Thursday, J une 21,1956
THESE PEOPLE
— PAGE NINE
A new policeman is now on to ©et him also in on the pro
duty with tht Brookings force, gram set up for OREGONIAN
bringing it up to the full limit. carriers. All of them have ac
Hired was Marv McKernan, of cumulated the necessary 40o
Burney, California.
points on their routes. At Grants
McKernan is a brother of John Pass, the boys will join others,
McKernan, operator of the West in a chartered bus, headed for
ern Auto Store. He is not mar three nights at the Commodore
ried. He was in the service for Hotel, their days being taken up
three yvars, in the Air Corps, with a trip to Disneyland,
and saw duty in China, Burma Knott’s Berry Farm, a tour of
and Africa. McKernan will work the movie lots, and a dip in the
on the night shift.
sea, at Balboa Beach.
LIVE HERE . . .
(This is the 19th of a 26-week
ly senes of short biographies of
the people \|ho conduct the bus
iness of the area. Their names
appear in the Ad-Rinv Direc
tory in this issue.)
«he fore par, of «he week I press «heir apprec.at.on of «he
wanted the PILOT to ' ex-1 people’s support in the contest. I he girls are aspiring for choice
as Queen of the Carnival.
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HEWITT’S ANCHORAGE-
is what used to be the old Park
er’s Store at the North end of
the Chetco Bridge, only every
The program is set up so the
thing is different. The old store
HELLO WORLD —
youngsters won’t have much
building has been torn down and
a new one erected in it’s place
Mr. and Mrs. Marv Green.; spare time and they will spend
since John and Frances Hewitt
former residents of Brookings, every’ minute of it profitably,
bought it in April of 1952. Last
became the proud parents of a even to eating and sleeping, ac
year they added a modern 2-bed-
baby girl, Jeanine Marie, weigh cording to Clyde Macintosh, thel
local distributor for the Port
room apartment over the store
SGT. NEIL E. BUCHIEN, son ing 8 pounds, 4 ounces The baby , land paper sponsoring the tour.
was
born
June
1st
at
Salem
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Hewitt has had to build the of Mrs. Steve Hitchcok of Brook-
Macintosh says there will be
new docks twice. Last winter’s mgs, was recently promoted to Memorial Hospital. Green was a 350 Oregonian carriers making
millwright
at
the
Oregon
Coast
flood washed away his first his present rank, at the Marine
the trip, and that few, if any
docks but he has replaced them Corps Supply Center, Barstow. Veneer firm before leaving towns the size of Brookings have
Brookings
a
few
months
ago.
The Hewitts were away on va ( alifornia. Before entering the
four boys who qualified.
cation when the flood came and Manne ( orps, in November 1953
they can t say enough in appre he attended Salem College and aw ar d s for w o r k do n e
ciation of the people who stepped Academy, in Salem.
KLAMATH WATER QUEENS
Four happy kids left Brookings
in and savel their boats. They
Among those who will appear
Wednesday morning, bound tor on the Eureka TV station this
epected to find everything gone
three busy days around Los coming Friday evening, m the in
upon their delayed return but
Angeles.
The quartet, Steven terests of the forthcoming Klam
thanks to the good neighbors the
Harrell. Micheál DaBlock, Tom ath River Boat Rack's, will be the
docks is all that they lost.
my Conners and Gary Becker, Misses Adrienne Whipple and
In the new store they have
all of Brookings, will be joined Mary 1 in Sue Moorhead, both of
Old-age
benefits
under
Federa’
added considerable space. Now
at Grants Pass by Alan Rowe, Smith River. Miss Whipple and
they have a complete sporting social security were awarded to
the only winner in Crescent C'ty her mother, Mrs. Andrew Whip
more
than
2.500
of
the
nation’s
goods section with fishing tackle
of the required number of points ple (Louise) were both in Brook-
wwiy
retired
workers
a
day
guns and ammunition. They also
have a sandwich bar for the ac luring 1955. In C uny County
alone, 40 more retired korwers
comodation of the fishermen.
ere receiving old-age monthly
I he Hewitts came here from
xmefits at the end of 1955 than
Napa, California, where he had at the beginning of the year, ac
engaged in commercial fishing cording to figures just released
for 4 years. He had also worked
>y < arlos L. Hunsinger, district
considerable in construction. manager in Eureka.
They enjoy the newly completed
At the end of 1955 251 retired
apartment especially the sw-eep- workers in Curry County were
ing view of the mouth of the
Retting monthly old-age bentfits
Chetco River. They have 2 child
ln ad,tion- 184 people in this
ren, ages 1 and 4 years old.
county were receiving monthly
THE BROOKINGS TRAILER benefits as dependents of old-ag-
SALES is no more. George Ham beneficiaries or as survivors of
mond bought the TRAILER workers who had died.
( ENTER at the south end of
In ( urry County, retired work
ON DISPLAY
( iescent City on Highway 101 ers were receiving $14.928 per
South last April and moved the month in social security pay
tiailers down there, Hammond ments as 1955 came to a close.
«as on the Brookings police Hunsmger said. Dependents of
force for a time. He and his wife, old-age beneficiaries or survivors
Jean, and their three children of workers who had died were
still reside at their home in the getting $7,074 a month in Curry
Beresa Tract.
ON LOT
County at the end of the year,
As owner of the Trailer Cent fhis is a total of $22.002 a
er. Hammond is the exclusive month, which is an increase of
franchise Flamingo Dealer.
BROOKINGS
27 per cent over the amount be-
mg
paid
at
the
end
of
1954.
THE OCEANVIEW CAFE is
3°'35'4°
models
at the very north approach to
i
and
2
Bedroom
the North Brookings business COYOTE DAM —
section. It is now owned and op
Work is scheduled to begin,
erated by Joe and Frances Shoe
this month, on a huge flood con
maker. For years it was oper
trol irrigation project, four miles
ated by Dorothy Stoken. She
sold out to Mrs. Bud Cross and north of Ukiah, known as the
( oyote Dam. The structure wnl
Mrs. Shoemaker last August. In be of earth. 163 feet high and
December Shoemakers bought
■koOO teet long. The contract,
the interest of Mrs. Cross. At
won by The Guy F. Atkinson ( o.
btaf time Shoemaker left the
of South San Francisco, for
oity police force, where he had $7,467,750,10 carries an addition
served for 11 months, in order al bid of $319.530 for the flood
to devote full time to the res control gates.
taurant.
The contract calls for the mov
Ihe Shoemakers came here
ing of some 6 million yards of
rom Boise, Idaho in January of earth, 9 million of rock and fil
He had just retired from
the service after 20 yean, with and will require 1400 tons ol
steel, several million tons of con
the Armored Cavalry. He had
Crete, and the removal of much
J«st been stationed as an in
material in the area which will
structor at the ROTC unit at
be eventually covered with th<
the university of Idaho.
70,000 acre feet of water.
Rr 1. fam'ly say they like
Th-» contract calls for
'* ngs as a place to make plction w ithin 900 work..
their home and are looking for-
y ’<> a busy summer at the
ADVERTISERS
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PACIFIC ROSE
'a ELAT CAN
TUNA
TOILET TISSUE
(SILK)
5 rolls 45c
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BARTLETT PEARS
Honey Sugar
GRAHAMS
2-pound box . . . 67c
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S O M E T H IN G S P E C IA L !
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lig h t
r e f r e s h in g
beer
RACES
THIS SUNDAY AT
GRFNFELD SPEEDWAY
GATES OPEN . . . .
12 Noon
.1 p.m.
ILVIE TRIALS . . .
RACES START . , , , 2:3« p.m
CARS FROM:
Brookings, Gold Beach
Eureka, Crescent City
Full Field of Cars Starting
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