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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1955)
t Nowhere A Finer Community Nowhere A Finer Climate H H lM lK I M I KK I O S T h u rsd a y , July 7, 1955 « o l \ n O K I < ■ « •' S « I S I " The SXITCN999K V olum e 10— N o. 20 Twenty Lily Floats Assured For Annual Son Is Hurt In Accident hv J H u d P ilaA ek 5 "’ B u rlin g to n , W isconsin is the c a p ita l of the 1 are Club of Am r- ica. E ach y e a r th e biggest liars in th e count rv convocate th e re an d proceed t • tell th e biggest yarn s. A priz< or ribbon is given th e te lle r of ie most profound tale. * * * * * O u r rec. nt g ’ est from th e Bad- get s ta te th in k s th a t Brookings could easily rep lace th e ir nativ? s ta te s claim to any or all liars titles. A day w ouldn't go by w ith o u t som e local n a tiv e e x pounding on the g re a ts of Oregon in reg ard s to w e a th e r scenery, h o sp itality , p o ten tial, etc. • * * * * My th in k in g on th e m a tte r w ould be for th e C ham ber of Com m erce to ta k e ad v an tag e ol th is o b serv atio n and send one of o u r biggest “lia rs ” to th e next B u rlin g to n convention. Som eone w ith som e good B rookings or O regon propoganda w ould do a m arv elo u s job of public relatio n s fo r th is area. * ♦ • * * I ’ll n o m 'n a te Clive M anley as o u r re p re se n ta tiv e. Any seconds to th a t m o tio n ? * * * * * The office eat is feeling q u ite frisky about the a rtic le printed in last wee'- colum n. Som eone cam e in an:' liought ten copies of th e pafier because of th e a r t icle. I never sew th e c h a ra c te r be fo re but de d< 1 'ay his nam e was Tom. * * * * * T a k in g the in-law s on a trip a ro u n d the H a rb o r and B rookings a re a in search of some beach p ro p e rty took me to some of the m ost in te re stin g places. I never saw so m uch of the te rrito ry aro u n d here as I did th e past w eekend It w as in terestin g to read th e nam es on m any of the m ail N ixes of sign post. So m any of th e nam es are fa m ilia r only as a n am e on th e subscription list o r from a w an t ad. But, to a c t ually see, and in som e cases meet som e of these nam es, is w ondei- ful. T he fresh a ir too, is so much b e tte r th a n th e odor of p rin te rs ink and old type. Report New Postal Service P o stm a ste r Bill Thom pson a n nounced th a t tw o new mail dis patch es. a first class and airm ail dispatch, will go out of B rookings by bus. T h e southbound goes out by bus, w ith closing tim e set at 11:40 a.m. T his bus will m eet th e a irlift out of C rescent City, a rriv in g in A rcata, F'ureka S a n ta Rosa, S an Franciso, and Los Ang les th a t night for m orning dis patch. T he n o rth and east m ail goes by bus to E ugene w ith th e m ail closing at 1:40. Eugene then dis p atch es it to K la m a th F alls area, P o rtla n d . Salem and su rro u n d in g a re a s for m orning delivery. All o th e r m ail is regrouped and dispached from here also. T h is new d ispatch is an addition to th e re g u la r s ta r route, and is daily except S u n d ay s and hol idays. T he o th e r service which has been added is th a t th e m ain mail com es it a t 9:15 a m . and is in th e boxes by ap p ro x im ately 10:30 a m. T his m ail is dispatched from P o rtla n d a t 6 p m the evening before and a rriv e s in Gold Ifc-ach picking up Coos B ay and N orth Bend d isp atch es at 5 p m ; then b ro u g h t into Brookings by S ta r Routte. By g e ttin g th is new service th e re is no delay on th e u rra l route, as it is delivered th a t m orn ing to th e ru ra l ro u te boxes. T h e new Post O ffice hours are fo r th e w indow s: 8 a.m to 5:30 daily; 8 a m to 12:30 Sunday The lobby closes a t approxim ately 9:30 p.m. and w ill be opened on S u n d ay a t about 10 a m and closed at 9:30 p.m Mrs. R ichardson of Long Reach was a houseguest at the hom e of Mr. and M rs G A Zir- bel fo r fo u r days Mrs. K raz oi B urlingam e, Calif, spent th e week Calif, end a t the Zirbel home. A bout 20 business places and organizations have indicated th a t they will p rep are floats fo r th Lily Bai ad«' ,0 bo held on S u n P olls will be ojien until 8:00 day, Ju ly 17th. p m. ton : it; t i ll i ; t special City of B rookings bud Several bands have been con W elcome new s and unw elcom e tacted, ami w ill app«>ar in th * get election, w hich th e voters news cam e at the sam e tim e for parade, (ith e r plans are shaping will e ith e r aeeep or txluse the Mr. and Mrs H enry L aB arge of au th o riz a tio n of th e »city coun up too, and the cooix'i at ion of Bi'Ookings W ord w as received all is being requested m o rd er ,0 cil to levy a tax «»I $11.9:58.00 last w eek th a t th e ir son, Alfred, put on a good parade, d spite outside the six percent lim it w as found, a fte r being m issing th«' short notice and planning ation, as set up by the sta te for six and half years, but was perio«!. la w . injured in an autom obile accident Those living in Brookings in Pinedale, W yoming C harles Grayshvl, president of and are reg istered voters ar«' the Brookings C bam lx'r ol Com Mrs. L aB arge im m ediately left allow ed to vote The balloting m erce has aken over as acting for Rock Springs, W yoming, will ta k e place in the city hall ch airm an, in the absence of Fell " h e r e they had tak en A lfred SO M E O F T H E BOY SCOUTS \R E shown helping unload the concrec blocks te r the new Cam pbell, A ll-Y ear Evwnts P re s a ti r the accident He w as serious Scout building, now in the process of erection n e a r th e Azalea S ta te P ark . T he building is ident, who is ill. ly 1 urt but recognized his m other the roof, and inside w ork to be done. T he building going up rapidly, and all th a t rem ains is for H e is expected to recover. T he C hetco W ran g lers Rtxleo. co m m ittee e stim a te s about $400 is needed for com pletion so the building will be usable. The A lfred w as tak en to the V eter too, is shaping up nicely. Five R o ta ry C lub gave $200 to the fund recently. ans A dm inistration hospital in g irls have been out selling a d S alt L ake City. He w asn’t abh» vance tick ets to th e Rodeo at to talk because of a tub«' in his a reductxi price in o rd e r to have th ro a t, but indicated he would A proposal by Yern Ayers, a chance of Ix'ing rodeo queen. lik«' to re tu rn to Brookings. He m an a g e r ot tin 1 Oregon Coast T he g irls a re B e w rly McNeely, is su fferin g from four broken ribs, Assoeiatio, to ap|x»int a panel ol S h aro n ( ’en ter, S hirley Freem an, a fra c tu re d skull, broken c o lla r a p p ra ise rs to pass judgem ent on D eanna Diwc, M arjorie Matlock Q uite a com plim ent w as given bone and o th e r injuries. th e previous verdicts of Curry and B arb ara G uthrie. The ono th e C hetco W ranglers — well D octors a re planning to o perate C ounty ju ro rs on the ¡.aid suits who sells the most tick ets w’ill known riding club when th e city soon, M rs. L aB arge said. She has held by the St.lt«' Highway Coni I»«' nam ed Rodeo Q ueen, and the mission met w ith a great d al ol next two will reign as princesses. of Brookings, through M ayor reu rn ed to Brookings. oposition in Gold Beach. T he Q ueen will ride a t th e head Roy Brimm, today proclaim ed a “W estern W eek” from Monday, A yers out I ini «1 t lie plan in e of th e p arad e w ith th e Chetco Ju ly 11, *to Monday Ju ly IS. which le tte r to C. " E d ” Dempsey W ran g lers. will ta k e in th e Rodeo days of ch airm an ot »be highway com m it E rsk in e M iller h as agreed to S a tu rd a y and S unday Ju ly lGtli tee of the hi«»okuigs C ham ber of iee«'pt the p arad e chairm anship and 17th. Com m erce. this year, w ith th e sta rtin g tim e A W hite Elephant Sale will be Also scheduled to ta k e place Tin* C urry county eom t unmed- s«'t at 12 noon Sunday. R olx'rts A m usem ents, a c a rn during this week, besides the held in th e Vincent Building. F ri tately hit at th«' plan, claim ing Rodeo, is a W ranglers sponsored day and S atu rd ay , Ju ly 15th and th a t it was an at,« n ip , to con ival, will a rriv e in Brookings dance at th e Chetco G range Hall, 16th w ith the proceeds going to dem n past jury verdicts, or an next w eek and begin operatin g s ta rtin g at 9:00 p.m. S atu rd ay , w ard the new public library. It atte m p t to influence ju r o r s in a« on T h u rsd ay th e 14th to add to the festivities» Ju ly 16th. Music for the dance will be run by a group of ladies riving at fu tu re verdicts. have in terested them selves I A yers G rayshel re p o rts th a t th e lily will be furnished by L ucky’s who li It« i , address«*«! to in th e pro ject and invite t h e ' W estern S w ingtim e Band the Dempsey was eireulat d th ro u g h adds will be available to sam e band th at up,»ears weekly public to “B ring ’em and Buy i out th e state, although no news those p u ttin g in a float. Sonic ’e m !” If you have anything you paper in Curry county w as sent lilies a re alread y in bloom, and if o w r K1EM-TV E ureka. th in k m ight possibly be tu rn e d at is hoped th a t th e m ajo rity of t h ' T his y e a r besides th e Chetco a profit, the ladies urge th at you a copy bl«x»ms wail he read y by p arad A vers le tte r s ta r ts off by say W ranglers, tw o o th er w ell known I bring it in F rid ay m orning as H orsem en's organizations will then* m ight be a buyer, right ing th a t ‘‘some m eans must he 11 me. T he fields th at will be open in p a rtic ip a te in the p a ra d e and there, and to rem etnlier the pro found to ov rcom e w hat the S ta te c lu d e ; G «'orge Funk. Polly Clend- Highw ay ( ’< inrnission charges ar rodeo; the C r scent City S h e r verb about the E a rly Bird! Dave C ro ck ett, H arold excessive aw ards being m ade by ennin iff’s Posse, and the Cave Junction P la c a rd s ad v ertisin g the sale C rum p, II. Felijx' and New St com C u rry county ju rie s in condem Saddle Bums. The la ,lo r intend have been posted betw een ('re s nation suits tor rights of way in mon. to m ake the long ride ov er th e en t C ity and P o rt O rford, and itJ S ev eral bands have been con- Rocky Point to W eikierburn sec Red M ountain by horseback a over in the valley. tion ol U.S. 101 now u n d e r con tactrsl, and a, least two w’ill a p distance of over 50 miles. pear in the parade. The Gold st ru ctio n .” T he Rodeo itself, will run for I ARGE CROW DS HAVE B EEN He says fu rth e r, “ 1 th e re fo re Beach D rum and Bugle Corj>s will atten d in g the N o rth (la te boost twro days, S a tu rd a y and Sunday ix'lieve that th is association re- apfx'ar as vwll as ,h«> Scotia b a ” d Ju ly 16-17. w ith th ” sh o w s t a r t e rs draw ing eat h W ednesda. «juesi each of the O regon coast Possibly th«« Crescent C ity S hrine ing prom ptly at 2 :0 0 p .m . (PST> real «‘sta te hoartls to nam e an ap- D rum ('o rp s will nly> m arch in night. Last week, Mr. Wilcox, both days. Stock will lx> furnished praiM 'l. On. each from Coos. the parade. left, won a P a rk e r Pen and P en by the O.R.A. approved o rg a n iz A com m it,e«’ is being appointed C urry, Lincoln, Tillam ook and cil set. 'Phis W ednesday night ation o f R o ss Purdy, who provided C latsop counties and that this to select the judges for th e floats, Mrs. Fields won a radio. In s e v t he excellent stock used in last gro u p reappraise such parcels of w hich will line up in th e sam e p ’ y e a rs rodeo. e ra l weeks the group p la n , to land as an* claim ed to have been te rn as last y e a r It will includ?: T he second A nnual Chetco Gold Beach will have no p a rk highly overpriced m aw ards and C om m ercial, Individuals, O utside aw ard a 1955 P lym outh eat- t.i W ranglers Rodeo i su re to he in g m eters. T h at was the verdict th a t th e ir finding then »*• sub D igging trucks, Comics, Juvenile some local resident. one of the high points of Lily and O rg an izatio n en tries. of th«’ Gold Beach vo ters in a m itte d to a sjM’cial com m ittee. W eek, as it was least y ear, p ro A finance co m m ittee has been T his special com m it tee would «ity < lection held T uesday. The viding clean, w holesom e e n te r parking m eters w ere voted out be m ade up of two individuals ap p o in t» <1 and th ey will a tte m p t ta in m e n t for the e n tire family. by a lbl no, 75 yes votes. name«! but not conn«'et’xl w Ph to raiso th«' necessary m o n b y by Gold Beach also v o ted for a th«' S ta te H ighw ay Commission, «•on,act ing the vario u s trr.'rchants lor contributions. 1 0 lev y lo sujxirt lb«* Gold tw o by the Oregon C o a .» Assoc THREE CURRY 4 IE crs On th at co m m ittee a re : A m be•• lation, two by the C u iiy Countv B' 'i i ’h iibraiy. They originally i a tte m p te d to raise the money co urt, and one by the Bnx»king Cam pbell, G i'orge F u n k Opal La- ( ’liatuber ol ( ’o m n i'ie e llighw av Brook, D«»n B ingham , F red Fox WIN STA U ; Ol I IC E S The bear- si in i over and the ‘ through th«' county court, but i C om m it tev« wh«> w o u ld ai t a s w ith two m ore yet ,0 lx' appointed. h budget com m ittee refused it The im p o rtan t th in g in th»' At least tw o T hree Curry C ounty 4-H c lu l- m ystery solv i '"hi* parking rn te rs have been ch airm an of this «011)11111,is*. G overnor Paul P a tte rso n has w*hole show. Gray shel said, is th * 1 s rin g a bear in people report i i ol contention ever since reap p o in ted L s lit . D im m ick ol here w ere elected officers of tliei»- i l v H arboi floats. H«' said , ha* it is imp 1- o e a n e a r A rchie i tin y w i t . installed over a year Z-----------— ---------------------- —----- living organizations at the 40th Brookings to a tout y e a r term as a tiv e that at least 30 floats ap- McVay ’s ' ph e. T he m ystery Ac i I'lu y w ere voted out lor the ' H A G A L L O N II.V'I a m em ber ol the C u rry C ounty annual 4-H club »umni,,r sen«»« I w as heighten p<‘a r in th e para«le, and wishe 1 as i he B rookings- i in tiiT. • la s t fall, but the Gold P ub lic W e lta iv Com m ission, a c on the O r gon S ta te college cam p H a rb o r Pilot th at all who have not as yet in- •d i vora! jx'opl • i’.iach council w ere concern«'«! U N I I O R M ()|- W E E K cording to w ord re c tiv e d by IL D. us, June 11 to 24. f «heated w h e th e r or not they would asking about b« ar, a larm in g I «iv r tiie loss of revenue to the Get out tha ten-gallon hat. Olney, C ounty A d m in istrato r. S tu d en ts serving in offices w ere them . P ut, tl put in a float, do so imm diately. in ’s are, Archie ¡city, winch am ounted to over Break out your leva’s and T he follow ing have already sig Clil ford W ilson M.O00 d in in g th e 12 m onth per and P a t K eiber, Joan W olff, and Ed McVay boots. This here w eek is* nified th eir intentions to put caught two bi up on lh Bravo iod, w ith an additional $800 col- H oar presidents. in a flo at: "W estern W eek", proclaim d O ver 1850 youngsters from all place up th ( ’belt g last W(” k. leeted in lines. A rre ll’s Rexall D rug Store, over th e sta te a tt e n d e d sum m ei One w as pro] >; ;>‘d up on the Me by M ayor Roy Brim m , on be Brookings Auto P arts, Brooking Vay place to tal«' p ic tu re s and P school this year Mr. and M rs Lynn Borg and half of the Ch” teo Wrangl« 1 t H arb o r Pilot, Brookings Plywixxl looker! lik it w as alive but It 1 fam ily s|x>nt the week end in Rtwleo S a tu rd a y and Sunday C orii. Brookside A zalea Buln w asn ’t My i t li- ( ’reek Ore. visiting Mrs All Brookings ¡x’ople are asked ) F arm , Brookings R o tary Club, B o rg s p a re n ts and fam ily Mr. to w ear th e ir w estern sty le ( ’ “ E d” Demps«'y, Ed and Mendy, and Mrs Glenn Wi cks also spent clothes throughout the wvx'k Rainbow Girls, C hetco S to re Fo< License E xam iner (> DC th e w’.x'k end there. B io s. A m erican Legion, Odd Fellows, B rookings E lks Ixxlge, In B ro o k in g ( )n |u lv 21 sí ('hi'teo Grange, M enning Buick. Pacific P arts, Phillips C lothing. vamim Thompson Bros, K e rr H ard w are a ; . on and Electric, eity h .11 h T en tativ e opening d a te for the 9 a.m new hom e of th e C hetco ( om m un- it Library' has been set for S u n day Ju ly 24th, th a n k s to the r - tat« cent upsurge of h« lp in g e ttin g th e floor tile down and the p a in t ing fa r enough along to ven tu re stro n g e r optim ism . S ta n P a tte r head The Rev. P e te r Dally, form er son. John Gawf, Mr. and Mi - hour Episcopalian re c to r in Brookings D im m ick w as originally ap p o in t B ert DeMoss, H om er Brown John was in ju red seriously in a head- comp ed to th e C ounty W elfare C om m W ing, and Mrs Roh rt S ta n h u r t I on c ra sh ol his sta tio n wagon on t«-st. ission fo ur y ears ago ano his r e are among the recent w o rk e ts highw ay 101 about 10 milt's n o rth appointm ent is effective J u ly 1 who have heljmd. T h e re is still I ot Bandon S unday m orning. much w ork to lx? dene. 1955 ame ( '? Rev. D ally w as en ro u te to W IN S The E xplorer S co u ts have been Port O rford for services th e re i ecu I K )' <OR R O E E w hen th e accident occurred. He R E L E A SE D FROM SE R V IC E asked to police up th e grounds t of the Spring Annoti and the Lions Club rem inded of has th«> parish at Port O rford ne Gouli Mr am the help they can give in moving T erm H onor R di achí f'vem ent hv 1 and Bandon. T he accident h appen eon T f'chnieal In- dickey ( .»oui Mi Mi th»' layout from th e Y FW building st i de ed as his vehicle and an o th e r t de today by th e ■ ’ F riday rounded a curve. F a th e r D ally No books will be loan d on the cc. is r cent w as throw n in to tlie w indshield opening day, but A ssociation R stu d e n t, J a m e s A B dutv wit and suffered n u m ero u s c u ts in m em berships will he solicited at h-ebanie» T»chnol- it. Lt $2.50 each, this fund being d e A ir Force lb additio n to o th e r inju ries. He w as HANSCAM ’S rw'wast building, alxiv will lx* ojx'ti shortly ur«'«l r •«'ogmtmn of schol- N Y voted to th e purchase of new vol .ned at N for business. The new building will house 1 retail outlet for I tak en to th e Bant,on hospital. x>mpli> h m v ìit fot th e te rm r of hi umes. e he w as » aj»plianees and a p a rts and service shop It was built adjacent I Two men from Broadbent were which end«-d June 10, 1953. ! in the other car. to the p resent ¿lanscam Stoiv, in H arbor. 47th F ighter Interceptor Sqdr. Have You Voted? Highway Plan Hits Opposition Proclaim Western W eek White Elephant Sale Here Gold Beach Voters Out Meters, Votes In Library Fund Les Dimmick Gets Appointment BEAR SCARE LIBRARY OPEN JULY 74 FORMER PASTOR HAS ACCIDENT | :