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Nowhere A Finer Clim ate - Nowhere A Finer Communio
Thursday, lune 28, 1956
Volume II, No. 19
By Joe Murphy
We have been a ltern atin g col
umns, and the avalanche of pro
te sts about leaving my column
out has been terrific. We have
received le tte rs from as f.jr away
as W isconsin (m y m other-in-law )
protesting. I ’m sure my other re
lative subscribers will th rea ten
cancellations too- but we'll ig - 1
nore them.
* * *
We got a nice plug from Hen- |
rieeta Shaw, who oj>erates t h e ,
Gold each sheet. Both on th e :
front page and the editorial page.
But, she w asn’t content to just
p a t us on the back, and had t o !
m ake a couple of left-handed r e - ,
m arks, out of force of habit. How- i
ever, we’re big enough to over
look th e snide part of it. A f te r ,
all we did get the P ilo t’s nam e
in th e Gold Beach paper w here
all those m any m any hundreds of
people can see it.
Morton to leave bank post here
E. L. Morton is resigning as th e
m anager of V. S. N ational b a n k ’s
Brookings Branch, effective Ju n e
30, it was announced this w eek
by E. C. Sam m ons president. M or
ton is leaving the bank to devote
T h irty -eig h t C urry county 4-H
No official w ard has been re his tim e to personal interests.
girls atten d e d the sum m er school ceived as yet, regarding the pass
New m anager will tx? K enneth
a t Corvallis, June 12 to 22. They age of th e A ppropriations bill,
J. K irk, now' assistan t m anager
w ere chosen to attend because of which will give $225,000 for the
at U. S. N atio n al’s Roseburg
th e 4-H w ork they had done in
Friday, according to w ord re th e county and were sponsored by Chetco River M outh h arb o r pro branch.
ject.
ceived a t th e council m eeting on v arious groups.
A veteran in th e field af b an k
C ongressm an H a rris E llsw orth
T uesday night, will be th e day
Tw o loeal 4-H leaders acted as phoned last T hursday w ith th«' ing. M orton Ix'gan his banking
m em bers of the co n tractin g firm chaperons. Mrs. Jam es Donnelly
ca reer in eastern Oregon in 1919.
of Copenhagen-Busch will arrive of Brookings and Harold B ritton news th a t the money was placed In 1932 b • became deputy su p er
on
the
House
app
ro
p
riatio
n
s
bill,
to begin w ork on the new Brook of Langlois, the la tte r driving the
intendent of banks for the s la te
and said th a t it was v irtu al cer
ings sew er system.
Subsequently,
he
P o rt O rford-Langlois school bus ta in ty th a t it would be passed. of Oregon.
The firm will s ta rt w ork in donated for the purpose.
served in a m anagerial capacity
He also rep o rted th a t the money w ith branch banks in Oregon and,
S atu rd ay night at 6 p.m. is go a re a 2, which is located in th e
Tw o C u rry county girls w ere
ing to be a big evening for some Del N orte, southw est section of singled o u t for special honors. would be available a fte r Ju ly 1st, in 1952, became president of th e
although local people interested form er Oregon S ta te Bank in
F ra n E verest was chosen to pre
Incidentally,
apparently
the lucky person. T h at is the d raw th e city.
w h eth er
construction Brookings. When U. S. N ational
ing for Dunning M otors "T rip to
A large group of interested c it sent "M azu rk a” as a piano solo doubted
county co u rt still doesn’t ,know
H aw aii” contest, and a w inner izens appeared a t the hearing on on radio KO AC and M arylin Hale, of th e proposed je tty , and dredg purchased the Oregon S ta te B ank
th a t a new spaper exists down
ing would be done this year.
in 1954, Morton joined U. S. N a
here, despite the many tim es th at will be picked from am ong th e the sew er are a four, and seven, Brookings, w as elected as pres
Ellsw orth reported th a t the
entries. T hat w inner will be en T uesday night. They heard City
w e’ve said nasty things about
ident of her living group in Alpha Army E ngineers would be down tional as m anager of th«' B u c k
titled to a trip to H awaii, for him W ork S u p erintendent Ralph Reed,
ings branch He is a m em ber of
them . We never did get a copy of
Chi Omega Ha'll.
shortly to get th e project lined
self and his wife. The contest is and E ngineer Sid Lashwell ex
th e budget to present to our many
T hree C u rry county girls, Tony out. E arlie r Sen. W. M orse had th«' Oregon B ankers A ssociation,
stric tly local, and somebody from plain tlx? proposed sew er d istrict
an honorary life m em ber of th e
subscribers. Maybe the court feels
F ack e ral and Shirley H ew itt of
and assessm ent, which w ill figure Brookings and K ristin Minty of got the ap propriation on the Sen Oregon FFA, a m em ber of Ro
th a t nobody south of Pistol Riv this area will win.
a te bill.
The trip w ill include a plane out a t 2.5c per square foot of pro
ta ry and the Am erican Legion
Gold Beach took part in the ca n
e r is interested in the county busi
According to the local group, and has served as director and
flight to Honolulu, and a w eeks perty. I t is hoped th a t the city dle lig h tin g ceremonies on the
ness.
the
next
step
is
th
e
form
ation
of
lodging there. A nother contest is would be able to sell B ancroft
tre a su re r of the Brookings C ham
• • *
last evening of the meet.
a port district bene. P o rt Com
planned for July. The req u ire bonds, which will give the prop
Everybody is talking about the
A round 2,000 4-H club m em bers m issioners then would be ap ber of Commerce. He is also a
m ents for en terin g is th e p u r erty ow ners 10 years to pay th eir
Mason and Shriner,
proposed harbor, and a goodly
and th e ir leaders were in a tte n d pointed by the governor.
chase of a ca r valued at $500 or assessm ents.
Kirk, who will be the new m an
num ber of people are planning on
ance
this
year.
m ore at Dunnings.
It w as brought out by Lash- s
ager of U. S. N atio n al’s Brook
building boats. I cruised up the
D unnings also announced th a t well th a t th e line is deserved to
Chetco S atu rd ay evening, and
AD-RIME TIM E SHORT ing branch, has had a wide ex
they have contest blanks for the serve a city like Brookings when ;
h alf expected to see the Queen M ercury contest announced in the
W ith th e P H O T S AD-RIME | perience in banking over a per
it is expand?«! to capacity. Des- ,
M ary pull up along side me. The
contest
nearing its close th ere has iod of 23 years. He joined U. S.
Pilot, and on T-V. Many people pite the questions th e re was little !
H arbor is th e sta rt, I feel, of m ak
been a sh arp increase in the num N ational in April, 1949, a fte r ser
have already picked up the blank. actu al rem onstrances in area 4.
ing the to u rist business here sup
ber of co n testan ts and the selec vice w ith other hanks and w ith
Area
seven
w-as
diffenent
ercede in p art, the dependence on
N ine Rainbow’ for Girls, includ tion of a w inner is getting quite the N ational Bank Examiners.
though. W hen it was pointed out ing th e ir W orthy Advisor, Phyl- a job. This week, "B ill’’ Weide- , His most recent assignm ent w ith
th e tim ber. Obviously, the to u r
to Mrs. Ed Dempsey th a t th eir liss Cole, attended th t G rand As m an hit the cash d raw er for a U. S. N ational has been as a s
ist boat trade, and the fishing de-
residential property w ould be as sem bly in A storia, a th ree day ten spot and his Ad-Rime goes in sistant m anager a t its Roseburg
velopem ent w on't take place over
sessed for around $5200 for sew session, Ju n e 17. 18, 19. re tu rn w’ith all the o th ers so fa r sub branch. He is a Mason and a m em
night.
ers, she registered a protest. Also
m itted for tlx? jackpot prize con ber of the Scottish Rite. W ith
ing home W ednesday.
E lm er B an k u s protested assess
They w ere accompanied by test, not far off now. The w inner their two children, the K irks will
m ents along highw ay 101, be
be m aking th e ir home in Brook
S h attered speed boats w ere cause th e property is such he th e ir M other Advisor. Mrs. Emil of the finals will be aw arded a ing in the n ear future.
cool
$50
and
it
can
just
as
well
lie
M
itchell,
and
Mrs
Ed
Cole.
scattered all over th e lower K la could not possibly be served.
Morton said th at he and his
T he girls had a very’ inspiring tak en by the last Ad-Rime as th '1
m ath River last Sunday when the
The engineers concluded th a t
T hursday, Ju ly 12, will he a big sm aller, speedy c ra ft w ere trying Dempseys w ere p artially ju s ti tim e, atten d in g three sessions first or the middle one, so sh a r wife like living in Brookings and
was host to pen your pencils and your w .ts will continue to stay here. T hey
day for the Brookings and H ar to race. T here w ere th rills and fied because they don’t have a c- each day. A stpria
bor kids betw een the ages of 6 spills all up and down the course, cess to th e highway, and only around 1200 gfl-K and th e ir ad and get yours in to th e PILO T of are planning a long vacation, hut
w’ill retu rn here t«> live.
fice early.
and 12 who get up early enough six B-Hydros being involved in part of th e ir property would be visors.
The
Brookings
assem
bly
were
to be at the high school loading one wreck. Shallow ness of the assessed. They also lowered the
area by 7inthe m orning. T hey’ll w ate r and unreliable eddies are assessm ent on p art of B ankus’ proud to learn a t the G rand As
sembly th a t one of th eir own
get a free ride to the Shrine C ir said to have caused the m ishaps. property.
m em bers. K aren W allace, was
cus, a t E ureka, and a free ride In one race, o n ly /f o u r of the
A hearing w as also held on the chosen G rand R e p re se n tativ e to
home again in the evening. They sta rtin g tw elve B-Hydro class street assessm ent on Pioneer and
a re asked to eith er bring th e ir boats finished, the o th ers m eeting Easy, which the property ow ners th e S ta te of Pennsylvania, for
The huge display of firew orks
lunch o r lunch money and they’ll w ith m isadventures. Of th e local will g’e t paving for ¿3.50 per ru n the year 1956-57, which is quite
ordered by the Brook ngs Volun
tak e in the huge circus as guest speedboaters, LeRoy Pollard fin ning foot, because the sta te is an honor.
teer Fiti* D epartm ent w as due to
of the S hrine Club of Crescent ished 2nd in the B-Hydro class paying $15,000 for p a rt of the
arrive this week. The fire d e p a rt
City.
and Al Phillips m ade 3rd in the work.
Edith Ackley Returns from
ment is sponsoring th«' firew orks
On the 13th and 14th th e re’ll B -runabouts.
which will be shot off at th e
N othing was reported on the Delightful Alaska 1 rip
lie reg u lar perform ances of the
In one of the races, Ron F rom m bond sale, except th at they are
m outh of the Chetco R iver on
Archbishop
Edw
ard
D
Howard
M is
Edith Ackk'y returned
show but on a pay basis, w ith all flipped his craft. P o llard ’s and being printed, and will be e x
J»«’” 1, beginning at 9 a m.
the profits going to help support Tom D ent’s craft got holes in am ined by a bond specialist soon. T hursday of last week from a D. D., is expected to arriv e in
Money for the dr-play is to
trip to Alaska on the Canadian Brookings this coming Saturday • come from the ¡»eople of the com
the S hrine hospitals w here m any them and one boat is reported to
The council passed a resolu- i
evening.
Rev.
H
ow
ard
faces
a
S
team
er,
Prince
George,
going
as
children who m ight not otherw ise have virtu ally sm ashed all to tion for street vacation proceed
m unity Fire Chief Val Menden-
be helped are restoned to health flinders. Almost no trouble w as ings on p art of C enter st. and on fa r n orth as -Skagway, then on busy program . He will be th
I i • em phi sized. Th«' fire d ep art-
celebrant
of
th
?
11
o’clock
Mass
in an institution especially de experienced on the turns, accord P ark Ave. and an ally, for the train to Carcross in Yukon T er
r i'i't intends to do th«* collecting
signed and m aintained for th eir ing to th e craftsm en, b u t th e ir developm ent of the area by B an k ritory. Stops w ere m ade and in Brookings, delivering the ser tin gh th ■ envelojies in th«'m ail
mon
and
la
ter
conferring
the
sac
sightseeing
trips
enjoyed
around
care
1 troubles all took place on the us, above Hillside.
and «bev w 11 do th e t » - ■ r of the
P rince Rupert. K etchican. Juneau, rem ent of confirm ation on i display. But the cost is high and
straight-aw ay s w here the wicked
Joe Jacobs appeared to protest
class
of
35
children
and
a
d
u
lt'.
' currents, in shallow w ater, upset tb ? oiling of his side of Easy St. W rangell and Ocean Falls. G la
Then, on to Gold Beach w here h o , mu» i y is needed oth rw s<* it
their navigation. W ith the excep w ithout his consent, and billing ciers and icebergs,as well as the
will conduct services and admin- . will have to come out of ti e F ire
M
idnight
Sun
w
ere
seen
and
the
l
tion of one pilot, who ~ot a slight him for it. He agreed to pay $30
ister confirm ation on a group oi m en’s own funds.
Thp four look-out statio n s in knee cut, no one w as injured a l
Mendenhall said th at all they
of the hill for the b e n e fite d area, w eath er was delightful all the tw elve a t four p.m., thence to
the Chetco Forant R anger dis though, at times, th e pool seemed
while th e council agreed to pay way. A tour of V ancouver was P ort O rford w here a class of 26 are asking for is $1 jwr fam ily,
trict are now all m anned. Look to be full of bobbing heads and
also
enjoyed.
i.e sa «1 that about $200 has com e
the rest.
outs w ere taken to Vulcan Peak portions of boats.
In Portland, Mrs. Ackley spent will aw ait him at 7 :30.
•” now hut an o th er ^ ’00 is need
A resolution was adopted, ask
.Archbishop
Howard,
at
least
an
and Long Ridge last week end,
ing the s ta te to re-surface C h et some tim e w ith Mr. and Mrs. annual v isitor to Brookings( is l'd to insure a sim ilar display in
MARIE
DANA
N-VMFI
and the new look-out for Mt.
co Ave. from Pacific to Oak, as A1 Panzer, had lunch w ith Mr the senior archbishop of th? fu tu re years.
DELEGATE TO VFW M EET
Emily w as taken up this week
Mrs Marie Dana, who has fre long as tlx? highway crew s will Mrs. Leo Spangler, Mr. and Mis U nited S tate s having been elevai-
Snow-camp has been m anned for
and Mrs. K enneth S ten n ett and
quently visited w ith tfce local be here.
a chat w ith the Roy Sunderland, ed some th irty years ago and was
several w eeks now.
Brookings VFW A uxiliary, has
F orest R anger "R ags" Ragland
all previous residents of Brook honored at a huge party early
been named a delegate to the N a
reported th a t an old tim er, C h ar
ings. who sent th eir greetings to this sum m er observing his 50th
H
arvey
DeM
nrtin
B
reaks
A
rm
tional Convention of the order, to
y ea r since ordination to the p riest
lie Spencer, is stationed on Snow-
th eir m any friends here.
H
arvey
DeD
M
artin,
widely
be held in Dallas, Texas in Aug
hood.
camp. From his w inter home in
On
the
sam
e
trip
w
ith
Mrs.
known
official
of
the
Bank
of
ust. H ?r home is in M ilwaukee,
He will be met a t the Crescent
G ran ts Pass. Spencer has been
America. Crescent City, is said to Ackley were th e S. O. Newhouses
City airport S atu rd ay evening
coming here for the past 10 or 12
M»n | needed «■'•’ m s on is in
Rev.’ Hugh Gearin has been as have slipped at the Redding boat of W edderbum and Mrs Ackley and spend the night w ith F a th e r
«hared her room w ith a congenial
sum m ers.
process
at the S ’ ‘e Line A ir
landing
and
broke
a
couple
of
signed to the church at Ocean
Keiss at the S ta r ol th«' Sea rec S tr « ,'c ause of '.cr sed owr-T-
On Long Ridge B ert K lett is
Lake, according to an announce bones in his arm . D eM artin won t lady from P ortland who had many
stationed He is a June g rad u ate
ship of local planes, still m ore
m ent from the office of A rchbish tak ‘ p art in the fish boat races friends in Mrs. Ackley's home tory.
T w enty-tw o
children
t o o k hanger space is required. P erm is
of G ran ts P ass high school, and
for quite a while, looks like.
town.
op Howard.
th eir first communion here last sion has been g ran ted for the r e
plans a career in forestry
George Odom, a student at San
Sunday.
moval of o b stru ctin g tree s so as
Jose S ta te college, is stationed on
to m ake th e approach safer. T he
Vulcan P eak, and H arvey Allen-
w ork is in th e hands of the in-
Melody
Brinnn
Honored
Eugene. a F oresty student a t O r
corporated C hetco Flying Club,
By Several Bridal Showers of which th ere are 26 member»,
egon S ta te college is cam ped atop
Several show er p arties have about half of whom a re now ta k
Mt. Emily.
Ragland also reported th a t two
Are you a boy? Are you be been given during the past few ing flight lessons.
oth?r new men w ere w orking w ith
CATHOLIC SI MMER SCHOOL tw een the ages of 11-15. Do you w'o'ks lor Melody, daughtei oi
Th«' new hanger, 30 feet deep
MRS. PUTMAN A TTENDS
him. They are Eddie H andsaker, SCHOOL IN CHICAGO
I Some sixty children have been like baseball? Then you-re just Mr. and Mrs. Roy B rpnm whose and KH feet long, will be large
E ureka. Calif., who will serve as
wt'dding to B arry Sage, son of
Mrs. Alice P u tm an retu rn ed tn e in stru cted in the C atholic F aith ( the lad the Brookings E lks group Mr. and Mrs. Bud S to ten b u rg enough to hous? th ree planes in
h ead q u arte rs firem an, and Bill
addition to tw o o th e r s tru c tu re s
is
looking
for.
They
are
initiating
Klein, a forestry student at OSC. first of the week from Chicago by th ree teaching sisters from a sum m er baseball program here will ta k e place a t the B aptist used to sh elter the craft.
w
here
she
brushed
up
on
her
j
the
C
rescent
C
ity
P
a
ro
c
h
ia
l!
who will serve as district assist
T he flying club itself has tw o
this year. E ighteen boys have a l Com m unity church on Ju ly 5.
ant K lein has six years exper electric organ in terests at a spec- schools. S isters M ary Yvonne, ready reported, but the Elks
R ecent p arties have been given planes, a T ay lo rcraft and a P ip er
ial school conducted by H am m ond M ary Cora, and Mary P erp etu a, I
ience in forestry work.
by Mrs. G erald H endricks whi«h tri-pacer. In stru ctio n s are t»eing
Oregon teaqhers at the Sherw ood of the F ranciscan order, have w’ould like to have at least 40
The tra il crew was out recently,
took place June4, and an o th er on given on tb«' club’s
'
out
so
th
a
t
four
team
s
can
lie
been doing the in stru ctin g and
under the direction of C urt Sw an School of Music.
Ju n e 20 at the home of Mrs R >y at Crescent City, but hopes a rc
form
ed
for
com
petitions
sake
VISITORS
FROM
MEDFORD
classes w ere held during the past
son m aking a trail iMo the PP.Y
« «> <
The boys are asked to furnish P ollard w here Mi's. P o llard and th a t weekly instruct
C rash site on the South Fork of Lucille Mead, drove over from two weeks.
fbeir
own gloves, and the Elks Mi'S. Al Phillips w ere joint bos- available at the S ta te ’ ine. T e
Medford
W
ednesday
spend.ng
the
the Chetco. The N avy is consi
will furnish*'bats, balls and ca t-, tesses. On Ju n e 21 there was an club m eets the first an«*th. ’ 1 1 n-
dering p u ttin g in a concrete m on evening visiting at the W. O. Mc LYLE VAUGHN SAILS
o th er show er at th e home of Miss day evening of <?acb ' nth
t
ch rs equipm ent.
Gee
home.
Mrs.
McGee
is
a
sistx
r
um ent there.
Sylvia Gates, she and Miss Joy the Fire hall, and a J interest <1
All
those
interested
a
re
asked
Lyle vaughn. now in the U. S.
of the tw o ladies
G ott lie i ng the host esses.
persons are asked to d " n in >r
Mr. and Mrs. Joe S h u m ak er v a vy is sailing for Hong Kong. to rep o rt to th e baseball diamond,
BARCLAYS HAVE
near the Plywood p lan t on Fri-1 The bride-to-be is deeply to u ch ask Al Phillips f>r Dan S ‘y is for
China
aboard
th
e
USS
John
Bole
and
family,
who
cam
e
h
e
n
about
SEAVIEVV CAFE
ed by the w onderful way she has inform ation. Many o' '
m 'tu
y?c.r ago. have departed for via Hawaii and Ja p an according day night at 6 p m A group of
Mr and Mrs. John B arclay
been honored anti invites all her bers are pilots having long to- j*
E
lks
will
be
on
hand
to
super
have tak en over operation of the *-e .d-rce in southern California. to word received by his b ro th er vise.
cords in the air.
friends to her wedding.
Don.
Seaview Cafe, out w -st of town according to reports.
MAY START SEWER
WORK NEXT WEEK
Curry Co. 4-H Girls
Attend Summer School
At Corvallis lune 12 22
No Official Word
Received on Harbor
Dunning Contest
Winner to Be
Picked Saturday
♦ • •
Attend Rainbow
Grand Assembly
Shrine Circus
Guests Wanted
Wrecks Clutter L.
Klamath Sunday
During Boat Races
Huge Display of Fireworks to Be Shot
O ff July 4 ,9 p.m. on Chetco River
Archbishop Due
Saturday Eve.
.
Four Look-outs
Now Manned
Expansion Program
N w in Pro'/.ss at
( b i : o Flvirqi C’ub
ELKS FLAN KIDS BASEBALL