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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1955)
BROOKINGS-HARBOR Thursday, October 20, 1955 PILOT - Milton F oster. E rn est Foster. H ar- ding reception at the G range H all Mr. and Mrs. O. M. D etoy have ry R oher and Mrs. F rank P allary , tH s S atu rd ay evening. O ctober 22 all of whose b irth d ay s come n ear according to plans announced by been the guests of Col. and Mrs. to g e th er in O ctober, was enjoyed Mr. and Mi's. M yron Miller, p ar Heben Rine. T hey are from San a t the M ilton F o ster home Sun- en ts of the bride, the former Francisco w here Mr. Detoy is the day. T he group w as made up of Nancy Miller. Ju n io r and Nancy- general pasenger a gei.. for -the Mr. and Mrs. F ra n k Pallady. Mr. " e r e m arried in Reno last Wed- B urlington R ailroad. and Mrs. Andrew HofTeldt, Mr. and nvsday, O ctober the 12th. and Mrs. W illiam A F oster of E ureka a fte r a short trip retu rn ed home Mrs. Ira Hull has a whole port- Mr. and Mrs. M ilton Foster, E rn- on S atu rd ay . They are m aking f o 'o of pictures showi. ~ herself e s t and G eorge F o ster of W imer, th e ir home in one of the a p a rt and a deer. ¡she says the., w ere L e s i1 Ray of Coquille, H arry m ents at the W inchuck Village, taken a t her sister’s Mrs. Harold R oher and C arroll Reekm an of near thi -iatv line. Hoars, over h ear Prineville. She Ashland. T he W illiam Fosters Both Mr. and Mrs. SI rad e r a r ■ w ere w eekend g u ests at the h 'r e ? ,,, ;i known here. They are both of th e ir cousins retu rn in g to Eur- g rad u ates of Brookings H i g h Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Johnson ek a S unday afternoon, School, and Mr. S h ra d er is em- left S atu rd ay to re tu rn to th eir T hc friends of Mr. and Mrs. Guy ploy ed by th e Coos-C urry E lectric home in H oquiam a fte r visiting S h ra d er Jr. a re invited to a wed- Co-operative. 11 re for a few days at the F ow ler and B ennett homes. T hey a re i form er residents, and w hile here ’lljoyed a visit w ith th eir son Kay and his family who are visiting ; his wife’s p:, v iits during his thirty- day lcav . H? is w ith th e arm y o the outing w'f.v t ie corr.rad« ship and a n d is stationed a t Las Vegas, d ble good ta ste of Nev ada. t .vs-iing Olympia Beer. Mr. and Mrs. Milton G raham left last w eek for S an Diego spend th e w in ter as is th e ir an- nuai custom . MAVERICK HISTORY GIVEN A baby g ir' w ho sta rte d life 0:1 A ugust 23. 1853. began a e la in of hanoenings which extenA xl over o u r own and the tw o neighboring counties. M ary E., was the d a u g h te r of H enry and R achel F ra m e and we 1 .? ? cn the a u th o rity of the pioneers ns R a'eigh S cott. Asa Crook, and others, t i n t litt'e M ary w rs th e first w hite child born in th e infant settlem en t la te r known as C rescent City. These w orthy elders also say th a t th e whole town took a day off and celebrated th e event in tru e style. M ary's brother. F rank, w as born in S m ith River, S eptem ber 20. 1854. and ma;, w ell hav,? been th e first boy of his race born there So far. this w rite r has turned up nothing as lo w hat becam e of th e father. H enry F ra m e and the th read sh ifts som ew hat to M av erick B. Gregory. W e find in th e co n tra c t survey field notes of 1857 th a t Mr. Greg c ry ’s home w as very close to w here th e U pper C hetco Schoo: now sits and soon a f te r title to th is p roperty includes his wife Rachel, and in F eb ru ary 1881. in disposing of M. B s e s ta te she sold th e p ro p erty to Johnson G ardner well known as the sire of quite a large local family, and the prop e rty ev entually becam e w h at is ro w th e C all W hite and George F unk places G etting back to M averick, he is said to have sq u atted , at one tim e about a mile south of E uchre Creek. This w rite r has seen, in th e early records, reference to "Old G regg’s C reek" but not d ef initely located w here Gi gg's C reek is now m arked. He held several county offices, having been County Judge of C urry in 1861, ( a t a sa lary of $200 per annum ) and although no record has yet been tu rn ed up of his and Rachel's m arriag e, it has been several tim es m entioned th a t they w ere m an and wife. M averick is reported to have lived in Gold Beach for several years and we know th a t he died Ju n o 3, 1880, w hen he w as 57 years old. T radition says his re- m ains w ere buried w here found a short w ay up th e trail from Bruce Hole, on th e north hank of th e Chetco, w here a cairn of rock still stands. Mary, the little girl, of C rescent City, m arried R obert W alker, on J a n u a ry 27th, 1875 by Seneca Jones, at the house of A. F. M iller (a t th e C hetco's m outh) with • M ary McVay signing as w itnes. "s The groom , R o b e rt, w as th e - r t o f W illiam a nr* RareW < ) W alker. Roh rt w as born in C an ada, April 7, 1814, and had a brother, Jam es Gibson W alker. T h eir fa th e r was a native of E ng land and S arah of Canada. Robert cam e w est a f te r serving th ree years during th e Civil Wa and arrived in Coos County in 1865, la te r living lor some 12 years in C u rry County, du rin g which he w as sheriff from 1874 to 1878 and ten years la te r moving to Bandon The couple had 5 c h ild re n : M ary L.. Robert F., P e a rl R . H arry J., and C laire I. Jam es Gibson W alker, his broth - t r and brother-in-law of the first born of C rescent City, m arried Ju ly 4. '77, Alpha M Z ahniser, by- E ld er John M ansfield, a t R obert Former Smith River Man Dies In Crescent City Em il A ugust K am berg. 85. died at C rescent City, on O ctober 10th He w as born in Chicago. A ugust II. 1870. and when only 8 years old. cam e to Crescent City. v a boat, .vith his family, from San Francisco. They settled on th - W inchuck for several years before moving to S m ith River w here E r ll w as alw ays busy, eith er w ith farm w ork, o r running a cobb’.vr and barbershop. On S eptem ber 26. 189-1. he m a r ried Alice N ettie, d au g h ter of Jam es A and M atilda S. Cooley, at C rescent City, and to them vv e born Eva Ida, who became Mrs. W a lte r E. M a y eso f Crescent City; Amy D„ m arierd A ris Vane r- horst, and now lives at Wcodson, III. ; E d g ar Theodore, of M artinez. Calif.; Alvin Em il of E u rek a; My ¡le E lizabeth, who died M.;y 14. 1926, at E u re k a: Dorothy E tta (H alyl of S acrem ento, and O scar of S m ith iver. He is also survived by brothers, Lewis, of C rescent City and W ill iam, of T alent, Oregon; and sister, Mrs. Eddie P ru e ter, of Downei s Grove, Illinois. F u n e ra l services w ere conduct ed from th e Roeder Chap?l, Re- Jam es Shelton, th e pastor, an 1 burial w as at S m ith River. Q uite a m ix-up has been re ported in ge’ting o u t ta x s ta te m ents in Coos Count for the B and on area. Because of a reporte 1 •error in th e rep o rtin g of 4! > Bandon levy, some 14.000 to 15.0C 1 corrections m ust be m ade in f t sta te m e n ts already prepared f i r m ailing. If the corrections are not made, according to the sto p th? Bandon school d istrict wi have to get along on th e lesser am ount they reported. W a lk er’s h o n e w ith C harles Dev ey and W a lte r S u tto n as w itnes es. Jam es w as born in Canada. A ugust 27. 1847 and died N ovem ber 20, 1917. A lpha w as born i i M arion County, May 1. 1861 ar passed on Ju n e 4, 1946. To th couple w ere born W illiam Jam es M aude May. R obert Zahinis Sidney Aaron, and A rth u r Gibso i M ary’s brother. E ran k (F ram e appears to have m arried Jos'jphiia a d a u g h te r of W ilson Baine, native of Ne-v H am pshire, w ho cam e to C alifornia in th e very- early days. F ra n k w as honored 1;. his Crescent City fellow town - men. having served as a Ju stice of Peace in Del N orte C< ' ' p * v f -. m any ; trs and a', o having been clerk a* th e Bayview H o t''1 H e v.?s also an old tim e m em ber of the Masonic Lodge there. W hen h • died, in 19-11, a t C resoent City. Josephine survived to the age of 88 when she passed on O ctober 1C, 1949 Rachel, o u r little first-born of Cr: scent City, left Gold Beach in t i e 70s. dying at the age of 80 on April 11, 1903. It is u n fo rtu n a te th a t records are not on hand of th e F ra n k F ram e fam ily, but, as so ofte : liapp. ns along the S ou th ern C u r ry borders, fam ilies had g re a te r contact w ith Del N o rte County people th a n those of C urry. Any scraps of au th en tic inform ation would be welcome. íV /y rsíte SPieòcìr/i frenò ! Page BROOKINGS OREGON said som ething about having got the doer, somehow o r other, and th a t Ira forgot his and w ent b ick to look for it. T he ladies of th e S ta r of the Sen Church say th e ir plans for thi ortheom ing bazain. to be hold in ie VFW Hall. O ciober 29th, are shaping up very nicely and the tu rk ey s th e la d e s a re p! n- i it’g to set ve are on a very spec.al diet. ★ OCTOBER 2 2 d Ï1O77 f o r Mr. and Mrs. A. E. G riffin have sold th eir p ro p erty south of H a r bor on H ighway 101 to a fam ily from H eppner who w ill ta k e poss- essior. in th? near fu tu re. Mr. and Mrs G riffin have bought a place in G ran ts Pass and plan to m ake Iheir fu tu re home there. Mr. and M rs Bob C ham bers are n aving T h u rs lay for Logan. Iowa, by way of Denv e r and plan to vis it relatives in th a t a re a for a month. W hile th ey a re gone, the C ham bers M otel will h? in charge of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. C hipm an of Ashland, who arriv ed h ere th e la tte r p art of last week. A birthday dinner in honor of O p p ia i Announcing the Opening of SPECIALIZING IN HANDMADE GIFTS am i IOLIDAY DECORATIONS Monogramming ami 1 iming Service for Stationary (¡recti . Cards, etc. Located between Pacific Trailer Court and Cedar Lane Cannery in Harbor OLYMPIA BREWING COMPANY, Olympia, ..’ash U S A2G) I Id I 11 AT n I Chetco M eat Co. .F 1 ...................I I ? 5' GAILS FAMOUS WYOMING <Grain Fed) T-BONE STEER Pound I H a lf or W hole 1 ! STEAKS ROUND ■4SUKX2..-Í Pound CHICKENS FRESH FROZEN FRESH RIB Pound POUND P erhaps you have noticed that the prescriptions which r -j_--usr«a your physician writes are usually written in Latin. X’o in Latin because Latin, a never-changing language is uni versally employed in medical practice. A Lal tion written in America or I RUMP and, no matter ..«»ns may be writreu, we can fill them promptly. F R A N K ’S P H A R M A C Y — Open 9 a.ni. to 9 p.m. — — New Phone Number 1111 — ” p T) V B .P CENTER CUT prescrip Rico, Russia, or France, even though the pharmacist may where your pr, Pound ind can be filled in Puerto not know a word of English, On the ? R R R R R R R K K B .R R P B» I SWIFTS P R E M IU M -Fully Cooked ( J fe n tyl'trffen fn fU a fin ? doubt you have wondered why. Prescriptions are written 7 I chops AT C 79c