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Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere a Finer Community
Volume 8—Number 6
Concert Drive
For Members
April 6 to 11th
BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
Benefit Lily Sale
Is Successful
Two Firms Move
To New Location
Former Resident
Killed In Texas
Thursday, April 9, 1955
Percy Evans New
Radio Serviceman
A t White App. Co.
Next W ednesday, April 15,
M incer’s Jew elry and Eva Lee’s
The
Crippled
Childrens
Organiza
Percy Evans will be associated
C om m unity C oncert drive fo r the
Edwin (Sonny) Chapm an of
Dress Shop will hold a grand o-
tion
sold
lilies
on
the
streets
of
w
ith
the radio d ep artm en t of the
1953-54 season s ta rte d officially on
Brookings on Saturday to swell th? pening in new quarters, in the H arbor received won! last week W hite A ppliance Co., on W h arf
A pril 6th w ith a kick-off d in n er a t fund for this most worthwhile pro
new Johnson-H urst building just of the death of his uncle, Bobby S tre e t, from this week. He an d
th e Lake K arl G range Hall in F o rt ject. Mrs. Verna Mendenhall reports
Childers, in Big Springs, Texas, his wife, Connie, o riginally lived in
west
of the Brookings M arket.
Dick a t which board m em bers and $82.95 total receipts from the little
from a blast of a 12-guage shot R a m a th F alls, but have been in
U
p-to-date
display
arra
n
g
e
w orkers fo r th e asso ciatio n w ere paper lilies. The small girls who
gun
in the hands of his nephew M edford one y ear doing electrical
merits and more space for a d
honored g uests.
canvassed the business section were:
by
m
arriage. Ray Davis, who sent c o n tra c t work.
ditional
stock
will
m
ake
it
pos
P rio r to th a t he
The new drive will m ark the fifth Joyce Raymond. Sharron Bennett,
a
second
shot
into
the
shoulder
of
"uid
six
y
e
a
rs
of
c o n tra c t work.
sible
for
the
stores
to
offer
the
season fo r the o rg a n iz atio n which Jean Gardner, Sandra Glass, M ar
He was electrician in th e Navy for
has m em bership from B rookings jorie Fitzhugh and Sanly Sanders— com m unity a g reater selection his wife, P at Davis.
The sh ooting cam e as a clim ax th re y ears, d isch arg ed as A EM ,1/c.
to K lam ath. B rookings chairm an with the honors going to Virginia of fine quality m erchandise.
Mr. and 'Mns. E vans have been
Eva Lee Long became assoc to the one-yaar m arria g e of th e
is Mrs. Helen D em psey, who will ' Bishop who sold the mast lilies. Ap
also have a num ber of w orkers proximately 92 06 per cent of the iated with the Dress Shop last D avis’, d u rin g which tim e Mr. in the com m unity since la s t Octo
helping h er to renew m em berships money raised stays in the state while O ctober 20. She and Lydia Brow- Davis m istreated his wife until - he ber and a re resid in g on Benham
as well a s enroll new m em bers in the balance goes for research work. man m anage the shop, at present left him about two m onths ago and Lane in one of th e A. L. T ravis
When all returns are in the report
w ent to stay with her grandni »ther, houses. Mr. Evans h as been doing
th e com m unity asso ciatio n . Sm ith
for the entire County will be a n located next to Redfield's M ar Mrs. Alice C hilders, a n d her com m ercial and in d u strial w iring
R iver ch airm an will be Mrs. Alyce nounced from the Treasurer’s Of- ket.
uncle, «Hob C hilders, a t th e ir hotel and will be qualified fo r television
Bolick.
Eunice Langlois, now of Rose
i lice in Gold Bern h
H er husband service when television comes to
New m em bers en ro llin g fo r the , The following Is a report of the burg and Mrs. Browman p u r in Big S prings.
season will be able to a tte n d the , care made possible through this chased the shop from Ann Swit- finally found where she w as, an d the area.
phoned to h er to come talk w ith
la s t con cert in the 1952-53 series, organization fund.
zenberg O ctober 23, 1951. Mrs.
which will be held Sunday a f te r
Local residents, who were very Sw itzenberg is now in Los An him, b rin g in g her uncle and g ra n d
m other w ith her.
Upon m eeting
noon, A pril 19th. and wfiT fe a tu re generous in her behalf, will re
geles. Mrs. Browman came here them . Davis opened lire w ith the
the w orld-fam ous duo-piano team member Lozella Stem bery when
sh? was severely burnel nearly three from International Falls, Minn, sawed-off sh o tg u n , h ittin g Mr.
of B a rtle tt and R obertson.
C hilders in th e abdom en, and as
The drive began A pril 6th an d >ears ago. She recently visited her in the sum m er of 1951.
Rev. C ochran, of Linfield College
M incqr’s Jew elry opened on his wife ran around a co rner of
will continue to A pril 11th, a t sister, Mrs. Pat Cox, but the necessi
a
t
M cM innville, Ore., preached the»
ty of further treatm ent prevented March 8, 1952 in the Tots To the building, shot her below the
which tim e the en su in g sea so n ’s
meeting old friends.
Teens Toggery. Mrs. Mincer was shoulder, m ost of the shot going E a s te r serm on a t th»* C om m unity
a r tis ts will be picked by the d irec
At 9:30 p. m. on June 9th, 1951. w ith the Barnes Jew elry in on th ro u g h , but som e lodging in C hurch on Sunday. In th e evening
the choir, led by Lucille P a tte rs o n ,
to rs and w orkers, as well as in te r I Txjzella Sternberg was burned from G rants Pass before coming to th e lungs.
Mrs. Davis was not and accom panied by Evelyn De
the
explaslon
of
a
gasoline
lantern.
ested m em bers.
I She was taken to Seaside Haspital Brookings with her husband, Al- seriously h u rt, and she has been M oss, p re sen ted a c a n ta ta of b eau
released from the h o sp ital and is tifu l E a s te r num bers to a larg e
I in Crescent City where she remain - bert and daughter, Bonnie Kay.
H arry Phillips, who came from w ith her g ran d m o th er. Mr. Davis i audience.
1 ed until August 28. 1951. Through
the kindness and hard work of the A storia on March 2, this year, has been released from jail on 1 A fte r th e services th e m em bers
i people of Brookings and Gold Beach will have charge of the w atch
of the ch o ir w ere en te rta in e d a t
14,000 bail.
I it was possible for her to be taken and jewelry repair departm ent.
th e P ierce home fo r re fresh m en ts.
i by plane to Portland. She spent
M any people will rem em ber | R ecordings w ere m ade by H enry
C ongradulations a n d g o o d
M arjorie G oldsberry and Am ber j fourteen months In the Emanuel wishes go to these two proges- Bobby C hilders, as he and his wife, K e rr of th e m usical num bers for
Cam pbell w< re iro re th an pleased , Hospital Mast of this time she was sive businesses.
M arie, who passed aw ay about a thi* en jo y m en t of the choir and
w ith the tu rn -o u t on th e ir opening 1 entirely helpless and under the
o th e rs la te r.
of the Crippled Childrens O r
y ear ago, lived here fo r a couple of
day , F rid ay , A pril 3rd, of House care
N ext Sunday, A pril 12th, a m ini
ganization.
y ears d u rin g the lily boom tim e. s te r is expected from W hite Tem ple
of Shoes.
This new business in
She has had twenty skin craft
B rookings is located on W h a rf ; operations and has taken nearly
Mrs. P a t Davis also lived here for B ap tist C hurch in P ortland. On
S tre e t, next to the O lym pia H a rd J seven gallons of blood by transfu-
som e tim e several y ears ago and th e 19th, Rev. Paul R oper of Alder-
ware.
wood M anor, suburb of S eattle,
; sion. After her release from the
she is th e s is te r of Sonny C hap
A lthough no exact count was hospital on Oct. 6. 1952 she went
plans to arriv e to conduct s e r
man.
vices.
kept, Mrs. G oldsberry s ta te d t h a t to her brothers home in Tacoma,
th ere m ust have been several hun Wash., to recuperate. She returned
The headlights of an on-comin •
dred people th a t called durin g the I regularly to Portland for physical car blinded Everett Davis, on Sati r-
day. The shop was a ttra c tiv e w ith therapy and treatm ent for pums day about 11:00 p. m. when he a t
th e m any bouquets of flowers sen t on her left arm.
tempted to turn off 101 Highway at
For the past month Lx>zella has Valley Crest Motel toward Smit
by friends.
Coffee and cake w as
served o all who called, by the hos 1 been visiting her sister. Mrs. Pat River. As he slowed down the 2-doo
Douglass E. C. H ay of C res
tesses. Mrs. Cleo C rag and Mrs. | Cox. of Brookings. She has rereently Chcvorlet of Mr. and Mrs. Harry cent City, head of Civil Defense
j
returned
to
Portland
to
consult
an
E thel Molino.
Mr. and Mrs. Elm er i’a ’ker a n
i orthopedic Doctor conerning tre a t Doorah of Gold B^ach crashed into in Del N orte county and a d ja
House of Shoes now stocking ment of her affected arm This ma.ln the rear of the Davis car. Two cent area was in Brookings on nounce the sale of P a rk e r’s An
ladies and m isses shoes, hosiery it Impossible for her to visit all of women friends, riding with the W ednesday with the offer of chorage to Mr. and Mrs. John
Doorah family were taken to the
and handbags, will be increasing her old friends.
Seaside Haspital at Crescent City, help in the establishm ent of a H ew itt, of N apa, C alif. They have
one son, 10 m onths old. Mr. H ew itt
the stock as rap idly as possible and
Lozella says, *‘I sincerely wish to one with a broken wrist, a fract in d Ground O bserver Post here.
is an en th u siastic fisherm an and
are p lan n in g to add a g re a te r v a ri thank the people of Brookings ai d knee and cuts about the head.
lie will eontaet both the F ilter well qualified to assum e m an ag e
ety of shoes.
Gold Beach and the Crippled
The driver had skidded the car 52
Childrens Organtaation for their feet in trying to a.old hittin'» the ( ’enters in Portland and Oakland m ent of the A nchorage. They will
assistance. Their efforts in my be Davis car. Mr. and Mr. . Charles with plans for eo-ordinating the arriv e before the opening o f fishing
half have prevented my being a Lakin w’ere passengers in the Da vi Brookings area w ith the Del season on April IRth.
cripple for life ”
Mr. and Mrs. P a rk e r will leave
car, Mrs Lakin suffered a ba ily N orte territo ry , and will work
“I have enjoyed receiving each wrenched bark, the others cuts and w ith Hom er H aggerty here in fo r Kentucky within 10 days, a c
Issue of the Pilot since I have been bruises.
setting up active 24-hour wateh com panied by th eir son, E arl, where
hospitalized."
they will establish a new home.
posts.
Verna L. Asche died March 20.
Mv address is. Lozella Sternberg
Mrs. Ross Salvage has offered
1953. in a Portland hospital when? w o south Warner 8L, Tacoma
a space for the base and several
she had been confined for a few Wash.
hours
of her tim e daily, as have
Aiays Funeral services w ere held I
♦
several others.
March 25. 1953. at Little Chape! — ■ •
P
Lt. N orton Guon of the P o rt
of the Chimes in Portland. In- I l U T i y j l X
r IV ltS
Mr, and Mrs. W alter Russell ob land center is expected to return
S ta te police G ardner, d ep u ty
term ent is at Sunset Hills Me-1 n >
■ x**
C* va
served th eir 36th wedding an n iv er shortly to help com plete arran g e d istric t atto rn e y , W illiam F u lle r
Cantata Enjoyed
By Many Listeners
Good Opening For
House of Shoes
♦
Blinding Lights
Cause Car Wreck
OBSERVER POST
IS PROGRESSING
Elmer Parker
Sells Anchorage
To John Hewitt
Verna L. Asche
Laid To Rest
Russclls Observe
36th Anniversary
morial Park.
Mrs Asche lived south of Har
bor for about six years. Return
ing to Portland in 1949. While
there she w’as active in the Gar
den club, Eastern Star. V.F.W.
Auxiliary and Chetco Grange.
She is survived by her husband
Elmer; daughter, Mrs. Dorothy
Harbin; sons. Everett R., Hear
ing. Melvin L and Raymond G
Asche; eight grandchildren and
a brother, Wayne Kelly
Biood Given 5. R.
The blood bank was held a t the
C om m unity H all, Sm ith R iver, on
T hursday w ith % p in ts of blood
donated fo r the boys in th e service
in K orea.
Several w’en t from
B rookings and gave blood. A ssist
ing were Post C om m ander Andy
Mellon, A uxiliary P resid en t Mrs.
May Crook, Lucille Law n. Eunice
Faris and Dolly Lovenborg.
sary on A pril 1st, a t the home of
the eldest d au g h ter, B etty R a n
som, an o th er d au g h ter, Bonnie
Shelton, actin g as co-hostess, d in
ner was served.
L ate r in the < \e n in g friends of
the fam ily g ath ered in to wish the
R ussells m any happy re tu rn s of
the day, all bearing g ifts of good
will for which the R ussells can
never tell in words of th e ir a p
preciation
State Officers Raid
Webster Court
m ents
Pilot Staff
Short Handed
•
B eing sh o rt handed th is week
The P ilot is la te reaching read ers,
and does not have the usual num
ber of pages. Some articles have
been cut, o th ers left out.
These
will be published next week if they
a re ao t too <tale by th a t time.
and sh eriff S abin raided th e es
tab lish m en t known as W e b ste r
C ourt, south of H arb o r on H igh
w ay 101, on Tuesday.
B lanche
W ebster,
52,
w as
ch arg ed w ith o|M*rating a house
o< ill-tam e and 'ta k e n before
County Ju stic e of P eace S chaal.
She w as fined $150 00.
W ith
h er
w ere
Jacq u elin e
F ran k lin . 31 and B etty Nelson,
31, who w ere eharg<xi w ith pros-
♦ion and fined $75 00 each.