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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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