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Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere a Finer Community
Valtiine 7—Number 49
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, ()RtX;b~N~
Charles Youngs
I-O.O.F. Appoints
Collect Rocks
Scout Officers
On Mohave
Annual Chamber
Banquet Draws
Capacity Crowd
March O f Dimes
Over The Top
Pnirsday, February 5, 1952
Lt. Louise
Baumgarden
Marries
Chetco Lodge, I.O.O.F., No.
The March of Dimes fund col
249, which sponsors and whose
lected
in this area was greater
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young members assume the offices of
Lt. Louise Baumgarden, daugh
this
year
than ever before, an
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Baum
went south to San Bernardino, leaders for Troop 32 of Boy
nounced
Mrs.
Amber
Campbell,
One of the largest dinner meet
Calif., about the middle of Jan Scouts in Brookings, have com ings in the history of the Cham local chairman. To date $619.71 garden, was married to Capt.
piled a complete program for
I homas D. Look in Washington,
been turned in and there may D.C.,
uary to visit a brother, Lafe
in January.
53. The following officers have ber of Commerce was held last has
Thursday evening, Jan. 29, at be a few more cards out which
Young, and family. While there been appointed:
Lieutenant
Baumgarden was a
the Grange hall. One hundred will raise the total.
student in the Brookings school
they joined the Orange Belt Min Dal Sanders, Scoutmaster.
Itemized
receipts:
W. P. Clement, Assistant and ten people attended the an Cards and donations .......$172.12 after graduating entered nurses
eral Society on a field trip of
nual banquet at which officers
Scoutmaster.
.
several days in the Mohave Des
School cards .................... 88.57 training. She has been station<xi
at Walter Reed hospital in the
ert, camping and collecting petri Henry Kerr, Assistant Scout were installed for the 1953 Dance
207.40
term. Tne board of directors
Capital.
Previous to that she
fied woods, rare rocks and agates, master.
basketball gam e... 16.60
Ivan Smith. Explorer advisor. are extremely pleased with the School
spent
time
in Korea and Japan
and even a few dinosaur bones.
attendance and the interest Containers ......................... 135.02 and on her way back to the
Larry
Roemmich,
contact
man.
They were in the Boron and
Ben Jones, Board of Review shown. This continued support
circulated the globe by air.
Lavic area and brought home
Total ........................... $619.71 States
would accomplish the 1953 ob
chairman.
She
will
released from the
about 600 pounds of rock. They
It took the combined efforts service in be
jectives.
two
months.
George
Hassett,
advancement
were gone two and a half weeks.
Faced with thirty additional of a great many people to put
man.
the drive over the top. Mrs.
Jim Koeller, institutional rep hungry people, when they had Campbell
and her committee wish
planned
for
only
eighty,
the
la
resentative.
dies of the Altar Society rose to thank all those wrho gave ol
Ed Hoar, program man.
their time and for the generous
C. A. Page, committee chair to the occasion beautifully. It contributions
which made the
was a case of “loaves and fishes" 1
man.
drive
a
success.
and everyone was fed. Thanks to
the patient diners, and again I
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News Notes From thanks to our comjietent and G o l d B p f J f h
charming hostesses.
I
The door prize, an electric A A n il
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Norma Felipe and her mother.
Troop No. 32
clock from Kerr Hardware, was, 0,1 tFnbeZZled
The Black and White Revue
Mrs.
II. Felipe, whose home is
won by Mrs. Ed Dempsey. The I Roliert L. Johnson, Gold Beach
an old-fashioned minstrel show,
By DALL SANDERS
south
of Harbor on Highw’ny 101,
program speakers, Mr. Charles mail clerk, was arrested Satur-
was an outstanding performance,
found
the weather fine and driv
Greyshel and Mr. Ed Ackley. |day evening on a federal embez-
Scoutmaster of Troop No. 32
ing
easy
on their trip by car to
given to a packed auditorium
presented some informative mate blement charge by Stanley Smoot,
Sponsored by I.O.O.F. Lodge
Thursday evening at the high
New’ York, Connecticut, Massa
rial
on
the
interesting
corre
postal
inspector.
A week ago Monday night was
school.
The arrest w’as made when chusetts and Rhode Island re
Parents Night at our meeting. spondence has been received from
Herschel Chaney, commercial A court of honor was planned, our congressional representative Johnson admitted taking a plant cently. Leaving on Jan. 4 they
teacher, who wrote and directed but because of weather conditions in Washington in regard to the ed letter mailed at Harbor by went the southern way. return
the show, had nothing but praise our awards didn’t arrive on time, harbor improvement. These let- Smoot addressed to Gold Beach ing through Minnesota and Sault
Ste. Marie.
for the exceptional way that the so we sjient the evening by hav ters will be presented to the bank with a deposit.
Tony Felipe, stationed there,
some 80 members of the cast per ing a regular meeting and then membership at the next Chamber
Investigations had been under
formed. Coming from Kentucky we ate ice cream and drank of Commerce dinner meeting, way for six months. In his pos had flown east to meet his mother
sister and drove back to his
Mr. Chaney demonstrated just either pop or coffee and then we Feb. 26.
session was found packages of and
base
with them.
how an entertainment of this type had moving pictures.
Opening of the Tourist Infor-; clothing, books, records and other
Reaching
the east coast Norma
should be put on.
at the -........
south
en- items which were identified as
Last Monday night we had the mat
. ion . Booth
„
..........
and
her
mother
visited rc!ati.*r3
Numerous requests have been court of honor we should of had < rance . Brook,nKs ,s scheduled having been missing from the
and
the
interesting
places. There
made for a repeat performance the week previous.
i ^or April 1 in time for the be- mails.
they
met
Mrs.
Felipe’s
sister an«l
from those who missed seeing the
The highest award of the ev e-'ginning of the summer tourist
Mr. Johnson was released on
show and others that said they ning went to Jimmv Wldney, who ^ asoln; This wiH tru,y esfab,ish $1500 bail |M)sted in Gold Beach husband, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rose,
of Harbor, wrho had gone east in
would like to see it again. No has qualified to the rank of Star Brook,n8s as a" official gateway justice court. He will have a October.
The Roses returned
definite plans along this line have Scout.
!t0 Oregon.
federal court hearing later.
through
Florida
and the south in
Chamber of Commerce directors
been formulated.
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Clifford Guthrie was awarded
January.
They
were
accompanied
met Wednesday evening, Feb. 3.
Negroes seated on or half re his second-class rank.
by Mrs. Rose’s and Mrs. Felipe’s
Former
Residents
A
highway
committee
was
clining on hay bales, which one
Alvin Sanders and Bill Guthrie
sister, Mrs. Thelma Larango,
could easily imagine were cotton received
perfect
attendance formed, and plans were discussed Visit Brookings
who had just arrived at their
bales, gave background atmos awards with Alvin winning a 2- for formulating a Harbor dis
relatives home from Portugal.
trict.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Henry
Horst,
}
phere for the dance and musical year award..
She
will remain with the Rosts
former w’ell known residents of
numbers. The wedding with fe Eighteen merit badges were
for
two years. Her daughter,
{brooking«, were brief callers here i
male and male members reversed awarded to most of the rest of Stamp Club
Mary, is enrolled In the local
i
Monday.
They
were
very
much
j
caused an uproar and especially t he t roop.
surprised the way in which this school. She is eight years old
when the minister stopped the
We also had re-registration of Organized
'vicinity
had grown in the last and speaks no English but is
ceremony to take up a collection. our troop and dues collected
learning very fast.
A stamp club has been organ- year.
Mr. Chaney and Barry Sage which made us all ready for an
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Mr. and Mrs. Horst now live I
ized and meets every Sunday
kept the show’ moving with their other year.
at
Clear
Lake
Oaks,
Calif.
Com-
,
afternoon at the Hearthstone
humor and jokes.
February Meeting
ing through Coos Bay recently
across from the school.
The junior class and the direc
Students of all ages and adults they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Of Home Extension
tor wish to express their appre Ambulance
are welcome to join the club to Bob Perkins, who sent greetings
February meeting date is to
ciation of the support given by
trade stamps and learn about to Brookings Harbor people.
lie
set up to Jan. 11 and time
«Vie community and especially the Has Mishap
“Bob is working up a br.uor-
stamp collecting in general,
will
be 10:30 at the Grange hall.
ilorists and the Brookings Feed
Early Friday evening the George Wldney, a collector for shop group in Coos Bay,” said
This
is so we can get the ma
and Sect! store for props.
Brookings Harbor ambulance an years, has the books which gives Mrs. Horst.
terial for the January meeting
swered a call to take A. C. the value of any stamp that
which was cancelled.
,
I hompson to Seaside hospital. members might wish to get in Teen Club To Give
Bring a sack lunch.
Baptist Church
On the return trip, just south of formation about.
Everyone welcome.
Officers elected at a recent
harbor, the car immediately
Gives Cantata
ahead of the ambulance slowed meeting were: President, Alfred Formal Dance
to turn into a narrow’ driveway Mikkelsen; vice president, Den
The Brookings Teen Club is Eagles Plan
Mrs. Lucille Patterson, choir and a car coming from the other nis Horn, and secretary and giving a formal Sweetheart Ball
director of the Baptist Commu direction slowed to turn into an treasurer, George Widney. To on Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Grange Potluck Dinner
nity church, announced early this other narrow’ driveway opposite. date there are 24 members. Fran hall. A buffet dinner will be !
F.O.E, 3087 and Auxiliary are
week that practice on the Easter Having no warning and not able cis Zabroski, nine years old. won served and dancing will begin at
having
a potluck dinner. 6:30 pm.
cantata w’ould commence Thurs to pass either side, a collision the box of candy bars last meet 9 o’clock. Eddie Deg Jardin is
Friday,
Feb. 6. at V.F.W hall fcr
day evening. Feb. 5. at 8:00 pm., resulted.
ing for making the best repro providing the music. Tickets can 1 all members, their families and
at the church. Anyone interested
Geraldine Randall, nurse for duction of a postage stamp.
tie purchased from any girl mem friends. All post members and
in singing is welcome and urged Brookings Plywood Corp., re
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ber at $1.25 per couple.
families will be guests of honor.
to be present, Mrs. Patterson ceived bruises and broken ribs
Due to linotype trouble much
The young people have spent
There w’ill be dancing and
said, the entrance date would be
There was considerable damage
of the bowling team news was
many
hours
planning
and
making
games
for all. You are cordially
kept open to join this group un to both the ambulance and the
not printed this week. How elaborate decorations and hope invited to come early and stay
til Feb. 15.
Randall vehicle
ever, this will be printed later.
for a large interested attendance late.
Large Crowd
Attends High
School Show
♦
Norma Felipe
And Mother
Return From Trip