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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1953)
Brookings H a rb o r Pilot T H U R S D A Y . A U G U S T 13, 1953 Old Wimer Road Provides Lovely 1 - . Afternoon Drive for Motorists appreciation. I heard no com p la in ts at a ll— in fact no one seemed to m ind w a itin g , ' T h a n kin g the c le rk fo r her quite, “ u n o fficial,” a tte n tio n , I came aw ay feeling refreshed by th is act o f courtesy. A n appreciative patron. A ppreeiation As our Post Office employees often get criticize d fo r preoccupa- tion w ith th e ir own a ffa irs when By M . S. B R A IN A R D customers are eager fo r a ttention , Just 32 m iles from Brookings post office th e re ’s a nice cool spring, it may be w o rth w hile to record out on an open ridge, a cam p site and fire place, and one of the most the fo llo w in g incident. M r, and Mrs. R alph Stone an gorgeous layouts of scenery one could ever wish for. I had lugged a huge parcel to To reach it, w ith any car, go down to the new’ Shell station, at nounce the m a rria g e of th e ir the Post Office and dumped it on «laughter A rlene to Robert Ship- S m ith R iver, and tu rn le ft up is Stone C orral Lookout to w e r— the counter to be weighed, when M ilk production has been cut ley on S aturday, August 15, at 8 Rowdy creek. About six and one- nobody there — from the top of by 15 per cent when d a iry c a ttle the s trin g broke, and the contents p.m at the B a p tis t C om m unity h a lf miles up a w inding road, in w hich much looking over much became exposed. As it was ra th e r are annoyed by excessive num ber C hurch, Reverend Spencer oflici- the redwoods, yo u ’ll top out co u n try is had and a m ile o r so heavy, and I was u n w illin g to of flies. n tin g . where you can re a lly begin to see fu rth e r th e re ’s the old Stone Cor- take it a ll the w ay back fo r re Friends of the fa m ilie s are in - things, and soon come to the ral, some parts of the d ry w a ll packing. I asked the c le rk if she chrom e m ining area at H igh D i stone fence to hold stock s till be v ite d to attend. w'ould k in d ly place it on one side vide where, in cid e n ta lly, a road ing in place. w h ile I went to buy some string. swings off to the rig h t and one On past W im e r Spring, Hole- can go on down to the S m ith in-the-G round (don’t go looking She w illin g ly agreed to do so, and riv e r cutoff, com ing out near the fo r it) , Indian Spring, and across when I returned w ith m y b all of Graveside services fo r Effie L. , ,, . . . . . ,x string, she attended to m y parcel, Pine H a t m ountain, one ju st c a n t ; t B arstow , 80, were held Tuesday, neW gO f cour8e< _____ not o nl> Packing it c a re fu lly Aug. 11, at 2 p.m. at W m . James I T w e n ty -tw o m iles out from miss the spring m entioned at the again, but ty in g it a ll up securely, H. R. A LBE R S W ard M em orial C em etery w ith B rookings is Low D ivide, a huge firs t part of this ya rn and if one g ivin g me a verbal lesson at the Sidew alks D rivew ays the Rev. E rnest R a rtla m o ffic ia t p ra irie c lu s te r« ! about by m ore is venturesom e they can continue same tim e on the a rt of expert on, dow-n across the N o rth F ork C ar P orts mines where there was once a Porches ing. B ro w n ’s M o rtu a ry in charge. packing. F loors Steps Mrs. B arstow was born June 28, good sized town, the firs t layover o f S m ith rive r, up the other side, When I told the oth e r custom 1873 in St. Johns, M ich. She has on the old W im e r road tow ard and on out to meet H ighw ay 199 ers who were p a tie n tly w a itin g been liv in g 3 9 m iles up the W in - Jacksonville. T here’s good spring at O ’Brien, some eight m iles in th e ir tu r n w hat she was do.ng foi Phone 2 3 4 4 chuck R iver road fo r m any years. w a te r rig h t beside the road ju s t side Oregon from the “ Bug S ta me, m any were the m u rm u rs ol 1 tio n .” and many, m any side trip s S u rv iv o rs include a niece, Mrs. as you enter the flat and more Ire n e P o rte r and a foster-son, off down the p ra irie tow ard O re on the way. Even only to the cam psite Claude C layton w ho were resid gon. ing w ith her. A couple of m iles fu rth e r there S pring one can get an idea of MAKE YOUR HOME AT THE the fea sa b ility of a cross co u n try road tow ard H ighw ay 99 and a l though the co u n try looks fr ig h t ening to a novice, engineers could probably figure it out. bearing in NEW — U SED ROOM AND BOARD BY WEEK OR MONTH m ind the fa ir ly level road you have traversed eastward from the ROOMS BY NIGHT OR BY WEBK SPE C IA L B A R G A IN head o f Rowdy ereek. M A T T R E S S . BO X SPR IN G S, C H E S T O F D R A W E R S Possibly the tr ip should not be R o ta ry C lub each Tuesday. 12:00 noon made on a week day as there is “ See ua for a ll household item »” Lions Club, 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. tru c k tra ffic then and, at a ll W E ALSO M A K E SW APS times, the d riv e r should be ready fo r surprises as oth e r fo lks use T U R N E R S T R A D IN G PO ST th a t road, too. And even though Route 1 — Box 718-B it m ay be foggy and cold, here H ighw ay 101 — N o rth o f Crescent C ity on the extrem e coast, it is more than lik e ly to be hot and very dry, once you top out. Cars w ith a u to m a tic gear shifts can make it a ll rig h t but the s h iftin g w ill probably be p re tty frequent on the firs t grades. C O M M E R C IA L — R E S ID E N T IA L UNDER NEW M ANAG EM ENT T h is w ould be an ideal field R E M O D E L IN G tr ip fo r any groups o r parties, leleg ra p h — T elephone and other especially fo r civic bodies, en H O U SE S R A ISE D abling them to b e tte r p ictu re po I )clivery Service. te n tia litie s so they can be dis Office in Rear of Lesm eister Agency P H O N E 2271 Pleas«' leave name and directions to residence cussed in te llig e n tly . when expecting com m unications. The route you w ill fo llo w has been know n fo r over a hundred PH O N E years as “ The Old W im e r Road,” C L O S IN G O U T in early days a to ll road. Arlene Stone to Marry Bob Shipley WANTED Cement Work Obituary CHETCO F U R N IT U R E M ACK I M A LC O LM General Building Contractor CHETCO TAXI I G. IN N 2451 C om plete Stock of Now Open to take care of your AUTOMOTIVE NEEDS REPAIRS ON ALL MAKES New and Guaranteed USED CARS COME IN AND GIVE US A TRY Menning Buick >6 years tn the Autom otive Business HIGHW AY io i NORTH END OF TOWN Visiting Uncle Passes Away Louis G. Annis of Concord. C alif., who came to v is it his niece, Mrs. Laura Anderson of B ro o k ings last Sunday, passed aw ay very* suddenly on Tuesday night, Aug 11. F uneral services w ill be held in Concord. Brow n M o rtu a ry was in charge of local arrangem ents C A R D O F A P P R E C IA T IO N I sincerely th a n k those th a t were so generous w ith th e ir tim e and m a te ria ls in reroofing and m a kin g repairs al my home. Mrs. N o rin e H arvey. We w ant to th a n k o u r friends and neighbors who were so w on d e rfu l to us at the tim e of our husband and fa th e r’s passing. We deeply appreciate th e ir sup port and sym pathy thro u g h o u r sorrow. P olly and Joan Clendenin. TOYS AND ELECTRIC TRAINS G O IN G A T N E A R C O S T $61.00 $71.50 $61.00 S29.05 $ 4 5 .0 0 $ 5 4 .0 0 Now $ 4 5 .0 0 N o w $ 2 1 .0 0 Now $ 1 7 .0 0 F reig h t T ra in .. ... ....... S tream liner S tream liner . C hain Drive Pedal T racto r, $22.95 Pedal Tractor . S i S. q 5 Heavy D um p Trucks . .. N ow N ow Now* S 1 2 . 8 0 $14.95 L u m b er T ru ck s . $27.95 Pedal I look and L ad d er S 9 95 Now S I 9 .9 5 Prices A pply U ntil T oy Stock Sold DENN SUPPLY CO. Easy Street B rook i mis Phone 2529 - L A S T FEW D A Y S O N L Y - .1 .YEH ID E A IN C H IL D R E N 'S P O R T R A IT U R E F o r 3 re n ts an inch of y o u r baby « length, fro m heart to toe. we w ill make several exposures subm it proofs, fo r y o u r selection, and finish one 5 \7 p o rtra it in S ilvertone Itlaek and W hite, ready fo r fra m in g or m o u n tin g Age lim it« T m o n th s to 3 y e . 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