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Always For A More Progressive Brookings-Harbor Area!
ML ONE, NUM BER FO R TY
Farmer Named
lager For Bulb
vers Co-op
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1946
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
Croft Lily Bulbs To
Sell For High Price
Marketing Pool
Winds Up Work
For Bulb Season
“Hi-Lights” Issue Was
“Talk of the Town”
Azalea Festival
Association Met,
Monday Evening
N ovem ber issue of B rookings
Hi-Light, high school new spaper,
printed S atu rd ay , a ttra c te d con
siderable com m ent f r o m local
Organization Plans
readers, who have expressed m uch
Gold
Beach
Meeting
'sa
tisfa
c
tio
n
about
th
e
im
p
ro
v
e-1
ker Talked To Co-op
Topic For Group
Planned By Pacific
m ent m ade hv the staff ovei the
Discussion, Then
rd Concerning
1 previous issue.
Lily
Growers
Assn.
sent Conditions
1 P ro flttin g from m istak es of th e j
first issue, the high school jo u r n - t To com plete organization,
GOLD BEACH—At a special alists filled the second issue w ith adopt the co n stitu tio n and
neeting, last week, of th e
meeting last F riday night, the plenty of high school news, to- laws, the board of directo rs of
oast Lily G row er, C res-
Central Curry’ Lily Growers, who g eth er w ith pithy fe atu res.
Azalea F estiv al Association m et
ty, Ed F a rm er resigned
participated in the m arketing pool
M onday evening at the Nook
p co-op board and Lionel
voted to settle in full for the 8s,
C afe at 8 o’clock. Officers. u n d er
hs was appointed to fill
9s and 10s sold under the m ar-
th«» new o rd e r w ere nam ed-
e. The board th en acted
keting agreem ent and also voted j
P resid en t R alph Vincent.
Mr. F arm er m a n a g e r of
to re-plant all of the 7s re m a in -1
V ice-president Roy W iedem ann
b co-op, to rep lace Mr.
S e c re ta ry -T re a su re r Mrs. Mil
i ing unsold.
who recently resigned,
dred B yrne
Under this agreem ent. Nov. 15.
in Brookings, Tuesday,
C om m ittees will lx* announced
'w as set as the final d ate for the
mer called on a n u m b er
at a la te r m eeting.
¡effectiveness of t h e m ark etin g
Dvnamite Save W ork agreem ent Less than 80.000 lilies
Hearing1 Hooked For
growers, and co-op m em -
W ill H elp Christina» Program
apprise them of his ap-
In Ditching and Drain were returned to original ow n
Friday Eevenin< At
Co-o|x*rating fully w ith the lo
nt. While a t th e P ilot,
ers and of these, most of them
ing
Bottom
Land
c
a
l
F irem en, and th e Azalea G a r
O.
O
F.
Hall
I
? told of the board m eet-
were 7s. Originally th ere was sign
den Club, the F estival association
week. when M r DuBosch,
O P H IR D uring recent h i g h ed over 250.000 in the m arketing
A general m eeting of Brook-1 h as pledge su pport to the com
r of Bowman Co., P o r t
'
pool.
w
a
te
r,
th
e
Jam
es
Bros,
at
their
lngs
and H arb o r residents will lx ing C h ristm as tree, and p ro g ram
ilo explained th e v ario u s
A
complete
report
was
given
called nt the Odd Fellow s hall at to be held C h ristm as eve in the
for the chaotic conditions ranch here, have been ditching
by
the
directors
of
the
Gold
Beach
8:00 p. i n . F riday, Dee. 6. for the p ark in g in front of th e C e n tia l
w ith dynam ite.
floral m arket to d ay :
Co-operative w ith Mr. Ashwill. purpose of discuss ip g the propo- building.
A
short
piece
of
pipe.
1
’2
inches
iportation of bulbs from
m anager and accountant, report- 'sitio n of police protection foi this
W ith th e firem en to e re c t the
, as well as th e flooding in diam eter, beaten flat at one
1 ing that over $6.000 w orth of busi area.
tree
for the event, the F estiv al
eastern m ark et w ith cu t end and supplied with a T-han-
n e s s was done in addition to the
The m eeting is being held by ass<x’iation will raise funds to
flown t« this c o u n try by dle a t th e other, is thrust into
th e ground about IS inches, with selling of the bulbs. The co-oper th e “police fund co m m ittee” of m ake C h ristm as stockings for all
ative also operates a tre a tin g the B rookings-H arbor ch am b er of children of the area. A jo in t
lus ef bulbs due to th e holer about 14 inches apart.
plant and a packing plant. Two com m erce. This eom ittee com pos
of the so u th ern
grow
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in to each hole Is placed 1 half carloads of alfalfa m eal and sev ed of Roy W iedem ann. Roy S u n m eeting of th«’ firem en and the
hiv.' m ileage a d v a n ta g e stick of explosive, with the det eral tons of fertilizer w ere dis d erlan d and Ed F. Ackley, will association will be held soon to
com plete plans.
tern grow ers.
o n a to r in a whole stock, in
e tributed to a num ber of grow ers. lead the discussion.
P lan s for th e m onths ah ead
crop in w est, c ru se d by ce n te r hole of a group. When this
In com m enting on the subject w ere discussed by the F estiv al
The tre a tin g plant is being op
ering the business, hop- w as shot the whole string would
erated each M onday but the vol w ith the P ilot, Mr. W iedem ann. [association, m ade up of represen
•t rich a t th e gam e in explode, resulting in a neat ditch
ume is falling off. so grow ers now ' ch airm an of the com m ittee, said : | tativ es of the 15 different o tg a n -
me.
about six feet wide and the soil
wishing to tre a t lilies will have “O ur fu tu re w elfare is at stak e izations of the com m unity, w hich
organized sellin g pro- loosened to a depth o
iy
to m ake special arran g em en ts. and it is only by safeg u ard in g it mad«* up th e board of d irec to rs
iwers in h u n d red s of in- six feet. This allowed suiTicun
Lily growers who desire to tre a t •at once th a t we m ay feel assured of the new organization.
rote to forcers, q u oting space th a t the w a te r could flush
bulbs should apply for a date I th a t we a re doing all in o u r
Soon a fte r the first of th e y e a r
ich had been set fo r th e th e ditch.
through »he county a g e n t’s ofliee [pow er to m ake this a b e tte r and a series of dances will be held
Since considerable d i r t was where scheduling w as done d u r safer place for o u r children and
by this organization to raise nec
lure of in d u stry to ad- th ro w n out. the one d o .n g [th e ,
ourselves to live."
past season.
essary
funds to c a rry on the w ork
id create a new m a rk e t •■shooting" had to P’“«*,J’1™ *1' ing A the
P are n ts, p ro p erty ow ners and
m ark et report obtained b y
which alread y has lx-en o u tlin e d .
country.
q u ite a distance, and along
J C Moore, assistan t m ark etin g business men a re especially r«
All costum es for th«’ qu een and
Outline For Y ea r
line of holes, s i n c e '" ost “ f
specialist of Oregon S ta te O liege, quested to keep next Friday eve- h e r court will be fu rnished by
rmer told th e P ilo t in
Corvallis, indicated th a t price re j ning open and a tte n d this im p o rt th e association, and th ese will
d irt is blown at right a g
iew th a t a p ro g ram of
duction by grow ers this fall did a n t m eeting.
the
line
of
holes.
become p ro p erty of th e g irls for
>pe bad been ou tlin e, to
Ridges, to considerable heigt . not and would not influence the^
whom th ey are purchased.
e the an n u a l m eet-ng of a re throw n up on either s,de^o. num ber of lilies used through the
Nook Cafe Add Modern
coming soon,
th e ditch, m aking th>
w ater reg u lar channels m ore th an 5%. Doughnut Maker, Mon.
enlarge th e m em bership enough to hold considerable » a t
This survey was m ade by the bu-
Nook C afe has added a dough
9 Co-op.” Mr. F a rm e r
reau of m ark ets under the d e p a rt
vuithmit overflowing.
nut
and “ F rench F ry ’ m achine
in m aking an o utline W j X
Bros are
m ent of ag ric u ltu re and involved 5
to its facilities this week. W ith
toming y e a r
,lr a in five of the leading ea ste rn cities. , a large capacity, this m achine
r
- m an ag em en t. Mr. and clearing about
Th report indicated th a t fu rth e r
G reegs Creek and ex|
enables the cafe to go into the
C h ristm as mail delivery will be
sa.d he w ould Degin a t about 15 more acres of ^a lu a \
price reduction would tend to de
obtain o rd e rs fo r next bottom land, which has annual > m oralize the fu tu re price s tru c doughnut business if desired, as g re atly aided if people would be
w ell as to fu rn ish o rd ers o' the su re to m ail early . Mrs. Goldie
tu re and would gain nothing in
flooded in the past
popular F ren ch fried potatoes.
S m ith, local p o stm aster, w a rn ed
the way of m arketing.
W ith addition of a b anquet this week. C arefu l p re p a ra tio n of
According to plans now being
iog
^ ¡ p a c h package, w ith plain ly p rin t-
room. the Nook b c a te rin
g to
made by the C u rry C ounty Spe-
special t addresses, help im meji • !y. she
m
eetings,
bridge
p
arties.
cialty Crops P lanning com m ittee
th cre --------
added.
i it is purposed th a t by carefu l or- dinner p a rtie s and events w
food
service
is
involved.
1
j,-wr jack of space, th e k c a l
ganiaztion C u rry county can s a l
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pogtoflice ix handicapped, and a ll
he need fo r an am bu-
W inner of the n>ember«hip cw n- vage a lily industry th a t u ill re
his area, C hetco Post. oaign for the local P arent-T eac
tu rn a m illion dollars ann u ally
m ailing package», o b tain in g all
A m erican Legion has e A„o«ia«ion will be
to thus county.
lead in th is m ovem ent a, a m eeting, billed to r 8:00 P,
ing a n
A m bulance today. T here are num ber f
.
1
C h ristm a s cards, if delivery is
ince, D ecem ber 14, a t jeets to be discussed and dectaeo
In
addition
to
severs!
m
att,
rs
w
a
n ted. should be sen t first class
ange hall.
a t this m eet inf.
, the i
of business. C roft Lily G row ers mfl|1 w Jth re tu rn ad d ress on each
ee m em bers in ch arg e
^ . ‘o f T h e ^ S
-he!
its an n u al 1 envelope.
association will hold
hold it
iir hope th a t local peo-
basket
socta.
last
Sat-
election next Monday evening at
E arly m ailing will h elp th e
generous in p atro n ag e,
The C hetco Rod and Gun ( lub the G range haU. it was announced
post office m ore th a n a n y th in g else,
a tick et w h e th e r they!
cedebrated its first y ea r of exas-
tend o r not. D o n a tio n s,. " I ’ e ^ ’ o e ^ 'in - e r- te d in the I tence last T uesday evening Elec- this week by H T. Jam es, sec says M rs. S m ith.
w e lfare of the local school » ion of officers was held w ith p re s re ta ry .
** accepted.
Since th e fu tu re of the lily in
The Crawford» w ere in an auto
announcem ents will ap- urged to come tonight
ident Bob P erkins being re-elected. du stry depends larg ely upon the
__
accident near Eugeen. D etails of
week.
Howard H aggerty w as elected vice
unity of th e grow ers, everyone ¡the accident were not learned at
M r \ n d M rT Robert P a tric k
pres, replacing Snafu Kemp rf
evenings w ill be the and children and his m othet. .
F^te Lesm rister was elected sec. in tere ste d in lilies is urged to be the tim e thi* paper w ent to press.
p resen t a t this m eeting.
p at the Chetco Home, C j P a tric k left today for Port
replacing Hans Nelson.
ply Co.. Ward’s Smiths land w here they wH spend a » e e k
s until Christmas.
O P H IR — The Wayside
G ardens, of M antor, Ohio, is
one of the leading floral com
panies of the country. On page
46 of th e ir current wholesale
catalo g , they advertise Ore
gon-grow n Croft lily bulbs
a t 75c each for the six to
seven-inch, and 90c for the
eight to nine-inch, or the for
m e r a t $60 per hundred and
th e l a tte r at $75 per hundred.
James Bros., Ophir.
Use Explosive To
Reclaim Ground
Public Meeting
Booked On Local
Police Question
Early Mailing Is
Vital in Delivery
lance Dance P.-T. A. Schedules
)r Dec. 14
Meeting, Tonight
Officers Elected By
Rod & Gun Club
Croft Lily Growers
¡To Elect officers
hnn?r’