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On the
Reef
By BILL P H E L PS
E V E R Y SO O F T E N we do som e
t h i n g aro u n d here th a t w e’re
ap t to re g ret for th e rest of our
days. We did it again last week
H. A. W ilbanks, out at W il-
b an k ’s M ark et, is inordinately
proud of his bow ling te a m which,
a t last rep o rts, w as still u n d e fe a t
ed in league play. W hen we got
th e re su lts last week, w hich told Volume S—Number 47
of his team sw eeping fo u r m ore
gam es, we ju st co uldn’t stan d it.
We w ro te th e story very carefully,
and we com pletely o m itted any
m ention of H. A.’s team .
We w e re n ’t th ere, but F ran ces
W hat s.iall we do w ith th e
tells us th a t H enry to re a brand
new hole in th e k itchen ceiling Azalea F e s tiv a l?
w hen he read th e paper. Had to
T h at w as th ? problem which
q u it w ork fo r a couple of days. faced the All Y ear E v en ts Asso
And he sw ore, very vocally, th a t ciation th is w eek, as th e d a te to
h e ’d get even w ith us if it’s th e set up th e ce le b ratio n drew clos
last th in g he does.
er. No head for th e event has yet
Now* I ’m w asting aw’ay to a been appointed.
shadow’. A fraid to eat th e h am
D irectors of the association this
b u rg er . . . pro b ably full of ground week asked local resid en ts to help
glass. G ettin g aw fully tired of them decide th e fu tu re course of
beans I d o n ’t th in k I ’ll do th a t j th e festival. T hey asked this
to H. A. any m ore.
¡w eek th a t re a d e rs of this p aper
And, anyw ay, it w as A rchie fill out th e ballot on th is page,
H en d rick ’s idea.
and deposit it in th e box furnished
flarbor fìlo l
Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
K K O O K IX G S , C l K K Ï C O U N T Y , O R K O O N
I ’K IC K <>\ N E W S S T A M W — T E X < E N T S
Residents Asked To Ballot
On Future Azalea Festival
♦ We aw oke th e o th e r day to o u r
first frost in B rookings, and
ev ery th in g w as silvery in the
bright su n lig h t.
M ount Em ily
w as shining in th e sun w ith its
snow-covered cap looking like an
ice cream cone.
It cam e rig h t a f te r a storm , and
also rig h t a f te r M rs. A k e rs’ story,
w’hich told th a t we had had 105
inches of ra in d u rin g 1953. And
it cam e, too. on th e heels of re
p o rts of six inch snow fall and
freezing w e a th e r in th e P o rtla n d
area.
I t ’s su rp risin g th a t we can have
th e heavy ra in fall we have here
and still have so m uch beautiful
w eather. O u r sto rm s sw eep in and
deluge us, and a few- days la te r
th e sun beam s down again.
Besides th a t, w e’re feeling a
little sm ug ab out o u r w e ath er,
anyway. Mrs. W ebb H ibbard tells
us she received a le tte r from a
friend in Los A ngeles th is week,
consoling us for all th e ra in and
storm s she had heard th a t we had.
Down th ere, she says th e y ’ve been
basking in S o u th e rn C alifornia
sun sh in e- a t ab out 30 deg rees—
for two weeks.
Although th e B rookings-H arbor
Lions club has had a 90 p er cent
average atte n d a n c e th e last year,
th e d irecto rs felt it should be 100
per cent and th ere in lies a tale.
At th e re g u la r bi-w eekly m e e t
ing W ednesday. J a n u a ry 13, Lions
celeb rated th e b irth d ay of S ecre
ta ry H erschel C haney and P re s i
dent "P o p ” Reed at th e C hetco
Inn iT h ? S ig n o f the G olden
Goat>. B irth d ay cak es and the
blowing out of candles w as in
order. Since Pop Reed could only
blow out 2 of his 27 candles, he
was p resen ted w ith a b irth d ay
gift a real live billy goat.
P rese n ta tio n of th e goat was
m ade to Pop right in the In n ’s
dining room, and a f te r protests,
L ittle A1 th e Goat w as ta k e n out.
T he sub ject of a tte n d a n c e was
again b rought up. and rig h t then
and th e re m em b ers voted th a t the
Lions Goat ( w hich w as purchased
and im ported from up th e C hetco
th e Lions Do have a goat!
should be used to boost a tte n d
ance.
M em bers m issing one o r m ore
m eetings a re to ta k e c a re of L it
tle Al for tw'o w eeks Em il M itch
T he M arch of D im es will re
ceive a shot in th e arm S a tu rd a y
night, when its sponsoring o rg a n i
zation, th e Lions Club, will hold
open house a t the C liff House.
The Lions will 1 m * host d u rin g
th e evening for an evening of en
te rta in m e n t and dancing for local
people. All p ro fits from th** snl<*
of food and d rin k th ro u g h o u t th*
evening will go to th e M arch o
Dim es
S cheduled for th e evening is a
full program of e n te rta in m e n t for
su p p o rters of th e M arch of Dimes.
Local e n te rta in e rs will o ffer th e ir
services in an e ffo rt to boost th e
sw elling to ta ls to be used in th e
fight against polio.
The Lions a re re q u estin g ev e ry
one w'ho would like to ap p e ar on
th e show to com e out and join in,
also. A lready scheduled is the
q u a r te t from the B arbersh o p p ers,
com edians, L u th e r T isdale, and a
n u m b er of o thers.
Food and beverages will be
served all th ro u g h the evening,
w ith the profit from th e ir sales
going to th e drive. T here will be
no cover ch a rg e and no adm ission
charge.
P roceeds for the evening above
expenses will be p resen ted to th e
drive by th e m anagem ent of the
Cliff House.
in th e post office
Most local people seem ed re lu c
ta n t to let th e festival fade aw ay.
But d irec to rs of th e association
w ere som ew hat dubious as to how
m any would back up th e ir w ishes
w ith aid for th e festival.
S u p p o rters of th e festival p o in t
ed out th e fact th a t th e Azalea
F estival is a unique in stitu tio n ,
and is one of th e loveliest ev en ts
held anyw here. An increasingly
larg e n u m b er of v isito rs are
draw n y ea rly to th e ev en t, w hich
has a ttra c te d th e a tte n tio n of
trav el groups as w ell as p riv ate
citizens.
But o th e rs pointed out th a t th e
A zalea F estiv al plus th e Lily
F estiv al w as ju s t too larg e a b u r
den for th e people of th is city to
bear, and suggested th a t one be
dropped in favor of th e o th er. A n
o th e r suggestion has been th a t the
Azalea F estiv al be tu rn e d over to
th e schools as a g ra d u a tio n cele
bration.
D irectors of the A ll-Y ear E vents
group w ere aw aitin g th e re s u lts
of th e balloting this w eek before
they lay plans to r th e 1954 edition zens w ere req u ested to vote.
of the festival. All in te re ste d citi-
V oters w ere asked to sign th e ir
nam es, too, so th a t th e vote
would reflect a serious and sin-
, cere body of opinion.
L in a AL THE GOAT RAISES
BIG STINK IN LIONS CLUB
Bn S teinie
OPEN HOUSE TO
AID IN DRIVE
AGAINST POLIO
ell. who th o u g h t it best to go to
bed at an e a rly hour W ednesday
ra th e r than a tte n d th e m eeting,
was the victim .
About 9:47 several c a rs pulled
up in front of E m il’s hom e, L ittle
A1 was tied to the front porch,
and M is. M itchell w as requested
to get her husband out of bed.
Emil w as p resen ted w ith L ittle
Al. to g e th e r w ith a le tte r of ex
planation and in stru ctio n s
M itchell, being a good s p o rts
m an, led th e goat to th e garage,
but, as he did so. it w as plain to
see the goat bad got th e Lion
But the follow ing m orning, L it
tle Al had the Lion’s goat, be
cause he was gone. A searching
p arty was form ed, and th e search
proved fru itfu l, since the goat was
found on F ra n k C h ap in ’s front
¡torch. We th in k this is going to
get C h ap in ’s goat, since F ra n k is a
good R o tarian . and he will u n
doubtedly h av e som e ex p lain in g
to do a t the next R o tary m eeting
So bew are, L ions: Be at the
next m eeting o r you m ay be ta k
ing care of a goat fo r a couple of
weeks. W hat is puzzling m em bers
now is who will ta k e c a re of L it
tle Al when th e atten d a n ci
10!)
p er cent.
Ellsworth Names
Thompson For
Postmaster Here
R e p re se n ta tiv e
H a rris
E lls
w o rth announced this w eek tha*
he had n o m in ated W illiam G
Thom pson to be th e new’ P o s t
m a s te r a t B rookings.
T h e a p p o n tm e n t v irtu a lly seal<
th e job for T hom pson, since it is
a m a tte r of ro u tin e for it to be
onfirm ed.
T hom pson probably
will ta k e o v er as te m p o ra ry ¡Mist-
m a s te r before co n firm a tio n w ith
in th e next tw o w eeks.
T ho m p s' n has been a resid en t
of B rookings for th re e y ears, se rv
ing at th e p resen t tim e as p ro d u c
tion en g in eer for L ake P leasan t
°lyw ood C om pany. A g ra d u a te of
’eru (N e b ra sk a ) T e a c h e is col
*ge, he o rig in ally cam e h ere as
♦ teach er. H e is m a rrie d and ha:
.o u r children.
TAX APPRAISAL
MAN TO SPEAK
1 lnirsday, January 21, 1Q54
MFESAVERS PLAN
SAFETY DRIVE
IN FEBRUARY
C u rry co u n ty ’s highw ay lifesav-
ers. T h e Lucky 7 Club, w ere p re
p arin g this w eek for a m onth long
sa fe ty cam paign for Brookings.
M em bers of th e club u n d er
P resid en t A rt S tone have p re
p ared a full program of sa fe ty
ed u cation, w ith the cooperation of
s ta te and local police,( th e ir spon
so rin g organization, th e R o tary
club, an d local business men.
P resid en t S to n e said the p ro
g ra m w ould be built aro u n d th ese
fa c to rs:
1. A check of safety devices
on local autom obiles, to be c a rrie d
o«,f «v»th th e cooperation of po
lice an d Ed Dempsey, local a u to
m obile dealer. Police plan to set
up checking sta tio n s u n d e r w hich
th e horn, brakes, lights, etc., of
c a rs will be checked. T he lifesav-
ers will give th e c a r o w n er a red
o r g reen stick er, according to th e
condition of his his car.
E d D em psey will also give a u to
m obile checks at his g arag e to
advise local d riv ers as to w h e th e r
o r not th e ir c a rs are safe, d u rin g
th e cam paign. Lucky 7 boys will
also assist th ere.
2 A p ro g ram of bicycle ed u ca
tio n for local kids, to be ca rried
o u t by th e club. M em bers of th e
g ro u p will advise y o u n g sters on
th e p ro p e r w ay to ride bicycles in
tra ffic , and will show them film s
on th e su bject.
3. T he erectio n of ban n ers at
th e ap p ro ach es of Brookings, a d
v ising tra v e le rs th a t "W e drive
safely in B rookings.”
4. D istrib u tio n and signing of
p led g es for safe driving, in co
o p eratio n w ith the O regon J o u r
n a l’s safety cam paign. M em bers
of the club hope to g et 1,000 sig
natures to the pledges.
P resid en t S tone said an all-out
effo rt would be m ade by th e boys
to reduce driving accidents in this
a re a . And th e club was g e ttin g
assistan ce from in tere ste d individ
u als thro u g h o u t the area.
H a rry J. Ixigan, chief ap p raisal
en g in eer of th e A ssessm ent and
A ppraisal Division of th e S ta te
T ax Com m ission, w ill ad d ress th e
an n u al b an q u et of the B rookings-
H arb o r C h am b er of C om m erce
next F rid ay , J a n u a ry 28.
T h e ch am b er d in n e r will be
held at th e H a rb o r G ra n g e hall,
beginning at 7:00 p m L adies of
th e Assem bly of God ch u rch will
serve.
T he m eetin g w ill m a rk th e in
sta lla tio n of new o fficers of th e
cham ber, elected for th e com ing
year. P la n s and re p o rts on th e
w ork of th e ch a m b e r also will be
given at th a t tim e.
Mr. Ixigan will ad d ress th e
ch am b er on th e problem of e q u it
able assessm ent of p ro p e rty ta x e s
w ithin th e fram ew o rk of thg
county.
As chief ap p raisal en g in eer, Mr.
Logan has been co n cerned w ith
th e problem of eq u itab le ap p raisal
of p ro p e rty taxes, and h as been
activ e in the re ap p ra isa l w ork b e
E ire at the H edberg L u m b er ing c a rried on in a n u m b e r of
com pany plant did ab o u t $2.000 co u n ties in O regon.
w orth of dam age S a tu rd a y m o rn
R E T U R N FROM T R IP
ing before being ex tin g u ish ed
HOM E FROM SO U TH
Mr. and Mrs. Glen D uncan have
T he fire w as co n tro lled by a
re tu rn e d from an ex ten d ed trip .
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Leroy
W
eidem
an
vo lu n teer bucket brigade which
T h e D uncans sp en t C hrist m as in
form ed to help the ow ners quell re tu rn e d last S u n d ay from a trip
P o rtla n d and w ent on to W yom
to
so
u
th
e
rn
C
alifo
rn
ia.
T
h
is
w.,s
th e blaze.
ing before re tu rn in g to B rookings.
R
oy’s
first
v
acatio
n
in
ten
years.
T he fire w as discovered by the
H edbergs, who fought it for tw o
hours before help arriv ed . Then
Bob R ettk e, driving by, saw th e
blaze and brought v o lu n teers from
tow n to help. T he v o lu n teers
Shall we continue the Azalea Festival as we have in
form ed a bucket brigade w hich
conquered th e blaze.
the past?.... ............ .
C ause of the blaze is not d efi
nitely known, but m ay hav e been
Shall we reduce it, and turn it oter to the schools?
caused by a sp ark sm ould erin g in
saw dust T he blaze w as confine«!
Shall wc eliminate it entirely?
to the conveyor system .
Fire Damages
Hedberg M ill
All-Year Events Association
NO O N E IN JU R E D
IN CAR C O L L IS IO N
Mr. and M rs Tony Olsen an«!
Mrs. and Mrs. Ray B eck er w ere
involved in an accid en t a t th e
junction of H iw ay 101 and B en
ham Lane last week
No one w as injured, alth o u g h
M rs O lsen suffered som e shock
R oth ca rs w er dam aged
Will you assist in carrying it out?
Any other suggestions
Signed
Address
Drop in Ikix in Post Office