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Nowhere À Finer Climate - Nowhere a Finer Community
N u m b e r 2o.
BRCIQK.1NGS. CURRY COUNTY, ORIÌGON
STORK SHOWER FOR
HELEN ARLANDSON
New City HaH
Is Completed
A sto rk show er honoring Mrs.
Helen A rlandson w as given at the
B rookings now has a new cen home of E rm an d ee L aB arge in
te r for its gov erning civic Ixxly. H arbor the evening of Septem lx’r
J u s t re c e n tly p a rtia lly com plet , 10th.
The V FW A uxiliary was hostess
ed so that the Recorder m ight
w
ith
Mi? L aB arge and Mrs. L u
have h e a d q u a rte rs and the police
cille
Molino
as re p resen ta tiv e hos
and judicial d e p a rtm e n t an office.
tesses.
Mrs.
A
rlandson was the re
It will be e n tire ly finished. A
cipient
of
m
any
gifts.
second sto ry w as added to the
building ju s t ea st of th e bakery,
which housed th e fire tru c k and
am bulance.
W hen th e police d ep a rtm en t re
quired the use of a jail heretofore,
it w as n ec essary to m ake trip s
to th e co u n ty seat a t Gold Beach.
Now new facilities for detention
are finished in a se p a ra te new
hollow c o n c rete block building at
th e re a r of th e city hall.
Under th e press of p riv ate bus
iness R ay G u e rratz , first R ecorder
u n d er th e new city incorporation,
is now re tire d and Gladys K anick
will a c t as R ecorder. Mrs. K an
ick cam e tp B rookings from G ray
land, W ash in g to n , in December».
sorest Fire Near
Threat To Harbor
Official re p o rt on th e forest fire
in th e hills above th e H arb o r area
was received by th e Pilot from
D. V. Young, a ssista n t d istrict
w arden of the Coos F o rest P ro
tective Association T uesday a f
ternoon.
Young said, due to the low h u
m idity and stro n g wind, a perm it
fire by the Denny Logging C om
pany w ent out of control la te
S a tu rd a y and for a tim e t h r e a t
ened th e town of H arbor. It w as
ju st put un d er control by th e
com bined effort of th e Coos F ire
P ro tectiv e A ssociation, th e D enny
Logging C om pany and th e B rook
ings F ire P atro l.
T h ree p u m p -tru ck s w ere on th e
M ilan D. S m ith , D istrict R o tary
fireline. One from Gold Be<ch,
G overnor, w ho visited th e local
one from Coos Bay and one be
o rg a n iz atio n ju s t last week, w as
b adly in ju red in his own plane longing to he D enny Co. Tw o
TD-24s w ere put on Ihe job to
s h o rtly a f te r a ta k e o ff from the
break a fire tra il and due to th e ir
B end a irp o rt on M onday.
M rs. S m ith w as w ith h er h u s combined effort a d isa ste r was
prevented and no dam ag e done.
band. T hey w ere both hospitalized.
The Golf! Beach tru c k w as re
T h ey had been v isiting friends in
Bend. Mr. S m ith w as head of th e | tu rn e d to th e fire on th e 14th
when th e re w as som e fire n e a r
S m ith C an n in g Co. and S m ith
F ro zen Foods of P en d leto n and ! th e C hapm an a p a rtm e n ts.
T he Denny Logging C om pany
L ew iston, Idaho.
will
m ain tain a fire p atro l until
He w as s ta te p resid en t in th e
the
fire
is com pletely burned out.
P en d leto n a re a of ft he M orm on
Rotary Governor
Hurt In Crash
chu rch .
Tw o y ea rs ago he w as nam ed
O regon ju n io r citizen by th e S ta te
J u n io r ch a m b e r of com m erce.
X
History Author
Visits Here
L ast F rid a y th e P ilot w as hon
o red by th e call of Em il R. P e t
erson, a u th o r of “A C en tu ry of
Coos an d C u rry .” A h isto ry of th e
tw o co u n ties th a t begins w ith th e
in fo rm atio n of th e first exploring
and s e ttlin g by th e w hite m an in
th is co a sta l area.
A bout 2200 copies have been
sold to d ate.
C h er 800 from th e C oos-C urry
P io n eer an d H isto rical A ssocia
tion. and a p p ro x im a te ly 1000 from
B infords an d N o rth , P o rtlan d
publishers.
P eterso n c a rrie s on a radio pro
g ra m o v er KOO S, Coos Bay s ta
tion, every S u n d ay from 12:30 to
*12 45 p.m. I t is based on th e
book and includes in terv iew s w ith
pioneers. H e in vites th e public to
send in n am es of fam ilies who
should have been included in th e
history’ b u t w ere m issed by th e
com pilers.
Log Truckers Meet
S o u th e rn O regon T ru c k e rs L ea
gue is m eeting a t M yrtle Ixxlge,
seven m iles n o rth of C oquille on
Sunday. S ep tem b er 21 a t 1 p.m.
L egislative problem s and plans
will be discussed. All those in te r
ested in this in d u stry a re invited
D utch lunch and re fresh m e n ts
will be available. Ladies and ch il
dren are welcom e.
A p ark
for th e children is provided.
K. 3 l’N WORTHY
LOCAL GRANGE
GUEST SPEAKER
K en n eth D unw orthy, d i s t r i ct
field m an for th e PM A w ith h ead
q u a rte rs at R oseburg, / w as th e
fe a tu re d speaker a t th e m eetin g
of th e C u rry county g ran g e at
O phir last S a tu rd a y . He explained
the changes being m ade in th e
PMA p ro g ram for the next year.
T he fo rm e r w ishing to ta k e p art
in th e 1953 program has to m ak e
his req u est before th e first of th e
year, a f te r w orking out w ith th e
local co m m itteem en the m ost im
p o rta n t p ra ctice o r p ra ctices to
c a rry out d u rin g th e y e a r to in
crease production and fe rtility off
his land. T he fa rm e r is to co n tact
his local com m itteem en, not the
county com m ittee, a f te r th e new
co m m itteem en ta k e office O c
to b er 1.
Mrs. Bea Phipps, th e L ec tu rer,
had a roll call w ith everyone p re s
ent s ta tin g th e ir ideas »as to th e
w ays th e co unty fa ir could he im
proved. K en n eth Thom pson, co u n
ty fa ir m an ag er, gave an in te re s t
ing re |x irt of th e fair and said
th a t th e fa ir hoard would go m ore
th an h alf w ay to help out w ith
any ideas to im prove the fa ir in
th e y ea rs to come. A woo, blan k et
w as p resen ted to th e fair queen,
M axine A shm on, from th e P o
m ona grange.
Mrs. E dith Ackley, ch a irm an of
th e Pom ona H om e Econom ies
com m ittee, re p o rted th at th e ju d g
ing had been held on th e w hite
satin s ta te g ra n g e canning contest
ex h ib its th a t w ere entered in the
co unty co n test w ith th e following
re s u lts : B erries, S te lla Slocum ,
1st; tre e fru its, Olive B ritto n , 1st!
and jelly, Jac k ie T aylor, 1st. T he
w inning e n trie s will be en tered
in th e s ta te contest.
It w as voted to m eet on every
th re e m onths instead of every tw o
m onths as at presen t, and to
change th e m eeting d a te to the
first S a tu rd a y of th e m onth,
s ta rtin g w ith th e first m eetin g in
1953. T he next m eetin g will be
held at H a rb o r w ith th e Chet co
G range as host g range on S a tu r
day, N ovem ber 8.
WEDDING SET
EOR MISS EADLING <a
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. F ad lin g a n
nounce th e en g ag em en t of th eir
d au g h ter, Jo anne, to Mr. C e ll Ra>
F ra ier. The w edding is planned
lor N ovem ber. Miss F adling g ra d
u a te d from th e local high school
in th e class of 1951, and is now
em ployed in th e offices of the
B rookings W a te r Company.
Mr. F ra z ie r is an em ployee of
Ihe local school d istrict.
SPEBSQSA Will
Hold Songfest
Jimmy Robinson
Home On Leave
Jim m y Robinson, son of M r.
anti Mrs. Jim Robinson of th e
C hetco Cafe, is hom e from th e
K orean front for a 30-day fu r
lough. H e spent 13 m onths w ith
th e E ngineers, lo u r of them a t
and n e a r H e a rtb re a k ridge, n o rth
of Seoul.
Five m o n th s Jim m y w as s ta
tioned in the P anm onjo a re a 1
where negotions w ere being c a r
ried on by the U.N. T hen w as
w ith the d etail th at cut th e w ire
b arricad es at th e POW cam p on
the Islam , of Kojodo when it w as
necessary for o u r troops to go in
and put down th e revolt of p ris
oners.
About th e tim e he expected to
be replaced and re tu rn to th e
S ta tes, he was Involved in a tru c k -
jeep accident and had som e rib s
broken. Six w eeks la te r he w as
released and allow ed to r e tu r n
to th e S ta te s. His discharge will
be due in O ctober, 1953. Jim m y
will go to F o rt Lewis O ctober 8.
T he public is to lx* tre a te d to
a special songfest by th e local
B arhershopix’rs on O cto b er 4 as
a ben efit for th e lib rary fund.
T his is not th e ir an n u al p arad e
hut will he fully as en tertain in g ,
w ith v i s i t i n g q u a r te tte s and
groups from neighboring cities.
Those who enjoy singing alw ays
look fo rw ard to th e ap p earan ces
of ft he B arb ersh o p o rg anization
and find th e evening's e n te r ta in
m ent one of th e best. P roceeds
from th is fu nction will go into
th e fund being raised by th e Com-
m u n ty Club, assisted by all o th e rl
o rg an izatio n s, for a m uch needed ]
new lib rary .
Ju d g in g by the am ount of ac
It is the u n d ersta n d in g of the
tiv
ity and a p p a re n t p ro g ress a t
Pilot th a t if a c e rta in sum can he
reached locally, th e land will b e B rooking’s new Bowling Alleys,
given by the S ta te for th e con it should not lx» very long b efore
th e hall will s ta rt rolling.
stru c tio n of th e building.
Cleo and Glenn Rogers, th e
ow ners of Azalea Lanes, now be
lieve th ey will be able to o|>en Ir
about th re e o r four weeks. An
A nam e can really m ean a lot an n ouncem ent will be m ade in
if we choose a g<xxi one and live
next w eek’s P ilot.
up to it t h a t ’s w hy th e young
T his addition to B rookings re c
m arrie d couples a t th e B ap tist
reatio n al facilities should prove
C om m unity S u n d ay School are
to be a popular a ttra c tio n for
choosing a nam e for th e ir class.
those of p ra ctically al, ages. In
T hey have th o u g h t of several
th e n ea r fu tu re v arious ty pes of
hut h av e n ’t found th e one they
bowling leagues will be form ed.
w ant y et. If y o i/d like to suggest
T hese leagues will heighten th e
a nam e please m ail o r give it to
enjoym ent of th is fine sport.
S ally S an d ers before O ctober 15.
In addition to m en ’s leagues
and women’s leagues a m ixed
doubles league will be form ed.
Dairy Creem Now
Well-Child Clinic
Open To Public
Friday, Sept. 26
T he D airy C reem w hich has
been w orking tow ard a gran d
opening for som e w eeks has been
really buzzing
T he teen -ag ers
have given them no tim e to plan
th e big. day b u t rq m o r has it th a t
th e celeb ratio n is not fa r in the
offing T his very m odern fo u n tain
and lunch c o u n te r serves sa n d
wiches. hom e-m ade pies and sh o rt
o rd e rs as well as fo u n tain orders.
We u n d ersta n d th a t th e public
will be Invited to cal, and inspect
the new- equipm ent and get ac
q u ain ted w ith th e ow ners soon.
Mr. and M rs Fell C am pbell and
Mr and M”s Je*s»* Dews
A w ell-child conference for th e
h e a l t h supervision of children
from infancy to six y ea rs of age
will be held In B rookings F riday.
S ep tem b er 26, from 9:30 a m. to
12 p m . a t th e B rookings grade
school. Dr. P aul R onniger will be
the exam ining physician
111 c h i l d r e n should not be
brought to th e C onference but
should be seen by th e ir fam ily
physician.
A ppointm ents for the C o n fer
ence m ay be m ade w ith Mrs. B er
th a W hirry
'l inn s J .i\, Srptcinlk i i S, lu s *
Azalea Lanes To
Open Here Soon
What's In A Name
Reception Given
By Local P-TA
T he P a re n t-T e a c h e r A ssociation!
sponsored a reception honoring
th e te a c h e rs of th e local schcool
last T h u rsd a y evening, S ep tem b er
11 at 8:00 o’clock, in th e school
aud ito riu m .
M em liers of th e Association
E x ecu tiv e B oard w ere hostesses
No form al p ro g ram w as presented,
allow ing th e te a c h e rs and p a re n ts
an o p p o rtu n ity to get ac q u ain
ted. S ev eral new teac h ers w ere
welcom ed to th e com m unity.
An in v itatio n to all p a re n ts and
friends to a ffilia te them selves
w ith th e P -T A in its effo rt to b e t
to r conditions for ed u catio n is e x
tended by th e officers.
This
y ea rs p resid en t is M rs M arg aret
B reuer, Mrs. Alice R ausch, vice-
p re sid e n t;
Mrs. Ix jn s ( rosby,
s e c re ta ry ; and M rs. Cleo ( raig
ia th e tre a s u re r.
Students Away
To College
S tu d e n ts of th e B rookings-H ar-
bor school class of 1952 going
aw ay to college th is past w eek
w e re: ‘
J e r ry A nderson to P acific U a t
F o rest G rove; S h irley Bolin to
P o rtla n d D ental College.
Jo e
M oore and Ed G ro o ten d o rst to th e
Schoo, of C h iro p ractic at D av en
port, Iowa. H a rry G ro o ten d o rst
and Jim G rush to S o u th e rn O re
gon College of E ducation. F ra n k
S tein ek e and Ronald Aker» to
O regon S ta te a t C orvallis.
Among o th e rs going back to
College w ere Jo an B yrnne to W il
la m ette U in S alem ; M arilyn S tr u -
bing to O regon S ta te and V ernon
Goldizen to U. of New M exico a t
J A lbuquerque