Brookings-Harbor pilot., February 11, 1954, Image 1

On the
Reef
*
V o f o u n i ary
By RILL P H E L P S
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•
' p HE ELM ER R A P R A E G E R S
recently acquired a goat. It
" a s a m ale goat, specifically a c ­
quired to keep a fem inine goat
tom pany, and the task of feeding
him tell to young John R ap ra e­
ger.
I he o th e r evening John cam *
into
the
R ap ra eg er
kitchen.
"Have you fed Billy yet ” in ­ \ olumc S— Number so
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quired his m other.
"Lm not going to call him Billy
any m ore," Jo h n replied solem - C O U N C I L P L A N S
fìarinr
Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community
I.
said John, "ant going to
call him Mr. P h elps.”
H l t i x i h l M .s , i i k k l COCNTY. OKKt.OV
PKK E ON \ | U x x T % \|> s —T l \ ( E N T S
1 hursday, February n , IQ54
Legislative Committee Hears Attacks
On Access Provisions of Highway 101
for sidewalks
The C ity
Council
Tu sdav
reached ag reem en t w ith engineers
h„
s , a , e L v u islatlire's interim co m m ittee on hig h w ay s
♦ NOW th e re is a claim to fam e from the O regon S ta te H ighw ay
Mt
1,1,/ h S T '
‘ UITy COU" ' y Wi" ’“ss" s
'h o o t F rid ay w h at th ey
that very few m en will ever equal. d ep a rtm en t on re p a 'r and m ain te­
didn t like ab out access provisions on Ilighw ax 101
*
P robably it w as inspired by th e nance of som e B rookings stree ts.
,,f '!• n ‘ l<,gi“l a ,i ' e g ro u P' h,'ail« t •>> s e n a to r W a rre n A. M eM inim ee
P lan s w ere laid by th e council
inggcd m ascu lin ity of the goat, as
of T illam ook, w ere p re s e n t in Gold B each a t th e req u est of the C u rry
exem plified by his long w hite to r the paving of P acific avenue,
i C o u n ty L ivestock Association.
beard. Mrs. R ap raeger, of course, v'hich will ta k e .place this spring.
( ounty A gent K en n eth P rie st
lays it to his English background The s tre e t will be paved jointly
told the g ro u p of fears th a t lim it­
♦ • • ju st to be form al. One thing by the city and s ta te , w ith the
ed access would stifle d evelopm ent
is s u r e - th at goat is Mr. P helps i s ta te providing $15,000 for ro ad ­
of
p riv a te lands in the county, and
for life.
w ay g rad in g and paving. B rook­
ex pressed fears for the co u n ty 's
At th a t, i t ’s probably b e tte r ings will tak e ca re of c u rb and
T he B rookings C ity C ouncil and lim ited tax bast* if th at happend.
than being elected head of th e ¡' shoulder paving.
•he B rookings W a te r C om pany
H e w as followed by F o u n t y
Azalea F estiv al.
I he project had been planned
fin ally signed T uesday a c o n tra c t Ju d g e F o rsy th who rep eated his
to r last y ear, but w as postponed
'1er w hich the w a te r com pany p rev io u s pleas for unlim ited a c ­
♦ W E ’R E indebted to Ed D em p­ when no bids w ere received on it.
will begin in stalla tio n of fire hy­ cess.
sey for th e follow ing story, which
W. W. S tiff 1er and Mr. A rm ­
d ra n ts.
A tto rn ey David S haw of Gold
also is a co m m entary in passing stro n g of th e highw ays d e p a rt­ A LB ER T K. W E ISE D A N G E R .
D etails of th e co n tra c t, which Beach, re p resen tin g th e S. H.
who will speak at public A rbor
on o u r la te lam ented w in te r m ent also agreed to re su rfac e th e
iave been u n d er discussion for F ran k C om pany of S an F rancisco,
Day activities, to be held Frida>
w e ath er:
s trip of pavem ent in front of the
i\e m onths w ere finally ironed said th at p lans for the econom ic
at
the
school.
A sm all B rookings boy w as rip- C ity Hall, a ft« r th e city tak es
"lit p rio r to T u esd ay ’s council developm ent of th e P ort of F ra n k ­
i imanded and sent to h s room for ca re of su rp lu s w ater.
m eeting.
n o rth of Gold Beach,
w
e I re
—
| fo rt,
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I
refusing to eat his prunes.
He
The council voted, also, to ask
E lm er B ankus, president of th e irre P arab ly dam aged by th e high
was told th at God w as displeased th e s ta te for deeded easem en ts
w a te r com pany, said th ey would Way loca,ion and by th e denial of
w ith him for not obeying. L ater, along H ighw ay 101, from E asy
begin w ork on in stalla tio n of t he ! co m m ercial access S haw said th e
when the th u n d e rsto rm cam e on s tre e t to the C hetco bridge, for
h
y d ra n ts im m ediately. T erm s ot com Pan y plans to develop th e p o rt
his p aren ts q u ietly opened his the co n stru ctio n of sidew alks.
the c o n tra c t req u ire th a t ten he extensively as a deep w a te r h a r­
door and found him looking out T he s ta te owns th e p ro p e rty a b u t­
installed w ithin the next 60 days, bor and cra b fishery, hut th a t
his window, and say in g : ‘ Say, tin g the highw ay, and th e city
and
th a t tw o lx* in stalled every plans would have to be dropped if
God don t you th in k you a re m a k ­ w ishes to begin plans fo r th e con­
00 days u n til 20 have been con­ th e s ta te p ersists in its p re sen t
ing a te rrib le fuss over th re e lit stru c tio n of new sidew alks and
B rookings and H arb o r will oh- nected.
1 plans to r lim ited access.
tie p ru n e s ? ”
th e re p a ir of old ones along p o r­ prvc its first A rbor Day F riday,
F u rth e rm o re . Shaw said, th is
tions of th e roadw ay.
w hen local people will g a th e r for
a re a is not in need of a th ro u g h -
In o th er action, th e city heard ree planting cerem onies on th e
way, and docs not w an t one.
req u ests from a delegation of the ehool lawn.
"W h at th e leg islatu re has done,”
Lucky 7 club th a t th e teen-age
he said, "is told us how we can o r
T
he
plan
tin
g
cerem
onies
will
( ui tew be m ade la te r on w eek­
cannot m ak e o u r living in C u rry
m ark th e beginning of land scap ­
The th ird concert in th e C om ­ ends.
' co u n ty .”
ing
of
the
school
grounds,
a
p
ro
j­
m unity C oncert series will be held
M em bers of the com m ission
ect of the A zalea G arden club to
at C rescen t-E lk G ra m m a r school
Mrs. O leta P hillips received listened q u ietly, as o th ers aro se
SOLICITORS
HELI)
w
h'ch
the
g
eneral
public
has
con­
on W ednesday. F e b ru a ry 17. C u r­
head laceratio n s and bruises when to a tta c k th e access provisions
T h ree m en w ere a rre s te d T ues­ trib u ted .
tain tim e is 8:15 p.m.
the c a r she w as driving crash ed | Only once did they show tra c e s
The tre e planting cerem ony will '
John K night, young C anadian day by city police on charges of
into th e a b u t t ’ng hank at th I of irrita tio n when, a f te r S. O.
pianist, will be th e fe atu red a r ­ soliciting for m agazine subscrip­ begin at 2:30 F rid ay w ith honored W inchuck bridge Sunday.
N ew house of W ed d erb u rn had a t ­
quests plan tin g th e first of seven
tist. K night is a form er child tions w ithout a city license.
Mrs. P hillips w as tre a te d at D r tacked not only access provisions
P
ow
ering
plum
tre
e
s
and
a
C
edrus
T
he
three,
Lonnie
Mooring.
prodigy, who has excited g reat in­
P aul Ronnig. r ’s office and re ­ hut the en g ineering q u alificatio n s
terest in C anada, and in New Thomas R. Jack so n and F ran k deodar.
leased.
T h e c a r was badly d a m ­ of th e new» highw ay, an E a s te rn
York w here he has m ade his lia e rte l, w ere released on $20.00
A lehrt K. W eisendanger, ex ecu ­ aged.
O regon s e n a to r asked b lu n tly if
bail
while
aw
aitin
g
tria
l
before
tive se c re ta ry of "K eep Oregon
Am erican debut w ith exceptional
C
ause
of
th
e
accident
w
as
at-
he w as o b jectin g to a new h ig h ­
Ju d g e Nelson.
success.
ret n ,” will he sp eak er for the t r huted to slippery p av em en t on way.
da>
the tu rn at th e end of the bridge.
T he highw ay d e p a rtm e n t’s a t ­
Special g u ests who will plant N u m ero u s accid en ts have tak en torney, Mr. W illiam s, also aro se
COUNCIL NAMES
tree s a re W. D. C rissey, M ayor place at this point, and a n u m b er to re fu te N ew house’s co n ten tio n
STREET SYSTEM
R obert
D im m ick, and
E lm er of in ju ries and d e a th s have oc­ th at a lte rn a te ro u tes w ere m ore
B ankus.
The B rookings C ity Council
cu rre d there.
d esirab le than th e presen t one.
I be P.-T.A. announced plans
Lynn H am pton, su p erin ten d e n t
Tuesday passed an ordinance d e­
The group sm iled when one land
fining the city s tre e t system w ith ­ 'ast T hursd ay evening for a Com ­ of schools, will plant one of the
ow ner told them how th«* h ig h ­
m
unity
O
ld-tim
e
p
a
rty
which
they
trees, and re p resen ta tiv e s of th e
in the city of B rookings.
w ay d e p a rtm e n t "left th e o cean
Included w ith th e ordinance is " il l sponsor to raise m oney for fifth, sixth, seventh and eig h th
(C ontinued on P age 4)
a map. show ing those s tre e ts the scholarship of $120.00 to he g ra d es will each plant one.
P a rtic ip a tin g in the festiv ities
which the council has designated award» d a deserving senior th s
year.
u ill lx* the school band, m aking
as city stree ts.
A B rookings juv en ile who had
T he program for th e evening its first public ap p e ara n ce u n d er
co n fe sse d to to o lin g a b o u t $30 00
will include a pie social, exhihi- D irecto r R obert Dick.
in M arch ot Dim es funds from th e
’ ion square dancing, and a general
Follow ing the tre e -p la n tin g c e r­
school
here w as sen ten ced , s
u o g ra m of m usic, dancing and em onies Mr. W eisendanger will
The M arch of Dim es conducted
we» k to M cC laren School for Boys
skits.
speak to the public in the school at W oodburn u n til he is 21.
in the B roo k in g s-H arb o r a rea h as
No adm ission will lx* charged gym
He u ill present colored
The B roo k in g s-H arbor com m u­
S en ten ce w as passed by J u v e ­ brought in $1015 99 to d ate, w ith
"
ih
e r than a pie for th e social, slides illu s tra tin g his talk and - J
nity was saddened w ith w ord of
nile Ju d g e Guy F o rsy th , a t Gold mor«* expected, according to AI
the p assin g of Ju d g e Al Sandbo and pies will he for sale both I m o \,e , en title d "Y ou’ll R em em tau Beach.
Phillips, ch a irm an of th e drive.
Or« gon.”
last week at th e E astern S ta r ¡w hole and by the piece.
The to tal is fa r b e tte r th an
T
estim
ony
brought
out
th
e
fact
L u th e r T isdale will act as a u c­
Home in Decoto. C alifornia.
ev er before re p o rted from this
th
at
d
etails
of
th
e
boy’s
co
n
fes­
Judge S andbo w as over 84 y ea rs tio n eer and the group has plan­ DAVE GILMORE
sion w ere false. He had said th at area, according to Jo h n P orisch.
of age, an d is survived by his ned a big evening of e n te rta in -
he had en tered th ro u g h an u n ­ co u n ty ch airm an . Best previous
widow, who has th e sy m p ath y of u k nt and hopes to r a larg e cro u d . HAS 84T H BIRTHDAY
locked door, hut police found ev i­ record in th e B ro o k in g s-H arb o r
a great circle of friends the cou­
dence
w hich showed the boy had a re a is about $700.00.
T he whole to w n u ish es a very
ple m ade d u rin g th e ir m any y ea rs SHOWER BY PROXY
AI P h illip s ex p ressed hope th a t
a
c
tu
a
lly
forced a window to get
happy b irth d ay to Dave G ilm ore,
of residence here.
th e la te co n trib u tio n s will bring
Mrs. J. M. Robinson e n te rta in e d w ho is 8*4 y ears old today, F e b ru ­ into th e school.
AI was a very activ e Mason, tw en ty guests T uesday evening at
th e local to tal to over $1100.00
a ry 11, 1954.
having been m a s te r of his hom e ’ he hom e of h er d au g h ter. Mrs.
P orisch e stim a te d th at th e 1954
Dave has had a very in tere stin g
ledge, and h av in g gone th rough I Ja \ e Johnson. T he p a rty w as a
d rive in th e e n tire county will
life and T he P ilot plans to p rin t MR. TEMPLAR PASSES
the 32nd d eg re of the order. H e show er by proxy" for th e Robin­
to tal b etw een $2,200.00 and $2,-
the sto ry in the n ear fu tu re .
E arl J. T em p lar, fo rm er re si­ 500.00
was for m any y e a rs Ju stic e of son’s d au g h ter. M rs. Ja m e s P e te r - |
dent of B rookings, passed aw*ay at
the P eace here, and a d ire c to r of son, of S a n ta Rosa. Calif.
B oth P orisch and P hillips cx-
GO TO SAN FRA N C ISC O
A
ntioch,
C
alif.,
J
a
n
u
a
ry
26,
1954,
the C oos-C urry E le c tric C oopera­
prcss«‘«l
th e ir g ra tific atio n a t th«*
Both Mr and Mrs. Peterson
Mr. a n d M rs A rchie H e n d ric k s and w as buried at A ntioch C om ­ excellent response in th e so u th ern
tive.
ire form er Brookings residents
A cre in Sun F ra n c isc o ’. H w »*k ' m u n ity cem etery January 28, 1954 end of th e county.
Work To Begin
On Fire Hydrants
ARBOR DAY Î 0
BE OBSERVED BY
TREE PLANTING
Concert W ed'day
Features Pianist
Woman Injured
In Car Accident
Old - Time Party
To Be Feb. 19
Boy Sentenced
For Robbery
Judge Sandbo
Passes A w a y
March of Dimes
Sets N ew Record