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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1956)
» EUGENE 0R£ dheamt •S s-flarbor Pihi Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community T h u rs d a y , Ja n u a ry 12, 1956 <Sk ¿oe musifiluf. Nice to hear th a t the coun ty 's population has gone over the 10.000 m ark. We are really g etting ahead in the w orld by leaps and bounds. My old home town in Wisconsin had 10,000 people in it too. and I alw ays figured I lived in a sm all town. Pipe D ream s — We w ere asked to supply some sta tistics on the p o p u la tio n o f the area (im m ediate trad e area) to an o th e r party. We asked M ay or Roy Brim m and he said 5,000. lie w as p re tty close we think. W e checked w ith the post office. Bill Thom pson said th a t they have 1.000 boxes, Harlx)r has 300, and th e re are 150 on the ru ra l route. So, th a t m akes 1,450 addresses, figured at about 3.5 per address, or 5.055. — Pipe Dreams — We checked an o th er angle too. Ricky H aggerty of th e Coos- COUNTY OVER 10,000 Thompson Resigns As Defense Chief V o lu m e 10 — N u m b e r 47 Yahr New C of C Head A m eeting of th e Civil Defense C ury C ounty now has over C arl Yahr, Brookings business 10,000 people, according to Dr. was held Sunday afternoon, w ith Brookings Building Hits man, is th e new president of th e H arold M. Erickson, s ta te health rep resen tativ es of m ost of the officer. E stim ates are m ade by Civic groups in th e a re a present. S i ,244,395 F o r 1955 B nxikings-H arbor C ham ber of Commerce. Y ahr was elected at the s ta te board of health and are Those represented at th e m eet City W orks S uperintendent, ing w ere the Shrine, Police, the the first m eeting of th e newly The Brookings Council held based on vital statistics. R alph Reed, reported th a t build C ham ber of Com merce, Lions th e ir reg u la r m eeting T uesday H ie United State« N et....• l i f ' “ *!? ' ' C urry C ounty led the s ta te in night. The m eeting w as quiete ¡»ercentage in increase, jum ping A uxiliary, Legion, S ta r of the ing perm its have been issued Bank has increased d e p o r tu - 1'«' ITiuis,lay night a t th e C ity and sh o rter than any during the 76.7 percent from 6048 in 1950 Sea Church, C hetco G range, the for $1,244,395 during 1965, a new more th an 33 million dollars in * , V.F.W., Rotary, P.T.A., Rebek record by far. The breakdow n in th e last 12 m onths according t o 1 V ,rg' 1 £ la ,k ' T ,m h*‘r b u y er ,o r past six to 10,960 last July. the permits haven’t been m ade the sew er problem has been re the Brookings Plyw ood w as O regon’s population increased ahs, Em blem Club, S atte lite the b an k ’s year-end report. solved to the point w here an 11.7 per cent to an all-tim e high Social Club. Citizens Com m ittee, as yet, but Reed said th a t this elected vice-president, and Joe The grow th in U.S. N ational figure included 101 new houses. election will be held. of 1,690,840. Census in 1950 gave City Council, B aptist Church deposits during 1955 brought the M urphy, tre a su re r. A lengthy discussion w as held Oregon 1,521,341. Yahr, w ho o jx 'rates t he B rook Lion's Club and S eventh Day , new to ta l to $781,492,594. Last of the questions and answ ers E stim ates of the h ealth de A dventist Church. y ea r a t this tim e t h j deposit ings Feed and Seed, rep laces concerning the sewer, as they p a rtm e n t are slightly higher Bill Thompson, civil defense outgoing president C h arles G ray- to tal stood a t $748,300,328. shel. apfx’a r in this w eek’s Pilot. Som< than those of th e census bureau. director, resigned from th at post The B rookings branch rep o rt cnanges w ere m ade in th e orig The first o rd er of business by Coos county was am ong t h e ' because the i>ost Office D ep art- ed deposits in th e am ount of inal list, prepared by city work top in percentage increase, up m ent urged him to do so. It was $4.735,594.81, according to E. L. the new group was to set a superintendent, Ralph Reed m eeting date, and place fo r the 26.4 from 42,265 to 53,440. D oug decided th a t each organization Benjam in Jones w as installed Morton, m anager. T he council also disdussed las county w as up 31.7 percent would discuss a candidate for as M aster of th e C u rry C ounty Grow ing w ith the sta te it annual dinner, which will be held lights for N orth Brookings, and from 54,549 to 71,830. defense director and those nam es G range a t its reg u la r m eeting serves, the U. S. N ational also on Thursday, Ja n u a ry 26, a t M ayor Brim m said money didn’t E ight counties of the 36 in sent in, and a directo r picked. held at th e O phir G range H all showed a move ahead in total the G range Hal. A rrangem ents allow them to p ut up lights at Oregon lost population since th e Mr. W. W. S m ith m ade a m ot last S atu rd ay . W illiam G. Howes resources w h i c h roe • from w ere ma<L‘ to a tte m p t to secure „ _ ., , | present, although it was under- 1950 census. The y a re : Polk, ion to keep w hat w as left from the O verseer of the Oregon $847,711,491 as of D ecem ber 31, the services of a speaker. ,* 1 " rc s,ood >h a< lh(' s,a,<' highway Wallowa, Deschutes, Yamhill, funds raised in the recent flo<xl Yahr, in his first official action S ta te G range w as the installing 1955. about 1,575 m eters from Pistol m ight „ go ____,___ . _ some „ of , the .. ‘ asked the directors to form a along - for for th e com m unity. T he money’s deputy, and he was assisted by Baker, Columbia, Union and L oans and discounts for the R iver to th e S ta te Line, figured cost. City E ngineer Dot M artin Clatsop. All of, the o th ers gained. possible use was, discussed by the K ath ry n F o ster as M arshall, rapidly expanding, state-w ide list of projects they would like a t 3 persons per m eter. T hat said th a t he would check w ith M ultnom ah gained 22.4 percent, group. They talk ed about an Mabel Adams, Emblem B earer; banking system increased more th e C ham ber of Com m erce to brings the to tal to 4,725. Both them on th e m a tte r. of which P o rtlan d gained 7.8 au x iliary pow’er plant and a good Vivian Johnston, Regalia B ear than 38 million dollars. The 12- u n d ertak e during th e com ing figures a re low, we believe. But Reed m ade a rep o rt on stre e t percent. short w ave radio, b u t no action er; Jo e Zumpfe, installing M as m onth gain gives the U. S. N a t year. He called for a special then, we could be looking at the m eeting to be held on J a n u a ry funds, and reported th a t over w as taken. ter; L illian Zumpfe, C haplain; ional a loans and discount total popuation in a different light. 19th, to discuss the projects. $8,000 rem ained in th e fund, A bout $1,200 was raised here, E lsa Ravekes, Custodian, and of $309,103,253. W hat w ith all the kids running I t w as suggested by C lark th a t w hich p u t the city in much b et and about h alf th a t am ount w’as Edna Weigel, Musician. Loans and discounts for the around my house. th e Chamlx’r secure inform ation te r shape than last year. They spent on flood victims. Brookings branch now' total — Pipe Dreams — relativ e to m eetings and o th e r The o th e r officers of th e Pom $3,028,939.91. have spent $11,080 to d ate in It was also decided th at each I talked to my d au g h ter the functions, to be printed each th a t departm ent. organization should think about ona G range are as follows: Ov ‘T h e continuing grow th in o th e r day about the im portance A b u rg lary case, covering a m aintaining some so rt of a sup erseer, A lbert B ritton; L ecturer, week in the Pilot. All those h av Dogging tru ck s ripping up city- stren g th and service of o u r home of securing county aid, or some Boa Phipj>; S tew ard, R. K. owned bank reflects this a re a ’s ing m eeting ;, or o th e r im p o rta n t streets, especially on 5th stre e t num ber of city homes, w as solv ply for em ergency purposes. funds so th a t additional class- w as discussed, and an ordinance ed last week w hen th e Crescent Phipps; A ssistant S tew ard, R.K. progress and the confidence of events are asked to call Mrs. rooms could be built to relieve City Police arrested Lyle C harles Erw in; C haplain, Docia Sw eet; the people in this hank and in Bailey, at the C ham ber of Com review ed which covered it. th e double shifting in school. T reasu rer, Ellen Jag g ers; Sec the economy of this region and m erce inform ation ce n te r on A le tte r w as read from the Chickloski there. He wras a r r e s t Eh, she said, she likes to go lb v jT , „ I j T - L T c "* • , • retary , A. P. S w eet; G atekeeper, the nation,” com m ented E. C. T uesday afternoons. school only half a day F “ h 1 Game S ef f ' ce asklnK ed on tw o counts of b u rg lary D r, y about the city ’s application for th ere ,and u nder questioning, ad D. C. Jag g ers; Ceres, Sylvia Sam m ons, U. S. N ational pres - P .pe Dr«.™ « _ j w a, e r righ(s on (he m itted sixi ch arg es of burglary’ in Lee; Pom ona, T o ra G ustafson; ident. I w as surprised at the inform Sam Hall, d istrict atto rn ey , Florft, Ollie B ritton; Lady Ass EIRE LOSSES LOW I t w as reported th a t through the Brookings area. Since the end of 1954, the U.S. ality w ith which the County Chickloski, 19, has a wife and will represent C urry County a t istan t S tew ard, C lark Erw in; W ednesday, 164 sew er bills have N ational h a s . added two new C ourt m eeting» a re run. I like jd........ m any of them for child. He was a Brookings res a m eeting in Saam Baldock’s E xecutive com m ittee m em bers, branches in Salem, on« a t Mill IN BROOK I NOS an inform al m eeting w here a guy m„ nths ahead office of the S ta te HighW'ay E n ident. He is now- u n d er $2,000 Fred Adams. Clarence Brooks, City and one a t Ashland, bring F ire C hier Val M endenhall re can let his hair down, and m aybe n a • bond in C rescent City, and, ac gineer. and Fred G ustafson; Home Ec ing to 62 the num ber of its b ank ported to th e C y Council T ues cuss once in a while. But the H all left W ednesday afternoon onomics C om m ittee C hairm an, cording to Police Chief, Bud ing offices th roughout Oregon. day night • i the fire situ atio n ( o u rt doesn't have a recorder, Cross, he will be charged w ith by a ir to atten d the session. E dith Ackley and Musician Edna in Brooking l> Ixen gixxi, an d o r se creta ry to ta k e down the The m eeting w as called by the Brookings b u rg lary s also. Weigel. C larence Brooks is the thanked th I m inutes of the meetings. Guess F ifty football suits ; c for th e ir co have a r Chief Cross said th a t he has Ju d g e Effiendenger, chairm an of retirin g M aster. operation. th eir m em ories m ust be prettv rived, according to the Q u a rte r ad m itted ta k in g wheels and tire s the County C ourts com m ittee of The m eeting opened at 11:0() good. Chief Mf d erh a ll said th at back club, who held th e ir reg from a pick-up owned by C a ll the Oregon Coast association. w ith a ixitluck dinner served since May 1 — Pipe D ream s — they have had 11 The discussion planned is aim- at noon. D uring the L ec tu rer’ u la r m eeting M onday night. B erger; tw o b atterie s from th e Tw o nam es w ere subm itted as alarm s, 8 required ex- Incident ly, we got a request Two m ore contributions w ere re- city equipm ent, the w ate r tru ck a t com inK to an un,k’rstand J Hour. M r ^ Sylvia Ix>e showed nom inations for ‘‘Man and from Sheldon S ackett, prom inent corded. They w ere C harles Ames and the tra c to r; looting a house, ing w ith Balflock on u h a t th e co,or O nh 135 dollars in Hnd fokl alK)Ut hej. W om an" of the y ea r this work. tinguishim prupert; publisher of the Coos Bay Times, and Fred Anderson, each giving >wned by Mrs. Flossie Buchanan , ’,lans are of ,ht> highway d ep art- trf |() Mpxioo an(, G u a(am ala. . suited from O th er nam es are requested lor th a t w-e are to send his copy of $300 and tak in g a purse, and $14; a , nw nt>for highway 101 during the i ghe a ,go (jjspjayed the clothing the nom inations and p i c k a th e fires th e PILO T airm ail, special de- A board of d irecto rs was set house owned by Mrs. R e n h a rd ,) c0011'1« ye a r- and articles she had brought ‘‘Man and W om an” of th e y ear livery in the future. A pparently up, so th at Incorporation papers w here he took a purse, which Judges from most of th eo th er hack from th e trjp •. la m for th e com m unity. T he two Alllll Sc he w an ts to know w hat goes on could be filed. Included on the was found la ter; a house owned j « u n tie s will atten d the meeting, j The next m eetjng ^11 be held nam es sent in w ere for women Is I f< >n< • >y P arty in town right now. at n a r bor w ith Chetco G range active in civic functions. board of directors w ere the th ree by Mrs. Lydia C rigler, also t a x - ! w hich is ^ " 8 ^ I d in Salem M rs V 1 ale, and M rs. officers, W arren McNeeley. pres ing a purse, and some v a lu a b le ' ¡on S atu rd ay . April 7th. Those Em il E d’ . i w ere co-host- . G.O.C B A C K IN B U S IN E S S ident; Dr. Sam Gibson, and Tom papers which — re hid. i N O L IC E N S E S Y E T who attended the m eeting from P la n n in g M eeting Is I leid esses foi tlid iy p arty held The Lookout S tation of the Dent. Guy W ay also reported having Chief of Police Bud Cross re- the Chetco G range w ere: Mr. A county planning m eeting for for A un' I'« ’iiham, who w as Ground O bserver Corps is back O thers w ere Gene Allison, his house entered, and some j po rts th a t because of transpor-1 and Mrs. H. J. Weigel, Mr. and in economic and social survey 93 years '' This p a rty w as in business, thefroad having been Chuck Hoffman, tre a su re r; and tools stolen out of a pick-up, tatio n difficulties the new dog Mrs. F red G ustafson, Mr. and was held Tuesday in Gold Beach, held at 5 H ale’s hom e on mentions rc- George D unning and Bill Thomp* ‘-w>»-d by Tony C h riste n se n ,) licenses haven't arrived from Mrs Joe Zumpfe, Mr. and Mrs. A tt.‘iiding from Brookings w ere Benham I ; Sunday, J a n u a ry stored. The station has been sort son. , parked «If isnintna .. — C — a t ,h e bowlinK a Hey, ! th e C ounty R ecorder as yet. He Milton Foster, Mr .and Mrs. 1? Ed Demfwey, D. D. W illiams, 8th. w ith 3; guests present, isolated w ith the w ashed out T he next m eeting will be held ( w ere retu rn ed by Chief Cross, said th at they will be here C. Jaggers, Mrs Elsa Ravekes, Cecil W atts, and Jo«’ Tobin. A j Many and flowers w ere road and th telephones being on J a n u a ry 23rd, at 8 p.m. in th e ! * * 0 recovered them in C rescent ! shortly, and asked that the Mrs. Edith Ackley, Mrs. Maude com plete report w ill follow' in i presented f< int Sue, who w as in and out. faculty room a t th e high school. I C ity- | people w atch th e Pilot, lo r an ad. D m gacre and Benjam in Jont*s. xt w eek’s Pilot. happy to \ • t w ith tier friends« City Council Holds Regular Session Brookings Branch Reports Deposits A t $ 4 ,7 3 5 ,5 9 5 Pomona Grange Installs Ben Jones Burglary Case Is Broken Open HALL TO MEET WITH BALDOCK r iity Suits Arrive For Football Team MORE NAMES NEEDED NOW 77ic rif p-.s- e i pressed m the art icle below ore those of the city officials of Brookings, and don t necessarily reflect those of the Pilot. Those who tmve divergent • i iso welcome to ex EXPLAIN QU law Fix? othei’ f i l l y jx rcent of j stalled. , a t th e tim e th«' sewer gatktfi to all propci ty ow ners in i!ie money collected will he used Q. How is this $50,000 to be the City. 1«i T ^constm eted. If the lat- for the construction of the lac- repaid ? i » 4 i.,-tailed a t the tim e Q W hy flix’sn't the ow ner of • ilities necessary to tran sm it the A If the City purchases the the vacant lot next to me have :..e s ’Aer is c< ..«tructed, then the sewage from the la te ra ls in »he , present system , then those be- to pay the sew er sureharg» ? 1 of th e service lateral will various im provem ent d istric ts to i .ng served by th e present sew er .»- t . u i e and m aterial expended, A. It is unlaw ful to assess press their in ws to this jiaper. the disposal plant. T his includes ‘ if ii m ight ru n over $75 00 in system, which is designated in all mains over 8 inches in size, our plans as A rea N. 1, will vacant property for such a »•me eases. charge. Therefore, th e City has The officials of the City of pum ping plants and pressure Q Why not collect this mon- be assessed on the sam e basis as set up in O rdinance No. 83, a Brookings have been asked to mains. ’ v j».* th e sew ers arc installed ’ oth er a re as w here new' sew ers fair an»l operatable plan w h ere c larifj m any questions p e rta in A 'J hat would lx? impossible Q. \ \ hat is going to lx* done will be constructed. T he monies by the ow ner of vacant property ing to the proposed sew er system te uo 1. “’&us'' it is necessary to received from this assessm ent will p «/ an equal am ount to th a t th a t is now being, planned for w ith the $50,000 bond issue? •'.live s >me cap ital to co n tract will he used to retire th a t por paid by the ow ner of im proved th e City of Brookings. The ques A. If this bond issue is ap h r the construction for any tions have pertained for the proved in the com ing election of 1 tion o( the bonds, the balance to _ pro|x>rty when he etects to build .,pe of w jrk . Il we do not have be retired from the $2.00 assess- ' on his property and connect onto m ost p art to the $2.00 assess- ’ January 20. 1956. $29,044.66 as th e cre-h on hand then we would ment and from sew arge disposal ! the sewer. m ent now heing levied and the appraised by th«> engineering • - a i t i e m ercy of co n tracto rs charges th a t will be charged ' proposed $50,000 bond issue. The firm of Cornell, H ow land, Hay es Q W hat will I be charged ’e .’.Ti'..- tin y m ight have to w ait folowing questions have been and M erryfield will be put in a fte r various are as a re com from my property line to the te r th. ir money. The plan is pleted. selected from m any that have e crow for the purchase of th e I •»ewer when it is installed in my A'trke-i out on a five-year basis been asked and the answ ers present sew er system now in Q. W hy should I pay sew er I district ? )•’ a l’ th e sew ers in th e City, have been given to the best of i stalled in the City-. No money i charge w hen it appears imposa- , u c «.'thug the disposal plant, are o u r ability: will be paid for this system un- ' ihle to connect my house to the A. Your property will be ass • nt*«’pat cd to be com pleted w'ith Q. U hat is to l,e done with less clear title can be given to sew er ? ’ essed to cover the cost of sew er •i tha* peri xL th e mone> co'lecte ] on the a s- the City, and. if c lea r title can A It is possible to connect la terals in your district. T h at 'I t • < i’y i? divided into nine tssm e n t now being levied? not be furnished, then th e money er. house in th e City to th e j will be on a square foot basis - , - »tement d istricts and each A. F ifty percent of the m on will be used to by-pass the p res p. posed sew e r line, The sew er w’hich js not worked out com L . j TiTt v ill oo assessed for th e ir ies collected will be put into a ent system. The balance of th; e -’em ar.d th e disposal plant is pletely a t this writing. TTw> cost ’ -ri • ».enient as the work pro- reserve sew er acceiint to be us»d .-‘•000 will be used to finance n«-i i’Si»ary to th e health of *he of the sew er service lateral from / : e -e to th a t district. D istrict ONLY for ihc construction of a construction th a t m ust be done o m m unity and each and every the line in the stree t to y o u r 2 r.d D istrict No. 3 a re sew age disposal ‘ plant which this year, in order to ta k e care person m ust help to pay fo r th a t your p roperty line has been x w G ng planned for this ass- m ust be installed w ithin five of th e rew age from the im p a rt of th e sew er system whicn fixed a t a cost of $75 00. provid • arid w ork will s ta rt y e a rs to comply w ith the S ta te provem ent areas as they a re in- would becorme an overall obli- ing th is service laterai it in- •Ji-Te a« s xe. as w eather permits M SEWERS V»«th gcxxi luck and prop«’r ccxip- th e system as has l>een ou tlin ed eration from all citiziens, it to you would rcq n iie a b >n<l i>- would bo jxissible to have this sue of not les th an $367,600. >\a en tire system com pleted w ithin you ra n i< adbv see, the C ity of three years. Brookings cannot afford to have Q. W hat would it cost to re- such a large b»>nd issiw at thia I place th e present s ‘W«’r system tim e for various reasons. Oae if it could not lx> pu rch ased ? reason is th at the interest would A. It is estim ated by the be ex o rb itan t, th e o th e r reaso® firm of con? lilting engineers is th a t we are planning to have* that th«* cost of rt placem ent of a w ater system fo r th e C.t> th a t th«’ presk’nt s e v e r system would would give th e people ad e q u a te be $59,881.17. In addition to the service and a reduction in in su r above cost, th ere would, of ance rates, as well as a suffiei« at course, be th«’ legal and con supply of w a te r th a t would net tingent expenses which m ight be cu rtailed in a dry season. well run this cost up as high as I Your C ity Council w ishes t» $65,(MX). You can readily see th at keep the am ount of bonds w ith by purchasing th e present sys in lim its th at would not p u t th e tem. eith er by am icable argee- C ity into such a jx>sition tfart ment or by condem nation pn>- its cred it would be im paired. cecdings the taxpayers of Brook- i Q. Why do I have to pay tbfcs ings save frorp $33,000 to $40.000 su rch arg e when I live outside Q. If th? present plan w ere my o the proposed improve* not used and a genera, o b lig at m en t d istric ts? ion bond issue would be prop«»se«i A. Th«- disposal p la n t awfl to co n stru ct the system in th e ajx*rtantures a re engineered t* C ity of Brookings, w h at w ould) tak e ( are of th e e n tire ci||r. the bond issue be? A dditional d istric ts w ill be s e t A. The engineering firm of up as needed. If you do not Cornell, Howland. H ayes and tlvda surebarwe, you would __ M erryfield of Corvallis, Oregon using facilities paid for by othena has estim ated th at th e cost of when your district is formed.
