OGGERS JOIN
ORCES; REBUILD
CHETCO ROAD
Rip Kirby
O FFICERS E L E C T E D
BY C H E T C O U N IT
By Alex Raymond
THAT'S RISHT MR. klRBY, THE WAY TO BEAT
CANCER 15 THROUGH RESEARCH AND PUBLIC
EDUCATION. ANP THEY BOTH T A k fi MONEY.
NOW IF EACH ONE O F YOUR REAPERS
CONTRIBUTED JU S T 7 W ? P O Z Z ^ g - TO
TH E AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY,
W E'D HAVE A o e r v zk/ZZ/Q/V
DO LLARS T O H E L P
F I6 H T T H I S
The Road up the Chetce, which
ias been v irtu a lly im passable qii
unter, is being im proved by a
rou{> ot loggers and resid en ts of
he area, in co operation w ith
ither agencies.
The g roup is d o n atin g equip-
ieiit and lab o r to m ake th e road
jassahle from H azel S um m it road
o the U pper S u m m e r B ridge,
■nd to im prove som e o th e r rough
reas this side of th a t area. Ac-
.oiu’uig to the m en doing the
KvotT<( C ounty C om m issioner Js-
[mert has said the county will as
sume no re sp o n sib ility for m aking
thi road safe to trav e l, and the
men have decided to do it them -
'selves.
Some co u n ty equ ipm ent is being
ust'd on the road, how ever. A
trax cav ato r and du m p
tru ck
lowned by th e co u n ty a re in se rv
ice.
In addition, th e U.S. F o rest
Cop» 1951. K in g I c 4 iu r t\ \) n J u jte . I n f , W o r ld n g tin ro crvcJ
Service is fu rn ish in g cu lv e rts to
be used on the re b u ilt road.
i licensed in O regon last year.
A. n u m b er «1 local people are
T he testin g of o th e r w eig h ts
joining the co o p erative project
and m easu res equipm ent, in clu d
Fred G a rd n er is su pervising the
ing re ta il gasoline pum ps and
work. The C hetco Logging A sso
sm
all scales, is handled by E dw ard
ciation has a dum p tru c k and a
All m eters here used to m easu re R ust, Coos Bay, local field r p-
cat w orking. A nderson Logging deliveries of gasoline and fuel oil
Co. is fu rn ish in g a cat, Lyons will be checked som etim e d u rin g re se n ta tiv e for the d e p a rtm e n t.
Logging Co., a ca t, and H a rry Hill th e w eek of M arch 29. D u rin g H eavy d u ty scales are check« d
is giving th e use of a dum p truck. th a t w eek th e coast a re a from w ith a special testin g tru c k op
John Van P elt, S tev e C ate and B andon south will be covered by e ra tin g out of Salem .
Ken O ttin g e r a re also do n atin g th e special fuel m e te r te st tru c k
time and equipm ent, and a n u m from th e s ta te d ep a rtm e n t of a g ri
ber of resid en ts of th e a re a a re c u ltu re at Salem .
giving th e ir labor to m ake the
J. E. K itchen, in sp ecto r in
road passable.
ch a rg e of th e test tru c k , will call
T h re e donors from the B ro o k
W orkers on the ro ad say th a t it in to a c e n tra l sta tio n all tru c k s
has d eterio rated to th e point th a t deliver fuel oil to hom es and in g s-H arb o r w alking blood bank
w ere c red ited w ith possibly saving
where school busses a re forced to gasoline to service statio n s.
a life last week.
unload th e ir children w hile n e
T hese an n u al tests a re m ade to
T he th ree . L a rry R oem m 'ck.
go tiatin g dangerous places. C hil check accuracy of deliveries of
B
ert
De Moss and T loyd W eeks
dren have to d isem b ark and re fuel oils and gasoline in th e in
jo
u
rn
ey
ed to S easide H osnital
en ter as m any as fo u r tim es be te re st of both bu y er and seller.
fore reach in g school. And logging A m e te r found to be in a c c u ra te last w eek to add th e ir nam e to the
operations are v irtu a lly a t a g ets a condem ned tag. T he s ta le grow ing list of donors. T ra n s fu
stan d still there, u n til th e road is will not seal it u n til a su b seq u en t sions w ere tak en from all of
capable of being used by logging check shows projx*r re p a irs have them for a B rookings w om an who
w as ill there.
trucks.
been m a d 0.
At least fifty persons have d o
Eighty-tw o fuel tru c k m eters
n a te d blood th ro u g h th e w alk in g
w ere checked in Coos and C u rry
GIVES TO
blood bank, and Dr. R onniger
counties last year. T his re p re se n ts
c re d its th e bank w ith saving 1 ves
4.1 p e r cent of th e tru c k and
EASTER SEAL FUND
in a n u m b er of cases.
w holesale plant m e te rs te ste d and
The B ro o k in g s-H arbor R o ta ry
< !ub s ta rte d th e E a s te r S eal
cam paign for crippled children in
the right direction Tuesday, w ith
a $55.75 donation by club m em
bers. T he donation was tak en at
the c lu b ’s re g u la r m eeting, and
Al P hillips w as reelected as
included the fines levied upon C om m ander of th e V F W Post at
die m em bers for v arious m alfe as th e post elections held last week.
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ances d u rin g th e m eeting.
S en io r V ice-C om m ander will be
C h arles Echols, C u rry C ounty C. P M cCulloch, and F ra n k K el
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S urveyor, told th e club of th e ly will be Jr. V ice-C om m ander.
problem s of su rv ey in g in C u rry
G eorge Nelson, w ho has been
C ounty, and pointed out th e in s e c re ta ry of th e post for about
te re stin g p a rtic u la rs of local 20 y e a rs has had to resign, and
surveys in p a rtic u la r.
his place will be tak en by Don
B ingham .
R ay L ane su ffered a broken leg
J. G. K o eh ller w as elected
I'uesday in an accident in th e Q u a rte rm a s te r, and M ilton F os
woods. He was tak en to S easide te r and C. N. Beem w ere elected
“How re they biting?"
H ospital w here Dr. R onniger re to th e B uilding com m ittee. F.
p o rts his condition as fine.
S te in m e tz is C haplain.
C h etco I nit of th e home e x te n
sion service m et W ednesday,
* Jarcb !<• at th e C hetco G range
’ fall. F lorence D avis and Cleo
taig w ere p roject leaders, and
served a w onderful m eal at noon
/e m o n st ra tin g th e use of h e rb s’
. ht ie w ere 24 w om en present.
At th e aftern o o n business m eet-
ng th e following officers w ere
lected : P resident, G race B a rth o
lomew; Vice P resid en t, F lorence
o av is; S ecretary , Ann Dawson
•’. erm ce S ta n h u rs t of the C ounty
Manning co m m ittee
p resen ted
program p lanning fo r next vear.
BROOKINGS AUTO PARTS
OREGONIAN
D elivered to Y our Hom e
Phone 3 5 3 1
No fob Too Small
CEMENT WORK CONTRACTED
F O U N D A T IO N S ’— D R IV EW A Y S — FLO O R S
I O R C H ES — S T E P S — S ID E W A L K S __ PA TIO S
B A C K ED BY 27 YEARS E X P E R IE N C E
Estimates Cheerfully Given
ART GIBBS
Easy Street
Next Week
Phillips Heads
VFW Post Again
S u b ject of the next m eetin g
will be th e refim shing of fu rn itu re .
It will be held at the C hetco
G ran g e H all April 21, s ta rtin g at
10:30. u n d er th e lead ersh ip of
S ylvia Lee, H o m e E xtension
Agent. Pot luck luncheon will be
served at noon.
No |oh Too Large
Meter Check
Blood Bank
Serves Aqain
THURSDAY, M ARCH 25. 1954
Brookings, Ore.
Phone 3272
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110 on a large city lot. T h re e
several m ore a p a rtm e n ts O ne
R easonable down paym ent will
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Duplex u nit, 2 bedroom s each, th re e -c a r garag e. E x tra
large lot. $120 per m onth incom e. T otal p rice $9500 00
T erm s available.
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chicken house. Som e livestock and chickens. Good
spring. All fenced. G. I. loan. F u ll price, $15 (XX) 00
Term s,
BRA ND N E W - J u s t finished th is week M odern, tw o-bedroom
house ju s t tw o blocks from hiw ay in c e n te r of town.
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