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Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community
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H H O O k lX « .*» , < I K i n
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O K ll.t 'X
I hursday, |une 23, 1955
Gladys Kanick Is Victor In
School Board Election Here
IteSMTCHBOOK
lame The School
Contest Slated
Hu
t
PifcïSieJz
W hat about a nam e to r the tw o
Two men from B rookim ’s Ply-
’«•mentatv .and ju n io r high school ivvood Corp., Jo h n Connors, plant
'H idings” \ r e you g ettin g tire»! sufrerintendent. and R av R»x\ser.
• lling them the erad'.» school, president of th»* firm , w ere am ong
” d t ' • ‘‘old high school?" T h a t's tb«* m ore than 12tM) fir plywood
'I going to b«> ta k e n care of this m a n u ta c tu re i's and »*x’.x'utives and
a I'
tdvwood d istrib u to rs and supplier*
A contest will lie field in th 1 from all over the nation to a tte n d
''I
nd the children in each the 1955 annual m in tin g of the
'lidding will subm it nam es J u d ­ fkm glas F ir Plyvvoo»! A ssociation
' s cos sting of stu d en ts, te a c h e rs in P o rtlan d
nd tow nspeople will pick the
T he "Golden Ju b ile e ” of ply-
\ inning nam es and th«* a p p ro p ­ waxxi w as th»* them e for the larg--
riate nam e plates will be put on est g a th e rin g in history of the in-
he buildings.
f’u strv , held in the city w hen’
»I «* first plywood panel was man-
u ta e tu re d as a novelty display for
tin* '1905 P o rtlan d Eew-X and
C la r k W orld’s F a ir «’xixisition.
S nc* th at date, the fir ply-
W'oo»i industry has fieen niarke ’
Lynn O. H am pton, who w as by sp»*ctacular grow th for a sin-
’»erintei dent ot th e Brookings
!<* nanel into a n e a r $500 million
1 h b o r sc I kmi I district for eight i Vi a r hnsiness em ploying m ore
is has accepted a sim ilar p»»s- than 31 (»00 persons in O regon
i on in Wale, Oregon.
a- ’ N o rth e rn C a lifo rn ia More than
H am pton wi I lie d istrict s u |‘-i- •10 billion feet of plywood panels
» fendi nt ' b r»1 T h e c»>rnmunity have lx*»*n m a n u fa c tu red sine»'
in E astern Or«'gon, n e a r th«1 1905
h 'nho line T he H am ptons will be
Main sjH*aker for plyw ood’® big­
• iv in g Brookings s h o r tly to r tb * gest m eeting w as Lfcxit
Gen
i vv p» st
Leslie Grove, Army d ire c to r of
Harnnton attended Pacific C oll­ th«* renow ned "M an h attan Pro<
ege, the U niversity of O regon, ect,” which m ade the first atom ic
md just recently receive»! a Mas- bomb during W orld W ar II.
h is
degre«* in education from
S outhern O regon College of Ed
ucation.
Bob Swa* son w as a genial host,
and an excellent guide, as he
show ed my in-law s th ro u g h th e
Plyw ood plant last w eekend
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I w an ted esp 'dally to have Bob
do it to prove to my S can d an av ian
relativ es (from my w ife’s side,
of course» tb r t we on th e coast
have im ported som e of those h e r­
ring chokers from fa r off places
like M innesota and W isconsin.
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Sw anson and
Larsen really
m oved along sm oothly, enjoying
e v e ry m in u te of th e tour. Im ag ­
ine w hat h app ned when they met
up w ith S h o rty M ickelson, a
R EA L N orski
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T h e e n tire trip th ro u g h th ••
p la n t w as in te re stin g and lots
of fun. So m any of th e w o rk ers
th e re a re very friendly and w illing
to explain the p a rtic u la r o p e ra t­
ion th e y fa re engaged in. Its thin g s
like th at th>t sell the com m "-' ‘v
to people from visiting com m un­
ities.
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Hampton Accents
V a’e School Job
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R elative from o th e r sides of
o th e r fam ilies connected w ith the
P IL O T m e heard froom ever;
now’ and then too. T ak e Mrs I
M urphy’s m other. Mrs. E thel
M uth. She verv religiously reads
every bit of th - pap er. T his col­
um n tw ice I ’m sure. W ell, she
sends Word th a t som e one drop­
ped th e "Now! ere A F in e r C lim ­
a te ” from th e p a p e r’s m asth ead
Som eone in th e back shop has
ta k e n th is fog too seriously.
CONCRETE BLOCK
Take Body O f M an
O u t O f Chetco River
O f co u rse the last straw as fa r
as th e w e a th e r and my fa th e r-in -
la w a re concerned took place
e a rly drizzly W ednesday m orn
As we drove tow ard th e shop w ith
t"he w indshield w ipers happily
clicking awvy we noticed the Ber- CH IM N EY F IR E R E PO R T E D
esa H om es l>eing c o n stru cted The
A C him ney fire brought out
w ife’s p a te r said, ’’th e C ham ber of
C om m erce m ust really in d o ct­ th e city fire tru ck W ednesday
rin a te everyone, back hom e th e noon to th e R. A. H enderson
w o rk ers w ouldn’t th in k of e \ rm home. No dam age was reported
leaving th e house. H ere w ork con­ in th e a la rm , how ever.
tinues reg ard less.” I had to e x ­
plain th a t was ju st liquid sun- I
shine. I’ve been in d o ctrin ated too.
Phone Rates
Are Going Up
T A K E R.O.T.C. T R A IN IN G
R onald A kers left S a tu rd a y , and
rep orted S unday for McCord Air
F orce Base, n e a r T acom a, W ash.,
Now' local telephone ra te s for
w here he will undergo R.O T C.
B rookings w ere approved last
su m m er train in g . He will be at
base about a m onth. He w as home T h u rsd a y by th e Oregon S ta t
ju st a w eek from Oregon S ta te P ublic U tilities Commission The
ra te s will be as follows Residence
College.
one [»arty. $5.30; two p a rty . 3.70;
four p a rty , 3.70; suburban or ten
DOG L IC E N SE S AVAILABLE
p arty , 3 70. T he rates on business
C hief Bud C ross rep o rted t h a ‘ phones is as follows; one p a rty
th e re a re still dogs lot sp in th e 7.50; tw o p arty , 6.60; four party.
city w ithout dog licenses.
The 5 60; and su b urban or ten party.
licenses can 1>e picked up at the 5 60
Police S ta tio n in back of th e city
T he to tal ra te allowed by the
hall from 9 to 12 a m on S a tu rd a y com m ission am ounts to 498.417 00
m orning.
an n u ally T he Com pany asked for
a y early ra te increase of $826,750
to offset th e rising costs of w ages
TH REE BR(X)KINGS
m aterials, equipm ent and o th e r
STUDENTS ON TV
expenses, George McBride, dis
T h re e stu d e n ts of Blossom Be- trict m an ag er said.
hee wen* on K IEM -TV last T h u rs ­
day evening, on th e Cal-O re P a n ­
oram a show A ppearing w ere S u s­
ie Kay M arlin, b allet, Gr*'g Bo-
hoe. cowboy tap, and D ianne C a r­
gill, O rien tal A crobatic. Susie Kay
also played a tan g o on th e piano [
WARNS ON CARE
OF BEACH FIRES
Plan Grand Opening
The grand opening of a new
jew elry stop.» here will be held
th is w eekend, F rid ay and S a tu r ­
day The new store will be o p er­
ated by H arold Moore, form erly
o f John Day, Oregon.
T h e sto re is located in the Gray-
sh«’l building, which was com ­
pletely remodeled.
BISHOP DAGWI EE
TO VISIT HERE
The Right R everend Benjam in
D D agw ell. Bishop of Oregon
w ill be in Brookings Monday
Ju n e 27, for an Episcopal v isit­
ation. On Monday evening at 8
p m . th e re will be a service at
the church, at which a num ber
of people will I*1 p resented for the
Apostolic rite of Laying on of
Hand« for C onfirm ation of th e ir
B aptism al vows A reception for
th e Bishop and those who are to
be C onfirm ed w ill follow the
service.
Plywood Industry
Holds Meeting
ARRIVES HERE FOR
Services Friday
For Peter Fitzhugh SCOUT BUILDING
F uneral service«
for P e te r
R ichard F itzhugh 58, ot C rescent
City, will be held at 1b«* Bro».k-
ings Seventh Day A dventist Day
C hurch. Friday, Ju n e 24, at 2:00
p m . w ith the
El»ier M e lv in
T»>mpkins »»fficiating In te rm e n t
v 11 he in th<* War»! M em orial
(•»m etery. Brown M o rtu ary in
• barge
Mr E it/h u g h w as Iwnn in Six
es, Oregon, th«* son <d R ichard and
M ary Fitzhugh F«»r th»* past 20
y ia r s In* has rcsid«*«l at ('re sc e n t
City, while most of his family
live«! in Brookings. On J u n e 13.
1916 at V irginia City, N evada,
It»* was unit«*»! in m arriag e to
V irginia Inm an, who s u rv iv e s
A fter a long illness, he passe»1
i away W<*dn«“;»1ay m orning at the
homo of his sister, Iva K ru g e r of
Brookings
Survivors»include his widow, hi
m o th 'i Mrs Mary Fitzhugh ot
Br»)«»kings; 3 br»»th»*rs ( k ’o r g e of
B ro o k in g s ,
and
Raym«)n«l and
Melvin ol C r. seen, C ity ; 3 s is te r -
Mrs Iva K ru g er of Brookings,
and Mis Dav* S a tte rfie ld and
Mrs. Buelah Jenkins of H artxir
T he re m a in s of ’’P iney" Van
Pelt w ere re c o w re d from the
Chetco R iver Monday m orning,
th u s ending a six m onth mystery
over w hat happened to the well
known B rookings man.
Van Delt disappeared on J a n ­
u a ry 17, »luring a violent w in ter
C u rry County Post No. 966 rainstorm . At the tim<* evi»lence
V eterans of Foreign W ars and its (minted to th e possibility of him
A uxiliary held a joint in stallati >u having fallen into the river, while
of officers at the V FW Hall W ed­ crossing the C h e t.«» b rid g e Board-,
nesday'evening. Ju les K oehler and w ere missing from flu* bridg«*
B ertha W hirry w e n 1 the installing ' • ’•'k h a d in g people to believe
officers w ith E zra Ross as O fficer that be had lalleti
of the Day and M argerv Moot •
' e I »leu t if"" H V • ' f u |\
C onductress
1 et » th 'it bis c»<i»»'»> I, b ''" 'e w e r
The officers for the Post ar* es , u n to u c h e d , an»l a pavsehe»*k r
r i i l i t » ». , I However
I I n n zi, , , ,
I ,. . » I , , . , . .
f I , rth
. , I, e r
follow s: Com m ander. E rank Kel ! ■ main'*1
nothing
fu
ley; S enior V ice-com m ander, Ben- w as <iis»‘ov i*r u! <e Pi
'i pp >ar-
i unin Jones; .Junior Vicv-Com- ance until Monday.
m an d er Russel M esser; A djutnn
T he toi'v Wfl il 'a il
m aster, Ju le s K oehler; A djucant, ('<■ nsi»L i ing i1 had l>c'*n •» h
H ow ard W allace; C haplain, Milton ■valer six mon I hs. J i ie» » t if »eat h <il
F o ste r; Judge Advocat *, A n th e r ■ 'a s mad*■ by the clothing and SOPHIE JONES
B ollinger; Surgeon, Lee R im ; th«1 size of th«* body.
T ru stee, Al Phillips; and Service
G ra v e s id e s e rv ic e s w e r e h«*l»| PASSES
AW AY
O fficer. Max B rainard a position ! »t the W ard M e m o ria l ('«‘m v te ry
he has filled foi the past 17 years. j ’’hursday, Jun«* 23 at 10 (to a.m I O ne of ( ’u try ( ’o u n ty ’s older
Al Phillips is the outgoing com ­ : vith th e R»‘v W illard S(w n r -i 1 r«*si»len,s pas*-"»! a w a y , , g e n tly
m ander.
' fficiating Th»- Local V FW Post ! about six in th * evening of .bin11
T he officers <>f the A uxiliary are
urnish*<!
the honor-
Brow n's 17th.
Sophie W allen Jones w as born
as follow s: President, C lara Bow­ M ortuary w as in charge of th«*
some 87 y e a rs ago, on the island < f
lin; Senior V ice-president, Edith a r rang' *ments
H ynes; Ju n io r Vice - president
Phinee w as 1»orn at H arbor, V isby , in S w t ik n, m arr.ed C harles
De«* 1 1891, c»>ming ,
D o m ’hy :!ai 1 v, i ’hapl e» il.o-. A ugust 23, 1915, ,h<* son of John E. J«>ni
rie! B aker. T re a su re r. Bernadine and Jessam ine Van Pi It. into one live, in 1911, w ith her fam ily, in
K elley:
C onductress,
M arjor.e of th e earliest local ta m ilie s H is w hat later tM'carne th«* Br«w»kini's
Mi,ore; A ssistant
C onductics
g ra n d fa th e r, T hom as Van Pelt, area T lw sj.'Tit several y ears
Erma«!«»*
L iB a r •
Musieiai
-•»‘ttl’xi betwe»:i tlr Chet«'O anil j ’lst north »>f w hat is now the city
u n til th e fam ily home was built,
Mie»* P u tn am ; A ssistant M usician W inchuck R iv e r m tlr* < at
Alice Beem, T r u s t e e , H e n r ie tt
50’s He 1»*H m aty relativ es and n«»w o •cupi«*»! by the A ndrew
Dill; G uard, M atilda P ate; S e e r. - imong those ol his cl<> e km P«»n»i«’.s an«, w as then on th«* m ain
tary, A m ber C’.unpl 11. H .s to r ia r
surviving a te Ins m o th er Mrs county road.
Mrs Jones was th e m o th e r of
E leanor K oehler; P a ’rioti
In H e n rie tta Dill si'-ter an 1 b ro th er
stru c to r, B ertha W h in y ;
'olo • John Ja sp e r Th»1’ are a!s > sev­ C arl, 1’ran«1 s, O laf, Ehsa, Eric,
Beataus, D orothea Webb,
,vdi. eral half sisters and half bro th ers / ma n»i.-i Benjam in, an»l Eva. of
B ow m an, E th e l M olino
M
Phinee was m the army aim»»-’ w horn Mirviving locally ar«* son.
S ta rk . A Past President pi w a , five year's ft»rn L ;»,»*mt»«*i 1910 I’eniam >n and d a u g h te r A ma mia.
iJoyle G arvin <», S m ith
p re s e n t’d the outgoing pre den ’ and w as a t S c h o fie ld B at t a ck , now M
' • w as an «■al ly and al-
H enrietta Dill, an» a meml
n e a r P earl H arbor, w hile th e at» a River.
b ro o c h to Ermade« I-a B arg vv h»> w as being bom ,*1»! by th e J a p a n ­ w ays active memlx*r of the C hetco
¡G range
d «,»■ th e La«li«*s Aux-
1 a . been th» C haplain for th«1 past ese, D ecem ber 7. 1911
th r e y ears
R etu rn in g he w orked, steadily. 1 ! • • V E vo
D espite failing h ealth
Mrs.
Follow ing
m<
• ■ ound Rogue River' and Brook
lo p e s n i ’ uii *d to th e end, a
hour wa ei ijoyed w ith the mem it gH.
' • • an«
dm in terest in all going
hors ot the Post serving the re-
» a atx»i t ti'-r and abiding com-
fieshm? ts A stra w b e rry short-
f» rt and faith in a handy, larg e
cakp feed is planned for the first
print Sw'.xlish P sa lte r, whose
v »»ids had gui«l«*d h er thr»»ugh
H u n te r Harwaxxl, h r» ,P ie r of
Kay McGinnis won th e pow er life sin«»* her earliest m em ory.
M rs C liv e M a n le y , v is i’«*»l th e
M a n le y s th is w«a*k H a rw o o e
« m ow er W ednesday night in th<
F uneral servi««»« for M rs Jones
w eekly aw ard given by he N orth of Br»»okings, w ere Iwld W' dia-s-
Chief P e tty O fficer, row tati«»i
N»‘Xt day, Jun»* 22, 1955, at 2 00 p m in
' ed in T i e tsur» Island. C alifornia. Brokings B ooster group
Idrov* up T uesday from C alifornia w eeks draw ing will bw f»*r a P a rk - th«* Baptist ( ’»immunity C hurch
p^n and j* nrU w l «snd. wdi hie w ith the Rev. W a lte r S a d le r o ff­
j and was due to rep o rt back on
t Crook
Fayw*«**L» * i%»<i iciating. B row n’s M o rtu ary w as
T hursday His d a u g h ter, Lizabetb
6, wdi be staying w ith the Mai
in Aiargv. In term en t w as in the
DU S ta t« |* •«rirw M *«
V.F.W .
Post,
A uxiliary Install
Officers Here
The fire d ep artm en t has re c ­
om m ended to the city council that
the fire perm it ordinance not be
enforced for picnic fires on the
beach. Th»- city will be lenient in
this Inforcem ent of the law as
long as th e priv Hedge is not
abused, according to fire chi"f,
Val M endenhall
In th e past th ere have been
m any fires left by careless jM-oplc
ir, th e drift w’ood on the beaches
Much d am ag e and anxiety hav-*
been caused by tin's«1 reckless
people
W hen building a fire, M enden­
hall said keep it away from the
rest of tli* driftw ood and t>e s u re
it is out before you leave Sand
us an easy ex tinguisher for beach
fires
! I Anyone caught leaving an u n ­
atten d ed fir»* will have to answ er
to th e city judge.
Mendenhall
said, but of course prevention is
the first issue Anyone seeing an
unattendvxl fire is asked to put
it out.
leys for a time.
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Wins Power M ow er
¡Smith
o
River
Cemetery.
T he s«x'on«t load of concrete
building blocks for th e new Boy
Scout building has arrived, ac­
cording to Mik«* Page, one of the
o rg anizers of the building com
m if tee h e if for the Boy Scout
building.
About 32 to n s of bkx'k w ere
livcred through the court«*sy of
T»*d F n 'em a n , and th e Brookings
L ivestock and T ru ck in g company.
I'tie load arrived T h u rsd ay m orn­
ing. and th«* group of vo lu n teers
w ere rounded up to unload *he
blocks.
C o n trib u tio n s for the blocks arc
com ing along slowly but those
in te re ste d in buying tiUx-ks for
th e new building a re asked to
contact m em licrs of the building
com m it te<*.
UMI'».)UA TRIP
F orty E x p lo re r Sf*outs, in«’ln»1-
»ng four from Brookings, will take
a can«X‘ tr ip up th«* U m |xpia River
s ta rtin g Sunday near R oseburg
It will ta k e lie group ab<»ut «
week to m ake tb»* trip They will
finish n e a r S co ttsb u rg The boys
from Brookings a re Spud Hal«*
David Bushnell, Je rry Sm ith, and
Gal«* Sm ith.
G ladys Kanick, who will fe
leaving th.* city recorder's office
as of Ju ly 1st has taken on a n o th ­
er assignm ent She won, ra th e r
asilv the school board d irecto r
lection, held Monday afternoon.
"i th«- B rookings-H arhor school
d b ’rict 17C
Mrs. K anick piled up 76 votes
m a tvpicallv slow sch o o l election,
fa r ahead of h er nearest
ito rs for th e post Archie McVay
total!«'»! 45 votes. D r P o d R.m-
niger 43 votes, and E rskine M iller
fi votes.
Mrs. K anick was elected for a
five y e a r term , to succeixi Virgil
G oldsberry, who has served the
post five years The office will
ta k e effect on J u h 1st
O th ers on th«' s hoo, hoard a rc
D r R ichard Sm th E L Ran-
raeger, and Bill Thomps«m.
M ix K anick has serve«! as city
c le rk -re c o rd e r since the inro n
o ratio n of the city She has two
children.
leathers Need I Intnes
Now te a c h e r a re eom in" into
B nxikings l«x>king for •• nlncp ♦«»
Hve, according to school clerk
M rs B eaulieu Two < snociully u ¡”
nee<l a sm all hous«*, e ith e r furn-
;sh xi o r u nfurnished in Brook ngs,
vai’at'l«* bv \u g u s t 15th
If anyo n e/h as, «»r know of such
n place, he is requested to call
the sch»xd.
T he teach in g ro ste r is filling tin
"»•Iv well, alth o u g h several are
♦o be signed yet Mr. W illiam s,
th«* new sut»erintend"nt of scb»»o|
has b«*en doing the signing He
will re tu rn to Brookings on Ju ly
5 to m ake his home here.
CHETCO RACES
WELL ATTENDED
Winn«*rs of the Hrookings-
H arbor Lion’s club C hetco R iver
Ra«x*s prize aw a rd s w ere Tom
Dent, firs t w h o vv m a p ro jecto r
and cam era; H a rrie t B aker, who
won a cl«x‘k-ra»lio; an«l C ath y
Houvila, wh«> won a r»xl and reel.
T he lx »at ra»a*s w ere well a t ­
tended, and moved alo n g sw iftly,
although th<* d; y was drab. Lions
club president, Al Phillips said
th at a n o th e r race may tx* p lan n ed
for fall if th e w e a th e r holds up.
BROOKINGS BOVS
AT BEAVER STATE
T h ree boys who atte n d e d B«*av-
e r Boys Stat«* from Brookings
W«*re Dav»1 B ushnell, Ron Bulhw'k
and Doug H am nes. The y ouths
w ere sjK»nsoFe<| by th e »American
L»*gion Post 138 w ith Bill 11am-
m»»nd as com m ander.
Th<* boys r«*portcd w oixlerful
t«»«xl, and th«* fact th at they kep«
very busy on th e tight schedule
d uring ,h«*ir stay on th e cam pus a t
O regon Stat«* ('«»liege in C orvallis.
Kim Who Soon Is Adopted By
Brookings Beta Sigma Phi Group
D uring tb«* recent K»»rean W ar
th«* p a i•’nts of Kim W ba S»x»n Soon, age nine, now in th«’ svx‘»»nd
disapi>eancd, w h eth er they w ere g ra d e A serious helpful, reliable,
kill«1»! or tak en captive no one litle girl wb«> has pave«! the way
knows. 'H uis left alotry
W ha for a n o th e r <’hihl to b» e n te r e d in­
Soon sim ply lived in th e s tre e ts to the home
until pick»*«l up in a p a th e tic c«»n-
dition by some G .I 's who looked
a fte r her until th«*y wercv sent up
front.
E ventually tb«* child w as ta k e n
to the C h ristian ('h ild re n ’a home
n e a r Soeul, K orea.
A lthough the h»»rne w as first
e»tahlish«*d in 1919, it has gone
through th e to rm e n ts and tra g -
edi«»s of invasions and gunfir*
m eant for n earby Soeul and a l­
though it w as ev acu ated and la t” r
burntxl. it has been re b u ilt on th.-
sam e farm land u n der cultiv atio n
of th«* o ld e r orphans.
T h e C hristian C hildren Fund,
11 c of Richm ond. V irginia is now
tlw* hom e’s su p o rtin g m ainstay
By c o n trib u tin g ten d o lla rs a
m»»nth any jwrson o r organization
m ay adopt one of th e cnudr«*n in
, wen,y-M*ven d ifferent «countries
Also receive picture« and person­
al inf»»rmati«»n on th e child and
m ay also «end personal g ifts and
co11«‘s|H»n»l w ith th< cnild who
sta.. s in tlx* home
In K orea, ten dollars a m onth,
will cover the cost of keeping one
child, th e fiersonal needs, such as
foo»l and clothing
B»*ta Iota C h a p te r on B eta S ig ­
ma Flu has adopted Kim Wha