Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978, June 18, 1953, Page 5, Image 5

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    Log Truck Drivers
W ill Participate
Safety Conference
cally, the log haulers have no j
higher accident ratio than do
other industries of com parable *
size. But th e spectacular n a tu re
of such accidents and the readi­
The
Seventh-D ay
Adventist
ness of the press to m ake fro n t­
page headlines of these accidents, congregation and friends conse­
he points out, has led th t public crated the beautiful church build­
to the belief th a t every log truck ing built by them and finished a
driver is a t fau lt when an acci­ year ago. on Sunday June 14. at
3 p.m.
dent does occur.
The resum e of the church’s
“O ur log and lum ber tru ck
drivers in this sta te drive thou­ history locally was given by Mrs
sands of m iles each year over ' L. G. Stafford of H arbor and J.
difficult and crowded highways T. Jacobs of Brookings, and gave
w ithout accidents,” stated Me-! an account of the work done by
and
Kinney. "W e num ber among this m em bers in establishing
building
the
fine
edifice.
Elders
industry some of the best and
most capable truck drivers in the of the Oregon D istrict continued
w orld.” He added th at a small the service which was preceded
m inority of drivers are creating by a thirty-m inute program of
a bad reputation which is dam ag­ vocal and organ music.
This stru c tu re of m odern archi­
ing the entire log truck industry
tectu
re is probably the finest of
and he referred to this segm ent
as "the most difficult to talk the fine new buildings that have
signified Brookings grow th in the
sense to.”
{>ast year.
A dventist Church
Dedicated Sat.
All log truck drivers and op­
erators of the Brookings area are
being asked to a tten d a safety
conference in Brookings June 23,
I uesday, 8 p.m. at Fox B rothers
Logging company to h ear how
they can participate in a s ta te ­
wide program which is assisting
in the reduction of highway ac­
cidents involving log tru ck s and
is promoting b e tte r public re la ­
tions and understanding of the
problems and economic im por­
tance of log haulers.
The m eeting will be held under
the auspices of Oregon Tim ber
Transport O perators, the s ta te ­
wide log tru ck association which
is spearheading the drive in O re­
gon to reduce accidents through
the application of sound and prac­
tical safety engineering to restore
the loss of prestige the industry
David O stenberg has been in
has suffered as a result of these Chico, Calif, for the last three
accidents.
weeks at the home of his grand­
Representatives of the sta te parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Os­
police and the sta te industrial ac­ tenberg, who are form er resi­
cident commission have been in­ dents of Brookings.
vited to attend the m eeting to
Bill Roth of Roseburg will be
answ er qyestions on log tra n s ­ at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
portation. Jack C urtis, OTTO’s Lonnie Denn Jr. for the summ er.
safety director, will ronduct the He form erly lived in Vancouver,
m eeting and an inform al question R.C. but has been in Oregon the
and answ er period.
past year.
O r r o in its crusade for log
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Mitchell of
truck safety is selling the idea the Tots to Teens Toggery are
th at only through additional ef- visiting relatives and friends in
torts on behalf of the industry Pasadena, Calif, this week. They
to reduce accidents will it be are expected home Sunday. Mrs.
free from public criticism . OT- 'M ustard, m other of Mrs. M itch­
TO's business m anager, Sam Mc­ ell. is in charge of the shop while
Kinney, points out that, sta tisti- her daughter is away.
The K err H ardw are and Elec­
tric is doing remodeling and
painting that is just the begin­
ning of a program designed to in­
clude the entire building before
it is completed.
The W arren Sm iths recently
We carry a CO M PLETE line
went to Chehalis, Wash., to visit
of Gas Appliances, Wedgwood,
Tappan, O ’Keefe & M erritt, and a son and family. From there
Caloric ranges - General w ater Mrs. Sm ith went on to Gat tin-
Mr. Sm ith is ex­
heaters Servel R efrigerators — burg. Tenn.
pected
home
this
week.
Coleman furnaces.
Jack K etterer, brother of Mr.
Tanks for rent, sale or lease.
Arp, who is building a new home
Crescent City
Phone 111
next to his brother in the
At Jet. Hwys 101 and 199
son T ract was stricken
LOCAL NEWS
ptom aine poisoning lately. Mrs.
K e tte rer cam e up from the home
in Los Angeles to take him home,
where he will rem ain until fully
recovered.
A greeting from Mrs. Lurt
Knee and m arked m aps directs
friends to their P leasant Greek
guest ranch adjoining Capitol
Reef national m onum ent and
park in southeastern Utah.
It
i can he reached by turning off
Highway 89 onto 24 at Sigurd
and following it into the park.
L is just being developed and
Mr. Knee finds it a rockbound
paradise. Guided trips are avail­
able from the ranch.
M ACK
Brookings Harbor Pilot
Estes
Morton
brought
Mrs,
I Mo» IK,»» h, »• ».
¿»atei.i on Sun-
dav. Sh>
improv»'d but m ust
have complete
G.
period,
M A LCO LM
General Building Contractor
Material— Workmanship I-'ullv (iuaranteed
FREE PLANNING SERVICE
111 Ofllee in Rear ol Lesm eister Agency
PH ON E
2271
C H O IC E P R O P E R T IE S
Highway Frontage
(Highway 101, Oregon’s Main S tre e t)
CHETCO RIVER FRONTAGE
-
R E SID EN T IA L LOTS
NEW HOMES
-
RANCHES
-
FARM LANDS
ACREAGE
-
INDUSTRIAL SITES
INCOME PR O PE R T IE S
Beautiful Scenic, P arklike Ocean Frontage
W. H. BRADY
REAL ESTATE BROKER
Who tries to do the common things of life uncom m only w ell.”
G ardner Bldg.
(Phone 2801)
Brookings, Oregon
SEND ATTACHED COUPON NOW
FOR FREE HOME TRIAL
WARD'S
Propa ne Service
CHETCO
INN
OCR DINING ROOM NOW OPEN FOR
Food at its best
-
-
-
1 he best for less
, B reakfast ............................................ from 6:00 a m. to 9:00 a.m.
Dinner ........................................week days b:0() p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Sundays 12:00 nooon to 8:30 pm .
R otary Club each Tuesday, 12JLX) noon
Lions Club, 2nd and 4th W ednesdays, 7:30 p.m.
NOW YOU CAN
CHARGE
IT
USE YOUR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED C R ED IT
CARD OR CHARGE PLA TE
W E HONOR ALL
OIL COMPANY C R ED IT CARDS.
COME IN AND
A Stork’s Representative will
your area next
show you this vacuum cleaner in your own home.
NO OBLIGATION TO BUY
LET US EX PLAIN TO YOU HOW TH IS SYSTEM
WORKS
I am interested in an Electrolux Vacuum
Cleaner for only $13.95, com plete with a tta c h ­
ments. . . . No obligation to buy.
Moore's V ariety & Apparel Shop
Phone 5-1597
STARK’S
^
VACUUM CLEANER
'
7 0 2 WILLAMETTE ST.
EUGENE. ORE.
(If rural route, please g v e direction)
• r'
SEND COUPON TODAY
SA LES A S E R V IC E
U ’r give S J H Green Stam ps
5
THURSDAY, JUNE 18. 1933
BRANCH OF STARKS OF PORTLAND,
THE NORTH WEST’S LEADING
VACUUM CLEANER STORE