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Students Should
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Classes, Friday
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BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY. OREGON
New Twist Added
To Pilot's Intrigue
Fair Princess Will
Be Picked, Aug. 9
It seem s like th a t for every
hero th e re m ust be a “g o at.”
T he costest to select a fa ir p rin ­
New York G iants had th e ir F red
cess from the so u th ern p a rt of the
All pupils, including both high M erkle, who failed to touch sec­ county was under w ay this week
school and elem en tary , who ex ­ ond base in th a t epochal gam e.
w ith the following young ladies
Roy Riegel ran the w rong w ay
pect to a tte n d th e local schools
as c o n te sta n ts:
this fall, who now live tn the for th e U niversity of C alifornia,
B etty Shuey, sponsored by the
d istrict, b u t w ere not enrolled so will never live down th e sham e E agles and E agles A uxiliary.
in th e local school a t th e close he caused.
P at H yland, sponsored by Ro­
S ince 1944 so m any people have
of th e school te rm in May, are
ta ry and C ham ber of Com m erce.
asked to reg ister, F riday, Aug. 1, moved into S o u th ern C urry. It
M argie F reem an, sponsored by
ap p ears now’ th a t the P rogress
(th is w eek ).
C heteo W rangles.
H i g h school re g istra tio n will Edition, p rin ted May 1. caused all
E laine LeC lair, sponsored by
ta k e place in th e elem en tary , this lack of housing, this “o v e r C heteo G range.
school office; e lem e n ta ry re g is tra ­ l>opulation. and m ay not be able
T he girls a re busy selling tic k ­
tion will be in th e hall of th e to live down th a t stig m a .”
e ts to th e dance at th e G range
hall of th e elem e n ta ry building.
hall. S a tu rd a y , A ugust 9, at which
H ours of re g istra tio n will be
tim e th e F a ir P rin cess for S o u th ­
from 9 to 12 in th e m orning and
ern C u rry will be selected. Eddie
2 to 5 in th e aftern o o n ; and for
D esJard in and his band of C res­
those who m ay have jobs, from
cent C ity will furnish th e m usic.
8 to 10 in th e evening.
T he lucky young princess will
A ccording to a sta te m e n t by
M onday m ark ed th e 32nd w ed­ spend th re e days in Gold Beach as
Lynn O. H am pton, su p erin ten d ­ ding an n iv ersary of Mr. and Mrs. th e guest of th e fa ir board, w ith
en t, "T h is registration is urgent/* H om er K essler, who w ere m arrie d her expenses paid by th e board
so th a t plans m ay be w orked out on Jui> js , 1990, at Denver, Colo. and th e G range. S he will have a
for th e opening of school in S ep­ H om er and his wife, nee G race chance to become F a ir Q ueen if
tem ber.
S m ith, had been high school sw ee t­ th is p a rt of th e co unty gets b e­
“T his en ro llm en t includes be­ h e a rts a t R ochester, Indiana.
hind h er and sends enough ex h ib its
A fte r a y e a r a t P u rd u e, U ni‘ to th e county fair.
g in n ers,” Mr. H am pton added. Any
f child who is a resident of th e dis­ versity, H om er followed G reeley’s
T he selection of th e queen is
tric t, and who will be six y ea rs advice, and cam e w e st—as fa r based en tire ly upon th e n u m b er
old on o r before N ovem ber 15, as Colorado. He w as joined by his and excellence of th e ex h ib its
1952, will be included as a be­ w ife of th ese years, and for about e n te re d from her section of th e
g in n er as provided by O regon law. 20 y ea rs th ey lived in th e vicinity county. T he so u th ern p art of th e
In addition, people who have in­ of C raig, Colo., in th e n o rth w e st­ county has never had a F a ir
fo rm atio n concerning pupils who ern section.
Q ueen as this a rea has alw ays
A fte r y ea rs teaching school, in lagged in tak in g an in terest in th e
do not as y et reside in th e dis­
tric t, but who will be on hand fox raising, and co n tra c tin g busi­ co unty fair.
w hen school opens in Sept em ber, ness in th a t section, O regon beck­
T he fa ir this y e a r is set for
will please pass on such in fo rm a­ oned them in 1941. They first re ­ A ugust 22, 23 and 24 at Gold
sided n e a r Seaside, la te r at Day- Beach.
tion to th e school au th o rities.
ton. w here Mr. K essler o p erated
A sp irited race is expected in
a box factory, and in 1945, cam e this a rea am ong th e princess c a n ­
to B rookings to estab lish th e C u r­ d id ates as the o rg an izatio n s spon­
ry C ounty L um ber Co.
soring them will get behind them
In observance of th e event, Mr. on ticket sales.
and Mrs. K essler had as th e ir
d in n er guests, Sunday, Mr. and
V iew ing th e s ta rk trag e d y of
th e navy plane w hich w recked on Mrs. P aul Davis and Mr. and Mrs. :
th e so u th fork of the C heteo on Dewey Akers.
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J a n u a ry 30, 1945, w ere P hillip
K essler and R onald A kers, who
m ade th e tre k last T hursday. T he
W hile at Gold B each last week
boys had been ta k e n as fa r as
to
help th e Gold B each ch am b er
B oulder C reek by car.
of
com
m erce w elcom e Gov. Doug
P ro b ab ly all d etails will never
T he Ju ly m eeting of H a rb o r M cKay, Ben C handler, head of
be know n su rro u n d in g the tr a g ­
C om m unity Club w as held a t the the highw ay com m ission, and a
edy of th e C a ta lin a (N avy PBY)
G range Hall, F rid ay afternoon, 15 n u m b er of others. Mrs. M cKay
w hich had a crew of nine aboard.
m em bers being present. Mrs. E dith w as heard to express d isap p o in t­
A m ass g rav e co n tain s w hat w as
N ew ton installed th e incom ing of­ m en t in not seeing a single lily
left of those bodies lite rally bashed
ficers :
field, for which C u rry cou n ty is
to pieces on th e hillside.
P resid en t Jessie Judkins.
fam ous. T he ladies who heard the
T he boys surveyed w hat re ­
V ice-P resident Lea M organ.
re m a rk , m ade a p rom ise; Mrs.
m ained of th e plane, took a few
S e c re ta ry - tre a s u re r
Mabel M cKay would have lilies for an
loose pieces as souvenirs, and did
Thompson.
open house which she w as hold­
som e exploring on th e S outh F ork
T he out-going president w a s ing, th e following T uesday.
n e a r C ottonw ood cam p.
**Ma rg a rc t R apraeger.
T he local ch am ber of com m erce
“ It w as hot up th e re ,” both a d ­
P rincipal business of th e m e e t­ th ro u g h th e effo rts of Mrs. Clive
m itted upon th e ir re tu rn . “T he
ing w as given over to affairs of M anley and Mr. and M rs O tto
d istan ce we w ent w as about 40
the C heteo C om m unity L ibrary, T urley, packed and shipped by air
miles, but we w ere only about 16
w hich has been tra n s fe rre d to a q u a n tity of lily blossoms, fresh
to 18 a ir m iles from B rookings."
C heteo L ib rary Association. C h a r­ from the fields.
te r m em berships in this o rg a n iz a ­
A le tte r w as read at th e T u e s­
tion a re being offered at $2 50 day m eeting of the local c h a m ­
ber of com m erce, from Mrs. Mc­
apiece.
It
is
planned
to
hold
a
picnic
Kay, sta tin g h er g ra titu d e for the
T he young m arrie d couple class
instead
of
the
next
m
e
e
t
in
g
,
t
i
m
e
gift,
which she said she was “just
F th th e ir friends and fam ilies
and
place
to
be
announced
later.
,
sittin
g ad m irin g .”
5 enjoyed a fried chicken supper
T he local ch am ber of com m erce
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at the B ap tist C om m unity church
S u n d ay V ernon
and
Ju n io r w ent on record as estab lish in g
4| F rid ay evening.
H
anscam
flew
in
J
u
n
io
r's
plane th is an an n u al custom , so as to
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o N o rth Bend to w itness th e b ase­ fu r th e r advertise th e local lily
Show the people wuth viev
I festival each year.
ball gam e ag ain st N o rth Bend.
stationery, at the Pilot office.
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Kesslers Observe
32nd Anniversary
Boys Make Trek
To Wrecked Plane
Harbor Womens
Club Seats Officers
More Chicken
Lilies Were Sent To
Mrs. Doug McKay
Farewell Paid To
Panzer Family, Sat.
A group of friends gave a fa re ­
well p arty , S a tu rd a y evening for
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. P an zer, who
left S u n d ay for th eir new home
at P o rtlan d , at D on’s Cliff House.
Mr. ami Mrs. P anzer, who have
been in th is a re a a little m ore
th an two years, have been active
in m any local activ ities. She w as
active in ch u rch and choir work,
w ith th e Girl S co u ts and he w ith
the B arb ersh o p p ers.
Mr. P an zer, an ex p ert in floral
cu ltu re , will be em ployed at one
of P o rtla n d ’s larg est greenhouses.
T h eir address, as given to th e P i­
lot, is: 5110 N. E. 52nd Ave (13),
P o rtlan d .
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Office Planned By
Brookings C. of C.
•Ju ly m eeting of th e B rookings
C h am b er of C om m erce drew a
sm all crow d T u esd ay evening, due
largely to lack of advance notice.
D inner, served at C heteo G range
hall by th e A lta r Society, was
com prised of fried chicken m ainly.
At th e business m eeting, fol­
lowing dinner, assistan ce w as a s ­
su red by the group of support of
the fo rthcom ing C u r r y C ounty
F air, at Gold Beach, A ugust 22,
23 and 24. TonV C h risten sen is
head of a co m m ittee whose <iuty
it is to c a rry out this request.
T he ch a m b e r announced the
probable opening soon of an office
in the fo rm er ra n g e r statio n on
Hwy 101, at th e east end of town,
w ith a p a rt-tim e s e c re ta ry p re s­
ent to an sw er q u estions and to
aid any who m ay be seeking in­
form ation. T o u rist in form ation is
going to i>e especially stressed , to
acq u ain t and in terest to u rists in
lingering in th e area another day
for additional sight-seeing.
Charles G rayshel re p o rted on
the m eeting of the Gold Beach
ch am b er of com m erce when th at
group e n te rta in e d G overnor D o u g
M cKay and his contingent last
week at Gold Beach Mr. G rayshel
also re p o rted th a t w hile several
m illion d o llars will lx* spent on
Hwy 101 th is year, none of it is
in C u rry county which will affect
to u rist travel. It will la* a few
y ea rs hence before this will lw*
realized.
V olu n teer labor has been a s ­
sured tin* post office d ep artm en t
for in stalla tio n of th e some (WX)
boxes which will be installed in
the local office, since boxes now
are available. Action on th is m ay
not be seen u n til th e fa te of the
local post m astersh ip has been d e­
cided. M rs Goldie S w earingen is
ac tin g p o stm aster, serving until
a successor has been nam ed for
h er m other, M rs Goldie S m ith,
who retire d , M arch 1.
O nly tw o ap p lican ts seek the
office as fa r as can lx* learn ed :
Mrs. S w earin g en and Lynn O
H am pton.
Togeth«T w ith the city council,
th e board of d ire c to rs m et w ith
a contin g en t headed by H a rris
E llsw orth, re p re se n ta tiv e of th e
I xkl\ . J
Leslie Woodriff
Explains Hybrid
Lilies To Rotary
ll'. ll
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Leslie W oodriff, considered by
m any to lx* an equal to L u th e r
B u rb an k , in h o rtic u ltu re and flor­
ic u ltu re hybridizing, spoke to th e
R o tary club, T u esd ay noon, on his
“new c re a tio n s ’ w h ich ’ he says,
“will save th e lily in d u stry , an d
will also place th e U. S. A. ah ead
of J a p a n and H olland in p ro d u c­
tion of m any lilies such as th e
rh u b ru m an d specioaum .’*
W ith colored slides to illu s tra te
his talk. Mr. W oodriff ex p lained
so m ething of the cross-p o llin atio n
of lilies and w hat one m ight e x ­
pect from th ese crosses. “ It ta k e s
u sually about ten y ea rs to really
d eterm in e w hat you have," he
explained. “O ne can see th is in
th e crossing of races in m ankind.
“ W ith land prices ns th ey a re
and w ith m any la rg e r g row ers
m oving to A rc ata and w h ere land
prices a re m uch lower, th e lily
in d u stry m ay not have th e fu tu re
h ere th a t it once had, unless we
o b tain and grow’ th ese special lily
types w hich th ey can n o t. G reen ­
houses a re cry in g for such lilies
as we a re now’ propagating, but
at this m om ent we can n o t let o u t
any of th ese because we a re not
ab so lu tely su re w hat type th ey
will be p erm an en tly .
“T h ere a re but few’ places in
the U nited tS a te s doing the w ork
th a t we at F airy lan d B egonia and
Lily G ard en s a re doing. I do not
believe they have th e crosses th a t
I have. T hey have failed on th e
fra n g ra n c e angle, and on th e ob­
tain in g tru e speci<*s from th e ir
crosses th a t m ay lx* depended u p ­
on for tim e.
“ 1 am show ing you th ese sa m ­
ple's of o u r cro sses w hich you m ay
not«* an* alm ost th e goal we seek
at th e m om ent. We have lilies
w hich will force in a m a tte r of 30
to 45 days, in stead of th e 120
now needed for tin* trade. We also
w ant a red lily for C h ristm as, it
also forcible in 30 to 45 days. If
I tinaly reach my goal, th is a re a
will be resto red to its p ro p er place
in floricu ltu re, and especially th e
lily in d u stry .”
Mr. W oodriff an sw ered n u m e r­
ous q u estio n s from th e m em lx’r-
ship, gladly and graciously giving
d etails to prove a point.
Mr. and Mrs. E v erett Jo rd a n
a re p a re n ts of an 8-lb , 5-oz. girl,
b o m at S easid e H ospital, Ju ly 22.
T he little m iss has been nam ed
G lenna M arie.
1 ourth C ongres’..onal dis', ict, on
busine ss, W ednesday noon.