Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978, May 14, 1953, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextHarbor Tea Bazaar Scout Bldg. Comm. Hiway Commission Made 90 Dollars Solicits Interest To Let Contracts Library Bldg. Fund The locjd Scout C om m ittee at the Cliff Beem home on Friday, May 8. A new location was discussed fnr the proposed building for Scout use. Help is still needed and donations of any kind w: 1 be welcome. Building m aterials are especially needed. The building will he 40x60, concrete floor fram e walls, truss roof, composition shingles. Stucci will be used for outside finish. Ten people were present ai the last meeting. Those pooph interested in Scouts are wel come to attend m eetings and to enter into all discussions. This is a community project. •" order to succeed we need all the people to give it a big push. We can’t do it alone. Next meeting is at Odd Fcl lows Hall — Friday night, Mav 15. Don Burgm an Publicity Man On May 18 and 19, the S ta te Highway Commission will receive bids on three projects in Curry County. The two m ajor projects involve (1) grading, paving and (2) the construction of three bridges on the Brush Creek- Frankport Unit of the Rm ( Point-Gold Beach Section of the Oregon Coast Highway. The first project calls for 2.10 miles of grading. 501 miles o* rock base and 5.01 miles of asphaltic concrete pavement 3 L inches thick, with 3 to 1 foot oiled shoulders alongside to as sist in the prevention of watt*, infiltration under pavement edges. The rock base and pav ing work will include and cover the section now being graded be tween Brush (’reek and Rine hart Creek under a previously awarded contract. Due to heavy slide conditions, special construc tion methods will be used in benching and draining heavy cuts fronting Arizona Inn, and coun terbalanced tills will be used on fills over unstable ground su r faces to prevent overloading and excessive fill settlem ents at those points. A 150-foot reinforced concrete bridge over Brush Creek,' a 110-foot reinforced concrete beam and deck on tim ber pile bridge over M yrtle Creek and sim ilar stru c tu re 75 feet in length over Mussel Creek will complete the stru c tu ra l work (except for the Rinehart Creek Bridge to be let at a la te r date) on this unit. Completion of these two pro- (Held over from las t week) The H arbor Community Club tea and bazaar was held May 2 at the Grange Hall. Approxi m ately ninty dollars was turned over to the Library Association, the complete proceeds of this function. Mrs. Leah Morgan was in charge of the attractiv ely decor ated tea table and was assisted L. M esdames Tony Olson. Irene McPherson, R uth Bathiany, Pall- aday and Albert Joy. A mina- tu re m ay pole w ith dolls as dancers centered the lace cover ed tea table. Flowers were used in profusion about the room Screened Sand, and Gravel Salvage Sand and Gravel which was divided into tearoom and bazaar by the use of bamboo shades and archway. Musical num bers by Mrs. Nell M ackenzie, Mrs. Mary Ellen W hitney and Mrs. Norine Ains w orth; and tap dancing students of Miss Bonnie Kay Mincer en tertained those present. Top Soil Fill D irt Drainage Rock Phone 2341 Leonard Real F fitc tc GEORGE'S ELECTRIC vets by late fall of 1954 will provide a safe and fast 2-lanc highway ot latest design w ith i ruck passing lanes on ascending grades between Brush Creek and Frankport. The third project in C urry ounty calls for the production and stockpiling of 9,500 cubic a 1 is of crushed rock or gravel o • later use by S ia te forces in //I — I1» m aintenance operations on the Mussel C reek-H unter Creek S e c tion of the Oregon Coast l\> - way. A dvertising in the Brookings- H arbor Pilot bings results. At State Line • Specializing in Radiator Repair C all S m ith R iver 330 o r Box liW. B rookings to r deliv ery service GEO. SHIPLEY, OWNER TtnmnTTBmmT WHEN YOU SHOP IN COOS BAY Have your car Serviced A t Lou Blanc, Inc. Leave your packages in your car throughout the day COMPLETE SERVICE - FAIR PRICES — Cadillac — Oldsmobile — — Safety-Tested Used Cars — mt IN D U STR IA L VISIT OUR WHOLESALE ROW Let George Do It" LO U P.O. Box 337, Brookings, Ore. Phone 2944 ■ m i’lLSDAY. MAY H. BAYVIEW GARAGE Wiring Contractor—Appliance Repair R E SID E N TIA L Brookings Harbor Pilot 9 j| M O Il B L A N C , In c . Across the street from the Post Office in Cooe Bay nnr-nr??TOBpfnn] V kW PAiNT UPjrCLFAN UP FIX UP // Mr Locker Service Meats - Groceries AND CLEAN UP OUR TOWN BROOKINGS MARKET FREE PARKING LIGHT UP u T * Dairy Fresh Fruit - Products Vegetables