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N °w h «r. A Finer Climate - Nowhere a Finer Community
Volume Six, Number Thirty-four.
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Four Lives Lost
A t Mouth O f Rogue
Friday Evening
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY. OREGON
Men Oustriped
In Salmon Catch
Much to the masculine dis
gust hereabouts, it seems the
feminine anglers are having
the better of the records.
A couple of weeks ago this
paper carried an account of
Mrs. Arthur Guthrie's prow
ess with the tackle. Sunday,
Mrs. Roy Brirntn came home
with a 45 Is-pound beauty—
probably to the chagrin of
Roy, uho, however, did like
to display the catch.
Reports have it that many
fish are being caught on the
Chctco these days.
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Councilmen Attend LILY INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
Cities Confab A t
REPORTS FOR ASSOCIATION HERE
Portland This Week P ractically all of the lily bulb reporter th at he would plant then
GOLD BEACH -— An elderly
sizes, 8-inch and up, are sold and ra th e r than sell below the cod,
To take advantage of all shipped
couple, Mr. a n d Mrs. W illiam
from this area, but there price ot 15c. The prices this yea
G rant, about 60. of Van Nuys.
the
experience
compiled
by
are
some
7-8-inch bulbs unsold. are 15 for 7-8-inch; 25c for 8-9
Calif., lost their lives here last
However this is not the near- meh 30c for 9-10s and 35c foi
Friday evening, in a boat tr a g
League o f Oregon Cities, fabulous
num bers w h i c h have 10s and larger,
edy. and then two rescuers lost
Brookings city councilmen been rumored. A careful survey is 1 lie m arket can absorb onlj
th e ir lives in an attem p t to pilot
being made for the purpose of a certain num ber of bulbs. N<
a plane to them in the open sea.
left Sunday for Portland, to reporting
to all concrned ju st how
just off the mouth of the Rogue.
can be used a t any cut-
attend a 3-day convention, many there are, still unsold. This more
The couple, fishing in the river
pi ice than at the agreed price
is necessary because s o many lh c re happens to be too m a n '
n ear the mouth, ran out of gaso
in order to learn how best wild
rum ors and faUo reports
line A fter anchoring the boat,
this yoar, and all growers
to set up the local city gov have been set afloat to confuse sevens
a line was thrown them by Andy
now know- it. Also, the growers
the growers who have no regular know there w ere barely e nough
Moore, a fisherman, but the boat
ernment.
market.
capsized, and the G rants were
eights to fill orders. In o ld er for
Organized for purpose of sh ar
This week a rum or sta rte d that the business to continue every
"a'-hed to sea by the rough w a
ing
experiences,
League
of
Ore-
ters a t the time.
the t.oid Beach district had sold grow er needs to stay by
I gon Cities m aintains a service to and were selling their sevens for
the
Vance Scott and Roy Rader
all cities, which gives any p a r 12MiC. Traced to its source, this standards. Tf not all will suffer
took off from a nearby airport to
ticular city aid in solving prob rum or proved that the rum or had end be reduced to the Japanese
rescue the hapless couple, but
lems which may arise. The local come from the fact th at a dealer bly grow ers level. Since there is
a Jout 500 yards offshore the plane
he following song was w rit
no longer the need and dem and
crashed, wrecking it badly. The ten and composed by Mrs. Jack councilmen expect to gain valu had offered th a t price for their tor the seven-inch bulbs, they
able
knowledge
concerning
the
sevens, but none of them had should be taken off the m arket.
rough w ater prevented any other Collis a fte r a Garden Club tour
rescue c ra ft to reach any of the of local gardens last Sum mer. It ch a rter and ordinances which will sold. There are 91 cases of 7-8- The outcome of the lily business
™ lft fI ° m reachin£ the plane is dedicated to Azalea Garden be applicable to Brookings and inch bulbs left unsold in the Gold depends upon the co-operation of
cities of this com parable size.
o r the G rants.
Beach area, and many of these all lily growers.
t lub. At the October meeting,
Going f r o m Brookings w ere:
Fi</i/ K ept A t Shore
Mrs. Lee Rice, accompanied by Mayor Robert O. Dimmick and are not ¡»acked.
The com m ittee urges th a t all
One grow er has 10,000 of the sevens be planted again, thus a s
1 he G rant boat capsized about Mrs. Collis, sang it:
councilmen W arren Sm ith, Chas.
? p. m. with the plane crashing
A FLOW ER GARDEN
Y o u n g , Fred Fox and Pete unsold num ber, and he told a suring bigger bulbs next year.
less than an hour later. Vigil was
Mabel McCanse Collis
Lesmeister. Convention days were
kept at the shore line hoping for
A flower garden is someone’s Monday through Wednesday.
W *• He wreckage of the plane to be dream come true
A special m eeting of the council
" a s h e d ahore. Coast guard res
Through love and labor each is set for Thursday night, at the
cue boats were kept from cross- previous garden grew
Lesm eister office to discuss ordi
mg the bar a t t he m outh of the
And if you have one you are nances and business licenses. The
t'hetco W ranglers have adver
Last rites w ere held last Thurs
among the blest,
S tiv er by the rough w ater.
public is privileged to attend any tising out for ,a dance to lx* held day at Forest Lawn Memorial
For heartease grows there;
October
27,
at
the
G
range
hall.
of the council m eetings.
According to Mr. and Mrs. Rex h e a rts’ ease and spirits’ rest.
Funds raisqd by these dances will Park, Glendale, Calif., for Mary
Hayes, Mr. an d Mrs. G rant were
(Chorus)
go toward a barn which eventu Ann Johnson, w i f e of August
Johnson, who died at Salem . The
ally be built by the club.
in u m ate f riends of their, having
1 have been told th a t in the
known them m any years when the wee hours
Charles Jensen and his band V. F. W. Auxiliary had charge
H ayes operated the Sportsm ens
The fairies visit each garden
cf Langlois will furnish the m u of graveside services and w ere
sic. A feature will be a skit by in uniform.
.annery at W edderburn. Scott, in bloom
Ed Hoar, who does a little
Born in N ottingham , England,
of Scott's Lodge, also was an in
They paint each fragile-open
W ilbur and Judy Jensen.
farming
in additiaon to his
Mrs. Johnson was 76 years of age
tim ate friend. They have kept ing flower
The
W
ranglers
have
voted
a
other vocations, brought four
in tim ate friends of theirs, having
And touch it with perfum e
donation of $25 tow ard the local at lhe time of her death. She had
red potatoes, similar to the
been a resident of this area about
school band.
Gold Beach friends.
U
Pilot Tuesday, each weighing
six years.
L ater word stated th a t bodies
Although you’ve seen so many
The
W
ranglers
expect
to
p
u
t
all of three pounds. He said
of both Mr. and Mrs. G rant had flowers, or plant and shrub and
on a skit a t the next P. T. A.
Survivors are her husband, Au
three were from one hill.
tree.
been washed ashore. F u rth e r de
meeting, with youngsters putting gust, a local builder; John L. Sil-
The
Pilot
wondered
at
the
on a square dance.
tails were not learned.
One never quite rem em bers how
livan of Reedsport; a sister, Mrs.
size, and asked him if he was
exquisite they can be.
Burritt Chandler of Los Angeles,
guilty
of
picking
up
such
“lit
1 he m iracle of beauty holds
and a Brother, A rthur Hickling,’
tle potatoes.” He admitted
that feeling of surprise
in New Jersey.
his
guilt,
and
said
that
he
And beauty’s all around us, on
Born Mary Ann Bellows, she
would like to see any other
the e a rth and in the skies.
came to Amerioa as a young girl
spot in Oregon match these
in her early womanhixxl, was
for size and appearance.
W inners of prizes a t a recent
••Spook. Drive-in" was officially I and
on lhe old s ,aRe “
i', ¿ 0 ^
To say that Ed i.s a booster
photographic contest staged by
T
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T
n
r
t
h
,
y
Forem
riy
numb„
of
years.
She
enjoyed
for this area would be a big
1 hillips t lothing w ere announc
rhe H earthstone owned hy Mr. (telling of her experience, of the
understatement.
ed this week in a le tte r to Mr
and Mrs. C A. MacKenzie the one-night stands in many cities,
Phillips from Mrs. Rodriquez, one
« rl
a a
•
m
¡business will be open from *11 a.
She had been in poor health for
of the owners of Motoc Studio,
HANAU SIGNAL DEPOT, a t
The M o ill D raa m ,to 1 p °1,
under lease ¡several years.
A lturas, Calif., conducting the H anau, Germ any (Special to the On
rr,
and m anagem ent of Mr. a nd Mrs. ‘
contest:
Teen-»agers testing new shoes A. V. Zook and Mr. and Mrs. Bob
1 ilot i Jam es R. Myers, son of
U inners of the different ages: Mrs. Lily Myers. Box 204, Brook in a puddle.
Astin. Drive-in service will be
Three m onths to 7 m onths — ings. was recently assigned to
A distracted owner hunting elu lea lured, as w’ell as regular table
Pam ela Sue Hanscam, H arbor.
the 27th Signal Base Depot, here sive Wixxl screws for the Manley service with assistance of P at
Eight m onths to 18 m onths — with the 512th Signal base main- building.
Zook as fry cook, Roberta Zook
Ginger Lee Briscoe, Box 261, a t tenace company.
The
county v^range
Grange conrerence
conference
<
*» w aitress. Air,
1
»-uuiuy
as
Mr. and Mrs. Zook
A1
Panzer
b
ragging
about
the
Brookings.
Pvt. Myers w as inducted in the one t hat got away (flsh).
and Agie Astin will cook during
be
at O phir Grange next
Nineteen m ouths to two years arm y Jan. 9. 1951. A fter com
the day. Bob Astin will take Tuesday, Oct. 23, startin g with a
Lily w orkers spending some of charge in the evening.
— Nylice
E astbum , Brookings.
pleting ■'uaiv
basic training
in the
U.
•
t r a i n i n g in
i n c (J.
lunch a t noon. It will be attended
th
eir
hard-earned
cash.
ih re e years to seven years —
he came overseas to the Euro-
by several statò Grange officers
They
have
installed
a
new
Ice
)C.nie Payne,
PclVnz* H arbor.
tutstt
a_, is pres
Connie
A bank but no money.
pean rinrtimnn/1
command, where he
cream machine, made by Mills and an afternoon closed m eeting
Eight years to 12 y ears—P a tty ently assigned to the powers m ain
The town, battening down its Industries Inc., of Chicago, and will s ta r t a t 1:30.
M atson, H arbor.
tenance. H anua Signal Depot.
hatches for a long damp pull.
a dem onstrator served free ice
The dinner at 6:30 will be fol
Grand prize w inner was Ginger
He was a form er student of
<i»-ern
.ill day, Saturday.
...«««-u
u by
y a an
n e evening
v e n in g m
e e tin g ,
lowed
meeting,
T
hat
aggravating
s
m
i
r
k
on
Lee Briscoe.
Erookings high, where he was an Mrs. Roy Brim m ’s face.
Located across from t he local which will feature a program to
the basketball team .
it is
popular
•George Wldney forgetting his ¡ school,
¡ Z S L ' ZL
'£ a ’’T
" 8! place
pla‘'e for be open to the public.
route long enough to catch a
k by
old ,n d youn<-
These conferences are held ’n
LOCAL NEWS
years,
big one ask him.
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w u m county
y mice once
in t In
w o two
years,
October m eeting of Brookings
Mrs. Mary F
Fisher,
.
J
Mrs
l»ber, Mrs. La- and bring the sta te officers into
Chamber of commerce f»’ « t " f w |t u r o S from a s h o n u i j , m n a T the m e n . . « * 8 8 ,0
F f l P Christensen
C h r i c t n n c n n and
a
—
f contact
n iltu c f
w ith
1 0 0 ° ° m o s t o f ' M P erne
Mrs. T Lou-
with
G rangers through-
the m enus except our..
1«. O»tenherg attended an all-
'h e state.
8.00 p. m. Thursday night at the ward, Calif
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of Young’» Gift t t ^ h r i l 'l i n . Ui H1
m eung.
Shop ¡g having a
check-
i.’orc; ’ S « 'e t y _ . t Coquille
last I Mr. and J*»™
M r. - Moyie
Doyle rvausen
Rausch are
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Garden Tour Was
Poem Inspiration
Wranglers Book A Mrs. A. Johnson
Dance, October 2 7 Passed A t Salem
Ed Hoar Raises
'Real' Potatoes
Winners Revealed
In Picture Contest
'Spooks' Opening
Observed, Sat'day
Jack Myers Now
A t German Base
Grange Conference
Billed A t Ophir
C. of C. M eeting