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Volume S—No. 49
Plywood Industry To Celebrate GoMen
MAN,
Anniversary This Year With Promotion
OF THE YEAR
ast&uni.
W estern fir plywood m a n u
fa c tu re rs are m aking plans to
c e le b ra te th e ir 30th an n iv ersary
this year, w ith a Golden Jubilee
prom otion throughout W ashing
ton. O regon and C alifornia
T h e prom otion is aimed at in
creasin g sales by 10 m illion feet
a w eek throughout the year.
T h a ts th » w o rd from th e D o u g las
F ir P yw ood A sso ciatio n of T a-
WOMAN
T he “Man anil W oman of
the Y e a r” plaques will lx» i-
w ardeii at the annual C ham ber
of C om m vrce d in n e r tonight at
the C hetco G range hall.
An
engineer, Mr. A. D. H arvey,
M edfonl, will tx» the principal
sp eak er at th© dinner, which
will begin at 7:30.
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Thursday, l.muary 27, i955
PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF BROOKINGS
PROJECTS WINS AUTHORIZATION
Observation List
PLAN TO BUILD
Continues Growing
HOMES HERE
coma. W ash., the industry t r a d e _______________________
association which re p re se n ts 97
M ore nam es have been added
to the list of volunteers to m an
fir plywood nulls in the th re e < T H T A I R O N D
states. Those m ills produce 3-4 of ’
1
tJV rlw L Z
the observation post, for the
of the n a tio n ’s panels.
G round O bservers Corps, as a
T he h©art of the prom otion will
r< suit of a ixusonal apjx»al made
be 50 Golden Ideas for building or
to several organizations last week.
rem odeling w ith fir plywixxl de
Chetco E xtension U nit: Mrs.
signed by five of the n a tio n ’s top-
Ed Cole, Mrs. D orothy K ilpat
w light architects. The industry
W hen it com es to astrom oni- rick, Mrs L au ra Anderson, Mrs.
will preview them w ith all the cal figures C u rry C ounty usually Dale C hapm an, M abel Miller, E s
d ram a of a new "opening" in mid- has them F igures from G eorge th e r Y arnell, Mrs. Bill P ate, Ann
June. T he presen tatio n will ta k e W. M im naugh, s ta te sale directo r Dawson, T helm a P ette g re w , and
place in P o rtlan d , w here the first < of U. S. Savings bonds re p o rt 1 G ra re B artholom ew
fir plywood wos prixluced for e x th a t C u rry county w ent 319 8 p e r
VFW and Auxiliary ; Mr and
hibit at th a t c ity ’s w orld fa ir in cent above th e ir quota for 1954. Mrs. Paul W herry, Mr and Mrs.
1905.
To rep eat th a t figure is 3198 p e r E .L Ross, Mrs. Florence Davis,
It will lx* the biggest m eeting of cent, by fa r th e highest in th e .Mrs H e n iv tta Dill.
plywood business people ever a s state. N ext w as G rant county
G range: M r .and M rs Roscoe
sem bled at one time.
w ith 121.9 percent.
Conway, Mr. and Mi’s. Ed Rave-
P e r c a p ita consum ption of p ly
C u rry county sales in 1954 I kes, B ernadlne Steele, Mr. and
wood has been boosted from u n d e r am ounted to $239,875, com pared j Mrs. W eigel, Polly Clendenin,
10 sq u a re feet to m ore th a n 23 w ith $50,788 in 1933. D ecem ber F ra n k K elley, Ben Jomvs, Maude
sq u a re feet. T he industry hopes sales w ere 3,785 com pared w ith Longacre, T oka Mullen.
it will push sales this y e a r well 1,856 last Decemlier.
• Recognition should tie given to
p ast th e 4 billion foot m ark This
C u rry county had m ore bond those ix'ople w ho have been res-
m eans an increase of about 10 sales th a n Cnxik. Gilliam, H ar- jx»nsible for th e building of th©
percent. D espite a 12-week s trik e ne, Jefferso n , Lake, S herm an, observation p o st to its present
in m id-sum m er, affecting 50 p e r Polk.
W allaw a,
and
W heeler condition Road w ork, city grader,
cent of in dustry production, 1954 counties
M r .E lm e r B ankus, tru c k s and
sales of fir plywood reached 3.8
Oregon sales w ere 28 percent gravel, cra n e w ith driver. Salvage
billion feet, 4 percent b e tte r th an g re a te r th a n last year, and the and Son ,tw o tru c k s, E arl Brown,
1953, th e previous record high.
national gain was 12 percent w ith and Bill H am nian .
T he in d u stry is already off to a ■ sales am o u n tin g to $4,889,119,-
M aterials, S outh Coast Lum ber,
ru n n in g s ta rt. At this w riting, th e 000.
hauled by Eox Bros. H cdbcrgs
in d u stry holds a backlog of 536
S aving bond sales in Onegon Mill and Roy Brim m , lum ber;
m illion feet in rv’w orders W ith total $36.034.406, w hich is th e K©rrs H ardw are, C u rry County
the exception of s w e ra l tem por- j highest a n n u al sale since 1949.
L um ber Co. C hetco Home and
a r y p e a k s ju st prloi to Christtnas, >
Auto, D enns Supply, electric w ir
this is th e biggest o rd e r file on <
ing ,’Ben Jones, Mr. McNabb. Bill
record .
H am m an, and Bob S ta n h u rst.
Labor, M r .and Mrs. H am m an,
Ed Schoenbeok, Rixl H erm an,
Bill Dubbs, Jo«» K anick, Don
Vaughn, Bob S ta n h u rst, and Mrs.
SALE IN COUNTY
319% OF GOAL
jo e MU&yfiluf.
All th is talk of "B rookings th e
B an an a B elt" used to am aze me,
but w ith T uesday and W ednes
d a y ’s w onderful sunshiny days,
and the abundancy oí v eg etatio n
around here I am becom ing m ore
and m ore convinced th at som e
body knows w hat they are ta lk
ing alxiut. T he ¡«tint w as really
driven home.
T uesday, though
w hen I saw a m an w a lk 'n g down
Choteo avenue carry in g a m at-
chete. Probably off to th e banana
fields.
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Gee, w ith all th e bragging
alxrut my new d a u g h te r, and the
w e a r and te a r on my wife, she
didn’t have a m in u te to call the
local m edicos to find out if a n y
body e lse had a child too.
I ’m
su re th a t the M urphy’s a re n ’t the
only |M»ople in tow n th a t have new
babies, though at tim es it seem s
like it. T he Elwood C ostott’s had
a babv I know for sure- m id it
w as a Ixiy too. C o n g ratu latio n s.
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Back to the b an an a belt again
Did anybody know th a t V irginia
M anley is the sole Brookings s u r
vivor of th e 1912 revolution in
P a n a m a ? O r at least 1 h av en ’t
h eard of any other.
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Bud told p re tty m uch about the
b ask etb all gam e Sunday, so I
w on't go into detail, although I
w ould like to spike rum ors th a t
m y head-on crash into H ank H ou
vila sent th a t lad to the hospital
nursin g bruises and broken bones.
It w’as m ore of a ea: • oi a s e a
gull crash in g into G oat Island,
and I ’ve got th e black and blue
m ark s to prove it. Incidentally,
how did they let Lion Bill T hom p
son stay in th© gam e w ith eight
fouls.
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A group of women have w ritte n
to th e pajier to re q u e st a w eekly
c a len d ar of ev e n ts to lie p rin ted
»‘«eh w eek
T h a t’s a fine idea, and w e’ll
Start it n« \ t w eek B ut it ’ll re-
quit© some cooperation from th e
clubs and o th e r groups.
D ead
lines for m exting notices should he
in by Monday, if w e’re going »o
do th© rig h t thing. W e’ll list the
ev en ts by days, sta rtin g w ith
T hu rsd ay night, and ending w ith
T h u rsd ay night. So if you’re
group has a m eeting, let us know,
e ith e r by phone, in person, o r via
mail.
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We had a H eidelberg p rin tin g
presson exhibit in front of th e
building T uesday aftern o o n . They
w an te dto sell it to us and we
m ay be in the m a rk e t Boy, wh it
a job th a t is. H ow ever, a lot of
people saw th e tru c k , and figured
it w as a beer tru c k w ith free
sam ples, and kept crow ding in all
afternoon.
Nellie Rodehavor
Death Reported
RIAN TO PLAY
FOR BROOKINGS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Th,» city basketball cham pion
W ord w as received here W ed
nesday afternoon of th e death of ship of B rookings is at stak e The
B rookings-H arbor
Pilot
Nelli©
G ertru d e
R odehaveer, g re a t
form er Brookings resident, who team th ought, a fte r displaying
w as living at 1715 Vine S treet, th e ir co urt prow ess to a la rg e
crowd S unday afternoon,
and
Berkely, Calif.
She w as the wife of the late edging th e Lion’s club in a hard
George R odehavor, and a m em b- , fought b a ttle , th a t they w ere now
e r of th e topaz R ebekah Lodge of the undisputed kings of B rook
ings.
Brookings.
P riv a te fam ily services w ere , H ow ever th a t is not the case.
held at the Berkely H ills Chapel j T he B rookings Plywood tendered
T hu rsd ay , Ja n u a ry 27 at 11:00 i a challenge to the Pilot team to
a m. w ith Dr. C larence Reiilen- fight it out for th e "city cham p
ionship" on rkcx tS unday, F e b ru
bach officiating.
She w as 73. and a n ative of a ry 6, in th e high school gym.
T he B rookings Plywood has o r
K ansas.. Mrs. R odehavor w as the
siste r of F ran k Pallady of H a r ganized a group of team s, of
bor. Tw o children survive, Irv in g ' w hich th e top squad will lie th (.
Oachwend, of O akland, and Mrs. B rook-Ply W ildcats. T hen th e re
Avalow J. K erch,,r of B erkeley. J a re th e G lue-G ang S plinter, the
She also has two o th e r surviving Pond Lilies, the Lap Crew, and
siste rs, Mils. Lucille Irw in of the Pop Crew’.
Possibilities of form ing a league
O akland, and Mrs. R u th Hoffman
of S a ra to g a , California. She has a r,, u n d er consideration, accord
four grand-children, and th re e ing to M ike Page, who has been
I appointed publicity d ire c to r for
g re a t g reat children.
the group.
All proceeds for the "city
Plan Spaghetti Dinner
cham pionship" gam e will go e ith e r
to the M arch of Dimes, or to the
T o Raise Air Watch Funds Scout
Building fund o r both.
S p a g h e tti dinner will
given
The Plyw ood team m em b ers
by th e VFW , the A m erican Legion g©t some p ractice this week, and
Auxiliary's, and the G range to it is understood by the Pilot team ,
provide funds to finish th e G round th a t th e y ’ll need it. Some of the
to finish th e G round O b server ro ste r of the Plywood squad in
Corps O bservation post.
clude Don Thom pson, Bill H ou
T he feed will be held on S a t vila, H ank H ouvila, Ray R eeser,
urd ay night, F ebruary 5 a t the V ein M cNeese, Gkvnn W eeks,
G range hall, w ith the dinner serv- H ow ard Vining, and E v erett Ty-
ed from 6 to 8 p m.
I ler.
Trosted.
LIBRARY CARNIVAL
PLANNING BEGINS
P lans a re being m ade now for
the lib rary fund raising carniva*,
sjjonsored by most of the com
m unity organizations, anil p u t on
in o rd er to finish the library’
building. It will be th e final drive
for the lib ra ry fund, as th© build
ing is nearing com pletion.
The
carnival will be held on Feb 19.
HARTNELL LEAVES
CITY CHURCH
Some excerpts from the story
follow’:
More th an 3,(XX),000 bulbs pro
duced by C roft lily g row ers in
the Brookings a re a will proclaim
the beauty of E a s te r tim e, come
spring, in ch urches and homes
across the nation.
Growers in the B reakings-H ar
bor area fim slvd their Septem ber
h arvest of around 400 acres in
o rd er to supply th e floral m»eds
for th e com ing^of E a ste r.
E ach
acre produces from 25.000 to 50.-
000 bulbs, depending u|x>n th e ir
size, and th e bulbs a re h arv ested
m uch in the sam e m an n er as a
p o ta to crop.
U nlike p otato grow ers, how ever,
bulb grow ers have no rwN»d for
sto rag e cellars The C rolt bulbs
a re first graded and so rter, then
field-packed in peat moss in w ood
en boxes for d irect shipm ent to
th e e a ste rn and m idw estern flor
ist trade.
No sooner are the bulbs dug
th an its tim e for p lan tin g the
next y e a r’s crop. Producing a
bulb cro p for the m a ik e t is a
tw o-year proposition and all bulbs
are ta k e n up at the end of the
first y e a r and a re planted back
Typical of the C roft lily grow
ers is Cecil W att, whoae line
ble.
E ld er Calvin H a rtn e ll, who has
th e S eventh-D ay
A dventist church ns p a sto r is be
ing tra u sfe rre l to Coquille. F ille r
Melvin T om kins of W hite Salm on
will come this week to fill the
F u n eral services for R ay J.
vacancy, and will reside in B rook
Moore, 58, of H arbor, w ere held
ings.
at th e Assembly of God C h u rc h .
Monday, Jan. 24th, at 2:00 p m ,
I With the Rev. W illard Spencer
i officiating
In te rm e n t w as held in the W il
liam J. W ard M em orial C em etery
w ith B row n’s M ortuary in charg e
M r Moore w as born in M issouri
on
A pril 17, 1896, th e son of W il
W a lte r H arvey H arris, 34. of
In
H a rb o r .died Sunday, Jan ., 23, at liam and A nnabelle Mixue.
1917,
he
moved
to
O
regon
w
ith
his
Josephines General hospital In
G ra n ts P ass .lie w as born April fam ily und lived in the K la m a th
8, 1920 in G ra n ts Pass, and had | Falls area. Ho cam ,, to the H ar-
lived in H a rb o r for the p ast 11 i bor a re a 12 y e a rs ago and lias
lived here since.
y e a rs .
S urvivors include a d a u g h te r,
Mr. H a rris is survived by a
M
rs.
Alice Brow n of Richm ond,
son, M ichael R. of A pplegate, his
p a re n ts, Mr. and Mrs. R obert Calif., a Tiister, Mrs Ella C arson
H arris of G ra n ts Pass, a sister, of H arbor, and 3 bro th ers, .Glen
Moore of H arbor, and Leo and
B etta H a rris of Eugene.
F ra n k Moore of S acram en to , Cal
F u n e ra l services will be held
on T uesday, J a n u a ry 25, a t 2 p
m. at the L. B. H all chapel, w ith
Rev, J. A. M arquam offieiatlnge.
In te rm e n t will be in the M asonic
cem etery.
I mxwi tserving
Rites Are Said
For Ray Moore
Harbor M an Dies
In Grants Pass
HIGH SCHOOL
BEGINS SECOND
SEMESTER HERE
LIONS TO HAVE TV SHOW, PARTY
MOVIE FOR MARCH OF DIMES FUHD
The Lions club a re sponsoring
tw o big projects this w eek end in
th e in te re sts of the M arch of
D im es. T hey will a p p e a r on E u
reka ’I*V T h u rsd ay night, and will
.sjxinsor th©ir annual M arch of
Dimes P a rty S a tu rd a y night at
th e Cliff House.
Also they m ill have a m ovto at
th e Pine Cone th e a te r on F riday
night at 11:30 p .m. w ith all pro-
cix dx to go tow ards the M arch of
I limes.
W arren McNeely is handling
a rra n g e m e n ts for the TV show,
which will be on the re g u la r Cal-
O re panoram a show at 6 p m ,
T h u rsd ay evening.
Included in the show will be
S h e rry ’s (Tiape rone’s, a 5 piece
band, a hula dancer, a ta p dancer,
an acro b at, and an Interview w ith
a m an who has suffered pains of
Polio. A group of IJorts will m ake
th e tri pto E u re k a to help w ith
the show. All th e ta le n t will be
local.
T he party, w hich will begin at
about S p .m. at the Cliff House,
will be sim ila r to the one which
w as such a success last year.
Prizes, talen t, comics, and a gen
eral gixxl evening is planned for
the public.
T h ere will be no adm iss on
charged, and plenty of e n te rta in
ment is planned, w ith home ta l
ent, dancing and various other
am usem ents
The
Brookings-1 la i Imr
high
I school began the second sem es,ei
I Monday, Jan. 17 w ith 10 new
.s tu d e n ts en te rin g th e schixtl. In-
eluded w ere one senior. Janice
' C hristensen, tw o juniors, Jerry
Birley, and Shirley Beard, foni
sophomores, R ichard Beard, L a u ra
Cross, C arolyn P u tn a m , and R on
ald M atlix’k, and th re e freshm en,
IJllia n Fielder, Jarnos F ielder,
ta n d D arlene M atlock
T he second sem esh r freshm an
enrollm ent in ( a lie r a i S c i e n c e
has beconm so la rg e th a t it is
necessary to set up tw o se c tio n s
Sophom ore typing also req u ired
four sections because of e n ro ll
m ent. All required classes in the
freshm en, sophom ore, and ju n io r
class now req u ire tw o sections.
It w as hoped to move into t h e
new high school for the second
sem ester, but since this was not
possible, sud will likely be im
¡XMiaible Uyfore th e
«ml of F eb -1
ruary, the se m e ste r w as s ta rte d
a t ttw ru g o la r s(»h<»dul«* tune.
I>oris O ’Dell, tra n s fe r from Eu-
w ork tor g ra d u a tio n and will re-
w or kfor g rad u atio n , and Will re
ceive h er diplom a w ith th»» class
a t g rad u atio n exercises in th e
farm hom e is next to the coast
W alt's bulb farm now produc©«
O th e r things being equal, th© spring.
highw ay south of Brookings. Back around lfX).(XX) com m ercial bulbs ; b e tte r the soil th e bigger the bulb.
in 1939 w hen W a tt got s ta rte d a y e a r and 10 acres ire devoted Since the acreag e su ited to com-
as a g ro w er he paid 50 cents for to the lily crop W att grow s some m ereial bulb grow ing is very tive grow ers have gone out ot tl>©
600 year-old bulbs, only four to Ace and K enyon Davis varieties lim ited, g row ers a re now trying business G row er prices this fall
six inches in size Today, a seven- as well as th» C roft hybrid. The to w ork out longer rotatio n s
rang»*d from 15 c e n ts tor the
inch bulb is w orth but 15c But fo rm er lilies difter from C roft in
C u rry C ounty A gent Ken sevin-inch bulb to 35 re n ts for
at the tim e W att got his s ta r t forcing
p erfo rm an ce
bringing P riest is enco u rag in g the use of the l(J|incft B ig g e st JxitcntJal
th ere w as a "lily ru sh ” in p ro the hull) into bloom > and a re m ore a lta fescue as a cover crop. C hew th r e a t to O regon grow ers is lily
gress w ith lily grow ers springing d isease-resistant.
ing fescue and alsike clo v er nre bulb transput tatio n from Ja p a n ,
up all along th e Coast.
The glorious flow ers bloom in o th e r suggested ro tatio n covers but it is probable tliaf not m ore
W ith so m any grow ers rushing lush prolusion in Ju ly and B rook Such ro ta tio n s w ould be of help th an 100.,XX) bulbs will mov© in
into the field, the O regon lily ings observes the .season w ith a in both building soil and check from Ja p a n this year
soon e n tered a “txx,m and b u st" i Lily Blossom Tim e Ftoatival.
E arly bloom ing daffodil* a re
ing disease spread in bulb p la n t
period The Hooded m a ik e t I o rced i T h ere an» acres of flow ers to tie ings.
yet an o th er llo ral crop grow n in
bulb pricr»s u iy down, and only fn ely g ath e re d for the floats
L ike m ost o th e r fa rm e rs the the Brookings area Fields may
thr» b e tte r grow ers survived.
since the grow ers pick off the bulb grow ers use sp rin k le r Irri bloom as early as Ja n u a ry an I
Form ation of the Pacific Bulb blooms anyw ay.
The blossoms gation, and sp ra y pro g ram s for alw ays before nud -F eb iu ad y . Tli©
G row ers' Associ. ’¡on did much to at© rem oved to in crease tnjlb t both Insect and weed control choice fresh flow ers a re ship[xxt
put the crop on an orderly basis grow th and prevent mildew and W att re p o rts th a t th© g ro w er by a ir or tru c k to rem ind florists
Serving p rim arily as an inform a fungus from developing
can easily have a cash o u tla y of th a t suddenly it ’s spring along
tion exchange, th e association
"W e’ve trie d to a ttr a c t a ¡>er- $1,XXJ an acre in producing th e the so u th ern O regon coast
helps both g row ers and the buy jfu m e in d u stry to process the bulb crop
M cN ulty g»*’s on to tell about
ing tra d e keep in touch w ith th e flow’d s hut have had no luck so
B ulb priof‘8 a re now p re tty well th e grow ing of gladoli bulbs in
industry
. fa r", W a tt said
I stabilized and the sm all, specula- the P o rtla n d and C anby area.
BULB INDUSTRY HERE DESCRIBED
An artick? in th e Jan u ary issue
of th e Oregon F a rm e r called a t
te n tio n to th e C roft lily bulb in
d u stry in the B rookin g s-H arb o r
aiva.
The story; w ritte n by Gene Mc
N ulty, field e d ito r of th e fa rm -r
m agazine w as illu stra te d w ith two
pictures, one show ing the Ixdt of
’ rich farm land n e a r th e ocean
at B rookings", and th© o th e r
.showing Jan et R asm ussen, g ra n d
d a u g h te r of Cecil W att, bulb
grow er,
stan d in g am ong the
C roft lilies in bloom.
M ore homes a re going to built
in Brookings, according to Henry
K err, who is now supervising the
, building of four block type thu©
bedroom hom es in Brookings, n e a r
the river.
An im lefinite n um ber of homes
of the sam e typp will I m » built,
according to K err, depending up
on th e dem and.
The houses will sell for about
$12, (.NN I, and will include tw o fire-
' places besides the thrive bedroom s
K e rr said.
W orking on ,h© four homes a re
th e H orton Bros C o . a concrete
block firm w hose h e a d q u a rte rs
is in Roseburg, and Blaine G rib-
The B rookings C ouncil a c c e p t
'd
citiz en s c o m m itte e reccom-
m e n d a tio n th a t an E n g in e e rin g
tu r n be allow ed to com e in to
B iixjkings and m ad e a p re lim in
ary survey on th e w a te r sy ste m ,
se w e r system , and s tre e ts , w ith
a n eye to w ard s th e possibility of
B o a tin g a tmibl w hich w ould c o v e r
all th re e im p ro v e m en ts.
E d A lih ieh , c h a irm a n of c o m
m itte e , m ad e his re p o rt to th e
council, and suggest.,>d tl e n a m e s
ot se v e ra l firm s th a t could be
c.ill< d on to m ak e th e su rv ey . T h e
e s tim a te d cost of th e p relim in ary
I survey w ould be, it w as b ro u g h t
out | roin s i(N) to Sl(XK).
A ldrich t- p o rted th a t th e s.’W-
e rs only se rv ed ab o u t on* f o u rth
"I th e city, and th e w a te r sy ste m
is a d e q u a te , hut th e c o m m itte e
h«,l.' v >d th a t th e c ity should buy
it a t som e tim e, b ec au se it is in
incom e p ro d u cin g u tility .
A ld rich also m e n tio n e d , in his
t p o rt, th e possibility of e o v e r in :
th e s tr e e t im p ro v e m e n t in th e
sa m e bond issue. O r a t least a
survey w ould see if th is w as |X)S-
sihle.
A ld rich also re fe rre d to th e
B e ie sa h o using p ro je c t, and t o d
th e co u n c ilm en th a t th e y Iv h e v e d
th a t th e c ity should act to ta k e a
a d v a n ta g e ol the B e re sa building,
in ste a d ol le ttin g th e m spend
money lo r a se p tic ta n k sy stem .
H is c o m m itte e eq»oit also s t a l
l’d th a t E lm e r B a n k u s, as owner
ot th e B rookings W a te r <’ ». w ould
lx» a g re e a b le to h a v in g an im -
p a r tia l a p p ra is a l m a d e of th e
w a te r a n d sew» r sy stem .
It w as th e eons'ensus of o pinion
th a t th e council is a t th e end of
th e rope u n til th e y know ju s t
how m u c h it w ould cos, to co m
p le te th»» v a rio u s p ro je c ts, a n d
th a ,
th e y w ould lx* a b le to
w o rk from th e re .
I he co uncil a g re e d to go t in
to u ch w ith a n E n g in e e rin g lirm ,
of C o rn ell, H o w ard , M e n if ie ld ’
a n d H ays, of C o rv allis, a n d a s k
th a , a re p r e s e n ta tiv e ol th a , firm
m eet w ith th e co u n cil at an e a r
ly dak* an d d ec id e on w h en a n d
w h at th e survey w ould ca ll for,
an d how m u c h it w ould cost.
Hie cou n cil also a c te d on sev-
e ta l o th e r ite m s in th e ir se co n d
m e e tin g ol th e m o n th ,
T hey
p u rc h a s e d a lna<l.»r lo r atx ait
$!HX> on a re n ta l p a y m e n t p la n .
I h*.»y d ire c te d Mi s K an ic k to
w rite a le t t e r to th e B ro o k in g s
P lyw ood Cot|>. a s k in g th e m to r
th e ir c o o p e ra tio n on p u ttin g o u t
th e lire a, th e p la n t, w h ich h a s
L en sm o k in g lo r s e v e ra l m o n th s .
1’he council a s k e d th e P ly o w o d
Coi p not to d u m p a n y m o re r e f
u se on th e i n . , and to sec t h a t
th e tir e is out tiy M a rc h 13. T h e
co u ncil also ask ed th e C orp, to
sign a bond, w hich w o u ld p r e v e n t
,1k.» city Irom b ein g liab le fo r
d a m a g e s co m in g Irom th e liiv .
G ord o n G oetz a p p e a r d lx»forc
th e council on th e H illsid e A ve.
p io h le in
lie ic p o ite d th a t th e
ro ad is too high oil his p ro p e rty ,
a n d th o som< hixiy is lia b le to g e t
h u rt T h e council a g re e d so m e
th in g sh o u ld he done, so Pop
R eed w as d ire c te d to p u t m som e
d ir, till ,o level tlx-» d ro p off
A c o m m it,e , u n d e r the c h a ir
m a n sh ip of E a rl Breuer, w’ent
ov< r th e city license o rd in an c es,
a n d re p o rte d som e re c o m m »nda-
tio n s to th e council, m ainly sonic
ir r e g u la r itie s in p a y m e n ts.
It
and
b ro u g h t on, of the brush,
ru b b ish m enace is g e ttin g
of hand, and M ayor Roy
out
B im im asked that sun , thin: be
done a,ton, it. II was .j ixi to
set a d ate for the v o lu n teer fire
d e p a rtm e n t to w a tc h th e fires,
an d th a t dat© will be announced
later.
S tric te r enforcem ent of
the ordinance on th e burning of
tra sh was also req u e sted .
The fit© d partincm, has itso
requested jiermission to install i
n< w signal tow er at«»n the ei.y
hall, and raise the siren. A tim e
clock will he ordened. and t h< tir©
w lustle will sound at noon, and
at 10:3,) j» m, for curfew .
T h e council also a s k e d for bids
on a new jxdice ca r.
M ayor Brim m requested th a t
anythin,, mou (it by the city in
th e lu ta ie must hav© a purchase
order.
At C hristm as tim e w ord w as
reivived from Joe M errcll, fo rm
erly of H arbor. He is q uite w ell,
and is m aking his home w ith a
siste r in R tpacam lida Rotenza,
Ita ly .