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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1948)
arinr Always For A More Progressive Brookings-Harbor Area! NUMBER FORTY-FIVE immunity Hall Croup M ill Meet BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON RainfaH Still Suh-normal yjareb of Despite Recent Rains Q . Dimes _ THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. 1948 ‘It Was Interesting’ Says School Lesmeister Of Rose Bowl ~ Budget , Set up, Friday D espite th e heavy rains of the »Tlttl IS J t ill. IO Mr. and Mrs. P ete Lesm eister, p ast th re e months, especially all __ ~~ who spent the holidays visiting Representatives from every or- th a t of O ctober and December, V nder the new ru ra l school The world's most publicized th eir two son-in-law s and daugh ir.izntion in this area are ex- failed to raise to norm al, the charitable move, “The M arch of ters at Fresno, and who also a t [district law. the budget of the lo- tended the Rose Bowl gam e at 1947 rainfall, as recorded by the > *ei at a meeting of the com- i cal Brookings district No. 17, Dimes”, will commence Ja n u a ry i.ntv hall committee, set for U. S. W eather bureau for the 15, to continue through Ja n u a ry Pasadena. New Years day. re ¡which appears in this issue of the >xt Monday evening, at T hor past ten years. W ith an average 30, it is announced a second tim e turned home late S aturday. P ilot was prepared in the usual kk home, when organization is precip itatio n of over 70 inches, by John Ponsch, of Gold Beach, | Asked "how the Rose Bowl m an n er by the budget com m ittee. gam e” was. P e te sm iled and re th e 1947 record shows only 68,91 A fter due publication a hearing be completed. inches, according to records of county chairm an of the move plied: "Well, unless you w ere a opportunity will be held on Jan. Already incorporated under the Paul W hirry, local observer, ob- ment. dyed-in-the-wool S outhern C ali 29 at 8 p.m. At the hearing, op w of Oregon, this group now , served However, 1948. the first I This movement, fresh in the fornia fan. it w as real in teresting ill be called upon to nam e a four days, at least, have made minds of everyone in this area, to w atch Those Michigan play portunity for discussion of the >ard of directors which elects a rood beginning for a normal need not be resold through pub- ers w ere just as good at the proposed budget will be provided. A fter the hearing, the budget [tors to s, rve throughout the rain fall in 1948. Almost five and ticity, Mr.. Porisch points out. prpss notice said." will be presented to the ru ra l iming year. ' one-half inches have fallen since "It *s more likely that my job A sked’ how he figured Michi schiwil board for their consider A campaign will be planned, 4 a. m. New Years day. See the w'ill be the rem inding of people gan and N otre Dame would be, which a list of all donations in w eath er report elsew here in this th at now is the time to act . pitted against each other, P ete ation. Since a num ber of school pa ay of m aterials and labor will issue for fu rth er details. "The epidemic of infantile par- sm iled: "W ell . . . . ” trons anti, several organizations » made, and this will be pub- --------------------------------------- alysis w'hich visited southern Ida have requested a home econom $b( ■ i. ■ made, and will ho this year, claim ing almost ics d epartm ent and added equip f added to from tim e to tim e. 200 victims, and reaching fa r ment for industrial arts, the bud Iready several organizations of into eastern Oregon, should re get com m ittee included these area have budgeted money mind people th a t no one ever items. The com m ittee telt also ir this ¡ i eet. The Azalea G ar- knows w here the scourge will that since the apportionm ent of t , md the Azalea Festi- ¡strike next, and when donors of h A « «nation each have set C h arters for Troop 32 and Cub the basic school fund, this y e a r Ja n u a ry 22, will be an im p o r-, a dime will lx1 recipients of aid S' ' The R otary club has ta n t day for the people of Curry 1 from this fund”. Pack 332, for this .a re a , are in 821,539.16, is made to sta n d a rd schools, efforts should lx* m ade ic ' i t w’ould do ev en county when an interim com- posters, sim ilar to the facsim- the process of living renewed, to stren g th en deficiencies in the ►tttr than this. assuring the boys of this vicin at Coquille for ,je shown here, will be placet! in standardization of our school. Set far eight o’clock, this meet- m ittee of will the meet sta te highway s it-,,.very business place w ithin the ity an o th er year of scout tra in ip «. he i ’o a ttra c t all or- study It w as felt also th at a nu rse’s ing. To date, the local units are uation in southw est Oregon, es- —• in:za*:nns nt the com m unity to pecially C urry county. Appraised I the only ones active in C urry services was necessary at least fir. ate A ttendance at the of the facts concerning this meet - ; county, according to inform ation one m orning a week so th at the r was urged in a le tte r ing, and d ata sought, the lo c a l: students who w ere absent on ac coming to the Pilot. out a week or so ago, at cham ber of commerce. with | This year, to help w ork with count of illness or infection could ich time it was urged th a t a group, will be present. The fol the Cub Pack, a sep arate com- lie properly readm itted to the •manent representative be ap- lowing. appeared in the Oregon m ittee has been appointed by the school. nted to this board. Legion Post, sfxmsors of the: S alaries of the teachers w ere Jou rn al, denotes the interest in •<t Unit Possible T his Year ' the forthcom ing m eeting: scouting m ovem ent in Brookings, com puted on the schedule sub- Members of tem porary com- Too manv many duties w ere loaded o n 'm itte d by the ru ral hoard, w ith "C urry county’s recom m enda ttee fee confident, th at w ith tions to sta te and federal a u m em bers of the single com m ittee the exception that elem entary operation, the main section, or th o rities on projected road work U nder direction of T. S. Abbott, teachers w ith the same am ount • gymnasium-auditorium, will will be put into form by a joint the Cub C h a rte r is being com of train in g and experience w ere possible this year, and ready m eeting of the county’s granges p ieteti with reg istratio n of boys figured on the sam e basis as the use sometime this fall. This and cham bers of commerce. The j 9 to 12 years, to gether with high school. In order to more 1 will make it much more de- m eeting will be held at G old) leaders and den m others. C. E. adequately provide for secondary ahle for the coming basketball Low heads the troop com m ittee, school instruction 5* a teachers soon. tson t liminating th e local high Beach with his leaders and the other w ere included in the secondary "According to Fred Gustafson, tool gym except for practice chairm an of the road committee program . com m itteem en. sions. This evening at the Baptist It should be noted th a t al- of Chetco Grange, and Charles )ances throughout the year are G ravshel of the B ro o k in g s-llar-, Com m unity Church, the tr o o p , though the total budget of the Jected to add considerable to bor C ham ber of Commerce, th is' com m ittee will meet to com plete district is considerably higher ■ building fund. Any function m eeting will recommend two pro final steps. The troop registra- than last year, the anticipated ng this hall will pay a sm all jects for a m eeting la te r at C o-’ tion has been turned in by John receipts are much higher, and rentage of the ticket sale to- quille and name delegates to rep G inther, scoutm aster. The com- the actual am ounts to be raised rd the building fund. R entals I mittee, consisting of C harles E .'b y tax ation is only $5408 more. resent them there. 1 also add to the fund. it might be well also to point "C u rry C ounty v irtu a lly has publishe<1 from t ime to Low, Pete Lesm eister, Bob Per- kins. Mike Page and Dewey out th at this year the Brookings but one highway. 101. extending ‘ u Akers, wall elect officers. school educates 30.8% of the pu- through the county, and this »s ___ •__ ___________________ Completion of Cub re-rigistra-1 p jjs of C urry County. It should declared inadequate and expen tion probably will lx* m ade when also lx- noted th a t th ere is an sive because of its numerous Mr. Widney. cubm aster, who has increase in both census and en- grades and curves. The commit been in the veterans hospital, rollm ent over last year. tee probably will recommend im arrives home. provem ent of the w orst parts. M S Brainard, service officer They also are pledged to put Reviewing the past year, shows >r Post No. 966, V eterans of m any advances by boy's in the th e ir efforts tow ard a lateral Heavy rains since New Years scout and sub m ovem ents. The >retgn Wars, whose chief aim, ha\ e swollen every stream local troop is the first in this recent years, is to help vet- highw ay to connect the roast i d w ith th e interior. Residents to . t , coast, ‘ * w w ith ith accompany- a/vnm rw nv- , , . in i along the rans and th eir families, spoke county to advance a boy to the the eastw ard long h a \i lx n dam age being reported in rank of eagle. By Ju n e 15. some the Rotary club. Tuesday, con tcrested in a more direct route many pIac<.s. Fam ilies have been tra ry status of veterans in this half dozen more will likely be "D iscipline” will be the topic forced to vacate places near riv- i raised to th a t coveted rank. He related how’ he had and in this pro jet t, 1« t « I I of discussion tonight (T hursday) feel they will get much supp t bere an<t along the coast, ded families in obtaining aid from th ose communities. A eamporee. ten tativ ely set. a j the high school, when 'Jo h n ’ R .yer .g g hen aid was much needed. for the week-end of M emorial G inther, local teacher and scout- «■ 1 m rag in g to r re n t all along ifs en- day, has been planned for Curry m aster, will bring the message, Veterans, those who have a t time worn the uniform of lorm er Harbor Teacher nre iengtb, with road damage m county, probably in this vicinity. This problem, of great propor- D efinite plans aw’ait organ iz a -! tions today, will be discussed country, m ake up 10r i- of the Visits Area, Monday places lT.tr n T ogether with th eir George Hendricks, who 30 j The W inchuck flooded Tuesday tion of troops at e ith e r or both frorn every angle, both from the (Viewpoint of parent, teacher and li<- this group reaches al- years ago taught school al H ar- preventing the school bus from Port O rford or Gold Beach. Local boys, enthused by a d - icb jid he added, to show bor. to g eth er with his wife and J going up th a t road the usual vancem ents in the past few' ti veteran problem m eant son and familv, visited the Leo j distance. The local p aren t-teach er group ' t, to life in most any Lucas home. Monday. Leo was- The Chetco usually a placid months, hone to enjoy m ore and urges every parent who is in one of his pupils at the time as ¡stream , is anything else, with m ore of the thrill incident to terested in the w elfare of the r B unard has made a w as Mrs. E. L. Miller, whom several people forced to evac- scouting in the way of hikes, ¡schools to be present. P a re n ts > ill v eteran legislation! he also visited. uate homes, if near the river. cam ping trips and such, this sum are requested to learn m ore re 'ey the sta te legislature,! Building a home at Sebasto-j This is true of the W hites, near mer. A num ber of boys who have 'ab o u t the problem. 85% of which camped out more than 15 nights is traceable to home training. **• 1 is congress, ’ and has, pol, Calif., the Hendricks plan the Cheteo Bridge. Old time residents of this area are eligible to m em bership in the knowledge, been ad- to re tire this year to live there The m eeting tonight will be -1 usly placed to help any A fter leaving here he taught at claim this is one of the worst O rder of the Arrow, an honor held in the new school building ary society, which emphasizes r who needs aid of any Alsea, w here he la te r went to storm s in recent year, mostly due and will lx- followed by re fre sh be it hospitalization, in- farm and do sawmill work He to the high winds which accom- this one phase ofsc<»ut»ng. m ents, served by the group. h o . or loan advice. is c u rre n tly teaching at AI m < panied the pre'-ipitation. Few I re- ind Mrs. J. G. Coil Mr. it. us week, Among other pupils who at- roofs are w ab •. and Mrs. J( e Bush left on San lay. was turned late last week fro B us tra v e l ■ in to Jacobs, form er tended school under him at H ar -ought standstill, w ith one Franci: co. w here they haf pent jun ¡ay for their home in Ariz- to bor a re Mrs. B em adine Steele this area, but now >na, planning to visit th< ir son Id in Brookings by the h< lidays visiting the isters, Mrs. B ertha ' Barbara, CaliT., spent and h e r md his fam ily in sounthe? n Cal* family. Mrs. in Claude t Sm ith iver. Daily V had m ia on the v v in this vicinity, visit- Beers an< Mr: ry moment o P ortland failed to h •nt the holiday’s ’ *!> Perkins home. They Un mclU' r» of flood conditions rrivi P u t you in Harbor. • * house on the Perkins club. Jon and Coquille. * * stftl -reat cau> Scout Charter Is Being Renewed Road Situation Up For Study l eterans Service Notary Subject Storm Said Worst In Recent Years P.-T. A. Will Meet At H. S. Tonight
