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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1953)
Scouts To Have New Camp LOCAL NEWS On Siltcoos Lake; Ready in June JO E STILL DOWN Joe G allagher is still under the Brookings Harbor Pilot HOME FROM PORTLAND weather. and is confined to the THURSDAY, DEC. 24. 1953 Shirley Bowlin, who is attending house. He gets p retty lonesome, school in Portland, is home to and a short visit would sure pep vacation in Phoenix where they spend the holidays w ith her par him up a lot. form erly lived. They plan to visit ents. Mrs. M itchell’s parents and MORTONS LEAVE friends. STUDENTS HOME Mr. and Mrs. E stes Morton left On their return trip they hope FOR CHRISTMAS I his m orning to spend Christm as to attend the Rose Bowl game and Among the local boys and girls with their children and g ran d Elm a plans to do some buying in who returned from college last children in Salem and Newberg. Eos Angeles and San Francisco weekend to spend their C hristm as for her Tots to Teens shop. vacation at home are Ronald VISIT FORMER HOME Dorothy Sabin will be in charge Mr. and Mrs. Emil Mitchell are Akers, and Howard Ritchie from of the store during their absenc*'. Oregon S ta te College in Corvallis. leaving C hristm as eve to spend a Jerry Anderson from Pacific Uni- \e rsity in Forest Grove, and La- vonne Sm ith from Linfield College in McMinnville. 3 1 he Or>:on Trail Council, Boy be the very finest in all the Pacific Scouts of America, under the lea- dciship of Wilson Jew ett. Cam p N orthw est as the cam psite will have the benefit of the know-how ing Chairman, has selected a 125 of all the previous developments acre penninsula on Siltcoos Lake i and its setting is superb. six miles south of Florence as a A contest will be lauched to site for a year-round camp. P u r name the new cam psite which will chase was made from Jam es W. be one of the m ajor cam psites for cord, Jr. of Florence. A total in the Oregon Trail Council. The vestment of $150,000 is expected camp will augm ent Camp Melak- f" tie made in the development of the new all year-round campsite, wa, located in the Cascades, which is scheduled for operation for vlil(‘b will have a Camp Hanger three weeks sta rtin g July 18 for on duty at all tim es and will be high adventure exploring, m oun staffed during cam ping season tain climbing and geology trips. with a crew of approxim ately 15 The new camp is tentatively set central staff m em bers in addition to open June 20, 1954 and wili run to I nit leadership. for six weeks. i DAUGTER HOME 1 he t ouncil now includes more Mr. and Mrs. Almo Newton than <,000 Cubs, Boy Scouts and are enjoying a holiday visit with Explorers in the counties of Ben ' AW ARD-W INNING FARMER their daughter. Ruth who is home ton. Lincoln, Lane, Douglas, Coos | has s is t e r h e r e from Medford. and Curry. Looking to the future, One Brookings family is greatly the new camp will be designed to interested in the aw ard of “O re handle the num ber of Scouts and gon’s Conservation Man of the GOING TO PORTLAND Tony Christenson and Mr. and Exp lore’s anticipated in the Coun \ ear , the aw ard made annually cil in 1964. It will include a total to the Oregon farm er who has Mrs. Cal G uerettaz will spend of 15 troop sites of sizes to ac done the most outstanding job )f (C hristm as in Portland with Mrs. Christenson and her sister. commodate from 16 to 32 boys, conserving his land’s resources. each site to be separated from The w inner this year was Ed VISITING SISTER adjoining sites and each to have I McCanse of N orth Powder, Ore- lake frontage. A lim ited num ber Mrs. N ettie H arris from Cali j gon. and the interested Brookings will be winterized with troop lod fornia is visiting in H arbor with 1 family is Mr. and Mrs. Jack Col- ges and Adirondack leantos. Ail her sister, Mrs. Florence Forgie. lis. Mrs. Collis is the sister of Mr. will include latrines, wash racks, McCanse. and activities areas. Some will be BROWNS TO MEDFORD j McCanse won the plaque, equipped for troop cooking and Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Brown <md feeding. All sum m er sites will in aw arded to him by the Portland tam ily will spend Christm as in Oregonian, for taking an eroded, clude two-body tentage. worn out farm and bringing it to Medford with Alice’s parents, Mr. For those troops who prefer to a ooint w here it is producing 58 and Mrs. K irk Denton. have their meals prepared, a cen bushels of w heat per acre. tral dining hall will be available MOTHER HERE on one-meal to three-m eal per day Mrs. H. T. Heberman of Grants George W ashington endorsed Pass spent last w’eekend here with basis. the use of the American subm ar The other needs of the camp ine “T u rtle ” during the Revolu- her daughter, Mrs. Don Craig, and will be taken care of through the t on. Folloing the vessel’s a tta ck family. health lodge, trading post, central on a British vessel, he discussed shower, craf* shop, dem onstration the potential use of subm arines area, rifle range, archery range, in a lette r to Thomas Jefferson. fishing and casting area and, of course, a fine w ater-front for swimming, boating and fishing. These facilities, it is believed, will WHITE APPLIANCE CO. t- \ XX < M A 'L A?/ m« 4 m u Virginia Mincer and Harry Phillips Mincer's Jewelry 34TH ANNUAL NEW BALL LEGION HALL SMITH RIVER From the sincerity of our hearts comes this wish for • truly joyful Chrijtm as mJ < Happy New Year. -and thank you for your contributions to the State Hospital patients. New Year’s Eve DEC. 31. 1953 FREE NOISE MAKERS AND HATS Irene Beyer FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS SERVED IN HALL 8-Piece Modern Orchestra The Jensen Fnmity O utstanding Musical Family Amber House of S,'-.c£s f Admission $1.50
