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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1952)
Thursday, April io, 1952 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON Short H a n d le d Shovels Mr. and Mrs. O tto C. T u rley th re e years. T hey visited th e ir who have been on an ex tended ch ild ren in El C rerrido. Calif, e a s te rn a n d so u th ern business . . .rip for the p as. couple of m onths. * o f s,'|n,,”'s l,f ,h e * re tu rn e d ,o .h e ir hom e M onday I” ' 8C,h<X,U S “T ‘n8 '? of las. w eek. They w ere d em in ed *dV* n ‘*8 ' O t S ' " “ ’r ^ s n a h o n i ake . , l - , in b a it L C ity one w eek , on d a> 8 at the vario u s colleges , in .h e ir way hon.e by snow -closed ,T °f roads. F ro m .h e re they w en, Io i Ap, " ‘ “ a.nd * l,5‘ ,s n° ! ” L as v e c a s and enjoy.nl w a rm th ‘ „ Sr° UP “ .iu« before » r and sunshine com ing on will K°- a »d to w here. home. They trav e led 11.000 m iles ^I r - a n d Mrs. B urbaeh. of th e from G ulf of Mexico to M ichigan D aw son tra c ts, w ent to P o rtla n d an d across th e co u n try . They passed th ro u g h one place in T ex as w h ere it ra in s only once in In the days of Samuel Lancaster and the other Highway Pioneers, the scenic loops and curves and grades of the Columbia Highway were built far above the river, w ith picks and shovels, fresnos. m ules and men; also black powder, star drills and a sledge. But, w hen the Moderns ironed out the curves, took the grades down along the w ater-route and blasted their way through the foot of the bluffs, they did it with huge suction dredges, dynam ite, bulldozers and deisel oil. They made the barn-sized boulders into base material to fill the low spots until now you never feel a bump w hen you ride the road be tw een Dodson and Bonneville w here the boulders blocked the way w hen the above picture was taken. Construction like that costs approxim ately a third of a m illion dollars per m ile. Local N ew s H appenings A b o u t Folks You K now F ra n k H ellrig flew’ to P alm C ity, Calif., recen tly and on his r e tu r n trip w as accom panied by his wife w ho had been visiting h e r m other, Mrs. G eorge P itzer, fo r the past m onth. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. H astings and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde R oberts ^returned th e first of th e w eek fro m a trip into c e n tra l C alifor- n it. One m orning th e liste n ers of Mfcl V e n te r’s B reak fast Club, of S an Francisco, h eard R oberts on th e p rogram . J e r ry A rre ll’s classm ate s and friends g a th e re d a t th e A rrell hom e S a tu rd a y to honor him on his b irth d ay . PATTERN OF THE WEEK L ittle S u san Shuey is nursing an arm w hich w as broken w hile a t pla on the school grounds. Mrs. C laude H olland and h er d au g h ter, B arb a ra, of W eav er ville Calif., left W ednesday m o rn ing for A shland a f te r visitnig Mrs. H olland's sister. Mrs. K a th ryn R eekm an, for a few days. W a lte r P earm in e and R ussell W hite, PM A com m unity co m m it teem en. w ent to Gold B each last T hursday to p a rtic ip a te in the 1953 PM A program for C u rry Co. Dr. R ichard S m ith, o p to m etrist a t Bhookings Clinic, has re n te d he Lloyd M orris place on Daw- on tra c ts, and will move his am ily here as soon as it is va- ia te d . Mr. and Mr. Ed F. Ackley w ere Coos B ay v isto rs several days last w eek on legal business. Mr. and Mrs. E stes M orton, who will be m a n a g e r of the bank when it opens. M ay 1. have a r rived in B rookings and a re look ing fo r a home. They visited the Pilot office T uesday w ith W. L. Crissey. P re se n tly they a re s ta y ing a t th e C hetco Inn. ANOTHER Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Jacobs a r rived hom e from B urbank, Calif., Tuesday. Mrs. Jacobs underw ent su rg ery recen tly and is p ro g ress ing satisfac to rily , but will have to re st for som e tim e. Mr. and M rs. M. V. B enthusen left for th e ir hom e a t P arad ise, C alif., T uesday m orning a f te r visiting h er tw o d a u g h te rs and fam ilies, Mr. and Mrs. S ta n ley P a tte rs o n an d Mr. and M rs. G. P. C hristensen. Mrs. Bass, m o th e r of Mrs. E. R. Moore, re tu rn e d to B rookings w ith Em il and Jo h n n ie w hen they re tu rn e d recen tly , a f te r several m onths spent w ith re la tiv e s in th e east. A le tte r f r o m th e R ichard H a rm e rs to Mr. and Mrs. R obert Phillips, says th a t th ey w ere leaving for S pain a f te r a w eek spent in P aris. They w ere then p lanning to go to V ienna. A ustria, expecting to spend a t least six m ore m onths in E urope. E a s te r services of special in te re s t have been announced by tw o churches, w hose program s a p p e a r elsew h ere in this issue. D aniel W. W ah lb erg w as a c a ll e r a t th e Pilot Office W ednesday. He m ade his hom e n e a r Selm a and Deer. C reek 54 y e a rs ago. He owns p ro p e rty n o rth of town, hut now m akes his hom e a t S an D i ego, C alif. M A KE THIS A N EASTER TO BE REMEMBERED ALW AYS W IT H A FEA TU R E LOCK IN T E R L O C K IN G D IA M O N D ENSEMBLE! omen \N arrt th e P rid e o f O w n e rs h ip ? i l/ 2 acres—glorious ocean panorama. Well dug and curbed. Electricity on place. Cabin started. Additional lumber. You own road. Terms but prefer cash. SEE HALLIEB Top of bill, 1356 Swan’s Planer Mill Road. a lo n g th e p a r ty lin e F. O . E. BENEFIT V . F. W . H a ll B ro o k in q s when you follow these easy rules 1. Use the line iharingly ANO SO TO S IK P . . . girl’« po|omo» w *h butcher boy top ond comfortoblo yoked trootor». 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