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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1947)
C/tlS wl finiti Any Me ine of Always For A More Progressive Brookings-Harbor Area! Two. No. Forty-T hree. BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY. OREGON "CHRISTMAS ISSUE" 1947 ERRY YULETIDE ROOKING WISH hristmas, 1947, soon w ill be past, all the business people of the B rookings-H arbor area hasten to wish everyone, especially patrons, a m e rry ( hristm as, w ith al, the joy that should be present at such an occasion. I f th e ir message is not included in Issue, it was because they were either out of town, or could not find time to include it in the many pressing duties facing them Is busy season. All these businesses look forw ard to 191S as one of unprecedented prosperity fo r this area. Indications are he that such w ill be realized. Industry in lumbering point the way to big things in this area’s grow th in the future. irds Made To its, Thursday School Treated To Special Show, Friday • • • Bruins Take 3 From Langlois tt Moore. First H 11 Success The Rod and Gun Club held ,•/ • • • gh. F irst class. its second annual Christmas p a r merit badge. ty last Saturday night at the Newman, F irst class G range Hall. Bogus money was mpairs m erit badge. used to play the games of chance ' !r Mason, F irst class ¡as well as for eating and dancing, tical draw mg, carp en try onp dollar currency being worth badges, D. . . ten dollars "fake". The dice and second class: eui card <aVe th<> fak® money and C la rk Schley. as pr jzes whil«? the wheel and •«foot : G eorge Campbell' M ax ro s te r, ^¡ngO games offered nylons. , a£e-v ' chocolates, bacon and cigarettes. " a mock, and L enoyi A dinner was served at _____ __ _________ (m idnight in th e "W aldorf' dm- Iri? room. Tho revenue for the P ete Lesrneister luxurious bill of fare offered was -3y for Fresno, C a l- ‘$7.50 (counterfeit). There wi re e they will spend some who still wanted to play with th e ir tw o son- at tw o-thirtv in the morning aughters. Before re- however the operators were " ill a tte n d the w orn out and decided it was ;ame a t Pasadena, tim e to close the "joint ’. I Several local businesses in order to perm it owners privileges of leaving town for Christmas, will be closed from Christm as until next Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kerns will close the Town Shop to allow them a week-end at K lam ath frail*. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vincent and family plan a few’ days at K lam ath Falla, but will open Sunday morning The Lesrneister Agencv will be closed until a fte r New Years day, while they are in Calif. The B AwB Cafe will not open until Jan. 7, as the Buchanans are on their first vacation in two years. By-Laws Change Object of C. of C. A change in the Brookings and H arbor cham ber of commerce by-laws, perm itting the board of directors to be expanded to nine insl,,ad of six men. was the first act ° ‘ business under the regime new officers, Monday eve- ninK- This was done that lumber- men might la* added to the group. A membership in the Oregon Coast association with priveleg ‘>f naming a director from south- rrn C urry county was voted. Re- porting on tto Plans o f t h i s or- a y s h e ~ I. ganization. Charles ' ‘.... ' G r .......... C urry couty vice-president, ask ed that all w’ho could from this area be present at the highway ‘interim committee meeting, set for Jan. 22 nt Coquille. «Further details concerning this com m ittee, its aims and plans, may be seen in a letter to the editor, elsewhere in this issue.) Tonight «Wednesday) at 7.30, Henry the annual Christm as tree will RIVER COMMITTEE be sponsored by the V olunteer K err chairm an; Thor Ask. W ar Firemen, as has been th eir cus- ren Smith. W. E Deveny, Wilson ___ .... Freem an, Homer Kessler. harlea the C entral building. R< >AI, COMMITI EE Cbm Follow ing ringing of C h rist- ‘ I ria- mas carols by the Baptist Com- s,e Y’ P. J. Lesrneister, H. A. San munity church choir, and num ders, Ed Lessard. COMMITTEE bers by members of the Azalea PUBLICITY Ed F Ackley chairm an, (Pub- Garden Club, S anta will make lic Relations) Max Brainard, bis appearance )o distribute (G eneral P u b l i c i t y ) , I>ewey sacks of tre a ts to all youngsters , /N aw soaoera) Bob Perkins, with his public u “J** address system. W ill be m aster AIRP° R I fTjMMITTT.E of ceremonies A complete eve- V- A M«endenhall, chat:m an. nmg of music is promised for C harles Echols, R A. Lower. Ben Kerns this occasion, Eddy Thornton. COM Ralph M UNITY HALL fire chief, reports. ¡Vincent chairman, P lan s for N ert Year, Too rY M ^ v n -r-rw < ON BY-LAWS — To help finance the 1948 candy < I EE < J ,« the firemen, in ,n .h ,« ,ssu Ja m e s. chairm an H ugh fund, this issue e H«.wa,,1 Ed F. Ackley. advertise a C hristm as dance to COMMITTEE - be held at the H arbor Grange. MEMBERSHIP . Byrne, chairm an, Bob H .g < crty , Bob Christmas Tree To Thrill Kids Orton, S ta r: Pioneering. rving, w o o d - t u r n i n g personal health and n* merit badges. Id Akers. S ta r: path-find- ublic health, c a rp e n try development, conserva- " cape gardening and merit badges. ■if Lytle. S ta r: public poultry keeping. marks- ? swimming and rowing badges. Shipley, S ta r: athletics, rowing, life saving, hip and safety m erit ? * Many Businesses Close Over Holiday Week-end "Carnegie Hall" was a good excuse for Norris Kemp, owner oy Scout court of honor of the Pine Cone theatre, to in many to be one of th e vite the entire school to „ enjoy jtstanding in the history ’^ Picture, starting at 10 a. m.. County, was held at th e Friday. 'bool gym last T hursday Filled with music as such peo- when an eagle scout ( l^e as Lily Pons, Lauritz Mel- first in the county w as choir and others could rt nder, Verne Mendenhall. <be picture was more than ap- Dave Putnam , regional p re d a te d by the students, r, as clerk of the court, Mr. Kemp, who has always Vincent was elevated t o !been an advocate of visual edu- rk <5f Life Scout, and six cation, felt that such an oppor- fboys were aw arded S ta r tu n ity might never come this pins. Winning aw ards waY a^ain for the students to • see such a sta r studded show. f'tif Mendenhall. E agle: f. bird study and path- merit badges. lie Vincent, Life: m echan ising, path-finding, pio- and home rep airs m erit In Pames th a t resembled foot- ball more than the maple-court sP°rt. Brookings Bruins took 3 games from the Langlois Pan- th ers last Friday evening on the Langlois floor. Th*’ B squad, after trailing th e first quarter, took a lead and «teadilv increased it until the Cinal whistle, when the Bruin cubs came out 25 to 12 winners. G ardner with 10 points, took the scoring honors. The second attraction of the evening saw the Brookings girls gain a lead and hold it through out the game to come out 30 to Garrard, S ta r (in ab- 25 winners. Pathfinding, g a rd e n in g ,’ With Felipe scoring 11 points, health and pioneering the A squad was never behind badges. in the main attraction, although Shipley. S ta r: C arp en try (basketball suits were out of or- Hfe’saving.' m a rk sm a rJ id er in the rough contest The m erit badges Bruins, leading 13 to 4 at the Stark’ F irst Class* a r t half. came out 30 to IS victors. badge. ’ | -------------------- * Yelton. F irst Class: Rod and Gun Club P arty repairs m erit badge. * \ 1 Z. /I' P.t m uslc- _______ Brookings Trade Heavy Past Month -------- Despite adverse conditions, due to failure of lily prices nearly every business firm in this area reports heavier business by sub- stantial am ounts over last year, N otew orthy was the presence in town of California cars, occu- pants of Which claim they got b e tte r prices here over towns across the line. In the past year stores of this town have increased their stocks many times, thus giving buyers g reater selection of articles. ..- --------— - —— - Try Classified Ads— They ¡AM BULANCE committee --- Bob Williamson, chairm an, Ed Thornton Dr. Schm itt. Mickey Gould. Lloyd Stefani. Rush. Christmas Services __ Th* Christm as P < • ?** ed by m embers of B aptist'C orn- m unity ( ’hunch Sunday . oot, a ttr a c te d a full bouse S unday evening Fo low ng the C hr‘» tm » story , told in ¿ ‘«¿««ue J*0?,, treat« were distributed Io the youngsters, Each Sunday school class had a portion of the program , and eahe group »bowed careful plan- rung on the part of the Sunday *.);■ < i teachcen
