Brookings-Harbor pilot., August 12, 1954, Image 1

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PIPE
DREAMS
mor
BY JO E M URPHY
A new colum n, and a new h ead­
ing and a new w riter. T he title
of this colum n m ight confuse
som e people, hut only those th at
h av en ’t as yet m et me. So. if
anybody sees a pipe w alk in g down
the stre e t followed by a m an,
please sto p and sh ak e hands—
B R O O K IN G S . I I K I O COI \ T 5 . O I !C .< .o \
Thursday, \ugust 12, 1954
chances a re good th a t it'll be me. Volume S—Number 25
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N a tu rally , th e first colum n
should c a rry a little about the
reactio n s of th e w rite r to t h e 1
new «community. H ow ever, I ’m
going to save th a t for la te r —
m ainly because th e re is so m uch ___________________________________________________ ______________________________ _______
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to say.
of alm ost 4 to 1 B rookings vot-
v o t­
i
m
i
O—
ers W ednesday adopted a new
O u r first th a n k s go to Mr. and
C h a rte r for the city.
Mrs. Clive M anley, who g ra cio u s­
T h e special election b ro u g h t
ly m oved ev ery th in g from a life
ouly a light vote of 94 yes, and 28
ra ft sail ex ten sion to a pile of
no votes for a to tal of 122. o u t
d rift wood to give us tem p o ra ry
of a possible to ta l of o v er (500
housing in B rookings. All th a t
voters. H ow ever the m ajo rity w as
and tea too.
convincing.
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T he C ity of B rookings will now
D iscussion of th e G reen R iver
W e a tten d e d o u r first council ordinance w as th e m ain item of
o p e ra te u n d er self ru lin g p ro v is­
m eeting in B rookings T uesday in tere st a t th e re g u la r A ugust
ions, w h ereas they bad o p e ra te d
night and saw the g a u n tle t of m eeting of th e B rookings council
u n d er th e gen eral laws ot the
em otions from an g er to lau g h ter. T uesday night. F o r n early an
s ta te of O regon.
It was, to put it conservatively, hour and a h alf th e controversy
T h e most im p o rtan t re su lt of
an in tere stin g m eeting.
th e change, w hich goes into e f­
on th e issue raged w ith som e de­
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gree of b ittern ess.
fect today (T h u rsd ay ), is th a t th e
Does tnybody need a sled ? Very
city bonds will now be negotiable,
M r. and M rs. Ivan M oulton
likely not, but alth o u g h I had
to fin an ce long term loans if
ap p eared before the council a s k ­
heard of B rookings m ild clim ate
necessary.
ing repeal of w hat they called a
I couldn’t convince m y w ife to
T he c h a rte r voted in w as form ­
"d isc rim in a to ry o rd in an ce”. Mrs.
th ro w my d a u g h te r's new sled
u lated by a local g roup of c iti­
M oulton had appeared before the
aw ay, before m oving out from
zens un d er th e ch airm an sh ip of
council last m onth to ask a change
W isconsin Oh well, I ’ll file it
C. Ed Dempsey.
in Ibc ordinance which bad pre*
m aybe i t ’ll really snow here this
vented h er from selling door to
year
door here, alth o u g h she is a re si­
dent of the com m unity. Last w eek
O u r m any th a n k s too, for the
she w as jailed on violation of the
help of th e previous occupant of
ordinance .
this colum n, Rill P helps It will be
z\fte r considerable discussion
difficult filing his space
the council suggested th at Molu-
T h re e new spa per w rite rs from
tons secure an inititive petition,
o th e r sections of th e co u n try b e
w hich w ould place the abolish­
cam e acq u ain ted w ith th e w on­
m ent of th e ordinance on a re f­
d ers of B rookings M onday.
T he
erendum ballot. About (59 nam es
th ree, Allison Sandors, H ouston,
w ould be req u ired on th e p e ti­
T ex a s; Ered A raft, Long B each;
tion.
and M rs D orothy Pow ers, S po­
Also th e council heard Leo L u ­
kane, w ere en tertain ix l at a
foot
b
r
id
g
1
w
hen
th
e
h
ighw
ay
is
cas,
of
th
e
am
bulance
associa­
T his a rtic le is being w ritte n in
O rville E llis “P op” Dim m ick,
b
uilt,
tin
1
sand
d
u
nes
to
th
e
left
luncheon at th e ( ’lilt house.
tion,
o
ffer
th
e
com
m
unity
am
b
u
­
tw
o
in
sta
llm
e
n
ts
by
M
inna
70, died S a tu rd a y afte rn o o n at
and
ocean
ex
ten
d
in
g
out
as
fat
T he group a n 1 m aking a to u r
lance to th e city. Lucas said that
A kers, P u b lish e r of th e Pilot,
th e home of his son. L ester.
as
one
can
see
w
ith
C
ap
e
S
eb
as­
ot
tbi' sta te , accom panied by th e
th
e
am
b
u
lan
ce
is
tied
up
now,
a f te r v isitin g th e De 'B lock
Mr. Dim m ick w as born April
tian visible to th e n o rth , T in1 s ta te highw ay d e p a rtm e t.
and
couldn’t
be
o
p
erated
because
28, 1881, in E llensburg, Washing*
R anch.
rocks in th e fo reg ro u n d to th e
Host at th«1 luncheon w as I ,a fe
ton. He w as in the co n tra c tin g th ere is no m oney in the associa­
rig
h
t
as
seen
in
th
e
p
ic
tu
re
above
C
om
pton, president of th«1 O re-
tion to pay in su ran ce on th e v e­
business w ith his son, here.
All th e O regon co astlin e is have been nam ed by the De Blocks gon C oast A ssociation, and Pete
hicle.
A
good
m
any
past
due
bills
T he fun eral w as held on T u es­
b eautiful, som e ¡»arts excel oth rs as R oosevelt and Q ueen V ictoria I^esm eister,
fo r
vice presi« lent
day aftern o o n w ith services in have put th e assocoation behind, in g ran d eu r. C u rry co u n ty is
T
he
resem
b
lan
ce
is
re
m
a
rk
ab
le.
C
u
rry
county.
th e B aptist C om m unity church. I ucas said.
blessed by having close to one
At th e luncheon W. L. C rissey,
T he council was advised by hundred m iles of coastal te rra in . T h e p ic tu re w as ta k e n in line
B urial w as in the W ard M em orial
w
ith
T
h
o
m
as
creek
and
does
not
told
the w rite rs a little about
cem etery,
w ith
Rev.
W a lte r city a tto rn e y Ed Ackley th a t they The new proposed s ta te highw ay
co uldn’t legally o p erate th e a m ­ will follow the rugged coast line do the nam e sakes ju stice. On this B rookings and its clim ate Mrs.
S ad ler officiating.
point by p ark in g fern s and Az­ Lesli«* W oodriff, of the F a iry la n d
Mr. D im m ick was a deacon of bulance o u tsid e the city. H ow ever m aking it a m ost scenic drive.
alea still in bloom we w ere able Begonia and Lily gardens show«1«!
the B aptist C om m unity church, the council suggested to Lucas
T he P aul I)e B lock ranch, to find the re m a in s of th e C oast th e w rite rs a group of flow ers
th
at
the
association
should
borrow
a m em ber of the barb ersh o p p ers,
bounded on th e n o rth by T hom as G u ard dugout and lookout used raise«! by them in th e ir g ardens.
and until his re tire m e n t he was m oney needed, about $300, to put C reek, about five m iles south, of
Follow ing ttie luncheon th e
in the c o n tra c tin g business w ith th e am b u lan ce im m ediately in Arch C reek is only one of these d u rin g th e w ar.
g
ro
u p mad«* a to u r of th e B rook­
T
h
e
un
selfish
n
ess
of
th
e
De
'r f .e e , and then contact the b eau ty spots. T in1 De Blocks a re
his son, Roy.
ings area, visiting A zalea P a rk ,
B
locks
is
re
g
istered
in
th
ese
re
­
C
h
am
b
er
of
C
om
m
erce
and
o
th
e
r
S urviving a re a d a u g h te r, Mrs.
happy to see p ro g ress being m ade
th e C rissey gardens,, and H arri.s,.
M ary H ullin, Chico. C alif., four service clube who to see if they tow ard securing a b e tte r coast m ark s, "W e have sold th e s trip
s ta te p ark
along
the
P
acific
to
th
e
S
ta
te
sons. George, O rrick, C alif.; and w ould be in te re ste d in a ssu rin g highw ay S ta n d in g on th e point
H
ighw
ay
D
e
p
artm
en
t
so
th
at
o
rd
e
r
th
a
t
th
e
com
m
unity
would
R obert, Leslie, and Roy all of
above tin 1 m outh of
Thomas everyone m ay enjoy th e beauty.
B rookings Also su rv iv in g is a have an am bulance service.
creek. M is De Block in h er q u ain t It w as not m ade for us alone to
sister, Lucy C rane, S a n ta Rosa.
I«ou L oring told th e city th at accent said, "T his is w here I
More next v rf'k , |
Calif., a b ro th er, Ja m e s D. D im ­ according to a survey he has used to com e often w ith a book see” .
m ick,
Vallejo,
C alif.,
eleven taken, th e city hall is on his and a b lan k et. T he w ild huck-
T h e sem i-an n u al m e e tin g of
grandchildren, and fo u r g re a t p ro jx u tv bv som e eight inches. elb e rry m ak es a verv c o m fo rt­
D istrict 7, V FW , and I Julies A ux­
g ran dchildren .
How ever, th e city en g in eer d is­ able chair, w hen a b lan k et is
iliary, will he held here O cto b er
p u ted th e claim , and th e city throw n over a bush T hen you
17th. T he d istrict co m prises u n its
said th at several o th e r engineers let y o u rself down into it. But I
LEO N A RD E L E C T E D
in Cave Ju n ctio n , G ra n ts P ass,
C. O. Leonard is now C om m and­ would have to be em ployed by the read very little for looking".
Rogue R iver, Gold Hill, C en tral
W illiam
P helps
M r and Mrs. ...........
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.
e r of th e A m erican Legion, re ­ p a rty in te re ste d in sucing th e
T his last re m a rk is u n d e rs ta n d ­ w ere honored by a d in n er party P o in t, M edford, C am p W hite, Ash-
placing Lew M organ w ho passed city on a claim .
able for th e b ea u ty from th is F rid av . A ugust 6. at th e Cliff land, and B rookings, w ith a m em -
Neil N elson, fire chief, asked spot is u n surpassed. T he deep House. Mr. P h elps has been e d i t o r , b ersh ip of over 2500. P o n u la rity
aw ay a few w eeks ago. F o r any
inform ation, contact C. O. L eon­ the city for perm ission to burn wooded rav in e to th e right which Ol the Brook in g s-H a rb o r P ilot for of a trip to the coast from th e
‘ weeds, and have a fire drill He will be spanned by by a th o u san d
ard Real E state.
v alley is expected to b rin g a la rg e
the past year.
also said th a t too m any people
Atx»ut 22 m em b ers of th e Pilot crow d w ith several s ta te and ou t-
TE A C H E R S N E E D H O U SIN G 'h a d been follow ing th e fire tru ck .
of s ta te visito rs usually a tte n d in g .
sta ff and th e ir friends w ere pre-
th
e
ta
x
has«*
law
,
and
ask
ed
they
I
and
asked
th
a
t
co
rrectiv
e
m
eas-
Housing seem s to short for
consider se ttin g up a tax has«* stmt at th e affa ir. Roy W eidem an,
Mr. and M rs. C h arles W ersch,
teac h ers as well as m any o th e r I ur< s lx* tak e.
and Mrs. P h elp s er »•rtained w ith
C lack am as. O rc ex p e cted th is
Bids w ere opened for th e c ity ’s for the city M ayor Boh D im m ick
people. Anyone w ishing teac h ers
P
au
l
Davis
citi- o rg a n m usic, while
in a p a rtm e n ts or houses please »¡1 and gas. and the Richfield ag re ed to appoint a q»eeial o, = - acted as an impre m p tu m a ste r u .-ek en d at th e hom e of P»- am!
Jy
the
M rs E G S am uels .
contact th e C lerk of th e school statio n w as aw ard ed the c o n tra ct zen; ccm m itteç to
of cerem onies
’ base
Acklev »old the council about
hoard M rs. H S B eaulieu.
Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
Brookings Adopts Charter
COUNCIL HEARS
COMPLAINT ON [
CITY ORDINANCE
TRAVEL WRITERS
MAKE TOUR OF
BROOKINGS AREA
O -
Rites Are Said
For 'Pop' Dimmick;
Brookings Resident
I
Tells c f Faul Da B’cck Ranch Site;
Along Proposed! E sw H ighw ay 101
VFW To Meet
Here In October
Phelps Honored
By Dinner Party