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Volume 8— Num ber 26
BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
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By B IL L P H E L P S
. BROOKINGS TO
I HAVE WALKING
ii BLOOD BANK
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a. .
. B ro o k in g s-H arb o r s w a l k i n g
T h ere a re som e th in g s you can . ,
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blood bank goes into o p eratio n
n ev er tell ab o u t a city u n til you , tK.
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get n g h t into the middle of I t . schedu|ed to tM, „ , Tuesday a f ,e r .
C h etco W ra n g le rs, Other Local
People Push C u rry County F a ir
By MAX B R A IN A R D
R andom peeks a t S u n d ay ed i
tion of C u rry C ounty E a ir:
T he C hetco a re a very m uch in
evidence and m any, m any th a n k s
for th e unbelievably h ard w ork
done well by th e W ran g lers-g als
and g allu ss s! They m ade the
show and d esp ite th e fact th a t
they a re w orking stiffs and fam ily
keepers th ey gave us all a w on
d erfu l d e m o n stratio n of w h at
CAN be done!
O therw ise, th e show w as light
from th e so u th end of th e county,
a condition th a t could be im
proved w ith a b e tte r ro u te be
tw een th e tw o villages, providing
we d o n 't an tag o n iz e those who
could m ak e it possible.
H andw ork —w hy! T his old buck
has seen n ee d le cra ft down and
aro u n d th e C hetco and W inchuck
jungles th a t would c e rtain ly have
been swiped before it w as judged!
W hat th e re w as w as m ighty,
m ighty nice, and m ighty nigh
co u ld n ’t lx* b e tte re d but su re
would have had som e rough co m
p etitio n if
T he C hetco G range
had a w onderful booth w hich
should have im pressed its view
ers w ith th e trem en d o u s d iv ersi
fication of o u r in te re sts, down
acre, and th e P istol R iv er folk
iad a splendid h isto rical display,
ncluding
Jo h n
M ace’s
pistol
which he dropped in th e ir baili
w ick’s creek, a h undred and m ore
y ea rs ago. . . th e ladies from the
O phir G range feeding th e m illing
m u ltitu d e and th ro w in g sm iles
and c h a tte r d esp ite the slav ery
they ea rn ed th e ir " ta k e ”. . . seem s
th e re w as a bit of co ntro v ersy
about w h e th e r a su b m itted angel
food ca k e w as legal w ith fro stin g
(blue ribbon to K a th ry n E ro s te r’s
frosted c a k e ) . .. old tim e rs about,
m uch rem iniscing and la m e n ta
tions over published m is s ta te
m ents. . . invited ’em to set down
th e ir own versions and ro u te them
to p o ste rity instead of perso n ally
T iira to P ag e 4
1 hurschy, August 27, 195;
PLANS MADE
----- FOR NEW HIGH
Stu dy SCHOOL HERE
P re lim in a ry
M a d e on C en ter
P la n s for a new and badly
needed high school w ere a n
A p relim inary stu d y is u n d e r nounced tin s w eek by th e B rook
w ay in B rookings, to d eterm in e in g s-H a rb o r School B oaid.
th e d esira b ility of e stab lish in g a
V oters of th e school d istric t will
M unicipal C e n te r here.
No d efinite plans have yet I be ask ed to ap p ro v e a bond issue
been m ade fo r th e ce n te r. T he to finance th e new building S ep
sixinsoring g ro u p is, a t th e p re s te m b e r 15. T h e election will be
ent tim e conducting a su rv ey to , held a t th e school, from 2 p.m.
d eterm in e w h e th e r th e local peo- | to H
pie feel a need for one.
T h e new’ schtx)! is to be con
P rim a ry p urpose of th e c e n te r s tru c te d on th e 17-acre school site
would be to provide supervised facing P io n e e r road. W hen fin
re c re a tio n a l
fa cilities
for the ished, it will house th e p resent
y o u th of th e B ro o k in g s-H arb o r high school, but fo u r class room s
area. S uch a c e n te r w ould be will be d ev o ted to g ra d e sch<x>l
av ailab le to th e ch ild ren of this w ork, in o rd e r to relieve th e b u lg
a re a for th e ir activ ities, a t no ing g rad e school T h e g rad e schtxd
cost to them selves.
will occupy its p re sen t q u a rte rs ,
as w ell as th e b u ilding w hich
now houses th e high school.
T a k e B rookings, for in stan ce On : noon a , , h(. ,
ha„
th e su rface, it s not m uch differ-
Local citizens a re urged to have
en t from a lot of tow ns sc a tte re d
th
e
ir blood classiliedaT uesday ami
o v er th e s ta te . B ut you can ta k e
it from me, th e re n ev er w as a T hursday, from th re e to five P.M.
T yping will be done by Dr. Ed
tow n like th is one.
S am uel of B rookings.
I d o n ’t q u ite know how you go
T yping will also be done W ed
ab o u t d escribing people like you,
nesday
evening, from 6:30 to 8
w ho have m ade th is tow n w hat it
p.m.,
for
those who find it im
is. And I d o n ’t know e ith e r how
to th a n k you for ta k in g us to possible to get to th e city hall
y o u r colltctiv e bosom s th e w ay ' ^ u ,in K th e day.
S upplies a re on hand now to
you have.
type
300 people, and m ore is on
B ut I can say this, and I never
the
way,
according to F ren ch y
said an y th in g m ore tru th fu l. I ’ve
n ev er felt before like I do about A rrell, ch a irm an of the R otary
C lub co m m ittee w hich sponsors
th is place.
th e project.
T h e p h rase “hom e tow n ’’ is one
E very p erso n who is typed will
th a t is peculiarly A m erican.
It
get
a card, tellin g his nam e and
m ean s a lot m ore th an ju s t the
address,
his blood type and his
place th a t you grew’ up. M ore
o ften , it is th e place you have RH factor. H ow ever, those who
chosen, w h ere you feel you fit, alread y know’ th e ir blood type
an d w’h ere th e people accept you m ay have th e inform ation t r a n
scribed on th e official card by
as one of them .
I ’ve lived in a lot of places, and bringing definite proof as to th e ir
P lan s w ere co m p leted this week
som e of them w’ere nicer th a n type. Most of them will probably
for the re g istra tio n of stu d e n ts
o th ers. W e’ve had friends in all of w ant to be typed to d eterm in e
for the next school y ear, w hich
them . B ut n ev er before have I th e ir RH factor, A rrell believes.
opens S e p te m b e r 8.
P u rp o se of the w alking blood
know n people as friendly as you,
R eg istratio n will begin F rid ay
o r who have m ade us feel so bank is twofold, according to
evening, A ugust 28, w ith the
m uch a t hom e so soon. Believe E renchy. T he p rim ary purpose,
Ju n io r class re g is te rin g at th e
of course, is to provide a quick
m e — th is is o u r hom e tow’n.
high school from eight to 10:30
And to all of you, who w e l m eans of g e ttin g th e right type
in the evening, on th a t day. R eg
com ed us th e w ay you did, of blood to th e rig h t type of p e r
istratio n for e le m e n ta ry school
th ro u g h th e colum ns of th e P ilot, son in case of a c a ta stro p h e .
and o th e r high school classes will
an d who took th e trouble ju st to
T he bank ta k e s on added im
begin M onday.
tell us th a t y o u ’re glad w e cam e. portance, though, in a com m uni
Lynn H am pton, su p e rin te n d e n t
. . . w’e ’ll n ev er be able to th a n k ty like B rookings, which is r e
of th e school, w a rn ed th a t it w as
you th e w ay we should. B ut we m ote
im p erativ e for all classes to re g
from
hospital tacilities.
wish w e could.
is te r at th e p ro p e r tim e. B ecause
H ere th e blood bank ca rd s m ay
T h e re 's a p h rase I ’ve heard be used to ob tain donors in a case
of th e heavy overload on school
ab o u t this tow n before, and I ’m of em ergency for anyone who
facilities, it will be n ecessary to
ju s t beginning to realize w hat an ' needs a tran sfu sio n in a hurry,
keep re g istra tio n s m oving sm o o th
apt one it is. T hey say " If y o u ’re [W ith a d e q u a te supplies of plasm a
ly at th e d esig n ated tim es.
going to have m isfo rtu n e, th en j too fa r aw ay for em ergency use,
A com p lete list of re g is tra tio n
have it in B rookings." But I could th e w alk in g blood bank w’ill p ro
tim es follow s:
broaden th a t s ta te m e n t. It isn ’t vide a quick m eans of reaching
E L E M E N T A R Y SCHOOL
necessary to have tro u b le here, to donors, as well as to save precious !
(R egistration in
E le m e n ta ry
find out how big y o u r h e a rts are. tim e spent typing the blood of the i
School B uilding)
W e alread y know’.
A ugust 31, S e p te m b e r 1 and 2.
in ju red person.
H
o
u rs 10 to 12 in th e m orning,
T he w alk in g bkxxl bank schem e
I ’m feeling badly about som e is co m p arativ ely new’, and has
and 2 to 1 in th e afternoon.
th in g th a t happened last week, been recom m ended by Civil De- i
HIG H SC H O O L
an d I'd m ak e am ends if I could, fense A u th o rities. Locally, how
(R eg istra tio n in High School
b u t I d o n ’t know how. The ever, th e plan prom ises to be in- ■
B u ild in g )
S ev en th -d ay A dventist C hurch a r v aluable as w ell in tim es of
F R E S H M E N , SOPHC)M ORES
L ake P le a sa n t P lyw ood’s $2(X),-
ran g ed to b ring a noted d ire c to r Peace.
M onday, A ugust 31. 10 to 12 in
1000 veneer plant in H a rb o r will
of choir singing to B rookings last
th<*
m orning, 2 to 4 in th e a fte r
Eunds for th e initial typing 's t a r t o p e ra tin g S ep tem b er first,
w eek, to help c re a te a choir here.
noon.
w ere donated by m em bers of th e according to Ja m e s M alloy, m an-
W e had the sto ry and th e d ire c
JU N IO R S
to r ’s p ictu re a lre a d y to go, but R o ta ry Club, who raised over a «e r of th e new plant.
F rid ay , A ugust 28, 8 to 1Q:3O
A
lthough
co
n
stru
c
tio
n
of
the
som ehow we lost them , and they $130 for th e pro ject.
plant will not be com plete then, ; in the evening.
n ev e r apfx?ared in th e paper. C on
S E N IO R S
the com pany plans to s ta r t p eel
seq u en tly , th e school n ever re
M
onday,
A
ugust 31, 8 to 10:30
ing logs at th a t d ate. C o n stru e- j
ceived th e notice it should have Service S ta tio n
p.m.
tion of buildings will co n tin u e
had
a
fte r o p eratio n s a re begun.
W e feel esp ecially bad. because To Be B u ilt
O u tp u t of the local plan t will
th e re ’s no one to blam e except us
b° tixicked to L ake P le a s a n t’s A n d e rso n s P lan
F
o
ste
r
and
Bolvi,
Richfield
dis
We had th e in fo rm ation in plenty
plywood p lan t in M yrtle C reek to ,
of tim e. . . we ju s t fouled it up. trib u to rs for C u rry C ounty, have
be m ade into finished plywood, j T ro p h y H unt
But please, accept o u r apologies. announced plans for a new serv
according to M alloy.
A. E. A nderson, his b ro th e r
ice
s
ta
tio
n
in
B
rookings.
. . . w e’ll prom ise never to do it
P rese n t plans call for th e m ill F red and a frien d from C alifo rn ia,
again.
T he new statio n will be located
to o p e ra te one shift, w ith ab out will leave sh o rtly for the high
on H ighw ay 101, across from the
25
m en em ployed A second shifl C anadian R ockies in search of fine
SO N AT C H U R C H CAM P
C rest M otel W ork is alre ad y u n
m
ay
be added later, if conditions s|H*cimen heads and horns as tro
Mr. and M rs K a rl O stenberg derw ay on ta n k pits and founda
ju stify it.
phies for th e ir dens. T hey will
will go to the S D.A ch u rch cam p tions.
Logs a re being stockpiled at th e I go as fa r n o rth as th e 400-mile
a t Milo. O regon this w’eek to
The com pany hopes to have th e mill now for next w in te r’s opera* (lost on the Al-Can highw ay ami
bring hom e th eir son D avid who
»fion finished and in op eratio n i tions. and w ork s continuim
will u s p a pick -u p to c a rry th e ir
has b»x*n at th e cam p.
1. ring th e m or*h of O
bu.ldin.
m ill rxind.
equipm ent.
VENEER PLANT
TO BEGIN
THIS WEEK
REGISTRATION
TIMES SET
FOR SCHOOLS
So de> p erately needl'd is th e
new building th a t school d ire c to rs
say it would be filled to cap acity ,
even if it could lx* opened a t once.
M ore th an tw ice th e n u m tier of
av ailab le classro o m s a re needed
this fall, if the school w ere to tie
o p erated in a n o rm al m an n er.
B oth th e g ra d e school and high
school will be o p e ra te d on a d o u
ble shift basis th is y ear, an d such
a situ a tio n will c o n tin u e u n til th e
new co n stru c tio n alle v ia te s th e
situ atio n . In ad d itio n , th e school
txiard has re n te d q u a r te rs in the
b asem ent of th e B ap tist C h u rch
and th e fo rm e r H e a rth sto n e to
acco m m o d ate th e overflow .
An ap p lica tio n to o p e ra te on
th e d ouble sh ift b asis has been
m ad e to th e S ta te D e p a rtm e n t of
E d u catio n , citin g o u r desporu e
need for space as th e reason.
S ince th e d o u b le-sh ift is a su b
s ta n d a rd p ractice, fierm ission is
g ra n te d only on a te m p o ra ry
basis, and th e school d istric t is
req u ired by th e s ta te to co rrec t
th e u n sa tisfa c to ry condition.
T he proposed high school s a tis
fies in ev ery w ay th e require
m en ts of the S ta te of O regon, and
p re lim in ary ¡»Ians tor it have been
approved by th e S ta te D ep art-
m ent of Education.
P a re n t-T e a ch e rs
P lan Y e a r's W ork
T h e p a re n ts will m eet the
teac h ers at th e first m eetin g of
th e P a re n t T e a c h e r’s A ssociation,
to be held S e p te m b e r 17, acco rd
ing to Mrs. E. A. A rrell, p re sid e n t
of th e group.
M em bers of th e clu b will visit
classroom s th a t evening, so th e
new fa cu lty can becom e a c q u ain t-
ed w ith the p a re n ts of th e c h il
d ren they m eet.
A full
p ro g ra m
h as
been
p lan n ed for th e y e a r’s a c tiv itie s of
th e club, and will lx1 p resen ted
to m em b ers for th e ir ap p ro v al a t
th e in itial m eetin g
P a re n ts of ch ild ren enrolled in
B ro o k in g s-H arb o r schools are in
vited to a tte n d th e m eetin g s of
th e A ssociation, w hich a re held
m onthly.