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PIPE
DREAMS
BY JO E M URPHY
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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
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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
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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
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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