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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
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Bruins Take 3
From Langlois
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Moore.
First
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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
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(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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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* Yelton. F irst Class:
Rod and Gun Club P arty
repairs m erit badge.
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Brookings Trade
Heavy Past Month
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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.
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Try Classified Ads— They
¡AM BULANCE committee
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Bob Williamson, chairm an, Ed
Thornton Dr. Schm itt. Mickey
Gould. Lloyd Stefani.
Rush.
Christmas Services
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Th* Christm as P <
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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