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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1951)
B rookings -H arbor Pilot, B rookings , O regon P age F our Along Azalea Row By B. Miller Here rome the harbingers of spring! Gaudy with color and bright with promise, the new seed catalogs arrive with every mail. This year our flowers shall be gayer, our vegetables excel in flavor. A garden catalog is an adven ture. so embark upon it with a merry heart. Just don’t over-do the ordering. Remember, you have a back and it can ache! Remember, too, the limited gar den space and limited capacity for eating. There are some new’ vegetable seeds, and with food prices mounting and war seemingly im minent, the thrifty will plant for the future. Stokes Cross tomatoes, No. 2 and No. 4 are developed for cool coastal regions. No. 2 is an early variety. No. 4 produces where other warm weather varieties fail. It is a mid-season tomato C. 0. LEONARD L L LEONARD Brokers Residence Phone: 281 Box 211 Phone 311 Notary Public C. O. Leonard SALESMEN: G. S. Young Hans Nelson Earl Docherty Brookings, Oregon 40 acre farm with some tim ber and neat cottages, also small barn and chicken house. Excellent spring. All fenced. Priced at on ly $4250. 47 acres with a home needing some repairs for $2850. Fine spring water piped to house. A small amount of timber* on the place. Two-bed room home in good condition situated on large cor- ner lot close in. Owner will sei1 for $4500 with terms. If you a re lookings for a place to live, see it today. 4 acres with highway frontage close in, suitable for exclusive homes. Service station for lease: Ex- cellent opportunity for someone. Very small amount handles. One of the most mannifuient ocean-view lots we have Lad the opportunity of listing. Los 75x300 - borders on hwy 101 and the beach. If you are looking for a location of the l»est in a restrict ed area, be sure to see this. It is priced reasonable. o 6 acres with 250 feet of hwy. frontage, south ot Harbor. Live- able home with unfinished 3-car garage. Many large beautiful trees, several ocean view build ing sites. Very rich soil. Excellent motel site. All Mr only $7500 w ith New unfinished house of good plan on S-acre of fine soil. Close to park and school. Pay only $800 down and finish to suit your ideas —easy monthly payments. Tnis is a real deal for some one. Choice business lots in excel lé lent location. Reasonably priced, with liberal terms. ;; We Work With SPEED to Fill Your -NEED! Oracle pea was developed for northwest commercial growers but can now be obtained in seed packets. There is a new cucum ber, Surecrop, a bronze medal winner, which resists mosaic and down mildew’. lochief corn, a gold medal win ner, has the same maturing time as Golden Cross Bantam. Its ears are 9 to 10 inches long, and the stalks are heavy wind resistant. In the world of flowers, no new rose was judged as measur ing up to All-America Rose se- lection standards. I his is the first time in ten years there has not been a winner. Here in Chetco Valley, the peace rose has won its way into our hearts. The peace rose, propagated in France, was named by the grower for his wife, Madame Meiland. When in troduced into this county, it v’as renamed the Peace Rose. Mon sieur Meiland was so affronted by this disregard of his prerog ative, that he will not introduce his new’ improved hybrid of the Peace Rose here. We shall have to obtain it from Canada. There are only two 1951 All America flow’er selections. Those winners are Tutonia Torch, and Marigold Glitters. Don’t forget your old friends when carried away by the siren song of the seed catalogs. Re member t he faithful blooming plants whose worth was proven by experience. Add some grey pia nts. Here at Weedy Acres, especially fond of Dust Miller, the grey foliage is de- lightful with calundulas, but it is lovely as a background for any Howers. Just six years ago to the day, January 11, Azalea Garden cl un w as formed, and at the meeting on Thursday of this week, the club will recognize the founders and past presidents who are in vited to be present as honored guests. Mrs. Harry O. Smith ot Cave Junction is expected. Mrs. Curzon MacKenzie has arranged a delightful musical program: “One Fleeting Hour," by Mrs. Stanley Patterson with violin ob- ligato by Mrs. Gilbert Christen- sen. “Auf Wiedersehen,” vocal trio Mrs. Stanley Patterson, Mrs. Gilbert Christensen and Mrs. Curzon MacKenzie. A short reading, a comparison of English gardens and Ameri can, by Mrs. Charles Grayshel. And a trip down Memory Lane, with the past presidents and alii charter members. Hostesses for the afternoon are Mesdames Lyle Redfield. Georgi Weber, Pete Lesmeister and Max i Brainard. Justice ia wliat ice yet when the decision is in our favor." sented a package containing a live crab. A bullet supper was served after the meetintg. A public dance was held Dee. 30 at Sixes Grange for benefit of the building fund for a new juv enile Grange hall. At present the juvenile Grangers are using the basement of the hall and it is not satisfactory. The Wallace family was to gether during the holidays. Home with their mother, Mrs. May Wallace, were sons, Rix, Weott, Calif., Bill and family of Eureka Hugh and family of Estacada and the daughter, Mrs. F. B ( arrothers and family of Spring field.. The Roy Hafts visited their daughter, Elene Galbraith and family at Mt. Vernon, Wash., over the holidays. The Stowaway club held its New’ Years party at Castaway Lodge, with dancing and refresh ments. Mrs. Id? Paysee returned with the Tuckers for a visit, when they came home from Glendale, Ore., after Christmas. Mrs. Bay- see is Mrs. Tucker’s mother. A new’ Laby girl is the tonie of importance at the Alan Corbin home, Gold Beach. The baby, born Dec. 30, has been named Alana Joan. Her mother is the former Adele Thomas of this place. Carl Leonard is trying out for the job of high ^school janitor in place of Howard Goght, who has entered service, Mr. Leon- a rd will also drive the bus in Mr. Asdel’s absence. Ollie Dobbema and Maurice K^’ley attended the Shriners’ East-West football game at San Francisco. Ollie states that the pageant with its dazzling colors, parades, drill teams and bands almost eclipsed the game. They had planned to go to the Rose Bowl game but were afraid they couldn’t get tickets. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Scorby, North I Bend, are parents of a son, born Dec. 20. His mother, former Fre da Matheny, once attended the local schools. The boy has been named Donald Lynn. Mrs.s Ed Maloy is keeping her two grandchildren, Carlene and Eric, while their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Eckholm, Coos Bay, are on vacation. Ci ah season is good, weather j permitting. New Years day start-' 1951 ed off in grand style—1400 dozen were brought in. Some days the cannery must work to 8 p. m. Mrs. Court Boice was taken to Gold Beach hospital, Christmas day and underwent minor sur gery. Sidewalks in town are taking shape, weather permitting. Geo. Churchill is finishing those for Battle Rock Garage. Larry Rick- is contractor for the school walk. GOLD BEACH Johnny Prince arrived home Dec. 31 after spending some time in the hospital at Eugene. His health is much improved. Mr. and Mrs. George Blanchard w’erc calling on relatives and friends last week Mrs. Blanch ard is sister of Mrs. Orin Hess. The Blanchards spend most of the year m Alaska where he ha< his own fishing boat. A happy and eventful New Year’s eve was observed here. There was dancing at the Club Del Rogue; the Veterans dance and one held at Jerry Fendricks garage, besides the many watch parties held over town, but not an accident or trouble was re- ported. Trap Shoot CHETCO ROD & GUN CLUB'S Coffee, Ham, & fggs AT THE CLUB HOUSE Approximate! V/2 miles South of Harbor Port Orford News ON BENHAM ROAD By Hazel Cram to serve Port Orford Lodge No. ITO. A. F. & . M., were installed Dec. 23 at the Masonic hall: W. M. War- ren D. Blagdon; S. W. W. Homer Kerber; J. W., James Mastropo- lito; treasurer. Merle Wahl; sec retary, Otto Johnson; S. D„ Clar ence Hines; J. 1)., Ollie Dobbema; S. S.. J. L. Gilfillan; J. S., Cecil Bush; chaplain, Frank Morris; marshall. M. E. Kelley; tyler. E. E. Krueger. The installing oi- lìcer Maurice Kelley, witn Crawford Smith as installing marshal. Attending the mstalla- ices were visitors from California and Bandon, One the honored guests was Robert Smith of Seattle, who is a charter member ot the Pert Ori ord lodge, and still holds his membership here. Master Dob- ena of Bandon lodge, who has been promised a crab dinner when he visited here, T hursday , J anuary ii , Sunday Jan. 14,1951 GAMES HOT DOGS AND COFFEE AT THE CLUB HOUSE 4
