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Volume Seven, Number Eleven
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY. OREGON
Oregon Stole Bank's Opening Saturday
Attended By Big Crowd of Depositors
If the first day’s business for the Oregon State Bank
can be used as a criterion, its place and future in Brook
ings and I larbor is successfully established
Hzz/Z Go To Girl State
Thursday, May 15, 195,
Baccalaureate Services Billed Sunday;
Rev. J. L. Mumbcwer Will Be Speakekr
Baccalaureate services for the class of 1952, Bnxikings
High School, will be held at Baptist Community Church,
Sunday i\ cuing, May iS, at 8:00 p. in., daylight savings
time. Rev. John L. Mumbower, pastor, will deliver the
address. Appropriate music is also being arranged.
Graduation exercises for the class will be held Friday
evening May 23, at the high school at 8:00 o’clock, with
Frank Beard, superintendent of the University of Oregon
I less, as speaker. A list of the class, together with the
commencement program will appear in the next issue of
tiie 1 dot. (.lass of 195- consists of 16 boys and one girl.
From the hour of 9:30 a. m„
when the line began to form, foi
those who w anted first positions, continuous stre a m of people seen
u n til 5:00 p. m., the bank was entering and leaving the bank
a bee-hive of activity. Miss Helen during the opening day, it can
Lucas and Teddy Loring w ere the be safely and honestly said that
first to open savings accounts, and he public has definitely and as
Dewey A kers opened the first suredly left nothing undone to
welcome the Oregon S ta te Bank
com m ercial account.
to become a p a rt and parcel of
The rooms overflowed w ith both the com m unity.
visitors and custom ers, w ith over
200 accounts being opened and
Grade School Week Later 71
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som e w ere w aiting to file th eir
G rade school prom otional ex- H / ’ at 8:00 p’ m - d«yHght savings
Each y ear the local Am erican
first sig n atu re cards a t 5:00 p. m.
Legion A uxiliary aw ards to one ercises will be held Tuesday, May Unie.^wifh the eighth grade clasi
when the tired office staff simply
m em bers speaking.
or m ore outstanding girls of the
had to shut up shop and tak e a
ju n io r class, the privilege of a t
breath er. G rand to ta ls reached
Hearing Test Are Due
tending Girl S tate, at Salem , for
over $200,000.00, assuring bank
Tuesday, W ednesday and T h u rs
alm ost two weeks. This year, the
officials of a success.
day of this week, the sta te d con
In observance of “Youth W eek,’’
ducted hearing tests of all of the
Among visitors noticed from the R otary club m em bers had A ll-A m erican Girl from Brookings
is P a t Hyland.
out-of-tow n, to c o n g ra tu la te the “sons” as guests at the Tuesday
Brookings Beavers trav el to elem entary school children. The
Lack ot funds for this purpose
children w ere given an original
directors and officers, w ere:
luncheon, and those w ithout sons prohibits sending several oth er B utte F alls this coming Sunday
Don Sm ith, vice-president of w ere supposed to have a tip left
for the final practice game before audiom eter test, plus a re-test,
girls. This special program gives com m encing the season in the if necessary, and a pure tone test
The United S ta te s N ational Bank for the w aiters.
those chosen to a tte n d a th o r
liater, if needed.
of P ortland; E. C. Ross, president
In charge of Lynn H am pton, ough grounding in Am ericajiism S outhw estern Oregon league, w ith
Irw in-H odson Co., P o rtlan d ; the program consisted m ainly of
a double-header here against the rracts Arc Purchased
P. J. Enos, m anager, B ank of much m errim ent for the youth, and an insight into g overnm ent ¡Bandon club. May 25.
As authorized by the vote of
Am erica, C rescent C ity; Ben to g eth er w ith talk s by M ary Lou al procedure.
At B utte F alls the Beavers will the legal voters of School D istrict
Beginning Ju n e 9, at W illam be greeted by Floyd Shotw ell who No. 17C, April 3, the local school
ChUndlcr, vice-president and Wm B erger and Les Pullen, about the
e
tte
U niversity, Salem , Miss Hy pitched several gam es for B rook
W Fis, vice-president, F irst Na teen-age club, and activities.
board has purchased the Sabin
land
will be enrolled w ith girls
tional B ank of P o rtlan d head of
Those bringing “sons” in tro from all cities w here Am erican ings in 1950. Shotw ell is now tra c t and the B ollinger tra c t, a d
fice.
duced them , and all guests w ere Legion units exist. Mrs. Bernice m anager and pitcher for B utte jac e n t to the present school site.
Mr. C handler is also a highw ay then introduced.
F alls and came up with a two- This property will be used for
S ta n h u rst is the A uxiliary c h a ir h itte r against Prospect last S u n school expansion when authorized
com m issioner. Clifford Jenkins,
Fines ran heavy for m any of
day afternoon.
C u rry County agent, Gold Beach; he R otarians who spoke out of man for this year.
in the fu tu re by the district.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. B ergm an, Se urn, o r w ere guilty of infraction
a ttle , W ash., v ic e - p re s id e n t of
I the “youth-m ade” regulations.
People’s N ational B a n k ; Mrs.
The pig-m aster, A lbert Joy, felt
ran k E. L anger, and Mr. Langer,
anything but a herdsm an when
president of the K itsap County
be w as co n stan tly looking for the
B ank of P o rt O rchard and the club bank (th e pig) to collect his
F irst N ational Bank of Paulsbo. ines. His ransom paym ents ran
W ash., the la tte r two gentlem en onsiderably higher than he was
being directors of the local bank, accustom ed to paying
The local florists and from as V w M ember» Announce,!
?r. h " a> ! S CO° S B a' had SOm<?
Glpn R<* e rs ' w ho >’ establlsh-
of the most gorgeous floral pieceslin g the new bowling alley Dr
ever seen in Brookings. “Mere R ichard Sm ith, opto m etrist; Mack
w ords cannot describe the stun- Malcolm, builder, A rth u r Knox,
ning arra n g e m e n ts and variety.” I,raffle m.n7ge'r
‘'.h e " p iy w " ^
noted loea directors. Particular-1 Corporation; C arl Yahr, ow ner of
W Mr
a " , 7 e "?°S<’ PrP.Sl' n " ’d n ro o k in Ks Feed and Seed, w ere
' c •
2 I, S' Jam es l ’, lss,‘.v I announced. Induction will he m ade
of S e a ttle ; The F irst N ational a. next m eeting
n a " k . ° f .P o r,la n d W“ h F ra n k N -
Plans a re being m ade for the
B elg ran o s
p,.rs,>nal greetings; ¡tw o-club m eeting w ith the Gold
f' p
' i ’-i. ' S •s,allonal B*nk Beach group, which will be in -
n v°r '- r a d: J * 1*. P o rtlan d T rust , nounced next week, when plans
Bank; The B ank of C alifornia, a re finally com pleted
offices both at P o rtlan d and San I
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Francisco; The W ells-Fargo Bank
and Union T ru st Co. of San
Francisco; The Peoples N ational
Bank of S e a ttle ; C urry County
B ank of Gold Beach; Coos Bay
N ational Bank of Coos Bay; The
O re g o n B ankers Association; The
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.. of the
R egular
May
m eeting
Brookings Plywood C orporation Brookings C ham ber of Com m erce
and m any others from Brookings has been set for Tuesday, May
Old H arbor businesses and in - ¡27, a t Chetco G range, w ith the
• ' ld' 1,ds-
A ltar Society serving the dinner
A staff of accountants from the at 7:30 p. m. A door prize has
I nit d S tates N ational Bank of been furnished for the occasion,
■ " ' a n d . headed by Calvin Me-
This is the first reg u la r m eet-
O am ey and R obert M itchell, and ing of the group, since its re-or-
Je rry Rleeg of the B urroughs ganization. and m any im portant
I he annual Azalea Festival, Brookings' annual event, will attract hundreds to the
■M d;ng Machine ( o.. sw iftly and policies will l»e up for discussion “Realm of Azaleas,’ as shown in this picture of southern Curry County’s beauty
A ccurately assisted the local staff
A speaker has been promis»*d
pot. Many pi ms are Ixring prepared for this year’s event, undei AU Year Events As
in s tii. g up o p e ra to rs .
for the occasion, hut the Pilot
Ai
idging from the was unable to learn who.
fsociation, headed by Joseph laylor who wishes to make the 1952 affair a great event
Boys Guests Of
Rotarians Tuesday
At Luncheon
Beavers Play At
Butte Fall, Sunday
Azalea Land Will Be Center Of Interest, May 31, June 1
BIB
Chamber Bills May
27 Meeting Date