FIRST BROOKINGS TEACHER VISITS
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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.
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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 .
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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
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THURSDAY, JULY 1. 1954
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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.
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Box 515, Brookings
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