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* O M B * «f»Y Record Crowd at Flower Show lend .rpcor<,-h r«'aking crow n a t- nd«t one th e finest F lo w er and m h g s - f t r b r filo f bhovv ever presented by the c; r den c ,u b w hp» to the “G reen C a th e d e ra ls ’’ * ere opened by H e r R oyal High- « s and C ourt on S a tu rd a y a fte r- s X o l r v ' S' ag e of ,h e HiEh f *-vrri Was tran sfo rm ed in io a grove of sta te ly redwoods banked rhnd a b? d u s te r s of b eautiful rhododendrons and azaleas, th eir colors glowing in th e a m b e r light Volume 8—Number 14 filtering th rough th e trees, and organ music d rifted softly through the air sw eetly scented th e th o u sands of blooms on display. Tallies were filled w ith an endless v a rie ty of flowers in m any-styled a r rangements. p o tted p lan ts, te rr a , riums, driftw ood creatio n s and is 1 gaidens. M iniatures, p ic tu re a,,fl 'U ran g em ent com binations f**. and past president niches g raced the walls, th e la tte r being c a rrie d ' t u n out in th e them e of th e show. Jo h n U pm ever- w a n tcd fo r com Many beautiful bloom s w ere ex h i fplicity in th e th eft of c a ttle for bited in th e h o rtic u ltu ra l section which tw o m en w ere s e n te n c 'd " hich w as large and varied. Mrs. April 27, v o lu n ta rily su rre n d e re d Ruth B ath ian y w as a w ard ed th e him self la s t week. U pm eyer w as ta k e n before J u s t sweepstakes for th e finest klow er ice of th e P eace C h arls S ehaal arrangem ents and Mrs. E lsa Ra- 'e k es carried off th e sw eepstakes and w aived p re lim in ary hearing. He pled not g u ilty before C ir in the h o rtic u ltu ra l section. c u it Ju d g e Dal King, and w as A popular fe a tu re of th e show hound over to th e G rand J u ry was the A rt Room in w hich worn in lieu of $2000.00 bail. exhibited some of th e N atio n al U pm eyer has been sought in Prizew inning photographic exhib. co njunction w ith th e th e ft of a its including colored p h o tographs cow and c a lf from the W h ates- by Carl S ta rk e r, along w ith m any R anch, for w hich tw o m en have fine exam ples of local a r t and alre ad y been sentenced. c ra ft w ork. T he J u n io r exhibit was considered th e finest ever Mr. and M rs. H a rry Lockland, seen in this locality w ith an a m a > I I fo rm e r residents, now of S e a ttle , w ere in B rookings fo r th e A zalea Turn to Page 4 F estival. Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community RKOOKIXGN, C IK R Y COUNTY, OKKGON PR IC E ON N E W S S T A N D S — TEN ( KNTti Thousands Wanted Man c If I I vIVeS Self UD i SMITH RIVER, KLAMATH BOATS WIN RACES School Auditorium TH U RSD AY, JUNE 3, 1954 8.00 S E N IO R D iana Eloise Bowlin Gene Edwin W eeks P atricia Ann H erm an Jerom e O rm and N ichols Carol Ann Benson Je ra ld Loyd Nix A rline M arie S an d ers George A nthony S ullivan D eryl Lloyd H am pton Mary' Sue T ierce N ancy Lee M iller Lois C hurchill C hapm an Jeffrey W illm arth K e rr G erald W infield B rew er Lloyd Dicks R ussell * CLASS R onald Louis W esteren R aym ond P e te r W esteren E laine B rin k erh o ff M urry Bonnie K ay M incer Lloyd G lenn Sim pson A nna P e a rl R itchey H ugh Logan D aw son, Jr. L a u ra M offitt G a rd n e r D ennis R ay P h e tte p la c e E velyn Joyce B aldw in R obert Lynn S alm on Vonna E lain e W hite F aye A dkins N orm an M ary Lee A dkins * R ichard E ugene M cGinnis PROGRAM PRO C ESSIO N A L .......................................................................... D irk INVOCATION ................................................................. Kev ltu a h Broiifioi SALUTATORIAN. "W elcom e".......................................... Jr„ , e BnM mn "T H E LORD’S P R A Y E R " ........................................ R n h ert L y „„ Salm >n VALED ICTO RIA N , “T he D oor of O p p o rtu n ity Lies O pen” Duma Bowlin P R E S E N T A T IO N O F ROTARY AND P. T. A. S C H O L A R SH IP S ........................................... D r. R lctuird S m ith “STARDUST* Scfcool O ir/’a Quinte? P R E S E N T A T IO N O F AW ARDS ............................... Ll/W„ o . H innpfoa CO M M EN CEM EN T A D D R ESS Dr. Elm o Stevenson President, Southern Oregon College of Education P R E S E TATION O F CLASS P R E S E N T A T IO N O F D IPLO M A S RECESSIONAL ........................ ....... ................ Festival Charter Closed For Elk's Lodge T he E lks organizing co m m ittee which has been w o rk in g h ard for th e p a st two m onths to form a new lodge in B rookings closed its c h a rte r m em bership a t a well a tte n d e d m eetin g last week. F ra n k H ise of C orvallis, G rand Lodge re p re se n ta tiv e , w as in ch arg e of the session. T h e ch a r- er m em bership show s 160 new’ m em bers and 61 p re sen t and fo rm er El' s for a to ta l of 221 I he in stitu tio n and in itiatio n d a te has been set for F riday, Ju n e 25th. D ue to school g ra d u atio n e x e r cises T hursday, J u n e 3rd, this w eek ’s m eetin g w as held J u n e 1st at w hich tim e th e no m in atin g co m m ittee su b m itted its selection of new' officers. E lection of officers will be held at th e T hursday, Ju n e 10th. nieet- ng in the Rod and Gun club building in H arbor. P ro b ab le o th e r business will be discussion of a hom e for th e new lodge as w ell as p la n » fo r the big in stitu tio n night. Likely additional a p p lic a n ts can still be in itiated on J u n e 25th by co n tac tin g P ete L esm eister, c h a ir m an. o r any E lk m em ber. OWEN McCRADY DIES IN WRECK P.M. O . //n m p fo n Virgil G oldsbury ............... .................... Robert Dick 1954 VISITORS AWED BY BEAUTY OF AZALEA FETE O ver 8,000 people visited B ro o k A larg e crow d of Azalea F e s ti ings this w eekend to join th e local val visitors lined th e banks ol a re a in th e fiftee n th a n n u a l A z I he Chet co M onday to w atch C al alea F estival. ifornia boatm en sw eep th e riv er T hey stood q u ietly in A zalea in the first an n u al Chet co R iver p ark as Queen Gwen of P o tt O r- R aces. loid and h er lovely co u rt a c c e p t But they d idn’t go fa r tow ard ed th e ir sym bol of office from se ttlin g the S m ith R iv er-K la m ath M ayor R obert Dim niick feud W alt N orm an and I. S arin i They bowed th e ir heads rev - of S m ith R iver topped th e class en tly in th e sam e p ark as th ey B race, w hile Bob L angford and joined in an in terd en o m in atio n al K en F ra n k of K lam ath took the ch u rch service, held am ong th e C lass D. A zaleas S unday m orning. An e stim ated four tho u san d I hey danced and dined, an d people w atched as m ishaps took th ey stuffed them selves w ith e a rly lead ers o u t of th e races. In p rim e beef as sw eatin g b arb e- th e class B, Bill C ro n en w itt had cu ers fed over 2,500 of th em a t B yron S co tt of Gold B each led the fe te ’s gigantic barbecue. for several laps, u n til they r u p tu r M other n a tu re gave th e F e s ti ed th e ir gas tan k . A fter speedy val a beam of ap p ro v al as sh e repairs, the tw o spilled on th e u p tu rn e d on brilliant su n sh in e fo r riv er tu rn as th ey trie d to gain m ost of the event a f te r first back losvt ground. sea lin g everyone w ith a s c a tte r of W arren M cN eeley and LeR oy raindrops just as Q ueen G w en ’s P ollard, who had a firm hold on C oronation finished. second place also spilled on the A zalea P ark was never lo v elier u p riv er tu rn as they tried to hold as th e Queen and her five P rin - th e ir position. cenesses advanced slowly th ro u g h Bob Langford and Ken F ra n k the azalea arch es held by Broolc- ran aw ay from the field in thr> jn g s-H a rb o r high school g irls. C lass I) race, w ith 25 hp m o to rs T he Q ueen was proceeded by pow ering th e ooats. The tw o got flow er girls S usan M artin and off to a bad s ta rt in the C lass B, Yvonne Fox, and th e crow n w as and finished second a f te r dropping c a rried by Billy Brown, w ho g az a lap before th ey could get s t a r t A B rookings boy w as killed S a t ed w orshipfully at th e Q ueen be ed. fore sittin g down on the step s fo r It w as a tough one for M eNee- u rd a y when the p ick u p tru c k he th rem ain d er of th e cerem ony. w as driving o v ertu rn ed on a log ley and P o lla rd in the C lass D, Th crowd w as e n te rta in e d by too. T he B rookings p a ir held on Í ging road just n o rth of here. th e Brookings High School g irl’s to second p lace for 14 laps, only I T he boy was Gene O wen Me- chorus, and by stu d en ts of B onnie to have P ete N esbitt and G eorge ( rady, 17. He had tric'd to jum p K ay M incer. McCovey ov erh au l them on th e tre e of th e tru ck as it o v ertu rn ed , L ate r, Queen Gwen opened th e and w as pinned u n d er it. last lap to win by fifty feet. g ard en show and th e rock show , Owen w as born at C arn atio n , John H ew itt of H e w itt’s A n an d reap p eared th at evening w ith W ashington, on S ept. 3, 1936, an 1 chorage had a short, u n h appy h e r court for the Q u een ’s ball an d c a re e r in th e C lass D Race. J o h n ’s cam e to B rookings w ith his fa th e r th e Q ueen’s b anquet. S h e w us th ro ttle control tt>re loose on th e and m o th er about fo u r y ea rs ago. guest of honor at B eta Sigm a P h i’s F u n eral services w ere held at first tu rn . He tried to run w ith th e C o m m unity B ap tist C h urch, Royal ball, and la te r the c o u rt out it but gave up a f te r stick in g W ednesday, Ju n e 2, w ith Rev. dropped in to w atch th e w ra n g his fin g er in th e flywheel. C h arles D urden o fficiatin g C on lers put pn a sq u are d an ce for L eonard F ry and F red B au m clu d in g services w ere held at th eir pleasure g a rtn e r w’ere th e only local con- S u n d ay ’s church service, u n d e r te sta n s to score. They finished W ard M em orial C em etery , w ith ♦ he com bined auspices of m ost of B row n’s M o rtu ary in ch arg e. sixth in the C lass D race. S u rv iv in g a re his fa th e r and th e P ro te sta n t C hurches w e re im T he events ran sm oothly u n d er m o th er. Mrs. and Mrs. G e rh a rt pressive They w ere held on th e th e directio n of th e Brookings- b re a th ta k in g ly b eau tifu l s ta g e H arbor Lions Club, and plans a re T ro stad , tw o b ro th ers, W esley M e which had served for the C o ro n a C rad y of B rookings; an d V irgil il re ad y being fo rm u lated to m ak e M eC rady, who is in J a p a n w ith tion. U nder th e directio n of Rev. •he races an annual event. th e arm i'd forces; fo u r siste rs; H ugh Bronson, th e services In clu d Mrs. A nita D a rtin g of A p p le g a t’, ed an invocation by Rev. G alvin O re.; M rs S h irley E uengel of H artn ell, a sc rip tu re re ad in g by H anford, C alif.; S h aro n M eC rady Rev. C h arles D urden and a s e r and Jessie T ro sta d of B rookings. mon by Rev. Ed M cClain. follow ed M usic His g ra n d fa th e r. J. W. W in ters of by a solo by F red Fox. w as by the C het co C horal C lub, T he A nnual C om m encem ent at Gordon, N eb rask a, also surv iv es d irected by H elen Rice, w ith M rs. R rookings-H arbor H igh School Z e re tta R ie d as accom panist. will be held tonight, T hu rsd ay , R O f’K IIO U N D S PLA N S u n d ay aftern o o n everybody a te in th e school au d ito riu m at 8 F IE L D T R IP SA TU R D A Y beef, except the B rookings R ea p. m. w ith Dr. E lm o Stevenson. M ount Em ily Gem and M inealr P resid en t of S o u th e rn O regon Col C lub m em bers will visit th e Hol- v ers who a te th e (¡ra n ts P a ss lege of E ducation delivering th e lard and A lthouse d is tric ts S a t C avem en in both halves of a d o u C om m encem ent Address. u rday, Ju n e 6 All p a rtic ip a n ts bleheader. Of th e class of th irty stu d en ts a re to m eet at th e C e n tra l Build- Jay c e B aldw in has been chosen j ing not la te r th an 8 A. M. on th a t j Mr. and Mrs Floyd Young, Salutatorian. aud D iana Bowlin date and don’t forget your ! form er residí n ts a n spen d in g a 1luneh f«w d ay s l * Bi .2 • - ‘F Val< dietortan ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT B rookings - H arbor H igh S chool 1 hursday, June GRADUATION SET FOR 8 TONIGHT
