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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1952)
n BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT'S H° Sital A Reality< ° * ® r $100,000 Invested In Its Construction Three Partners Expand Lumber Operations Here Yk -n * riWr® ju s t Curry County has its own “county hospital," all the results of a meeting held August ¡oi< a t rh f m .irJ h< use, Gold Beach, after the county had voted, subscribed sevm to grow in th is vicinity. otherwise obtained funds to pay for cost of erection. At T ak e for in stan ce th e case of th e S o u th C oast L u m b er Com this first meeting, board members present were C. E. pany, tw o m iles n o rth of B rook n Prfcs,^cnt; R- L. Erickson, secretary; Joseph ings. pu rch ased May 15. 1950 by th ree p a rtn e rs consisting of A r Bailey, Homer Kerber and W. W Smith, directors. chie Sim pson. C. L. F a lle rt and At a special meeting, November 17, 1950, bids for the C h arles V. Ames, th en known construction and equipping of the n e w hospital were as th e S. F. A. C. Loggings Co. holdings of W a lte r S C raig opened. All bids at that time were rejected, as the low th e K now n th en as 'C r a ig M ill” est bid was $9,000 above all available funds. th e p a rtn e rs, ch anged th e nam e An einergency meeting was then held, with George to S o u th C oast L u m b er Co. To day. it is d o u b tfu l if W a lte r S. i . Shifter, of the Oregon State Board of health, hospital C raig w ould recognize th e place and facilities section, in Portland, on November 24, 1950. as so m any im provem ents have County Judge Guy J 1. Forsyth and C E Seirer p re sid e n t 1 been m ade. r I * I . 7 * “ «‘VI p re s iu e n il aome tn e im p provem ro v e m e ents n ts a r re e : Som e o of i th r tne board, attending. 1 he purpose of this meeting I lenK,h e n in g of th e m ill building, was to re-arrange, if possible, the financial cost of con- ™™truct,ng a 8hop' and offlce S t m c t i o n fn ta z ittiin £ »1 d I building; in sta lla tio n of a 60-ft. . , . 1 Teach of the county finances.s I b u rn er; in sta lla tio n of a 54-inch After meeting with the advistory board of the State! Monarch hcadrig and ca rria g e ; Board of Health, the following joint federal and county R wel1 aa countless other minor agreement was entered upon, provtded an addittonal $ , o. K X T P°nd h“ ooo could be raised by the county. This agreement was ILumber Background Noted tentative upon the « istn g of the addittonal a,noun, with- , in io days or all federal assistance would be withdrawn: | ’ness w °u id be th e rig h t w ay to General Construction _______ S,OI ¿->8 n o express it. T ake A rchie Sim pson: Architect Fee in 1903 w at here 0008 *» 6 , 6 0 0 ' . 0 0 1 lBorn Coos county, he River, atten d ed 2 4 , 8 3 5 . 0 0 1g rad e and high school, beginning Group 1-2-3 Equipment ______ -)nnruJ work early with the Coos Bav Site and survey and soil investigation........... ¿ o u . o o L um ber Co. In 1940 he w ent to Contingency f u n d _____________ 6,948.00 S cottsburg. D ouglas C ounty, to $ 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 o | u<)lk as a hook ten d er for the Sub-T otal________________ ‘ I G ard in er L u m b er Co., and held Site cost, no federal participation 4,024.00 1945 w hen he be be- T ' , 1 Z< r 11 ■ * ................ — f - ' - i m this i s jo o b u n til u i itH:> l t ft JI . O ft tit 1 r o je C t $ 1 4 4 ,6 2 6 .0 0 I cam e a p a rtn e r ot ti,< s 1- the county soliciting funds to raise the amount of money le a riy , a fte r tw o y ears of high needed to make the hospital a reality. After a week of schoGl at W ashington High, p o rt- hard work the shortage was reported overcome. This f a “ ‘U h " ; X T ? / S was promptly reported to the State Board of Health, J with his fa th e r who o p erated a which then authorized that the county proceed with the sma11 saUTnH1 about 11 miles of construction and equipping of the hospital. Gurry County now has a hospital well equipped in sawmili as logging su p erin ten d - every department. Visiting doctors have declared th e k n',„u2 ui ‘?M’ when. ,h',y sold operating room to be exceptionally well equipped, cap- burg as log h au ler, and acquired able of handling any and all types of surgery. The hos | a fleet of six tru ck s, pit.il st. ill consists of: In 1941 he sold his trucks and becam e tru c k fo rem an fo r th e Ellen G. Ayers, R. N., manager; Crystal Henson, R. G ard in er L u m b er Co., la te r to N., Vona Connolly, R. N., Faye Hasel, L. P. N. Eliza become logging su p erin ten d e n t he becam e one of the beth Nye, L. P. N., Margaret Kerber, L. P. N., Ronald p In a rtn 1945 e rs in th e S. R. A. C. Log Maxwell, technician, Laboratory and X-Ray; Alma T u r g in g Co ner, aid; Nina Stansell, aid; Inez Hayes, cook; Elsie O l C h arles V. Ames w as born in 1914 a t P o rtla n d , and atten d ed son, housekeeper. —W. D. Sibley. high school tw o y ears a t F alls Down Town In Brookings In 192? ■ . r z Looking in the opposite direction from another pic ture in this section is another view of the then “Main D ra g ’ of Brooking of the days beyond recall. On the right is “Young’s Small Hotel’’— now go from there and try to identify the buildings on both sides. Pictures taken today of this area, in possibly a few months, may look as odd to us as this one appears. Object of this edition is to make comparisons. You readers may have much enjoyment filling in the “vacant” spots. mio (1. Thiih THAN K Y O U , F R IE N D S ! Our business grew from a small unit. * Need for more room built the preseent building and further extensive expan- * sion is planned for spring to meet the * demand for service to the public here. * • * * • H f want to take this opportunity to wish the Brookings Plywood Corporation ail the success in the world, and congratulate them for their coming to Brookings— the “coming" city! B R O O K IN G S G A R A G E Claude Goldizcn \c a r the Plywood Plant •’ “Wally” Darling Brookings, Ore. ........... - Growing With Brookings Brookings Clinic Is Staffed By: DR. ROY M. W I1ITE Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon DR. ROBERT E. SM IT II Dentist DR. JOI IN WILLS Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon DR. ARTHUR E. DURBIN Optometrist Wishes Every Success To Brookings Plywood Corporation In The Future! CONGRATULATIONS! Max Steineke, A Brookings Man Is Noted Geologist w. .♦ w OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON \ Federal share of the estimated cost 4666700 c' Logging Co> to do co n tract C l i r r v C o n n t v ’c ck irr. z J ,-zxz.K. ’ * w o rk u n til th e g ro u p cam e to | cu rry County s Share Of costs----------------- 97,959.00 C u rry C ounty to buy th e S outh Assisted by Mrs. Rita Ganong, Mrs. George Mateer | c ° a a t L u m b er co . president of the hospital association traveled th ro u g h o u t'L fr .» 2 City, O regon. At 15 he began his logging career, w o rk in g at wood c u ttin g fo r a donkey for the W illam ette Logging Co. A n u m b er of jobs w ere stepping stones to high clim ber fo r W il lam ette Loggings Co., a t T aft In 1944 he also w ent to S c o tts burg. and becam e a n o th e r log g er to do c o n tra c t w ork for the G ard in er L um ber Co.— and the th ird p a rtn e r in th e S. F. A. C. Loggings Co. All th ree like th eir p a rt in th e gro w th of B rookings an B rookings m ay tie still q u ite unknow n as fa r as th e w orld at larg e is concerned, but from this are a cam e M ax S teineke. b ro th e r of Mrs. Ed R ansom , who is a n o t ed geologist — a Sidney P o w ers M edalist W inner. Max, b o r n a t B rookings in M arch, 1898, cam e from stu rd y pioneer stock, and being endow ed w ith a stro n g physique, chose geology as his profession. H is en dow m ent of rob u stn ess h as been his ally in th e w ork he has be come noted. Follow ing high school, he e n tered S tan fo rd in 1917, m ajo rin g in m ining and geology. Follow ing g rad u atio n he w as se n t all over the w orld., C an ad a, S o u th A m er ica, New Z ealand, and S audi A r abia. S ince 1936 he has sp en t a l m ost his e n tire tim e w ith th e A rabian-A m erican Oil C om pany. Mrs. R ansom , as w ell as any of his friends, th in k s a special edition d epicting th e progress ot so u th w estern O regon would be In com plete w ith o u t som e m ention of Max S tein ek e. w hose n am e is now an a u th o rity in geology in th e world. Mrs. R ansom w ould be only too g lad to point ou t the big achievem ents of h er b ro th er. Spend A Day! This a re a afford» »core» o f m- tn g u in g »pot» th e to u rtsf m ust v in t. B e »ure to »pend a day or m ore here, f/n th a t trip you are planning {A m »u m m erl •a -- To the Brookings Plywood Corporation * 1 w a . W K » I or coming into this area. Your operation will do much to develop die resources of Southwestern Oregon. We hope, also, to continue our part in the contribution to ward this e n d - to the progress of Curry County, as we have in the past several years. SOUTH COAST LUMBER COMPANY Archie Simpson Charles V. Ames | {l|i Fa)Icrt - -Manufacturers of Douglas Fir Lumber— Highway 101 North Brookings, Oregon
