BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS OREGON
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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
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