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FIRST BROOKINGS TEACHER VISITS • SMITH RIVES : TOWN SHE HELPED TO MOLD B rook in gs first te a c h e r r e tu r n We left my tru n k on the o th e r w h o ’s y o u n g er gen eratio n , she ta u g h t th irty y ea rs ago. She is Mrs. A. IT. B retz of San Diego, now, but she w as Miss Bess C lark back in 1913 w hen she cam e across th e Chet co R 'v e r in a row boat to ta k e com m and of the B rookings school. M rs. B retz, who lives now in S an Diego, m ade a one-dav stop h ere a t th e C hetco Inn while tra v e lin g n o rth to a C anadian v a cation. W hile here, she saw a feu- old fam ilies she had know n when th e tow n of B rookings form ed aro u n d th e old saw m ill here. Mrs. B retz cam e out of M ich ig an to teach, as she tho u g h t, a h an d fu l of ch ild ren here. W hen she a r riv a l, she found it w as fo r ty children, from th e first to th e eig h th grade. brought it over th e next d a y ” , she recalls “B ut it was still th e re w hen they cam e a f te r it. T ra n sp o rta tio n over all th is a re a then was prim itive, a c c o rd - ' ing to Mrs. B retz. S he rem em bers tr 'p s to G ran ts Pass, m ade by i w agon over O regon M ountain, i They w ere th ree day a flairs, w ith an overnight stop at P a tric k ’s C reek and an o th er at Kirby. B rookings was a m usical town then, she recalls, too. Among th e personnel of the B rookings L u m b er com pany here “th ere w ere m any gifted m usicians, and they m ade th e ir own en te rta in m e n t. She recalls, too, the suddeness w ith w hich the g re at mill here closed in 1915. T he decision cam e so suddenly, th a t B rookings evolv ed into a ghost town in ju st a rew The schoolhouse then, she says, days, leaving the mill stan d in g was a house in a row of mill em pty w t h logs still on the way. houses here. The next year they built a two room school and a gymnasium, and added another teacher, Mr. “Tommy” Thomp son. Times have changed, Mrs. Bretz says. She came to Brookings via San Francisco, and traveled from San Francisco to Crescent City on the old lumber schooner, “Del Norte". "I was the only lady on board who wasn’t seasick”, she says, pridefully. From Crescent City to Harbor she traveled in an automobile, driven by a one-armed indian. They dismounted at the Chetco River, and came across in a row boat. Mrs. Bretz has had other hon ors in addition to her claim to fame as Brookings first teacher. San Diego named her to it’s board of park commissioners, in charge of famous Balboa Pask and zoo. the first woman to be so honored. B y E th e l Go< (Vin pr , 1 • n 1 ne,c- brookings l Lubor Pilot Mr. an d M rs C h arles S p ooner eutrne<l Tuesday from a two- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4444444444444< v cek v acatio n trip in th e so u th ern p art of the s ta te , visiting T he tilth D egree of Pom ona relatives. w as given a class of can d id ates at the m onthly m eeting of Del Mrs. Alm a T u rn e r of Gold N o rte Pom ona G range, held Ju n e Leach is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. 20 at L ake E a r G range H all. est brook M rs. W estbrook is R ep o rts w ere m ad e d urin g tin Mrs. T u rn e r's d au g h ter. business session by m asters of th re e su b o rd in ate G ranges. All BRO O K IN G S BOY M AKES a ré w orking on th e booth for th e T E C H HONOR ROLL county fair, to be held in A ug R ichard D. S alv ag e of B rook ust . ings w as listed on the honor roll P la n s are being m ade for a of O regon T echnical In s titu te , county-w ide H. E. m eeting, to b*' which w as released th is week. held Ju ly 24 at C rescent Redwood S alvage, who is m ajo rin g in G range Hall. Diesel M echanics T echnology re T he Ju ly m eeting will be a pic corded a g ra d e av e rag e of 3.50 nic, to be held at K lam ath V alley d u rin g th e last term . n * ed last w eek to visit th e tw on side, and they cam e back and a tten d in g to business a ffa irs here * THURSDAY, JULY 1. 1954 4 Grange. Miss Lois H aight, d a u g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. C arlto n H aight, and B ride-to-he of J a c k L u ttre ll of S m ith R iver, w as honor guest at a m iscellaneous bridal show er held recen tly a t th e home of Mrs. Isabel B uckner. C o-H ostesses w ith Mrs. B uck ner w ere M rs K a th e rv n W illiam s and M iss B a rb a ra B uckner. R E T U R N FROM T R IP Mr. and Mrs. G eorge E u n k r e tu rn ed th is w eek fro m a trip w hich took th em to S e a ttle and Alaska. ROCkl IOI \|)S PLAN ; PICNIC IL LY iS I There will be no m eetin g of th e , R ockhounds on Ju ly 15, as p ie - , viously reported. , 1 he R ockhounds picnic w ill be ¡held S u nday, July IS, up th e W in- chuck River. COM ING HOM E Mrs. W illiam T hom pson an t children, John, B ruce, J a n e t, and Bobby will re tu r n this next w eek end «liter a m o n th 's v isit w ith 'M-s T hom pson's fam ily in Neb ra sk a. Mr. Thom pson w ill d riv e to P o rtla n d to m eet th em S a t urday. TO S P E N D M O N TH H E R E Rev. an d Mrs. O w en T u rle y of El Cerrito with their twin sons arrived yesterday to sj»end a month with Rev. Turley’s parents, They attended the Rotary In Mr. and Mrs. Otto Turley of H ar ternational Convention in Seattle, bor. then w’ent on to Ketchikan, Alas ka where they visited old friends. B uy U. S. Savings Bonds! George spent an interesting five days in a logging camp about 40 A social time was enjoyed by miles out of Ketchikan, and got MINNESOTA WOOLEN the sixteen guests, and many love in a lot of fishing. ly gifts were presented to Miss CO. Haight. VISIT FAMILY HERE Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Davison and Quality Woolens for 38 Years Mr. and Mrs. John Ostrom of son of Santa Ana, California, Smith River, have returned home visited with relatives here last Wearablee For The Family from Palo Alto, where Mrs. Os week. Direct From The Factory trom received a Master of Arts Dr. Davison is the son of Mr«. degree in Education from Stan Ida Davison, and brother of Mrs A Card W ill Bring Me To Your Door ford University. Dale Bullock and Mrs. Merrill ATTENDS CONVENTION William Thompson. Brookings postmaster, attended |h e state Postmaster’s convention in Kla math Falls Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last week. He was accompanied home by Mr. Albert “Duke” Hodler, Portland post Bullock all of Brookings. master, who attended the inaug Mrs. Leah Wilson of Riverside, uration of the new Elk’s lodge California, arrived the first of the Reach that buyer through a here. week. She is visiting friends and Pilot Classified Advertisement. ANNA MOULTON Bonded Representative Box 515, Brookings Y o u C A N A f f o r d T o B u ild W i t h CONCRET OUR HIGH TEST CONCRETE (Certified test reports on file in our office) $12-9° per yard LOWEST PRICE IN THE STATE OF OREGON BROOKINGS RED-E-MIX CONCRETE COMPANY Central Building « « 11 Phone 2 4 4 2
