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ing w eek. A tten tio n has been
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T hom pson on page eight of
this issue. R ead it, and then
w rite y o u r le tte r.
Oct. 3 to 11 is N ational News
p ap e r W eek And the v arious
radical changes in this issue
should bring th at to a sh a rp e r
focus. T he them e tor the week
is “F reedom of th e P ress W hat
it m ean s to the Man on the
S tre e t."
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Nowhere A biner Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume 8— Number 33
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BY JO E M I’RPH Y
Lake Pleasant Sale Announced
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I ’ve jo tte d down loads of notes
re g ard in g the “ Flying H igh“ show
p u t on by th e Lion’s club ’ns
week. B ut my notes disenpr-ared
som ew here betw een th e first and
th ird act. ITowevr, I do w a rt to
com m end th e entire» cro u p fop
th e te rrific am o u n t of energy
expelled in th a t play. T would
also like to ta k e tim e te ash a ”
those people th a t have said th a t
p o stm a ste r Bill Thom ns n -s •»
m an. and d elib erately tried to
steal th e show aw ay from th •
o th e r sterlin g c h a ra c te rs . T hat
is sim ply not th e case just ask
him.
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T he show m u st go on. I ’ve
heard of a slogan like th a t, Boy,
it was never m ore tru e on F rid a y
night, when the »how w ent on
so fast th a t us “a c to rs ” skipped
about h alf the lines. But it d id n ’t
m a tte r as the acoustics a re so
bad in th a t a 'id ito riu m th a t no
body could h e a r us anyw ay.
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“ I'll never he satisfied until we
have som e kind of shipping o u t
of th is area", so said Rep. H a rris
E llsw orth,
congressm an
re p re
senting th e fo u rth d istrict. EHs-
w orth spoke to th e R o tary club
T uesday noon, at the Cliff House.
T he Lions club, and wives of
both groups w ere also present.
Rep. E llsw o rth stressed the
needs of this area for tra n s p o r
tation. both highw ay and th e
need for h arb o r facilities.
He
explained th e problem w ith th -
harb o r, saying th a t approval had
been given a t one tim e for Chet co
R iver m outh im provem ent.
E llsw o rth said fu r th e r th at th e
C heteo m outh im provem ent would
provide a haven for sm all boats,
but no m ore, w hile th e Cove an
chorage would provide for la rg e r
ships but would involve a con
sid erab le ex p en d itu re. He asked
th a t th e people of this com m unity
decide w hat they w ant in h arb o r
facilities and w ork to w ard s th a t
goal.
As an in te re stin g p reface to
his talk E llsw o rth told about th e
recent shooting on th e capital
floor in which five congressm en
w ere w ounded by P u e rto Rican
N ationals.
He said th a t he had ju st fin ish
ed sneaking, and upon hearing
th e shooting he dropped to the
floor, th in k in g of how an u n
gracious position it was. Then he
began to th in k th a t it w as kids
shooting off firew orks, and he
stood up w hile th e firing was
still going on.
E llsw o rth explained to th e
group th a t he realized the needs
of th is a rea he said wp need m ore
m oney for o u r highw ay, and we
need fore access roads into the
tim ber. W e need an access h ig h
w ay to G ra n ts Pass. E llsw orth
said. Also, he said th a t some type
of harbor, and b e tte r m ail s e rv
ice and facilities are needed.
The congressm an explained how-
in th e last session of congress
the highw ay p ro g ram w as ig n o r
ed by $1 billion, for a m uch e x
panded program .
He called for an end to coneon
tratio n of pow er in W ashington,
and said he “opposes enchroach-
m en t into local affairs,, by th?
“g reat fa th e r in W ash in g to n ".
E llsw o rth said th a t w hat
it
o
T hat w as q u ite a deal at th e
Cliff House S a tu rd a y night too
Ed W atson, th e genial host th ere
prom ised th e Lions club a check
for $50 if he could borrow the
“girls" fo r his a n n iv e rsa ry p arty .
They r, ally gave him his m oneys
w orth, too. I im agine som e of
those to u rists present thought to
th em selv es “my, this is a lively
to w n .”
o—o
O u r bow ling bubble has h u rst
I can stop living it up T he B rook
ings M achine Shop sound, a good
bunch a t th e ir best, shot way over
th e ir heads M onday night to w hip
us th re e gam es. S ure, it w as sad.
b u t inevitable, and we co u ld n ’t
possibly m ain tain th a t pace week
a fte r w eek. W ell n ex t week i t ’s
th e R o tary Club, and w e’ll have
a chance to m ake up those th r-p
gam es w ith a m inim um of effort.
a
o
T h at p erfu m e in the p aper
this w eek is re ally potent.
It
p re m a tes th e a ir in the baekshop
w ith a odor hard to describe. I ’m
a little a fraid to light my pipe
back th ere, as I ’m afraid som e
th in g is going to explode. P ete,
and P ete, o u r h ard w o rk in g crew
have had a h ard tim e w orking
hack th ere , w ith visions of s u g a r
plum s d ancing
th ro u g h
th e ir
heads.
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W e had a nice chat w ith H a rris
E llsw o rth this m orning. E llsw o rth
is a fo rm e r new spaper m an too.
and know s a lot about the b u si
ness. He is in te re stin g to ta lk to
and seem s to have a knack of
rem em b erin g nam es. He seem s to
feel right at hom e in B rookings.
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PISAREK NAMED
ALL-YEAR HEAD
Rod And Gun Club
Rians Turkey Shoot
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IMSTAUEn HERE
F a t h r Em il Kies w as official 1\
in stalle d as p a s to r of the S ta r of
th e S ea C ath o lic C hurch in B rook
ings and th e a tta c h e d missions
in Gold B each and P o rt O rford
S unday
T he V ery R everend Jam es P
G allagher. D ean, of St M onica'
C hurch. Coos Bay. conducted the
cervices and delivered the occas-
ional serm on.
Ft her Kies w as th e celebrant
of solem n B enediction.
F a th e r
G allagher, deacon and F a th e r
M osley, subdeacon.
O ut of tow n g uests present for
th e occasion included, besides
F a th e r G a lla g h e r; F a th e rs Jam es
M osley. P o rtlan d . Louis W eis .
P o rtlan d .
F ran c is
S chaefers.
P o rtla n d , H arold M cK ennett. E u
gene; R o b ert Cieslinski. O a k
ridge; C ornelius I inehan. R eed<
port; W illiam McLeod. M edford
S tephen
B reiten stein . C oquille
D aniel K elly. G ra n ts P ass, and
Tames W hite. C rescent City
A successful po tlu ck d in n er in
th e p a rish re cre atio n hall p re
ceded th e in sta lla tio n
F a th e r Kies took m ost of the
v isitin g p rie sts fishing M onday,
and re p o rte d ju st m edium luck
T h e filing is over and th e
ballots a re being p rin ted for th '
city election next N ovem ber 1
AH th e ca n d ’dates. tw o for m ayor
and five for councilm en all had
T he A ll-Y ear E vents A ssocia th e ir p etitio n s filed before the
tion met W ednesday night at the deadline last S a tu rd a y .
S q u arin g off in th e cam paign
C heteo
Inn
and
voted
Bud
P isarek , co-publisher of the Pilot for m ayor are tw o onp tim e b u si
as P resident for the com ing y ear. ness p artn e rs. W arren Sm ith, a
Rev. H ugh Bronson, w as e le c t presen t councilm an, and Byron
ed vice pro.rid -nt. and Mrs. Geneva “ Roy" R rim m . who o p erates the
B ailey as secretary tre a s u re r of Acacia L au n d ro m at.
In th e race for the tw o council
he group
Discussion was held oti the positions open a re C F. C am pbell,
events for the com ing year. The the ineum Hont; H om er Brown,
new p resident said th at he would E arl B reuer, Gordon Goetz, and
ta k e tw o w eeks to study the , G ordon Olsen.
situ atio n , and would re p o rt back
C ity v o ters will also hav e
at a n o th e r m eeting, ten ta tiv e ly a n o th e r ballot to contend w ith on
N ovem ber 1th. T he referendum
set for T hu rsd ay , Oct. 21.
Officers last y e a r w ere Bill m easu re on w h e th e r o r not to
Phelps, p resid en t; N ew Strong raise th e city tax base to $29.00(1
men, vice p re sid e n t; and Jo an from $21.000 is also on the b al
lot. T he C ity P lanning co m m ittee
Byrne, sec retary .
recom m ended to th e council th at
th e m easu re he put on th e ballot
am o u n ts to is the federal g o v ern
and th e council acted last week
m ent co llecting taxes, then t a k
ing off 25 o r 30 percent an sen d to do th at.
Action in the county election,
ing th e rest hack in im prove
as well as the s ta te wide and
m ents.
n atio n al election is also beginn
He said th at he believes th at
ing as th e can didates begin down
m uch of th e governing could bn
the h o m estretch in cam paigning.
handled b etter, and m ore efficient
ly locally.
or,ii < rioNABi.L
A sound stap le econom y is
needed, E llsw o rth told the group, HOOKS WEEDED OLD
because the people m ust have con-
Thp cru sad e on uneom ical com ic
He books has reached B rookings.
fidencp in o u r governm« »nt.
said th a t confidence is being re- , F ren ch y A rrell of th e C heteo
stored in o u r county.
I D ru g sto re re p o rts th a t he w ent
He w as convinced th at th e i th ro u g h his »trick of “ fu n n y ”
p resen t ad m in istratio n is d<»ing ■ books th is w eek to weed out those
a job of c u ttin g out th e am ount w ith ohjeetionahlp trip e in them .
of m oney being spent in W a sh P re ssu re is being put on the nuh-
ington. E llsw o rth hit o v erp ad lish rs of o b jectio n ab le m agazines
ding, and w aste, such as at B onne to o , to c e a se p r in tin g th em .
ville before th e ax fell.
E llsw o rth talk ed on a "w orld
of peace", too, and told of som e
of th e background at th e tru c e
ta lk s at K orea, and in Indo China.
T he Rod and Gun clu b is p la n
He said th a t the only reason th at
Red C hina didn’t move into Indo ning a tr a p shoot fo r N ovem ber
c h in a w as the th re a t of U. S. LL It will he a tu rk e y and m e r
chandise shoot. All o u t of tow n
economic blockade.
Rep E llsw o rth concluded his Rod and Gun clubs have received
t<a’k w ith a m essage on the w eight in v itatio n s, and local g u n n ers are
of th e people in th e go v em m n t, invited to p artic ip a te . O th e r d e
and how th e men in control act ta ils on th e shoot will be fo rth
only in accordance w ith the w ish com ing. T h e Rod and Gun club
es of th e people, because of th e ir will m eet nex t T uesday at th e ir
clubhouse in H arbor.
obvious force.
T he O reg o n -W ash in g to n Ply
wood Co. bought out 1 a k e Pleas
and Plyw ood company in H arbor
O ctober 2. w ith o p eratio n s l o
ginning this M onday. T h e L ake
P leasan t firm was fo rm erly a
division of I ’m pqua Plyw ood Corp.
A ccording to Boh H am ann,
su p erin ten d a n t of the p lan t, th ere
w ill he no im m ediate changes in
personel in th e operatio n , which
em ploys about forty m en in two
shifts.
T he Oregon W ashington P ly
wood Co. is located at G aribaldi.
Ore. and have sev eral o th e r
plants, and a larg e d s>r concern
It is a big corp o ratio n , ami has
a 7.000.000 foot a m onth cap acity
at th e ir G aribaldi plant
T he m ain ehang«' in th«' local
o p eratio n will be th«' shipping o f
th e lum ber. Form erly it w as r «»I«1
in custom c u ttin g to various
places. F ro m now on m ost of th«»
lum ber will go up by tru ck to
G ra n ts Pass, and then by rail to
th e p lan t at G aribaldi
Officials of the O rc -W a sh . Co
w crc down here M onday looking
the o p eratio n over.
T he nam e of th«' firrn herv
he changed to O regon-W ashington
Plywood Co. B rookings Division.
H am ann w as em ployed by th e
O re -W a sh . Ply-wood C om pany he-
fore com ing to L ake P le a sa n t in
F eb ru a ry . He will co n tinue to
«erve in his present cap acity as
su p erin ten d a n t
T«»d S tevens will sta y on as
day shiff forem an, w hile F ran k
Levendahl will co n tin u e as swing
shriff forem an. Jim H olbrook will
sta y as log buyer, and T h em a
H ouvilla will be office m an ag e r
as before.
SALMON HITTING
DESPITE WINDS
T he w inds and the rain come,
but still th e h ard y v a rie ty of fish
erm en have been doing OK on the
Cheteo. A ccording to Jo h n H ew
itt a t th e A uchorage som e nice
fish have been b ro u g h t in d u rin g
th e past week.
He re p o rts th a t W ednesday saw
betw een 3 0 4 0 fish b rought in,
av e rag in g about 25 pounds T h u rs
day m orning the wind w as boom
ing down the river, and it was
difficult out.
C astin g in th e m outh of th e
riv e r w as difficult too, b«'cause
all of th e ju n k com ing in.
B ert P r a tt, had th e best fish
in th is w eeks A m erican Legion
S alm on D erby w ith a 36 pounder.
PILOT IS BIGGER, BETTER
COLORED and it SMELLS
FATHER KIES
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Thursday. October -, 1954
BROOKINGS, CVRRV C O l'N T V . OREGON
PRICE ON NEWSSTANIW»— T I N CENTS
Estate, Trust
N ew Loan A gency
Fcrum Is Held
Is Planned Here
I By C. O. Leonard
FLY IN G HIG H, th e Lion’s club p roduction; held last
week at the high school drew cap acity crow ds both nig h ts and
got a lot of laug
Show n above in top p ictu re is m ost of the
east (if the show
Below, th e big baby co n test is underw ay.
T hird p ictu re shows th e tail end of the Lions show, w h ere “can
can g irls" spell out Lions in a unique way.
Th. bottom photo
show tw o ot the gii is at the Cliff H ouse l a te r in a little
I rollicking w ith H om er H a g g ertv .
EAS TERN STAR
HOLDS RECI P'l ION
T he E a ste rn s ta r had a re c e p t
ion T uesday night for Rose Hub-
hard, G rand R epn •M 'n tatiw o f
C olorado in O regon M rs M cC or
m ick from K la m a th F alls. G rand
R ep re se n ta tiv e of N ew York in
O regon
and
A ssociate
G ran d
M atron of G rand C h a p te r of O re
gon, C h a rlo tte W eism an w ere
also present .
V O E K ON HIGHWAY
V isitors w ere here from New-
R ep airs w ere m ade by the port. Gold B each, C rescen t City.
sta te highway departm ent on C e n tra l P oint. G ra n ts Pa<s and
loghway 1P1 south of H arbor K lam ath lalls. It w as also F rie n d
and north of Brookings Monday ship night.
PTA TO M E E T TH U R SD A Y
There will he a re g u la r m eet-
ing of th e P are n t T each ers Asso
c i a t i o n next T h u rsd ay . Oct. 11
in th e high school gym at 8 p .m.
A film on n arco tics will be shown
a t th e m eeting. AH a r e invited,
w h e th e r a m em b er of thp P T A
group or not.
EN D S D E A L E R S H IP
M rs D o rothy Sim pson has
te rm in a te d h er O reg o n ian «lenler-
s hip here a fte r five years. Do:
{ zhan: - the new Brooking
Leslie P ullen sp ent
th e week
end in P ortland visiting relativ
An e s ta te and tru s t forum , w ith
rap h ic discussions on
e s ta te
planning and tax econom ies w as
A new business is com ing to
held at th e C heteo Inn Tuesday
th e B rookings-H a rb o r area.
It
night u n d er th e auspices of th«»
will
h<‘
kniw
n
as
th
e
Leonard
’ . S N atio n al B ank of P o rtlan d .
E. L. M orton. B rookings bran ch C oast lyoan C om pany. C. O. Leon
m an ag er presided at th e m eeting. ard h as been g ra n te d a M otor
R M. Alton, Vice P resid en t and Vehicle F in a n c e license, and a
T ru st Officer m ade th e opening sm all loan license by th e S ta te
of O rgon b an k in g d ep a rtm en t.
re m a rk s and in tro d u ctio n s.
T h is new loan d ep a rtm en t will
M artin E Olson. A ssistan t
T ru st Officer spoke on “S avings 1 m » housed in a new- building to
th ro u g h E s ta te P la n n in g ”. H. E. I be e rected next to th e new B rook'
B u tler. A ssistant T ru s t Officer in g s-H asb o r P ilo t office.
had
“ P rac tic al
D istrib u tio n | T he C. O. and L. L L eonard
P la n s” as his topic.
1 R eal E s ta te and In su ra n ce A gen
W. D. H inson, T ru s t Officer cy w ill also be in th e new build*
spoke on “C onservation th ro u g h i ing.
' M an ag em en t’’.
I L oans w ill be av a ila b le on au to -
A social h o u r w ith re fre sh m e n ts » m obiles, fu rn itu re , salary , real
followed th e m eeting.
( e s ta te and in su ran ce.
I T h e p u rpose of th e fo ru m w as
T h ere will bp fu r th e r an n o u n ce
to acq u ain t th ose in te re ste d in m en ts m ade w hen d e ta ils a re
th e v alues to he g ain ed th ro u g h
■ com pleted such as p rin tin g of
’ ad eq u ate know ledge of e s ta te and
, form s, acco u n tin g set up, and
tax m a tte rs. A n o th er forum will
i eq u ip m en t in stalled .
h«' p resen ted as a service to th e
Mr. and Mrs. L eo n ard are at
com m unity at a la te r d ate.
p
resent
a w aitin g fu rth e r cou-
R efresh m en ts w ere p re p are d
p
letion
of
building plans and
by th e Pr« sbyterian ladies
R ep H a rris E llsw o rth w as sp ecifications from th e ir arch itect.
K eeney of th e
firm
n resen t at th e m eeting, and In R obert
K
eeney
and
Edson
of
M
edford.
tro d u ce d to the g roup
The T rust Officers went to
R o « ‘burg to givp a sim ilar forum
disci ission there T hursday.
T h ere a re a few sm all changes
in th e P ilot this w eek, w hich
could s ta r tle the casual onlooker.
T he Pilot is bigger, b etter, co lo r
ed, and it sm ells. None of these
ch an g es is perm anent except for
t he second.
BIG G E R
I t ’s bigger ru n n in g seven 20
inch colum ns instead of the u s
ual tabloid size. T he seven col
um n p ap e r is typical of most of
th e w eekly pap ers of o u r ac q u ain
tance, giving m ore r(K>m on th e
front page for news.
BETTER
I t ’s b e tte r o u r second section
is a pale sky blue pink, o rd ered
especiall for th is issue to a ttr a c t
some a tte n tio n to th e big sale
being prom oted by th e H iW ay
M arket.
SM ELLY
I t ’s sm elly th a t is to say it
has
fra g e ra n c e
of
C ash m ere
B ouquet soap T ak e a deep whiff
of o u r second section and in hale
slowly. M an, th a t ’s m ig h ty p o ten t
stu ff A couple of p in ts in th e
ink, and th e w hole shop sm ells
like a tro p ical lagoon in June.
T he perfum e, in cidentally is also
a prom otion for th ° H i-W ay
M ark et and M incers Jew elry.
As w e’ve said before these
changes a re n ’t p erm anent, but we
would like to g e t the reaction of
th e gen eral p o pulace on the
la rg e r size p ap er for possible la t
e
W eather perm itting it is plan r use.
W rite us a le tte r, e ith e r nasty
ned to have the new building
o
r
otherw ise, o r stop in and tell
under way in the near future.
u s off to o u r face. W e’re ju st cu r
ious.
W e’ve m ade th e changes this
w eek
u n d er alm ost
complet«
secrecy, tellin g no one of o u r
ca re fu lly laid p lans. T he Pilot
produced a full size p a p e r before,
for th e 1952 P ro g ress Edition,
published by Dewey A kers.
T h e m ain reaso p s for th«' m ulti
ch an g es this week are tw o fold.
One to call a tte n tio n to th e Hi-
W ay M kt. prom otion, as W’ell as
to th e TV page ad. w hich th a r k s
sta tio n K IE M T V for bringing
live television to the B rookings-
H a rb o r ar«*a for the first tim e.
T w o- on im press upon th -
people of the area th a t this is
N a tio n al N ew sp ap er W eek, and
w’h a t could im press th e popu
lace m ore th a n by som e d ra stic
changes, th a t th e y h av e a news
p ap er in th e com m unity.
And le t’s not let anybody arcus«»
us of having a sm elly pink tin g
ed p aper
PH E L PS ON NEW JOB
Col. and M rs. Lee Rice drove
to C rescent C ity to ta k e the
fo rm e r ed ito r of th e P ilot, Rill
P h elps and his wife Doris out to
dinner. Th«» P helps a re leaving
F rid a y fo r a new job. w ith the
Mill Valley. Calif, p ap er
SQUARE DANCE STARTS
The Cheteo W ranglers and
Saddle club is sponsoring a series
of square dances s ta rtin g this
S aturday at the Odd Fellow s Hall.
All are welcome to attend