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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1956)
» Thursday, May io, 1956 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT — BROOKINGS, OREGON FAGE TWO 5 CLARK HOWELL INJURED Friends here of Clark Howell, former Brooking&ite, have word that he will be a patient in the Good Samaritan Hospital, Port land,’ for several months, follow ing ’ injuries in a car wreck. Clark, and his brothers, were widely known here for many years and he has a brother, ‘Bill living at Gold Beach. He has been badly injured a couple of times here when the former (’ & O mill was running. REFUSE BURNER 40* NEW F.O.B. COOS BAY >45 00 EXTRA HEAVY 9-Foot CYCONE with 12-gaugc inner liner Complete assembled, with stand F.O.B. Coos Bay — $ 8 0 0 Also Stock All Types of Storage Tanks or will build Coos Boy Steel Fabricating Co. Phone CO 7-4515 ‘ c ggLi?£X. BEY! boss, LOOK MONROE Machines , for Business Sales and Service in the Brookings area Is Now Being Handled by . . . 1). 1). BRISBIN Factory Representative 1257 Myrtle Avenue — Eureka California Phone 3725 — Brookings And Let Us Know If You Are A Monroe User. ATLAS TIRE SALE Prepaid PostCards G etting Around International Prepaid reply postcards are getting around. Latest to adopt them are the Radio Amateurs — the ‘‘Hams.’’ One of the problems of this huge group of men, women, boys and girls has been to establish w rit ten confirmation of their radio contacts. They are essential as evidence in the several inter national communications con Longer hours for log hauling tests and they are also something are being asked by the Associat to prove beyond all doubt that ed Forest Industries. They want two widely separated ‘‘hams” to haul for a couple of hours have actually talked to each later than the current 8 pm. other. Here-to-fore the trouble has limitation, their arguement be ing that improved equipment has mostly been due to the pre made later hauling not as dan ponderance of licensed operators gerous as it used to he. The State and the availability in the US.A. Highway Commission in making enthusiasts of so-called 'QSL'' a study of the request specially in International radio signals in reference to lighting the loads “I acknowledge.” American stat and the checking of weights ion owners frequently have these printed, some of them quite elab hauled, orate, and they send them to such contacts as they make, hop KNEES PICTURED — Mr. and Mrs. L .W. Knee, who ing that this courtesy will be re used to make their home in Har turned from abroad. But, the bor, are pictured, in color, in the foreign contact may lack the M a r c h National Geographic. facilities for returning the favor. They are standing on a huge Possibly he is in the mid-Pacific petrified pine tree, many thous on an island dot or in some small ands of years old, Mr. Knee is Swiss town. Then too, even if he credited with having found near does have a ‘QSL” card of his own, there is the task of dig their home, in Southern Vtah. ging it out, stamping, filling in, and mailing. There are a hundred AGNESS DROWNING — and one obstacles preventing the Raymond Breeden, of Agness, much needed and desired con is reported to have been drowned firmation at the mouth of the Illinois Riv But with the International er, last Tuesday. He had been fishing from a boat which was Prepaid Reply Cards, many ob found overturned and the anchor stacles are flattened, and espec gone. He is said to be the father ially if they are accompanied by of four girls and an adopted son, one of the formal, decorated ones and a longtime resident of the he can keep his confirmation. When they arrive, all he has to area. do is signify his actually having made the two-way contact, re GORSE YET* ford the card, his name and add A special breed of weevils has ress, of course, scratched out, been released around Bandon. and drop it in the mail box. According to the story, this Whether by air or surface, it is breed of critters, when in th eir on -its way to its mission. youthful stag e ju st dote on gorse aped. T he w eevils w ere collected by Dr. Jam es Holloway, in Ire land, th e native home of gorse and Dr. Holloway is w orking w ith th e U niversity of California and O.A.C.. It is hoped th at the work of these weevils will check | som ew hat, the spread of gorse “ through th e seeds as the larva „ | of the weevil feeds on them while i the seed an* still in poda. They have no effect on the m a tu re plants. The eradication of gorse is said to be alm ost impossible a fte r its first y ea r of growth. Seedlings can easily he destroyed hut once they form woody stems, and w ith th? seed in th e ground, it is a very- difficult job. T O L M A N vs. MacCOM RER A suit is reported to have been filed it\, th e Del N o rte County C ircuit C o u it by Robert L. Tol- man ag ain st Archie MacComher. in a com plaint charging b attery . P laintiff asks for punitive d am ages th e sum of $60,000; general dtiniHges, $20.000; and special dam ages. $750. M O TH E R H E R E Mrs. Larry Hobson, all the way from Camas, W ashington has been spending a wee k or St w ith her d au g h ter, Mrs. P»?tt\ Young and family. “T he pages of history arc strew n w ith th e w reckage caused by those in governm ent vh< MR. ST A F F O R D IS MOVED W ord com es th at our old tried to spend m o/e money th i~ neighbor, Lucien Stafford, is now the tax p ay ers could pay.’ Exchange. in a rest home in P ortland, h av ing been taken out th is past W hen the cross-roads b lack weekend. ‘‘U ncle Lucien" is one sm ith shops fell into disuse, did of our oldest and best known neighbors and our good wishes th e government buy up all :h< su rp lu s horseshoes? go w ith him Nominate the M an Who CAN W IN in November i VOTE FOR David C. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for CONGRESS Mature - Experienced Energetic - Effective Pd. Pol. Adv. by Shaw for Congress Comm. Ellen Dougherty, Sec. Gold Beach. Oregon THIS SUNDAY Grenfeld Speedway CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA HARDTOPS and HARDTOP STOCK CARS NEW DRIVERS and NEW CARS CARS and DRIVERS WANTED SUN., MAY 13 • THRILLS TIME TRIALS START 1:00 p.m. RACES START 2 : 3 0 - p.m. General Admission: Adults s1.50 tax. inc.. Children Under 12 Admitted Free LARGE I which includes Cuts, Breaks and Wearing Gut. \gainst Manufacturing and Material l ault. hacked by STANDARD OIL COMPANY at Dealers in the United States and ( an.ula I ♦ The Best Sale we lune ever been able tn offer. E d& M endy CHEVRON STATION Cars and Drivers coming Midget from Southern California, RACE Oregon, and Washington S P E C IA L ! beer x L,,;l TlME Gl ARAN 1 1 1 Mounting and Balancing Included Scheduled For July 1st th e lig h t r e f r e s h in g l '/ 2 Year and 2 Year Road Hazard Guarantee Liberal Trade-In On Used Tires CHILLS SPILLS GATES OPEN 12 NOON Time fo r SO M ETH IN G P LV S SHAW
