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SKETCHBOOK
Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume io—No. 25
by RuA P ug * eJi
Thursday, August 18, 1955
101 IMPROVEMENT PLANNED HERE
Several people are afte r my
head. At least three am ateur
barbers have offered th eir services
insofar as my beautiful golden
locks are concerned.
* * * * *
To save face, and also head. I
figure'on letting a bonafide barber
do the job.
* * * * *
Or maybe I should put the p ro j-“
ect out on bids. B etter than th at
I think I’ll appoint a com m ittee
tc look into the deal. They in turn
can advise the budget committee.
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But, I think I have troubles.
Look at Tike, of K err H ardw are
bowling fame, R attke. When Tike
The new tax assessment fig
indulged in m atrim ony, the Pilot
erronously had him m arrying his ures for C urry County were re
m other-in-law. When his wife g a w leased by George Sutton, county
birth to his son . . . th a t’s right, assessor. They show- a consider
we gave ‘‘cred it” to his brother able increase in assessment rates
Bob. The last straw came last throughout the county, due p rim
week. His younger brother, Gomar arily to increased school costs.
Brookings has a m illage total
enters into the picture. I t seems
Gom ar’s wife had a baby. Well or 126.2, larger than any other
we finally got Tike’s name in county area. It com pares to mill
print. By now you guessed it. The levies of 110 for Gold Beach, and
PILO T reported Tike (leave my 125.1 for P ort Orford.
Brookings has a city assess
name out of the papers) R ettkc
m ent of 27.3, while Port Orford
as father.
pays a huge 46.9 to support their
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We now blame all these errors city government. Gold Beach will
on the young u p start putting in pay 21.9 to the city
O ther totals include those in the
tim e in the front office, name of
M. S. Brainard. So please channel Brookings-Harbor area who will
all com plaints through Max. For pay 98.9, and those in the H arbor
every complaint you bring in Max rural fire protection district who
will talk you into one additional will pay 103.2.
Total for Agness is 72; Ophir
subscription to th e PILOT. Who
knows, some of you may walk out 81.1; Pistol River 68.2. The rural
of the office w ith as many as ten school board which includes all
county areas except Brookings,
subscriptions renewals
will pay 50.6 mills, as opposed
to 44.8 for last year.
RONNIGER N A M ED TO BOARD
New Tax Levy
Rate Released
For Curry County
Walking Blood Bank
Scores Here Again
SAFETY BELT
SAVES DOCTOR
The Brookings W alking Blood
B ank was very active this wreek.
Three donors reported Thursday
night to give blood to Robert
Thompson, who was bleeding from
Dr. P aul Ronniger credits a
ulcer trouble. Donating were Vi newly installed safety belt with
W allace, Mrs. Tom Doherty, and saving his life in an auto accident
also Mrs E. E. Hanscam, Jr., who last Wednesday night, w-hen his
had the wrong type blood.
car w ent out of control and
Bob Dick, Harold Thompson, smashed into a culvert.
and M argerie Benson gave blood
Dr. Ronniger had just installed
to Robert Thompson also.
the safety belt three days before.
Dick Sund and E arl Eikenberry He was on his way to Cresoent
gave blood Sunday morning to City in a race with the stork,
Mrs. Helen Fauerso, who had a when an approaching car swerved
baby Sunday.
in front of him, forcing him off
the road.
R onniger’s car, a Cadillac, hit
the shoulder and plunged into a
ditch, hitting the culvert. The ac
cident happened in Sm ith River
along highway 101.
The Brookings Plywood plant
The ca r’s door flew- open, and
will sta rt to shut down, this S a t Ronniger said th at if it w eren’t
urday, for annual vacations. Th^ for the belt, he would have flown
plant will be closed a^week during out. He suffered only a bloody
which much needed repair work nose, and bruised ribs. A passing
will be done, especially the re m otorist gave him a ride to Sea
lining of the furnace in the power side Hospital, where he delivered
house.
the baby as cheduled.
Several repair jobs could not a The Cadillac was a total wreck,
be attended to until the whole* and Ronniger traveled to Los Ang
plant was down. Shifts will re eles this week to pick up a new-
tu rn to routine August 28th. one.
About 150 men will be off work.
Plywood To Start
Shut Down Here
Chctco Grange Fair Booth Well Child Clinic
Friday At School
Takes Second Place
The com m unity booth prepared
by the members of Chetco Grange
took second place at the Curry-
County F air at Gold Beach last
week Ed Ravekes was chairmdh
of the committee, and he was as
sisted by Mrs. Edna Weigel, Mrs
Ruby Harvey, Mrs. Wilda Carson,
F rank Kelley. Benjamin Jones,
end Mrs. Raveke«.
There will be a Well Child
Clinic at the Brookings Grade
School on August 19. Friday, be
tween 9:30 and 11:30 a m. Dr.
Ronniger will give physical exam
inations and immunizations,, as
sisted by Dorothea Miller, Public
H ealth Nurse. There will also be
a m ake-up clinic for second polio
shots a t this time.
INJURED IN
CAR ACCIDENT
Mr. and Mrs. Ole Lingren and
"Doc” C lark were on th eir way
to Medford Friday evening when
a car came out from a service
station in O'Brien and hit their
pickup in the side. Mr. Lingren,
who is employed by Beresa, Inc.,
had a badly bruised leg, his wife
had several bones broken in her
hand and a minor con cussion and
Mr. Clark had a badly cut hand
and some broken ribs. The other
driver was not hurt, but her two
small children and Mr. C lark
were take nto the hospital in the
ambulance, but were able to leave
the next day.
Talk O f Forming
Fire District
Protection against f i r e in th rt
district north of the city limits of
Brookings is being seriously con
sidered by the residents in tha*
area. Prelim inary plans are being
made for a meeting of property
owners there to talc? up the form
ation of a rural fire district.
During the past year, three
homes have heen burned, p ra ct
ically just outside the jurisdiction
of the cty fire equipment and no
other apparatus was available.
The fire protection of such a fire
district m ight effect the insurance
rates but would be of g re ater val
ue in the saving of life and prop
erty.
Although the area is not def
initely layed out it is proposed to
include the Dawson T ract, Park-
view Drive, and out the highw-ay
tow-ard the Herb F ritz place.
Probably over 100 homes and
other buildings w-ould be included.
Those furthering the project
are contacting people in H arbor
and the City Fire Chief, Val Mend
enhall, and plan to publish their
progress in later editions of this
paper.
MORTON HURT
E. L. Morton, U. S. N ational
Bank president here, w-as injured
slightly in an auto accident W ed
nesday evening on the way home
from Crescent City. The accident
happened about two miles south
cf Sm ith Rirer, when the car hit
the shoulder of the road.
Morton will be confined to his
home for several days, suffering
from shock and exposure. The
car was damaged, but can be re
paired.
FISH ARE BEING
CAUGHT IN CHETCO
Perch and other ground fish
are being caught at the mouth of
the Chctco. according to word
fiom Hew itt's anchorage, and
quite a few- people, especially the
youngsters, have been seen along
the main stem with sizeable catch-
e;„ Occasional cutthroat trout are
being taken in the tidal basin,
but otherwise, the fish seem indis
posed to be caught.
Start Work On New Buildinqs
Construction Begun REPORT VINCENT
On New Union
BUILDING SALE
Bulk Plant
Work is in progress on a new
Lnion bulk plant and distribution
station, to be operated in con
junction with the Union service
station on highway 101 North.
The building is being construct
ed by A1 Diliinger, of North Bend
who also built the service station.
Tom McKenzie will be doing the
grading and digging work, the
Horton Brothers will do the con
crete block work, Blaine Gribble
will do the carpenter work, and
Ray Diliinger, just out of 32 years
in the army, will do th*? pipe w-ork.
The stru ctu re will be behind the
station .and will have a 10 thous
and, and a fiwe thousand gallon
tank underground. It will have
two grades of gas. diesel and
stove oil.
Th? building will be modern in
construction, with a porcelain fin
ish. It will have a unique, new-
type of special underground pump,
made in Germany, th at will set
The Vinocnt building in down-
town Brookings was sold this
week to Gary Morris, former
Lakeview-, Oregon skating rink
operator, who recently purchased
Young’s Motel here.
Morris will put in a fountain,
and dairy- bar. and will sell home
made ice cream, lunches and the
rest.
Remodeling and fixing up the
building will begin shortly, but
the remodeling work will be con
centrated on the inside at first,
and the outside will be improved
at a later date.
Th** building also houses Gould’s
Shoe Store, which will remain as
formerly.
The building was purchased
from Ralph Vincent in Portland
this week end, and was handled
by the Leonard R. al E state Co.
Vincent has owned the building
since 1948.
Also the apartm ents upstairs
right in the bottom of the tanks. will be renovated, it was reported.
PLAN NEW
BUILDING HERE
A perm it has heen taken out
for a new- business building in
Brookings Work is already under
way on the building, to be called
the Morton building, afte r E. L.
Morton, the builder.
The new building will be adjac
ent to the W eideman-Kesaler
building (Elks) between it and
the U. S. National Bank Building.
Morton said that it w-ould be of
very modern construction, with a
staggered front, and brick finish
with four big display windows.
The front will be 35 feet and
will taper off in the pi»? shaped
lot to six feet in the rear. Gil
bert Christensen will be doing the
contractor work.
Excavation work has already-
been started and it is hoped to
have the one story building done
within 60 days The total floor
space will be about 1200 square
feet.
No tenant for the new building
was named by Morton, although
he said th a t the occupant would
very likely be a business already
established in Brookings.
GARDEN CLUB
TO HAVE BENEFIT
A public open house, sponsored
by the Azalea Garden Club, will
be held on Septem ber 16, at the
VFW Hall. Dessert and coffee
will be served at 8 p.m. The lad
ies will be asked to choose their
own game, and fill th eir own
table for bridge, 500, pinochle,
whist, rummy, canasta, scrabble,
or what have you. There will be
individual table and door prizes.
The reason for the g et -to- get her
will be a benefit for the Commun
ity Library. Persons interested are
asked to call 3421 or 2537 for
reservations.
Dr. Paul Ronniger announced
that he will accept the appoint
m ent to the school board vacan
cy, left last week when Elm er
R apraeger resigned.
The appointm ent of Ronniger
was made last Thursday night at
a special meeting of the school
board, presided over by Bill
Thompson, who is now the new
board chairm an, following Rap-
raegcr’s resignation.
O ther mem bers of the school
board are Dr. Richard Smith,
Lynn Borg, and Gladys Kanick.
DUNCANS PURCHASE
HALLS TRAILER PARK
Mr and Mrs. William Duncan
will take over H all’s Auto Camp
thia week. The purchase includes
10 cabins and 12 trailer rentals,
and a home on two acres above
H anscam ’s C enter in Harbor.
The Duncans purchased the
property throug the Leonard Real
Travelers to thej south will have E state Co. from Mr. and Mrs.
a pleasant surprise to them when Eldon Hall, who have moved to
they leave the Dr. Fine bridge, Richmond, C alifornia.
crossing Sm ith River. Unless they
know what they’re doing they’ll
wheel around to the right, toward
Tyron’s corner and miss the brand
new Freeway, opened for the first
time, last S aturday. This new-
stretch of road now m akes a prac
tically straig h t route from the
S ta te Line to Highway 199, m iss
ing the route through Ft. Dick.
Miss Sharon Center, daughter of
The route traverses a grove of
huge redwoods, equally as a ttra c t Mr .and Mrs. Rex Hayes, repres
ive as the one on the old route ented the southern part of Curry
and provisions have bc»?n made for County at the county fair as its
F air Princess. She and the two
adequate parking.
princesses from the o ther sections
The road is very much apprec of the county were the guests of
iated by heavy unit drivers as the F air Board at the Sunset Inn
they can barrell through without for three days of the fair. They
the inconveniences of the older participated in all the activities
road upon which, even in recent at the fair, and enjoyed the pro-
years, there have lieen several bad g iam planned for them. They
acidents, some resulting in fa ta l will be guests of the fair board
ities. Loaded trucks, headed for at Salum for an added treat
Oregon valley points, had been
making it through the Smth River
cutoff, a very hazardous under
taking, to say the least. They now
maki? equally good time, with less
w-ear on equipment, straig h t to
199, and thence to their destin <
ation.
A memorable meeting of the
101 now- meets 199 about three newly formed C urry County
and a half miles from Crescent Shrine Club was held at the Del
City.
Rogue Club, at Gold Bench, last
S aturday evening. Dinner and
dancing and general visiting com
Frank T ygart is back in the prised the evening’s en tertain
old swing of doing the morning ment with some of the couples
and evening chores. Seems, before later going to a dance at the S u n
Pauline left on her latest trip set Inn.
she gave F rank detailed in stru ct
The next meeting of the club
ions as to how- to take care of her
will
he held in Brookings and is
love bird. Then Ben H arroun and
scheduled
for .some tim e w ithin
his Misses took off, and the even
ing before they left, here comes the next six weeks, says John
Molino, president of the club.
Ben toting their Budgie, with a
Harold Jochens is vice-president,
different set of rules. F ran k ’s n u r
and Tom B. Ayers, of Gold Beach,
turing the critters according to
the old T ygart family traditions secret ary-treasu rer.
Illustrious P otentate Don K en
so it’ll be interesting to see what
the results vvill be
possibly a yon, Director Glen L. Lin. and
Assistant Rabbon Gene Flavell,
double funeral.
all of Ashland, attended as well
as the (’’«Mjuille Shrine band, all
of whom were in the colorful un
iform of the order.
Those attending, most of whom
wen* acompanhed by their ladies,
w ere: Cliff Brimm, Charles Ames,
Brookings was ballyhooed over George M ateer, A. C. Howard,
(be loudspeakers at the huge M. A. Phetttsplace, W. E. Wilson,
Speedboat Races, at the junction Ray Nelson, A. G. Joelson, Jack
of the Sacrem ento and the Am er Hames, C. G. Blair, C. Hines, Joe
ican rivers several days ago There McGowen, Melvin G. Marks,
w-as a tremendous crowd there Ittm p s Giifillan, Jesse J Laird,
which saw the B-Hydro won by Fred C. Schroeder, Guy II. F o r
Al Phillips, with Roy Pollard syth, O. W. Bettis, Homer Kerber,
r.ght behind him, followed by Archie Kerber, Wilfred S. Laird,
B arry Sage, who took third place. Robert R. Swan, G. A Barn-
Then, to add to the Brookings thouse, Eben M. Miller, Al Man-
boys’ laurels, Ai took third in the uly, W. G. Scott, Frank Henry,
B-Runabout races.
C. II. Eseelstrom, E. W. Brown,
Previously, Roy. Al, and Lyle L uther S. Best, D. F. D»*Voe,
aughn, all had troubles at the W alter G. Enlund, Don Cameron,
scheduled races on the S acre Tom B Ayers, and John Molino.
mento, at Redding
Several m em bers were unavoid
Tom Dent, who is at Dunning ably absent and one of them was
Motors, and Bob Deffenbaugh, of expecting to become a father,
Sm ith River, also were in the at any minute.
races. B arry Sage and Melody
Because of geographical con
Brimm joined their town neigh ditions the club is divided into
bors at the Sacremento, from th ree areas. P ort Orford, where
which Lyle went home and was Dcmps Giifillan is m anager and
replaced by his broiher. Don, and Hom er K erber is assistant; Gold
wife, Yvonne, who went south Peach with W. G. Scott m anager
with the Phillips and the Pollards and Doug DeVoe, assistant; and
ram ping out along the way w ith Brookings, with Charles Ames
the exception of one n irh t stay- m anager, assisted by Howard
in motels.
Crane.
The three couples, took th eir
Periodic m eeting will be held
boats down to Ijik e Tahoe, only in each of the areas and it is
to find that races there had been expected they will develop into
cancelled, but they put th eir "m usts,” for the Nobles and their
boats in for some spins, anyhow, ladies. There are about 40 Shrin-
ju st to say they had raced a t ers In the Brookings-Harbor area,
Lake Tahoe.
according to Molino.
NEW FREEWAY
OPENED SOUTH
Sharon Center
Southern Curry
Fair Princess
SHRINE CLUB
MEETING HELD
Brookings Boaters
Win At Races
MAY RE ALIGN
HIGHWAY 199
According to an exchange, a re
alignm ent of Highway 199 in the
vicinity of Oregon mountain, is
being looked into. The ixirtion
under consideration is all in C al
ifornia, and is reported to about
cu t in half the first eight miles
south of the checking station and
elim inate several curves.
S ta te R epresentative E. A. L it
trell, Medford, and S ta te Senator
Ralph Collier, of Yreka, and S ta te
R epiesentative Lloyd Haynes, re
cently toured the area making a
study of its possibilities. Engin
eering will require a 200 foot cut
and result in not over a 6 per
cent grade. There would still be
five or six tu rn s in the route.
COUNCIL HAS
SPECIAL SESSION
The Brookings council m e t
Tuesday night for a special sess
ion, called prim arily to discuss
the city’s finances with the bud
get com m ittee, so that the com
m ittee would be b etter versed in
what has heen taking place in th»?
city.
Also the council discussed th.*
Beresa project, and heard some
criticism in the sewer line plan.
Dave Shaw, Gold Beach attorney,
was present to represent t h e
Puresa firm.
The council also talked about
the possibility of getting a w ater
survey made in Brookings, and
discussed the ways and means
for raising funds for the survey
Ray Shanahan, local well drill
er, made a proposition to the city,
saying th at hr' will drill a w-ell
for nothing, unless ho would hit
enough w ater for the city use,
then the city would pay him a cer
tain percentage for a 20 year
period.
A m ajor highway 101 improve
ment will take place within the
city lim its of Brookings yet this
y • ar.
The Oregon S ta te Highway
Commission, through its Chief
Engineer. R H. Baldock, informed
E. L., Morton, Brookings, at a con
ference in Ashland over the last
week end, that approval has been
given for re-alignm ent of High
way 101 from Brookings north
to H arris Beach S tate Park.
According to Baldock, the dang
erous Ar.derson curve will be elim
inated and the present four lane
highway through Brookings wall
be continued north to take in the
new business section, past the
Richfield station and ending ap
proxim ately at Arnold Lane.
The estim ated cost of these im
provem ents is $160,000 Mr. Bald
ock stated th at tl»e work from
H arris S ta te Beach Park to Pistol
River would begin as soon as the
funds are available. Present est
im ates show this cost at $5,000.000
and from Pistol River to Gold
Beach at $12,000,000 more.
Unless Congress passes a Fed
eral Highway Aid BUI, Baldock
said, the state of Oregon doesn’t
have this kind of money for these
improvem ents.
Mr. Baldock fu rth er stated that
the Commission was deeply ap
preciative of the attitu d e of the
Brookings people in their assist
ance and patience He also stated
th at the speed limit through the
city would no doubt I k * reduced
to twenty-five miles per hour to
conform with general practice.
W ork on the Brookings highway
project should be started this
year, he stated.
SPECIA L NOTICE: Any child
v'ho has had pre-school examin-
ination in one of the school clin
ics who is leaving the County to
entvr school should contact the
C urry County H ealth Office to
obtain th eir papers.
Registration Time
Set By School
WORK ON BRIDGE
C onstruction has begun on a
trian g u lar apron on the down side
of the north end of Rogue River
bridge, at W eddvrburn. This huge
concrete stru ctu re will accom
odate traffic approaching or leav
ing the bridge via th«» reconstruct
ed Highway 101, from the north
Winehuck l-H Club
Take Fair Prizes
All the m em bers of the Win-
chuck 4-H Livestock club took
prizes on some of th eir exhibits
at the C urry County F air in Gold
Beach last week. They were ac
companied th ere by their lenders
Mrs. Irene Crump, and Mrs.
Thelm a P ettig rew . The members
and tin aw ards they took are as
The registration and school
opening schedules for both the
grade school and high school w*cre
announced this week by D. D.
Williams, superintendent of school
district 17C.
The g iade school will sta rt on
Tuesday, Septem ber 6, and the
bus pick-up in the m orning will he
at th* same time and at the same
pick-up {xiints as last year, tem p
orarily at least.
There will be a double shift in
effect because of class-room space,
for the first through the fourth
grades.
Pupils from the out lying areas
will m ake up the morning session,
and if additional*pupils an? needed
to fill the morning group, P rin
cipal Joe Tobin will select pupils
from the im m ediate area.
T h e grad e shift will sta rt at
7:45 a m . w ith dism issal at 12:15.
Eddie Hoar, w»ho had previously T he afte rn o o n class will sta rt at
won a place on the county live 12:30 and will be dismissed at
follow s:
stock judging team which will go
to the S ta te F air in Salem, took
first on the beef steer h< exhibited
This was the animal that he won
last y ear at the calf scram ble at
the W ranglers Rodeo. He also
took fifth in b *f showmanship.
Mervin Pettegnew took third in
beef showmanshij) ,and second on
his beef heifer.
Jan et Crum p took first on her
dairy cow, third and fourth on
her pullet and second and third
on a pen of three chickens
Dale Crum p took second on
his sheep and received a special
aw ard for his sheep showmanship,
having placed first in showm an
ship for the past th ree years.
Diehard Donnelly took fifth on
his fat lamb and his brother Jim
mie took first on both his hen
tu rk ey and tu rkey gobbler.
Richard Bomhoff took first on
his E aster IJly project; first on a
cockerell under one year and sec
ond on a pullet and first on a peri
of th ree chickens and first on a
hen,
Helen LucaR, who was unable to
he at the fair, had a lam b which
t<x>k first in the ewe lamb class.
This was th«* animal that she won
in the lamb scram ble at the 195-1
county fair.
Dale and Janet Crum p are
eligible to exhibit th eir anim als
a t the S ta te F air if they care to,
and R ichard Bom hoffs lily proj
ect will be exhibited at the state
fair
5 p.m.
On grades five through eight a
single shift will be in force, s ta rt
ing a t 7:50 a.m. with dismissal t
2:45 p.m.
Elem entary pre-school y g‘«t-
ration for all th»* n* w students in
the district and first graders will
he held at the upper grade school
on Friday, August 26th, from 9
a m to 12 noon and from 2 p.m.
f > 5 p.m. Also S aturday from J
a.m. to 12 noon.
Pupils who attended schools
elsewhere last year should bring
cards or copies of their promotion
record to the registration.
First grade beginners are asked
to bring their birth oertifieat« s.
Only children who are six on or
before November 15 can s ta rt to
school. The first graders need to
have a physical examination,
Williams said, before the sta rt of
school. A well-child clinic will be
held h ere this Friday, August 19.
High school will sta rt on Tues
day, Sept. 6, at 8 a m. with lunch
fiom 12:13 to 1 p.m. Dismissal
w ill be at 2:53 p.m.
High school registration for the
juniors and seniors will be held
o r Monday, August 29th, from
9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the new
high school
F reshm en and sophmores should
reg ister on Tuesday, A ugust 30,
from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. a t the
new high school.