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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1952)
ü. of 0. Library 12 pages this issue O n all newsstands Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere a Finer Community Volume 7, Number 28 Rotarians Enjoy Visit of District I Governor Smith BROOKINGS. CURRY COl NEY. OREGON Thursday, September 11, 1952 This Was a Fort Back In 1852 T he B rookings R o ta ty C lub had th e honor and e x tre m e p leasu re of an ad d ress by its new d istric t gov ern o r, M ilan S m ith, of P endleton, a t th e T u esd ay luncheon. Mr. S m ith held a conference w ith th e b o ard of d ire c to rs and co m m itte e heads M onday night at a d in n e r at th e C hetco Inn. The p u rpose of the conference w as to o u tlin e th e p ro g ram for th e com ing year. M i. S m ith , wlib is 33 y ea rs old, is th e you n g est d istric t governor in th e R o ta ry w orld today. He ta lk e d on th e in te rn a tio n a l scope of R o tary and how it affects every co m m u n ity in th e world. He sta te d th a t R o tary In te rn a tio n a l is one of th e best am b assad o rs of good will in th e w orld and th at it is brin g in g b e tte r u n d ersta n d in g to all people. He told of th e trem endous g ro w th of t h e organization th ro u g h o u t th e w orld since the end of W o rld W a r II and of the a n tic ip a te d g ro w th in the y ea rs to Old Fort Yam hill w as built near w here V alley Junction now stands during the w inter of 1855-56 by Joel com e. Palm er, first Superintendent of Indian A ffairs, and G eneral Phil Sheridan, then a lieutenant in com Mr. Sm ith is a past president and vice-president of the Pendle ton club and heads a food process ing company there. T hat because of his vitality and ability everyone feeis there are m any g reat responsibilities ahead for him in the years to come. House Bill 465 On Fall Ballot m and of regular troops designed as a protection again st the unruly Y am hill Indians. Later m oved to the Gr ’ Ronde A gency it w as used as a jail. In 1912 the old blockhouse w as m oved to D ayton and dedlee ed to ♦’ e m em ory of G eneral Joel P alm er, founder of D ayton, w here it now is m aintained as a m us?um cf indian and Pioneer relies. PRESBYTERIANS MEETS MONDAY ‘ BE SI BE YOUR SINS WILL FIND YOU OUT” One ehiecken thief is sure of it. A fter avoiding children of the fam ily of Pete Peterson a brazen chicken thief carried the last two chickens of the fam ily flock into the Chetco Cafe on Tuesday night His intentions from there on were unpredictable, because as he entered he spotted Mr. and Mrs. Peterson in the cafe and making a joke of the two live »chickens he carried by the neck he approached them. The chicken feed cost Jiim five dollars. -------------------------— Dr. D. K. West, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Med ford, Oregon, together with a few’ others from th at city, wild meet with local people Monday evening to discuss their plans and hopes for the form ation of a Presbyterian Church in Brookings. Anyone in terested in these plans is cordially’ invited to attend a no-host dinner a t the Chetco Inn Monday evening, Septem ber 15th a t 7:00 o’clock. Those wty> m ight not be able to come fo r the dinner are urged to i l l join the group ra little later. This ■■■ V v l l V U I House Bill 465 to be placed be fore the voters in November con cerns trucking in Oregon and becomes a vital issue for our area which depends so much on highway- transportation. The Chamber of Commerce will attem pt to secure speakers fo r the Septem ber and D q O a I i CC October dinner m eetings who will V lC d U lltd present the pro and con of this m eeting is not for members of the m easure to help guide voters in Presbyterian Church only, but for the November election. anyone interested. The two m ost distan t inquiries The local high school has reached received by the secretary this an all-tim e high, with 162 pupils month came from F o rt S m ith ,1 now enrolled, .a gain of 15 over A rkansas, and Victoria, B. C .! laat week’s report. It is expected • • I President Davis reports he is re-j D. C. Jaggers selling four-footed th a t a few more will enroll. The oeiving m any inquiries concerning beets. grade school gained an additional buaness locations. Many of these 18 pupils, to a total of 494 in the people would be good additions to R aincoats coming out of sto r grades, with an over-all total of our com m unity and provide needed a g e ’ 656 pupils in the school system.) services. We hope they like us and Bukb growers and fishermen anxi Most of the pupils who were out will rem ain here. last week are now enrolled. ously scanning the sky. All-Time High On the Main Drag Activities of the week will in Wes Smith gathering up a jury clude class meetings on Wednes for County «Court at Gold Beach. day; Student Council m eeting on The chorus of the PTA will have Daniel Boone Lunas bringing Thursday and Student Body m eet separate part practice« next M on-1 ^ " ¿ h e b .c o k ings on Friday. Officers of the day. Septem ber 15th, at 7:30 p. m. ; Student Body’ are: President, Den and will meet a t the school. Salmon being coy, tem porarily nis Fadling; Vice President, Lloyd M embership will be closed Sep Russel; T reasurer, Boys W esteren; New jail opens, daily rates. tem ber 29th for the Christm as Secretary, Sandra P arker and Ser- C an tata. Chu k» n fam ¿v, P-T A Will Practice LEO LUCAS GETS 300 POUND BEAR Friends never found out if Leo Lucas was hunting that .300 pound bear he shot on his ranch on the Ridge, up the Chetco river, or w hether the bear was hunting for him He brought it into town Thursday. A fter two shots from a 30-30 it tried to shake hands with him, so just to be safe Leo shot it again. He judged the big black animal was between three and four years old. Mr. Lucas is generously sh a r ing bear steak with his friends this w«*k. It was beginning to fatten for w inter hibernation and should be very tasty. CAR WRECKED SOUTH OF HARBOR It was reported th at a broken apindle bolt was the cauae of a completely wrecked Plymouth car and injury to Orval Lock on Mon day afternoon, near the H astings Bulb Farm, south of Harbor. Lock was hospitalized at Seaside Hos pital, Crescent City, with a badly crushed shoulder. Oren Sackrell, other occupant of the car, was dism issed by Dr. Ron- niger as having no critical injuries apparent a t the time. Grayshels Conduct Curry Co. Booth At State Fair The 1952 State F air held nt Salem, Oregon from August 90th to Septem ber Hth had the la rg e st attendance in the history of an- i mini State Fairs. There were 15 county exhibits at the F air this y» a r out of the 36 counties in the Stute. The Gprry County booth was supervised by Mr. and Mrs. Charles G rayshel and thud on d is play the natural resources of the county. Also featured in the booth w ere'C roft E aster Lilies, King Al fred Daffodil bulbs, (plywood, wool, myrtlewood, Langlois Obeese, m in erals, finisher! myrtlewood pieces and rnbrum lilies. L iterature from all p arts of the county was on dis play a t the table to give aw ay to anyone i n t «*<1, and a large number of persons asked about the m inerals in the county, as well as w h it to do while in our county. Many inquiries were received from fishermen and hunters as to the best time to come for th<* fall fish ing in the stream s along the coast of Currycounty. ThevariousState parks in our area created a lot of in terest as well as places for fam ilies to stay overnight. We would like to have a large display of m inerals for the Pacific U nterna- tional Livestock Show to be held in Portland from October 4th to 11th inclusive. We feel th a t m inerals are going to play an im portant p art in the future of C urry county and we should advertise these natural resources to the rest of the State. At the Pacific International Livestock Show there will be peo ple from the entire Pacific N orth west, as well as m id -w e ste rn States. So if anyone has samples of copper, gold, silver, crome, coal, tungsten, cobalt, zinc, molybdenite and any others, p h ase leave them with Charles Grayshel in Brook ing, o r Cliff Jenkins in the County Extension office at Gold Beach. --------------------------- . i Bridal Shower For Phyllis Darger The Misses Joanne Fadding and C harlotte Simpson were hostesses at a bridal shower given at the Faddling home on Sat unlay. Sept. 6th for Miss Phyllis D arger, dau g h ter of Mr. ami Mrs John D arger, who will be m arried to Roljert K err, son of Mr. and Mrs. H enry Kerr, on Sept. 28th at the Com m unity Church. The refreshm ent table w a s decorated in pink ami white. Rub- rum lilies centered the exquisitely Due to mechanical difficulties ap|iointed table The cake carried the winners of the la g g in g Show the “Good Luck" wish of the at the County F air will be an- o attended an i brought gifts for the new home fcXt WtCNL
