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BY JO E M l'R PH Y
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Wp h ereb y proixise an election
every six m onths, Now, not e v e ry
body will go along w ith th at,
especially so th P candidates. But
think of w hat an election does
to the gen eral populace. M ainly
it gives th em so m ething to ta lk
about besides th e g eneral run of
the m ill football gam es, and ch il
d ren and w eath er. It s tirs ’em up
and m ak es for in te re stin g o n -th e -
s tre e t conversation.
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The ca n d id a tes
them selves
m ake th e elections in terestin g .
I ak e last w eek, for exam ple.
C harles D oane w alked into the
Pilot office w ith a false ru b b e r
nose ju st to get a laugh. And
then th e re was S en a to ria l can d i
d a te N e u b e rg e r’s wife, M aurine.
She sat th ro u g h h er husbands
lectu re chew ing gum con ten ted ly
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N e u b erg er him self w as im
pressive, and he sounded convinc
ing. He is a genial sort of guy. and
w ill c e rta in ly give Sen. Cordon
a b a ttle on his p erso n ality alone,
reg ard less of th e issues at stake.
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W e fo r one h a te to put B rook
ings in th e “boom to w n ” classifi
cation, because w e feel th a t a
boom tow n g en e rally d efla tes
a fte r th e boom, and w e ’re not in
favor th a t. But if a person looks
aro u n d and checks th e buildings
in progress, o r co n tem p lated he
would be convinced th a t he is in
a "g row ing” com m unity.
F irst
th e re ’s the big new high school.
2. th e new P ilot building. 3. The
New Post Offi«»e. 4. C am pbell’s
th re e re ta il building. 5. S t. T im
o th y ’s church. 6. R ichfield statio n .
7. B rookings B uilding C om panies
new re ta il building. 8. B eau ty
shop on highw ay 101 north. All
of the above a re a c tu a lly in the
co n stru ctio n stag e, w ith several
n e a r com pletion.
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Now we get into th e proposed
o r planned buildings. 1. K e ssle r’s-
W eidem an re ta il building and
E lk s lodge. 2. N ew F irs t N a tio n al
B ank B uilding. 3. P re sb y te ria n
< hurch. 4. In te rn a tio n a l Harvest*
er-B ro o k in g s M achine Shop. 5.
L eonards Loan Office. C ertain ly
I m u st have m issed some, and
c e rta in ly everybody has h ea rd the
ru m o rs about the 40 houses th a t
m ay go in here. P lu s all this
( live M anley is b u ilding a g a ra g e
lx»hind his building. M an, a guy
could m ak e a living ju s t selling
building p erm its in this town.
Fountain-McVay
Start Business
J a y F o u n ta in and A rchie Mc
V ay a re ta k in g possession of th e
H u b er M eat Co. along highw ay
101 n o rth . T hey h ave leased the
building and p u rch ased th e eq u ip
m ent, an d a re p lanning on open
ing a locker re n ta l, w holesale
and re ta il m eat business d u rin g
th e next week
F o u n ta in is fo rm e rlv from
S w eet Hom e, and ran a shop
for one of th e I. G. A. stores.
M cVay is a ra n c h e r here, and
has o p e ra te d a s la u g h te r house.
He has been a re sid e n t of th e
a re a for som e tim e. F o u n ta in w as
em ployed h ere fo r th e p ast six
m o n th s in G lenns m ark e t.
F o u n ta in wall be o p e ra tin g th e
plant.
A g ra n d opening is planned for
a week from Thursday, on Oct.
28th.
LEGION TO M EET
B yron Bell, d is tric t C om m ander,
and R uss S tillm an , both of Coos
Bay will be p resen t at th e re g u
la r m < -tin g of tit» A m erican
Legion post h ere F rid a y night.
T h e m eetin g w ill begin a t 7
p. m. a t th e Rod and Gun club,
w ith a social get to g e th e r first,
to be followed by e n te rta in m e n t,
and th e sp eak ers
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I hursday, October 21, 1054
HERE
*1 IRM TAKES O PTIO N
ON I lOAGI.AND site ;
I HE NEW PILO T BI IL D IN G is n earin g com pletion,
about tw o weeks.
The w iring is being in stalle ed now, along
ing and inside finishing w ork needs to be done bfore th e Pilot
w ill be used lo r th e new spaper and p rin tin g m ach in ery , w hile a
lor the n ew sp ap er offices.
T he o th e r p a rt of th » building will
w ith occupancy to tak e place in
w ith plum bing.
Only p la s te r
m oves in. T he e n tire basem ent
p a rt of the u p p er sto ry will be
be av a ila b le for a re ta il o u tlet.
ELECTION BEGINNING TO STIR UP s 1' * 1 Al k ls
MUCH INTEREST IN CITY, COUNTY GIVEN AT ROTARY
Bill Heely, a ssistan t se c re ta ry
of s ta te , w as the m ain sp eak er at
th e re g u la r m eeting of th e R o tary
club h ere T uesd ay noon. He w as
in tro d u ced by Rod M cKenzie,
assem b ly m an from this d istrict.
H eely show ed a sam p le of w hat
th e new O regon license p lates
would look like, and launched
into a talk on the O regon safety
pro g ram .
He em phasized
th e
m otto. " If you c a n ’t driv e you
c a n ’t d riv e in O reg o n ” .
C igars a re being passed out and S h erm an , a U. of M ichigan g ra d
babies being kissed as the elec u a te engineer.
tion cam paigns th ro u g h o u t the
J. R Yoakam and Tex B reed
city, county and s ta te get into love of Sixes are ru n n in g for
high gear.
county com m issioner on the N o rth
C ity voters will have plenty of end of th e county. Y oakam is th e
chance to exercise th e ir right to present com m issioner.
vote w ith tw o men ru n n in g for
O th ers on the ballot include
m ayor, and five m en fig h tin g it S am H all, Brookings, who is u n
out for th e tw o v acan t se a ts on opposed for d istrict a tto rn e y . Rod
th e com m on council.
M cKenzie, of Sixes, is ru n n in g for
Both m ayor can d id ates, Roy the s ta te assem bly from C oos-and
B rim rn and W a rre n S m ith a tte n d C u rry county.
ed th e council m eeting last T u e s
Glenn Sabin is unopposed in
day night. B rim rn w as an in te re s t his bid for the S heriffs office. Hi»
ed sp ec ta to r, and S m ith as a is th e present sheriff. His oppo-
councilm an. The m en w e re form er n e n t-to b e died recently
business p a rtn e rs.
B ernard M ather is ru n n in g to j A phenom onal rise in the sale
T he active cam p aig n in g tor replace him self as co unty tre a s- of S avings Bonds h as been o c c u r
councilm en is ju st g e ttin g u n d e r i u ter. He has no opposition.
rin g in C u rry C ounty d u rin g th e
way. R unning for th e tw o posts
On a s ta te wide level th e Guy 1954 y ear, according to G eorge W.
open is an incum bent, C. F. C am p Gordon- R ichard N e u b erg er ra ce M im naugh, who is in ch arg e of
bell;
H om er
B row n,
Gordon is s tirrin g up the m ost excite- th e sales th ro u g h o u t th e state.
Goetz. E a rl B reu er, and Gordon j m ent. A ccording to a recent s ta te
T his co u n ty is alread y at 291.0
Olsen.
, survey Cordon is only leading l>ercent of its q u o ta, ju s t about
C ounty offices a r e n ’t being con N e u b erg er by only a 38 to 36 th re e tim e s b e tte r th a n any other-
co u n ty in th e state. T h e figures
tested too m uch g enerally, but a p er cent m argin.
N e u b erg er was in B rookings- show- C u rry is g ra d u ally com ing
couple of hot races a re prom ised.
Of m ain concern is th e post of H a rb o r F rid ay to push his c a m into its own.
In S e p te m b e r 1953 th e county
C ounty Judge, w ith incum bent paign here.
Of lesser in terest in th e ra ce bought 2.812 in bonds, w ith the
Guy F o rsy th ru n n in g against a
re tire d ex -ra n e h e r C h arles Doane. for G overnor, w ith Joseph C arson .fig u re th is y ear being 8,389 In
D oanP has been in B rookings d u r try in g to oust the present Gpv* sales th ro u g h S ept. 30, C u rry
co u n ty h a s reco rd ed 218.311, com
ing th e past w eek opening his ernor, P aul P a tte rso n
cam oaign.
H a rris E llsw o rth is ca m p a ig n p ared w ith only 45,882 last year.
Tw o B rookings m en a re in the ing for a re tu rn to congress, re p
T h e C u rry w eed control p ro
co unty su rv e y o r tassle. C harles re sen tin g t h e Kh congressional
Echols is th e p re sen t surveyor d istrict. He is facing opposition g ra m sp ray ed 4 Sr m iles of city
o* C h -.-b s O P- •’** -r road a* a cost of 560 50 this y e a r
and is being co n teste d by Art in th e >
BOND SALE HERE
RISES 291 PERCENT
A plan to c o n s tru c t 50 houses
in B nxikings on th e H o ag lan d
site here has been rep o rted . T h e
L eie sa ( o of Chico, C alifo rn ia
has released te n ta tiv e p lans on
th e co n stru c tio n of th e GI hom es,
w hich will s.dl for $10.000. w ith
a $50 down p ay m en t to hold th e
lot. an d $250 to close th e d eal.
About $01 a m onth p ay m en ts w ill
, be m ade by approved v e te ra n s,
th<' B eresa Co. rep o rted .
I he B eresa com pany is cur*
ic n tly building lot) of the hom es
in C rescent C ity, w ith a n o th e r KX)
scheduled fo r next year., T h e y
have also co n stru c te d n u m b ers o f
houses in R edding, Red B luff,
C hico and o th e r n o rth e rn C a lifo r
nia cities. T his will be th eir firs t
v e n tu re into O regon. P lan s a r e
being m ade to co n stru c t h o u ses
in A reata, C alifo rn ia also.
A ccording to th e firm th e
houses will be of a v a rie ty o f
colors, w ith different e x te rio rs .
I hey will include th re e b<‘droom s,
largì» living room and a d in in g
alcove. A g arag e will be a tta c h e d
: to the house.
| T he a c tu a l building will ta k e
a b o u t ‘X) days, but it is believed
th a t co n stru c tio n w ork w o n ’t
s ta r t u n til next spring.
O ne
official of the firm is qu o ted a s
saying th a t w e a th e r p e rm ittin g
they w ould s ta r t w ork here th is
tall, but th e re is no c o n firm a tio n
on th at. It is believed th a t w e a th
e r delays in C rescent C ity m ay
hold up co n stru c tio n here u n til
I next spring.
Officials of ,h e firm have been
here often in the past w eeks, an d
have tak en out an option on th e
H oagland site, w hich is th e old
i a irp o rt site.
Fire District
M eeting Place
Changed To Grange
A change has been an n o u n ced
in th e m eeting place set for th e
b earin g on the H arb o r R ural F ire
D istrict, set o rig in ally for th e
B rookings C ity Hall. T h e m eet
ing Will now be held at th e Chetco
G ran g e Hall in H arb o r, a f te r con
v ersatio n of som e of th e H a rb o r
residents w ith Ju d g e Guy F o r
syth.
T he m eetin g will be held at 8
p. m on N ovem ber 22 in th a t
city. A notice of tlw* a re a s by th«»
proposed fire d istrict a p p e a r e lse
w h ere in the P ilot, co v erin g
roughly th«» area from th e C h etco
to tlfe O regon -C alifo rn ia s ta te
line.
Th«» discussion on th e m eetin g
last w eekat the B rookings C o u n
cil w as p u rely on an im p ro m p tu
basis and had no a c tu a l b ea rin g
on th e p o te n tia l o u tcom e of th e
fo rm atio n ©f the fire d is tric t.
3LUE JEAN ATTIRE
FOR ELK DANCE
Th«» H allow e’en D ance for E lk
m em b ers and th eir w ives is being
plan n ed fo r S a tu rd a y , O c to b e r
30. at 9:30 p m. Spooks and
Goblins a re invited and blue*jeans
is th e excepted a ttir e for th e eve
ning. Apple d u n k in g and o th e r
H allo w e’en gam es will be on th e
e n te rta in m e n t schedule