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’HURSPAY, JANUARY &
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, Brooking*, Oregon
World’» Finest Chinate
Keep The Caissons Rolling Along
REA Program Bring Electricity
To Two Millionth Consumer
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»Derate any pow er lines
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The 2.000.000 consumer w ill he have made loans to more than
connected to power lines financed 1,000 independent local business
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by the R u ra l E le c trific a tio n Ad groups. m o s t l y co -operati’ -s.
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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
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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’'
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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
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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.
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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
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More compact in design
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can be m ore easily transported over
operated w ith
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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
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d, • »ehahle id le r is easily rem oved i f saw is jam m ed
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■ Montag Electric Ranges
■ Montag Eles. Water Heaters, with bronze
tank
■ Oil Burners for Coal and Wood Ranges i
Heaters
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in If U n c h - to
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12-foot c u ttin g
ca tM citic, Also PneumatK’ and E le c tric Models, and Chain
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R- Hl NT, Distributor
Full Line of SPORT FISHING GEAR
Sporting Goods — Ammunition
J. J. G alla g h er
Brookings, Oregon