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Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere a Finer Community
Volume Six, Number Twenty-Two
BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
ROBBERIES PLAGUE BROOKINGS ASi
THIEF ENTERS HOME AND OFFICES
The sheriff's office and state I possible to obtain a clue, but in
police have been investigating a all cases the prints showed that
“wave” of robberies which oc of a small man, or boy, and were
curred here sometime Wedne-- inconclusive, so far, to prove the
,
night or Thursday morning, when culprit’s identity.
the apartment of Mr. and Mis. Hitch-Hiker Believed Invilved
The day before, at Gold Beach
Paul Davis was entered and lan-
sacked. and the offices in the a hitch-hiker had been appro
Central buidling were broken hended, and was given privilege
into and an undetermined amount leave town. The supposition is
of cash was taken in the Water that he could have been involved
in the robbery, although nothing
Company office.
Entrance to the Central build is conclusive. The man was re-
ing was gained, it is said, by the ported seen at Crescent City on
prying open of a window' in the Thursday, but that, too, is still
office of Samuel A. Hall, attor inconclusive.
ney. From there the thief went Petty Losses Reported Here
For many months homes of the
into the plywood office, where, it
area
have been burglarized, it is
ir reported, only sixty cents were
reported,
with many petty thetts
taken. In the Water Co. office
being
reported.
Last winter the
the thief broke the lock on the
cash drawer, there to find about J. C. Wright home was broken
$300 in cash, or estimated to be into, and a quantity of electric
somewhere in that amount. A appliances stolen. Whether there
quantity of stamps w’ere tossed is any connection, the* officers are
into the waste basket. A number still unable to determine.
of checks were left.
x Finger-prints Taken
Sheriff Sabin and State Patrol
man Louis Turnbull took finger
Referred to by the youth as
prints wherever they thought it “The Mop,” the little dog be
longing to Mr. and Mrs. O. S.
Young, did not have the heart to
endure, after being hit last week
by a car. Brought from near Lake
Wan-See in Berlin, the little dog
GOLD BEACH—Two business w'as quite a spectacle in town.
men, Oliver Bettis and Oliver Once at a lily festival parade, he
Ramalia. co-owners of the Dou- was led by Fleta Marsh, in bath
ble O Lumber Co., are in the ing attire, to advertise Young’s
hospital in a very serious con Hotel. The little dog was an
dition as result of an auto acci enemy to none.
dent, Saturday at 11 p. m.
Ramalia, on Monday, had not
regained consciousness since the
Mr. and Mrs. Averill Zook an
wreck, suffering a broken back,
nounce
the forthcoming marriage
two concussions and severe shock
while Bettis had both legs brok of their daughter, Adriene, to
en and is in only slightly better Robert Astin, son of Mrs. Ruby
condition than his partner. Both Lovelace of Fairbanks, Alaska,
on July 28, at 8:00 P. M., at the
are listed as critical.
Baptist
Community church.
A
They were traveling south to
reception
will
be
held
following
at
Gold Beach from Wedderburn in
a black coupe, thought to be a the Odd Fellows hall, to which
Plymouth, when the car crashed all friends are invited.
Pet Dies From Hurt
Two Hurt In Auto
Wreck, Gold Beach
Couple WHI Wed
into the Rogue River Boat serv
ice building. The building was
nearly a total wreck, and a gas
pump was torn out. The car was
Does anyone in this area have
completely demolished.
a photograph of the Barbershop
float in the recent Lily Blossom
Parade ?
For publicity in the national
The Eastern Star family picnic magazine, the local chapter wants
held at the Hendry place on the a black and white photograph,
Winchuck Sunday, was a festive showing the float from the side.
occasion, when each lady tried To date none have been supplied
to excel all other in preparation which show' just the right angle.
of fine foods, such as fried chick Contact C. H. Grayshel.
en, salads, and cakes and pies.
The afternoon was spent in
chatting by the fireside, others
rowed on the river while some
Ladies between the ages of 18
of the ladies and men pitched and 55 who are interested in
horseshoes. Helen Hanscam and joining the Fraternal Order of
J r i s Kindel out-pitched Grace Eagles Auxiliary, may do so by
Welton and Edna Young, due, being at the V. F. W. hall on
JR is s^d when Judge Sandbo did Friday, July 27. at 8:00 p. m. Re
f “pinch-pitching” for Helen Hans freshments will I m * served. Ail
cam. Talk is to make this an an Eagles are asked to urge their |
I wives to join.
nual affair.
j
Want Photograph
Many At Picnic
To Form Auxiliary
There's Always
A 'First' One
There are always first for
everything!
Adam was the first man
Eve the first woman, Wash-
ington was the first presi-
dent o.| these states, but
Little Rebecca A nn White
By Harris Ellsworth, M. C.
will have the distinction of
When the president sent his
being the list baby born in
enormous
budget request to Con
the “City of Brookings.”
gress
at
the
beginning of this year
Arriving Sunday night at
he verbally threw’ out his chest
Dr. White’s new clinic, she
and
dared Congress to reduce it.
was also the first baby to be
That
was a foolish statement.
born in the new building, the
Congressional action thus far
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. '
on
eight of the 12 regular de
Floyd White, and the grand-
partmental
bills shows reductions
daughter of Mrs. Lilly Myers.
totalling more than one billion
dollars. In terms of percentage
that does not represent a very
CarverHuseby Electric Co., re large cut, but I am just old-
cently of Coos Bay, have obtained fashioned enough to feel that a
the contract for wiring the Brook- billion dollars is a whale of a lot
ing Plywood plant, it was revea 1- of money. (It really is one thous
and million, you know).
ed Tuesday.
Where does all the money go?
The company is also opening
Well,
a mighty big part of it is
a Brookings office in the Kerr
distributed
in the form of checks
building, in the same office with
to
individuals.
The latest treas
B. B. Crabbe, local accountant.
An advertisement appears in ury report on the number of such
checks being issued (July 1, 1951)
thes columns, elsewhere.
shows a total of 17,247,783 peo
ple receiving payments of one
sort or another from the federal
government. The comparable fig
ure for July 1, 1932, was 2,196,-
Starting next Thursday, Aug. 151. I cannot resist making the
2, grocers in Oregon will la? per political observation that the
i s
mitted to sell yellow Nucoa, it Democratic administration
was revealed to the Pilot, Tues sending checks to 15 million more
people than the last Republican
day of this week.
Publicity and consumer inter admirtist nation did or a total
est on yellow’ margarine has been number about seven times the
terrific. Needless to say, the ma size of the last presidential elec
jority of housewives are looking tion victory margin.
Has Wiring Job
Yellow Margarine
Due August 2nd
forward to their first purchase
Pity the poor retail merchant
of this product colored and in
under
the present price control
quarter-pound cubes.
administration. Here is verbatim
the essential paragraph of ceil
ing price regulation No. 7, issued
June 18:
“Sec. 35. Rule 4. If the article
Staged by Roberts Amusement you are pricing has a net cost
Company of North Sacramento, between two net costs listed for
Calif., kiddie rides and meny- that category in Column 2 of your
go-round will be the delight of chart, you compute your ceiling
the youth of this area, according price by multiplying the net ?Mt
to word left with the Pilot early of the article by the average
this week.
percentage markups listed In Col.
On the lot adjacent to the lo 4, for the next higher net cost
cal Chevron station, the rides and the next lower net Cust than
will open July 26 and will run (he one you are pricing, and by
adding the result to the net cost ”
for three days.
But the retailer is not the only
Revenues derived from this
one
who is having trouble keep
form of amusement, will be giv-
er. to the local scout fund. Elmer ing up with the red tape tangle
Bankus report(*d he was turning in our wonderfufl controlled state.
over the rental money to the Wren a city or local government
unit makes a request upon Wash
cause.
ington for an allocation or a pri
ority for necesary materials to
pave
construct school houses,
Dr. Peate is having his ocean highways or build other needed
front cottage remodeled and will structures, the community offi
make his home in Brookings for cials must deal with 19 dicerent
the present on a permanent basis. government units under the eco
Roy Weideman is the builder in nomic stabilization conglomera
charge of the remodeling.
tion set-up by the Truman Ad-
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gulbranson minist’Ption. An individual con
of Beaverton, called at the home tractor or builder, of course, has
of Mrs. Jessie Sisk, Wednesday, to go through the same ngma-
on their way home from a month1 role.
^pent in California.
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Kiddie Rides Will
Help Scout Funds
LOCAL
NEWS
Thursday, July 26, 1951
Hundreds Present
At Fox Bros. Open
House, Saturday
Open House at Fox Bros, new
terminal last Saturday evening
was said to be one of the belt
parties of its kind ever staged in
this area. While no count was
attempted, it was estimated by
the management that more than
1(XM) people went through the
doors between 4 p. m. and mid
night.
In the 60x80 building, at one
time couples were so thick, it is
said that dancing was impossible.
Mrs. Ross Putnam and her or-
gan furnished the music, with
dancing between 9 p. m. and
1:30 a. m.
Wives of the employees pre<
pared much of the lunch served
to people who visited the new
terminal. Fifteen cases of soda;
two hams, made into sandwich
es. and countless pounds of po
tato salad were consumed in ad
dition to other tasty luncheon
delicacies. Mrs. Paul Whirry pre
sided at the sandwich bar.
Fox Bros, reputed to be one
of southwestern Oregon’s largest
trucking concerns, has just com
pleted one of the largest termi
nal buildings in this section of
the state, which gave reason for
the Saturday celebration.
Reasons Given For
Odd Oregon Names
The visitor motoring through
Oregon may wonder about some
of the state’s geographic names
For instance, in Central Ore
gon he may wonder if Brothers
and Sisters are of the same fam
ily; whether Horse Heaven is nice
for people, too; if Diamond is a
rough little town or whether its
citizens ape all of the polished
variety or if living is as soft os
it sounds in Plush.
Actually, Brothers, Ore., is in
the same family as Sisters, since
it was named in contradiction to
its sister-town, which was named
for the Three Sisters peaks in
the Cascade range nearby. Horse
Heaven actually was named be
cause it was located at a site
where natural pastures were lo
cated. Diamond was named for
the Diamond Brand used at a
nearby ranch of the same name.
The little community of Plush
was named for an Indian poker
player who could not pronounce
“flush.”
Of course, most places are
named for geographical reasons
or because o f some landmark
nearby, or even because of some
event which transpired during the
early days. Blitzen, Oregon, for
instance, was named for the Don
ner and Blitzen river, which was
in turn named by Col. George B.
Currey’s troops who crossed the
stream in a thunder (German.
donner) storm. Briday Veil is
named for the falls there that
reminded early viewers of this
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