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W e w ere talking: the o th e r d ay
to a very ira te lady, w ho’s nam e,
by the way, is Mrs. N ell M ac-
Kenzie. Mrs. M ack en zie sings. . . .
xery b eau tifu lly , when she can
he heard.
I h a t’s one of th e things th a t
w ere bo th erin g her. And she has
lots of com pany.
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Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume 9—Number 9
BROOKINGS, CI'RRY CO UNTY, OREGON
P R IC E ON NEW S-STANDS— TE N ( ENTS
I hurstlay, April 29, 1954
Mrs. M ac k en zie sang last a t th e
F a s te r C a n ta ta perform ed at the
B ap tist C hurch by a group u n d er
the direction of Lucille P a tte rso n .
E veryone says th e c a n ta ta w as
b eautiful. B ut Mrs. M ac k en zie
thinks t h a t ’s ju st flattery ’. She says
th at they co u ld n ’t know because
T he A ll-Y ear E v en ts M eet­
they couldn’t h e a r m ost of it.
ing scheduled for T h u rsd a y
And th e reason th ey co uldn’t
S w ift ju stic e wras dispensed
night has been postponed till
h ear it w as because of a n u m b er T uesday to a p a ir of c a ttle ru s tle rs
F rid ay , to avoid conflict w ith
♦ The co u rt
fo r
th e A zalea
of very sm all ch ildren who cried in C ircuit C ourt a t Gold Beach.
th e C ham ber of C om m erce
F
e
stiv
al
to
be
held
M ay 29-
and created d istu rb an ce s w hile th e
D inner.
T he tw o w ere Ja m e s M edaris
31 w as com pleted th is w eek a s
group w as try in g to sing. A ccord­ and E rn e st S m ith, both of B rook­
E veryone in te re ste d in the
th e last high school picked its
ing to th e singers, th e din w as so ings. Each was sentenced by C ir­
F estiv al is urged to a tte n d th e
P
rincess. And a lovely g ro u p th e y
g reat th a t they found it n early im ­ cu it Ju d g e Dal k in g to tw o y e a rs
m eeting, F rid ay night, 8 P.M.,
are.
possible to c a rry on w ith th e ir in th e p e n ite n tia ry for th eft of
C hetco Inn.
Del N o rte High School M onday
program .
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livestock valued a t m ore th an
nam ed S h erry Y am or as th e ir re p ­
We m issed the C antata One forty-five dollars .
re se n ta tiv e in th e F estiv al. S h e rry
reason we m issed it !s th a t w e
A th ird m an is still being sought
joins th e five g irls nicked
picked fro m
P
o
litician
s
from
all
o
v
er
C
urry
have a five y e a r old son w ho is for com plicity in th e crim e. He
Curry
C
ounty
to
co
m p lete th e
C ounty will converge on B rook­
not noted for his placability, and is John U pm eyer, w ho is believed
court.
ings
to
n
ig
h
t,
w
hen
th
e
B
rookings-
w e’d r a th e r sta y hom e th an c a rry to have escaped to E ugene w ith j B rookings Feed and Seed C om ­
A lready chosen w e re R e b a
H a rb o r C h am b er of Com merce
him out in th e m iddle of it.
S m ith ’s wife.
pany c e le b ra te th e ir th ird a n ­ plays ho sts to all the asp irin g Sm aFw ood from Gold B eacf ,
W e’ve done th a t, too. We know
T h elm a N eely of O p h ir; G w en
A ccording to D istrict A ttorney n iv ersa ry in B rookings F riday, can d id ates on the ballot.
(and how we know ) th a t children S am H all, S m ith confessed th a t and th e y 're doing it by spreading
T he a ffa ir begins a t 7 p.m at N ew ton of P o rt O rfo rd ; B a rb a ra
are not an ideal listening a u d i­ on F e b ru a ry 7 in th e ea rly m o rn ­ free chickens all over the area.
th e V FW H all. D in n er tic k e ts art- P hillips of Langlois and o u r Lots
ence. And m ore th a n once w e've ing he had shot a c a lf belonging
Mr. and M rs C arl Y ahr o p e ra ­ on sale by C h am b er D irectors.
C hapm an, of B rookings - H a rtx ir
had to arise, red faced, to escort to W a rre n M cNeeley. and th a t he to rs of th e store, cam e here th re e
F ro m all indications, all th e High School.
a squirm ing bundle of boy out cut it up a te p a rt of it at th e y ea rs ago to open it. Since th a t
The six prin cesses will m e e t
politicos will be there, ( ’h am h er
of a public m eeting.
tim e, and canned th e rem ainder. tim e, they h a v e expanded the b usi­ P resid en t K arl O sten b erg said to ­ for th e first tim e a t a lu n ch eo n
The people who put on th a t
S m ith pled g u ilty to the charge ness steadily.
day th a t accep tan ces had been re ­ this S a tu rd a y . It will be t h e i r
c a n ta ta did a splendid thing. T hey brought ag ain st him, waived a
D uring th eir an n iv e rsa ry F ri­ ceived from v irtu a lly all the hope­ first o p p o rtu n ity to get a c q u a in t­
spent m any long hours of w ork g ran d ju ry hearing, and also day, th e y ’ll be giving free coffee ful can d id ates.
ed.
over it, solely so th a t this co m ­ w aived the. two day w aitin g p e r­ and d o n u ts all day, along w ith
T he next big ev en t of th e ir
If they all show up, t h a t ’ll b?
m u n ity could en joy som ething iod before sentencing.
the free chicks and o th e r su r- a p re tty good crow d all by itself. young lives will o cc u r M ay 15,
fine and lovely. It is no com pli­
M edaris confessed th at 13 days p r ses th ey have.
C h a m b e r S e c re ta ry G eneva when one of th em w ill he ch o sen
m ent to th is co m m u n ity th a t th ey later, on F e b ru a ry 20, he had
Rooney has sent in v itatio n s to Q ueen T he selectio n will be a n ­
now feel th a t th e ir w ork w as stayed overnight at S m ith ’s home, DANCE RECITAL
nounced at th e Q ueen S electio n
about 25 s e p a ra te candidates.
largely in vain.
Ball,
w hich th e C h etco W ra n g le rs
and th a t he and Jo h n U pm eyer SLATED TONIGHT
But C h am b er officers a re hope­
will
sp
o nsor on th a t d ate.
It isn’t th e ch ild ren th a t should built a rack on his pickup to
ful th a t a larg e crow d will be on
T he P a re n t T ea ch ers Associa­ hand for th e only o p p o rtu n ity
In th e m ean tim e, tick et s a le s
be scolded. C hildren a re children, c a rry a cow. T hey w ent to W hales-
and no one ex p ects them to be­ head ra n ch w here they roped and tion will present a dance recital local v o ters will have to see all to finance th e festival w ere b ein g
by
Blossom
B ehee’s the ca n d id a tes assem bb d.
carried fo rw ard by Ed D em psey
have like an y th in g else. B ut o u r loaded th e cow, took it to S m ith ’s tonight
singers a re p erfec tly justified in place, w here they m ilked it and ; school of Dance. The recital will
Included in th e list will be eight and his finance co m m ittee. M em ­
be held at the school au d ito riu m
criticizing th e p a re n ts who re ­ kept it for th e ir own use.
can d id ates for C ounty Ju d g e (fo u r bership tick ets, a lre ad y on sa le
T h ere will be no adm ission fee. from each p a rty ) tw o lo r the in B rookings, w ere to begin h ittin g
m ain seated, p e rm ittin g th e ir
T he cow was recovered Mon but th e public is invited to m ake
children to w reck w hat should be
L eg islatu re, tw o for C o ro n er and the s tre e ts in the rest of th«* c o u n ­
day by S ta te P olicem an R ay ¡c o n trib u tio n s tow ard th e PTA.
a b eau tifu l concert.
S u rveyor, th re e for C ounty C om ­ ty.
G ardner, who uncovered th e c a t­
Included in th e re cital will he
M em bership in th e F e stiv a l
m issioner two for S h eriff, and
And no one objects, if i t ’s n ec­ tle th e fts w’hile probing into th?
a n u m b er of unusual dances by a n u m b er of oth ers.
A ssociation c a rrie s a n u m b e r of
essary to leave the hall to quiet d isap p ea ran c e of S m ith ’s wife
, the group.
W ith p rim arie s less th an a privileges, the m ost obvious o f
them . B ut o u r sin g ers do object w ith U pm eyer.
m onth aw ay, this m eeting will he which is the fact th a t the h o ld ers
when th e p aren t sits, p rete n d in g
T he C u rry C ounty Livestock
the only ch an ce a n u m b er
local a re eligible lo r a n u m b e r o f
he's n ever been in troduced to his A ssociation has posted a $5<X)
v o ters will have to ap p raise the prizes O ver fifteen h u n d red d o l­
child, w hile th e la tte r w recks the rew ard for in fo rm atio n leading to
lars w o rth of m erch an d ise is
vario u s can d id ates.
perform ance.
conviction of c a ttle th eft. H ow ­
slated to be given aw ay on th e
We th in k Mrs. M ack en zie and ever, G a rd n e r will not collect the
last day of tin* F estiv al, May 31.
the o th e rs a re ju stified in th e ir rew ard, because he w as acting in
Included in th e list of p rizes
A
group
of
B
rookings
boys
will
com plaint . . . in fact, we th in k his re g u la r line of d u ty w hen t h 5
a re : a M cC ullough C h am S aw ; a
e n te rta in a sim ilar group from
21 meh television s e t; a M ay tag
Port O rford and Bandon wh^n
C ontinued on B ack P age
{Continued on Finck Page)
Ed A ckley, B rookings a tto rn e y or F rig id aire W ash er; a H o tp o in t
they m eet in a boxing sm oker next
S a tu rd a y night at the High School and his w ife C ornelia w ere in ­ d ry e r; a M ercury o u tb o a rd m o to r,
ju red S u n d ay when th e ir e a r was a S un b eam m ix er a fishing o u t­
Gym.
•
Altout tw o hours of boxing is stru ck from the re a r by an o th e r fit, and a n u m b er of o th e r item s.
A lready selling tieki ts in th e
scheduled d u rin g the evening, ear. d riv en by M rs H a rrie t f)
w ith th e opener com ing at 8 p.m. H ughes. Mrs. H ughes w as n o t F estiv al A ssociation a re s tu d e n ts
from B rookings - H a rb o r H igh
T he v isito rs are being brought injured.
Plans w ere being rapidly com ­ right off th e ir own riv e r a couple
A ckley su ffered
leg in juries School. T he stu d e n t who sells th e
down
by
F
a
th
e
r
P
e
te
D
ailey
of
pleted th is w eek for the C hetco of w eeks ago, a re anxious to do
w hich have kept him in lx*d since most tick ets in each high school
River Boat races w hich will w ind it again, and will also accom odate Bandon, who has rounded up a
the accident. Mrs Ackley escaped will he g u e sts of th e A ssociation
up th e Azalea F estiv al May 31.
anyone else who w a n ts to get in p re tty capable bunch to tan g le
wnth bruises. Both c a rs w ere on a ch ap ero n ed frit» to th e Rose
w
ith
the
B
rookings
boys.
And th e y ’re p re tty big plans. th e ir w ay. T h ey ’ve told John th y
Festival
T he S m o k er is u n d er the spon­ severely d am aged
M embers of th e B rookings-H ar- will have a full flo tilla in the ra ce
C h airm an D em psey em p h asized
Ackley told police th at he w as
sorship of the Lucky 7 Club who
here.
bor Lions C lub who a re sp o n so r­
th
a
t expenses w ere heavy an d
tra
v
e
lin
g
south
about
30
m
iles
In th e m eantim e, w ork is being are being aided and ab etted by
ing the races, indicate th ere will
an h o u r w hen th e e a r driven by th a t all th e tic k e ts m ust b* sold
Bill
Thom
pson
and
Al
Phillips.
probably be th irty boats enrolled , done on th e riv e r itself. E lm er
Mrs
H ughes ap proached and to m ake the a f fa ir a financial suc-
1 B ankus, who h as been hauling
in the com petition.
' cess .
stru c k them in the rear.
Rules and prizes for th e ra ces i gravel from th e riv e r is co n ­
“W • have evolved his m eth o d
have not yet been com pleted, but s tru c tin g a causew ay a t the sam e
of spreading th e financial load of
will be in th e very n e a r fu tu re tim e w hich will enclose a lau n ch ­
th e F estiv al,” he said, “to ta k e
JIMMY HARRIS
M r and Mrs. E. H B roekm iller
The group is w orking w ith John ing area, and provide an excellent
the burden oft th e tew who have
H ew itt, who first proposed th e ■ site to r th e beginning of the races. j h av e purchas* d th e B rookings
had to do it in th e p ast. If it is
REPORTED
ILL
In fact, E lm er alm ost lost a L aundry, ta k in g over operation
I successful, w e should never hav e
event.
(d ra g line doing it. T he shovel w as
Jim m y H arris, a fo rm er re s i­
to w o rry about w h< th e r or not we
The races will be for about i caught on th e b a r by tides T ues- last F riday.
dent of B rookings, and v e i\
T he B roekm illers form erly op­
can m a in ta in th is festival ag ain .”
eight laps, and will be run from i day night, and broke a chain as
well known here, is re p o rted
the m outh of the riv e r to Tide t w as being m oved. It w asn t e ra te d th e Redw’ood Lodge in
seriously ill at his hom e in
S
elm
a,
O
re.
Mrs. Goldie S w earin g en r -
Rock.
' rescued from th e w a te rs until
S anta Rosa. Jim m y once own »1 tu rn ed S u n d ay m o rn in g from a
Mr. and M rs Gordon Olson,
A lready p len ty of action is ibout 1:30 a m . a t th e next low
0ie K re u g e r building here, and
form er ow ners, will sta y in Brook-
w eek-end vis.t w ith h er m other,
undt rway.
k la m a th
B oatm en fide Tw o tra c to rs pulled th e
in es hu* a re not r- ady to a n ­ has m an y frien d s in th e area
Mrs.
Goldie S m ith in Salem . Mrs
who sw ept S m ith R w er cruise s
from the b ar
nounce fu tu re plana.
S m ith is teeling q u i’e well now
Cattle Rustlers
Caught, Sentenced
To Penitentiary
All Year Events
Meets Friday
Third Anniversary
For Feed and Seed
Smoker Scheduled
Here Saturday
Plans Progress For Festival
Boat Races; Causeway Being Built
Laundry Here
Chang* ies Hands
Azalea Court Chosen;
Ticket Sale Continues
Politicians To
Be Guests Of
Chamber Tonight
Attorney Hurt
In Accident