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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1951)
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS OREGON P age T hre I N M E M O R I A M COLLIER HENDRIE BUFFINGTON Collier Hendrie _ Buffington the same careful attention as the came to Gold Beach as a young large ones. When people were in man in 1914. He was born in Em- trouble, they came to him. erson, Iowa, in 1889, the son of A man who has enjoyed learn Charles Rollin and Sophia Hen ing and has felt its excitement• drie Buffington. History mentions as deeply as he did is quite likely , a Buffington as one of William to believe in its importance to1 Penn’s associates in the begin others. He did. For many years 1 nings of Pennsylvania, and there he took a great interest in the I is a Builingtcffi Island in the Ohio School Board of Gold Beach. His | River near Cincinnati. These library and his time were always,1 were his people. at the disposal of those who! He was educated in the public wanted to learn—to learn about ' schools of Iowa and attended anything in this rich world of, Simpson College from 1906 to fact and ideas. For he found ad- < 1909. In 1912 he got his degree venture in the arts, in history, in in law from the University of science and particularly in lang Idaho, a member of t h e first uage, which he spoke so beauti graduating class. Made a mem fully and expressively as to make ber of the Idaho bar in 1912, he us all proud of our tongue. was admitted to practice in Ore Perhaps the core of the man gon in 1914. was courage. He stood always He married Xenia Knorr in unafraid. Big himself, he was not 1915 in Gold Beach. They had awed by size or pressure. Injus seven children: Nancy, now Mrs. tice or incompetence had to be Frederic Starkweather, of Sausa fought, no matter who was guil- lito, California; Collier Buffington ty. The man was free- free of Jr., now in Korea as a lieuten cant, free of fear and free of ant in the Marine Corps; Rich spirit. This is the man’s measure— ard, now in business in Gold Beach! Ann, now Mrs. Curtis but not his story. This story can’t Ryan, living in Ophir; Deborah, be told without telling that of; now in Salem as secretary to the people he lived among, the i Supreme Court Justice Warn community of which he was a | er; Charles, who lives in Ophir; part and the family of which he and Donald, now in the navy. was the head. It is told in the These children have children of hearts of those who knew him their own, nine in all. in situations which test men’s The law has been the calling mettle. It is told in the history and profession of Collier Buffing of Curry County, in the develop ton throughout his entire life. ment of our industry, in the Elected ' three times are District growth and prosperity of our Attorney of Curry County, he ranches and in the wealth of served nine years in this office. our community. For this man will Since 1932, he practiced largely leave not only a splendid family alone. In 1946 he associated with and an excellent reputation; he George Belt in the firm of Buf will leave an emptiness that will fington and Belt. After Belt’s un not be easy to fill. For we shall timely death in 1948, he associ all miss that feeling of bigness ated with David Shaw in the firm we had when talked with him. of Buffington and Shaw, in which We shall miss the mental stimu lation and something of the pride he practiced until his death. In business he was almost as we felt for our community. For outstanding as he was in the we knew we had among us an practice of law. For many years Olympian—and we feei better he managed the Gold Beach Can wh^n we look up. nery and had commercial fishing To the end, when God’s finger interests both here and in Eu touched him and he slept. Collier reka, Calif. He had extensive Buffington was a giant. He died, interests in timber, in the lum as he wished to, with the harness ber business and in banking. He on his back. For to him to live was an enthusiastic and success was to function, to think, to learn ful dairyman, stockman and hor and to work. This kind of an ticulturist. end is a triumphant one. These are the bare facts of the "Come, come, no time for lamen man’s life: they are not his tations now measure. They do not portray Nor much more cause; Sampson him as the giant he was. For he hath quit himself was this and more; both physi- j Like Sampson, an d heroically rally and mentally. His life was hath finished strenuous in what he did. in what | A life heroic. he thought and in what he said. | His life was a process of constant learning; learning by reading, learning by working, learning by Person or persons who are knowing people. And he learned stealing light bulbs from Chetco well, for he thought clearly and Store porch, please come in and his words showed the precision and vigor of his mind. He was they will be given bulbs from not a soft man nor a sentimen- our shelf stock. This will save tai one. He despised sham and them the trouble of taking them was intolerant of injustice or from the sockets. mediocrity. The law to him was no drab Relatives and friends helped career or dull task. It was an Charles Young of Young’s 5 & 10, opportunity to learn, to grow celebrate his birthday, Friday and to express a growing self. night at the home. His appearances in court were the end result of thorough prep aration. This gave him confidence which shaped the massive weight of his persuasion. Possess ing an exact and colorful vocab ulary in the service of a precise and profound mind, he was well equipped to become the great Open Mondays through lawyer that he was. He brought i Saturdays honor to the profession, both as Evenings by Appointments a practitioner and as a man. His clients were of all types, as he believed that every man deserved the right to counsel. And cases involving small problems received Brookings H here the Service Is Better— H here the Produce Is Fresher— J l V JL w BJL Where the Money Goes Where Is Larger— THURS., FRI., And SAT., APRIL 5th, 6th, & 7th BEST FOODS (without çoupon-JOCJ coupon—35c) — ■ vvwj ^wnnouT NUCOA, with coupon, lb. 25c DEL ROGUE( No. 5 can) TOMATO JUICE DEL MONTE (Halves or Sliced) PEACHES, 2J-can mEATS AND FISH Fresh Ground BEEF, lb. . . Fresh Link SAUSAGE, lb. 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