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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1955)
PI£ > 7 ^ L IX D I* C SVC ■ Ö017 SE Seth A w 1 > 1 LY SUNDAY LILIES ARE IN BLOOM! -J) Volume io— No. 21 H ltlM IK lX t.s. « 1 KIK « <>l VIA » H K .O X |'K I( I l> \ \ I »»*>'' I \ M » s II \ ( I M " T h lir id lV I Il 111 M l.I \ I II 111« Nowhere A Finer C lim a te - N ow here A Finer C om m u n ity fi ip e 1 llU , Il I \ d.'ieatn.'í Brookings f lit By W ater Shor To the People of Brookings: T he water supply ol our city is rapidly Being diminished beyond a sale reserve. 1 his is caused by the extremely dry seascon and lack of water in the streams feeding the reservoirs. 1 he Brookings Water Company has advised the council that the situation shall he corrected as soon as possible by going to another stream where pumping equipment will soon he installed and pipelines laid to pump additional water into the large reservoir. For the next thirty days your Mayor and Council respeetfullv asks your coop ration. So that all of us may have his share of water, you are asked to conserve water at all tunes. Please do not use water except for personal necessities. T he situation is one of emergency. Let s pull ourselves out of this emergency as a reasonable and fair minded people who have regard for ourselves and our neighbors. You may he assured that your mayor anil council shall do everything in their power to help and that the Brookings Water Company is making every effort to correct the shortage as soon as possible. T h e re is I undersand. going to be plenty of lilies around despite the d ire predictions of the to w n ’s pessim ists Even Tony C h riste n sen prom ised to bring down a b atch to th e Pilot Office I d o n ’t know w ho is spreading th e ‘»'no lilies” rum or, but we should m ak e him d eco rate several flo a ts at least. * * * * * T his cowboy w eek has been a lot of fun. T ak e T w o-gun Roy B rim m and his 25 gallon hat. and Ilo p alo n g P alm er, and the rest of tho se hom brvs. Its stylish and it certain ly adds a Idle color to th e com m unity. I say lets w e a r th em th e y e a r aro u n d so T can got m y 2.29 w o rth out of the h a t T hey have been calling me th e C risco Kid all w eek. But th a ts b e tte r th an some of th e o th e r nam es people a re ailed. * * * * * S ig h ts along C hetco A venue D ep artm en t. T he kids try in g to outdo th e ir p a re n ts Mae Sm ith, th e new city recorder, try in g to keep up verbal uni record of city a tto rn e y Ed A ckley’s s,x*ech«-s at th e council m eeting the gang of kids w atch in g thorn put up the Byron L. Brimm carn iv al the question of who )f the C ity of B rookings M avor com es first, th e band o r the horses. It seem s th at the bands d o n ’t especially like to follow the ( Tcan-Up Requested horses . . . and vice \ rsa. * * * * * Before Lily Parade A lot of new faces in tow n this T h e city has reque ued that Ibis week. I m et a new doctor. Dr. \ oek should bo I- tn-up week for Sam Gibson; a new hank teller, th e city stre e ts, and asked for Shelley h elam ar; a new service the co-operation of th e m erch sta tio n o p erato r, Bob Sw eet, and ants, especially in view of the a few m ore m iscellaneous. I'm e ining lily parade. T he cily tru ck beginning to feol like a real old- K arl O stvnberg has announced will pick up refuse on F riday of tim er. th e p u rch ase of th e A zalea G ar this wvek. ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ ag e building on C hetco Avenue I w as alm ost w orking for U ncle lro m John D arger. P la n s w ere a n Sam unday Not to r pay, how ever. nounced at the sam e tim e to r e I w as supposed to lie th e p o st m odel the building, and to put in FIRE TRUCK IS m a ste r and Bud w as to be the ♦wo moctern re ta il ou tlets. TARGET OF' PRANK a ssista n t post m aster. It seem s O ste n b e rg ’s ow n business, c a rp Sonnv bov, how w ould you lik th a t the* Pilot said th a t th e w in etin g and tile laying, will go into vas burning dow at the ¡lost office w as to be p a rt of th e building, and th e re tru c k w as open S unday and Tex Thom pson c lh e r p a rt will be leased out. tire because w an ted us to tak e over for the O sten b erg said th a t the w hyle the b a tte ry w as de ;id, and tlx* day. F o rtu n a te ly , how ever, few fro n t will be re-done unc made* in s ta r t? Chief noticed th e slight erro r, and not to a m odern nusin« ss place. A tru c k w as unable to »rted to the m ore th an 20 ¡>eoplv tried to buy h o o r will be laid, w ith o th e r im- \ a l M ndodball ivp< council Tuesday n.g it t hat kids stam ps. p rovem ents planned. W ork will Cave gone into »be < tty hall and r o t s ta rt im m ediately, a s ¡x)ss- tu rn ed the fire true k lights on, cisio n will not be ta k e n for and burned down tin b a tte ry , lb a n o th e r m ontn. asked th at th< your T h e building is 50 lvet wide, and d’-sist im m ediat Police Bun < v ;th 120 feet depth. D arg er has o perated a w elding end re p a ir business th e re A ZA LE A GARAGE BUILDING SOLD TO OSTENBERG Illinois Dam Permit Denied com T he s ta te hydt mission. T uesday, reji ■cted the ap- plication o f th e Coos- ('u ri y Elec- trie C o - ojm ? ra ti ve for a ¡iI’.’limin- in a ry p erim it to builc 1 a 1lydroel- iis riv e r e c tric proj« •ct on the I ai th e Bal d m ountainI sit« T he com m ission, 1Kisetl on a public h earin g at (,'oqu ille, in N ovem lx'r along w ith rejx >rts, ex- h ’bits and o th v r dat;a su b m itted by th e firm , found tlTit 1 im ates of the stre a m flow a t t he site indicat es th a t th«* plan t w ould be idle lo r several m<»nths each year. and th a t it W( ►uld not be pruden t to invv-st 1,500.000 in a projec t w ithout s of reliable stre a m flo w re cords. ♦ hp COSt It w as a Iso found t per kilow a tf h o u r ot 6 lh m ills to w holesale p u rc h a se rs wo uld not be com pel itive w ith the» cost o! pow er in ithe region. The repo r t hi so siüd t hat the . UI , stream Illinois riv lo r reere•ational fi spaw ning, and it§ u purixiM-«. would be i red oj in o pr< Redeo Queen BUDGET PASSES City Begins Election P’ans It apjM’a rs that a special elect ion on the sew er question could be held by Sept m ber, according to word received Fu»'sday night by P.rookings council. I rum city a t torney Ed Ackley. Ackley re|>orted a telephone conference w ith Itond atto rn ey S c h u le r in P o rtla n d relative to tb1' possibility of bond m a rk e ta b ility Ackley th o u g h t the a 'tn n g e - m ents could be made so that an election could be held in Septem ber. A v ariety of o th e r problem s wi re brought up at th«.» council’s re g u la r monthly session. One of the most im portant things discuss ed was the w ater sh o rtag e here S everal council- m en w ere of the opinion along w ith city a tto rn e y Ackley that notice lx* gi\<*n to the city on a w a te r sh o rta g e first, and then tin* 1 ity would proclaim the shortage, asking people to conserve on w ater. T he council requested Ackley to draw up an ordinance covering t bat probit m. T he city felt that the Brookings W ater Com pany, or any utility, should no» have the right to shut off sendees In r«s»‘ ot shortages, w ithout consulting tlv- city. O th e r business; 1. Reminded th e m erch an ts th a t the stre e ts should lx* cleaned before the p a r ade, and a ked th e ir cooperation. 2 he city tru c k will m ake a pick up on F riday. 2. Ret out bids to Y arnell Con- «> <*t Go. fog fixing a culvert for !* ’25. W ards Propani Services for fuel. Ed and M endy’s Chevron sta tio n for gas and oil and lull ideation. Chevron and Riehfivld bad identical bids, hut the council- men felt that Richfield had if last year, and if should he passed <■ round. Tlx council also took t h * lowest bid for m e te r repair, m ain, tanence and cleaning aw arding it ’o H arold’s Jew elry. 3. Dot M artin w as officially nam ed city engineer, and ap p e a r ed before the council to get his new tasks lined out. He said that iv* wouldn't tie a ia ila td e for much w ork before S eptem ber. 4 Discussed the Vincent build ing, and the May Blunt a p a r t m ents aft »‘i- li^a ring a report N EW HOS P IT A L ’r o BE BU ILT \ h«»s,»it al for B rookings is , finitely In th«* [ibanning stag«'. ¡¡th o u g h a great many d etails I n e yet to b<* w orked out aeord- ing t o inform ation received from la p o d Ronniger, who wall build the hospital, along w ith Dr. T. F M cKenna, a dentist P relim inary plans calls for tlx* ( oust rue, ion of a series of thre».* ( ffices, one for medical, one for lent il work, and the o th e r for r optom etrist. The first stage v ill cost an estim ated $75,000. in I will have a square footage of 3600 Poet The work will begin on the off ic e part of the building possibly I y Septem lier, according to pres- ( nt p'ariM w ith eom pletinn date of abound January st, I’ll offices will include em er gency rooms for the* care and em ergency treatm en t ot patients. R onniger said However, no m a t e rn ity care could be given until ; la te r date wht n the second stage of the building is completed. T he second stage, or the hos pital p a r,, will add a n o th e r 5300 s(|tia re feet ot space, and will cost about $99,000 to build. Dr. Ronniger said th at it is plnnn'.vl to pres nt that p art ol th»* building before the eommunitv to see if some help c a n ’t lx* had in raising the funds to build the building. However fu rth e r thought m ust he given b for«' any »xmervte plan co u ld t»e presented to the com m unity. An architect has draw n up the promised building In the tw-o s ta g es. The proposed offices and hos- pial would be local vd near tb bowling alley on Alder S tre e t, betw een Spruce and Hemlock. New Doctor Arrives Here Dr Sam W Gibson has arrived in Brookings to assum e practice here associated w ith Dr. Paul Ronnigi r. Dr. Gibson has spent tlv* last year at the M illcrest H ospital in T ulsa, O klahom a lie is a grad- iin ti' of the U niversity of O kla hom a Medical School. He has served four years in tlx* Navy, aboard a destroyer, spending much ot the tim»* in the South rn i ‘a ii 'e area Dr. Gib • w iling e ritisi/in g tlz in both son and bis wufe, P atricia, are buildings. ( u ri' ally living in a duplex at 5. D iscusm *.1 tlx* pos sibility the Gu st Mot< I. They |iav«* one jx ssibh* ass« s m eet d istrict s< ii, Glell, 6 j)el N orte S t. w ith sew r It w e- announced that w ith w a te r mam a nd pavin; g discus Dr. G ibson’s arrival the officv 6. Agreed t<) pay out about ! will b< open two evening a week, to the library tor ex|penses i on T uesday and Friday, from 7 l .g the past y a r . T he money to 10 i, m. w as in last >t-ai’s budget. 7. 1 leai d a 1< I te r I com 1 he S ta te B o n d of H ealth w arning ? at a < « i m ust be put in by toe I S N ational Bank, the TAKES OVER E lk s building, by A u g u st 3, b e c a u se on th a t d a te they m ust sto p d u m p in g in th* s ta te sto rm sew er, SERVICE STATION 8. H eard Chief ol Polie ■ Paul Bob Sw vet, from E ureka, C alif . Gross tell of his new officer, Jim has tak en over the Flying "A ” Judd, who was hired for a six A ssociated service statio n in Erookings, across from th e Pilot 9 Mad«' a m otion to sup[xirt th«- building. county in th e ir efforts to e sta b Tire pr«*vious leasee was Andy lish a county planning cornmis- Gonsolus, who bad th e sta tio n for m ore th an a year. G onsolus 10. Adopted report of planning will be rem aining in town, and c Immission, but asked tor fu tu re will be w orking at thv Brookings details on the piopos’d hospital’s Plywood plant. Sw eet is m arried, and will 11 I the bond th at the move here as soon as a horn«* can supj»osed to put lx* found He is no new hand at Be th a t A ckley try th e service sta tio n business, hav ing o perated and owned service statio n s for seven years. He along w ith his fa th e r, own a "F’lying A ” station in E ureka. The tra n s fe r of th lease w as H eard n the cit effective as of Ju ly 11 Swe*-t announced th a t tlx* s t a t m ake th» ion would be open from 7 a.rn. to 9 p m He brought C arl Soderholm Horn E ureka to assist him w ith W .iffle Shop Io Be the station S o lerh o lm is an ex- jx ri' need service statio n m an also. Mr and Mrs. Andy G on OjKT.itetl By MeKihhei solus, who have ju st left the Associated statio n , art* leaving F rid a y for a two week, or longer, vacation trip They will go to i - f s n o to visit relatives then to FEN Tight to go ahea.i watt v bich is $11 985 over cent limitation. giirs are ail ardent horsemen uilding on Ch Avi Mr G ary M orris left for rxl W ednesday on a bi ip. RODEO QUEEN NAMED Shirley F’n v m a n w as nam ed Rodeo Qu« t*n.” and the Rodeo ti.k e t sale is going very well. Chat is th e word lrom the C hetco v\ rangli is, who a re planning on p o ttin g on tln*ir annua) tw o-day lodeo here Saturday attern o o n , at 2 p m and .Sunday alterix x ai at 2 p.m. ilx* W ranglers also will have a liaise«* on Saturday night, at 9 ;n. W estern Style, a ’ »be G range H ill L ucky’ v\ t st«*rn Svvmgtime . uxl will appt ar. ShuTey F re«m an w o selected by the n u m ber ol tic k e ts to the Kodeo, which she sold. H er p rin cess will he b n a t’on C enter.. This y at two o th e r w ell know n 'H ung groups will al«o p a rtic ip a te in tlx* Kodeo. T h° C ioscent i ity S h erri i t ’s Posse, and the ( ave Ju n c tio n Saddle Bums, who v il ride over the Ibxl M ountain « n horselgick, a ride nf 50 miles. I’ll, Rodeo will h a w o r . a a p proved stock from P«ws Purdy, >nd will have* all the th rills «»I a h d«*o, with hors«* c u ttin g , roping ste e r dogging and the rest As a special event Sunday, Mnv- o; Roy Brimm will a tte m p t to lasso a cow. .g.i district attorney Sam Hall will a tte m p t to milk it. Everybody, and th a t is every- b xly seom s to be w orking t o w ants m aking this y e a r’s Lily P arar » a success. T w enty-eight Heat- have definitely eom itted »hems Ives to ap p ear in the p a r ’d«*, a id m ore m ay d rift in at th e last minubv. '11 e p arad e is beginning to ta k e shape u n d er actin g A ll-Y ear < v e rt [»resident C h arles G rayshel and >. i-ade m an ag er E rsk in e Mill er. Al! those in th e pararlo are asked to rep o rt at noon Sunday of th« junctio n of Chetco Avt Uiigi.v ay 101 » and O ak st. a t th e i hai ii *r oi ( ornm erce In fo rm a tion I.ox C en ter Booth for in- st ructions. M ilk r asked for the 12 o’clock t ox- to give the judges an oppor- tu n ity to judge the floats before» ’ he | mi rade begins. 1 è re Will Li liei ,‘S It is especially im p o rtan t to t ote th at th ere will he lili s for ’lx* p arad e fioats, and tor sto re d ecorations’. All rum ors to the co n trary , several field;- are in bloom, and lilies can be had for ilx* asking. Ray G u e rc tta z has 'd ies George» Funk has plenty, M .s. Clendenin has some, Jack Ja e g g e rs has some, and O tto '' urley asked tn a t all those w an t- 1 lx* t nited S ta te s N ational .»ig lilies to « all him, and bring He will hove them a l bank m ark d up a 15 |x*r cent In containers. ready picked. crease ill deposits d u rin g the However, the person or parties ’ onthj ending «Tune 30 i ‘4 5 Deposits now stand S 739,959,356 picking blooms are asked to keep an Inei' asp of bott«*r than 99 iheir small children a’Nt dogs out n lllion dollars since the Ju n ■ 30. ot the fields to protec. the plants. 1954, report to the c o m p tro lle r of tlx* currency. I he pnradtv will begin promptly Ilx* 1 >r<x>kliigs b la n c h im ported a ‘ 1 p m Miller said, with Mayor deposits in the a m o u n t of SI ’35,310 14 according to E. L. Roy Brimm leading the way ast rid«* his favorite horse. The Moi top, m anager, 15% Rise In U. S. Naticnal l.oatis and discounts also show- id an appreciable gam du rin g the past 12 m onths. T he system -w ide total now stands at $287,301,100 a gain ot m ore th an 50 million dollars during th* past year. T otal loans and discounts tor tlx* Br«x»k- ings branch a g g r gated $2,290,723. The U. S N ational, w ith its 62 banking offices throughout O reg on, list» t, tai ri sources of $8i»2,745,31d. com pared w ith only $691.976,970 a y e a r ago. x* ives, I S. N ational added 16 new branhes during tlx* past 12 nxmt b period. Most recent of tb se are tin* Mill ( ’Ity which Was e sta b listv d m May and tlx* A sh land branch which was op*ne«l in Ju n e "The continued increase in both d«*pnsit,s and loans arid discounts is indie at iv e of the im portant part this O r gon-owned hank plays m serving ilx* financial needs nf this area as well as the rest of tlx* sta te ,” Mr. M orton com m ented. Business s and individuals can depend oil th e l.T, s . N a tio n a l fo r lix*iidlv c o n s tru c t iv«‘ flanking S’ci V lee, rotors and the several riding "lubs v ill follow. i ll»- parade route will be up Ghetco Avenue north to the Rich- E»*ld station, and then it will tu rn atound and retu rn to the starting jxxnt. S pectators are asked to pieasc remain in their p'aces until th«* parade retu rn s past For any flirt her info rm atio n phout tlie p arade p a rtic ip a n ts a re asked to call E rsk in e Miller, phone 3280. Judges will he Dr. Sam Giuson, David McDonald, Mrs. T. F. Mc Kenna, and one other person. Ilx* B .P.O . l . will sponsor the Q ueen F lo at, and th e A zalea F estival Q ueen, Jo an n e S m ith, and her court, Sherrill McClain, •oxi princesses Bev Glass, Peggy Gi in, Billie June Lostroh, and Donna Shustrom will ride with n«*r. I h<* pa rack» will b reak into °ig h t groups, with judging pro ceeding along th o se lines. It " 'l l include C om m ercial, Indiv idual.O utside, Logging Trucks Comics, Juvenile, Organization, and In d u stria l entries. All ch ild ren in te re ste d in m arch ing ui th e p arad e can do so in tlx* Ju v en ile class. ('ash prizt' aw ard s of $10, $5 00 and $2 50 will lx aw ard ed th e best entry. Miss Joan D arger has been Any and all co stu m es o r floats, nam ed by the I.ions Glub to lx* or bicycles are w elcom e to p a rt th e ir can didate in the F a ir P rin icipate. cess contest b«‘iiig sponsored by' the G hetco G range m the south- < rn part ot the county. O th e r c o n te sta n ts will soon be nam ed by o th e r o rg an izatio n s for the honor of a tte n d in g tlx* G urry C ounty F a ir at Gold Beach on A ugust 12th, 13th and 14th. as th.* guests of th»- F air Board The F'ire, M onday night, destroy© lucky P rincess also will given one of th«* out-beyood landmark* a trip to tlx* s ta te la ir by the T he old hoiiM* o r the “Bill” To! F a ir Board. m an honest« ad, on th e ('Ix tc t Tlx* Princesses from tlx* three a f«*w m iles t »•earn from D>ng p a rts of tlx* county take part in Ridge, burned the ground 1. The m any activities of tlx* Fair, ‘. t a t t place is aid t * now own <’d by ing w ith tlx* Q ueen's banquet on Floyd Mat loci id w as the form - F rid a y evening w hich honors tlx* e r hoin«* of tt itc Em ery W .'1- last y ears Queen. One ot ilx- th re e ace, who lost life, about thre© W'ill Ix-eonx* this y e a rs F a ir y«‘a rs ago a tte m p tin g to cross tl Q ueen, a ixasition w hich it «let. r- swollen stream from the road, c m ined by th e num ber and q u ality tlx* south side of the river. of the exhibits enter« «1 from ea< h It is s id th ’ re was no one i section of the county tor c o m p t- tin* house at th e tim e and it ition. thought the tire may have start« fieii : ■ dei-.ts chew ing on inflan m able m aterial. Chosen C andidate Fire Destroys Tolman Ranch NEW’ BANK TELLER BEGINS DUTIES HERE A new note teller. Shelley Shel- <amer. hiis begun work at the U.S. N ational Bank here. He will re place Mrs. Viola Moaier, who will lx» leav ing shortly for Olympia, W ashington. Shel u ier is a native of Colum bia, Sou h C arolina where he a t tended he University of South Caroline He sp »nt several years in Cal ifornia at Moffitt Field, while serving in the Navy. He also lived in Roseburg, Oregon before coming to Brookings. He has Policem an served w ith a bank in Columbia. Ju d d has Shebm er, and his wife Jane, on his new job.are living on Ransom Avenue.
