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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1955)
P IO B O O K B IN D IN G S V « •017 SE 86th Av« Vf’’ Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community m i l K OX X K M SST A M IS— T f.X <’KXT!» KKO O K IM .S. <1 KKV < W X T ) . ORKIÌOX Volume io—No. 18 ^ Thursday, June 23, 1955 Gladys Kanick Is Victor In School Board Election Here skitchìook Marne The School Plywood Industry Holds Meeting . Contest Slated by &ui PUa**k What about a name for the twit lementary and junior high school ttildings? Are you getting tired ' . celling them the grad1? school, "d t'P “old high school?" That's H going to be taken care of this aP. A contest will be held in the •PI. end the children in each milding will submit names. Jud es cosisting of students, teachers nd townspeople will pick the vinning names and the approp riate name plates will be put on he buildings. Bob Swanson was a genial host, and an excellent guide, as he showed my in-laws through the Plywood plant last weekend. • * ♦. - • • I wanted esp '-ially to have Bob do it to prove to my Scandanavian relatives < from my wife’s side,” of course) thr.t we on the coast have imported some of those her ring chokers from far off places like Minnesota and Wisconsin. • • • • • Swanson and Larsen really moved along smoothly, enjoying every minute o f the tour. Imag ine what happened when they met up with Shorty Mickelson, a REAL Norski. • • • • • The entire trip through th" plant was interesting and lots of fun. So many of the workers there are very friendly and willing to explain the particular operat ion theyfare engaged in. Its things like that th?t sell the eom m o"tv to people from visiting commun _ ities. •_ « • •. • Relative*-- from other sides of other families connected with the PILOT a ie heard froom ever; now and then too. Take Mrs. Murphy’s mother, Mrs. Ethel Muth. She verv religiously reads every bit of th - paper. This col umn twice I ’m sure. Well, she sends Word that some one drop ped the "Nowhere A Finer Clim ate” from the paper’s masthead. Someone in the back shop has taken this fog too seriously. • • • • * Of course the last straw as far as the weather and my father-in- law are concerned took place early drizzly Wednesday mom. As we drove toward the shop with the windshield wipers happily clicking awey we noticed the Ber- CHIMNEY FIRE REPORTED esa Homes being constructed. The A Chimney fire brought out wife’s pater said, ‘‘the Chamber of Commerce must really indoct the city fire truck Wednesday rinate everyone, back home the noon to the R. A. Henderson workers wouldn’t think of evert home. No damage was reported leaving the house. Here work con in the alarm, however. tinues regardless.” I had to ex plain that was just liquid sun shine. I’ve been indoctrinated too. THE CHETCO R IV E R RACES s p o n s o re d b y th e B ro o k u g s - lla t 'O? L io n s c lu b b ro u g h t out i l i r g e c ro w d .S u n d ay n o u n to v ie \ * ’ ■* A *■•peedy h y A bov • is a . ‘<t .o r ti n ( I t : ? :• < s v iew o f th e b o a ts , la n d li loo'- e ig w a r d s th e C h i t c o b rid g e to. ('.tit o to w n e n t r i e s a n d lo c a l mCn r : t o u . T h e tr o p h y a w a r d s a r e sh o w n o. th e ta b l e a t le f t, w ith L io n s R a lp h R e tl,-a n d B ill H o u v ila lo o k in g on Take Body O f M an O u t O f Chetco River TAKE R.O.T.C. TRAINING Ronald Akers left Saturday, and reported Sunday for McCord Air Force Base, near Tacoma. Wash., where he will undergo R.O.T.C. summer training. He will be at base about a month. He was home just a week from Oregon State College. DOG LICENSES AVAILABLE Chief Bud Cross reported tha‘ there are still dogs loise in the city without dog licenses. The licenses can .be picked up at the Police Station in back of the city hall from 9 to 12 a m on Saturday morning. TH R EE BROOKINGS STUDENTS ON TV Three students of Blossom Be- hee were on KIEM-TV last Thurs day evening, on the Cal-Ore Pan orama show. Appearing were Sus ie Kay Martin, ballet. Greg Be- hee, cowboy tap, and Dianne Car gill, Oriental Acrobatic. Susie Kay also played a tango on the piano Plan Grand Opening The grand opening of a new jewelry store here will be held this weekend, Friday and Satur day. The new store will be oper ated by Harold Moore, formerly o f John Day, Oregon. The store is located in the Gray- shel building, which was com pletely remodeled. BISHOP DAGWELL T O VISIT HERE The Right Reverend Benjamin D. Dagwell. Bishop of Oregon, will be in Brookings Monday. June 27, for an Episcopal visit ation. On Monday evening at 8 p.m there will be a service at the church, at which a number of people will be presented for the Apostolic rite of Laying on of Hands for Confirmation of their Baptismal vows. A reception for the Bishop and those who are to be Confirmed will follow the service. V.F.W . Post, A u xiliary Install Officers Here Rhone Rates Are Going Up The remains of “Piney” Van Pelt were recovered from the Chetco River Monday morning, thus ending a six month mystery over what happened to the well known Brookings man. Van Pelt disappeared on Jan uary 17. during a violent winter rainstorm. At the time evidence pointed to the possibility of hint having fallen into the river, while crossing th© Chetco bridge. Boards were missing from the bridge ” »'k. kading people to believe that» he had fallen Hampton Accents Vale School Job 1 Lynn O. Hampton, who was no »printer dent of the Brookinga- 'arbor school district for eight •ears, has accepted a similar pos ition in Vale, Oregon. Hampton wi 1 l»e district super- »tendent fh re. The community *■ in Eastern Oregon, near the ’(’aho line. The Hamptons will he • tving; Brookings shortly for th? a w post. Hamnton attended Pacific Coll ege, the University of Oregon, and just recently received a Mas ters degree in education from Southern Oregon College of Ed ucation. | CONCRETE BLOCK Services Friday ARRIVES HERE FOR For Peter Fitzhugh SCOUT. BUILDING Funeral services for Peter Richard Fitzhugh 58, of Crescent City, will be held at the Brook- ings Seventh Day Adventist Day Church, Friday, June 24. at 2:00 p.m. with the Elder Melvin Tompkins officiating. Interment v ’ll be in the Ward Memorial C‘vnetery. Brown Mortuary in charge. Mr. Fitzhugh was born in S ix es, Oregon, the son of Richard and Mary Fitzhugh. For the past 20 years he has resided at Crescent City, while most of his family lived in Brookings. On June 13, 1946 at Virginia City. Nevada, he was united in marriage to Virginia Inman, who survivies After a long illness, he passed away Wednesday morning at the homo of his sister. Iva Kruger of Brookings. Survivorshnclude his widow, hi.-- mother, Mrs. Mary Fitzhugh of Brookings; 3 brothers George of Brookings, and Raymond and Melvin of Crescent City; 3 sisters Mrs Iva Kruger of Brookings, and Mrs. D a v Satterfield' and Mrs. Buelah Jenkins of Harbor. Curry County Post No. 966 Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Auxiliary held a joint installation of officers at the VFW Hall Wed nesday evening. Jules Koehler and Bertha Whirry wen? the installing New locaj telephone rates for officers with Ezra Ross as Officer Brookings were approved last of the Day and Margerv Moot?, A 's o a t h a t U m e it v->s d is c o v Thursday by the Oregon State Conductress e r ? ! th a t h is c lo th e s a t h ^ m e w e r ? ■Public Utilities Commission. The The officers for the-Post ar? as u n to u c h e d , a n d a p a v s e h e c k r e rates will be as follows. Residence follows: Commander;—Frank Kel m a in e d . H o w e v e r, n o th in g f u r t h e r one party. $5.30; two party, 3.70; ley; Senior Vice-commander, Ben was discover?*! or ih t'r pp?ar- four party, 3.70; suburban or ten jamin Jones; Junior Vice-Com- ance until Monday party, 3.70. The rates on business mander Russel Messer; Adjutan The Ixw’y was ir ♦'»ir «I--**-, phones is as follows: one party master, Jules Koehler; Adjucant, ¡considering it. had lx'<>n m h 7.50; two party, 6.60; four party. Howard Wallace; Chaplain, Milton ■vater six months Identification SOPHIE JONES 5 60; and suburban or ten party. Foster; Judge Advocate. Authur a as mad? by the clothing and i 5 60 Bollinger; Surgeon, Lee Rio»; the size of the body. The total rate allowed by the Trustee, AI Phillips; and Service Graveside services were held 1 PASSES AW AY commission amounts to 498,417 00 Officer, Max Brainard a position annually. The Company asked for he has filled for th? past 17 years. at the Ward Memorial Cemetery, One.* of Curry County’s older a yearly rate increase of $826,750 Al Phillips is the outgoing com- Thursday, June 23 at 10:00 a m residents passed away. ,. gently with the Rev. Willard Spencer to offset the rising costs of wages, mancter. officiating. The Local VFW Post about six in th? evening of June materials, equipment and other The officers of the Auxiliary’ are umished the honors. Brown’s 17th. expenses, George McBride, dis Sophie Wallen Jones was born as follows: President, Clara Bow Mortuary was in charge of the trict manager said. some 87 years ago, on the island of lin; Senior Vice-president, Edith arrangements. Hynes; Junior Vice - president Phince was born at Harbor, Visby, in Sweden,) married Charles Doto’hy H arry; Chaplain Har August 23, 1915, the son of John E. Jones. Dec. 4. 1894, coming to WARNS ON CARE riet Baker; Treasurer, Bemadine and Jessamine Van Pelt, into one live, in 1914, with her family, in Kelley; Conductress, Marjorie of. the earliest local families. His what later -became the Brookings Moore; Assistant Conductress, grandfather, Thomas Van _ Pelt, area. They spent several years -Ermadei? LaBarg” ; Musician. <ettl*?d between" the Chetco and I just north of what is now the city OF BEACH FIRES Alice Putnam; Assistant Musician Wfhchuck 'Rivers i.i th- early | until the family home was built, 50's. He left many relatives and [ now occupied by the Ahdrew The fire department has rec Alice Bcem; Trustee, Henriett ommended to th©|city council-that Dill; Guard, Matilda Pate; Secre among those of his close kin . Bondes and was then on the main the fire permit ordinanfce not be tary, Amber Campl. dl; Historian surviving are his moffier Mrs. ' county road. nforced for picnic fires on the Eleanor Koehler; Pa'riotie .In Henrietta Dill, sister and brother, : Mrs. Jones was the mother of beach. The city will be lenient in structor, Bertha Whirry; Colo? John Jasper. There are also sev- ! Carl, Frances, Olaf, Elsa, Eric, this inforcement of the law as Bearers, Dorothea Webb, Lydi; eral half sisters and half brothers Amanda. Benjamin, and Eva. of Phince was in the army almost | whom surviving locally are son, long as the priviledge is not Bowman, Ethel .Molino and M:c abused, according to fire chief, Stark. A Past Presidents pin was five years from September 1910 Benjamin and daughter Amanda, presented the outgoing presiden’ and was at Schofield Barracks, | now M’s. Doyle Garvin of Smith Val Mendenhall. In the past there have been Henrietta Dill, and a memt'trshio near Pearl Harbor, while the area River. She was an early and al many fires left by careless people brooch to Ermadee La Barge who was being bombed by the Japan- | ways active member of the Chetco Grange *d of the Ladies Aux- in the driftwood on the beaches. ' as been the Chaplain for the past ese, December 7, 1941. v FM’ Returning, he worked, steadily, Much damage and anxiety have thret years Despite falling health Mrs. Following the meeting, a soe al atound Rogue River and Brook been caused by these reckless Jones n aintained to the end, a hour wa*- enjoyed with the mem ings. people. keen and calm Interest in 'all going When building a fire, Menden tx?rs of the Post serving the re in about her and abiding com hall Said keep It away from the freshments. A strawberry short rest of thr driftwood and be sure cake feed is planned for the first Wins Power M ow er fort and faith in a handy, large print Swedish Psalter, whose it is out before you leave. Sand words had guided her through Hunter- Harwood, brother of is an easy extinguisher for beach Kay McGinnis won the power lifts since her earliest memory. Mrs. Clive Manley, visited the fires. Funeral services for Mrs. Jones Anyone caught leaving an un Manleys this week. Harwood. .» mower Wednesday night in the attended fire will have to answer Chief Petty Officer, now station- weekly award given by he North of Brookings, were held Wednes to the city judge. Mendenhall 'ed in Treasure Island. California, Brokings Booster group. Next day, June 22, 1955, at 2:00 p.m. in said, but of course prevention is | drove up Tuesday from California weeks drawing will be for a Park the Baptist Community Church the first issue. Anyone seeing an i and was due to report back on s ' pen and pencil set and will be with the Rev. Walter Sadler off unattenifcd fire is asked to put Thursday. His daughter, Lizabeth at Crook and Raymond’s Union iciating. Brown's Mortuary was in charge. Interment was in the 6, will be staying with the Man- Oil Station Wednesday night. it out. leys for a time. Two men from Brookings Ply wood Corp., John Connors, plant superintendent. and Ray Reeaer, president of the firm, were among the more than 1200 fh- plywood manufacturers and executives and plywood distributors and supplier) from all over the nation to attend the 1955 annual meeting of the .Douglas Fir Plywood Association in, Portland. The "Golden Jubilc©” of ply wood was the theme for the larg est gathering In history of the In dustry, held In the d ty where ibe first plywood panel was man ufactured as a novelty display for the '1905 .Portland Lew-'k and Clark World’s Fair ex.noaition. S'nce that date, the fir ply wood indushy has been marke*’ by spectacular growth for a sin- gle panel into a near $500 million a year business employing more than 31.000 persons in Oregon, a” ’ Northern California. More than 40 billion feet of plywood panels have been manufactured since 1905 Main speaker for plywood’s big gest meeting was Lfcxit. Gen Leslie Grove, Army director of the renowned "Manhattan Pro* ect," which made the first atomic bomb during World War II. I Sm ith River Cemetery, The avcond load of concrete building blocks for the new Boy Scout building has arrived, ac cording to Mike Page, one of the organizers of the building com mittee her© for the Boy Scout building. About 32 ton* of block were livered through the courtesy of Ted Freeman, and th© Brookings Livestock and Trucking company. The load arrived Thursday morn ing, and the group of volunteers were rounded up to unload blocks. Contributions for th© blocks are coming along slowly but those Interested In buying blocks for the new building are asked to contact members of the building committee. UMPQUA TRIP Forty Explorer Scouts, includ ing four from Brookings, will take n canoe trip up the Umpqua River starting Sunday near Roseburg It will take he group about a week to make the trip. They will finish fwvar Scottsburg. The boys from Brookings are Spud Hale David Bushnell, Jerry Smith, and Gale Smith. Gladys Kanick, who will b© leaving the city recorder's office as of July 1st. has taken on anoth er assignment. She won, rather easily the school hoard director election, held Monday afternoon. th<- Brookings-Harbor school district 17C. Mrs. Kanick piled up 76 votes ’n a tvpicallv slow school election, far ahead of her nearest itors for the post Archie McVay totalled 45 vote«, Dr Paul R o n - niger 43 votes, and Erskine Miller 6 votes. Mrs. Kanick was elected for a five year term, to succeed Virgil Goldsberry. who has served the post five years. The office will take effect on Julv 1st. Others on the school hoard are Dr. Richard Smith E. L. Rap- raeger, and Bill Thompson. Mns. Kanick has served as city clerk-recorder since the inco-n oration of the city. She has two children. Teachers Need Homes New teacher- are coming into Brookings looking for » nlaep •.♦o live, according to school clerk Mrs Beaulieu. Two especially win "end a small house, either furn- ’shed or unfurnished in Brook ngs. ^va’iable by August 15th. If anyone; has, or knows of such - place, he is requested to call the school The teaching roster is filling tin ’"’rly well, although several are ♦o be signed yet. Mr. Williams, the new superintendent of school has been doing the signing. He will return to Brookings on July 5 to make his home here.. CHETCO RACES WELL ATTENDED ----— —*— Winners of the Brookings- Harbor Lion’s club Chetco River Races prize awards were Tom Dent, first who won a proj?ctor and camera; Harriet Baker, who won a clock-radio; and Cathy Houvila. who won a rod and reek The boat races were well at tended, and moved along swiftly, although the dny was drab. Lions club president, Al Phillips said that another race may be planned for fall if the weather holds up. BROOKINGS BOYS AT BEAVER STATE - Three boys who attended Beav er Boys State from Brookings were Dave Bushnell, Ron Bullock and Doug Hamnus. The youths were sponsored by the American Legion Post 138, with Bill Ham- mond as commander. The boys reported wonderful food, and the fact that they kept very busy on the tight schedule during their stay on the campus at Oregon State College in Corvallis. Kim Who Soon Is Adopted By Brookings Beta Sigma Phi Group During the recent Korean War the patents of Kim Wha Soon disappeared, whether they were killed or taken captive no one knows. Thus left alon©. Wha Soon simply lived in the street* until picked up in a pathetic con dition by some G.I.’s who looked after her until they were sent up front. Eventually the child was taken to the Christian Children*! home near Soeul, Korea. Although th© home wa* first established in 1919, It has gone through the torments and trag edies of invasions and gunfir? meant for nearby Soeul and al though it was evacuated and later burned, i t has been rebuilt on the same farm land under cultivation of the older orphans. The Christian Children Fund. Inc. of Richmond, Virginia is now th© home’s suporting mainstay. By contributing ten dollar» a month any person or organization may adopt one of the children In twenty-seven different countries Also receiv© pictures and person al information on the child and may also send personal gifts and correspond with the cnild who sta?s in the home. In Korea, ten dollars a month, w ill cover the coat of Im ping one child, the personal needs, such as food and clothing. Beta Io ta Chapter on Beta Sig ma Phi has adopted Kim Wha Soon, age nine, now in the second grade. A serious helpful, reliable, litle girl who has paved the way for another child to be entered in to the home
