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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1955)
Pi D isaster struck th is are«» th is week, as a terrific storm di*. rupted power, com m unications, and roads, isolating B rookings for p ractically tw o days. O ther areas w ere hit even w orse. K lam ath, California w as a lm o st com pletely wiped out by a flood ing K lam ath river. Few ca su a l ties were reported there, but only a few building rem ain standing in an otherw ise th riv ing com m unity. The power went o u t a t ahowt noon W ednesday. and didn't go back on until 2 a.m. F rid ay , leaving the com m unity in a h elp less, although surviving s ta te BULLETIN. It was just reported h ere that the Red Cross estim a te reported $15,000,000 d am ag es m K lam ath and K lam ath G len It wps reported th at 90 p e r cent of the homes, and all th e businesses in th at city w ere wiped out Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community Volume io — Number 44Thursday, December 22, 1955 SMTCMMK COUNTY COURT PAYS VISIT NAME WINNERS IN ART CONTEST Brookings C i v i l Defense D irector, Bill Thompson, re ports that, afteV conversation w ith the em ergency a re a in K lam ath, th at nt. clothing is needed at this tim e from Brookings. People in the area »f Brookings-H arbor a re ask ed not to bring down clothing, unless at a la te r d ate when defense officials may ask for specific sizes. The Brookings-1 larh o r area through its city officials an 1 detense group wash to coop- e ate in any v. iv posuble w ith the d isaster area. Thompson reported t h a t bedding, blankets, and baby food, and baby clothes are needed Th? City H all, in ’ cookings, w 11 stay open on F riday nigh! to receive them. Thompson said th at money donations shotdd he m ade to M ayor Roy Brimm. Betty S tew art was the first The C urry County Court nv here last F riday night w th prize w inner of The Second An- m em bers of the B rookings-H ar- | nual D unning Motors Window Dr. Roy W hite is doing a won Ixir C ham ber of Com m erce and 1 ’ eco ratio n Contest Mrs. Stew- derful job, putting in m any long art won $75. w ith her picture of otlier interested persons hours at his short-w ave radio. W ays and m eans of raising Tl nigs are not normal yet, by An inform al discussion of the tw o deer. He has handled a g reat many M argaret R apraeger won sec any nn •». s. as the paper get# messages of im portance that funds w ere the most im portant county problem s followed a uo- re. dy fo< press. According to the could not have gotten through item s on the agenda, as the new host dinner at th? Chetct» Inn. ond prize w ith her church win la st r ports, Highway 101 »» by any other m eans and this is ly form ed Q u a rte r Back Club H ete from the Court w ere Judge dow picture; E arl Land was cut off <. ip ’)?tely above C# v all on top of his job as a m edi held its m eeting Monday night. Guy Forsy th, and commissionei s third, w ith a snow scene. H onorable m entions in the B< ach, v * ’ vv.ler over the road ae man He’s cleared a jam ol The Club heard several rep o rts Tex Breedlove, Six-?s; and Bob ß iV X P t&GSl&k contest went to Bud P isarek, in so er. ’ açes. To the S o u th , t- d ie accum ulated when the from m em bers on raising money Ism ert of Pistol River discussion m eeting w as G lenna Giddings. U pper Ci etc. to finance the proposed Brook- th uppr: a ties to the K lam a’h The G etting up at 2 a.m. to run cow er w as ofl. ings-H arbor football team. They conducted by Sam Hall, district School and Carol P utnam . bi Ive is •j'. elim inating tra*- otY a ajier is not a proecedure In the C hristm as Card resign set a goal ot $5.000 in the drive. fit m th a t attorney W A T E R M A IN B R E A K S I sva ’ to follow regu.arly. Many problem s w ere th ra s h e l M artan Chapm an won first in Dovle Rausch reported t b it sA? tch book — • ■ 'o nh mt . h -n i ■ Last Saturday m orning there about 60 milk bottles w ith cu’ds out by the group during th ” ’be adult division, followed by W hen the pow er was restored - ,» s ot tr a v e l ti.e («niy o - was a beautiful geyser, about asking for contributions are o u \ n v etin g . but the th ree most im ¡E a rl Land and Carol Beckley, in the wee hours ol this Friday E arly F r . v > v j »ng fifty feet high, w aving in the m orn the en tire town lit up breeze, up back ot P au l John and money will be coming in p o rtan t topic, were the proposed | Mrs Ray Kinch won H onorable . e nc.ur G a* :ay th a t a i li. county school aid, the road s’t- ! Mention. from them. like a C hristm as tree. 1 bet nine < th; route. 0 » q et has c a son’s. it came from a break in uation and the possibility of the* P atric ia W alker won first A drive to contact individuals out of ten people left m ore than the w ater mains. A couple of u' - and sem e Thursday and m erchants was planned and re-assessm ent of tim ber holdings : prize in; the high school ently. one electric light on at the tim e > . • . jh, by nu»’* - hours later, the break had been com m ittees named. Ben Jewel! in th e county. grades, In the th e current w ent K aputt t!ir>..?h M urphy ir.g a by-o repaired. It didn’t effect supplies and W arren McNeeley each '•on- Judge F orsyth was quest i»ned Lt pslie Old ham won first; Clinton sk etc h book — Wcdr.csdav :. hi the higi'w.’iv below the system because of the tributed a $300 check M onday on the unbudgeted $113,000 left Fackrell, second and K aren I believe th a t w ith electric w as i.np .s c it. and five vch»c- big volume retained in the pipes night. ever from C <& C tim ber pay-1 Kline, tnird. powei back in circulation every under w at*r le w below the break. A m em bership drive for the m ents to the county He rep-.rt- j H onorable m entions went to one is m ighty T hankful and will k.m ’s-H arb o r arm* k he Bre. Q uarterbacks was set up, w ith ed th a t th e court w ere consider- Delores Shaw, Judy Nickerson, gladl.. se ttle beck for th a t as A "Man a s 1 W om an of the was a st. a . c? W ednesday Bill Thompson. Bud P isarek and ing p u ttin g the money into a 1 Mary M atlock, Emily Leeds, fa r as any C h riitm as present is W E A T H E R H O PER — Y ear” will be picked again this a d T . ; ihc power ouf- George Dunning and Gene All sinking fund,' to be used in ca>? Tommy G ardner, Pan Kerr, Bob concerned. But, late as it may ’a r ! v the Brookings-H arbor ? e c a u g h t tf One of our solid citizens was tow n in the Raymond. P at McGinnis, S ara be we would like ol’ St. Nick to in W ednesday morning, and said ison on th e committ»*e. M em ber of leaner years. C ham ber of Commerce. I ast midst i i. :&s seas<a> . ’ However, it w as pointed out , Ellison and M ark W illiams. ta k e note of some of these spec he hoped it would keep on rain ship cards m ay be sold. \.?ar form er M ayor Boh D-ni- sh. Some tr i ■> stay ed open. It m ay h? possible, m em bers to him by S uperintendent o. 1 Elem ent ary w inners were first ial requests. niici:, and city ’ib rarian L e l y ing until m idnight, at least, so's thought, to set up a series of : nr. th em say- .hers hun~ — sketch book — to scare th a t stubborn woman “passes,” w here $300 would buy Schools D. D. W illiams, an^ the Tommy B erger; 2nd, Florence B iain ard w ere nam ed for the 1: g th a t tl.t wo Id be o|»en .vs D ear S a n ta : of his th at it w asn ’t fit to sta rt a life-tim e pass; $200 a 10-year C ounty Superintendent of the G erm an; and 3rd, Bobby W allen honor. p v . . ?nt on r on as ... Schools. Ed Seger and others I H onorable m entions went to Can it be possible th a t you a drive up to P ortland. n Some peop’e i -i N om inctioi s are be.n? accep.- pass; and $100 a 5-year pass. th a t the county schools a re in Colleen M urphy, C laudette M at- m ay have an old pre-W orld W ar However, th a t proposal would had shape. Seger told how two lock, Linda Kiser, Nellie Fack- ed now by the com m ittee in lam p-lit s.v ■ V 4 io I’d»! oCinx 1 S urplus ty p ew riter th a t you • i b.ishllgtlt# have to be taken up w'ith the schools in th e county are w ith- 1 rell, D anny S tew art, D iana tb.a.^e of th? selection. No spec v re cruv. On Tuesday, Redmond had . could bring M. S. B rainard. I ’m . to open th e wer. •. -id ial qualifications arc recess r- out ad equate w ater, and one is E lw ard Gill, Larry F allert, Billy tire d of using these beat-up, 5.92 inches precipitation and school authorities. honor, eth er th an cc-n- boxes. It was agreed to order suits. o p •vi erating rtiuig w ithout iuiuui c-iw electricity. u . W naiR alker, C i, D kyiaiict iana W »vainri, alker, Michael duvuavi .or the .......... • broken down antiques he keeps Medford reported 3.02 inches. v i unable U» W illiam s reported th a t Brook- Kelly. Sonya T ravis, Clinton tiu ity service .n te e Brook n^s The day before E ugene had 4.02 Gene Allison was in charge of bringing into the office. . ; j»earancv ¡ti r inches.’ T em peratu res at the th a t departm ent. He woultf ord- ings-IIarbor was classed re a dis- F ackrell, and "Jo h n ”, Upper Hci or area, — sketch book — and most o f fc.roc . . 1 er 50 com plete suits. tressed area, one of 20*’ ¡0 the G rade School. How’s about presenting the tim e w ere freezing. A l nom inations shoal 1 he s tr.;- sta i ?■ *v( i? u n ab le to It was th at --------------- the school , sta te out of over 700 d istricts -- — . reported -------- ------ new ly-organized Q u a rte r Back o ‘.* »an and W m an of the Y ear <•. ;,, sev eral o l board had budgeted funds fore This is because this d istrict is Club w ith one fullback, ala Alan ?: rnittee in care of the Brook- u , , S« o rs M RS. B E C K E R IM P R O V IN G ki d up CTO the hiring of a coach. bonded to> capacity, but «til! does Ameche; th re e or four backfield Mrs. Roy Becker, now a p a t ,ig- H i.rhor C ham ber ot Co w ere p u rr’s* geni n ia : The field was th? next prob- ■ not have all the stu d en ts ade- men of the George Shaw calibre y and r. lem, and Ben Jew ell reported qUately housed, and over 4<'O ient at Seaside Hospital, ts re- f me »?. The a-n o u n -em e "t 4'All and a dozen or so husky linemen. ported to he feeling much l»etter. p T ably be made at a Jan u ary h id dieael a r th a t the W ranglers Rodeo field a re double-shifting. — sketch book — was acceptable for use as a foot- He said th at next y ear over in fact, she is said to have ask meeting. W e would like you to w atch h »rt ages a r e bad field, w ith a m inim um of Besides the nofnlnatlor. a s h u t 600 m av be double-shifting. , ed . for a double breakfast the over Doc Sam kinda s o c ia l like As we have had several in i work. ?,i f.own m The road situ atio n w a- a b a f ,n * d a> she r“'rk<''1 note is also d e s â e j tc.k .ig why if ju st in case O klahom a U. has quiries from the new er Oregon- ] " ~ ~ i t r r h d mime» yon th r k th? p n on n s - ’ ? _i The next m eeting will be heid described as critical by Virgo a little difficulty w ith M aryland tans concerning the precipitation , _ , r, , • m . t * c .ld e rb u m tb.? honor. It is very im p o rtan t on Ja n u ary 9th, at 8:00 pm ., in Clark, Brookings P.'.vwood Tim- V.E.W . P A R T Y - come the 2nd of Jan u ary . they have recently noticed, we f lau u i’y ruuin. , uer , uuyvi . r v ,, i h i , , imu . . uu»v . a little tn - Ah k r oigii ■vduvj me J he annual C lllistm is doin S tf get the nom ination^ in a?» ««o i , ' , A , ,, . the high school faculty room. her buyer, ( la r k told how the — sketch book — have obtained th e following fig- 1 l Long Ridge road w as clos?d, <ir>d ° f fhe VFW and Auxiliary w ill m Ik can hr ce rta. A discussion w as m ade of the as possibio, so th e . lha com m it It w ouldn’t h u rt if you found ures from Mrs. Mina Akers, the by-laws of th e club, and it w as how several m ills had to be sh u t I th eir next m e-’ ng. tee can m ake the selection, and hkc. some e x tra fast pin-boys to set weather observer for the Dept. . ’ pr rep o rted agreed th a t officers would serve down because of th e iaek of J a n u a ry 4th, according to F rank order th e p aques. One pins for those sharp bowlers like of Commerce. 1 1 ad six teet. th a t h from Ju ly to July. log He told the group th at if Kelly arid Mrs. Roy Bolin, i he Ray G adberrv and Irv Jones, ? airm an of the co m m ittte is of w at. k c vlay n ig h t., Up until noon, W ednesday, a the South Bank road would go I Pa r*>' would have been last Med- plus a few others. » Mu hy w ith K arl Osten- and ru. ' hundred tu r — bit more than a foot and a o ut th a t perhaps no mill in the ( nesday evening but was put oil — sketch book — g a rti E. L. Sieir.hauer. rankings q u arte r of rain had fallen at key.* h reasons. for obvioui are a would be able to operate. If it's not asking too much, a its th a t h a d Brookings during the month of Save T im ber re-appraisal and re- how about g etting e new six- doing a land- December, and on th at p articu l evaluation w as also discussed. It sided cube w ith num bers on for m ost I om e# ar day, between 4 and 9 a.m. officc :>t was pointed out th at m any areas E lm er. Things got to roll along. — SEWER BILLS — . s only. 1.18 inches of dew had been had el«*' , have not had the tim ber cruised — sketch book — .tie outside cam e m easured Rnd m ore w as still Report D arrell Bell returned, F riday j for over 30 years, and thei? ass Our .iniiii.il poetic endeavor, with apoiogics to To guys like Ray G uerrettez d rum ors thick a:i falling. morning, from a fruitless trip to essm ents do not now bring a and th e o th e r bookkeepers in whoever wrote that other tingle Bells epic. ;e b u tte r « « spread f Portland. He had driven his ' true picture, and consequently tow n, e x tra bottles of aspirin. For December 1955, to d ate: m an rep o rted Oi hot caki tru ck out to get a load of furn- th? tim ber tvvners are not pay Incom e tax papers will have to Dashing through the rain ; Irifting ui that hi- s w a itu re for his store but says th eir ¡pg g just share of th e taxes, .92 12. . .80 1. be filed soon. > k. but p o lier H arris Beach In a one-horse open tank (hay . .00 pries w ere all out of line a n d ' M eans and m ethods of k -eval- 95 13. 2. We w ould like to have Bud th a t it w as in» estig?: :r.g 00 didn't buy. H is trip home, corn- j u atin g th e tim ber w as discus:»«! Vs .00 14. 3. Cross get a sack full of penies. .O'er the ruts we go only a log. ing through the storm , was only and w as reported th at air photos .00 15. z ' ■ . ‘ . t. Then w hen he comes to a park- w ere due t o O ripmg n l h i re. ait a n ti the way. S e v e r ?.l ’ possible because of his intim acy J have been taken o f so m e o r a ll . .45 1. -i i 16. 5. ink m e ter tb it is expired, he can iogs hy :South- arriv e in r< w ith back roads, the resu lt of of th? county .40 17. .32 d it m ight be 6. Bills the eouncilinen send, deposit a penny tor the m otorist h • p ia n o enuIA- w e t A ?'. y e a rs’ fam iliarity. D arrell says * possible t secure additional in* $ 1.50 7. i « - ’ cad f -riving him a citation. and the ones Elmer sends, too, not come in V i t ' day n ig h t. flooding in the W illam ett . foim ation through them . The 1.22 1.36 19. 8. To ail tb. guys at the sta te I) and man> ; i < waitevi m oat Umpqua, middle Rogue and the 1 hiring ot a county fo re ste r was Oh, wh.it fun it is. to laugh .76 ,02 20. 9. line bug statio n bugs. I’ve nev A T hursday. Dr. P aul R o n n ig er .2.88 S m ith River valleys is very had ; also discussed 7 21. 10 $ e r seen them find any yet. and sing a griping song tonight. ‘4 was on th • plane, arriving htwnr and th e only way he could get > The m eeting ending w ith a 11..................93 T otal in. 15.13 To P et ■* L esm eister some In m Li n 1 . The plane .»lmoaO out of G rants Pass was via th e short discussion of the methfxl -<f free d u ca ts to the next world CHORUS The 10-year Decem ber aver- Robinson Bridge, and even then financing the new countv court landed k i. usday night, but jn«0 series. ige is 11.60 inch's. 1 fore it aid 'd ground, th * Sewer hills, sewer hills, sewer all the way, he alm ost d idn’t m ake it across house. Forsyth said th a t $110.000 To Boh and A1 P h ’” ' s- I d its v en* out on th e field. th< flat to this end of th? Apple- had been placed in the court ( )h what fun it is ’o ride in a one-horse tank dray an o th er w estern HAT Day in | C ars in u ately formed n r »< ga e bridge. He said driving house sinking fund f or some J jly . < ;i th e ci ot the field, b u t V ISIT IN G — »th ough the Sm ith River canyon ' time. L ast y ear the e n tire O & C P.S.—Cheer up hoys, and a Merry Christinas To Ja y F ountain another re pilot dt it was too danger* Clik Beam cam e over from his w tru ly frightening. The trip t mb vh ck was added to the p ear perform a rc ? by Betty ~ to all, and to «ill a good ’ight. , out. present home in Salem, ju st to would have been impossible in *'* • td. A notlier 30 000 w as adf.?d, AND TO ALL T H E PEO PL E tf .1» - «»1 to Medford, a * > nging th? tot. *o over $300, O F BRO OK ING S: S T R E E T 5*. get a sniff of the nio? balm y an ordinary car, and even then, — 7 ///; PILOT. £ 1 ju st as h left th e lights on UMr air he’s accustom ed to as a res- he didn’t have safe clearance 0 0 0 -which would he enough to SEW E R S and SU N SH IN E and .. ___ . _ V _ J ’ a - _ « ¡ field wi hack on. r n n v C H R IS T M A S ident of Brookings. w ith his truck. 1 build th e r. st ire A u MERRY CHRISTM AS -a*,. » — «Sr » ”C W H IT E ON E M E R G E N C Y PLAN TO ORDER FOOTBALL SUITS ?c Hon ctid Vlhmsn of Yecu ‘he <1nr* 15 Inches of Rain Reported For Dec. to Bell Reports 7 Close Call On Trip were & at of « £ thr ZX #'.Z- " —7 i iV ’ 1 w V ins (mas \ Beat lite -'4 M ' »Pure- ■ n - ’ n 1 t. 1. C .’T «L rk ?
