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33ar:-" -‘’' " ’'’.'A.' -rz- r Nowhere A Finer Clim ate - Nowhere A Finer Community r u c i on N B w e r e w — tnn < w n e B 1 O O U N Q 8 , tX JB B T O O U N TT . OBBOON Volume 8, No. 50 ¡Pie SKE7CN900K I Thursday, February 3, 1955 New School Building Nears Completion 1 a ! -«r M l » B ' fo hJsfctiË»' i - Knox Named as Rotary President *&• 18b* by &«/ pua**k Banana belt; land of the winter flowers; frost free climate; all these nice things we have been hearing about the weather, and now look what happens. SNOW, that’s right, snow. Who's to blame for this goings on? Minna Akers, our weather repot ter?, or Art Knox failing to insure the city against such goings on ? Or may ■ be little Colleen Murphy and her insisting she would use the sled NEARLY COMPLETED- -is the Brookings-Karbor high school. School officials had hoped to be in the beautiful new building she hauled aU the way from Wis consin, is to blame. Anyway it by the start o fthe second semester, but the builders missed their mark by a little. However, plans to occupy the structure are being happened. made sometime in the near future. ____________________________ ___ One nice thing about it .is that it melts so fast. Back east it would be days just to get the stuff off the windshield. Not so here In a matter of minutes it's gone. Tom Aukland, our recent ad- iition to the Pilot family, brought a snow shovel along. He said he needed it to shovel his way out of Omaha. It really snowed the day he left. I informed him ne would never meed the contraption here. So two days after I said it we gpt the white stuff. _L........... Anytinw I say something about the weather conditions here in Brookings, Tom looks at me rather quisically. He doesn't know what to believe. Announce Plans For New Drug Store Here Bob Dimmick, Dolly Brainard Win “ Man-Woman of Year” Award WEATHER H 58 Tuesday, Jan. 25 Wednesday, Jan. 26 62 Thursday, Jan. 27 54 56 Friday, Jan. 28 64 Saturday, Jan. 29 The first Brookings Mayor, and Sunday, Jan. 30 59 the first Brookings Librarian, Ro 51 Monday, Jan. 31 bert Dimmick, and Dolly Brain 46 ard .were chosen as the “Man and Tuesday, Feb. 1 Woman of the year,” last Thurs Wednesday, Feb. 2 54 day night at the annual Chamber of Commerce meeting, held in the Grange Hall. L 41 40 36 34 42 50 39 33 33 A rt Knox w as elected president of the R otary c,lul> at a elect ion held" T uesday noon. d u rin g ' the club's re g u la r luncheon at Ilk'' Cliff House. K nox h ill succeed Les D immick as the club's president in July. O th ers elected w ere C arl Yahr. who w as nam ed Vice P re sid e n t. Frenchy A rrell, S e c re ta ry . T hree uew d ire c to rs w ere nam ed also, who will serve along w ith th " re tirin g pnesident, L is Dimmick. T he new d ire c to rs a re llonn t K essler, Bob R e ttk e , and Tons C hristiansen. Patchwork Brigade Gains Gifts For Library Fund Aet.vity is the w ord in th© b u si ness world in n o rth B rookings. Word ¿vi|s received hens by F ell Cam pbell .ow ner of th e C am pbell building, th a t a d rug sto re to be f khown is F ra n k 's Pharm acy!, w ill d< I mitely, com e iq tb ' Brooking!:. Dth'.-i; details w ill lie forth co m in g in next wi.’eks' paper. T he prosjiective d ru g te n a n t w ill lie in Brookings sh o rtly to go over plans for th e "building, an d w ork will begin soon in read y in g th e store for occupancy, C am p bell said. T hi' d ru g stoi© w ill be located ad jacen t to the- G am bles W estern A uto S tore. T hree m ore te n a n ts have listed plans for m oving into th e N o rtn G ate building, d irectly n o rth of ('am pliells stru c tu re . A ith u r Sty rm an, ‘cou n ty su rv ey o r, a n engineer, will lie located in the buildi’.g .a lo n g w ith an acco u n tin g firm , according to officials of th e B rookings B uilding Co. b u ild ers of I he t t w building. T he patchw ork brigade is on I A baker, V ernon H, K iv ig er, is th© m ove, F orm ed in the H arb o r C om m unity Club, th e brigade is going to open a bakery shop in th e passing around a sh irt, which N o rth G obi building. K re ig e r op Perc co n trib u to rs 'ire asked to sew on ' e ra te d a shop in C latsk an ie, and patches w ith donations under has lueen in th e b ak ery business them, o r at least give th e dona all of his life. His wife, H elen, tions and th e patches will be will help o|H 'iate th e store. sewed on by the ladies. K reiger an d farhily have be< a All th e proceeds for the patch- spenhiag th e p ast sev eral w eeks .01 w ork will go into the library fund in stallin g th*' oven, and o th e r Th© sh irt will be on display at. equipm ent, for an o|»ening some 1.27 H anscam s sto re th is w eek, and tim e in th e next several w eeks. .66 • hen will be shown at the carnival No w ord is available at th is on Feb. 19. C hances will be sold on-the m oney raised, and the p e r - 1 lim e as to the larg e 10 foot re son guessing closest will lie given tail o u tlet in O'.© r e n te r of the N orth G ate building. an ¿w ard. NEW PRINTERS ARRIVE AT PILOT Both Dimmick and Mrs. Brain ard were awarded plaques honor ing them for “meritorious Ser Two new printers arrived In vice to the community” during 1954. It was the first such an Brookings Friday evening to as sume their duties at the Pilot. award made in Brookings. ('ra sh , w ent Ihc snow ball A fre a k wind sto rm caused con Jim Huddleston, and Tom Auk One thing I told him is that it Lynn Hampton, as chairman of land, both from Omaha, Nebras siderable dam age in Brookings against thi' m ill's head. “ B u llltl;" lardly ever rains. Or was that — the committee made the presenta ka, will be assisting in the produc ■arly T uesday • m orning, and left he stam m ered. "It never snow s in t rains hardly? tion of the awards. Of Mrs. Brain tion of the Pilot, along with the a lpt of puzzled |M*ojilc. The tei - Brookings.” t'lie Ixiard of d ire c to rs of th e rific gale slam m ed down a sal ard Hampton said “It is people commercial printing business. C ham ber of Com m erce m ay have form on the new U. S. N a tio n a l like you that makes Brookings Both are married, and expect to Best one Iv’e heard yet in re M rs M inna Bank building now u n d er con ruled a g a in st it. such a pleasant place to livsa in. ’ have their wives out shortly, as stru ctio n , se ttin g back w ork a» A lo is ot tlie B ro o k in g s w e a th e r tards to Sunday attendance at Of Dimmick, Hampton reported, soon as adequate housing is avail ome local house of worship is is s ta tio n m i,. i' port it as m erely least a w eek on th a t structui© . “a man with a ready smile, a man able. ollows: p re c ip ita tio n .--T h e la te rise is m ay who has served the public in this It aiso flattened but a work not h a w seen it hut tin- fact r e She to him, after he gets in Huddleston is the floor man, area in a very tough Job.” ate from attending bowling or and has had seven years experi shack on the same site, leveled m ains that it snowed in Brixikings me of the many other organiza Winners of war bonds for the ence in printing. . He worked for another shack at the' Weid eman- T u e sd a y m orning .or h a s t th e tions he devoutly belonjjs to: student essay contest were also the Bamhart-Press, a commercial Kessler building, also undvr con g ro u n d w a s m u r, d l«v w hite stuff •Why don’t you join the church? announced at the meeting. Win shop in Omaha before coming io struction; tore a Eiicalyplits tree v.hieli sont vv hut r . senihhal snow. Seas n<'d biisi rvefs re n o rt th a t ner of the high school contest, Brookings. He has also worked out by its roots, ami ripped a H e: “Gosh, you can’t expect with an essay on soil conservation for two weeklies, and g daily ventilator off the Azalea Garage. th e la * Unit* th • iJ. 11a lu '.'joed, w as ne to join everything, do you Several other buildings Iff'town alxiut tim e , years ago. T he snow was Joan Toonin. paper. were shook by the blast of wind, Aukland is a linotype operator, which lasted only a few minute.;. didn't last lone, and w a sn 't deep Glenda Kieffer won the gratfe enough to s' ml out th e c ity snow school competition with an essay and has had considerable experi John Wykencamp, superv isor of plow to c le a r the stre e ts. ence in that phase of news|>aper on the "Importance of Our Trees." It u .is blam ed by m an y on the work. He has worked for a bi the work on the bank building, The new officers of the Cham weekly, for the Omaha World- said that It was a rtew experience atom ic liomb. ber of Commerce were introduce 1 Herald .and for two commercisl for him. He reported that th • Plans are- now completed for at the session, with past president shops. He spent 28 months in the form was anchored vieiy securely, fla tte n e d , hut eq uipm ent in t h ; he Civil Defense spaghetti dinner Karl Ostenburg turning over the Army infantry, and saw some set for a concrete |»our in th»» shed w as undam aged. o be given this Saturday night at morning. He said that he was gavel to Charles Grayshel. Ed overseas duty. T he tre e in back of th e H ofei he Grange Hall from 6 to 8:30 awakened by the wind, which B rookings w as u prooted by th e Dempsey is the new vie© presi i.m. to procure funds for finish- moved the trailer he lives in wind, w hich s tru c k at ab o u t 5:30 dent, and Joe Murphy the new ng the observation post. about throe feet, and completely a m. T uesday. It fell across Mill Texaco Station treasurer. Dolly Brainard, above was named "Woman of the Year" In In a addition to the spaghetti flattened the nearby work shacx stre e t, d isru p tin g tra ffic th ere. Directors for the group intro Back in Operation ind meat balls, a green salad, Brookings through the work she had done in connection with the Although the shack wasn’t even O th ers in sev eral o th e r build ;arlic bread and apple pie will be new library. Her husband, Max Brainard, can be seen directly be duced were Murray Palmer, Gor loosened in th© heavy wind a week Cecil Hart is operating the Tex ings rep o rted th a t - th e violent don Olsen, and N. V. Strommen erved. ago. Wykencamp also said that hind her. Bob Dimmick, former Brookings Mayor, received the Other directors include Archie aco atation here, after the station work would be delayed about a wind p erh ap s cau se I by a vacuum was closed for 21 days because of Many people in the community “Man of the Year" award. effect, shook th e ir building. It Hendricks, and George Funk. change of ownership. Hart and week on the building, as the form also lig h tn in g an d thtind r i d im- trill have a part in this dinner, th© The group were told of how the Stotortburg sold the station to the had to be taken apart and rebuilt. m ediatvly before the wind stru ck , •read being donated by Glen’s Chamber performed during the E. M. Husaey Co.. Crescent City, Jakery, a discount given on the The tool shack at the Weidc- and began to snow im m ediately past year, handling 2,000 calls at Calif. Hart then leased the station man-Kleesler building was also a fte r. ¡roceries and meat by the High- tho information center, and dis from that company. Stotenburg i vay Market, and Chetco Meat darket. Th© women of the tributing 8,000 piece of literature working for the Brookings Auto The meeting with the state high- ] Parts . Grange, American Legion and ZFW are donating the apple pies, way commission, and the work on Mrs. Mary Smedburg, and the harbor were also explained. A report by three U. S. Bureau lucoa, coffee and cream. Hedderly, both of Gold Harry of Mines engineers, released last In addition to the women of the Beach are principal claim holders A. D. Harvey, Medford consult hree organizations that are spon week show that the Red Flats in the area. The report emphas ing engineer was the speaker for country .located about 20 miles A listing of club meetings, end other events in Brookings-Harbor soring the project, other women northeast of Brookings has a very- ized that further drilling and ex the evening. He told of the ad )f the community who have the All those (teairing listing, please call by Monday afternoon in ploration should be planned in vantages and disadvantages of Founders Day will he the theme same interest, are helping in the high content of mineral deposits. order to determine the size of the public water and sewer system s of the P. T. A. meeting tonight advance of publication. Tiaking of the meat balls and will The report showed that the deposit. blaming the problems facing us on (Thursday) beginning at 8:00 THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3 ae serving at the dinner. area explored, which covered an Red Flats ore tested was divid the terrific influx of population in p.m. The past presidents of the area of 3,900 feet in length, that ed into two types, nickel-hearing Brookings, and in the entire state. P. T. A. group here will be hon P. T. A. High School, 8 p. m. There will not bo any tickets the average width of the deposit ored. A program is being planne.l Elks Club, Elks Building, 8 p m. sold to keep the expenses but is 590 feet, and the average thick laterite, and nickel-bearing ser Harvey emphasized the impor pentine, which was found below tance of a building code, and said for the evening, and refreshments enough food is being prepared to C ham ber of C om m erce d ire c to rs In fo rm atio n office, 7:30 the laterite. The laterite contain that that street work was "wisely will be served. feed 175 to 200 people. The din ness 12.5 feet. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4 ________________________ "__________ ner will be $1.25 and 75c To! According to the source the re ed 38.5 per cent Iron, 2.12 per cent delayed, pending installation of Headin gthe program is Ray chrome, and .92 per cent nickel. C hetco G rang©, G ran g e H all children. Mr. Brimm will intro sults of the test indicate that it Pisarek, who is a former Art in water and sewers.” duce Sargeant Dunlap who will is technically feasible to recover a Riddle Mountain ore tested out at structor. He will talk on “Art Art Class, Pilot Building 7:30 p. ni. He had a word of kindness for Education." Also a member of show movies to stress the import low-carbon ferronickel product 9.7 iron, .74 chrome, and 1.50 per SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 Elmer Bankus, and said that the the school board will discuss the ance of establishing an observa from th© Red Flats nickel ore. cent nickel. people should be grateful for what Spaghetti Dinner ft to R p. m„ Grange Hall tion post here. For a commercial operation a new school building. Comparisons with other large he had done. However, Harvey grade of one considerably higher nickel deposits throughout the The letters sent to the churches SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 r-------------- He emphasized planning for the and organizations which had. not in nickel than the sample tested world showed that .with the ex said that he has “grave doubts ’ B asketball, high school, 2 p. m. ception of a mine in the Celebes about .private water ownership, future .and said that Brookings been contacted before are all is indicated. Islands and another in New Cale b ecau » of the limits of private has an opportunity to start a pro TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 8 ready bringing in results with the In testing the area, U. S. mining Seventh Day adventist churcn engineers drilled 22 holes, 6 inches donia, the Red Flats and Riddle capital. He said that Klamath gram now to save future trouble. Council meeting. City Hall, 8 p. ip. beii% first to send in their volun in diameter, and ranging from 20 Mountain deposits show the high Falls was the only private system He warned about saturated soil Rotury Club, Cliff House, 12:05 p. m. . / teer listing of Mrs. Joe Knutsen, to 117 feet, with an average of 35 est percentage of nickel content. in the state, besides Brookings. from septic tanks. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Mr. George Htus, Mr .and Mrs. feet deep, drilled in eight lines, J'' The report went on to show Ed Dempsey, as a member of Harvey said further that he Clarence Overman. Mrs P. H. 500 feet apart. Approximately 16 that mining the deposit presented Lion’s Club, Ch©tco Inn. 6 p. m. - the citizens committee studying Adams, Mrs. Fern Graham, an ! tons of ore were included in the no special problems. However the didn’t know of any privately Mr A. L. Robinson. The names of sample which was trucked to biggest handicap lay in the trans owned sewer system “anywhere, the problems .told of committee THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Emblem Club, 8 p. m , VFW Hall Greene Larson. Elmer Larson, the Northwest Electrodewlop portation of the ore to railhead, an ddid not believe thia should be action, and asked for cooperation Mrs. Myrtle Hones, and Mrs. ment Laboratory at Albany for seaport, or the nickel smelter at so, because “sanitation la a com land eventually, perhaps a "bond Elks Club, Elks building, 8 p Jtt, munity responsibility." Mary' Robbins were » n t in by the ■melting. Riddle. — church of Latter Day Saints. Wind & Snow Zivil Defense Dinner Saturday REPORT IS MADE ON MINERAL CONTENT OF RED FLATS AREA PTA to Celebrate Founders Thursday Calendar of Events
