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On the
Reef
By BILL P H E L P S
This is som ething of a fa re
well colum n. Not to C u rry C ounty
we hope, but to this co rn er of
the paper. And th a t will probably
be a g re a t relief to m ore people
th an you can possibly nam e.
It w on’t to me, though. At
home, I do all th e listening. And
it has been a g reat deal of pleas
ure to be able to use this co rn er
to express m yself w ith no one
around to talk back . . . until
the next day.
It would seem th a t th e re would
be a lot of things you can say in
your final colum n . . . but right
now we c a n ’t think of it.
And anyw ay, farew ell speaches
a re alw ays a little pointless.
W e’re hoping th a t w e’ll still be
around tow n . . . so now w e’ll do
o u r spouting v erbally instead of
in w riting.
We w andered into tow n from
a trek into the hills T uesday, and
ran into th e ju eiest sto ry w e’ve
handled in y ears. Seem s a local
wom an had g o tten h er th ro a t cut,
and all th e roads out of tow n
w ere blocked.
Before we got the m u rd e r u n d er
control, though, we found sh e’d
really been stabbed in th e back,
shot, beat to d eath , and th a t she
w a s n ’t a w om an but a m an.
Finally we asked th e fieople
blocking th e road in search of
his (or her) killer, and found
they w ere th ere to ask out of
s ta te to u rists for d a ta on th e ir
Vacaion in Oregon. T h at broke
us forever of going to th e source
to get o u r news. H ere we had a
nice sen satio n al m u rd er, and they
went and spoiled it!
Harter
Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume S—Number 24
BROOKINGS, ( I KK1 CO UNTY, OKK4M>N
I'KICK (IX N n i s s T A X I l S — T F \ ( KNTS
State Air Official Visits Local Airport
Thursday, August 5, 1954
Charter Vote
To Be Held
This Wednesday
E a rl S nyder, S e c re ta iy of the S ta te B oard of A eronautics, and Mrs. S n y d er are g re eted at
C rissey S ta te L in e M unicipal A irport by W. L. C rissey , ow ner of th e land on w hich th e a irp o rt is
built. S n y d er w as here to inspect th e local air-port and to discuss h a n g a r co n stru c tio n th e re w ith
local flyers. It w as the m aiden voyage for th e P ip e r C ub in th e b ackground. T h e legs in th e re a r
belong to one of tw o S nyder children.
(M audie L u iek Photo)
B rookings v o ters will decide th is
W ednesday w h e th e r to adopt a
new C h a rte r for th e city.
The special electio n w ill be h eld
from eight to eig h t, W ednesday,
August 11, at th e C ity H all. T h o se
eligible to vote a re re g is te re d
voters, according to R eco rd er
G ladys K anick.
T he C h a rte r w hich th e v o te rs
will approve o r d isap p ro v e w ill
signify the assu m p tio n of se lf
ru lin g provisions by th e C ity o f
B rookings U ntil now, th e C ity
has o p erated u n d e r th e g e n e ra l
law s of th e s ta te of O regon.
The most im p o rtan t re su lt of
the adootion of such a c h a r te r
will be to m ak e th e C ity ’s bonds
negotiable. U ntil a C h a rte r is ap-
orov(xl, the city will find it d iffi
cult to m ark e t bonds needed to
finance long term im p ro v em en ts.
T he C hai te r to be voted upon
is one fo rm u lated by a local g ro u p
of citizens, u n d er th e c h a irm a n
ship of ( ’. Ed Dem psey. It w as
hast'd u|M)ii a model c h a tte r s u b
m itted by th e leag u e of O regon
Cities, and the final version h a s
been inspected by th a t Ixxly fo r
! legality.
As ta r as th a t goes, we can
pick up a couple of good ones any
day we w alk down th e stre e t
Pop Reed w as in to tell us h e’d
heard th a t he was going to close
his dining room, and he’d like to
T he ro bbery of a n u m b er o f m ust keep a b ib liography of th e ir
A rth u r L. Gibbs w as in sta n tly
.fnd out w here it s ta rte d , since
B rookings residences ap p eared to Í sources.
)
killed
S
u
n
d
ay
m
orning
at
eleven
he had n ’t known it . . . in fact,
be cleared last w’eek, w ith the
O th e r conditions of th e suspend
if sounds like h e’s going to e x I w hen th e loader w hich he was
a
rre
s
t
and
confession
of
th
re
e
ed
sen ten ce w e re:
pand it. A w fully hard on a H otel o p eratin g topph'd over onto him
Som e of th e s tre e ts of Brook*
B
rookings
juveniles.
1.
T he ju v en iles a re paroled to
owner, he says, when they forget , as it w ent over a steep enbank-
ings w ere tak in g on a new look
; th e ir p aren ts.
T
he
boys
w
ere
a
rre
s
te
d
T
h
u
rs
m
ent
on
th
e
beach.
to tell him w h at h e’s going to
2. T hey m ust obey all laws, and this week, and the effect w as
Mr. Gibbs, ow ner and o p erato r day by Police C hief Bud Cross.
do.
wonderful.
observe
t he cm few
| a f te r a thorough and quiet in ves
And finally, w ith o u r last p a r a of Gibbs C oncrete P ro d u cts was
The portion of F ern s tre e t
3.
D
in
in
g
v
acations,
they
m
ust
tig
atio
n
by
Police
C
hief
Bud
C
ross
graph. th e re a re a couple of m oving som e logs at th e beach
not asso ciate w ith each othet which fro n ts th e C ity Hall w as
(T
oss
g
a
th
e
re
d
evidence
for
two
things w e’d like to say about this tor a friend on the Alvin Wood-
asso ciatio n
d in in g paved by S ta te H ighw ay D e p a rt
weeks, before picking up the boys (n ecessaty
town we live in. W e have o u r riff p ro p e rty when th e accident
school will be to lera te d .)
m ent oiling crew s, rem oving one
and
co
n
fro
n
tin
g
them
w
ith
it
faults. W e’re a sm all tow n and ! occurred.
4. T hey m ust ab stain from the i of the most infam ous of d o w n
E
a
rlie
r,
tw
o
ad
u
lts
had
been
we have p etty jealousies and ' Mrs. Gibbs who had com e for
town sp rin g -b reak e rs
use of in to x ic a tin g alcohol.
cliques, and all the things th a t th e w eekend and Mr. and Mrs. a rre s te d for com plicity in at least
Also being rep aired w ere sec*
5.
T
hey
m
ust
get
good
g
rades.
m ake up hum an life when people P. L. W agner, friends of G ra n ts p a rt of th e b u rg laries. They are
6. T hey m ust report to Police ¡ tions of C hetco Avenue and P a c
aw aitin g trial.
get to know each o th e r as well P ass w ere presen t. W hat caused
ific avenue.
At a h ea rin g in B rookings S a t C hief Bud C ross m onthly.
as they do in sm all towns, but th e accident w as not d eterm in e d
The sam e crew also laid tw o
7.
P
a
re
n
ts
m
ust
pay
for
t
i
v
urday, Ju v en ile Ju d g e Guy For
this town is favored by as grand
Mrs. M ary L. K illian, book-
blocks
of asp h alt em ulsion paving
,
stolen
artic
le
s
and
dam
age.
syth sen ten ced the th re e boys to
a group of citizens, on th e whole, keeper for both th e p lan t here and
Both J u d g e F'orsyth and Dis on S p ru ce s tre e t, as a te s t sec
spend
th
e
tim
e
until
th
e
ir
21st
as ever existed. W ith o u r faults, th e ttae in G ra n ts P ass which M rs
b irth d a y in M acL aren School for tric t A tto rn ey H all em phasized! tion to r th e city to observe. T he
th ere is no finer place to live in G ifib s m anages, announced th a t
th a t the conditions m ust be met paving, a com m only used highw ay
existence. And, as B rookings and th e business would go right on Boys, W oodburn, but suspended to the le tte r, and any varian ce mix. w as done for th e city at a
th
e
sentence
on
a
n
um
ber
of
con
H arbor flourish, it will become as Mr. Gibbs had planned The
ditions, w ith violation of any oti° would cau se resu m p tio n of the cost of $1 ♦)() r>er ru n n in g foot,
even finer. Who could w ant to business w as o p e ra tin g
th re e of them bringing the senten ce into sen ten ce at W oodburn.
T he boys w ith th e city co llectin g fifty ce n ts
live anyw hee else?
m ust, they said, show ex ten siv e ¡ p er front foot from each a b u ttin g
y e a rs in G ra n ts P ass w hen Mr. | effect .
Gibbs cam e to B rookings to
Most im p o rtan t of th e condi w ork and th o u g h t on th e project ¡ land holder.
M eanwhile, A sp h altic co n c rete
s ta rt th e p lan t here
tions w as th e w ritin g of a ten before they will have fulfilled the
paving of H illside A venue w as
T he body w as ta k e n by the th o u san d w ord thesis on “Society conditions
being ca rried out, w ith co m p le
P onder F u n e ra l Hom e, C rescent G overned by L aw ’’.
tion expected soon.
C ity, w here it w as shipped to
T he essay is to l>e com pleted YOUTH SENTENCI D
G ra n ts Pass. S en d ee s wall be by N ovem ber 1. 1955. and the boys
M EETS AT ( 'L I E F H O U SE
S outh Coast L um ber C om pany held th e re S a tu rd a y a t
two a re to tie exam ined by a panel ol T O WOODBURN
of Brookings w as th e successful o ’clock, w ith th e H ull and Hull responsible m en on the papers. ¡ A sixteen y ea r old B rookings I R o tary nv'1 at th e C liff House
bidder for six and one h alf m illion F u n e ra l H om e in charge.
O ra , ex am in atio n , as well as the boy was sentenced to M acL aren ( for T u esd a y ’s luncheon. Mr. W a t
feet of F orest Service tim b e r on
T he com plete o b itu a ry will be paj>er, m ust be approved by a School to r boys u n til he is 21,: son, p ro p rie to r w as p resen ted
W heeler creek, a t a sale held published in next w eeks issue.
m a jo rity of th e panel before th e for assa u ltin g a girl w ith crim inal w ith a sm all b irth d a y cak e w ith
one can d le in re m e m b ran ce of
Tuesday in G ran ts Pass.
in ten t.
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project is com pleted.
his day S unday.
T
h
e
boy
w
as
sentenced
S
a
tu
r
South C oast bid $19 00 per
Tl\p ex am in in g board will con
O lcott
C um m ins.
com posing
thousand for th e tim ber, plus forem an, Del N o rte T r ip lic a te ,, sist of th e C ounty School Super* d ay a fte r pleading g u ilty to the f .....
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sixty cents for reseeding and w as a B rookings v isito r M onday in ten d en t, th e D istrict A tto rn ev , ch a rg e before Ju v en ile Ju d g e Guy
N O T IC E
th irty cents for burning.
T he
th e Ju v e n ile Judge, th e S h eriff Forsyt h
M em bers of C h u rch of C hrist
F orest S ervice ap p raisal on th e *-----------------------------------------------
and one law y e r selected by the
(C h ristia n C h u rch ) in tere ste d
P O L IC E
boy.
Miss K aren R itchey is spend*
tim ber w as $6.40 per thousand.
in
a new ch u rch in B rookings,
D ay
3193
The Brookings firm won over
Also s tip u la te d is th a t th e boys ing the w eek in I kiah, ( alifo rn ia,
please co n tact D e x te r W illiam s
N ight
3341
m u st go to responsible citizens w ith re la tiv e s Sb*’ will re tu rn
five other participants, and their
C rest M otel
3t
C ity P hone
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bid was th e highest of 53 offered N________________________________/ for guidance an th e papers, and * soon
Prominent Man
Killed By Loader
Three Boys Confess Robberies;
Judge Gives Conditional Parole
Paving Crews
Work Over
City Streets
South Coast
Buys Timber
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