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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1952)
16 Pages, this issue On all newsstands ioc arbor Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere a Finer Community Volume Seven, Number Nineteen BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON Hong Kong Fantastic City, Redfields Relate In Tale Of Their Trip To Orient fT/t ird Ina tall men t -------------------------------------------- We sailed from Manila April 29 J P- m - the following day both at m idnight, nosing toward China. m ot^er and I had a beautiful suit. The sea was a calm as a mill- We shopped around all th at af- pond all the way from Manila to ,ernoon. buying many hankies, per- Hang Kong. May 1, Mav Day. we fum e’ b,K,ks' an<1 m an-v o,h,' r item s entered th a t harbor, which was which s,ruck our fanc>-- We ha>* filled iwth every type of boat from a wonderful tim e shopping and bargaining as the Chinese ask a flat-tops to sampans. much higher price than their fTnal We saw m a n y medium sized price, as all Chinese are Jewish in ships all decked out with flags their selling routine. and bunting and later learned all We found Honk Kong to be a these w ere Com m unists ships a n d , shop|x>rs paradise. T hev have al. th a t anything could happen, due mos, everything and ,,ricea are to t h e Com m unists celebrating reasonab,e T here a re s(ree, s a fte r May Day. We w ere thankful that s tre e |s wi(h na|ive sh B ritain had several warships and fering jewelry, brassw are, silks, th ree torpedo boats in the harbor, embroideries, linens, carved fur- sent In the day before. The fact niture china cu , g|ass _ju s, any. we w ere on Communist land never , hing o|w could de>ire entered our thoughts. By 11:30 W ent back to the ferry and to a. m. we w ere docked on the Chi- Kowloon , o our ship for dinner. nese m ainland at Kowloon, and Ferires p|y Kowloon and looking across the w ater you see I HongKong and the service is good Hong Kong nestled at the base of —the tim e one ferry is loaded, Victoria Rock. another takes its place and the Lunch over, we struck out for trip takes but eight minutes. iHong Kong. W alking to the ferry, Concluded on Page Three there were th ree different Chinese • • • ‘ men which sta rte d walking with us. each w anting to be our guide. Finally one of them drove the two others away, and he leached him self to us, and paid our ferry toll from his own pocket. We decided then to let him escort us about. I Pictures of j t fighters and jet W e told him we w anted to go to b°m bers, some ot which approach the Em porium departm ent store, sIMe<i ot cound, were shown so he lead us there. We picked lo Brookings Rotary club rues- out some beautiful English wool, ‘ia> noon, when Ben Kerns, re- had our m easurem ents taken and *erve a *r force pilot, was able to obtain the film for showing. While still much a secret, the pictures, taken in 1946 and 1947, showed the three main craft to be used by the United S ta te s Air | Forces until late r and more mod- George D. Rodgers, 49, of San ern are made. Francisco, took suddenly ill just picture tokf of the years as he approached the McPherson of gtudy and trials before any of place at 2 p. m. S aturday and f^e secrets w ere released to the stopped his car. Before medical public. Even at that the pictures help could be summoned he was woujd be of no use to any enemy dead, according to his wife and for a n w ere taken at a great family, who w ere with him. distance, w ithout revealing any Rodgers, a sheet m etal worker, details. was just returning from a vaca- 0 0 £ trip to Canada w ith his family, i Before th at m oment, nothing was D . - L l j / k - g f i A l t f l l l t ever noted to give w arning of his I U D IIC U lluV l V /U I general health. new publication o f Chris Roy H. Brown M ortuary made Crosg of G rants Pass Ore # now prelim inary arrangem ents for t h e |on gale at a number of places shipm ent of the b o d y to San jocaj|y> tells about the fishing on Francisco tor burial. the Chetco, w here to find the good • • • places, etc. Cross, who specialize* ^ A lltllo A ♦ j n 81lch fyP** publications, features ^ U U |J I C I f l U a I I v U M l most a n tbe rivers and spots along the coast. An advertisem ent appears on Mae another page of this issue. SM ITH RIVER -K eiva Jet Planes Shown To Rotary Club Tue. Tourist Stricken In Auto, In Harbor Smith River Church 4 Moncur and Harold Albert Rap- raeger. both of Corvallis, were united in m arriage Tuesday m orn ing at 11 a the local M ethodist Ipkirch with Rev. E. C. Hicks of- fleiating The couple was a tte n d ed by Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Rap- raeger of H arbor, brother and sis ter-in-law of the groom A fter a short honeymoon, the couple w ill be at home at Cor- Familiar Summer Scene In Area I Inn m !. i \ . |u l\ 1»>. 1 «is2 Accordion Band To March In Parade Those who were fo rtu n ate to hear the Prentice Accordion band of Medford on its recent visit to the a r e a , w ill again be given the opportunity, next Sunday. Phis is one of the features of the Lily Blossom Parade. This band, which is reported to be over 200 in num ber, when all can be present, will m arch in the parade. Each accordion takes a certain part of the num bers just as a cornet, trom bone, or any wind instrum ent would in an o r dinary band. It is not learned just how many will m ake the trip, but arrangem ents have been made to ch a rter a bus to bring the group Lily growing, which first started here about ten years ago, has spread the fame of this area more than any other particular attribute to Brookings. The fame of this band extends which may be mentioned. The above picture shows how liles appear the length and breadth ot this out in the fields. This observance gives rise to the annual parade. nation Many times it has been called to perform at many Cali fornia cities, even to New York, for a few of them. • • • Lily Blossom Parade Promises To Be Best Ever Staged Here; Outside Interest City Budget Was Manifested More By Bands and Entries Whether or not the Grants Pass hand will come to the Adopted Tuesday 1952 Lily Blossom Parade was not learned in time for publication, but if it should not, there will be plenty of music and attraction to add color to the already colorful spectacle staged annually by this community. At the budget hearing set by the city council, for Tuesday eve ning, only one person appeared in opposition and he to protest the small am ount set aside for stre e t improvement, so the budget, as published three weeks ago, was form ally adopted. The budget figures: Total Est. E xp............. $43,346.00 Total Est. Receipts 23,375.00 Amount to be raised by tax ............................ 19.971.00 Success of the 1952 Lily Bios-* some Parade, at the latest re All-Year Events Association ch air port, indicate that more floats are man. Coose-Curry Electric Co-op promised this year than last, and erative w ill en ter one. The Queen's th at enthusiasm is m ounting. Ac float is being built by the local cording to reports, too, there will cham ber of commerce. be keener com petition for prizes Still Need Many Things More experienced lily pickers in all classifications of floats. Leading the parade will l>e the needed to help pick lily blossoms Chetco W ranglers, and intersjjers- for floats. Float entires with desired class , ed among float entries will be: Prentice accordion band of Med ideation and notice as to w hether load speaker system is on float, ford, Ore. Scotia Band, sponsored by the m ust reach Joe Taylor at Chetco People traveling through Sm ith Pacific Lum ber Company of that Inn by Friday morning to assure River, especially on the old road, proper position in parade. place. may not take particu lar note of Be sure to atten d the all-im port the church which stands by side W heeler M ajorettes of Brook ant m eeting of All-Year Events of the road. Few can imagine th at ings. Bliss Heine’s drum corps of Mini- Association at Chetco Inn, Ihurs- this building was built in 1878, day evening at H:00 o’clock. ford, Ore. and remodeled a couple of years Heron's M ajorettes of G o l d • • • ago to m ake room for the grow Beach. ing congregation. Cave Men of G rants Pass with This old stru ctu re, made of red- all their splendor and appeal. wocxl for the most part, was te s t Some R otarian with out his P irates of Coos Bay, who will ed at the tim e of rem odeling and button. try to out-do the Cave Men. was found to be just as solid as No ¡xxrkets in shrouds, says Among the 47 floats already en the year it was erected. tered, according to Joe Taylor, Stoller, who suggests ‘m ake a lit The Sm ith River and Crescent tle, save a little, spend a little City Methodist churches are the be consistent.” first (*hristian churches to be o r Ersa F isher’s fading lily ganized in N orthern California, Mr. and Mrs. R E. Simmons preserving just a few dozen q u arts back in 1854, it is said. The pew seats of the Sm ith of straw berries for their frozen River church are made of red- S A L E M -T h e Public Utilities food locker. wood and are said to be the ones Holiday hang-overs on almost Commissioner, Charles H Heltzel. installed at the tim e the building Thursday, revealed th at the City every corner. was constructed. These have been of Brookings had asked a hearing 1 Didja ever see W ilbanks baby re*flnlshed, as has been the pul in the m atte r of a complaint vs. sitting yep. he can. A. J. M atot just sitting and en pit, and the railing about the Brookings W ater Company, and choir loft. Mere hunts and all business has set Tuesday, July 22. at 10 joying the w eather Rev. E C. Hicks points w ith Ben Kerns observing w eather houses, lilies for store-front a m. Pacific S tandard Time (11 pride to the building, saying th a t around the clock during the holi decoration, may be picked a. m DST) at the Grange hall as day week-end. the church stands like the faith tim e and place. but one co-operating which went int> its first budding. up at Darter's Azalea Ga- The hearing is said to be con , Eevryone . cerning a city franchise and the with com m ittee in decorating al. | Tlx* church has about 70 rnem- Knr» r<»rv«rt ATTENTION! Smith River Church Was Built in 1878 On the Main Drag Water Hearing Set By Commission
