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VOLUME SEVEN, No. 2^
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
Harbor Will Be Given Special Attention,
S
Sought For
District Army Engineeer Assured local 44 More Registered For Coming Term! library This Week
Aug. 1, re g istra tio n m ent in the grades will be less
P lans a re now com plete for th e
Chamber of Commerce Last Wednesday was Last held F riday.
at th e school of pupils th an last y e a r if all of th e new house-to-house solicitatio n of th e
"W hile th e re is a n atio n al em ergency, such as th e K o rean w ar, it who have com e to B rookings a f com ers and first g rad ers w ere a c
it im possible to prom ise any im m ediate action on y o u r h a rb o r h ere,” te r the close of school last May. tu ally enrolled in the count last
C ongressm an H a rris E llsw o rth told a special m eetin g of B rookings R esults of the re g istra tio n w ere: F riday.
C h am b er of C om m erce d irecto rs, an d th e city council, last W ednes F irst G rade .................................... 35
High school, however, will have
day, "but let m e assu re you th a t th is a re a c e rta in ly has grow n in Second Grade
7 a la rg e r enrollm ent. T he h i g h
econom y u n til so m ething m ust be done soon. I w an t you to know Third Grade
i school lost 17 by g rad u atio n , but
1 have not fo rg o tten m y previous visit here w hen I stu d ied th e F o u rth G rade .....................,....... 5 will gain o v er 50 from last y e a r’s
h a rb o r possibilities, an d ce rta in ly this visit m ak es m e m ore d e te r Fifth Grade
7 eig h th g rad e class. If all of the
m ined to see som ething done. I have w ith me, Col. Lipscom b and Sixth Grade
5 high school pupils in th e ninth,
tw o of his aides from th e P o rtla n d office of th e A rm y E ngineers, S ev en th G rade .............................. I te n th and 11th g rades w ho w ere
who have studied c h a rts and m aps, and have today com e to m ake E ig h th G rade ............................
1 in school last year, re tu rn this
a first-h an d inspection of th e possibilities.”
fall, to g e th e r w ith th e m ajo r p art
E. L. M orton, vice-president a n d ---------------------------------------------------
T otal ........................................ 65 of the eig h th grade, plus th e 14
*■ m an ag e r of O regon S ta te B ank, stu d y it by m yself, com e to my
new -com ers to show’ up. th e high
... 7 school count would then lx* 173
told of th e financial s ta tu s of th e ow n conclusions, unham pered, so N inth Grade
co m m u n ity as reflected by th e I can m ake my own personal re T en th G rade .,...4 ......................... 0 Again, it is known th a t a few
<iei>osits m ade in th a t bank from p o rt w hen it com es to th e floor ol E leventh G rade ............................. 2 pupils have left, so the an ticip ated
Twenfth Grade
5 en ro llm en t on the basis of last
its opening. M ay 10, u n til the th e house for ap p ro p riatio n s.”
J u n e 30 “ca ll,” w hich show ed a l
F rid a y ’s count would be ap p ro x
T he group had tw o o th e r m eet
T o tal ........................................... 14 im ately 160.
m ost a m illion and a q u a rte r. "In ing scheduled for W ednesday a f
o u r p relim in ary survey before the ternoon. so could not ta rr y as it
On the basis of these figures, a
T his re g istra tio n of add itio n s to
bank w as s ta rte d , th e re w ere no had been th e ir wish.
double
shift will be n ecessary in
th e school roll w as considerably
indications th a t we would expect
th
e
elem
e n ta ry building, but only
less th an w as expected. W hen the
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th a t a m o u n t,” he concluded.
a
single
session
for th e high school.
school ended last sp rin g th ere
C h arles G rayshel, who revised
It is to lx* hoped th at th e reg is
w ere 61 pupils in th e first grade.
a p ro sp ectu s of th e industries,
Local ta le n t, any who wish to T his fall g ra n te d th a t all last tra tio n last F rid ay w as q u ite com
both activ e an d p o ten tial of this ap p e ar publicly in any act of th eir y e a r’s first g ra d ers re g istered — plete. Two y ea rs ago, a sim ilar
area, gave a lengthy re p o rt on own origin, m ay have th e oppor th e re will be 35 o r a decrease of re g istra tio n w as taken, but a big
w w hat shipping, o r th e lack of it,
tu n ity each F rid ay evening at 26 un d er last y e a r’s first grade n u m b er showed up on the opening
w as co sting th is im m ediate a re a D on’s Cliff House, w hen "T alen t class.
day of school.
each w eek of th e year. He also N ig h t” p erfo rm an ces a re billed.
A double session in th e grade
It is to be noted fu rth e r th a t
pointed o u t th a t th e re is m uch
school,
plus th e an ticip ated en
T hese a c ts a re not lim ited to th e re w ere only 30 additional ele-
o re in th is co u n ty w hich lies idle any p a rtic u la r schem e. E ach con m ary pupils reg istered in grades rollm ent in high schixil will tax
to d ay for lack of tra n s p o rta tio n . te s ta n t m ay do w hat he o r she tw o to eight inclusive, w hich then th e presen t school facilities to th e
He also told of th e possibility ofI
' s fng (!ance p ,
K m e leaves an over-all increase in the lim it. Should a g reat n u m b er m ore
a cem ent p lan t in th is im m e d ia te ; n„ rUm ent, o r put on a skit,
g rad es of four pupils. S ince it is show up on opening day who are
a re a if tra n s p o rta tio n w ere now
An ad v e rtise m en t a p p e ars on known th a t m ore th a n fou r pupils not reg istered , it would not be
available.
have left th e area, a c tu a l e n ro ll possible to c a re for them until
a n o th e r page in this issue.
a rra n g e m e n ts could lx* m ade.
"T h ese,” said Mr. G rayshel, in --------------------------------------------------
Such a rra n g e m e n ts would in
conclusion, " a re records of a com
volve :
p rehensive su rv ey m ade here m ore
1. Rem ove u p p er sev en th and
th a n th re e y e a rs ago. T h ere a re
eig h th g rad es
from th e ele
p len ty of places w here revision is
m e n ta ry to high school building.
n ecessary .”
H ave you noticed th e b o ats w hich have been plying o a r an d m o to r
2. H iring additio n al teac h ers
Col. Lipscom b, d istrict arm y e n
on P elican bay for th e past w eek ? H ave you been th e re w hen each to ca re for th e overload.
gineer, a f te r h earin g all re m a rk s
put a sh o re ? H ave you noticed any w hich w ere not alm ost su n k u n
3. R e-schedule high school to
m ade by E llsw o rth, G rayshel and
d e r th e n u m b er of fish bro u g h t in ? Such has been th e fo rtu n e of a double sh ift from the prom ised
o th ers, said, " I never realized how
sim ply hu n d red s of people in th e p a st ten o r m ore days.
single shift.
big th e dem and w as here. In the
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It is th erefo re, of u tm o st imjMir-
w orkings of th e arm y engineers,
fo rm atio n ab o u t all w ho fished
Mrs. R ex H ayes reported that tan ce for any pupil who expects
it is th e p ra ctice to stu d y th e need
ofT-shore th e past week, th e Pilot ab« ut
100 people, m any phoning
to a tte n d th«» local schools this
an d how qu ick ly a project m ay
from q u ite d ista n t (xiints each
tu
rn
e
d
to
its
own
tw
o
sources:
fall, to re g is te r im m ediately, if
pay for itself before m ak in g any
day last w eek inquiring ab out the
survey. In th e case of so u th ern P a rk e r’s A nchorage a n d C edar fishing conditions on the bay and he w as not in school w hen the
te rm ended last May, and did not
C u rry , it seem s th a t one is re L ane C annery. T hese fa cts have up th e Chetco.
re g iste r last F riday. Any new
m inded, ‘w hich com es first, th e been learn ed :
It is a fam iliar sight, th ose liv
P a r k e r ’s A nchorage rep o rted
com er m ay re g iste r any aftern o o n ,
chicken o r th e e g g ? ’. I feel th a t
ing in close proxim ity of th e sea,
th is co m m u n ity cannot know e x tw o trip s per day w ith tw o boats to observe as m any as ten boats, M onday to F rid ay at th e high
ac tly w h at it has unless it had w ith A rt G u th rie and E arl P a r k all sizes and descriptions < includ schfxil office.
th e p ro p er tra n s p o rta tio n facilities e r as o|>erators. Six fisherm en can ing a ru b b e r one» sittin g fa r out
and I feel su re th a t th is project be accom m odated on each boat on in th e horizon, o r going and com
will m ak e it m y personal ta sk to each trip, w ith m any bringing in ing from th e lim it line. F o rtu n a te
stu d y this p ro ject, and recom m end ten to tw elve silversides each.
ly th e sea has been exceptionally
T h ere is no lim it and no license | calm for th e past week.
an ex h a u stiv e study.
Mr. and M rs. R alph V incent
A fte r view ing th e project from is needed w hen fishing is done j
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announce th e engagem ent of th eir
tw o v a n ta g e points, he cam e fo r beyond th e th re e m ile lim it.
d au g h ter, N ancy M aureen, to Jo-
R eporting large catch es h a v e '
w ard w ith th ese re m a rk s : "T his
I seph John O ’R ourke, son of Mr.
co m m u n ity has about th e best been M ickey Gould, S ta n P a tte r-
and Mrs. W illiam E. O ’R ourke,
possibilities for a h a rb o r I have son, F ren ch y A rrell. G ordon Goetz,
M onday th e city offices w ere of P endleton. T he w edding is set
seen for a long tim e. T he project, Bob and Les Dim m ick, Roy B rim m
m oved from th e C oos-C urry Elec- | for S ept. 6.
at th e sam e tim e, w ould not cost and others.
B oth M iss V incent and Mr.
C edar Lane
C an n ery told th e trie C o-operative building, in the
n early as m uch as one would e s
O
’R
o u rk e have lx»en atte n d in g the
P ilot th a t last T h u rsd ay , F rid ay re a r of P e te L esm eister’s office,
tim a te .”
1
U
niversity
of P o rtlan d , w here Mr.
and
S
a
tu
rd
a
y
,
betw
een
400
and
to
th
e
basem
ent
of
th
e
M
anley
E llsw orth, in th e tw o and a half
1 O ’R o u rk e received his d egree in
h o u r he w as in tow n,, m et sev 500 fish had been ca u g h t. Som e building, tem p o rarily .
T he office will rem ain th e re as J u n e .- T h e O regonian.
e r a l old friends, and prom ised to had been brought to th e cannery,
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re tu r n to
this a re a " to get in a while o th e rs w ent into th e hom e long as it ta k e s Roy D im m ick and
M iss V incent, s a lu ta to ria n of the
few days
fishing” soon. H e ex- freezers. Mr. and Mrs. H ayes did his crew to com plete th e city hall
> pressed a hope th a t he could be i not have any w ay to check if th is w hich is scheduled for tw o w eeks class of 1951, B rookings High, will
T he new city hall will be above have Miss Jo an B yrne and Mms
in th is vicinity a week.
f
rep resen ted th e com plete catch.
th
?
p re sen t fire and am b u lan ce P h yllis D a rg er as b ridesm aids at
"T his h a rb o r idea is alw ays in or ju st th a t portion w hich was
h er w edding, it w as revealed here
statio n .
th e back of m y mind. I w a n t to I to be canned.
Talent Shows Billed
Pelican Bay Fish Catches Enormous In
Past Week; Hundreds Of Salmon Snared
Nancy Vincent To
Wed In September
City Hall Moved
To Manley Building
Brookings. H a rb o r and W inchuck
a re a s for the pu rp o se of raisin g
funds for th e building of a per-
m am en t hom e for th e C hetco C om
m u n ity L ibrary.
T he cam paign is scheduled to
begin T u e s d a y .'A u g u s t 5. and to
lx* com pleted by S a tu rd a y , Au-
gst 9, at th e latest. T h e a re a has
been divided into th re e sectio n s
w ith a m em b er of th e ca m p aig n
co m m ittee in ch arg e of each sec
tion. T he following key w om en
have been selected to conduct th e
s o lic ita tio n :
H arb o r and W inchuck area, u n
d er d irectio n of R u th B ath ian y ,
and to include th ese so licito rs:
Mrs. K a th ry n ReekmAn, Mrs. F os
ter. Mrs. Lois P eterso n , M rs. R ay
G uerrettaz, Mrs. LaB arge, Mrs.
W eigel, Mrs. H annan, Mrs. O tto
T urley, Mrs. Roy H endry, Mrs. R.
D. Rowley, M rs. D ave C ro c k e tt,
M rs. W. H. H ibbard, Mrs. R o b ert
Sw an, Mrs. B erg er D ah lstro m .
Mrs. Bill F a lle rt, Mrs. E. F. Rap*
taeg e r, Mrs. E m ory H yland, Mrs.
Rose H ubbard, Mrs. F ra n k T h o m p
son, Mrs. A ndrew HofTeldt, an d
Mrs. T helm a P e tte g re w .
B rookings area, east of hig h w ay
101, un d er d irectio n of Mrs. R av-
eks, includes:
Mrs. B ernice Sw anson, Mrs. Lily
Brown, Mrs. Doyle R ausch. Mrs.
O lga Olson, Mrs. Roy B rim m , M rs
M uriel Gregg, Mrs. W a rre n S ta r r ,
Mrs. M arg aret B rener, Mrs. H en ry
W ilbank, Mrs. M arth a H a rb in .
M rs. A rth u r K nox, M rs. P eggy
B rown, Mrs. V incent, Mrs. P e te
L esm eister and Mrs. D a rre ll All
sup. W est of th e highw ay, is u n
d er d irection of Mrs. E unice Wol-
law and includes:
Mrs. O. N. B agham , M rs. Peflly,
Mrs. W a rra n e S m ith , Mrs. Collis,
Mrs. M alone, Mrs. Roy W eidem an,
M rs E rsk in e M iller, Mrs. D o ro th y
Lockland, Mrs. Em il M oore, Mrs.
Ja c k W right, Mrs. R ita T ierce,
Mrs. Jo h n D arg er, Mrs. K ite, Mrs.
Neil M artin, Mrs. F ord and Mrs.
A rchie A nderson and Ix»a M organ.
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Del Norte Fair
Del N o rte C ounty F a ir opens
F rid ay of next w eek. Aug. 15,
for a th ree-d ay ru n at th«» fa ir
g ro unds at C rescen t C ity and th e
opening day will launch Ix»s Mc
C lure, fair m an ag er, predicts will
be th e biggest fa ir yet to lx» held
in th e h isto ry of rap idly-grow ing
Del N o rte county.
E n trie s close at H p. m W edne-
day m orning and M cC lure says
th ey have topped previous y e a rs ’
figures.
T h e fa ir will officially begin on
F rid ay w ith lig h t horse ju d g in g
scheduled from 10 to noon in fro n t
of tfh e g ra n d sta n d . 4-H ju d g in g
will also begin at th a t tim e in
th e livestock area. All ju d g in g is
s ta r t at th e sam e hour.
F o r fu rth e r p a rtic u la rs read th e
ad v ertisin g on [»age nine of th is
issue.