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U ÛF W LIBRARY» EUGENE ORE M c K enzie won ' t SAM HALL WILL SEEK LEGISLATIVE POSITION N o w h ere A Finer C lim a te - N o w h ere A Finer C om m unity Thursday, M arch I, 1956 SKtTCH BOOK VOLUME 11 — NUMBER 2 Courthouse Poses Problem run , LEAVES FORCE Council Sets Uo First District On Tuesday, of this w eek, Rod McKenzie announced th a t he would not be a candidate for ro» election for the Oregon Legis la tu re .and im m ediately tw o Brookings atto rn ey » announced Ray S w itzer has handed in his resignation to Police Chief* T he Brookings Council sta rte d Bud Cross, and w ill leave B ro o k -, th e ball rolling on th e first , — BU LLETIN — ings this w eek fo r P o rt O rford, 1 special assessm ent d istrict which Just before pness tim e, S am T he opening of th e bids on the w here he will assum e Police will in tim e, provide th e city H all, Brookings attorney’, an Chief duties. S w itzer has b e e n 1 w ith th eir own sew er system.!, PLA.V C R A B F EED — nounced th a t he w ould seek proposed new C urry County 4 8 2 H A V E P A ID The High School Ju n io r Class C ourt House has put the County in Brookings d uring th is past The council, m eeting T uesday office in the L egislature, to will put on th eir annual C rab C ourt in a bit of a jam. The bids w inter, coming here from K la m -, night, passed a resolution which succeed Rixl McKenzie. H all SEWER BILLS 1 th e city declares its intention to also reported th a t Minnie King, Feed next S atu rd ay , M arch 10. openetj far CXCeeded the expect- a th F alls. R eports from the City Record- S The feed will be at th e « ra n g e of , 0 „ )st n e ii AIIZXCC CCTC in itiate the construction of a prom inent P o rt O rford R epub e r ’s Office show th a t 482 of th e Hall, and th e youngsters a d \e - I T he lQW h |d openBd, from a Kfcl/ v K U » * Jfc 1 3 sa n ita ry sew er sytsem in a re a lican, would also file fo r th e tw o- w hich is thc area rGUKhlv’ post. She was active in CoOS 780 residents who have been tLse All You C an E at. Coos Ray fJrm w ith $404 000 for s *A B j|D A I/*lk l R A T E LAlYll AlwIM II A I C bound by Chetco Avenue and County Republican circles for th e b u ild in g alone. 1 he C ounty billed for m unicipal sew er ass- The Red Cross cam paign d ate pacific Qcean. LION'S AUXILIARY M EETS uo years, and would draw’ stro n g has set aside approrimately has boen set for C u rry County, m ent have already paid in some The resolution called for th e support from th at area. $205,000 for th e building and the w ith Glenn Sabin, of Gold Beach, $3,201-25. Of this num ber, 30 have paid in advance .either for day, F eb ru ary 27th a t th e home j all The loW bid fOr the jail w as as county chairm an. Rev. John city engineer to malw a survey Ik e ’s decision to ru n again 6 m onths or a y ea r’s billng. of Mrs. W illiam Houvila. F in al S29,000 and it w as established S hideler has been appointed as and {»la, of th e area, and subm it ^ a t they w ere considering filing caused m ore excitem ent on the W orks S u p erintendent, plans for th e Jitn ey Dinner, to ant)ther $35,000 would he used the local cam paign director. Rev. a w ritte n rep o rt on M arch 2 8 th .' fo r th e office. City airw ays, television and new s Ralph The engineering w ork is already Sam H ail, district atorney, Reed says th a t w ithin th e be held on M arch 18th, a t 5 p.m., for c o u r t H ouse furnishings, S hideler in tu rn , has appointed papers th a n did Mrs. O Leary s past few days, several have come were made, in progress. The n ex t step will told several fruends *hat there is The to ta l cost of the C ourt a com m itee chairm an to help cow and the fam ous Chicago fire. in, in increasing num bers. This be for the council to pass an ord- a jMI>sibility th e m ay ru n A fter the business m eeting, House, using th e low bids, would him here. D em ocrats are hoping th a t the inance a lte r the rep o rt has been for tbe office t ’ _ , R pub' billing carries an in terest Cootie” w as played and enjoyed be around $465,000 and the The canvass d ate will be on decision didn't upset th e ir polit penalty and if unpaid, will con- by all. Mrs. Gene Allison and cQunty hag ju st about $300,000, M arch 18th. H ow ever, th e cam- received, setting special Ucan C ounty C en tral C om m ittee received, sett ng u up p « th » e special ical chances in the coming fall s titu te an incum berance against Mrs. Shelley S h ellam ar w ere on ha'nd Thi& brought th e t o t a l , paign in th e lodges and organ assessm ent cisttfct- Then not- c h a irm a n announced Tuesday election. the property. guests of th e club. over 50 ¡»ercent higher than w as 1 izations, and th e industrial and i(X’s "* Pu s • am night th a t It th e {»«»opt. a re of — S ketch Book — ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- anticipated. retail establishment« will run jectl,,rK lieard* _ opinion that 1 should seek ipated. N eith er party will find it as If all goes well, the City could ' office, naturally I would not re from Mftrch 5th through the 17th The arch itect, Mr. Marks, was easy going as did the big fire. I sta rt th? actual sewer digging fuse. put on th e spot, im m ediately, by Shideler reported. look forw ard to a real tussel for McKenzie, of Sixes, O regon, C om m ittee chairm en appoint in ab o u t 80 day’s from th e pass the Court. T he architect is ex control of Congress. age of th e aforem entioned res- announced his plans in a le tte r to ed a re : Mrs. Helen Rice, Can- pected to draw plans and spec — Sketch Book. the Pilot. He said "Due ,0 bus ifications, w hich would bring th e vass ch airm an ; Dr. R ichard olution, city w ork superintendent N a tu ra lly the GOP convention iness obligations I will not he < Sm ith, Dodges and O rganizations Ralph Reed said. to tal cost close to the money in F risco will not hold much ex candidate for re-elee,ion.” Hie Tony C hristensen and Lee Hein, T he council also reported th a t allocated. citem ent because of th e cut and Six bidders bid on the C ourt In d u strial; and E rnie C hristian- th ey had. in a special meeting, move cam e as a su rp rise to m ost dry fo rm ality of nom inating the here, — who — had figured House, w ith bids ranging Iro m .so n , Retail. agreed w ith E lm er B ankus on observers - — - P resident. True, some sm all th at he would run again. $404.000 to $488,000. The jail Rev. S hideler said, ’‘The re- 'h e sew age disposal 10m cause for excitem ent mhy come McKenze was the C hairm an of bids w ere from $25,000 to 39,000. cent flood d isaster strik in g all B eresa T ™c t- J ,ie aK m ' m<'" in the choosing of a vice-pres It w as believed th a t th e arch- around us provide an eloquent discolsed th a t «'<* w oul* the Bills C om m ittee, and a mem The C u rry County C ourt, who ident running m ate. m et w ith th e budget com m ittee j itect and tb e iow bidder would testim ony of our need for a Pay B ankus $o0 a m o n t . i a n d ber of F o restry and Mining, — S ketch Book — highw ays and tax atio n as a re |^ and o th er in terested persons, on be contacted in an effort to re- «trong Red Cross organization, th a t the sew er would he hooked I hear th a t choice is going to resentative, duce th e building to th e b are equipped to provide em ergency up to th e existing sewei system, W ednesday, aw arded the county be F erris . . he’s the hig wheel McKenzie represented botft Discussion ^on schools $72,000 out of th e 113,000 essentials to enable th e C ourt ,vlipf on a vast scale at a mom- a t the circus. Coos and C u rry County. It ha« to build. The C ourt n eith er re- ‘‘nts notice. W here ever disaster cem in g th e proposed bond issue unbudgeted O&C T im ber money. — Sketch Book — but nothing conclusive w as de- also been the custom th a t one T he new’ C om m unity A m b u l-1 The controversial money had jected nor accepted the low bids. strik es th e Red Cross is th ere.” T he frau and little Todd w’ent "In teas spectacular w ays too, elded upon as to the m arketing representative is elected from beach com bing the o th er day ance C om m ittee has now sup- been hanging in the air for some C urry County and a sta te sen the Red Cross is co n stan tly on bond«, , . a the .ho old and and is and cam e back w ith w hat looked p lanted « already already m onths. T he Schools had asked The duty. A large share of the funds Al Phillips was at the meet a to r from Coos County. GIRLS TO PLAY like th e fem ur bone of an e a rth progressing tow ard restoring the monpy w i„ N either Ackley or H all went raised locally are kept by the nK to report on the progress d istrib u ted on a c re atu re. I told them to go back local ch ap ters to c a rry out the th e new am bulance com m ittee Is willing to com mit them selvm r BASKETBALL and find the nest so t h a t 'T h î '“ P bu‘ance serViCe, ' ° , ’** “X per student enrolled basis. y ear around em ergency relief nicking. He said "We got it set any fu rth e r on th eir plans. Al T he form er com m itteem en, who A ttending the m eeting from THIS SATURDAY Pelican Bay Artists can have a w’ork of ♦he Am erican Red up On a paying basis.” He asked though Ackley did say th a t •'I have been doing an exoellent g ro w in g s w ere S up erin ten d en t full skeleton for aatomy studies. T here should be p lenty of the City about the possibilities regret to see McKenzie re tirin g Cross." job, under th e circum stances, Qf schools D. D. W illiam s, M ayor flee record, and — S ke tc h B ook — action on the big school gym of tak in g the am bulance over. A because of s consisted of Roy Brown, John Roy P nrnrn School Board Chnir- M aybe you don’t think th a t I am not s 'k ’ng public office— floor this com ing S atu rd ay round of discussion followed on D arger, Leo Lucas. Bud Stoten- m an Thompson, School last rem ark has anything to do berg and Val M endenhall, Sr. ) Roard M embers Gladys K anick evening when tw o hot-shot e th e subject. M ayor Roy Brimm but I w .,| g > it some th o ught.* H all has b n d 's ‘rict a tto rn e y w ith th e them e of this w eek’s g irls’ team s contend for th e agreed to kxik into the m atter. T he new board, te n tativ ely ac- and McKenzie. Sam H all, T he T u rk ey anu Trimmings colum n, politics , . . well, you honors Brookings vs. H arb o r Merill Bullock was appointed hone for th » ast several year«. cepting the job is, Joe Sayre, ( d jgtrict atto rn ey , also sat in on Su{ e•• you and your fam ily can to the license com m ittee to re His term w an’t expire until tai Team s from each se ttle m en t ju st w ait to see how m any Mrs. A m ber Campbell, Al Phil- meeting. get nt th e V.F.W, Hall. :h/i place C harlie Young Chief of 1959. H ow ever, if he did run for fam ily skeletons political oppon plan to hit the floor a t 7 p.m. lips. F red G ustafson w ith L e o . CQunfy w u r t algo b udget. com g S atu rd ay evening .will Po|ice Rud Cross w as asked to legislature, end win, he w ould M arch 3rd, sponsored by the ents try to drag out of hidden Lucas staying on, for th e tim e * m onth for the rem ain- not only help to sustain you over checking buslness estab - have to give up the district a t B rookinks-H arbor high school aw ay closets. , being as he has had m uch ex- Qf th<? fisca, y ear for g Ju v . the w eekend but will su h stan t- hshrnpnls fwr licenses , ^ ¡ „ „ ¡ „ 3 torney [MlRt. G irls Assignation. T here will — Sketch Book — »ally help a group of O verseas M arch lgt G overnor Iflmo Sm ith m et • '„keri to en i*e Officer, and allocated some be en tertain m en t a t th e half. __ V eteran s and th eir Ladies in with m any C urry C ounty d i g n i t - |'a ue . en> md' funds for san itary supervision. m aintaining a popular m eeting aries at Gold Beach W ednesday * a so‘ The rem ainder w ent into th e O L A F ’S N E IC B V IS IT S M rs Ellen Hamm , of Los [»lace in th? com m unity which night. The governor, a w eekly It is reported th at the new general fund Also urging the use publisher himself, will under- association will im m ediately u n - ! of the monev for schools w as a Angeles, left Sunday by plane, they have com m itted them selves stand this W ORKING P R E SS ’ d erta k e to determ ine a fair delegation from P o rt O rford, a fte r a w eek's visit here w ith her in "B ettering the com m unity in absence. Got to get th a t p a p e r, schedule of charges, pay the dri- and O phir and also County Sup- uncle, O laf Pearson» w ho is at which the live." Milt F oster and his associates P. J. "Pet»'” ♦ esm eister of tlW printed for the T hursday dead vers 7nd m ake "every "effort to erin ten d en t Ed S eger of Gold present a patient a t th e S easide prom ise a real He-Man feed, L esm eister Re I E sta te and in collect all ou tstan d in g bills. Beach. H ospital, :n Crescent City. line you know. T he sale of M incer’s Jew elry surance Ag mey has announced w ith all the trim m ings, the des One GOP P a rty official com to Lee W illoughby, of Cody, that h e has sold a p a rtn e rs h ip se rt being supplied by the ladies. m enting on the president’s d e The belief is th at a fte r the tu r Wyoming, was announced this in terest in bjs business to Paul cision to run voiced his opinion key ration is taken care of, th ere week. W illoughby has been in L. Eauers»». The new a rra n g e th a t this w-atf the go ahead signal w on’t be much dem and for a n y ! ,h ** jew elry and w atch rep air ment, in th e business which Lee* for his p arty to launch an ex business for 22 years. dessert. m eister has operated for Id tensive drive to be heard and The “Dean of the Professional book, ‘‘Your P ra y ers Are Always erally deals w ith hunting, and or He and his wife Anne have years since c»»ming to B ro o k in p t The supper will be spread felt in all im portant political A frican W hite H u n ters,” a part- Answpred,” will be released by Africa. from 6:00 p m , w ith ad u lts and th ree children here w ith them from K lam ath Falls, 1« to tad offiops from the Presidencv to tim e resident of this area has th e G ilbert Publishing Co. on A full page ad in th e P u b lish children, w hether affiliated w ith are K athleen 14, a fresh- every C ounty C ourt House in j w ritte n anoth er hook, which will th at date. ers W orld on F eb ru ary 4th, a n any veteran organization o r not, man ifl high school; Douglas, 8th effective on M arch 1st. F au erso recently disposed of th e county. He didn t know that „Q on tbe m a rk e t on March Well knpwn in this area tie- nounced this al>out th e book, quite welcome. The reasonable grade and a l»hy. They also C u rry County got no C ourt 19th. cause of his periodic stay here. “Seldom in a lifetim e does a charges are $1.50 for adults and have a son who w as a L ittle All- his in terests in the B rookingi Plywood C q x iratio n w here hr House. A lexander Lake, a famous L ake is living here w ith his wife m anuscript c m - in to a publish- h alf price for yOUngster» who Am erican and all Pacific Coaat has been employed since its in auth o r, who m akes his home and family. The new book is a j ¡nK house th a t com pletely elect- are under 12. All those who re- fullback a t Fresno S ta te He is th an ¡files everyone who com es in ceived th eir notices by m ail are now a 1st Lt. in the Air Corps, ception. in a beach house alm ost on the com pletely different type P rio r to moving to BrookingV CALENDAR s ta te line, announced th a t a new the usual Lake book, which gen- contact w ith it. Th s is the sto ry askpfj tQ ronsuR th e ir conscienc- T he W illoughby» are ren tin g a F auerso w :s in thp tru ck in g of E V E N T S of one such m anuscript. _ es about them. house from Mrs. Mincer. business for him self for five C ourtesy of Brooking*-Harbor I h< 1>>< K is m ide up of 25 Com m ander Kelley are Pres- Mrs. Mincer, who previously years. H e w as also em ployed In C ham ber of Com m erce sto rie s fu << 10m over , ¡dent C lara Bowlin w ant to ex- operated the store, will continue th e W holesa!e Sales D ep artm en t a n t » n tiin m is o p ra y e rs th e ir appreciation and also to help o u t in th e business, she of the Union 0 ' C< m oany in th e T H U R SD A Y . MARCH* 1st th at have b^en an sw ered , L a k e |fo asM(jrp p th a | a „ , hp un i t 4' ,»refi» for Spokane am ’ C ham ber of Com merce D ir h as m ad e a co llectio n of such . __ , , , ___ . * funds derived from th e ir efforts der the sam e nam e. nine year«, 1 n ~i¡ to th a t was ectors m eet—C ity Hall. 8 p.m. stories al lof his ev en tfu l life. will lx* ex p en d ed fo r th e Ixdtcr- W illoughby is a n ativ e of w ith th e P .e Power and E lks C lub Elks Hall. 8 p.m. Laki-* said th a t M itch M iller m ent of the V F.W. property. Wyom ng. alth o u g h he spent 11 Light Comp o ’ortland in FRIDAY. MARCH 2nd the famous h in d leader, w as to years operatin g stores in S outh the Engine«” I e a rtm e n t. SATU RDAY MARCH 3rd release a r cord on th e sam e •m California. H e atended B rad F auerso, an ’ ;f Fonie veteran, V F W . FEE D V F W . Hall. day. w ith th? s 'm e ram e. e- live in H ar- L ake r n • ay from home, The H eart Fund Drive cam- ley I n s titu te and th e U. of Wyo and his wife 6 00 P.M. I children, K e ith early in life, a fte r being born io paign in Brookings was a re- ming for two years. He served bor and have B asketball G am e- High school id C h ery l Ann, C hicagp and living w ith his sounding success, according to in the Air Corps in th e la st w ar. Allen, 2 yea» Gym. tG irls Teams» 7:00 p.m. 16 month«. m issionary fa th e r in S o u th Af- George Dunning, local chairm an, Oregon Coast H ighway pictures rica. He becam e a professional H e reported th a t $800 was col- OLSEN SUFFERS hCetco Inn. at 7 :00 pm . h u n ter. and spent 44 y ears in lected by the women volunteers S quare Dance. I 0 . 0 E Hall, Coast M »vie Preview th e area He believed to he >n th e ir house-to house canvass, 1 9 00 p.m. A previeu 4 talking movies HEART A T TA C K the only wh te man living th a t despite the fierce w eath er con- SUNDAY. MARCH 4th Gordon Olsen, who operates prepared by tbe Coast Highway has w alked th length and th e ditions on Sunday, in w’hich m ost E veryone A ttend the Church Association will lx* given in the W ards Gas and Appliance Center of the women got drenched. b re a d th o f A frica, of Your Choice lobby of to* i'L ’tco Inn, this Dunning said th a t the Brook here, was stricken with a heart He has been in new spaper MONDAY. MARCH 5th Saturday evening, starting about attack Monday night. However, ings total tripled that of Gold work, and has w ritte n a rticle s Barber-shoppers P ra ctice—8:00 7:30. The f lms shown will be for scores of different m agazines Beach, and th at per capita, it it has been reported th at h« b available to r publicity through p m., High school music room recovering satisfactorily from was as good as any city In the including T rue Field and S tre am TUESDAY. MARCH 6th x out the oountry, and are pro state. the attack. Real and also for Saga. E astern S ta r IO O F Hall, at $ grammed for a great number of He is supposed to he In bed Dunning ^expressed his apprec- More recently I-ik e has been television showings. B eta Iota C hapter. Beta Sigma w riting for the movies, in the iation to the G am m a G am m a about a month, and will be re P h i_ 8 p.m at W anda Thom p There will be no charge for T arzan series. He has had m any Girls, to the S ta r of the Sea quired to take it easy for an in this public preview, sponaored sons home. books published, in a h alf dozen ladies, to the U. S. N ational definite {»eriod. Olsen had Just jointly by the Chamber of Com R o tary —12 noon. Cliff House languages, such as “H u n ters Bank girls and to all o th ers who returned from a trip to Port merce and the Coast Highway WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7th Choice,” "Farligh» Africa, and p articip ated He also th an k ed land, where he bowled In the Assodatiogi V F W and A uxiliary 8 pm the Pilot for the publicity. state tournament. “ A frican A dventures.” V.F.W. Hall ftuf Pisarek t SCHOOLS TO GET 7 2 ,0 0 0 O&C FUND Progress Is Mode On Ambulance ranno eat . Fneurero Enters Announce Sale Into Pminess Of Jewelry Store With >'•'"'■'Mer Lake Writes Another Heart Drive Ends
