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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1953)
X On the Reef w .«• t ’" By BILL P H E L P S H aving a very ro m a n tic nature we dread the day th a t the sun “ najly shines and the w a te r bc- • . gins to seep away fro m the slough . that was once know n as Pioneer road. As it is, the lake there gives this tow n a ce rta in qu a in t dis tinction. 11 Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community Ho\v_rnan\ places do you know of provide the recreational fa c il Volume 8—Num ber 41 eHw'LK ,? .l‘S < L i . KKV « 'O rX T V . OREGON I KM t ON N E W SST A N IIS—T E N « ENTS ities o f Pioneer Road? W here Thursday, December 10, 1953 1 ■ T --------------------— ----------------—— - — _ ___________ else, fo r instance, could you moor your boat in y o u r drivew ay, and take y o u r choice o f y o u r i method of tra n s p o rta tio n . . pro- : " '¡d in g you're able to move? And where else in this b rig h t and shining land“ could the ch ild re n j learn to swim by fa llin g o ff the fro n t porch? , The B rookings C ity Council en But, as usual, w e're probably te rta in e d a group o f p ro p e rty on the w rong side, and the c ity owners fro m the Pioneer Road Voters o f the B rookings-H arb or w ill, some year, undoubtedly area last Tuesday night, and School D is tric ts w ill vote Monday. drain the lake . . . . and a ll the soothed them w ith plans to dra in I ecember 2-1, on w h e th e r to w ith residents can go up and count the lake th a t now’ occupies the d ra w r rom the .C ounty R u ra l _ ’ the missing autom obiles th a t are Pioneer Road. School D is tric t. probably bogged down there. The C ouncil decided to have D ire cto rs o f the school board As fa r as th a t goes, we’ve a l | the school d is tric t in s ta ll a c u l F ire Tuesday ' m orning corrt- voted unanim ously Tuesday n ig h t ready heard a ru m o r th a t C. Ed vert under the road at th a t point, N ew o fficers fo r the Brooklngs- ple te ly destroyed thé D. C. Jag Dempsey’s C hevrolet (oh, w h a t a and ru n a tem porary open d itch H arbor C ham ber o f Commerce gers home, about tw o and a h a lf to re fe r the question to the voters at th a t tim e. h o rrid w o rd !) w asn’t re a lly in across school board property. ' w ill be elected at the December m iles up theJThetco, w ith a ll its The recently-com pleted school Reno a t all. I t was s ittin g under D ra in in g the lake w ill make a m eeting o f the Cham ber, to be contents. census shows th a t the D is tric t is the w aters on Pioneer Road, and few homes now p ra c tic a lly inac held to n ig h t at the V F W H a ll. ’ None of the fa m ily w ere at now a firs t class school d is tric t, the c ity dragged i t o u t, and re cessible a lit t le easier to get to. The m eeting w’as moved to the home at the tim e o f the blaze. and state law provides th a t the turned it when no one was lo o k h a ll a fte r a c o n flic t o f dates at The s tru tu r» burned com pletel’ election m ust be held before w ith - W o rk on Pioneer road is being ing. to the ground. done under an agreem ent w ith the the place o rig in a lly scheduled. i d ra w a l can take placte. B u t th a t’s ju s t a ru m o r . . and A ccording to P reside-'t C li\ - I The D ire cto rs o f the school dis- school board, by w hich the road A ccording to neighbors o f the , we’ve got b e tte r ones than th a t. w ill be lowered to the level o f the Manley, d in n e r w ill begin a t 7 Jaggers, th e fir e was fir s t dis t tr ic t say th a t they are convinced ’ We trie d to s ta rt a ru m o r th a t P M., w ith the ladies o f the A lta r H igh School to be b u ilt there. th a t school taxes w ill be less if Ihe C hristm as tea given by the Society o f S ta r o f the Sea church covered about ten A M., a h a lf w ith d ra w a l takes place, and they hour a fte r the Jagger fa m ily had The school board is financing Chetco C horal C lub was on the doing the honors. have unanim ously recommended low ering o f the road, w hich has gone to Brookings. W hen discov- 31st. B u t Mrs. Rice stopped that. w ih Ube C oun'ty1^ Jud g e hGuyVeF o r ^ ''r a p fjiy ^'re W8S b u rning w ith d ra w a l to the voters. We re a lly did it in a good cause. been c riticize d by near-by resi The school census ju s t com T his paper makes so ’ m any m is dents fo r several days, due to w ill appear before '° ' ' ° P heavy rains. pleted shows 1019 ch ild re n Of takes, th a t we knew no one w ould C ity A tto rn e y Ed A ckle y told j The Jaggers did not know of school age in D is tric t 17. com believe us i f w e to ld them the To be elected to n ig h t are the rig h t day. So we said the 31st, the c ity , however, th a t regardless o ffice rs who w ill guide the cham th e ir loss u n til la te r in the day, pared w ith 910 last year. T he fig u rin g people w ould say “ w e ll of who does the w o rk the c ity is ber through the com ing year. In - when th e y were found and n o ti D is tric t a u to m a tic a lly has the ad PatFty’ 3nd hP the O ^ a ^ i h " fied. vantage o f fir s t class status when we know it isn’t th a t day— now F or ♦ ,he the present’ present, ,he the J Jaggers — *— —■ w ho are to be elected « « « ™ the to ta l exceeds 1,000. The local le t’s fin d out w h a t day i t re a llv vised them to get im provem ents d irectors ______________ oe_eiectea. | are staying at the H a rb o r T ra ile r d is tric t is the o n ly one in C u rry underw ay in the to rn -u p section, is” . and to do it p ro m p tly. B ID A C CEPTED C o u rt w h ile they m ake plans fo r C ounty w ith firs t class status. Same w ay w ith the lit t le state rr»L_ T"> i • the fu tu rp . The fir s t name on the census In o th e r action, the council de m ent we p u t in M rs. R ice’s in te r The Brookings Crty Council ---------------- lis t is George Adams, an eight cided to open negotiations w ith view in w hich we said she fo l Tuesday accepted the low bid fo r j » - ~~2 ~ the state highw ay departm en t fo r year old, and the last is Lee Zieg lowed her husband to Carlsbad. petroleum products, subm itted bv i ler. Between them are 555 boys She denies this, and, since she he re p a ir and im provem ent of Foster and Bolvf. | _ - and 464 g irls, w ho’ll m ake it a had no husband a t the tim e, we town tow n sidew alks along Chet- U nder the .bid, the firm w ill oo Avenue. rough leap year about 12 years concede th a t she has a point lu rn is h gasoline fo r c ity vehicles from now Sections o f the sidewalks, w hich there. She also denies fo llo w in g a t 29.5 cents and 31.2 cents Mrs. L. G. S ta ffo rd o f H a rb o r The largest age« class is seven anyone else’s husband there, and border the state highw ay through diesel fuel at 17.5 cents and oil was elected President o f the Pa 'ow n, are in bad repair, and the year olds, w ith a to ta l o f 95 boys I th in k w e’d b e tte r concede th a t at .30 pere q u a rt. c ific B u lb Growers Association at C ouncil wishes to have them put and g irls in th a t category. one too. B ut she found the C o l the m eeting of th a t group held onel there . . . so we were ju s t in to b e tte r condition. P IC T U R E C R A F T Y E LT O N S last Tuesday, at the H a rb o r Rod a little prem ature. and Gun C lub As fa r as th a t goes. I don’t A ssisting M rs S ta ffo rd w ill be th in k I w rote it th a t w ay in the Cecil W atts, Vice P resident; ami fir s t place, anyway. D oris m ust Mrs. Eunice W allam , S ecretary- have changed i t when she copy- Treasurer. read it. I never m ake m istakes. N e w ly elected members o f the D ad’s n ight at P T A was a how l E xecutive board a re : H erm an ing success w ith lots o f Dads, lots Up at H ighw ay M a rk e t, th e re ’s Koblenzer o f P ort O rfo rd ; Robert o f people, lots o f fun. a g ir l who w orks at the check S tanhurst o f B rookings; HaroLd The prize fo r best attendance stand named Ire n e Beyer. She S urprise o f Areata, C a lif ; and was won by Room 6, Mrs. Geaney has a hobby th a t is both unique week. by " ” '° UEh Lionel Burroughs, Crescent C itv and Mrs. M artins. and immenseley satisfying. Growers from Dayton, Oregon w ild, w eird basketball games rt , Mrs. Rod H erm an, m em bership Irene adopts people. N ot in the from Illin o is V a lle y. The B ru in s to A rcata attended the meeting, chairm an, reported 282 members, J< 3S 3 h e a rtbreaker fo r I lli- o rd in a ry sense, but in the same won F rid a y at Cave Junction 48 ?°u \ a l,e y’ who had fought from called to strengthen the cooper- 171 m others and 111 fathers, hut wav. E very C hristm as she’s de to 47. and S a tu rd a y here 60-5F ’¿'hind to overtake the m anpower- a,lon «mong lily bulb producers s till horn's fo r a f< w m ore to be vising some method o f b rin g in g a Also nam ed d u rin g th e-sessio n able to meet this year’s quota. A n d w h ilo « h a ir i.. . s" y Bruins, and had gone in to lit t le cheer to the people w ho tw o teams g a v e 'th e Tams a ’ pro- la st q u a r te r were m em liers of tw o e o r :m 'it ■ F o llo w in g Mrs. A rchie H end w ould never have it w ith o u t her. m em lw rsh p and m a rk e t Live i r ic k ’s re p o rt on the scholarship » 1 This year she has a ja r on the view of w hat they can expect gat ion. when fo o tb a ll crimes’ to B rookings KUt f° r B ro o k in BS- 't was a , o f $120.00 to be given a senior counter fo r donations fo r g ifts Area members on the m em ber . The Bears »lav avain i v''e,I-<?a™<’d triu m p h . The Bruins , she w ill send to the patients at when they j o u r n e v M I “ ' ’» 1’ -'' a lre a d y shorthanded, were bang- •ship com m ittee a re : Joe Rose fo r th is year, the organization* vote«I to hold a C hristm as Goodies Sale the S tate H ospital. T h e y 'll b - Del N orte county; Josephine Ped- C itv a n d 7 c S 7 r t r m i T ™ ' k n e r l y a t the Chetco D ru g Store, De little things shaving things and praying te rv e n tly i h l , S roni fo r H um bolt co u n ty; Bob plav ! i ' T '» cember 12 to raise money fo r candy, cosmetics fo r the women Chambers fo r H arbor; Bob Stan- th is and o th e r projects. this one standing up ' ' Kon VVes,(’ ren and Ken Russell land they a re 'a n im m ensely im , h u rst fo r Brookings; H erm an K o- The program arranged by c h a ir j They d id n ’t the last tw o Th . dlV,ded s« ’ r in K honors fo r Brook p ortant g ift to patients there» — blanzer fo r N o rth C u rry ; C liffo rd m an “ B in g ” Crosby, w ith Roy lit t le th in g s —but they mean th a t opener a t Cave Ju nction was a K ?n’ h r R ° n. .g e,f ,nR 14- and j W a lk e r o f > A lb a n y fo r the W illia m - Brow n as m aster o f ceremonies rearing, scram bling melee th a t I w ith 1 P C° Ug3rS ettP V alley someone outside is th in k in g o f , 11 was a succession o f laughs be them. had the tw o teams on the flo o r c a fl,rH . u , ¡ On the m a rke t Investigatio n ginning w ith a s k it by B ille G u th b a ’ urda>' n ig h t it happened a ll C om m ittee are C liffo rd W a lke r She gets q uite a b it o f support most o f the tim e. B ut there was rie, Russell Beem, Donald R itchey, in her efforts, too. H e r bosses, Don nothing unkem pt about the finish ° V<?r agam ' but not Muite 550 d ra- C hairm an; O tto T urley. H a rb o r; E llis Yelton, and B ill H ighatn, W ith 45 seconds to n la v and’ ! m at,caI I iy ’ The B ru in s moved in to and L yle Vaughn, have a h a b it and W illia m Fischer o f S m ith under M r. T o b in ’s direction, a P ay, and an e a rly lead, w ith the W esteren R iver. o f ta k in g odd item s o ff the shelf the Cougars c lin g in g desperately “ d isse rta tio n ” by Frenchv A rre ll brothers p ilin g up the points, th^n and tossing them in to her g ro w to a three point lead, Dennis a pantom ine by “ B in g ” and son.’ had to fig h t o ff a savage Illin o is in g pile o f g i f t s -------- ( “ probably S T A T IO N B E IN G B U IL T Lhetteplace c a lm ly dropped a p a ir A lle n , and clim axed w ith a stu n t npvpr Q P lf i it t a vw a v ” , Don F l ™ m u t or e if t shots ih r o u e h t o jn a k e in. w W " ith less t , v h a , lle " 7 y r a lly to w w i" b "■ » " W ° o rk never sell’ a n nyw ay” rk is progressing on the new in w hich Mrs. John Snyder, M rs .7-46 And then, wvth the Co„ J Î I ' T . ™ '» ?»• ' ! * < * « • ters.) In fact they took a fiv e ichfield Service S ta tio n beine Roy B row n and Mrs? Fred Fox d o lla r b ill out o f the t i l l to s ta rt b u ilt by F o ste r and B o lvi on th trie d to id e n tify th e ir own hus her o ff . . ( “ probably counter- broke in to grab the ha P h 3S B ro o k ia ^ went into a lrgh.way. Present plans c a ll foi bands by "fe e l” . Continued on Back Page the station to be opened about Bob D ick played a piano solo. January L — C bnttnued u n Back Page------ -— COUNCIL ASKS DRAINAGE OF PIONEER LAKE School Election to Decide On Leaving Rural District Chamber Meets, Eats Tonight A t VFW Hail JAGGER HOME BURNS TUESDAY AfirS. 5tafforCI Head O f Bulb Growers Bruins Open Season With Pair of Wins E ° “ ' "» DAD'S NIGHT SUCCESSFUL
