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•L- ME FIVE. NUMBER V.
BROOKINGS,
CURRY COUNTY.
OREGON
______ THURSDAY. MARCH 30. 1950
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Air Corps Training
Described To Club
Members, Tuesday
Brad Page Seen
Over Television
A card from May Lytle,
who left here at Christmas
time to live at San Jose, re
veals her surprise, recently
to see Brad Page’s face on
television. The card:
Editor, Pilot: Guess who
entered our parlor, through
the medium of our television
s t? None other than Brad-
ley Page!
I think he is in the wrong
racket. However, we prefer
him as we knew him today.
Jim and I were so excited at
seeing him. that we don’t
know who else was in the
picture, and no. he didn’t get
the girl. Regards to yourself
and aU our friends. May Ly
tle, San Jose.
Air force training, as experi
enced by Ben Kerns, was ably
told to the Rotary club, Tues
day noon. All processes employed
by the air department of the
army were fully described and
revealed, as they affected the
trainee on his course.
“No doubt the air force did
the most precise screening ever
thought of,” Ben told his listen
ers. “At all times they were do
ing their level best to ‘crack’ up
the men, rather than send them
out half trained, or incompetent*
in such a highly-technical game
as was the lot of pilots, regard-1
less of the type of plane they1
were *in charge of.
‘‘We were actually given col
lege training enough io gradu
ate most men, a <uil four-year
course, in just three months. We
had to make it, or we were sim
ply washed out. We started in
with simple arithmetic, and at! Mrs. Roy Weideman announc
es committee chairmen to as
the end of three months could sist
her in the annual Azalea
handle calculus problems. We
Garden
Club show and art ex
had a complete course in physics. j hibit, who
are:
in meteorology, in ground school
Schedule
—
Mrs. Charles Gray-
training, and everything which! shel.
might be needed to make each
pilot self-sufficient to himself, to) Ent nes—Mrs. Max Brainard.
Classification Mrs. Ray Guer-
be his own navigator, i f neces-1 rett
az.
sary.
Judges
Mrs. Almo Newton.
“I have some books, which at
Hospitality
Mrs. Roy Parker.
one time were secret, but now । Publicity— Mrs.
Erskine Miller
are common knowledge, since all'
Horticulture
—
Mrs.
Walter W.
the trend is toward jet-type air-' Wollam.
craft. (Here he showed books on
Awards—Mrs. Guy Rice.
the B-24 and B-25 planes). Not
Conservation
Mrs. Harry
ice the instrument panels. Not-' Lockland.
ice how there was no guessing
Tea Room— Mrs. Archie An-
left to the pilot. I finished my derson.
primary at University of Mis
Tea Room Decoration — Mrs.
souri, had some of my basic and Clifford
Lindskoug.
advanced training in Texas at
Tickets
—Mrs. Victor Reynolds
different fields. We were given
Art Mrs. Alice Perkins.
our last training in Kansas.
Movies—Mr. Lloyd Moss.
I was just completing my en
Plant Sale—Mrs. Ben Ker^s.
tire training program when the
Sr.
Tentative appointments for
war ended in Europe, but we
staging
and properties have bee i
fstill had Japan to lick.
and
will
be announced later.
“Pilot training did not come'
easy to me. I thought I would
never learn to make a perfect
landing. It seemed that it was
all at once, all alone in a big
plane that I suddenly came to
know how to do it properly.
. Mr. and Mrs. Archie P. Hend-
“At every new camp, and on ricks and familv returned late
all assignments, there was a con-! Tuesday from Salem where they
stant screening. We were never had been called to attend the
allowed to forget for one mom funeral of J. B. Hendricks, 73,
ent those things which we had father of Archie, who died of
all the way through training. It cancer Friday.
was no snap, and I saw many
Born in Michigan in 1877, he
fine fellows ‘wash out,’ some as lived for a time in North Dakota
late as two weeks before gradu before moving to Oregon in 1925.
ation and commission.
Mrs. Hendricks died 22 years ago
“The education the government at Portland. Surviving are six
gave the pilots is expensive. The children, three sons and three
equipment they handled was so daughters and 15 grandchildren.
expensive. It was with this in
A retired railroad man, he had
mind, together with the mission enjoyed the best of health until
each was being trained for, that about two years ago. He had on
training had to be just that rug several occasions, visited in this
ged at all times.”
area. Death came while he was
Following his talk Ben an at the home of his youngest
swered many questions which daughter, Mrs. Mildred Smith, at
had been in the minds of the Salem.
club members. At no time did he
Funeral services were from
hesitate for an answer. He told the House of Holman, and inter-
•the club that he was not dis ment was beside his wife in the
charged. He is on active reserve. Riverview Cemetery, Portland.
In case of war, all flying per-
sonnel can and will be called to
service.
World War 1 Pilot
Chamber Speaker,
Thursday Evening
With many projects which de
mand considerable finances, as
well as work. Brookings chamber
of commerce is launching a drive
to increase its membership to
over 200 members for 1950, it i
was announced last week. To-|
ward this end a dinner meeting:
Chamber Speaker
IV. AL “Jack Bartlett, vet-
('ran pilot of World War I,
will speak tonight at March
meeting of Brookings Cham-
ber of commerce.
He is a registered profes-
sonal engineer, receiving his
B. A. Degree at Willamette
University in 1917, and his
mining degree at OSC four
years later He has been ac
tive in the operative and ad
ministrative phase of mining,
vas plant manager for the
Atomite Corporal ion (diato
mite mining and processing
plant), director of the plan
ning division of the federal
ivorks administration, state
planning engineer, and has
been for the past two and a
half years director of the
Oregon state board of aero
nautics.
has been scheduled for tonight
at the Grange hall, when every
one in the community is invited.
Foremost in the plans of the
chamber, naturally, will be the
development at the mouth of the
Chetco and prossibility of the
Chetco Cove development as a
deep-harbor project.
Business membership are $12
a year, with private memberships
at $6 per year. The dinner be
gins at 7 p. m., with the meeting
following immediately.
Reservations Due
People are urged to make res
ervations for Chamber of Com
merce dinner to be served at the
Grange hall, Thursday. Reason
for this urging on part of the
chamber officers is to allow the
Altar Society women time t o
food for the number coming.
Reservations for the meal may
be
left with Charles Grayshel,
Mrs. Eva Lea Long, for the
Lumbermen To Meet
past six years a representative at the Coffee Mill Cafe, or with
Regular meeting of Del-Cur of the Standard Life Insurance any director of the chamber.
Lumbermen’s Association will be Co., of Portland, is located at:
held at Crescent City, nt Pat & the office of Pete Lesmeister.
To help Nick Baumgarner cel
Guy’s Bar-B-Q on Hwy. 199, at
Insurance problems, needs, and ebrate his 71st birthday in man
p. m. March 25. All lumber- any j^oblems confronting people: ner befitting the occasion, Nick
wn of this area are urged to of this area are what Mrs. Long Baumgarner, Jr., of Concord, ar
attend as important business is would like to discuss, she told the rived early this week. He was
to be acted upon. Dinner will be Pilot, early this week. Her ad- accompanied by Mrs. Ann Reev
served, according to A. P. Olson, I vertisement appears on another, es of the same place. Nick’s took
secretary oi the group.
1 page in this issue.
)n.
Tuesday off for the
New Agent Here
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¡Model» Ready To
Last of the eight pinochle par- Display Fashions
ties, given by the Rebekah So-
r
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cial Club, was held March 11
with only a small crowd present Saturday Show
due to other public affairs on the
same evening.
At the close of play, William
Weideman was found to have
the highest total score of all the
parties, and was given a prize.
Winners of the evening were:
High, Fred and Tora Gustafson;
low. May Waterman and Phiince
VanPelt; pinochle prize, Grace
Edwardson and to George Mur
ry, and door prize to Glen Sjmp-
son.
I hi rd a n n u a 1 Fashion Show
and Dance, sponsored by Satel
lite Social Club, have been set
tor Saturday night at the High
School Gym, for the show and
the \. F. W. hall for the dance.
Members of the club will add
a feature this year in the form
ot “all nations” costumes, which
will be worn primarily by the
Easter Star members and their
daughters. These costumes are
not quickly gotten together cre
ations, but are in the whole, au
thentic costumes, purchased in
the countries they represent.
In the commercial show cot-
tons, sportswear, tailored suits,
afternoon dresses and forma Is
PORT ORFORD C. A. Boiler! will be modeled by Beverly Stol
and Dr. R. E. Stephenson of ler. Mary Lou Berger, Charlotte
Oregon State College, Corvallis, Simpson, Carol Ann Benson. Pat
visited the Oregon Coast Berry 1 sy Cook, Mrs. Mary McMann,
Co. last week to see its blueberrv i Mrs. Harriett Stephenson, Mrs.
nursery and planting. Boiler is’Agda Bickner, Mrs. Charlotte
an assistant horticulturist in Crook and Mrs. Jack Kaiser.
charge of blueberry research and
C hildren’s school dresses and
experimentation and Dr. Steph Easter togs will be modeled by
enson is a soil scientist, and pro Beverly Brimm. Dixie Duggan,
fessor of soils.
Nancy Hull and Marilyn Brown.
Dr. Stephenson and Boiler, as
The men will not be forgotten
sisted by George D. Asdel, own and there will be a showing of
er, set out a fertilizer trial in-1 the latest in garments and sports
eluding minor elements as well1 wear. Those modeling have not
as major elements on a plot of been announced.
three-year-old plants. . When .. re- ।
The various merchants of both
suits of the tests are known, the. Brookings and „ h
£
information
will be made avail- ni«jV
lotn«»
A i.
able to all interested parties at ,,la> the latest styles available,
OSC Men Study
Blueberries In Co.
Flower Show Head
Names Committees
J. B. Hendricks
Passes At Salem
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Entertainment numbers plan
a field day as well as being in
ned
for the evening are: Girls
corporated in future station bui-l
letins.
| Chorus, Millie Barker, Charles
The Corvallis men spent an en-| T ow, C harles Bickner, Ernest E.
tiro day Inspecting the recently Jones, Patsy Cook, Mrs. Gilbert
expanded lath house and hot Christensen and Mrs. Stanley
beds where several thousand cut Patterson, and Tom Smith.
tings have been planted, also the
Dance tickets are on sale by
nursery and commercial planting. any member of the order. There
Many phases of blueberry prop-1 will be a door prize, so everyone
agation and production were dis is urged to get a ticket.
cussed.
One of the purposes of their
trip
an inspection tour of
all blueberry plantings on the
coast from Newport to Port Or
ford. They looked at plants, took
soil samples and visited the dif
GOLD BEACH
ferent growers.
Fort Dick, topped the Del Norte
It is their observation that DIHA by producing a 461-lb. but
blueberries are being planted on terfat average on 95 cows. Old
an ever-increasing scale through neighbors remember Jepson as
out the western part of Oregon. a tenant on the Kenworthy ranch
Boiler is planning an eastern near Langlois, Ore. He moved to
tour in August to visit blueberry California in the late ’30s and
growers in Michigan, New Jer there established one of the best
sey and the U. S. D. A. experi commercial dairies in the state.
ment station at Beltsville, Md.,
Doyle Garvin, Smith River, al
noting new developments in all so classed in the top ten herds.
phases of the industry from de His herd of 30 cows averaged
velopments of the industry from 400 lbs. Garvin moved from a
propagating to production and small ranch on the Chetco near
marketing.
Harbor during the later ’40s.
Dr. Stephenson was in the area
These production records are
two weeks ago working out a taken from the annual report of
fertilizer trial on the Chenoweth the association released from the
Croft Lily farm south of here.
agricultural extension office by
Harry B. Tucker, farm advisor.
Gordon Smith, Smith River, has
served as tester during the past
year.
Twenty-seven herds
include
1892 cows produced an average
J. E. “Jim” Fifield, who has of 336 pounds of fat during the
been doing building work in this time covered by the 1949 sum
area for the past several years, mary. This compares to the 241
Monday, announced to the Pilot pounds in 1948.
Since Biere is no dairying in
that he was leaving for Portland
that day to acquire cabinet-mak Central Curry county this asso
ing equipment with which he is ciation includes dairy herds in
to open up a cabinet shop in the the Harbor community of Ore
gon. The Langlois and Port Or
area.
Decision to do this was made ford dairymen are served by the
after Harold Jesser had said he southwestern Oregon assocation
was leaving the area. Mr. Fifield with headquarters at Coquille.
This association has an aver
will also act as a clearing house
for the area in obtaining cai- age in 1949 of 331 pounds 'of fat
penter help for when building is on 2467 cows. The average for
being planned. A statement will 21,265 rows tested in Oregon in
• 1949 was
next week.
pounds of butter-
be m;
m Portland.
turns
Ex-Curry Dairymen
Leaders In Calif.
Fifield Will Open
Up Cabinet Shop