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Thursday, November 29, 1951 Contractor Locates $ t Chetco Inn RROOKINGS-HARBOR P /L O T , BROOKINGS, O R E G O N Sportsmanlike MAYING © «,■> Ralph W. (Pop) Reed, p resid en t' of S hasta Distributors, a utilities engineering service o f T alent I Oregon, has located in Brookings, and has tem porarily opened up an electrical and plumbing con tractin g business in this area at the Chetco Inn, according to an announcem ent made in this issue, i Mr. Reed has had extensive ex-I perience in all phases of contract ing, especially plumbing and elec trical. He has the contract on the Diem housing project being con stru cted near the Azalea S tate P ark . Much interested in selling his in terests a t Talent, to locate in this area, Mr. Reed told the P i lot th at fie was certainly “tak en ” by the coast, and th at he expected eventually to locate here. N4 Lvi KEEP CAR COSTS D O W N A rich diet of dollars! If th a t’s what your automobile lives on, it’s most likely your fa u lt Be wise. Get the best possi ble economy from your car, ad vises the AAA driver training book, “Sportsmanlike Driving.” Several practices help do the trick. Gasoline and oil cost money. Learn how to save them. Avoid racing your engine. Be lightfooted on the accelerator. Racing a cold motor burns as much gasoline as speeding. And The usual Thanksgiving dinner, • everybody knows that speed eats gas. served at the Community church by m embers and friends, w as post-1 poned this year until Wednesday night of this week. Nov. 25. Many families wished to meet I at their homes Thanksgiving, for which reason, a larger a tte n d About 20 friends of Mrs. Ger ance m ight be expected at a later aldine Bom ar and Leland Page of date. , Coos Bay, went to a party at a Baked ham, and accompanying Coos Bay hotel lounge. Saturday home-cooked food were served by j evening, N o v. 17, to celebrate the M issionary ladies. Mrs. Bom ar’s birthday and to an A fterw ard a play, “The R eturn nounce the engagem ent of Mrs. of the Pilgrim s,” was presented Bom ar and Mr. Page. by the Guild Girls under direction Mrs. Bom ar came here from of Mrs. H enry K err and Mrs. R. Milwaukie, Ore., in Septem ber to D. Rowley a t the church at 8. assum e m anagem ent of the Nook The Pilgrim father was played Cafe. Mr. Page is a brother of by Myrna Lamb; Pilgrim m other Mike Page of this city. ▼A-v Joy Gott; child by Connie F ree A family dinner was given by m an; Hazel by Joan D arger; P a Mrs. Bomar, Thanksgiving day, tricia by Dorothy Rowley; Helen and guests w ere: Virginia Akers; Mary by Con- Mr. and Mrs. Bud Page and Inie Jaklew icz; M artha by Dixie children of Coos Bay; Mr. and Allsup; Bob by Mary Knapp; and Mrs. Mike Page and children of H enry by Arline Sanders. Brookings; Mr. and Mrs. A rlan Fisher and children of Coos Bay; R. L. W illiams of M yrtle Point; Miss Carol Noah of Coos Bay; Teddy K alaudas of Coos Bay and B onetta Bomar of Brookings. In honor of their twins birth Mrs. Bom ar is fiancé of Le days. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Grooten- land Page of Coos Bay. dorst entertained Friday night at at party for Ed and Henry. In Show the people with view' cluded in the invitations were the stationery, at the Pilot office. youth home from college for the holidays. S ta rtin g at 8 o’clock, the base m ent room was decorated in sil ver and blue tinfoil and crepe paper. Mrs. Grootendorst provided all the girls with lei, made from flowers from their greenhouse. About 30 guests were invited. Church Dinner To Be Held Wed. Eve Engagement Was Told A t A Party Party Honored Twins' Birthday 5 it/ LLC J xA ARMSTRONG SCTS A tifie bacc • e Many pattern s in both enam el floor coverings and inlaids. Priced for every budget. I i y n T •, , tf AND USE .„te i - ‘- A < Talent Show To Help Band Funds Be sure to vwtf this depart- m ent in our basement. Hendricks Furniture Co. Curry and Del N orte Counties' I Mr y est F urm ture Store! Avoid over-choking when warming up your motor. Start, drive, and stop smoothly. Shift from low ana second gears at moderate speeds. Shut off your engine when waiting. Never drive^ with under-in flated tires. Keep your carbu retor in order. Keep your car well lubricated. Who wants to pay for burned-out bearings, bushings, and other worn parts? r Look after your spark plugs. Keep plugs properly gapped and distributor points in order. Your pocketbook will wear a smile, if you treat your car right and drive "in the know.” Page Seven Thanksgiving Was Quiet In Brookings You will enjoy an evening of Only th ree cafes and re s ta u r w orth-w hile en tertainm ent if you ants were open here Thanksgiv atten d the P.-T. A. Talent Show ing day as Brookings resem bled at the high school gym nasium on the image one would obtain by the evening of Dec. 8. Mrs. P a n reading Goldsmith’s “D eserted zer told the Pilot Monday. Village.” Fam ily gatherings, and There is an unusual amount of trips aw ay from the area, were excellent talent in the area, and largely responsible for the de- all organizations have been in- 'sorted appearance last T hursday. vitod to participate in the affair. Friday, w ith still m any people 1 he funds will be used for band away, not too much activity w as equipm ent and expenses. This shown. Saturday, business ap- comm unity needs a school band peared to be “as usual” until th e and the support given by the peo power outage which halted things ple will be well repaid in m onths much of the forenoon. to come. sam ples which he sent. One ap pears on another page of th is issue, telling a story of a lease. Journalism Prof Sends A 'Column' Use these columns— it pays! Clifford Rowe, a juom alism professor at Pacific University, Forest Grove, is rapidly becom- . ing a colum nist of note, if the num ber of Oregon papers using his m aterial, m ay be taken as Thmt have beauty, quality and an indication. He contacted the are reasonably priced, see Pilot last week for permission to have it published in this c o u n -. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kerns went ty. O ther papers on the coast are J to P ortland W ednesday morning, using his works. MEN! Let Mrs. Sisk help you to retu rn Sunday. The opinions under his head with your C hristm as Shopping! ing and name are his, although Miss C arla W hitlock and her sis the Pilot sees much good in the ter w ere brought home from S ea side hospital, Sunday. Carla, in jured in the accident which took the life of Lyndel Fadling, is be ing cared for by Mrs. Art O. Bol linger. Both girls suffered pelvic fractures. C arla has an arm in a cast, and S andra a leg. FOR RAINCOATS MRS. 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