I
jsday, June 28, 1956
L. ookings-Harbor Pilot — Brookings, Oregon
SE PEOPLE LIVE HERE — I EVA LEE S DRESS SHOP was
Dennis Graham
KS FIRNITL RE will started out as a wee little place
• J h eU 10th anniversar> in in the Kruger Building in Oct-
Wins Scholarship
«0 a erP,. “T ^'ookings this 0|H.r of 1951 j t was moved to the
1
Dennis Patrick Graham, 1956
2? w2i>aUStL^3rd Arch,e and Hurst-Johnson Building in April
Brookings-Harber high school
au
«v
a 31* P*rtners *n of 1953 and becanu1 the very mod-
Curry County wins two out- .graduate,
has been award«»d $129'
ihina P»n e<1 C?'r 11<? honle cm and exclusive shop in the new tanding firsts in the official pop-
lz_,8. . s ort started at the quarters near the U. S. National Oregon Bureau of Municipal Re scholarship to Oregon State Col- !
for 1956-57.
location on Chclco Avenue Bank on October 15. 1955.
ulation estimates issued by the lege
The scholarship which will cov-
search.
Gold
Beach
leads
all
in
The ladies who own the shop
î Hendricks family came
corporated cities of any size with i er partial tuition and fee charges
Portland, where Archie had and assist in bringing in the latest sn increase of 141percent during I for th.» year, have been awarded
ladies
wear
to
the
area
are
Lydia
with Montgomery Ward in
the period betw-ecn the 1950 and 1 Oregon high school graduates by
furniture and mail o r d e r Browman and Eva Lee Long. Mis. 1955 estimates and Curry County ' the state board of h „’her educ-
■tnvnts for 20 years. He had Brownian is the wife of Bill Brow- leads all other counties of the 1 at ion. Selection for the state
d as assistant manager of the man who is connected with the state with a report'd 112 percent scholarships is based on scholar
Order house in Portland for Brookings Plywood Corporation. increase in the population of its ship and promise of successful
rs prior to entering business The Browmans came here from corporate towns in same period. college work
Minnesota in 1950. Mrs. Browman
A limited number of outstand
■ookings.
Brookings’ census figures were
ire are two children in the bought Jeri’s Dress Shop as a not taken until after the city ing students now in college are
partner
w
ith
her
sistcr>in*law.
y. There is Gerald, with his
was incorporated when there was also offered tuition scholarships
its in the store ’and also
\ * nK,ois Mr*- ^>"8
1,525 residents tall it'd, on Sept by the state system.
Graham, son of Mr .and Mrs.
y. 10, who is in the elemen- bought the latter’s interest in ’51. ember 29, 1951. and the current
Eva Lee Long cam? here from
J. L. Willoughby of Harbor, was
«hool. They are all great
population,
by
the
above
authority
ers for the area, and see an Klamath Falls in March of 1950. shows 3,063, for an increase1 of 100 student body vice president, soph->
She first worked for Pete Les-
more class Mice president, and
xling future here
meister in the Real Estate and percent in the past four years. ' Letterman’s Club president while
Insurance business and operated Gold Beach population in the 1950 he attended the Brookings-Harboi
s. Dick Bordwell and Mrs a 3 acne bulb farm while she was rolls showed 677 residents and the high school.
taken May 22, 1953
Bowlin started out for the resting. The ladies estimate that state census
1,221 and the 1955 count
Cm Club’s doin’* at Ontario, the business has grown about 10 showed
1,647, showing about 20 per MORE TREE FARMS ~
ar on their way—car trouble, times the original volume since was
W. D. Hagenstein, executive
cent
growth during the two-year
made some 1.300 miles, ac- they became parners.
vice-president of the Industrial
period
tig to ‘ Alice” in second gear,
Further quoting the Bureau’s Rorestry Association. Portland, !
■^ise, they had a nice trip.
GOULD’S SHOE STORE can be figures, Brookings ranked second told Grangers and newly certified
classed as one of the older busi- with a credited 101 percent. Pilot tree farmers in Bryant, Washing- j
j
nesses
of the area, dating back to
next with 98 percent; Port ton. last w'eek that “tree farming
-
March. 1946. It was at that time Orford. 93; Ocean Lake, 88; Rid- ' is a gigantic do-it -yourself proj
ect in which you use your own
when Mickey and Peggy Gould die, 74 and from there it is quite brains, your own lands, and your
arrived here from Los Angeles. a gap.
OTECTION and SERVICE
Returning to the counties, the 1 own money and most of all -
They were on vacation and stop
THROUGHOUT
neighboring
Coos County ranks your own initiative to do some
ped over to catch a few fish on
thing for yourself and for the
HI UNITED STATE! their
way to Eugene. At the time second in corporate increase with country ’s economy.”
Mickey was serving as a gun set 35 iieroent—77 percent lower than I The I FA head declared that the
ter on Terminal Island for the Curry; Douglas is third in line privately owned, taxpaying Tree
United States. They just plain with a 30 percent; with the City Farms of the Northwest are be
liked it hene and decided to stay. of Roseburg upping 50 percent. coming a vital factor in this reg-1
They opened the first shoe store Strangely enough, the figures for ion’s vast lumber economy.
and repair shop in the Brookings Jackson, 11 percent and Josephine
“The worth of Tree Faims is
Hotel. Their business grew and 10 percent, seems to t»e below ex.
they moved to the Coos-Currv 1 pectations. Klamath County’s two just beginning to be realized,” j
Building and as they continued incorporated towns came up 12 Hagenstein said. "Each year as
to become crowded again, they 1 percent, but on the average, tail- Tree Farm acreage continues to j
moved to the Vincent Building, ,es made of most of the towns grow, the income gained by the
and other timber owners
their
present location, in 1951. east of the Cascades show small farmers
7or Information, See
pumps more money into our local ,
They now challenge to their increase and some show1 a loss.
Taking the cities in the same economy.”
claim that they are the only com
IFA recently certified 2,981 '
class
as Brookings, having a 1950
plete family shoe store in Curry
population between 2,500-5,000,, acres of Tree Farms in Western 1
County.
Oregon. The new units include '
Mickey is a certified Orthoped the average increase, across the the L-S Tree Farm, Lebanon;
Brookings, Oregon
state,
was
24
percent.
Then,
of
ist for crippled children. He is es-
course, of the towns in the next Jensen Tree Farm, Denmark;
higher population brackets of Burnett Tree Farm, Cave Junct
5,000 to 10,000, the increase aver ion; Selma Tree Farm, Selma;
ages 11 percent and in the group, Fir-Away Tree Farm, D r y d e n ;
1.200 to 2.500. even with some of and Sailor Brothers Tree Farm,
From where I sit... i y Jo e M arsh
the cities showing no gain or even Fall Creek.
There are 143 Tree Farms in
a loss, the percentage increase
rises to 24. In this latter group is Western Oregon, cowering a total
included the towns showing the acreage of 2,006.362. In Eastern
New Light
highest percentage increase as is Oregon’s pine region the certify-!
ing agency. Western Pine Ass;.,
noted above.
on an Cld Subject
has 72 Tree Farms covering some
1,518,834 acres. There are 215 '
Tree Farms with 3,525,196 acres 1
dr. Evans from the Lighting better illumination than a gang
pecially proud of this because he in Oregon.
mpany gave an interesting talk of juice-wasting overhead lamps.
says that it equips him to better
American Forest Products In
the Community Ball last night
From where I sit, it’s amazing
serve the public in the shoe bus dustries is the national s{>onsor of
»B how farmers can cut electric
iness and repair work.
how often we misuse the things
the American Tree Farm System
to. For those who missed it, we have . . . like electricity. We
Their son, Gene, is a graduate which now includes 42 states and
re’s a short recap.
of the Brookings-Harbor high over 39 million acres of privately
also make a mistake if we misuse
school with class of 1946. Follow owned forest lands.
Don’t try to light up the cob- our right of personal choice —
ing his graduation he worked for I
•bs in the rafters. Use a reflec- about which candidate to vote for,
the late Dewey Akers on the Pilot.
r and a smaller bulb will prob- say, or whether beer or coffee
He
graduated from U. of O. with
ly do the job. Too many farm- makes the ideal mealtime drink —
the class of 1951, after which he
CHETCO CAFE and the B. J.
1 use naked bulbs that waste by trying to force our opinions on
entered the U. S. Air Force. He LOUNGE is owned by James and
of the light.
others. Respect for the other fel
will become a part of the Gould Edith Robinson. They came to
Try using moveable projector low’s point of view should be our
Shoe Store organization. Barbara Brookings from Seattle and then
Gould, a necent graduate of the bought out the caf> in June of
lbs that beam light the way a “guiding ligh t”
local high school, has also been 1945 from W S. Chadwick. They
»rchlight does. A couple of
helping out in the store.
built the pummis block building
ese “spots” will often give you
adjoining the cafe and opened the
ED & MENDY’S CHEVRON tavern in March of 1948. In May
Copyright, 1935, United States Drewers f oundation
SERVICE celebrated it’s 10th an 1953 they were licensed by the
niversary last December. It is op O.L.C.C. to serve liquor by the >
erated by E. L. Thornton and V. drink and the tavern became the
A. Mendenhall, Jr. Mrs. Thornton, B. J. Lounge, often referred to as
‘‘Neva" is originally from Rrook- just "Big Jim’s.”
They have three children all of
! ings but had moved to Napa.
I California during the war and whom are well known here. Rot i
there she and Ed met and were daughters. Mis. James (Larry)
married in 1941. They have two Peterson and Mrs. David (Doro-
children, Donna and Marlyn, in thy) Johnson have worked in the
the Upper Chetco School.
cafe and lounge for a number of
Mendy is a graduate of the high years. Recently James O. (Little
school here with the class of ’40. Jimi Robinson, Jr., has be»»n as
After graduation he worked for sisting in the business. The Pet- j
Starring
Ed Oar in the service station. His ersons recently moved to Port
work days were interupted by the Orford where he is in the con-i
War. He served with the U. S. trading business. Dave and Dor
Navy Air Force in the Alaskan othy are now1 associated in the !
waters, Burma, India and China. business
The partnership was formed with
A new addition is now under i
. ‘ »rnton in 1945.
construction adjoining the cafe.
His wife. Mary, is the daughter There will be a business location
of Mr and Mrs. Ted Zenier. They on the ground floor and an apart
SANDY
were married Christmas Day, of ment and office space above.
194(^ They have two children,
Of the highlights of last fall's
Martin and Mark David.
social -vents was the celebration
of Big .Jim's and Edith’s 28th
Oregon produces 46 jiercent of wedd.ng aniversary. They were
all the plywood used in th.» U.3. rnai: ied in Seattle Oct. 10. 1927.
Population Rise
Is Spectacular
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