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.
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G O IN G A T N E A R C O S T
$61.00
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N o w $ 2 1 .0 0
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F reig h t T ra in
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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
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$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
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Easy Street
B rook i mis
Phone 2529
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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
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