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r V. of O. Liorary PER C 0PÙ , at all newsstands fff io c 1 Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere a Finer Community Volume Six, Number 1' h i r t v Grand Ooeninn Sin Dav For Chetco Store BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON 1 ImrsJay, September 20, IOJI 'That Old Song' Will 3e Use. d, October 6 James Frazier Passed Tuesday A fter Long Illness Follow ing illness o f s e v e ra l y ea rs, d eath sum m oned Ja m e s M. (Jim ) F raz ie r, la te T u esd ay . At press tim e, fu n e ra l a r ra n g e m en ts w ere a w a itin g a rriv a l o f his d a u g h te r from S acram en to . A resident of th is a re a m an y y ears, Jim en d e are d h im self to all by his w illingness to help a n y one in tro u b le, by his frien d ly a t titude' to all neighbors. In th e last few w eeks re la tiv e s knew from his w eak en in g condi tion th a t th e end w as fast a p proaching, for he w as u n ab le to be about to any ex te n t. A co m plete o b itu a ry w ill be published n ex t w eek. W ith m ore th a n 3000 custom ers en te rin g th e doors betw een 8:30 a m. and 9:30 p.m., buying m ore th an 14 tons of groceries, the C hetco sto re enjoyed a real grand opening day, according to Wilson F ree m a n w ho couldn’t say enough for th e kindness and gen ero sity of th e people of B rook ings. “W e had a ch ecker who record ed th e e n tra n c e of every patron d u rin g th e day. At no tim e was th e re less th an 50 from th a t to m ore th a n 100. Had it not been for th e g en ero sity of Lyle Red field who loaned us som e of th eir cu sto m er ca rts, th e w ork of w a it ing on th a t m any people would h av e been slowed up considerable. “R ep resen tativ es of M JB cof fee, DelRich M argarine, Bay B akery, S eaview D airy and A rm o u rs jum ped rig h t in and helped th e re g u la r staff w hich w as sw am ped p ractically all day. “Those flowers, from o u r fellow business m en and friends, added .plenty of color. It m akes you feel th a t th e re a re friends ev ery * w here," said W ilson F reem an in an interv iew w ith the P ilot. Mr. F ree m a n said th a t he never had seen a n y th in g like S atu rd ay . l ; .»I possibly would nevei have "such a day again. He told of his long-tim e desire to give this town th e best in w ay of a store, and felt th a t he w as about to realize his goal. C ertain ly his m odern m a rk e t is the latest w ord in con- venience, b rig h tn ess and roomi- ness. His new sto re is m ore th an tw ice the size of the form er fra m e building. C. of C. Dinner M eeting Thursday Jury Awards P laintiff Damages B rookings ch ap ter, No. 675, b arbershop function packs the act as m a s te r of cerem onies and SPEB SQ SA , will be host to its th e a tre , so .people who wish to to join his fellow sin g ers whom “C avalcade of H arm o n y ” and h e a r this e n te rta in m e n t arc urged he helped o rg an ize and helped to second an n u a l p arad e of q u a rte ts to buy th e ir tick ets ea rly to o b tain a c h a r te r about th re e j S a tu rd a y , O ctober 6, when nine avoid any disappointm ent. (Check y ears ago. , top-notch q u a rte ts will be p re-I the ad v ertisem en t on P age 12 for The choru ses will be h eard in . sented at th e P ine Cone th e a tre , d etails.) I addition to som e of th e N o rth - ' A lways an a ttra c tio n here, any I Bob P erk in s w ill be here to w e st’s best q , , artet.s. j Dimmick Named Mayor; Charters Being Studied Pledge To Sorority W illam ette U niversity, S alem (S p e c ia l)- E ighty-one W illam e tte u n iv ersity coeds w e re pledged to so ro rities at th e close of fall rushing, according to an ann o u n cem en t m ade th is week by Mrs. R egina E w alt, dean of wom en. P ledging w e re : Jo an B yrne, d a u g h te r of Mrs. M ildred Byrne, B rookings, who pledged to Chi O m ega. T he ju ry in th e case of A lb ert L an d au er vs. Ben Jew ell and T hom as J. F u n ari re tu rn e d a v e r dict in favor of th e p lain tiff. L an d a u er claim ed th e d efen d an ts trespass»'<1 upon his land and c u t his tim er. He placed th e a m o u n t of tim b e r so cut at 404,000 fet, placed th e price th ereo n a t $10 p er tho u san d and asked tre b le d am ag es th e re fo re in the sum of $13,838.76. I In its verdict the ju ry ag reed i upon the am ount of tim b e r c u t but pi act'd th e price a t $5 |X'r th o u san d and allow ed L a n d a u e r double d am ages at $4,275.00. T h e ju ry also found th a t Jew ell an d F u n a ri w ere not g u ilty of w ilfu ll and in ten tio n al tre sp a ss as claim ed by L an d au er. L an d a u er w as rep resen te d by D ave Shaw , Gold Beach a tto rn e y . Jew ell w as re p resen te d by S h e r m an S m ith, G ia n ts P ass a tto rn e y , and F u n ari by Ed Fd A ckley of B rookings. H enry K err, A rchie A nderson and M anley B rown, B rookings residents, testified th a t th e tim ber had a reaso n ab le m a rk e t value of $5 p er th o u san d feet. S h o rtly a f te r th e tresp a ss th e p a rtn e rs h ip of Jew ell and F u n a ri w as dissolved and in th is disso lu tion ag reem en t Jew ell ag reed to pay all the o bligations of th e p a r t nership. A ckley in troduced th is p a rtn e rs h ip ag reem en t into th e case w ith the re su lt th a t, since Jew ell ag reed to pay all of th e ju d g m en t ren d ered in this case, F u n a ri will not be com pelled to pay any p art of th e ju d g m en t. T h u rsd a y evening at 7.00 p.m. C h am b er of C om m erce m em bers At th e first city election for official city business w as cond u ct w ill convene for dinner a t the B rookings a f te r incorporation ed a t a m eeting T uesday night, G ran ge hall in H arbor. last W ednesday, 200 valid votes but the group devoted m uch of B usiness m eeting will begin at cast w ith th e follow ing re s u lts : i I th e evening to stu d y of c h a rte rs 8:00. New m em bers are especially R obert D im m ick .............. 176 to be recom m ended to th e voters. invited to a tten d . M any and v a W arren S m ith ................... 145 I A L eague of O regon C ities rep- ried su b jects of in tere st to those P. J. L esm eister .............. 133 j re se n ta tiv e will lie asked to as- I sist th e city a tto rn e y in this w ho have in v estm ents in this lo C harles Young ................... 129 choice. Included will be th e v a ri c a lity will be discussed. F red Fox ........ ous ordinances which will be s tu Mrs. Ross P u tn a m will e n te r GOLD BEACH (S p ecial) F or W ilson F reem an died. ta in w ith d in n er m usic on h er the last tw o w eeks th e W. D. S ib E lm er P a rk e r . H am m ond organ. ley fam ily have enjoyed a p a rtia l Seeto Application Gordon Goetz .... U nder m ost c h a rte rs of recen t and unscheduled fam ily reunion. T he first five highest w ere y e a rs th e office of city reco rd er F irst to a rriv e w ere Mr. and M r . nam ed to th e first council, which and police judge a re appointive Jam es B lack and children, S usan w as certified on Tuesday. At an positions, so th e city council has and G regory, of El C en tro , Calif. organization m eeting, R obert asked th a t applications h r i ”. Mrs. B lack is a niece of Mr. S ib Dr. Leslie P eate, noted dentist Dim m ick w as picked as th e first ceived for city recorder. T h ere ley and th is w as th e first tim e to ♦ A sm all “city ” g e ttin g off to and o ral surgeon of K lam ath m ayor of B rookings. O th e r a p a re som e ap p lica n ts being s tu m eet h er fam ily. a big s ta rt. Mr. and Mrs. R o b ert L. Sibley ♦ Mis. Noble Ellison w ith a fiat F alls, who h as p io p e rty at the p ointm ents will be m ade public died for judge. N ancy, Bobbie, tire, leak in g gas, and a h ead ach e W ith so m uch w ork to be done, and ehildren, end of T a n b a rk L ane and who at a la te r d a te when th e council p lanned to m ake his fu tu re hom e | will have studied the different the council will m eet w eekly u n F ran k ie and W allace of El C en all a t th e sam e tim e. died of a h e a rt a tta c k last Sat-1 t>’Pes °F c h a rte rs to be subm it- til it is able to get approval from tro , arriv ed la te r th e sam e day. ♦ M ickey Gould n eg o tiatin g for u rd ay evening, it w as learn ed I ted to the v o ters for ratificatio n , th e voters on a c h a rte r, and t o , R obert is a b ro th e r of W es and a S iam ese cat. Cewsi.s Zs A ik c d i c le a r the w ay to en a ct ordinanc- j w h s » the first m eetin g since 1929 1 ♦ M others th in k in g of and p ra y h e re M onday. Since d istrib u tio n of all s ta te es, of traffic, zoning and health . and the first tim e to sec his fa m ing for th e ir boys In K orea. T he P eates. who w ere here for ---------------------------------------- ily. A few days la te r Mr. and i ♦ Bob W illiam son a few w eeks recen tly , told friends gas tax m oney, as w ell as liquor ' riding a M r. and Mrs. Will H olm an Mrs. F red C. Sibley of Los An- I s tra n g e red tru ck . th a t they plan n ed to build on tax. is d istrib u te d on a p er c a p ita th e ir p ro p erty a t the beach, and basis, the new ly sw orn-in council m ade a trip to S ourdough by w ay geles arriv ed and soon a f te r Mr. ♦ T o u rists w ondering if coal to build a business block in th e has asked th e se c re ta ry of s ta te of O 'B rien and re tu rn e d by w ay j and Mrs. E a rl Sibley of La ! w as m ined h e re a b o u ts (d irty lily As Mrs. T olm an G rande, Ore., arriv ed Both F red w o rk e rs). m ain section of tow n, as soon as to conduct a census of Brooking-» of Low Divide th ey re tu rn e d from K la m a th b< fore S ep tem b e’ 30, in order tc so g rap h ically describes th e trip, and E arl a re b ro th e rs of W es ■ p a rtic ip a te in these funds, the gas “As th e crow flies from H arbo r and this w as th e first m eetin g of m t h er huf th e F alls. n Ja^” * ' r- P ra te w as last w eek re- tax fund for th e second h alf and Sourdough is 15 m iles; Vfll O ’- E arl and W es since 1928 w hile d from th e hospital v here the liquor for th e th ird q u p rtcr. 'rie n . 93 mile: »: via Low Divide, living in W ashington. dau 55 m iles.” Thf v report th a t it is b un lert t si. :< y. Mr. end Mrs. W. D. Sibley, a " 1 F v • s :t D ’d. h rv : also been v is? - Gold Beach Dr. Leslie Peate Expired Saturday On The M ain Drag R \ v