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VOLUME FOUR. NUMBER XXXI
Fall Into Mill Pond
Fatal To 10-Year-
OW lad, Last Sun.
BROOKINGS,
CURRY COUNTY.
OREGON
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 29. 19449
They're All Triplets, These Little Girls
Jimmie, 10-year-old son of Mr.!
and Mrs. Stanley Carr, lost his |
life, about 10:45 a. m. Sunday,!
when he fell into the mill-pond
at Gadberry and Campbell mill
on Easy Street, Uis body was
recovered more than four hours
later, after a portion of the pond
dike had been removed to lower
the water level to a point that
grappling hooks could be made
reach the bottom.
Fa I1 Was Accidental
At told the Pilot, Jimmy was
with the Widney boys, while on
their portion of the Oregon Jour
nal route. It is said he grabbed
a couple of papers from one of
Two sets of triplets pose at Oregon State College’s John Jacob Astor Experiment Station. The
the boys, ran out onto the logs
tow-headed
Astoria lassies are Carla, Cathy and Carol Koski. The triplet registered Guernsey
in the pond in an effort to teas?
calves,
just
a year old, will be seen at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in North
his pals.
Portland, Ore., Oct. 7-15. Statistics show the three little heifers—Anna Mae, Anna Lou and
While not verified, the story
Annabelle—had only one chance in 7,520,000 to survive but did it.
goes that the Widney hoys gave
chase, and in some manner the
Mormons Wish To Start
log, on which Jimmy was stand
ing, rolled, dumping him in the
Church Again In Area
water. The Widney boys also
Elders Kenneth Bennion and
fell into the pond, but were able .
With a few notes about due,
At ceremonies appropriate for John Shelton, of Salt Lake City,
to get themelves out onto the
were
in
this
area,
Monday,
in
an
and
signed by individuals who
logs, but were unable to locate the occasion, Rev. Father Don effort to start church services
have
been interested in the for
Denman was installed as parish
Jimmy and help him.
again
for
the
Church
of
Latter
mation
of the Brookings Fire Pro
priest at Star of the Sea Cath
In panic, the Widney boys ran
Day
Saints
(Mormon),
and
ask
tective
district, an attempt will
olic church. Sunday, when sev
for help. The Carr home, nearby,
those interested to get in touch be made Saturday by the fire
eral priests came here for the
was first reached. Stanley Carr,
with Ira Brown, Wayne Gribble men to raise funds toward these
affair, last Thursday:
one of the first to the scene, made
or
Lloyd McAdams.
payments by a dance set for the
Fr. John Greene of Coos Bay.
more than a score of unsuccess
The
church was disbanded in Grange hall.
dean of the area, and in charge
ful attempts to dive to the bot
of the ceremonies; Fr. GeraM this area in early 1947 when a
Advertising has been placed in
tom of the pond. After word had Linahen, Oakridge; Fr. August number of the faith moved away. the community and an advance
gotten down town, and after peo Meyer, Reedsport; Fr. Paul Ma-
Read the church column for
sale of tickets will be conducted,
ple arrived, Rollin Crump, Rip' lyszqo, North Bend; Fr. Armand additional facts.
with hopt' that the amount will
and Swede Gardner and Mrs. Ma Gelinas, Shaw; Fr. Joseph Manik,
be sufficient to meet a portion
rie Hempel made scores of un Scappoose; Fr. George O’Keefe,
of the indebtedness.
successful diving attempts to lo Salem; Fr. Joseph McMahon, of
The fire department has already
cate the lad.
Fr. George Valerie, Portland; Fr.
made a good name for itself, has
Shortly after noon State Police Stephen Breitenstein, Coquille;
started a fire hall to store the
and Sheriff Sabin arrived and Fr. Norbert Fritz, St. Louis; Fr.
truck and ambulance. It is on
additional grappling hook sets Degnan, Crescent City.
this property the money soon will
Funeral services were held at
were put into action by Merle
Reception Due Thursday Eve
be due.
Baptist Community Church, at
Hanscam and others. By time the
A reception will be held Thurs 2 p. m. Tuesday for James Stan
water level had been lowered by
eight to ten feet, the body was day evening at Vincent’s Dining ley Carr, 10-year-old son of Mr.
located, upstream from where all Room, at 8 o’clock. Members ot and Mrs. Stanley Carr, who was
diving attempts had been made. the parish are asked to be pres drowned Tuesday at the Gadber
ent if possible.
ry & Campbell mill pond. Rev.
Mill Pond Practically Drained
Nick Neufeld, pastor, officiated.
The Girl Scout committee and
By time rescue operations had
Interment was at James Ward leaders met Tuesday afternoon
been fulfilled, the mill pond had
Memorial Park, Brookings.
at the horn e of Mrs. Warren
been practically ruined for opera
Born At Morton, Wash.
Smith,
where tea was served.
tion Monday. With water flow' as
James Stanley was the young
Problems of the leaders wen1
low as it is, several days or a
GOLD REACH—In the case of est son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley discussed. There is a need for
week will be required to fill the
Carr, and was born July 18, 1940,
pond. Mr. Campbell, of Gadberry Donald Kaehler. 6-year-old boy, at Morton, Wash., where he lived more leaders to carry on the
represented by his guardian, Geo
scout work. Anyone interested in
and Campbell, told people that
Kaeh’ler, plaintiff versus Ira E until May, 1947, when the family helping girls or knows of those
he had repeatedly chased chil
and Lilly I. Brown, hubsand anc ¡came to Brookings to engage w'ho might be able to act as
dren from the pond in the past.
wife, and Christopher Brown, de in the lumbing industry.
leaders or assistants, are asked
It is reported that he once pulled
Surviving, besides his parents, to contact any of the committee,
fendants, in the present term of
a lad frorti the waters after he
court, the jury found the defend are one brother, Richard, and or Mrs Warren Smith, who was
had fallen in.
two sisters, LaZella and Patricia, chosen chairman.
ants not liable.
Boy In Fourth Grade
The plaintiff asked damages of his grandmother^ in Seattle, be
Lynn Hampton told the Pilot $13,922.79. from an auto accident sides two cousins in Brookings.
Popular among his classmates SWA Starts Fast Air
that Jimmy was a student in which occurred, Dec. 7, 1948.
of
the fourth grade, many school Express This Week
the fourth grade of the local
Donald was riding in a school
schools, and was popular among, bus which stopped on the high children attended tht' last rites.
SAN FRANCISCO Last Sun
his fellow students.
Pall bearers were: Jack Clau-
way, just north of Brookings,
day,
Sept. 25, Southwest Airways
son,
Demas
Horn,
Gary
Jackson,
w hen a car driven by Christopher
inaugurated
a new’, faster, more
Bruce
Yclton,
Dick
Neuman
and
struck young Kaehler as he left
To Ketchikan, Alaska
direct
“
express
’ schedule between
Dick
Fox.
Charles Ballard and his mother the bus.
Crescent
City
and
15 other cities
left last Friday for Ketchikan,'
on
its
35-city
local
air service
Rev. and Mrs. Nick Neufeld
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Sandbo ex
Alaska, where Charles will be em
system.
This
new
’
service
was
ployed by an airw ays company. | pect to leave here Friday morn returned late last week from a
made
possible
by
a
decision
of
"Charles, a flyer before he had his ing for Coquille where they will trip into California where they
the
Civil
Aeronautics
Board
in
foot injured, will work in the1 attend the annual meeting of the visited his relatives during their
which
certain
restrictions
in
SWA
mechanical plant, as weldor andj Coos-Curry Electric Co-operative, vacation. On his return Rev. Neu
tester of planes. Their address । Saturday. Mr. Sandbo is a direc feld drove to a church camp near air carrier 'certificate restricting
non-stop service were relaxed.
Medford.
tor and up for re-election.
will be Box 474, Ketchikan.
Firemen Bill Dance
For Saturday Eve.
Fr. Don Denman
Installed, Thursday
Last Rites Held For
Drowning Victim,
Tuesday Afternoon
Leaders Sought By
Girl Scout Group
Browns Cleared Of
Case Responsibility
Eureka Chamber
Sec. Addressed
Local Club, Tues.
Whitney Allyn, secretary-man
ager of Eureka Chamber of Com
merce, whose efforts have been
largely responsible for the rapid
and wid -spread growth of the
Eureka-Arcata area the past few
years, spoke Tuesday noon to the
Brookings Rotary club, telling of
the ways this growth was ac
complished.
“We must no lose sight of the
tourist travel in this area. In
1949 79.000 cars were checked,
going southbound through Eu
reka. Northbound travel was 10%
more, according to the check. One
source revealed that the average
car-load of tourists spend conser
vatively $15 a day. This may lie
totaled to equal a sum far in
excess of $2,000.000 on U. S. 101.
“Oregon, through its highway
department, spends about $200.000
annually advertising its highways
and points of interest. Especially
noticeable is the prominence of
U. S. 101 pictures. California, as
a state, spends nothing. This is
taken care of by promotional
clubs and agencies.
“California permits a county
board oi supervisors to levy four
mills for advertising for any on*3
county. The Humboldt chamber
of commerce has been given the
maximum under the law', and
it has aided Humboldt county in
the past few' years to become a
great commercial center.
“For instance, about five years
ago the annual fish catch was
about five million pounds. Last
year it was about 25 million. Ten
years ago there were but a few
over 60 sawmills in the* area. To
day there are 241.
“Eureka bonded itself for some
$5,000,000 a few years ago for
harbor development. That has
aided in this growth. Decentral
ization of industry in the congest
ed area, plus shifting of the tim
ber industry from Western Wash
ington has accounted for this tre
mendous growth.
"Our chamber of commerce,
composed largely of Rotarians,
has gone out for new' industries.
You can sum up the value of a
new industry in this manner:
Say a firm will employ 150 men,
it will represent an investment of
about $900,000, a payroll of about
$483,000, supporting 33 retail es
tablishments, 22 school rooms,
24 professional men, to say noth
ing of the agricultural products
for which a sale and market, is
made, and the annual taxable in
vestment of some million dollars.
“This growth has come through
earnest work on the part of the
chamber, plus a co-operation in
camber circles to do work when
assigned to the members.”
Sect ral Visitors Present
John McGinnis of Hastings, N.
Y., Joe Milne of St. George, Utah,
A. W. Milner of Paso Robles, Cal
ifornia and Whitney Allyn of Eu
reka were visiting Rotarians of
the Club, Tuesday.
Reach 5000 prospective custo
mers through Pilot Class Ads.