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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1956)
U OF ili LIBRARY'» EUGENE ORE t 550,000 BOND ELECTION HERE FRIDAT SKETCHBOOK S-flarlsar fib ! A Fire Levels Home R um ors a rc the vogue in these p a r ts now a days. — Sketch Book — N um ber one sc u ttle b u tt is the Choice one about the hardboard |>lants com ing into this area. ■ 'hey'T ell me every barbershop P ark in g m eters yielded the and coffee hangout has th a t one general fund of th e C ity of gged right down to the nth Brookings S4.664.75, o r alm ost degree. $400 p er m onth. — Sketch Book — The m eters cost the city I Then th e re is the one about $11,138, on w hich has been paid tlie population figures in the $9675.50 w ith a fu rth e r $299 dig? Brea. In o th e r p a rts of this them for half of th e D ecem ber ed itio n you can read all about collections. P ay m en ts on the th e O regon Coast B ulletin re- j contract are m ade of half the p o rt th a t H arbor now boasts m onthly collections and only 1,375 population. R um or has it $L164.50 rem ains due on them At the present collection ra te th a t it is giving Gold Beach a the m e ters should soon lx* paid ru n for its money. for and the city will then get all — Sketch Book — the moneys. T here are m any rum ors about Collections by th e m onth are th e building boom th a t will sta rt as follow s: Jan . $253.75; Feb. *s soon as th e w eath er breaks 273.50; Mar. 227.25; Apr. 242.50; S ketch B ook — May 309.50; Ju n e 242.75; Ju ly •p eak in g of the la tte r, th e re is 501 00; Aug. 492.00; Sept. 629.00; also a rum or th a t IT IS GOING Oct. 465.50; Nov. 430.00: Dec TO STO P raining. 598.00. — S ke tc h Book — 1 The special election w ill be for residents of th e city, and will lx» held in the Odd Fellows Hall, for those in precinct No. 1, bound on th e north by Chetco Avenue and in the C ity H all, for precinct No. 2, for all the te rrito ry bound on the south by Chetco Avenue. Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community Thursday, January 19, 1956 Bud Pisarek Almost a y e a r in th e m aking, th e City of Brookings will have | a $50,000 bond election this F ri- I day for the purpose of a c q u i r in g and, o r building a city sewer system. Parking Meter Revenues High p Finance Company To Open Friday The Com m ercial Finance Con,, has been added a long lin e of new B rookm gs ft,-ms. he*', v ' T ” ¡i'1’ v here F riday in the N o rth g ate A tra g ic fire leveled the home of Mr. and Mi’s. H a rry Kinch, who live up th e N o rth B ank of th e Chet co, Tuesday. The fire sta rte d at about 10 a m . in th e flue of th eir chimney. The K inch’s a re an older TOUple, and Mrs K lnch in to check on her husband w„ "h>' "» ''« ‘« I ">•' "laze above th e stove. Volume 10 — Number 48 Lyle Redfield Dies In Oakland Rotary Club To Have Ladies Night Friday Lyle Redfield, 63, form er bp- c ra te r of Redfield M arket here, i died W ednesday in M erritt llos- | pital nt O akland, California. He 1 had suffered a h ea rt a tta c k on C hristm as Day, w hile undergo ing an operation. Tlie funeral will he held at K lam ath Falls. His wife and m other-in-law live in S m ith River. A com plete o b itu ary will follow in next w eek’s Pilot. The B rookings-H arbor Rotary C u b will have th e ir annual Ladies N ight d in n e r on F riday evening at the Cliff House, ac cording to Dr. R ichard Sm ith, ch airm an of th e program . It la planned as a social affair, w ith no guest speaker. E n te rta in m e n t will be furnished by th e Cliff House. On hand w ill lx* the T ri-N otes Trio. D ancing will fol low th e dinner. Chetco Choral Group I hi» ballots arc printed, and if successful1> pissed by the voters will author!.;» the acquis ition and const ruct.on of a san itary sew er system and facilities. ¡he ballot reads as follow s: Shall the City of Brooking»» 1 he»,;on acquire and co n stru ct a sanitary sew er system an ', fac ilities w ithin the corporate lim it.»- according to p la n s, speeifle- ations and ci tan ates of costs tliciifo,» as tli»' arac a i c t ie in th e C ity H all of B nx . C ’ <*- They tried to put out th e fire And propositi,»-» f c u p a d b , th e H orton B ro s. h la n k e ts g Plans M onday Session the City of l Com m ercial Finance has al- hose. However, the fire hit th e Tli«' Chetco Choral club, under au thorize and i »......... ready 11 offices throughout the electricity and p u t.o u t th e w ate r th e direction of Mrs. H elen Ri<u> ligation bonds in the sum of sta te , w ith Brookings B ranch to supply. The K inch’s then pushed 8 will have th e ir w eekly practice F ifty Thousand : .',9000) 1 The Brookings B ruins slid by session Monday night Ja n u a ry t<> appiy on th> th e c a r out of th e g arag e by the Gold Beach P an th e rs fairly 23rd. The group will m eet at eosts of construction of the san hand, saving it. However, all th e ir fu rn itu re, easily S a tu rd a y night in the the Assembly of God Church, itary „ew er .» , clothing, and personal item s, in Gold Beach gym, by a 51-38 w ith th e practice to last from »ties authorized and app. ,ved cluding m any religious item s, count. by its electors. 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. and canned goods w ent up in the Gold Beach hung tig h t 'til the The group still needs new »Mayor Roy Brim m blaze. » third q u arte r, when th e Brooks m em bers, although they w ill lx» 'h e ;o has been questions ie- A dog was saved but two outscored them 11-3 to tak e an closed to new m em bers a fte r gai ling the bond issue. He arid birds died in th e flam es. un su rm o u n tab le lead. Brookings Monday night. The group is th a t the lx»nd would b» . The K inch’s home was cover- led 15-12 at th e end of the first sta rtin g w ork on th e ir spring h out- ihe $2 sur-charge n< w ered p artially by insurance. T hey q u a rte r and 25-21 at the half. concert. bc ig levied against house hold- live above th e George F u n k place Rod Rush and J e rry Anderson anil w ouldn’t be an addition- I t is no ru m o r but a bona fide on the Chetco. They have been paced Coach A it G uthrie's c h a r burden on th e tax payers. ¡act th a t the original H arbor residents of th e area for about ges. Rush hit for 19 m arkers, | Globe T ro tte rs are going to be 15 years. She teaches children a t w hile A nderson added 15. I t th e high school to engage in the S eventh Day A dventist The Brookings “ B" squad The Second A nnual M arch of . rousing gam e of basketball school, and also teaches Sunday nosed out the Ju n io r P an th e rs G row th of the so u th ern O reg Dimes basketball g a r n e t? ) will , *he proceeds will again be do- School class for those children 49-48 in a close contest all the lx» held next Sunday, Ja n u ary 1 a te d to th e March of Dimes on coast region d u rin g the past unable to get into town. way. M Bullock n etted 11 buc h is team has ju st retu rn ed y ea r is reflected in th e year-end 29th, according to Bill Thom pson kets and th ree free throw s for Hie am bulance service, it is the chairm an. rom a to u r of Pistol R iver and reports of banks from N ew port kly and m ore i'arpenterville and the rum or to Brookings. U N EM PLOYM ENT DATE S E T 25 points, followed by J e rry F an s will have the pleasu re of «». . will be q F ox’s 14 points. The Brookings B ranch of the cn tly ’ re s te r d • as soon US as The W orkm ans Com pensation seeing tw douhle- DON ROSS, Manager v o games, u n a real i u '/u u iv , j a s it th a t this team has a lot the lo long header. T he high school v arsity ' L .S . N ational Bank, w as again rep resen tativ e will be in th e C5tv f 4 B ° rookings ’u<’K,n«s m m akes akes the ambulance com m ittee m eets 01 color. H a ll on Tteadaj January 2 ? l Jaunf ’ ’ « W * * «fc end • • • . . . . . . * 1 — _____ a the leader in the area. It re- be the 12th. They have offices will tan g le w ith the high school '• t the new ly elected tru stee« — Sketch Book — jiorted the largest loan increase, ih N ewport, Medford, K lam ath from 2 to 5 p.m. The d istrict com pletes the tu rn o ver faculty in one encounter, and the <. slogan of the tw o team s 97.5 per cent, o r $3,028,939, as Falls, Bend and o th er s ta te c i t - ! rep resen tativ e The Brookings T ra ile r Sales, B rookings-H arbor Lions will b a t will call on •ording to a reliable .»«ourci« in this collossal event is ‘‘The com pared w ith $1,533,709 in 1954. ies. j Brookings every second Tuesday. owned by George Hamond, has tle it out w ith the Brookings- required for the old hoard Old G ents Will Craw l (a fte r the Deposits in the Brookings area ct up in down town Brookings, H arbor R o tary Club in the sec- ‘ ’r ?t and tra n s fe r th »ir in te r- The m anager. Don Ross, has ' gam e) So L ittle Kids Will W alk rose 22.9 per cent, to $4,735,794, across the stre e t from the Pilot, >nd struggle. to a new er hoard ns th e re A gain.” both figures above any coast arrived and is looking for liv- and H endricks F u rn itu re . The Because of th e age of the >t In* two ce » ttees in n ing q u a rte rs for his family. Ha banks reporting. land was leased from E lm er R otarians, th? Lions have • ing on th e sam e project, and his wifi,», E sth er have tw o Tt is K > O ther bank figures show: ankus. Most of th e trailers, and sented to allow the po» , ¡-» ; ** ’wise, an independent hoard It is for a real good cause so Bank of Bandon, deposits up 11.5 children, K athy, th ree and M ic -’ the office have alre ad y been several "rin g ers” alt!i» -5 » e I have to be formed w ith Me hope all of you people will loans up 42.7; P o rt Orford, de heal, 2. moved into the mew location. nucleus of the team w.H be b •, ie red tap» of neorporatlon, tu rn out for th e event. Read posits up 16.1 and loans up 42 3- Ross is a native of Coos Bay, The following .„»ter was re fide R otarians. ance, etc., to be done all th e hew s a rticle about th e tim e Gold Beach, deposits up 17.8 and but has been in Bend, Oregon ceived by M ayor Roy Brimm, again and tl a t much m ore I here will lx» an o rganization recently w ith the Com m ercial sent by B radley Page, S ecretary- and place and all the rest, then loans up 42.3. ay in having a functioning su re to be present. It is to be Finance office thene. The h ead M anager of the C rescent City al m eeting of the D em ocratic IXXIS CAN PICK Up i -bulance, q u a rte rs of the corporation is in C ham ber of Commerce. gam e you will never forget D n C M H i r u ■ B a ity of C u rry County next LICENSES NOW »3 in H all r e jo r ts he has w rit- »San Francisco. W ednesday night, Ja n u a ry 25th, I t tak es the Old Bovs about two Ti e do la« ns h . e arrived, i Mercy FI !i’s and clse- according to Dave Shaw. Ja n u a ry 13, 1956 m onths to forge, th e ir a c h e , and '’cordine to t ’hief Bud 1‘rc, for copies of th eir inc >rp- Shaw received inform ation The H onorable Roy Brimm, mss. T hey V II I h » sold on S a t ltion papers to study for poss- from H ow ard .Morgan, sta te | Mayor, ('ay m rt.i- 's b: ginning this y revising of the present char- D em ocratic head, request ng the City of Brookings ‘ aturday. Ja. -ary 21. from nin< It is reported th at a la rg e L arry Roemmich has announ- Workshop At Corvallis m eeting, which will b< held in I until Brookings, Oregon it i<* Police S tatio n , ced th at he has p urchased the • I org; lizatfon has m ade a t- ’ he 4-H C lub house at the F a ir My D ear Roy; io a re bona fide in te rests of Wilson F reem an in A group of th ree Brookings »ctive, 1 »ntative offers of as- I wish to tak,» this opo rtu n ity grounds ,in Gold Beach, at S of v» C ity of B rook- officials, W ork Superin- I. _ C hetco S tore in Brookings ■ . d ance w hen the new se tu p is o thank you and th e residents p.m. A 'l those in terested a re ) t h ve 'ieenses Cross working. L K enneth P riest, C urry C ounty Roemmich has been m anager of tpndent Ralph Reed, city en » hod to atten d . of Brookings for th e ir generosity A gent for the past three years, the store for the past four years *<’»' Dot M artin and council T he old am bulance is sittin g and tine spirit in connection has announced th a t he has ac- coming here from K lam ath an F ell Campbell left Brook out in th e w eath er and service w ith the recent flood d isaster at je p te d a position w ith the F irst Falls. He is a native of Neb- ings W ednesday to atten d a sta te from it is said to be very u n sa t- H am ath, O ur appreciation is |N itional R ink of P ortland, and raska, and has f . v children w orkshop at Oregon .State Col . factory. Som e years ago, a extendi.»'! to the residents » h as resigned his County Agent F reem an has o perated the big lege at Corvallis. eornm unity am bulance w as on a of the upper Chetco a r e a , w h o se v . grocery sto re for about th e last The session is being put on prom pt and thoughtful action .» lying basis here. P rie s t’s resignation becomes 20 years, by the Oregon S ta te College, m ade C hristm as a little f'r in a eam p at G eneral C urtis Beecher, The new com m ittee is anxious more effective on Ja n u ary 31. He T h e ,»resent help in the store I . w here prison- to get the am bulance hack in to nd w ill last u n til S a tu r d a y will be the sp»»akcr at m eaningful to the evacu« of O n Q plans to leave for P ortland early will rem ain the same, w ith the from B ah m and C orregidor ¡»ervice. ml er of Com m erce's an- th at u n fo rtu n a te section of our t e x t nonth. . exception of Doris F reem an huai di f 'r. which will be held c held. He w as in K orea —. .................... county. ! No successor to the county Mrs. Sund will continue in her n tl < w ar en<k»d, T h u rs-1; 'V evening, Ja n u a ry 26, Wc have, »since childhood, read Jg cn t post has been appointed as j present capacity Roemmich re »• holds S .lver S ta r, P u rp le and listened to stories of C h rist at th e Chetco G range Hall. ported. mas. From th e wide-eyed young N ew officers of the group will md D»gion of M erit, beside- s t e r to the sophisticated cynia !x» inst ihed at th a t meeting. cam paign medals. A bowling ~ tournam ent, w ith We h a w been inclined to listen Gen. ix-vt B eecher is m a p proerty ------- — vx-ii. iic i rw riy n Since in c e h his is r Retirem e t i r r r r ent, Gen. T he Brook ngs-H arbor Lion« m ost of the proceeds to go to « " W them and then re tu rn j ow ner in Brookings, having re- Beecher has served as d Club have again taken th e th e M arch of Dimes was announ- , own personal interests, cently acquired th e Goetz build- Cross d isa ste r ch a irm an R e for ced jointly by Glen Rogers, th e J h e C hristm as of 1955 we J ing. He lives in R o s b u rg . He D ouglas C ounty as £Td C r ^ s M arch of Dim cam paign in th is T he population of H arb o r is ^ opr,e2 or Aza,ea L anes- a " d PnvHeged to see th e w as born in Chicago, and enlist- N ational V ice-C T iairi^n ? T r area. L ast year, they raised o v er nearly up to that of o u r county g * « arb o r Lions ’n in the M anne Corps at the funds and mem“ p half of the ( ry C ounty to ta l vents. seat, Gold Beach, according to , 1 u»» h . ‘ SS^f A ght th a t P ut#et of 1917- He was commiss- He has h e n in terested in w ith a series This y ear they have a lre a d y figures th a t are in the new 1956 c a i,ed the 1st annual M arch '* ” ° soon orKe t - ioned a 2nd Lieut, on the b attle w ater resource developm ent and Oregon C oast A ssociation fo ld -» of Dimes Classic, the tu rn ey fO r o n te m r .i ,o . » ' * , ” ? r*eld. and afterw ard s received control, and has served as a launched ihe , i^rnn\, which in IO con«em pla,e , u „ com m uniU e, . p ^ m .n e n , p c id o n . He « r v e d o "he i n , ™ w L ? cludes a pa11 ■ next .Saturday er, released this week. About W'»H have both doubles and sln- , .................................. . .................................... .................................................... ........................ ........... ........... “ Ch r S. y‘,UrS ""<1 ours, w here F ra n ce, (k .rn u ln ), Haiti. w iS I “ 1 H o»»^ a bowl- « P ete J. Lesmeiister realtor, 100-000 of the folders will be £lps- f ° r both men and women. ¿ a s announced plans for the con- distributed around the county I E ach e n try will cost th ree dol- ^ h e ^ ^ . u ^ ' undp’'starK,lnK and ' ’hina and the Philipm es as well ma le recom m endations leading s^vf».0,! 1 * >ask' ’ gam«», r u c c t tio i o n n of o f 11 11 new n o » ultra-m „ h r e . c H d o ern ™ .. in _____________ e e g e e oi •'t “g o o d neiph- “ abroad sh,p. „rio u , U.S U S to ,1... catabllahm . ...................... 7 . th . “ e “ p re.- f- s !toreutieration' ” " : '1 !»*•••">• «re under J « tru The .......... booklet, b eau tifu l color J l a r s w ,th » “ I ,•.»»! ' 1« 1 . p . . r r r o o . n n . ta of .* * m " h '» « " ■ " « 'in ®bnM d “h ' p' “ ..„.I n*1 » '•»rtous to the ent of Vm. BROOKS DOWN GOLD BEACH BANK GROWTH HIGH ON COAST Basketball Tilt Planned By Pros j Tibulance Status • > Be Improved l.pffpr RppplVOrl JriiL I ll<| 11R IIV*’ TP*! For Flood Hein b’ a \«n IS NEW OWNER OF CHETCO STORE city Ofi?cials T;ike in KEN PRIEST RESIGNS POST FM. BEECHER, PRISCHE OF WAR, JV53ER OF C0MMERÍ SPEAKER ¡Li / Bowling Tourney Next Week End Harbor Grows LIONS / ‘GAIN to handle ' MARCH OF DIMES f Announce Plans For New Homes fHA approved three-bedroom Ame« in M athew athnirr s T Troot Bornes in th»» the M ra ct off A rnold Lane. The homes will be B uilt bv D ecker and Colbert, C ontractors and home builders, C onstruction w ork will begin us soon as the w eath er perm its, ind as soon as sales indicate, æ sm eister said. The announced rice rang«» for th e hom es would e in th e $12.000 to $14.000 class. 1 shows the population of H arb o r «_ a 1.350 oez» w hile Gold Beach . . has . as a listed population of 1,581, a difference of 231. Brookings is listed at 3.075 The travel guide is printed an nualjy by the Association and lists inform ation ahout the e n - . tire coast, from C rescent City, which is listed as having »»me 2.500 residents. j th a t Koin£ into th e M arch of Dimes Fund. Ja n u ary 28 and 29 and Feb- ru ary 4th and 5th. Prizes will lx» aw arded on basis o f n « r t . lie aw arded on basis of p art- ---------- icij>ation Bowlers handicaps will I* used E n tries are to he mailed to Bud McCourt or Azalea L anes such a degree Please ext i ° | Ix>* s nt S ta te K . a; extend o u r He w ent to China for second Board W ater R esources w ith the 4th M arine Regim ent, las C ounty R epublican C en tral om m ------ ittee and a m em ber oi of W ith w arm est » and , left » , w ith the . regim " ent one C ------ ’g&rds and best wish« s t ” w ' ia* v v ou tb reak of th e Republican .State executive * 1 ° r ‘d W * r " com m ittee. DF1 N O R T E r i 7 2 i m 3X r8 ,| ° f Corregidor. Gen. B eecher will speak on -D NORTF. CHAM BER and w as cap tu red by th e Japan- experience« d u rin g W orld W ar O F COMMERCE esc when C orregidor fell. , II. w hile A m erican officer in B radley Page Gen Beecher spent 40 m onths charge, under Japane.se ,or p ris Sec re t ary-M anager as a J a p prisoner and was senior ( inor-of-w ar. 1 he Lion- have m ailed o u t th e school children. P 'a n s we,.- progressing nicely for the big an n u al Cliff H o u m P arty , which would*ff»ature an«l outside »b ie cla m m e at, well as a big •. a»’hctt> dinner. P lan s for t? e boefjjhg to u n K jr and basketh.1 , gaiiw are Urted in a n o th e r pave Tff'-^i« paper. '«»csQ
