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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1952)
• of O. Library 12 pagesthis issue xx On all newsstands IOC 'Harbor fìlol Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere a Finer Community ^°h»me One, Number Seventeen. •New Officers Were Seated By Rotary BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON 1 hursdav, June 26, -■ ■ m -T iM i r - - a . - x r - T ii ■ j e w iq s - »,■ s s s a s g — Local Teacher Was Wed Sunday P. M. At Smith River - ■ ' In perhaps one of t h e most unique ways. Brookings Rotary Club, Tuesday noon, seated its new SM ITH RIVER The M ethodist officers. Due to the fact th at the I * church was the scene of the lovely holidays break into next week, it wedding. Sunday afternoon at 2:30 was m ade a p a rt of the regular when Miss B etty Louise Tyler, m eeting instead of holding a la daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B urton dies night. Tyler, became the bride of C harles A fter introduction o f guests. Gray, Jr., son of Chas. Gray Sr., President W arren Sm ith gave “his of Sm ith River. Rev. E. C. Hicks, valedictory,” by calling each m em N.ii assisted by Rev. P. C. Knudson, ber by name, and telling some officiated at a double ring cere thing of them, based entirely upon mony in presence of more th a n his association w ith the m em bers 200 friends and relatives. Each out-going officer installed I'he church was decorated w ith his successor, w ith the most com a screen of ferns and ivy for th e ical being th at of Lynn Ham pton, background, w ith tall w hite bas out-going secretary, standing in OREGON STA TE COLLEGE, H ostess” classes conducted by Miss of Haines; Miss Sledge; E leanor kets of white snapdragons, gladi front of a m irror to install the in Corvallis — Oregon 4-H “Teenage W ilma Slerge, field home econo Overmeyer, of Rose Lodge in Lin olus, stocks and baby breath at coming secretary, the same Lynn H ostesses” learn new and easy m ist for Am erican Can Co., at the coln county; Virginia Akers o f each end of the alta r. Nosegays of H am pton. tricks in the a rt of preparing ta s 4-H sum m er school on O. S. C. Brookings and Carol W ehling of pastel sweet peas stream ers a t Hom er Kessler, incoming vice- ty m eals for th eir friends in the cam pus this week. Above, left to Newj>ort. M ats by courtesy of Carl each pew and a lovely a rra n g e president, w asn’t so sure he was junior set. Girls from all Oregon right, are Judy Steele and Arlene Hyoir and Associates of San F ran m ent of w hite flowers at the piano. am ong friends when Gordon Goetz counties attended t h e “Teenage Aho, A storia; Glennabelle Maxwell cisco. Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. styled his installation talk some J. W. Hall, aunt of the bride, sang, thing like a m arriage ceremony. “My W onderful One” and “Be By placards back of Kessler, the Face Is Lifted cause,” accompanied by Mrs. B. club saw the joke and yelled ‘No’ Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Young L. S later, w’ho also played the Ja k e the barber, licking the to Gordon’s query if the club did have ju st finished giving the wedding music. | really w ant Hom er as vice-presi tran sm u tatio n problem by two exterior of their hotel and The bride, given in m arriage by dent. A fter the fun was over, he wheels. motel a new color scheme. Next Sunday, July 29. A rchbish her father, was lovely in a w hite (H om er) was presented with the Always so neat and a ttr a c M ary McMann refusing to give op Edw ard D. Howard of P o rt slipper satin, floor-length gown, placards which caused him all the up her pockets. tive, the new chart ruse color la n d , will be in Brookings to dedi with full skirt, tight bodice anil uneasiness. gives it an especially cheery T hat fresh spring color on the cate the new Catholic church. The long sleeves. H er finger-tip nylon W arren Sm ith presented E arl Young’s Sm all Hotel. and good-looking, up-to-date building was completed in March veil, eifged w ith wide chantilly B reuer, incoming president w ith hx)k. The concrete steps at Welcome activity at Coffee Mill of this year at a cost of $12,500. lace, was draped from a iarra of the president’s pin, and W arren the en tran ce have been p ain t It has a seating capacity of 174. Cafe. seed pearls. She carried a w hite S m ith received the past-president ed red and these additions to Various m em bers of the parish George G uthri" deep in compli Bible, centered w ith a w hite o r pin from Breuer. the outw ard appearance m ake donated new statues, tabernacle, chid. Albert Joy, who had been the cated problem of some weight. the place tem pting to stop. a lta r cross a n d stations of the The bride was attended by her butt of m any jokes as sergeant-; Don Young w orking out new de-1 cross.. The a lta r society purchased two cousins, Miss Billie Hall, as at-arm s, surrendered his post to signs in leather. maid of honor, and Miss B arb ara L ester Dimmick and Paul Davis, Prospectors, heading for the big a new Hammond organ. The dedication ceremony will Hall, bridesmaid. Each was dress w ith “joy.” He said th a t he was hills. Miss Joan Byrne, dau g h ter of take place at 4:30 p. m. Sunday ed alike in nile green form ats and glad to have served the club, but Paul W hirry, m issing a nig h t’s Mrs. Mildred Byrne, left by plane The Rev. Stephen B reitenstein of Concluded on Page Tw elve doubted if the incoming men had rest. from San Francisco Sunday m orn Coquille, will give the occasional anything bright to look forw ard to L ittle Sharon Widney, all dress ing en route to W hite S ulphur sermon. The dedication cerem on in the coming year. ed up in her w hite gloves. Springs, W. Va., where she will ies will be followed by a dinner at G uests of the Club Fred Moore, mumbling. attend the national convention of G. R. Milford and Dr. Doan, | A golden piggy-bank in Robin the Rod and Gun Club building Chi Omega Sorority. Joan is cor- at 6:00 p. m. sum m er residents of Rivers End, son’s Kids Duds. responding secretary of the Wil • • • but m em bers of Red Bluff, Calif., Roy H. B row n’s pleasant p er lam ette U niversity chapter of Chi SM ITH RIVER Funeral serv club, and Hal Root, w ith the U. sonality. Omega. She expects to visit rela ices for Lilly Woodriff, one of th e Dedication Of Neu> S. W eather B ureau, w ere guests Floyd Sw earingen flirting w ith tives in Michigan before returning early settlers of this area, w ere C h u r c h Is B o o k e d a t the Tuesday luncheon. the postm aster. to Brookings early next month. held Tuesday at the local M eth M embers of t h e C hristian Those nice people the Roses of odist church, w-ith Rev. E. C. Hicks Science Society will dedicate the S m art Shop. officiating. Interm ent was at the th eir new church edifice at Those w eather observers g et Sm ith River cem etery. Pine and Alder S treet, across ting a pat on the back. Rebekahs will hold a district Lilly Johnson was born at Liv from the greenhouse, on S un The a rtistic ta ste of the window convention at Brookings June 28 erpool, England, July 8, 1874, and day. Two special services will dresser at Eu-Lee’s. came to America in 1892, and im at the I. O. O. F. hall. All Re Mrs. Millie Peterson, cook at be held, one at 11 a. m. and O ur ham burgers, all beef, but bekahs of C urry county, includ m ediately to this area where she the Nook Cafe, and long-time res our custom ers don’t, say Milbanks. the other at 3 p. m. The public ing Gold Beach, and Brookings, since has been a resident. She was ident of this area, left late last is cordially invited. Lyle V aughan’s fortitude. |will be here for an afternoon ses 77 years, 11 m onths and 14 days week for Modesto, Calif., to a t sion, sta rtin g at 1:30, and again old a t the tim e of death. tend, Sunday, the wedding of her at 8:fM) p. m. Assembly President, She was a m em ber of the Epis granddaughter. R uth B arm ettle. Mis Olive Ramey, will be here to copal church at Liverpool, and at t h e P resbyterian church, to pay her official visit. while a faithful w orker in the * Robert Leonard, of Redding. A banquet will be served in the local church, alw ays retained her The daughter, Mrs. F rank Bar- First degree m urder charges have been made against Jam es Kay basem ent of the B aptist Com m em bership at Liverpool. m ettle. older residents will recall, She was m arried to Dan Wood- Nodine. Port O rford dairym an, who last W ednesday shot M arius m unity church at 6:30. Those who attended the local schools before wish reservations, should m a k e ruff who preceded her in death. Christian. 27-year-old mill w orker on Sixes River road, when he her m arriage years ago. them a t once. All Rebekahs are Surviving are : her sister, Mrs. Mrs. Peterson assured the P i laid in wait for Clifford Shields, mill ow ner by whom Sorenson was cordially invited. Agnes Maris, of Sm ith River; two employed. Sorenson, it was reported, died instantly with a bullet lot th at she would not miss this stepsons, H erber and Milton Wood through his heart. Nodine’s d aughter had left the home and was • • • wedding if she were forced to Mr. and Mrs. M L. Morgan just ruff of Merced, Calif., and o th er m aking her home at the Shield’s causing Nodine to become enraged. walk the entire distance to Mo- The story cam e to the Pilot — ----------------- ---------------------------- returned from a 2000-mile trip, relatives. ^ d e sto . Some m onths ago she suffered a t h a t Nodine stopped t h e car, to live at the Shield’s home He which took them to Sunnyside and driven by Sorenson, in which it was arm ed with a carbine rifle, Spokane. W a s h., LaG rande and heart attack, and death came last Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Guer- was reported Shields was riding and in his attem pt to shoot Shields Meacham, Ore., where they vis Saturday. Her esteem was shown by the rettaz of San Jo se . Calif , are the Nodine’s inntent. it was revealed, hit Sorensen, with the bullet pierc- ited their son. custodian of the massive floral offerings at the last S ta te P ark They brought back ' house guests of his brothers, Ray was to find out w here his 14-year- ing .Sorenson’s heart. and Cal and th eir families in the old d aughter was. She was report- In the IVesfcrn World. Bandon, their granddaughter and grandson ritfs together w ith the many who who will sjwnd two m onths here. cam e to pay final respects. *ed to have left her home ar.d went Concluded on Page Three H arbor area this week On The Main Drag Church Dedication Set Next Sunday At N afl Confab • • • Early Settler Dies At Smith River • • e Dist. Convention Attended Wedding of Granddaughter Port Orford Dairyman Is Charged With First Degree Murder Over Wed. Shooting