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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1947)
IAÏ. JVXE « • 1947 W o rld ’s Finest C lim ate’ h tin g elsewhere. , main in fo r Fire Training 'fig Physical requirements fo r the uous work and that j umper cand’dates are rig - w'°i*k is accomplished Forced id. Men accepted usually must expended. productive where she w ill visit fo r a week M r. and Mrs. Joe Bush le ft Miss M ary C avitt went to P o rt fo r money Monday fo r Bullards to visit John land the la tte r part of the week Evans, fo rm e r H arbor resident. fo r medical attention. be between the ages of 18 and °o n Meyers of Grants Pass! «Y one of the forest service r Miss MW8 Helen H elen P ay n e an d Miss PASS Sixteen smoke 27, average from 130 to 190 lbs. ¡rJmen a nd two squad in w eight, must have good eye- Personnel planes connected w ith I u.g enia Moore «Pent the week- ? ~ ‘ir homes’ coming from are now assembled at sigh and hearing and can have ,his Program this vear and will a m a?d F rid ay evening. They are »ood ranger station, at no organic or other physical de- be called upon to fl*v tools eoum < action, for advance jum p- feet which would prevent stren- ment and food to fire fie h te rs n atteadlng th e summer session at uous w ork. T he ir training in- the ground, when not engaged “ ™ ° reg° n C° 1,ege ° f Edu* fire training under direc- cation. eludes very- rig id physical condi- in flying jumpers. Foreman Cliff M arshall. Relatives have received word The second plane assigned to H. Wilson, fire control tioning, instruction in use of a ll from M h s Evelyn Reekman that equipment, this program w ill be furnished of the Siskiyou national types o f - parachute ; • o ---- - lu rn isn e a jum ps from practice towers, high b-v reS»on 5. in California and w ill she is completing her tra in in g by Stephen Ayres who w ith the in fa n tile paralysis foun jumper program line let-down and train in g in the be started some six s a f e tree-to-ground descent in also Piloted one of these planes dation at a hospital in Denver, le ft on June 15 fo r Honolulu to ! in Montana, w ith three case chutes hang up in ta ll tim - Iast season. Tbe Siskiyou forest also uses go to w ork in a hospital. July 1 added in Oregon and her. A fte r ground instruction and ton on the Cheman, W al- conditioning has been completed one small observation ship cov- to Sept. 1. She is a sister of E v , Siskiyou forests, pro which n orm a lly requires approx- e rin g this forest for fire detec- erett Reekman of H arbor and highly trained group of im a te ly tw o weeks a ll men are ’ *on work, and this plane w ill is w ell known in this area. She :er« whose objective is, given practice in actual parachute likewise be based at the Illin o is was in the WACs, where she re the use of planes and jum pin g from planes and all nor \ alley airport at Cave Junction. ceived her commission as a phys ical therapist, and worked in tes, to quickly reach and m a lly complete a minimum of various m ilita ry hospitals in this i fires while they are yet seven practice jumps before be country before her discharge. ing allowed to jum p in actual fire fig htin g. Thorough instruc- News was received that Violet oup, now in training on mt- inorougn M r and M n n s' t ,io " ha" d ac.tu .a l « pe ne nce in a ll had „ X n . house g u « ,s T r e Jaggers and Glen Garvin who are ivou forest, w ill use tw o attending 4-H summer school at planes owned and methods of forest fire fighting Gladys Basler and son r l r r v . J?' f Corvallis, says that they are hav ’by the forest service and are given as a final train in g step Los Aneelns whn Jo aM 5 '7 7 " ing *ng fun and are E a rning a lot lot. learning by forest service pilots, or a ll men before they are con-!dav fo r ooints f rti J a L e ri r J 4 r Last F hda> th e li be available fo r in itia l sidered qualified. j Rogue River, Klam ath, Experience has s h o w n that old friends when t h e ^ e n Swere i ? o \ r ri™ '"V wr and Siskiyou forests, tra in in g and actual fire fighting employed by the state hiehwav Jta tlon . KGAC- G,«n spoke *or « ,n inu ,,‘s ° n tbls Pa rt of ’ he ike jumpers are also now take up most of the tim e during commission.* M r Basler was k ill for immediate dispatch the sum m er months fo r this crew ed in action on Okinawa a b o u t' c*Jps/ r o w n here j »>peaall> the Easter lily m- point where they are in but a considerable w ork program tw o years ago. the northwest or C a lifo r- is also lined up fo r all such em h e r^ n m p T i * 7 < sl.1P returned to Ren T urner enjoyed a v isit last m not engaged in fire- ployees, to be sure that they re- io m Pnwl 7 Week week from L t CoL a" d Mrs. ended R o 3 t' Joseph E Ip les of T am pa, F la ils h e d fr le n d T n d h a d | M r and Mrs A ’ K H astin* s Make Your Plans Now ATTEND coennu.es Local News Items 6th Annual 4th nr Jttiy Celebration 3 Big Dances [AIRBANKS-MORSE, MEYERS and AS PUMPS — HAND PUMPS Joe M orrell left Wednesday fo r Salem where he is a delegate of Aerie No. 2090 F. O. E. of Klam - ath halls, to attend the state con- \ention._ His daughter, Mrs. M M. Bean, is accompanying him and w ill continue on to Portland returned last week from P ort- land where they have been fo r J several weeks. • Mr. and Mrs. B. H. P ickett of Malin, Ore., and Miss Marie Vae- lek of Alaska, are house guests at the home of Mr. and Mt rs. A. Newton. Red Nichols & his famous Orchestra Giant Parade Gasoline & Electric Powered Complete Home W ater Systems h MP FOR EV ERY N E E D — OLIXE ENGINES—E LEC TR IC MOTORS J. J. GALLAGHER PLUM BING to* 232 Brookings, Ore. I Oh! Such Cardens *9* beautiful lilies by-th-sea W don't you buy your Crofts from me? ISi.fc« Xre Grown Without Aid of Commercial Fertiliser June W POt VAlUt Days Industrial Show JUNE is our anniversary month — Special values will be offered each week in every department! Gay Midwav Enamel Cold Pack fan n ers Kitchen Sets .......... Regular 99c sellers— $2.15 49c Kinney Aluminum................... 1-3 off didd Inspection Invited At All Times— RIGDON & BOMHOFF miles south of Harbor on Highway 101 Royal Chief Aluminum.......... 1-3 off Regular $5.97 seller— x Regular $3.34 seller— r EASTER l i l y BULBS mailed any- ln the IJ. S. A.; profits to the V. F. W. g fund; with grow ing d ata, prepaid de- 2 Ruck a bulb; three fo r $2.50; $10.00 a )ur biggest bulbs only. r °ney and shipping address to any VFW auxiliary m ember, or m ake checks pay- and address VFW , Brookings, Oregon. IDEAL LIVING GIFTS Henry Z. Horst ate Building Brookings, Ore. Historical Relics Display Double-header Baseball Game Large Roaster ..................... $4«50 Dutch Oven ........................... $Z.75 got any friends ? Street Sports %” Drive Socket Set — Regularly $13.95 seller— Floor Model Radios . . . Regularly $146.95 seller— $11.95 Multnomah County Police Motorcycle Corps $117.“ Queen Contest Chetco Home and Auto Supply Co. We Give S. & H. Green Stam ps Phone Coquille 299 For Hotel Reservations