Image provided by: Chetco Community Public Library; Brookings, OR
About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1955)
1 f MO BOOKBINDING •017 SE 86th Av* FILE FOR SCHOOL BOARD N o w h e r e A F in e r Community P R IC K ll\ M H S s T V N U S — TEN Volume io— No. 17 Thursday, June 16, 1955 FIRE BURNS 2 0 0 ACRES F IR E IS N E A R L Y UNDER CONTRO L Council Conducts Variety Of WcrSt is» McVAY, MILLER, KANICK. Slate Co-op Meeting Monday CENTS RONNIGER ARE IN RACE Petitions have been filed for four candidates for a achool dir ectors post in th? Brookings- Then? w ill be a tw o day public U arbor school district 17C. Names ,he Oregon R ural are In for Archie McVay a trie a l Co-operative Associat .n d T ue sda j\ June I p’Ä - ~ „ 21. ' n Beach An im portant m eeting w ill be held at 8 p .nr ; D ,C I. X ' fo rm e r c ity kine M ille r L ä recorder- and FraZ ’ " ’d E l* stsä - s j- ü " s s S ! Ä h. , kh i': ; About 200 men wvere out in the woods this week, fig h tin g fire en- rh e association consists, of 15 I trance. th a t burned about 200 acres of X X l T Ä X t ° T ‘ , M ' 7 d* y; JU" c ” • « - U » * ■ » - A v a rie ty of business was con ducte d a t the re g u la r meeting snags and brush in the Chetco members. N a t - I ime fo r filin g petition.» d istrict, o f the Siskiyou N a tio n "’ trih n in 'Y thP ? r ° up has 11000 d i*‘ fc u r c a w in on th a t date and all o f the B rookings C ity Council Forest, in the Eagle Creek w a’ e r Tuesday nig ht. Am ong the most S •?n ',nK 3 ** m illio n mem- shed, ahout 14 m iles east o f im p o rta n t item s discussed was a Brookings. ’ < ’ The session w ill open Monday rep ort made by C ity A tto rn e y E«’ The men wen? handicapped hv Ackley, w ho reported on his re * ’ m pfal business m eeting the . rugjjedness o f the county, a t the high school at 9 a m. M r cent tr ip made to P o rtlan d to see which prevented access to the a tto rn e y Schuler, a bond special wu.W^ , • ° l the ta x « « "m issio n fire, forcing the men to pack in w ill be on hand. ist. nower saws and o th e r equipment A t a luncheon m eeting Monday A ckle y reported th a t S chuler’s V irg in ia Akers. daughter o f reaction was favorable to th. on hacks.—Planes dropped equip P la R overs o f the Coos Bay M ini 1 Akers, o f B ro o kin g ^ le ft ment and suplies fo r several days p ossibility o f m aking a saleable ■mTaker qt # Th° main I S.un la> fo r P ortland, a ü ^ f r o m However. Forest Ranger W E bond issue i f the tim e comes fo r Pt'rK meetin« ,hcir? ° Gri'en ^ o n s l n on Ragland said that they ju s t about w ill to n v d e t the c ity to move on the sewei had the fir#» under control, and question. A fu rth e r report from t ' s . x " * 1 H R - they vwere beginning to cut down S th u le r is expected soon. O th e r item s on the agenda were crews, and beginning the mopping up Inside the fire line. 1 A recom m endation that any • M iss A kers w ____ ill attend Ragland said th a t if evervthing 1 the business b u ild in g plans m ust gi, School E d itors and W rite rs school goes on schedule they to the p lanning commission fo •ra in in g conferences, to be held l«‘ase approval before a b uilding per- I „¡g ht most o f the men Thursday m the same place on the pre m it can be issued. I .«■ c e d in g week. 2. Accepted the p lanning com- L i r e F o rM t Ser She w ill v is it relatives in Boise m ission’s recom m endation that . J , , , hv . J K*L,Prs were brought ; • '•alio on her re tu rn trip . She b u ild in g p e rm it fo r the Palme. I in - - - - by ,h p - G<wern™ ,nt, from camp;, on building be issued. Umpqua, and M t" J u T k a X T d ^ . 2 “ ,ld in * “ > <£ 3. H oard a i t port o. r e a m rep ort from C itv I |„eaYÜZin u 7 " .. som*’ 06,1 »nilding, adjact w o r k , superintendent Ralph Rçed | said th e h „ i u W«*«»«™ A u to Store. Thu fu rn - h u lk o f J 3 7 l'™ ' Y C r l “ 1’ " >,alÌM I « » "¡» « 4 “ «''’™ , " ’ " " l “ ¡ü 1 ? he A u to « ™ ; I 1 travels east <5b ON SCHOLARSHIP f t e (nusifJuj, 1 Every, n knows th a t loggers have th >st dangerous occup ations ir • is area— b ut there are a few o tite r hazardous jobs. To enum erate a few: a» NEW.' P \P E R M A N —w ho gives too muc 1 p u b lic ity to one section o f town T E L E P H O N E L IN E M A N —who is a fte r git ng to change a phone num ber ju s t a fte r the new book is out. NEW SPAPERM AN — W h o doesn’t give enough p u b lic ity to one section o f town. COOS C U R R Y L IN E M A N — w ho to look around fo r power fa ilu re s in the dark. NEW SPAPERMAN — w h o hasn’t enough space le f t fo r a ll the newal he has gathered together • • • • e We understand th a t M rs. LeRoy P o lla rd got dunked in the Chetco liv e r Sunday, try in g to demon s tra te how these races should be run. We had accident in the fa m ily last w , necessitating an a ir tr ip by m- .vife to Nebraska and Wisconsin. People in these p arts have been ve ry anxious to assist in ta k in g care o f the M u rp h y kida . . . . w hich is a m a jo r job as there are so m any o f them Bob Swansons have one o r two, the Pisareks have one the H arold Moore« have had a couple. I just hope th a t we can get them a ll back to g e th e r ¡ gain one o f these days B O A T RACES. H E R R S U N D A Y W ill look lik e above to spect- ators standing on the Chetco R iv e r bridge lx,at. ...¡n p ictured above was taken in w a r m -u j* last week T1 The •> ra.v> u, • el' anJ Wil1 fe a,ure short eoulrse races in severe" classes. B ro okm gs-H arbo r Lions cluo are sponsoring the races. ä Furniture Store Opens In Brookings md bBing ab°Ut IS KILLED ''T X « . , x : ™p here * ° o,x'n ,he W ra ,e rn T im m y M uth, 14, b ro th e r o f Mrs. Joseph M urphy, Brookings, was k ille d in s ta n tly S a tu rd ay in an autom obile accident, w hich oc cu rred when th e M u th fa m ily w ere on th e ir w ay o u t to B ro ok- OFFICERS o f the B ro oking s E lk s Lodge are shown at the E»M H a n scfm ’ H y I o r F la s ,la y h,'re « • L a rl?' R ocm m 'c k . Roy Brown. Bob R ittk e , ’ MePi* Jack,pwicz. Pete Lesm eister and M e rle «nd' the rest. A SCHOOL BOARD Elk«? Celebrate HAS MEETING Flag Day Here and on Easy street as far as the money w ill go. 6. A u th orized a ca ll fo r bids on gas, o il and fuel Talked to of Dot him M o nerving“’^ rtin . the 7 possibility fo7 Frid^T and I '"KS tO vWt tf* ^ tT h y i'^ H ? , orkers h av- S aturday a tu n in v o «r f this » n - v ___ UP Saturday. W orto' rs hav’ ^ e - k ' y and I m other, Mrs. E th e l P ^ . ?Ut„ f ' ghl in£ “ S‘ nCe thPn - - - was d rivin g , was L Hadland said th a t the w eather 1 re 1 » inju re d, and is ^ ^ ?en I a has n^ d m X a ' be|P. ®"* and the winds d° ' H ' u f t s>BIlth In A c Is c id e n t S u n d a y I a w a itin g a plane M u th , w ho ve ry seriously in a hospital, H Barbara ight back to Muth Ld q«n,Mght’ 8h° W' The school board at its last F la g Day was celebrated on the c ity engineer. K any damage. , J- E-Smith, livlm "n th* m eeting discussed a w ide range Sunday afternoon by the E lks 8. Discussed the fin a l settle- N e w S u p e r in t e n d e n t e r Joe D eM artin ranch, was S " aC.<7dPn,' haI>Pened, and wasn’t o f projects and gave top p rio r ity I edge in a c o lo rfu l, p a trio tic cer fully injured S u n ^ i , X ' 1 ’"'1 y S S ’Ü ' Ä ■ . " ' " * ” " ,o r T ” A r r iv c H c re to drainage problem s along Easy emony at the Ixxlg e H a ll. ' e n tly w ent over the l i ^ X u ' I . Thf> M uths k f t WlBC°n»»n F rt- street, as they a ffe ct the school E a rl Breuer read a h isto ry of D. D. W illia m s, new Superin- w ith a tra c to r b r e a k i n g d?y m o rn in K an<i had covered grounds, in s ta lla tio n o f guide the fla g and a replica o f each tendent o f 'Schools, announced vie bone and o ih e r ^ i e S S e wa« ^ Ut 600 mi,ea o i th e lr t r i P> w h* ” pests fo r the bus unloading osne d iffe re n t Am erican fla g was d is ?in e r. » , °n<* He Was was | the the fa car th a t D? w ill be in Brookings perm - »ou— take., „ " 7 ’„He t o re rtu rn e d near Grand nnentl.V-after J u ly 5. H is immed- C itv In thn Crescent Island. ____ ______ The Hans L rsens a rriv e d on a' t h ’ new high school, a dd itio na l played by tw o Boy Scouts. The Nebraska. The iate family consists of his wife, aMK «mbul- Muth boy died Instantly vrith the scene T i • • lay a fte r a 3700 fu rn ish in g s fo r th e high school ie p !i-a s included the "P ine T ree” tw o sons and fa th e r-in -la w * * n ° wn lo in clu d in g a th le tic fla g , the ‘ ‘Colled Snake” fla g w ith s k u ll fra c tu re and punctured lim y. mi!,? tr ip to v ¡it the Pisareks. a u d ito riu m , Most o f the teaching s ta ff v a c s ^ a Z m r P° * land- as H e had spent tw o m o n th * in They were pleasantly surprised equipm ent, bleacher seats fo r the the inscription, "D o n ’t tread on ( ancies have been filled , a c c o rd in g ‘ h ondl,lon w ill allow, D irectors were elected at the Brookings last summ er. T he fu n at the chance o f the co m m un ity balcony and a m p lify in g equipm ent ’ ” the fla g o f the T h irte e n 'C ol--j Plans were made to convert the onies and others in clu d in g the I annual stockholders meeting of to M r. W illiam s. __ in the last 10 months. eral was to he T hu rsda y in Nee ca fe te ria space in to three te m p •,resent flag. t the Brookings Plywood C orporat- ♦ • • » » nah, Wisconsin. Tete Lesm eister read on paper 1'on here Sunday. Throe directors M r and Mrs. Drew CJerln were Mrs. M uth was s u ffe rin g fro m There have hx?en a lo t o f fre ig h t o ra ry class rooms and to p ro vid V P « * severe lace ra tio ns o f the fee« ers and tankers c ru isin g up and funds fo r p u ttin g the m usic room of w hat the flag represents, and w ere^retaine d on the firs t hall- in tow n Tuesday to say hello to ------------ was clim axed when ot. They were Ray Reeser, Joe th e ir e x-e m p loy« *, Archie Hen- — ceremony the down the coast ju s t o ff shore and shop in to operation. and head, w hich w ill require p t»«~ The tw o e lem entary school • ,1C officers b u ilt a L ib e rty . Bell Heffeto, and H enry H ouvila. tic surgery. tric k s , M u rry Palmer. June Pal- A . here Some o f them a re close 'M rs. 'C a lvin Gorte, and Jim oen-Age ca r Road-E-O is enough to see the C aptain and buildings w ill undergo a clean-up w ih . wreaths o f rosep, lilie s and I Three more o f the c u rre n t d ir- l< ' Ï I " '« » " J u ly io , h in e n Mrs. t à Joseph r x Murphy i S w left i Cres- S i ectors were named also They a r- Yelton. the firs t m ate pla ying pinochle on and paint-up. N ew ceilings w ill vioivts. Gold Beach it was announced by on the scene Sundav mnmini» be provided fo r the show dr rooms The E lk officers p a rtic ip a tin g i Don Smith, Ed Olson, and Tod the poop deck. Wish there was a Gold Beach chief o f police B o lto n ' She w i l Æ ffe ^ w S S n w h a rf set u.p here so th e y could in the old high school and a new " T r e ; Roy Brown, E xa lted R u le r; ; Fow ler, b o ile r installed. M erle HansCam, Leading K n ig h t; The directors elected officers hop o ff and stretch th e ir legs, I W W8n " ? n ro o k in F's Wednesday and expeeets to b£ back I n T r ^ k ’ H om er H aggerty. L e c tu rin g fo llo w in g the meeting. Elected » n „ to y . ? „ d’ and spend a buck o r so. K n ig h t; Robert R ettkv, Loyal were Ray Reeser, President, to mgs are asked to participate. K n ig h t; Mercé Jacklewicz, Chap, succeed h im self; H effele, vice- Zona Geanoy a fo rm e r school C ash plzes, given by m erchants lain . L a rry Roemick, E sq uire;" T’t'esTf’p n t: AI M incer, secretary- JEWELRY STORE chool teacher here, has purch Pete Lesmeister, secretary; and Don Sm ith, treasurer and i >H- ased th e Tots-To-Teens store from w ill be awarded in the show. E n try blanks can be secured Tom D aughtvry, iT yler. ■ / Hein, assistant treasurer. OPENING SET Mrs. E lm a MitcWeLl, w ith the at the Brookings Police S tatio n Boy Scouts who particip a ted -------------------------- A new business, and tw o new transaction e ffe c tiv e ly immed H arold 's Je w e lry Store w ill open Bolton said th a t the o n ly re men is being set up in Brookings w ere Tom m y Berger and Dale iately. —. ? The Oregon hig hw a y commisa- th is week in the Grayshel b u ild quirem ents a re : M ust be under John Coleman, and George H a m Hoie. Mrs. M itc h e ll w ill s till be as I „ n f aravan made a tr ip through ing adjacent to the M oore V a rie ty mond both o f P o rtla n d and Cheh- sociated w ith the Mode O'Day perm it is required; and' uie^pe'i- i ? I^ k ln ?? Wednesday, on th e ir “ '« " S '■ P 'S k lH .,1 store. state w ide tour. The Brookings •son m ust have had no m oving Bus Towed Away, Mr#. Ueapey w ill continue to tr a ffic c ita tio n d u rin g the last t h am ber o f Com m erce w ire d the the same name-brand, group, and asked them to stop F ra n k Burden, who helned org- I « try v six months. o ff a t B ro oking s fo r a coffee The school bus w hich was h it anize the M idget Baseba'I 1‘vipue I t,Ua ' y ,h?y have handled *n tho Cars w ill be furnished ÎI? 1 thPy WPre unable to before m oving to B rookings fro m behind by a lum be r tru c k on m t Brookings has I ft fo r Per»- * pas’ Th,‘ s,ore hours w ill remain program, and the Road-E-O wHI adjacent to th' Sunset • M otel, c o n s is t rkf so because o f a rig id tim e The Grayshel b u ild in g has been and w ill p ut in new and used the last day of school has been land, where he w ill be liv in g He 1 i same A Brand opening sale is consist o f several d riv in g tests, ! schedule, towed to P o rtla n d -w h e re I w ill w ants to th an k th? c itv fo r th? I P annod lo r “ latOr date, such as p arkin g , backing up, and Howoven vr* be repaired ta an estim ated iost use o f the grader In fr'ln in c om I A dauBh te r, Joyce, w ill assist stopping as w e ll as a w ritte n ex- I Oregon f v j . s / l " ’ °f 1 -5on 5^°nst Association stopped o f SI 175 by the Insurance Co. ---------- - , th e M idget ball m ore r in 1 *n..,.ho. store’ and Mrs Earl Ooatet ( m inatlon. a rie ty and the Jew elry store, the Pan-Am erican The r ’ w 66-passenger school T a rrv B lre lv fo r his tim e- D nJ a l“ 0 1x1 helping out from tim e and ^TVrra _______ ______ 1» B rookings o spend the night. p c mstde o f the Je w e lry store f C ru iser line I«. w hich .... .... 1 __ » » by _ ... __ e ». * has been com pletely redone. I t ” ' Jim D a rn e ll is leaving F rid av 1 ' ^ ' l î®lk to ,h° dipectors o f bus was ordered the Y a rn ll . fo r the iise ö f h ü * ' eq^hi- to tlm t,mc Mrs. Geaney has taught in the housed the Post O ffice previously. ' T w e n ty tra ile r u n its w ill be put School Board iard is a the fa c to ry in m ent- ent, Odi« Odis rcndctw»-.^ Gadsfterry fo r ..... use of in behind the Sunset -.Motel. Lim a. Ohio, and a d riv e r w ill be jeep to drag the field, and E lm e r elem entary school system her.’ to v is it relatives, and also The men le ft fo r Los A n g les to I a m. reg ardin g the highw ay s it sent there to bring i t to B rook- ( Bankus fo r the use o f the fie ld fo r the past fo u r years. i p ic k straw berries. Tuesday and plan to have th e ir i mgs uation. ings . ». ! B u rde ll said that anyone in te r- fir s t tr a ile r here S aturday. T he | -------------------- I csted i n w o rk in g out w ith the T ra ile r M a rt. «0 ■ . k - k Elect New Plywood Directors ’ "A N COUNTY nA A ft p flU A I/ “ t " U TEST Tots-To-Tw rii Change Announced AREA TO HAVE t ? I “ Sal“r<lay____ COAST HIG HW AY TRAILER SALES GIVEN INSPECTION Haggerty Takes Over Baseball -"™ I 'Another Ordered J a":'_U. WUI do i - - Clean-Up Handed To C ity Merchants The C ity o f Brookings can’t c le a ? IVhn »° kW?u tKe stre e t* h l,a„ „ L J u ' l , th ey do have some brooms. And as i t was brought out at the C ouncil m eet ing Tuesday n ig h t they are con cerned about the c ity streets. B ’ cause o f the to u rist season coming up, the council asked if each m erchant would see th a t the area in fro n t o f his place o f bus iness is p ro p e rly swept. T h u rs day. J u re 23rd was designated as 'Clean-up D ay.” and p ick-up of rubbish w ould be made by c itv tru c k on F rid a y m orning, and e very F'ridav m orning th en a fte r I f the m erchant needs a broom the c ity has several to loan. ) HOME ON LEAV E R ichard T antare, A irm a n 2 c is ' spending a 20 day leave w ith his AWARDED PRIZE ' !" Z !* 2 S i e BY BOOSTER GROUP So So fnr »K.,,-.. expressing „«.«KM*._.. th e ir fa r tho«’ C hris Brown was the recipient y-’ilh n g r.’ ss to help out are Bob o f the prize, an E le c tric Shaver, R cttke, Boyd Westeren Ray parents, M r and M rs. E lm e r T a n awarded by the N o rth Brookings Westeren, W h ite y Matson Bud tare o f Brookings. T an ta re Boosters Wednesday n ig h t. The here fro m the 509th A and E dra w in g took place a t V e rn ’s Lowe and A I P hillips F our teams have been organized squadron in W a lk e r A ir Base, in Bakerv w hich are being sponsored by th” Rosewell, N ew Mexico. E lk s R otary. VFW and Lions th e boys are now p ra cticin g twir-> sr, ■ a week, and w ill have th e ir games on Sundays A ll those interested to seeing the kids play are w e l come to attend the games. Pete F itzhugh was brought to tow n fro m Crescent C ity Hos p ita l. where he has been a patient fo r over a m onth He js being taken care o f by his sisfer, Mrs. Clarence K reuger. W O MEN TAKE W (X)I) BUSINESS A Leo H. F re ’ 7 mid Sam W illh o ft both o f Gold rea ch, have taken oVér the M itc h e ll W oodyard here, ant’ w ill do business here o f the seme typé as in the past. F re tz has been in Gold Beach 9 years, and in business there fo r five years W illh o ft w ill handle Brookings business, and w ill be here m ost o f the time. M r and M r . rived anS.PL a r* Pn a r- v is if th?i k ",gS rue8day to tsit th e ir daughter and fa m ily , Nancy, Bud. and Todd Pisarek The L a rie n s were | 0 s r . “ r w a „ m" “ ” M O R K HAS S T A R T E D on Jh? BCresa Housing Development here in w hich 49 homes w ill be b u ilt w ith in the next 60 days T te ground has been leveled by cats, such as the one shown above working. / Foundations will be poured soon, officia l, Mid. s ^ ,h i’ w " k , r a ” ■ i h -’ ” • h— ? . n Release Budget Statement » he fo llo w in g a rtic le was pre- tric t request It. The inclusion o f p u le d and w r it t e n by ll ie m em h ^rw >* > • Of the C ity Council and Budget th i" lte rn in the budKPt h ili w ill C om m itto? o f the c ity o f Brook- ! Pnable tl,e residents o f a special ings. Oregon fo r p ublication In the assessment d is tric t to pay the B ro o k ln g s -Ila rb o r p ilo t. T h e cost th e iv o f in in s ta llm e n t pay ideas and thoughts are not nec ments. (Otherwise the streets w ith essarily those o f th is paper. in the ass4>ssment d is tric t could tu j Ih e Budget Com m ittee and cunei! desire to make this ex- lenation o f the 1955-56 budget I < h has teen published ‘ ................ in the - blot. 1 The item of $50,000 included under the heading o f Special ! Ass'-ssment Fund is not proposed I to be raised in faxes on the C ity. ' T1' ’ inclus'»n of this item w ill I ” e ^ n ,, tbe CRy borrow money to pay fo r the coat, o f other ton- provem ents in not constructed unless the itss- ' ¡dents o f th e' di«t • v. , ¿2, f h d ls trie t had paid the fwl1 am ount ° f tlzc costs there- of. I t is gieatlv in the liest In terests o f the residents o f anv such d is tric t th a t this proposition he adopted by the c ity . A t no tim e or place shall the C ity o f B ro o k ing’ be required to raise any part o f th is cost by a general ta x upon the C ity . • The Item of $14,752.00, State a special asMxw- T x S treet Fund, Is money th a t " K ”“ ’ «' " j u , " ï e d^ ' N/ >™-’ l™ ' i>r » » S tate or ™ — “- i p - e 3 The to ta l sum o f taxes to he levied upon the C ity is in the -■iim o f $35.321.00. To th is m ust be added an estim ated sum o f 887.00 fo r faxes w hich m ay not be paid d u rin g the fiscal ye a r of 1955-56. This means th a t the C ity must raise the sum o f $-11,208.00 in taxes fo r the fiscal year from J u ly l, 1955 to June 30, 1956. T his sum is the to ta l "m th a t the people o f B ro o kin g , w ill have to p ay In taxes to op- ite the C ity d u rin g th is fisca l > ar. The C ouncil is p erm itted under the law to raise th» sum G $29,250.00 w ith o u t a vote on ’ h - budget. The difference be- >' een the sum o f $41,206.00, th * sum required, and the sum o f ■5.3.250.00, the sum possible to be raised w ith o u t a vote on the budget is $11.958.00. 4 A special election w ill be called a t which voters o f B ro ok ings w ill e ith e r reject o r approve the proposed budget. A n approval o f the'budget by the people means th a t the Council m ay raise the (Continued On Back Page) I Er*?»
