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PAGE TW » BRIXiKINGS I lARliOR PILOT - BROOKINGS, OREGON T h u rs d a y , December 29, 1955 PILOT BROC)KINGS HAR B()R PILOT an in d epen d en t FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH By C L IFFO R D P RO CK HOUNDS M E E T The Mt. Emily Gem and M »•- eral Club held their regula • m eeting at the VFW H all, on D ecem ber 15th .at which tim e gifts w ere exchanged and offic ers elected for the ensuing year. 3 hose selected were Cha^ let» Hoffman, P resident; K enda’l , Grover, V ice-President; V’erlois L pp, S ecretary -T reasu rer; *u: 1 i Sue Jackson, Historian. | Claude Goldizen reported t h ; , ub’s library of gem and m iner- a ’ books are now abailuble to th e public at the Chetco Com m unity Library. C harles and Pearl Young s owed colored slities of th e ir t p north to A storia and south ' > P alm prings, California. Col ored slides of the hybrid lilies t teloped by Leslie Woodr I •were also seen by the 25 mcm- ’ tiers present. R efreshm ents wer> served by Verlois Upp and as sistants. R O B E R T M EAD. U S . N A V Y Robert D, Mead, son of Mr. and Mrs L. H Mead, enlisted in the Navy, N ovem ber 25th .and , is now taking basic training. His address is 471-43-69, Co. 623, U.S.N.T.G., San Diego 33, Calif. Robert graduated from the high school here this last y ea r and would like to h e a r from any of his friends. Oregon’s Irrigation Potential, 1950-2000 >4// Oregon ROW E new spa per I don't know why ghosts should be on my mind this week unless it is because I have had Ray Pisarek, Joe Murphy my annua] contact w ith Dickens E d i t o r » a n d P u b lis h e r » C hristm as Carol, and o ld SU B S C R IP TIO N B ATES: Scrooge, and his ghosts of the • n s Ysar in Advance tin Curry Conty) «3 00 Coast present, past and future. In • n s Tsar la A d v .a i. < outside Curry County) S3 30 Area fact, I am not sure that there is any p articu larly ap p ro p riate Blue M ountaii N IW S R A P IR E D IT O R IA L N A T IO N A L season for the subject of spooks. Area ASSOcfÄTllOkN . P U B L IS H E R S P robably H allow e’en would be a * > f f r - j m ore proper time, but then I A S S O C IA T IO N usually find myself about a ' couple of m onths behind tim e j w hatever the subject. Anyway, I found myself rem A iniscing the o th er day and won dering just w hat became of the Last week’s flood was a terrible tragedy. Imag ghost, so popular when I was a youngster. W hat form of a sue how you might feel to have your home washed to rtu re has replaced him in the away, your lielongings disapjKar in a raging torrent, bag of tricks the older kids em ploy to torm ent the younger South C entral your business taken away in a single night, your life ones? W here have the forsaken Area savings floating out to sea. Jn some cases, even worse ghosts gone? Did they flee the premises when electricity elim tragedies •ccurred, with the loss of members of the the m ysterious shadows f<ttiily. Ami .ill this just a day or two before Christmas inated 1950 Irrigation Acreage from kerosene lam p-lighted kid L_ I Additional Irrigation Acreage, 2000 About .ill that is possible for us to do, is to dies’ bed room»? W hatever the reason, the once extend our decjicst sympathy to those in the flood popular tag of "scaredy c a t” has It is easy, however, to sit down and point out p ractically disappeared from the IVV RECO RD ER T E L L S AD VENTU RES a bright spot in th« disaster, even though it may seem nam e-calling vocabularly of the W hile the early freeze did an The Chetco Home E xtensi .n niosy grade-schooler Even the e s tin a 'e d 5 million dollars of Mis. Mac S indh was the ccn- callous. 7 Rraveyards no longer call for dam age in M ultnom ah C oun’y ’er of emotions when she set out Club met a t Nellie Jag g ers far to figures released their- C hristm as P arty , which VVc refer, of course, to the helping hand ex long detours around th e ir bor alone, home gardeners are ur- ! I»y According I h ip u. th e U. S. Buj. au of Census was sta rte d by the group sing ders; ra th e r the sheet-w rapped ious how they made out w ith • soil a n -p n s family in Southern Uuded to the stricken areas by nearby communities. spectres have to com pete for 'h e re Will |,. m ore people in fli the plants and shrubbery around '•‘lornia. I Jn fortunately, she ing "Silent N ight.,” a fte r w h id i Crescent City deserves .1 vote of thanks for the way space w ith privacy seeking- ro their homes In some p arts of hree Pacific coastal sta te s in ' A of as ta r as E ureka, via F ay e S tan h u rst recited a C h rist 1956 than all the o th er 13 sta te , they took the tl«H»d victims into their homes, and the m antically-inclined couples in th<‘ county losses will |>e very west of the Mississippi Rivet and had to stay there foj mas poem and read a C hristm as park ed jalopies. heavy although tlv y cannot even o( day,, until she gei story, followed by an accordion way they provided f<xxl and clothing. Other com Even the once much dreaded be estim ated until new grow th These predictions ar? based up. * <-'cuple back to C rescent City solo by Tommy Jaggers. Games actu al surveys ar.d win« h munities help too. Brookings and Harbor contribute, "haunted housa ’ with its cre ak should lie coming on. Most of the on igure Plane lead of bread w ere played and then the gifts California will have th • ing doors, its ghostly footsteps roses have ap p aren tly been L 1 ’ 1" she was delighted to meet w eie exchanged. a great deal of clothing, bedding and the like. on the stairw ay and clanking of eith er lost or suffered very .ser arg e st population in the coun ‘mei B an k is. w ith whom sh e ' I Those attending and visiting J he Civil Defense, under Bill Thompson, took chains in its cellar, is now sim ious dam age and the bud tips try. D uring the 1940-1950 e m " l -K'k to Brookings. She was over th e ir ice cream and coffee us period the population of the w ere: M arjorie Moore, W inifred uvsr well in the emergency. Radio hams did more ply regarded as a shack which of androm eda, daphnes, rhod ’hree w estern sta te s increased ' Ppointed in one way, yet Fitzgerald, Bernice H ew itt, J e s has outlived its usefulness. It odendrons, and azaleas, are all db»y pleased to get home * than then share. I lie police, and other authorities will soon be torn down to m ake p retty well damaged. R eports H tim es faster than the r \s sie Berg. Ber tha Crosby, Be s f the country w ith Cal torn a' Miller. Susan Jackson, A nne did their job efficiently. 1 he disaster was akin to a way lor a m odern residence. are th at tlx- shortage of blooms increase 33 percent and 39 6 for i Mosier. M atilda P ate. F a v - W here th? noor old ghosts go may seriously effect th e famed < Iregon. war eincigcney, and the lessons were good 111 that when thus displaced seems to R°se F estival, S tan h u rst. M artha H arbin. Cleo A lthough th e rep u ta tio n in- ' {. » — C raig and Florence Davis., D o r rcsjxxt. w orry no one. Not even one Com m ercial losses have been ciease has slowed down some in othy K irkpatrick and the ho>t- congressional com m ittee, to my ' estim ated in the d isaster brack- W care proud of the unselfish way that people knowledge, has advocated a g o v - , ?,s. n° t only in nursery plants »he past five years, th.- th re e , oss and children. Pacific coastal sta te s a re ex react 111 bad situations. em in en t subsidy in th eir behalf. , décoratives hut also in the panding th ree tim es faste r than T hat is why I am glad th a t cane ar»d o th er berry crops. It K th e nation, as a whole. th at I had the opportunity to ! probable, also, th at some bulb- M ith the great increase in the know them before an un-imag- OUs crops and gardens have been »•oastal population it is logical ¡native generation drove them out. especially dahlias ENJOY UTMOST SHAVING into oblivion. A p aren ts' p r o t 1 th a t have not >’<** been dug or to believe economic trends will im .'arly shift. M anufacturers EASE AND CONVENIENCE tective arm s m eant som ething w eren’t sufficiently protected, ’ lie eyeing the coast m ore and H a lf - a liv e , h eadachy, w hen conatipa- in those days w hen you ran to tturi aoura stom ach? B la c k -D ra u g h t* ----------------------------------- th eir shelter pursued by ghosts i x7’/1 T E V E T 'S M O R TG AG E ' m ore and th ere h as been a rapid r e l ie v e s c o n s t ip a t io n o v e r n ig h t . shift of all m ark etin g in , M elpe sw eeten aoui stom ach too who p o p p 'd oui at you from be- I IN S U R A N C E CH ANG ED •tiu n thM by locating on the L«»tlv» StMaak Swaataaer Waits Orarnigtt! hind an apple tree during a bed- [ Beginning next month a the N « harsh g rip in g M ade fro m pu re ’ "t th<> :! , not havp fhe jon S u p e r-S p e e d v e g e t a b le h e r b s T h o r o u g h ly b u t tim e session of "run, sheep, ru n ” ow ners °f homes ujMin which '•'a ':ls and fi 9 ff,t rates to corn g e n tly u n e e ik a «logged mtevtia<w ___ ____ j Oregon v eterans loans hove been — in an unlighted backyard ■ rin g s e b in fo rtln g r e lie f In m ornin g e t - w th. Industrially, the area T h e n life looks sunny a g a in ! G e t to d a y s parent has Iven cheat- m ade will receive notice of the B la c k -D r a u g h t tod ay g rad u ally g ettin g away f ,„ m f ed. He was deprived of his role new *y in au g u rated m ortgage in- • f a e<i«id«r a r O ra n u la /rA form aa<f a a w to a e w m v - t o - t a / t r 7 u k i . f i In n ' as a pro tecto r when the ghosts I surance Plan. I nder this schemt the seasonal economics of n a t W hen aoaallpatlnn u ral resources which, m con- 1 OR C t.'ll D R fN tour» r h lld ra n « d l- lost th eir hunting licenses. those w ho com ply will be pro flM .la e a ad dlapoaiUoa* got Syrup a l Itla o k - B r « u ( M T b e y lava ta in bona»-»« « at Hquldl tected in event of death a t which lunction with ch eap er and more dependable pow-.?, is rapj ¡, n a il polish N n a il s gone tin v the s ta te will release the anging the whole setu p of the Mrs. Amber Campbell has balance of th e m ortgage then west coast. still payable. chewed ofT her nails and nail */ polish fre ttin g over h er son, I he S tan d ard In su rau ce Co., of Dickie, who left Camp Carson Portland, was th e successful for home a week ago. Dickey bidder on the co n tract, which walked in on his parents, on will become effective when 7.) C hristm as night. He had been 1M’rceni of the m ortgage holders held up m Reno, because of th ? have signed up. The ra te will I k floods 2S cents per m onth per thousand on the unpaid portion of the mortgage. ( . • im m i M «Moud , i u , m aitur. at th« po.toff.c* at Brookings. Orsgon. M o ifb 7. 1M «, under th . A lt of March 3, l»7k ^oc3 r A DISASTER STRIKES NEAR-BY . . . Gardens Suffer POPI LATION PREDICTIONS • N-O-T-l-C-E Starting January 3f 1956 P ILL THE PLIG OH STOMACH UPSET Ail Hair Cuts $1.50 SLOP HOURS—9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Gillette RAZOR Tuesday through Saturday Jake's barbershop Lloyd's Barbershop Chetco Barbershop ii I liiiiiet'ful Brookings Resident: Z r CS ÏIA CALItURNIt RETURN VI* NORTHERN ROUIE For Demonstration or Information regarding a \ New 1956 Cadillac, write or call collect, Mr. Eck at Lou Bianc, Inc., 2nd and Anderson, Coos Bay, T h , vr t „ r , t n ECU)ES h , vc broug M man ( r n-Uh r, |,.r .a „ „ „ g ,o h. . . |lh , r h f Or reverse the dnection. E ither way it costa only a few dollars more than to go straight east and back. Thl» w a y d o u b le s the variety and interest of your trip. Vo« San E r a n c is e u .l^ Angeles, I ahn Spriwgs, Phm m.r, Tuesun and other cities you ve heard so much about. Stopover any where. Ride fame us street *‘a? rj with all-roum 1 mans and luxury chair cars, all the way In planning your next trip East, investigate tins remarkable travel bat gain. Oregon — Phono Congress 7-2153. „ of ,H. teased materially. Con„der d iabe.e., f.., example, u l , lee » a , first recogm ied about the tim e o f Mo.es. or .1X1 te a r , betore the b irth of K ,„g T ,„. I, was ,„ „ d Now is the time to place your order from the lo d a v Curry County allotment for early delivery. ,h ro „ gh the use of | „ , „ | in t . ............... ,,, v " " r - w r -p « -> • • i - ah,.,,, a . I.,,,; ' ' Mir pln.ictan »ill promptly recognize the ’; , ; 7 'r' .............. H - b t o » , all about tb e tre a tm e And remember this, all adverttse,! cures for dial»,, tes aie questionable, p on , victimized. CADILLAC — OLDSMOBILE “Safety Tested Used Cars” FRANK'S PHARMACY - New Phone Number 1111 - S 3Ub;ern P a c ific , , a Lou Blanc Inc. COOS BAY. OREGON > >
