Berne of the
Croft Lily
Brookings-Harbor Pilot
One. Number T w e n ty -T h ree
)S Electric Coop
ds Heavily To
>a’s Progress
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY. OREGON
Cars From 31 States
In Brookings, Tuesday
Pacific Bulb Assn.
Will Be Guests Of
Croft Lily Growers
Tuesday afternoon a hurried
check was made of the license
plates on cars, seen on the streets
of Brookings and thirty-one of
the 48 states were represented.
Sessions Booked For
rtric Load Of Area
W hile California predominated.
Afternoon and Eve
Increased About
20 cars bearing Washington, ten
from
Idaho,
and
five
from
New’
ning at Grange Hall
Per Cent in Volume
York were noted. No check was
m ade of the count, but Tuesday
Pacific Lily Growers Associa
checking further into the
seemed to be one of the heavy tion has scheduled a m eeting at
ess made in this area since
days in traffic.
H arbor a t the invitation of the
Erst of this year, the Pilot
Croft Lily Growers association,
¡covered a number of omis-
on their regularly scheduled m eet
I m last week’s count. One of
ing night, August 12.
steps is the addition of two
(1 generators by the Coos
M arketing is to be given m ajor
ric Co-op, which is now in
consideration, with particu lar em
ess of re-building the entire
phasis on packing and labeling,
rical system of this area.
under Jhe Oregon state standards.
Since
the Pacific represents all
Iter the large generator was
V. A. Mendenhall Sr. organized associations in W ash
pd out earlier this year, the
ington, Oregon and California, an
e load was thrown upon the
Mrs. Templar Served
attem pt will be made to sta n
ning large generator until
As Installing Officers
dardize commercial lily bulbs.
;h 3. when two portable gen
Growers feel th at they m ust be
us. obtained from the w ar
At appropriate ceremonies, on portected against off-grade or low
lus. were installed,
at week an advertisem ent of Monday evening, -rrfficers of Chet- standard products, according to
hmia-Oregon Power Co., ap- co Post, No. 138, American Legion, Wm. F. Morris, secretary -treasu r
ir; in th e Crescent City pa- w ere installed at the Grange hall. er of the Pacifific Bulb Growers,
told of the reason for de- V. A. Mendenhall, deputy district which announces this meeting.
The program of the afternoon
installation of lines in the commander, acted as installing
in California, served by this officer. The following were seated: and evening:
Com m ander—E arl Templar.
2:00 p. m. Membership meeting
any. This advertisem ent de-
F irst Vice-Commander — Ben of delegates and a business ses
i reasons, one of which was
sion.
inability to obtam m aterials Kerns.
Inter since cessation of hos-1 Second Vice-Commander — Leo 8:00 to 8:30 p. m. Open m eet
ing of all association members,
The Coos Electric Coop j Spangler.
had on order for two or < A djutant and Finance Officer— guests and interested growers.
Reports of officers of the associa
years, all the m aterials to i Archie Diment.
S ergeant-art-arm s — Clyde Hill tion and comm ittee reports.
Bed in re-construction. O nly'
8:30 p. m. Talk by Prof. D. E.
tail portion of this has been I C haplain—Sid Abbott.
H istorian—Dewey Akers.
DeLoasch, professof agricultural
(red.
Service Officer—Ed Thornton.
economics at Oregon S tate Col
the beginning of this year
Members
of
the
executive
com
lege. Topic: "Fundam entals of
Electric Coop has brought
m
ittee
are:
Robert
Sloan,
Clark
M arketing.”
the community over $10,000
9:00 p. m. Open discussion.
'nt rating equipment alone Rawlings, Leslie Ray, C. A. Mac-
Kenzie,
V.
A.
Mendenhall
Sr.
10:30 p. m. Adjournment.
co check can be made a t this
This meeting w a s originally
on the value of m a te ria ls , Various com m itttes w*ere not
announced
by
Commander
Tem
set
for Aug. 5, but was postponed
for re-construction.
p
lar
th
a
t
evening.
at
the
request of the Croft Lily
'Point out the growth of this
Growers Association due to a con
r -nity, an index may be seen, Mrs. Tem plar Reports
Mrs. E arl Templar, past de flict. Growers from W ashington,
‘ checking the electrical load
partm
ent president, reported to Oregon and California will attend
»Erst of the year, and com-.
the
post
about the convention at this meeting. Mr. Noriss and some
! with what is being u s e d ;
Portland,
adding to the rem arks of the directors of the Pacific
Tfsenh It has gained over
m
ade
by
Commander Tem plar are also available to visit Central
er cent, claimed Bert Cleve-
and
Past
Commander Menden and Northern Curry associations
*°cal manager.
hall. She described the memorial on Tuesday and Wednesday eve
service, for which Brookings lilies nings, Aug. 14 and 15.
had been furnished to make the
huge floral cross. She thanked
Bound Over To Grand
the local people responsible for
Jury
on Morals Charge
this auspicious display.
^•al services were held on
Due to illness in the family of "Sheriff Sabin, of Gold Beach,
¿'P ,aT Klamath Falls, for the local unit president, installa Saturday, brought W illiams Ross,
n*ard Jones, who died tion of the Auxiliary was post of Gold Beach, before Judge A.
r, Friday of a h e a rt at- poned until a later meeting.
E. Sandbo, who bound him over
lr‘terment was a t K lam ath Gene Gould Tells of Boy State
to the grand jury under $2,000
Lyle and Don Redfield, both re bonds, on charge of immoral con
? at Fordstown. Tenn., he cently discharged from service, duct w’ith a num ber of small boys
. Hars old last Dec. 8. Left affiliated with the local post at at Gold Beach.
at 11 years, he made the meeting, Monday. Lyle was
w with his brother and w ith the combat engineers in E u
a11 bis life. Follow- rope, while Don served in the Youngsters Really Sell
LANGLOIS — Several young
1 nf his brother, he con- navy in the Pacific theatre.
j make his home w ith his
Gene Gould, sent by the local sters of the Denm ark vicinity have
‘ p 1 u' an(1
tWO camp post to Beaver Boy State, at Cor been busy selling Croft lily blos
. «arbor area about a year vallis, gave a brief report of the soms to tourists along the road
"r never married.
good the Legion was doing in this side stand they had built. These
tX»Ury ve^ ’ besides his sis- annual affair. He suggested that
children deserve much credit
■ . n . ° ur «ieces and one^ every’ Legion post send more boys for their business ability, besides
an. one brother, whose there each year th at this good the publicity they give to the
■ are not known.
work be given to a g reater num popular Croft lily, which is be
ber. He thanked the post for his ing grown so extensively in this
¡.’«•an Visits Brother being chosen and sent from this locality.
r past Week-end
area.
Legion, Auxiliary
Installed Officers
Monday Evening
® Passes Away
way At Harbor
r - ' ,V(^lsb, and two sons
Mont” visited S a t- 1 Deer Take Over Gardens
Sunday w ith John ! LANGLOIS — Some of the lo
brother- Mr. Bowdish cal farm ers are wondering who is
> evening by bus for really benefitted from their g a r
i.a>’ < ~"‘e
sons- one a dens—the deer or themselves.
It is disheartening to go out,
!. J ? ¿ lo n ta n a School of
of T , ^‘assacbusetts Insti- planning to gather a nice pan of
t-idC ' j noloSy- stayed until peas, only to find them tram pled
°f this week to survey and ruined. Locals also find a
prnf* rty in the Illi- patch of Croft lilies has been a
hear Cave Junction. grand place for ^ ''er to
Improvements Wrought
At Central Building
Lily Capital
of the World
THURSDAY. AUGUST 8. 1946
Marine B ase May
Changed To GI
College In Oregon
In addition to a concrete floor
covering the entire basem ent at
the C entral Building, a concrete
porch and steps are being in
stalled this w’eek at the entrance
Re-Conversion Cost Is
of the building, as well.
Negligible
Compared
Concrete steps and approaches
were, last week, com pleted a t
To Value To State
either end of the building. Until
the front entrance is completed,
D irector George E. Sandy, of
entrance to the building is made the departm ent of veterans' a f
gy either end door.
fairs, said this week th at he is
"entirely in accord” with Gover
nor E arl Snell’s plan to try to
obtain the vacated K lam ath Falls
M arine base to serve as an added
unit of the sta te system of higher
education.
Sandy said th at investigation
by the sta te board of higher edu
Pete Lesmeister Has
cation and Governor Snell has
shown the m arine base to be a
Reported Three Sales
"splendid facility” which might
Of Land, Acreages
easily lx» converted into a lower
diviison college a n d vocational
P ete Lesm eister, local real es training center, at "negligible
ta te broker, announced the follow cost” to the state.
ing deals, as having been com
The governor hopes to acquire
pleted, or in the process of com the base to provide education to
pletion during the past w eek:
an estim ated 20(X) World W ar 2
The sale of the F rank C. P e t ty ; veterans, Sandy pointed out. F a
home and acreage off Easy S treet, cilities are available to house this
to Mr. and Mrs. George K. Hon- num ber, including qu arters for
nold of Lakeview. Ore. Mr. and about 500 m arried veterans and
Mrs. P e tty and son, Jam es, will their families, according to the
m ake th eir home at Rogue River, investigators.
Ore., and the Honnolds are ex
Because this would relieve the
pected to move to Brookings, pressure from other sta te and in
w ithin the week.
dependent colleges, now o v e r-
Lesm eister also stated th a t he crowded with a jx’ak enrollm ent
has sold a half-acre on the heights this May of 13,601 and an ex
ju st north of town, which is p a rt pected additional 10,000 applicants
of the acreage owned by Zora A. for college next fall, the director
Ziegler, to Mr. and Mrs. C harles of v eteran s’ affairs said he hopes
M. P a rk e r of G rants Pass. It is the board of higher education will
understood th at the P arkers- in take favorable action.
tend to s ta rt construction of a
The w ar assets adm inistration
home in the im m ediate future.
recently "froze” the base until
The third sale announced b y 1 October 1, a t the governor’s re
Mr. Lesm eister was the purchase j quest, to give the board of higher
of the Helen Fisher foome on Pine education tim e to estim ate the
Street, by Mr. and Mrs. H arold s ta te ’s college needs.
O. Rau of Brainerd. Minn. The
Proponents h a v e pointed out
Raus are now’ en route to M inne these features of the base: It is
sota but will retu rn in tim e to a $6,500.000 unit of 65 m ajor
s ta rt their children to school. buildings, a 1000-seat auditorium ,
Mrs. Fisher plans to m o v e to a l a r g e gym nasium, a modern
P ortland shortly.
swimm ing pool, an adm inistration
Reported by George Eller, re a l building, and modern dining rooms
tor, Mr. and Mrs. O. O. S iler and and several homes, in addition to
two sons of Portland spent the w inter sports facilities including
week here and have purchased a skiing and ice skating.
tra c t on "Ocean View P a rk ” and
Budget D irector George K. Aik
plan to build immediately.
en recently estim ated th a t the
Steve and George, sons of Mr. cost for re-conversion and oper
Eller, both just out of service, ation for one year would be be
and their wives were here during tween $150,000 and $250,000. This,
the week, and they, too, plan to Sandy said, is "negligible In re
build in fhe same area.
lation to the benefits to veterans,
H erm an H arris and two sons and to the taxpayers them selves,
of Portland, are others who are who would he acquiring a six-
building on the tract. 'Fhe sons million dollar plant a t no cost to
are just out of service.
the sta te .”
Many R eal E state
T ransfers Made
In Local D istrict
Dairymen Plan Picnic
Carry Away Prizes
LANGLOIS—The annual d airy-'
LANGLOIS — Several people
m ens’ picnic will be held a t the
of
this are a attended the pinochle
Floras Creek Bridge. A big tim e
party
a t Sixes G range hall last
is planned with cash prem ium s
on dairy c a ttle and a program T hursday evening and carried
away two of the prizes offered
of educational interest to all.
Since C urry county can boast i for the evening. Jak e W hite re
of producing world champion J e r - . ceived high prize for men and
sey cows, some will be on e x h ib it.' Mrs. S tella Slocum for the wom
T here will be local exhibits also en. Those attending were Mr. and
Sixes and this vicinity. D airym en; Mrs. W aiter Slocum, Jak e W hite,
Died at San Francisco
from adjoining counties are e x - ‘ Velma Sabin, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
LANGLOIS — Friends have re
G uerin and Joe Foss of New
pected.
ceived word of th f death of J. B.
Lake.
Bono, form er prom inent dairy
m an of this community. Mr. and! Square and Compass Club Plans Made For Lodge
Mrs. Bono sold th eir raneh sev-' R egular*m eeting of the Chetco;
A new- Masonic lodge will be
eral years ago to Mr. Kemp of Square and Compass Club, will be
set to work in this area. A ugust
held
a
t
the
Odd
Fellows
hall
at
the south end of the county, and
16, it was announced here this
moved to Bear Creek in Coos 8 p. m. Friday. All Masons are
week P lans are laid for the in
asked
to
be
present
for
planning
county, where they purchased a J
stitution by G rand M aster E. B.
ranch. They la te r moved to San of the institution of new Masonic
Beaty, at 8 p. m., Friday, Aue C,
here.
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’ - M v area.