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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1947)
r. jR O O K IN G S -H A R B O R P IL O T . BRO OKIN GS. OREGON The Pacific pre you asleep Sir Balboa ,ou gave the Pac.flc its not seen its turbulent 16 that no man can tam e ? its breast furrowed by e caps Wild and perpetual flo w . oW could you call it I a- ume you h&d n0^ seen we a ll love the its nam° fits o r no. rgive it fo r a ll its bad ners e it at eob or at flow. it have many men p e r- it ships have gone to graves. ever be called Pacific :rous the o c e a n still -Clara Williamson. News Items ding to word received by )t. E. J. Kesselmeyer has 'rom Arcata to Lom a L in - day, Calif. The Kesselm eyers de parted from this area, early last fall from th e ir place up the Chetco River. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Sullivan of R eedsport visited Mr. and Mrs. A ugust Johnson over the holi days. Mr. and Mrs. C harles Low left S a tu rd a y for Salem , where Mrs. Low will be employed during the session of legislature. They were accom panied to Salem by Mrs. Goldie V. Sm ith, local postm aster, who will visit a week with her son, who has been quite ill <^f late. Mr. and Mrs. R. V. G uerretaz retu rn ed la te last week from S a n ta Monica, Calif., where they had spent the holidays with his brother, J. M. G uerrettaz, and other relatives. Mr. G uerrettaz becam e ill w ith flu upon arrival home, and w as confined to his home for a few days. The Ja n u a ry C learance sale, advertised last week by Moore’s V ariety & Apparel Shop, was a success, in excess of expectations, Mrs. M adge More told the Pilot. Some of the goods included in this sale had been ordered for the C h ristm as trade, but arrived- too late for th a t event. . Brookings, as last summ er, wasj again in the news in a w eather story, carried in Sunday’s Ore gonian. With 34 degree minimum, Brookings was reported to be the warmest spot on the coast, which underwent a cold wave last w’eek. A navy blimp was seen, Mon day noon, sailing southw ard, out quite a distance at sea. This a ir ship, based a t Tillamook, was presumed to be on a routine in spection flight along the coast. Mr. ancK Mrs. Ralph Vincent left early Sunday for P ortland where they expect to purchase goods to be used in their gift shop, soon to open. They expect to make a trip to San Francisco and Los Angeles soon for the same purpose. The dense growth of blackber- rie vines, growing behind the Pine Cone Theatre, and the Vin cent building, has been cleared by Art Bollinger, owner, and the In the Land of O pportunity Page Three lot is being drained to prevent, For your every insurance need, the wet spot on the stre e t just; see Pete at Lssm elster Agency. back of the lot. Mrs. Mildred Byrne, E l m e r , Bankus, and Mrs. T. S. Abbott bail tv. ending oa For the attended a business m eeting last Max Min Rato week. They left about the midtile Sunday: of the week and retu rn ed S u n 35 52 day evening. .06 36 45 .... 36 ...... 57 M arshall Dana, editor of Ore-! Ja n u a ry .... 38 69 Ja n u ary : gon Journal, Portland, and Mrs., .... 34 Dana spent the week-end a t th eir i Ja n u ary 60 home, north of town. .... 34 63 Ja n u ary C. A. MacKenzie returned S un January' 1 .... 34 48 day evening from a trip to the T otal rain for w eek.............. 07 midwest, called by the serious T otal rain for y e a r......— .75.14 illness of his m other, b e f o r e ....Av,, 20-year period..................... 7 5.23 Christmas. Weather Report . MY. JANUARY. 9, 1947, THE T IS D A L E S GROWERS OF THE WORLD’S FIN EST CROFT EA STER L IL Y PLANTING A N D FORCING STOCK By Ed and Mendy MWHMIS? MATERIALS DELAYED ? *7/. No FURNACES ? W . ® n KBtATOItS Howdy, Folks: Fall has passed and w inter is here. W INTER — th a t’s the time of the year th at the grasshopper sta rts preaching liberalism to the ant. It’s the time of year when you keep the house as warm as the time you kicked about it last summer. It's the season when peoples’ \ minds turn to skiing. You know\ w hat a skiier is? He’s a fellow \ who starts a t the top and works j his way to the bottom. Some wag has said that it is a sport you learn in several sit tings. . t''B Brookings, Oregon U. S. A. January Clearance Sale We are still adding more merchandise this week to our Clearance Sale, as: Ladies 100f; Wool Slacks, reg. $7.95, now $6.50 Mens Dress Slacks, reg. $10.95, now........... $8.95 Ladies Ski Sweaters, reg. $7.75, now .......... $6.~0 and our dresses are still on sale at REDUCED PRICES Or perhaps it’s a sport you learn from the ground up. IT TAKES A LOT OF CALLS TO GET THINGS DONE TODAY It is an amazing fact, b u t there are more tele phone calls being placed n o w th a n d u rin g the busi est times in the w a r years! This story told to us last w eek b y one o f our sub- bribers may help you understand w h y . O u r frie n d Owns a lumber and h a rd w a re firm , and he to ld us t at he received over one hundred phone calls in a s ngleday, just to find out if he had a n y nails in stock! d ta, in turn, made almost as many calls to sup- P^dail over the U. S. trying to obtain the materials iJ customers so b a d ly needed. Similar stories could be told every day through- h • our sy*tem. Calls from homes are /han ever, too, both fo r o ur local service and 0n9 distance. thin e ° f T°ur telephone com pany are doing evepr- J ? ? * * can to give you the best telephone service ••• We have much material and equipment on imoQu’k 1 many a’itica, items are still difficult or I* to ° ^ ta*n- We wish to thank you, our duri l *' ^Or y ° ur cooperation and understanding this period. :’ PHK COMI If too much eating should cause you tn feel the need of a little change in your diet, put some nickels and dimes in your soup. That’ll give you some change. Blair Gould got his equipm ent Monday of this week. Should we tell on him ? Well, you know th a t his sole-saving equipment was to have been shipped on Dec. 19. Came New Years and no m a chinery, with B lair just a fit sub ject for one of those padded cells. Well, Blair gave vent to his big spleen over the telephone, and now’ we know why no one could call Portland the rest of the w’eek until linemen had been out to repair the damage. Blair will have his shoe shop in operation soon, and m y how he will repair shoes to m ake up for those lost hours. Congratula tions to the new business of this area. Give him a hand, fellas. Silly, isn’t it. Well, here is something sen sible. Let us sell you our gas and air. That is a sure way to sat isfaction. _____ ’ c H E V R 0 N Gas Station Station No. 5O5<5 Eddie Thornton and V. A. Mendenhall Jr. Smith’s Dept. Store Templar Hotel Bldg. Brookings ¿Ms $ 7 .5 0 (January Order Price) PER LOAD, DELIVERED (More than a Cord) SLAB WOOD is plentiful in this area while the mill is operating ORDER NOW and assure yourself of ample wood supply. Buy Now and Let It Season It is wise to order before your wood supply is low, to permit seasoning. Be sure to state length desired! BROOKINGS FUEL COMPANY BROOKINGS OREGON ’I
