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EUGENE ORE
Irootóngs-flarbor
Nowhere A Finer Clim ate — Nowhere A Finer Communit*
Volume 11 — Number iS
★ Sketch Book
Thursday, June 21, 1956
Street, Sewers, Other Building
To Total Over One Million Mark
U.S. 101 IS ON FEDERAL PRIMARY
ROAD SYSTEM, LETTERS DISCLOSE
NEW pA eTO p
Brookings, in acquiring s ta te ,
wide recognition as a city of al­
most phenoniinal growth, ex­
ceeding $1,000,000 in building
perm its for two successive y ears.
1 his could bo the th ird year.
With less than six m onths of the
y ea r behind, city work superin­
tendent Ralph Reed reports th a t
$4(4,165 in building perm its ar<?
alread y issued.
But over and above the
am o u n ts ot private construction,
about $410.000 in public w ork
construction is planned tor thia
year. Add to this am ount th e
According to C. D. Curtiss,
Com missioner of Public Roads,
the section of U. S. 101 betw een
A fellow in N ebraska must
Gold Beach and Brookings is in
hold dearly to the adage th a t
The I>el N o rte Golf Course is eluded in the Federal-aid p ri­
one should never throw away a
offering f i\e golf lessons to m ary highway system approved
receipt or an I.O.U. Flossie
children between th e ages of S for Oregon.
Buchanan sta rted her res m rant
T his inform ation cam e in a j
and 17. The lessons will begin
ten y ears ago when it was im ­
at 9:30 Brookings tim e, sta rtin g le tte r to Sen. W ayne Morse, who
possible to get any butter. A
Monday, Ju n e 25th. The lessons in tu rn forw arded tht le tte r to
visitor from the ‘»east" who hap­
will last throughout the sum m er C arl Johnson of Brookings. Sen.
pened to be vacationing in the •
T he C lub Pro,« John Hane, Morse had contacted the Public
p a rts prom ised her he would
will furnish clubs, and will give Roads D ep artm en t because of a
send ten jxjunds of the yellow
«mount that the school district
the lessons. Any child is welcome request of Mr. Johnson.
is planning to spend in improve­
gold if she would sign an I.O.U.
The le tte r to Sen. Morse read
w h eth er his p aren ts are m em ­
m ents, and o th er m iscellaneous
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as
follows:
bers of the club or not.
item s now in progress brings th e
Now ten years la te r a fte r the
D ead S en ato r M orse:
to ta l work, eith er s ta rte d o r
b u tte r arrived and the biss sa t­
Your le tte r of May 16. 1956,
planned for in the city lim its to
isfied the ea ste rn e r finds this
quotes a portion of a com m unic­
Owen Hollingsworth
old bill in his w allet and decides
ation from a resident of Brook­ REV. JO S E P H GALAMBOS nearly $1.000.000.
Serves As Associate
Reed reported th a t p erm its
to correspond w ith the butterless
ings, Oregon concerning the need has arriv ed in Brookings. He
Owen L. H ollingsw orth will for improving U. S. 101 between
have been issued for 17 new
child in far off Brookings. F los­
was installed as the L utheran
spend th ree m onths as an assoc­ th a t city and Gold Beach
homes. Construction is com plet­
sie got quite a kick out of the
P asto r here last Sunday. He
iate of Ed McClain, p asto r of the
le tte r, her only wish was th a t it
The section of U. S. 101 in and his fam ily co n v from H an­ ed on three m ajor additions,
Brookings Bible Church. Hol­ which your co n stitu en t is in te r­
Menning Buick, Hi-Way M arket,
would have been typed on the
ford, California, where he has
lingsw orth. whose home is in ested is included in the Federal-
and the Campbell Building.
reverse side of a b u tte r w rapper.
served in th e m inistry for
S o u th ern C alifornia, ju st tinished aid prim ary highw ay system ap­
W ork is progressing, or com ­
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several
years.
TWO SOAPBOX DERBY EN TR IE S, Mike Holcomb, upper,
his train in g at the D allas Texas proved for Oregon which estab ­
plete on the following com m er­
A fter Ronnie Moore cam e in
and Bob Coverdell, lower, an? show n at w ork on th e ir vehicles. Seminary. He received a Th. M
cial buildings: Coast Power Saw
and asked me for an original
lishes its eligibility for im prove­
Nine o th e rs in Brookings and H arbor are p u ttin g th e ir cars
Degree.
and Equipm ent Co., th? C ate
draw ing of the LIL PILOT, I de­
m ent w ith Federal-aid funds
to gether now, in p rep aratio n for the Soapbox Derby, in G ran ts
Mr. H ollingsw orth’s family, when requested by the S ta te and
Building. Leonard Real E s ta te
cided to revive the little c h a r­
Pass on Ju ly 14th. The All-American raoe will be held in
his
wife
Nancy,
son
David
4.
and
building,
the Chetco Cafe build­
acter. It has been well over a
m atched w ith an ap propriate
W ork has already sta rte d in a
Akron, Ohio on A ugust 12th. Al, th e local boys w ere guests
d a u g h te r V irginia 2, are also m ount of funds under the con- sm all w ay on tlie H ighw ay 101 ing. and Consolidated F re ig h t
y e a r th a t the comic strip has
of the R otary Club Tuesday.
Pilot Photo
in Brookings.
run. Since th e re w eren ’t m any
tro l of the state. T he Stak» has im provem ent in the City of building.
Reed reported th a t a p erm it
requests for its revival the strip
included grading and surfacing Brookings, which will widen and
w as shelved, but when the little
1.2 m iles of U. S. 101 in the straig h ten the Chetco Avenue has been requested for a new
youngster said it w as his favor­
H arris Beach S ta te P ark area at from the Mobil S tatio n to H arris service station, to be built on
the corner of Arnold Lane an d
ite comic I can ’t resist.
an j estim ated cost of $162.000, Beach S ta te P ark .
Wl th F ederal-aid funds request
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The project will be done by U. S. 101 for the Mid Oil Co.
Since I took a w eek’s v a c a t­
<d in the am ount of $97,000. T he W arren N orthw est Const ruction The proposed statio n will coat
The Curry C ounty Budget w as dollars for th e coming year, in- plans prepared by the sla te for Co., the low bidders. The sta te an estim ated $22,000. Also an
ion from w riting the Sketch-
O K ed last week by C urry Coun- eluding $510,000 for the c o u n t / this project have bqen approved and federal governm ent ai-e pay- addition to the C ate Building, of
Book colum n last w eek my com ­
ty budget officials, which include roads.
1 and
— * th ? “ sta
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33 additional feet for w a r'h o n s e
m ents on the Azalea Festival
te authorized to ac- ing for th e im provem ent,
Th» C itv of Brookings has rr,-m bers of the count>’ c o u rt‘ I However, despite th e rising cept bids.
had to w ait until now.
q l , R ufener, sub-contractor. purposes was included in the
ir
o »rooxings nas The to tal estim ated ran $1,398.00 figures which included pay rais-
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Inasm uch as the sta te initiates was to be in Brookings T hurs- Ju n e building perm its
u n dertaken a teenage employ- _______________________________
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I'iie public works expenditure«
The S atu rd ay m orning pet m ent bureau, according to Ralph MT. EM l L Y L O O K O U T —
im provem ents involving F ederal- day m orning to begin the grad-
e s ,.1° 3 co u n t> officers, thei
will be as follows: $208,000 for
.
, ,
,
. ,
w ul be no tax levied above the aid funds, it would be approp- ing work.
p arade w as a dllly. I was it. Son o
Reed, city Work
su p erin ten d en t • H arvey A llen. a F o restry 6 percent ,irnitation Thp nron
Todd, alias Pogo, felt th a t he All youngsters
to
W ed w sd ay a crew from the the widening of Chetco Avenue
in terested in Sophomore from O S C
whose
,
I,rn' ,d t,o n 1 »ie prop- ria te » tor
- your constituent
,™,Su ,u en
»opnom ou n o m u .s.c ., wnoae e rty ow ners share of the budget, m ake his presentation to th»» West Coast Telephone Co. was and H ighway 101. $26.000 for
didn’t care m uch for taking care seeking w ork are asked to r e g - ! home
is in E u g e re arrived Tue -
’
Presentation to th»» West Coast Telephone Co. wa.
of H arris
ister at the C t v H all A reeis- -
s i n h u g er,, arriv ed T le, paid by levy will am ount to o n ly , O iegon S ta te Highway D epart- doing survey work, and begin the improvement
of his pet, the lil’ pup dog.
.ster at tne v.iy tia n , a reg.s- dayi and expects to put in the about $130 690
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Beach S ta te P ark ; $32.000 for
m ent * -*
at Salem.
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ning
the
process
of
moving
the
ration blank appeared in last sum m er as a lookout on ML
Of the total, around $550,000
We are forw arding copies of poles hack. All the poles "from the im provem ent of Pioneer and
So th ere I w as, w ith 40.000
week s Pilot.
Emily, for the U.S.F.S
people to the left of m.?, and
is
cash
on
hand
brought
over
this
correspondence to o u r field Pacific to P arkview Drive have Easy Streets.
Persons interested in hiring
About $64.000 has l,»on a u th ­
from th e previous year in c o m -! office having jurisdiction of Fed- to la» moved back. No in terru p t-
40,000 people to the right of me, youngsters, eith er for Lily Bulb
orized for the Installation of the
m ittm e n ts not yet paid out. j c r «;l*®*d m a tte rs in Oregon for ion in service is planned.
and me chasing th e blankety- work, or any o th er type of worx
$278,000 rem ained in the court- its in fo rm atio n in considering
blank pup all over the street.
The e t¡n» project w as to be first Brookings sew er d istrict.
can contact th e City Hall, and
Area Two, and a pum ping plant.
house construction fund, from any proposal by th? state
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finished
by November.
nam es will be given.
previous
y
ea
r’s
budgets.
A few d e ta .'s rem ain* to be
Of course I w asn’t the only
C. D. C urtis
Around $500.000 in receipts
worked out on 'h it •»roject. Two
ad u lt in the parade. It seems
Com m issioner of Public Roads
o th er districts. Area F our and
o th e r paren ts had sim ilar prob­
All voluntary fiiom en of th an? expected from forest tim b er
A rea S»ven, may also lie built
lems. One fellow carrying two
H arbor Fire D istrict be at the sales, n o th er $300.000 will be I wo Brookings Youths
thia year.
pets, a bike, and a child said,
G range Hall at 8:00 p.m., Ju n e realized by the county f r o m
Leave
Monday
For
Army
m
isoellaneous
sources
of
income.
George
Dunning,
ow
ner
of
Area Four would cost $43,000
"next year le t’s have a parade
27th.
A
well
organized
group
of
F red W. M erlin
25,
Two Brookings youths leit Dunning Motors, was ele t«»d as and is located near th«» school.
The largest road fund ever,
for the adu lts and have the wids Brookings is a repeat v n n er on firemen is necessary in case of
w atch."
ye old Pilot Ad-Rime cr-’test, fire to assist the Brooking* F ire over half-m illion dollars, was Monday tor the arm y. I hey w ere a school hoard director Monday Area Seven, near H ighway 101
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as it goes down the ho n v
ech. D epartm ent vv th whom the F irr budgeted w ith the sum of $200,00 Je rry Nix, son of Mr. and Mrs in an exceedingly smn I vote would cost $37,000 Efforts a re
O ur a rt show, as far as the
his
w
eek’s
D istrict has signed an o th er dollars which would be used to Virgil Nix; and P ete Tierce, son tu rn o u t. Only .'10 votes were cast being made to include work on
M artin swept
a r t group was concerned, w is i h » >rs by rhym ing a toughie, year's contract for fire p ro tec t­ begin a paving program which of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Tierce. all of wh.ch for Dunning, in the the»? sew er d istricts this year,
they hoped to continue every They w ere to tak e th eir physical electii n.
because when the new highw ay
success. We learned •»
J expense to 'ii- h a .s e tag", ion.
S. Ii >«>♦ au th o rities
v aren ’t s built it would cost the prop-
the m echanics of se ttin g up a w ith "S tead of go.ng ahead and
The board moved its reg u lar y ear until all m ajor roads in the in P ortland, and then leave d ir­
ectly by train to camp, presum ­ hap. y over the sm all turn-out, c ity ow ners m ore money to put
show which should be invaluable brag."
.July m eeting d ate forw ard t county are paved.
It was anticipated th at th ree ably Et. Ord, California.
and reported th at even O phir in the sew er lines.
lor our next production.
A 10 spot aw aits a t the Pilot Junp 27th because Ju ly 4th fall­
had 1 II.ixl 51 votes. Over .’MX) S ev eral o th er projects are still
And of course, we feel that it office Inc:dently, th ere are peo­ ing on its reg u la r n v e tin g date. roads, th» Elk River Road, tb<
/¿OWLS’ LA&'I M E E T IN G had voted in previous Brookings- in th e "th in k in g " stage. It ap-
gave a lot of j»eople a chance ple who could use th e $10 who
The Fire D istrict will soon Rogue River Road and the N orth
' x»«« .
. .
InO last m eeting
I it fzsr>
k/, « sum
»«»Mm ­ 1 t . •
t ■ ■ . .
The
for t the
l>ears th a t construction will also
H erbó, school elections.
to view some real cr»ative work a re n ’t w ritin g in th e ir rhyrr ?s. s 'a r t construction of a fire hall Bank of the Chetco w o u l d __
m
er
of
the
Rainbow
Girls
w.ll
s ta rt on the new P resb y terian
for a change. Even if man., Only a few weeks rem ain in the *o 'h e reah ot the G range Hall. paving th is year.
A road sinking fund of $100.000 be held at 7 :30 p.m., Monday, MRS PER EZ BREAKS A LE( Church this v
voiced a loud.»but not too clear, contest.
The D istrict now ow ns one 800-
Mrs. Arline Perez will be
objection to “this modern stuff"
gallon tank tru ck for tran sn o rt- to he used as a re u v e f o r f u t ­ une 25, in the IOOF Hall. Be­
sides th • usual business there layer) i p q u ite a spell, h a v in g 1
I feel th e ir experience was well
” g w ate r to fires. A pum p will ure years when forest f ir
•*r ieg, at the knee, last i
w orth our effort.
be added to th e tru ck as soon as ‘ sale receipts m ight fall off, was u 11 ** ‘nitiation of several can-
» budgeted.
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didatta.
I Tuesday afternoon.
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possible.
i he county school fund was
F rom the m any flow er lovers
In car? of fire, call the Brook­
’I wo Brooki'
' • wims I Corp.
G round-breaking services of
set at $103,140. w ith a n o th e r
com m ents on th e ir show, and
ing-; F ire D epartm ent, 2181.
men, president
R eeser and
the
new
P
resb
y
terian
C
hurch
is
$40,000 budgeted from an ticip ­
from first hand (or eye) knowl-
G eneral M arc
John Connors
to be conducted this Sunday, ac­
ated O&(' tim b er sale receipts.
e d r * I feel they are quite con-
w ere am ong •’ more than 300
cording to Rev. H enry O ster-
Furnishings and equipm ent for
• te n t about th eir effort. Anyway
fir plywood of ■ s and industry
meier, church pastor. The serv ­
the new courthouse were b u d g et­
Mrs. Ravekes is all fired up
leaders in Gen- ” t Monday, for
ices will be held on the grounds
ed
at
$18
000.
about next y ears show.
a tw o-day s< s n of the 20th
The Coos-Curry E lectric Co-
A new ju v en i’ » d ep artm en t,
The m ineral show and t h e around 11 a m R epresentatives
annual m eeting of the D ouglas
of the various church org an iz­ operative has ju st received a beaded by a $6.000 juvenile offi­
Bar-B-Q ue tu rn ed out swell and
F ir Plyw»MMl s < nation.
ations w ill p articip ate in the $2,000.000 loan, mad.» them by cer, will be adm inistered for a
probably shouldn’t be mentioned
The kick-off announcem ent
services.
the
ru
ral
electrification
admin-
to tal of $8,500
in the sam e b reath ’cause either
told
of a three pronged long­
The co n tra ct is being draw n istration, according to word from
E lm er Rankus, of Brookings,
one w is easy to digest.
term prom otion program
to
up for the new church building. Rep H arris E llsw orth.
is chairm an of the Budget Com ­
build
fir
plywood
sales
in
school
Bids w ere opened S atu rd ay , and
The funds will be used in im- m ittee.
construction
leisure
m a rk e ts
SCHOOL WORK BEGINS
H orton and .Son w ere th? low proving service and construction
Several o th er Brooking* men.
and residential building.
W ork has begun on several bidders. The budding will be of of 37 miles of transm ission to all m em bers of the C ham ber of
Industry leaders from Wash­
project* of the school renovation fram e construction, and will lx* care for 1,076 new m em bers, in- Com m erce com m ittee on F in ­
ington, Oregon and California
and rem odeling Bids were let located on P acific Avenue.
eluding 18 large u sers
ance and T axation were present
attended the session.
last week, and w ork begun by
‘
w ith h ea d q u arters at the initial m eeting last week.
The Industry, although it has
H orton and Son. Roy W eideman.
T H E NEW CONSOLIDATED F R E IG H T term in al is nearly
Mr and Mrs H arold Young in Coquille, is to have a bran« h They w ere Tom McKenzie, Don
recently
suffered a small cut­
K arl O stenberg and Francis G ir­
com
pleted
and
ready
for
occupancy.
The
F
reig
h
t
S
tatio
n
is
m l>
-ft Sunday for Los h ead q u arters at Gold B e a c h , V aughn, chairm an (lia rle s G ray-
back, reports that there is an
located on R ailroad S treet. Eventually the y ard will be black-
oux. all on different projects at Angeles. They plan to visit H ar- consisting of a sub-office, g arag e shal, and Carl Berger D. D Wil-
increase of 7 percent in salat
topped around th e building
Pitot Photo
th e school'
old’s sister while there.
and a warehouse.
ham s also attended the session.
By BUD PISAREK
G olf Lessons
To Be Given
WORK ON 101
BEGINS HERE
County To Spend $1,398,000
TEEN-AGE WORK
BUREAU STARTED
Fred M artin
Fire District
Plans Fire Hall
For Harbor
Repect Winner
Dunning is Elected
To School Board
PLYWOr
AEN
ATTEND SESSION
Ground Breaking
For Church Sunday
Coos-Curry Co-op
Gets $2 M illion
this year, over 1955.
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