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Nowhere a Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
VOLUME FIVE. NUMBER XXIII
BROOKINGS,
Dr. Robert Smith, Portland Dentist, Is
Set To Stort Office Here Late This Week
A dental office, in the newly-1 to the South Pacific for almost
modeled building belonging to* four years. Following his dis
Gordon Goetz, will be opened on | charge he opened up offices at
Saturday, by Dr. Robt. E. Smith,' Portland. Dissatisfied there,
who came here late last week I came to Brookings a couple of,
from Portland, where he has been । weeks ago to look for a new 10-1
a practicing dentist for the past! cation, and liked what he saw.!
six years. An announcement is
Married. Dr. Smith has leased |
being made by Mr. Goetz, , on an- ;
the
XV’alter Jones house, north of;
other page in this issue.
town, where he will make his
Following in the footsteps of home. Mrs. Smith, recently in i
his father, still a practicing den-! the hospital, will remain at Port
ytist, Dr. Smith was graduated at land much of the time during the!
r North Pacific Dental College (a1 next few months for treatment.
part of the University of Oregon
Dr. Smith brings to this area
Medical School today) in 1939.' all modern equipment, including
He practiced dentistry until he X-ray equipment. His office hours
went into the army, to be sent after opening will be from 9 to
12 and 1 to 5 daily.
I
CURRY COUNTY.
OREGON
Porisch Warns All
Power Saw Users
John Porisch. district ranger,
was in town Wednesday morning
to warn peope of this area of
the extreme danger which ma\
come from power chain saws in
the forests, citing the fire ast
week near Port Orford aS an
example (see account elsewhere
in this issue).
Mr. Porisch was emphatic in
pointing out that the damage
usually started in the area of
filled and bucked timber, He r»
ierre^ again to the Port Orford
fire for example. He told the Pi-
lot a few rules to follow:
1. Keep motor clean.
2. Equip with fire extinguish
er. (One is built especiall for
power saws an dare available).
3. After filling with gas, and
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3. 1950
Forest Fire Near Smith River Battled
Over Week-End; More Than 200 On line
SMITH RIX ER Forest fire, which broke out Saturday evening
in the Gasquet area of the Six Rivers National Forest, on the
south fork of Rowdy Creek, has already pressed more than 300
men onto the lino to battle the raging flames now into heavy tim
ber and under-brush. Tuesday it had burned over 400 acres.
Two Escape Plane
Crash, Sunday Eve
I he fire started in the logging
area, in some slash, Its cause, if
determined, has not been rcveal-
ed. Men were called from Brook-
ings, Crescent City, Eureka and
Medford, as well as
— other places
in the nearby communities.
Fanned by a high wind, the fire
was out of control, Sunday and
part of Monday, but the foggy
weather of Tuesday has helped
the fighters to bring it under
control by that evening.
W’m. MacHenry, pilot, as flying
instructor, and Joe Online, Gold
Beach postmaster, walked away
their wrecked plane late Sunday
near the newly-finished airstrip,
but their plane, and all the dry
grass in that vicinity was burned
in a few hours.
Virginians
°re
"ipc ,a" gas fr°m While the cause of the crash
i 1 i Visit
T i Topaz
rr. H i | bef
motor and allow a few minutes has not been determined by the
Rebekah Lodge, Tuesday for gas to evaporate.
CAA, nothing can be said con-
cerning
the wreck.
Second
July
meeting
of
Topaz
4.
Move
to
safe
location
for
Beverly Jean, younger daugh-
held
Tuesday
I
starting.
Do
not
start
over
area
Rebekah
lodge
was
While many planes have al
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence1
Stoller, became the bride, Mon-1 of last week, with Adelia Has- where gas may have been spilled ready landed and have ta ken off,
the field has not been officially
day of Grady D. Standers, son sett, newly-elected noble grand while filling.
Visitors for the eve-
Southwest Oregon,
Porisen said. opened, and no “wind sox’’ have
of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Sanders, in charge.
-
-
at Eureka. Further details con- J ning were Mr. and Mrs. blunter has been haunted by a number been installed. Many of the pi
Rev. John L. Mumbower, re-
cerning the wedding were not Goodbar of West Virginia and of fires started by power saws, lots who have landed there, sav recently of Ukiah, Calif., has ac-
learned.
} a companion from Virginia. A
that the strip is o. k. in every sumed pastorate of Community
Beverly attended the local high • social hour followed the business । Leo VanDolson took his moth- ! way.
C hurch here, and Sunday deliv
school last year, and the groom J session, with refreshments served er-in-law, Mrs. Jacqueline Wood,
ered his first sermon.
formerly of Klamath Falls, at-1 by Addie Swinnery, Tora Gus to Arcata Sunday where she has
Henry Payne, and grandsons,
He was pastor of the First
tended schools at that place. Th? 1 tafson and Lena Crockett.
enrolled for the summer session Donad Boye and Danny Essfy, First Christian church at Ukiah
couple will live at the Sanders
Friday evening Adelia Hassett, at Humboldt State College. She spent the week-end at Ashand,
for three years, during which
home up the Chetco river.
Agnes Darger, Cleo Craig, Ber has been visiting the VanDolsons visiting Mrs. Payne, who is at
A reception for the couple, is tha Whirry and Dolly Brainard for the past few weeks.
tending summer school at SOCE. time ho served as president of
planned for Saturday evening at attended the meeting of Delta
She will teach at Carpenterville the Ministerial Board, as chair
man of C. R. O. P. for the city
Chetco Grange hall, with invita Lodge at Crescent City, at which made her annual visit, and de- this year.
and
ho instituted and was in
tion extended to all friends.
Use these columns it pays’
time their Dist. Deputy president | gree work was exemplified.
charge of a city-wide church sur
vey made there by the combined
efforts of all Protestant churches.
It was through the inspiration
and efforts of him and his wife
that the Christian church at
Ukiah held a most successful 2-
day home-coming and 90th an
niversary celebration last fall.
It was duo to their suggestion
that a complete history of the
church for the 90 years was put
in booklet form, tying in with
the history of the country and
issued at that time. Many organ
izations wore formed within the
church and many new members
wore added during their stay.
Mrs. Mumbower and daughter,
Sharon, came to Brookings a few
days ahead of Mr. Mumbower
and already are delighted with
their now home and widening
circle of friends.
Rev. and Mrs. Mumbower have
visited here during the vacations
in recent years and have many
friends in and about Brookings,
and to come here was the an
swer almost, to a wish.
Rev. Mumbower was ordained
at the McCarty Memorial Chris
tian Church, Los Angeles, by Dr.
BOBBITT y.
O. James Sowell, and was called
into the ministry from the bus-
iness world.
A reception and tea is to be
Drawings and details have now Inn, and will overlook the town. ciety room, and a glassed-in and groove siding. Designer of the held at the basement of the Com-
been completed for the new Sev The main chapel of the building sound-proof mother’s room, wired
contemporary-styled church is munity Church for Rev. John
enth-Day Adventist church, pic will seat about 180 people. How for sound so that the mothers Robert F. Fisher, architect of Mumbower and family, Tuesday
tured above, and the call for bids ever, seating capacity^ will be can observe and listen to the Grants Pass. Adventist church evening, Aug. 8, 7:30 to 9:30.
is i now being made, bids to be about 250 with the overflow space service without having to worry services will continue to be held The public is cordially invited.
evened on August 31. Building being provided in the Junior’s about the children disturbing the at the Grange hall in Harbor un
Mrs. Vernon Hanscam and two
rest of the audience.
schedule calls for completion by room just behind the nave.
til the new church is ready Cor
sons returned home Sunday from
Additional rooms include Sab
The building itself is a frame occupancy.
next January.
Grants Pass where they visited
The church will be located on bath school rooms, choir-robing type, L-shaped, and finished with
her famiy for two weeks.
Try Them.
Iwo lots next
room.
S >• vertically-running tongue and
Couple Married At 1
Eureka, Monday
Seventh-Day Adventists Call For Bids On Construction Of Church
Rev. Mumbower
Starts Pastorate
At Local Church