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1 On the Reef By BILL P H E L PS T W e're h av in g q u ite a stru g g le around th is office th ese days. And th e s tru g g le ’s w ith E uery- body. It isn’t th a t we don’t like E v ery body. P ro b ab ly we like him as well as we do m ost people, and on a M onday m orning like this t h a t ’s not m uch. B ut Everybody is giving us one heck of a lot of trouble w ith th e things he says. Seven people have been in here today, and th ey all follow th e sam e procedure. T hey throw open the door, ta k e up a stan ce in front of th e desk, and b u rst out “ E verybody says and then they tell us w hat E verybody said. Well, I guess t h a t ’s all right. W e’re in tere ste d in w hat E v ery body says. But w e’ve n ever m et a m ore in co n sistan t p erfo rm e r in o u r life. The first person who told us w hat E verybody said • ce rtain ly d id n 't h e a r him q u ite as w ell as the fifth did. because they seem to have arriv ed at to tally d ifferen t view points as to ' ju s t w hat it is th a t Everybody said. O r m aybe i t ’s ju s t th a t E v ery body is one of th ese persons th a t has a d ifferen t tale for each p e r son he m eets. F rom all w e’ve h eard from th e people who tell us w h at E verybody said, he seem s to be a p re tty v ariab le person. Come to th in k of it, we m ay not, lik e him as m uch as we thought we did. Rut one th in g ’s sure. W e’re w a itin g p atien tly for th e day he opens th e door him self an d w alks in. W e’ve been w a n tin g to find out for q u ite aw h ile now just w hat it is th a t E verybody said. And w hen we do find out . . . . w e’ll tell you. There w as a tim e w hen the F o u rth of Ju ly w as a p re tty hec tic sort of celeb ration. All the kids in th e neighborhood cele b ra te d th e fo u rth w ith firew orks, an d all th e p a re n ts p atched them up on th e fifth . . . if they had lived th ro u g h it. These days, th e y 're being a little m ore sensible about how th e kids behave. But th ey still h av en ’t done m uch about the p a r ents. And this year, as on every F o u rth , th e re 'll be trag e d y in m any a hom e. T ra ffic accidents on th e highw ays of th e nation will ta k e a sta g g e rin g toll, as m o to rists trav e l to c e le b ra te the F o u rth . I t ’s a glorious holiday, and w ith out a doubt it should be c e le b ra t ed. But th is F o u rth , th in k of the consequences if so m ething h ap pens to you . .. . and d riv e safely. rmhings-flarbor Wnl Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community Volume 8— Number 20 BRO OKING*. ( T K H Ï COUNT* . ONICI.ON C K H C o \ N K W SSTA N IIS— TKN (F A T S Thursday, July 8, 1954 Brookings Count 2,273 49 PER CENT INCREASE SHOWN IN THREE YEARS I he po p u latio n of B rookings is 2,274, according to the p re lim inary report tu rn ed over to M ayor R o b ert D im m iek by B en jam in J K undin, who su p erv ised th e fed eral census ju st co m pleted here. I, Í, • A 1 H e ie a re the new ly-elected officers of E ks Louge No 1931 ol B rookings. Left to right f ront row : Tom D oherty, Tiler; Bob R ettk e, Le» tu rin g K night; P e te L esin eister, E x alted R u ler Cliff* B rim m , L eading K night; M erle H anscam , lo y a l K night; Second ro w : H om er H ag g erty , Es- q u ire; Roy Brown, C haplain; Roy W eidem an, O ig a n is t; Arnold Peabody, T reasu rer. B ack row': H om er K essler, T ru ste e ; P a y G adberry, T ru stee ; A rchie A nderson, T ru ste e and Wes S m ith , Sec- re ta ry . Not .pictured is H enry K err, T rustee. (R ay S a rv e r P h o to ) FHA Program Fcr Second Building Firm Announced WAFER DAMAGES VARIETY STORE W a te r which overflow ed from a ta n k on an X -ray m achine in Dr. P aul R onniger’s office did an i s tim a te d $50000 dam age in th e M anley building M onday night. Most of the dam age w as to stock in P alm er's V ariety S tore, located below Dr. R o n n ig er’s of fice. T he defective ta n k s ta rte d b a k in g during the night, and had s a tu ra te d a large am ount ot stock before being discovered. A second R rookings C o n stru c t ion Co. announced this week th at t was building hom es locally or* 'H A financing. Ed M cClain this w eek said th a t io had a rra n g e d FHA and V et- tra n s loans for th e hom es he is building, and th a t a n u m b er of them had a lre a d y been approved for loans. O ne of his new hom es is to be shown, fully com pleted VACATION IN W A SH IN G TO N and furnished. Ju ly 9, 10 and 11 Mr. and Mrs. M erce Jaklew icz are leaving F rid ay to spend two w eeks vacation in Al>erdeen, W ashington, w here they will visit relatives. BROOKINGS, HARBOR AWAIT TWO DAY LILY CELEBRATION B rookings and H a rb o r w ere looking p ast the F o u rth of Ju ly t* is week, to th e an n u a l Lily Blossom Days, w hich open here Ju ly 10 and IL P lan s for both Rodix) and Lilv P a ra d e w ere m oving fo rw ard w ell this week. The C hetco W ra n g le rs re p o rt ed th a t th e Rodeo ground w as v irtu a lly com pleted, and showed it last S u n d ay to a crow d of visitors a t th e ir open house. A full scale of e v e n ts a re in read in ess for th e Rodeo, w hich will in a u g u ra te th e new grounds. T he Rodeo will open at 2:30 P M . both S a tu rd a y and S unday, Ju ly 10 and 11. • -F W bv five full sections of floats and entries. At least th re e hands are e x pected for th e event, as well as th e G ra n ts P ass C avem en, th a t ¡C ity ’s s te lla r to u rist a ttra c tio n . S eventeen floats a re alre ad y i scheduled for th e parad e, w ith m ore to come. And co n stru ctio n has been s ta rte d by a group of , local Lily G row ers, w ho a re build ing the float which will c a rry Queen Gwen and h er C ourt. In the m eantim e, th e Lillies w ere having a h ard tim e gauging th e ir grow ing season to hit th e parade. O rig in ally believed to be progressing too fast, recent cool w e a th e r has slow ed th e ir grow th, and they should l>e bloom ing ju st The Lily Parade, scheduled for about rig h t for th e festival, w ith S u n d ay a t 12:30, will be fe atu red som e fields a little la te DIVISIONS FOR PARADE GIVEN H ere a re classifications of rlo ats for th e Lily parade, to g eth er w ith the ch airm an of ach division : O rg a n izatio n s: H ugh B ron son. C om m ercial : /Amber C am p bell. In d u stria l and logging: Ja c k T lolmes. C om ic: AI Phillips Ju v en ile: Bonnie K ay M in cer. O u tsid e E n trie s : G race Yel- *on. If you w ish to e n te r a float 'i n t a c t th e C h airm an of your Division, prom ptly. Elks Inaugrote Brookings Lodge O ne H undred and seventy one neophytes w ere in itiate d into 'll«' B enevolent and P ro te c tiv e rd r of the Elks. F riday, at •er< m onio which m ark ed th e o r g an izatio n of B rookings Lodge 1954 W ith th e 171 n«w m em bers w ere ar>proxiinately 80 past and present Elks, who a re a ffilia tin g w ith th e new Lodge. P e te J. L esm eister w as elected E x alted R u ler of the I o ra l Ixxlge at th e first election, held a fte r the in itiatio n of the new m em b ers. O th e r officers elected include C lifford B rim m , Leading Knight M erle H anscam , Loyal K n ig h t; Boh R ettk e, L ectu rin g K night: W esley S m ith. S e c re ta ry ; A rnold Peabody, T re a s u re r; H om er Hag gerty, E sq u ire; Roy Brown, C hap lain; Roy W eidem an. O rg an ist Tom D oherty, Tiler. T ru ste e s chosen by th e group w ere I lo m er K essler, Ray Gad- berry’, A rchie Anderson, and Hen j ry K err., T he election of the new o fficers w as presided over by F ra n k Ixin- erg an of P o rtlan d . P ast G rand E x alted R u ler of th e G rand Lodge of O regon, who w elcom ed th e new officers and m em bers into Elkdom . E a rlie r, memlx* ; of th e C res- e, u n d e r E x alted cent C ity lx»dge, R uler Bv ron Ju »tus, had conduct- T he new figure is a 49 per ce n t increase from the 1,525 w hich w as counted w hen B rookings w as in co rp o rated in 1951. K undin said th a t th e re niay lie some slight change in th e official figures w hich will bp released from W ashington. T he p resen t to tal, how ever, should hp v ery close. - . By passing th e 2.000 m ark , th e City of B rookings carved itself a la rg e r sh a re of s ta te funds, w hich are d 's trib u te d to cities by p o p u lation. It also probably carv ed a niche as O regon's fastest grow ing city, a lth o u g h such an honor is p ro b lem atical w ithout th e bene fit of a cen su s in o th e r fast g ro w ing tow ns. C u rry C ounty, how ever, w as nam ed as O regon's fa ste st g ro w ing co u n ty on a 38 p e r cent in crease in th re e y ea rs by th e S ta te B oard of H ealth . B r o k in g s ’ 49 per cent in crease in th e sam e period should ea rn it th e title of fasti's! grow ing city. Thornsberry Gets Probati '■'n On Check Charge Elovd T h o rn sb e rry was put on n ro b atio n from a tw o y e a r prison sen ten ce last week, and given perm ission to re tu rn to Ix>s A n geles by C ircuit Ju d g e Dal King. T h o rn sb e rry had p rev io u sly pleaded g u ilty to a ch arg e of forging checks here S en ten ce had been d e fe rre d hv Ju d g e K ing u n til a check could he m ade of T hornsbci ry ’s past record. T he P ro b atio n ary s^nti nee is conditional upon T h o rn sb e rry ’s not v io latin g any law d u rin g th e two y ea r period. xl th e in itiatio n service for th e new m em bers. In s ta lla tio n of th e new o fficers of th e B rookings Lodge w as m ade by W illiam S to llm ack , of Bond. P ast P resid en t of th e S ta te E lks A ssociation, and F ran k Hise, C o r vallis, G rand E steem ed L e c tu r ing K night of the G rand Ixxlge of O regon, w ith th e assistan ce of th e C resc en t C ity Ixxlge. A n u m b e r of visiting E lks w ere on h an d to o ffe f tokens of w el com e to th e B rookings Ixxlge from th e v a rio u s o th e r Izxiges in O re- gnn.
