The X rf TCH90M ACCIDENT HERE
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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
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Thursday, February 17, 1955
COUNTY GETS
FROM 0 & C LUMBER SALE
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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.
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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.
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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*
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' Y a rn e ll’s w ife W ill 'be assisting
in the office.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Chetco Grange, Grange H all, 8 p.m.
Cub Scout Dinner, V F W H all, 7:30 p.m.
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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 »» »
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Council Meeting, C ity H all, 8 p.m.
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The Brookings Feed and Me»xi
Eagles A uxiliary, Jacklewicx Anchorage, 8 p.m.
store also has set up a line of
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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.
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