£ nr
o t n t * aft
Forsyth,
Hall Win
In Primaries
County Ju d g e Guy F o rsy th w as
renominated for his position by
Curry C ounty R epublicans, and
Sam Hall w as elected D istrict
Attorney, according to final r e
turns from F rid a y ’s prim ary’ e le
ction.
Charles Doane, Gold B each
Democrat won th e rig h t to oppose
Forsyth in th e g eneral elections
to be held next N ovem ber.
Incum bent Rod M cK enzie of
Sixes defeated C h arles G rayshel
of Brookings by ab o u t 2 to 1
over Coos
and C urry’ C ounties
for the position of S ta te L egis
lature.
Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
VolunicS—Number 13
BBC HIKINGS, CVRKT C O CNTT. ORBOON
»’KICK ON NEWNMTANDH— TRN C E N T «
I hursday, May 27, 1954
Festival Opens Saturday
PR O G R A M
THE azalea festival
’ large Crowds Expected For Three
Day Celebration For Azalealand
Final county re p o rts gave F o r
SATURDAY, MAY 29
syth 488 votes fo r C ounty Judge,
with his stro n g est opponent, L u
10:30 A. M.—O rgan C oncert. A galea S ta te P a rk , by Mr. R ussell
ther Tisdale of B rookings, receiv Jen k in s
ing 391. F re d A dam s ^>f O phir
11 A. M. C o ronation of th e Q ueen, A zalea S ta te P a rk
got 246, and C laren ce B rooks of
2 P. M. O pening of A zalea C lub F low er S how : Mt. Em ily Gem
Langlois 185.
and m ineral C lub Rock show ; A rts and C ra ft exhibits.
F orsyth show ed stre n g th all
7:30 P. M. Q u e en ’s B anquet, V FW H all.
through th e county, alth o u g h he
9:00
P. M. Q u een ’s Ball, C hetco G ran g e H all, sponsored by B eta Sigm a
was fa r o u td ista n ced by T isdale !
Phi.
in the B ro o k in g s-H arbor area. He
outpolled both A dam s and Brooks
SUNDAY, MAY 30
through th e n o rth and control
parts, even topping them in th e ir 11:00 A. M. C hurch S ervices, A zalea S ta te P a rk ; M usic by C hetco
own areas.
C horal C lub d irec ted by H elen Rice.
2
to 5 P. M. Flow’e r Show, High School.
H all's strn e g th was also c o u n ty
wide as he o u td ista n ced Bill F u l- , 1 :00 P. M. B arbecue, A zalea S ta te P ark .
ler of Gold Beach, 757 to 530. H e 1:00 P. M. B aseball, G ra n ts P ass vs. B rookings (doubleheader)
won in every a re a except th e tw o
MONDAY, MAY 31
Gold Beach p recin cts and a cou
p le of sm aller n o rth e rn ones.
M cKenzie b e a t G rayshel ev ery , 12 N oon: B oat races, C hetco R iver, sponsored by B rookings-H arb o r
Lions Club.
w here except th e th re e so u th e rn
precincts. He polled 839 in C u rry 4:00 Giving of m erchandise aw ard s to holders of A ll-Y ear E v en ts
C ounty to G ra y sh el's 464, and m em bership tickets.
incom plete re tu r n s from Coos
C ounty gave him 2393 to G ray-
TH O M PSO N T A K E S OV ER
sh el’s 1288.
PO ST M A ST E R D U T IE S
In cu m b en t S h eriff Glen S m itn
B rookings’
new
jx istm aster
thum ped P ercy L an tz of Sixes,
W illiam Thom pson, took o v er his
1079 to 238. And Dr. E. V. M inty
new duties last w eek at th e local
ot Gold Beach won C oroner over
.postoffice. 'Thompson w as ap p o in t
Dr. P aul R o n n ig er of B rookings !
ed several m onths ago, hut did
on a p u rely sectional vote, 700 to !
not begin his d uties u n til M ay 15.
573.
T he A zalea F e stiv a l Q u een ’s
T he present sta ff at the post-
J. R. Y oakam , incum bent H all, sponsored by th e All Y ear office will continue to w ork und
C ounty C om m issioner will face E vents A ssociation will be p re e r Thom pson.
_____________________
D em ocrat D. O. B reedlove in th e ' sen ted by B eta Sigm a Phi, S a t
G eneral elections.
Y oakam won urday, M ay 28. at th e C hetco REBEKAHS CONVENE
a clase th re e w ay race w ith 418 G range H all beginning at 9 p. m.
votes to 394 for G eorge Wood- D ecorations will c a rry out th e HERE JUNE 4th
R oyal them e, and m usic will be
w o rth to 394 for M oss A erill.
The D istrict C onvention of Re-
On th e d em o cratic side, C h arles provided by th e Golden B lues of bekah [yxlge in D istrict No. 3i
Doane won easily in light b allo t C rescent C ity who m ade such a w ill be held at B rookings, Ju n e
ing w ith 369 votes, A rchie K e r hit at th e P rom last week.
4th w th Topaz R ebekah Lodge
ber, who had w ith d raw n had 141,
P re se n ta tio n of th e Q ueen and No. 241 as th e hostess lodge.
D. S. W allace 106 and M arvin her co u rt w ill be th e highlight of T h ere will be an afternoon m “»*t-
Shields, 49.
th e evening.
ing, w ith a six th irty banquet,
In
sta te w id e
races,
C u rry
T ickets w’iil be av a ila b le a t the followed by an evening m eeting.
C ounty gave a solid edge to Gov door, and th e ch a rg e will be $1.00 T he P resid en t of th e R ebek ah As.
ern o r P aul P a tte rs o n in th e R e ¡x*r person,
sem bly of O regon will m ak e her
publican p rim ary . 769 to E arl
official visit at this tim e.
N ew bry’s539 and and su rp risin g iy
All R ebekahs a re inv ited to a t
gave a slim edge to H erb B ark e r THREE CLUBS JOIN
tend the m eetings, and if they
of Salem fo r I^abor C om m issioner
wish to go to th e b anquet, they
over E ugene Allen, 518 to 512.
should notify M rs. F ay e S ta n -
IN ROCK DISPLAY
h u rst so th a t she will know’ how
B iggest su rp rise w as th e larg e
T he second an n u a l Mt. E m ily m any to p re p are for.
m ajo rity by w’hich th e C ounty
R eapp raisal
M easure
sailed Gem and M ineral C lub Rock show,
to be held M ay 29th and 30th, z----------------------------------------------- A
through. It passed, 1,726 to 498
w’ill
th is y e a r include displays
T he election w as fe a tu re d by
QUEEN’S BANQUET
u n u sually h eav y voting fo r a from th e Del N o rte R ockhounds
SET FOR VFW IIALL
n o n -presidential p rim ary, particu Inc. T he H u m b o lt Gem and M in
larly on th e R epublican side. R e eral S ociety and th e Hodge Podge
T he Q u een ’s B anquet fo r th e
publicans voted 80 p e r cent in A gate and M ineral Shop of G ra n ts
A zalea C ourt will h e held at
Pass.
F errelo precinct, and 55 J*R cent J
th e V FW H all a t 7:30 p. m.
T he B rookings C lub will have
in B rookings an d C hetco,
and
S a tu rd a y evening. G u ests of
n o rth ern p re c in c ts show ed as ! m any in te re stin g cases of rough
H onor will lx* th e R oyal C o u rt
and polished stones, Jew elry , I n
heay o r h eav ier votes.
of th e F estival
dian a rtifa c ts , as w ell as an ex
T he d in n er is being a r r a n g
cellent flo resccn t display
A lsi
ed by ladies of the E piscopal
O. E. S. TO SPONSOR
fe atu red d u rin g th e show will be
P resb y teria n C hurches.
RAINBOW FOR GIRLS [ a door prize, g ra b bag, sw ap area, i T ian ick and
ets a re now’ on sale by
and com m ercial displays of gem
m em bers
of
th e
A ll-Y ear
S a te llite C h ap ter. O. E S is m a te ria l su p p lies and lap id ary
E vents A ssociation and at the
m aking a rra n g e m e n ts to sponsor equipm ent.
Pilot office.
a local C h ap ter of the O rd e r of » T here will lie no adm ission
B ecause of lack of room, only
R ainbow for Girls. P la n s a re be- ( charged for th e ex h ib it which
175 tick ets w i’l be su’d for the
ing m ade for th e new org an izatio n opens a t 10 a m S a tu rd a y in the
Banquet.
to be chart* n d in th e fail.
, B rookings G rade School
Royal Theme To
Keynote Ball
Saturday Night
30 SENIORS TO
GET DIPLOMAS
T h irty seniors will be p re s e n t
'd diplom as at C om m encem ent
ex ercises to be held T h u rsd ay ,
J u n e 3, at th e High School A udi
to rium , beginning at 8 p. m.
Dr. E lnie Stevenson, P resid en t
S o u th e rn O regon College of E d u
catio n W’ill deliver the C om m en
cem en t address.
T h e S a lu ta to ria n will lx* Joyce
Baldwin, and th e V aled icto ry a d
dress by D iana Bowlin.
No One Hurt In
3-Car Crash
Eleven people m iracu lo u sly e s
caped in ju ry in an accident th a t
piled up th re e cars S u n d ay night.
Tw’o of th e th ree ca rs w’crc
listed as to ta l losses, w ith the
to tal e x te n t of the d am ag e on
th e o th e r not yet d eterm in ed
Involved w ere cars d riven by
H a rry N eum an, F rcn ch y A rrell
, and O m ar H inton A ccording Io
' rep o rts, N e u m a n ’s c a r had run
j out of gas Ibid w as able to pull
only p a rtly off th e pavem ent be
cau se of th e narrow ’ shoulder.
A rrell stopped behind N eum an,
because of oncom ing traffic. H in
to n ’s car, also northbound, stru c k
A rrell in th e rear, th ro w in g his
' c a r in to N e u m a n ’s.
T h e accident tipped N eu m an ’s
c a r on its side and A verell's c a r
w as th ro w n on top of it, upside
down.
H in to n ’s c a r wound up across
th e road.
GRANGE INITIATES
NEW CANDIDATES
At th e re g u la r m eetin g of C h e t
co G ran g e last F rid ay evening,
eleven can d id ates w ere in itia te d
in th e 3rd and 4 th d eg rees by the
ladies degrex? team T h e new m em .
hers w’ere p resen ted w ith G range
pins, th e co m plim ents of th e
G ran g e In su ra n c e C om pany for
all new’ m em bers in itiate d in all
fo u r d egrees in full form .
Joe
Zum pfe w as installer! as O v er
see r to com plete th e te rm of W ill
iam E ickhoff; P olly C lendenin as
L ec tu rer, to fill th e vacan cy bv
th e resig n atio n of M rs. E ickhoff,
and E v a S p rin g e r as C eres to r e
place L a ru e Ziegler. A p a rty w as
held in honor of th e th re e d e p a rt
ing m em bers, and they w ere p ro
s' r ile d a b lan k et from th e G range.
CHAMBER PO STPO NED
Then* will lx* no m eetin g of
th e B ro o k )n g s-H arb o r C h am b
e r of C om m erce th is w«x*k It
has tx*en postponed in favor
of th e Azalea F estiv al
E v ery th in g w as in re ad in ess
th is w’eek for the A zalea F e s tiv a l
w hich opens h ere S a tu rd a y for a
3 day festival.
d>nd b rig h t skies w’ere in p m v
jx»ct for th e crow ds who a re e x
pected, a f te r a th re a t of sh o w ers
e a rlie r in the W’cek.
S a tu rd a y will see th e F e stiv al
off to its beginning w th th e c o r
on atio n of Q ueen Gwen and n e r
lovely co u rt in Azalea P ark . M ay.
or R o b ert D im m ick will crow n th e
Q ueen, w ith B radley P ag e as M as-
S a tu rd a y aftern o o n will see th e
opening of the A zalea G ard en
C lu b ’s flow er show as well as th e
Rock show and o th e r ex h ib its to
be held at tlx» school
A festiv e crow n will pay h o m ag e
to th e C ourt at th e Qui*en’s B an
quet, to be held at th e V FW h all
S a tu rd a y evening, and to lx* fol-
lowed by the Q u een ’s tw o halls,
a m o d em d an ce a t th e Clx’tco
G range Hall sjxinsortxi by B eta
S igm a Phi, and an old linn* on e
at th e O dd-Fellow s hall, sp o n so r
ed by th e W ran g lers.
S unday m orning will see th e
in ter-d en o m in atio n al C hurch S e rv
ices held in A zalea P a rk at 11
A M , w ith Rev. H ugh B ronson
as C h airm an. M usic will lx* by
tlx* C hetco C h o ral C lub u n d e r
H elen Rice.
S unday aftern o o n will lx> ta k e n
up by the B arbecue, w ith one to n
of fx*ef to he served to th e F e s ti
v al’s visitors.
Also scheduled
for
Sunday
aftern o o n is the baseball d o u b le-
h ead er lx*twix*n G ran t sP a ss and
Brookings. F irst gam e s ta r ts a t 1
P. M.
M onday w inds up th e test val
w ith lx>at races in th e C hetco,
sponsored by th e B rook ing»-H a r-
lx>r Lions C lub C h airm an Jo h n
H ew itt ex p ects fo rty b o ats fo r th e
races, which will s ta rt at 12 noon.
T h e races w ill be follow ed by
th e giving of m erch an d ise aw a rd s
to memlx*rs of th e A ll-Y ear E-
v en ts A ssociation T ick et h o ld ers
m ay win a TV set, a u to m a tic
w a sh e r or d ryer, C hain saw , O u t
bo ard M otor, M ixer o r electric
b lan k et. T he prizes will lx* a w a rd
ed at 4 P. M T ick e ts a re s till on
sale.
BACCALAUREATE SET
FOR SUNDAY
B a c c a la u re a te services w ill be
held T h u rsd a y . Mav 129, at 8
o ’clock, in th e S ev en th D ay A d
v en tist Chuch. T he sp e a k e r will
tx* Rev. W illard Spencer.
T h e re will be no school F rid ay ,
'b e c a u s e of jirep aratio n s for th e
flow er show, a nil no sehool M on
day, w hich is a legal holiday. T h e
ele m e n ta ry b u ild in g w’ill lx* re
leased to th e R<x*k club F rid ay .
S tu d e n ts will re tu rn to school
Ju n e 1 w ith e x a m in a tio n s J u n e
2 and 3