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fl. Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community s ¡The SKETCHBOOK \ 1 Inn s(Liy, February 3, 1955 m i l t ON NKWAMTANOH— TKN VKNTH BKOOKINOM. C l MB* C O U N T *. OKKGON Volume 8, No. 50 New School Building Nears Completion Announce Plans For New Drug S to re Here V vity is th e w ord in th ’? busi- i cess w o rld di n o rth B ro o k in g s. Woi w as r< < ed h eiv by E eil C nin II o w n e r o| the C a m p b e ll bit e r. til;) a tliu s ti >re to he A rt K nox w as e le c tid ; - • , ■ t know n i Ei in k 's P h a rm a c y , w d l of th e R o tary clu b at a clecu n ti tl« ti ' *ly con e in to IP o o k in g n . h eld Tu< sday noon d in in’ th,’ 0,1? r det. -b w ill l»e fo rth co m in g c lu b ’s te g u la r lunch.*on at tl. ’ j in next w .'ek s paper. Cliff H ouse. d" ■ j ospe , i\ e d r a g te n a n t H u d Pi&GAeJz K nox w ill succeed 1 es D nnm < (w ill l.e in I ro o k in es d io rtly to go as the clu b ’s p resid e n t in July O th W s e le c te d w e re C a rl \ ahi I o ' ¡' plan: 'oi th e b uilding, a n d I wot k w ill h< gin soon in re a d y in g B anan a b elt; land of th e w in ter w ho w as nam d V ie? I i ?t ?•• P t oeeii| ancy C am p - flow ers; frost free clim atv; all Krenchy A rre ll, S e c re ta ry ’ll et B e ' hell t i l l d ’ l i e th ug stop? W ill b ” qew dir« «‘to rs w «'re nune«l ah th ese nice thin g s we have been o it ! a i l i - it to th«’ ( Iam bi- s w ho w ill se rv e al«»ng w ith tl? ie h e a rin g about th e w eath er, ami tirin l: nt ‘sid e n t. I s I hman« ’. W e ste rn A u to S to re . now look w hat happens. SNOW, T h e new d ire c to rs a r e I loin th a t’s rig h t, snow. W ho's to blanie IT ■ ipei i ,et ani - h a \ t lis te d K essler, Boh R ettk e, anti Tony for th is goings o n? M inna A kers, p lan s for m in in g in to th e N o rin C h rist tanseii o u r w v a th e r re p o rte r? , or Art (L ite tu; liu . tl i ■ ?l!y n o r th of Knox failing to insu re the city j ( ’a m p li-lls tr u c tu re . A i th u r against such goings o n ? O r may SlV i m an, 'c o u n ty s u rv e y o r, a n be little Colli en M urphy and h er I on«.in -r, w ill he lo cateti in th e insisting she w ould use the sled build : .along w ith an a c c o u n t? < N E A R I Y C O M PL E T E D is th e B rook in g s-K arb o r high school. School officials had hoped to be in Ihe b eau tifu l now building she hauled all the way trom W is lu m i, cor«: at ,<» officials ot t h ' consin, is to blam e. A nyw ay i* by the s ta r t o fthe second sem ester, but the builders m issed th e ir m ark by a little. H ow e »or, plans to occupy th e s tru c tu re a re being 1'rook u.-s B u ild in g Co b u ild e rs «if happened. ih ? u< w building. m ade som etim e in the n e a r fu tu re . _____ ____ T h e p a tc h w o rk b rig a d e is on \ b ik e r, V ernon H. K ivigi'r, is tin» m ove. F o rm e d in ih Ilm h o i a o open u b a k e ry sh o p in th » C o m m u n ity C lu b ih e brigadt* O ne nice thing about it is th a t b u ild in g . K re ig e r op p assin g a ro u n d a s h u t, w h i c h N in th (i.t it m elts so last. Back east it II L P ere c o n trib u to rs ire ask ed to sew o n e r a te d i -hop in t ’l fsk a n ie , a n d would be days ju st to get th ” p a tc h e s w ith d o n a tio n s u n d er I h as h«-en in th e b a k e ry tu isines? Tuesday, Jan. 25 58 41 stuff off th«» w indshield. Not so them , o r at leas, give th e don i ja il ol his lit” Ills w i •?, H elen, W ednestlay, Jan. 26 62 40 here In a m a tte r of m inutes it’s tio n s an d th e p a tc h e s w ill b? I w ill h e lp o p e r a te th e s to re . gone. T hursday, Jan . 27 54 36 sew ed on by th e ladivs ' Ixit i r an ti tam ily h a v e t»et a F riday, Ja n . 28 56 34 All th e p ro ceed s for th e patoli- s p e n d i lg tilt* p a s , st \ ?ral w eek s .01 w o rk w ill go into th e lib rary lum l in s ta llin g th'» oven, am i o th e r Saturday, Jan. ’29 64 42 Tom A ukland, o u r recent a d The first Brookings Mayor, and Sunday, Ja n . 30 dition to th e Pilot fam ily, brought Tin» sh ir, wall h«> on di-play <i e q u ip m e n t, lo r an o p en in g so m e 59 50 th e first B rookings L ibrarian. Ro a snow shovel along. H e said iie lla n s e a u is sto re ,1 n s w . e l, an I tu n e ill th e next s e v tia l w eek s. 1.27 39 Monday, J a n 31 51 b e rt D im m ick, and Dolly B ra in needed it to shovel his w ay out ’hum w ill tie shew n a, ,h - cai ni\ tl .66 33 46 No w in d is a v a ila h l’ a , th is a rd .w ere chosen as the “ Man and T uesday, Feb. 1 on Feb. 19. ( ’b ailees w ill lie sold ot O m aha. It really snowed th ■ W om an of th e y e a r,“ last T h u rs W ednesday, Feb. 2 54 33 on th e money i.n e-.l. and ill pel ! tim e as to tin? la rg e 40 foot i ?- «lay he left. I inform ed him ne son g u essin g d o s t s, w dl he g i\? a j ta d o u tle t in t l " c e n te r of Ila* day night at the annual C ham ber w ould n e w r need th e co n trap tio n i N o rth < la te building. an a w a rd of Com m erce m eeting, held in the here. So tw o days a fte r I said it Knox Named as R otary President by Z P atchw ork Brigade Gains G 'fts For L ib ra ry Fund Bob Dimmick, Dolly Brainard Win “ Man-Woman of Year” Award / G range H all. we get th e w hite stuff. A nytim e I say som ething about th e w e a th e r conditions here in Brookings, Tom looks at m ” ra th e r quisically. He doesn't know w hat to believe. O ne th in g I told him is th at it hard ly ev e r rains. O r w as th a t - it ra in s hard ly ? 7 Best one Iv'.? h eard yet in r e g a rd s to S unday a tten d an ce at som e local house of w orship is • » follow s: S he to him, a fte r he gets in la te from a tte n d in g bow ling or one of th e m any o th e r o rg a n iz a tions he devoutly belongs to: • W hy don’t you jo in th e ch u rch ? H e: “Gosh, you c a n ’t expect me to join everything, do you Civil Defense Dinner Saturday P lan s a re now com pleted fo the Civil D efense sp ag h etti din n er to be given this S a tu rd a y night at th e G range Hall from 6 to 8:30 p m. to pro cu re funds for finish ing th e observation post. In a addition to th e spaghetti and m eat balls, a green salad, g a tlic bread and apple pie will he served. M any people in th e com m unity w dl have a p a rt in this dinner, th b read being donated by G len’s Bakery’, a discount given on th< gr«x*eries and m eat by th«1 H igh w ay M arket, and Chetco Meat M a rk e t T he w om en of th/ G range, A m erican Legion and VFW a re d onating the apple pies nucoa, coffee and cream . Dolly B rainard, above w as nam ed “W om an of th e Y ear' B rookings th ro u g h th e w ork she had done in connection w ith new lib rary . H er husband, Max B rainard, can be seen d ire c tly hind ht r. Bob D im m ick, fo 'm e r B rookings M ayor, received “Man of th e Y ear” aw ard. REPORT IS MADE ON MINERAL CONTENT OF RED FLATS AREA A rep o rt by th re e U. S. B ureau of Mines engineers, released last In add itio n to the women of th w eek show th at the Red F la ts th re e organizatio n s th at a re spon soring th'? project, o th e r women country .located about 20 m iles n o rth e a st of B rookings has a very of th e com m unity who have th« high co n ten t of m ineral deposits. sam e in terest, are helping in the m aking of the m eat balls and will T h e rejxrrt showed th a t th ” be serving at th e dinner. a re a explored, w hich covered an a re a of 3,900 feet in length, th a t T here w ill not ho any ticket s the a w r a g e w idth of th e deposit sold to keep th e expenses but is 590 feet, and the averag e th ic k enough food is being p rep ared to feed 175 to 200 people. The din ness 12.5 feet. z nor will be $1.25 and 75c fo. A ccording to the source the re children. Mr. B rim m will in tro su lts of th e test indicate th a t it duce S a rg e a n t D unlap who will is tech n ically feasible to recover '» show movies to stre ss th e im p o rt low -carbon ferronickel product ance of establishing an o b serv a from th«' Red F la ts nickel or? tion post here. For a com m ercial o p eratio n » T he let tiers sent to the churches g rade of o rc considerably highei and organizations which had not in nickel th a n th e sam ple test's! tieen co n tacted before a re all is indicated. n-ady bringing in re su lts w ith the In te stin g th e area, L. S. m ining S e v e n th Day a d v e n tist churcn engineers drilled 22 holes. 6 inenes tx itWi first to send in th e ir volun in d iam eter, anti ran g in g from 20 te e r listing of M rs Joe K nutsen. to 117 f<«*t, w ith an average of 35 Mr G eorge Titus, Mr and Mrs I feet deep, d rilled in eight lines, C laren ce O w rm a n . Mrs P H. j 500 feet a p a rt A pproxim ately 16 Adams. M rs F e rn G raham , an 1 tons of ore w ere included m the Mr A L Robinson. T h e nam es of sam ple w hich was tru ck ed to G n x r* 1 L arson E lm e r L arson, th e N o rth w est E lect redevelop- Mrs. M yrtle Hones, and Mrs. - m ent L ab o ratory a t Albany foi Mary Robbins w ere * n t in by the I sm elting. church of L a tte r Day Saints. o WEATHER NEW PRINTERS ARRIVE AT PILOT Both D im m ick and Mrs. B ra in a rd w ere aw arded plaques h o n o r ing them for “m eritorious S e r Tw o new p rin te rs arriv ed in vice to tlx» com m unity’’ d uring B rookings F riday evening to a s 1954. It w as the first such an sum e th e ir d u ties at the Pilot aw ard m ade in Brookings. Jim H uddleston, and Tom A uk Lynn H am pton, as ch airm an of land. both from O m aha, N e b ra s th e com m ittee m ade the p re s e n ta ka, will lx* assisting in the p ro d u c tion of th e aw ards. Of Mrs B ra in tion of th e Pilot, along w ith th? a rd H am pton said “It is ¡>eople com m ercial p rin tin g business like you th a t m akes B rookings Both a re m arrkxl, and expect to such a pleasant place to liv^ in. have th e ir wives out shortly, as Of Dimmick, H am pton reportf*d, soon as ad eq u ate housing is a v a il a m an w ith a ready smile, a m an able. who has served the public in this H uddleston is the floor man. a re a in a very tough job." and has hail seven years exjx*ri- W inners of w ar bonds for the ence in printing Ifo w orked fo. stu d en t essay contest w e iv also the B a rn h a rt-P re ss, a com m ercial announced at the m eeting. W in shop in O m aha before com ing »<> n e r of th e high school contest, Brookings. He has also w orked w ith an essay on soil conservation for tw’o weeklies, and a daily (taper. w as Joan T<jonin. A ukland is a linotype o p erato r, G lenda K ieffer won the grad»3 and has had considerable e x p e ri school com petition w ith an essay on the “Im portance ot O ur T re e s.'' ence in th a t phase of new spaper w ork He has w orked foi a hi* The new officers of the C h am weekly, for the O m aha W orld- ber of Com m erce wvne in tro d u ce 1 IIe ra ld .and for tw o com m ercial at the session, w ith past president shops. He s|x*nt 28 m onths in the K arl O stenburg tu rn in g o ver th e Army in fa n try , and saw some gavel to C harles G rayshel. E l overseas duty. Dempsey is the new vkv p resi dent, and Joe M urphy th e new Texaco Station in tre a su re r. D irectors for the group In tro B ack in Operation the be duced w ere M urray B alm er, G or Cecil H art is o p erating the Tex don Olsen, and N. V. S tro m m en the O th e r directoiS include A rchu aeo statio n here, a fte r th e statio n was closed for 21 days Ixmause of H endricks, and George Funk changi* of ow nership H art and T he group w ere told of how the Slot« rtburg sold th e sta tio n to th? C ham ber perform ed during the E. M H u sw y Co.. C rescent City, past year, handling 2,000 calls a t Calif H a rt then leased the station tho inform ation center, anil dis from th a t com pany S to ten b u rg trib u tin g 8,000 piece ot lite ra tu re w orking lor the Bm okings Auto T he m eeting w ith the s ta te h ig h P a rts . w ay commission, and the w ork on and Gold the h arb o r w ere also explained. W ind & Know C rash , w en t th ? sn o w b all A fre a k w ind s to rm cau sed co t ,ainst th m a n ’s head. “ B u t t t t t , ” s id e ra b le d a m a g e in Ih o o k in , e a rly 'Tuesday m o rn in g , and lei, lie • s t a m m e i ed. “ I, n e v e r sn o w s hi lb »kings." a lpt of p u zzled people The tei lie bo ard of d ire c to rs of th e rific g ale slu m m ed dow n a sut h am b ei o| ( 'o m m e .e e max h a v e fo rm on ,h * new I' S. N a tio n a l B ank b u ild in g now u n d ei c o n rub-d. a g a i n s t it. M rs M ona 'I i •• I r e e l in g s ». at h e r s tru c tio n . s it tin g b ack w o rk a , \ k s, 11 h i m - i* t t i, a s m e re ly leas, a w eek on th a t s fru c tiu ’*. p«-r< a .' t, io n T h e 'a l e i ? i s ma.» It a lso fla tte n e d o u , a w o rk i t , li e -• s ?u i, hu, th e fact r e sh a ck on th e sa m e site, 1« ,*eled m a i n t iiat it e e \ I in I h ■ lik in g s a n o th e r sh a ck a , th e W cid n m- 'Tit < >> m t a o' st th e K e ss le r b u ild in g , also mid'. ; co n g re 'll I W a t ■ : I i y hit«' s tu f f s tr u c tio n ; to re a I- u c a b p lu s ti ? .. Inch ( m iai inhb'il snow out by its lo o ts, a n d lip p e d a S> i ' t i e i i r< ’ H»r, 1 h at v e n tila to r off th e Az tl« « <'.?iage. tin- I • , - it a liap| 'tied w a s S e v e ra l o th e r b u ild in g s in tow n ab o u , tin e v e n ts go. The snow w e re shook by th e hla , ol w ind, i l i d i I la s, Ie am i ' isn ’t d<*ep w hich la ste d only a I* w m in u b t ia i i h t o ■ id (mi T ? c ity snow Jo h n W y k e n ea m p , su p eiv -tor o f plo\ t o ( l i a r tin* s tn -e ts . 11 w hiarnetl by m a n y on , he th e w o rk on th e h an k budding, said th a t it w as a Hew e x p e iie n e e ato m ic bom b. for him . lie rep o rt d th a , th • lo rm w as an c h o re d \ ay c u re ly , I la ' tie I, hid « q a p n irn t ill th • se t fo r a ©oncret« poll! 111 tin* sh e d w as u n d am ag e d . m o rn in g . H e said th a , he w as The tr e e in li i«k of th e I lot ‘I a w a k e n e d by th e w ind, w hich B ro o k in g s w as u p lo o te d by th e m oved th e tr a d e r he lives in w ind, w h ich s tr u c k at ab o u t 5 :3 0 ab o u t th r o e ba t, am i co m p letely a m Tu sday. It fell a c ro ss M ill fla tte n e d th e n earb y w o rk sh aex s t t f t, d is r u p tin g tra f f ic th e re . A lth o u g h th e sh ack w asn 't t en O th e rs in s e v e ra l o ’li r b u ild loosened in th e h eav y w ind > w< k ings rep o i'te tl th a t i In* violent ago. W y k e n e a m p a lso ,ud th a t wind p* rh ap s cau.s by a vacuum w o rk w o u ld hi d elay etl ab o u t a eff(*ct, shook th e ir building. 1, wte«’k on th e b u ild in g , as th e lo rm dso lig h tn in g a n d th u m l re d im - h ad to he ta k e n a p .u t a n d i hud m t'iliat'-ly b e ln ie th e w ind s tr u c k , The tool sh a c k at ,h ? Wt-ide and began to snow im m ediately m a n -K h ’s s le r b u ild in g w as also a f te r . Calender or Events Mrs. M ary S m ^ lb u rg . H a rry H vdderly, both of Beach are principal claim holders A. D. H arvey, M edford c o n su lt in th e area. T he rep o rt em phas ing <*ngin««*r was the sjieaker foi A lis tin g Ol c lu b m eetirv :s, en d e f h e r e v e n ts in B ro o k in g s-Ila rh o r iaed th at fu rth e r d rillin g and ex the evening He told of the a d Ali th o se «kxsiimg listin g , (»lease c a ll by Mon.lay a fte rn o o n in ploration should be planned in v a n ta g e s and d isad vantages ot F ounders Day will b* the them e o rder to d eterm in e th e size of the public w a te r and sew er system-;, of the P T. A m eeting tonight advance of publication. deposit. blam ing the problem s facing us on (T h u rsd ay ) beginning a, 8 (M) TH U RSD A Y . FEBRU A RY 3 Red F la ts ore tested w as divid the te rrific influx of population ir i p m T he past presidents of the P. T . A H ig h S ch o o l, 8 p. rn. ed into tw o types, nickel-bearing Brookings, and in th«1 e n tire s ta te j P T A. group here will be h o n ored A pro g iam is U*ing planne 1 E lk s Club, E lk s B u ild in i, 8 p m. la te rite , and nickel-bearing s e r H arvey em phasized the im por pentine, which w as found below tan ce of a building cotie, and saal for the evening, and refresh m en ts C h am b er ol C o m in e n c d n e c to is Inlorm a,ii»n olhce, 7:30 will tie served. th e la te rite The la te rite c o n ta in th a t th a t stre e t w ork w as ’wisely F R ID A Y, FEBRU A RY 1 ed 38.5 j»er cent iron, 2.12 p e r w i t H eadin gthe program is Ray chrom e, and .92 p er cent nickel delayed, pending in stallatio n of P isarek, who is a form er Art in C hetco T itan i* , G range H all Riddle M ountain ore te ste d o ut at w a te r arid se w e rs" s tru c to r He will ta lk on “A rt A rt Class, P ilo t Building 7:30 p. m. 9.7 iron, 74 chrom e, and 1 50 per Ho had a word of kintlness for E ducation." Also a m em ber of S A T U R DAY, FEBRU A RY 5 E lm er B ankus, and said th a t th e the sch io l board will discuss the cent nickel. people should be g ra te fu l for w hat S p a g h e tti Dinn* i 6 to 8 p. m., G range H all new school building C om parisons w ith o th e r large nickel deposits th ro u g h o u t the he had done H ow ever, H arvey SUN D A Y, FEB R U A R Y 6 world showed th a t w ith th e ex said th a t he has “grave d o u b ts ’ He em phasized planning for th e B a sk i'th a ll, h ig h school, 2 p m. ception of a m ine in th e Celebes atxiut p riv a te w a te r ow nership, fu tu re ,and said th a t Br<x»kings Islands and a n o th e r in New Cale-1 because of th e lim its of p riv a te has an o p p o rtu n ity to s ta rt a p ro TU ESD A Y , FEBRUARY 8 donia, th e R«xt F la ts and Riddle I cap ital. He said th a t K lam ath g ram now to save fu tu ro tro u b le Council rn ie titi * City Hall, 8 p, ni. M ountain «lej»osits show th e high F alls was the only private system Ifc* w arn ed about sa tu ra te d soil R o tary C h ib , C liff Ile u s 13.05 p. m. est percentage of nickel content. in th e sta te , besides Brookings. from septic ta n k s W EDNESDAY, FEBRU A RY 9 The re p o rt went on to show Ed D em psey, as a m em b er ot H arvey said fu rth e r th a t he ih a t m ining th e deposit presented LionN Club, C hvtco Inn. ( p. m. the citizens com m ittee studying didn’t know of any p riv a te ly n«> special problem s. H ow ever the the problem s ,told of committ« owned sew er system “an y w h ere.” THURSDAY, FEBRU A RY 10 biggest handicap lay in the tr a n s action, ami asked for c«x>peratioii an ddid not believe th is sh » n h l h« E m blem Club, 8 p. m . VFW H all p ortation of th e ore to railhead, inwhl « , jw rh .^ s a “bond seaport, or th e n ickel sm e lte r a t so, because “m n ita tk f) J» jr* « w » E lk s Club, E lks building, 8 p m. m um ty I Riddle. O PTA to C elebrate Founders Thursday
