I
On the
t
Reef
♦
By BILL PH ELPS
N ot know ing m uch about any
kind of business, and even less
about sheep, w e’ve w ondered for
some tim e ju st w hat kind of c h a r
ac te rs it is who put a d v e rtise
m en ts on o u r classified page
th re a te n in g people w ith fates
w orse th an d eath if they so m uch
as get n e a r th e ir ranch.
So, being suicidal, we in v esti
gated. We found th a t they w ere
about th e nicest people w e've
known fo r q u ite aw hile. And we
found, too, th a t they face one of
th e toughest problem s in e x ist
ence.
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Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community
\ ohimè 9— Number 6
BROOKINGS, ( I K H V CO UNTY, OKKOON
I’KK F ON NKW SST A N U S — T F N CEN TS
Easter Seals Help Him
Take, for instance, th e F red
B lunts, who o p erate Lone R anch,
o u t along th e coast N o rth of
Brookings. Mr. and Mrs. B lunt
have never been known to eat a
child . . . but you w ouldn’t be
lieve it to read th e ir w arnings.
A ctually, they like children . . .
which is p a rtly w hy they w orry
so m uch about them g e ttin g on
th e ir ranch. And th ey like dogs,
too . . . but not in relatio n to
sheep.
The B lunts, and every o th e r
ra n ch er in th e area, are w aging
a p e rp etu al w a r agains* p re d a to rs
. . . both wild and tam e. T h eir
ranch is loaded w ith tra p s for
cougars and bears and coyotes
. . . and those sam e tra p s could
cause the d eath of a child w andei-
ing alone over th e hills.
T h eir o th e r enem ies a re dogs.
Dogs th a t have been know n, a
couple of y ea rs back, to kill 500
sheep on a single ranch. No one’s
q u ite sure why a dog should feel
the way it does ab out sheep
but they do. And t h a t ’s why. if
you tak e a dog, y o u ’ll feel u n
welcome on a sheep ranch. Be
cause even though you can con
trol him, th e y ’ve been know n to
re tu rn alone to kill sheep.
I hose aren t th e only problem s,
our-y ear-o ld B rian M ulcare, whose hom e is
of course. Irresp o n sible kids have
shot a t sheep, an d th e re ’s alw ays ex. rcises m uscles un d er direction of G eraldine W essels
the old, old sto ry of lost lam bs, agency s hospital school in Eugene, wh 're children
and broken necks and m ysterious O regon counties receive special th era p y and education.
sicknesses, and th e declining will s tre n g th e n B ria n ’s m uscles so th a t he can w alk.
price of wool. B ut the B lunts and financed by th e sale of E a s te r Seals.
the rest can face those. I t ’s only
the constant fe a r of predators, U N D ERG O ES SURGERY
and
4c,_ the
,_.. com i panion fe a \ r of
” cau sin *** g *
L a u r a A nderson underw ent
he d eath of som e child in th e ir ; m ajo r su rg e ry a t S easide H osnha
In... ag ain st p re d a to rs th a t m ake th is week. Dr. R onniger says she
C ontinued on Back P ag e
And, in th e B ro o k ings-H arbor
area, a concerted effort was being
planned to g et local v o ters out —
tr.-st to re g iste r th en to vote.
Eligible for R eg istratio n are
those citizens who have lived here
six m onths o r longer who did not
vote in the last g en eral election
here. If you have com e here since
th at election, o r did not vote then,
you m ust register.
I t is not n cessary to re g is te r if
only the nam e of y o u r precinct
was changed, so long as the C oun
ty C lerk h as th e nam e of y o u r
precinct now.
Clive M anley, C h airm an of th e
C u rry C ounty C itizens C om m ittee
said th at his g ro u p is planning a
cam paign to g et every eligible
voter in so u th ern C u rry Countv
registered.
II
't ti
‘ do not h »ve th e kind
we wish
will
Plans Made For Expanded
Azalea Festival May 29-30
An expanded Azalea F estival
is p lanned for M ay 29 and 30,
this year, it w as announced a fte r
a m eetin g of th e A ll-Y ear E v en ts
A ssociation T h ursday.
D ale Landing. 21, of S ta te Line,
A n o th er m eeting of th e g ro u p
w as in ju red S u nday w hen a horse will be held this T h u rsd ay ev en
he w as b re ak in g th rew him over
ing a t 8 p m. a t th e C hetco Inn.
its head and rolled on him. He
T his y e a r’s festival, it was d e
w as ta k e n by th e B rooking am b u cided, will be broadened to in
lance to S easide H ospital w here clude neighboring cities as well
th e e x te n t of his in ju ries w as not as B rookings and H arbor. And a
m m ed iately determ ined.
p ra c tic a lly painless m ethod of
T he hospital rep o rted W ednes fin ancing it w as also fo rm u lated
day th at he h as reg ain ed con at th e m eeting.
sciousness, and is doing fine.
I he F estiv al will be reigned
over by P rincesses chosen from
TWO NEW LILIES
six High Schools: Langlois, P o rt
O rford. Ophir. Gold Beach, C resc
DEVELOPED HERE
ent C ity and B rookings Q ueen of
Tw o b eau tifu l new lilies w ere th e F estiv al will be chosen from
displayed last w eek a t th< US am ong them .
N atio n al B ank
by W oodriff’s
D uring th e barbecue — high
N u rsery .
point of the second day of th e
T h e tw o lilies a re both hybrids fete, ap p ro x im a te ly $1,500 in m e r
which w ere o rig in ated by Wood- chandise aw ard s will be given to
riff's. They are sp otted lilies, in supporters of the F estival.
lovely light shades.
L arg er crow ds th an ev er a re
B oth of them m a tu re m uch
xpected to be here for th e tw o
m ore rapidly th an the s ta n d a rd day celebration. T he Azalea G a r
Lilies. One, an A u ra tu m x R ubel- den C lu b ’s sp rin g F lo w er Show
in B rookings lum, blossoms locally in fields will be one of th e h ig h lig h ts of
a t E a s te r Seal th e la tte r p art of May. T h e o th e r th e event.
from over 20 e. Speciosium x A u ratu m . tak es
W ith th e F lo w er Show will be
The exercises a little longer, but is still fa s te r
a display by th e T ri-C o u n ty G em
T he school is th an th e C roft and o th e r v arie tie s
and M ineral A ssociation T he Mt.
here.
Em ily G m and M ineral C lub
’ ave invited th e o th e r clubs of
this a re a to p a rtic ip a te w ith th em
in th e ir show.
Also scheduled a re an open-
a ir co m m unity C hurch S erv ice
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd B unnell
for S unday, w ith m assed choirs
I S m ak in & s a tisfa c to ry progress.
of B rookings w ere in ju red T u e s
p articip atin g , T h e Q u een ’s ball.
day when a fir tre e toppled on
T he Quce'h’s coronation and B an
th e ir c a r n e a r R ichardson Grove,
qu
et, A M usical p ro g ram on S a t
south of E ureka.
u
rd
a y night u n d er th e d irectio n
Mrs Floyd W eeks will head the
T he B unnells w ere ta k e n to
P a rt nt- Teachers A ssociation for G arb erv ille for m edical tre a tm e n t. of Mrs, H elen Rice, and, of course,
the com ing y ear, it w as d e te r No re p o rt has yet been received the now- fam ous B arbecue.
Expansion of th e festival to in-
m ined by elections held Thursday- on th e ir condition.
b e tte r governm ent. And.
wc night.
i elude o th e r cities was d ictated ,
C alifo rn ia s ta te a u th o ritie s are
iail to vote, we have only our-
A ssisting h er will be M rs. W al in v estig atin g th e cause of th e D irecto rs said, by the grow th of
selves to blam e.”
the celeb ratio n . An e stim ated
M anley w ent on to urge everv te r Thompson, Vice - P resid en t: | stra n g e accident.
, 5,000 people crow ded Azalea P a rk
Mrs.
D
ale
B
ullock,
S
ecretary
,
and
one to join th e cam paign to re g
for th e show last year, and it is
ister all eligible voters. “W e don't Mrs. Ed Cole. T re a su re r.
g ettin g l>eyond th e pow er of th e
REDFIELD’S
OPEN
Mrs. W eeks and Mrs. Cole w ere
t a r e who they vote for," he said,
local com m unity to care for th e
also
elected as d eleg ates to the LOCKER PLANT
as long as th ey vote for som e
celeb ratio n .
R edfield’s M ark et will hold th*
one. But vve w ant the people who S ta te convention of the PTA, to
N O T E : Wc suggest you elin
g ran d opening of th e ir new L o ck er sto ries concerning th e F estiv al,
ire elected this y e a r to be the he held A pril 21 to 23d.
In o th e r business two propos d room th is S a tu rd a y , April 10.
R ep re sen tativ es chosen by a ma-
and m ail them to the people
changes in the by-law s w ere p re
P rizes will he aw ard ed at th at y o u ’d like to have here. (E d .)
jo rity of th e v o ters.”
O th e r groups w ere also p la n sented to th e m eeting. O ne would tim e to p atro n s who have signed
ning to join the cam paign. Undei push th e election d a te for officers up fo r Lockers p rio r to th a t tim e. sto re, and are of the w arm -ro o n
T he R edfield in stalla tio n is one type. U sers of the lockers opei
" a y at th e present tim e a re plans up a m onth, th ere b y m aking it
a sier for ” - v lv elected officers of th e most m odern in the sta te . in su lated doors to reach the*!
fo s< t up a tra n s p o rta tio n and
b ab y -sittin g program , so th e p e r to a tte n d s ta te functions. The The new lockers a re housed in a lockers, w hile stan d in g in the
sons who o therw ise would find it either would m ake a quorum at a new ly «finished addition <o the w arm room.
n flicu lt to R eg ister will be able m eeting ten p ercent of th e mem-
bership. instead of ten people, as
to do so.
it now is.
R esidents of B rookings and
A sch o larsh ip at any In stitu tio n
F errelo precin cts m ust re g iste r at
of
H igher E ducation in the s ta te
’he B rookings C ity H all, from ond
w
as
also announced by th e PTA,
'O five daily. T he tw o precincts
Even in the Post office wastebasket—
run from C a rp e n te rv ille to the to be given to a B rookings-H arbo r
Hign
School
Senior.
Th
sc
h
o
la
r
Chet co river, w ith B rookings prec-
And the Groceries advertised in the
inct E ast of H ighw ay 101. and ship will be for S120 00. and wid
F errelo west. R esidents south 'f he presen ted u n d e r s ta te d e p a rt
m en t of education provisions.
’he C hetco river, and in
\!so voted by th e g roup w as a
rea up the C hetco river. reci<
su
m
m er cam p scholarship for
» (T
't. at
H arbor $25.00, for F o u r-Ii sum m er
ar« still the cheapest in town!
im p
osto tfic
for a local child.
Closing Time For Registration
Nears; Places, Precincts Listed
R eg istratio n for voters who
wish to vote in th e May p rim ary
will close A pril 20th, C ity R e
corder Gladys K anick w arned this
week.
1 hurstlay, April 8, 1954
PTA Elects New
Officers, Gives
Scholarships
Horse Throws,
Rolls on Man
Falling Tree
Hurts Bunnells
WE'VE LOOKED EVERYWHERE-
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