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Plans Announced For Concert May 17 8 Brookings-I Iarbor Pilot Local Boxers THU RSD A Y , MAY, 6, 1954_______ I Credit Bureaus Announce Branch Manager Here C redit B u rea u s Inc., of Salem , anno u n ce th e appointm ent of John F ran co eu r as th e ir re p o rtin g and collection re p re se n ta tiv e in B rook ings. He will co n tin u e his present w o rk w ith Fox B ros . hut will in ad d itio n handle th e credit w ork. T h is action com es ns a result ot th e req u ests of th e local R etail M erch an ts Association, and o th er in te re ste d B rookings m erc h an ts, w ho have felt th a t credit condi tio n s in B rookings ju stified an in ten sified p ro g ram L ed g er su rveys will lx* m ade am ong the local m erch an ts and a s e t of files d e v e l o p covering the tr a d e te rrito ry of B rookings, and it w ill soon be possible for the local business firm s to obtain local PAUL SEZ. . . W e have a m ighty pleased c u sto m e r h ere at DAVIS T R U C K * TRACTOR. W e d e livered a new FA R M A LL S U P E R “C” TR A C TO R w ith th e new F A S T H IT C H to L. L. B orough. “ L. L.” is a p r e t ty big o p e ra to r as a bulb g ro w er in th ese p arts. H ere is w h at he had to say: “I be lieve you fellow s w ere con serv ativ e in s ta tin g it ta k e s te n seconds to hitch on to an im p lem en t w ith th a t F ast lfitc h I can do it in five and n ev e r get off th e tra c to r. Best p a rt is I d id n ’t have to get rid of my 3 point hitch tools I had w ith my old tra c to r. W ith the a d a p te r you sold me I can use th em w ith my F A S T H ITC H . You w on't see tiiis tra c to r s ittin g in th e shed a t c u ltiv atin g tim e. She rides an d handles like a d ream too.’’ You ca n ’t blam e us for being just a little proud here at DAVIS TRUCK & T R A C T O R wfien we have custom ers ta lk in g like th a t. D on’t fo r get we service w hat we sell and w e a re right here at home. Paul Davis Ad\ ert isem ent Shine Before Small Crowd T h e local Lucky Seven club played host to a very poor crow d for th e ir first boxing sm oker, w hich proved to he an o u tstan d in g event. W ith nine bouts in all. tbe evening w as well supplied w ith flying leath e r. R obert F a c k re ll of B rookings w on th e first bout in a d cision over Donald Coyne of Sixes. Roy D irks of B rookings took th e s . - ond, w ith Roy also w inning honors as B rookings’ best boxer of the evening. He top[x*d Sonny S u tp h in of Bandon A lbert Shuey of R rookings and P au l Collier of Six< s fought to a draw . S tanley G ribble lost to Jim C ru tc h e r of P ort O rford, aft. r giving him a good ru n for th ° first tw o rounds. Ju d g es Roy P ollard and Roy B row n and referee Tom M artin gave the fifth bout to Neal K napp of P ort O rford in a deci sion over Ron F ack rell of B rook ings. Lee C ran e of P o rt O rford decisioned Don Bond of B rookings, w ith C rane scoring as th e best boxer am ong th e visitors. In th re e local bouts, C harles Bond topped Dick B erg er: Ken R ussel and J e r ry A nderson drew ; and R aleigh B u rr and O ren F a c k re ll also fought to a draw . W ith a possibility of a n o th e r sm oker in th e n e a r fu tu re , th e boys hope for a b e tte r crowd. L ucky S ev en e tte girls supplied th e refreshm ents. re p o rts on all local residents. It is an ticip ated th at m any local people who have not been too prom pt in paym ent of th e ir o b ligations m ay h u rry in to get paid up before th e ra tin g s a re com pleted by th e local m erchants. Mr. F ra n c o e u r w ill also do col lection investigations, and will ar- ta n g e for o th e r types of collection a c tiv ity from the Coquille C redit B ureau T his tienin of th e local credit ac tiv ity w ith th e Salem firm is an excellent one for B rookings, since it w ill‘ give the local m e r c h a n ts a connection not only w ith th e C redit B ureaus. Inc. offices in O regon and Idaho, but w ill also give access to th e files of C redit B ureaus all over A m erica. N H elen Rice, d irec to r of the C hetco C horal C lub announced M onday th a t Bob Sw anson. R ob ert Dick. L aM erne C hristen sen and Lucille P a tte rso n will assist the group in th* ir S pring C oncert May 17. Mrs. G ladys Lindskoug. d eco ra tion c h a irm an is planning a very u n usual and beautiful se ttin g fot the concert w hich will be given at th e B aptist C hurch. Beta's Install Officers, Entertain Pledges Saturday B etty S m ith. S hirley B rannon and B etty Young. O fficers for th e com ing year a re : P resid en t Ju n e Dickson, Vice P resid en t, W anda Thom pson, C orresponding S ecretary , V irgin a R e e v e s , R ecording S ecretary . H azel H an scam T re asu re r, Jerry Beem. H isto rian M ary -M o n tg o n ; ery. TEEN-AGE NEWS t T he T een Age C lub will hav a dance F rid ay at 8 p.m. a t th V.F.W. H all. | ROSS SALVAGE C A R TES GO EA ST Mr. and Mrs. Jam es C arte and j son Allen drove to M edfor 1 ! T h u r j ay, w here they took a p lane fo r R o ch ester N. Y. M is C a rte ’s fa th e r is seriously ill there. The fam ily w il’ probably be gone a m onth. SAND AND GRAVEL TOP SOIL AND FIL L DIRT Phone 2057 or 2341 You're richer th an you th in k ! Io ta c h a p te r of B eta Sigm a Phi pledged eleven new m em bers S a tu rd a y evening at c e re m onies which, along w ith in s ta lla tion of officers preceded a d an c ing p a rty held a t the Rod an 1 Gun Club. N ew pledges to the o rg a n iz a tion a re : R uth P ayne K ath leen Ross D oris Phelps, E lean o r S m ith D orothy Spies, S h irley Wood, M ' arg aret Phillips, R uby S arv er. . . , your home has increased in value. Make sure you have enough insurance to cover. ARTHUR KNOX Insurance Agency «(MISiHtlMG _____ N orthwestern * M L IL A l URI A SSO C IA TIO N Azalea Festival Brookings, Oregon May 29-30-31 SATURDAY, MAY 29 C o ro n atio n of th e Q ueen Opening, G arden and Rock shows T he Q ueen's B anquet and the Q ueen’s Ball SUNDAY, MAY 30 In terd en o m in atio n al C hurch Services G ig an tic B arb ecu e B aseball — B rookings Vs. G ran ts P ass MONDAY, MAY 31 C hetco R iv er Boat Races G iving of aw ard s 60 miles JO IN The All-Year Events Association NOW ! Members entitled to opportunity for following free awards . . . 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