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Volume 8, No. 50
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Thursday, February 3, 1955
New School Building Nears Completion
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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.
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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
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Tuesday, Jan. 25
Wednesday, Jan. 26 62
Thursday, Jan. 27 54
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Friday, Jan. 28
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Saturday, Jan. 29
The first Brookings Mayor, and Sunday, Jan. 30
59
the first Brookings Librarian, Ro
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Monday, Jan. 31
bert Dimmick, and Dolly Brain
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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