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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
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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.
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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®
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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.