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0 IIs k'l -io * ¿ 7 s E Hbth Ave arbor- \s- Nowhere A Finer Community IK IIK 1« X S W M T A J fW t-U N Volume io—No. 13 , » KNTS Thursday^May 19, 1955 29 TO GfiflDöÄTE HERE NEXT THURSDAY EVENING CLARA BOWLIN ELECTED DISTRICT VICE-PRESIDENT At the sem i-annual m eeting of D istrict No. 7, Ladies A uxiliary ti. the V eterans of Foreign W ars. 1' Id a t the VFW H all Sunday, Mrs. C lara Bowlin of H arb o r w as elected Ju n io r V ice-president. jsie. m u n p /iv L eague Ixiwling is over, h u t I H e p th in k in g o f poor old Irv Jones, onn of th e c ity ’s best keg- le rs (P ite r T eam ) W hen he had a good ne’h t and th e P ilo t s h i p p e r B-H ’ egging Supply in th e la st w ee1' ’1 Irv received fo r his tro u b les his d isch arg e notice from C ';" Brim m , all n eatlv fillet! of* Clff, you u nderstand, is I r v ’s 1« ss, and he th reaten ed to give ’ m th e axe if h e c o n trib u ted a n y th in g to th e dow nfall of B-H. H ow ever, I th in k Cliff w as only kidding. * * • * * It m ust be spring. Jim H uddle ston finally d rain ed th e a n ti freeze out of his c a r S atu rd ay . I t w as set fo r 40 below zero I ’m su re it w o n 't get th a t cold in B rookings any m ore th is year. H e did save it for n ext y e a r though. * • * • «. Got to give Melody B rim m a lot of cred it for being hypnotized T uesd ay afternoon. N ot only does th a t ta k e a lo t o f courage, bpt m ore im p o rta n t it m ade h e r m iss h e r d inner, an d fo r a teen-ager, th a t’s som eth in g e x tra -o rd in a ry . • * * • • T h a t U ran iu m b usiness is really g e ttin g to be som ething. Ja c k H olm es h a s gone, th e B aughns a re back a fte r sta k in g o u t 19 claim s. Dai -ell A llsup is o u t in th e field and i>eople ev ery w h ere a re ta k in g te th e hills. In stead of m ules now they use jeeps, and airplan es, b u t o th e r th a n th a t it rem inds one of ’49. * • » * The other officers elected were Mrs. pdna Lafferty of Ashland as president and Mrs. Virginia Crox of Shady Cove as Senior * T h a t hom e th a t Ed A ldrich is p u ttin g up on E asy St-—is—qtttte a d e a ’. Sam G ott, who is w orking on it, w as alw ays know n to be a fast c a rp e n te r, b u t th is is the first tim e h e ’s p u t up a house in tw o days, I ’ll bet. LEGION TO ELECT SUNDAY o n n e e R R O O K I N G S STY LE B uilding in B rookings has lieen h ittin g along at an PR O G R E SS B R O K I N G S & I * , h w s p n )g n ss in a m a tte r of h.>urs. T he upper ih o t T T h o i s a l i m e u i d e r ;co n stru ctio n by E d AWMch early in th e m orning L a te r in th e photo snow s a n t m com pletely up. By W ednesday afternoon th e root w as on. The t T ^ g h u iit’ e n T ‘U c « process. A ldrich’s B uilders Supply is having th e ir g ran d opening th is w eek end ex*. in th e ir new location on highway 101. CITY BUDGET SHOWS $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 TAX LEVY Rotary Club Begins At Recds}x>rt O regon's new est R o tary ( luh w ill receive its C h a rte r, T h u rsd a y , M ay 19, at R eedsjort. K ersey C. E ldridge, P o rtla n d business- e x ecu tiv e and D istrict G overnor of R o ta rv D istric t 154. will form aliy p resen t th e C h a rte r a t a banquet to be held in R eedsport s Union H igh School. J n v ita tio n s h a w been sent lo clubs th ro u g h o u t O regon. The m eeting will be open to R otarian s an d th e ir ladies. T he Coos Bay- N o rth B end C lub sponsored the new o rganization. A special A m erican I c " te e nom ination, election and illu st ratio n m eetin g w ill be held S u n day, M ay 22. a t 1:30 pm. at th" Jacklew icz A nchorage. In itia tio n officers w ill be in from out of tow n in full uniform , so Legion m em b ers a re asked to w ear th e ir Legion cap. A larg e num b er of new m em bers a re e x pected along w ith th e o ld er mem- Iters th a t have not bcen_propcrly initiated. T h e C hctco P o st No. 138 is E L K S DANCE grow ing by teaps and bounds, and it is hoped th a t a new’ Legion , T h ere will be an E lks dance this H all can be planned a t th is m eet S a tu rd a y night at the E lks H all. ing. L unch and re fre sh m e n ts will I t j s a m em b er’s only dance. be served. LODGE TO HAVE F E E D S a tu rd a y evening, 'M ay 21st, the Gold Beach Lodge No. 199 A.F & A.M. w ill have th e ir annual Salm on feed, and be host to th » G rand Lodge O fficers D inner will lx» a t 6:30 p.m. and lodge at«*H 1 p.nu -A ll.-m aster m asons a re In vited to a tte n d . SEE CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT IN ’FRISCO A group of Brookings and H a r bor mi n took in th e heavyw eight cham pionship fight in S an b ra n - cisco. C alifornia Monday night T hel left S at u n lay , and re tu rn e d ■ T uesday. re p o rtin g that M arciano •sJa u g /ite rc d ” Cochell. T hose ' a tte n d in g w ere Don \ aughn. Bob lia m m a n , H om er H agjferty, Jim H olbrook, Cliff Brim m , Chas. Amos and Guy R ucker. LARGE CROWD AT VFW MEET The first contention to be held in the new High School Auditor ium took place, last Sunday, when representatives of ten VFW posta in Southwestern Oregpn held their semi-annual district meeting. A ll the visitors^ including the Oregon VFW Commander, Ronald Dicken, of Molaia, admir ed the facility and said Brookings should be proud of it. The m eeting began w ith a baked salmon d in n e r served by the local Ladies A uxiliary, w ith credit for its sincere appreciation going to Mrs. Paul W hirry and h e r com m ittee. A bout 150 guests w ere served. A fter the feed the Auxiliaries met in the VFW Hall, with Mrs. Lyle Dill, local unit president, turning the gavel over to Mrs. Frieda Lawrence, Ashland, re tir ing district president, who in turn i was succeeded by Mrs Edna Laf 1 ferty, Ashland, elected for the- next year, with Mrs. Roy Bolin, Brookings, named as Junior vice- president of the district, and Mrs D ill one of the district's three trustees. T he v e te ra n 's m eeting w as op ened by Al Phillips, local post com m ander, tjum ing the gavel over to M erle Beneke, Medford, district com m ander, w ith B ert H arlxir jieoplo a n ' asked to use Swye, o f G ra n ts P a ss set up for Phone No. 2181 in rep o rtin g u the job next y ear, and Al Phillips fir«1 the sam e as Brookings. F ire nam ed a director. Chief Val M n«l< nliall ask s th a t The m eeting had to do w ith in rep o rtin g a fire that the person c u rre n t vet« ran a ffa irs w ith-D on lx» sp-cific in naming roads and Dicken. s ta te com m ander, outlin- p 'aci's to 1‘nable the firem en to ing the program P ast S ta te Corn- reach a fire witli the least poss- m ander Ira Canfield, Medford, ihle delay. ' briefly summed up the progress Tiie fire departm ent h a s ex- m ade since he w as in office, tended its s rv iee to. you th ro u g h The veterans nam ed H arry John D a rg e r in the filling of fine Birch of Shady Cove, as th e ir extingiiislu-is. Leave them at th«‘ can didate for Ju n io r S ta te Com-. A zalea G arage and 'h ey will be ( m ander, recognizing his successful pieki'd up and refilled. P h a s e put I p rogram for raising, during the riot to cu ltiv a te too deep, as they Fin al in stru ctio n s, fo r th e Flow y o u r nam. ' anil address on th e e x past year, thousands of dollars e r Show, to lx» hel.l in conn etion , an? shallow rooted Only teed them tin g u ish er apd pav him when you tow ard a S ta te of Oregon C ottage tw ice now and in tw o w’.M-ks. v i t h th e A zalea F estiv al, w as receive your « xtinguisher. a t th e N ational Home, E aton given a t th e m onthly m eeting. | M ulch th e p lan ts so they w on't F ire Prevention W ek is .c o m Ra.pids Michigan. d r yont w ith lawn clippings. M ay 12. a t th e V FW H all. T oe I It w as a real pleasure to club ing s o o n . M< n«l.-:.li ill reports. An election of district officers th em e for th e show is C alen d ar People are asked to look around was held w ith B ert Swigh, G ra n ts m em bers to have Mrs. Nell M -- of Flow ers, and will lx» held in , K enzie and her A /alea singers th e house anil yard, and clean up Pass, elected as com m ander of the new gym. back again a fte r several m onths ¡¡iltics, closets, and catch all the D istrict 7. O th e r officers elected This w ill be tlr» n in th annual i».vst. T heir num bers included ev er rooms. Keep a ll—m flam ihle m at- w ere: Senior vice, Dan K rantz. F lo w er Show, and all people of p o pular "T ree's, Rain, Lassin of « rial aw ay f r o m stoves, furnaces Shi dy Cove; Ju n io r vice, H enry th e com m unity a re urged to ta k e Mine, and Ita lia n S tre e t Song ’ ¡and flam es. CEvir brush and dry A lbright, Rogue River; C haplain, p art in it, and show t h e i r ,p r e t M em liers of the- sextet w ere ¡g rass aw ay Borrj the buildings L. E Orvis, Rogue River; Ju d g e tiest blooms, and flow er a rra n g e Mrs. Emil Moore. Mrs. George Ad ocatie, ■ Li« Ray, Brookings, G unk, Mrs. Helen H anscam , Mrs. GROUP TO APPEAR Q u a rte rm a g ter, Ed Lelming, Shady m ents. ove; S u rg to n , Johnny Jones, O ut of tow n judges will do ihe N ancy Pisarek, Mrs. G eorge W id- nev and M rs. W illiam ina Donnelly ON T-V SHOW hady Cove; T ru ste e th ree years, judging and blue, red and w hite ribbons and sw eepstake prizes w ill w ith Mrs M eta My« r as accom p A barliershop q u a rte t group, 1 Phillips. Biooklngs; A djucanr, W illiam s, G ra n ts P ass; be aw arded for tlr? m ost blue rib anist. Mrs. M yers also favored the S ea-F lats, from Brookings, eely E arl « W G ra n ts bons in h o rtic u ltu re , and also in th e group w ith tw o in stru m en tal will be on television M onday night uard, , illiam . . s, num bers. Indian S u m m er and over K IE M -T V They wttl a p p e a r i nssi I>eputy CMef Inspector, Jim a rtis tic arra n g e m en t. tefl th e Redwood S potlight pro- uckridgc, G rant« Paas, S tars. A ju n io r show in connection is -Hostesses for th e desert lu n ch gram at 7:30 p m Brookings tim e j being ta k e n care of by Mrs. Chas eon w ere Mrs. L. S te w a rt, M rs PLA N PIA N O R E C IT A L A pi/aaring will be Bernice G rayshel. M rs. Guy Rice, and Mrs. L. D robough, Mrs. Don C raig and Sw anson, S ally Sw anson, N ancy J The public is invited to a piano G erald G uess a re co-chairm en for Mrs Fred Anderson. P ls a n 'k and Ju d y Sadler. recital next week Tuesday even th e show. Th- re w e re 36 memtx-rs and J ing at 7:45 p.m at the Baptist Mrs. H a rry Sm ith, S ta te H o rt guests, present M em bers a re re- M r and M rs Tom Yokum r e Community Church. ic u ltu rist from Cave Ju n ctio n was m inded to hake nut bread or The pupils of Mrs. Lucile Pat- turned Monday a fte r a m onths th e sp e a k e r of the day, and gave cookies foi the te a room. . terson and Mrs. Laverne Christ- vacation visiting relatives. a very in te re stin g ta lk on Azal- ¡lah w ill give the recital j eas an d th e ir care. Be c a re ly l Azalea festival Hears A zalea F estiv al tim e is neaping ind m ore and m ore activ ity is x‘ng th ro w n into th e event. ’Ians a re n earin g com pletion, for he th re e d ay celebration. M ost of th e activ ity will tak e d a c e on S a tu rd a y , and Sunday, (lay 28-29, w ith tlv» celebration tontinuinfe on to M onday, M emor- al Day. T h e flow er s h o w , is com ing d o n g nicely, and com m ittee c h a ir men w ere nam ed to head th e v a r ious events. Roy Brown, of the Elks is in ch arg e of th e fish fry. M rs. E. R. B ailey is in charge of tlr? coronation. M rs. A rth u r Knox heads th e qu een's com m ittee Mrs. Ira Brown, and Mrs. Glenn H u rst a re incharge of the stage decoration: Mrs. F ren ch y A rrell pnd Mrs. J e r r y S chroetter a re in charg e of th e A zalea chain; Mrs, Buzz S te w a rt, and M rs. W a lte r A nderson a re in ch a rg e of bou q u e ts and flow ers. T h ere w ill b e - » service Sunday m orn in g in the Azalea P ark , and according to la te st rep o rts the A zaleas w ill be in bloom. F ell C am pbell is president of th e A ll-Y ear E v en ts Association, and all v o lu n te e rs to h elp w ith any p a rt of th e festival a re asked to co n tact him. T he notice of the 1955-56 city budget ap pears in this w eeks issue of th e Pilot. T he budget w as pre p a re d by a budget com m ittee, w orking w ith city councilm en. On th(‘ budget com m ittee are A rchie H endricks, M urray P a lm e r F ran cis A rrell. A 1 Botzek and Lynn H am pton. T he budget hearing will be on W ednesday, Ju n e 8 th a t 8 p.m. in th e city hall. T h? propsed budget calls for e stim a te d expenditures of 120,673. and estim ated receipts of 85,353, w ith th e am ount necessary ‘»° balance the budget of 35,321 which is I!..i5i« outside -th..' 6'/r lim itai? k-n. V ice-president. O ver sixty women attended the m eeting, which opened nt 1 30 a fte r a ‘ n’mon din n er se rv .d by the A uxiliary and P ost m em bers The Post m em h rs held th e ir m eeting in the new high schix,' gym. D epartm ent Presid nt C la r ice H enderson, D ep artm en t As sistan t G u a rd a n and Poppy Sale chairm an, Anahell nohm an, De- ¡»artment chairm an for Cam p W hite Hospital. I eile Birch and her a ssista n t chairm an for ( ’am p W hite H eli n Lusk w ere honored visitors at th " m eeting. R outine business was tak en care of during th ” m eeting, and talk s w ere given by the honored g u ists O th er local women who will be D istrict officers for tl.c coming year a re H e n rie tta Dill who w as elected one of the tru ste e s and H a rrie t B aker who w as appointed Color B earer. 9th ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW PLANS ARE PROGRESSING HERE Fire Chief Asks Cooperation ANNOUNCE ro SPFEP s j L new, s p e e d h - in., ' from the E ast and N orth v.-s a . nouneed Ih s w- -k :.v «-> Bill Thom pson T hrough ’hi1 i s of G reyhound ho.- •••»!>,• .. , w ill be brought in to Brook n«’ at leaet 12 hours « o o i'r ~ T he new' service will go int. effect in th e ^ v e ry n e a r f ,tu i" B has been a p ^ o v e d by th e p o sta ’ a u th o ritie s and should begin w th in a few «Uvs Th'» rp r'l > eotrrng d.'-,e c via N orth T' >nd. a ’d from :: o r by bus to G e’ I P v io h It v. ¡11 a r rive by the S ta r R oute !n the m orning for m orning d s t ihufion Any m ad m a i’ed in P c r t'a i« ' by 5:00 p.m should I h > lr»r h\ m orning of the next day. Th - mail will reach Gold Ben h hv »ns by 5 : 00 a m and sho> Id lie at th e Brookings posto : ee hv ) a.m. and in th» b o re s by 10 Previously the m ail w nt via Ira n ts Pass. REPORT DEATH Ob’ AL CARL HERMAN Al C arl H erm an p.s:?-! away a t th e S ta te H ospital in Salem on Monday May 17. He w ent to the hospital in Salem about throe y ears ago, a fte r living In B rook ings since 1916, when» hi can? over from Germany. H e w as known locally as “T h ” H e rm it’’ and lived In’ a bear house below Tisdales. four one - act PLAYS SATURDAY F o u r one-act plays will be pre sented by the high school D ra m i C lub this S a tu rd a y May 21 at 8:00 p.m. in the new school a u d itorium . O pening th e th ird annual p la. festival will lx- the Ju n io r clasp selection, ‘«Five for Bad Luck. T his comedy ta k e s place in th«' reception room of a girl's d o rm itory in a co-educational un iv er sity. Munk»r I s F u n ” w as chosen by th e sophm ore class. In this play, the audit nee is asked tn help solve th e m urder. B efore th«' c u rta in closes, th e case is broken in a su rp risin g m anner. T he Seniors fo rg et th e ir dignity and ta k e off th e ir shoes to enact th e hill-hilly comedy, " I t’s Cold in T hem T h a r H ills.” T he cast for "S unday’s Child" is mad«? up by rep resen tativ es from all fo u r school classes. EH • ab eth W elch, th e a u th o r of this ro m a n tic comedy, w rites a ch ti m ing play ab o u t h e r own girl child hood. This p e rfo rm a n c e will m a rk the end of the a c tiv itie s of the D ram a C lub for th is y ear. NELLIE BUSH IS W O M A N OF YEAR M rs.' N ellie B ush., of P ark er, A rizona, w ell know n surnm er H a rb o r resident, w as recently selected as th e W oman of th«> Y ear by th»? Phoenix, Arizona Pr.»ss Club. Th«« following item is tak en from the May lith issu«- of th e P a r k e r Pioneer W eekly; “At th e A rizona W om en's aw ards b anquet held S a tu rd a y at the G reen G abtes in Phoenix, Mrs. N ellie T. Bush received th e pr« ss club headliner aw ard as th«» W om an of Ihe Y sir T he b a n q u e t w as h e ld in connection w ith the an n u a l «firing convention held last w eekend w ith h eailquarteiv In th e Phoenix P re ss Club. The a w a rd w as given Mrs Bush as ’’an o u tsta n d in g wom an of sta tu re and accom plishm ent, w ith a long record of proven cooperation with the pioss.” Mrs. Bush, who is presid«. nt of the Arizona W om ans Clubs was recently a re p re se n ta tiv e of the A m erican F ed eratio n of W omans C lubs a t a m eeting In P aris. C om m encem ent for_the B rook- ings-H arbor high school will ta k e place next T h ursday evening, at 8 p.m. in th e new high school gym w ith a class of 29 g rad u atin g . The g rad u atin g class includes Helen Jxiuise Allvnhv, Donna La- Fiiye S hu stro m , C arolyn May H ansen. H enry Adolf H erw ig, K a re n ’ E rl a Simpson, S o n d ra P a rk e r L ute, Jo h n R. B urtis, M ar g a re t Alice Gran, Gordon D avid Sund, Jo an L uvern Pcttegnew , Jo an n e Belle- Tyler. B a rry R obert Sage, L illian J a n e t Bailey, Leroy R aym ond B rickey, Beverly Je a n Glass, P a tric k E dw ard Holmes, Billie J u n e L ostroh, Jan ice C hristensen, F ra n c is F adling, D oris O ’Dell, D oro th y Je a n Rowley, S h e rrill M cClain, K ennetli R ussell, J o an n C lendenin. R o b ert Sw an, K ay O ’ H olleran, Jo a n S m ith , G lenn C urtis, R o b eit Mead. T he p ro g ram includes th e proc essional “Pom p and C ircu m stan ce’ Invocation by Rev. W a lte r S ad ler, S a lu ta to ria n , is D onna Shu srto m , w ho will ta lk on th e "Coming of th e A tom ic Age.” T he S h o rtc u ts w ill sing "Now Is T h e H o u r” they a re K ay N ich ols. Jacqueline S m ith, M arlene Olson, and S haro n C enter. T he V aledictorian, S h e rrill Mc C lain w ill ta lk on ‘‘Seven R ules fo r Success.” T he p resen tatio n of R o tary and P.T.A. scholarships will be m ade by F ran cis A rrell and Lynn H am pton will presi’nt aw ards. T he com m encem ent address ’ ll h«» m ade by D r Jo h n M. S w a rth o u t of O regon S ta te Coll ege. V irgil G oldsherry will aw ard the diplom as. T he recessional, "Pom p and ' Circumstance»” w ilt be played by the band u n d e r th direction of R obert Dick. FIRST PRIZE TO BE AWARDED T he 12 prom otion, sponsored bj th«» businessm en of th e N o rtl Brookings Shopping A rea will a w a r d * h ‘ first prize th is eom in. W ednesday night An o u tb o a n m otor will be the first prize a w arded, in th e 12 w eek cam paign T he g ran d prize will be a new 1955 .P ly m o u th car. The., d raw in g will tak e plae< lx»two?n th e H i-W ay M ark et an« F ra n k 's P h a rm a c y a t 7 p.m. Wed nesday, M ay 25. All a re eligibli to w in except for m erchant: p articip atin g , and th e ir im m ed into fam ilies and th e employee« and th e ir im m ed iate families. T he tick et h older m ust h ' pres nt to win. More Contributions List For Gitv b l i n d T he city gravel fund is stil short of its goal of $1,500. ~al though som e co n trib u tio n s hav« b?en com ing in If th e citizen s wh« u te th e s tre e ts w ould contrihut« a d o lla r o r tw o, the am ount eouh be m ade u p in sh o rt order, ac Cording to R alph Reed, city worl su p erin ti'n d en t. D onations now in am ount t- $931.0, leaving a balance ol 569.0 to go. R ecent co n trib u to rs includ A rth u r L. O lsen, Brookings San ita ry Service, W arren McN'?ely L Jfr J Loggers.“ W arren Sm ith B rookings Machine Shop. U. S N a t io n a l B a n k . J. G. W aller, Win ifred S tanley. Committee Makes Recommendations The citizens com m ittee, in th'»i m eeting Monday night concur!-«? .unanim ously w ith th e council o th e ir sta n d on the sew er questior A motion was m ade an«l second ed to present to th " C ity Counci in th«> form o f a m em orial th proposition to secure from eae a b u ttin g p ro jx rty ow n er a qui <1'<‘«1 to all tig h ts, title in te r <• or e q u ity in th e p resent sewr system , in favor of the city. T he co m m ittee also reeom m enr ed to the council th a t it give cor sidératio n to th e propositon tha it seek th e sêrvicos of Mr. ¿k TRY TO START M artin, on leave from th e sta t highw ay dept. in th e conduct ( SHRINE HERE T h e re w ill l»e a m eeting at th? its surv ey s on s tre e ts because t C liff H ouse on W ednesday, Ju n e his fa m ilia rity w ith th e sam e. le t, at 7 p.m. for th e purpose of W E E D SPR A Y E R H E R E form ing a S h rine (Hub in B rook ings. All S h rin e rs a re requested Mr. A nderson, th e cou n ty wee to give th is m a tte r th e ir a tte n t sp ra y e r will still be in th e are ion. T h e re will lx» a social hour, ! th is week. Anybody who neer and a no host dinner. S h rin e rs are spraying done a re asked to ca asked to w e a r o r bring th e ir fez. the P ilo t, 3725.
