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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
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”ir u’ay home when newest picture. Made by I ’. -
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n which they w e re .tio n a l for RKO Radi° re. ea!-*- _
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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
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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.
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chamcs went to work on the d i s - |pteo f,eU On D(ltf Ear„
abled local unit to m ake necessary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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« > « 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
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Kemp announced Tuesday.
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dinner
will be served at noon.
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Matinees will comm« oce at 2 Septem ber
Some members asked the local
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o’clock each Sum4-
fur- Septem ber
school hoard for use of a bus to
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ther notice.
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haul the group. The board re
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Septem ber
fused the request, feeling th at the
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Patronize P
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e nriva1'* "ars.
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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