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Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community
No. io—Volume 23
BROOKING «. < I RRT COI X T Y . OKKGO.X
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Thursday, July 28, 1955
Building Hits Million Mark Again
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Rev. Henry r term eier made a
talk at R o ta r Tuesday concern­
ing the differe t persons that the
congregation expects their min­
ister to be, adm inistration, educ­
ation, and the rest. I noticed most
of the R otarians figuring out just
what thvir many duties are in
their respective positions.
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T he lusty H Hiding boom m
Brookings ha ; c ra c .. d the million
m ark for «he second s .ra ig h t year
- topping it in 195.» w ith still f iw
m onths r< ma mng.
T he add tion of the pei iji.ts tor
th e B eresa ira c t, 19 homes, shot
th e building in Brookings up to
$1.013,455, easily a record in it­
self.
Last y e a r an exceptional year
for a coi u n u n ity this size saw
th e m illion m ark reached on IXu
em ber 14 L ast y e a r tin* major-
portion ot th e new buildings w ere
com m ercial and
included
the
n tw school building. This year,
com m ercial
building continued
w ith several im portant additions,
hut thv m ajority w as in „the new
construction.
About 69 houses have e ith e r
been built, or are in the c o n stru c t­
T H IS 1951 OLDS did a conipl te flip south < n highw ay 101 near th e W inchuck bridge S a t­
ion stag e right now. T he B eresa
u rd ay night at about 9:30 p m . T h e i” w ere no in ju rie s to the d riv er or passenger, college s tu ­
units, oi course, are th e big item s
d en ts who w ere cam p d at H arris Beach P ark . Excessive spend on the cu rv e w as given as the
in this d e p a rtm e n t. T h e cos, of
cause. T he c a r flipped over th re e tim es, and cam e to re st upside down in th» c e n te r of th e road.
co n stru ctio n on that developm ent
T he w re c k e r a rriv e d 30 m inutes a fte r the m ish a p and the police over an ho u r a fte r the w ieek.
—- Doug GoMaberry Photo ru n s about $514,000.
H ow ever, according to Pop Re d
the city w ork sup. i internu m,
m any m ore houses a re in the
p.aim ing stage.
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M ORTON NAMED
A lot of people are firmly con­
vinced th at the recent rain in
Brookings was the direct result
of Elm er B ankus praying for it.
Several people claim the fact
that they washed their cars Sun­
day did it.
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OCE REGISTRAR
TH E SALE OF THE BONN MOTEL was reported this week, with the nt w owners sup­
posed to take possession on August first. The new’ owners, from Seattle, will also manage the
37 unit Motel,
Report Bonn Sale
He disclosed some wonderful
plans in developing a school rec­
reational area. The long range
plans include a tennis court, which
aiong with a pool table, is right
Gown my al»vy. When the court
is complete (unless I've aged too
much uy th at time) 1 will chal­
lenge anyone in the city. Cert-
uuuy you have heard of Don
Budge m the tennis world. Well,
l m known as “W on't Budge."
Accident Nearly
Puts Bus Into
Hits W ater Co.
. t know w hat effect it will
h iv e on th e w a te r supply for sev­
e ra l days, how ever.
he re stric tio n s in sprinkling,
e a r w ashing and th like, are still
in I o n 1' th e com pany said, and
Ci ntm uing cooperation of the
P ople in conserving w a te r has
LIONS H ELP move books into the new Library building.
Shown are Lion president A1 Phillips, Joe Kanick. Joe Sayre,
and Dan Stiers. The new building was open for inspection for
the first tim e Sunday.
T he sale of the Bonn Motel
w as rep o rted this w eek at a cost
iii thv neighborhood of $175,900.
T he Motel has been on the m a r­
ket for the p art few m onths, and
the a c tu a l sale of the big 37 unit
m otel w as no surprise.
The
otel, lo -ated on th«1 north
• Ige oi Brook.ngs, was owned by
Ray P< pm of Vancouver. P urch-
as rs w ere Mrs. Ire n e S haffer, ami
Mrs. Sm ith, both of S e a ttle . The
tra n sa c tio n was supposed to he
effective on A ugust 1st. T he Eng
• ’s Real Est.it * Co. of G arden
City, C alifornia,
handled
the
tran sactio n .
M anagers of the mot 1, Mr. and
Mrs. Emil Moore will he staying
in one of the units for a tim e
T hey a re presently m oving out
of the m anager« home.
P c sent plans of the M oores call
for Emil to Palm S prings for a
job there, while Mis. Moore will
ta k e a vacation trip back east.
T he Bonn Motel will be en terin g
its 4th year in A ugust and th«*
M oores have liven m anaging it
du rin g thv entire time.
Mr. Ja c k D. M orton has been
a | p o a iitu R e g istra r at O regon
c o i leg*, ol E ducation, accoium g
to P re sid e n t R. E. L ieuallen. Hie
apjHJintinent, carry in g With it th
la n k of A ssistant professor, was
confirm ed on l uesuay, Ju iy 2b
by the S ta te Board ol H igher Ed­
ucation.
W onon, 32, has been P rincipal
of C e n tra l E lem en tary School in
N ew berg since 19ol. He received
his B.S. degree Iron) the U niver­
sity ol O regon in 194K and ¡v
c u rre n tly com pleting tow ard his
M.S. D egree in E ducation at OCE.
M orton, who is the son ol Mr.
and Mrs. E s tts L. M orion ol
Brookings» O regon, w ill move his
w ile and tw o children to Mon­
m outh at the close ol the summei
session, lie w iu assum e his new
uuties on A ugust 15.
Mis. Eloyd Albin, A cting Reg
is tra r sm to last F eb ru ary , will
rem ain on th. R e g is tr a r s Of nee
sta ii lor the next lew m onths.
FORMER RESIDENT,
E D INGRAM DIES
E d g ar C. Ingrain, ol O rinda,
C alifornia died on July 17, accord­
ing to w ord received h re by Pete
L esm eister who handles in g iu m s
p ro p erty here*. Ingram is a m inim
resident of Brookings. He was
sup[M>sod to leave on Juiy 29 lor
a Brookings visit, hut he was
buried on th a t date.
the budget this year to authorize
a survey on w ater this year, al­
though eouncilrravn were in agree-
m ent th a t a real problem existed,
and th a t som ething should be done
about it.
¡Tire Chief Val Mendenhall said
«hat la* was worried about a fire,
I t en ask d.
because of tin» low pressure in the
The W ater Com pany reported
pipe, and said th at if a fire start-
th a t some users have used alm ost
ill naif the town could burn.
a new clin ic an d possible h o sp ital.
O th e r building renovations have
net n planned as well.
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It certainly was encouraging to
note that the building in Brook­
ings has gone over the million
m ark for the second straight year.
Not only in Brookings, however,
has the building been so spectac­
ular, but in H arbor and other
im mediate areas houses are going
up in great numbers. N aturally
these don’t show on the records,
Lut they are being built just the
same.
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Our new superintendent of
schools prefers to be called "D.D.”
This does not, and I repeat does
not refer to thv school children,
who will, 1 asume, call him Mr.
Williams.
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Rain, Trouble
as m uch w a te r in Ju ly w ith the
res: i ict.on . on, as in June.
A w ritte n n o tice w ill be pro-
vi i d when th e re stric tio n s are
lif ed. th e C o m p an y said.
I’he act ol vandalism is anoth» r
th* stales that has Lven plag
aing die Com pany L ate Monday
nu i .ling the pressure in about
i.a , ol B rookings went down, and
then vvi if com pletely off.
( ( i i . u u 'i n . a O undm g lilt '.Ui.eu
R ri its figured th at the w at-
tin- new P a lm e r buntnng, wn.cn is
Pi y w as out. but th a t w as
neat »y com pleted. T luu ouiluing
. t.: ti.e case. A foreman of the
cost approxim ately $o*,0v0. z u s j
vva.cr com pany found th a t one
ei*nipn led is the Goetz budding,
. , m e v alv es at the Ransom Cheek
jie w iis A nchorage, and esten^.>v
reservoir had been sh u t off.
ieiuouenng ot the Graysiiei ou.ld-
R cause ol thv n a tu re of the
* mg and C. ‘‘E d’’ l> nipsey's A gen­
iitiig ,t took until Monday night
cy am ong others.
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. the cause for the w ater
No .slack-up appears either.
a.,e was found.
P la n s h av e b iv n announced for
N aturally came up with a list
of my own, which I believe is as
long as Rev. O sterm eier’s. People
expect us to be pnoficivnt in the
following departm ents. Pressmen,
editors, publishers, proof-readers,
public relations men. printer's
devils, m ake-up men, janitors,
artists, walking Cham ber of Ccrr-
merce, photographers, m tchanics,
janitors, teachers, w riters, proph­
ets, book keepers, office girls,
salesmen, printers. All this and
then I am a father too. 1 am going
to refu te to say that I do all of
them well, exempt for the latter.
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The serious w ater shortage
problem for the city of Brookings
was the main item for dlacuaaion
nt the Brookings Council meeting
Tuesday night. Councilmen ap­
proved a motion calling for ap­
A shot in th arra in the form plication to the state for the w a t­
• h an unscheduled rain, and anoth
er rights for the Cheteo River,
i iet of vandalism were included which could be converted as a
in a busy week lor the Brookings city supply a t some later date.
W ater Companv
The discussion included the re-
I'he rain, reported at 6 tenths
ixirt th at two Public U tility Eng
o an inch, T uesday, in a m onth
ineers were in Brookings recently
th a t in usuaLy dry helped out
and inspected the present Brook­
a lot. It at L a st w atered the
ings W ater Company’s system.
¡awns of B rookings residents. The H o w ev er M ayor B rim m pointed
rei»"»«« that It
n<> money
lnc,udM ,0
The possibility of taking w ater
out of the Cheteo was discussed
at length. Mayor Brimm was
authorized to file for city water
lights.
The P.U.C. engineers were in-
specting the present system be­
cause of the shortage. They re­
ported th at the Brokings W ater
vom puny needed a valve for the
present dam, which would coat
about $3500. but because the
W ater Company is not realizing
enough profit the P.U.C. could not
force them to buy the valve.
A letter from the P.U.C. was
read concerning water on Mem-
ory Lane. statin g the Water Co.
has promised service as soon as
possible a lte r umshuig current
work on Easy S treet
Renovate Schools
Also thv council discuaacd set­
ting up a special assessm ent oxa
tn c t on Del N orte lane for the
For Opening
purpose of paving th a t street, m
notice of hoar.ng wul be puuiu»..
ed on the proposed project -
On September 6th soon as petition« are securer
from property owners inures«,
A complete renovation of the and a Heatup Lon oi the
old high school building is now vulvvd is presented.
under way. Plans call for pastel
A letter from Ebner ua,»..
colors lor the corridors, and class
was read crxucuung uw u ty .
rooms. It is hoped to have asphalt
their [>urt in adow uig tin» v .o .
tilu on the corridor floors also.
National Bank and the Wsidenvm
The refinishing of floors in the KessJer Building to hook into in.
old building is also under way, ac­ state storm urain with tnen
cording to Delos Williams, new age. Owners oi ooui m «.,.,,.
lias received notice to
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s u jk ’ i m tendent of schools.
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n the new budding workmen are n*g sewage in Uir
busy converting the cafeteria into curly in Auguat.
th i w classroom s, and com pleting
The council te tt b u n uk
the music room. The shop is also
h.id nothing to do w iui iru .. io - n /..
being fixed up to the extent th at
ing into the storm
tutu u«
it will be usable for a shop pro­
sil back and let the paruci^au.
gram this year.
leehng was th a t the cny wui jtu
T entative plans call for u land- oi the a rg u e m tn t u g n t it out.
s»aj>e a rc h ite c t to be called in,
in o rd er to develop an overall
plan lor the school grounds for
the lu tu re . I'he plans w ould in­
clude oil stre e t parking, tennis
courts, sol, hall diam ond, and
o th e r activities.
Mr. W illiam s has been on the
job here since Ju ly 5th. H e re ­
ports th a t school will open on
Septem b* r 6th, w ith a teach ers
m e e tin g planned for S ep tem b er 1.
Housing is a real problem , W ill­
iam s said, and th e school needs
the lull cooperation of the com ­
m u n ity in finding housing for the
teachers.
lie also announced th a t E. G.
Dotson will be one of the new*
custodians, beginning August 1.
Creek Canyon
City A ttorney Eu Acxwy wa.>
asked to w rite to A ttorney Schi»
er to set» if his rep o rt on the max
ketanility of the proposed sewei
bond could be hurried up so that
an election can be held in Sept
ember.
Councilm an FXRl Campbell wa^
asked to hnd out who wouia, o>
w illing to take over ieaueistnp
on th e proposed hospital wtnen
may be b unt here in cuiuieeuv*.
with a clinic for Dr. Konniger anu
Dr. McKenna. lie wtfs asaed tv
gvt the leeling ot the peopie on
.he question, anu to asa tne c it­
izens com m ittee their opinion on
the m atter.
The council also heard about
10 letters ot recominenuation R>ad
mostly trom Hood River, com­
mending the new police otticer,
J.m Judd.
Bow ling M eeting
GIVE NEW LIBRARY KEYS TO CITY
A Greyhound bus and a logging
truck collided north of Brookings
Sunday night Only one person was
hurt, but only a few small trees
A successful goal was reached
kept the bus from hurtling down afte r ten years of hard work on
into M eier’s Creek Canyon.
Sunday afternoon, when the keys
The accident occured afte r the
the new library were presented
bus left Brookings about mid­ to the city.
night Sunday on a regular sched­
Mrs Hazel Hendry, first pres­
uled run with 18 passengers
ident of the H arbor Community
aboard Around the curve just
across the Meiers creek bridge Club made the presentation. It
the truck and bus collided, send- was under her guidance th at the
ing the bus over the em bankm ent building fund was begun in x945.
One woman passenger was badly g ,ncc tbat tim e project afte r pro-
shaken up and was taken to the
^ as
hundreds of doll-
Gold Beach ho*>ital. She w * re-
from tht cJub into an account
leased the next day. None of the set aside for the building of a
passengers were local.
library.
Jim Yelton represented Mayor
Both the truck and the bus
Roy
Brimm a t the ceremony.
were badly damaged in the accid­
Tea was served by the Corn-
ent.
Is Set For Friday
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of Mrs. Grace Edwardson, pres-
ident. The beautiful floral dec-
orations were arranged and placed
by the Garden Club.
(and and since 1948 Mrs. Gladys
Brainard and many short time
assistants, all giving their assist-
ance without renum eration
Tho books were housed for a 1 The main library room is 24 x
time in rent-free quarters in the 40 feet and is centered by a large
C entral Building by* Elm er Bank horseshoe charging desk A stack
us, also in the Brookings Hotel room, office, res, room and sto r­
when that space was j o longer age room in another 12 x 20 foot
sjiace as well as a large lobby
available the VFW provided men
complete a public library which a
and trucks to m ow the library
large city w’ould lx* proud to pre­
into a room of its hail near the
sent to its residents.
school. There the books remained
On behalf of the city, the Lib­
for the last four years, rent-free,
rary Board, whose president is
as a community service by the
Mrs. Erm a Rice, wishes every
veterans.
person who donated money or
Among the librarians were Miss labor to know th at their efforts
Continued on back page.
munity Club under the leadership Mary Cavitt, Mrs. Dorothy Lock-
Bowling is just around the cor­
ner
I’he
Brookings
Bowline
Association has called a met
for Friday. July 29 a t 7.30 p i
at the Azalea Imines Officers fox
the coming year will be elected
and league schedules planned.
Team captains and sponsors are
especially urged to attend so
to have priority In selecting mgh
and time lor to.a.ng season.
N O RTH BRO O K IN G S prize w inner Mrs. Al Botzik is
show n as she won $50 groci ry a w ard las, W ednesday evening
at the w eekly draw ing. H undt' ds of ¡»eople have been a tte n d ­
ing th e draw ings T his W ednesday nights w inner w as Lawerence
E rank, who lives up thi- Cheteo. F ra n k won a pop-up toaster.
N ext w «"ks prize will be an e le c tric skill» t, and tlie draw ing
will be in front of D unning M otois.
The alleys will be turned over
to the group for free bowling
time following the meeting, and
refreshm ents will be served.
The alleys have been rectMvinv
a resurfacing during the past two
weeks, and will be re-opened to
the public on Monday, Auguat L