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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1952)
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT'S 1 u K lin N OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON Manley Deserted Panama To Live In Brookings Mr. m il M rs Clive Manlev bo sn.-nt m any years m the P a n a m a C anal Zone, I kh - ¡me m- lc s tid in B rookings by corres- >nJi nee w ith P ete Lesmelster, "JHint th ree y ears ago Finally, it r too m any hot sum m ers and dark nights, the two deserted th a t Mo tion and cam e here. F irst they bought the old Plum - 1« r place, up the Chetco, Sens ing a need for office buildings, hey bought the property betw een he Pine Cone T h eatre and the . .¡.cent building, on which they ¡»ovv have a new block building, housing the C hetco Drug and the Xoung s 5 Si 10. U pstair* over the variety store, are offices and an ap artm en t. B asem ent is devoted to two ap artm en ts and a »tor i’ge room. Area Represented By Numerous Clubs And Organizations Like any town the com m unity s servic. d by many lodges, clubs 11 (I organizations A resum e of ihoae in this area is attem pted. >ut not g u aran teed to cover all I’he .'s ef the work accom plished, i » llvey a re : li d> |>erdent O rder of Odd Eel- w rite-ups a i d p ictu res of the 1st ws anti Rcliekahs. an n u al parade, in “T he H arm on- A F. A A. M. and O rder of ih e M anleys are boosters of I ' official m rg azien of th e so his area, have invested several E astern S tar. etv. F ach m em ber of the visit- thousands of dollars in the im- I la te in a l O rder of E agles and ch cn t rs th a t took p a rt in Movement and adv.-.neement of E. O. E. Auxiliary the local show p ra s-d the won- he business section. They expect P atro n s of H usbandry (The 1 1 i ’il h sp itality th a t was ex- < ta k e a m ore and more active Gi ange). II I, d not only by the Brookings a it s tim e passes in developing A ( 'u h No. 6623 of R otary In '’.in ter m em bership, hut by the this area. ternational. • "< 1 e n tire com m unity as well. V eterans of Foreign W ars and • SI "W- ’ * W h - A uxiliary. The ch cp t r ’s comm unity activ- - X -«*• w*PSj American Legion and A uxili iti s d u rin g 1950 w ere cany. The ary. • up rujain sang for the C hrist- C hetco Rod & Gun club, am, n i's t r ie program , was suecess- t* • * •- **■ ' auxiliary. B etter H alf Club. u n g ettin g a few men from o j x T ' , <4 D r Roy M, W hite, osteopathic * • i* ____ H arb o r C om m unity Club, the C rescent Ci tv sold on S l’EBSQSA physician and surgeon, form erly sponsors of the library. i'd an application was filled out of Jacksonville, saw in this area A zalea G arden Club which has f >r n c h a n te r there.. The O cean- the o p p o rtu n ity he long sought accom plished much in m aking a ■1 res Q u artet of the Brooking __________.. h a p te r s ng a t the P. N. W th a t of estab lish in g a clinic, and nam e for (he area. did som ething about it. He moved Bo.v Scouts. Cubs, Girl Scouts district ci ntest a t P o rtla rd in Curry County is provided with adequate hospital fa almost every detail, and is tne product ot co-operation on here for th a t express purpose, and C hurches include: B aptist C om November, m em bers being: Boh cuties at the moment through the Curry General Hos- the part of the entire county. Further expansion is possi- P erkins, George G uthrie, B rad has accom plished w hat he cam e m unity, S eventh-D ay A dventist. pit.il, pictured above. As may he seen in an article else- hie since “the heart of the hospital now is in operation, ley P age and C harles G rayshel for w ithin a year. Catholic. C h ristian S cientist, L u Today, associated w ith him in th eran , C hurch of C hrist, Assem This q u a rte t also sang for the vherc in this section, this hospital is up-to-the-minute in ¡The institution is ably staffed and managed. C rescent City Shrine club and at the Brookings Clinic, are Dr. John bly of God, Episcopal. Wills, o steopathic physician and C handler of Com m erce. o th er local events. S. Q S. A , not only there hut surgeon. Dr. R obert E. S m ith, C h ap ter 576, Society for P re s In 1951, Brookings c h a p te r took in o th e r coast tow ns as well. dentist, Dr. A rth u r F. D urbin, ap- erv atio n and E ncouragem ent of port in the c h a rte r night program T he first an n u al p a r a d e of to p m etrist. An im posing building B arbershop Q u artet Singing in I q u a rte ts w as held Oct. 28, 1950 of the C rescent City ch ap ter. Boh which houses the clinic, m ay he A m erica. P erkins, local president, w as M at th e Pine Cone T h eatre w ith seen on a n o th e r page in this is Al P earce of radio, and movie C. of the show. The U ncalled sue. It is located on Pacific a v e Send the P rogress Edition to fam e as M. C., along w ith top Four, of B erkley ch ap ter, The nue, ju s t off Hwy 101. i a friend som ew here. Je s te rs of Sacram ento ch ap te r, q u a rte ts from P ortland. (W eb- foot Four, The Oswego F o u r); I he O cean-aires of Brookings,, The L um ber Lads of E ugene, the BROOKINGS, ( I RRY COI NTY, OIU GON Section No. Two L um ber Lads, F o u r-T u n e-F o u r Brookings Chorus, the C rescent and P lu n gers of E ugene; K lam ■ rw *"- •=□»/•. W « W! « K W » » » «T»* ~' M M Q V 1 a th F a lls chorus and the W hat City chorus and the E our-R y-F our q u a rte t of C rescent City and the Jones and C harles G rayshel to | h o u r Q u a rte t of th a t chapter. H arn icn ettes of Brookings, w ith accom pany him to K lam ath F alls 1 The w orst sto rm of the y e a r had the M ellow-aires of M e d f o r d , s ta rte d on W ednesday of th a t from the for th e event, which resu lted in m o r e en th u siastic converts to w eek and each day the rain in- com pleted a well-received show ! creased u ntil S a tu rd a y night ro ll Ix'foer a sell-out crow d at the B arbershop Singing. Management and Employees of C rescent-E lk school. On A pril 18, 1949. over m id ed aro u n d w ith the town out of In 194H, a lively and enthusiastic recident of this area, m orning coffee in a m ain street ' eleetricity, the road s o u t h of Dn April 15, 1951, th e O cean- know n to everyone as Boh Perkins, made a trip to Can cafe B rookingc ch ap te r w as form S m ith R iver Hooded so th at our aires sang at the K lam ath F alls The group contacted K lam gu ests had to he towed across this c h ap te r parade; On A pril 28, It ton, 111., to spend 7 hanksgiving with his mother and ed. a th F alls c h a p te r to act as the flooded a rea by Lloyd and F red also apneared on the M edford other relatives. This trip now becomes of importance to sponsors, and selected O ctober Fox w ith one of th e ir high-w heel ( h a p te r parade. The O regon-aires Home-made Chili; Clam Chowder, Pies, Brookings sang on the P o rtla n d everyone in this area because it gave birth to the idea of 29, 1949, as th e d ate for C h a rte r lum ber trucks. The c h a p te r had ; of Cakes, Biscuits, Corn Bread and Light Rolls! N ight program , and by th e tim e borrow ed a light plan t from the ch ap te r parade. May 19. T his forming a S. P. E. B. S. Q. S. A. Inc., chapter here. True, th a t d a te arriv ed th ere w ere 32 P ark er-S ch ram Co., to use In the q u a rte t w as composed of Seattle, Portland, Klamath Falls, Tacoma and Kirkland c h a rte r m em bers on the ap p lica th e a tre and a n o th e r to use at V aughan. Mickey Gould, G range for the afterglow , P a tterso n and Ray Olson, and other cities in the northwest had organized chapters tion. B rookings one and only th e 1 C as hetco well as o th er m eans to obtain group took part in o th e r a tr e w as filled on th a t eventful hut none of them could foresee the potential material night w ith o u r sponsor c h ap te r enough light to feed the B arber- events. The whole chorus for a chapter of the Society in Brookings-Harbor area. co n trib u tin g most of th e talen t. shopper* from out of town. Local p a rt in the annual A zalea K lam ath F alls chorus w ith over people a n <1 c h a p te r m em bers rival at the park in Muy. Boh Perkins deserves credit for being a man of vision 40 In April 1951, the c h a p te r lost men, T he House B rothers, top opened th e ir homes to provide D uring th e ir visit a t C anton, sleeping facilities, all who cam e its “sp ark-plug” and first p re s q u a rte t for y e a r from K lam ath Bob and Alice P erk in s w ere ex-1 change of le tte rs w ith Mr. S tone F alls chai»ter, Eugene c h a p te r I saying they had a w onderful tim e ident when Boh P erkins and Allci posed to B arbershop singing, be- cam e an invitation to atte n d the sent tw o q u a rte ts, tw o local q u a r T he g u e s t B urbershoppers moved to P ortland to m ak e th e ir cam e e n th u siasts a n d brought com ing parade of B arbeshop te ts and th e local chorus of 24 could not re tu rn home via S m ith home. A fter Bob left B radley I wenty years climbing the hills, measuring the back w ire recordings of q u a rte t Q u a rte ts to be held a t K lam ath u n d er direction of Bob P erk in s River, to K lam ath F alls, so the Page took over as d ire c to r and singing w hich they heard.- They Falls. April 16. 1949, and to be m ade up th e program . John H ous kind, setting the stakes, and making the maps. has done a grand Job. T he second e n tire group left for home, go also brought lite ra tu re from the g u ests of th e K lam ath F a l l s ton w as M. C., and also d irecto r ing n o rth on Hwy 101. W hen the annual parade of q u a rte ts w as Keeping pace with the progress of Hooofyngs D etroit h ea d q u a rte rs of S. P. c h a p te r at th e afterg lo w and th e of th e K lam ath F alls c h a p te r and group arriv ed at Gold Beach on held Oct. 6. at the P ine Con« E. B. S. Q. S. A . Inc., and le tte rs b reak fast brunch the next m orn- chorus. and all of Curry County. Sunday afternoon, they w ere in th eatre, w ith the one and only from Pacific S e cretary L. H. S tone ing. Bob had succeeded in arous- A fter the c h a rte r night program form ed th a t the road w as flooded Boh P erkins in the role of M C of K lam ath F alls T hrough an ex. ing enough in te re st in Em il R. th e local chorus sang for Oregon out n orth of W edderburn, and had A num lier of top q u a rte ts w eri C oast A ssociation convention in to rem ain at Gold Beach over here: House B rother!, K lam ath N ovember, 1949, at C rescent City night. W ith John H ouston acting F alls chorus, Crescent C ity chor CU RRY C O U N T Y SU R V E Y O R and also fo r com m unity C hristm as as M. C., they co n tac ted the ow ner | us, Brookings chorus, E our-by H RO O K IN dS C IT Y SU R V E Y O R tree program , and sang at the of th e Gold Beach th e a tre and F o u r Q u artet of E ugene; Rosi- B aptist C om m unity C hurch on put on a show for the people of City Four, P ortland; W hat F o u r the C h ristm as program , this being Gold Reach. L eaving th ere the I from K lam ath Falls; H arm on- SU R V E Y IN G ¿ N l) A L L IE D S E R V IC E S th e first activ ity in com m unity next m orning th e en tire group e ttes of Brookings; O cean-aires service du rin g 1949. reached Bandon and again found by special request from K lam ath Oregon and California Registration B rookings c h ap te r sta rte d out road trouble w ith high w a te r on F alls Members. BLULPRIN7 ING in 1950 to organize in th e neigh- Hwy 101, and had to s ta y ’ over Brookings chapter m eets every Itoring city to th e south. C rescent at Bandon By this tim e the group Monday- night at Chetco Grang( City and th ere w ere a num ber w as un ited and John H ouston hall and any man w ho likes to Box 516 H R O O K IN d S Phone 240^ of men from C rescent City who 'o rg an ized the support of th e a tre sing or would caie to join are atten d ed th e Monday night prae- ow ner and a show w as p u t on alw ays welcome to come to the tice m eetings, keeping on from for the peopel of Bandon. meetings. It is not necessary to tim e to tim e to sell S. P. E. B. B rookings c h a p te r becam e w ell know how to read m usic as m ost Moore, Roy W eidem an, E rn est C. known from m a s t to coast by th e of the group learn “the h ard w ay.’ 4848010253535353532348480248534823534823232353485348532300024853000200230 Bran« Clinic Offers Area Multiple Services !% Harbor f i S P R IN G S. P. E. B. S. Q. S. A. Organized Here In 1948; Bob Perkins Was 'Spark-Plug' For Infant Chapter On Oregon Coast G R E E T IN G S ! THE COFFEE MILL CAFE OPEN EVERY DAY 1932 1952 CHARLES T. M. ECHOLS He Laid the Groundwork For Extension Service In Curry Co.; Was 'First Agent' B R O O K IN G S 7 MODERN SE# PHARM ACY ■fav. Id ’ _ - ÍES n o V i 13 K ^ 'i V i No edition shoving progress of southwestern Oregon should ever go to press without some mention of Robert M. Knox, first county agent for Curry County, since retired, who inaugurated die 4 H program, who made rural residents conscious of their possibilities in livestock -J raising, and of tht; floricultura! possbilites here, (»radii ate of Washngton State College, Mr. Knox served the 7 hose who love to sing find much relaxation through membership in the h)cal county about 20 years as its agent. chapter, S. P. E. B. S. Q. S. A., Inc. I he public demand for this group is surprising He was succeeded al>out a year and half ago by Clif and all functions sponv»rcd by the group draw huge crowds. B rokings is the only ford Jenkins, who came to the county from Grants Pass. Oregon coast twon having a chapter at the moment. r» (fR O li IN (, with the ('tty— with the Help of Our Friends and Neighbors. — REXALL— CH ETCO DRUG STO RE Frcnhcy and Ellen Arrell New Manley Building Brookings* Orc.
