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BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT'S
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$100,000 Invested In Its Construction
Three Partners
Expand Lumber
Operations Here
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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
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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.
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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
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I building; in sta lla tio n of a 60-ft.
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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
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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________________
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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
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i s jo o b u n til
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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“Wally” Darling
Brookings, Ore.
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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
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OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
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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.
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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
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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
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To the Brookings Plywood Corporation
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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
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- -Manufacturers of Douglas Fir Lumber—
Highway 101 North
Brookings, Oregon