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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1954)
T’ o r o library On the Reef By B ILL P H E L P S QOM E o f YOU MAY have thought th at w as th u n d e r you heard the o th e r night, but we know b ?tter. T h at w as H. A. W il banks looking at his a d v e rtise ment in The P ilot. H enry had a line special on boiling beef, 2 lbs. lor 35c. We didn’t th in k th a t w as enough, so we raised it to 35c a , T , o K , . , pound. Have to look out for ' O1L1111C o I\llllH )L T -|S Henry, you know. But he d id n ’t | --------------------------------------------- seem to ap p reciate it. Guess the next tim e w e’ll put th e prices in the way he w a n ts them . Of course H enry claim s t h a t ’s why his howling team lost W e d nesday Says we th re w him all of form . . . in fact he accused us ol doing it ju st so H endricks F u r niture could beat them . . . . I wonder how he found out ? s-flarhor fila i Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community n C M 'K ING S, ( I KKÌ COI NTV. OREGON l ’RI( <•; nN N l W SSTA N O S— TI N < I N T s Grand Opening of New Station T< Bo Saturday ♦ Speaking of w eath er, w hich we rarely do on days like this, we were pleased to h e a r th a t the C ham ber is sending five copies of our paper to prospective re sid e n ts here. Seem s we said som ething nice about the w e a th e r in it. We’re w ondering, now, ju st what to do w ith th is issue. P ro b ably the C ham ber will read the story on th at elec trical sto rm and try to suppress this issue. W e can see w here th a t m ight lead to fa ll ing sales for us, and th a t d istu rb s us worse th an an y th in g I can think of. Guess from now on, we’ll ju st report it fa ir and sunny. W andered up th e coast the other day for th e first tim e in quite aw’hile, and we w ere p leas antly su rp rised to find som e nice sections of highw ay in operation. Actually, m ost of H iw ay 101 from Port O rford to R eedsport is in p retty good shape, and those around th e R eedsport-C oos Bay area which h av en ’t been finished should be p re tty soon. But we haven’t yet figured out how to reach th at p a rt of th e coast w ith out going across th e stre tc h ju s t to the n o rth of us—and by th e time we get p ast th e re w e’re too sick to ap p reciate th e rest of it Please, Mr. B aldock, do som e thing! VFW Celebrates 20th Birthday . 'A • --i. 4 * - T 2 - • 1 T H IS IS T H E recen tly com pleted M and P Rich U d b e ./ ic e bu ’ ’.ng, w hich will hold its G rand O pening S a tu rd a y . I he new statio n w as built by P o s te r and Bolvi, R ichfield D istrib u to rs, and is being o p erated by C h arl s M ajors and Jim Pay e. Scheduled for th e opening is a grand draw ing, w hich will be held S a tu rd a y a t 7 :30 p.m., as we I as tree prizes for all g u ests d u rin g the day. { B tookings S tudio Photo) Fuller Resigns As Deputy DA W illiam E. F uller, d eputy d is trict a tto rn e y for C u rry county F rid ay resigned his post, effective F e b ru a ry 1. In his le tte r of resignation. F u ller told Hall th a t he had u n derstood he would serve as d e p uty DA un til the end of this year, unless H all also becam e a candi- 'ate. H e said also th a t previous conversations w ith H all had led urn to believe th a t H all felt the iff ice could not be served .proper ly from B rookings, and th a t he thus did not expect Hall to run again. In B rookings, H all confirm ei th at he had told F u lle r it was proper for him to resign if he in tended to cam paign for the office But he said th a t th e o th e r s ta te m ents m ade by F u lle r w ere "not fa ctu al." A ctually, H all said, he had ¡lever contended th a t th e office could not he served well from here, and th a t he had m ade no definite a rra n g e m e n t w ith F u lle r as to length of service. H all has still not said definitely w h e th e r he will run for th e posi tion to w hich he w as appointed last year. F eb ru a ry 3 is th e b irth d ay of C urry C ounty P o st 966, V.F.W ., which will then have com pleted tw enty y ears of unbroken, tw ice- a-m onth m eetings. V ery few o r ganizations in S o u th w estern O re gon can equal o r b e tte r this re c ord. A rth u r O. B ollinger. G eorge Nelsen, of B rookings; Sidney A. W alker, of Pistol R iver, and C arl Metz, of Ilwaco, W ashington, have a continuous m em bership record since th e ir nam es ap p eared on th e c h a rte r application in 1934 Post m em bership and th a t of th e L a dies A uxiliary, form ed in A ugust. 1945, now n u m bers aro u n d 150 and steadily grow ing. The local u n its have a long re c ord of accom plishm ents for w hich they have m any tim es been given exceptional recognition, both for th eir w ork w ith v e te ra n s and their fam ilies, and w ith others. Among sim ilar groups they a rc noted for th e ir very high a tte n d - t a nee. av erag in g b e tte r th an one- Yes, C had s m oving, but not third th e ir to ta l en ro llm en t. very fa r—just down th e s tre e t to All post and au x ilia ry m em bers . the C offee Mill. are urged to a tte n d th e F e b ru a ry T he re s ta u ra n t will he closed 3 m eeting, not only because it is ! S atu rd a y aftern o o n and will re- a birthday hut p lans will them be , open M onday m orning for break- com pleted for th e "V alentine J fa st in th e new locaiion. W hing-Ding." set up for th e e v e — ning of F eb ru a ry 13, to raise fund-, for V F W. p ro p erty im provem ent. BACK FROM V ISIT M rs J. O. Robinson re tu rn e d A1 Phillips, post com m ander, says the record of th e local post I this vveek from a visit w ith h er lau g h ter. Mrs Ja m e s p ‘er« »i. in C ontinued on B ack P age S a n ta Rosa. Calif Chad's To Move This Week-end LIFESAVERS READY FOR SAFETY DRIVE Open House Adds to March Of Dimes Fund The M arch of Dim es O p er P lans w ere com plete this week Hoiise, held S a tu rd a y at the Clif. polio driv« lor the C u rry C ounty L ifesav ers House, n etted th e n in a u g u ra te a safety cam paign $269.00, according to Lion presi dent, A1 Phillips. or th e m onth of F e b ru a ry . T he m oney cam e from cele But th e I,if esavers w ere still b ra n ts who c o n trib u te d to the anxiously scanning th e skies, r e tund w hile w atch in g local e n te r lu ctan t to put up th e ir stre e t b a n tain ers, a n d fro m th e Clifi ni rs before the present sto rm s die down. Included in plans for the House, w hich tu rn ed o v er p rofits lrive are tw’o banners to he e r e c t for the evening to th e drive. W hile disaopointed at the siz ed across th e s tre e ts here, p ro claim ing th a t " w e drive carefu lly >f the crowd. P h illip s said th a t hose present m ade th e evening n C u rry co u n ty .” successful by th e size of th eir Also planned for the ca m p a 'g n co ntributions. T he g u ests a p is a period of in stru ctio n and in plauded e n te rta in e rs by p itch in g spection of bicycles, intended to dim es on the floor, and added forestall accidents to y o u n g sters dim s as th eir fee for dancing The boys will also coo p erate . i through th e evening. w ith local police and w ith D em p Funds from th e n ig h t’s lun will Sey Dodge and P ly m o u th in th< ! ’ ( added to o th e r co n trib u tio n s inspection of cars T he police which a re being tak en in for tb * plan spot cheeks of ea rs to see drive ag ain st polio. P hillips said w h e th e r they are safe to driv e this vveek th at co n trib u tio n s seem or not, and D* m psey’s hav e of- ' to he com ing in well, but ther^ fered to m ake free checks for is need for m uch m ore. m o to rists who wish to know if th e ir e a r is in safe driving condi tion. In both cases the L ifesavers will put stick ers on the w ind- hields of those cars th a t a re sate to drive, proclaim ing th a t fact. Th^' L ifesavers will ta k e th e ir T he B ro o k in g s-H arb o r C ham bei safety cam paign th ro u g h o u t th e of C om m erce m eets tonight in i ’ ru n ty , hoping to identify at least an n u al b anquet, w ith H a rry J 5.0(X) ca rs as safe to drive. Ixiggan, chief ap p raisal en g in eer O th e r activ ities will include th e for th e S ta te T ax Com m ission as signing of a pledge of safe d riv principal speak er. ing. H ighw ay Lifesavers will a t T he m eetin g will be at th e H a r tem pt to get as m any m o to rists bor G range hall at 7:30 p.m. L a as possible to sign th e pledge. dies of th e A ssem bly of God church will be serving. T ak in g office this evening will be the c h a m b e r’s new p resid en t, / K arl O sten b erg , as well as l b ’ T he W ell-B aby C linic for e x o th e r new o fficers re cen tly e le c t am ination of children of pre- ed. school ag e will be held F riday. Mr. Loggan will sp ak on the J a n u a ry 29, 9:30 to 12:00, a t th e q u ifab le asse ssm e n t of p ro p e rty ele m e n ta ry school. tax es at th e county level, and will T h is m onthly clinic is sponsored invite q u estions on th e subject by th e T-B and H e a lth association ifte r his talk Annual Chamber. Banquet Tonight Clinic Friday 1 hursday, January ji , 1954 Lightning Disrupts Brookings A crash in g electrical sto rm i uesday night did m inor d am ag e in B rookings and th e vicinity, as well as m ajo r dam age to th e nerves of the in h ab itan ts. T o rre n tia l rain and w inds a c com panied the sto rm . w hich played aro u n d th e city for an hour. W hen it passed, it had s h a t tered 11 windows in the g rad e s 'h o e’ as well as in sev eral horn s, and caused o th e r m inor troubles. School w as dism issed th e fol low ing m orning because of the w indsw ept condition of the school, as well as dam ag ed elec trical equipm ent. It resum ed F riday, except in the B aptist church base m ent, w h ere elec trical p a rts of th e fu rn ace w ere dam aged, and not rep aired u n til W ednesday aftern o o n . T h e sto rm played tric k s all over ‘he city. In some hom es, it s h a t tered light bulbs and ra ttle d ob je c ts in the house, and a few in h a b ita n ts rep o rted being sh aken severely by th e blast C oos-C urry C ooperative rep o rt ed at least tw o tra n s fo rm e r fuses w ere blown. E lec tric ity in the city w as in te rm itte n t w ith the Co-op keeping power on, but c e rta in a re a s blacked out by tra n sfo rm e r troubles. B rookings W a te r C om pany r e p o rted a n u m b er of b reak s in th e ir m ains, ev id en tly caused by concussion from th e elec trical shock. All are being repaired w ithout an in terru p tio n of se rv ice. In the bowling alley, the shock knocked <>ut the lig h tin g system , and at th e sam e tim e s ta rte d the alarm bells at th e foul lines rin g ing in the d ark . S p e c ta to rs in tin* th e a te r saw a blinding flash as a door opened, an d th e screen w ent d ark. In Ed H o ar’s hom e, the lig h t ning blasted his sw itchbox off th e wall, and Bob V incent re p o rt ed th a t the bolt ev id en tly en te re d bis chim ney, scatterin g soot th ro u g h his k itchen T he shock C on tin u ed on B ack P age Car Thief Gets 2 Year Sentence An eig h teen -y e a r - old youth. Ja m e s Barlow', w as sen ten ced to tw o y e a rs in the s ta te p e n ite n tia ry last w eek for a u to th eft. B arlow was ap p rehended r e c e n tly in Gold Beach, a f te r h a v ing stolen an au to m o b ile own» d by O tis G ad sb errv of B rookings. T he boy had tw ice prev io u sly been convicted of sim ila r acts. He bad serv ed 10 m o n th s in F lo r ida for a u to th eft, and at the tim e of his ro bbery here w as on p ro b a tion from a conviction of having trans{>ort <1 a stol»*n vehicle acro ss th e Idaho state* line.
