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Always For A More Progressive Brook ings-Harbor Area!
TWO. NUMBER NINETEEN
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY. OREGON
THURSDAY. JUNLY 10. 1947
loats Exhibit Croft
¡(ivities End
Azalea Park
;r Dedication
W h a t W a s S a id Floats Surprise
A b o u t P a ra d e
Tourists Halted
—
By Long Parade
Movie Feline
Runs Out S trin g
Croft Memorial
On Highway 101
Unveiled At Noon
“N iggertoes Sm ith” cof* of
Comments heard a b o u t the
stage and screen fume for 17
ither of Sydney N.* area, concerning the first a t
years, who has been featured
Hundreds of Kodaks
tem pt of the area in staging a
ft Present For
in Ripley’s “Believe It or
Record
Beauty
of
“Lily Blossom Week” are gati-
N ot” ran our his string —
Howard T. James Sec.
jly Blossom Tim e”
Flora! Displays, Fri.
fying indeed. A few are worth
and died last week at the
Croft Lily Growers
passing on to Pilot readers:
home of his mushess, Mrs.
Association Spoke
A. E. White of Harbor, at
"Why couldn’t Crescent City
Aer dedication cere-
Tourists,
halted
bv for-
the
age
of
t}.
stage
something
like
this?”
was
siage
someming
nxe
this?-’
..
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,
,
1
ties. held at the C ro ft
heard on the street while th e iB]Atl011 01 p a r a d e , F r i d a y ,
Part Persian, and bob, the
Only unveiling of the
lument, south o f H a r- parade was in progress. (The did not resent the fact, as cat had six toes on if» “bear”
stone
memorial for Syd
;he observance o f th e identity of the person will re was evidenced when hun- pawn, and was known as the
ney
N.
Croft was held at
"Lily Blossom T im e main a mystery to this w riter). dreds of kodaks appear- “Cat of the Underworld” in
mo
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>
w
pictures.
Si
r
years
the site, Friday, because
“It was out of this world,” was
Irookings” was s h ifte d Joe
ago Mrs. White bought the
Gallagher’s re-action. “I t i ^ ^ f r o m Cars to Catch
o
f t h e res l i l t i n g t r: i flfic
Park, where Lew Croft,
unusual feline from Holly
of Pierce County, Wash., would have cost a half million in Pictures, some of the beauty
situation,
w h e n Howard
wood
for
retirement.
“Nigger-
dollars for Chicago to put o n 'which only a lily may provide,
ju and a prominent hotel
T. James, secretary of Croft Lily
toes” has been buried tie-
such
a
show.
No,
Chicgao
could
Probably
headed
elsewhere
on
|of that city, and brother of
Growers Association, spoke.
neat h a rare tropical tree
be Sydney Croft, was one not have done it. Only Brookings excursions, these tourists were
"May we first extend to each
and
a
cremation
will
be
per
has the wherewithall to do su c h d rom many states of the union,
principal speakers.
of you a welcome to ’Lily Blos
formed later.
a job.”
I Parked on the side of the road
«r speakers on the program
som»* Time in Brookings and H ar
Fred Moore: “I had no idea— coming into Brookings from the
R. M. Knox, county'
bor.’ Our program has tieen di
ifor Curry county; Charles T was just floored where did:
vided into two parts the morn
Danish
G
irls
Tells
Committee Is G rateful
ing. which has been devoted to
rate inspector of lilies for all of them come from?”
Headed by George Funk,
the beautiful floral parade which
artment of agriculture, W.
George F u n k : Watch us next
About
H
er
Nation
general
chairman,
the
“Lily
you have just witnessed, and the
J®ey, Bob Perkins, Mrs. year- there would be roadway
Blossom W e e k " committee
unveiling of this momument in
i’afford. who did much to enough, nor will there be room
wishes to public acknowledgi
Miss Kirstine Damkjaer, now memory of Sydney Croft, who
the interests of Croft along the road to put the people
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clifford!had his early planting in this
•Aiso talking were W alter who will come to see the spec all aid which went toward
making the event the success
Lindskoug, arrived in America vicinity and the last, at the
J. T. Jacobs, first p re s-1 tacle.”
.only recently to visit relatives Azalea State Park, when* several
of Croft Lily Growers As-| Cliff Brimm. who is now erect-' it proved to be.
Mr. Funk also wishes to
and Wm. Burrell, cur-
_
ing a sawmill here: “Next Y ear 'hank, individually and col 1 for several weeks. She reports' speakers will ix* heard, as well as
sociatkm. i w-oi:'i let Bankus walk aw^y lectively, all the individuals, I that everything in Denmark is several musicians. There, too,
rationed, at least in part, includ- "ill he games for the youngsters,
‘ne 11f ''t” iking a bas- with any prizes unles> he puts
organizations and busou sses
ing electricity. Clothes are difli-i "We are gathered here today
*aj. enioyed at the park OU| plenty on his display.”
who entered floats »» t h e
cult to obtain, so few ration to pay homage to three good
n '"7 " lr,k’ f ui nished by
a tourist who stopped at the
parade.
stamps are issued for them. The men, who contributed much to
. ' r * ers Games, for the Rus Depot: “We are from San
¡childrens
clothes is especially• the psopagation and cult', re of
. un er auspices of the Francisco. Honestly, we h a v e north were ears hearing license
Legion, with George never seen anything that could plates from Florida. New York, missed. Although Denmark is a the world-famous Croft lily: Da-
dairy country, there is a short- vid Griffiths, Louis S. Houghton
in charge, followed the even start to compare."
Connecticut. Massachusetts, Ohio. age since most dairy products and Sydney N. Croft,
Winners announced in
Howard Jam es: “Once we for- Kansas. Nebraska. Montana. Min- are sold *o England. Such foods! “Because of them, we are here
column».
I me *n Brook’ !got together and put on a show, manv from California and Wash as bananas and citrus fruits are today. If is strange that this
exeremely rare, there.
• i irony of fate, that those who
under direction of the w h y can't other community func- ington..
,
. , . . , .
During the past five years un-'gave birth to an idea, who orig-
i aiZ
Association, tions go as nicely?”
\pparently not irked
" ing dpr q p r m a n occupation Den- inally conceived this plan, or
» already laying many
“We W’ant to move here where stopped by state highway patrol- m ark’s wealth was confiscated by who first made the discovery,
next year.
we can always vu*w such flowers men. these tourists parked their the conquerors. Because of its seldom, if ever, received any ft-
and such climte,” said a lady cars, mingled with the parade high money standard, Sweden nancial reward. It is true in the
from
South Carolina, who was while in formation, and asked now* will not accept Danish cur-¡case of these men.”
ten’s Funds
in no particular hurry after she questions of everyone with whom rency, nor Norwegian.
j To relieve the heavy traffic
and her family had been halted they came in contact. Many of
Miss Damkjaer remfmbfrs one which was moving on the holi-
By Dance by
the parade. Instead of driving these people, confessing ignor- night in Copenhagen, her home day. the dedication was cut short
on to San Francisco Friday as ance of lilies, asked where they city, the Nazis took all Jews and so that the parade might return
‘ ’he local volunteer they planned, they stopped, ate might buy bulbs for their own put them on a ship which was to Azalea State Park,
4 *ere swell by 5104.62 lunch here and did some sight- . u it ns.
later reported to have beer» sunk
r
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Saturday sing the remainder of the 4th.
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by the Germans. No definite word
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hall, when the G.
“It was most gratifying to me
has ever lx*en received about the
Mrs.
Emil Enna of Portland,
Food
Handlers
•urnished the music.
to see a united community and
fate of this group.
celebrated pianist and voice in
- to B;!' Ward, sec- the results to behold from such
'S i’IlIH lI
The visitor to America is im structor. was a visitor here last
f^wurer of the group. co-operation.” said Elmer Bankus. V Jv I V 0 U I U V I
pressed
by its size and many week
fmaneps now a r e .i ..If there could onlv
the same
mountains, and states she likes; palm er (Bob> Lee. majoring
m -and before the
spirit among the growers when
Food handlers classes which the people very much
in philosophy at Willamette Uni
$ 68.88 it comes to marketing well”
were held here late in June, were
versity, and Dr. Raoul Bertran,
«Mets
189.07
Roy Sunderland, one of the attended by restaurant workers
who
occupied the chair of philos-
jN.’jres for
committee to arrange for floats,¡from every establishment in the
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<»phy at Willamette, visited Mr.
^nt, or-
was non-committal, perhaps be- community and several from Cal-
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lindskoug and Mrs. Luther Tisdale, uncle
have as guests this week Mr. »nd aunt of Mr. Lee. recently.
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76.45
cause he was speechless at the ifornia.
J dance $104.62
size and beauty. He did, how-
Robert E. Click, director of ____
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Lindskoug’«
sister and family. Dr. Bertran will spend some
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5173.50
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ever, stop looking long enough food sanitation. Oregon S t a t e !
and
( 'a rj Damkaer, Da-
K
S O of the total to gasp: “Gosh!"
Board of Health, who was in vid and Donald of Portland, and months at Sorbonne in Paris soon,
„ , 7* dance was made
William F. Fisher, of Rivers; charge of restaurant sanitation
and Mrg Damkaer’s sister, to receive rictorate.
Mr. and Mrs Julian Abbott
^ n Those home-made E n d : "That will show the world in Curry county, was in charge
Kirstnie Damkjaer of Co-
of
Klamath Falls have been vis
Legion
can
be
done
here, and cer- of the
which
showed
all I j I |M,nhagen. Denmark. The guests
A l l I ! what
n llf lt
V
a il
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ladies.
¡tainly the world will watch this good food handling practices.
wi ill go from here to Santa Ana. itors of his brother. T. S. Abbott,
and family.
'ketnen wish
lis 'a re a in years to come."
* Mr. Click expressed apprecia-j CaJif rhls wepk
to take this
Mrs. W. H. Hibbard has been
bd? , to th}*nk everyone
There will never be any doubt tion to restaurant operators for!
confined to her bed this week
the d
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y
m
ind
but
w
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at
this
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-'th
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ir
co-o
p
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w
hich
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been
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a success.
-----------munity can do anything it sets possible lor food handler, to at-1 the restaurants here during .he »y d ln e ^
Mr. and Mrs Norman Leibleg
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"‘ 'h e ' S ' r „ « X t
were a.w held at Gold and ion. Tony, o, B um . am v „ .
* ’ < ' A x lV
Friday3
! ™ > n < lacihU « and „ r a c : Beach and Pori Orford
|.«ing Mr. and Mm. Harry Smith.