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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1952)
I PAGE T W O t 'I L A J l , BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT THERE’S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CIRCULATION B K U U M IW A Obituary In Mem oriam / Just PERSONAL Dewy Akers was born at Tekoa W ith the sudden termination of Washington, May 19, 1898, son of the exemplary life of our esteem, Entered as second-class matter, at the post off ice at Brookings, Ore Robert and Mary Jane < Rangel ed neighbor and friend, Dewey gon. March 7, 1946, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Akers. Akers, the City of Brookings He married Minna Stunz at mourns the loss of a “Fostering D ewey A kers , Editor and Publisher Father”. Boise. Idaho, June 17, 1933, who survives him. He is also survived The courage displayed in found SUBSCRIPTION RATES: by his son Ronald, one daughter ing the ‘Pilot'' when times were One Year, in advance (in Curry County) ... 5$.oo Virginia, and a son Hugh Allen hard. One Year, in advance (outside Curry Co.) ___ $^.50 all of Brookings. Eight half broth The persevering efforts to help ers Thomas, of Seaside, John and the growth of our school system N atio n al Advertising Representative Ronald, of Lewiston, Idaho in place with the increase of our James, of Newport, Washington, juvenile population, enabling them Earl of Wilbur, Washington; Will to compete on equal terms with or Seattle, and Marian, who is in the youth of other localities. W W E eekit EK l T I N NEWSPAPER 111 ewspaper I I epresentatives , inc the priesthood of the Catholic I he splendid and diligeant help Church. One brother Kins pre N ew York • Chicago • D etroit • Philadelphia in promoting the civic life of the ceded him in death. community culminating in the NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS: K indly notify of any Dewey's Mother passed away incorporation, and his continued labors and care for the welfare of change of address in advance. Failure to do so costs two when he was seven months of age. his ‘ Baby City” and W hen he was thirteen he left tents per issue sent to the old address. Subscription will home, and has been on his own His genial personality and sense be dropped unless subscriber notifies Pilot of change. of fairplay will long be remember ever since. He was determined to ed by his fellow citizens in every have an education, and worked his walk of life. own way through high school and Washington State College. He J. J. Gallagher Dewey Is Gone enlisted in the first World War • • • three weeks after the war was Dewey is gone! B ro k in g s with its various IN APPRECIATION declared; served 18 months over civic projects, organizations, school, and churches has seas in the Heavy Artillery, and The brothers and sisters of Mrs. in the army of occupation. He was Christiansen, Mr. Dimmick and j Dewey Akers wish to thank the lost a true friend. I was privileged to know him and wounded during the activities of Mr. Turley. The local Barber- Community for assistance rather well, a privilege which has enriched my own shopers paid homage to Mr. support of their Sister during her this war. Akers by singing a Farewell recent berevemeit. The many life and widened my vision. Dewey was vitally After his discharge, he finished! number at the internment service. neighborly deeds were appreciat his educational course at W ash-1 interested in the school. I le wanted better oppor jngton State Col.ege, re c e iv in g '^ I w ird " M e m Z .’park""3™ Jam" ed. tunities for hoys and girls. H e wanted as complete Masters Degree. He then l o o k ______________ The Stunz Family offerings as possible. lie wanted high scholastic Journalism at the University of Illinois. From that time on he has stand.11 ds. lie was interested in each boy and girl followed the newspaper work. He finding ,11s vocation, and for that matter, finding became owner of the Whit fish himself in high school. Having k e n a football Independent, of Whitefish. Mon tana, and also an interest in the player, he was interested in sports. W in or lose, he • Across from School paper at Columbia Falls, Montana. wanted to know that each member of the team did In February 1940 he purchased B ig Boy Burgers _ his best. the Dayton Tribune, at Dayton. Oiegon. At this place he built up I le was the Iirst president of Rotary Ill a tine and well equipped paper Chicken' in the Straw ......... and office, and in 1946 he divided Brookings. and did much to establish the clubs both I<25 the equipment, moving part to at Brookings and Gold Beach. He could be counted Brookings, and selling the re- O R D ER S I O G O — Call Phone mainder at Dayton to parties t<> I k - on hand each Tuesday luncheon, each 2474 taking over the paper there. Ixiard meeting. He often remarked that Rotary’s Thus on March 7. 1946 the first pllilosophy of service above self” was a thing to I k - eddition of the “Brookings-Harbor DRIVE-IN SERVICE Pilot was issued. The first news lived. paper venture in this Coastal Open Every Day— Standard or Daylight I Area. He had planned that this H e often talked about religious ideals. His \enture would be a crowning deep seated conviction was that a man must live his event in his Journalistic efforts religion. for the ground had been purchas ed. and the materials ready for N o man ever made more plans nor was more the erection of a -Pilot” building to be started this week. Death interested in the welfare of his family, and of the however, ended his career. JOIN plans for their education and training. In his death Brookings has sus tained a real loss a man whe Dewey is gone, but lus memory will chal stood for the better things, whe lenge each ot us to put "service above self.” T he was a real booster for all things worthwhile. He never failed u l o w n is a Ix-tter place to live because Dewey passed support the Educational system •Ins way; it will improve because of the challenge for youth. He was the soldiers he eft us. friend, and during the second world war corresponded with all of the boys iff the vicinity it Guest editorial by Lynn (). H am pton which he lived sending them hi’ Secretary of the Rotary Club and paper with the news from home Superintendent of Schools. While on their furloughs" they always made Wg on<? .heir headquarters. Dewey was a believer in God and the Bible, and a member ol the Smith River Methodist < riurch. He was a member of the Legion and active in the Rotary For many of our customers, the Masonic Lodge, the American L lub of Brookings. look of the week is their savings passbook which they Fast, Efficient Cleaning & Pressing! Funeral services were held at bring in every week with their deposit. A fine informal the Community Church in Brook- ’ club” in which every member is getting ahead! You PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE! ings on Tuesday, August 19th at are invited to become a member of our savings group. 2 00 p. m. under the direction of the Roy Brown Mortuary with J I. Mumbower and Rev. E C Hicks, a friend of long years Mantling in charge of the Memori al service Music was by Lucille BROOKINGS, OREGON I atteraon at the organ The Lord's Agents for Del Norte Laundry Prayer a solo by Otto Turley anti } our Dependable H om e Institution* the Old Rugged Cross a favorite Fedcrat Deposit Insurance Corporation of Mr. Akers was sung by a quar W I N R the hearthstone ¿ 7 CLUB Cur-Del Cleaners phone 2863 OREGON STATE BANK «
