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firaohngs-flarbr filot Nowhere a Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community VOLUME FIVE, NUMBER XVI. ~~~~ BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1950 Salem Man Said C V. A. Will Take "Human Rights" Violet Jaggers and Phyllis Darger Go To "Beaver Girl State" For Ten Days Charles E. Ogle, secretarv manager of Fort Products Corp., Salem, was speaker, Tuesday a^ Rotary luncheon, explaining the C. V. A. plan and its implies tions, and how these will affect the entire northwest. “The CVA is not dead, gentle men, even if there seems to be no activity anywhere along th: front. The proponents are work- ing in through the back door, as it w’ere, through bills introduced by Senator Taylor of Idaho and Senator Magnuson of Washing ton, under guise of irrigation. ‘‘Study of the bill denotes how' the northwest will lose its rights in everything. The board com prises three men, suitable to the administration, and therein lie* the danger. Proponents of the CVA point out that the powre<’ companies who fought Bonneville and Grand Coulee are leading the opposition. That, however, is not the case. They also poim out that all things, such as fed eral aid to highways, etc., had opposition, and to look at the benefits now derived. “The danger lies,” the speaker emphasized, ‘‘comes from the dictatorial powers of the board set up to govern the administra tion, not from the project, which has some merit, without question. The authority would place too much power in the hands of the federal government, depriving all states and counties, as well as municipalities of taxable reve nues. The manipulations of this board can easily wreck the na tion. the apparent goal of so many such as Senator Taylor, ex-Gov. Mon C. Wallgren, Sen. Magnuson of Wash., and others.” Copies of the bill, together with 9 literature exposing the methods through which the act is being set up, were distributed. Anyone wishing to read these may ask any Rotarian for the loan. A copy of each is at the Pilot. Rain Halts Games Over Week-End All games of Southern Oregon League were halted Sunday by rain, the Pilot was informed on Monday. Pete Lesmeister, local business manager, went to Rose burg Saturday evening to see, early Sunday, ’ the prospects of a game, under the threatening conditions which prevailed here at the time. However, during the night rain started there and by game time, there was much too much moisture to permit play ing the scheduled game against Roseburg. On his return to Brookings he came by way of Grants Pass,, and found that it wras raining at that place also, as along the Rogue River. The Pilot was not able to de termine what will be done about these game, but it is presumed they will be made up at some date before the season closes. The Pelicans will play Grants Pass at Grants Pass Sunday. W. W. Smith and A. C. Thomp- n left Monday for Portland to ^attend grand lodge sesison of the A. F. & A. M. held there Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday. The i two were delegates from Sidney Croft Lodge. Better to understand govern. D. C., for one week with repre- ment, politics and civics, Violet sentatives from all states and Jaggers and Phyllis Darger, two territories. There, the nationa juniors of the local high school, program is carried out. were picked to be sent to Beaver This state and the national Girl State at the Willamette program is under supervision of University Campus this week, by American Legion Auxiliary, and Unit No. 138, American Legion the expenses for the the girls to Auxiliary. Girls Nation are paid. Sponsored by the department These girls, to represent this of Oregon, Beaver Girl State area, were chosen from their is the finest available training for classmates under the following. democratic leadership that may Leadership, character, courage. be found anywhere. Honesty, Scholarship and Co-op The purpose of Girl State is erativeness. to provide citizenship training for girls of high school age in every state, to afford an oppor tunity to live together as self- governing citizens; and to inform them about the duties, privileges, rights and responsibilities of Am erican citizenship, in ordei that ; they may understand and partic ipate in the functioning of their government; helping them to grasp the meaning of some of the responsibilities whic h they must assume, as American cit izens, w'hen they become adults. Girl State starts with the or ganizing of city government, then the county, then state govern ment. The girls elect their own officials and with each selection the girls immediately function in their respective offices. As soon as the state officers are elected the program is car ried out at the state Capitol, with the senate and house of repre sentatives carrying out their pro gram with the discussion of vari Phyllis, daughter of Mr. and ous bills they have introduced. The week’s program is rapid Mrs. John Darger. has been ac and spontaneous, climaxing when tire in many events of her three the units (a unit consists of 25 years in high school. She has girls) present their choice can passed the rigid test given to didate for the final selection for pick delegates to Girl Ssate. Girls Nation. Two girls and two alternates are the choice of judges. Girls Nation is held at Washington, To Girl State To Girl State Committee Heads Picked For 'Show' L. A. Harvey Home; ' Flower show chairman, Mrs. Lillian Weideman, announces her Feels Much Better committee chairmen for the an L. A. Harvey, who underwent a major operation at the Gen ; eral Hospital, Eureka, almost two w^eeks ago, was brought to Brookings last Friday by ambu lance, and is now home recup erating. He had couple of tumors removed from his bladder. While still unable to walk or get about, he says he feels much better and was predicting he’d be up in a few days. Mrs. Har vey, w'ho had spent a week with him at the hospital, returned to her home earlier in the week. Her piano students will resume their regular lesson schedules. Girl Scouts Plan Show, Smith River That nine Girl Scouts might be sent to Camp Low Echo, the Medford camp at Lake of the Woods, leaders and girls of the Smith River area are staging a movie, Friday evening at the Community hall. Smith River. The picture, “Sun Valley Ser enade,” starring Sonja Henie an John Payne, is reported to be one of the most beautiful pictures of the age, with skating as can best be demonstrated by this former world champion from the land of the midnight sun. Nor way. She is supported by John Wayne. An advertisement ap pears on page tw'o of this issue. nual Flow’er Show of the Azalea Garden Club, to be given this year during the Lily Blossom Time. The flower show will be opened at 2:00 p. m., Sunday, July 2. and will be carried on for the dates, July 3 and 4. The chairmen: Schedule Mrs. Chas. Grayshel. Entry Mrs. Max Brainard. Classification — Mrs. Walter Wollam Judges -Mrs. Almo Newton. Awards Mrs. Guy Rice. Wild Flow’ers and Ferns—Mrs. Frank Pal lady. Junior Gardener Exhibits — Mrs. Lillian Mathews. Plant Sales- Mrs. Clara Kerns. Hospitality—Mrs. Roy Parker. Tickets- Mrs. Elsie Reynolds. Tea Room Mrs. Archie An- derson. Tea Room Decoration—Mrs. C. Lindskoug and Helen Swearin- gen. Stage Mr. and Mrs. George Funk, Katharine Hardesty, Alice Rausch and Mary Lou Berger. Conservation — Mi's. Harry Lockland. Publicity—Mrs. Elsie Reynold«. Entrance Decoration — Mrs. Martha Harbin. Violet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Jaggers, like he" campanion at Girl State, rates high. She has been active in all high school functions since her freshman year. Port Orford Couple Celebrated Their Golden Wedding PORT ORFORD The home of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Kelley wa^ the scone last Wednesday of a large family celebration in honor of the golden wedding annivei sary of Mr. Kelley’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Kelley of Eugene Twenty-two members of th<’ family, from Los Angeles to Bel lingham, to Idaho and points in between, gathered to celebrate this biggest event of the average lifetime. Present were four sons one daughter, seven grandchil dren and three great-grandchil dren. Dinner was served at 5:00 p. m. and the party continued during the evening with visiting. M. A. Kelley worked in the U. S. Mail service, starting just after world war 1, until his re tirement in 1937, at Hazelton. Idaho. They then moved to Eu gene, where they since have re sided. Plans for this anniversary have been in the making for several years, according to the hostess, Mrs. M. E. Kelley, and it was realization of the greatest pleas ure to have these materialize in such a grand occasion. One of the granddaughters Mrs. Jean Nye and her daugh ter, Bonnie Joe, of Hazelton, are remaining for the entire summer Californian Purchased Chetco Inn Building Word received here early Wednesday is to the effect tat the Chetco Inn has been sold to a Southern California man who will be here next to take possession. An an nouncement has been prom ised the Pilot. Until about a year ago, when the Adventists sold it to Benjamin Russell of Bend the structure was used as a church and school. Russell made some changes but was unable financially to carry on to completion. Mrs. Edith Moore returne i Saturday after a week’s visit with relatives at Oakland. Ore. Going she stopped off at Cor- vallish where she attended com Foundation forms were potii- mencement, when her nephew ed at the Wilson Freeman resi received his degree. dence for a garage, Work will Read Pilot Ads -they appeal! commence soon. State W. C. T. U President Spoke Here, Tues. Eve. Mrs. Ruth Tooze, president of Oregon State W. C. T. U„ spoke at the current monthly rally o* Brookings Temperance Society, Tuesday evening. She told those attending at the Baptist Com munity church, of the advance of temperance work over the entire state. All Oregon temperance a-s sociations are currently giving their support to the circulation of a petition which, if it meeta the approval of the voters at November election, will make it illegal to sell promotively ad vertised liquor in the state. The purpose of such legislation as Mrs. Toose explained would bp to prohibit false and mislead ing advertising such as the cur rent advertising which appears to be directed primarily toward young people. To demonstrate the rising cos: of the use of alcoholic beverages to the taxpayers, Mrs. Tooze cit ed statistics such as: In 1948 19% of the inmates of the state insane asylum were there due to alcoholic psychosis. In 1949 the percentage increased to 22%; a shockingly large number of the girls in the Hillcrest state home for girls are there due to alcohol and the taxpayers pay $25u per month for their support; the same is true of the boys’ home at Woodburn where the taxpayer is currently spending $185 per month for each boy confined a* that institution. In closing, Mrs. Tooze cha- longed, “Will the name Ichabod, which in the Bible means ‘th? Lord hath departed,’ bp applied to our state and nation, or will we by the grace of God over throw the tenacious grasp of the liquor monster? Ichabod or Mar anatha, which shall it be? The choice rests with us.” Directors Will Be Named, Monday, At School Election The annual meeting of Schoo* District No. 17 will be held Mon day evening, June 19, from 8:00 to 9:00 p. m. (standard time) or 9 to 10 daylight saving time, for purpose of electing one direc tor for three years. Term of Archie Hendricks ex pires this year. He was origin ally appointed when Howard T. James resigned from the board, and was re-elected last year to complete the un-expired term. This year, voters of Zone 5 will elect a member of the Cur ry County Rural School board, with voting to take place at the same time and place. Mrs. Geor gia Fromm, county school sup erintendent, and secretary of the Curry County Rural School Dis trict Board, has furnished bal lots bearing the name of Homer Kessler, as candidate for rurai board membership. Realty Transfers Approximately 7 acres of ex cellent city property, owned bv Mr. and Mrs. Thos. R. Smith, has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wollam, well know’n lily growers. The transaction was handled through C. O. and L. L. Leonard, local real estate brokers.
