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
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'’.in ter m em bership, hut by the this area.
ternational.
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1 e n tire com m unity as well.
V eterans of Foreign W ars and
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A uxiliary.
The ch cp t r ’s comm unity activ-
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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of
Sacram
ento
ch
ap
te
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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
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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 ­
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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-
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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
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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.’
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S. P. E. B. S. Q. S. A. Organized Here In
1948; Bob Perkins Was 'Spark-Plug'
For Infant Chapter On Oregon Coast
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1932
1952
CHARLES T. M. ECHOLS
He Laid the Groundwork For Extension
Service In Curry Co.; Was 'First Agent'
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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
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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.
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(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.