Ü OP W LIBRARY*
EUGENE ORE
PETITIONS OUT FOR FORMATION OF A PORT DISTRICT
Petitions were being circulated
in southern Curry county this
week requesting a special elec­
tion on the formation of a port
commission in this area. Spon­
sored by the Chetco River Pro­
ject committee, the Brookings
Port Authority would provide an
agency to negotiate with Army
engineers during and after con­
struction of the Chetco river
jetty.
'Braakings-flarhar
Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community
Tursday, July 5, 1956
Volume II, N o. 20
SKETCH BOOK . . .
YOUTH WINS TRIP TO H AW AII WATER RATES
ROTARY CLUB
INSTALLS YAHR
By Bud Pisarek
What a quiet peaceful 4th of
July. No banging of firecrackers
or screaming of ambulance sirens.
That’s quite a difference from
when I was my father’s third
little dependant.
• • •
All of us of that past gone bang
up era that survived any casul-
ties might boast of the escapades
but deep down I think we all feel
a lot better about seeing the fire­
works set off by professionals,
and at a safe distance.
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Met the new owners of Curry
County Lumber the past week
end. Ross and Emmet Gulley ar­
rived earlier and patiently waited
for the third member of the o r­
ganisation, Marion Comfort, to
to check in. Mr. Comfort had a
good excuse for being a few days
tardy. Seems like he had to await i
the arrival of the Comforts ad­
dition to the family, little John
Marion.
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CARL YAHR, left, receives the
presidents pin and gavel, from
outgoing president Art Knox Fri­
day night, as the Brookings Ro­
tary Club installed their new pres­
ident at their annual ladies night
dinner. Homer Kessler named as
vice president, and Lee Hein is
the new secretary.
Glenn Bridwell, of the Con­
stru ctio n firm of Busch-Copen­
hagen, of P ortland arrived this
w eek w ith the heavy m achinery
necessary to construct a s ’wci
system for the City of Brook­
ings.
Bridw ell advertised for labor
help, w ith the w ork on the sewers
in Area 2 to begin Monday, July
9. Bridwell said th at they will
s ta rt on Memory Lane. Mayoi
Roy Brim m signed the contract
for the w ork this week.
All school aged youngsters, be­
tween 6 and 12, are invited to at­
tend a real circus. The Shrine
Club of Crescent City is sponsor­
ing a free bus trip for Brook­
ings and Harbor youngsters to
Eureka, where the Shrine Circus
will be playing on Thursday, July
12.
All interested in attending are
asked to report at 7 a.m. at the
high school loading area. Kids
are asked to either bring a lunch,
or money for a lunch. It is ex­
pected they will be home by early
evening.
On July 13 and 14 there will
be a regular preformance of the
Shrine Circus for adults interes­
ted.
KLAMATH HOUSING OUT
A S3 million housing project,
about three miles north of the
town of Klamath has been aban­
doned according to reports. A log­
ging company is said to have pur­
chased an adjacent tract and pn»-
poses to build over a hundred
homes there.
S E T TO GO a re these Soap Box derby entries, shown at the
school gym, w here they w ere inspqpted and painted. T he cars
weighed in this week, and will be shipped over to G ran ts
for the big race, a week fro m S atu rd ay .
Pilot P hot?
Shehan’s Clothing
M oves L ocation
Mr. and Mrs. John Burba« h left
recently for P o rtlan d when? they
will n u k e th e ir home. T hey have
been living th e past eighteen
months on the blueberry farm of
the late Dr. StevenSon. The late
d octor's neice, Mrs. Ayer, and
her husband, form erly of S ’.
Louis a re now in occupancy of
the place.
S h eh an ’s Clothing store is in
the process of moving this week to
a new location. Bob Shehan. store
ow ner, said th at he hopes to open
up in the new spot by S atu rd ay
of this week.
The sto re will be located closer
to the cen ter ol tow n.-in the space
Mrs. D. I). \ illiam s e n tertain -
form erly occup e.l I v News and
Sweets. S h eh an ’s w ere located in cd several ladi s at a delightful
luncheon Tues« lay.
the H urst building.
NEW BANK MANAGER HERE
M ajo r Miiis Ciose
For Annual
Vacation Period
Both
m ajor
Brookings
were shut down this w-eek
M AY GO UP
Dean Kuykendall, 17, and his
sister Lavelle, 21. are going to
A notice of hearing was re­
Hawaii. That was determined leased by the Public Utilities
this Saturday, when Kuydenall’s Commissioner, relative to a pro­
name was drawn out of the box I posed increase in water rates in
of entries in the Dunning Motor Broookings by the Brookings
contest. Kay Nichols. Azalea Fes­ Water Company. The hearing has
tival Queen this year, drew nut been set for the VFW hall, Wed­
Stressing the necessity for
the lucky winner. The Kuyden- nesday, July 18 at 10 a m.
quick action in the matter of a
dalls are from Gold each. Lavelle
The new rates filed under tar­ special election, chairman Free­
is a student at Pasenda Junior iff P. U. C. order No. 4 constitute
man pointed out that a Septem­
college.
an increase in rates presently in ber date would be the earliest
possible and preliminary action
Kuykendall's father purchased effect.
by the Army engineers is expect­
a new Ford for the youth, a sen­
ed in Brookings this week for
ior at Gold Beach high school, VFW & AUX. PLAN
preliminary survey work, neces-
making the boy eligible for th? PARTY FOR JULY
; sary to bring their plans up to
contest. The rules stipulate that
Overseas veterans and their J date.
entrants must have made a pur­
ladies, at their last meeting, voted
chase of $500 or more.
The local project represents
to dispense with their scheduled
culmination of years of work
The Kuykendalls will fly on first meeting of July as it comes the
by
various
citizens of this com­
July 17, via United Air Lines on the 4th, and meet as asual, munity. Previously
approved by
on the expanse paid trip to on the 18th. On that date George Congress and the Army,
World
Hawaii.
Nelsen will bring in the berries i War II intervened and funds were
All of those entries up u5til for the lunch. George has contri­ not allocated. After recent ef­
this date, and those this month buted berries from his Easy forts the project was reinstate«!,
will also be eligble for the next street home, annually for many and received Congressional ap­
and final drawing July 31. Dun­ years and to judge the quantity proval.
and quality, there’s most always
ning is giving away another trip some
left over.
to Hawaii at that time Kuyken­
dall wasn't present at the draw­
The veterans and their ladies
ing. held Saturday at 6 p.m. in will have another private party
the Ford showroom.
on the 28th of July,
SOAP BOX ENTRIES ARE READY
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All th ree of the gentlem en hail
from N ew burg and will be m ov­
ing th e ir fam ilies down soon. Th*
eld er Mr. Gulley will not lx* mov­
ing into Brookings for awhile. He
is busy w orking for the Canadian
governm ent as consultant on the
D oukhobor problem.
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E iskine Miller has been receiv­
ing m any le tte rs from people
across the country asking about
o u r fair city^and the possibilities
ol being the right sjx>t tor coupl« s
to retire at. Why all the le tte rs
d irected to Mr. M iller? W ell,
E rsk in e happens to be the prou 1
a u th o r of a very interesting a r ti­
cle about the city which appeared h
in the C hristion Science Monit. i. high
w ere
P ass
1st SEWER WORK
SET FOR MONDAY
A
Circus Trip for Kids
To Be Next Thurs.
m ills
fo r th e
annual vacation. The Brookings
Plyw ood plant and sawmill both
sh u t down last week and will r e ­
sum e production on Sunday, July
15. a t Midnight. The Plyw.xxl ol-
fice rem ained open
A fairly large crew rem ained
at the plants to continue the in­
sta lla tio n of new m achinery, and
to w ork at plant m aintenance on
equipm ent th a t can't be serviced
w hen the mill is running, such as
th e power house and boil?r
The South Coast L um ber Co
also has begun th eir annual mid­
sum m er shut down for employe?
vacation and plant m aintenence.
Distress Signal . . .
D istress signal The p o stm aster
Bill Thompson retu rn ed from a
vacation Monday in N ebraska and
P ittsb u rg Monday the post office
flag was flying upside down. Sev­
eral dozens of people noticed it
K E N N E T H J. KIRK , the new m anager of the Brookings
durin g the course of the day, but B ranch, U. S. N ational Bank, above, has tak en over his d u ties a*
finally a little boy took the tro u ­
ble to inform the people at the the bank. He succeeded Estes Mor-ton this week Kirk is from Rose
burg, where he served as assisiant manager.
post office.
According to Ed Ackley, spokes­
man for the group, the President
on July 2 signed the bill allocat­
ing the necessary funds for the
project. The local group circulat­
ing the petition the drive lor
signatures is being spearheaded
by chairman Wilson Freeman and
calls for the formation of a p u t
district extending from the state
line on the south to the boundary
of the Gold Beach port district
on the north and extending east
to the county line. The Gold
Beach district boundary is slightly
south of Carpenterville.
The Soap Box Derby race cars
a re all but finished, most of them
have been weighed in, inspected,
and painted and photographed.
And th e Brookings-H arbor lw»ys
are ready to go in the big race in
G ra n ts P ass on Ju ly 11.
Tom McHfcm£ie, who has been
han d lin g all details of the ten
local en tries in tire G rants P ass
Soap Box race announced that
the boys will m«*et Friday eve­
ning to travel to G rants Pass for
a clinic and tim e trials. The boys
w’ill stay overnight at the G ran ­
ada Motel. They have L?en invito«!
to a dinner on F riday given by
th e G rants Pass Active Club
Following the dinner the bov .
w'ill atten d a short clinic in stru c­
tin g r s to what the rac? proced
u re is to he. N ext the boys will
ad jo u rn to a p riv ate swimming
p a rty at the tTitv jxx»l before
tu rn in g in.
On S aturday m orning a no-host
breakfast will lie held, and th 'n
the tim e trials. Upon com pletion
of the trials th«* racers will be
impounded, and positions will he
draw n for irext S a tu rd a y ’s r? ce.
S atu rd ay , July 14 “Race Day",
will see the boys honored at a
breakfast here, before sta rtin g
over for G iants Pass.
All the racers have been p a in t­
ed w ith the sponsors name, w itn
Buzz S tew art doing the work.
Boys from Brookings and H a r­
bor who have built a c a r for the
race are Bob Coverdell, L arry
W hitaker, Bobbie Johnson, 'Pom­
my G ardner, Je rry
Swanson,
David Hover, A rt Loring, Allen
Bowlin. Norm an Malcolm, E rnie
W heeler and Mike Holcomb.
Curry Lumber Co.
Sale Reported
One of th e oldest businesses in
Brookings changed hands this
week when E m m ett Gulley, his
son, Ross G ulley and M arion
Com fort, all of Newberg p u r­
ch a se ! th e C urry County L um ­
ber Co. from H«»mei Kessler.
The K esslers have been in bus­
iness here for over ten years,
E rsk in e Miller, Brookings, had coming down in 194»» right a fte r
a story about his retirem ent “the w ar from D ayton, Ore,
The th ree newcomers are Em­
printed in the C hristian Science
Monitor, a new spaper of n atio n ­ m ett Gully, who has a M S. de­
wide distribution, on the issue of gree in Sociology. He has lieen
active in politics, and has been a
June 22.
M iller reports th at he has a!- ’ governm ent " trouble sh o o ter”.
ready had letters from oth er pe >■ \ C u rren tly he is employed by the
pie interested in the com m unity, Canadian governm« ?nt as a con­
a fte r reading his story. Miller su ltan t on th e infam ous D auk-
told why he and h s wife decided hobor incident in that county. He
fo liv«? in a sm all town like I will lx* moving to Brookings at a
Brookings, a fte r retiring in Chic­ la ter date.
His son, Ross Gulley, has h an d ­
ago.
He told how they cut loose from led the Newlwrg school district
th e ir old lit«* com pletely and i bus transport.'!! on for the past 13
deterem ined to live on the Oregon I \ ••ys. Hi* and his wife, Helen
Coast. Mil!«?r rejxirted favorably! have four children, .1 y«*<*. \dele,
on th«* Coast cl.m ate in tin* a r ti­ M arcia and a Iroy Stephen. The
mily will I * down here shortly.
cle. saying that “th ere is no othe
like it." He com m ented on th e ' Ross is a g rad u ate ol Pacific
lack of dust or mosquitoes ar«d, college.
The third m em ber ol the lirm
flies, and on th«* ocean hr •e/«*s ini
explaining why his c h o ic e was a is Marion Com fort, a form er *m-
ployee of the F irst N ational Bank
good one.
Two pictures, on«* showing the i t Newberg. Com fort and his
Miller home, and the othei th e, wife, M arcelle just had a baby
coast line view accom panied th'* , boy, John Marion, horn Ju n e 26
Com fort spent tw o y. *ars in «he
aritcle.
Army and atten d ed college for
two years.
BANDON PORT
The K esslers plans are indefin-
For the third successive y ear at the m om ent. Two sons, Cbnner
the P ort of Bandon has operated and Kay will stay on w ith the
on its own resources, according to new firm for tin* tim e being. The
an exchange and has not had to nairre of the firm will stay the
resort to a tax levy,
same.
ERSKINE MILLER
STORY PRINTED
Scholarships Awarded Local Students
B rookings-H arbor grad u ates ol
A tuition «M o’a i s h p to th«*
1956 drew- a goodly num ber of U n h e rsity of Or**«; >r. w as aw arded
scholarshij»s from both local and to Kay Nichols She also received
sta te
sources.
A pproxim ately an Oregon D ad’ Honor S cholar
th irty per cent of the g rad u atin g Award and en anonymous schol­
class plans to go on to college arsh ip from a ’o«*a| donor. Kay
About nineteen |x*r cent received plans to m ajo r in music at the
I Iniversity.
T he six month final for build­ scholarships.
Ralph Ingle was aw arded th«*
ing perm its in Brookings, ending
Joan K uhnbe in received schol­
on Ju n e 30. was $497,845, acco rd ­ annual R otary Club scholarship arships to Lew s and ( ’lark from
which
he
plans
to
use
at
W
illa­
ing to City W ork S up erin ten d en t
the South west run P resb y terian
Ralph Reed. T he figure was m ette U niversity in Salem.
Society and th«* L.'k ’ um ber Com ­
The outstanding chem istry pany of Med o. J Joan also re­
brought up during the last week
by the addition of a $20.7fX) home student of the y ear was Douglas ceived a tuition s' ho arsh .p from
u nder construction on Mill Beach G oldberry. H<* received a scholar- ’ the U nivers ty f f ( egon. She
ship from the local Elks club.
Road by Les Dimmick.
p’ans to take up history.
Joy G ott was aw arded scholar-1
N ot included in th a t total, but
B a rb a ra II«*d’ «*rg and Dennis
taken out since Ju ly 1 is a $62,900 ship to Linfield college where she G raham w ere chn;x*n as o u tsta n d ­
p
lan
ts
to
tak
e
up
nursing.
perm it for the Brookings P resb y ­
ing stu d en ts by a vote of the fac­
E lem entary education will be ulty and senior class. They were
terian church. A rchitects Donald
Edmunson and R. Evan Kennedy Joyce W ashburn’s m ajor field aw arded 1/ ohs and engraved
w ere in Brookings M onday to pre­ when sb ■ tak es up her studies at plaques.
sent the plans. H orton and Son Southern Oregon college in Ash­
Each y ear literal v hundreds of
will do the building, w ork is a l­ land. The sta te education system scholarships go t«> » * *
,<•<.
aw arded her a scholarship.
ready in progress.
w
Dennis G raham was aw arded a th e ir existence •*• • ’• > x
scholarship to Oregon S ta te c o l-1 is th«’ «ime to 1 • j • « iking
atxm t th e jxissib lita s of « rn ng
Mrs. Flora W ebber and Mrs. lege.
The local ch ap ter of the P aren t- a scholarship. T ii* " •
Pu^lLeld h axe s«4d then
•< nd
home near Smith River and are • T eacher Association presented available th ro u g h ut
.
the
now living in the Crissey Circle, M arlene Olson a scholarship to n n ’ on which are •*•
college of your choice.
Brookings
Lewis and C lark college
Building Permits
For 6 Months
Almost 1 /2 M illion
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