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On the
Reef
By BILL PH ELPS
♦♦♦♦ M »» »»♦♦»♦ »»»»»+ +
, ™ * se a re w ords of w ‘sdom
the y o u n g er g e n e ratio n : D on't
i ? ” go to w ork on a newspaix?r
,
of you do,don’t do it too fa r
riom Gold Beach.
th n n ^ aUSu ’ ‘n CaSCS ° f f ' re - Catas‘
thophe, bomb dam age, o r act of
God, such as broken down shops
is very co m forting feeling to
close to th e C urry C ounty R e
porter.
Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume 9—Number 12
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< <>' n t y . oreoon
N E W SST A N D S— T E N C EN TS
hursday,
May
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M ia u a y , iv
ia y 2 20,
0 , I 1954
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We found out last week. As we
say som ew here else on this page
we found out th e h ard way. W ith
o ur linotype out of com m ission,
and only eight pages set, w e w ere
>n w hat m ight be c h a rita b ly call-
od a mess.
So we called W ickes Shaw , and i
she whnl into action. T hey w ound i
up th eir own new spaper, and Don |
uykendall w ent to w ork s e ttin g A 7 A l T A
F m -
curs. H e got th ro u g h at 3 A. M
and v e hauled th e type back to
- C
Brookings, to s ta rt running „
T he A zalea F estiv al w as fast
through th e press.
ap p roaching this week, and Rrook-
So w e got a p ap er out. It look- i ings and H a rb o r w ere tak in g on
ed a little d iffe ren t w ith the Re- 3 p ro tty h^c tic air.
k(,'t e r s Rom an headlines. And
W ith ten (,a>’s to go, final plans
ad a lot of item s m issing . . . i w ere ia s t being readied for «he
Jost in th e g en eral shuffle. And ccIebration, w hich is ex p ected tr
at the last m in u te we had to I se° ten thousand people crown
go th ro u g h and pull out all th e i K rooki'ig.s.
item s th a t w ere happening Thues-1 O ne ton o f beef w as seheduled
y . . . . hi cause we w ere too to a rriv e this week to feed t h ,
to happen " l i u t i ^ u WC? Roi” S I ¡™nRrv visi,ors «« S atu rd a y ’s bar!
M P<n. B ut it w as (I th in k ) becue, and b arbecuor Vic R v
* npw s'» P « --
i nolds w as sh arp en in g up on, hfc
Prim ary Elections Friday
PLANS READY
READY
PIANS
FOR LARGEST
AZALEA FETE
I'
I Her M ajesty
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---- ru SHARP
A nn
CONTESTS
Local Polling
EXPECTED IN DA.
Places Listed
Polls will be open f r the p ri
m ary electio n to m o rro w from
JUDGE RACES
eight to eight, w ith voter's di-
ing th e ir b allo tin g in th ese
places
Chet co
P recin ct,
C hetco
G ran g e Hall, H arb o r.
B rookings
P r e c in c t: Odd-
F ellow s H all, B rookings.
P istol
R iv er:
F riendship
C lub H all. Pistol River.
Rotarians Send
Two to Seattle
< u rry C ounty V oters go to th e
polls F rid ay to choose th e ir p a rty
re p re se n ta tiv e s in th e p rim a ry
elections.
X’o te rs from both .parties face a
long s trin g of can d id ates, w ith a
nu m b er of s tiff fig h ts pn b()th
ballots Experts w m predicting a
slig h tly h ig h er th a n usual P ri
m ary vote to r a non-president
year.
S tatew id e, tj,e only p rim a ry
cam paign
for th e
G o v ern o r’s
ch a ir was m th e R epblican p ri
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isa u c e s .
< • . . . " S y T s i d Z ,hX Sah1' ! ■ FiniS,!inK ' OU' h,’S «<»
be-!
T he B rookings R o tary C lub is m ary, w h ere incum bent P aul P a t
sending A re h 'e H en d rick s and terso n and S e c re ta ry of S ta te
eligible to go to the polls io vm ' ! " ,R !'padled fo r 'h e A zalea garden I
George F u n k as D eleg ates to 'h
E arl N ew bry will vie.
Less th an h alf of ihem will do so i l’ n t ’lv Z ' ■ S,’OW., . an<l
M' I
n tern a tio n a l R o tary C onvention
T h ere w as also a R epublican
e shoulders
f ni An<*
an< P e,P
M ineral
C .e
lub’s
o be held in S e a ttle . W ashington
2 . And
( 0 o r on less th wi
“
f hp of
w elf »h re
^ s ™ is
,
'tiu g g l* for L abor C om m issioner
I tm 6 to 10. R o tarian s from8,200 betw een E u g en e Allen of P o rt
Of this county. T hey'll be pre v t h ’ ' ^
" ;''rp '■|r a ' ' ln‘I a bpad
I
R o tary C lubs of th e w orld r e land and H erb B a rk e r of S alem .
evenly sp lit: p e r h X s 1050 p i ,ho G rants Pass cavem en, who
sen tin g 88 co u n trie s will a t
publicans; 950
950 D
em ocrat«
' S o n ’J d a ,nvade
,h e ,ocaI baseball field
Locally, most in te re st w as p ro b
publicans;
Democrats^
.
tend this g re at In te rn a tio n a l S e rv
ice C lub C onvention O u r R o tary ab ly ce n te red in the C o unty Ju d g e
And th at handful of v o ters ’Mo
r"
>
here, fifty here, thr.x> I,und7ed ,n G a m e r,s r,al« ‘ry of Coos B at
D ak hair
d a rk eyed Gwen D elegates will h a w the oppor races on both sides, w h ere fo u r
m ore over th ere, will elect th«
‘S Wcek an n o u n Cf d th a t th«> N ew ton of P ort O rford w as chot tu n ity to enjoy th e fellow ship R epublicans a re th re ? D em o crats
people who will govern us for " ° Uld donaie the
— buns for ♦!,» en Queon of the A zalea F estiv al I | ° of f Rotari{
R o tarian s from clubs of all " il l tangle. On the R ep u b lican
b allo t Lutb. r T isdale, of B rook
barbecue. And E lm er B ankus a t th e Q ueen Sclr -ctlon B all, held co u n ,rie s'
th e next te rm of office .
e
a
rlie
r
had
donated
th
e
crow
n
>
-.< •»
*» • Setui'flaj
9 'i(i1...io,.
T h e w e ste rn -e tv ie sp irit
< f ings F red W A dam s of O p h ir;
Hid you ev er stop to think how
)'.<
( laren ce M. B rooks o f L anglois
an
fl
P
a
ra
for
the
P
rincess
Royal
™Vfh p o W f r -v ou b av e in th a t
lie r runner-up w as T helm a friendliness tnd h o sp itality wi'»
and Incum bent Guy F o rsy th all
little insignificant vote of y o u rs?
M eanw hile th e D o n ’s C lub aii- ' e I\ oi Ophir,
who will he r ¡en a - d o u r own D olega’es r •’»
5ou R epublicans, for instance nouncod a lengthening list of en- Princess Rovai in the A /alea r Renting R rookings C lub will d v a n t the nom ination.
D em ocrat A rchie K e rb e r of
You have about 2100 reg istered tr i° S in lho s ix ,-v m i,e C hetco C ourt. W ith th eir fon P rincesses, thoir
to helo
t,K ir best
1)0x1 w
" b hile
i l e in S e a ttle tr
• • and I ”ll bet right now th a t R ivor B oai races w ihch will oe- they'll rul
over th ree davs o fu rth e r th ese R o tarian idei
ideals o ’ Gold Beach howaal out of ihe
less than h alf of them vote
eupy M onday afternoon. O ver $800 -(,stiv
festiv ties, from May
M av 29 to 31
service to co u n try , e comm
o m m u n it.’ race in th e I) m o cra tie p rim a y
this week, leaving C h arles D oane
and
occupation.
So lets say 1.000 go to th e polls
prize m on°y is scheduled to be
T he Q re e n v as chosen by tin
of Gold Beach in the ru n n in g
to elect a co u n ty judge to m o rro w ’ I g ’.von to " o n ers in the races.
m ost d em o cratic m eth o d : tu .
3 here a re fo u r can d id ates
inance C hairm an Ed Dem psey votes of th e co u rt rhem s Ives Th;
F irew o rk s a re ex p ected , ♦oo,
TW O MEETINGS SET
and it they split fa irly evenly i t ’s l ' 1’ ^ ^
s a ^°
m ore m em b *r- six P rincesses in S ecret b allet
in the D istrict A tto rn e y race,
—
conceix aWo , h a , as feH. as — ‘ 's h ip tic k e ts in th e A ll-Y ear E vents chose th e P ort O rford girl
U T w here Incum bent ------
S am H all (
s I OR NEW F.EKS C --------
1
undred v o tes could elect a A ssociation, to finance the festi- I th e loveliest,
and m ost reg al of
T h ere will be a n o th e r form a- |
OokinKS *s facpil by his form«
val. P u rc h a se of th e m em bership fbem all
C ounty Ju d g e .
rive
/e E
Elks
lks m eetin g to
tonight
n ig h t at the ik'p u ty . Bill F u lle r of Gold E >ac'
A fuH bous«» at the Ball payrd Rod
wi and Gun Club, s .. ta rrin
.. g at
In pasf m eetings, th e tw o h a\
So when you get down to th a t tic k e ts e n title s th e holder to an
»t s ap p aren t th a t th e little in- o p p o rtu n ity to win p art of $1500 hom age to the C ourt as th ey
p m ., acco rd in g to P e te Les- jabbed at each oth» r sh arp ly .
»«»it.------ .. w ith
... m eister, C h airm an of th e new
C h arles H. G rayshel
of a B rook
s m a il’™ ?/ V° n y ° U haV° isnt so w orth of m erchandise to bi» given m fn'od in to the ballroom
....... .. vr«
7r\
sm all, a fte r all. J u s t yours, and a aw ay follow ing th e boat races.
¡th e ir escorts. T he six girls stood group.
ings challenges Rod M cK enzie o
A n o th er m eetin g is set for the Sixes for his L eg islativ e sea t it
Included in the prizes a re a TV facing th e crow n as M aster of
T T
and you m a>‘ have
shaped the d estiny of this co m ,t\ set. a larg e chain saw . a H ot- C erem onies. E s te r M orton tor sam e place M onday, May 2 1 'h a <■ t'liiiirii
HillfM th a t is ta n t
p rim ary y « contest
Mav
open
tb
e
envelope
w'h
ch
re
v
e
a
le
l
"
h
'
Ch
WiH
Probably
which
will
probably
be
th
e
e
lo
s
--
(am
ount
to
election
for a n u m b er of y ea rs
point D ryer, a F rig
id
aire
or
* » v ’ fi i»in i •
I
f ¿-V am X ” 1 . . _ .
board ,h
,hc c « Choson
Q UPon and read it to I FN f F / datp
í ? r C ,’arto r m em a bers
ta g w asher, a M ercury o u tboard
’bosen Q
Glenn Sabin, S h e riff for m an
j
i th
audience
T ran k Hise, . Gran«
G rand Lodge R ep
M ix e r
fhp e audience.
years,
also faces opposition ii
BREAKDOWNS DELAY PILO T m otor, a S unbeam M ixer, and an
e lec tric blan k et. T ickets a re on
N ext official act of Q ueen re sen tativ e. will a tte n d the Mon P ercy L an tz of Sixes. And twi
REPORTER S T A FF H E IP S
day
m
eeting,
and
m
ovies
of
the
sale now.
Gw’en s will be h er coronation at
MDs, P au l R onniger of B rok
M echanical
breakdow n ‘ in
the
A zalea F estival S a tu rd a y , May last W orld S eries will be shown ings and Ja m e s M inty of Gob
the P ilo t’s p lan t last w eek d e
¡29. Th re she will receive th«' E lks and p ro sp ectiv e E lks are
Beach a re try in g fo r coroner.
layed publication of th a t issue
crow n of th e Q ueen of A zalealand, urged to a tte n d
u n til F rid ay m orning.
In th e N o rth end th re e R epub
a n .M ’rm rcss T helm a will w ear a l L A D l R S qqjj
lieans w ant to be C o u n ty Com
And th e P ilot cam e out on
F rid ay m orning, only because
m issio n er;M o ss A verill of
Por
L O zl O /J I j I O P E N S
of the m agnificent cooperation
1 I he tw o w ill he graced by
* love- I , S C J F I'
Orford; George W oodworth o
ly crow ns, w orn for the first tim e ,
t
of th e s ta f f of the C u rry
A1 M incer w as eleeed P resid en t this
P o rt O rfo rd an d J. R, Yoakarr
y e a r Q ueen Gwen will w e e d
T he 001 N o rto
C ,'ib
nf th e R roogings-H arbor D ons a Silvern- 7 ........
C u rry R ep o rter.
of Langlois,
sp
o
n
so
rin
g
a
L.
„
_
Ladies
Golf
School
m
..u a t th e o ia n iz a tio n - s “ i Z 11 T
a h siixery
C lub
X ? ' „ crow
T T n " hilP PrinCes5
Copy for last w eek ’s issue
beginning T h u rsd ay . M ay 20 at
O th e r races find e ith e r sin g k
tions,
held
last
W
ednesdav
m
a
'
havo a P ^a^-clad
of the P ilot w as tak en to Gold
1 p m ., S ta n d a rd Tim e.
G roup ca n d id a tes o r vacan cies on th«
\ir-4t
‘
tia
ra
.
T
he
tw
o
w
ere
given
to
th
»
Beach, w here th e R ep o rter
Klmf.r' ° B ^ classes a re open to all wom en in ballot.
s ta ff began s e ttin g it im m ed
te re s te d and will ru n fo r ten
iately The s ta ff w orked u n til
w eeks. C h arles S ullivan, P ro at
Queen Gwen
To Rule Over
A za’en Land
Lions Elect
;
New Officers
3 A. M., until enough was set
to com plete th e paper, and :t
was rushed to Brookings.
Only p rin tab le re m a rk m ade
all day by th e P ilo t’s ed ito r
w as a fervent “I love y o u ”,
d irected to th e R ep o rter staff.
|v ,e e p resident. E W S trin h a u e r:
S ecretary . John B rown- T re a s u re r
I.eRoy P o llard : T ail tw is te r A rt
T re p a n ie r: Lion , a m e r, H a r„ |d
^ r e c to r s
MRS. PATTERSON TO
B a rb ra P h X
„?
¡ dRRt th e classes.
Rnh-.
u
2
L m ^lois.
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PRESENT PUPILS
-,nd C h n c
7 r.
! !■ I!pa' :’ ! r,O M E FROM H O S P IT A L
The w
pupils
of M
rs S tan ley
Pal
r )v
7
p ' ? '7 . r “n’
Xadipnp n n d d » « h o has been | tetson
iil p ^sen
','"a
'ree7
Rod Hermann, which will nr side . J i r
U Ilham H uovtia. E arl C oates and tions d n r r
.
Gordon Olson.
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n f
¡
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f,
i ’‘'H'" : 'llz''d for s<'VPral uppk’ ' - ¡Tuesday. May 25th nt the Co,
r - tu rn e d hom e and is m uch im prov „ .u n ity B ap tist C h u rch T h e ' ,
'T v hop- d alth o u g h it w ill e som e , i n ..
im
-b e T e e tn i wh?
¡ before she is fu lly recovered
; w ill ‘ begin a t 7 Ito p m