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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1946)
íffiffl Always For A More Progressive Brookings-Harbor Area! ne One. Number Thirty-One. BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY. OREGON is Officials Of Many States Visit al Area. Sunday, In Tour Of All ¡s: Impressed By Azalea Park ¡Several People of Note Included In Caravan: A Lunch Was Served te 110 at Azalea Park At Noon: Was Served Salmon at Coos Bay In addition park officials from van states, several p'e of note were included in the caravan. Sun- . which visited Azalea Park, where turkey and sandwiches were served to about 110 visitors, c Wallace, national president of I s a a c Walton e. of Louisville. Kv.. the na-*" “ " " president of garden clubs. w est coast. The group, upon ar- aroong the noted viistors. rival at Azalea park, registered surprise at the national beauty, and condition of the site. Every fatava« .-U State Line ted by Pete Lesmeister, as one of the group told the recep of the reception com m ittee, tion group that “they were sim- er with a number of Azalea amaze(i- i m ben, the cara- ; M any were the remarks « p e n s met at the sta te line, cially from those of the midwest, before noon. Sunday. A fter were rem arks concerning the hos- had been pinned on a ! PiTalit>' shown the group, along er of the women in the car- the route. Informal were intro- the garden club m em bers Auctions, and conversations, which vAanges of greetings, the ~ com ing from the visitors con- w m' . d to the \z a le a ^ ste d mainly of questions con- where Charles Grayshel. as cernin£ the flora of Jhe area. refreshm ent com- As publisher of Louisville Times. Dll r garden club Tom W allace was with the cara- i turkey and ham van, he told many, because he ’ salad and cof- ' ’.anted first-hand knowledge of te group. parks so that his state of Ken tucky. rich in lore, could have stai ‘ highway, sta te shrines to leave to future gener- ’ 1 state police «tions. ' from Brookings Local Com mittee Praised ■av. u i re a salmon feed Loud was the praise heaped on -r: .r.ged for Sunday Charles Grayshel for the lunch served to the group, especially the * general idea to re tu rn tastiness with which the lunch s,1ir respective states, this was served in the park. - *a> a part of the con- The reception committee, with hel<3 las' week a t S an ta pete Lesmeister a- head, and the wh.ch w as making an in- members of the Azalea Garden '■tour of parks along the t>'»b c a m e in for <™sid-'rable ~ ---------------- praise from the caravan members. C he group left here ab >ui 1:30 for Coos Bay where a salmon din- i ner and entertainm ent was being 1 prepared. Another convention is being planned at Gearhart. man Killed As Attempts To Passing Car ¡p'er of ( ar Absolved AH Blame At Or°ners Inquest Pine ( one Books Three Show Hits Sonja Henie. whose antics on injured about 8 00 Sunday and Monday, in It s a rnaay evening when she Pleasure.” with Michael O Snea - by a car she was trv jng and Bll| Johnson in supporting he!J on the highway, cast. Three of Sonja's finest skat- nh \ aiiey View Auto mg routines and her arresting , dance num ber a n a™°2g ¡*1 and her husband, features of the ^*°C' ^giaTn ta__a * ”ir u’ay home when newest picture. Made by I ’. - • n which they w e re .tio n a l for RKO Radi° re. ea!-*- _ ? ,./• the ditch. T heffilm m arks Sonja < drst app^a ’ '« L i ^ S u t t e r , of S ara- ance in technicolor. Its story re- -X ’ that he did not see S o lv e s around a i a l ’" ” 1 she suddenly ap- between a determm« i f »#’ nf his ca r She died F hiWtion skater and a g- k h0SPi,al in Saturday ev en in g " d by her widower, Dick Powell *>11 and r.ns - ■ ■n L e v e r of S m ith ie d " to the local ,'U? her son in service. Wednesday an - .. ‘ I ,- - t c, ngements are in- Sensation» of 194a " ‘ . was word from h er the Pine Cone Ths? , B cR utter was ah- billed earlier this tp • ..pac<> a at the coroner’s the shipment of Pago” w?v substitute^ Journalism Class Was Started At High School B etter to publish a newspaper and annual, students at Brookings high school have started a jour nalism class, meeting once a week. At the first meeting of the class last Friday. Bob Church was named editor of the news paper and Joan. Byrne, associate editor. Bob won the editorship by one vote over Joan. June Hassett, whose effort was largely responsible for the high school annual l a s t spripg, 4l . has . again been named to that post THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3. 19-16 Auxiliary Generators Bolster ('rippled Coos Electric Coop Plant; Repair of Other Generators Will Be Made Here Local Cooperation Asked Until Local Power Situation Has Been Corrected; People Asked To Use Current Sparingly at Peak Load Hours In order to carry the electrical load o f the area, Coos Electric Coop, Sunday night, m o v e d a portable generator from Port Orford to replace, temporarily, Dorothy Robinson is assistant.! the main unit which will be out of operation for some Plans are now being laid for fi- time, and the auxiliary unit, badly in need of repairs. nancing of these projects. (W hen set. Monday morning. me- +— •—'—•——— -------- ■■ ■■ ■■ chamcs went to work on the d i s - |pteo f,eU On D(ltf Ear„ abled local unit to m ake necessary ,, ,, .. . , . , , repair that .he ,«H able uni, eai, ' h<’1 breakdown la rt lx. released as soon as |)ossih|e I " e.lnes. the local offlee nf the for retu rn to Pori Orford. co° '' ask,,l1 ,h a t l,K'al resident. ______________ ' use sparingly of current, esj»ecial- ly during hours of “¡»oak load.” Planer Fire Does Little | Apparently this plea fell on deat Wednesday Eve ears, since the overload on the Convention Dates Set Damage, Fire of unknown origin, but be- " ;n? inin« unit* burned out one For October 2d to 22. lieved to have started from the ’be two auxiliary units moved .Much To Accomplish shavings burner, nearly cost the here in March. ___ Possibly affected by this a tti- C urrv Countv Lumber Co. their The annual convention of the planer shed about midnight last tude was the freezer lockers a t O regonC oast Association will be Wednesday. Prompt action on the Brookings M arket, containing a held in Hotel G earhart, O ctoberiP a rt of ’^e volunteer fire depart- huge supply of meat and fo»xi re 20. 21 and 22. where discussions nw>nt saved the building with hut serves put there by people of the will center around w a y s a n d ; 11’He damage. area, whose thrift would provide means of improving service Mr. Kessler, about 11 p. m.. for the months ahead. --------- to an inspection of the tourists a n d vacationists, t h e bad m nd as late as 11.30 as Portable Unit Barely Enough needs for orderly roadside dev el- PJ’‘ n* ,K' Tem porary installation of the opment, the question of ru ral zon H arry Edwards was returning to no fire was evident ... home, ..v,— ..........— ..................... portable unit does not solve the ing. and forthcoming legislation his Most expensive of the damage problem, since it may lx •hat may vitally affect the tourist ione was the belting for the i,w.„i gen me time Ix’fore t>,„ the local industry in Oregon. Delegates and guests will reg machinery. which help up pro- erating units can lx* repaired and ister Sunday afternoon. The an duct ion a couple of days. put into o(x*ration. W ith in stalla nual association dinner at 7 :00 tion of the tem porary unit, four p. m. Sunday will have as guest of the six generating units are speaker. A rthur R. Kirkham. (or were) not capable of running On Monday a dram atic demon- Monday noon. The main two-cyl stration of better lighting will hi* inder unit, which burned out last presented; delegates from the sev eral coast counties will convene W ith installation of new* coun- Wednesday, may not lx* repaired to form ulate t h e i r individualjters and modernistic cupboards at all since it would cost more to county plans: and general sessions; fo r stock, Chetco Home and Auto rebuild it than the price of a re- will hear timely talks by men Company store has taken another placement. One of the auxiliary discussing taxation, sport fishing. step tow ard expansion to meet units is badly burned from over- advertising. and business organi- demands of the increasing trade, load since Wednesday. zation. Speakers of the day will Addition of these new features Since Copco has lx*en unable to include W alter E. Potter. General makes this store one of the best reach the state line with power, Electric Co.. Dr. Paul R. Need- arranged anywhere in the area. and ham. state game commission. C. At Hendricks F u rn itu re Cto. according - to earlier promises, . H. Moores, president of the Port- the rem ainder of the ground floor no assu™nce can 4 had when land chamber*of commerce. of t be building has been completed su<*b W,H realized, the local Tuesday sessions will he largely fO perm it almost double the size situation demands conservation devoted to legislative affairs, as- o r,ginally used when Mr. Hen- on the p art of local people it any soeiation business and election of bricks opened his store late in power will be enjoyed at all. officers. Speakers during the day August. Both these business firms Affected in no small way was will include Robert S. F arrell Jr., have enjoyed a big expansion in t be p ,ne Cone Theatre, which did R. H. Baldock. state highway en- T^e jast feW months. not show Thursday evening. S a t gineer, Fred M. Brenne. m anager _________________________ _ urday evening, and missed also, of Eugene Chamber of Commerce, which promised to draw Governor Snell will address the a kusjnegs caller in this area, crowd. banquet that eevning. W ednesday morning. The Pilot, which, without elec- i According to Leo Lucas, pres- Ask and Fred Gustafson ident of the local chamber of com- were business visitors at Coo« tricity, is about as helpless as baby, was unable to do anything rnerce, Ralph \ mcent will be the Ba..> Monday. _ 1 delegate from rrx t this h l C area Q £1 £ at 11 « « > « Bowdish of Medford when current was too weak to official Mrs. John’ has been visiting her husband. J . , run motors over the week-end. this meeting». D Bowdish and ion. Chas W ard \v S ( ’hadwick. at the Foun- here this week. She will return to tam. lost a quantity of ice cream, Matinees Sundays Will when his refrigeration died with He Resured. Pine Cone h^r home later this week. the power. , M’ax t Group From This Aren ap , m om s all summ er duo to the At forthcoming annual m eeting busy season. Pine Cone Theatre opens the Sunday matinees again For the [>ast week. ending on at Coquille. Saturday, a group is Max Mm Rain urged to attend there to sit in to run for the w inter season, Mr. Sunday: on the annual meeting. A p«>t luck 67 Kemp announced Tuesday. Septem ber 23 . 89 dinner will be served at noon. 54 65 24 . Matinees will comm« oce at 2 Septem ber Some members asked the local 49 54 o’clock each Sum4- fur- Septem ber school hoard for use of a bus to 45 ther notice. Septem ber 26 . 72 haul the group. The board re 48 75 27 . ---------- Septem ber fused the request, feeling th at the 79 51 Patronize P ’ Septem ber 28 47 e nriva1'* "ars. 69 fh e v h a v e th e S e p te m b e r Ore. Coast Assn. Books Meeting At Gearhart Hotel Businesses Expand In Brookings Trade eather KepOR
