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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1950)
Paße Four Famous For Its Mild Climate LANGLOIS NEWS By Nancy Moore The Flower show, sponsored annually by the Floras-Willow Womens Club, was held last Sat urday at the Langlois grade school gym. A beautiful display was brought in by local flower lovers to delight the eyes of all who viewed the spectacle. The potted plants and arrangements were viewed and judged by pop ular vote. Refreshments were served; canasta was played and a silver offering taken for benefit of the Langlois band. If you are approached by a smiling young lady with the querry, “Will you buy a dance ticket,” during the next few days and weeks, you will know you are seeing one of the candidates for Princess of the annual Cur ry County fair. In northern Cur ry, three girls are competing: Mary Jean Sabin, sponsored by Langlois Sportsman’s club; Edna Logan, sponsored by the Sixes Grange; Joyce Bright, by the Ma sonic and Eastern Star lodges of Port Orford. At the ball, to be given Aug. 19, by Sixes Grange, these girls W’t» FOR EXPERT ADVICE ON _____ 3 P aint and ) C olor GO TO YOUR »ÄyMyh P ittsburgh ) ^¿1^5 ETALER ! f Use PITTSBURGH PAINTS For Beauty and Real Economy Sun-Proof House Paint Primer teals — finishing C i $5.47 coat protects. Wallhide Flat Wall Paint Clean« easily, dries quickly. $4.27 Waterspar Enamel Best for woodwork •nd furniture. $2,19 Ask for FREE Color Dynamics Book Curry Co. Lbr. Co will be judged for poise, person ality and appearance: their vol ume of ticket sales will be con By B. Miller sidered; and the winner here will Vernon Godizen, one of our represent this section at the fair own local young men, will be the —and there, she will compete guest speaker for Azalea Garden with other sections of the coun Club, Thursday afternoon, Aug. ty for queen. 10. An upper classman at Uni Mrs. George Anderson arrang versity of New Mexico, he ev- ed a birthday party Tuesday for pects to make marine ecology her daughter, Colleen. The chil his vocation, and is spending his dren played games during the af summer working toward his mas ternoon and were treated to cak? ters degree. and fruit for refreshments. Members of the garden club Mrs. Jennie Meek of Ontario, will meet at Mill Beach at 2, Calif., is visiting he daughter, and after a short business meet Mrs. E. A. Clawson, granddaugh ing, will accompany their hus ter, Mrs. Ted Bierman and Lloyd bands and friends on a field trip Clawson, her grandson. She is a led by Vernon Goldizen, who will pioneer of Curry county, having identify and discuss beach flora come here at an early age with and marine life. her family, settling near Sixes. Should the w’eather be incle Local participants of the show ment, the meeting will be held “Roaring ’20s Revue,” given at in the Grange hall. There will Bandon July 20, were Vera Cad be an exhibit of beach arrange man, Andy and Speed Anderson. ments by members. Mrs. Archie The show was repeated in Co Anderson is chairman of hostess quille July 28, proceeds going to es for the afternoon. to the Coquille swimming pool Guarding Mill Beach, Zwagg fund. Island, like a fortress, rears aloft Major and Mrs. S. A. Warren —breaking the force of incom- and two children, Stanley and ing waves and sheltering the Mary are on their way to their beach from the full fury of the new assignment in Virginia. They ocean winds. have been visiting Mrs. Eeanor There dre several caves on Doane, Mrs. Warren’s mother. the north side of the island, which Leaving on the noon bus, Wed are only accessible at very low nesday were Billy Lee Woodruff tide. One or two paths of pre and Nancy Moore. Billy is return carious footing, mount upward. ing to her work at Northwest They are used occasionally by ern School of Commerce at Port adventurous boys. On top, a lone- land, and Nancy is to spend „ , her . | ly wind blows over the salai and1 vacation in and near I ortland, huckleberry which have by now then to Medford to \isit her sister, grown 0Ver the garden, the rem and family. She will be gone tw > nants of buildings and fences,! 1 constructed long, long ago, by Monday night Mr. and Mrs. the legendary Fred Zwagg. S. K. Seeber will entertain invit-1 Many of the stories about this ed guests at a bridal shower in man. Few remain who knew him. I honor of their daughter, Bar I One of these, Bill Wridge, came bara, who recently became bride : to what is now Brookings, 60 of Darrell Holycross. | years ago. Bill was a young man GIRL SCOUT DOINGS— then, quick with his fists, and Last Tuesday, Langlois Girl able to hold his own against al- Scouts began a camping party,1 most anyone. which proved enjoyable. Accom-I Bill met Fred Zwagg in the I panied by Mrs. Donna Churchill dance hall, one election night in j and Mfrs. Esta Bruchler, they about 1890. Zwagg was in his > went to Floras Lake for their late 60s. Even then, he was liv outing. The good weather per ing on the island, but he enjoyed mitted them to carry out all of coming to the hotel to watch the their activities out of doors. They merriment and talk with the played baseball, went swimming ment. Bill Wridge and Fred be- and hiking. One evening an ama came friends. teur hour provided entertain “Yes,” said Bill Wridge^ “I ment. Serious attention was giv knew Fred Zwagg, and more than | en to some of their tests. All re 1 once visited him on his island turned, saying they had good food home. He lived with Tom Van-1 and a good time.. Pelt when he first came here,' which w as about 1885. It was' tTry Pilot Class ads they sell! while he was out with Tom and. the boys that he first saw* the i island and decided to make his home there.” So Fred Zwagg built a windlass to the bottom of the cliff, and by this means hauled up the lum ber which drifted in from pass- | ing schooners, and used it to . make his home, a shed for the goats and a fence. Fred Zwagg was a German. He I was stocky and strong. He had I been a sailor, maybe a captain, i and when he built his home, he made the interior much like a ship's cabin. The house was built in a nat ural declivity sheltered from the full force of the winds. Partly Along Azalea Row CONNIE'S SPORTSWEAR Next to Theatre THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1950 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON Gold Beach Graff Gay There was Bridge, Ore. A going-away party was held for them Saturday eve made a sky-line across to the ning at the old Grange hall. mainland, over which he could George Miller has left for Myr haul his water and supplies dur tle Point for a tw*o w*eeks stay ing the winter months when the with his aunt and uncle, Mr. an^W heavy seas cut him off from any Mrs. Fred Miller. While ther^ other approach to the mainland. he plans to attend the Red Cross Where did he come from, how swimming classes. did he obtain the money to pur Sig Nowlin has resigned her chase his few suppies, no one position at Ophir Store. Mrs. R. knows. A man was not question Moore is now employed there. ed in those days about his past. Mr. and Mrs. Woodriff and He had his home, some goats, family are now living in the C. chickens and garden. He had all M. Gray cabin. that he needed. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wade “Was he,” I asked hesitantly, and family have moved to Lang- "was he insane when taken from lois where he is employed by the Island?” Kerber Logging Co. Bill Wridge snorted: “No more Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McCoy re- crazy than you or I.” cently sold their ranch to S. O. “I wasn’t here when he died, Newhouse of Gold Beach. which was not long after I left Ophir Grange held its regular these parts, but I knew him well meeting in the new hall last Fri for five years, and he was a day evening. fine fellow.” Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Alspaugh of Weott, Calif., are visiting at the Will Coy home. Kay Lawhorne of Bandon is By Marian Miller visiting at the home of Iris and Mrs. Bertha Ann Pollock is now June Snyder. employed at Blue Water Lodge. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Adams re- Mr. and Mrs. Guy Noels of tUrned from the vacation} til Klamath Falls are spending the Calgary, Alberta. They report a summer at their Nesika Beach wonderful trip as it wras their home. first trip back to their “home Tommy Moore has recently town’’ in 26 years. purchased a ’36 Crevrolet coupe from Revis Costello. Mrs. Fred Blunt returned re Mr. and Mrs. Ed Woolley and cently after enjoying a week’s ini ant son, Danny, have moved to shopping visiting trip to Eureka. - .» OPHIR NOTFS FOR BETTER CONSTRUCTION AND APPEARANCE IN YOUR HOME .... Be Sure To See BOB LEE, BROOKINGS For Plastering and Materials. Estimates Given! WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE Our Appointment As Distributors For I GOODYEAR RUBBER & ASBESTOS PRODUCTS American Steel Pulleys August 12th Fire-Fighting Equipment COME AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS Air, Water nad Steam Hose to get your flown from Honolulu for you by GRAFF and CONNIE'S ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE! Free Gift and Mailing Wrapping S. & H. GREEN STAMPS NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the directors of School Dist. No. 17. Curry County, Oregon, will ac cept sealed bids for the follow ing work to be done at the Brook ings School Building: Calsomining rooms and halls in the Brookings High School build ing. Painting the gymnasium. Specifications are available at the high school office. Bids to be received not latex* than 12 noon, Aug. 11, 1950. work to be com- pleted by 5 p. m. Aug. 26, bids to will be opened Aug. 11, 1950, All bids should be sent to Dora E. Beaulieu. Clerk, Brookings. Oregon. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Power Transmission Equipment Bull Dog Belts and Sheaves Lubriplate and Lubricating Equip't Olympia Hardware & Supply Company Telephone 482 Brookings
