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Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume i i — N um ber 4
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FOR STATE SENATE
rod
Azalea Festival
Dates Are Set
For June 9 and 10
Thursday, March 15, 1056
NEW TAX RE-ASSESSMENT
PROGRAM GETS INTO GEAR
Up until several days ago 1
h esitated to m ention anything
about baseball training. T h ere’s
no holding back now.
— Sketch Book —
I doubt if Florida has any
b e tte r w eath er than Brookings
T he Azalea F estiv al date has
Rod McKenzie, sta te leg islater
but 1 m ust adm it they undoubt
from C urry County, who an- been set. and plan are under
edly have m ore baseballs.
nounced last week th a t he would j w ay for the big event. The Feat- I
— Sketch Book —•
not be a candidate for re-election *val will be held on June 9-10 j
I tried aw fully hard but I
The big C u rry County problem
announced this week th a t h e. Ibis y ear
didn't find any youngsters here
of re a p p ra isa l got a w orking
T
he
directors
of
th
e
Brookings-
filed, Friday, for S ta te S en ato r
in the are a playing the co u n try ’s
over this weekend, as a com
H arb o r C ham ber of Commerce
num ber one game. Especially
Red Cross C anvassers w ere from this district.
m ittee on T axation and Finance,
m
et
w
ith
rep
rése
n
tât
ivies
of
the
He said in a note to the Pilot
w ith the schools not in session. out in force this week, but the
set up by the County E xtension
o
th
e
r
o
rganizations
last
T
h
u
rs
The
C
urry
C
ounty
C
ourthouse
th
a
t
‘‘I
have
filed
for
S
ta
te
W hattesa m a tte r K id s ? ? ?
big drive, w ithin th e city limits,
P lanning Com m ittee, this week, office .and headed by chairm an
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will ta k e place Sunday, M arch S en ato r from this district be- day, to plan th e annual com-
C harles Gravshel, met w ith other
negotiating
w ith
H arold
The Brookings City Council is
G etting back to the big time, 18th, according to Rev. John cause I feel th a t it m akes for a m u n ity event.
county officials and sta te tax
F
u
rth
e
r
plans
w
ill
be
made
met T uesday night and discussed G rappe, Coos Bay co n tracto r, in representatives, Monday.
I notice th a t the W isconsin en try Shideler, local Red Cross C am h ea lth ier situ atio n for th e voters
to have a choice of candidates.” w hen the group m eets M arch 22 various and sundry items. L ittle an effort to get costs down on
in the big leagues, the M ilw au paign chairm an.
T he com m ittee, compost'd of
O ther candidates filing in the at 8 p.m. in the C ity Hall.
concrete action w as taken, a l the proposed courthouse.
kee Braves, are doing alright?
Canvass w orkers m et Tuesday
T he Lions C lub are planning though th e council did by a res
Grapi>e bid $404,756 on the rep resen tativ es from all over the
An Alabama., boj, H ank Aaron, afternoon to p rep are for th e I ^'o u n ty are as follows:
olution set up a P acific-Pioneer- courthouse and w as low bidder. county, met w ith the court w ith
has been pounding the ball. I t ’s w eeks work. All w orkers are in-
* d u n ty ( lerk O leta A. W alk- a boat race for th e sam e date.
O rganizations sending rep re Easy S tre et Special A ssessm ent T he C dunty had planned on th e object of find out how soon
good to see som ething favorable vited to an open house a t th e Ie r - 00,(1 B each: Ellen D ougherty
spending $265,000 fo r th e new a re-appraisal of C urry County
come from th a t southern sta te home of Mrs. Helen Rice, follow of Gold Reach; County Commiss- sen tativ es w ere: The Beta Io ta j o istrle t
would tak e place,
ioner Robert H. Ism crt, Byron C h ap ter, Beta Sigm a Phi, (»am-j
w hich includes stru c tu re .
for a change.
ing the conclusion of th e drive,
m
a
G
am
m
a
C
hapter,
Azalea
,
At the m eeting w ere G ravshel,
The
group
decided
to
negotiate
‘‘Roy’’
B
rim
m
and
F
red
Flynn.
— Sketch Book —
the school area, is to install a
on M arch 18.
Ju stice of Peace D istrict 1: Roy G arden Club, Rebekahs, V.F.W. sewer system , and base and pave w ith Grappe, r a th e r th an reject Don V aughn and Tom M cKenzie
It m ight be a little early for
all the bids. Raym ond M arks, of Brookings; C larence B rooks,
Brown. Brookings; Dist. 2: W ill and A uxiliary, S atellite Social p art of PionPer and Easy>
me to get out on a limb and set
iam Fuller, Gold Beach; Dist. 3: Club. W rang’ers, Rotary, Lions sta te w ill co n trib u te a large arch itect, has been called into Langlois; Rod McKenzie, S ixes;
down my predictions for th?
Engstrom , P ort O rford; E lm er
< lub. E m blem Club, Elks, and shane of the actu al paving,
th e parley.
A rth u r Niem an, Port O rford.
com ing season, but I've done
rrh e
pnKjnpPr
County Judge, Guy Forsyth, Bankus, Ed Seger, Dave F o rc h -
For School S uperintendent — t h e ( hetco (»range.
cra zie r things.
engineer w
w as
as dj
directed
John E dw ard Seger, Gold Beach.
— Sketch Book —
to m ake a survey and p lat of the said M arks has subm itted revised ier, Ken P rie st and the co u n ty
plans and th a t th e com m ittee court. Also th ere w ere Lee Hein,
F o r P ort of Port O iford Com
I look for the M ilwaukee
area and subm it a report.
Policemen seem to ' come and m issioner Ira Tucker, John V.
B raves to m eet the Boston Red
The council also adopted p la n would aw ait com pleted plans on and Virgil C lark from the Brook-
Sox in th e w orld series. Does go in Brookings. C u rren tly the O ’H ara, and Roy Mills. P o rt of
ning com mission reco m m en d at a new basis before aw arding any ings Plywood Corporation.
A sum m ary of th? m eeting
anyone, and th a t includes P ete sta tu s is 1. A new m an was hired Gold Beach Commission—G rady
ion 21. which g ran ted the request contract.
brought out several im p o rta n t
L esm eister. w ant to challange this week by Chsef Bud Cross. 2. You no?.
of E lm er B ankus for perm ission
G eorge H am m ond has announced
th a t ?
to deed a 70-foot strip for In Opal Elkin Wins Rime conclusions. One, th a t prelim in
I Republicans filing for com
his resignation from th e force.
ary w ork would sta rt on the re
— S ketch Book —
d u strial S tre e t as p latted . The
m itteem an or woman include:
A H eritor woman, Mrs. Opal
H ired w as David Lee Mackey,
They a re m aking things easier
property is located behind M ur Elkin, won the latest sweep- appraisal in Ju n e of this year.
iC hetco P recin ct—Vernon H an-
for the _ -----
fans —
nowadays,
too. I 26. form erly of Coos ,, Bay. He w as scam. Lois Peterson, H arbor.
ry Motors at R ailroad and Cen sta k e prize of $10 in the P ilo t’s Two, it was hoped th a t th e re
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T he poulation of * Brookings is te r
h ear w here the Chicago Cubs
k? nf ,or th e S outh Coast Brookings PrPcinct No. 2—Tom
ap p raisal would be com pleted
Ad-Rime contest. A check is all
continuing its upswing w-ith
in
1958, if m an pow er w as av ail
are installing moving sidew alks L um ber Company.
A
s
e
c
o
n
d
recom
m
endation
M. McKenzie, Sylvia T. Knox; 3,063, officially c a lc u la te d as
m ade out, and aw aits her a t the
H am m ond announced th a t he
in th e ir stad iu m All you have
No. 1—Ed. F. Ackley, Hope residents, according to both the called for th e Council to tak e Pilot Office. H er Rime, to go able, or in 1959 at th e la test.
The com m ittee had a n u m b e r
to do is buy your ticket, stand in wras leaving Brookings to buy Lindsey; F errelo Precinct ^Var-
action to prevent la rg e vehicles w ith ‘‘shop nearby a t less ex
s ta te and federal form ulas. City
line and bingo you in your seat out the C rescent T ra ile r Sales, ren McNeeley, Violet G illette.
such as logging tru ck s from pense»’ was "D on’t Leave Your of questions to ask the co u rt
i w-ork su p erin ten d en t, Pop Reed,
and consequently would not be
and the tax men. It w as brought
w athout moving a muscle.
D em ocrats filing for com m it announced a t th e beginning of parking in a re a s causing traffic M erchants On T he Fence.”
able to continue on th e force.
out th a t th e assessed v aluation
teem en or o r woman Chetco P re the week, th a t he had subm itted h azards .such as highw-ay 101.
of tim her w as only a t $1.50 per
cinct Andrew Hoffeldt, Edna th is tallv 'o r official recognition The Council tabled th e recom
GOVERNOR ALERTS thousand, and the county re
Weigel, H arbor. Brookings P re w hich will probably he fo rth m endation, b u t recom m ended
G overnor Elm o S m ith has ceives only 3 jiercent of th a t fig
Chief of Police Bud Cross to
cinct No. 2—C harles T. M. E ch coming.
alerted
all sta te agencies th a t ure. T im ber now brings any
w
arn
flag
ran
t
violators.
ols. H arold G. P ru itt; F errelo
ThT. Is an increase of 730
Minute* of a previous m eeting will be concerned in any w ay w here from 35 to 60 dollars «
P recin ct—May R. Blunt.
since th e official count last year.
concerning a license com m ittee w ith potential flood th re a ts in thousand. T he county reoeiveff
T here w as in increase of 49 p er
n thousand ort
w as read. Th ? com m ittee w as of the next weeks to be prepared to from 4 to r
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cent in the population between
Ed F. McClain, well known down.
the opinion th n t a t this tim e spring into action im m ediately, most tim ber although th e re a r t
Mr. L. G. Stafford has been in the count of 1950 and 1954 and
Brookings building contractor,
T he 20 new individually styled
instances in excess of, and below
there w-ere no com bination bus- if Oregon stream s overflow.
announced th is w eek th a t the three-bedroom hom es will all ,,1P ^'f>as’r,e Hospital in C rescent 24 ner^?nt in th e past year,
The G overnor said th a t ex th a t figure
inc
o
p
eratin
g
in
the
city.
T he increase w as based on
F ederal H ousing A dm inistration have fireplaces. Som e w ill h a v e |City for the past two w eeks He
It was brought out also th a t
G ere Gould appeared to suggest perim ent stations reports indic
has approved the plans and spec one large bath and some w ill15t 87 years o,d- and is Pa rtia l,y i electric meters and building per- to the council th a t a flat ra te ate record-breaking s t r e a m th e last tim b er cruise in som e
ifications on 20 new- hom es in the have e x tra plum bing, McClain Pa ra l>’* < b u * was reported to I m ils.
be charged, which would elim in flow in Oregon this S pring based instances w as back in the 1930?«
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C ity of Brookings totallin g about said. S tre ets w ith curbs and con- ** "holdin8 his own" W ednesday
on heavy snowfall in 14 m a jo r and in some cases are over 231
a te th e inequititiea.
nection w ith a public sew er will niffht
$300,000.
years old.
w
atersheds in th e state.
The
council
took
no
action,
but
W O R K IN G B O YS —
The homes w ere approved on , be a fea tu re which is required by
reported th a t the com m ittee is Dc,r,
n »>nx->nm
H ENRY KERR RETU RNS —
an individual basis and each the FHA.
T h ree youths have been pret- w orking on th e set-u p for next t
f * ° S.S RKPORT
T Twenty-alx
w enty-six em ergen
ergency calls,
hom e is on a different plan, he
McClain is no novice in t h e ’ H enry K err retu rn ed from a tying up the stre e ts dow-ntown, year
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from local people, for help from
said.
building game. H e s ta rte d o u t °-v*nR
i r ’P lo and about th.' herded by John Molino. T heir
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ti u
i Discussion
w-as held on the the Red Cross have been handled
McClain had purchased the 20 w ith his fa th e r back in Iow'a Amazon ' alley, m Brazil. H enry services are much
appreciated, j am bulance. T h e
com m ittee
lots in the W ade T ra ct some several y ears ago. He cam e to says hp <iaw a lot of tim b er and g ath erin g up dust, loose rock, I w ants to tu rn it over to the city, here during the past year, ac
tim e ago. He has been building Or?gon in 1943 and built homes 11S e' i(lences of tbe v irility of etc. T he crew consists of
David and the council agreed th a t they cording to Rev. W illard Spencer,
homes all around th e 'tr a c t since *n Lebanon and LaComp. Five Korne of ,h e Brazilian insects.
Bushnell, Bob H arvey and Je rry , would ta k e it, but no action who has taken on th e job of
Dr. Paul Ronniger announced
handling such cases. Most of th e
1951, w hen he and his fam ily years ago he cam e to Brookings.
Sm ith.
could be tak en u a til the old
this
w w k , the association at
calls have been brought to a
first cam e to th e area.
He has built 20 hom es in this
Dogs Reported Poisoned
am bulance group w as dissolved.
David R. Brown, M D. Physician
happy
climax,
Rev.
S
pencer
says,
C om m onw ealth Inc., of P ort- are a
Chief of Police Bud Cross re-
Sew er Bond sale w as discussed
and they could not have been and Surgeon Ronniger also an
land. w orked w ith the FHA in
McClain also announced th a t ported today th a t th ere is dog
and it was reported th a t as soon
w ithout the facilities of th e huge nounced th a t they will lie mov
securing long-term , low down the Leonard Real E sta te Agency poison out all over Brookings,
as any concrete inform ation is
ing into th e ir new location in the
N ational organization.
paym ent loans a t a low- ra te of w°uld handle th e sales of th e and w arned dog ow ners to be
received the council can go ahead
Pilot Building, on and a fte r the
interest.
, new homes, exclusively, and the careful w ith th eir anim als. He
‘‘6th of March.
Mrs. M ary Mclndoe Anthony, w ith the selling of the bonds.
Prices will range from $13.500 pictures and floor plans a re on said th at several dogs have been
Word was received th a t the ONI ACT PLAYS
Dr. Brown is a n ativ e of S ioun
89, a pioneer of Sm ith River for
to $16,000 w ith as low. as $1.900 display there.
kil'ed by th e poison.
H
arbor
R u ral F ire
D istrict TO BE PRESENTED
City, Iowa, and attended S t,
73 y ears, passed aw ay at the
Two one-act plays are sched Louis U niversity Medical SchooL
S easide Hospital, Crescent City, w ants to renew th e ir co n tract
M arch 7th, following a long ill on the present basis. No action uled for March 2th, by the Sm ith ' > practiced for five y ears in
D akota, and m ore recently
ness. She was bom a t Wedder- was tak en pending th e arriv al River W omen’s Club, u nder th e
of councilm an Clivp Manley.
direction of Mrs. E unice F arris. for a y e a r in P o rtlan d a t Cedar
bum , Oregon on F eb ru ary 3,
1867. th e d au g h ter of the late , It was agreed ~ to „ ad v ertise for Th* titles are intriguing, "The Hills.
Robert and Susannah Mclndoe. hlrt' " n "
P n ! '" ‘ c a r ' wlt,, FD ing G randm other” and Mush-
Dr. Brown, and his wife R ita,
and w ithout trade-in.
• om P a tte r.” T hey will start. have th ree children. David, J r.
A sure sign of Spring. The an* ^ h ? cam e to Sm ith River as a
A ttention w as called to a con- i t 8 p m . on th e above date, at 12; Michael, 10; and M erideth, 9.
CALENDAR
Dust Begins To Fly;
nual S ate llite Social C lub's very .voung girl and made her
jested are a ad jacen t to th e post | u e Sm ith River Com m unily H is fam ily w on't he moving to
Fashion
Show,
will
tie
held
this
there
ever
since.
She
fol-
of E V E N T S
4T h e S f f i ^ C” a S ^ 1 bC<h a r d ly iS a tu rd a y night a t th e new high ‘° Wed d T Ss m akin« for manv office on C en ter S tre e t, and a
h all. Proceeds will go tow ard Brookings u ntil th e end of the
general discussion on a proposed chairs for the hall.
c u rre n t school year.
t ypa rs and was alw ays very act-
C ourtesy of Brookxngs-Harbor over, and the d u st has begun to »school auditorium .
parking area for th e city w as
O
ver-all
chairm
an,
Ann
Nelson
IV
£>
*n
com
m
unity
and
church
C ham ber of C om m erce
- se. And, according to Police
held.
Chief Bud Cross. th e dust is
H a n s o m and Agda B ic k -, wo2 k
THURSDAY MARCH 15th
is 1 — *-----
Oiling of city stree ts, which
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r
un
eral
beginning to riar m ainly because ner have com pleted all ,h e » r ; ! • — ~ services w
- - ere
- " held
" “ I will he done at the cost of the
C ham ber of Com m erce lunch
.
t
, rangem ents for the event which S a tu rd a y afternoon M arch 10th
a num ber of persons a re exceed-
’
from W o ic.
.’ individual pro p erty ow ners, at
eon 12 noon, ('hetco Inn.
tna
the
s
^
i
iitni,
in
the
eitv
has the
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a iro n ,
„ title of ••Stiver Sym-
E lks Club- Elks Hall. 8 p.m ing the speed lim it in th e city.
B urglars stru ck la st F rid ay es w ere si • 3 ” n bv th« loot-
He said th a t th e lim it on city n
'
a ‘a t intt. Soloist w as Carol Sian- ',iscu!* M A '50 ,h - v™-
SATURDAY. MARCH 17th
night a t H anxram 's C enter ,in ers around ’ ■ .af? while they
stre e ts is 25 mikes per hour, and
tbp Brooking-?
m
erch-
X
h
m
t
houtth
who
sane
'W
e
N
ever
Sav
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Vendin
S quare D ancing IOO F H all
♦bat arre sts would be forthcom - ar»ls who carry r any clothing line
H arbor, and m ade off w ith sev- w orked to enable them to use a
^ h. •
..
. , ,. . ; company objected to
OES Fashion Show 8 p.m., ng.
nted at th e affair,
'
.’ and A?’,de | sticker charge of $5 pe
will be represented
eral hundred dollars, m ostly In light w ith o u t being seen from
High School Gym.
Is will display
display the
the
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and local models
, O rganist was Mrs.
silver, and an undeterm ined ( the outside
E lks D ance—E lks H all
P .r ,ic ip .f in s Clyde
c u rren t
sty Ids
am ount of m erchandise, picked
Several th sand rounds of .22
Ambulance
Meeting
TO
GARRY
HISTORY
S u rv iv o rs include a sister, Mrs.
SUNDAY MARCH 11th
stores are Shehans C lothing
at random from th e general shells, and a o o th e r shells w ere
ilbn« n Dad
n ,i
Wood, of B akersfield; a Is Set For Monday
Everyone A ttend the Churct- OF SEWER SYSTEM
Eva I ,?e’s. Palm ers. Phillips
taken. Also several guns w ere
store.
B rother, W illiam Mclndoe, of
A m neting of the D irectors of
o f th e ir choioe.
and
La
d.
Mode
O'Day.
T
ots-To
Ju n io r H anscam , one of the stolen. Som e o th e r item s w ere
In next weeks P ilot will be
MONDAY. M \R C H 19th
e a rn e d
a
fully docum ented Teen*. House of Shoes, M oore’s B rookings and a 7 half-sister,
c ' T V Mrs.
’T the B ro o k ln g sH arb o r A m bul owners of the store, said th a t a noticed
m issing
im m ediately,
„ . . . . 8 e ' U ash; ance A ssociation for th e purpose deposit wa« m ade a t five o’clock such as crow bars and o th e r tools.
A m bulance m eeting—8 p.m. H istory of the S ew er System .»’ v ®riety and Mincers Jew elry
Admission will be 50 cents for and a num ber of neices and of discussing th e tu rn in g o ver of F riday afternoon, ao th a t little C ig arettes w ere also taken. How
a t the C ity Hall.
Th? story will be w ritte n and
thosA
under 12 and $100 for nephew s and m any o ld tim e the am bulance and equipm ent money w as in th e safe a t th e ever, th e H anscam s w ere unable
signed by a leading citizen of
TUESDAY. MARCH 20th
to th e C ity of Brookings, will tim e of th e robbery.
, friends.
to d eterm ine the to ta l am ount
R otary—12 noon. Cliff H o u r the com m unity, who spent a those over.
In te rm e n t was in th e fam ily be held M onday night in th e C ity
The burglars cu t th ro u g h th e of the loss
E astern S ta r, IO O F H all, a t 3
deal of tim e and . monay
.'
E leanor A rrell is in charge of Plot, a t Sm ith Rivier C em etery, H all at 8 p m. All in terested
big sa e to get at the cash, using
A hole was cut directly through
B eta Iota C hapter. B eta^S igm a, ^ is c o v e n n g some facts on th e thp entP rtain m en t and loca, ta ,. beside her husband, the late p arties are a*ked to atten d .
the safe, and the burglars then
Phi 8 p.m at W anda Thom p P •
-.s
1
Pnt
perform . Russell Jen- M ark Anthony.
N E W USED C A R D E A L E R — an acetelyne torch.
The store was ap p a ren tly en reached In and snapped open the
Phi Je a n E rbs Home, 8 p.m.
/g B A C K W IT H US —
kins will play the organ. Agda
bearer» and friends of the
T here is a new used-car lot
tered afte r m idnight, Friday, combination lock. Then they cut
W EDNESDAY. MARCH 21st
P. v M arouis. our old tim e ^ k n e r will be in charge of an E r a s e d were C larence Hight, aet up next to Milt P o tocm k’s
through a side window. Then th e through the inside door.
V.F.W and A uxiliary— 8 p.nx neighbor, is back along the m ain
‘"rm isslon tim e snack b ar T ,hn Cooper. Everett Woodrtff, Richfield sta tio n , a t H arbor.
front door was opened, an d th e
S tate and county p o lk» were
V.F.W. H all
stem a fte r q u ite a bout in th e Rose H ubbard is ch airm an of I-^ater Ulrich, C larence W est-1 H arold S trong ia th e m an ag er
j
tools wheeled in. C ardboard box- investigating.
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C urry County H ospital.
the Door P rize
, brook and Fred H aight.
, and aaya he ia giving it a
Red Cross Plans
NEW DISTRICT
IS SET UP
BY COUNCIL
Canvass Sunday
Court To Lower
Courthouse Costs
Policeman Hired,
As One Resignes
3,063
Population
2 0 NEW HOMES TO BE BUILT
IN BROOKINGS BY ED McCLAIN
Dr. David Brown
To Begin Practice
Pioneer Woman
Obituary Told
Fashion Show Saturday
Hanscams Hit