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U. S. NATIONAL BUYS BANK
Nowhere A Finer Climote - Nowhere A Finer Community
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....................... ...................................................... Thursday.
...................i x u March
iin
25, 1954
iQ 5 4
Highway Meeting Tonight
BROOKINGS PLYWOOD COMPLETES
FINANCING; TO EXPAND SOON
A larg e p art of th e population
| of S o u th e rn C u rry C ounty is e x
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pected to be a t th e School A udi
Q u ite a p a rty th ey w ere hold
t o r i u m to n ig h t at 8 o ’clock, to
ing up at C had’s last week. Ross
rp. „
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launch a driv e for a new highw ay
I ho of Hmnl/innro
x---» oniPany announced this w eek th a t ex- ,UP fbp C hptco riv<*r, tap p in g th e
P u tn a m w as down fo r th e first pansion
H skl*
PIywtX)di C
tim e since he got back, and every
SO° n ' f° 1,OWinK ,h - ~
X
BT u Va" ^
one decided to have a celebration
f.nancing plan.
[c rea se d log p u rch ases in th is J b e r of C J X
5 ^
• • * Ju s^ like old hom e week,
T
he
com
pany
has
sold
th
e
Iasi
!
Vic,nity’
‘’h e re ’s even a ru m o r th a t C had
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1 AlcA
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m en t. and a large n u m b er of o th e r
. me-
. i^ ta»i
Í1
bought th e coffee. . . but t h a t ’s ° L ite neW Z'tl
C ,ass B S. stock
u e . I ' AV
° «»2ounced
at
tim e w as civic, ch u rch and fra te rn a l o ru an i-
On Monday. M arch 22, the O re going too far.
adding $250.000 in new ca p ita l, ! ! he fact th at u - s N ational B ank I nations plan to send deleg atio n s
and has received req u ests for ,
th e com pany a cred it to th e m eeting. In addition, a
gon S ta te hank becam e the
ings branch of th e U nited S ta le s
In fact, w e’re happy about a m ore sh ares th an it had to sell ,°f $150(X)° f°r. th e p u rch ase of la r«e n u m b er of in te re ste d indi
N ational bank.
F irs t unit of th e expansion, a ° 8 t E s ta b l>shment of th e hank v id u als p la n to go
Jot of things. W hile we w ere
P rio r approval of th e tra n s a c checking over o u r tw o grocery new Coe veneer d ry er, is expected I c re d ,t’ com pany official said, is a
O bject of the m eetin g is to a r
tion had been secured from the ad v ertisem en ts, we received th e to be in operation before this sum - n, )Ute to rn an aK<*ment and em-
ran
g e a cam paign for F ed eral
C o m p tro ller of th e C urrency, im pression th a t th e ir food prices m er. T he d ry e r will raise produe- p,<^yees of B rookings Plywood
F
in
an
cial
figure»"’
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bv
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h
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th e s ta te su p erin ten d e n t of banks are p re tty low. W e get the sam e tion of th e local p la n t from th re e
'
th e com pany showed
I
a U
F o rest S erv ,ce has s l’
and the stockholders.
im pression from o u t out-of-tow n m illion to fo u r and a half million th e exception of $300 000 m i
.
T
dy
rw’ue5ted
»17.000.000 fo r
E. L. M orton, who has been su bscribers who. I sadly fear, feet per m onth.
term
in
debtedness
it
will
h
a
v
.
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co
n
stru
c
tio
n
o
f access m ad s
president of th e local bank since subscribe to this p ap er principally
E ffects of the increased pro d u c
e
unlock inaccessible tim b e r for
it opened in M ay. 1952, will now to m ak e o u t th e ir shopping list tion should he very noticeable in re tire d over 45% of lls
debted n ess by April 1954
' mark<‘t - and th e local g ro u p w an t
be m an ag er of the U. S. N a tio n a l’s when
visiting
B rookings. W e S o u th ern C u rry C ounty. T he e x
P ro fits of the co m i'am fo r ,h
,T .* ‘
UScd 10 unlo<' k t h -
B rookings branch.
asked H iw ay M ark et and F re e pansion will n ec essita te th e ad d i
last 11 m onths a re m excess o f m n d T r"
Wh‘Ch holds larKe
In com m enting on th e p u rc h a se m an ’s M arket, and th ey agree
tion of 35 to 40 new em ployees
»200.000.
accord,ng
to
the
m
ost
pi
,
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a CC"’ a i M e
Of th ° Oregon S ta te bank E C th eir prices are low. See, th a t and will also re su lt in g re a tly in- re™
nt
a<* ° rd in K to the
rppssnt o p eratin g sta
. te m e n t. n w i P la n s for to
n ig h t’s m eeting
call
Sam m ons. U. S. N a tio n a l’ p re si m akes it unanim ous.
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for th e selection of a co m m ittee
dent, pointed out th a t th e B rook
to head th e drive, and to expand
ings bank was one of the fa s te s t
I m ade a couple of w eeks ago
it into o th e r areas A C h am b er
grow ing banking in stitu tio n s in
co m m itte e u n d er A rt Knox h a s
$ 'W i'n n n **’?, d eposi,s to ta lin g a grievous erro r. I don’t know how
p
rev io u sly laid th e g ro undw ork
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probably
m
y
head
on D ecem ber 31, 1953
A few m ore f i r m f won
r -c ity
,iy cooperation in g et-
for u in ,ie
te r-c
less th an tw o y ea rs a f te r th è
M Wlth sin iste r and d e
bank w as estab lished
t i o u s p ropaganda put out by the
th e list of local m erc h an ts w f I th"8 ,h e .ro ad b u l,t’ havi"K alread y
! a re p artic ip a tin g in the s-.i
bU’ f ’ having a lre a d y
*M'U/ h . of t h i s o u tstan d in g w e a th e r bureau, w hich is the
The 1954 Azalea * F e s tiv a l will C lu b ’s F ashion Show t i \ \ ' r ° T
g ro w th has been due to the leader in a d a rk and sin iste r plot
g re a t dPal of w° rk in en-
M av
and
he M
c m 29 o H
a r 1°,
t X ^ n d d a te i I dly.’ «. A SPbooi
p ^ ' aUdi*°riu
^ a . m-m
u tu r r- - cRies*
capable guidance of Mr. M orton to ta k e o v er this e ra by driving he T held
au d - ito » riu m S
°f
in,Hnd
and those associated w ith him on everyone else out.
I said it snowed in B rookings
the board of d irec to rs,” S am m ons
A ir-lin e d istan
ce »Ivin
from Brook
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a , c " h ^ B ,h ’ p a r' ic'P a tl"K firm s
This m orning, I w as called upon
stated.
tn
g
s-H
a
rb
o
r
to
O
’Brien
¡o st office
a n d ,S<>Pdi
the Brook- ’T huY7 r EVen' S A ssocia,|o "' held G ould's S h T ^ F^
“We a re happy to bring to th e by
I a delegation from -------------------
on H ighw ay 199 is estim ated a t
C la n s M ark et a n d '.'n
U ‘nPS' 29 miles. In th at distan ce, th e re
people and business in te re sts ef ngs' H a[ bor C h am b er of Com- T h u rsd ay at the C halco Inn.
A num ber of factors influenced T h e a te r
1 lne Cone .tie g re at sta n d s of tim b e r w hich
this com m unity the resources nf ' n ' eree M r O sten b e rg w as there,
the U.S. N ational, one of the na at ' I as M r M anley> Mr. Davis, selection of th e date. F acilities
Show ing sty les in th e show will 1 haV<* faHed to reach m ark e t, be-
lio n ’s leading b an k s.” S am m ons m a k ^ T h e ^ ’ ’J * ” fh° mPn Who for the c a rd a n show a t the school be M oore’s V ariety. Eva Lee’s j (a u se of ,ack of tra n sp o rta tio n .
continued. “The com plete facili-
C ham ber th e up stan d - « ill be av a ila b le then, as well as T ots to Teens and P h illip s’ Dad ( o n stru ctio n of a road th ro u g h
*n’ Lad
ties of this state-w id e banking
*
° f tru th and righteous- free days before anil a f te r the ‘n
’ P L U ad
th e dis
fe s tiv a l to allow for th e s e ttin g
n s - f o r . h
h
I th e a re a would sh o rten
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system will now become avaUaMe
" h,Ch “ is'
a re n p ar,V ta n c e from B rookings to G ra n ts
A fter a 27 hour in terv iew in up of th e exhibit. It is the only c o m o l e t ¿ ¡ t h
to assist in th e fu rth e r develop
such free w eek-end u ntil schooi grom to be anno,’
° f ,h<? Pr° ' P ass by a t ,past 30 m iles-
w ell
the
back
room
,
the
g
entlem
en
m ent of this rap idly expanding
>s
out.
and
D
irectors
feared
to
^
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2
anno
u
n
ced
next
week.
;
as
unlock
th
e
a
r
e
a
’s
resources
from th e C ham ber and I reached
a re a .”
W
a it
u n til
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w ait
until
then because
of - th-1 1
ag
A v eteran of 35 y e a rs ’ exper- 5 com
h IT t plete
it
h reem en t. I told them
p
roxim
ity
to
th
e
Lily
Fesival.
lence in th e com m ercial b a n k in g ' " ,
has never snowed
snnwmt ¡n
field in O regon. M orton began his
P’'° bab,y never W'U- w hich is expected to be ea rly this
year.
banking c a re e r in 1919 in e a ste rn
’ " las On y rained th e re
P lan s for the F estival will fol
Oregon. In 1931 he becam e d e p - '
c o u n tin S « d isru p ted
u ty su p erin ten d e n t of banks for
1 ,aStPil a h a lf~hour back low th e sam e general o ut-lin e as
it lias in .past years, new officers
the s ta te of Oregon. Follow ing ^ t .'
of
the group announced.
th a t assignm ent, he served in a
!,
d h° 8 ro u P- «*>. th at I
E lected as officers for the As
m an ag erial cap acity in banks in ' ' hPr doubtPfi if the te m p e ra tu re
New berg. Hood R iver and Salem* f? '' Went lX‘,OW 85 d ,’Prees. but sociation w ere Bill Phelps, P re si
C om m ercial C o n tracto rs. Inc. of received, is ab out $40,000 m ore
before com ing to R rookings in i 5 g,'ac,ousIy P erm itted me to d en t; N. V. S trom m en, V ice-P res
ident,
and
Jo
an
B
yrne
as
S
e
c
re
Salem
su b m itted th e low bid of th an th e am o u n t av ailab le fo r con
1952 to head the new ly form ed
,O 75 dp^rees. Such
Oregon S ta te bank.
' ' '-M derarion for tru th fu l and un- tary . N. w d irec to rs are A rt Knox, $394,560 for co n stru c tio n of the stru ctio n . All base bids included
M orton is a m em ber of th e ’!aRedlre p o rtin g ’ 1 am su re, would Ev< lyn Jak lew ic z and A m ber B ro o k in g s-H .rb o r High School
bids on 13 a lte rn a te s , and these
O regon S ta te R an kers associa- X
’P , pf)ssible in a com m unity Cam pbell.
th
e
school
board
announced
a
fte
r
A m eetin g of m em bers of the
a re being stu d ied by A rc h ite c t
tion. an h o n o rary life m em ber cf
, t o nOt haVP CornP,pt p free-
A ssociation and su p p o rte rs of the opening of bids F riday.
th e Oregon FFA . secret a ry -tre a s-
h° Pr° SS
R obert K eeney of M edford, w ith
Azalea F estival is scheduled for
fit her bids su b m itted w e re; E r th e
objectiv e
of
e lim in a tin g
u re r of th e B rookings ch a m b e r of
T u rn to P ag e a
T hursday. A pril 1. at 8 p m .
win
H a lterm an , Salem , $408,813- 1 phases of th e w o rk so th a t th*’
com m erce an d a m em ber of ------------- ---------- -
f'.tosfeihouse C o n stru ctio n Co., j school ra n be built w ith the m oney
R o tary and th e A m erican Legion
K lam ath F alls, $410.000; W iley available.
In
is a a M
M ason
ason and
ena ‘
/ ra n ts P ass b ™ nrh
CLINIC
FRIDAY
In addition,
addition, he
he is
Pcnbody h a , been in banking
Co., Ashland. $411,800; T S. a n d '
S hrin er.
The Well Baby C linic which is T. E. D rake, Coquille, $412.478; J P en d in g negotiations, th e school
1
a
n
u
m
b
e
r
of
y
ea
rs
and
has
A ssistan t m an ag e rs of th e
board an n o u n ced th a t it is highly
sponsored by the T B and H m P h
Brook ngs branch will be J. L 1 9 ,u r " ' L ' S ' N a ,io n a l since Asso. will be held F riday. M arch A. T. Fox, N o rth Bend, $114,790; I oro b ah le th at the co n tra ct will -o
1*19. L u rin g W orld W ar II he
S co tt,
O sborne
and W heelon,
Brown, fo rm erly c a sh ie r of th e
2fi nt th e R rookings G rade School f ’r scent C ity, $416,380, In d u strial to C om m ercial C o n tracto rs. T he
served for four years
’h th. from 9 30 a m . until noon.
film has two o th e r larg e c o n tra c ts
t>t gon S ta te hank and A rnold
V. S N; \y . He is m arri
B uilding Co., of Eugene, $421.851;
ind ha?
I
Peabody who u 11 come to
’’d erA av at th e p resen t tim e, a
a 3-year-old d au g h ter.
H. B a rn h a rt, M edford. $451.0«)
N>t>2Qtxi
school in D ouglas C bunty,
B rookings from the U S. Na
F o rm er resident B ert C leveland
(O th e r p ictu re s p a g e 1
The base bid of C om m ercial
nd
a
8241
000 bank building in
”• *< n B rookings W ednesday
C o n tracto rs, alth o u g h the tewes» i'iilaniook.
j
MORTON STAYS
AS MANAGER OF
LOCAL BRANCH
By BILL PHELPS
<
A zalea Fete
Dates Set For
M ay 2 9 and 3 0
Fashion Show
Plans Ready
Salem Firm Makes Low
Bid on New High School