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Nowhere A Finer Climate ~ Nowhere a Finer Community
Volume 7—Number 44
BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
Thursday, January 1, 195;
Threshold o f the future
TH E BELLS, horns and whistles that clamor in that hair
breadth of time dividing the New Year from the old re-echo in your
heart with happiness and hope throughout all of 195$. Let us all
celebrate the New ^ear, and after the first great din of festivity begins
to fade, we will have time yet to review quietly the accomplishments
and aspirations of the past 12 months.
Rotary Holds
Ladies' Night At
Chetco Inn
The sixth annual R otary Club
Ladies’ Night was held Saturday
evening at the Chetco Inn. Eighty-
one members, wives and guests
w ere served a prim e rib roast
7 o’clock dinner in the dining
room
Tlie well-known Jensen family
entertained w ith a group of m u
sical numbers. C harles Jensen,
teacher of music in Langlois and
Port Orford high schools, played
the piano, his son, W ilbur, the
cornet, and daughter, Judy, the
saxaphone and cornet.
L. C.
O’Brien, chef at the Inn, per
formed w ith a series of slight-
of-hand tricks that left the audi
ence mystified.
Roy Brown, m aster of cere
monies, introduced the num bers
and had a few jokes to tell on
his fellow members.
Les Dim-
mick and Paul Davis added to
» the m errim ent by finding reasons
for fineing m em bers and thereby
fattening the “pig.”
Tables w ere decorated with
holly and candles and guests
were given folder souvenir pro
gram s of the occasion.
TUESDAY NOON MEETING
At the regular Tuesday noon
m eeting of R otary a t the Chetco
Inn, Les Dimmick "butchered the
pig.” which contained the fines
th at had accum ulated during the
year.
Upon opening the anim al he
found th a t it contained a few
European coins, slugs and tokens
th at had to be m ade good and
thereby gave the group a good
tim e and incidentally swelled the
fund.
The final total sum counted was
1 he past year, we are thankful to say, has given us many instances
in which our friends have demonstrated their consideration and sin
cere desire to help in our efforts to keep our readers informed about
the affairs of the community. I hat is why we stop now, at the thresh
old of a New ear, to wish you, our subscribers and advertisers, all the
bountiful success that tnis community provides.
We are grateful to you, and we thank you. And now, back to
the lights and streamers and music and merriment that resounds
W1 th that convivial refrain . . .
Reeds Pledge
Good Service At
Chetco Inn
Lucien Harvey
Called By Death
New Year's Baby
To Be Given
Wardrobe
Lucian H arvey passed away at
Gold
Beach hospital on W ednes
In announcing his New Year
greetings
to
the comm unity, day forenoon, a fte r m any m onths
Elma Mitchell of the Tots and
Ralph Reed of the Chetco Inn of illness.
Teens Toggery will give a com
His cheerful and optim istic plétée layette to the first baby
also pledges this resolution:
spirit was a challenge o all those ! born in C urry county in 1953.
To serve the residents of who knew him. He marie an ef
She will keep in contact with Dr.
Brookings to the best of his abil
fort to be a leader of the youth Ronniger, Dr. W hite and Dr.
ity and as economically as pos
of the Com m unity church and Erickson of Gold Beach to verify
sible, with good food tastefully
often rem arked th at they were a the time of the flirth and the w in
served and a home-like atm os
great incentive and encourage ner. The set will include diapers,
phere.
m ent to him. As long as his receiving
and
crib
blankets,
Mrs. Reed will be at the Inn
health perm it ted he drove and gowns, shirts, sw eaters, rubber
w ith her husband occasionally,
cared for the com m unity am bu pants, towel sets,, cream and oils,
but will spend a great deal of her
lance but was forced to give it up and safety pins, etc. She will
tim e at th eir ranch in Talent, some m onths past.
also give a gift certificate e n titl
Ore.
He was a fine musician and he ing the now m other the privilege
The Reeds w ant the com m u
and his wife. Norine, presented of having the baby’s first shoes
nity to know* th a t they will be
m any enjoyable program num bers. bronzed as a keepsake.
glad to eo-ojierate with organiza
Funeral services will be held
tions or individuals in planning at the Comm unity church, with | Mrs M itchell expects to estab
and giving parties, large or small,
Rev. J. L. Mumbower in <4iarge, lish this custom and to present
in their pleasant lobby.
The
late r in the week and interm ent a layette to the first-born baby
large stone fireplace envelopes all in W illiam Jam es W ard Memo- | each year from the large stock of
those who gath er round it in a
babies’ and children’s m erchan
rial cemetery.
warm pleasant glow.
dise carried by the Tots and Teens
Dinners on Sunday are given
Toggery.
special attention and are served R E L A T IV E S V ISIT
from 2:00 p m. to 8 00 p.m.; on K A Y K E S S L E R S
P A Y N E F A M IL Y HOLDS
week days from 5 00 to 8:00 p.m
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory P itts. i
M yrtle Creek, and their daughter, , A N N U A L R E U N IO N
$249.41. This fund as in previous B ernadette, who was home for the | The Payne family held its a n
years will be used for a com m u holidays from work in Portland,! nual reunion on (’hristm as day as
nity project. Ju st w hat it is to visited w ith their son-in-law and usual. They met at the V.F.W.
be has not been determ ined but daughter. Mr and Mrs. Kay Kes- hall for the noon dinner and gift
will be announced la^»r.
exchange.
I sler. and family on Friday
Christmas Spirit
Assists Jones
Family
If reverses or a little "bad luck”
catches up with you, you are a
fo rtu n a te person if you are in
Brookings or H arbor when if hap
pens.
On Tuesday before Christm as
a fire at the Duane Jones home
-on Easy street burned the inte
rior badly, consuming the three
children’s C hristm as gifts and the
decorated tree.
Mr. Jones had
been rem odeling the house for
several m onths past and had it
fairly com fortable and modern
ized.
It was concluded that the
( ’hristm as tree lighting had s ta rt
ed the fire, leaving a bleak C hrist
inas facing the family.
Then the ( ’hristm as spirit be
gan to function and a fte r Officer
Bill Brown passed the word
around neighfxirs, friends, and
residents gathered w ith hammers
and saws, and in one day did most
of the rebuilding except replac
ing windows and doors. Eighteen
to 20 men gave th e ir assistance
in response to Mr. Brown’s sug
gestion.
Also a sum of $100 cash was
presented to the fam ily as a
C hristm as gift.
Brooking* and H arb o r people
are those big-hearted folk that
believe in giving th eir neighbors
a lift when they need it, and the
com m unity was indeed blessed
when our genial BUI Brown de
cided to m ake this com m unity
his home.
Therefore, try to have your
"bad luck” in this small city.
Nowhere will you find people
m ore conscious of the fact th at
they are their “brothers' keep
e r s " May their bread retu rn to
them cake.