Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978, April 22, 1954, Page 6, Image 6

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    6 Brookings-Harbor Pilot
THURSDAY APRIL 22, 1954
Pioneer Road
Project Nears
Completion
the project would be terminated I
Annual Meeting
In Gold Beach
Boating Deaths
soon.
T ra ffic through E asy stre e t w as
blocked off, as c o n tra c to r E arl C. j Cut By Coast
Brow n brought the in tersectio n '
down to th e levels of o th e r re- , Guard Program
There were 50,000 more per-
1 sons injured in U. S. motor vehicle
accidents last year than in 1952
L ast y e a r’s tra ffic toll of d eaths
T h e C u rry C ounty T. B & and injuries was the heaviest in
H ealth A ssoriation will hold th e ir history,
an n u a l m eetin g at a d in n er F r i­
For City Police—Phone 3193.
day, A pril 23 at tn e S unset Inn at
Gold Beach. Tim e for th e d in n er
m eetin g is 6:30 p.m.
A n u m b er of B rookings people
plan to a tte n d according to M rs
graded sections of P io n e er Road.
T housands of boatm en will soon
T he w ork is being done to bring he cruising the w a te rs of th«
th e road down to foundation levels P acific N orthw est. And again th e
of the new high school to be built . IT. S. C oast G uard has in itiated
an extensive and in ten se safety
W ork w as being pushed this on the adjoining property.
th
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paign to m inim ize and -----------
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ith city
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T w n h v u h n ic Virn-Prr<5i
«nd «rhnnl hrmrri nffirini« honing project cam e w ith th e first spell su m m er boating d e a th s and w a te r
1 1Von> un<) ls v,cc ‘ < si
and «chool board officials hop.n«
prorn‘sed
|
, dent & Health Education Chair-
good w e a th e r w hich prom ised
SAND AND GRAVEL
T he m ushroom grow th of b o ats nian of Bie Association.
to last long enough to com plete
S p eak er for th e evening will
TOP SOIL AND FILL DIRT
the
project,
according to
E lm er i ’»nd • boating e n th u sia sts in th
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hip p
iu jt’vi, dcruiuiiig
it» rulin’
u ir e
e D» C FC I m D C O .
R apraeger, m em ber of the School Pacific N orthw est com bined w ith *)e S ta te H e a lth E d u c a tio n t h a n
th e great influx of p leasu re boat- n ,an Don B eegle of P o rtlan d .
Board.
Phone 2057 or 2341
Last
w
eek
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ap
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er
m
et
w
ith
m
en
and
fisherm
an
from
all
p
a
rts
Bookkeeping „
S u b scrib e to The Pilot.
1 m em bers of th e C ity Council to of th e co u n try has increased the
Pay Roll
1 axes discuss th e project. T h e m eetin g d ifficu lties of a d m in istra tin g a
follow d receipt of a le tte r, w r i t - ! sa fe ty program .
Insurance
A lready d u rin g th e ea rly season |
ten by C ity A tto rn ey Ed Ackley
which told th e School B oard th a t m onths lives have been lost. In . i
th ey w ere ‘d ragging th e ir fe e t’ on a tte m p tin g to p re v e n t th ese dis
the project, and saying th e city 1 a s te rs th e C oast G uard
has
would have to step in if th e p ro j­ stepped up its boarding pro g ram
T his p ro g ram consists of in sp ect­
ect w ere not finished rapidly.
The le tte r w as supposedly ing th e boat and its equipm ent. If
th e lioat o r equipm ent does not
m eet m inim um safety sta n d a rd s
as required by the M otorboat Act
Sales and Service
of 1940, th e o p e ra to r will be
W. II. TOW NSEND
issued a violation.
V e te rin ary C linic
B oardings have saved m any
lives
in the past by providing th e
SM IT H R IV ER
boat ow ner w ith th e m inim um
safety-know ledge. L a st year, in
O ffice Hours'.
All Angle Operation
this D istrict, CoasT G uard officers
1 to 4 - 9:00 p.m. Monday th ro u g h S a tu rd a y
boarded 12,552 boats a new re c ­
7 to 8 — 9:00 p m Mon , W ed., Er^. E venings
ord. P ro p o rtio n ately , d ea th s due
P h o n e s : S m ith R iver
to sm all boat accidents decreased
• TITA N CHAINS FOR ALL SAWS
R esidence 631
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Office 641
57 p< r cent d u rin g th e m ost activ e
p a rt of th e season.
EM ER G EN C Y CALLS ANY TIM E
T his y e a r th e C oast G uard ask s
:uuiuiul
YOU, the boating public, to help
save y o u r life and b e tte r last
y e a r ’s en co u rag in g record.
If you a rc u n fa m ilia r o r in
d o u b ‘ concerning inquired o r re c ­
om m ended equipm ent for y o u r
AUTH ORIZED
boat and o th e r safety p recautions,
co n tac t y o u r n ea rest C oast G uard
Across Highway from U. S. Ranger Station
unit for this inform atio n TODAY
TO M ORROW MAY BE TOO
LA TE!
ROSS SALVAGE
B
Kerr Bldg.
TITAN
CHAIN SAWS
Brookings, Ore.
DIAPHRAGM CARBURETOR
HENRY'S SAW SHOP
BROOKINGS AUTO PARTS
» FREE DEMONSTRATION ®
PHONE 345
McCULLOCH CHAIN SAW DEALER
AND R E P A IR S E R V IC E
Across from Shell Station
P. O. Box iQ5
Brookings, Oregon
B n ><»kings, O regon
Phone 2274
A U T O R E P A IR IN G
WMTS
. . . And because our ONLY business
is the care and repair of your car (plus
your COMPLETE SATISFACTION
with our services) you can be sure that
we have the best interests of both you
and your car at heart. Drive up for a
check up, today!
B R O O K IN G S
Phone
GARAGE
w ritte n for the City Council, but
all of t fie th re e council men p re s­
e n t denied p rio r know ledge of it
and Ackley said th a t it had been
approved only by M ayor Dim m ick,
w ho was absent.
R ap ra eg er flatly denied th a t the
w o rk could have been accom ­
plished, and also denied A ckley’s
contention th a t it could have been
finished in th e ,w o w eeks p re v ­
ious
p o in tin g
o u t th a t it
bad rained on nine of th e fo u rte en
days. He told the Council the
school board w as as an xious as
th e city to finish th e .project, hut
th at it could not he done w ith o u t
dry w e a th e r To begin w ith o u t the
prom ise of several days of d ry
veather, he said, would m ake
onditions even w orse th an they
' «'re. sine»' E asy S tre e t m u st b?
closed to do the w ork, and to get
au g h t by rain w ith the stre e t
closed would lie disastro u s.
C ouncilm en agreed th a t the
pro ject would have to w ait for th
d ry w e a th e r w hich cam e last week
and gave perm ission to close Eas>
S tre e t to c a rry on the project.
CONCRETE
(Our sand and gravel is W’ashed,
screened and weighed to give full
measure and proper proportions
of aggregate, to Insure quality)
Reach that buyer through a
Pilot t lassified Advertisement.
Tisdale for
County Judge
Crushed Gravel
Pd P o litical A»1.
Daily
Freight Service
Coast Freight Lines
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Dave Franklin, Owner
Geo. Lostroh, Locai .1 gent
II,
a.
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River Run Sand and Gravel
Rock Fill Material
Clay Fill
Black Top Toil
River Silt
Concrete Pipe & Ditching
Clam Shell Soil
NO JOB TOO SMALL
5
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S Brookings R ED -E-M IX Concrete Co.
P hone 2634
TW-
GOLD BEACH
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OatraiBWg.
phone 3442
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