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Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere a Finer Community
Volume Seven, Number Sixteen
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
Annual Azalea Festival Barbecue Reninds One Of Certain 'Biblical Story'
Ik Everyone has read the B ib lic a l account: ” . . . Then He
took the five loaves and tw o fishes and looking up to tieaven. He
blessed them , and brake, and gave to the discipl?s to set before
the m u ltitu d e .” T h is picture, Lakui at the barbecv.it o f the re
cent Azalea Festival, whon a b o u t3000 people consumed m ore than
1300 pounds o f beef, 240 dozen buns, and 100 pounds of beans,
cooked fo r th a t occasion. T his barbecue is but one o f the m any
a ttra c tio n s o f the annual festival w hich uses fo r its se ttin g th a t
Realm of Azaleas, rescued by the state and set aside in the noted
Azalea S tate Park. B rookings S tudio P ictu re .
Long-Time Resident
Last Rites Tuesday
Pictures Will Feature Chamber Meeting Moved To Wash.
For J. A. Bronson
Estes L. M orton told the P ilo t S aturday th a t an excellent program
F u n e ra l services were held at
B a p tis t C om m u n ity church Tues
day afternoon at 2 fo r James A r
th u r Bronson, 77, who died at 4
P, M., F rid a y at Gold Beach hos
p ita l w here he had been since the
fir s t p a rt o f A p ril. In te rm e n t was
a t the B o llin g e r plot at W illia m
James W a rd cem etery.
Born M ay 21, 1875, at B urleigh,
O nt., Can., he had no know n liv
ing relatives. He came to B ro o k
ings w ith M r. and Mrs. A. O. B o l
lin g e r in 1933 fro m Bonners F e rry ,
Idaho, where the tw o became ac
quainted w h ile w o rk in g fo r the
U. S. Forest Service.
M r. Bronson owned the p ro p e rty
d ire c tly across Pioneer Road from
the B o llin g e r home, w hich he sold
to M r. and Mrs. G ran some tim e
ago. M r. Bronson was not one to
te ll m uch o f his past, and lit t le
was know n of him , even by the
B ollingers, who said he was one
o f the best friends they ever had.
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Weather Report
F o r the week ending on Sun-
M ax. M in
‘ day:
.16
41
55
June 9
.19
41
51
June 10
34
59
39
> June 11
44
, ..v 57
June 12
.06
44
62
June 13
14
...... 65
June 11
39
69
June 15 ....
P ilo t Class Ads get re su lts!
had been arranged fo r the June 24th din n e r m eeting o f Brookings
cham ber of commerce. A lb e rt Wiesendanger, fo r m any years w’ith
the U nited States Forest Service, and now executive secretary of
the “ Keep Oregon Green” Association, w ill be here fro m Salem and
w ill put on an in te re stin g and educational program fo r members,
guests and th e ir wives.
A fu ll hour’s program o f colored slides, and pictures, fe a tu rin g
j the Old Oregon T ra il, fo r w hich this state is noted, w ill be given.
Keep Oregon Green is a v ita l subject fo r this area o f Oregoh and
especially fo r this tim e of the year. Reservations m ay be made by
contacting Pete Lesm eister. Charles Grayshel, o r any members of
the A lta r Society of S ta r o f the Sea C a th o lic C hurch, w hich has
long esrved the cham ber w ith excellent dinners.
Retailers Of Area Miss Tyler Will Be
To Organize, Mon. Wed Next Sunday
W ith the in te n tio n of organiza
M r. and Mrs. B u rto n T y le r of
tion, re ta il m erchants of th is area S tate Lin e M otel, announce the
m et at the Chetco In n Monday fo rth co m in g wedding of t h e i r
evening. O nly a sm all representa daughter, B etty, to Charles H.
tion was present, so another m eet Gray, son of John G ray o f S m ith
ing fo r Monday, June 23, at 8 R iver, Sunday, June 22 at 2:30
p. m., is planned. T h is w ill be held p. m. at S m ith R iver M ethodist
at the high school, room 6.
church.
T em porary officers were e lect
Rev. P C. K nutson and Rev. E.
ed Monday. A com m ittee, consist
C.
H icks w ill officiate. A recep
ing of Fred Moore, chairm an; Don
tion
a fte r w ill be held at the home
C raig, Bob P h illip s and Mrs. E u
of
M
r. and M rs Chester M aris
nice Langlois, secretary, was ap
pointed. Charles Young acted as
A ll friends of the bride, groom
chairm an fo r the firs t meeting. and fam ilies are in vite d to this
A ll re ta il dealers are urged to service and reception
be present next M onday evening.
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“ S m ith -C o ro n a ” T y p e w rite rs at
,
Tr> P ilo t C ass Ads
they pay!
the P ilo t Office.
Mrs. In a DeMoss. who has been
a Brookings resident fo r 30 years,
le ft fo r Vashon Island, in Puget
Sound just out o f Tacoma and Se
a ttle , M onday m orning. She was
accompanied by her daughter, M rs
T h o r Ask, who had been here foi
the past week, helping w ith the
packing and m oving.
Mrs. DeMoss w ill live near the
Asks in a new duplex being b u ilt
there. A granddaughter, Lois (M rs
E ric k A sk! also m akes her home
on the island.
Mrs. DeMoss came to this area
at the tim e the old C. and O. Lum -
her Co. sa w m ill was being b u ilt,
saw B rookings prosper and de
cline and now begin a new g ro w th
of population.
She w ill lx* missed sorely by a
group of o ld -tim e friends, and a
great m any new ones. About this
tow n she has this to say: “ W ith
ple n ty o f fish in the rive r, and
deer ru n n in g w ild in the wood, i t ’s
a playground made by nature,
w hat m ore w ould we ask, if we
co uld?”
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T h in s d a \, lune i
City Building Code
Enacted By Council
Last Tuesday Eve.
B u ild in g Code Ordinance, No.
20, was passed by the c ity council
June 3, and was made effective as
o f that date.
The code requires t h a t : No
s tru c tu re o r part of a s tru c tu re
shall h e reafter be b u ilt, altered,
repaired, o r shall an in d iv id u a l
sewage disposal system, o r an in
divid u a l w a te r supply system lx*
constructed u n til a b u ilding per
m it therefore has been granted.
A pplication fo r a bu ild in g p e r
m it shall be filed by the ow ner
o r his agent w ith the bu ild in g o f
ficia l upon a form provided fo r the
purpose* and giving such in fo rm a
tion as the bu ild in g official shall
require. Such applicatio n shall lx»
accompanied by tw o com plete sets
of plans and specifications in c lu d
ing plot plans showing the re la
tionship of the proposed b u ild in g
to u b u ttin g p ro p e rty lines and to
buildings.
O. D. A rp was appointed by the
C ity C ouncil as bu ild in g official,
w hich w ill include the duties o f
zoning officer and sa n ita ry insjiec-
tor. M r. A rp w ill lx* on d u ty at
the c ity h all fro m 1 p. m. to 5
p. m. on week days except S a t
urdays whene he w ill lx* on d u ty
fro m 9 a. m. to ncxin.
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Baseball Fans Will
See New Players
Brookings baseball fans w ill
see some new faces on the Bea
ver club th is com ing Sunday in
the double-header against Rose
burg Chiefs.
V ic Lapiner, prom ising 17-year-
old U n iv e rs ity of S o u th rn C a lifo r
nia freshm an pitcher, reported last
week and w ill s ta rt one o f the
games.
On the roster now is M u rra y
Via, fro m O ccidental College, w ho
was an all-conference choice fo r
Centerfield.
J e rry Mason, who
graduates
from high school nt Los Angeles,
th is week, and is tabbed by Rod
Dedeaux, USC coach, as one o f
outstand ing high school players
in southern C a lifo rn ia , m ay a r
rive in tim e fo r o u tfie ld d u ty on
Sunday.
Jim N ierm an, who pitched and
played firs t base fo r B rookings
last year, reported Monday eve
ning. Jim , now a sophomore at
Oregon State, had five wins and
no losses in p itch in g fo r his col
lege JV team this season.
Chuck Fisk, re g u la r shortstop
fro m OSC varsity, this year, m ay
be another player on hand S un
day.
R eport has i t th a t the Roseburg
club suffered a double shutout de
feat at the hands of O xw -B a y-
N o rth Bend last week. The Bea
vers are determ ined to hand the
Chiefs at least one m ore loss th is
Sunday and thereby get Br<x>kings
in to the “ w in ” colum n.
Miss Bonnie K ay M incer, the
daughter of A1 and V irg in ia M in
cer, who rem ained in G rants Pass
to com plete the school year, at
the tim e her parents moved to
Brookings, has come to be w ith
them and w ill attend school here
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this fa ll. She w ill assist Jo-Anne
Get
th
a
t
Pioneer
H
is to ry at the
Vincent in dance in s tru c tio n d u r
P
ilot
office,
$6.00.
ing the summer.