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VOLUME FIVE, NUMBER XXIV
BROOKINGS,
CURRY COUNTY,
TWO GIRLS DROWN, SATURDAY, AT Cedar
BRUCE HOLE: RESUSCITATION FAILS w’11
What was intended to be a picnic at Bruce Hole, Saturday, ended
in tragedy before it got started, when two ten-year-old Klamath
Falls girls lost their lives in the alfnost placid waters just minutes
after the group arrived at the spot, and before anyone could
prevent their going into the water under supervision.
Sharon Lilly, 10 and her 12-1--------------------------------
year-old brother, accompanied by
the river. Word reached town
Kay Howard. 10, her chum, and
to Ben Kerns, who with V. A.
also her 12-year-old brother, had
Mendenhall Sr. and Homer Hag
come to this area to visit Sharon’s ।
grandmother, Mrs. Clara Kerns,! gerty, took the ambulance and
' K^nd her uncle and aunt, Mr. and' the resuscitator, to the scene.
After many attempts, Russell
fMrs. Ben Kerns. A picnic had'
White located and brought up
been planned, to include several •
the body of Sharon Lilly. All at
families, including Mrs. Homer I
tempts at artificial respiration,
Haggerty, Mrs. Jesse Hoagland;
or resuscitation failed.
and children, Mrs. Pat Kerns and
Leo Garabedian helped in ev
children, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gar
ery way he could after arrival,
abedian and children.
including carrying Mrs. Clara
Mrs. Kerns Left First
Kerns back from across the river
Just before noon, Mrs. Clara after her effort to locate the
Kerns, who had the four chil girls. Mrs. Kerns was too ex
dren in her car, left for Bruce hausted to even swim the return.
The children had arrived here
Hole, with the others to follow
Friday,
with expectation to stay
as quickly as the group gathered
one
week
with Mrs. Kerns. The
the picnic lunch. Mrs. Kerns Sr.
tragedy
occurred
just about noon
arrived at the spot first. While
the
Pilot
was
informed.
she was parking the car, and un
Bodies of the victims were re
loading some of the provisions,
turned
to Klamath Falls where
the girls disappeared, with their
funeral
arrangements were pend
brothers before she realized the
ing their arrival.
children were gone. By that time
more of the party arrive, includ-
Mr. and Mrs. Garabedian, Mrs.
Homer Haggerty and Mrs. Ben
Kerns.
Boys Report Girts “Down”
Grange Plans Fair
Booth For This Year
Regular meeting of Chetco
Grange was held Friday evening
with five candidates being obli
gated in the first and second de-
grees: Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Ra p-
Iaeger, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jack-
son and Alan Sechrist.
Rose
Poole was obligated in the third
and fourth degrees.
Plans for putting a booth at
the county fair, Sept 1, 2 and 3
were discussed, and Nellie Bush
was appointed chairman of the
committee. It was unanimously
voted to have Miss Pat Hyland
represent this section as one of
the princesses at the fair. Miss
Elaine LeClair had this honor
last year, and was a credit to
this community.
The lecturer announced that
next meeting would be mens
night, and Bill Weideman, Wes-
ley Smith and Bill Wridge were
appointed to be in charge. Fol-
lowing the meeting, refreshments
Members, and guests, of the of ice cream and cookies were
Chetco Rod and Gun Club are served by the ladies.
invited to the club house Satur
day evening, Aug. 12, for a floor
show, and dancing.
Feature of the evening will be
Mrs. Alice Putnam on her Ham
mond electric organ. Mrs. Put-
Executive board of the Wom-
name, an accomplished musician, ens Society of the Baptist Com
is showing this organ for the first munbty Church met at the home
time in this area.
of Mrs. Lynn Hampton Friday
afternoon, for purpose of form
ulating plans for the work of the
society for the coming months.
Officers present at the meeting
For the past week, ending on
Max. Min. Rain were: Mrs. Claude Goldizen, pres-
Sunday :
T ident; Mrs. Lynn Hampton, sec-
54
....... 59
July 31
54
.02
retary-treasurer; Mrs. A. P. Hen-
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62
August 1 ....
dricks, first vice-president and
T
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69
53
August 2 ....
membership chairman; Mrs. Bill
»...
51
A^ ust 3 .... ....... 69
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West,
second vice-president and
46
August 4 .... ....... 70
program
chairman; Mrs. J. E.
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49
August 5 .... ....... 69
Stevenson,
third vic^presiden*
44
August 6 .... ..... 65
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Q2
and
friendliness
or visitation
Rainfall for week....
As was told the Pilot, the two
boys returned to where the lad-
ies were, reporting that the girls
were swimming, “but hadn’t come
up for five minutes.” Mrs. Clara
Kerns, the only person in the im-
diate group able to swim, sued
far shoes and slacks and went
in, despite the fact she had not
been in the water for years, and
that she was troubled with a
heart ailment. By heroic effort I
she finally reached and pulled
Kay Howard ashore, but was
too exhausted to return for the
body of Sharon Lilly, her grand
daughter.
Mrs. Haggerty rushed toward
town for help, and en route told
Russell White the story, and he
dropped his task, and headed up
Party Planned
Church Women
Plan Picnic, Friday
Weather Report
OREGON
Lane Bldg.
Closed 10
Days During Move
Cedar Lane Cadi cry. owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Rex Hayes,
will be closed for the next week
or ten days while the highwav
department moves the building
up several feet and south some
twice the width of the building
preparatory for the widening and
elevation of Hwy 101 at that
point.
The job will bp accomplished
by raising the building on jacks,
making a cribbing underpinning
to the proper height, when the
moving commences.
The fish house at Parkers An
chorage, recently, was moved to
a new site, to permit the high
way crew to straighten the Har
bor curves. A fill will about cover
the former site of the fish house.
The garage belonging to A. C.
Thompson, once across the road
from his house, now is moved to
a new site, adjacent to the house
and across the road.
Highway crewsmen are arriv-
ing almost daily to start this
highway project which will be
gin just east of Hendricks Fur
niture Co., and continue to the
state line.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 1950
Along Azalea Row
By B. Miller
The meeting of the Azalea
Garden Club which was set
for Thursday afternoon, Au
gust 10„ has been cancelled
due to a death in the family
of the president, Mrs. Clara
Kerns.
Mumbowers Feted
At Church Affair
Rev. and Mrs. Jack Mumbower
and daughter Sharon were ex
tended a warm welcome by cit
izens of this area at a reception
given for them at Baptist Com
munity church Tuesday night.
The recreation room of the
church was decorated in the west
ern theme, with charcoal and
crayon drawings, by Mrs. Bill
West and Miss Hoag, hung about
the room. Cacti were placed in
all the windows and a most at
tractive white horse with feathery
mane and tail stood inside a pic
ket fence at the front of the
room depicting Rev. Mumbow
er’s mare Merry Melodie. The
program was announced by Mrs.
Doris Ackley.
The first number was a piano
solo by Pauline Hendrick^; a
duet by Mr. and Mrs. Emil Moore
and then Edith Moore gave a
reading about ‘The Ministers
' Wife,’ Mrs. Watson gave a flute
| solo, accompanied by her moth
er, Mrs. M. C. Beem, after which
Just as he was turning off Mrs. Lynn Hampton gave a clever
Hwy 101 onto the street which speech and introduced the various
led to the W. H. Andrews home, officers of the church.
about midnight Saturday1, Bob
The Barbershoppers, enmasse,
Astin and Leora Andrews mirac entertained with three numbers
ulously escaped death when hit - first of which was a parody on
by the Jack Tillson car, driven a well-known song to welcome
by Neil Lafferty, both of Gold the Mumbower family. Bert De
Beach, where the Andrews live. Moss sang a solo, accompanied
Bob, popular baseball player by Mrs. Stan Patterson a quar
of the Brookings Pelicans, suffer tette of ladies, Mrs. Panzer, Mrs.
ed severe cuts about the face, on Bill West, Mrs. Patterson and
the left arm and leg. Miss An Mrs. Doris Ackley.
drews sustained a severe cut on
Mrs.
F. Pierce presented
her face, almost severing her the new minister’s family with
nose. Lafferty and Tillson, rid- a lamp table from the congre
ing in the other car, were hur* gation, and extended them a
also. The four are in the Gold warm welcome, Rev. Mumbower
Beach hospital.
responded with thanks and a
The Astin car, a Plymouth club prayer.
toupe which he had purchase
Guests were treated to tea,
from Hugh Gearin, was sal to coffee, punch and cookies from a
be practically a total wreck. The decorated table with Mrs. C. A.
Tillson car was badly damaged. MacKenzie and Mrs. Zetta Baughn
One witness reported that the pouring. Floral decoration were
Tillson car was far over onto by AI Panzer, who also fashioned
the left lane, It is also said that the corsages presented to Mrs.
this was the second accident in Mumbower and Sharon.
which Lafferty had been involved
After refreshments and gen
in the past week.
eral getyacquainted fellowship,
Bob Perkins announced that he
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gordon of wished to try out a voice for
Eureka, Kenneth Gardner of Los the Barbershopper, if those pres
Angeles, Mrs. Roy Reynolds and ent would bear with him and
son. Douglas, and Richard Cook called Rev. Mumbower forward
of San Diego, were callers at the for a try-out. “Old Man River”
was sung, accompanied by C. A.
E. L. Miller home last week.
MacKenzie. The Barbershoppers
White Cross chairman; Mrs. Edith then sang several numbers and
Moore, devotional chairman and a quartet of the same group gave
Mrs. J. L. Mumbower, publicity a rendition.
A myrtlewood guest book was
chairman.
The society will hold a picnic signed by all those attending and
Friday evening for members of was presented to Mrs. Mum
the church and their friends at bower.
Mill Beach. Set for 6:30, each
Mrs. Mildred Byrne and Joan
family attending is to bring their
owm picnic supper and euipment. left early Monday morning on a
This will be held in place of motor trip to Chicago and way-
to
the regular women's meeting tibs points. They
Bob Astin Hurt In
Collision, Sat. Eve
ahnnt Sont
1
Classes Start On
Tues., Sept. 5; To
Enroll
Beforehand
Brookings school has been set
tor opening, Tuesday. Sept. 5,
with prior registration on Au
gust 24 and 25, and Aug. 28 and
29. reported Lynn Hampton on
Tuesday.
All pupils who have moved in
to the community since school
was out in the spring, are asked
to register on Thursday or Fri
day, August 24 or 25. Freshmen
and sophomores will register
from 2 to 4:30 and 7:30 to 9:30
on Friday, August 25. Juniors.
Iiorn 2:30 to 4:30 and 7:30 to
9:30 on Monday, August 28, the
seniors from 2:30 to 4:30 and
7:30 to 9:30, Tuesday, August 29.
In addition, all beginning first
graders are asked to register on
Friday afternoon, August 25.
I a rents of beginning first grade
pupils should bring the child’s
birth certificate at time of reg
istration.
First grade pupils may en
ter school, whose sixth birthday
occurs on or before Nov. 15, as
provided by law. Complete roster
cf teachers appears later in this
article.
A ¡»re-school meeting of Curry
county teachers has been sched
uled at Coquille on Thursday,
Friday, August 31 and Sept. 1.
High School Faculty
Arthur Guthrie—social science
and coach.
Catherine Doherty science &
mathematics.
Commercial subjects will be
taught by Carl Harrison and Mr.
1 lampton.
Ruth Woodward English and
library.
Mary Alice Pyritz, home eco
nomics and girls physical ed.
John Ginther — mechanical
drawing.
Grade School Faculty—
Eighth John Ginther.
Seventh Mrs. Frances Henry,
Sixth Harold Larson, O.S.Q
graduate with graduate work at
Lewis & Clark College.
Fifth Ruth Garcia.
Fourth Lillian Mathews.
Third Hannar Dotson.
Second Bernadine Steele.
First Jennie Carter.
First Evelyn DeMoss.
Music- Mrs. Lloyd Morris.
Supt., Principal—Lynn Hamp
ton.
Rotarians Hear Of
District Assembly
Lynn Hampton, secretary of
Brookings Rotary club, reported
on the district assembly, held re
cently at Vancouver, Wash., to
club members, Tuesday, telling
of the inspiration received by all
presidents and secretaries who
came.
Several noted speakers, includ
ing I »resident Harry Dillon of
Linfield College, a national com
mittee member of the Paul Har
ris Fellowship fund. Others to
address the assembly was Wait
Gleason, noted figure in Rotary’
and fraternal circles in Oregon,
a district governor from Austra
lia, and the newly-elected dis
trict governor of Dist. No. 154.