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Volume S—Number 21
111« )(>M N G s7ci KRY COUNTY. OREGON
lluirsilav, July 2^, 195
Hug e Throng Sees Festival
GOVERNOR TELLS
BROOKINGS FOLK
HE LIKES US
G overnor Paul L. Patterson,
the firs t Oregon governor in his­
to ry to o ffic ia lly vis it Brookings,
told, a L ily Blossom day crow d
Sunday th a t C u rry C ounty was
no longer the “ fo rg o tte n c o rn e r’’
of Oregon.
The G overnor spoke to several
thousand spectators at the te r m i­
nation o f the L ily Parade, honor­
ing the B ro o kin g s-H a rb o r lily
in d u stry. E a rlie r he had reviewed
the parade w ith his w ile and
m other.
G overnor P atterson was h ig h ly
enthusia stic about the parade,
w hich he term ed “ am azing” fo r a
c o m m u n ity o f th is size. He con­
g ra tu la te d the people o f th is area
on the am ount o f com m unity
s p irit w hich they had displayed
and the great am ount of hard
w o rk w hich had gone in to the pa­
rade.
E a rlie r the G overnor had been
conducted on a to u r o f the area
by c ity officials. He was, he said,
impressed by the p o te n tia l of
B rookings as a seaport and p ro m ­
ised the com plete cooperation of
the state governm ent in develop­
in g o u r area.
And fin a lly , the G overnor had
one last com plim ent fo r the peo­
ple of Brookings before leaving,
“ You know ,” he said. “ I lik e you
people.”
The Governor, his w ife and his
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Stanley Colgrove
Gets Another Bear
S tanley C olgrove brought an­
o th e r bear to tow n Tuesday, but
it was ju s t too late fo r his “ h ill­
b illy ” float in the L ily Parade.
The bear was the second th a t
S tanley has shot in the last tw o
weeks. This one was ra id in g the
sheep on his ranch 11 m iles n o rth
o f Brookings.
S tanley shot the bear about
m id n ig h t, a fte r he had heard it
chasing his sheep down the hills.
T he bear, o u tlin e d in b rig h t m oon­
lig h t, was about to catch one
sheep when S tanley opened up on
it w ith a shotgun.
The bear was h it six tim es, and
rar. down the slope w ith S ta n ­
ley's dog behind it. They bayed
it in the brush, and in the m o rn ­
ing S tanley found it dead.
Patsy Hyland
Is Engaged
M r. and Mrs. E m ery H yland
have announced the engagement
o f th e ir daughter, Patsy, to M e l­
vin Tryon, son o f M r and M rs
H ow ard T ry o n of Eugene.
The
w edding is planned fo r late fa ll.
Here's the Sweepstakes Winner!
GOV. PATTERSON
LEADS 7TH LILY
BLOSSOM PARADE
On Sunday afternoon, J u ly 19,
over 7000 people fro m fa r and
near w atched fro m vantage |>«>ints
as the seventh annual L ily Blos­
som Parade, led by G overnor Paul
L. Patterson, moved to the music
di
three hands from th«* C litf
•louse in West Brookings down
Clu te«) avenue east to disband on
• he I loagland t r a c t.
The w eatherm an co-operated
w ith a day of b r illia n t sunshine
and no w ind.
Just before th«* s ta rt of the
parad«* Junior’ lla n sca m mad«* tw o
runs o ver the line of m arch in
his plan«* s tre w in g tin* whit«* lily
from the air.
G a ily dressed g irls circ u la te d
through
th«’ crowd distributing
th«’ fra g ra n t lily blossoms.
M ounted flag-bearers M a rjo rie
Freem an and M a ry Jane B rim m
preceded th«* G overnor’s car in
vvh’ch M rs. P atterson and th«*
G overnor’s m o th e r rode w ith him ,
as did M ayor and M rs Boh D im -
T ilck. A fte r the Chetco W ra n g ­
lers R iding C lu b dressed in th e ir
1 ms Spanish galleon sailed through the streets of B rookings to capture grand prize in the seventh
blue s h irts passed th«* first rip p le
annual L ily Blossom T im e parade. It was sjxin o rtd by , he B rookings W a.er Co. T hat caiv u
of m irth ro lle d down th«* lines of
bow sprit is C h a rlo tte C rook, fo rm e r Azalea queen.
spectators as the C lean-U p squad,
five o f B rookings business men
dressed
in
th«* costume
and
“ m a ke-up” o f clowns, follow ed
the hors«* continge nt w ith shovels
The B rookings C ity C ouncil
and w heelbarrow .
Tuesday granted perm ission to Ed
Th«* c o lo rfu l S hrine C lub hand
| One wom an was in ju re d one
The
B ro o kin g s-H a rb o r
Lions
M cC lain to b u ild a church b u ild ­
o
f
Crescent C ity in th e ir gold
cow was very, very dead, and on«*
d u b added zest to o u r L ily Parad
B u ic k was in sad condition fo l­ ing in a (’lass 1 residential zone. Sunday by g ivin g away a 14-11
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low ing an accident near Toledo, z ■ ■
S hepcraft boat and 7 'a H P
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Oregon, last Tuesday.
W IN N E R S IN P A R A D E
E vinrude outboard m otor.
The
SWEEPSTAKES
lu cky w in n e r w ho’s tic k e t was
In ju re d was Jean G a rn e tt, pas­
Brookings W a te r Co.
draw n by Miss Dana B aird wa>
senger in a car driven by Clarence
C liff B rim m who is com ing back
O U T S ID E E N T R IE S
S to lle r of Brookings. She suffered
O rick, C alifo rn ia .
to Brookings a fte r residing near
a broken le ft arm , but was due
IN D IV ID U A L S
Rogue R iv e r fo r the past year.
to be released fro m the hospital
B rookings and H a rb o r cele­
1. L ily G row ers
today. M r. S to lle r was u n h u rt.
Lue to th«* combined e ffo rts ol
brated
G overnor Paul L. P a tte r­
2.
P
resbyterian
Church
The accident happened when
die Lions club the much appreci­
son's
b
irth
d a y last S aturday eve­
3. W inchuck 4-H Club
tw o cows w alked in to the h ig h ­
ated street signs were a ll in be-
nin g his th ir ty - n in th plus.
C
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M
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way from behind a parked tru c k ,
lo r* the L ily Day Parade, w ith
1. D a iry Creem
The G overnor, his w ife, and his
and in to the pa^h o f M r. S to lle r’s
p la rs now in the m aking fo r ap
2. H endricks
car. M r. S to lle r missed h a lf of
proximately 50 m ore signs to be m o th e r w ere a ll guests ol honor
3. Denn S upply
them.
installed in the not too distant at a b uffet d in n e r at the Rod and
Gun c lu b on the eve of the L ily
ORGANIZATIONS
fu tu re .
Damage to the car was e sti­
1. Garden C lub
Blossom Parade.
m ated at about $800.
M any thanks to the Lions C lub
2. A ll-Y e a r E vents Ass’n
G overnor
P atterson
c o m p li­
fo r th e ir co m m unity s p irit.
3. Lions C lub
m ented the people of th is area on
Hon M ention R o ta ry C lub
th«* in itia tiv e and independance
IN D U S T R IA L
they w ere show ing in developing
1. B rookings Plyw ood Co.
th e ir section of Oregon
C liff B rim m re ce n tly bought
Th«* Annual Pioneer picnic w ill
2. L and P.
the interest of W a rre n S ta r r in
” 1 am pleased to com«* so fa r
be
held in McCloskey grove at to find a group of people who are
3.
Cis-co
Logging
Co.
the O ly m p ia H ardw are and Log­
N orw ay next S aturday, J u ly 25
COMICAL
ging Supply com pany located on
so tr u ly A m e rica n ” , he said. “ O u r
1.
C
u
rry
C
ounty
H
ill
B
illie
s
There w ill be no fo rm a l pro governm ent in composed ol people
W h a rf street. The new com pany
2. The Rapraeger F a m ily
gram in o rd e r th a t friends m ight Juat lik e you. proud of th e ir com ­
w ill be know n as the B and H
3. C lean-up Squad.
v is it a ll «lay, and make new m u n ity and, developing it w ith
L o g rm g S upply henceforth.
J U V E N IL E
1
friends.
th e ir own hands.”
Last year C liff and “ B ro w n ie ”
1. Cub Scouts D« n S
M
ts
Bruce
P
urdy
is
pla
n
n
in
g
T'nm m bought a large stock ranch
The G overnor was introduced
2. Karen B a rk e r and
contests fo r children, w ith prizes by Sam H a ll, new ly ap(>oint *d
eear Rogue .Liver. The co m m u n i­
Amelia Schroeder
lo r the w inners, and A. N. Gould d is tric t a tto rn e y of C urrv Countv
ty is gla ’ to know th a t they have
3 B arbara Hampton
now purchased a new horn** on th
] A p p ro x im a te ly 100 people from
LO G G IN G TRI CKS
Hoagland tra c t and w ill again be­
the B ro o kin g s-H a rtxu at« i
it-
Coffee,
cream
an«l
sugar
will
iw
*
1. P utnam
come residents o f B rookings I 2 Woods Logging Co.
urnished. B ring >our lunch an«l t nded the d in n e r and met the
about August 1.
G overnor and In» ¡»arty.
Woman Injured in Permission Given
Auto Accident
Cliff Brimm Wins
Shepcraft Boat
Governor Honored
At Buffet Dinner
BRIMMS RETURN
PICNIC SATURDAY
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