Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978, August 25, 1955, Image 1

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    PIO BOOKBINDING SVC
6017 SE 86th Ave
harbor flint
Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume io—No. 27
Thursday. z\ugust 25, 1955
Council Gives Go Ahead to Plans
To Pave City Airport Tract District
joe.
Heard th at if a certain narty
wins the st er Sunday- at the E'ks
picnic he will ’•■»ad it to Portland
cn foot. This would bring a great
deal of notoric’v t o Brookings, and
1 hope some of the Elks can a r­
Sixty-se\en petitions from prop-
range this.
tr ty owners wvre secured for a
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special assessment district im­
Touted *' ' o’d h irTh school
provement in the old airport true*
building Wednes ’ay with Superin­
area, and t h ' Brookings council
tendent Williams. It has changed
authorized that th? necessary step
If you figure your chances of
The problem MUST be thor-
s • much on the interior th at most
Renovation work on the old
be taken to go a b c ’d with th?
ever needing an am bulance are oughly solved and the solution
01 th kids won’t reeogni ° it.
Involve. bookkeepine. notably, in »-hools. and finishing work on the improvement dis-tr'et.
about
the
same
as
ambulance
Rose, green, and yellow w al’s in­
times past, the collection from re- n<w hinh school has Just about
The nr a included in the dis­
side, n w ti v floors, lawns fixed,
users usually figure which is sponsible parties for services; in- heen completed, and all is set for trict will include part of Chetco
etc.
not at all'u n til they're packed into sura nee. mechanical upkeep of the first day of school in the
Avenue, and all of the Beresa
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one
might be a good idea to h a w equipment, a list of competent. Brookings-Harbor Schoo] District
THE NEW PALMERS DEPA RTM ENT STORE opened this
tract, down to Oak St. Alder St .
Wc reported in the editorial
a look at YOUR possibilities of axailable volunteer drivers, and 17C.
week in Brookings. Located downtown, ad aoent to the
Del N orte Lane, part of Memor;
column last week that wc had
getting a ride when YOU DO thp servicing of the rig. afte r each
The high school registration
IT’- 'dem an-Kessler building, it was built by Roy Weideman and
NEED ONE!
trip. These are some of the things wiu
under the direction of the ! ane, Birch St Musser. Maple, N.
m a d ' only a
cn m es in
has about 5000 square fei t of floor space. It will be operated
At
present,
we
have
a
usable
absolutely
necessary
if
YOU
are
nPW
principal,
Mr. Allison, who Hazel and South Hazel. Alder St
Brookings since we’ve been here.
by M urry Palm er, who formerly bad a variety store in the Man-
would go through according to
am
bulance
practically
rotting
un-
to
have
transportation
when
it
can
has
arrived
and
is on the
However. I got a letter from some
ley building.
pres nt project plans.
attended,
on
a
side
street.
Lately,
W'ry
prebably
he
a
case
of
life
or
Junjors
and
wi„
register
gal today th at sounded like she
There are approxim ately 120
when it was needed to move an (’eath to y o u ..
MrtnH.u Anm »t 90 fmm
was one of those, only sh would-
elderlv, ill person tow ard hospit-
This is not something to be
;
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property
owners in that area, it
r< * admit it Didn’t ew n have the
alization, it was found to be in shrugged off to th? non-existent
uintd 8 P m
was
reported
to the council by
courage to sign her name. Must
a gory condition, from
the prev- THEY to do. “THEY” never get
The Sophmores and Freshmen Ralph Bred, city work superin­
hove thought I would go out to
ious unfo rtu n ate
an
accident anything done! It is something will register August 30, from 9.30 tendent
Many of the teachers for the
her house and throw bricks. Act-
case, F urth er, no help
was im-
must do and. in the long run, a m. to ,8 p.m.
The conned heard some dis-
ually lady, we’re only simple folk Brookings-Harbor area have al-
m ediately
available
and
Val WE get things done It is not a
According to D. D. Williams,
Del N orte county’s fair, th n Mendenhall was again called into Problem to be dumped in the lap superintendent of schools, books cussion “n tb? I)r<d <U an(I
down here at the Pilot, and we ready arrived on the scene, to
m ake preparations for the open­
don’t mean any harm.
ing of school. Both principals Mr.
It is difficule to be a clock Tobin and Mr. Allison are at work
w atcher in Brookings. Because of *n
r respective buildings,
We have the am bulance which
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with the formation of a s o c ia l
26.27 and 28 everything and become servants
an occasional power outage clocks
A rr.v
n g Clarence
W ednesdax
re new
Mi grounds. the August
nrt
Mrs.
Dial, wt the
traditional color of of the public.
to a m a tte r of some thousands of
J “?’“ ' 7 ,
P
assessment district. The engineers
all over town register a different a
An analvsis
of the casts - requir-
dollars
advantage
It , could
be em T-,
ber bin . ______
at 8 a ___
m.
m
u
mu.
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,
.
.
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,
office, will in turn, rei>ort a com-
fair
fun
and
fair
exhibits.
time I drove home last night music instructor. Dial taught last
■ ■ of - an
Elementary
A jam packed schedule for the inK am bulant* service are for the made the worthy project
Elem entary pre-school
pre-school reglst-
reglat-
pictUre to the council as
and saw five (5) different clocks year at Myrtle Creek
a ja m pacKtci m
most part, unprem editated emer- existing group or a new associat- ration for all the new students in 1
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»on
as
possible
Mr and M r, Richard Yates, and , hree day run has been prom ise.
As
the u n f m t u n ^ ion could" be formed.
set at five different times. How
the district and first graders will
The
council
also passed two
However WE go about it, let to bald at the upper grade school
can I make proper excuses to my child have arrived. Mr. and Mrs. by secret ary-m anager Chuck Gro- ape e n tire ,y at (hp mercy of kind-
ordnances
Tuesday
night, their
Ralph
Fowler
and
fam
ily'are
here,
ver
which
includes
horre
shows
jy
^P
they
off
on
some
re-
none
of
us
sit
on
our
hunkers
wife.
on Friday, August 26th from 9
Mr Harrison is back in town, every day, horse rac s on Sat- mote logging show, amongst the and w a’t
“THEY" to do some- a m. to 12 noon, and from 2 pm . third meeting of the month.
One ordinance passed directing
H WE do, we’U all jolly to 5 p.m. Also Saturday from 9
Somebody ought to pass a Mrs. P etra Ic e, an elem entary nrday and Sunday, the Monte wreck of a car, scattered along th
the
m ayor to apply for w ater right
teacher
from
Minnesota,
is
in
Brooks
vaudeville
show
twice
the
roadside,
taken
violently
ill,
W
<’B
eventualy
pay
for
our
folly.
bouquet to the Horton Bros. Just
Look what WE have don* with 8 m to 12 noon Joc Tobin wil1 on the ('heteo for the City of
daily and a num ber of special or mangled in an industrial ac-
a litle over a year ago, they came Brookings also.
Superintendent D. D. Williams
events.
cident, not forgetting the immir»-
Brookings
W alking Blood handle that registration.
Brookings. Another ordinance re­
to Brookings with a concrete
The bus scl»?<lule calls for all
his wife and three boys have
Leading off Friday night will ently expecting m others and the Bank
ha** you
block in ach hand Take a look • ” " vv“ c’
u“
hi, .
’ ho " p (h
_t h
your blood typed and are YOU students from grades 1 through lated to the change in the
" " build-
around, on Chetco Avenue, on Del arrived in to take up their duties. be ,he choo.m<t of DC N orte » 1 ” ■
are the m . t
P- £
„
>p^ onor,
4, who „
Norlh
lw n
M ins code, to conform with more
modern
existing
the city,
I -<e I ane and elsewhere M
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« f C Maid
a lifrv n of i» Califc-nia
w ho
-v 1
.
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county’s
who
Thompsons Road,
or on _ Park
View- m o d e rn codes ex istin g in th
The situation io up to YOU.
llie
council
also
requested
that
will
ivpresent
the
county
at
the
f ey have done a lot of block lay- IkVfliflFPrQ 1V|S)KP
Drive, on the North Bank, South
Mayor Brimm to go to Portland,
Sacram ento state fa ir and reign
ir.g in that year. If they got a
lld llC
Bank, or South of town beyond
to see Mr. Schuler, the bonding
as queen during th e loc al fail i
i ckel for each block layed, they T rip Down Rogue
Pedroli Driv« will attend school
attorney, to see if sp'edtor action
three
day
run
should be ready’ to retire in th?
iu the morning on the morning
N orm an,S uiter and W ally Craig
can’t be gotten on the bond quest­
The contest will be ju Iged at
Law aiin Islands with a sackful members of the Red and Gun
shift.
ion, so th at the people can vote
7:30 p.m. in front of the grand­
School will start at about 7:45
C u b Exn’crers n OSt 7?, r r ''D th? stand. Ten lovely Del N orte girls
"Skin” Arnett won his third victory; his freond of the season.
on the ew er bonding.
ew ry morning, with the bus pick­
<*7 milt? ’ ’ e down, the Rogue Biv-
The council a ’ o authorized
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ratVnA
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T h e have been entered in the contest game S aturday when Brookines
The strike out wizard “Fanned”
hike wTs sponsored by ?he Oregon bY local organizations. They are travelled to Gold Beach. The first eight men in the four-inning eon- up at about the same time and $3100 for the final payment on the
plan? as last year.
city fire truck
Trail Council for Explorers, and Sylvia Miller, Nancy M o o r e , game of th
double header was test, and at the sam e time col-
Those youngsters m grades 1-4
67 hoys m ath the hike. Food was M ary H allm ark, Colleen Hughes, a slug-fest
with Brookings com- lected two doubles in three times
A report by Ralph Reed was
who walk, or who m eet the bus
dropped to them at a midway Cherry Yamor, Sandra Black, ing out on top 21-17. Jerry Fox at bat.
given on the Per: sa hous.ng pro­
at Thompsons Road, or on a point
by the U S. Air Force, but Jean ette
M a th e w s.
M arianne outfoxed the opposition and led
Becm homered and singled to
.u h i h
ject which showed that aft< r a
Despite the fact that Mercy point
o re of th e parachutes failed to Moore, Joyce Hollenceck. Bobbi his team -mate« in the wild scoring keep his batting average at the on P ig way e ween t e re and m eeting recently, difficulties were
F ’ights have raised their sub­ function properly, and they had j,iXan sm ith, and Joan Johnson.
game by hitting four doubles and top of the list Been is now hit- tO^ nI °.r be^ (<5n *°wn and Ped- being ironed out.
scription to $4 p?r family, people a scrambled mess.
Qn
S aturday and Sunday, a single at five trips to the plate, ting 611. only 11 points ahead of
° C<ani,V‘e^ ^ nV<;
A report on the hospital by
arc still dropnierr jn to the PILOT
Benham Lane will atten d school
The w eather was very hot and twQ npw eV(nts have been sched-
Jerry scored every time he got Fox.
councilman
Fell Campbell told
office
for v applications.
m
i it i
ti
one day it was 110 in the shade, so
The Scotia band up. B utler h e lp ’d Jerry along as
The only hit of the game for in thc “^ernoon, starting at 12:30. that Dr. Ronniger had give i up
M.TC.V H .g h is has r e ^ n tly ac- ,h,.v got p ^ t t y well w anned up
f° ^
„
he grands,and h - belie,, on, a homo run and a Gold Be.«* wen, to W estw.ng,
A" elem ont.ry young,ters are
oi ircd two new planes, replacing from the cool Brookings weather. WU1 »*IIorni
gr«uiu!»i»ii i
• ’ nxked to brine D tner and Dcncil the idea of building a hospital in
,h " older ones which have boon The final log of , ho trip was made and a talent show of am ateu r rm g e
two tn p . Boh B erger who signled to tho tin t.A U in .11.
fS X m b e r 6
lha conjunción with his clinic, and
ti e means of transporting liter- by boa, from Agnes, to W rdder- talent will be shown The band tripled in the th.rd to round o u t “Wild B. 1 H.ghem bad th in g .
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a ¿ ^ o l e ’ - said that there is tho possibility
al»y b u n d le s of ill and injured
bum . and the boat W all^ and Nor- conoerts will be at 10 a m. and
th e long ball hitters. in control. The two wins boasts
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v
a com pien th at other land m ight be secured.
Parking m eters on side stree t,
from where thev were to where
man rode in struck a ,0K and 3:30 p.m. the talent shows at
The second game saw both the Little League record to five
All grades, fifth through 12th,
they could be better attended
a P,ank so thpy had to 4:30 p.m A traditional fair dance team s tam e down a little as Bill wins and one loss
wx»re brought up by Police Chief
transfer to another boat.
— Ray Westeren will attend school on a full day Bud Cross, but no action was
with Monte Brooks providing th? Highem led his team to a 5-3
The system, cistin g but $4 per
basis, from 7:45 to 3.
The fellows said it was a good music will be h Id S aturday nigh!
taken. It w is referred to the
family per year, covers practically hike and they had a good time.
Renovation work at the old high
planning commission for study.
IL? whole area within 500 miles One experience in the line of at the Memorial Hall starting at
school included the ¡minting of th?
An order was issued to be
of Medford As an elderly man survival training was eating 10 p m.
classroom in rose, yellow and
s
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r
\ ed on Roy Weidema i and
Special
events
on
Sunday
will
told us, "I may never need it but grasshopp rs a n d
rattlesnake
green, plus the installation of tile
Charles Grayshej to have their
the guy next door, with four kds, m eat, and while it tasted alright, feature the second annual 4-H
on all the corridor floors. The
sidewalk fixed within 15 days
might, and I ’d hate to have that they both agreed they would be livestock auction at 11:30 a m at
Tlie dog pound th re a te n e d by
Herschel McGrew, an old time yard has been fixed up too.
Th? council approved Mayor
on my conscience if I neglected it.’ v r Y plad to get home to some of the grandstand, the parade of th'* Brookings police, and the city
Brookings resident, has taken over
Ihc new blf?b school is ju st Brim m ’s appointm ent of the Chet­
m other's cooking
champions at 1 p.m. plus the reg- council, is going to be built. At ---------- -------------- —
about in »;h»rw» M r th n
ularly scheduled events.
the Brookings council Tuesday thp m ra t A p a rtm e n t at F ree- .
. SUDerint^ nd-_ J T " ,f^ co Library’ board!of trustees. They
DIMMICK’S STORE
The carnival area known this night Police Chief Bud Cross was m an’s Chetco Store.„ which was
.
moVed to th • new are as follows: Mrs. Art Knox,
year as the "gayway” because of given authority to arran g e with °n ?rated bY Rart ''lhe ? ? tch school and the new o rin c in a l of Mrs. Jessie Judkins, Jack Mc-
GETS RENOVATION
its bright and different hued Jim Nichols to set4 up a dog pound. Bartri,y. befo** W* recent ill ne«8.
h ’ sch o o l M r A llison w ill C arton, Ben Jone'« and M. S.
Dimmck’s Brookings M arket
booths will feature thirty-tw o dif-
Nichols would be empowered
McGrew, who lived in McMinn- &
-
Brainard.
has fcven getting a face lifting
The Brookings Elks first annual ferent concessions in games, and to make a weekly trip to pick up vi" e PrPV‘nus'y» was >n Brookings
-rouin ,
« i
Bill Thompson, postmaster, a t ­
this week.
picnic will be held Sunday, A ugust food.
stray dogs and empound them
1922’25. * » * '" « for
tended the council m a tin g to
Exhibit
fair shmuiu
should be
Dogs wnnour
without licenses wm
will be
Lum ber Co
request spots to locate letter pick­
M o d crn azat ion of the store in- 28
--- at the Pedrioli Ranch. The
*,». pic-
t,xm
oii wise,
wjsc . the
mv tan
u «- ixjgs
oe held
n eio ( al‘forn>a -Oregon<
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school
cludtd the boarding up of some nic will include everything from one of Del N orte’s largest with for a few days to give owners a
has-been n th^ meat bu»-
up boxes. It was referred to the
of hhe front windows, and a free barbecue, carnival games, re- 341 exhibitors signed up by the chance to claim them, and if not, ne8g for 15 y*ar*. a nd worked for
A s u e n e %/ r r m i v n n
planning commission
He also
stucco finish on the front of the fn shm rnts, to a dance and Smor- final entry date. A new exhibí» they will be destroyed.
Safeway for 18 years, and owned 1
I1',RS M r í t I INOS aikvd about house numl»ers.
entire building. The store will gasbord at the E lk’s Hall S atur- building has been created out of
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his own business the last 12 ytrnrs. - j - q
THURSDAY
The council agreed to push the
He is rn
m arried,
and has
be painted a buff color. Work is dal, n’Ebt
project. They have oH ived the
.. .. , .
the old grandstand for the well-
\ q - c i ia a \ V
ITT?TA
arr,ea* an<1
nas a a « mar-
»-
limited to Elks .
, , Nor(e flo r,r u |t u re ex-
SH O W
S L z \ I E D ried daughter. His wife, the form-
^ i n g done by Gib Christensen. and tehe^ C? ’C
mii is
The first general teachers meet- house numbers and will put them
lies acid will begin known Del N orte floncul,ure e ,
Fno
of
«and th? Horton Bros
at 10:30 a m Sunday
hibits.
Complete
agricultural,
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l>r
m u t s i , is a s is ie r 01 jng will be held in the library of in the hands of the Boy Scouts,
horticultural, home economics and ‘
nuts
T i<ia ^ure
Glenn H urst who operates the
ncw high school Thursday, who will in turn bring them to the
boat show, to be held on the H urst M arket. Mrs. MGrew was Septem ber 1 at 9 30 a m
property owners.
The
m<*etlng
will
open
with
a
m” n 7 ^ u i ’ nw A1i ^ efef«tun4 b ^ 'h , <'h , u o ,h? s s u " day f,on; ’ » »° r . i « d u . B r < x > k i n i .
UCI UUI UUUpCIdllfC O ld lia DUIIUIIIg ,ro
m the Klamath Va)ley eranRl, » p m D,.m .,n s ,r . ,«ns b„«h in
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g get-acquainted
e.-« « ,u ai „ , r t c coffee
o f f« pnr.od
period A!
At Hn.,1 IIlR (K Hprp
Mr and Mrs.
Mrs Jam
James
10 a m
Supt D.
D D.
D W
Williams
Mr.
es Yelton, and jq
m Supt.
illiams will
illLS
XlClv
A warehouse and sales room hope is th at in the coming months the Del N orte Pomona grange. ’ H Url ‘ ’ dn' on ( a > ’ W1
»irchcraft boats, at Han- son Ellis, returned Monday from diicugg gPnpral s<.hoo,
hcies an(J Q f
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MnrnilUr
1 uilding is being built by the Del- it will includi? practically all the the Crescent-Redwood grange and he,d
the Lake Earl grange. Two one- scams (p n te r and ^«^»oy boats a vacation in Portland, visiting Btaff du|ips
dailirGHy iTlOmiF.g
Cur Supply Co-operati\ e. a new farm ers in the area
iiv farm
farm hnnthk
have been
been a t H ew itt s Anchorage.
relatives and friends.
Af,„
The Co-op r a .♦iv«.
tiw u is Hnc.nnzi
designed fam
family
booths have
A fte r r llinrh
lunch. Mr
Mr Joe Tobin, the
W eather conditions, last Sat-
group in the area. The building is
grade school superintendent, and urday morning, wore tru ly and
being built just 500 feet north of to serve the farm people in the entered
Mr. Allison, high school principal, officially unusual.
t h ' Oregon-California line, on area, with supplies, especially
»Something new has been s ta rte d
It could be one medium th a t W*B have staff m eetings
Mrs Mina Akers, in charge of
highway 101 on the Masset place*. agricultural chemicals, fertiliaers
by the/Brookings-Harlxir CTvimber could be used to help the high-
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The building will have 1200 anfI possibly seed,
the
a.rw ays w eather observation
FORMER RESIDENT
square feet, and will be an alum-
Moore, the m anager, is on a
of Commerce Cards were printed way departm ent in their planning INDIAN DANCE
station here, reported a tem per­
information from the according to C har tea Grayshel,
Q U I T H U I V l/lJ
imim fram e structure, with a con- >’ ar s Lave of absence from the
atu re of 60 degrees at 7 in the
KILLED IN ACCIDENT I’xjuesting
to u r is ts on h ig h w ay 101 re lative president of the Chamber.
* oM Iln KIVtK
crete foundation The foundation Oregon S ta te College, where he
morning and her recoi ding therm ­
has already been poured.
Is a conservation specialist He
David Dickey, who s ^ n t his to the condition of the highway
Grayshel also explains the im- AUGUST 27th
om eter w ent up to i6.1 degrees
boyhood here, was killed in a log- and if their trip was enjoyable.
portance oi getting the cards Into
C arpenter work is being done 1* organizing the co-operative,
sometime between 10 a m. and 1
The Del Norte Indian W elfare p m dropping off s>»on after 1
The card left room to comment the hands of the tourist. Anyone
b. Clyde Braynard. and Buo
The board of directors of the ging accident. August 20th, at
Rausch, under the direction of group include the following: Cecil Orick, according to reports. David on th eir trip on U S. 101, and had interested in seeing the highway Association are sponsoring a ben- p.m., when a 10 mph breeze came
Dtnty Moore, m anager of the new W atts, president; A K Hastings, a S^ ^2. was the grandson of the B retu rn mailing address to the improve has a definite responslb- eflt dance, at the Sm ith River up.
Co-operative.
secretary-treasurer; Bob Stan-
P
C ham ber of Commerce.
ility, he said. The cards were ta k - Community Hall S atu rd ay night.
The U S.F.S. office reports the
The thought behind the card* en to tourist courts, and service August 27 The dance» will b e h e ld humidity, during the period
of
The Co-operative had acquire«! hurst, vice-president; Ray Strueb- nTSSdaBUh t ^ r of^tiv-te) t e ^ F e d
M ^ l l e / ^ f Fur l Dick #Deceased ‘s that if ®no“ «h of the card* ar:?
for distribution.
from 9 p.m. until 2 a m.
extrem e tem perature, was up to
„ ic es of land there, and plan ’"g and Lionel Borroughs
xpansion at a later date when the
Completion date for the build- leaves 3 «.ns an .k 2 daughters.'M r. ■«•turn«» by the tourist. It will be
Anytw ty w uhm g to help in the
A special attractio n will be 46, the combination of the heat
need grows.
ing will be the first week in and Mrs Glen Simpson now oc-
a PuhRc opinion | mj 11 which could distribution can pick up the cards Indian dancers, dressed in their and air m oisture m aking most
M« m bership in the co-operative September,
cupy the form er home of the
locus attention on the ne d* of at the inform ation center, orat heirloom costumes, with singers folks fee’ miserable.
SCHOOL IS READY
AMBULANCE IS PROBLEM IN CITY FOR BIG DAY
DEL NORTE F AIR
Timbers Start
Life In Brookings OPENS FRIDAY
BROOKINGS LITTLE LEAGUE TAKE
PAIR OF WINS FROM GOLD BEACH
MERCY FLIGHT
RATE INCREASED
DOG POUND
ACTION TAKEN
McGrew Returns
To Brookings
Elks Picnic
Del-Cur Coouerative Starts Building
CARDS TO BE GIVEN TOURISTS
totals 23 farm members, and the
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Dickeys
the highway.
Grayshel'» office,
chanting the native Indian mucis
(Especially the natives)