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U. of O. Library fimtóms-flarbor ™ Nowhere a Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community VOLUME FOUR, NUMBER NINE. BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1949 OREGON TO HOLD REVIVALS Harbor Lad Was Honored At Paris, France, Ceremony THE AMERICAN WAY United Front Goal Of Organization Meeting, May 2 There will be a meeting of lily growers of the Area, Mon DON'T day, May 2, to organize a local RUSH ME branch of the Pacific Lily Grow ers Organization. The meeting BUB/ is scheduled for 7:30 at Chetco Grange hall. All lily growers who are in terested in the “United Front” movement of lily growers are urged to be present. Some interesting plans are be ing made and all licensed lily growers who will not only talk I nited Front, but work tor it, will be joining. Since many jobbers have al ready visited the area, it is time that this united front be shown, say those interested in the lily future. Dean Hamilton, noted evange industry Jobbers reported to have re list, coming to the Baptist Com cently visited the vicinity include munity church soon for one week Leonard Vaughn of Chicago; Mr.' stay. DuBosch of Portland; Peter van denSteenhoven of Santa Monica; Louis Miller of Chicago; Roman J. Irwin of New York; and others who are warning lily growers of “too many” lilies being grown again this year. Growers talking to the Pilot indicate that the jobbers seem to Dean Hamilton, founder of the know’ more about the local fields Fellowship of Phillip, who has i than the local growers. These had years of experience as pas j men wish the business stabilized tor of large churches, will come and respect efforts to create a to Brookings, May 8 for a series ; united front. of evangelistic meetings. About 25 years ago he began a new min istry, that of reaching people who are not reached by the church. Attaboy, Congress! His past experience gives him a knowledge of what is expected of an evangelist. He has conduct The silver wedding anniversary ed meetings in some of the larger of their parents, Mr, and Mi’s. churches in the United States. He is unique in his approach, Robert Swan was reason for their and dynamic in his preaching of two daughters, Mrs. Janice Tal the gospel. He will begin his seri bot, and Joan Swan, both of Palo Croft memorial, on Highway final cost of $101, the job is now es ot meetings here May 8, to Alto, to honor them with a tea, 101 a mile south of the Chetco paid, w’ith donations from: 12.83 continue through May 15. Serv 1:00 to 3:00 p. m. Sunday at the river, was set up by the Eureka Lily Growers Assn............... $ 5.00 ices will be held at eight each Vincent Tea Room. Friends and business associates Art Works at a cost of $525. The Brookings Market .............. 3.00 evening, except Saturday. of the couple were among in sketch on the front of the rock Hendricks Furniture ....... 3.00 vited guests, who were served by was made by Mr. Hardin of Texaco Service Station .... 3.00 Haggerty Tw ’ inservice ....... Mrs. Dorothy Lockland and Mrs. Coquille, and the sketch on the 2.00 back, seldom seen, was made by i Williamson s ^kery W. L. Crissey, pouring, and Mrs. 2.00 a school girl, Alta Nelson, and O. K. Rubber Welders Dorothy Widpoy in charge of the 2.00 is a Croft lily, bearing six blooms. < ur-Del Cleaners .... serving of wedding cake. 3.00 Mr. and Mrs. Swan were mar I Finishing touches w’ere made by Chas. H. Grayshel .... 3.00 Mrs. Luick. Moore’s Variety ........ ried at Shelton, Wash., which they 3.00 Choteo Home & Auto With Roy Miller, recently from referred to as a “hectic” time, This Minnesota red granite, E. E. Hanscam & Sons.... 10.00 ' Dallas, Texas, employed as driv for friends disconnected the fuel weighing 1500 lbs. sits on an Ore 2.00 The variety show, staged here gon granite base that wei^is Louis Stoller ......................• 25.00 er of their new delivery truck, line on their car to the vacuum recently by the Chetco Rod & 1000 lbs. Underneath is a 10-in. Chas F. Meyer, New York 22.17 i Brookings Laundry, this week es- tank. The new groom, who was ! tablished a delivery route which driving to Olympia, was forced Gun Club to a full house, has concrete base. The structure was May T. Stafford .................. to get out every mile or so, to been scheduled for Friday, May erected April 17, 1947 but it ap $101.00 ' will include all this area, and drain gas from the tank, and to Total ...................... into Del Norte County, Francis 13, at Mecca Theatre, Crescent peared unfinished, with gophers G. Blythe, owner announced late empty it into the vacuum. It was City, it was announced here last persisting in tearing down the Expenses were: naturally in a downpour of rain. 28.00 $ Saturday. Carl Bolin, labor ..... Saturday. bank next to the road. Difficulty was experienced by 32.00 The business has been re-nam At the time the show was given Mrs. Carson. Mrs. Sandbo and Earl Dodge, labor .... 10.00 ed “Brookings Personalized Laun- the daughters in arranging the locally, people did not purchase Mr. McNeely, advice 22.25 ' dry,” with emphasis being put on affair because the Swans had an tickets soon enough, and on the other neighbors studied plans a Cement ........................ long time. Some tried to put on 8.75 service for the home, something appointment, Saturday, at Seat .event of the show’ almost as many finishing touches by starting a Sand and Gravel ..... heretofore not heeded to any de tle, which, through necessity was sought admission as were seated few plants. Still it did not look postponed until Monday. They $101.00 gree as now planned. in the Pine Cone theatre. Popu Total just right to them. One lady said left immediately following t h e New equipment has been in lar demand, especially from a Mrs. Stafford, who originally she would give a certain sum of tea, to drive all night. stalled, with promise of more as number of Crescent City people, agreed to pay half the cost, was The daughters left Crescent among those turned away, gave money if they would erect a re surprised at the climax to find business demands increase. The vin Southwest Snuthwest Airwayss to City via an excuse for the second showing. taining wall. A. E. Sandbo was she did not have that privilege. agency for the Vogue Cleaners is I ea« to acquire rock. He took the return to Palo Alto. Joan is a to be continued, says the adver The Quarterback Club of Cres The state highway crew has tisement, elsewhere in this issue. senior at Stanford University, to matter seriously, and after some cent City is sponsoring the af cleared the unused rock and sand graduate in June. fair, it was reported. Tickets for time, learned that the state high away, and now the front, long way department had some rock. the Mecca. Theatre seating ar- way aeparrmem nau SX x fflWS!«... i«.*.. an eye-sore, now appears to be Local News Items Ijocal News Items park-like in general. This me Next Sunday morning, May 1, morial is erected on the site of Mrs. Bob Chambers met her the memorial. services will be held at St. Tim-1 be on sale later this week. Sydney Croft ’ s original plantings brother at San Francisco Friday With rock available, everything othy’s (across from high school) ! Practically the entire cast of of the lily which bears his name. at 11 a. m. Please note the time. from where the two left for Per was read for the work, which the show* w’ill be used at Cres Afterwards there will be pot luck sia, Iowa, being called by the cent City, except, possibly a few’ had become a community proj Mrs. Helen Williams, who left luncheon at the home of Mr. and serious illness of their mother, ect by that time. Finally Mr. Mc parts, it w’as told here. Neely of Crescent City, a stone here shortly after the death of Mrs. Roy Hendry, at Winchuck | Mrs. Honeywell, 86. The elderly ! her husband, nearly two years lady, since the death of her hus A new’ sign now graces Pine mason was contacted, and said | ago, visited briefly Saturday with bridge. Won’t you join us at 11 band a number of years ago, has he ’ d lend his knowledge to teach Sunday morning? Cone Tavern entrance, fitting on ...------- — _ the small canopy in front. By its Earl Dodge and Carl Bolin Be- | Mrs. Madge Moore. She was en Mrs. Madge Moore returned to kept house for a brother who i route to Portland with view ’ of farms, and was stricken on April ■ the two a splendid job sign and uniqueness, the new 1 tween - Brook in locating there. She has lived in 16. according to word. sign will be one of the most out- was accomplished. The two do 1 Los Angeles since leaving here. buying trip at San Francisco. ?30 worth of work. At a nding in PARIS, France, April 12—Cpl. Jay E. Hart, of Harbor, was re cently awarded the World War 2 Victory medal and the Ameri can Defense medal at an army day ceremony held at the First Zone headquarters, Am erican Grave Registration Command. European Area, Liege, Belgium, it was announced today. The First Zone, American Grave Registration command, is respon sible in northwestern continental! Europe for the United States ar- wv’s searching and cemeterial operations, and its present pro gram to return to the homeland those U. S. dead of World War 2 whose next-of-kin so request. The First Zone area, which in cludes the battlefields of the 1944- 45 Ardennes campaign, covers Belgium and the Netherlands. In these countries were established seven temporary U. S. World War 2 military cemeteries in which 21.352 American dead were for merly interred. From the First Zone were returned the first U. S. dead of World War 2 from the former European theatre area— 5,600 who left Antwerp on Oc tober 4, 1947. While carrying out its pro- • gram to return World War 2 dead the First Zone is assisting in the । command’s initial mission of the search of the former European theatre area for the remains of ( U. S. world war 2 dead buried in isolated graves—4,150 of which were still undiscovered as of March 4. 1949. During 1948, the command’s personnel traveled 10.580.197 miles through 17 Eu ropean countries in the accomp lishment of searching and repat riation operations and the main tenance of the temporary U. S. military semeteries of World War 2? । Corporal Hart has been as- * signed to the First Zone since August, 1948. His wife, Mrs. Jo sette M. Hart, resides with him in Belgium. Rod & Gun Club To Stage Show At Crescent City Soon Noted Evangelist Coming, May 5, To Community Church Anniversary Of Parents Honored By Daughters, Sun. Memorial To Sydney Croft Completed By Donations Of Interested People Brookings Laundry Inaugurates Home Delivery Service