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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1955)
Rural Mail Route b Begin Aprii 1st COUNCIL DISCUSSES FIRES AT MEETING HERE TUESDAY I^ts Not V W p m a d ’- a t r ip up to Bandon- By-The Sea Saturday, and it was a most in sp irin g journey. The ■veather and the scent ry both '■/ere superlative. Nobody can te ll •ne th a t the 100 miles o f C u rrv C ounty seenery can be excelled bv any o th e r county in the entire country. T h a t coast line is s tric tly tops in m y book. • • • • • Bandon. Gold Beach and P ort O ifo rd a ll show signs of grow th, w ith a new building here and t lr r e . and some new houses spring- in " np. but the grow th is n o th in " lik e Brookings. * * * * * A fte r we fouled tin last week and m o v 'd M ih lro d ’s B eauty Salon out to the N o rih Gate B u ild in g :> ce rta in popular local druggist ha>l alxrut th ro * women call up • lie P ilo t and say .they had walked •art to N o rth Gate to have a face liftin g o r some such, and now they w anted a ride back to town, ’"taedless t o ¿ay. I offered to giv. them a ride. lieing the gallan t Joe but they refused . . • * * * W e have, at last, got a phone in ’ h nouse. It is ju st like a new toy e;;|/. c ia lly fo r the kids who have- not seen one around since we le ft Wisconsin. I t »ure saves a lot of tr ip " back in to Brookings fo r a dozen eggs, o r a pound o f ham burger. Now if anybody w ants to c a ll us up at home to plaee a la rg h p rin tin g order, o r raise thv duec. about the paper they can do so. • * * • O u r w ives are going to s|»cnd a quiet woek end sortin g th ro iu ’ l the "W he re are you fro m ” cards -C? * W e h a w q uite a stack o f them, h u t .it s t ill appears, as though a lo t o f people w eren't born any where. W e’ll tr y to run the list, o r at least p art o f it next week. * * * * T hinr^i t ■ d l\ l: i; ;* n a-o u r here. T w o w-?eks ago m y w ife w ro te me a note to check on a s to iy and the whole note wound up in the paper. , Let The Azalea V ■ or Lily Festivals Die Meeting 'Tuesday Chetco Inn 8:30 p m. F IV E G E N E R A T IO N POSE. M rs, Ida iC ric k . d w m IfJd u ia m . Wash., a great, g re a t grandm other holds R ichard A lle n 9 0 her lap. It is th e firs t grea» grandchild, on e ith e r side o f the fa m ily L e ft to rig h t is M rs. C ric k ; Great G randm other Mrs. F ra n k S k ip w o rth , Aberdeen, Wash. G randm other Mrs. M erce Jacklvw icz, H arbo r; and the M o th e r Mrs. Claude Blagden, Brookings. M i’s. Crick, and M rs. S k ip w o rth were v is itin g heir? recently. Brooking* atuipo hiujio FOREST SERVICE ENDS 50th YEAR The Forest Service is marking it's Golden A n n in rsa vy Year in 1955. Because of the importanet of the service in the econo-my, both jnesent unit futvurc, of Brookings and this urea, ive are jn< /string a ivies of four articles explaining the functions of th>- S r ie ic c , m i l ten by W K. F A G L A N l), distvie R n n g e i. ----- only to the s e ttle r, the rancher, the m iner, the men who live in the neighborhood, but in d ire c tly , to the men who m ay live hundreds o f m iles o ff down the cours? o f I some great riv e r w hich has its Vse among the forest h^uring- .ountaiiis, G u'dipe princip les fo r the ad m in is tra tio n 01 the p ub lic forests " ep stated In a le tte r- from sec- e tn r y o f A g ric u ltu re James Wil son to G iffo rd Pinehot. firs t rh»er F orester The concluding lines o f th is le tte r o f F eb rua ry 1. 1905 1 ad in ".'e t " In the a dm inis tra tio n of the fo re st—reserves it must lie c le a rly Ixirne in m ind th a t a ll the land is to he devoted to its most p ro du ctive use fo r th v IP iira n e n t good o f the whole jieAple and not fo r th? te m p o ra ry benefit o f ind ivid ua ls o r compan ies . . . . W here c o n flic tin g interest must he reeoneib d . t h e question w ill alw ays he decided from the standpoint of the greatest good o f the greatest n um ber in the long rw n," — ,— — These principles o f a d m in is tra t ion a rc s till zealously follow ed to day by the publie forestiers, occas io n a lly in the face o f considerable opposition fro m individuals o f o r ganizations w ith an eye to m onop o liz in g a sagement o f the p u b lic On Februr.ay 1. 1905 the Fores Service was erected in its presea’ fi rm in the D> pai'tm r’ nt of A g li cu ltu re . " President 'Theodore Roosevel: 1 (com m ended that the “ fores' w o rk o f the governm ent should b " concentrated in the l) i- p a r t im it o f A g ric u ltu re w h e re - - - p ro b lem s iv la tin g to gro w th from th soil are a ll ready gathered, and w here th? sciences a u x ilia ry to lo re s try are at hand fo r prom pt and e ffe ctive cooperation ” The forest reserves (la te r to b know n as “ national F o n s ts ") were established by reservation ot ce rta in areas o f public dom ain •mist_ in the. w estern states. Ai irs t, they were oppose dt by many who thought th a t the reserves o .f to be locked up, thus th w a r t- ng the developmen» of local in- lu s tiy and sa c rific in g the present te the fu tu ie But President “ Ted d y " Roosevelt insisted that “ lo r- str> is tie | r servution of fores; , S.H. <•( s F ifty years ago m any wen? not by wise use"; ¡hat tor. s trv mean; “ m aking the forests useful noi impressed w ith the claim th a t o u r ’country better be about the task of assuring long-term manage ment of its Gcd-given natural re- j sources. Each successive decade o f pop u la tio n increase and changing ec onom ic co nd itio ns has shown more v iv id ly the v ita l im portance o f the n a tu ra l resources to o u r economy. In the long look ahead, we can see th a t the very existence o f our co un try, o r any country, w hether in jx'ace o r w ar, depends upon the m oral fib re o f the |ieople and the q u a n tity and q u a lity of n a tu ra l re- ' sources at the disposal o f the people. The work of the Forest Service i in the past half century has gone forward, along th n e 'principle lines. These are administration of the National Forests. cooperation in forestry problems with the states and private forest owners, H EA T W AVE H IT S HFRE F i r ' ’■■•’ • the principal topic at •he re«mlar mretina of the Brook ings council Tuesday night, hoth the prevention of fire and the nossih’,!tv of niitttne out an ex isting «re. nlus the resignation of Bre chief N ril Nelson The council heard Bob Cham bers of the Harhor Rural Fire District ask that something be worked out between the two dis tricts in order to Insure fire pro tection. Chambers said they were? inter ested in a contract, and 'will pay for the service, when ifcvenue toes come In through the form a tion of the district. A t a later time. Chambers said, the district contemplates providing additional equipment. He reported that the state fire marshal was a t their last meeting, and proposed that the district start Off with a truck w ith a 300 gallon booster tank I t was the concensus of the council, and Mayor Roy Brimm that everyone is in favor of pro tection of the type M r. Chambers mentioned. However, the council wanted to check on the law. es pecially as regards to Insurance coverage, before making any com mlttments. I t was agreed to hold a joint meeting, on Friday, March 18. with members of the council, and of the district, along w ith the volunteer fire department to see what could be done. At first the Pilot wasn't going ♦o print a story on this week's weather, as most people, especial ly those back east wouldn't be lieve? it anywRy. However, under threat of taking our Chamber of Commerce card away, we will say »omething about the weather. It reached a peak of 75 degrees fere on Sunday, and the beaches were packed with picnicers. Shirtsleaves and barefeet were the order of the day. The Weather by the day: 35 .22 Wednesday Mar. 2 51 31 Thursday, M ar. 3 52 Friday, Mar. 4 57 30 39 Saturday. Mar. 5 W 40 «•■ir.day, Mar. 6 75 44 Monday. Mar. 7 64 Discussion was also held on the 34 Tuesday, Mar. 8 62 Brookings Plywood fire which has 48 Wednesday, M ar. 9 54 been burning for some months Mayor Brimm reported many complaints and requested some action. The council had give® the Plywood «0 days tv let the fire burn out, but (hat time M nearly Don Bingham who Is routeman up. The long awaited rural route is to go into effect as of April 1, out of the Brookings Bost Office, ac cording to word received here by postmaster, W illiam Thompson. All people living on 'the route must come to the Brookings post office, and sign a change of ad- ress card. Instructions on the type of boxes to be erected, and infor mat ion on where to place them will be given at that time. The route w ill start at the Post Office, and the carrier will go easterly via highway 101 to Hoffeldt Lane, then west, south and west and retrace; and south east to Benham Lane. Then west and southeasterly to Pedrioli Drive; southeacterly and retrace; Northeasterly, east, and north to highway 101. South easterly to Surfside road; then westerl ya mile and retrace. Then northwesterly 4 miles to North Bank Road; northeasterly 2.7 miles and retrace. W esterly ana northwesterly to Parkview drive; northeasterly there and retsace; Nohtherly to Thompson Road; easterly and re trace. Southerly to Dawson Road; west and southerly and retrace, and then southeasterly to post office. _ ^4» ti The carrier w ill cover a total of 30415 miles on the route. Additional details on the Aoute w ill be printed In next week's Pilot. ALL YEAR EVENTS MEETING SET The AU Year Events Asaociat- on w ill meet Tueaday, March 15. at 8 :30 p.m. at the Chetco Inn. A ll persons interested In committee work and chairmanship« of v ar ious committees are urged not to The a d m in is tra tio n o f th e N a t misa this meeting. The success or ional Forests is v a s tly d iffe re n t for the Orgonlan here aaw the A fter discussion It was agreed failure of both the Azalea and, today than f if t y years ago. In famed “Big Shot” Atomic blast, to w rite to the Mate fire m ar L ily Festival depend upon a good the e a rly days a com parative hand set off In Nevada early Monday shal, advising them that the coun turnout. fu l o f forest officers did lit t le morning.t Bingham was taking cil has had no cooperation from than rkle the tra ils on horse papers south to Smith R iver and the plant, and that the fire Is not back fie h tin g fires and checking had Just crossed the state line, out, and that additional material u n la w fu l tresoass. when he noticed the flash io the is being dumped on the fire, and requesting advise from the marsh M any a forest o ffic e r in those sky. days had to fa re a hostile local He listened to the radio reports al on what the c lt/a next step ...» s e n tim e n t. He was p ictu re d in of the blast, which was the la r should be> F ire Chief Nelson said that the newspaper cartoons as an insolent gest ever fired. Many other people Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative dragon p itile ssly rid in g down throughout the state reported see fire might last another 60 days, and said that w ater wouldn't hedp haa applied for a $550.000 loan to women and c h ild re n : o r he was ing the flash, also. V a l Mendenhall, jr. was named take care of the rapidly growing described as w earing a fe athe r in the new Fine Chief of Brookings, population and power use in the his hat a fte r the supposed fashion following the reslglnatlon of N el cooperatives service area. o f European foresters, or r id ic u l Manager Bruce Shavere. Prea- son, ed as an Eastern dude o r a be The council Instructed d ty re 'dent Ivan C. Laird, and Director spectacled college professor out of place . it took some tim e fo r Funeral services for Ruth Nel- corder Gladys Kanick to w rite a Hans Nelson of the cooperative, peoplv in thos- areas to find out nn 44 of Brooklne« were held le tte r thanking Nelson for his applied to the Rural Electrific ation Administration for the loan that a forest ranger was not a >t the Perl Funeral Home In Med work on the force. A petition was read, signed by when ------- they were In Washington re- h ire lin g sent out from W ashing ford Wednesday afternoon. March ton to in te rfe re in th e ir local af- 9th. Cincluding services at Slsk- 178 residents, complaining about. <lpntly While there they appeared be :vou Memorial Park In Medford. the billboard which la located near Brown’s Mortuary was in charge the Chetco Barbershop on high fore the Federal Power eommia- way 101. The petition labeled the sion in the Interest o f the coop of local arrangements . YOU erative's Illinois river generation Mrs Nelson was horn in Birk- ■dgn as a public nuslanoe. The billboard was erected be project. enfeld, Oregon on Nov. 21. 1910. They reported that FPC has in I he daughter o f Andrew and E l fore the city billboard ordinance dicated It probably will take act So you re a lly th in k th a t that vera Nelson. W hite a child, her was passed. was snow th a t fe ll in th is a” ?» family moved to Eagle Point and The council authorized a letter ion on the cooperative's request last week, do von ’ W e ll ju s t lis she lived in the Medford area moat to the advertising agency advising for temporary permit to invest ten to w hat the o ld t’mers te ll a- of her life. She operated Burg- them of the petition, A copy of igate the possibilities of the Illin bout the w l- te r o f 1915 o r 1916 oyne's Resturant near Medford the tette r was to go to the beer ois project without requiring a when there were 11 Inches o f the with her partner, M r. Burgoyne flhm, whose wares are advertized, hearing. Favorable action by the commission Is considered likely if w h itv s tu (f at Brookings and clear for 15 years. and the property owner. About a year ago she leased down tc ^ ’ he tienrh ed<»e. Back up A dog license ordinance was Oregon Hydro-electric commission in the hi,Is un the Chefco th ere the Ocean View Cafe from Mrs discussed by the council, and city does not move adversely on the was from fo u r to eight feet w ith Stoken and operated it until re attorney Ed Ackley was Instruct project. The Oregon commission about fo u r feet a t the Colegroye cently. She passed away at her ed to draw up an ordinance cov advises the cooperative that it ranch In ord er to get hay in fo r home Saturday night after a short ering th© situation. $2 would be will require a full six months per iod before acting on the Illinois his stock. M r. Colegrove shipped illness. the probable charge. Survivors include her mother, it in by the Brookings boat. The A le tte r-fro m Ed Bankus was m atter. The $550,000 loan, which the snow laid on the ground about M rs Elvera Nelson of Medford, a read, ivhlch, stated that he would tw o weeks here and lots longer in twin sister, Mrs. Ruby Huber of agree to accept the appraisal of co-op has applied for, w ill be used Brookings, an aunt, Mrs. Gertrude the engineering firm of Cornell, over the next two years to taka the hills. Stanley of Medford, and two niec Howland. Hayes and Merrifield, care o f service to 846 new users, es, Ruth and M ary Huber of on the w ater and sewer systems. and to heavy up existing linea. D A N A S V IS IT H E R E Brookings. He also agreed to pay half the M r. and Mrs. M arshall Dana coats of the survey In the event were staying at th e ir Brookings th a t the d ty would purchase the home durin g the past week. They utilities and If the price was le ft Monday lo r P ortland. The agreeable. Danas w ill be down la te r in the m onth He is scheduled to ta lk at C ity attorney Ackley was also the Crescent C ity C ham ber of Spring vacation Is upon us. Next asked to draw up an ordinance on Commerce n r c tin g week. March 18th inclusive has netting up a plumbing Inspector C. O. Leonard announced this beea set aside for Spring Vacation in Brookings. Each new building week that H al F ru ltt, form er ed T o V IS IT SON for both the high and elementary would have to receive an Inspect itor and co-publisher of the Port ion for plumbing, and an Inspect schools of the district. M r and Mrs. E a rle B a ily are Umpqua Courier In Beedanort, March 17 18, and 19, Is the ion fee charged. going to s,M>nd the week end in has become affiliated w ith th - There was some discussion on date for the Annual Oregon Ed Corvallis, vis itin g th e ir son Ronald Leonard Agency. H a v tr - o p -r-‘ed at Oregon State College. They ucation Association Convention In the possibility of a survey which as a broker since 1944, prior to plan to a ttvnd the basketball p la y Portland, and it is expected that a could bring the city streets to buying the Courier he Is aquaint- number of the teachers w ill a t grade. offs w hile there. ed w ith most parts of the atate. tend. He foela th a t Brookings and H a r Featured speakers include bor have a great future and has Waurine W alker, President of the selected this area tor a permanent National Education Association, home. He also represented the Dr. Margaret Mead, Dr. Douglas Veterans A dministration as ap There w ill be a W ell C hild C lin Kelly, and Lawrenoe M artin of the Stephen G. Kassa, 63. died sud praiser In the Reedsport area. ic « t the Brookings Grade SchooJ Denver Post. B illie Davia will denly at the home of bis nephew, Leonard stated that the Aaencv on F rid ay, M arch 18, between the give an address: “I was a Hobo Joe Kassa, Tueaday night. feels that they are fortunate to hours o f 9:30 and 11:30 a m .— K id.” »• M r. Kassa came to B ro o k in g s have ___ _ _ a man of M r. „ P r — u - ltfa - - 1 tb - t — I D r. P aul Ronniger w ill give from M yrtle Creek two weeks ago ience inthe Real Estate and Iro u r- A N E W SON HAS A R R IV E D : Sixteen m onth o ld Dougie is the newest member o f the M o rris . ( physical exam inations and im m un- Mrs. Ray Ilogenson went to I ance field In the office, which wm C orderm an fa m ily. The Cord •rm .in’s adopted lit t le Dougie, and he a rriv e d to make his home in ; izations assisted by D orothea M ill- Portland last <veek end, for a visit and w a. living w ith hte nephew Funeral services are pending.' add to the complete services now B rookings last week. Mrs. C orderm an fle w down to C a lifo rn ia to b ring h im back er. public H ea lth Nurse f.with her sister and mother and I With Browne's M ortuary In charge offered. , Bruoluns* Studio Pbolo 1 . father, BINGHAM SEES "BIG SHOT" BLAST C o-op Applies For Loan To Increase Service HOLD SERVICES FOR MRS NEISON SO THINK IT SNOWED EAST WEEK? NEW M A N JOINS Spring Vacation To Start Here LEONARD REAL ESTATE AGENCY PLAN WELL CHILD CLINIC MARCH 18 STEPHEN KASSA DIES SUDDENLY
