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\ ohune S—Number 20
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BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
Lily Blossom Parade Sunday
SCHOOL GROUND
GETS FACE LIFTING
A convoy of dum p trucks reach
ing from Brookings to the other
side of San Francisco would be
needed to haul the earth which
baseball fans are moving on the
school grounds located a t the
corner of Pioneer road and Easy
street. Baseball boosters are fu r
nishing bulldozers and other
earth-m oving equipm ent to fill
the huge gulch which bisects the
17-acre school property.
When
the job is completed they will
level the entire area and prepare
it for a student .playground as
well as a municipal baseball park.
About 225,000 tons of ea rth are
being moved at very little cost
to the school district. C ontrac
tors estim ate it would cost nearly
$20,000 if handled commercially.
The school board has furnished
tile for underground drainage of
the gulch which bisects the prop
erty and has com m itted itself for
other expenses of a m inor nature.
Baseball boosters are donating the
equipment and labor which m akes
the lion’s share of the $20,000
earth-m oving job.
Among the donors of equipm ent
are Wilson Freem an, Ross P u t
nam, L. D. Anderson, Art Crook,
Floyd Sw earingen, M erle Han-
scam, A1 S arver, W arren Mc
Neely and Webb Logging Co. N u
merous individuals have worked
on the project including W hitey
Engaging the eyes of m any visitors this week will be countless lily blossoms grown in the fields
Matson, Hom er H aggerty F rank
adjacent to Brookings. Shown above is a sample preview of what more and more tourists are look-
Chapin. F rank Burdell, Ron Mo
nel lo, Archie Hendricks, Corky __*nK h u u .n d to when viewing the popular Lily Blossom Time Festival in this area.
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Supper to Meet
Governor, Party
A buffet supper will be held at
the Roti and Gun Club in honor
of Governor and Mrs. Paul L.
Patterson and his m other, S a tu r
day evening.
Because of the limited space on
ly one hundred tickets will be
for sale at the Chetco Drug Store.
'Eddy' Krause
Goes to Reward
Masonic funeral services for
Edward “Eddy” K rause, 82. were
held at the Com m unity Baptist
church on W ednesday afternoon
at 2:00 o’clock. Mr. K rause
passed away on Sunday, July 12,
at the hospital ift Gold Beach.
He was born at Ann Arbor,
Mien., March 16, 1871.
The body was taken to Grants
Pass for cremation by the Brown
Mortuary.
HARD TO P RACES CANCELED
The hardtop races scheduled for
Sunday. July 19 at Gold Beach
have been canceled in favor of
Lily Blossom Time.
VARIETY FEATURE
FOR PARADE
The seventh annual Lily Blos
som Time will he celebrated in
Brookings this w’eekend w ith a
parade on Sunday led by Gover
nor Paul L. Patterson.
It form er parades are any indi
cation of what may be expected
guests, friends and neighbors will
not be disap|M)inted in this year's
«‘vent. Hundreds of thousands of
I E aster lilies will be used to deco
rate floats of organizations, places
of business, the tim ber industry
and of the growers of Croft lilies
as well as outside entries. Bands,
horses
comics, teen-agers and
children on bicycles or leading
pets are expected to join the pa
rade which undoubtedly will lx»
the most beautiful held here.
I'he Croft E a ste r lily that is
seen most abundantly in this sec
tion ot Oregon and northern Cali-
I fornia norm ally blooms at this
time of year.
Bulbs, two years old will be
m arketed this fall and forced to
bloom for the E aster trade.
1 he parade will form on the
Cross road near the ClifT House
at 12:30 lor Judging.
Highway traffic will be routed
around town via Easy street. The
parade proper will s ta rt at 1.30
p m. and proceed on Highway 101
through town and dis|x»rse near
H oagland’s property.
Adult lily pickers are needed
to supply blooms for floats. Any-
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Ackley Appointed
POSTOFFICES TO BE CONSOLIDATED City
Attorney
All over the country the Post
Office D epartm ent is consolidating
Post Offices where there are two
close to each other, and that is
what is being planned for Brook
ings and H arbor a fte r the first
of the year. In the central part
of the county, W edderburn is be
ing combined with Gold Beach.
W hile definite plans a re n ’t com
pleted, rural routes will probably
Hanscams
Give Orchids
H anscam ’s S h o p p i n g C enter
was a popular place Friday and
S atu rd ay of last week when the
H anscam s featured the F rigidaire
refrig erato r on special sale.
A model finished in silver and
gold gave the housewife some
intim ation of w hat she could ex
pect in the Frigidaire line.
Orchids were presented to the
ladies and tops to the children
Many viewed the electrical appli
ances carried by the store and
kept all clerks busy until a late
clus.ng hour.
| be run out into the area form erly
served by the H arbor Post Office.
The change is not planned until
a larger place is found for the
Brookings Post Office, which is
now not large enough to serve
the people of Brookings adequate-
ly.
Mrs. H arriet Payne, postm aster
at H arbor, is planning to retire
a fte r 35 years of service, all of
GORDON OLSEN IN
LUCKY’ ACCIDENT
Gordon Olsen had one of those
lucky” accidents last Thursday
night when he was returning
home from a trip to Medford.
About 2 a m . he took to the
ditch in his ’51 Austin to avoid
knocking a deer in front of an
o th er car about two miles west
of Cave Junction.
The car was turned upside
flown but neither he nor his 12-
year-old daughter, K athleen, were
hurt.
A passing truck helped
right the car and furnished
enough deisel oil to get him to
a station. They arrived home at
S a m . the next day.
which was at the Post Office here
Mrs. K athryn Foster was added
to the force as clerk when the
rating was changed to third class
in 1944.
In order for a station to become
a first class Post Off! re it is
necessary to have total receipts
am ounting to $40,000. The com
bined proceeds of Brookings and
Harix)r are approxim ately $34,-
000.
Ed F Ackley was appointed
city atto rn ey Tuesday evening by
the Council, to fill the vacancy
occurring when Sam Hall was ap-
appointed C urry County Distrie
A ttorney.
When asked for a statem ent
Mr. Ackley said:
"I greatly appreciate my ap
pointm ent
as
city
attorney.
Brookings is my home town
I
like it. I have watched it grow
from a small spot on the highway
to th e position of im portance it
now holds among Oregon cities.
Much of our com m unity growth
is directly a ttrib u tab le to the
The Lions (Tub will have in energy and foresight of those fin«»
stalled 50 m etal street signs hy men who comprise our City
Friday night on all the principal Council. It is my pleasure and
streets of Brookings
privilege to work with them as
A cem ent m ixer donated by their atto rn ey .”
Elm er Bankus and a chain-saw
Mr. Ackley first came to Brook
jiost hole digger which the Brook ing! the la tte r p art of 1945 with
ings Auto P a rts loaned to the [ his office in the C entral Building
m em bers helped get the signs in now occupied by Brrxikings Ply
sooner. Metal posts set in ce wood P lant. He moved his office
ment with m etal signs are g«xxl to the H endricks Building two
looking and will last a long time. years la te r where he also has
These signs were purchased by | living
quarters.
Mrs.
Ackley
the city and the Lions have in (Cornelia) is away at tim es serv
stalled them as a comm unity ing in her profession as labora
tory technician.
set vie ».
Lions Install
Street Signs