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Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere a Finer Community
Volutn Seven. Number 26
MAXINE ASHMAN
CURRY COUNTY
FAIR QUEEN
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
LOGGING ACCIDENT
SERIOUSLY HURTS
RALPH GILMORE
R alph G ilm ore w as ta k e n to
C rescen t C ity hospital on W ednes­
Miss M axine A shm an, p rincess day a f te r a logging tru c k accident
from th e C en tral p a rt of C u rry up th e C hetco river.
C o u n ty w as selected Q ueen of the
A w re ck er w as called to lift the
1952 C u rry C ounty
F a ir w ith
tru c k which pinned him down. He
ab o u t th re e hu ndred points sep­
a r a tin g h er from th e ru n n e r up. w as brought as fa r as th e M or­
Curry County Fair
A Great Success
T he C u rry C ounty F a ir this
y e a r has been one of the best ever
belli. T he atte n d e n c e w as th e best
T h e Voung M arried C ouple's
th a t m any had ever seen in the class a t the C om m unity B ap .ist
F a ir G rounds. T he free b arbecue
S u n d ay School a re inviting all
headed by C om m itteem en Milt
M oore and W ilson F ree m a n a ie trien d s and new m em b ers to a
sponsored by th e C u rry C ounty w aterm elo n feet! and w einer roast
L ivestock A ssociation w as a d e­ at Mill Beach th is F rid ay , A ugust
cided success and enjoyed by 29. at 7:30 p.m.
h u nderds of people. D ouble lines
B ring y o u r w einers for your
passed th e tab les for over two and
one h alf hours. T he m eat w as ex- own fam ily. W e will bring the
ex cellent, an ab u n d an ce of good m elons.
food w as well prepared.
The
CotTee w as do n ated by th e M. J.
B. C om pany an d
the hot buns
w ere p rep ared and d o n ated by
G am ers bakery, th ro u g h th e W il­
son F ree m a n sto re at B rookings.
T he fine sp irit of C ooperation of
th e C hetco W ran g lers and all the
Miss N ancy V incent w as guest
B rookings people added m uch to
of honor at a bridal show er on
th e success of th e F a ir. T he horse
S
show and logging events w ere o u t­ a tu rd a y , A ugust 23rd at the Rod
stan d in g and m any
th a n k s a r e 1 and G un C lubhouse w hen Miss
due them . T he F loral exhibit this Jo an B yrne, assisted by h er m o th ­
y e a r w as one of th e best ever, and er, Mrs. M ildred B yrne, e n te r ta in ­
th e 4-H ex h ib its w ere o u ts ta n d ­ ed about th irty g u ests at a 1:30
ing. T he sale of th e ir fat lam bs d essert. T he C lubhouse w as d ec­
and ste e rs w as a good beginning of o ra te d in g ray and pink and m ini­
som ething th a t will grow' h o tte r a tu r e brides in pink gowns and
and bigger as th e y ea rs go by. veils form ed a c e n te r piece for
T h an k s a re due to all in th e Co­ each table. A larg e w h ite parasol
fuchsia adorned
u n ty th a t helped to m ake the F a ir d eco rated w ith
th
e
gift
table.
N
ancy
w as th e reci­
th e success th a t it was.
pient of m any b ea u tifu l gifts from
her Brixikings friends.
H E L P FO R F IR E V IC TIM S
A ccom panying N ancy to B rook­
H e r a tte n d a n ts w ere P rin cess N a­ ris ran ch w here th e am b u lan ce
dine Gil til lan from the n o rth e rn picked him up.
p a r t of C u rry C ounty, and P rin cess
It is re p o rted th a t pelvis bones
P a t H yland
re p resen tin g the w e re broken.
S o u th e rn section.
T he coro n atio n took place in
fro n t of the g ran d stan d im m edi­
a te ly a f te r th e p arad e on S a tu r ­
d ay and before the s ta rtin g of
th e afte rn o o n s pro g ram of e v e n ts ,'
andv it w as in ch arg e of M rs.
K a th ry n R eekm an, M aster of th e
G randpa Ross P u tn a m , genial
C u rry C ounty Pom ona G range.
resident of o u r fair city, these
T h e Q ueen and her a tte n d a n ts m any m onths is finding it h a rd to
w e re g u ests of the fair board at keep his m ind on th è logging busi­
Gold B each for th re e days of th e ness, since th e b irth of tw in sons,
fair, and w ere also g u ests a t the R olla and Ross, 8 lbs. 5 oz and 8
Q ueens d ance on S a tu rd a y ev en ­ lbs. 4 oz., respectively, to Mr. and
ing. T he F a ir B oard has m ade a r ­ Mrs. H arold P u tn a m of Boonville,
ra n g e m e n ts fo r them to be ta k e n C alifornia.
to th e S ta te F a ir a t S alem by Mr.
M ary and H arold recen tly went
an d Mrs. D ean Collins of Langlois
th e re from B rookings, w here they
th is com ing w eekend.
a re associated w ith his fa th e r in
W ith th e c e n tra l sectio n ’s P rin ­ a logging en terp rise.
cess becom ing queen this y ear, for
Ross w as ab o u t to “ bust his
th e th ird y e a r in succession, O phir
b u tto n s," w hen he cam e into the
G ran g e will becom e th e p e rm a n ­
P ilot ofTice on M onday to a n ­
e n t possession of th a t area. T he
nounce the ad v en t of th e tw o new
C ash co n trib u tio n s, clothing and
fa ir board will secure a n o th e r tro ­
loggers in th e P u tn a m firm . He hom e fu rn ish in g s a re being col­
phy to p u t Up for com pition at
had his th u m b s in his suspenders lected for Mr. and Mrs. Bill M er­
th e 1953 fair.
and his chin in th e a ir like h e’d r itt and fam ily w hose house was
in h erited a m illion dollars, and to com pletely consum ed by fire, w ith
Ross those tw ins a re ju s t about all its co n ten ts, on M onday. $257
w o rth th a t. H e th in k s he’s sw in g ­ has alre ad y been collected by
ing a p re tty big deal. Mrs. P u t­ P at S m ith, d riv e r for Fox Bros.
nam is a t th e hom e of h er son Leave co n trib u tio n s a t Fox Bros.,
tak in g c a re of tw o older g ra n d ­ o r M atots. T h ere a re 5 children,
children.
boys, 12 y ea rs and younger.
C h am b er of C om m erce D inner
M eeting for A ugust will be held
T h u rsd a y , th e 28th, a t th e H arb o r
G ra n g e H all. D inner will be se rv ­
ed a t 7:00 p. m., th e business
m eetin g will convene a t 8:00 p. m.
M ake y o u r d in n er re serv atio n s by
callin g P e te L esm eister 2271, C.
B ro o k in g s-H arb o r school is to
G ray sh al 2824, o r C hetco D rug
School will o p e ra te on D aylight
S to re. 2881.
com m ence i t ’s 1952-53 school y ea r tim e u ntil such a tim e as th e
T h e Door P rize this m onth is next T uesday m orning, S ep tem b er com m u n ity ch an g es to S ta n d a rd
d o n ated by th e C hetco D rug S to re, 2nd. T he m orning shift (C o u n try tim e.
T h e re will be th re e m ajo r
and th e p ro g ram will be p resen ted (C hildren and th e High School a re
to
re
g
iste
r
at
7
45
a
m
.;
city
ch
il­
ro
u
te s as last y e a r:
by Mr. C. W ylie S m ith, th e Coos-
dren
at
12:45.
C
ounty
children
are
H
ighw ay N o rth , W inchuck and
C u rry re p re se n ta tiv e of th e O re ­
gon C o m m ittee of In d u stria l D e­ all children who live in th e S o u th B ank C hetco.
In addition th e re will be th e
velopm ent. Also we have the tap e co u n try . C hildren living on R an ­
record in g of th e C hetco Cove som Avenue, and th a t p a rt of N o rth b a n k C hetco ru n and Easy
m eetin g in Ju ly be su re you h ea r E asy S tre e t a t right angle to th e S tr e e t G range H all pick up to re ­
highw ay will be considered to live lieve th e overload th a t would oc­
th is pro g ram .
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in th e co u n try ; th a t p art of E asy cur.
M any th a n k s to th e fellows who
S tre e t ap p ro x im a te ly parallel to
Bus d riv ers a re to be as fol
w orked so h ard on th e Bingo
H ighw ay 101 shall be considered lo w s:
C oncession a t th e C u rry C ounty
C ity. C hildren in each shift and
Clell
F razier, John
Peffley.
F air. U n d erstan d th ey did very
th e High School will rem ain in Doyle and Dan G eaney. Mr. Gea-
well, and th e C h am ber of C om ­
school ap p ro x im a te ly an hour and ney will w ork as a com bination
m erce is g ra te fu l, not only for the
e h alf on T uesday, S ep tem b er 2. ja n ito r-b u s driver.
donation, but for th e w onderful
C hildren should be out on th e
T he teaching s ta ff is as follows:
coop erativ e sp irit of its m em bers
J bus ro u te a t about the sam e clock
E le m e n ta ry S chool: Joe Tobin,
Ladies a re m ost w elcom e to o u r tim e as when school w as out last
P rincipal.
d in n er m eetings T hey a re good >ear, except th a t th e High School
M orning S h ift, 1st grade. Iris
hi'm e-m akem . and can be good s tu d e n ts will com e on th e ea rly
K indel; 2nd. E velyn DeM oss; 3rd.
co m m u n ity m ak ers too See you at m orning shift bus. along w ith th e
J e n n ie C a rte r ; 4»h. Lillian M ath-
the d in n er T h u rsd ay nig
i elem entary p u p . Is
i w
3th, LaVon W agner; 6th,
Putnam Is Grandad
Of Twin Boys
C. of C. Meeting
Slated Tonight
BEACH PARTY IS
PLANNED FOR
FRIDAY NIGHT
Nancy Vincent Is
Shower Honoree
ings from h e r hom e in P o rtlan d
w ere h er p aren ts, Mr. and Mrs.
R alph V incent an d Miss S a ra h
P o tts. A n o th er out of tow n guest
w as Mrs. R o b ert S lag le (M a rg are t
B y rn ei of M edford. S a ra h P o tts
and Jo an B yrne will be b rid es­
m aids for N ancy w hen she m arrie s
Joseph O ’R o u rk e a t S t. M ary’s
C a th e d ra l in P o rtla n d on S e p te m ­
ber 6th.
FIRE DESTROYS
FOLTZ’ HOME
ON TUESDAY
A fire w hich consum m ed th e e n ­
tire house ow ihn I by Mr. and Mrs.
Bill F oltz, Sr., of Los A ngeles and
occupied by Mr. and M rs. Bill
M erritt b ro u g h t out a hu g e crow d
of friends and n eighbors who
hel|H'd sav e the Molino hom e next
door on M onday afte rn o o n ab o u t
3:3() o’clock. Mrs M erritt had lit
an oil b u rn e r used to heat a w a te r
tank. D rilling oil ignited and c a u s ­
ed the (lam es to gain such h e a d ­
w ay th a t by th e tim e th e fire
tru c k arriv e d th e in te rio r of the
house w as tixi hot to en ter. N o th ­
ing w as saved and M rs. M e rritt
had only tim e enough to back h er
c a r out of th e drivew ay.
F irem en w o rked heroically to
keep th e Molino hom e from b u rn ­
ing. W a te r w as kept on it by one
m an w hile o th e rs shielded him
from th e terifTic heat. T h e Molino
g arag e burned. No one w as at th e
hom e and the ilixir w as broken in
and fu rn itu re c a rrie d acro ss th e
s tre e t in front of th e I.O .O .F. hall.
The house w as badly b listered and
sm oked but did not ca tc h fire.
County Fair Draws
Many From Here
B rookings w as well rep resen ted
et th e C ounty F a ir held at Gold
B each A ugust 22, 23, and 24
M any ex h ib its w ere e n te re d from
ed on co m m ittees and give indivi-
this a rea and a larg e n u m b er act«
dual assistan ce in m ak in g th e fair
T he W ran g ler S addle club upon«
a “b e tte r th an ev e r”, p ro d u ctio n
sored th e a re n a show, every mem«
a ffair a success.
ber doing his u tm o st to m ak e the
T h e 4-H clubs and individual
rid ers took p art in th e show.
fflThe D eGross Bros, and E lm er
C lausen of Gold Beach furnished
B a rb a ra
M artin ; 7th, Tom m y th e first to be put on In C u rry
cats, tru ck s. 2 logs for the logging
M artin ; 8th, F ran c es H enry.
events.
T he logging ju b ilee w as
A fternoon s h ift: 1st g rad e Rose
county
and
w as enjoyed
by
P e te rso n ; 2nd, B ern ad in e S teele;
hundreds.
3rd. Iren e C ru m p ; 4th, E thel
A list of those w inning ribbons
H ale; 5th, R uth G arcia; 6th, C arol
on
ex h ib its and w in n ers in both
B aldw in; 7th, D oris H am pton;
8th, Zona G eaney; Music, M arvin th e a re n a show and th e logging
co n tests will be published in in­
W iggans.
sta
llm e n ts in following Issues.
High S chool: Lynn H am pton,
P rin c ip a l; C arl H arriso n , Vice-
P rin cip al.
Church of (h ris t T o
T h e te a c h e rs and su b jects will
Have Gospel Meetings
be :
Lynn H am pton, G eo m etry ; C arl
A h e a rty w elcom e is ex ten d e d
H arriso n . L ib rary , R em edial E n g ­ to all to a tte n d th e Gospel M eet­
lish, A m erican P ro b lem s; C a th e r­ ings of th e C h u rch of C h rist.
ine IX iherty, E ng lish ; B etty G ray,
T he services will be held in th e
H. S a rg e a n t. M ath m atics, Mech- V.F.W . hall s ta rtin g on A u gust 31
H om e Econ., P hysical Ed; A W anil co n tin u in g
th ro u g h
u n til
G u th tie, G eography, P hysical Ed ; S ep tem b er 9.
E vangelist sp eak er, Glen Lundy
anical D raw ing; Wm. Thom pson,
Science. H isto ry ; H C haney, Typ­ of Upland. C alifo rn ia will have
ing C om m erce; an<l M arvin W ig­ ch a rg e of th e services.
M eeting tim e will be a t 7 :30
g in s , Band. C horus.
S u p erin ten d e n t, Lvnn H am pton p.m.
SCHEDULE GIVEN FOR
SCHOOL OPENING
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