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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1950 SMITH RIVER BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON Mr. and Mrs. Jack VanZee and two sons are spending a 10-day vaaction and business trip in ; Southern California where Mr. VanZee goes as a delegate from the Big Tree chapter. No. 142, ( the 20th General council meet of ing of the California State em ployes association, to be held at Long Beach. VanZee is past pres ident of the northern area coun cil of the group. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Akers and daughter, Virginia, and son, Hugh, o f Brookings, attended church Sunday and were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Rowley and family and Rev. E. C. Hicks. , , Mrs. Alice Morris of Portland arrived here on the evening to attended the funeral of her sis ter, Mrs. Rose McGrew. Port Orford News The World’s Best Climate Another Youth Dance will be sponsored by Sixes Grange this Saturday night at the hall. Old time dances are featured such as the schottisch, heel and toe pol ka, varsouvienne and square. All young people are invited as well as others who are interested in this type of dancing. There are several teacher in attendance to help those who are not familiar with the steps. Refreshments are pot luck. Mr. and Mrs. James Graham of Portland were week-end vis itors, staying at the Battle Rock Cottages. They were here to oversee their future home site, overlooking the new highway and Port Orford bay and to see many of their friends. Vai Townley has been appoint ed new bus driver to fill the vac ancy left when Clarence Wright passed on a few weeks ago. He will drive the Sixes run while the former Sixes driver will have the run that was Mr. Wright's PAGE THREW point man with 15. The volley ball score was 37- to 7. Last Saturday night the Gold Beach Panthers took the measure of the Crescent City Heavy weights by the tune of 40 to 32. Crescent City built up a first quarter lead but Gold Beach had a 2-point lead at the half, gain- ing the remainder of the way. Wallace, with 21, was h i g h- point man. Annual pictures were taken last Monday. Many extra pic tures are being taken this year, which should help to make this year’s “Prospector” better than ever. A Valentine’ concert was en joyed in the gym, Tuesday eve ning. By Dorothy Asdel Smith River woman’s club held Mrs. Evelyn Lyle, director of a pot luck supper and social the Treble Clef chorus, has an time for its February meeting, nounced that this group is now held at community hall earl- sponsoring another musical eve ier this month, with a family ning, featuring talent from the gathering. Nearly 140 attended University of Oregon music de the meeting. Committee in charge partment. The program will be of the affair was composed of given in March, on a date to be Mabel Browne, Myrtle Horn, Ed announced later and will include na Ross and Leia Dunlap. Dec two vocal soloists, a clarinetist orations for the tables and man and violinist under direction of tle were carried out in the Val Donald Alton, instructor of mu entine theme. Following the sup sic at the university. per an interesting program was Many will remember the Uni given in the reception room with versity Singers, 40-voice mixed Connie Luick announcer for a chorus, which gave a program parady on radio and television, here last spring. It was so well introducing commercial p r o d- received that there have been ucts, “You know what,” taking many inquiries since as to when part on the program: Eunice another musical group would Faris, Bill Woods, Ted West come. brook, and George Raymond. The The proceeds of this program program closed with a talk by will be donated to the instru Osteopathic Physician Capt. Russell Graus who with BY B. MILLER ment fund of the school band his family are visiting Ed Less so that some of the larger in Hours 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. It is not too soon to give some struments may be purchased. ard, parents of Mrs. Kraus, re- Open Evenings 7:00 to 9:00 «^ntly returned from the Phil thought to entries for the Azalea Mrs. Pat Miller was hostess to Garden Show, to horticultural ippines where Kraus was sta a White House part y at her On Hwy 101 tioned for two years with the exhibits, as well as Hower and home last week, After guests Port Orfortd Pirates were de air corps rescue squadron. He beach arrangements. It is not too had assembled the demonstrator, feated again by Gold Beach on showed several reels of movies, early to spray and fertilize and Mrs. Alma Deets of Langlois, the local floor. The half-time taken around Manila and other groom certain plants with an passed around a small pot of score was 16 to 0 and final tally, Mail Address eye to variety and excellence oi beans for each to guess the num places in the far east. 29 to 5. The second team took Smith River P.-T. A. will hold specimens, t o gathering drift ber of beans. Mrs. Court Boice over the game in second quar Smith River California its regular meeting Monday at wood and planning original ex came closest and Mrs. Leonard ter and Sam Chase was high-' the school. A short business ses hibits. Munson second. Mrs. Mary Lee sion will be held. Plans are be Both Mrs. Walter Wollarm, Anderson won the door prize. ing made for a smorgasbord din horticulture chairman, and Mrs. The hostess served chocolate ner to be held, Saturday evening, Charles Grayshel, flower sho w cake, fruit jello with whipped Post 966, Veterans of Foreign Wars Presents March 11 at the community hall. practice chairman, spoke • briefly cream and coffee. Other guests Eugene ’Neill’s Immortal Play, Tickets will sQon be on sale for at Azalea Garden Club meeting present included Mesdames Tom the dinner. Guest speaker for held Thursday, Feb. 9, words Hatcher, Douglas Johnson, Drex 1 Feb. 23 meeting will be Mrs. Es- which had a bearing on this ’■ Hoy, Crawford Smith, Tracy Cor-1 ther Nelson, supervisor of pub-1 subject Mrs. Wollam urged that) bin and Clyde Miller. lie instruction and director of • in ; planting our - * gardens, we wid-j 1 Mrs. Noma Thomas was ap-1 To Pine Cone Theatre, Wednesday Evening audio-visual aids. Founders day, en the variety and include some pointed chairman of the flower! program, and tea will be observed flowers which do. not appear here show committee at the meeting at this time. All members and* frequently. As examples, she. of the Sunset Garden Club last friends are invited. menioned campanula, phlox sub- Friday at the home of Mrs. Mar Funds to Go Toward Completion of Hall Word has been received by ulata and astrilbe. Mrs. Grayshel vin Cooley. The show is to be relatives, Saturday morning, tcll- announced a morning meeting given in May at a date to be an Comedy In Addition Tickets $1.00 ing of the death of Mrs. Rose next month at ten o’clock on' nounced later. It will be the McGrew, a resident of Doris, the day of the Azalea Garden first to be given by this group. Calif., who passed away that club meeting, to which all are morning at Eureka, following a urged to come for flower ar brief illness. She was visiting rangement practice. Come and friends in Eureka at the time. bring a sandwich for luncheon Mrs. McGrew, 71, was a native and stay through to the after of Smith River, and daughter of noon meeting. Mrs. Frank Pall- pioneer settlers, the late James aday made a bequest for wild and Barbara Hight. Surviving: flower exhibits for the March the widower, James of Doris, two meeting. sons, James of Mokelumme Hill, Guest speaker at Thursday’s Calif., Herscel of McMinnville, meeting was Jens V. Svinth, Jo Ore., and several grandchildren, sephine county extension agent, three sitsers, Mrs. Daisy DeLear and a home greenhouse enthus- of San Francisco, Mrs. Alice iast. He gave a compresensive Morris of Portland, Miss Myrtle I talk (ain> M1I lIIV small greenhouse.; on the Hight of Smith River; five bro- about which he is well qualified thers John Hight of Crescent to speak, having constructed 3 City; Ed, Clarence, Fred and of his own, for his use and plea- Wilhs of Smith River. Services । sure ovcr a period of 13 years, were held Tuesday at 11 a. m.1 He exhibited a variety of early| at Cooper Mortuary, Eure k a, spring blooms which were auc- x with Rec. C. E. Frost I rost of Med- tioned off for the benefit of the I ford, officiating. Interment was ciub treasury “Reports of the tremendous amount of liquor provided for in the family plot at Crescent' G f ‘ h afternoon were wB7s S O" °f I Mesdames A. J. Kercher. George the World Conferences of Leaders were shocking to most Am e s Mortuary. . j RaymOnd, Robert Maris, Law- ericans who felt that those representing the United States gov Annuel meeting of the Del rence Anderson. Denis Hayman, Norte Co-o perati ve Cream-’ Long and Dr. Silvia Chailoner. ernment should have all of their faculties under control at all ery' was held Feb. 10 at com Tea was served by Mesdames munity, hall with Pres. Henry Emil Edwardson, chairman; times during the conference .... Westbrook in charge. He gave Fred Moore, Ray Guerrettaz and “In the newspaper reports of the meeting at \ alta and I ots- an outline of the work of the Guy Rice. creamery' during the past year. - WE - dam when the American Representatives wondered how the A financial report was given by By Margery Mansfield Russians could consume such large quantities of Vodka and R. Nielson of the accounting firm Sometimes, oppressed by the I of Elliot & Nielson of Eureka. keep sober, when it had such an intoxicating effect upon the Manager Carl Yahr gave a re smallness of my holdings, In a world beset by such gi-i port of the creamery operation. Amerians, we can NOW Itarn that the Russians drink WATER He also outlined plans for the gantic needs, coming year. New directors for I say, “What can I do? So I in order to keep sober and put over their program, and at the coming year are Donald Crock unimportant same time provide quantities of Vodka and frequent toasts to The little that I know’, my ett and Irvin Mclndo. Other di- rectors are Henry Westbrook, words, my deeds.” ¡he foreign guest, so that THEY WILL NOT KNOW WHAT Then I remember how my sin- Lester Ulrich, Clarence West brook, Nis Jepsen, Richard Mc gle acre THEY ARE DOING, and thus in turn become an easy prey Joins a neighbor’s land, and 1 Namara. Manager Yahr reports to Soviet Insistence.’ (President's Annual Address, WCTU, '491 there will be an open house soon each can be Another link, a unit in the when all interested people are invited to come. Other speakers farmland, No wonder it has been said: Heavy with harvest, far as I were R. M. Knox, Curry County eye can see. agent and Doug Pine, farm ad And farmlands join the vil- visor for Humboldt and Del Norte counties, and Paul Enor, man- lage. In the city, Home touches home; our work ager of Bank of America, Cres- is reaching far. cent City. Each owns a special task, but Smith River 4-H club held its all together first meeting of the new club We are in charge of all the year Monday evening at the hall things there are. with Leader Irvin Sarini direct Mrs. Frank Palladay’s inter ing. New officers were named: This advertisement presented as a public service through the esting wild flower exhibits are President, Allen Naill; vice-pres Courtesy of the ident. Bobbie Sarini; secretary, an inspiration to us all. At the v Patty Naill. Sergeant-at-arms, Thursday meeting, she had ar- I Gary Croy. Enrollment cards are ran g e d evergreen speciments, soon to be given to boys and girls with the following placards, who are takinkg up various proj “Many of us go through the for- ests as strangers in a strange ects for the coming year. The 'Oregon forests are fairy ■Ml next meeting will be Monday.) land land. March 13 Along Azalea Row Dr. Silvia Chailoner Gold Beach Notes At State Line “Mourning Becomes Electra“ February 22 ALCOHOL RUSSIA’S ALLY AT YALTA AND POTSDAM “We Nearly Lost the War at Pearl Harbor and We Did Lose the Pece at Yalta and Potsdam Because of alcohol!" BROOKINGS TEMPERANCE SOCIETY RALLY _
