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Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume 8—Number 22
B R O K IN G S , CURRY COUNTY. OREGON
Community Spirit in Action
On the
Reef
By B IL L P H E L P S
Thursday, Inly 30 195;
SID CLENDENIN
DIES OF BURNS
H urtror an d
B rookings this
w eek m o u rn ed th e d e a th of Jo h n
In K orea th is w eek, th e guns
L idney C lendenin of H arb o r, who
w ere silent for th e first tim e in
was ac cid en tally e le c tro c u te d S a t
th re e bloody y ears, and tired and
u rday.
d irty m e n craw led from . th e ir
Sid, w ho w as 63 y e a rs old, had
holes to look across th e d re a ry
been a resid en t of H a rb o r for six
valley at th e m en who had trie d
yeaFs. He is su rv iv ed by his wife,
to kill th em .
. .
M innie, anti his d a u g h te r, Jo an n .
T hey had su rvived — by the
A ccording to those who w it
HH I
G race of God —. a w a r w hich |iad
nessed th e accid en t, Sid w as en
cost tw o and a h alf m illion c a su
gaged in m oving irrig a tio n pipe
a ltie s an d set tw o "h alv es of the
»from» th e H yland farm to his own
w orld ag ain st each o th er.
plaje. alrotfs P ed rlo li drive. He
Abound th em lay th e w reckage
s to u t one of th e to rty Rx>t lengths
of « co u n try , its buildings s h a t
u n end to clean it, and., as lie did,
tered. its people hom eless and
th e .pipe ca m e in co n .act w ith a
hopeless, except for th e aid held
7,206-volt |M)\ver linei
o u tjb y its allies. B ehind them in
N eighbors ru sh in g to his aid im
Sedlil sat a b itte r old m an, his
m ed iately dis ugaged him front
ey & fixed upon the line which
th e p pe an d s ta rte d artific ia l
stiU divided his tiny co u n try ,
re sp iratio n , b u t Sid failed to re
S**W «a»
a f f f r th re e y e a rs of stru g g le. And
spond.
ac ro ss the w orld n ation still faced
U nable .to co n tact th e am b u
H ere a re som e of the m en and equipm ent who a re d o n atin g th e ir lab o r and m achines to provide
n atio n , and th e re w as little of
lance b ecau se of th e fa ilu re of
B rookings w ith a new baseball ¡field and sch o o l•• playground . T he w ork is being done e n tire ly by
peace to be seen betw een them .
to
an sw er,
neighbors
v o lu n teers w ith d o nated equipm ent, and w ould cost $20,000 if a p riv a te c o n tra c to r had had to do it.' c e n tra l
T h ere w as n ev er a s tra n g e r War
bailed
a
passin
g
c
a
r
w
hich
cam e
225,000 feet of d irt a re being m oved to build th e field, wh ch will rep lace one pn th e site of a pro-
in h istory th a n th is one, w hich
in to B rookings to get an am b u
nosed new high school.
.
w as never re ally a w a r at all. It
lance and d o cto r.
w as one of th e longest ev er e n
Dr. P au l R o n n ig er, d ep u ty coro
gaged in by th e U nited S ta te s,
ner, said th a t Mr. C lendenin
and one of th e m ost costly, but
lied -instan tly . T h e in ten se heat
it w'ould be w ritte n off as a po-
of tlx» shock also set Are to th e
T u rn to P ag e 4
'»ass and u sm all sh ed on the
, The S a te llite Social C lub O.E.S site.
If -e v e ry th in g goes well and
S erv ices w ere held T uesday for
will hold th e ir a n n u a l pot luck
resid en ts a re generous in theii
T he L ake P le asan t Plyw<x>d
picnic a t the Azalea P a rk picnic Mr. C lendenin in th e C om m unity
donations of labor th e com m unity
C om pany’s v en e er m ill a t H arb o r
g rounds on S unday, Aug. 2. at 2 B a p tist C h u rch , an d w ere ca rried
will see th e ir new lib rary build
is ex p ected to be o p e ra tin g w ith in p m .
o u t by Rev. Ed M cClain, a long
ing w ith four w alls and a roof
three weeks, according to Gordon
tim e trien d of Mr. C lendenin. He
before
the
end
of
A
ugust.
All
M
asons
and
E
a
s
te
rn
S
ta
i
T he B ap tist C o m m unity C hurch
Asp, su p erin ten d e n t of the plant.
is buried in W ard M em orial
m
em
b
ers
w
ith
th
e
ir
fam
ilies
are
J
a
c
k
M
cC
arters,
re
p
o
rtin
g
for
recen tly p resen ted th e P re s b y te ri
T h e new m ill, w hich will be
invited. B ring covered dishes and C em etery , B rookings.
F’re n ch y ” A rrell, c h a irm an of th e
an C h u rch w ith a p ulpit. This, is
m anaged by R obert Malloy, will
ow
n tab le settin g s. Coffee, sugai
'ib
ra
ry
building
com
m
ittee,
at
the
an expression of th e ir good w ill
produce v eneer for th e co m p an y ’s
and cream will be furnished.
m onthly
m eeting
on
to w ard th e new’ young ch u rch in re g u la r
plywood plant at M yrtle P oint.
T h ere will lx» a horse shoe
M onday night says plans to get
th e com m unity.
E stim a te d production will be 35,-
p
itch
in g co n test for th e m en w ith
u
n
d
er
w
ay
w
ith
th
e
foundation
Rev. H ugh B ronson, in need of
(XX) board feet p er day, on a one-
a
prize
for th e w in n er
will
m
ateria
liz
e
th
is
w
eek-end.
a p ulpit in th e V.F.W . H all w here
shift basis
If it should ra in the picnic will
C hurch services fo r th e P re sb y Bill F a lle rt, of th e S o u th C oast
C o n stru ctio n is l>eing c a rried
T h e F a ir P rin cess contest got
te ria n C hurch a re now being held L um ber Co., has alread y delivered forw ard at the o resen t tim e on lx» held a t th e V.F.W. hall.
u
n
d erw ay th is w eek w ith two
on S u nday m ornings, asked for a load of 2 x l2 ’s to the site, and the m ill pond, which will cover an , Will those saving M.J.B. cof c o n te sta n ts w o rking for the honor
the
B
rookings
Plyw
ood
has
n
o
ti
fee hands p lease bring to picnic,
th e loan of a pulpit from his
lig h t ac re a re a at the m ill site,
of re p re se n tin g th is p art of the
frien d Dr. D urden. A fte r co n su lt fied th e org an izatio n by let 1er on th e south side of the C het co o r leave a t Coffee Mill Cafe.
co
u n ty at th e C u rry C o u n ty F air
ing w ith th e ch u rch officers it th a t 1500 feet of plyw<x>d will lx* riv er m outh. T he plant is s to c k
A
ugust
21, 22 and 23 at fcold
was decided to p resen t Rev. B ron donated to w ard th e erectio n of piling logs now for w in te r o p e ra Haight Descendants
Beach.
Miss S usie T ierc e is be
son and his ch u rch m em bers w ith the building.
tion, and is g ettin g ex cellen t m a
ing sponsored by th e VF’W and
I o Hold Reutnoti
A donation of tw o dozen books teria l, according to Mr. Asp
one. The P re sb y te ria n C hurch is
Miss Jp an C lendenin is being
very a p p reciativ e not only of th e w as received from M ary W allace
An estim a te d 22 m en will be
T he d a u g h te rs and son of D an s|xinsor<»d by C'heteo G range.
gift but of th e good will w hich and books from th e N orris K em p em ployed at th e H a rb o r null, w ith iel and F’anny H aight, pioneer s u
An in ten siv e cam paign is be.ng
goes w ith it.
and R. C. L udlum fam ilies have 14 o r 15 m ore if the mill should tle rs in th e S m ith R iv er Valley, p lan n ed by both th e c o n te s ta n ts
T h is m ight be te rm e d ,— not been received w ith ap p reciatio n add a second shift. P lan s for the will hold th e ir an n u al reunion at an d th e ir friends, w ith th e votes
hands across th e sea but hands by th e Iroard.
second shift hinge largely upon th e B ar X R anch ow ned by Mr being co u n ted at th e F a ir P rin
across th e pulpit.
Books loaned in J u n e n um bered the av ailab ility of logs for th e and Mrs. D aniel Thornes, at cess S election d ance to he held at
111 and 21 new books w ere p u r w in ter run, according to Mr. Asp. Scappoose, th is com ing Sunday.
th e G ra n g e H all on A ugust H
chased. M em bership is open to
C o n stru ctio n on th e mill p ro p er
T h e lu ck y young lady will be
R elativ es of th e H aig h ts will be
all resid en ts and costs $2.50 p er is being c a rried fo rw ard w ith Si
a tte n d a n c e
from
O regon, th e g u est of th e F a ir B oard for
y ear, which is used for m a in te n floors for p a rt of th e m ill being W ash in g to n and C slifo rn ia
th e th re e days of th e C ounty
ance and new books. C o n tact Mrs.
TVrn to P ag e 4
Among
th ose
p resent
from F a ir at Gold B»*ach, and will also
I S m ith R iver will he Mrs. E ddie be given a trip to th e S ta te F air
T h e C alifo rn ia S ta te H ighw ay • Guy Rice at S o u th e rn C u rry
R
ealty,
president,
or
Mrs.
C
h
arles
S he also has th e
W estbrook, Mrs. Ada H u rsh , Mrs. a t S alem
C om m ission, a very leisurely o r
Efforts Awarded
S chaal. H arbor, sec retary .
H e n rie tta W oodruff and F’red ch an ce to lx» F a ir Q ueen if this
gan ization, a re beginning recon- i
H aig h t, all ch ild ren of th e pio p a r t of th e co u n ty gets behind
Hy New Type Sleep
stru ctio n of th e highw ay bridge
neers.
A n o th er sister, M rs L etsy h er and e n te rs m ore ex h ib its th an
ju st south of th e O regon line, C H U R C H G IV ES C H IL D R E N
H
ow
ard
C
rane,
Boy
Scout
B
eck
stead
of C a rp e n te ria , will e ith e r of the o th e r tw o d istric ts
w ashetl o u t by floods last w inter. B IB L E IN S T R U C T IO N
L
eader,
w
as
p
leasa
n
tly
su
rp
rised
a
rriv
e
here
and accom pany th e in th e co u n ty , w ith those ex h ib its
I t was th e d estru c tio n of this
Tw o siste rs of the O rd e r of S a tu rd a y evening upon a rriv in g o th e rs n o rth .
receiv in g th e first th ree ribbons
bridge w hich iso lated B rookings
giving
h e r ad d itio n al points
S
t.
B
enedict
held
a
school
of
In
hom
e
from
th
e
N
atio
n
al
Boy
T
his
reunion
has
been
an
a
n
from th e S o u th for a period of
s
tru
c
tio
n
at
the
S
ta
r
of
S
ea
C
a
th
S
cout
Ja
m
b
o
re
e
It
seem
s
the
p
a
r
n
u
al
affair
for
m
any
y
ea
rs.
T
he
tim e follow ing th e sto rm
F a ilu re of th e s ta te to re p a ir olic church from Ju ly 20 to the en ts of th e boys a tte n d in g a n tic i 1952 m eetin g was held at S m ith Merchants Give
the bridge re su lte d in citizens of follow ing S a tu rd a y u n d er the d i pated th a t Mr. C ran e m ight tx» R iver.
Gold Arrow Stamps
tired from his ac tiv ities w ith the
B rookings ta k in g th e ir equipm ent rection of F a th e r H am ilton
boys.
A
nyw
ay
aw
aitin
g
him
w
as
HOM
E
FROM
H
O
S
P
IT
A
L
A :lu m b er of B rookings husi-
into th e bridge site, an d co n
F orty-seven pupil* r e c e i v e d
Roy B rown of B rookings undr- nes
house« a rc i >w n fering
s tru c tin g a by pass w hich has Bible in stru ctio n and four of them a co m fo rta b le easy c h a ir m uch to
his liking.
Mr. C ran e ad m it ed ¡w en t m inor su rg ery at C rescent C id Ar: iw S av in g S ta m p s as a
been used since.
the c h a ir w as alm ost too co m tC ity hospital last T h u rsd ay , and ■ <>nr i to th e ir c u s to m e r. A page
No e s tim a te of th e length of took th e ir first com m union.
On F’rida> the m o th ers tre a te d fo rta b le for anyone as tired as ttivas released from the hosp ta! M e 's e w h e re in th is h s u e gives
tim e n e c t a r y
to re p a ir the
♦he list of m e rc h a n ts redeem ing
bridge is be ng m ade -c o n u d e rirg th e children to a picnic at D yer he wa.< T he re p o rte r w as toe ■ Monday.
mod st to a«k rf he spent th e
Roy is convalescing at horn
’h. so s am ps w hich a re ;oo<1 f r
th e builders
I S a te P a th n a r H iouchi bro.&e
n ig h t 'n a s ittin g o.i.site n.
i; tid e s in atoc „.
Library Nears
Realization
VENEER PLANT
NEARLY READY
Eastern Star
Schedules Picnic
Presbyterians to
Meet in Vets Hall
Fair Princess
Contest On
California Decides
To Repair Bridge
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