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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1954)
” n r o E m n .A P v PIPE DREAMS BY JO E M URPHY Y We got th e p ap er out last week. U was a su rp rise to all concerned, and especially to me. It reached ’he post office a little la te r than norm ally, but tim e will ta k e care ot th a t and we will be out e a rlie r ln the fu tu re I do believe. Of course a couple of pow er eid -o ffs at crucial m om ents didn’t help things either. ^ e had a nice c h a t w ith several ot the county officials d u rin g the past week. F irst we talk ed to county com m issioner Bob Ism ert who stopped in to tell us about tn«' proposed im provem ent on the north bank road. It could, he said, he a first step in a h ikhw ay to (b a n ts Pass. N ext, the co unty agent, K en Priest cam e in. Ken h asn ’t been in the county m ore than a y ear, and has been laid up w ith a bad hack. But he is up and aro u n d now. and stopped in to give us some inform ation on th e co unty fair, scheduled to b< ^in F rid ay «gs-flartor ftlol ^ o w h ere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community Volume 8— Number 27 t Itn F. < ’lls—TEX' ‘” *TV* OKK<;«»\ \ ‘ r n ’ KH' '-»T AX CENTS J hursday, August 26, 1954 Curry County Fair Opens Friday $50,000 Promised For Nerllt Bank Pead .'marevsmönt ’ events are set FOR FAIR, RODEO AT GOLD REACH It w as decided to spend $50,- 0(0 to im prove th e n orth bank T h re e big days of genuine C hetco Road d u rin g th e next C ounty F a ir aw ait resid en ts of spring. V erne H. Jones, field e n ( u rry co u n ty «luring the next few gin eer for county and city re la - cay s T he F a ir th is y e a r will be , tion, of th e s ta te highw ay d e p a rt < «’triplet e w ith rodeo, p arades, a m ent, C ounty Ju d g e G uy F or- <iueeii, and a p a ra c h u te ju m p in g The fair prom ises to be a rood svthe. and county com m issioner «went by a B rookings m an, P ete one. com plete w ith rodeos, sq u are Bob Ism e rt w ere in B rookings G rootdendorst. T he fair s ta r ts dances, queen, p a ra c h u te ju m p s Ihst Thursday looking over the F riday, A ugust 27th and all the trim m ings. T hat free pronosed imnrovcments. barbecue seem s to be the biggest They decided to im prove a p F.ntiies w ere ddc in th e fa ir lure, however. p ro x im ately two m iles of • th e gro u n d s on T hu rsd ay , w ith ju d g ♦---- road,w hich would include s u rfa c ing beginning and F rid ay m o rn ing. Livestock will be judged nt f o r the last two w eeks we have ing of some sort. T he group fig 9 a ,m.; H o rticu ltu re , at 10 a. m. h^en ru n ning a legal notice of ured the project would cost about ih t' (low er show will begin a t 1 b ankruptcy in th e paper. T his I $50,000, w ith the co u n ty to spend p. m„ F rid ay aftern o o n . week we sta rte d to check th e $10.000. th e s ta te $10 000 and the notice to see how long it w as federal governm ent $30,000. F t i«la> will also be kid«lies «lay T he road will be w idened to supposed to run. It d idn't say »1 th e lair, and th e kiddies p a r Checking fu r th e r thro u g h the e n 22 o r 24 feet. ade will s ta rt at 1 p. m. The kid A fte r the project is a p p ro v e ^ velope we found a tiny notice s a y dies p arad e will consist of «'ntlies ing. “this is not for publication, h\ th e federal governm ent th**- «»n bicycle, tricycles, wagons, bug- but sent because you are a c re d i s ta te highw ay d e p a rtm e n t will gys, s c o o t e r s , pets. m ake a survey of the protect at to r.” , I ry-out for the ta le n t show It seem s like a good way to get the s t a t e ’s expense. Bids will then " ill !><» held on F rid a y also. be let, for co nstruction in ea rly som ething published. In front of t.h«» g ra n d sta n d on sp rin g of 1955. F rid ay will b e an a rra y of p leas; C u rre n tly t h e county is re The C u rry C o unty R e p o rte r building about 500 feet of the road JOAN PETTEGREW an t goings-on for th e kids. T h ere had an editorial re la tin g to p re is a chicken scram ble, a pig iust on th e o th e r side of the old dictions on th e fu tu re of the new C um m ings place. scram ble, and a saw dust s c ra m highw ay between Gold Beach and ble scheduled for F rid ay a f te r Brookings. One ru m o r said th at, noon. if no unusual difficulty in F rid ay night the queens b an obtaining rig h t-o f-w ay w as e n quet will be held w ith last y ears countered. the H ighw ay C om m is Miss Jo an P etteg re w of H a rb o r hom e is on th e W inchuck, is a queen present, along w ith th e sion would let bids on a new w as elected to rep resen t th e real hom e town girl as she was tin«'«' princesses, on from s o u th stretch of highw ay betw een Gold so u th ern p art of the co un ty as born in H a rb o r at the home of her ern C u rry C ounty. Jo an P ettig rew , Beach and Pistol R iver this fall its F a ir P rincess at the F a it gran d p aren ts, Mr. and Mrs. E. and one from c e n tra l and n o rth ern C urry. P rincess Selection dance held at The R ep o rter also c a rried A hooded robber stu ck up th e the g ran g e hall S a tu rd a y night. E. H an seam Sr. W hile living aw ay On S a tu rd a y th e p arad e will an o th er rum or. It said th a t t h e ' C rescent C ity D rive-In T h e a te r Joan, sponsored by th e B rookings from h ere for sev eral years, since s ta rt at th e co u rt house, and s ta te has had opposition here (T 1 u esd ay night, and m ade off w ith R otary ( lub, will be th e guest of h er re tu rn , she has had six y ea rs m arch to the fa ir grounds. It will I ot 4 II w ork, and has gone to the (C u rry C o unty), and th a t con betw een $50 and $60, it w as re fe a tu re th e Gold Beach w om en’s the F a ir B oard for th e th re e «lays stru ctio n of the new road will ported here W ednesday by B rook oi the C u rry C ounty F a ir th is 4-H S u m m e r School at C orvallis D rum C orps, and th e co u n ty hand th re e tim es on scholarship«'. We stop north of Gold Beach, because ings Police Chief Bud Cross. w eekend. A ugust 27th, 28th and a re s u re th a t we can be proud of A big rodeo will s ta rt at 2 p. m. the H ighw ay Com m ission is “ fed I he arm e d robber w as driving 29th at Gold Beach S he w ith th e S a tu rd a y afte rn o o n at th e up with the u n co operative a t t i a C hevrolet coupe, and held up two P rincesses from the o th e r o u r P rin cess at the county fair grounds. I’he rodeo will be follow this y ea r, as we have in those tude of C u rry C ounty people.” the box office som etim e betw een sections of the county, will ta k e sen t from this section in the past ed by a talen t show. On S a tu r How ever the R ep o rter says th a t 8.30 and 9:00 p ,m. He w as e x p art in m any events d u rin g the y ears. d ay evening th e queen will be it is difficult to believe th a t last cited, and escaped w ith only p art F air, and on S a tu rd a y evening crow ned, and a q u ee n ’s ball is rum or. W e’re not so sure. of th e m oney in th e box office. on«* of th e th re e will l>p crow ned scheduled for the VFW Hall. He w as w earing a sack over F a ir Q ueen. T he F a ir Q ueen is INSTALLATION RITES Also a sq u are d ance jam b o ree his head, w ith eye holes cut in. decided on the n u m b er of exh ib its is scheduled for th e fa ir grounds Police la te r found th e c a r a b a n n tere d from h er section of th e ) E()R RAINBOW GIRI.S on S a tu rd a y evening. T he queen doned close to C rescent C ity, and county for com petition, w ith e x tra All M asons and E a ste rn S ta r will be crow ned at 7:30 S a tu rd a y discovered th a t it had been stolen points being given for the e x m em bers, and m em bers of Ord««r night. from th e F ord M otor Co. there. hibits placing in the top th re e of th e R ainbow for Girls a re eli S u n d ay is the big day a t th e places. P a rk e r Thom as, 37 <5f H ighland V O TE R S M UST R E G IS T E R gible to a tte n d th e in itiation ol fair, opening w ith a big p arad e P ark , C alifornia who was vaca C ity v o ters m ust be reg istered The com petition to become th e , new m em bers S u n d ay A ugust a t I p. m T he S h rin e rs O rien tal tioning w ith his p aren ts Mr. and by O ctober 1, in o rd e r to vote in F a ir P rincess from this p art o f, 29, at 1 p. m. T he In s titu tio n will band is to be fe a tu re d in the Mrs. R obert T hom as a t C astle th e N ovem ber general election, th e county w as close, as Billie j lw> held at th e High Sch«X)I A udi parade, hut o th e r bands will p a r Rock R esort, was feared lost when Mrs. G ladys K anick, city re co r Ju n e L ostroh, sponsored by th e torium . ticipate. his fishing boat was sighted over- der rep o rted . If you a re not su re B rookings Lions Club and K a ren I P a re n ts and friends a re invited S un d ay afte rn o o n th e rodeo will tu rn ed about five m iles off shore w h e th e r or not your nam e is on R itchie. sponsored by C hetco to a tte n d the in stallatio n of offic get u n d erw ay at 2 p m. and a Thom as w ent fishing S unday ’ th e city rolls, you a re asked to G range, w e re n ’t fa r behind in th e e rs at 3 p. m 4-H sheep scram b le for girls, and e \e n in g at the m outh of the S m ith check w ith Mrs. K anick to m ake voting. A1 P hillips acted as th e R x'freshm ents w ill be served a c a lf scram b le for boys will lx» R iver in a sm all o u tb o ard m otor* M aster of C erem onies at th e a f te r th e cerem ony. Any girl who held. ce rtain . boat. His failu re to re tu rn caused dance, and Miss Jo a n P erkins, w ishes to join at this tim e should ---------------- F a ir P rin cess from the c e n tral One of th e high sp o ts in th e Jo e S irrk a, ow ner of th e resort, r co n tac t Eileen Sw an, M other Ad S u nday p ro g ram will be a p a ra PO LIC E to report him m issing. The o v er section of th e county, was in tro viser, before S a tu rd a y , A ugust 28 Phone 3193 ............. B ud Cross c h u te ju m p by P e te G ro o td en tu rn ed boat was sighted by com duced, and she presented th e g ifts Phone 3561 Don W ebberly d orst at 2:30 Im m ed iately follow m ercial fisherm en A C oast G uard to th e co n te sta n ts, and a beau tifu l LIO N S M E E T W ED N ESD A Y C ity P hone Call 2845 ing th a t S h o rty M organ and E l helicopter dispatched from San Ixaquet of flow ers to P rin cess Joan. If no answ er, call Sheriff. Tire L ion’s C lub m et W ednes m e r C ostello, both of Gold Beach F rancisco has been in th e a rea in Joan, th»* d a u g h te r of Mr. and d a y a t th e Chetco Inn in their a irp o rt will d e m o n stra te d ro p p C rescent C ity search of th e m issing m an M ”s L eland P etteg re w , whose re g u ’a r bi-m onthly m eeting ing a life c ra ft from a plane Masked Robber Ho!ds Up Drive-In Theater Tuesday FISHERMAN IS FEARED LOST JOAN PETTEGREW IS NAMED SOUTHERN CURRY PRINCESS
