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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1955)
The X rf TCH90M ACCIDENT HERE u INJURES YOUTH A serious accident hospitalized one youth, and totally wrecked a c ar here ‘5ar>d-'v night. Hurt w»s Hobhie Dimm’hk sen of Mr and Mrs. Robert Dimmick Rohh*» wa« taken to the Crescent C>tv hosoi- tal and was in considerable pa;r for several davs H-* sufrrod a broken arm. groin injuries, and other cuts and bruises in t»-n ac cident, but is gettine along better and may leave the hospital this week-end. The car. a V-8 Commander Studebaker, was driven by D oup - las Hammnes. a sophomore a* I feel like the Shy lock in Shake- Broo'-in»».! high school. The acci sphere’s “Merchant of Venice” or dent happened at about 7:30 Sun some of the hoarders of gas ra day evening, just north of Brook- tion stamps during the war. I ip cm Hammnes swr rvnd to avoid an HAVE A COPY OF LAST WEEKS PILOT. Not many people animal in th" road, and lost con can make that statement. Hon trol of the vehicle. !♦ s!'i? slipped estly we printed more copies than oc tr o t nnd th e n . m iiM sidew ays usual and still crowds of people fpr another 76 feet, rolling over came into the office wanting a four times. Th" distance from the copy. Stores sold out and' w« start of thp skid to thr> stopping used ever ysinglo copy we usuall/ paint was 172 feet. The car suf keep for checking purposes. We fered extensive damage to the haven’t sol dso many copies since top and door on passenger side, our first issue. At that time we the rear ^xel was broken. Dimmick was thrown out of the ha da genuine reason. My picture appeared on the front page. 1 passenger side on the first roll of HAVE ELVENTY SIX COPIES the car. and was found laying OF THAT ISSUE OF THE across the yellow line in the- road. PILOT. Not many people can make that statement. Nowhere A Finer Community Nowhere A Finer Chmate - l-SICB ON NeWXWYANDN— T * N CKNTR BKOOKINOS. COBBY COUNTY, OBBGON V * \ olume 8, No. 52 \ * by Bad Pua**k Reports coming in rave about the De Paur concert gi\on in Crescent City Sunday. Do you tolieve Brookings will ever be fortunate enough to sponsor such type programs? We will have a lieautiful auditorium soon. Lets hope and do something to bring the finer things to our fair city. • • • • Glen Bartley of Bart the Butcii fame complained we erred in his news story. We said he was a native of Los Angeles. Actually he is a Nebraskan. And what could be worse than calling a Ne braskan a Los Angeltsian. Well, all I can say if Bart would have filled out on? of the “Where You From” cards the PILOT has been running we wouldn’t have erred. That goes for some of you other slow pokes. Whats the m atter afraid to admit you're from Min nesota, or some of those other foreign places? • • • • As soon as the two wives of the prominent editors get busy and compile THE hundreds of cards we have already received we’ll publish the list by states. As usual Wisconsin will lead the pad;. W h?t am I saying, no one ever leaves that fine state. Everyone likes the 25 bdow zero weather. Me, I’ll settle? for this beautiful sunshine Brookings has to offer. Pardon me, while I get my rain coat and get out and sell some ad- so JtA? can eat steak again. P S. To all my faithful ART STU DENTS no class Friday. Yours truly has to attend the Oregon Press convention in Eugene that day. Class next week as usual. See you then. Chamber Dinner Set For Feb. 24 A spectacular color film on the Kitimat alumnium project in Canada, which entails, moving a mountain, building a lake, and drilling through another mountain will be shown at the February meeting of the Brookings-Harbbr Chamber of Commerce. The regular monthly meeting of the group will be held on Thurs day Feb. 24, beginning at 700 p.m. at the Grange Hall. The movie was brought back by popular request. It had been shown at the Rotary club a few weeks ago. ■» Coos-Curry Group A t Convention Set For Saturdav Library Carnival W hat? The Library Benefit Carnival When? This Saturdav night. Whrere? At the V. F. W. Hall. Everybody, hut everybody is getting into the act. All of the civic organizations ha«e beer asked to participate and they have responded with that ol<J com munity spirit. The carnival goers will h a \” fun. good eats, food, garden an-1 house plants to take home, prizes and entertainment; and ail of th e money collected will go into th< library' fund It is hoped to to? able to finish the new library building with the money raised Saturday night and to open in the new location some time in April. The Garden Club is planning something special in the way of t plant sale booth; the Commun- ty Club jias something new and different in that patched up shirt: the Grange will have a cooked footl booth; the Rainbow girls will have sandwiches and coffee; a White Elephant tabh? will be there for you to brows? through. The American Legion Auxiliary will have home made cakrs and pies for sale. r.T.A. will have a booth to cater to your sw ift tooth. The Lions, RotariOns, Phi Delts. Elks. V.F.W. and Auxiliary, and the Boy Scouts will all have games for you to try your skill at winning interesting and valu able prises. There will also be the mystery booth you must see—which will really be different. Doors open at 7:30 and the fun will continue until late. Rev. Maye Teaches At Baptist Church Rev. Arthur L. Maye, director of Christian 'Education for The Oregon Baptist Convention spent Friday. Saturday, and Sunday in Brookings giving a three session teacher training course. Over 75 attended the three sessions given here by Rev. Maye. Dance Club Plans Evening Feb. 26th . • * Thursday, February 17, 1955 COUNTY GETS FROM 0 & C LUMBER SALE •-iW A New Valentine Gift is Reported It’s better than a Valentine Buj its red, and if comes through the hehrt The parcel might not be too obvious, but the facts are the Mrs. Don “Cleo” Craig gave a pint of her blood on Valentines Day to Mrs. Bill Pate at Seaside hospital in Crescent City. Dr. Ronniger was in charge of the medical work. By m ailtim e Wednesday C u rry County was to be richer by some $57.217, according to infonnation received here. The money was the long disputed, and Jong aw ait- ”d Oregon & C alifornia JQAC) land grant money. Checks totaling $5,171.623 were mailed out Tuesday to 1 8 'coun ties in Oregon, as a result’ of the settlement of the. 39 year Old dis pute. Payment of the money was au thorized by the Qordon-ELteworth act of 4954. The act provided that 75 per oent of the money im pounded from year to yean should lx distributed .to the counties and Three specialists from Oregon 25 per riant to thh federal govern State College will be on hand ment. Slate M arketing Session Tuesday SHOWN IS THE VEHICLE in which Bobbie Di mmiek was hurt in an accident Sunday night on Highway 101. The car slid aqd .‘’-kidded about 100 feet, turned over four times before coming to a ’ stop. Driver of the car Doug Hammes wasn’t hur t, but Dimmick was tossed out on the road. John Shannon Photo G iv e O .K . To E n g in eers O n S e w e r S urvey Soon Report (liven on Missing Person A report of a missing person was issued by Chief of Police Bud Cross this week. The man. Phin- ice “Pine” Van Pelt, has been missing since Jan. 17. He is about 35 years old, five ft. 5 inches tall, and weighs about 160 i»unds. He has dark hair, and brown eyvs, and worked at the West Coast Planing Mill. Anybody having an yinforma- tion on Van Peit are urged to notify Chief Cross. LENTEN SERVICE ANNOUNCED A s rics of special services to be held at 8 p.rfc. on the first six Fridays of Lent beginning Febru ary 25, has been announced by 'he Rev. John R. Shirieler, vicar of St. Timothy's E p i s c o p a l Church,, corner Fir Street and Azalea Park Road. These services will feature some special music and a series o faddresses under the general title “By the Word of God,” in which God's never ending search fo rman will be reviewed. The public is cordially invited . Titles of the individual address es are; "In the beginning, God, ’ “Knowing good and evil,’’ “I will bless thee." "Woe to the rebel lious children.” "The form of a servant." and "The fellowship of the mystery.” The first three Friday evenings after Easter will ’be devoted to preparing candidates for Holy- Confirmation, which is the com pletion and ratification of Chris tian Baptism. All persons wishing tq be received into the communion of the world wide Episcopal Church should be faithful in a t tendance at the Lenten series and specia lstudy classes held after Easter, which will supplement the instruction given during Lent. A groun of dance loving folks got together Saturday morning, and decided to have an old fash ioned square and round dance at the Grange Hall Saturday night. It was short notice, but Bob Chambers and Lloyd Gates "Paul Revered’’ all around Harbor and Brooking» to let folks know about U. Some of the ladles got in and made some sandwiches and cakes. All those who did know and came had a enjoyable evening. Dare Crockett and some of his O.E.S. Entertains boys played for the dance. Tb? group is having another At Regular Session The O.E.S. entertained the dance Feb. 26th at the Grange Hall, but this time they intend to Mason at the I.O.O.I^. hall Tues advertise it so everyone who likes day night. It was th e ’, regular meeting date of the group, and a to dance can be there. program of a Patriotic nature was Mr and Mrs. ’C. A MacKenzie h?ld. A poem honoring George left Sunday morning for Los Washington was read, and a skit was presented. Angeles. Calif. Directors and officers of the Coos-Curry Electric Co-Op left Saturday by plane for Washing ton D. C. and New Jersey, where they will attend the annual meet ing of the Rural Electric Co-op erative. Leaving from Brookings was Hans Nelson, a director of that group. Also attending the session are Dave Shaw, Gold Beach. Charles Brooks, and Bruce Chav- ere, president of the local Co-op. . The group plans to spend some time in Washington, too, to visii Oregon's c o n g r e s s delegation, along with Senator Richard Neu- berger, in behalf of the Co-op's Brookings newest building will plan to build a hydro-eluctrie have its grand opening Saturday. plant in the Illinois Valley’. Feb. 19. with several of the m er chants tying in for a one day pro motion Mrs. Evans To Occupying th? structure will be an insurance agency, the Art Open Beauty Shop Knox Agency; A bakery, Vem's Connie Evans will open her Pastry; a Feed and Seed Store, beauty shop here Saturday, with Brookings Feed and Seed; a engi a brand now location, new build neer, Art Sherman; and an ac ing, and all new equipment. Mrs countant, Ray Gregory. The building was built byKthe Evans formerly had a shop in Harbor, called Connie’s beauty Brookings Building Co. with Fell shop. The new business will be Campbell as general contractor and builder. It was designed by a called "Connies Cut ’n Curl. Mrs. Evans husband is operator Los Angeles firm. SOIL REPORT IS RELEASED An annual report of th? Curry County Soil Conservation district was released recently by officers of that group. Members of the Board of Supervisors are Cecil W att, Chairman; Ray Zumwalt, Vice Chairman; Clarence Brooks, secretary; Ollie Ferguson, and Harvey* Crook. Ex-officio member is Kenneth Priest, Extension Agent; assis tants are -Archie McVay, John Donaldson, Bud Brown. Otla Bow man, and Wilber Ostrander. The retort covered the second years work of the district, which draws to a close pn April 30th . During the first 11 months of this year, the report read, 40,420 acres o f land has been surveyed and typed, as to soil. Sixty three farm plans have Lorn wrltten^and many individual drainage, irriga tion. and crop plans have bien developed. Free Information has been advanced to all those seeking it. Other problems such as ero sion', forestry, grass land manage ment, wild life, crops, livestock, speciality crops, evergreen har vest, forest tret- farming, flood control, and water' conservation h aw received consideration. The district s|x>nsorod a booth i t the C urry County fair. General information released by the report says: The farmer of today must be well informed on a l l problems confronting t h e average farmer if he is to remain a farm supported farmer. Those who are energetic and willing to take advantage of all opportuni ties offered, and to apply the knowledge they gain, opportunity awaits them for success. This district, the report goes on, is blissed with a largo amount of rainfall and' affords a liberal am ount oT pasTOTO; which m akesit faVorahle for livestock, especially sheep. raising.. Tb? district also contains some of the world’s fin est Dairy cows. ’ The cool coastal brtezes in sum mer and heavy rains in winter hold the temperature at points especially suitable for Easter Lily and Bulb production. There is much soil suitable for cranberry production which IK’S idle, offer- ing opportunity to both the young and older alike. —The city .of Brookings has ac cepted a proposed s^wier surv. y by the engineering firm of Cornell, Howell. Hayes and Ferryfle’d, of '“orvnllis. at a cost to the city not 'o exceed 950. Tb? consulting engineering firm ent a letter to the city, and to Mayor Roy Brimm stating what he engineers would do. und tated that the cost would net, ex- “ed the 950 rate. Tn tb? city’s letter of reply, ac- epting the proposal, the firm '.as asked to expedite the survey- rig work. The proposed plan o fsurvey ollows: 1. On the basis of available »lanlmetric and topographic in- formation. develop a preliminary tesign for sanitary sewers for the presently platted areas within the "ity limits of Brookings, taking into consideration the existing sewer system. 7 -— 2. On the basis of this pre liminary design, evaluate the sewer system. 3. Prepare j j n g p showing .size and location of proposed sewers. 4. Determine the requirements of the Oregon State Sanitary Au- • horlty and Oregon State Boqrti of health for sewer treatment. 5. Determine the most economi cal and satisfactory site for a sewerage treatment plant. 6. Prepare cost estimates of proposed s w e r s and seuvrage treatment facilities . 7. Develop a method of finan cing sewers projxtsed for immed iate construction .and a fiscal program for future sewer exten sion, and sewer plant construc tion. The work is being done with the cooperation of Elmer Bankus, who has agreed to let the firm go over 'be system, and inspect maps and other relative data. Elaine Clarke Returns From Germany Mrs. Elaine Clark, daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Joe Zumpfe of Har bor, arrived home last week from Darmsted, Germany where she has been with her husband since last June. Her husband, Cpl. H ar old Clark, was to leave Germany on February 1-itth and will be discharged from the army on March 9th. Mrs. Clark plans to remain here until he is discharged Mr. and Mrs. George*Clask and j children drove down from theii i home in Powers to welcome home , their daughter-in-law, and were ’ house guests at the Zumpfe hom< for a couple of days. ery, just opened last week. It is operated by Vernon Kreiger, who will fcu assisted by his Wife. The Kreigers had ofx*rated a shop in Clatskanie b e f o r e coming to Brookings. , R ay J. Gregory, North Bend, is opening an office on the south side of the building, along with Art Sherman. Gregory will be in thu book keeping and tax service. He has had 10 years o fexperience in North Bend and Portland. A graduate of Northwestern college of law, and the Oregon Institute of Technology, Gregory ia*rved as a Captain in the Army Finance department, with five years of overseas service in Alaska. N. Africa, and Italy. His wife Mabel will assist him In the business. The bakery shop, Vern’s Bak- Sherman has toen io Brookings of Evans Electric They have lived in this area sinoe 1952, and Mrs. Evans has been a beauty op erator since 1934. Coffee and cake is planned for w ith re-lnforced steel and con- f the opening. on the Leslie M ille r property, which would include a rock crusher, arid cément plant, as soon as possible. The present site will revert back to Mrs. Gibbs after the plant la moved to the new location. The current activities of-’ the Gibbs Concrete Co. include gra vel, cement, crushed rock, culvert, drain tiles, etc. cement products of all kinds* • ' Y a rn e ll’s w ife W ill 'be assisting in the office. ' . 4. Emblem Club Has New Members The regular meeting of the Brookings Emblem Club was hold on February 9th. at which time five new members wen? initated into the Club, they are as follows: Virginia Birkenfeld. Nova Streich. Wanda Phillips, Betty Swanberg. and Pearl Eaeson. The Unlucky winn< r of the jack|X)t drawing of $5.00 was Rachael Young, who was not pre sent to collect. The Emblem Club agreed to Date Set For take over the pre-paration of the buffet lunch for the Elks Valen Fashion Show tino Dance which was held on The dAte has been set for the February 12th, at the new Elk’s O.E.S. Fashion show, to be held Hall. Plan Romeo, Juliet For High School Romeo and Juliet will make 'heir appearanre on the high school stage on March 2, accord ing to Supt. of School, Lynn Hampton Richard Carradine and Joyce Kangas will present the version of Shakespear’s moving love story on that date. Thp production has been staged and directed by Robt. E. M iller, >ne of Chicago’s best known tele vision directors Miss Kangas has made many TV appearances, hav ing been Been in Robert Mont gomery Presents, and Martin Kane. Private Eye. Carradine has successfully brought Shakespeare *o over one thousand schools and States. ’ - - . colleges throughout the United again this year In Brookings. A l ways well received, the plans are being made to have the show big ger and better than ever. The show w ill be held on March 26th, at 8 p.m. In the high school gym. The social Club of the O. E. S. met at the home of Mrs. Ann N e l son, Thursday, February 10. A ll the committees were appointed, and are functioning. Cub‘Scouts Plan Anniversary Dinner „ The Cub Scouts will hold their anniversary dinner at 7:30 p.m. Friday night, Ffeb 18. at the V .F.W . H all. A ll parents of the Cubs are urged to attend the dinner. Badges w ill be awarded at the meeting. Calendar of Events rilU R S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 17 N o r th G a t e To H a v e O p e n in g crete. It has concrete floors throughout. The building con tains some 8,000 square feet, with two 40 foot store, a 20 foot all with a depth of 65 feet In addi tion tho building has three smal ler office quarters . A six foot marques highlights the structure. - T h e A r t K n o x Insurance Agency started in Brookings in December 1952 in the Gallagher building. Knox, a graduate of Willamette, with a law degree, was manager Tor The Oregon" Physician Service for 10 years. 1 He came to Brookings as manager I t is modern in appearance, with of Sales and Transportation at the reoessed fronts, shadow windows ' Plywood plant in 1952 His wife Sylvia also assists in w ith spotlighting effect. Painted 3 green, w ith a rust front, the build the Agency. Both art* native Orv- ing was made out of shale block, • gonians. • Tuesday, Feb. 22. at the C hetc> Secretary of in fe rio r Douglas Grange Hall to demonstrate p ro McKay Announced' the payment, tv r cutting, wrapping and identi and sai dtjiat same of the .money, fication of meat cuts to house $800,000 is being impounded in a wife« of the area. Jipecial fun * dto cover possible The meat marketing session losses because of litigation pend will be sponsored by the Chetcp ing in federal -court. Grange, and Curry County Live- The biggest payment went” to <?'oek Association in cooperation Douglas county w ith $1,311,523 with the extension service of the given them. , . Oregon State College. Curry County Clerk, Mrs. O leta The meeting will begin at 13 W alker, reported that the money a,m. with the morning demonstra was not allocated In this years tion cent» ring around low cost budget, and could not ba spent beef cuts. A free luncheon, fea until after the. budget is approved. turing these cuts will be servetl. At 1:30 a demonstration on cuts of lamb will begin. Gibbs Concrete Heading t h e demonstrations will be Dorothy Sherrill, consum Sale Announced er «education speeialiat, John Lan Don Yarnell has purchased the ders. animal husbandry specialist, and Clifford L Smith, Agricul Gibbs Cohcrete Co. from Mrs. A rt tural serviceman, all from Oregon Gibbs, w idon o f > r t Gibbs, who was killed here last summer. State. The general public is invited, in Yarnell <a logger* has been in an endeavor to acquaint th? Brookings 4% years. .H e is from w»»m< n especially with the proper White Salmon, Wfcsh. Yarnell is techniques of cutting, wrapping married, and hag two children. and identifying meat cuts. Yarnell Is planning a new plant for several years, and was re cently elected county surveyor. The Br»x)kings Feed and Seed, located in the north portion of the new building is owned by Carl Yahr. Yahr has been in business in Brookings since 1951, with the store being on Mill street. In the new lex?ation Yahr has set up several departments, fea turing a complete line of feed, ! and all type« of seeds ,as well as i many garden variety plants. In another department he has farm and garden implements everything for the gardener in cluding fertilizer to insect sprays. M t. Em ily (tern and M ineral Club, V F W H all, 8 p.m. Eiks Club, Elks Building, 8 p.m. F R ID A Y . F E B R U A R Y 18 Chetco Grange, Grange H all, 8 p.m. Cub Scout Dinner, V F W H all, 7:30 p.m. S A TU R D A Y. FEB R U A R Y 19 Library Carnival, V F W Hall, 7 p.m. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Chetco Choral Club, I.O.O.F. H all, 7 p.m. Rotary Anniversary Dinner, C liff House 7 30 pm . TUESDAY. F K R P IIA »» » e- Council Meeting, C ity H all, 8 p.m. W E D N E SD A Y. F E B R U A R Y 23 The Brookings Feed and Me»xi Eagles A uxiliary, Jacklewicx Anchorage, 8 p.m. store also has set up a line of T H U R S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 24 pottery ware. And finally the ! store w ill handle various types of Elks Club, Elks Building, 8 p.m. pets, suqh as birds and the like. Chamber of Commerce Dinner, 7 jun. Z t
