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.
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rk ?