Always For A More Progressive Brookings-Harbor Area!
THURSDAY, MAY 29. 1947
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
TU’O, NUMBER TH IRTEEN
■Day Festival To S tart
re Posts To
rve Memorial
Friday A. M.
Queen Joane 1 Invites You To Come! 1947 Azalea Festival Begins With Street
Dance Friday Evening, Closes Sunday
Three Dances, Carnival Concessions, Barbecue and
and VFW To
Joint Service; To
•mble At Hotel
Coronation Will Entertain Festival Visitors
day each year, reminds
[endenhall Jr., commander
ro Post. No. 138, Ameri-
pon. is set aside for use
thought to Ihose who
attd given their lives th at
r.tiy may continue united
the remaining veterans,”
i’mued. “who have worn
Btm’s uniform, humbly ask
join us in homage, this
¡al Day, hallowed by the
ps vour kin have endured 1
¡al
i ng as there remains one
¡live, so long will he ask I
¡neighbors join him in the
fa', n of a few moments j
”• ry. each May 30, fori
rho have passed on, and,
ask. this Memorial Day. !
b meet with us and join
re^.ng our solemn appre- j
to those comrades who
pne on before.”
Ben and women who have
i any branch of the serv-
any time, are asked to
R in uniform, if possible,
t' not, come - anyway) at
mplar hotel, Brookings a t
m Memorial day.
Scouts are especially in-
[The march will be to the
Park, where eommemor-
frvices will be held by the
tod auxiliaries of the Vet-
°* Foreign Wars and Am-
Legion.
ion Poppy Sale
>rt Published
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Plans are completed for th e :S u n d a y . A combined choir of all
1947 edition of Azalea Festival, churches will sing for the occa-
to open F riday evening with a sion.
carnival and street dance on the
A basket lunch for those who
street between the high school care for such, is planned for all
and Azalea P ark. The carnivals at noon. Sunday.
will open a t 8:00 p. m. Then a t | ffuMies W ill Have Game». Show
nine, the GI Band will sta rt the
Sunday afternoon at the park,
dance.
the kiddies of the area will en-
Saturday P rogram Full
joy a pet show and various types
S ta rtin g a , 11:00 a. m. Queen
k-am.-s. F o r the m ore erudite
Joan,. 1 will be crown Azalea and ’ P o r t a m ind**-,»
Festival Queen at the Park, n e a r gam e has been scheduled for the
Ihe "overlook" will, Boh Perkins high school „ Ih le lir held , . (W
as m aster of ceremonies. A color- P m betw een Brookings A ll-stars
lul coronation program has been and a I n-M.-n I i y i a .
worked out. w ith M arshall Dana, >
<-r Miow Open Sunday, Too
e n d , o f Oregon Journal. Port-
H it visitors who like ,o view
land crow ning the queen, and 'h e floral show of this area the
giving a lalk W ith high school G arden Club flower show will re-
glee c l u b furnishing the mu- m“ ‘" “ Pen a l' <’»>'•
5T:,. S ' d e ^ X n “
e6 f S “
ma"ked t h ^ 'm n ^ r g 'e o u " .
"w ikT haw g" bargecue held t h i s t,f hI1
shows ever to be
i 1 n“
held u in this section of ____
the siatv.
year in the open area, just . l)e-
Queen Joane I, who will reign over the land of the Azaleas
a t the festival beginning tomorrow evening, extends a cordial
invitation to everyone to come and enjoy the extensive festiv
ities planned for the three day celebration, .May 30, 31, and June 1.
“Brookings Azalea Festival in 1947 will be just a preview of
those to be held in the future," Jone told friends this week. “I t
is my hope th a t everyone, regardless of where they live, will tak e
advantage of the three-day Mmorial Day week-end and came to
to a spot w here the sea breezes are cool and invigorating. People
from elsew here in the state, especially those sections plagued by
h eat and drouth, will find rest and refeshment at the seashore.'
no report at the tim e this
W ith h er court, composed of princesses from other C urry
ioes to press from th e
Poppy- saje sponsored by county high schools, as well as Crescent City, will reign over the
‘ nans of Foreign W ars, affair’ which begins w ith a street dance Friday evening. Saturday
learned that th e L e - ,
d 603 poppies, for a to tal m orning will see the coronation at Azalea park, a free barbecue
a t noon, flower show in the afternoon. Queen Joane, a fte r ma •
?J'gina Haggerty, in re- ing h er choice, will officially open the flower show at 2 p. m. The
' ‘”l the Pilot, gave this Queen s banquet and ball will take place in the evening at the
lent.
’he department for
H arb o r G range Hall..
poppies ordered at
Religious sen-ices, w ith all churches aiding, will he held a.
J i*r 1000 ..............$25.00
th e park. Sunday morning, with the festivities end,ng w tth the
« the proceeds a fte r
r;-ng cost
25.07 children's pet show and races in the aft, in..on.
w disabled n o c per
C arnival concessions, which will be composed of food bnotta.
for liM7 mem-
,
u ro
m»v be enjoved. have been planned
.
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3 60 and o th e r places w here fun may ne enj
fo
r
"midway.--
the
road
between
the park a id the high .Choo.
fmi’ted to depart-
’ headquarters ........ $53.07 AH these are under supen-iison of H enry Horst, and are being
^ ‘x ‘!ary> in charge of the e st.b l.sh e d by all th e organizations of the community w .sh in , to
and Saturday, wishes
'he Boy Scouts, girls
all others who helped h ’ VtB o y X ? u n will have charge of parking at the festival, and
. »ale as successful as
w,U also seli souven.r b u tto n s adve
g
to be.
Many d ig n .t.n e s f r o m ^ a n o u
festivities.
,*Ver> minute of the P o rtlan d and Salem, are expected to he present
ea Festival.
fore entering the picnic area.
W ith the queen and h e r court j
being served first §o the court
may go to the high school gym, i
w here Joane 1 will m ake the
12 Baptized In
Chetco River, Sun.
•Queen’s Choice” at the flower
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show. She will officially open this
w ith E lder S tre v e r of Gold
part of the festival a t 2 p. m. Be a ch supplying for J. J. Doll-
when she cuts the ribbon at the ¡nger, whose wife is critically ill,
door.
twelve people w ere baptized up
Queen's Banquet at Grange Hall the Chetco river at the O stenburg
In honor of Queen Joane 1 and place Sunday, by the Seventh
her court, a banquet will be held Day A dventist church. Those be
at the G range hall, beginning at ing received into the church m-
6 d . m., when the festival asso- eluded:
elation and guests, totalling 150
Mr. and Mrs C larence Over-
or more will be present. Served man and daughter, Anita, John
by ladies of the L a tte r Day Saints Stiver, Audrey Itew m an, Eunice
church, this banquet will begin and Neil Scott, Janice C hristen
prom ptly at 6 p. m. to perm it sen, G eraldine Bulis, Richard
the hall m anagem ent to ready Adams. Je rry Marsh and Merlin
it for the Q ueen's Ball, to sta rt Crook.
im m ediately a t 9 p. m.
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o ld Tim e Dance Billed, Too
Q u e e n ’s B a n q u e t T i c k e t s
For those who care for old
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D eD O t
tim e dancing in preference to the I Ml ?>aie A l r»U.
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modern another dance will be
Tickets »0 of them, for the
held at the I O. O. F. hall at Q ueen’s Banquet, to be served a t
ih ‘ same time T .ckets bought | H arbor G range hall, will be on
at eith er place will be honored ¡sale today a t the Bus Dapo
at the other. L arry Pinson and when Mr. and Mr». T. S. Abbott
his orchestra w^ll furnish the will make reservations
music for this dance while the
.Tins there is a lim it on the
newly-form ed GI band will fur- num ber which can be served at
X h the music for the dance at this banquet, it must he remem-
h5.ll
bered t h a t “first come, first
Limches w.ll be served at both served.” Reservations m u . t be
Lun "
made for this affair. P resen t at
dances, it was announced.
The m erchandise, gifts of the the occasion will be M arshall
of Oregon
Journal.
Festival Association, will 1 m - g i v - Dana,
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| the court, and members of the
" r ^ S L e f t t of Ihose attending | A zalea F e .tlv a l asaociat.on.
e ith e r dance, the queen and h e r
court will divide her time be
tw een both dances.
Religion» Service» Sunday A. M.
W ith all churches taking some
p art, religious services will be
'h e ld in the park, a t 11 a. m.
p p
move to th e ir new residence on
th e cem etery road, about June 15.
They have taken th e ir home off
th e m arket, and have rented it
it to Mr. and Mrs. C. Stoakes.
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