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Nowhere A Finer Community
Nowhere A Finer Climate
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T h u rsd a y , July 7, 1955
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V olum e 10— N o. 20
Twenty Lily Floats Assured
For Annual
Son Is Hurt
In Accident
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"’ 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ?
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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.
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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.
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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
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