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Volume S—Number
C. of C. APPROVES
RESOLUTIONS
At the F ebruary Cham ber of
Commerce dinner m eeting, a t­
tended by 100 persons, the m em ­
bership approved two resolutions
represented by the budget com­
m ittee. The first resolution re ­
quested $1000 be set aside to be­
gin securing statistical inform a­
tion for the brief which will
largely determ ine the success of
our harbor and highway pro­
grams. When this inform ation is
requested by the sta te and fed­
eral agencies, our brief m ust be
ready; it m ust be accu rate and
complete, and by showing a fav­
orable “benefits to cost ratio ,”
justify our request for b e tte r
highway and w ater tra n sp o rta ­
tion.
On April 1, at the opening of
the Cham ber of Commerce T our­
ist Inform ation C en ter in the
Forest
Service
building,
the
Cham ber of Commerce will spon­
sor an Industrial R egistration
Day, requesting all employers
and business men to fill out ques­
tionnaires.
By this voluntary
contribution of inform ation, you,
the members of the Cham ber of
Commerce, will be saving your­
selves many dollars by elim inat­
ing the exjiense of a field w orker
to secure the same information.
The second resolution request­
ed $1500 to be pledged imme­
diately for printing costs of a re ­
vised and up-to-date tourist infor­
m ation folder which we hope will
be available for distribution on
April 1 at the Tourist Inform ation
Center.
Although the treasu ry
did not have $2500 available at
the time of the m eeting, both
these resolutions w ere unani­
mously passed, as the m em ber­
ship felt that enough new m em ­
bers could be secured during the
month of M arch to m ore than
m ake up the additional monev
which will ho needed. Anyone
wishing to join the Cham ber ef
Commerce for its fight for better
highways,
harbor deevlopm ent
and increased tourist attractio n
should contact a Chamber of
Commerce director, or any m em ­
ber of the chamber.
Inform ative talks on the Brook-!
¡rigs Plywood Corporation were
given by Mr. Hutchinson and Mr.
Bonner. O ur plywood corpora­
tion is of vital interest to all of
Cb. Last fall the Cham ber of
Commerce w rote to R F. C. sup­
porting BrookPly's request for fi­
nancial aid, and outlining its im ­
portant part in our comm unity.
The a ttittu d e of the cham ber has
not changed, and we pledge again
our continued support tow ard its
success.
The usual excellent dinner was
served by the ladies of the A ltar
Society, and the door prize, donat­
ed this month by the C urry Coun­
ty Lumber Company, was a
bronze lamp, won by Claude Gold-
izen.
Rep Ellnworth Write»
The Brookings C ham ber of
Commerce received encouraging
correspondence from Representa-
t Continued on Back Page)
BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
Dan Freund Victim Gem and Mineral
O f Heart Attack
Society Will
Dan D. Freund of Brookings
passed away very suddenly on Organize
Monday m orning while at work
at the Rivers End Auto Court
belonging to Mr. Gonzales. He
was on a construction job and
finishing cem ent at the time. He
had rem arked earlier of feeling
il, but continued to stay on the
job.
Daniel D. Freund was born
May 16, 1901, in N orth Dakota,
and passed aw ay on March 2 at
Rivers End, Calif. He leaves two
daughters, M arleen Freund anti
Mrs. DeLane Anderson of Col­
lege Place. W ash.; a son, Staff
Sgt. Melvin Freund, stationed at
M ountain Home Airforce Base,
Idaho. (Staff Sgt. Melvin’s home
address is 110 N. 14th, Boise.
Idaho.) A sister, Mrs. Rose Zwie-
gle of Lodi, Calif., and a brother,
Henry, in Fresno.
Funeral services will be held
in W alla W alla, Wash., Monday.
March 9. Interm ent in Walla
Walla.
Vandals Add To
La Barqe Loss
Adding to their other troubles,
some crim inals stole everything
they could pry or tear loose from
the w rerked home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry La Barge while it lay
aw aiting insurance and FHA ad­
justm ent decisions. Doors, fix­
tures windows, and other m ate­
rial which could have been used
in the construction of a new home
were taken and the sad part is
the couple m ust pay for them in
the sum they still owe on their
FHA loan. Mr. and Mrs. La
Barge m ade a trip to Portland
to see if they could get this in­
debtedness cased but could not,
nor could they get anything out
of their insurance. The A m eri­
can Red Cross has allowed them
$2,200 tow ard m aterial, only, for
a cottage, anil the neighbors are
assum ing a fu rth e r help to the
unfortunates who lost th eir home
at four in the m orning during
the heavy rains the early p art of
February. T here will be a benefit
dance at the V.F.W. hall this
coming S aturday evening with
tickets available from V.F.W,
post and auxiliary
members.
There is no fixed admission price
o th er than it m ust lx* over a
dollar.
Volume 8 Starts
With This Issue
The Brookings-H arbor Pilot put
out the first issue seven years
ago this week During th at time
we have enjoyed your patrorfage
and w ant to thank all those peo­
ple. businesses and organizations
who have contributed with news
and ads which has helped to m ake
this jiaper a success
Volume 8. N um ber 1, denotes
th at The Pilot is sta rtin g its
eighth year of publication.
See our offer on Page 5 where
we show you in a practical way
how much we appreciate you as
a reader.
Thm sd.i\, Mut ch 5, 1 ;
MANY CHANGES RECORDED DURING
SEVEN YEARS' PUBLICATION
1,,E
anniversary number
of any newspaper automati­
A group of people interested in
gems and m inerals, from finding
cally makes its readers retrospective, and few small
them in their natu ral sta te to
the grinding, polishing and m ar­ communities can look forward over the comparatively
keting of the beautiful specimens brief life of a paper and see more varied and interesting
and jew elry they adorn, are gath-
ing at the V.F.W. hall on Mar«.n development than can Brookings and Harbor.
12, at 8:00 p.m., to form the
How pleased we all were to learn that we were to
Brookings Gem and Mineral So­
have a paper published here, but we could not realize
ciety.
There will be a display of m in­ until Dewey Akers appeared as its editor what an invig­
erals, cut gems and just plain orating influence it would have upon us.
rocks, with interesting histories
Of <‘ouis«‘ at that tim e Brook-
in form ation and interesting fu­
mgs
was feeling a hit conceit«xl
tures, a fte r some “rock-hound"
over its recently completed broad
has given them his attention for
highway and the relocation of
an evening or two.
several of its business buildings,
Delegations from
the Gold
changing it from a village to a
Beach club, the Crescent City
town. And E aster lily bulb pro­
club and the Eureka cluh will be
duction in the region had a ttra c t­
One hundred votes were cast ed such wide attention that m aga­
in attendance and will give talks
on
Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the three zines of national prominence ca r­
on m aterials displayed.
This is a hobby all m em bers of I polling places, the Grange hall in ried articles about us, incidental­
the family can enjoy together, Sixes, the county agent’s office in ly rem arking u|>on the mild cli­
and anyone who is genuinely in­ Gold Beach, and the Cheteo m ate which made this (lossible,
terested in gems, rocks and m in­ Grange hall in H arbor, for the and accompanying the stories
erals is eligible to mem bership.
establishm ent of a soil conserva­ with pictures showing the rom an­
2’he local beach, hills and near
tic setting o f many fields over­
tion district in C urry county.
localities abound in m aterials of
looking the sea. Result, we be­
A m ajority of 147 votes in favor
a semi-precious type and a collec­
cam e probably the best known
and
an election of three super­ small com m unity in the United
tion can soon be acquired.
The public is heartily invited to visors will firmly create this o r­ States, and certainly in the P a ­
attend the m eeting and view the ganization for farm ers’ assist­ cific N orthw est. Inspirational a r­
displays. For detailed inform ation ance.
ticles in The Pilot played no small
contact Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Elected were Cecil W att of part, as the paper went to many
Young at the 5 & 10, Mr. and Brookings, D. P. Ferguson of distant ¡xiints carrying its m es­
Mrs. Tom Yokum or Eva Lee Gold Beach, and C. H. Brooks, sage.
Long.
We ourselves who lived here
Langlois.
several years before the coming
of The Pilot, found it hard to
envision the division and settle­
ment of the well-known Pedroli
Ranch at H arbor, took much
The All Year Events Associa­ pride in showing visitors the care­
Fire from an undeterm ined tion held its first meeting with fully tended flower fields in that
origin destroyed the residence of the new officers in charge Monday locality, and even more difficult
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Owens on «veiling at the Cheteo Inn. The to realize that business in Brook­
Hiway 101, four miles south of date of the Azalea Festival was ings was encroaching almost to
H arbor S aturday afternoon about set for May 30 and 31, and the our door over “The Arnold
tentative date for the Lily P a ­ T ra c t,” a wide expanse of brush
4 o’clock.
No one was at home at the rade was set for either July 12 or and small trees which had inter­
time, Mr. Owens having gone to July 19, depending on how rap vened up to that tim e between
town a short tim e before, and idly the lilies develop and their our residence and the town, and
Mrs. Owens was at work in the blooms become available.
which had been in the Arnold
Several com m ittees were ap­ family “hack East” since 1876, ac­
Felipes lily field near by. There
had been no fire in the house ns pointed and much of the fram e­ cording to records. O ur own
the day was warm. Before any­ work of the 1953 organizational house had been, up to a lew
one knew it smoke and flames program was established.
years ago, the only one built to
The next m eeting of the asso­ take advantage of a site direct lv
enveloped the house, m aking if
imfiossible to enter. No attem pt ciation will be field at the Inn on the ocean. Now there are in­
could l>e made to save anything on Monday, March 9.
num erable beautiful homes, many
Mr. and Mrs. Owens had re ­
of them much more pretentious
cently purchased new furniture.
than ours, overlooking the sea,
They moved here last summ er,
and ocean front property has
coming from San Diego, and pui-
gained full recognition as being
chased their home from Mr. and
extrem ely desirable, as have lo­
The high school age Sunday cations in the foothills comm and­
Mrs. Henry Weigle. They have
a daughter. Betty Jo, who is in sc I kki I class of the Baptist ( ‘(im­ ing views of the Cheteo river and
high school and was in Go'd m unity church surprised Rev. and the broad Pacifiic,
Mrs. J. L. M umbower w ith a
Beach at the time.
Brookings
has
long
been
The Brookings fire departm ent party following the regular busi­ known as the shipping point for
was on hand but due to inade­ ness m eeting at the Mumbower the earliest daffodils to bloom in
quate w ater supply and the ad­ home last Wednesday.
the state, norm ally beginning in
vanced stag»» of the fire, all a t­
I he young people had planned |a (P Jan u ary when their de ;tina
tem pts to put ou the blaze were plenty of food for the refresh-
w ere very apt to lie in the
m ents and finished with a sheet m idgt of w inter storm s. Almost
futile.
The home and furnishings were cake decorated with a gold cross. , tw enty tons of blooms went to
They presented txifh Rev. and m ar|<e| tho past season, by air.
insured, it was understood.
Mrs. Mumbower with going aw a\
One of the most desirablo
Rdts.
things th a t has happened to us
During the business m eeting of recent years is the construe-
Arc You a Member?
Karen Ritche \%as elected treas- tjOp of ft1P road leading to the
u rer to fill the vacancy crented beach in H arris S ta te Park, and
by the resignation of Sharon Mc­
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Clain
Majority Vote
For County Soil
Conservation
FIRE RAZES
OWEN HOME
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Ail Year Events
Sets Dates
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Surprise Party
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