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BROOKINGS,
VOLUME FOUR, NUMBER FIFTY-TWO
CURRY COUNTY.
OREGON
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23.
1950
Fashion Show Postponed
"Great Books"
Local Store Sold
Due to harbor opening celebra First Work Has Been Done To Launch
tion at Crescent City, set for
the same day, the Spring Fash '50 Azalea Festival And Flower Show
Club Will Be
To
Californians
ion show, planned by Satellite
Social Club of O. E. S., has been
Brookings Market, owned for
postponed from Saturday, March
Started
Here
many years by Thor and Peggy
“
Dollan-A-Year
”
Will
Seek
Memberships
In
Ask, has been sold to Robert O.
v’“Death must be good, because 18 to Saturday, March 25.
There will be no change in
it is universal,” so opined Plato,
plans,
other than the date, Mrs.
ancient Greek pholospher, whose!
works will be studied locally by Roy Brimm told the Pilot. “We
a group to be organized Friday,! felt that we did not want to in
March 3, at the high school when terfere with Crescent City, for
“Great Books.” study course will we want as many as possible
be launched locally. W. H. Hib from there, to attend our func-
bard will be leader at the first! tion. We will announce plans at
a later date.”
meeting.
Designed as four-year course,
“Great Books” is a product of
a board centering around Rob
ert M. Hutchins, president of the
University of ’Chicago. The dis
cussion from this gyoup is meant ’
to creat enjoyment for the mem-1
bers; to help them understand1
themselves; to understand the
world as it is today; to become!
Gold Beach High School Pan
interesting persons; to build an thers won the county basket
individual philosophy; to rise out ball tournament last Friday eve
of the commonplace; and to be ning at Gold Beach, but they had
come great conversationalists.
to put out every ounce of energy
These aims will be open to all possible, to emerge winners, by
who wish to join; irrespective of a 38 to 36 score over a deter
educational background. Discus mined Brookings squad which
sion panels will be directed by also had tournament honors in
a series of booklets or pamph mind, but definitely.
lets, costing $9.60 for the year.
Gold Beach had previously lost
The group functions best when but one game, that to Brookings
20 to 40 people enroll, the ex on the Bruins’ floor, and from
perience shows.
this experience the Bruins had
A sample of the year’s discus- definite plans pf sinking aspi ra
sion for the first year includes: tions of the Panthers in the
1. Declaration of Independ-, county tournament.
ence; the Old Testament (1 Kings
The box score :
21; 2 Samuel, 11 and 12).
Gold
Beach
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3. Plato: Apology, Crito.
Wallace,
f
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3
2 10
3. Plato: Republic, Books 1 Decker, f ................ 4 4
0
1
and 2;
Schneideau,
c
.........
3
1
2
7
4. Thucydides: History, J Se- Baxter, g ................ 3
2
4
8
lections;
Laffeid y, g ........... 2
1
4
5. Aristophanes:
Lysistrata,
Birds, Clouds;
Totals
16
6 13 38
6. Aristotle : Ethics. Book 1; Brookings
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fa
Pf tp
7. Aristotle, Politics, Book 1; Simpson, f
3
3
9
8. Plutarch : ‘Lycurgus,’ ‘Nu- Brown, f
1
0
0
2
ma,.’ ‘Alexander ’ ‘Caesar;”
Kinion, c
4
1
9
These great philosophies are Vaughan,
2
0
3
4
basic reading for what is hoped Fitzhugh,
4
3 10
2
g
I by
many
to
become
one
of
the!
uy
io uecome
oi me , puffv s
1
I»
2
most enlightening evening of the |
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s
0
1
0
«1..U
ujaKiewicz,
month, once this club gets to
functioning.
Totals
15
6 14 36
plans are to have meetings at
Free-throws missed : Brookings
the high school library thus dis- ]0. Simoson 2 Biown 1, Kinion
couraging the chance of becom-1
2. Broun
1, Fitzhug 2, Vaughan 2, Duffy
ing a social unit in which mem-1 1, Jaklewicz 1. Gold Beach'"15:
bers will vie one with another to1 Wallace 3, Schneideau 5, Deck
be hostesses. Study is the aim.! er 1. Lafferty 4.
the goal and enjoyment hoped
Down Friday
by the group now urging every-( Ophir
Brookings
Bruins made it cer-
one interested to come out at 8;
tain that they would enter the
p. . m., «.hnddy' March 3 at ♦u«l
the! finals Friday by downing the
illgn SCHOO!.
Idnhir Indiana
QO Thiirc-
¡Ophir Indians, .IQ
49 ♦ to 30,
Thurs-
। day evening. Kinion, with 15,
Hoop Playoffs Set For paced all scorers:
fa ft Pf tp
Monday at Local Gvm Ophir
James, g ........
3
4
7
Stein, g ..... ..... ...... Ó
Because the two teams
2
2
2
Whittaker, c . ...... 0
ended the season in a tie
7
5
7
Moore, f ........... ...... 2
for the county hoop league
0
5
4
Michelson, f ... ...... 3
leadership gave reason suf
1
2
7
ficient that Arthur Guthrie,
Nash, s ............. .......1
1
0
3
»... —
Brookings hoop mentor, and
L. P. Sydow\ Gold Beach
Totals ......... ...... 8 14 18 30
Brookings
principal-coach, to “have at
. fa ft Pf tp
Simpson, f ............. 4
it” again, this time, next
1
0
9
Jaklewicz, f ... .... 3
Monday evening at the local
0
0
6
Kinion, c ......... .......7
high school gym—for the ti
1
0 15
tle in league play.
Duffy, g ........... .......1
2
0
3
Vaughan, g .... .......1
Advertising, telling of the
1
2
3
Fading, s ......... ...... 2
struggle, likely to be torrid
1
5
4
to unheard-of-heat, will be
Beaumont, s ... ...... 1
0
1
2
Fitzhugh, s .... ..... 3
6
0
3
seen on page eight of this
Carte, s ........... ...... 0
1
1
1
issue.
Brown, s ........ ...... 0
1
0
0
■ 1 — — 1 ■ —■
Mr. and Mrs. John Hall made
Totals ......... .... 22
5 15 49
a trip to North Bend last week
Free-throws missed, Brookings
to take Mr. Hall’s brother, Geo.
to the Mercy hospital, where he 14:Simpson 2. Jaklewicz 2, Kin
will remain for treatment. He ion 3, Duffy 2. Fadling 1, Fitz
has been ill for some time, but hugh 1. Brown 3. Ophir 6: Mich
¡1 able to be about part of the elson 1, Moore 1, James 4.
time.
Victor Anderson Jr. left re-
Mrs. Wanda Ellis arrived from
Medford Friday for a few days cently for Corvallis where h6
visit here with friends. She is is employed, after visiting his
for some time.
a former resident.
pare
Gold Beach Won
Co. Title In 'Hof
Clash, Last Fri.
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All-Year Events Association For Finance
and Les Dimmick, with p)sses-
sion by the new owners to be
/Xzalea Festival, under “All with the 1 95 0 Flower Show, taken on March 1.
Year Events Association, Inc.,' breathing fire down all backs.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dimmick
of this area, chose Ground Hog Dorothy Lock land, conservation and two children, Bobbie and
day,’ Feb. 2, to launch the open chairman, has a documentary Eddie, have moved into the Ask
ing guns* for the Azalea Festival motion picture with sound: "The apartment above the store. Bob
of 1950. To be sure, the ground Lifeblood of the Land,” for us. has had 22 years experience in
hog saw’ not his shadow’ that day This is well calculated to sharp the grocery business. Nine years
as the sun still continued its en our interest in and knowledge' ago he opened the Valley Food
stubborn hibernation. So all au- of conservation and to aid the C enter at Castro Valley, near
conservationists of the club in Hayward, Calif. He built the bus
gurs well.
Azalea Garden Club’s plans for preparing their exhibit at the iness up to the place where he
its annual Flower Show and Art t show’. Mrs. Mabel Maris, con- was employing 32 people in the
Exhibit, given in conjunction! servation speaker, will assist store, and when he disposed of
with the festival each year, go| Mrs. Lockland.
his interests, it was one of the
into high gear at next monthly ROLL DEM CLOWDS AWAY!
“show places” of the area.
meeting of the club, March 9,
The planning board of the gar
Mr. and Mrs. Les Dimmick are
at the Grange hall. Mrs. Charles den chib’s landscaping of the now in Brookings. After a short
Grayshel, flower show practice school grounds committee, head trip to California for purpose of
chairman with assistance of Mrs. ed by Lillian Weideman, Ruth settling up his affairs, Les will
Elmo New ton, have offered more Bathiany and Eunice Wollam, become permanent residents of
of their time to accelerate this have raised their voices to Jupi Brookings. He has several loca
part of the program. She has ter, calling for a winged, not a tions under consideration as site
called the flower arrangement pied piper, to come with his dry for his home.
class at 10 a. m. the day of the ice and lure these clouds away,
Relative to his move to Brook
meeting. A sandwich o r two “Scat them to the south, ’cause
ings,
said, “I have wanted
“dans la poche” might not be as the song goes Honey It's Wet to get Bob
into
growing commun
amiss. Eunice Wollam will be down here and we w-ant to get ity and have a searched
on hand with her precise horti started.” W’e’re all set and ready place in which to-raise for my a good
cultural instructions of the new to go- and Honey, It's Dry Down ily. I also like to fish. After fam
in
members and answers to all the There"
vestigation Mrs. Dimmick and
questions.
All-Year Events Association,” myself decided that the Brook-
For the benefit of the new our new’ organization set up to ings-Harbor area was the place
members ana those who are not co-ordinate the work of our two we
so new’, and guests the Flower festivals, our Hallowe’en party, Les, were looking for. My brother,
Show chairmen of previous years and other proposed “booster af sold myself and our families are
will conduct a panel of flower fairs.” got off to a grand start is a on this area. We believe it
show discussion at the meeting with the Hallowe’en party last and fine place in which to live
that it has a great future,
fall. The Azalea Festival and the We shall continue to give the
Azalea Garden C 1 u b’s Flower same degree of excellent service
Show’ and Art Exhibit, together that has been charactristic of
with a most promising exhibit the Brookings Market.”
from the school cihldren, the ju
While Brookings welcomes its
nior conservationists, should do
The newly-organized Sunday much to boost this central all- new residents, it regrets to see
school of the Full Gospel church year planning organization Ihor and Peggy Ask retire. Dur
will begin a contest next Sun along. Then comes our wonder ing the years they were in busi
day. It will continue the follow ful Lily Festival with the only ness, they have increased their
ing six Sundays with the close on lily blossom paradi' in the world!) host of friends. Starting business
Easter. A goal of 75 is not too
Everyone in the community is in May, 1939, with a service sta
much to work for, as there were asked to share in this organiza tion and a small store, they de
36 present last Sundav, said Mrs. tion work. Just a dollar mem veloped the business to a point
Bill Ward.
bership and you are an active where the present building was
A Thompson chair reference part of your community. The erected in 19464. Additional im-
provements,
now being made,
Bible will be awarded to the membership does start Jan. 1, of ....
.
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adult bringing the highest num this year. So don’t delay! Step
1
make it one of the larger
ber, with several other suitable right up with your dollar for stores in the area. This was ac-
wards for boys and girls honor membership. Help put heart in comphshed
through
integrity,
ed likewise.
the members of your community hard work and their pleasing
A rally on Easter Sunday will who are working hard to make treatment of people.
bring the contest to a close and everything tick.
Mr. and Mrs. Ask have moved
winners will be announced then.
And who do we pay our dollars into the duplex apartment that
With spring weather soon at to? Let’s tell you what. We’ll had previously been occupied by
hand it is hoped many hibernat just put our “Dollar A Year” Mr. and Mrs. Erick O. Ask. Said
ing” Sunday school and church men on the streets and every Thor: “I’m sure the people of
goers will begin regular church where, “right handy” for you. this community will be pleased
and Sunday school attendance. Anyone you meet wearing a $1 with the service they shall re
A personal invitation is not -a-year Man, of All-Year Events ceive from the Dimmicks. They
needed, Mrs. Ward continued. Do Association of this area, will know their business and, togeth
come and encourage us, as well have a membership card for you er with their families, will aid
as helping your spiritual needs. signed by Nell Parker, Secre and assist in the development of
A welcome awaits everyone, she tary. And W’hen? Starting next their new home. Peggy and I will
concluded.
week or the week following at take a short vacation and then
the latest. Find out more about get back to work in a new ac
this organization and you'll be tivity we have under considera
Sixth Card Party Due
tion. We intend to make our
with it.
riere Saturday Night
home
in Brookings. We are most
COMMITTEES NAMED
The sixth in the series of pi-
The following committees have grateful for the support that the
nochle parties being given by been selected by All Year Events public has given us while we
the Rebekah social club, ’ was association for the purpose of were in business in the Brook
held at the I. O. O. F. hall last carrying out the plans for the ings Market.”
Saturday evening, with good at 1950 Azalea Festival:
tendance. High scores were held
Food; W. S. Chadwick, Mick
by Mrs. Dorothy Simpson and ey Gould, Leo Lucas, Ed Hoar. A. E. Sandbo Honored
Wm. Weideman; low by Mrs.
Barbecue: A. C. Thompson and On Eightieth Birthday
Grace Edwardson and Glen Ed Hoar.
Sunday afternoon friends and
Fisher; the traveling prizes by
Publicity: Mrs. Bradley Page.
Mrs. Dolly Brainard and Wm.
Royal Court Selection: Lynn neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Ridge; door prize by Mrs. Grace Hampton with aid of the school Sandbo called at their home to
congratulate "Judge” on his 80th
Edwardson.
faculty.
Seventh in this series of par
Queen’s Selection: Mrs. War- birthday. He remarked: “I do
not deserve all this attention.”
ties will be held at the Odd Fel ren Smith.
lows hall this Saturday, Feb.
Grounds: Luther Tisdale and but evidently his friends were
determined to show their re
25 at 8 o’clock.
Leo Lucas.
spect
and affetcion. Over 100
Athletics: Pete Lesmeister.
called
during the afternoon.
Mrs.
Eskine
Miller
will
co-or-
Mrs. Lucille Molino returned!
A za lea i Refreshments and a festive
Sunday from Seaside hospital, dinate publicity ft
¡time was enjoyed by the visitors.
Tuesday.
following
Sunday School
Contest Planned