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Volume Six, Number Thirty-five
City Ordinances
Should Be Saved
By Pilot Readers
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
Descendants of Pioneers To Oregon Country
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Better to acquaint all citizens
of the city of Brookings with the
ordinances they will obey, th-'
City Council has caused to be
published in this issue the first
eight, known as emergency or
M
dinances, dated Tuesday of this
week.
That there be no claim of ig
norance of all city ordinances of
Brookings, the Pilot suggests all
citizens save these ordinances as
they appear from time to time
in these columns, and become
well acquainted with what is ex
pected.
Council Meets Weekly
For possibly the next three or
four months, or until such time
when all city business may be
cared for in a single monthly
meeting, the city council will be
meeting each Tuesday night, for
the moment at the office of Pete
J. Lesmeister.
Wishing to do everything in
the proper manner, the council
Pictured at the re union were George Black, George
wants the public to know, through
these columns, of the ordinanceI Wilct>x, Mary Si net! berg, Robt. Wilcox, Edna Heddcrly,
and acts taken by the council. ¡John Black and Lorena McCourt.
(Pilot engraving)
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Ashland Architect
Likes South Curry
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Intrigued by the Oregon coast
and especially the area of south
ern Curry county, David I. Bock-
ius, Jr., architect of Ashland. Sun
day made quite a check of this
area with idea of buying land on
which he would like to erect
his "dream house.”
A graduate of University of
Pennsylvania in 1935, Mr. Bock-
ius has been in the west many
years, recently with Pierto Bell-
uschi, noted architect at Port
land. before locating in Ashland.
"The coast is what I would
call an architect’s dream. I cer
tainly would like nothing better
than to have the opportunity to
design buildings which would fit
this area— that w o u l d be the
height of my delight,” he told
the Pilot.
Mr. Bockius is located at 13
North Main, Ashland, in case a
person wishes to contact him.
On The M ain Drag
Those beautiful dahlias in the
Kruger windows.
That mammoth specimen of fos
sils embedded rock at Young’s
Gift Shop.
A loaf of Mrs. Don Yarnell’s
home-made bread—delicious.
Fashion Parade— ”W h a t the
well-dressed duck will wear!
A Paul Bunyan myrtlewood
bowl at Moore’s Variety.
Mrs. Lucia Ireland's plants and
pottery giving that ‘certain thing’
to logging equipment.
A reminder for meditation —
that Bible lecture sign.
An epidemic of cars bogged
down— in mud. of course.
Tony and his wrecker yelling
for help.
Ed Hoar taking orders for po
tatoes for delivery, possibly next
year.
No State Emergency Funds Available
For Brookings School District 'Plight'
"There is no hope for Brook
ings to obtain federal aid to iis
schools because of the increase in
school population brought on by
the coming of the plywood plant.”
said Mr. Turnbull, assistant sup
erintendent of public instruction,
in charge of school buildings and
federal aid for the state super
intendent’s office.
The fact that the plywood or
ganization is organized and mov.
ed to Brookings, or even that the
plywood plant may hold a fed
eral contract or that a percen
tage of its output goes to some
housing project in a defense area,
does not in itself qualify the dis
trict for assistance under Public
Laws 815 and 874.
Public Laws 815 and 874 in
tend to care for those children
whose parents have employment
on tax-exempt federal property.
Such children are given attend
ance credit only for such time as
their parents actually work on
H. S. Carnival Set
For Saturday Eve
Student body of the local high
school has completed plans for
the annual carnival and amateur
show’, at the gym, Saturday. The
affair will began at 7:30 p. ip.,
with no admission being charged.
Votes for a king and queen will
be sold and a nice door prize is
to be given. Candidates chosen
by the seniors are Jerry Ander
son and Shirley, Bowlin; juniors,
Schell Bennett and Dennis Fad-
ling; sophomores, D i c k Grush
and Juanita James; freshmen,
Larry Horn and Joan Clendenin.
' Coronation will take place in
the latter part of the evening,
following the amateur show.
Participants will be talented
Miss Marie Becker returned individuals of the community .n
to Brookings early this week af piano soles, vocal numbers, tum
ter a business trip to Portland. bling, etc.
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federal tax-exempt property.
"As far as I can see.” said Mr.
Turnbull, ‘ ‘Brookings does not
have sufficient children to qual
ify under the law.”
Lynn Hampton also interview
ed Mr. Marchat. state school as
sistant in charge of the basic
school fund distribution, also in
Supenntendt nt Putnam’s office.
There are no monies available
from that source merely because
of increased enrollment in a
school even though that increase
may be a large one, or create an
acute problem, according to Mr.
Marchat. However, if such in
creased enrollment creates a def-
cit, and provision for the increas
ed enrollment was not provided
because such increase was not
known at budget time, the dis
trict may make application for
funds to cover such deficit.
Ai the present time no such
deficit exists because the news of
the plywood plant came in time
for the local budget committee to
make provision in the budget for
the increased load at school. Also
the Curry County Rural School
District Board included the added
budget items in the equalized
budget of the county.
Whether or not such a deficit
will be created remains yet to be
seen. As yet the plywood em
ployees children do not constitute
the major part of the school en
rollment. Housing available when
the plant starts operation and
the number of families willing to
live in trailers and tents will no
doubt be the determining factor.
Lynn Hampton returned from
Salem on the early morning bus,
Wednesday from the a.nnual two-
day administrators’ conference,
held at Salem.
Mr. and Mrs Erskine Miller, ac-
Aomp«ni«»d their d a u g h t e r ,
Mrs Alfred Bolz of Baltimore to
Porland on the first lap of her
return home.
Thursday, October 25, 1051
Re-union Attracts Council Enacts
Pioneer, To County 8 Ordinances At
GOLD BEACH— An interesting
re-union was held recently at the
home of Mrs. Mary Smedberg,
here, when seven first cousins
gathered for a visit. These cou
sins are John Black, 85, High
land, Calif., George Black, 79,
Gold Beach; Mary Smedberg, 78,
Gold Beach; Lorena McCourt, 79,
Seattle; Edna Hedderly, 72. Gold
Beach; Robert Wilcox. 72, Ash
land; anti George Wilcox, 71, of
Oakland. Oregon. Two other cou
sins. Claude Wilcox, 69, Idvewild,
Calif., and Jack McGee, 76, of
Portland, were unable to attend.
All are direct descendants of
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McGee, who
crossed the plains by wagon train
leaving Richmond, Mo., April 28,
1864, with a party of about 100
and Mr. McGee was head team
ster. They traveled every day ex
cept Sundays and arrived near
Oregon City in October, 1861.
In the group was Henry Black,
who later married Sarah, one of
the McGee daughters. The Mc
Gees settled at Oakland. Oregon,
and George Wilcox still farms
the original farm settled in 1864.
Henry and Sarah Black took up
a homestead on Catching Creek
Inlet, near Coos Bay, in 1875.
They came to Sumner which was
the end of the wagon trail. There
was a toll gate at Coos Bay wag
on road and it took three days to
visit their parerfts at Oakland,
traveling by buckboard. T h e y
reared a family of five children,
three of whom are John Black,
George Black and Mary Smed
berg.
John Black began teaching in
1887 and taught at Sumner, Fair-
view, Langlois, Cape Blanco and
Marshfield. He was postmaster of
Marshfield under Cleveland’s ad
ministration for four years, 1891
to 1898. He went into the gro
cery business in 1901 in Southern
California. He now operates an
orange grove in the Redlands dis-
1net
George Black worked with the
Coos Bay Hardware from 1910 to
1921 and then went into the same
business for himself in California.
He was badly injured in a car
accident while there and in 1947
came to make fiis home with his
sister, Mary Smedberg.
Mary Smedberg, a graduate
nurse, attended the University of
Oregon and went to San Fran
cisco in 1901 for further train
ing in the hospital there. She
was in San Francisco during the
earthquake in 1906 and can tell
many interesting stories of that
time following the quake.
She returned to Marshfield in
1907. to the first hospital in Coos
Bay, the Marshfield General. A f
ter her marriage to Carl Srned-
berg, they lived on a ranch in
the Coos Bay area. They later
sold the place and came to Gold
Beach and in 1926 they estab
lished the first hospital here.
Tues. Meet.
Many matters of importance to
city welfare were cared for at
Tuesday evening’s meeting of the
city council, when this body was
faced with one of its busiest eve
nings. Eight ordinances were read
for the final time and declared
in full force and effect. (These
may be seen on pages 5. 6 and 7).
A city recorder office will be
set up, Nov. 1, in the room to
the rear of Pete Lesmeister of
fice. with Charles Grayshel to
hold office hours from 2 to 5
each afternoon. The entrance is
made by side door, on the drive
way leading to Coos-Curry Elec
tric Co-op shop.
Charles Echols, who will be the
city engineer, appeared before the
council in behalf of seven sub-
diviisons for council approval in
order to record at the court
house. Approval was granted on
all, after explanation.
V. A. Mendenhall Sr. appeared
before the council to give the
city deed to a 50-ft. street on
his subdivision. It was accepted
for recording.
Application of James O. Rob
inson, to establish a club, in order
to obtain a club license from the
state liquor commission, was tak
en, but no action was taken at
the meeting. Application for re
newal w'as granted Norris Kemp
for Pine Cone tavern.
By action the council appoint
ed Charles H. Grayshel as city
Recorder and Samual A. Hall as
city attorney for the year.
Discussion of the new city li
censes, effective Nov. 1, was held.
These must be on display not
later than Nov. 15, in all busi
nesses in the city. Since this is a
measure to realize immediate
funds for operation, the council
is making an appeal that all
who can to pay the 1952 license
at the same time they pay the
remainder of the 1951 license fee.
Many have already signified this
intent, it was reported to the
council.
Street work, which will not lie
possible until funds are available,
was discussed and it was report
ed that Ross Putnam had volun
teered to do such necessary work
any time, and wait until funds
will be available. Some of the
heavily traveled streets are re
ported to be in poor condition.
Hallowe'en Parties
Mrs. J. L. Mumbower’s high
school age Sunday school class is
giving a Hallowe’en party at the
church basement Thursday eve
ning. At a recent business meet
ing the group elected officers:
President, Kay DeMartin; vice-
president, Ronald Akers; treas
urer, Pauline Hendricks; secre
tary. Jean Gott. A monthly bus
iness meeting with occasional
Mrs. Stanley Patterson is ill parties are planned, to work on
with bronchai pneumonia at her a project to send Bibles to Japan,
home here. Her mother, of Para as well as to gather clothing for
dise, Calif., is helping to care for shipment to Korea.
her.
The young married peoples of
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd »he Community church will have
Young who is with the armed a Hallowe’en party at the church
forces is spending a few davs at ' b'.s me” *, i f -»day night of next
the home of his parents and en- week. Mrs Dal Sanders is th’}
joying some fishing.
cinr- toch er.