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Harbor Community Rrookings-Harbor Pilot 1953 Sees One M illion Tourists In 6 TH U R SD A Y , JU LY 1, 1951 • HARBOR NEWS A H a rb o r couple, Mi's. K a th ry n M orton and .Jam es F ie ld er w ere m a rrie d in Reno on Ju n e 26th. T hey w ere accom panied to Reno by M r and Mrs. Lyle Dill and K en n eth Van P elt. Mr. and Mrs. F ie ld er a re m ak in g th e ir hom e n e a r C h am b ers F ir C ourt south of H arb o r. Mr. and M rs. H enry S tickels a re en jo y in g a few w eeks visit from th e ir g ran d ch ild ren , M ichael, D aniel and Lee Ann S tick els of S hively. T h e childrens p a re n ts b ro u g h t th em u p last week, r e tu rn in g hom e S unday. Mr. and M rs. R obert F o w ler an d d a u g h te r B a rb a ra of P acific B each, W ashington a re visiting a t th e hom e of Mr. F o w ler’s p a r en ts, Mr. and M rs. T. R. F ow ler fo r a few W’eeks. Mr. an d Mrs. Dan J a g g e rs left th e la tte r p a rt of th e w’eek for P e te rs b u rg , V irginia, w here they w ill join Mrs. Ja g g e rs p aren ts, M r. and Mrs. J. R. C argill, who le ft h ere sev eral w eeks ago to liv e th ere . W hen Bill C lem en t’s b ro th er- in law an d siste r, Mr. and M rs Lee T h o m as arriv e d in H a rb o r S u n d a y on th e ir w ay hom e to S an F ran c isc o a f te r a m o n th ’s sta y a t T ro u t L ake, B ritish C olum bia, th e y w-ere accom panied by th e ir nephew , eleven y e a r old Bobby T h o m as of T out L ake w ho will re m a in h e re w ith th e C lem en t’s d u rin g th e su m m e r school v a c a tion. M a ste r G ary M cCluskey is en- • letter« Mart. 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CfcrtMWa A. • • • « » • *■ i»in»4u<larv » k fa »••••♦. | — k t I r» J l Oregon; State's Third Largest Industry Club Elects Officers D u rin g 1953, 4,215,456 fam ilies from all over th e U nited S ta te s v ac atio n ed in th e P acific C oast S ta te s of O regon, W ashington and C’alifo rn ia. F ig u res av ailab le from a recent com prehensive survey, indicate th a t th e av e rag e fam ily consisted of th re e persons, w hich would re p resen t to us an ap p ro x im a te influx of 12,650,000 persons. F ig u re s fu r th e r indicate th a t these sam e p erso n s stayed an av e rag e of six and one half days and spent appro x im ately $150.00 cash d u rin g th e ir stay, or a to tal of $1,897,000.00; no m ean sum , in any m a n ’s language. W e a re inform ed by o u r very cap ab le S ta te T ravel In fo rm atio n Division, C arl Jo rd an , I d ire c to r th a t over One M illion out of s ta te visitors cam e to O regon last y ear and th ey left over $125,000,000 00 in new money, th u s m aking th e T o u rist B usiness, O regons th ird larg e st industry. A ssum ing th a t we here on th e C oast w-ere th e re cip ien ts of only about 15 p er cent of th is business, w hich could be sm all com pared to th e a re a available for vacation tng p leasu re, it would reflect s gross of $18,750,000.00. or alm ost tw o and th re e q u a r te r m illions of d o llars in new cash business for each county on th e C oast T his of course is not re flectin g th e O re. V acationist, who com es to th e C oast from the m any cities and tow ns of th e W illam ett V al ley, and o th e r ad jacen t areas. M any local a re a s of o u r g re a t scenic w onderland, have asked for, and had conducted, com prehensive survey» looking tow-ard in d u stria l developm ent, an d invariably, the recom m endations have laid g reat 1 stre ss ujxtn th e re cre atio n a l fac ilities available, and th e possi bilities, of developing new p o ten tial and s a ts f y in g gross, by stim u latin g en th u sia sa m in th a t ca ta - gory. Your local C h am b er of C om m erce. C om m ercial Club, or o th er I booster organ izatio n s, m erit your I sup p o rt, in th e ir effo rt, and dis cussion w-ith m em bers of these groups, w ho a re cognizant of the te rrific p o ten tian of this in d u s try , will he a m ost in tere stin g rev elatio n to those not so ac q u ain ted . A n o th er agency, w ho recognizes th e v alu e of th is in d u s try to the area, is th e O regon Coast A s sociation, w hich w as established o v er th irty y ea rs ago, by th e sam e pioneers who had this g re at C oast H ighw ay built, an d for th a t sam e period has been in th e fro n t in publishing th e w onderfully air conditioned scenic v alu e of the g re a t E m pire th e highw-ay serves. joying a two w eeks visit h e re w ith his g ra n d p are n ts. Mr. and Mrs. R oger O liver, w ho bro u g h t him hom e w ith them a fte r a r e cent visit to P o rtlan d . T he A rnold Vogel fam ily a r rived from S a c ra m e n to a w eek ago and a re a t th e ir ran ch on th e W inchuck for several w eeks this sum m er. Mrs. Ellis G arcia re tu rn e d hom e the la tte r part of th e w eek a fte r visiting in P o rtlan d , and th e G a rcia’s form er hom e tow n of B urns R aym ond R eekm an is hom e on a tw-elve day leave from th e Navy, a f te r w hich he will re tu rn to T re a su re Island for a short stay before receiving his discharge. G radie (D ee) S an d ers w as re cen tly d ischarged from the Army a f te r com pleting his tw o y ears service. He ju st re c e n tly r e tu r n ed from d u ty in K orea. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Reiling, of G ra n ts P ass a re th e p a re n ts of an eig h t pound one ounce son born at th e G ra n ts P ass hospital on Ju n e 27th. T he m a te rn a l g ra n d p are n ts, M r and Mrs. H e r bert P ay n e w ere on hand to help w elcom e th e little new com er, w ho has been nam ed R icky I^ e . M rs P ayne is in G ra n ts P ass helping care for h e r d a u g h te r and fam ily Mrs. L. W B aw lin an d children left T h u rsd a y fo r L ouisianna w here they w-ill visit at th e home of one of th e B ow lin’s d au g h ters. They ex p ect to be gone several w eeks A D AM S CH EV R O LET T he Ju n e m eeting of th e H a r bor C om m unity Club w as held at th e hom e of Mrs. Viola H anscam last F rid ay afternoon w ith th ir teen m em bers present. T he o f ficers for the com ing y e a r a re : P resid en t, G race E dw ardson; V ice-president, Lois P eterso n and S e cretary -T rea su rer, Viola H an scam. T hree afghans w ere com pleted anti sent to C am p W hite, which m akes a total of seven a f ghans the club m em bers have sent th ere this year. The Ju ly m eeting, on th e Fir- day of the m onth, will be a fam ily picnic, w ith the m eeting in th e afternoon fe atu rin g the in sta lla tio n of the new officers, Mrs. H anscam w as assisted by hostesses Beulah Joy and M elita K am ph in serving stra w b e rry sh o rtcak e as refresh m en ts a t the close of th e m eeting. It is one of the b ea u tifu l corn ed an inocation y Rev, Calvin pensations of life th a t no m an can sincerely try to help an o th er, w ith o u t helping him self.—C harles Kingsley. F o rm e r B rookings residents, Mr. and Mrs. V ern S m ith visited h ere S a tu rd a y , going on to Pis- tol R iver to spend som e tim e with relativ es th ere. T h e S m ith s plan to be in B rookings again this week end. T h ere is not th e least flower hut seem s to hold up its head and to look p leasa n tly , in th e secret sense of th e goodness of its heavenly M aker. R obert South, W e know’ th e tru th , not only tty th e reason, but also by th e heart. P ascal. 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