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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1948)
Page Bight ’HURSPAY, JANUARY & BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, Brooking*, Oregon World’» Finest Chinate Keep The Caissons Rolling Along REA Program Bring Electricity To Two Millionth Consumer r v». »Derate any pow er lines We The 2.000.000 consumer w ill he have made loans to more than connected to power lines financed 1,000 independent local business 7 ."taxrsC';»‘ y_ - J by the R u ra l E le c trific a tio n Ad groups. m o s t l y co -operati’ -s. r \ / m in is tra tio n som etim e thi*» week They have b u ilt th e ir own fa c il the U. 8. D epartm ent of A g ri c u ltu re announced e a rlie r this itie s w ith money borrowed from the governm ent So fa r *he to ta l - • / month. The firs t consumer received payments of a ll o u r borrow ers fP’r'TCP d u rin g the la tte r p a rt of have amounted to $143.372.769’' Cs- y ' ■ .V. ■ - ■■ . R EA loans to date to ta l $1.- 1935 and R EA-flnanced po w e r systems p a w 'd the 1,000,000 c m 152,507,489. of which $788545.- «timer m ark du rin ; August, 1942. 218 has been advanced to the To reach the 2,000.900th consum borrowers. Almost 95% of the e r this week REA bo rro w e rs ad money advanced has been used V ded one consumer every 21 sec to finance pow er lines, a little onds during e ery work-w**ek so less than 4% fo r generating fa j fa r this fiscal yeer. cilltle s, and about l ' i fo r w irin g As the REA con stru ctio n p ro plum bing and appliance in s ta lls gram is sfjread over 46 states, tion loans. Alaska anti the V irg in Islands, It is not possible fo r R EA to single out the 2,000,000th consumer He m ay be one o f several thousand. The w ind and heacy rain storm The odds arc three to on*’ th a t w ith a steady downpour of ru in he w ill l»e a fa rm e r, as a p p ro x ¡has fille d a ll creeks and sm all im a te ly 75". of the consumers streams to overflow ing, w ith the! nerved by the REA borrow ers are ¡w a te r running over the road in farm . REA said, anti the other many places The S m ith R iver, j eom*’rii»e » t o r . » * schools, ♦hi* time has risen out o f its ! churches «m ail ru ra l industries hanks. A ll low- lands and ranches j along the riv e r are covered w ith ) and ru ra l homes. When R E A w as created in 1935 w a te r The T ryon corner on 101. about 750,000 farm« had central south of R ive r B ridge has sev to sta tio n e le c tric servi e, w h ic h 1 eral feet o f w a te r ru n n in g ov er the road. The n orth hank wa» a lit tle more than 10% of is closed by a sm all slide. The the to ta l num ber of farm s in the highwaymen are busy keeping | country, N o w almost 3,500.000,| the road open to Crescent C ity .' m ore than 60'-?, arc served by The A nnual New- Year's Eve; REA borrowers and com tncrcinl Dane«' at the Community hall u tility companies was r e’-eat success, w ith a large j Mrs M ary A. Powers who is the C ur-D el Cleaners, W th more than 4.000.000 ru ra l crowd in attendance fro m a ll m a k in g her home w ith M a ry The m any friends of Otto C ontinuous, A nthony, re tu rn e d here on the B lankenhorn w ill lx» glad to eMah’i-hmentx, Including approx ' e r the c o u n try bus. Tuesday fro m Gold Beach, know th a t he is able to leave the im ately 2.280,000 farm s, s till arc musi< by Chub Howe’s orchestra w h e n ’ she has spent the holidays house now. and has been seen in a w a itin g ce n tra l station service,; was enjoyed. Noisem akers a n d ' w ith friends. ’ own a ft w times la te ly. He s till the rate of R EA-flnae-v'd con pH'w-i hats wen- given out to Oscar Kam berg, son o f Mrs. has to be ca re fu l in w h a t he does struct-on Is expected to show a usher in the new year. The h a l l , com m ittee wishes to th a n k alE a " ' Mrs. E. A. K am berg. who s till fu rth e r gain next year if who helped make the dance a un d e rw e n t an appendectom y at but is past the danger point. M r. and Mrs. E. L. Carson the m a te ria ls situ a tio n continues sure« is. Proceeds w ill go to w a rd ! the Seaside hospital, has been re -. to improve d u rin g th« next few t} <> pkeep of the hall, leased from the hospital, and! Com m enting on the progress Mi and Mrs. M arland R'ce and is convalescing satisfi of the program to date, REA little son o f Albany Ore -n. his home. A d m is tra to r Claude R W icka rd sP<‘n several days v is itin g at the Mrs Luev M artin < said ¡homt o f M r and Mrs \ \ m. M or- Oregon, a rriv e d here, . o , I ‘son who are the parents of ra is in g of so conspicuous a y rs Rice, the fo rm e r Cora M or- and fa m ily , M r. and th»- holidays w ith her milestone on the path of o u r u l- rison The Rices took e liv e r y i T h o m a - and daughter, tim a te goal o f adequate low-coat | o f a passenger coupe. a 1947 Iv n S I plans to mu power fo r every possible fa rm in model purcha d th i . .h Buck« (d e fin ite stay w ith her this co u n try is a m ark o f prog ner Cheverc 'et agenev T hey I M r. .and Mrs. Bennif rests fo r ru ra l America. We com drove home in th e ir new car. son L oren H im of Lc mem orate this m ilestone kn o w They were an ?ompattied hom e by- j m otored to Coos Bay \ ing that there arc many others Mrs Rice’s hr other Freddie, v ho jspent several days v who s till want and need e le ctric spent a w eek'1 i vacation up n o rth . i fo rm e r's b ro th e r and Mr, Th« Sm ith R iver Ladies A id pow er fo r modern liv in g ; and Mrs. Jesse Ham. Society w ill hold th e ir firs t m eet Die fact th a t wt have a p p li ing o f the n«-w year on T h lrs d a y cations being received a, the afternoon, January 15. at 2 p.ni. rate of 20 m illio n d o lla rs a m onth in the club room at the Com •peak* fo r the desire o f the re m u n ity H a ll New o ffic e rs fo r I M r and Mrs. Ed S torset o f m aining unaervnd fa rm e rs f o r l ’ he coming year w ill preside, i A s to ria are here fo r a m o n th , service and the great amount of Mrs. B etty McCliah, new p resi booking a fte r business a ffa irs . unfinished w o rk s till ahead of us dent invites a ll members and They fo rm e rly operated the d ry cleaning establishm ent here, now “ In reaching 2,000,000 consum- _ friends to the meeting. crs. no g rants o r subsidies have been used. R E A does not own or arrived home Sunday- two weeks vacation which spent in San Francisco with son and daughter-in-law. and Mrs. Don Carson. Cub Scout Don Den 1 m et Mondav at W idney home w hen bingo played. P rizes o f model airpj and gum w ere given. M r. v ’idney, C u b m iste r, « not w ith us. b u t is expecte-4 in about ten days. Mrs. Wa te lis us. — R onald Akers, Chief. SPO p t o o m V gy f t t r & s e i v ! Smith River News G ifs rrse J - AMRCH o r SUMS f f - " ' ïîbïtfNOw — \ « IN C O M E TAX s _ , •• / Q «THE, ÇTCW14 cTHCl C10THIN6 - NOTIONS SPORTING GOOOS BROOKINGS. OR S E R V IC Starting January 3, at Hug! Gearir/s La^ office, Certral Baildin r. I w 11 do Income Ta^ work on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 to 5. Tuesdays an^l Thursdays I wil be at my home, 2 miles south of Harbor on 101 Ray Guerrettaz Local News Items . 'ttisfomaire.,. Circulating Oil Heaters c y CFS/Asppp thfres Q o r r c Complete line of CRANE CO.’S finest bal room and Kitchen Plumbing Supplies a O lF F E R F N C t B C T u ilC N A HORSt RACE ANO A ^POLITICAL RACt IN THE HORSE RACE THE U H O tl HORSE R U N ?/ - id Me Are Agents For MALL Model 7 GASOLINE ENGINE ( HAIN SAW <A one o r two man to o l) L o w e r in price, more po w e rfu l, lig h te r m w eight. 24-ineh More compact in design •U! rtmgh te rra in model a fte r only 75 pounds. can be m ore easily transported over operated w ith u»s! sucessfully weighs a few a m in im u m o f clearance in s tru c tio n s Mows down tim b e r up to anti in c lu rin g trees 12 feet in d ia m e te r tin g th a m s w iw B w r e n for c v IN TH£ ADS RUN £ACU U£Of B V ^, Quic ft,r any angl? c u t big C u t . k - t j* . «nguit run n in g w hen saw chain is jam m ed. d, • »ehahle id le r is easily rem oved i f saw is jam m ed U1 cut im m ediately a va ila b le ■ Montag Stoves and Ranges ■ Montag Electric Ranges ■ Montag Eles. Water Heaters, with bronze tank ■ Oil Burners for Coal and Wood Ranges i Heaters . A u to m a tic s ta ll-p ro o f in If U n c h - to Dutch Boy Paint Distributor 12-foot c u ttin g ca tM citic, Also PneumatK’ and E le c tric Models, and Chain shar|X 'ner MALL ( HAIN SAW CO. «¿Mutiini i i ' i l ’ and M0NTAG PRODUCTS R- Hl NT, Distributor Full Line of SPORT FISHING GEAR Sporting Goods — Ammunition J. J. G alla g h er Brookings, Oregon
