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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 ,
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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»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