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On the
Reef
By BILL PH E L PS
arbor
One of our favorite re s ta u ra
teurs, Chad Chadwick, was res
cued one night last week from a
harrowing experience by Brook- j
ings’ most dependable rescue
squad, the Lucky 7 Club.
Chad was driving up the River
road one night at an ungodly
hour, when he met a truck taking
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Thursday, January 7, 1954
most of the road. Chad took to
the ditch, and found th at it was
an inescapable trap.
Game Postponed
The truck driver headed otT
The basketball game sch -duled
down the m ountain for help, and,
between Port Orford and Brook
according to Chad, about fifteen
ings Saturday has been postponed
m inutes later about half the club
until Jan u ary 26.
showed up. While Chad looked
on, they practically picked up the
car and carried it down the road.
The robbery of th-' Brookings
Chad had a heck of a tim e g e t
S tate |X)litical races were be- ■ S ecretary of the Interior. He had
ting them to slow’ down enough High School safe last m onth wtr*
ginning to line up this w’eek w ith served as a sta te senator since
solved recently, when Fresno.
v
x c ..
to get back in the car.
Calif., police apprehended three
' 10 announcem ent of the candi- 1944, and had become president
men in th at city.
Definite progress was made on dacy of Paul P atterson to suc- of the Senate in the 1951 Legis
lature.
The three men detained in the new Scout home being con- ceed himself as governor.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Finch don’t
Newbry also gained his present
Governor
P atterso n ’s entry,
think much of someone’s C hrist Fresno are Frank Leavitt, Lester structed n C 'r Azalea park last
week, as volu* *eers poured foot- which |iad been exjiected drew position by appointm ent, a fte r the
mas spirit. They came home one Stockton and Thurston Garner.
No details outside of the bul- ings for t be b u ik /n g
thalinea p retty closely in the Re- ! ^ a t h of S ecretary Robert F ar-
day and found th at someone had
cut a C hristm as tree. . . right in letin to Oregon S ta te Police were , Sixteen yards of c tf - r o te were publican prim ary.
Already an rell in a plane crash. He has
available. The bulletin said merely
the middle of their back yard. th a t the crim e here had been poured by the crew, with t?rpok- nounced as a candidate for the twice been reelected to the post.
In this congressional district,
Practically broke Berniece’s heart cleared by the arre st of the three ings Red-E-Mix contributing 0 * fu b arn ato rial chair is S ecretary
R
epresentative
H arris Ellsw orth.
concrete
at
less
than
cost.
In
the
—she’d been caring for th at tree men.
of g f tf » Earl T. Newbry.
Roseburg Republican, is virtually
tenderly for years.
Oregon S ta te Police have not next week, the crew hopes to lay
On the Dem ocratic side of the Certain to run again for his seat
yet said w hether the men will be gravel for the slab, and begin the
slate,
little action has yet ap- in Congress. Only announced op
extradited to stand trial here. rough plumbing for the building,
We had made a New Year Presum ably, they have to answ er
peared.
inisi t ion Vet is a young Eugene
which has already been promised
resolution not to mention the city to other charges in California be
Wiley Sm ith, M ultnomah Coun-1 a ttorney. Charles P orter, who ha*
by local plum bers
streets this week _ but we over fore they could be released to
Tim bers donated by South ’y assessor, has announced his an noun-ced his candidacy for the
heard someone else mention them , this state.
Coast Milling have been delivered | candidacy for governor, but the 1>ost ifl the Dem ocratic prim ary,
and I guess it’s OK to quote them.
to the site, and building m aterials announcem ent created virtually I’ p evvr other office seekers have
This person was laying plans for
furnished by C urry County Lum no stir. Also mentioned as a pos- ! madp ^ f i n i te statem ents as yet.
a golf tournam ent—a sport which
ber at cost are being brought to sible Dem ocratic candidate is Al- j g ta te S en ato r John C. S. M erri-
is very popular around here.
bert Ullman. B aker R ealtor and fle id of M ultnom ah County and
the site.
"And ju st think,” said the person.
In the crew which worked last president of the Hell’s Canyon S ta te Tl^casurer Sig Unander,
”e wouldn’t even need a course.
The Plywood Pond Lilies and week were Ben Jones, Blaine Association. Ullman has not yet both Republicans, are reported as
Ju st use the holes in the city W ilbanks M arket took an early Gribble, F ran k Kelly and three com m itted himself
eyeing the Congressional seat of
streets.”
lead in second-half action in the Scouts, Russell Beem, Bobby
Most speculation on the Demo aging R epresentative Homer An
City bowling lead, Monday. The Page and Jim m y Gribble.
cratic side concerned the plans of gell, who m a ^ not run to succeed
Dry Ends defeated the Pond
S
ta te Senator Richard N euberger himself. Both * re also interested
First Baby Born
Lilies, 4-0, while W ilbanks were
of M ultnomah County. Neuberger in the election' ,wo years from
First reported baby of the New trouncing the Eagles by the same
is expected to run for either the now, when the jSenatorship held
Year was bom Monday, Jan u ary score.
governorship or for Guy Cordon’s by W ayne Morse < comes up for
4, to Mr. and Mrs. George W right.
In other games, Phillips defeat-
U. S. Senate seat.
election.
The baby, a little girl, was named ed Fox Brothers, 3 to 1, and
There has been little activity
Of the two Republican candi
Anna Irene.
Hendricks F u rn itu re took the
Polio struck in Brookings this dates, P atterson is probably best on races affecting Cuf.’y County
R otary Club, 3-1.
week, with Frieda Matlock, 14 known here, since he was a visitor directly. No announcem ents’
CHARLIE YOUNG HOME
High game score was a tie be year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs at the Brookings Lily Festival a been made concerning candidacies
Charles Young, who underw ent tween Campbell and W arren, Floyd Matlock ns its victim year ago. A native of Hillsboro, for Coos-Curry’» S ta te R epresent
surgery last Thursday, returned with 207 apiece. Gordon Olson Frieda is in the isolation ward of P atterso n became governor in ative, now held by Rod McKenzie
home Tuesday. Although he is had high series with 549. Phil- the hospital in Eureka.
1952, when, as president of the of Sixes. And no announcem ents
still not really up and around, he lips Dad *n* Lad took high gam e
Dr. Paul Ronniger sa d that i Senate, he succeeded Douglas have been made concerning coun
is making good progress, and and series, with scores of 808 and is still too early to tell how McKay, who had been appointed ty or city elections.
expects to be back in the store in 2251.
severe the case will be, but therr
three or four weeks.
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is hope th a t the case will be a
Mr. Young’s brother and sister- MRS. FORGIE AWAY
»light one. Frieda is one of five
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Young, Mrs. Florence Forgie and her daughters of the Matlocks,
who used to operate what
is now sister, who has been visiting her,
John Porisch, county chairm an
the Brookings Flow er and Gift were called to California Wed- of the March of D im 's, was in
Shop, are visiting here
during nesday by the illness of their Brookings W ednesday, to make
The Oregon S ta te Highway De
A new service station will open
Charlie’s convalescence.
brother
the facilities of the N atio n s’
partm
ent said Ibis week th at they
in
Brookings
Saturday,
the
M
and
Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
will
surface
the section of Fern
P
Richfield
Service
on
the
high
available to the stricken family.
Porisch said that the Foundation way north of the main business street in front of the city hall,
a fte r the city does something
will m ake the best possible care district.
about
draining the surface w ater
The
new
station
will
he
op
available for Frieda.
erated b> Charles A. Majors, th a t runs over that street.
The statem ent was made by D.
form erly of Tacoma, and Jim
Payne, who has been in Brookings J. Sage, sta te m aintenance su
some months. It will service cars, j pervisor of Coquille, in reply to
and will have a separate service a query made by City A ttorney
atea for comm ercial vehicles Ed Ackley on behalf of the city
Publication of a geologic map «vher
they w 11 not interfere council.
of the Galicc quadrangle in Jose with passenger traffic.
The S tate will also lake up the
phine County of southw’estern
M ajors was form erly road su- m a tte r of sidewalks along Cheleo
Oregon has just been announced pervisor with the Los Angeles- ixiulevard with the city, accord
by the S ta te D epartm ent of Ge Seattle M otor Express for several ing to Sage. The city has re
ology and Mineral Industries. The
ars. Payne has been with Rich- quested that th e sidewalks he re
I S. Geological Survey, which co- fl(?id o n in Eugene for quite some paired, and, since the state holds
operated with the Geology De- time.
title to the land on which th •
partm ent, printed the m ap in five
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sidewalks lay, has asked the state
colors on a sheet m easuring o0
to do tiie work.
by 30 inches. The map has a scale W HIRRYS MAKE TR IP
Sage told Ackley th at an en
of one inch to the mile and is
gineer
would be sent to Brookings
Mr. and Mis. Paul W hirry
the fust Oregon quadrangle to be
to
look
at the sidewalks, and to
spent the C hristm as holiday with
printed in the recently adopted
take up the m a tte r of responsi
Mr.
W
hirry’s
sister
in
San
F
ran
form at. A uthors are F. G. Wells
cisco. A nother guest was a bility for their repair.
and G. W. W alker, geologists with
brother from Los Angeles.
the Federal Survey.
During their stay in San F ra n SCI 1ELARS R ETU RN
The map em braces a gold m in
Carol Scholar, popular w aitress
ing area, and tb » locations of 95 cisco, they saw a play being tele
Pacific G re y h o u n d Lines is getting 75 new “ Scenicruisers ’ (top
gold lode and placer mines are vised, and wer • conducted on a at C had’s, has returned from a
picture), anti 50 more ‘‘Highway Traveler” air suapension buses
trip w ith her family to W ra e,
shown. The oldest rocks of the ’«»ur of KP1X television station
* ¡ AVer), it has been announced T hey are part of a 200-bus order for
They also saw one of the new Colo., where they spent the h< h-
area
are
of
Jurassic
age
and
are
lo s t di 'ivery and will join 100 H ’g’iw ay Travelers, already received,
ird were very days with Mr Scholar’s sister and
*ama m
cs+im ated to be at least 150 mil-
. g ot nu extra tarv through-expre» service ux the 'AA-t
family
M
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impress
1 on years old
,1 to the r.ust.
Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
SAFE ROBBERS
CAUGHT IN
CALIFORNIA
Scout Building
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN LINES
DRAWN AS PAUL PATTERSON
ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
Makes Progress
Plywood, Wilbanks
Lead City League
Polio Strikes
Brookings Girl
New Geologic
Map Published
Service Station
City, State Plan
Opens Saturday
Street Paving