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u of w library * EUGENE ORE .c artar Nowhere A Finer Clim ate - Nowhere A Finer Community Thursday, April 26,1956 ★ Sketch Book By BUD PISAREK — Sketch Book — Spring, especially in an elect ion year, brings many visitors down our way. Charles Woodrich who is the present circuit judge in the Second Distrist. was here from Roseburg, Charlie is a nat ive mid-westerner. He grew up jn the windy cit yof Chicago. — Sketch Book — His opponent in the election is h Mr. WoodRUFF. The close similarity in names might con fuse many voters. The best wav to remember the right name is io keep this slogan in mind. It Wood be RUFF if you dont vote WoodRICH. — Sketch Book — Another political-stumper vis iting us was our old friend and fellow-publisher. Monroe Sweet- land. Monroe publishes the Mil waukie Review. Coming from the famous Milwaukee, spelled with two ee’s, I kidded him about the western citites mis-spelling their name. He informed me the original spelling of the Chicago suburb was with an “ie.” — Sketch Book — Because of the pressing work here at the office, we sent the wives to cover the TB Associat ion meeting Tuesday night. The story on the proceedings should be acurate and true because the main speaker asked to look at their notes. — Sketch Book — They reported meeting some very fine people from the north ern half of the county. Mr. Ira Tucker was one of them. Mr. Tucker is president of the Curry Cousty TB and Health Associat ion. He is a very wise man. We know that for a fact because he asked us to send him the Coun ty ’s Leading Newspaper. THE PILOT, so he can keep up with ALL the goings on in the county. — Sketch Book — Well, more of this fine Spring weather and the closer we get to the primary' election should keep bringing new faces into the area. Remember, everyone is welcome at the PILOT Officp. Visitors, come in and say Hello. Republicans, Democrats and also those in-betweens. Shall we call them "Morsites?” QUARTERBACKS TO DINE MONDAY The Quarterback Club will have a turkey dinner Monday night. April 30th. The dinner will be complete with a panel dis- cuss ion on football, a talk by Gene Allison, high school prin cipal, and at that time the pro gram for next year will be out lined. Allison was formerly a Little All-American at Willamette U. and was captain of the football team there. He was formerly a coach at Ashland High School. Tickets are being sold for the affair, and are in the hands of the directors. The dinner meeting will be at the Star of The Sea Hall and will lx* "all you can e a t." PHONE COMPANY MOYES OFFICE The West Coast Telephone Company’s local office will be moved into Ward's Gas and Ap pliance Center this week, it was announced by company officials. It is planned to have the office set up by Monday, so that all May bills may be paid at that place, instead of the Coos-Curry office as before. Ann Olsen will accept the payments. Modern Music Masters Initiate The officers of the Brookings- Harbor High School Modern Music Masters Society, Chapter 206, conducted an initiation cer emony for seven new members Tuesday evening in the High School Music Room. The new members are. Phyllis Cole, Ed Dimmick, Sharon McClain, Doris Shuey, Jean Stacey, Marva Weaver and Paul Williams. To fulfill part of their mem bership requirements, the new initiates presented a program for those present after the initiation. The program consisted of. piano solo by Ed Dimmick; Saxaphone solo by Phyllis Cole; Trombone solo by Paul Williams and a voc al quartette by Jean Stacey, Marva Weaver, Sharon McClain and Doris Shuey. Volume 11 — Number 10 DENS LEAD IN CORRY REGISTRATATON AD-RIMES POUR IN This week the Pilot had far more than the usual number of , contestants in its increasingly popular Ad-Rhyme Contest. Win In a rather quiet Tuesday- nowing The replies was quite a night session, the City Council job, but among the finals we went through a few Councilman turned over to our judges, H. M. Committee reports and then Coates, who filled in the ‘‘Occup heard a plea from the Civil De ation” space with the word, fense group for an emergency “Three»’ won out w’ith rhyming radio and equipment. Councilman Yelton first re ',‘Here Your Dollar Buys A M?t” with “Read the ads--be on the ported the progreaa made with the City and Wes Kendall in spot”’. The Pilot notes several fail to regards to the purchase of the read carefully and follow the Kendall property for a pumping rules. They make their rhyme station site, eventually. Yelton’s with the hidden slogan, not the committee recommended pur black-faced letters as asked. chase of the land, approximately 250 foet by 30 feet, and then I having the owners deed to the City a portion 30 feet by 30 feet for easement and right of way. The Council passed action as per Yelton’s recommendation, and instructed City Attorney, Ed Ackley to make the necesary legal arrangements. Mrs. Mae Smith reported con' tacting Mr. Estes Morton in re gards to the sewer fund monies The Annual Spring Concert of and the likely purchase of bonds. the Chetco Choral Club will be Under Morton’s advice, it was held Monday, April 30th, at 8:00 thought best to leave the money p.m. Director Helen Rice has in a Sewer Reserve Checking made all of the arrangements, Fund Until a more opportune and the concert will be held at time warranted buying of bonds. Fell Campbell reported on his The Curry County Tubercul the Assembly of God Church. The program Mrs. Rice has committee investigation of the osis and Health Association held their anual dinner Tuesday even picked looks to be a good one, Wrangler Park site as a possible and will include some solo work, city recreation park. No immed ing at the Cliff House. and some - group - numbers. • iate * * * * - « action was r v a o taken i o n . V I I until U H 111 I more llU i e Directors from Langlois, Port Guest artists wil be Mrp. John work can be done by the com- Orford, Gold Eleach and Brook Shideler on the violin, with Mrs mittee. ings attended. John Hewitt appeared before New directors for Brookings Ralph Reed, accompanist. Also appointed were: Mr. and Mrs. D. a guest soloist will be W. Austin the Council to ask that the road Simmons, Pianist. to the Mill Beach be opened to D. Williams, Mrs. Joseph Mur Mrs. Rice wishes to thank the the public. Elmer Bankus, owner phy and Mrs Raymond Pisarek The guest speaker for the eve Garrison Music Co., of Crescent of the land, set up a road bar City, who are furnishing the ricade to prevent people from ning was Kenneth Ross, Exec piano, and the Hendricks Fumi-J using the beach for depositing utive Secretary' of the Oregon ture Store State Tuberculosis Association. the lamps. who are furnishing, of rubbish. Councilman Clive Manley reported talking with His topic was “Tuberculosis— Mr. Bankus on the subject. Mr. Unfinished Business.” Bankus agreed to lease the City Hie reported 637 newly diag the land for about $200 a year on nosed cases of active T.B. in 1935 a month to month basis. It? also for Oregon. “The fight is being urged policing of the beach. w'on but is not successful,” Ross Mayor Bri mm asked the com said. Symptoms of the disease mittee to contact Mr. Bankus indicated an advanced case. about the possibility of a six- X-Rays in the early stages can month lease. He also instructed prow-» T B. to be preventable and City work superintendent, Mr. curable, he reported. Ralph Reed, and C. Ed Dempsey Police Chief Bud Cross to put The complete cost of one T.B. were among the several in the up pro|>er signs and garbage case to the State is $15.000. area that testified before the baskets to prevent the unnecess 1955 proved to be the largest Legislative Interim Committee ary litter. Erskine Miller, City Civil De Christmas Seal drive in Curry on Highways, in their meeting, fense Chairman, then asked the County and throughout the nat Monday night in Coquille. ion. New drugs offer a false sec Reed presented a report from Council’s wish on the proposed urity, Ross said. The time in the City of B rooking while buying of an emergency radio hospital for patients has been Dempsey reported for the Brook unit. Since the Federal and State cut in half. The average stay is ings-Harbor Chamber of Com Civil Defense Agencies will pay 75 peroent of the cost only after from 6 to 8 months.There are merce. more people living with T.B. and Reed's report made three sug the ( ity will ask for the equip not dying. One in three persons gestions to the committee. They ment, Mr. Miller urged immed are infected with the T.B. germ, were: 1. That the committee rec iate action on the matter. After and twice as many men as wom ommend to the legislature that a very impressive report on the en have T.B. he reported. a highway planning commission needs and type of equipment be formed to coordinate State needed, the Council unanimously Highway activities with local authorized the Civil Defense to county and city planning hoards. go ahead and make the necessary for obtaining the 2. The formula of distributing arrangements radio. the money to the various high After a report from Ralph George Dunning, of Dunning way districts throughout the Reed on his reoent attendance state, which allows money on a Motors, has announced a contest population and area basis, be of the State Legislative Interim which will send four local people Commitee meeting, some dis to Hawaii this summer Dunning revised to include terrain or a cussion followed on the respon reported that two trips will be cost of construction factor. sibilities of parties involved in given, with each winner allowed 3. Eliminating the light of way the up-coming pipe laying in to bring his wife, or other guest, trouble by the appraisers enter for the first sewer district. The ing Curry County with an open along on the trip. mind, and council ling local real- point of discussion centered on The winners will travel by air the danger of hitting w-ater lines. ators as to local problems. from Crescent City to San Fran The Council felt that Mr. Ban Reed also pointed out that at cisco, and thence to Hawaii in a the State Line checking station kus should furnish a map des big four-engined plane. Ground more than 120,000 out of state ignating where the lines run to taM p o rtatk » »It, be (umbhed , ...... T “’ ",,'"*: " a\oid any unneesssary confusion. h,„pi on „„ Waikiki w-ibii,; n..„H to a „ hotel Beach and cars "•»«■"«i South during the The Council heard a letter of 1955. These vehicles car- the winners will receive 7 days year ried approxim ately .350,000 pcop- r from i t ‘ Mrs Geany asking that the and 6 nights lodging at the hotel. le. and w „h ««tintât,*,! daily r^ s Dunning said that this is not erpenditure of $5.68 per person. taken. No immediate action was a national or regional contest, hut is limited strictly to local Karl Ostenberg's pi, >a for grav el pavement used to fill the alley people, customers of Dunning ’T f ) P A R T T C I P \ T l Motors. He also has a branch in , l' , ' back of his store was refused b\ Gold Beach, so most of the en- *N MESIC FESTIVAL the Council. tries will lx* from Curry County. About 70 high school students, LLOYD RECEIVES STRIPES The requirement for entering those in the Girls Chorus, and Lloyd Russell writes his Mom is the purchase of a car. at a fbe High School Band, will part- that he is now- a corporal in his value of $500. or more, at Dun- icipate in the District Music motor transport outfit. He and ning Motors. The contest will Festival to be held at A^hla’-d his wife, Susie. <Tierce) are still last through July, and the win- this weekend. The youngsters at Colorado Springs Lloyd being ners well be announced after that *3' f?o under the supervision of stationed at Camp Carson, near date Music Director, Clarence Dial. by. Council Puts O.K. On Radio Purchase Spring Concert Monday Night HEALTH GROUP HOLD SESSION AT CLIFF HOUSE v m v j i Dempsey, Reed Makes Report To Interim Group Dunning To Give Trips To Hawaii G ov. Elmo Sm ith SCHOOL BUDGET ¡ELECTION DUE There will be a school budget Curry Counts is a Democratic County. That was the shocker re leased Wednesday by County Speaks To Coast Clerk Olet i Walker, who re ported that more Democrats G roup on H ig h w a y 1 election this coming Monday, have registered to vote in the April 30th, from 2:00 p.m. until ! coming primaries than have Re- Governor Elmo Smith said the 8:00 p.m The balloting will take ' publicans. , , -« State Administration recognized place in the foyer of the high the need for “completing tho school auditorium. Curry County has always been Curry County section of High On the ballot will be the re a Republican county in voter way 301 re-alignment" but re quest by the school board, and registration, and the final coun* mined his audience that the budget committee for the school ty count was a surprise to many. Mrs. Walker’s figure show a’ work will squire a large chunk district to exceed the 6 percent total of 2,348 Democrats have limitation, of money." Gov. Smith spoke at an Oregon D. D. Williams, superintendent registered, and 2.205 R'public Coast Association convention, of district 17C, urged that the ans, a diflerence of only 143. She held this past week end in Coos people get out and vote in the reported that the figures are Ray. The Oregon Coast group election. He «aid the budget is subject to slight revision, but has boen pushing the elimination theirs, and the problems are should be fairly close. of the Curry County bottleneck. theirs. He would like to see n For the November 1951 elect Smith also recommended that good vote in order that school ion »here were 2,146 Republicans the Oregon Coast Association officials can see that the people registered, compared to 2,091 back regional plans for develop take an Interest in what the Democrats. In other words the ing better access roads to the in schools are doing. Dems have picked up 300 voters terior section of the state as well The school budget this year in the county, while the GOP as pressing for removal of the calls for estimated expenditures has picked up less than a 100. Curry bottleneck. of $413,000, with estimated re Other indications that the* The meeting saw Gov. Smith ceipts nt $143,888. The actual Democrats were going to .nake exchange greetings with Sen. operating budget will be $365,787 a real fight of it in the State Robert Holmes, Democratic can or $56,000 higher tlyin Inst year W’ere pointed out to Hie Pilot because of the higher enrolment. by Monroe Swwtland, Demo- didate for governor. Total tar levies will be 280,034 I cratic ( andidate for Secretary of dollars of which 184,904 will be State. Sweetland visited a, the outsie 6% limitation. Pilot Office Tuesday night. He said that Coos County registered heavily Democratic, and is con ENGINEERS TO vinced that Carl Back, Demo- cratic Candidate for Legislature MAKE SURVEY has a chance to beat either Sam A group of Brookings and Har bor men participated in the final FOR RELOCATION Hall or Minie King, who are filed meeting of a county group, de Selection of an engineering as Republicans. signed to set up and report on firm to survey potential sites for Sweetland had just returned various phases of activities re-location of the Port Chicago from Washington, D. C., where throughout the county. Naval Ammunition Depot will he had attended the Democratic The session, held at Ophir, was lx* made in a few weeks, it was National Committee Meeting. the last in the series, and reports learned by the Coos County were given by the committee Chamber of Commerce this w'eek chairmen. Details of the studies by Congressman Harris Ells will be compiled and printed at worth who informed theChamber a later date. The meetings were of the selection. May 1st is designated to be organized by Ken Priest, County The depot is being forced from agent and handled with the as the San Francisco Bay area by Loyalty Day. Loyalty Day is definitely un sistance of the State Extension industrial and residential expan Service. sion.* The County Chamber is like any other. It is a day ui>on Attending from this area w’ere seeking its re-location some- which observance of the loyalty D. D. Williams, Murray Palm er,, where near Coos Bay. The local of those who have preserved our Bob Dimmick. Charles Gravshel, | Brookings-Harbor (’hamber of Nation and especially those who Cecil Watt and Roy Brimm. Commerce is also Interested in are still closely watching that those rights tor which they have Grayshel gave a report on the the re-location. taxation problems, and finance; Ellsworth said sjiccifications fought are maintained. It has and Cecil Watt gave a report on ¡for the base have been delivered long been a project of the Vet specialty crops. | to a number of professional en erans of Foreign Wars and in gineering firms and bids have recognition of their work, have l>een sought from each to under- several tim-" Men cited for ELKS INSTALL National Aw- rds. take the necessary survey. I he thought is lx?st expressed Specifications included the NEW OFFICERS need for approximate!' 15.000 in the following short essay on The Brookings B.P.O.E. held acres of land and sites for three the objective "Amercanism." installation of officers, Thursday, 15,(MM) foot ammunition piers. American sm is the unfailing April 5th, in the Elks Hall of love of country, loyal to its in Rrookings. The officers w-ere in stitutions and ideals; eagerness stalled by the ('rescent City Elks Nadine Hyatt Is Named to defend it against all enemies; Lodge. undivided allegiance to the flag; New Gamma President The new- Exalted Ruler is The Gamma Gamma Chapter anrl a desire to secure the bless Merle Hanscam; Esteemed Lead of the Betas met at the home of ings of liberty to ourselves and Knight, Robert Rettke; Esteem Yvonne Fox Tuesday evening posterity. ed Loyal Knight, Homer Hagger Nadine Hyatt was elected as the ty; Esteemed lecturing Knight, new- president for next year. Larry Roemmich; Secretary, Yvonne Cox presented a topic on DANCE RECITAL Fred Moore; Treasurer, James “ Art »’ Final plans were dis Holcomb: Esquire, Clarence Kru cussed for a basket social to be SATURDAY N IG H T ger; Tiler, James Holbrook; held Saturday evening. A dance recital will be held at Chaplain. Paul Faureso; Inner the High School Auditorium, on Guard, Fred Eox; and Organist, WILMA SM ITH TO BE Saturday, April 28th, heginnlng LeRoy Weideman. at 8 pm. fTh- -ooup will be the N.E.A. DELEGATE The T ru stees are : A. E. And «som Behee, and The (\irry County class room students o' erson, Gordon Goetz. Robert teachers elected Wilma Smith, are under onsorship of the Phillips and Ray Reener. ’ or P.T.A. Brookings-Harbor teacher, as Brookings A roast beef dinner was served their delegate to the National An adm -•> on w ill be charged before the installation by the conference, of the National Ed with all t' proceeds to go to Emblem Club of Brooking!?. the P.T A * 'difional details are ucation Association, which will Roy Brown was the former he held in Portland, on July 1st found on an inside page of the Pilot. Exalted Ruler. through the 6th. Group Attends County Session LOYALTY DAY F estival Plans Get Underway Plans are being made to make this year’s Azalea Festival big ger and better than ever. The date of the festival will be on June 9-10, and already the list •f entertainmest has reached a new high. Discussion of the festival was held last Fr.day night at the City Hall at a meeting conducted by the Chamber of Commerce The chairman of this year s festival is Virgil Clark. Clark and others at the meet ing heard plans which called for a big Flower Shop, sponsored by the Garden Club; an Art Show, sponsoried by the Art A-sociation A Junior Flower Show A Cer amics Display; A Tea Room; A Rock Show, sponsored by the Rock Hounds; A Queen’s Ball, under sponsorship of the Beta Group Plr ns were also made for a ( amporee of Boy Scouts which will be held at the same time at Haris Beach State Park. 1 he Lions Club announced that they would have a boat race on Sunday. June 10th, to add to the festivdies. Discussion was also made of two other projects. One was the possibility of having a barbecue, and the other was a Pet Parade Saturday morning to kick-off the festival. Another meeting was set for Friday night at the City HalL to go Into further planning.
