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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