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BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT — BROOKINGS, OREGON PAGE SIX Winchuck Extension Club SOIL DISTRICT Formed, Officers Elected GROUP MEETS B U J O R 1 E HONORED - Bfarjorie, daughter of Mr. and M n . Wilson Freeman, has been moved into the fifteen semi- finaliat for the 1956 Dream Girl of Pi Kappa Alpha contest at the University of Oregon. an— Freeman, a member of Kigm« Kappa Sorority, will know on .April 28th If she is winner of the contest. The winner will be accorded many campus honors and may take part in the Nation al finals which may bring her additional award*. The contest 1« icatrictf (l to women living on the campus. The Winchuck Extension Club was formed at the meeting held at the home of Mrs. Thelma Pet- tegrew last Thursday afternoon, with Mrs. Sylvia Lee, County Extension Agent presiding. Mrs. Lee gave a talk on the different phases of the Extension Club work ,and the projects accomp lished over the years. She also instructed the group on the prop er use of the sewing machine. The following officers were elected to head the new unit: Chairman, Thelma Pettegrew; Vice-chairman, Kay Johnson; Secretary-Treasurer, Kay Bowlin and Reporter, Clara Bowlin. W lLRM lTW TH e WANTADS The Curry County Soil Con servation District met for the regular monthly meeting Wed nesday, April 18th at 11 a.m. in the County Extension office. Present were Cecil Watt, chair man, Brookings; Charles W. Brooks, Secretary, Sixes; A. G. Walker, Pistol River; Charles Knox, Wedderburn, i newly el ected supervisor); Otis Bowman, Kenneth Priest and Ross Brown, all of Gold Beach. Charles Brooks gave a sum mary report of the annual SCD meeting held at Sixes, March 14. Conservation problems in Curry County and proposed action on them was discussed. Considerable time was spent on the develop ment of a District Plan of Op erations for the balance of 1956 with the setting of some goals of accomplishment. Special attent ion will be given to range water development drainage; stream bank erosion control; pasture and timber management. A field tour of the district is planned for Wednesday, May 9. This, will be part of the SCD observation of National Conser vation Week. VOTE F O R ... William Blagdon Passes Away At Smith River VETERAN * CtVL WORKER ember of the lîseii ;wer Team" VW - . . V S AV E - W IT H A FEG auto I in s u r a n c b Now you can have better Insurance and claim« s e rv ic e -a t folding-money-eize savings! This is insurance for careful driven only, reducing losaea. Streamlined |>olicy issuing methods are applied to cut costa. YOU get the benefit*. W h y go on pay- ing high costs for old-fashioned insurance? 2 4 J PE ” J. lesmeister agenh P l.t n r i R ro o k in g « LIFE OF ST. PAUL — A feature length showing of a film about the life of St. Paul, “Ttv» Magnifent Adventure” will be shown, next Sunday, at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church. The showing will begin at 7 :30 p.m. The reels are produced by Cathedral Films, under the dir ection of Rev. James Friedrichs, of the Episcopal Faith. All are invited to attend. D uring his younger years, Mr. Blagdon, w ith his wife, lived up the Chetco and being an excell ent woodsman, his services w ere much in dem and on th e stream valleys of th e area. D uring his la te r years he spent m uch tim e in boat building and wimx I w o rk ing, which he g reatly enjoyed, and in which he w as a handy craftsm an. F u n eral services w ere held Monday afternoon, April 16th, from W ier’s M ortuary’ Chapel, w ith Rev. Jam es Shelton officiat ing. In term en t w as in S m ith River cem etery. P all b earers w ere: C hester Melndoe, M urry Tryon, Lewis Ulrich, P aul S ax ton, H erb H untley and C harles Peterson. His survivors a re his widow, Mrs. F rieda Blagdon, of Sm ith River; four sons. D ale of P ort O rford; Hugh. C rescent City, W elton. S m ith River and Claude of H arbor; and a d au g h ter, Mrs. Joyce M at' ek. of Brookings; his aged m other, Mrs. E lizabeth Blagdon and sister, Mrs. Merle O hlquist, of Squam ish, W ash. NEWS FROM 4 Mr. and Mrs. Art K ohler, of W isconsin, stopjx'd overnight at tlx» John H alls recently. The K ohlers brought word to them of th e ir d aughter. K atie, who w ith her husband, Louie M organ, a re living at A nchorage Alaska. | and K ohler w orks w ith Louie. I The K ohlers w ere driving on through to A laska and stopped ' over to tak e some stu ff up to ' V ich.vage. Mis. Morgan lived : here w ith tier p aren ts for several years and w as widely known. ' of $500. Mr. and Mrs. McCullough, hav ing sold their new Harbor home, plan to try trailerhouse life and would not have room for the very fine collection. WITH OUR DEPENDABLE SERVICE . Call Now. No obligation lough. The books, entirely up-to- date, are in excellent condition and make a very valuable add ition to the thousands already available to the public. The est imated cost of the lot is in excess PROTECTION PLUS I 1 ATTENTION... $ £ $ $ $ $ $ School Music Festival Date Set William Wayne Blagdon, 68, passed away suddenly at his It is pretty tough when the Smith River home, April 14th family percolator goes on the He was born April 28th, 1888 at blink. Grants Station, Oregon, and had spent his entire life at Harbor or Smith River. A maehinist by trade, he was employed for sev ere’ years at the Smith River Creamery. ......... x isiURfcS LEJ&ER T MORE LIBRARY BOOKS — A contribution of some 200 new’ volumes has come to the Chetco Community Public Lib rary, through the thoughtfulness The Brookings-Harbor Annual of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. McCul Grade School Music Festival will be held in the High School Gym on Friday, May 4th, at 12:45. The admisssion is free. The pro gram is under the direction of Mrs. Lucille Patterson, Elemen tary Grade School Music in structor. The program, “Our Singing World’’ is based on correlating! music with the social studies. The Social Studies carriculum begins in the primary grades with the “here and now” exper iences of children. The general grouping of the program will be: Home and Community, First Grade; Indian Life, Second Grade; Pioneer Life, Third Grade; World Glimpses, Fourth Grade; United States, Fifth Grade; Other Americas, and Islands, Sixth Grade. Thursday, April 26,1956 HAVE YOU SEEN OUR NEW WINDOW SIGNS? Designed and Executed by BUZZ STEWARD Arthur Knox Insurance Agency PHONE 2211 NORTHGATE BLDG YOU We TR Y * COUNTRY MAID DAIRY MILK *O u r Retail Deliveries Have Picked Up in the Brookings area remarkably - because We Offer A High-Quality Product . . . . and Service. -k _ home delivery — TRY IT AT OUR EXPENSE! • 'K A T I E " Send the follow ing coupon showing you are interested in Home Delivery. 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