THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1949
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON
v Ted Neimeia Shot
After Brawl, Thur
The World’s Best Climate
PAGE FIVF.
able to raise, so was lodged in the Umpqua highway, west of
the Coquille jail.
Scottsburg and at Powers Jet.
The victim and his slayer ar
The counties were urged to ac
rived in this vicinity late last quire and administer as county
summer or early fall, from Gold parks any old-growth myrtle
Theoffoltis (Ted) Niemela, res Beach. They originally came to
groves that would make good
ident of this area since last fall, the county from the Astoria dis
picnic areas and attract tour-
“Family Business and the Law”
and planerman at Swan’s milk trict. Few' knew anything about
ists there.
will
be the subject for discussion
came from town last Wednesday them until the tragedy, when it
At the meeting, a bronze tab at the Extension Unit meeting,
night, drunk, and gave Bernice camoue out that theeir was a
let. 20x30 inches in size, to be set for Wednesday, March 16 at
Olive Fuller, h i s common-law common-law' marriage.
ereeted soon on the Alfred Loeb 1:30 p. m. Buying and selling of
wife, such a beating that she
When they gained employment State Forest Park, seven miles property, deeds, mortgages, notes
finally shot him. about five a. m. with Mr. Swan, they built a small
up the Chetco from Brookings, will be discussed, as we 1 1 as
Thursday,
t 7-nn^ as S he
hP slept.
slePh He
Uc died
died j shack near the mill, off the high- was displayed.
wills, community property, taxes
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hav’n£ been way, and took up residence there.
Other
officers elected were: and other legal matters. These
taken to the Crescent City hos Both were said to have been reg
Thornton T. Munger, president; will also be illustrated by series
pital by Bob Swran, employer.
ular and quite heavy drinkers. A. L. Grenewalt and Herman of slides.
Came To Swan Home
The day of the shooting, ac Boyer, first and second vice-pres
Every homemaker should have
¿According to testimony at the cording to her testimony, he had idents; Milton Rice, treasurer; a fundamental knowledge of laws
inquest, Friday evening, Robert consumed two bottles of whiskey Mrs. Theo Adams and Mrs. Mar pertaining to h o m e ownership
Swan, for whom Niemala worked, in addition to some beer. She did tha Darcy, corresponding and re and family problems, says Mrs.
told of how Mrs. Fuller came to not accompany him to town Wed cording secretaries and as trus Aident' Aho, county home dem
his home early that morning and nesday, she told the coroner’s tees, Hopkin Jenkins. Arthur onstration agent.
told him that she had shot Ted. jury, but had remained home in Kirkham and Mrs. Walter Wil
In addition to the aforemen
Mr. Swan notified Dr. A. O. bed. When he arrived about 10 helm.
tioned subjects, slides will be
Schmitt, who went with him to p. m. she said he became infuri
shown of Curry county 4-H club
the shack, near the planing mill, ated because there wasn’t a hot
and extension unit activities.
and that the two loaded him in meal aw’aiting him.
If there are sufficient requests
to Mr. Swan’s car, to rush to
from unit members attending tnis
the hospital.
meeting, pertaining to law and
People who helped with the
legal matters, district meetings
aid work told the Pilot that the
will be scheduled to clarify all
place wras a scene of worst filth
questions unanswered. A lawyer
Leota Kuehl, 16, and brother,
they had ever seen, that the
At the annual meeting of “Save Wilbur. 14, of Portland, escaped will be invited to the district A Humdinger Of a Game
meeting.
house looked as if it had never the Myrtlewoods Inc” at Port
from their captors here, last
/ been given a cleaning.
land March 1, W. L. Crissey of \\ ednesday, long enough to phone
According to her own state- Brookings was re-elected hon- their parents at Portland, from
ment, Bernice Fuller said she orary vice-president to represent where they had been taken for
Versus
American Legion Auxiliary an
managed, after hours of terrific Curry County. For Douglas and “a ride” by a ‘‘friend’ driving a
nounces its forthcoming bazaar,
abuses, affected an escape and Coos counties, Vernon V. Harp- ‘‘rental car.”
March 19, 2 to 5 p. m. at Grey
went to the Jockens place about ham and Judge Louis Felsheim
Sheriff R. G. Sabin came to hound bus depot. There will be
4 a. m. seeking to stay the re were similarly elected.
Brookings and from here put offered for your pleasure, home
High School Gym
mainder of the night. Refused
The meeting passed a resolu- the two on the bus, headed for made pies, cakes and candy, as
this permission, she returned to tion petitioning the timber com- their home.
well as hand-made items that’ll
the shack, picked up a single- . pañíes in the myrtle county
nv to
।
While
Sheriff
delight
you, either for yourself
Sabin
was
un-
shot .22 calibre rifle and shot; leave uncut and' undamaged in
able
to
supply
the
Pilot
with
any
or
lor
shower
or birthday gifts.
Ted as he slept, stating she was the course of their logging oper-
Adm. 50c
Prices
reasonable.
Come in and Game at 7:30
amount
of
details,
he
did
say
standmg at the door while doing ations, groves of virgin myrtle
that some friend of the family niake a selection.
the act.
i that might ultimately make park offered the children a ride, to
Going to Swan’s home, she or picnic areas, even if they do
then asked that the sheriff be not want to sell such areas for the knowledge of their parents,
and drove, first to Weed, Calif.,
notified. She signed a confession, recreational reservations now.
to Eureka, and later here, where
and was given an examination by
The highw’ay commission was the pair escaped.
a physician, to bear out testi- complimented on the wayside
The youth claimed they were
mony of the beating she had un reservations containing the old-
not
mistreated at any time, but
dergone. She was held under bail growth myrtle they have pre
AUTHORIZED SALES AND SERVICE
Qot ot connn
w u .-------
ue mey nave pre- had been away from home sev
set at $2000, which she was un-1 served, particularly those along
eral days.
Extension Unit Sets
Meeting Here For
Wed'day, Mar. 16
W. L. Crissey Was
Honored By Group
Portland Youths
Escape Captors
Here, Wednesday
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