Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume S—No. 46
K R iH lK IX t .S , < I h « O C O I X T V , o K K O O N
l'K I< E O X X C W s s T A X O S — T E N C E N T S
TO AIR PROBLEMS
SKETCH
BOOK
By BUI> PIS M il
K
S till h e a tin g some good one.-
iihout C h ristm as. If s e t n s as il
this one tops th em all for p ra c ti
cal jokers. W hen Jo a n B yrne c a ll
ed h e r m o th er from San F ra n c is
co,to ask h e r w h at she w anted
for ( ’h ristm as, M is, B yrn a n s
wer» <1 jokingly, "a T-V a e ria l”.
<’oinos C h ristm as eve and a card
from E vans E le c tric inform in :
Mrs. Byrne th a t h e r T V a n te n n a
w as going to t>e in stalled w ithin
a few days. Som e people would
say, W ill w h a ts so bad about th a t,
i t ’ll htin g in th e 1 'ceplion a lot
b e tte r. T rue, il you hav • a T-Y
set. Mrs B>rne do sn't.
Harbor Post OfFice
F'ccded 7 h u r;d ? *
,• tain s of last T hui
lots of tro u b le alor
s in this a»en, at
tw dve inch s ot w a
to Hood the H arbi
■bout liv*' o’clock th
uch rain 0 m ing d '•
the little creek te
>r th e culvert near the
■c, and a lake w as L im -
h extended alm ost to th ”
Store.
gh ihe experience gain 'd
I wo
is ago this m onth, when
Caught a g m p s e of this sign in the w a te r cam e up tw en ty six
the Fox Bros. offii e; "}’]( ssed a rc , meh s in the building, ev ery th in g
they th a t go aro u n d in circles for vv as stored out ot teach 01 th<-
they shall I»- called wh cis.”
; •.> it a ted the Bost Office closed
curly.
T he next m ottling a crew sluic-
' the Bost Office out and E lm er
Ifan scam s and his sons, Vvrnon
and Ju n io r had quite a jot) g e t
tin g all thi? m uck off the black
top betw een the store and Post
T he office cat w as so pleased
w ith th e correspondence a d d re ss
ed d irectly to him, which a p p ear-
< d in last w eeks paper, th at th e re
is no living w ith the c ritte r. He
d oesn’t sh are his m ilk w ith me
anym ore. Success can go to ones
head and we hen? in the office a re
hoping this hit of fan m ail will
lie tak en in strid e one»« th e in i
tial impact is overcom e.
F in d
th en the cat c a n ’t lx* q u o ted as
having a read y so lu tio n to th ”
canine problem . But he docs re a l
ize w hat th e problem is.
One
solution th at is tx'ing trie d is to
talk to the p a re n ts of th ese dogs.
Most juvenilv problem s stem from
the home and thosr? co n tacts
should he mad
This involves
it m< ins, K it,
som e problem s
has to disguise
S. get in
am ongs, them , :
u Iv n a 1
th e ir dog tags
claim s ow net sh ¡1 t o t Ile
11 t i l l
Bew are it sonic ( l o g IS W Itili
th e ir tags ’fin s cat m eans hu
Elks To I I. »Id Meeting
1 h i l l s d . l\ 111 I kill
T he E lks I.ixlge will hold a
m eetin g in th 'ir new hall in the
K vssler-W eidem an building .at 8
p. n r, T h u rsd a v , Ja n u a ry 6.
'fh i' New Y ears Eve dance held
by the E lks in th e ir new loca
tion w as very sueci ssful a c c o rd
ing to reports.
NEW FIRM IS
GIVEN START
IN BROOKINGS
Lloyd and En?d Eox. Bros Tnc
have announced th e av ailab ility
of a new s* m v ice to tt u ck ers in
the B ro o k in g ' a re a Thev have
lot med a new o rg an izatio n called
Box
B io s
h a n d le d
business hut now th<
tl lickin ' business will he Retd
s e p a r a t e tri am the p a t t ' and lab
in the 'h u p
T h e tn •vv con eern is a l reai
timet loniil u n d er the new nan
and will hnindie s.arvic ing of Be
diX W 'estint:houso. \Vil ham s. S|
t. N ation
eet -Brow n- Lipe,
Oil Seal ( ’um m
and Las
B rake, Lui nu finei -, Ai
m ail) othei •s.
Also the compainy hiis announ
ed t l v pure hase 0!‘ a ni'w w reck»
and will in stitu te 21 li mur sv't’v i
on accidentts and othe r em erge
<’ies w ith 11lie w reicker.
Missouri Tolman
Gets Hairr ui
\ \ c d lR ’xd a \ N i
fh e B rookings E
will hold th e ir iv x t
Jan 12th, at 8 00 j
V E W hall lin t i
lion of a couple ot
held .
(.’b a r te r m e m lx 't'
d u b is 'till open an
the Elk fam ily a rt
a tte n d th i' m eeting.
Mr
left
¿th .
and M i' A
30 for th
T he w ha
¿ ■
-•¿W
"Ac
*
• V
■'"»& vW"**
have arrived back
T hat is to say not
proper, hut out at
1 ports have d rifted
• the big anim als
Hi d at sea E very year,
this tine people re
n t e r pouting from
ill occasional black
ihove the w ater.
old Myei :, who lives on
. ievv Ave., was the first to
thei 1 tin >ugh glasses on
av.
Pictures V .tletl ( )f
New S c I km Buildintr
F resbyterians
Greet New Pastor
you hav p ic tu re s? P ictu res
t¡ c new s hool building, th a t
Thw m nual staff is compil-
a gr< up of p ic tu re s to illus-
tra i • ’ ll.1 progress them e of the
new scho 1 building in th is y ears
annual, and th e y no?d pictures
ftom th e first ground breaking.
If you do have a p ictu re plwase
drop them oil at the school.
BURGLAR ENTERS, BROOKSIDE BULB
Land of the
LOSES BLOOD
FARM IS SOLD
Winter Flowers
NEW POLICE
OFFICER HERE
NEW MANAGER
BEGINS PUTtES
AT CHETCO !NN
His vvif. Lee. will also lx' help-
priv
mnov at
find
-it,
¡ill th a t
I in b f c n i ( lu b T o
A m ass m eeting of all B nxik-
ings p ro p e rtv ow ners and o th e rs
intet > sled in tl.'? eom m unitv wel-
fare has been eidlefl by M ayor
Roy B rim m , in one of his fitst
offici d moves, a f te r tak in g office
un J. m u a ty 1st.
Th ‘ m eeting will lx* held in tine
old 1 ligh school gym on Sunday,
Janu. itv 16, l*?ginning at 1:30 p.
m.
Dis tric t a tto rn e y Sam H all will
presii le at th e m eeting, B rim m
Whales Spotted
Out In Pacific
T H E N E W MAYOR of B tookings is Roy B tim m , vv
office ort J a n u a ry 1st. Brim m , who o p erates the A cacia I .a und fu
Rev. Th
m at has called for a m ass m eetin g on Ja n u a ry IB to get the
S undav
•up
a d m in istra tio n off on the rig h t foot w ith the citizenry.
I the .pulpit of the Brooki
Bi
b v terian C hurch for the first tim e.
Mr. O ste rm e le r comes to the
local ch u rc h from a successful
p a sto ra te at the B ethany P re sb y
te ria n C hurch of P o rtlan d . O re
M issouri T olm an, who along gon. P rio r to going to the P o r t
A b u rg la r m ade off w ith several
w ith h e r husband BUI. is well land church he served P resb y
A horticulturist, Gary W im ber
know n m Brookings She n reived te ria n churches in F resno, C ali item s from the C. Ed Dempsey
C e rta in ly the “Land of Ihe
ly, has purchased the Brookside
a beg spread in th e Monday Bort- fornia. L aw rence, M ass, and Chi- ; u to m o b il' .agency and shop Mon Azalea and Bulb Farm from Ed
W
inter F lo w e rs'’ is no m isnom
day night, hut loft a lot of his
I land Jo u rn a l, in regard to her
0 11
Grootendorst, with possession ef er in these parts. Until hast
h'ood
around
the
place
for
his
au
t The story was illu stra te d
w eek’s frost, m any hate bloom
Mr
m eier attended Mt
fective January 1st.
th th re e pictures show ing ihe Lnion C o lle e >. Alliance, Ohio. He t rouhl» s.
ers w ere in evidence around
Ihe
thief
broke
into
the
shop
The
transaction
includes
the
and a lte r tn?atm ent.
the area, and now re p o rts of
received his theological tra in in g at
Now liv ing it? Bandon. M rs. I f !ttsh u tg -X e n ia Theological Sem hv knocking th ” glass out of an green house, two lathe houses,
lafTodils in bloom have come
T olm an had n ’t had a haircut in 1 inal v, P ittsb u rg . Pa. Follow ing overhead door, and th e n reaching and about three acres ot land
from Rieirger D ahlstrom , H a r
through
to
ojx'n
the
lock
lie
then
right
in
Brookings.
The
large
man;, vears since 1923 to he ex- i graduation he tool; p o st-g ra d u a te
bor, who gows them com m er
act. T hat was h e r first and only! study at th e Lniv u sity of Chica- i broke ¡1 sliding door to giet into stock of hydrangeas is also includ
cially.
th
e
office,
vvh'd'e
he
stole
a
desk
ed
in
the
sale
.
h aircut until th e present one, | go, and spent some tim e in the
Mr. D ahlstrom brought a
W im berley was teaching land hunch of fresh daffodils into
clinical study a t Dr. S a d le r’s | clock, .a b a tte ry , and .about $25
ju st before the holiday season.
w orth of jost.age stam ps.
scaping design and ornam ental
M issouri had h er first h aircut ' P sy c h ia tric Clinic.
Brookings, and rejxirts th a t he
H ow ever the jxdson cut him self h o rticu ltu re at the N ortheast
in 1923. a windblown boh, and I
will be shipping them out to
The local congregation while while e n te rin g the building, and
S ta te College in Montoe, La., un w ards the m iddle of Ja n u a ry .
said, “w lv n it grew out I never young is active and enthusiastic,
had it cut any m ote Will didn t 'fh e various organizations and blood w as reported all over the til coming to Brokings w ith his
place.
family several m onths ago.
w ant m e to. you know, lit* just co m m ittees show a w illingness to
Police chief Bud Cross is inves
w anted me to look oldfashioned.” w ork zealously.
He graduated with a B. S. in
tigating.
Mrs. Tolm an said it used to
H orticulture from Southw est Col
One of tin' appealing fe a tu re s
' ke m ore th in tw o hours to get of the w ork being carried on by
lege in LaEayette, La., and was
•r ba r washed and dried. She th ? m em bers is a “Coffee H our" HOME O N E L R L O U G H
working on his m asters degree in
J e rry Iligglins, F ort Dick, C al Landscaping at Lousiana S tate
ore hi r hair in braids, w hich . follow ing the m orning w orship
11 ael d the 3(5 meh level.
d vice, w in
lien visitors ¡ire given ifornia, lett tor Fort Ord, Calif., College, and Ihe U niversity of
A new polio? officer is rovinj
Ja n u a ry 2nd, a f te r sp nding a 10 Iowa.
.a h e a rty we
th e stre e ts of B rookings todav
Alls ()stt 1
b en active dav furlough visiting his fa th e r
His wife is a daughter of Le- looking for p ark in g m e te r viola
in th e C hris
rial work and friends here and Del N orte. Roy Bowliit, who runs the H a r to rs and the like.
J e r r y w ill com plete his tr a in bor garage. The W im berly's have
of th ? chut
by ber
H e is Joe Shi ►maker, w hi
husband. T
>ne son. ing at Fort O rd about th e end of three children. Donald 6, Ronald
sta rte d as of J a n u a ry 1st as <
B ruce, w ho
i n t he this m onth, and doesn’t know ex 3, and Joan 16 months.
police officer in B tookings.
fourth gradt
d school actly w h ere the a rm y nlans to
W imberly will specialize in hy
S hoem aker received his arm y
s
nd
him
a
fte
rw
a
rd
s.
d erm e ir
Bill M artin has taken over the this past mi
drangeas in which Grootendorst discharge as of Dec. 31st, ret it -
e
r
’s
have
th
eir
li;
St.an-
m anagem ent of the Chetco Inn as
had a good business built up.
M r and Mrs. L eland Lewis and However, he will also do land ing a fte r 20 y ears service. H p w as
o f Ja n u a ry 1st, .according to .Toe ley Top
mily re tu rn e d Ja n u a ry 1st from scape work, and have general a m a ste r sgt. w hen his re sig n a
Ontario,
T aylor, ow ner of the local hotel father,
tion took place.
two w eek visit in A storia.
.and re sta u ra n t.
greenhouse plants for salo.
S h oem aker saw action in W orld
M artin is expeticneed. having
Grootendorst will continue op W ar II and the Koi ’an W ar. He
tin t recently been a t the N epen
eratio n of his produce business J served in the 3td arm v, in the 4th
the. a night club .and dining room
and will assist Mr. W imberly to
at Big Sur. California. He w as
get started in his new venture. |
th e C hef there.
Grootendorst has operated the
Previously he w as affiliated
grewihouse and bulb business for i
w ith th e Roosevelt H otel in New
about six years.
O rleans, La. H e atten d ed four
y e a rs of Hotel and R e sta u ra n t
School in City College of San
P a c if ic B a i t ' a n d S u p p lv C o , a n d
a te now o p e ra to r th ru shop m i
p a rts tootn u n d 't that headiti -
P r e v io u s ly
Thursday,
1.0
Coquüle Forms
Emblem C!ub
HARBOR ELECTION
SET FOR TUESDAY
T he *H arbor
R u ra l P ro
tection d istric t election w ill be
held at th e G range hall on n“xt
T uesday, J a n u a ry 11. 'Ilie eh t o :
w ill decide five d ire c to is lot H.
group of w hich six m*n have
fikxl w ith co u n ty clerk O leta
W alker.
Thos? men a re Clyde Brav tiard
R obert I). Cham!» rs. Ray
G u e rre tta z , R I. O liver. N
arm oured divisio
S trom m i n, and H J W eigel
T he fire di.xitict will cov’et th e fighting through F
a re a from th e s ta te liru? to th e and into Czechic
C hetco river, and all pri)|x*rty the w ar ended.
He saw 11 mont
ow m s s a tv allow ed to vote.
w ith t h 1 7th divi
cent stru g g le 1
S h oem aker i>
tw o children,
The purpose of th e get to g e th
e r will t>e to discuss ¡ill th e p ro b
lems th at will he com ing up d u r-
ing th e n*?xt yar, for the city
g o v ern m en t.
B rim m said th at he w anted to
get the views of th e people, and
an open m eeting would be th e
best plat ' to do it. He said th a t
d ike to k eep th e m eetin g
free irom a rg u m e n t, if possible,
w ith just ¡1 discussion on some of
the problem s facing th e adm in is
tra tio n .
T he new m ayor said th a t th e
councilm an w ere to g a th e r th is
week in an inform al m eetin g to
get acquainted.
PR'SBYTERY TO
MEET TUESDAY
A business m eetin g of the S o u th
W est O regon P n ?sbytery w ill lx1
held at B rookings next T uesday,
J a n u a ry 11th at 1:30 p. m. T he
m eeting will he held in thw B ro o k
ings P re sb y te ria n church.
D elegates fto m S o u th w est
On?gon, including such points as
M edford, G ra n ts Pass, Coos Bay,
Bandon, and Gold Beach w ill a t
tend the session.
On T uesday ev en in g at 7:30 p.
m Rev O sterm eier, who has ju s t
a rriv e d in Brookings to assum e
th e p a sto ra le , will be .nstalLed.
Ih e in sta lla tio n serm on will be
given by th e m od erato r, and a
c h arg e will he m ade to th e co n
gregation, and a ch arg e m ade to
th e m inister.
fh e ladies of th e church will
st iv e a d in n er before Ihe in s ta ll
ation services.
Knox Insurance,
Greyhound Bus
Change Location
A couple of business places
have moved locations in th e p ast
week. T he A rth u r Knox In s u r
ance Agency has beccm e th e first
io move into th e n early com
pleted N o rth g a te building, m ov
ing last vweek.
T he Grev bond bus statio n ,
fo rm erly located in th e H enry
K e rr building
h as moved into
the fo rm er Art K nox placu of
business on Chetco Ave.
CURRY COUNTY
UP 57.6 PERCENT
C u rry county has m ain tain ed
its distinction of heitig Hu? fast-
st grow ing county in Oregon, ae-
'Ording to figures released last
veek in the an n u a l estim ate m ade
d a te h ealth h o ard ’s v ital
section.
aunty has shown a whop-
»? percent in crease since
Bruins Play Here
On Saturday
M eet
Mr. R
The Brookings Bruins are look
ing ahead to a home game here,
afte r almost a m onth away from
the home crowd. They play the
Illinois Valley at Cave Junction
on Friday night, retu rn in g to
Brookings for a tilt on S aturday
night.
The prv’lim inary game will be
gin at about 7 p m., with the
varsity gam e beginning a t about
Edith, 11, whi
school here. H
gonian, horn a
Hill, Oregon
P. T. A G RO U P TC ME ET
Ai
T h e P aren t-T ea
tion will hold th e ir
ing in th e high seh
day » tonight' at 8
u ary 6th. School eh
Mr. and Mrs Fred
day for P ort land
re tu rn to B ro o k in g »
8:15 p m.
Coach Art G uthrie’s boys have
looked good on occasions this
Mr
season, and esi»ecially last week Mond
when the) lost to a strong Arcata, w*?re
C a lif, team by ju st three points. days.
L
W
otal is a p rojection of fig-
ached last Ju ly 1, but did
th e exact [xqiulation th e
has now.
It p a rtm e n l’s population
based on a com plicated
ttilizing resident b irth s
s and e stim a te d m igra-
ont of th e area, a re
reliable and w ere less
reent off th e official
census y e a r of 1950.
sim ple a rith m e tic us-
57 6 figure of th e 1950
igure w hich w as 6(>48
•ry county th e county to ta l
>uld be 9.533.
igures also show th a t P o r t
is g o re o v er the 400.000
uid th e population for the
d a te was figured a t 1.662,-
gain of 141,339 since 1950.
n ext biggest in crease w as
count) w ith 39 2 p ercen t
itti
«able m ainly to con-
of The D alles Dam.
ily counties to lose pop-
dnee 1950 w ere B aker,
. D eschutes, Polk, W all-
iHM YamhUI.
Mr
Elm er Baldwin
had as guests for thw New Years
u ii'k i nd their son and daughter
from Trinidad, CaJif.