The SKtKHBOOK
GIVE GO-AHEAD TO 5 0 NEW HOMES
MODE O'DAY TO
HAVE STORE HERE
by
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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"
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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