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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1953)
V OÍ Ü. L ibrary Mv* Clark On .ill newsstands nx? Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere a Finer Community Volume 7—Number 52 Annual Curry Co Basketball Tourney At Gold Beach The annual C urry Basketball T ournam ent again! County is here The dates set are T hursday evening a t 8:00 p.m. The fourth and fifth place w inners will play for the right to be the fourth team in the m eet. Langlois and Ophir are scheduled for this game. __________ HR( XTKINGS, CURRY COUNTY, O R E G O N HUTCHINSON TO SPEAK Harold B. Hutchinson will be guest speaker at the Cham ber of Commerce dinner Thursday evening. Feb. 26, a t the Chetco Grange. All persons interested in the fu tu re development of Brookings- H arbor area should atten d this meeting. Several im portant issues are to be presented to the m em bership for approval. Chicken dinner will be served by the A ltar Society at 7:00 p.m. Business m eeting begins at 8:00 p.m. It is not necessary to be a m em ber to attend these meetings. Everyone is welcome. An invita tion is extended to all residents to become active m em bers for the good of all. On Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. first place county winner, Brook ings. will play the third place team , Gold Beach, and the second team, P ort Orford, will play the winner of the T hursday game. On S atu rd ay evening the win ners of the Friday games will play for first place and the losers of the Friday evening games will play for the consolation. The county winner of the to u r nam ent will then go to the dis tric t tournam ent to be played at Yoncalla on Friday and S aturday. I March 6 and 7. The w inner of the C urry county division will play the second place team in Plans for the sixth annual Douglas county. The winner of Fashion Show’ and Dance, spon the first team in Coos county will sored by the S atellite Social Club play the Douglas county first of Brookings, to be held March team. 21, are shaping up fine with lots The “dope” so far is th a t likely of enthusiasm from both club Elkton and D rain will represent mem bers and stores. Douglas county; Powers, Coos The local clothing stores taking county, and iwo ho|>e) Brookings. p art this year are as follows: C urry county. Port O rford will Phillip’s Dad & Lad, Tots and do its best to change the score, Teens, Eva Lee, The Yard Stick, however. Inasm uch as Brookings Gould’s Shoe Store, and Hans- is the C urry county winner, the cam & Sons. Moore’s V ariety & Bruins would play off with the Apparel chose not to participate. winner of the C urry county to u r There will be no stores represent nam ent, if some team o th er than ed outside of Brookings and H a r Brookings should win. bor. A rrangem ents for the d istrict O ther m erchants participating tournam ent arc being made by are as follows: H endrick’s F u rn i Om er Monger, Canyonville, ch air ture, Yelton’s Radio * Gift Sh'op, man; George Lienkem per. B an The T hrift Corner, Jones Jew elry don, and Lynn H am pton, Brook M incer's Jewelry, Young’s B ak ings, com m ittee m em bers for the ery, Cur-Del Cleaners,* Young’s Oregon Activities Association. Gift Shop, Young's Variety, Ai- rell’s D rug Store, P a r Store. K err H ardw are & E lec.ric; Chet- co Home & Auto Supply, W hite’s Appliance, Brookings F u rn itu re, O stenburg, Dimmick Bros., F ree m an’s M arket, Redfield’s M arket, The local beauty shop’s part in the show will 1 m * announced next The Azalea Garden Club will week. be in charge of the plant and The Sixth Annual Fashion Show ♦ Garden Club Offers Plants, Etc. At Carnival flower booth at the L ibrary Bene fit Carnival to be held S aturday evening at the V.F.W. hall. Mrs. Virgil Goldsberry, plant sales chairm an, and Mrs. Hoy W eide man, program chairm an, will set up the booth and donations by the garden club m em bers m ay be brought in any tim e S aturday, but before 4 00 p.m., please. Rooted plants, bulbs and loose cuttings should all be labeled with their names. Cut flowers that can l>e sold in bunches for bouquets will also be acceptable Texaco Station Operating In New Quarters Dance To Help Build I a Barge Residence Bud Stotenburg and Cecil H art, owners of the Texaco Service s ta tion, have moved to their new location on Highway 101 on the west end of town. Although they are open for business at the pres ent time they have planned their official opening for later in March. This fine looking building, s ta r t ed in October, is of steel, the sections of which are bolted to« get her, has large w indows over looking the highway and m ill pond. Painting done by L. H. K irtley and according to Texaco pecifiications, is white w ith green ♦rim. Jim Koller did the cement work and George’s Electric the wiring. Known as a seven pump s ta tion, this business has plenty of room for parking of cars and trucks for servicing. Grounds are not complete but when finished it will be possible to drive around behind the station. Mr. H art and Mr. S totenburg have sold their old location to i There will be a big dance at the V.F.W. hall on March 7. This is to help the La Barges build a a new’ home, a fte r losing th eir’s in our recent siege of rain. Music will be sponsored by "The Dons," Brookings new o r chestra. Those who have not heard of the Dons are in for a treat as they are som ething Brookings has needed for a long time. There will be some nice gifts as an added attraction. Tickets will be on sale through out Brookings next week. A min imum charge of $1, w ith anything ex tra greatly appreciated. L et’s all tu rn out and support this dance. W e’U all have fun, you know’. It could hapi>en to you. This dance is sponsored by V.F.W. O rchestra, hall and all services will be donated. dimmick Bros., which will be made available for parking space for Brookings M arket. BROOKINGS-HARBOR LIONS CLUB HOLD CHARTER NIGHT BANQUET IN ATTENDANCE WERE FORTY MEMBERS AND TH IR TEEN VISITING CLUBS gROOKINGS-HARBOR Lions charter night banquet and program was held at the Chetco Inn Saturday, February 21. In the dining room and lobby were seated one hundred and seventy-six distinguished guests, repre sentatives of other Lions clubs, ladies and members. D istrict Governor G unner C. Wohgen, Rogue River, introduced the toastm aster, C hester Thom pkins, G rants Pass, who in turn In troduced guests and clubs. Guests who were present from Lions Clubs of A rcata, ( rescen* City, Coquille. Coos Bay, Bandon, Cave Junction, Kerby, (» rants Pass Rogue River, Central Point, Medford, B utte Falls and Bly. Each club presented the newly organized group w ith a gift to help them get started with their work. L etters and telegram s of co ngratula tions cam e from o th er clubs, even from seme in W ashington. Mayor Robert Dimmick welcomed the Lions Club to the com m u nity and John Wilson. deputy district governor, r«s|w»nded. Lari Breuer, as president of R otary, ¡»resented the club with a myrtlewood bound guest lx»ok. Clive Manley gave a word of welcome as presi dent of the Cham ber of Commerce. District Governor Wohgen spoke on the organization, capacity and ideals of Lions, w hich is in te rn a tio n a l in scope, having clubs in forty-three countries. He presented the c h a rte r to the Brookings- I Harbor club which was accepted by President Ralph W. Reed. The local m erchants are a n A special distinction was conferred ujxin Ralph Reed when he xious to show the comm unity that they can secure m erchan dise com parable in quality and price as can be had in larger centers, and the Fashion Show affords us excellent m eans to do just that. One of the S atellite Clubs’ aims in sponsoring this show* is to encourage the slogan, "B uy From Your Home M erchant Firnt." The different com m ittees are hard at work planning a big ger and b e tte r show’ this year ItiuisJ.G, February 26, 1953 was presented an Extension Award in the form of a medal that can be worn on a chain or tie clip. Mr. Reed has been more or less active in Lions for tw enty-nine years. This is the third time he has been president. The Brookings-Harbor Lions Club has a c h a rte r m em bership of forty, with almost fifty p?r cent having been Lions before. The Illi nois Valley Lions is the sponsoring club and Crescent City co-spon- soring. Decorations for the occasion w ere of stream ers, daffodils and souvenir program s in keeping w ith Lions colors, purple and gold Ladies were presented corsages. Following closing rem arks by Lawrence L Sheehan, cabinet sec retary, Rogue River, the group adjourned to Don’s Cliff House for dancing. Rotary Entertains Gold Beach Club And Ladies7 Night Officers Elected The R otary Club entertained Gold Beach club and ladies w ith a turkey dinner Tuesday evening at Don’s Cliff House. About one hundred and forty guests and m em bers were present. Mrs. Alice Putnam furnished organ m usic and accompanied group singing led by Ed McClain, who also gave the invocation President B reuer welcomed and introduced the guests while Roy Brown served as m aster of cere monies. S peaker of the evening was Dr. H arry L. Dillon, president of Linfield College, McMinnville, and who is also the newly elected R otary district governor. “Peek Behind the Iron C u rtain ” was the title of his talk on the program , but having spoken on that sub ject three tim es before that day, he asked if he might have a change. Instead he gave a talk on the A rabian countries and his observations there while travel ing gathering m aterial for a book which he was compiling. He spoke of the poverty of th e people and the prim itive methods used in agricu ltu re and economy. Unlike Am erica there is an ab sence of the middle class and it is to the pauper group there that the (om m unists talk in term s that they can understand. Dr. Dillon term ed the Arabian countries as the hot spot of the world. The speaker prefaced his speech and interspersed it with storiej and h u m o r th a t captivated his audience. Before the close of the evening the announcem ent ol offL’ers of the local club elected for the n o t term was ma le: President, G or don Goetz; vice president, George Funk; secretary -treasu rer, Lynn Ham pton. M aking up the board of directors will be these officers, the past president and Frenchy Arrell, Roy Brown and A rthur Knox. ♦ Gov't Hunter Gets Big Cat Lee H ildreth, governm ent h u n t er, had good hunting on Tuesday morning, lie brought in a larg • bobcat which he bad shot on the abrupt terrain above the Chetco river south of the bridge. He says he finds much preda tory game in that area. O ther bobcats, boar, and even a three- legged coyote have fallen as ta r gets to bis good m arksm anship since the first of the year.
