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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1955)
The SKtKHBOOK GIVE GO-AHEAD TO 5 0 NEW HOMES MODE O'DAY TO HAVE STORE HERE by N A new ladies w e a r sto ic will be opening in B rookings opproxi- m ately M arch 1. It will be a Mode O’Day shop, located in the K err building, U 'tw een the Post Office, and T ots to Teens store Mrs E rn ie M itchell, and Mrs R ay G adberry will be th e ow ners ot the store, w ith Mrs G adberry as the sto re operator, assisted by Mrs E arl Coates. Mrs M itchell presently oper- ates th e T ots to Teens shop, and she will also be assisted by Mrs. Coates. T he Mode O ’Day sto res a re well know n throughout the nation, and then» a te many of them in the la rg e r cities of O regon, such as E ugm e, M edford, P o rtlan d . G ran ts Pass. R oseburg, Coos Bay, etc. H ow ever B rookings will he one of the sm allest com m uni ties the stone will he located in The new sto re will c a rry a com plete line of dresses, bloKises, skirts, slips, hose, gowns, and all types of robes. C u rre n tly the store building is undergoing extensive renovations, and all new lix tu re s will be put in. A big o|x»ning day is already in the planning stage ßvd P u c m J i As you d e a r re a d e rs know, Joe and I ta k e tu rn s h aving our colum ns a p p e a r on th e front page T his w eek w as my tu rn S i n t 1 this was a special event w eek in th e M urphy fam ily w ith Mrs M urphy p re se n tin g th e w orld w ith a 7 lb 2 oz. baby girl, Joe figured it w ould be nice to have his colum n a p p e a r in th e spot lo r th e second consecutive week 1 refused The way 1 fig u re it is th a t in i n'3C y years same ( . th e past thl'.x» e a is th u k at h blessed event has ta k e n place in J th e Murphy household 'ow w ith such a te rrific pace you can see if I set a precedent mv colum n w ould l-o off he front page more th a n on. N 7 Z I hape th e h ard h ardiness w ith w hich 1 dealt w ith the situ atio n isn ’t ta k e n too seriously. '1 he tr u th of the m a tte r is th a t n e ith e r one of us thought of the sw itching idea u n til a fte r wv. went to pness anil Pipe D ream s had alread y been printed on th e edi to ria l page. S h a k in g of th e Eddie C antor, I m ean Joe M urphy haivm , can you people im agine all th e nylons J c e is going to have to wade thro u g h before he can even think of shaving. And thin k of all the trip s down th e church aisles I know' th a t b o th ers Joe. 1 h eard him ta lk in g to Sam H all ab o u t a quick deal. You all know S am has four boys in his family. W ell the conversation seem ed to c e n te r aro u n d th e idea ot m a rry ing them all otT now at an early d a te th u s saving some money. 1 guess th ey decided to w ait until th e la te st M urphy. K erry Lynn can w alk She i; now th re e days old. They suit» don’t ' ep th m o th e rs in the hospital lot any length of 1%n»* M arianne w as hom e bwfore she» spent two days th ere. I have it fig u red this way. th e hospital officials feel th a t of th e m o th er spends too m uch tim e in lounging around t be place they nev er w ant to go home H ospital conditions a re crowded enough so they m ake su re the ladies don’t feel as if th ey have found a hom e there. It could get 4iabit form ing. BANK DEPOSITS UP OVER MILLION T H E B R U IN S IN ACTION. A th e Illinois V alley gam e last w easily. In U pper photo Ken Ru p o in ts of his to tal of 29 for th bov< are tw o shots tak en at vek, in which the B ruins won ssell is shown dropping in tw o c evening. Gale Whips Area CAN SEE BILLS AT CITY HALL OFFICE R oderick T M cKenzie, re p re sen tativ e in the s ta te leg islature has inform ed th e Pilot th a t he A te rrific gale whippy d B rook will mail copies of all hills to the ings and the e n tire so u th ern Brookings City Courteil, and that coast of O regon Monday a f te r any in terested p a tty m ay look noon, knocking down trees an I these hills over at my time. A v eneer p la n t in Pistol R iver d isru p tin g ¡»ow e r in some a reas H a rd e r hit w as C rescent City. m ay he in the offing, according to rep o rts received here. The E vans Calif., and th e north coastal a n a P ro d u cts Company of Coos Bay, , of th at sta te . T he pow er in who recen tly su bm itted the suc C rescent City was off for m ore cessful hid for 33 m illion hoard I than four hours, including S e a feet of H u n te r C reek tim ber, side hospital Phono connection An exhibition basketball I don’t th in g th at will discour w ould build the plant, and would was severed throughout m uch ol gam e for the M arch ol Dimes age Ida. She'll re tu rn next year. em ploy about 50 men, it present I the afternoon. benefit will l»e held Sunday, T h a ts th e y e a r they are going to plans m aterialize. Traffic south of Brookings w as at 2 p m. in th e high school give I toys aw ay. T he com pany is reported to be stalled m uch of Monday a f t e gy m in terested in placing the mill east rnoon and several trees fell across The gam e itself is more or a of th e Pistol R iver school, pro* 'highw ay 101. H ighw ay and pow er challenge m atch »between th»» vided th at they can purchase th '1 i crew s m anaged to c le a r aw ay Pilot bowling team , and the I (¡».‘hi is' w ithout loo m uch delay. ¡»roperty. B rook i t i e s -Hat bor Lions club Recently th e Evans company T he U S w e a th e r statio n io It prom ises to be a real corker, Tw o five m an team s from w as aw arded the governm ent ¡B rookings rep orted wind velocity as most of the pt os|w»(»t iw B rookings c o m p ted in th»1 Annual tim b e r w hich lies in the H u n te r reaching 10 miles per hour, un- players haven't seen the in O regon S ta te C ham pionship to u r C reek drainage, beyond the p res I preci'dented here, lx*fore th'» pow side ot th eir stz e a h a s for years. nam ent this past w eek-end in e n t e a ste rn term in u s ol the H u n t le r failure caused fu rth e r read The Lion’s club aggregation, Coos Bay. T hey w ere the Fox e r C reek road and slightly to ’ ings to he fruit less. captained by ¡x»st m a ste r Bill Bros, team and M ellon’s Mill- th e north. A falling liv e on Memory Lam Thompson, plans Io use the I knocked - out pow er for many work. two platoon of a tta c k to en- T he top effort w as posted by hom e in that area. ahle s o n i t of the oldet Lions the doubles team of G eorge W al Call For All Ù car Roof and sign dam ages w eie a chance to rest d u u n g the len and Jim Moe. who are in Events Meet 1 ucstlay i rep o rted all over tow n, but notb- fray fu s t place in C class. T his to u r R ay P isarek pr» sident of the I ing m ajo r w as reported TIv» Pilot team , a youthful nam ent ru n s each w eek-end un A ll-Y ear E v en ts A ssociation has well conditioned group of ath- til Feb. 27. called for a m eeting for 8:00 letes will be captained by Bud F o u r m ore Brookings team s Tuesday night at the Chet co Inn P isarek, and will include Joe w ill com pete on J a n 29 and 30. in o rd e r to get the ball rolling on M urphy, who saw quite a hit th is years events O ur little idea. ' W here a te yo . ELK S TO M EET »f Big Ten com petition (fit D iscussion will b< held on the from ” seem s to be grow ing up. T h ere will be an E lks m eeting 0 p er gam e! Also includ $1 ► in th e new building on T hursday possibility of dropping e ith e r the W'e have heard some people ta lk ed on the squad is Don o w ning, Jan . 20th and in itiatio n A zalea o r th e Lily festival, or ing about it, and some have dro p V aughan, who k'l-ps in sha|>e will bo held in connection w ith com bining th e tw o into one fes ped in to ask us for r< gi it rat ion lefereeifMC high school by tival. th e m eeting on Ja n u a ry 27. gam e s, basketball coach A it cards. Tn the 1; it issue >f F e b ru a ry G uthrie, Bud M cCourt, Ed •-X w ( II s ta rt ru n n in g th e list of S am uels <and Ft rue Madden. Donning the L io n s colors i <*i I e 's by sta te s, and by count ie: , and from then on it is will lx> Gordon Olson, A1 AM up to y »u to m ake visits, p arties, Phillips, F a il C oates, Roy Pol- picnics or w hat-have-you lard, W arren McNeely, Bill W e’tv going to add tw o very LOCAL RES!DL.N( L Houvila, H ank Houvila, W ar- Box N< spoetai ¡ roupings, one listing th 11 ten P m t in, Rod Hot m an anil City p ‘OJ»lc born in the B rookings- ot Iters H arbor area. and a n o th e r w ith G am e tim e will l»e at 2 p m I CAME FROM th natives ' >f C urry county, ind fill proci»eds from the gam e S ta te City »member all re g istra n ts must will go to the M arch of Dimes ibv.i toui b irth - be It lea. : local eam ptign fund, 'ric k e ts I HAVE LIVED HI RI o‘b( »■ r -/»nt day T! will t>e .Vx» for a d u lts and 25c Y ‘ars n b o rn th a t m •»» / . r for children. Propose New M i!! A t Pisto! River Basketball? Here Sunday Wallen, Moe High In State Meet Where You From" Z T he II. S. N ational Bank in • Rrookings jHisted a mileston» recently, when they reported de- posits exi'.x'ding S4.luO.OOO. an in | crease of mot ■ Ilian a $1,000.000 I du rin g the past year, according to E. L. M orton, m anager. - The |(M‘.il hank m erged w ith the U. S. N ational in M arch, at which tim e the local deposits w ere at $3,000,000 The U. S N ational of P ortland has m arked up a record gain of m oiv th a n $80,000,(WO in d e to sits during 1951, w ith 58 banking offices throughout the state. Locally, the Brookings Branch rep o rted loans and discounts to talin g $1,533,709 17. n e p lft Feed Moves Into New Building B k H ik in g s Brookings Fbed and Seed havi com pleted m oving into th eir e ir new location in the recently finished N orth G ate Building They are occupying the n o rtherm ost um t m the six business unit building. Art Knox insurance Co., is a l ready locatisi there, and a b a k ery shop has moved th eir equip ment into a space in the building, although the ojx'ning isn't for several w eeks vet. HARVEY TO TALK AT C OF C FETE The Board of D irectors of the B rookings-H arbor C ham ber of C om m erce has extended an invi ta tio n to Mr. A D H arvey, Med ford, Ore., to speak a t the annual m eeting of the C ham ber of Com m erce, w hich will he held at the G range hall on Ja n u a ry 27 The cham b er extended this in vitation for th e purpose of ed u cational know ledge on the value of a m unicipal owned w a te r and sew erage system . The Ixtard ot d iieeto rs a re w orking w ith the city of B rookings and are not trying to adv is" them w hat to do The speaker, Mr. H arvey who is an engineer, is well qualified to talk on this subject, having Been em ployed by Ashland, B utte Eall, C en tral Point, C ottage Grove, Cav'e Junction, Gold Beach, Gold Hill. N in th Bend. M errill and Medford Mr H arvey will speak for 30 m inutes to he followed by ques tions from the floor and if you have a question it will not In» necessary to a tte n d the dinner as th e re will he a lim ited num bet of tic k e ts th at can lx* sold and served th a t night. D inectors of the C ham ber have tickets for Committee Named To Study Problems M ayor Roy Brimm ap|x>inted a com m ittee of citizens to serve in a research capacity on tin w a fe r and sew er problem The com m ittee, headed by I d A ldrith chairm an, held th e ir first m e lt ing T uesday afternoon in the eitv hall. The com m ittee consists of Al- drieh, \ r t Knox, Joe T aylor, Ar- nold I’eabtwiy, Ed Dempsey, < ïordon Goetz, anil A1 Phillips T he group will endeavor In study possibilities for action in th e w ater and sew» r dep artm en t, and will recom m end to the coun cil on th e ir findings Any citizen that has any sug gestions on the subject is asked to get in touch w ith a m em ber of the commute»*, Mayor Brim m requ».‘sted PUBLIC MEETING IS HELD HERE A ccording to word received 1 ere \\»dncs«lay by E. L M orton, th e B cresa eo m p a’iv of Chico, Calif h is e\«‘i eised th e ir option on tb»e. Hoa gland t*1o,x»rty in B lo c k in g s a n d will begin con st m et ion of 5») th re e bedrixini homes ¿is soon as the w e a th e r perm its. M otion reecivisl the m essage (.n the go .ahead plans of th e homo budding com pany from Mr. Reil- ly, ;in official of th e firm. Several m onths ago the plans to build on the H oagland tra c t was announced by the com pany, but nothing m aterialized on th e deal until this week. The Beresa company com pleted 200 homes in C rescent C ity re c ently, and have built m ore throughout ( 'd if o r n ia T his is th e ir first v en tu re into O regon, hovvi'v er. The hom es will lx» strictly v e t eran approved houses, and will he th re e bedroom, costing in th e neighhoi hood of $10,500, w ith paym ents to run about $05 a m onth It is also tielieved th a t the I'om pailv will do a lot of stiv e t work in th e ir division, w ith pos sible cu rb ,and g u tte rs etc. A ccording to an e a rlie r rep o rt from the B cresa firm the home will be of a variety of colors, w ith different e\t'» rio ts. T hey w i'l incluik» a barge living room, a «lining alcove and and ¡1 g a r age besides the th ree bedrooms. T he ac tu a l building on the project will t.ake about 90 days, hut it isn’t known just w hen building will s ta r t . \ public m eeting held Sunday a ftern o o n nt the B rookings H ar hor gym brought a fairly large group of intei'vsted citizens out to meet the new city adm inis tratio n , and heard discussion on w ha, the problem s a re th a t face th e city du rin g the com ing year M ayor Roy Brim m called the mi »(»ting in orih'i' to give the eit izenrv a chance to 1 m * heard, and a chance to m eet the new officials ol Briikings. F irst, a tto rn e y Sam Hall, who act» d as m o d erato r introduced the couneilm en preiwvnt, and the C u rry ('o u n tv w as th e w inner city officers, including m em bers in .a suit brought .ag.ainst it by of the planing com m ission pres II. \V Crook to quiet title to ent, Boh S tanhurst, Boh Sw an, tim b er on land purchased by him Jim Yelton, ¡mil Ed Aldrich. in 1942 from th e Port Orford Bill Thompson, postm aster, I .timber Co. Jndgi'» Dal M King, sale. The C ham ber of Com m erce shall told about th e |»ossihihties »1 Circuit C ourt Ju stice, tried the present the citation to the Man house to house m ail delivery at a case last week, w ith d istrict At- and W oman of the year 1951, as later date. to in y Sam H all rep resen t ing Bill T aylor, Gold Beach city the county. well as aw ard a W ar Bond to the Evidence .at th e tria l showed w inner of the essay contest in a tto rn e y , gave a talk on the way the high school, and grad e school Gold Beach handled then w atei that th e Port O rford L um bar Co. had reserved tim b e r rig h ts on the The topic for the essay was Con- and sew er problems. C ity attorney Ed Ackley spoke land purchased by ('rook for a siiv a lio ii ol N atu ral Resources. and urged th«» people to forget |M‘iio«| of five years, and th at nliout th e p o s s ib ilitie s o f b u y in g ('lo o k bad paid taxes on the land the w.ater system h e t" until la t but not on the timlA»r, siniv* er, and concent ra te first u|»on these sta te m e n ts w ere sent to the securing adequate» s e w e r s y s te m lum ber company ( ’rook sta te d be Judge Hails Nelson spoke on did not know thesn* tax es bad not The officers of the C heleo Lodge th e ju w n ile delinquency prob been paid. ( ’u ir y C ounty foreclosed on th»» No. 249, and the Topaz R clteka’i lem on the national level. Pop Reed, street suix»rin,vn tim b e r in 19 IS «and th e decree Lodge No. 241 w ere installed into th e ir offices at the I. (4. O F. dent, told the progress th at has w as e n te ie d on«» m onth a fte r the hall on T hu rsd ay evening. J a n , has lieen m ade on 1lv city streets five-year period had expired The 13, w ith D istrict lx»puty G rand d uring the past few wi vks, an I court held th a t it was now too M aster Davo C rw k e tt and D is th a n k e d all those who eoritributed late i<> go hack of the foreclosure, find th at the county could have a trict D eputy Pnesident Cleo C raig tow ards them . An A ir force sergeant sjxike to r<‘as<>nal»li.' tim e to tak e off the serving as installing officers, find Jam es K oeller and Agnes Dai get th e group, telling them ol the tindx'r. n«»ed for an fur w atch li*»i'«», an-1 as G rand M arshals. Officers for the new y e a r for the em ergencies th at could arise A s h o r t q u e s tio n jH 'ilo d ir o n the Clwdco Lodge a re : N oble G tand, W illiam Dubtw; Vi<x* the floor was held. Grand, F ra n k T y g a rt; S ecretary , Ivan S m ith ; T re a su re r, Ed H oar; Wat den, Clyde» S ellers; C onduct PRIZE WINNERS A I’ Th»» initial me»‘ting »tf tb» new or, W illiam C lem ent; Inside III WAY ANNOUNCI I) G uardian, Ray M arquis; O utside ly elected d ire c to rs of the lia r- W inners of prizes a, th» big ! bor R ural F ire D istrict will be G uardian, A rth u r Bollinger; asC held in a tto rn e y Ed A ckley's <»f- C haplain ('h a s Crosby; Right prom otion at HiW av m ark et last ' fice on T h u rsd ay night, Ja n 20. S u p p o ite r to Noble G rand, Bon w’eek w ere th e following; A m ixer w as won by W. N E lected to th " d iiv c to rs office Jones; Iz*ft Sup|M»iter to Noble G tand, Mike Page; Right S u p Z ickler; a basket ol groceries was w ere (lly i|e IVraynarfl. Robert porter to Vive G rand, John Dar- won by Mike Pag»»; kitchen set, ( ’b a r n b e is , R ay G uerrettaz, Leon» ger; Left Supporter to Vice K ath erin e F eld er; Cook Hook. ard H arvey, R. I. O liver, and N. G tand. Don C raig; Right Scene Viola S ch u stm an ; P o ta to Baker, V Stro m m en . Serv in g on th e form ation com S upporter, F rank Hat ■♦t Iwtt Kay C h ad b u tn ; Beach Ball, Pat tan- W edner; Beach Ball, P auline Pen- mit t » wr»re V ern H anscam , Fred Seen»» S upporter, ('oil hurst, Ijf'sie Millet IS Ju n io ; p ast d e rg ra st; Picnic H am , C. F. Y ahr G u stafso n and Dave C ro ck ett. County Wins In H. W. Crook Suit INSTALL CHETCO LODGE OFFICERS FIRE DISTRICT DIRECTORS TO MEET TONIGHT G r;id d Topaz R ebekah officers in sta ll ed a te Noble G rand. Opal La- Brook; Vice G tand, Lilly Brow n; R| »cording Sec., lAlu»» S ; “nci»; Financial S c c te ta ry , Florence» Davis; T re a su re r, Alice G ra n ; W arden. J< anne Dubbs; C onduct or, Helen Sellers; Insid»» G u a r dian, Violet W allace; O utside G uardian, Lucille ('o le, C haplain, Beryl B ollinger; Right Sup|M»rter to Nohh» G rand, R ita 'Fierce; L<ft S u p p o rte r to Nob!*. G rand, Faye S ta n h u rs t; Right S u p jx n te r to Vice G rand, B ertha W h irry ; Left Sup|H»rter to Vice G rand, N ellie P e te rso n Color B earer, E dith Fox; Musician, M arie H oar R etiring N ohl" G rand is Irene Koellet F red Fox favored the assem blage w ith tw o songs, w ith Effie Beam at the piano, and th< drill team presented a colorful i drill. Eollow inf the rrxxding, ice cream and cake w ere served and a six ial hour enjoyed. GENEROSITY, GRAVEL HELP GET BROOKINGS STREETS IN SHAPE About 2,000 y a rd s of gravel have been spread on the stre e ts of R rookings in the past couple of weeks, m ostly th ro u g h volun te e r equipm ents m a te ria ls and labor, und'»t tb»» d irectio n of M ayor Roy Brim m , and city of ficial Pop Reed. G eneral repairs w ere made to most of the busiest th o ro u g h fares m the com m unity, filling up chuck holes and ru ts In appreciation of the help, M ayor Brim m reh»ase<l the fol lowing sta te m e n t. As M ayor of Buxrkings I wish to thank those who w ere so gen erous to offer th e ir services in w ith o u t any charge to the city : C larence Badger, Law rence M urray M otors, A rt i lagen. Crook, I'hom as (Speed) F unari, ' Sw an i.egging Co, » The follow ing gas statio n s ilotiat'Ml fuel to keep th e above equipm ent ru n n in g : A ssociated St tfion, Ed and Mendys, Rich field S tatio n , Mobil Statio n . E lm er B ankus donated ap prox im ately 750 y ard s of gravel w ithout any cost to the city, uvl th re e to live tru c k s d u rin g th«» jieriod th a t the city w as graveling lie also furnished th e fuel and d riv ers for th e tru c k s w hile th e w ork was lx»ing done. helping f<» gravel the streets ot Also, a sincere th an k s to all Brookings. Tho following have donated o th e rs th a t have heljx'd in thus equipment, their tune or both s tre e t w ork. MARCH of DIMES Basketball Game Sunday
