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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1954)
8 Brookings Harbor Pilot Bruins Ready For THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1954 Three Clashes Right Around Here A rth u r S h erm an , surveyor, sp e n t th e holidays w ith his folks a t Lanesl)oro, M ass H e expects to he back this week T h e Bill D ugans saw the New Y ear com e in here. T hey and the c h ild re n cam e over from th e ir S a m ’s V alley home. T hey used to live in B rookings hut m oved b ack to th e hom e place when B ill’s fa th e r died. A rt G u th ri and his B rookings B ruins hit the road th s w eek, as they resum e hostilities a f te r the C h ristm a s vacation. T he B ruins tangle S a tu rd a y w ith Port O riord, and jo u rn ey to C rescent City T uesday to m eet th» Del N o rte W a rrio ts for the th ird tim e. The following S a tu r day they go to Gold B each for th e ir first gam e there. T he B ruins will be b u n tin g for a tv p ii < om b n ation a f te r T he C rescent C ity gam e will b re ak a tie in th e series, w ith each team having previously won one gam e. G u th rie has had the boys w ork ing steadily the last w eek, w ith m phasis on th e foul shooting th a t cost them th e P ow ers gam e. W ith a p a ir of re g u la rs out of uniform , h e’s been h u n tin g io a com bination th a t could put the B ruins on the com e-back tra il. .N one of th e th re e gam es this w eek have any s ta tu s as ta r as d istric t play is concerned. P o rt ( >rfoi d and Gold B each a re C lass schools, and Del N o rte is out of the d istrict. watching their opening winning Mr. and Mrs. Bud S to te n b u rg ;,u e a t\ m ad e a trip over to h er folks, in Idaho, for th e holidays. i0 • o a u m p i hall Buy U. S. Sa*.wigs Bond«! Parking Meters Bring in Dough Ronald Sund. son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sund, was home from his Air Force base in Biloxi, Miss., for the holidays. P a rk in g m e te rs b ro u g h t the city of B rookings a little over Z"---- -------------- $2,000 in th e six m onths ending D ecem ber 31, according to C ity R ecorder G ladys K anick. A ctu al receip ts of th e m e te rs Bookkeeping d u rin g th a t period w as $3,542, Pay Roll Taxes w ith half of th a t figure going to the m e te r m a n u fa c tu re rs, as pay m ent on th e m eters. The m et?rs In su ra n ce a re to be paid for th ro u g h a K e rr B uilding th re e y e a r period, w hich has less th a n tw o y ea rs to go. Brookings, Oregon In addition, o v ertim e p ark in g fines brought in $281.50 to the Ci*-’’ cofT'»rt« B. B. Crabb Co. P au l and B e rth a W hirry en jo y ed th e holidays w ith kinfolks in S an F rancisco T he Cliff B ushnells, David and K at hey, w ent to S e a ttle for t ben c h rist mas. W esley, Iris, G ladys and Jack ie K indell took in th e S hrin » foot ball g am e at S an Francisco. On th e ir w ay hom e they contacted th e R andall C a rte rs at Rio Dell It is a p leasu re to w rite th at th e previously,' r poi ted steel t n- cased flask of tonsil tonic has been p en e trated , its co n ten ts a r t fu lly rem oved and is now being re tu rn e d w ith a request for a re fill. All evidence as to how the rem o v al w as actcomplished has been so well concealed th e re ’ll la* sev eral co n ferences around Oly m pia, from w hence th e gift o rig i nated . T ab u la tio n of v ital sta tistic s, am ong o th e r notes being gleaned from n ew spapers d u rin g the past sev e ral years, shows a m ark e d p lu ra lity of b irth notices over o b itu aries, in C u rry county. Al th ough the ta b u la tio n concerns only resid en ts of th e a re a up to 1920, and th e ir lineal descend- { an ts, a rough guess is th at the ra tio m ight be as high as 25 b irth s to one d ea th notice. In di g estin g th is guess it should be rem em b ered th at tw o p a re n ts ol- ten g e n e ra te m ore th a n tw o indi viduals to ev e n tu a lly level off the population and four g ra n d p a re n ‘s u sually restock in excess of the initial q u a rte t. F iguring it th e o th e r w av : you, a s an individual, had tw o parents, □'hey, in th e ir tim e, had eight p aren ts, and they, th e fo u rth gen «»ration back from you had six teen, and th ey th e re m ust be a hitch in it som ew here, seem s like! G ad E ttin g e r gave Doc C a rt w right, at Gold Beach, a p air n i l big fat tonsils tor a s aso n ’s presen t. Gail says h e’s g ettin g alou . tine w ithout them d he ap proaches to o u r a re a could be handily beautified if the scars left on th e highway jobs could be p lan ted w ith som ething th at w ould cover them and really grow*. Th<» speeifieat o n s seem *o in d icate su ccu len ts because >t th e poor soil and probable lack of m o istu re d u rin g m uch of the y ear, and th e project is so large m ost everyone could do a little about it, anyhow W ouldn’t it be so m eth in g if th e bald, b a re gash on the w est end of the C hetco b rid g e was a m a o f bloom s of o u r old friend My sem hi lanthe- m um . for in sta n c e ? DON S E E S GAM E Don V aughn, joint p ro p rie to r of th e Hiw ay M ark et, spent New Y e ar’s day in San Francisco, w h e re he saw the F ast-W est S h rin e fo otball gam e. V ER N O N C R O C K F r r HOM E V ernon C ro ck e tt. son of M r an d M rs. D onald C ro ck e tt, was hom e fro m his Arm y post a t F ort O ld. C alif for the New Y ear’s holiday Ix tm p la r of Iks 1954 I v k k 't y— r»-from-now P ilin g to thit afvnning n»w S vfh Kivtora instant you see these 1954 Buicks, you’ll know that something sensational has happened in automobile styling. Here is vastly more than the usual model changeover. Here is vastly more than could be done just by warming over what Buick had before. Here is something accomplished by going far beyond artful face-lifting. Here is that rarity of rarities-a completely new line of automobiles. T he B u t Buick didn’t stop with the bolder, fresher, swifter-lined beauty you see in raised and lengthened fender sw eep-in the huge and back-swept expanse of windshield — in the lowered roofline —in the host more glamor features of exterior modernity They upped all horsepowers to the highest in Buick history. They engineered a new \ S for the S pecial - a n d in the process came up with new Power-Head Pistons that boost gasoline mileage in every engine. BUCK the beautiful buy They brought to market a sparkling new comer with a famous name, the Buick C entury — a car with phenomenal horse power for its weight and price — a car with more pure thrill per dollar than any Buick ever built. A n d they did all this without change of the price structure which, for years, has made Buick the most popular car at its price in the world. e invite you to come in and inspect these great beauties, these great performers, these great buys. Then you’ll see why the Detroit previewers are already saying, “Buick’s the beautiful buy!” When better automobiles are built Buick will build them a
