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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1956)
U OP w library * EUGENE ORE WGENE FIRMS BUY 70,000,000 FEET OF TIMBER FROM NETTLETON w Plywood-South Coast Make Deal nahm gs-tM nr filo t A formation of a new lumber concern, and the purchase of a huge amount of timber was an nounced jointly this week by the According to Republican Cen officials of the South Coast tral Committee Chairman, Ed F. Lumber Company and the Brook Ackley, Governor Elmo Smith ings Plywood Corporation. will visit Curry County next A new firm , S outh-B rook week. L um ber Co., has been set up, and Governor Smith To V isit County Nowhere A Finer Clim ate - Nowhere A Finer Community Volume 11 — Number 1 Thursday, February 23, 1956 <oe — Pipe D ream s — This was another of those weeks w here you feel like you have been riding a merry-go- round, and when you lean out to g rab the brass ring, somebody h its you on the head w ith a mallet. — Pipe D ream s — my m other-in-law a r riving; having dinner w ith the governor; and riding up in the elevator a t the E ugene H otel w ith C hristine Jorgensen all in tw o days, you can see w hat I m ean. — P ipe D ream s — Then to get hack to Brookings and find out th a t th ere has been a big gambling^ raid, and th a t M ayor B rim m has filed for th e job of county commissioner. Not to m ention th e so-called arsonist loose in the woods w ith a rifle. W ith __Pipe Dreams We left here F riday m orning at 3 a.m., th an k s t<* H arold Moore. We journeyed to Oregon M ountain peacefully enough, and then the snow began to fall in bunches. W e didn’t m ake it to th e top- w hat w ith the risk of plunging the ca r ad rift off the cliffs at th a t hour. So we started back, and cam e through Brook ings a t 7:30 a m. on the w ay up the coast to Eugene. F o u r hours of driving, and we h ad n ’t gone anywhere.. — Pipe Dream« — W e talked w ith D ave Shaw, and P o rte r, both D em ocratic candidates foi congress. We also talked to Monroe Sw eetland, who is convinced C urry County will be D em ix'ratic in 1956. Mon roe, publisher of th? M ilwaukie Review, is running for S ecretary of S tate. — Pipe Dreams — We saw Christine, and it look ed like she needed a shave. I don’t think she is running for anything. Meeting Is Held Here By School Budget Group School D istrict I7-C budget com m ittee quit w ith the school board on Monday evening, in an orientation m eeting before con sidering the 1956-57 budget. On the com m ittee a re Bud Pisarek. A rt Knox. H om er K ess ler, E. S teinhauer, and George Dunning. The group will meet again on Thursday. M arch 1st. Last Rites Are Said For Joe Gallagher J. J. ‘ Joe G allagher w as born M arch 24, 1S86, at O ttaw a, Illin- ois, and died at M yrtle Point, F ebruary 16, 1956 He is sur- vived by his wife, E dith G., of Brookings: brothers, Law rence L ittle, of New York, F ran k G.. vf Venice. C alifornia; and sister, Mrs. E sth e r Lowry, of New York City. Fune: tl services w ere h ‘Id at the Seventh Day Adventist C hurch in Brookings, on Sunday, F eb ru ary 19th, w ith Elders Tom pkins and H artw ell officiat ing. Concluding services w ere in the W ard Memorial Cemt tery, w ith F red Moore. W. S. C had wick, Leslie Dimmick Georg*» Titus, W illaid G raham and Carl W allen as bearers. Mr. and Mrs. G allagher cam e to Brookings to m ake th e ir home in April of 1935. Joe followed his trad e as a plum ber, and being an ardent fisherm an, added a line of fishing tackle, w hich In la te r years, became his principal interest. A ccum ulating as they w ent along, h? and Mrs. Gall- 3gber provided them selves w ith a com fortable home and some business property, w here Mrs G allagher continues» supplying th ? needs of fisherm en Brimm Seeks County Post PLYWOOD MEN IN ACCIDENT The B rookings-H arbor Bruins w ill have th e ir to u rn am en t go tonight (T hu rsd ay ) at C rater High School in C en tral Point, w hen they tackle a 1 airly w eak Illinois V alley team a t 8:30. Jn thp fjrst gam e of the even. ¡ng H enley wiU p iay the th ird place w inner of th e Rogue con- ference which w ill be eith er o r E agle Point, On Friday, if Brookings wins, they w ill play a t 8:30 again. If they lose T hursday they will play S a tu rd a y at 6:30 for fifth place. T he w inner of th e tourney plays the w inner of th e N orth H alf of D istrict A-2. Phoenix is the favored team , because of th e ir im pressive season record. of Brookings, filed last week for C ounty Com missioner, from the S outh end of the county. B rim m 's m ayor post ends in Novem ber, a t w hich tim e he will have com pleted tw o years of service. Brim m , a Republican, fill'd ag ain st th e incum bent Bob ls- m ert, who is again seeking office. Ism ert is from P isto l River. M ayor Brimm, w ho cam e here to help o p erate th e Brim m Bros. Mill, now o perates th e Acacia L aundrom at. A proven vote get- Brookings Plywood C orporation F riday afternoon. The th ree men injured a re : John Connors, the plant superin ten d en t; R ay Rees- er, president of th e firm ; and Virgil C larke, tim b er buyer. The three w ere retu rn in g from a tim ber sale, Friday, a t about 2 p.m., when th e accident occur- red. They w ere riding in Con n o r’s car, w ith Connors driving, between Langlois and F o u r Mile, on Highway 101. H was rep o rted th a t th e car skidded on some excessively D e p o t H e r e ' ter5 Rrirnm won tb e m a-v or race ' by nearly a tw o to one m argin in 1954. No possible m ayor candidate has appeared on th e scene, as yet, although th e November election is a long tim e off. O th er candidates fo r county and sta te posts have u ntil March 9th to file. M ayor Brim m and his wife, M ary Jane, have tw o children, Byron, in th e eig h th grade: and Melody, a senior in high school. muddy pavem ent and w as then «ammed dead-center by an o th er Mrs. Clarence Keays Wins Ad-Rime Contest Mrs. C larence Keays, Box 222, w as the w inner of the th ree w eek Ad-Rime Contest, spon sored by the Pilot, and has $10 aw aiting her. She cam e in first in a field of about 40 entries w ith th e slogan, PROVE TO YOURSELF THEY BEAT T H E REST. , Consolidated Freight May Pllt 111 Freight The D istrict M anager of Consolidated F reightw ays w as in Brookings, Tuesday, to inspect th e area, w ith a v ie w .to w a rd s p u ttin g a freight depot here. He told the Pilot th a t a site has been selected, although the papers have not been signed at yet. He reported th a t they would put up a building, and keep a m an on full tim e and an office [ girl. POLICE NAB 17 IN GAMBLING RAID .vehicle. ( onnors w as bruised and shak- en > back a t w ork this week, R e ise r suffered sh a tte re d bones <>n below the knee, and was «n »he Bandon Hos- P^al W ednesday. C lark had a broken pelvis and o th er injuries, an<^ was also in th e Bandon Hos- P*»ai. Phone Expansion Is Set For Curry incorporation papers filed. T he firm w as set up by the S outh C oast and Brookings Plyw ood. T he tw o p are n t firm s announced also th a t they have p urchased 70,000,000 feet of tim ber from th e N ettleto n in terests, one of Mates for county offices will also , he ,>pges, „ ,malning privately A serious accident resu lted in appear. Roy Brimm . „ now the Mayor | the injury of three officers of the | BRUINS TO PLAY TOURNEY TILT He will atten d a m eeting be ing sponsored by th e G.O.P. Cen tra l C om m ittee, a t Gold Beach on W ednesday, F eb ru ary 29th. On th e program w ill be M ark H atfield, G.O.P. candidate for S ecretary of S tate . O th er , cand- , The Governor expects to arrive a t about 4:30 p.m. and have a series of conferences precetxling the d in n er planned for th e Sun- set Inn a t 6:30. C hairm an Ackley rep o rts that th e capacity of th e Sunset Inn is very lim ited and anyone desir ing to atte n d a re requested to plao? a reservation in advance. R eservations can be made from the southern end of C urry County w ith Ackley; in C entral Curry, w ith F red S tark w ea th er and w ith M aurice Kelly, in Port Orford. Man Is Injured As Car Skids A C alifornia m an. Roy Wells, of O range, C alifornia, w as in jured in an au to acident T h u rs day m orning about 1 miles south of H arb o r on snow covered roads It ap peared th at the man had been drinking as th ere was an open botle in the car. D eputy Sheriff W es Sm ith in v estigated the accident. W itnesses reported th a t the car, a 1954 Font, w as all over the road before the accident. It skidded, slam m ed into a bank, and back out onto the road. The m an’s head w ent th ro u g h the windshield. He w as bleeding pro fusely by the tim e Dr. Roy W hite and the Brookings Ambulance, driven by Roy Brown, hit • ed. The extent of his injuries was not known at press time. owned tim b er stands, Thp timber ig all in (he ohetco Drainage, and officials of th e firms say th a t logging operation« are already under way on the tim ber. South-B rook will not be a m an u factu rin g concern, b ut it is expected offices would lx; set up in th e C en tral Building. Gen erally, th e saw logs will go to South Coast for m anufacture, and th e peelers lo Brooking* Plyw’ood C orporation. Officials aiso said th a t the South-B rook o|x?ration w ouldn’t necessarily limit itself to this one sale, but would continue to buy tim ber in the a re a on the sann; basis. P.T.A. DINNER TO BE SATURDAY The B rookings-H arbor P.T.A. dinner will h? S aturday, Feb ru ary 26th, at the High School Gym nasium . 5:30 to 8 :0 0 p.m. w ith a ch arg e of $1.50 l»er adult and a half price for children under 12. The proceeds from this dinner will lx* used by th e P T.A. to install a sink and elec tric stove in th e snack b ar of th e new high school. C urry and Del N orte counties will profit in th e over 3 million dollar expansion program of the W est Coast Telephone Co., ac- Mrs. Gladys Kanick is the c< r 'in g to George McBride, the chairm an of the dinner. Mr. D. d ‘rict m anager. D. W illiams will act as "head Included In the p rogram will dish w ash er’’ w ith Gene Allison lx? $15'. 240 to lie expended in It was ju st like the wooley bling equipm ent was seized, i n - , ,* end Joe Tobin, school'' princif •als kings for cable additions in west of old last week, as 3 0 1 eluding pinball machines, punch "cracking the whip." sta te and county police officers boards, card tables and monev t v. and th e in stallatio n of 50 sw ept up and down the 100-mile from the tables. The a rre sts in '■e ' a! office lines, to provide for mi c phone num bers. The Oregon Coast A ssociation’s length of C u rry C ounty F riday cluded th ree from Brookings night in a series of sim ultaneous H all said th a t city police w ere ( ’-’• rpnt f i t y ¡s doWn for some new television film, in color, A M eeting was called by the 'fh c main juestion before the gam bling raids, under the d ir invited to ta k e p art in the raids. ' 160, most of which w ill be Brookings-H arbor C h a rd e r of group w asn ’t resolved. Do th e ‘‘This Is T h ' Oregon C oast" will ection of D istrict A ttorney Sam Police officers entered all of the ’vr* n new cables. be shown at a public m eeting Commerce, W ednesday night, to p r°ple of the area w ant such a H all of Brookings. Brookings establishm ents, and Sm th River has been alloc* to be held :n Brookings on the T he unprecedented raids re had w a rra n ts for the Cliff House ated S3.350 for oi>en w ire service determ ine w hether people in t h e ! development ? Actually, few ob- 3rd of M arch a t a tim e and a area would be in tereste ' in at- lections w ere heard, those l>eing sulted in th e arrest of 15 coun- and E lks Club, but nothing wa.. | to F ort Dick. place to be announced in next tem pting to bring the Port Chic* | dangler, if any; perhaps u n - ty men plus two m ore who I found in eith er of th e two estab - Port O rford will have $11,280 ago M unitions Dump to Brook- desirable pconle moving into the weeks PILOT, w ere la te r cited as the resu lt I lishm ents. 1 m ostly in cable and w ith ings. and to determ ine •• at th<‘ area, and the seh >ol situation. It The film, which will be seen of the raids. Considerable gam- •> addition of 30 m ore lines to possibilities would I»«-, in regard w as lH’ nted out. however, if it during the next 12 m onths by The only actu al evidence v r* en tral office. millions of television fans all AHHH! W EA TH ER ! found a t K en’s T avern w here the •' to site, harbor an I olh actors, w as a federal project, the gov- ' here will also be a r e in s ta ll- ow ners, Ken T aylor and C lar over the nation is designed to Brookings continues to lead The m eeting resulted from a ern m en t wit-Id build the school«. lure vacationists and home seek m ost of th e country1 in its balm - ence Stoller, along w kh dealer t on of long distance equipm ent 'l i e discus ion centered on th® telegi am sent last week by Sen. ’ et’. nen Gold Beach and Coos ers to the Oregon Coast. Film ing in?ss balm iness so fa r as the B ert Shuey, w ere arrested. adv an tag es 0» the hx'ation here, R ichard N euberger to Brookings and ‘he moving and addition is in sequence from border to te m p eratu re is concerned, th a t is. Officers fiom the Oregon the h arbor end the federal land of long d.stance facilities at Gold and o th e r Oregon Coast C.ties. bortler of the s ta te and C urry Liquor Commission and S tate already owiv'd, plus th e possihil- T herm om eters haven’t been county’s spectacu lar coastline w andering very far from the I P ° 1,Ce from R osebur8- Medford ” ,e "h T hree long distance cir- President C arl Yr hr called ity of a rorv1 into the valley. w dl be added between Cres- the m x-ting to o rd er w .th about and industries play a prom inent 45-50 degree m arks even though and Co9 ui,,e C urry Coun- N o a c tio n w a s ta k e n , b u t id t i— p art. th ere has been some, of th a t stulf ty au th o rities in th e clam p down cen ’ C ity and Brookings; th e 120 businessmen prese t. and itional stud es will be made, an d The public m eeting, sponsored technically known as p rec ip ita t of card games, punch board an.l sam e between Langlois and Coos told w h a t tacts th a t hud been a comr lit tee apjwiinted to look pinball pay-offs th a t have "mad. Bnv and two north from Coos released. by the Oregon Coast A ssociat ion. into th e situation. C u rry County known as ■ e ”■ to I akeside. Because C ook ion’s Brookings m em bership is free of charge and all interested "w idest open" county in south- Ri’.' is the long distance ce n te r w estern O regon” according to f ° r a num ber of com m unities, are invited to atten d Verne CALENDAR ‘hose oth er areas will benefit by one big city daily. Ayers, the association’s m anager of EVENTS Church bells th ro u g h >ut the The ladies of the A lta r Soc* will address the m eeting givinv H all reported tn a t th? ra ' these im provem ents: N orth Bend facts and figures from ch a rts C ourtesy o f Brookings-H arbor w ere th? result of over two I a ’*.« 'e , Bandon, P ort O rford, C om m unity will |>eal at 1 p m„ lety of the S tar-o f-th e-S ea C ath » C ham ber o f Com m erce • t’s ".old Beach and Cres- Sunday, to herald the opening of olic Church are also assistin g . on the association’s activities. m onths of planning and invest Br tv The cost of this p ro j the intensive three-h o u r ‘‘H eart This team is captained by A second film, "Y ou’ll R envm - igation, and are the sta rt of 1 her O regon" w hich the s ta te i THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 34rd cam paign to halt gam bling in the et at $109,000. D riw .” Evelyn Munley, w ith Mrs. ( ’I vd® C of C Luncheon -Cliff House trav el inform ation division of e w II also lie an install- The H eart D rive com m ittee B raynard, Mrs. Andrew Bon«i®, county, and are anjeffort to keep at 12 Noon. a t.o r >’ a 100 percent standby welcomes tw o new m em bers, Mrs. W alter Bomoff, Mrs. W ill the sta te highw ay d ep artm en t is organized gam bling out. E lks Club. 8 pirn at th e now using on TV statio n s will -ircuit between C<x>s Donna H orton and Mrs. Helen iam B row m an, Mrs. D o ro th y P relim inary hearings on those m icT‘f Elks Tem ple. a lao be shown. A considerable nd 1 ugene, via Blossom Rice who have joined the ladies E lm gren, Mrs. E E. H anscam , a rrested in Gold Beach, and P ort Bay p art of this film too. is m ade up ERIDAY, FEBRUARY 24th of B eta Sigm a Phi, Gamm a J r , Mrs. John Hall, Mrs Eva O rford and o th e r county areas Hill of coast scenes. T his type of film In 'he p;»»t decade, McBrid» C hapter, comjx»sed of the follow Kassa, Mrs. Com m unity Concert -Crescen* are alread y in progress, w ith ehl< r, M rs. he said, is in g reat dem and by som e men having waived the says, f . . ■ p lan t value has in- ing m em bers: T helm a Houvila. G ary W imbe Elk Auditorium , 8:15 p.m. d Mrs. H anna. TV statio n and four p rin ts of hearings H earing in m ookings crease 1 fourfold, em ployees have - Yvoni Eox, Gladys Christensen, F rom th.- ’ .’ itional B ank the coast film will be used. T here SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25th will be before Ju st io? Roy Brown i ncr? a ed from 635 to 1700, the ! P a t 1 nt, L orraine Eide, P at th e re w ill lx \ I ice P eabody PTA Roast Beef D inner - payroll f m $1.058,000 to Hellr. :, Yvonne Cox, N adine is no charge for th e ir use. possibly this F’riday. as Captain, K R smussen, VI 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. $6.1000 000 H yatt 1 the total num ber ly an M arianne M urphy N ancy i Mos, Hall said th at the raids had •1 Snyder, Ni ta •rved from 46 899 F •.san k. Ronnie R aKland, Mar-1 æ been scheduled for some weeks of station? SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26th canne H enton. to 131 670. tha S y re and Yolande V aughn. Everyone A ttend the C hurch ago, 11 t th at because of the re nt storm s they w ere postponed. of Your Choice He reported th a t the incident H eart Fund Drive which stirred au th o rities into MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27th action w as the rolling of a log Em blem Club 8 p.m., at the ger, C arl Johnson, then of ( ’old Elks Hall. Beach, for $2,000 which he had An a med man, charged w ith bor, ■ iw P o rte r stick a pistol A m eeting of th ? Curry C oun W ednesda. morning, H all and won in a game. ty court, next W ednesday, along TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 28th first-tk-gree arson, was loose in into th e ribs of his wife. The gun county au th o rities w ent to th e w ith the County Budget Com R otary 12 noon. Cliff House A ttorney G eneral Robert T h o rn the rugged hill cou n try behind w as tak en aw ay from P o rte r, jscene and w ent th ro u g h th e m ittee may decide th e fate of the Rebekahs I.O .O .». H all at 3 ton commended the D istrict A t Brookings a s of press tim e who then ran into the house. burned out house. No body wax controversial O & C Tim ber Council M eeting C ity H all, torney and all sta te and county T hursday m orning. A l< w m inutes la te r, th e house found in the ashes, so it wa« \ j onev police who "played a p art in M errill ,'R ed” P o rter, arm ed blazed up. Payne, Steve C ate, assumed that Porter had hid In 8:00 p.m ’ T h „ budgM w j„ cleaning up gam bling in Curry w ith a 25-35 rifle w as th e object and P o rte r’s wife and th ree the hills. The authorities took C ounty." T hornton said th ere is of a county police search Wed- children cam e into tow n an d re the distributor out of Porter*« m eet to pi f ire a supplem entary S PE A K S H E R E hudget Included on the com* esday a fte r he reportedly set ported th e incident to th e auth* car, and then notified California Leon Mulling. Southern Oreg- no place for com mercialized mifctee 1s E lm er Bank us, of on College of Education, spoke to Rambling in any county, and if fire to the old H enry P ayne orities, including Sam H alt authorities at the state line. BlW)kjnes othpr the E lem en tary teachers on such establishm ents are allowed l ouse about 10 or 12 m iles up It was decided that it would Porter*« wife and her children h a w indicated a desire to at- speech correction techniques. to exist, too often it is the fam ily th.? Chetco. lie pointless to try to bring th® w ere livin g in Brookings Wed tend the meeting, including the T uesday evening Mr Tobin, the rnan wbo can least afford to H ere is th e story, according to man in Tuesday night, as he wa« nesday. He had reportedly work» S uperintenden t of Schools D. elem entary principal conducted gam ble his money away who Sam Ha", District Attorney. armed md knew the country ed for the Forest Service, out 0< d W illiams, of Brookings suffers. TucaJry, Don Payne, a neigh* very well. m eeting. tha Cava Junction station. COAST FILM TO BE SHOWN MUNITION B’ MP DISCUi HERE BELLS TO PEAL ON 'HEART SUNDAY' COUNTY COURT MAY RELEASE O & C MONEY ZS Á” i med Man is Sought '"'TS?
