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■ Or O UBRAXT ' Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community Volume S—No. _j.| R ltO O K IX O M , ( I R K ) C O I'X T Y , IIK » I¡ < > \ l ’ R K F «IX V n t w n M N - T » \ IIM S 1 hursday, December 23, 1954 QUAKE TREMORS ARE FELT HERE SKETCH BOOK By BUD P IS A R E K <V » rdC —- •* N ews w as flashed a t R ntnrv d in n er th a t E ureka, California, had an e a rth k u a k e at noon T u es day. It if m inds m< th ? one i went th ro u g h in Kyoto, Jap an , some eig h t y ears ago. I w as on the roof of an eif ht sto r’ build- ing when it hit. Th< pa ne.se laborers w orking for w here happy ns lark s w hile I w ondered v hat to de next w hile it only la s t ed a few m om ents it seared me plenty. I lat<-r found out the reas- on th e n atives th and w here joyous for th n. teems Budda is resp ea rth my f sh ak in g and « »nored tb e jr th at he ehoi ty to pay his visit, 1 ud c wav from my door. T suppose the )p > v have looked at my bln shot v ? and my howling sc wond >r hat gives. W ell, get i t laO ■ 'eks ,oap<’r req u ired th from early T hursda- t day 8 a. m And th e * V T • hen I pleaded w ith my folks so as I could stay up past m idnight. A1 M incer tells me his dad, liv ing w ay out in Colorado, reads every issue of th e p a p e r (even th e ads). I ’d like to say hello to Mr. M incer, and tell him we are ta k in g good care of his little boy. W e didn't give F ren ch y A rrell credit for th e p ic tu re we had on th e front page last week. I sup pose we should have said, "D ont blam e u s”. T he green insert in this weeks issue is to get you in th e holiday sp irit a n d r< m ind y o u o f t h e c o lo r o f th e m o n e y y o u o n c e h a d T his m odern life is really som e thing. T im e had it w hen g ettin g in thi' Y uletide log w as a big event. I got m ine th e easy way. T he local woody a rd b rought up a n o th e r tru c k load of wood 1» last me m any a e’ dit. T h ere a re mat d ie il’ througho u t th e p; > < »r ■ d a safe Christmas- te , ..1 'A and think about them M erry C h ristm as to all th e re a d e rs of this col u rin I ’m su re for having th ? ordeal every week S a n ta will give you all som ething special. To you people th a t don't read th e colum n M erry C h rist mas too. It doesn't pay to hold a grudge. SCHOOL RECESSES FOR VACATION S tu d e n ts and teach ers of the B rookings School system w ere glad to begin th- ir annua] C h rist m as v a e f i o n W e d ii sday eve ning, a fte r a t" s h of last minut- C h -istm as activ ities around the school A ctivities of the last w eek in cluded a G ill’s Trio, and S e x te tt p re se n ta tio n d th e R o ta ry Club on T uesday noon, and the Annual G irls’ Chorus C oncert on T uesday evening. T he concert, u n d er th e direction of Bob Dick, included C h ristm as songs from m any lanrisd. Mondaiy ; fternoon th e 7th g ra d e ha,I the r C h ristm as p arty , T uesday a f te n non th e 8th grade held theirs. V edm sdav tun th e E n ch an ted Forest w to th e G rade puptiil» and to th, high school; in the ifternoon t< th e grades. Room i arti w ere giv'on by th individual gratle school classes. EXPLORERS ELECT NEW OEEICERS M em bers of th e Rod and Gun j C lub E x p lo re r Post 32 elected officers at a r, cent m eetin g held at th e Rod and Gun Club. Officers elected w ere D avid Bushnell. Crew L e a d e r;L a rry H annan, a s sista n t C rew Tx*ad»er and B rian E nglish, se c re ta ry . Movies an C onservation w ere show n and enjoved hv all th e n u m b e rs. Mr. R agland and his a ssista n t p resen ted th e movies D oro th v Thom pson from the Bahama Islands is -pending a couple of days at th e hom e of M r .and Mrs. H en ry Kerr. She is attending N orth West College in Seattle, Washington. o® ç - jo r><© cs® o>„e ci® ci® c -9 $ 3 | a t i- I I« ? I 3 $ vhn -¡A n n ; ih r ir .h iu s a I 1 1 I I 3 tí <i 9 1 1 W I Iw.is the night before Christinas when all through town Not a merchant was stirring, not even Roy Biown 1 he stockings were hung by the parking meters with care, In hopes that Bud Cross had a niclde to spare i iie shoppers were nestled all snug in their beds, ith visions of bargains danced in their heads, / mi Joe with his pipe, and Bud with hi? brush I hid just settled down after the holiday rush W hen out on the street there arose such a clatter / ekley sprang from his desk to see what was the matter Away to the window Ed flew like a flash, ] ore open the shutters anti threw up the sash. 1 h e in e n n o n th e c re st o f b e a u tif u l P a c ific sea Cast a light on Chetco Ave., it seemed to me A hen, what to my wandering eyes diould apjx’ar, Hut the city council shedding a tear, k» ith a little old driver, so lively and trim, i Knew in a moment it must he Roy Briinin. More rapid than eagles his council they came. And he whistled, and shouted and called them by names: sow, Manley’ now, Lesmeister’ now Breuer! and Campbell On Clive! on, Pete! on, Earl and he’ll ‘ o the top of the stairs, to the top of (he city hall ’ Now, dash away, dash away, dash away a h ’” So they met in the Brookings council room, 4 vs everyone asked why all the gloom' “Let’s figure out what to do!” -And lets ask B o h Dimmiek to o ” ! ^\nd then in a twinkle, they he.ud on the street 1 he prancing and pawing of two tiny het. o s they drew in their heads, and were turning around Oown Chetco Avenue, the Little Pilot came with a Ixvund, 1 Ic was dressed all in newsprint, from his masthead to his foot, 4 old his clothes were all inky, and coveted with soot, A bundle o‘ pajiers he had flung on his hack, And he loosed I ikc a paperboy just opening his sack. I /is Stories how they twinkled! 1 lb c< buns how merry! I iis ads were like roses his nose like a cherry. 1 Iis droll little type were drawn up like a lx>w, \nd the ink on his chin was as white as the snow. Let s ask him to do the job right, they s. id to each other. I Je coulo do !>etter than our ow n grandmother. He spoke not a word, but went str tight to his work. And filled .ill the pages, then turned with a jerk. .\nd laying his finger aside of his nose. And giving a noth up Main Street he rose. • Ic sprang to the post office, to Thompson gave a whistle, Mid away the paper all flew, like the o-wn on a thistle. But I heard him exclaim as he Irove out of sight, ’ The merchants have asked and I want to do ir right, '•hey wish to say Merry Christina to all and to all a good niyht! US SS® 0 At least a half dozen Brookings (»eople ic |x iitc d feeling slight t t e nors oi the big e a rth q u a k e th a t '•o<*ked H um boldt county. Cali fornia T uesday noon. M oi.' than tw o million d o llars dam ages w ere estim ati'd in H um boldt county a n ! F u re k a as i result to the quake, w ith at least One of Brookings newest huild- fifty in ju red as re su lt of the C I V I Si00 ( 1 1L( K l»«‘ing coiystructt'il on the north quake. .(»»■ally (»eople rep o rted lam ps • dg • oi B rookings w ill lx» called IO OY S( OL TS t h ' N orth G ate building, accord and light fix tu res swinging, but a h< v x ’ouis oí A vaivi ica re ing to an ollieial ol the Brookings only on«' (»lace rejiorted actu al m ts of m erica iv c«l a Sl(X) check fot a C h rist B uilding ( ’o. dam age. as (Missent ibis week troni Fos- Phe building w ith the goo<l Roy B rim m ’s A cacia L aundro r albi Bolvi, thè Richfield Gii j w e a th e r break is com ing o -t, m at had <t dozen or so crack s in a lers bere. nicely, and several of the oceu- the wall and p la ste r as a result H enry K err, expressed his ap- i pants have hopes of g ettin g in hv »f the q u ak e ; p reei.ition lor th gift on the be- the first of the year. L«>s D im m iek tra v e le d to E u '•.alt of th<> Roy Scouts. M odernistic in appearance the A fund raisin g drive for the 1 |>lans call lor p la n te r h»xi‘s in rek a T uesday afternoon, and re I’oy Scouts in planned for early front mill rn eath an elab o rate ported m uch dam age and con fusion. His b rother, (ieorge, has next year. j m arquee. ,\ lose colored paint t store in Orick. has been put on th e building I he estimate«! dam age in th e front, and glass is being installed liquor ih'paitm eqtt alone will h«> soon. over $1(XX) to $1500. R e n ta ls for the thnee retail One spot in E u rek a, H enderson . outlets, and th re e ofllce snots in C enter. u?porte«l dam ages ov«*r the huge building a re nearly com David B. G ilm ore, a long i im. pleted, according to the ollieial $100,000. v\ indows w«»r«> broken in g reat Brookings resident, died Friday for the group num bers, and m any sto re fronts •u G ran ts Pass. H e w as buried A rt Knox Insurance Go. will Monday in K irhv, w ith just the have a spot in th e c o rn e r of thi* were badly damaged in the city, causing some sto res and o th e r fam ily present for th e rites. building, and a sign has already Mr. G ilm ore left B rookings just been hung. A b a k e iy and coffee buildings to be closed to the a lew w eeks ago to stay in. a shop is designated to move info public. Both E u rek a radio sta tio n s " s t hom e in G ran ts Pass He had th<* second spot, and p a rtitia n s w ent off th«' a ir ju st before 12 lived in B rookings and this area are now being put up. noon as th e quake hit. lor m any years. In ’he th ird place a dry goods The public th e re w as asked to sto re will go in, although it isn’t conserve w’a te r, because th e quake P< slide at this tun«' to nam e the lii in, as no actual lease has b«*en disru p ted a m ain wat«»r line. I he shock lasted for m ore than si led two m inutes. n th»' fourth spot along the Coach A rt G u th rie ’s B ruins get hi hw ay G ail Y ahr’s Brookings hack in to the thick of the F< d and S<‘«*d sto re will he lo b asketball battle, a fte r nearly a ci ted. T h a t firm expects to move vvii'k’s rest. W ednesday evening in Ix'fore th e first of the year, and th e high school B ru in s wore to tit al w o r k is n o w b e i n g d o n e on For M asons Lodge th .il iiuUilinu K) n S la te d C om m unication »J On M onday, D ecem ber 27, the On the side th e re will be an Sidney C roft Lodge Nn. 20G, r e B r u i r l s trav el to A reata. The first a tto rn e y s ofliee, and one o th e r c e n tly th e follow ing officers w ere w eek end of the new year, J a n >1 :cc s|»ot, probably a real esti»ate elected and ipfMiinted, anti in u ary 6, th e B ruins tra v e l to Illn- »Lice, according to word. sta lle d for 1955. nois V alley at Gave Ju n ctio n ; on W illiam L. C am p ’’ II W. M ; S atu rd a y , th e 7th, Cave Ju n ction H arold A. Jochens. Sr. W ar.; Roy re tu rn s the gam e at Brookings. M. Molino, J r. W a r .Ira A. D arst, T re a su re r; Sam J. G ott, S e e r >- Curry (Aumy I ’n iy ; F red A. B lunt, S r. D ca.; I’h«» Inn at B ethlehem ”, a full C has W. Ames, Jr. D en.; ('has.’ Student ( Ast I )r<>ps ev tiing N a tiv ity play will l.v W. S(»'nce, Sr. St ; Jo h n Peffley, C u rry C ounty is the only coun gi on T h u rsd ay , IX'com ber 23rd, Jr. S t.; ( ’has C hristian so n , C hap.; ty in O regoh to show a reduction at 8:00 (>. m. at the B aptist Com- Chas. B iekner, Mar. N orton S. j in cost per child for public school m unity ('h u t h by th«» high school LaBroock, T yler. ¡education, according to a bull young |K.*ople. e tin from the O regon Business T his is a request rejH»at |»er- ¡ and Tax R esearch group uirm ance for those w ho would D uring th e four y e a r period like to nee it again, ami for thos«' covered by the stdy, 1918-49 who w ere unable to see it Sunday ¡th ro u g h 1952-53, the assessed night. vahte of th e ta x a b le property C h ristm as music, including T he Rotary Club will have th e ir w ithin the county increased 5 7 ', songs by th«' Ju n io r Choir, a c annual I ««ties night p a rty n Mon ¡w hile the num ber of children in- com pany th«' story. Colorful cos- day, D ie 27 it th e Cliff House. «it’used 1 0 1 ',. according to the tum eing by M is C laude Goldizen 1’he d in ri’r will l»egin at 7 :30 p. p ’o u n ty su p e rin te n d e n t's records m ain I a Be thlehem settin g by m. A program is being planned, ; of enrollm ent Mis. C harley R ausch help the v 'Tuesday noon at th e ir re g u la r cast i »xpeta. nee th e sa n c tity and m<»eting t|»e R o tary C lub w as h«‘auty ol that Holy N ight so long e n te rta in e d hv a g irls’ trio, and it >I< »each Logger S ex teft d irected by Boh Dick. ago. l \ l i( <1 l»\ I iinl) 'I'he girls wen» M arlene Olson. Ihc play is under the direction Jo Ann D arger, Kay Nichols, all A Gold B« ch logger, W arren of Mrs Lynn H am pton. Mavea, about 38, vva ï kill««! by a T here is no adm ission eiiarge jurtmrs, and Kay 0'Holl«*rnn, Jo Ann Tyler, Joan P etig rew . Billie falling lim b F riday w hile work- for fhe play. June Ixistroh, D orothy Rowley, irl for th e Maynai«I Logging Co., a n«i S h e iill M ei'laiti, all seniors. in th e W'oods m a r Gold Reach. 'Amur Eugene Editor The aeeorn(>anist w as S ally Sw an- Maya-a w as wadi known in the son. B rookings a te a . diys Reedsport Pdper The widow, S arah , w as in lab o r W illiam A. T ugm an has re- ’ w ith h e r second child at the tim e igned as e d ito r of th«' Eugene T<> Hole ireinen s of th«' accident Th«» fam ily lives tegyder-G uard. and has purehns- ! I ),nn « • On ( hristmas n«*ar Gold Beach. d th«' Boil Umpipia C ourier at I T he B rookings V o lu n teer fire- (eedsport at re h o ld in g . Iheir an n u al T ugm an w as a recent spt*hker i n’ night F irem en ’s dance in Brno’ '» ugs. at th e ('h a m p e r of C hrist m »etco Inn and G range Commet «•« •«' ' fist w in te r m eeting at the A» th it tim e he w as a visitor to Hal ort attird ay , Dec. 25, A Inn will b«» servied by the Th<‘ E lks will hold th eir a n the I1 ilot office, and exprt ssetl an nual Now Y ears Eve dance in intere st in buying a sm all town A lta r S« ety, and tick ets can be ptireh from any of th e fire- th e ir new hiiilding .according to ncwspa|»er. Roy B row n Roy W eiderm an, who T ugm an w as issoeiated w ith men. is doing ti»«» construction w ork th e E ugene p ap er for 27 years. said it would he (»ossihle GEM CLUB NAMES O E E K 'E R S Au «•! etion of offlei'rs for the All m em bers a te urg«*«l to at- Bat H erm ann, (iene W eeks, tend a t least som e tim e d uring M argie F reem an have retu rn ed Mt Em ily Gem and M ineral Club the tv e n irtf. T he dance i < for h«»n»» from th«» U niversity of was held last T hursday. Elect«'«! were Ed Cardwell, m em bers only, hut out of town O regon to spend the holidays w ith "«tests a re acceptable. presidi'nt. A rt Ballinger, vice- th e ir (»arents. president, Clamie Goldizen, sec n o tary -treasu rer, anti M ary Yo- eom. librarian New Building in Brookings To Be Named Northgate Last Rites Said Fcr Slave Gilmore CAGERS TO PLAY ARCATA MONDAY nsta!! Officers I Nativity Scene Set For Thursday Rotary Club Plans Ladies Night Elks To Hold New Years Dance STATE COWW'SSION FILES PROTEST OVER ÜLINOIIS DAM Larg«» sum s of anadt »mous fish a re p re se n tly produc d in the Illinoi R iver would 1 m adversely affected by a by droolecti ic pro- ject w hich th« C oos-C urry E lect- lie C ooperativ Inc. has p ro p o sti for th a t river. T h ’s sta te m e n t wa m ade by th e Oregon fish commissi« an in a pro- test w hich has been filed w ith H ydroelectric Chmmis on of O re- gon. The fish com m ission re q u e st ed th a t a p rc lim n tiry p e rm it for th e Illinois project be denied. T he fi>h com m ission p ro te st Mwp a suitafcle fishery over th e a p p ro x im ately 100 feet high diversion dam would he im p ra c t ical, thus serious losses w ould «ve n i r to both dow nstream and up- stre a m m ig ran t salm on. Th< SP losses would I»«' reflecte«! in com m ercial and sport ocean fisheries as w ell as «n th«» Rogue riv er sp o rt fishery. The fish commission estimated that the Illin o is rive r system con tributes to th«* ocean commer cial fishery an annual average of 113,000 pounds of fish w orth ap- proxim ately $57,000. LIO N S HAVE PARTY Phe Lion’s Chib held th e ir a n nual C h ristm as p a rty S a tu rd a y ! night a t th«' C hetco Inn. G ifts wvre exchnngiM follow ing a d in n e r m eeting, an«i «lancing w as held. Plan Christinas Party For 01)1) Fellows T he Odd F ellow s am i R ebekahs. ' and their fam ilies w ill hold their annual Christmas p a rty Thurs day evening, Dec., 23ni. at the r O. O. F. hall at 8 p. m. AU memhers of the order are invited to bring their fam ily and 1 attend.
