County first months of 1946 did not m a gifts. The groom, a nephew of Mr. fa ir board if plans m aterialize. Sm ith, principal of Gold Beach ay; August 5 and 6. terially gain, but since April, the rent level in Oregon is still rela-1 schools, Is a student a t Las An p grade school build- o j . MtitmoH T u p s - ra te nas anvanceu iv»iw mv « m m «> tively higher than in The whole has advanced twice the usual ¿ O i n t m e n t onlv, so John Bowdish " re ,“ rnad ra te te F a rm wage wage rates climbed, country, both in term s of money [ geles, where the couple will be ra Farm rates climbed day afternoon Medford. • He rate, r a r m m ercases « g ___ in industrial wages and in relation to the 1935 a t home following a wedding afternoon from from M KelIy- «• accompanied by Chas W ard along tQ hjgheRt (arm trip. The couple w as accompanied w as ^ K e r , u - e M-urphey and Wh° rc,urned ,0 Medf0Pd ,h a t " ’/ u h o u 'X the recent advance in wage rate s in the nation are here by Mr. Sm ith. Mr ' ’ .we.re £al1’ 1 evenlng __________ farm wage rates was g reater na- paid in Oregon, W ashington and Trv Pilot d « sslfled Advertising Sma. Mrs- Lyle Red tionally tin ' ° r cgon, the < -r- Californie ev cning. Read the wan* B u rn s C ouple B u ys P o lly ’s Shop. 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