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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 ,
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pound. Have to look out for ' O1L1111C o
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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
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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.