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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
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i med Man is Sought
'"'TS?