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By BUD P IS A R E K
W. S. “C h ad ” C hadw ick in
form s us ab out a benefit plan
th a t should be m ade known to
everyone. T his is the M ercy
F lig h ts plan.
C had feels, and we agree, th a t
esp ecially living here in B rook
ings does th is plan m erit con
sid era b le a tte n tio n . W ith tr a n s
p o rta tio n a bit difficult to say th e
least, em ergency situ atio n s could
prove d isastro u s instead of ro u
tine.
M ERCY F L IG H T S e n title s th e
person o r fam ily to m edical a ir
am b u lan ce service w ithin a 400
m ile rad iu s of his, or her. hom e
residence. A sm all fee of $2.00
u e r fam ily o r $1.00 per person
covers a person fo r a period of
12 m onths.
• • •
T h e flow ers, plants, and w hat
h av e you w ere not th e only ones
th a t benefited by th rain on S a t
urday. Mr. W illiam C rissy and
I sp en t considerable tim e ta lk in g
ab o u t a plan th a t could benefit
a ll of B rookings. I m ention the
ra in because it forced us to re
m ain in my car, th ereb y giving
us am p le tim e to discuss this
m a tte r. I couldn’t, and w ouldn’t
let Mr. C rissy m ake a m ad dash
fo r his house in th a t down pour.
I t w ould be like saying his idea
w as all w et. To me th e soft
spoken, a le rt, and foresighted
g e n t’s th in k in g is as refresh in g
an d alive as th e flow ers and p lants
th a t a re nourished by th e rain.
• * *
T h e p lan , som ew hat in th e
id ealistic stag e a t the m o m e n t ,
w ould be to en co u rag e a rtis t, th a t
is p ain ters, scu lp tu res, ceram ists,
w eavers, designers to estab lish a
w o rk in g resid en ts in Brookings.
T his w ould m ean th a t m any
people who have been s ta rv in g
fo r som e type of c re a tiv e in s tru c
tion could benefit by in stru ctio n
from th ese a rtis t. It m eans, also,
th a t th e city could becom e n a t
ionally know n as a creativ e home.
A gain th e city and su rro u n d in g
area, could reap the h arv est of
view ing th e m any fine w orks
(C ontinued on back page)
Plywood Accepts
Honzel Resignation
T he resig n atio n of A ndrew H on
zel, gen eral m an ag e r of the B rook
ings Plyw ood Corp, has been ac
cepted by th e board of directors
of th a t firm .
H onzel has been w ith th e c o r
p o ra tio n since M arch 1953 and
his c u rre n t plans are indefinite.
H e will be leaving B rookings,
how ever.
T he board also delegated Ken
O sborne to assum e the tem p o r
a ry d u ties of gen eral m anager,
u n til a rep lacem ent for Honzel
can be found.
Collier Is Del Norte
Golf Club Champion
B rookings
golfers won
top
places in th e Del N o rte C lub
cham pionship, held recently.
Bob C ollier d efeated last years
clu b cham pion, Bill S pears, of
C rescen t City. 3 1 . for th e club
cham pionship.
N o rris K em p won th e 1st flight
cham p io n sh ip from Alex Yakom o-
vich, C rescen t C ity, 3-1.
M ack M alcolm won th e 6th
flig h t from B enny B easley of
C rescen t City.
T h e to u rn a m e n t consisted of
nine flights
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Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume S—Number
RKOOKINGX, ( I K K V CO ÜNTT. OREGON
PRICE ON N EW SST A N D S— T E N C E N T S
Thursday. September 16, 1954
-»-j SALMON START RUN
UP CHETCO RIVER
T h e salm on ru n is on in the th e
C hetco. According to w ord fro m
H e w itt’s anchorage, fishing h a s
been m uch im proved in the riv e r
d u rin g th e past week, and be
tw een 10 and 15 fish a re being
ta k e n a day.
D iscussion betw’een th e B ro o k
T h is y ea r fisherm en will h av e
ings council and E lm e r B ankus, i som ething to shoot for besides
of th e B rookings W a te r Co. oc fish t(M). T h e C hetco A m erican
Legion post is sponsoring a s a l
cupied m uch of th e tim e at the
m on derby, at w hich w eekly
re g u la r m onthly m eetin g o f th»' prizes, and a g ra n d prize of an
council T uesd ay night at th e o u tb o ard m o to r will be offered.
T ick e ts are av ailab le in m any
city hall .
B an k u s told th e council th a t business places, and at th e a n
chorage.
they w ere p u ttin g h y d ra n ts in,
T h e first good size fish th is
as agreed ea rlier, and th a t his
y e a r w as tak en by H elen Rice,
m en a re p u ttin g in th e 12th on
who d rag g ed in a w hopping 31
O ak and Redwood. Two m ore wll
p o u n d er T uesday.
go on E asy s tre e t, w ith 15 to be
About six to eig h t Ixiats a day
put in a lto g eth er.
a re out on th e riv e r now, and it
B ankus also asked for p erm iss has been re p o rte d th at ca stin g
ion to put in a heavy d u ty pipe has been v ery good in th e m outh
line down a section of E asy of th e river. M any shore fish
s tre e t, w ith a g re at deal of d is erm en have been out alread y ,
cussion follow ing on th a t point. but th e big ru sh isn’t ex p ected
T he w a te r C om pany w as g ra n te d u n til a little la te r in th e season.
perm ission to do it, a f te r w o rk
T h e C hetco derb y official o p en
ing o u t a solution w ith th e city ed on S ep tem b er 15, and w on’t
en g in eeer and stre e t s u p e rin te n close u n til in N ovem ber. T h e
den t. T h e proposed line w ould first fish for th e derby w as w eigh
im prove conditions for a n u m b er ed in at H e w itt’s A nchorage on
of users.
W ednesday, w hen a 19 p o u n d er
T h e council and B an k u s also was brought in.
discussed th e co n tro v erial q u es
tion of who ow ns th e sew ers in
tin* city, but n o th in g w as decided.
In o th e r m a tte rs th e council
h eard A1 P hillips req u est p e r
m ission to drill holes in the
B rookings re sid e n ts will pay a
business d istrict to place flags
u n d er a new V FW set-up, w here to ta l m ill ra te of 84.9 in 1954-
th e V FW will buy and install 55, ab o u t th«» sam e as last y ea r,
flag s fo r m erc h an ts for a nom in acco rd in g to figures received from
C u rry co u n ty tre a s u re r, B. I.
al fee.
M
a th e r by phon«* W ednesday.
T h e council also h eard E. F
Of th is only 14.7 will go into
M orton, re p re se n tin g th e P re sb y
te ria n chu rch , ask th ro u g h a su p p o rt of the city. T his is a
net it ion by p ro p e rty ow ners, th at sight increase from last y»‘a r,
th e proposed F ir st. be ta k e n out w hen th e tax payers paid 13.9
by th e city, in o rd e r th at the new in th e city rolls.
T h e g reat m ajo rity of tax es
ch u rch be built th ere. T h e p ro
will
go into th«' school d istrict
mised church is in a tria n g le be
tw een O ak and Pacific, and 17, w hich will draw’ 57.1 m ills.
would need th e additional room L ast y e a r th»' resid en ts had to
Tt w as agreed by the council th at pay only 4.4 for the local school,
it w as a good thing, but it will b u t h ad to pay 32.1 for a ru ra l
have to be passed upon by the school system , w hich included
th e B rookings school.
planning com m ission.
T h e co u n ty governm ent fig u res
T he council also h ea rd Mr.
a re slig h tly low er th a t last y e a r
C lark of the en g in eerin g firm of
too. as the mill ra te is 13 1.
C lark and Groff. Salem , explain
T h e city governm ent of P o rt
th e step s ta k e n on an ap p raisal
O rfo rd will cost ta x p a y e rs a t th«*
his firm m ade of th e w a te r syseem
ra te of 206, and Gold B each only
in Gold Beach. T h e new system
13.2 T o tal m illag e for Gold Beach
th e re will cost an estim ated
w ill be 88.6. w hile P o rt O rfo rd
$175.000.
will pay 89 m ills.
A le tte r from th e C h am b er of
C om m erce w as read, asking th a t W IN M IX E D D O U BLES
In th e m ixed doubles last S u n
th e city tak e step s to low er th e
d ay night a t A zalea lanes, B etty
speed limit in th e city.
U nder th e adoption of the new G u th rie and Gordon Olsen placed
c h a rte r new’ city officers had to first, w ith M erle and Hazel I ’an*
be appointed again by th e m ayor, scam second, and Jea n n e and Ed
and approved by thp council S am u el th ird. T he S am uels have
All of th e p re sen t city officers ju s t ta k e n up bowling, and have
w ir e r im e d by th e r a v o r a rd now p laced in th e prize list tw o
w eeks in a tow
w ere O. K ed by th e council
Council Discusses
Water Problems
T H IS IS N ’T A CRAZY M IX ED U P SALM ON but a sunfish
w eghing 28 pounds, caught by D an D avenport th re e m iles
off the m outh of th e C hetco R iver last week. T he fish is
n ativ e to m ore so u th ern ly w aters.
P h o to b y P ro o k iu fjs S tu d io
STATE VETOS
CHETCO PAVING
T he top en g in eers of th e O re
gon highw ay d e p a rtm e n t have
sent w ord th a t they do not recom
m end th e paving of an y portion
of e ith e r th e N o rth B ank C hetco
road of th e E lk R iver road in the
im m ediate fu tu re .
O nly a few' w eeks ago the
co unty had approved paving a
s tre tc h of th e N o rth B ank road,
and had re q u ested s ta te and fed
eral approval th e ex p e n d itu re of
ap p ro x im a te ly $28,000 for th a t
w ork.
H ow ever co unty judge Guy H.
F o rsy th said th a t he received a
telephone
call
last
T h u rsd a y
from John H agem ann, county-
city relatio n s en gineer of th e h ig h
w ay d e p a rtm e n t, in which H age-
m ann sta te d th a t th e d e p a rtm e n t
did not recom m end paving to be
done. He did say th a t the d e p a rt
m en t did favor p erm an en t im
provem ents of th e road im m ed
iately. w ith a view to paving at
a la te r d ate, but quoted th e e n
gineers opinion th a t heavy log
ging on both roads a t present
w ould m ake paving im practical.
H e requested th e opinion of the
co unty co u rt on th is m a tte r.
F o rsy th s ta te d th a t th e court
h ad advised H agem ann th a t it
w ould go along w ith highw ay d e
p a r tm e n t’s recom m endation to im-
* prove th e roads a + once and pave
la te r
D unning M o to rs
To O pen Here
This S a tu rd a y
T he gran d opening of D unning
M otors, C u rry C o u n ty ’s only F ord
agency, is slated for S a tu rd a y
Sept. 18. T he show room s, and
m odern service d e p a rtm e n t, has
ju st been finished. It is a new
F ord franchise, and is th e first
F ord dealersh ip in C u rry C ounty.
T h e d e a le r is G eorge D. D u n
ning. a form er resident of P o r t
land. Mr. D unning has been a s
sociated w ith P acific M otors, in
P o rtla n d and R oseburg, liefore
com ing to B rookings ju st re c e n t
ly. H e is m arried, and has a boy,
Johnnie, 9.
D unning M otors has been in
o p eratio n here, w ith o u t the fr a n
chise. as P acific M otors for the
p ast th re e years. U nder th a t nam e
th e com pany o p erated a used c a r
business.
Th*' new com pany w’ill fe a tu re
com plete sales and servee for all
F o rd vehicles.
S ales m an ag e r of the new a g e n
cy will be Tom D ent, w’ho has
been selling used cars h ere for
the past th re e years.
H ugo M ackey w ill be service
m anager. H e has been especially
train ed in F ord servicing.
M iss M ary M unlv will be th e
r P i c e m an ag er.
T h e new firm will have its
form al opening S a tu rd a y along
w ith an open house, at w hich
♦ im* tt '• will H striF it favors,
' *' ?r prizes
TAX RATE TO BE
84.9 MILLS HERE