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¡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