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.
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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
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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
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