*
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
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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
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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