C. of C.-Loggers
Discuss Highway
Problems A t Meet
A co m m itte e of th e C h am b er
of C om m erce w as to a tte n d a
m eetin g held by th e local logging
in d u stry and a re p re s e n ta tiv e of
th e S ta te H ighw ay com m ission to
discuss th e problem of re tu rn in g
H ighw ay 101 n o rth to o n rm al op
eratio n . T h e conclusion of this
m eetin g will d e te rm in e to a g re at
e x te n t th e action of th e C h am b er
of C om m erce in its effo rts to
assist.
At th e tim e this p a p e r w ent to
press no re p o rt of th e m eetin g
w as available.
Library Site To Be
Deeded To City
T he su rp lu s p ro p e rtie s division
of the F ed eral S e c u ritie s Agency
is now read y to p u t th e deed to
th e lots for th e C hetco C om m u
n ity L ib rary in escrow , and su g
gested th a t, since th e com m u n ity
is now in co rp o rated, th e land be
conveyed d ire c tly to th e city in
stead of th e L ib rary A ssociation;
th ereb y relieving th e association
of th e necessity of filing a ta x
exem ption c e rtific a te ; since, as
city p ro p e rty it w ould a u to m a ti
cally be ta x ex em pt.
In view of th is suggestion, th e
L ib rary B oard co n ferre d w ith th e
city council and city a tto rn e y , and
la te r called a special m eetin g of
th e association m em bership, a t
w hich tim e a reso lu tio n w as
passed to th e effect th a t th e city
council m ak e ap p licatio n fo r this
p ro p erty .
H ow ever, th e L ib ra ry A sso cia
tion is still responsible for th e
collection of funds and th e con
stru c tio n of th e building. A ction
w as ta k e n by th e city council
and its ap p lication is now in th e
haiTas of th e federal se c u rtie s
agency in S an F rancisco.
T he
dot'd will c a rry th e re stric tio n
th a t th e land cannot be used for
an y th in g o th e r th a n a lib rary .
T he L ib rary B oard w ould
m uch ap p re c ia te receiving p a y
m ent, at th is tim e, of all pledges
m ade by individuals and o rg a n i
zations.
Vernon Crockett
Honored Guest
Mr. and M rs. D onald C ro c k e tt
and Mr. an d M rs. E d w a rd F re e
m an e n te rta in e d a t th e C ro ck e tt
Home on S u n d ay w ith a festive
d in n er in honor of V ernon C ro ck
e tt, w ho leaves W ednesday for
|^ie arm ed forces.
‘ T hose enjoying th e a ffa ir w e re:
Mr. and Mrs. D avid C ro ck e tt,
Mr. and Mrs. M ilton D eM artin,
David and Kay, J o a n n e P e t t i
grew , Mr. an d Mrs. E d w a rd F re e
m an and d a u g h te rs, D onna Mae,
Cindy and S usan. M r. and Mrs.
D aniel C ro c k e tt an d th e hon
ored guest. V ernon C ro c k e tt.
T h e day w as sp en t aro u n d th e
piano w ith accordion and bingo.
M any an old fashioned tu n e cam e
to light, and m any a new one.
Kemp Residence
Damaged By Fire
C. C. Banquet
This Evening
T he C h am b er of C om m erce a n
S a tu rd a y , Jan . 17, w hen N o rris
K em p an d his fam ily re tu rn e d nual banquet will be held T h u rs
hom e a f te r th e m atin ee at th e day evening (to n ig h t). Jan . 29
th e a te r they found th e ir h o rn ' at 7 :00 p.m. a t th e G range hall
filled w ith sm oke and th e floor in H arbor. T ick e ts have been on
su rro u n d in g the gas floor fu rn ace sale this last w eek, and a very
on fire. T he wood w as quickly large a tte n d a n c e is expected. In
chopped aw ay and w a te r used to ¡addition to th e in stalla tio n of o f
quench th e flames. If the fam ily ficers, an in te re stin g pro g ram on
hail been delayed for som e tim e the proposed h a rb o r developm ent
th e house very likely would have j is planned. T he door prize has
¡been d o n ated by K e rr h ard w are.
been consum ed by fire.
If you c a n ’t com e for d in n er,
D u rin g a previous w in te r th e
sam e house suffered th e loss of com e for th e business m eeting
its roof and d am age w hich also I which will begin at 8 :0 0 p.m.
affected th e fam ily car, d u rin g a
severe storm .
Tlie wood flooring has been r e
paired and new linoleum will be
laid a t once.
Library Benefit
Carnival
Minstrel Show
Featured Tonight
The
o ld -fa s h io n e d
m in strel
show sponsored by th e ju n io r
class of th e high school will be
given th is evening (T h u rsd a y ) a t
th e school. P ra c tic e w as in te r
ru p te d by school closure, w hich
m ade it necessary to postpone th e
show th a t week.
T he show is m ade up of a
larg e g roup of varied m usical and
dancing num bers.
will
T hose
holding
tic k e ts
please note th a t th e show will
be given th is evening.
Loca! Men Make
Gilbert Passable
A g roup of m en from th is vi
cin ity took it upon them selves to
m qke it possible for tra v e l to
be resum ed so u th w ard T h u rsd a y
evening. O ne span of th e th re e -
span bridge across G ilbert creek
on th e old highw ay in Del N o rte
co u n ty w as ta k e n out by th e r e
cent heavy sto rm and w ashings
th ere fro m .
"S p eed ” F u n a ri is given cred it
fo r en g in eerin g th e project. T he
w ork consisted of deepening th e
channel, th ere b y d iv e rtin g th e
flow of w a te r to th e o th e r tw o
spans and filling in th e space of
th e m issing span. C ats, tru c k s
and o th e r heavy m ach in ery w ere
used to m ove logs, rocks and
e a rth for filling, C h arles Sabin,
Fox Bros., "S peed” F u n a ri, B ert
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w ere not availab le w orked all
day.
N ig h tla ll did not b rin g a h ah
to th e w ork, p o rtab le light p lan ts
and g e n e ra to rs w ere supplied bv
E lm er B an k u s and G eorge M u r
ry. G ravel for su rfa cin g w as su p
plied by A rt Gibbs and E lm er
B ankus.
M rs. C h arles Sabin, M rs. F re d
dy Fox and Mrs. A lbert A n d er
son b ro u g h t hot coffee and s a n d
wiches. B rookings M arket and Ed
and M endys provided oil, lights
and food. Bill B row n and Bud
C ross w ere th e re to d irect tra ffic
and give th e use of radio for r e
laying m essages.
W ork w as not com pleted un til
1 o ’clock F rid ay m orning.
S a tu rd a y , F eb. 28. has been
set as th e d a te for a gala
carn iv al night at th e V.F.W .
hall. E ach o rg an izatio n in
the com m unity will be asked
to ru n a booth all proceeds
to be given to th e lib rary
building fund.
K eep this d a te open th e re
will be lots of fun for ev e ry
one.
GENE GOULD
WILL DISTRIBUTE
CLOTHES IN KOREA
In response to th e request of
■Gene Gould, son of M ickey and
Peggy Gould, who is statio n ed
w ith the arm ed forces in K orea,
the A m erican Legion is tak in g
the lead in a project to collect
and pack w arm p ractical clothing
to be sent to Gene for d is trib u
tion to those sm all K orean s he is
so concerned about.
T he affection and good w ishes
of his friends in B rookings gq to
Gene w ith th e packages.
Those having ch ild re n ’s c lo th
ing. w ishing to c o n trib u te to this
cause, a re asked to call 2548 o r
2451. T hey will be collected by
B ernice S ta n h u rs t and packed for
m ailing. A rticles m ust be clean
and in good condition. They m ay
also be left at V e rn a’s Shop in
th e ^B rookings Hotel.
S everal boxes have alread y
been sent by G ene’s p aren ts and
o th e rs a re ready to go from the
A uxiliary.
Lions Club Plans
For Carter Night
T h e B rooking s -H a rb o r Lions
C lub will hold its c h a rte r night
p ro g ram S atu rd ay , Feb. 21. at th e
C hetco Inn. M any d ig n a ta rie s a re
ex p ected to atte n d . T h e club is
m ak in g p re p a ra tio n s for an e x
pected a tte n d a n c e of at least 200.
Lions clubs in g en eral, concen
tr a te w ork w ith th e ir aid to th e
blind.
T hey d o n ate tim e and
m oney to the p u rch ase of glasses,
tre a tm e n t am i seeing-eye dogs
for th e blind. T hey u sually try
to confine th eir aid to local co m
m u n ity pro jects th a t needs to be
u n d e rta k e n . They u su ally get th e
job done in fine o rd er, too.
T he B ro o k in g s-H arb o r club now
has a m em bership of 20 m em b ers
and it is expeced to grow still
h ig h er by c h a rte r night.
N u m ero u s board m eetin g s have
been called by P resid en t R alph
Reed to ta k e ca re of th e m any
problem s of o rg an izatio n and for
the m ak in g of fu tu re plans. R eg
u la r d in n er m eetin g s are held at
th e C hetco Inn on second and
fo u rth M ondays of th e m onth.
Robert Dimmick
To Succeed Himself
As Mayor of City
At th e J a n u a ry council m eet
ing. Bob D im m ick gave his ac
cep tan ce to th e m ayorship for a
te rm of tw o y ears. T he council-
m en felt th a t Mr. Dim m ick knew
a g re at deal ab out th e w orkings
of th e city an d hail piloted them
safely th ro u g h th e m ost difficult
m o n th s of org an izatio n , th erefo re
w as th e m ost logical one to ac
cept th e title of m ayor.
C live M anley w as sw orn in as
councilm an, rep lacin g F red Eox.
♦
Brookings Given
National Publicity
By C. II. G R A Y SH EL
B rookings, O re., has received
n atio n al p u b licity in the ads
placed by the T rav el In fo rm atio n
B u reau . S ta te H ighw ay C om m is
sion, in th e follow ing publications:
S a tu rd a y E v ening P ost, Jan. 31
issue, and th e J a n u a ry issue of
H oliday M agazine. T his p ictu re
w as ta k e n this past su m m er by
Mr. D ennis C la rk e and one of the
official p h o to g ra p h e rs from S ta te
H ighw ay C om m ission, S alem , Ore.
Local high school stu d e n ts co
T om m y S m ith and Dick F ad-
ling E x p lo rer S co u ts of E agles o p e r a te d in posing in th e ca r
T roop 222, deserve a g reat deal I w hich w as fu rn ish ed by Gordon
of cred it for selling $62 w o rth of | Hook, of S m ith R iver Calif. F o r
advance M arch of D im es dance ) t he bench it of th e read ers the
¡s tu d e n ts in th e c a r a re Gordon
tick ets.
Hook, behind th e w heel; to his
T h e dance held S at u n la y ev e
rig h t M arjo rie F re e m a n and Ed
ning w as W’ell atte n d e d , acco rd
G ro o te n d o rs t; in th e re a r of the
ing to A m ber C am pbell, M arch of car, M ary Lou B erg er; d irectly in
Dim es ch airm an . S h e sta te d th a t front of th e c a r on th e bank,
she w ished to th an k all those th a t P a ts y H yland. S h irley Bowlin and
had helped m ake th e d ance |»os* Lyle V aughan.
sible and especially th e tw o boys
M any p ic tu re s w e re tak en d u r
for th e ir fine work.
ing th e visit of th ese tw o men
T he am ount of th e to tal p ro from th e T rav el In fo rm atio n B u
ceeds will be published later.
reau and I ’m su re th a t we will
see m ore colored p ictu re s of the
m any scenic sp o ts in this area in
issues of n atio n al m agazines
2 Explorer Scouts
Give Assistance
♦
Full M ail Service
Since Thursday
♦
Chetco Valley
Old Timer Passes
Mail service to th is area w as
in te rru p te d ju st one day last
week. N iek T u rn e r, m ail c a rrie r
C esare B ravo, born in S w itzer
from Gold B each and C rescen t land Feb. 17, 1872, passed aw ay
C ity, and Mrs. Goldie S w e a rin F rid a y evening, Ja n . 23. at N orth
gen, a c tin g p o stm a ste r,
m ade Bend.
every effo rt hu m an ly fxissible to
Mr. B rav o cam e to th e C hetco
get th e m ail to th e public.
V alley w ith his fam ily in 18H9,
Mr. T u rn e r mad»’ a hazard o u s 64 y e a rs ago. He w as m arried to
trip to (k>ld B each S u nday. H e Jessam in e F a rn u m in 1897 and to
w as not able to get th ro u g h S a t th is union w ere lx»rn six surviv
urday.
At Red ('u t he had to ing children, Mrs. Eva Moody,
SON Ol- LOCAL MAN I leave th e mail tru c k and, w i»h R eed sp o rt; Jo h n Dale, H artxir;
't h e first-class m ail on his hack. ¡M rs E lina E u n ice T ow ler, G ran ts
RECEIVES AWARD
s ta rte d o u t on foot. F o rtu n a te ly P ass; Mrs. A nice V elm a M cCul
Lt. J. G. Ja m e s E. Collis. s t a he did get som e rid es and had loch, B rookings, and C h ester of
tioned at p resen t a t W hidby Is considerable help fr'om S ta n ley S an F ran cisco . S u rv iv in g sisters
land. W ash., w as, to g e th e r w ith C olgrove w ith a jeep, but m uch a re Mrs. A lbina Tam lx), H a .b o r.
o th e r m em bers of p atro l sq u ad of th e w ay he w alked. T he trip Mrs. B e a tric e Pieni, R equa, and
M rs. F u iv ia Vosti, S alin as Calif.
ron one, aw ard ed th e a ir m edal took seven hours.
T u esd ay Mr. and Mrs. Floyd H is divorced widow also survives.
for m erito rio u s achievem ent d u r
C e sa re B ravo, know n as "C hes”
ing o p eratio n s
ag a in st
enem y S w earin g en took th e m ail tru c k
to G ilbert C reek w h ere th ey m et by bis friends, a ra n c h e r around
forces in th e E ast.
Lt. Collis. fo rm erly w ith th e th e B u tle r freig h t from C rescen t h ere ail his life, will be missed
E P I I , is now being d e ta c h e d C ity. T he m ail w as c a rrie d across by those who knew him.
F u n e ra l m ass will be in the
for sfiecial d u ty w ith th e F le e t th e dam aged bridge. T he next
Air S ervice.
day M r T u rn e r w as m et a t M y- 'S t a r of th e Sea parish church to
Lt. Collis is th e son of Mr. and ere ('re e k by th e S w earin g en s d ay (T hursday* Jan . 29 at 10
Mrs. J a c k Collis of F o u n tain Rock and on T h u rsd a y all m ail w as o ’clock, and b u rial in th e fam ily
addition.
c a rrie d both n o rth and south.
p lo t a t C resc en t C ity.