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EUGENE ORE
PIPE DREAMS . . .
Harbor '
Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Communih
V olume II, Number 21
By Joe Murphy
Now I know w hat Brookings
looks like from the air, th a n k s to
Ju n io r H anscam and his a ir fliv
ver. We left here F riday evening
at 5 p.m. and arrived in Eugene
ju s t a few m inutes past 6, flying
over Agnes on the way down. This
would have been a six hour drive.
• * *
Coming home w asn’t quite so
easy. We left Eugene a t about 7
a.m. but flew down the Coast
m ost of the way, alm ost a t w a te r
level. T hat coast line is tru ly
beautiful from th e air, especially
a t th a t altitude. We circled over
Brookings m ore than an hour, un
able to land because of the heavy
fog a t C rissey S ta te Line field.
Brooking w as clear, but the fog
w as so heavy at the field we
couldn't see ground.
Attack Is Leveled At Phone Co
Soap Box Race
Set For Saturday
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Viewing the tim ber from the
a ir im pressed me the most. We
have a good deal of it in the
m ountains behind us, but the huge
stands of first grow th tim b er be
tw een Coos Bay and Roseburg
really was a sight to behold. Any
way, it certain ly is the w ay to
trav el fog or no, and I believe
th a t inside of ten years most of
us will be zipping along through
the wild blue yonder.
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Several bouquets could be tos
sed out a t th is point. I thing Tom
McKenzie, and his crew for their
w ork on the Soap Bob derby and
Val M endenhall and the fire boys
for the th e ir efforts on our F ou rth
of Ju ly firew orks, deserve a lot of
Thursday, July, 12, 1956
T H R E E N e w O W N ERS O F CURRY COUNTY LUMBER Co.
are, from left to right, Ross Gul ley, Marion Com fort and E m m ett
Gulley. The m en took possession last week of the Brookings firm .
Pilot Photo
S a tu rd a y is a big day for 11
B rookings-H arbor boys. T h at will
be th e big Soap Box Derby race
in G ran ts Pass. About 125 boys
w’ere in G rants Pass Saturday
fo r inspection, and tim e trials.
T h a t m any will be in the G rants
P ass race, th a t covers all of
so u th ern Oregon.
T h e Brookings boy« will re
ceive a breakfast here before
sta rtin g off for G rants Pass early
S a tu rd a y morning.
T he boys reported th at they
had a fine tim e at the trial run
la s t S atu rd ay , accompanied by
Tom McKenzie, Bob R ettke and
Buzz S tew art. Besides the races
they had a swimming p arty and
a d in n er at the Active Club.
It w as reported that at least
one boy, not from Brookings,
crashed into a brick wall when
sw erving down the track at about
20 m.p.h.
¡A G N E W LEASES PLANT
The City «if Brookings lashed
out at the W est Coast Telephone
Company* T uesday evening in the
reg u lar meeting. An ordinance
was read requesting th e Public
U tility Commission to require the
F’ew in terested people tu rn ed phone firm to install a business
out Monday night to a special office and exchange in this city.
m eeting relative to a hospital for
The city ’s action was related
the Brookings area. T he m eeting
w as called by the C ham br of Com to a storm of protests underw ay
merce, who acted on th«* request in the com m unity, over the pro
of F ell C am pbell, city council posed ra te increase hearing slated
man. The C ham ber sent cards to lo r next week at Salem.
various organizations asking for
A ttorney Ed Ackley, rep rese n t
rep resen tatio n at the meeting.
ing a group of citizens w rote an
Only about 10 appeared, includ open le tte r to subscribers, req u est
ing I)r. P aul Ronniger. Ronniger ing w ritten o r oral com plaints,
Said he would like to see a hos which they could present to th e
pital built here, but realises the PUC at the hearing. L etters and
problem s, especially in m ain te oral com plaints have been coming
nance. Several persons expressed into Ackley's office w ith regu
th e opinion th a t the Com unity larity.
The
B rookings-H arbor
was too sm all to support a hos C ham ber of Com merce also w ent
pital at this time.
on record to w rite a le tte r c riti
Discussion was held about the cising the raising of ra te s until
various problem s th at would arise the servioe has been improved.
in building and m ain tain in g such
The council in th eir nw eting
a plant. Chairm an Fell Cam pbell
agreed th a t thinking on the hos took o th er action. They passed a
pital w ouldn't be dropped. It was series of ordinances which pro
decided th a t more inform ation vided for the settin g up of special
and facts about w hat the com sew er districts, and setting forth
m unity could support would be th e cost to each of the pro p erty
uncovered, as well as inform ation ow ners to he served in the dist
regarding o th er com m unities of rict. The legal notices ap p ear in
this issue of the Pilot.
this size.
A fu rth e r m eeting on the sub
The ordinances, num bers 93, 94
ject would he held in the fall.
and 95, w ere passed a lte r some
discussion over the legality, be
fore B ancroft bonds have been
con tracted for.
HOSPITAL HERE
GIVEN THOUGHT
B. D. Mitchell, president, O re
gon Coast Veneer Inc., announces
• • •
th a t a lease agreem ent between
S pring m ust have come la te this
S. A. Agnew and Oregon Coast
year. At any rate, the rum ors
V eneer has ju st been complete«!.
w hich are generally reserved for
Mr. Agnew has leased th e en
T he U nited S ta te s N ational
that season a re flying around the
Im portant too, was the discus
tire operation facilities of the Ve
What
is
4-H
summer
school?
B
ank
showed
deposits
to
talin
g
tow n in g re a t abundance. In fact,
sion on the PUC notice of h ear
neer P la n t at Brookings, Oregon,
That
is
the
question
I
posed
to
in h a b ita n ts of a ce rtain coffee >734,360,620 as of Ju n e 30. 1956.
effective July 1, 1956.
F orm ation of the Republican ing on the increased rates by the
shop have m ade up a song about according to figures ju s t released. Marilyn Hale, fifteen year old .According to John Madding, Mr. C en tral C om m ittee
of C urry Brookings W ater CO. set for Ju ly
The Brookings branch reported daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison A gnew ’s Oregon and C alifornia county was announced this week. 18. City A ttorney Ackley drew up
it.
dejrosits of .$4.365.98’. 18 according Hale..Marilyn was one of th girls representative, this is th e first Ed Ackley, Brookings atto rn ey , a resolution asking the P.U.C. for
from Curry county who attended .
to K. J. Kirk, manager.
step in the sustained yield and has been elected chairm an, Ann an extention o t tim e, to give the
Loans and discounts for the summer school this year.
city a chance to prep are th e ir
M arilyn prooeded to tell me and com plete utilization program Ryan, Ophir, vice ch airm an; findings on the m a tte r.
home-owned statew id e banking
being
adopted
by
the
Agnew
in
Thom
as
McKenzie,
Brookings,
system increased m ore th an 55 th a t th e 4-H sum m er school is terests.
secret a ry -tre a su re r and F rederic
E lm er Bankus was at the m eet
million dollars d uring th t past held in Corvallis on th e cam pus
The Brookings Mill facilities S ta rk w e a th e r Jr. Gold Beach was
of
Oregon
S
ta
te
college.
This
year
ing.
and the council questioned
year. The 12-month gain now
will be used principally for low’ elect<‘d finance chairm an.
him as to w hat purpose the ra te
The C u rry
County T im ber gives U. S. N ational a loans and the ten day session was held June grade logs and tim ber from their
C
om
m
ittee
m
em
bership
includes
increase was for. He said th a t
o p erato rs will m eet at the S unset discounts to ta l of $343,145.885. 12-22. N early tw-o thousand 4-Hers salvage operation. No im m ediate
Vernon H anscam , Lois P eterson.
Inn in Gold Beach on S aturday, j ^ s t year a t this tim e U. S. Nat- from all over Oregon attended change is planned, according to H arbor; Ackley, McKenzie, Hope plans w ere undeiw ay to s|>end
Ju ly 14 a t 3 p.m. All loggers and ¡onals’s loans and discounts stood this session whose purpose is to j Madding, in the present D ig Sale Lindsey and Sylvia Knox, Brook about $40,000 to build a ben inch
help develop these young p eo p le!
lum berm en are urged to atten d at $287.301.100.
arran g em en ts w ith California and in g s; W arren McNeeley, Viol«?t line up to tap the Chetco river.
It was brought out th at th ere are
tht* special m eeting.
Loans and discounts for the into b e tte r leaders and to give Oregon Mills.
G illette, F errelo; Clem ent and 21.000,000 gallons of w ate r c u r
The m eeting will be geared to Brookings branch now to ta l $3.- them new insight into 4-H club-
Jim
F
orrest
continues
as
m
ana
Erm yn Bridge, Pistol R iver; E d rently in the reservoir, and th a t
work.
try and achieve closer relations ««1361.44, K irk reported,
ger for Oregon Coast Veneer for w ard Schw arz, Reta Ganong, H er
The s ta te directors w ent to a
the city used 7,630,000 in June,
w ith the F orest Service and to
Total resources for th e U. S.
the Agnew interests. Mr. F orrest , bert D ew art and Adelie Corbin.
Bankus also disclosed th at 593
discuss the annual allow able cut. N ational bank at th e end of this lot of w’ork to m ake this sum m er sta te s no changes in plant per-
Gold
Beach;
Noland
Chenoweth,
custom ers are cu rren tly served
Discussion is also planned on ac 12-month period a re >808.197.869 session in terestin g and w orthw hile sonell is contem plated.
Ann Ryan, O phir; M. E. K p II. v ,
cess roads, w ith p articu la r em ph
up m ore th an five million dol for the tw elve to tw enty-one year
The sustained yield program lie- { Minnie King, P ort O rford; Ray by tig- line. The city felt th a t not
olds who attended. F our classes
enough notice was given to the
asis given to the Gold Beach- lars over this tim e last year.
ing adopted by S. A. Agnew for Zum w alt and G race McKenzie,
A gness road. The group in an
"T he progress of o u r bank, w ere held in the m orning from his Oregon and C alifornia tim ber Sixes; and Dick Barklow and A l city or the people, and Ackley
wondred why such a notice should
endeavor to secure m ore m em bers growing hand in hand w ith the eight u n til noon. These classes will assure plant payrolls and ade
ma Deets of F loras Creek.
not have to lx1 published
and to have a stronger o rganiza sta te of Oregon, clearly points covered a wide v ariety of topics q u ate m arketing for this area.
tion, will low er the dues.
out th a t we have good reason to varying from personality, person-
Oregon Coast V eneer plans to
Th«* city also inquired as to the
be optim istic and have confidence el ap pearance and e tiq u e tte to continue buying logs on the open | W A TER S PE C IA L IS T COMING possibility ot buying th«* system ,
canning,
sewing
and
others.
in the economy of o u r nation and
m arket. Ken Jensen wri.ll con BE T W EE N JULY 17 & 20
but qu«*stioned the w orth of the
A fternoons and evenings w ere
the free en terp rise system ," com
tinue handling the local logs and
M arvin Sheareh, irrig atio n a n d 1 $40,000 new line to th«- city if
m ented E. C. Sam m ons, U. S. N a spent in a num ber of o th er activi assist Mr. F o rrest on plant pro
they did buy it. Bankus r< ported
ties. T here w ere assem bly pro
d rain ag e specialist for the sta te
tional president.
duction.
th at th«* new system would insure
gram s in which the young people
will be in the area betw een the
a w ate r supply of 1,000,000 gallons
took p art as well as m any kinds
17th and 20 of Ju ly for co n su lta
per day. Discussion was also held
The fire laddie» gave the com- A tttnJ National
of recreation. These activities
tion
and
maylx*
contacted
through
to the posibility of Bankus
m unity a good show down at the
shared by both boys and girls Harry Gordon Family
the Del C ur Supply Co., at their
serving H arbor w ith the new line.
m outh of the river, the night of E l k s C o n v e n t io n
helped to prom ote social grow th L e a v e for Colorado
place n ear the sta te line. S h eare r
In o th e r actions the bids w ere
the F ourth and now they re in
\ i r and Mrs. \ierl.» H anscam
M arilyn m entioned tw o of the
will speak at the Chetco G range
the hole! 1 his is the disappoin - arp jn (7hjc a gO w here they are m eals which w ere p articu larly
Mr and Mrs. H arry (Jordon hall on the 20th on the subject. let for gas and oil lor city equip
ing word they re putting out aft?: attending the national Elks Con- fun. One of these was "pig n ig h t”. and family left early t«»day for
According to Ken P riest, county ' m ent. Dick's Richafield w ere low
a display th a t they figure mu 4 ention. Mr. H anscam is the Ex- T his event followed an intensive Grand Junction, Colora«'o w here a g ric u ltu ra l agent, who is also a on gas and diesel while F o ster
have been seen b> u. te«.— . . j .OOO a j|^ d Ru |er of th e Brookings Elk study of co rrect table m anners. they hope to star t a music school. co n tact for those who w ant to seel and Bolvi w ere low on the fuel
people who would, otherw ise, had [ (xlgP They drovP to P o rtlan d Anyone cau g h t breaking a rule
Mrs. Gordon tau g h t piano and Mr. S hearer, the wat«*i problem oil. W ards Prophane was aw arded
no 1 ¡reworks.
w here they joined a special train from those laid down by Emily accordian here in Brookings until m ay stain become serious in this th«- Prophane contract and (). K.
Fire Chief M endenhall reports ^or those going to th e convention Post was called "pig" and fined she was hurt in a car accident section. T his y ear's late precip ita R ubber W elders the ti • husin« «.
Resolution 21 p ro s » «d lor ’he
th a t the firem en wish all those at Chicago. T heir th ree children a penny. According to M arilyn it about three m onths ago. H arry tion m ight tie m isleading, especial
who neglected to retu rn the con- arp xtaying w ith th e jr g r an d p ar-j took aw hile before they got th« had a w orking sh are in a ply- ly if followed by a y ear when the! replot ting of th«- trac t owned by
trihution envelopes they sent out entg
and M ra j q K nutsen ru les, down p at and th ere got to wood plant here
rainfall is away below normal. B an k u s behind P alm ers st
Bill Thompson . paired to the
— and f .lly th ree -q u a rters of them and
and Mrs. e . E. H anscam
enough jiennies to pay for a
i council on Imus.- io house mail
w ere N O T retu rn ed would tak e g r
w aterm elon feed. These 4-H’ers
I delivery, expecled .n a month.
c a re ot i.iis little m atter, it would x j- i , y
,)
really learn by doing,
not only w ipe clean the red ink - 1CKC1 I l i n e .
The se ond meal m entioned was
Discussion was h-Id concern ng
a req u est by
e H a rro u n to
now decorating th e ir com m unity
E astern principals are said to backw ard night. H ere everyone
buy the old mess hall for a s k a t
project but m ight m ake a s ta rte r have been in the area, recently, wore th eir clothes backw ard, sat
for sim ilar show, next year.
looking into th e possibilities of on th eir chairs backw ard and ate
F or those who are not fam iliar ing rink Th«* « ? agreed th a t
It took a gr« at deal of planning operating in low grade m ckle th e ir meal backw ard, dessert first. DEM MEETING
w ith the m ig rato ry habits of sea providing the zoning laws w ere
The southern ¡»art of the epun- lions, th e apjx-aiance of a huge obeyed it w««u «1 »,e fiermissible.
and actual work, let alone the ores. Recent advances made ir \.Tm says eatin g isn’t fu n ?
financing, to put on the display the processing of nickle have
It is hoped th at 4-H clubw ork ty was represented at the recent lion on H arris Beach T hursday Th< R obert's Show c u rre n tly in
and is a com m unity fe a tu re it widened the field considerably it can tie m ore closely organized m eeting of the C urry County De afternoon cam e as quite a s u r the city, agredd to •; i me th u d
at Gold prise. One observer reported see of nt t to th«- L.oiis, one th ird to
w oud be w-ell to p ertp e tu ate.
seems.
here in Brookings. One of the m ocratic C om m ittee
th u g s th a t will help is ripening Beacn by Mr .and Mrs. H. J. W ei ing a m onsterous lion about fif A zaiea F e stiv a l ano oi ■ th u d to
th« 6« outs.
_
on exfens.on service here for at gel, Mrs May Blunt and Andrew teen feet from shore.
Hoffeldt, Mrs. Weigel and Mr.
it was broug. t o i to.it no sew-
T hinking th«* c re a tu re »to be
dead he watch«*«! for a time, half
W KV9W V • W < « F W W O W r W w V W W W W for
le un
d e r the
for our
our young people
under
the C o m m it, w om an and C o m m itte e e x a c tin g the waves to w ash it 1 w<> Again Split
direction of capable leaders young man and Mrs. Blunt is the Pre- ashore. A couple of large waves
An im portant m eeting of th ? people are tau g h t to do for th em cinct Com m itteew om an for the cam e in, hut still the lion did not Ail Rune Earnings
Brookings Q u erterb o ek club has selves in an efficient and respon- F arrello Precinct.
Co-oppration was . them e uf
move from his post near a larg«*
been ret for this coming Monday sible m anner.
last weeks Ad-Rime v. .uij> ...th
rock.
evening at 8 p m., Ju ly 13. in the
VANDALISM AT
A th ird w ave cam e in and in inly thr«*e w eeks left on the srh -
5aigh school facu lty room All
RODEO GROUNDS
i
stead of being washed ashore th«* dule. In the spir t o o-up
those interested in football here
Mr. and Mrs Law rence Board-
H undreds of dollars* w orth of lion took off like a surface sub th«* Pilot h; s to pie . ,vv v. n i> >
According to the recen t re- are asked to atten d , as it will be m an had as houseguesis over t h e 1 glass was recently broken at the m arine and headed track to sea because of th«* s m lar y,
»n
lease by the W est C oast Tele- the prelim inary m eeting in g ettin g F ourth, Mr. B oardm an's two sis- rodeo grounds Every window and much to the relief of one fath e r McCord of L a io o r and M is ix-i-
phone Co., th ere are now 755 football off to a g«xxi sta rt here. | ters, Mrs M erwin P a rk e r of Med- even the glass front door were who was trying to get his young ty W lnterstein. Box I... 1 T'xac-
phe nes in Brookings, an increase
Also it was reported th at Len ford and Mrs. A lbert Cavin of ■ smashed to sm ithereens. No won- ste r «mt of the w ater.
ing each earr. -d them s
S $5 00
of 58 since last D ecem ber 20. Casonova, Oregon S ta te football B u ttle Falls, and th eir families der grown-ups a re n ’t keen to buy
and a chance to eaptui the $50
Gold Beach has 761 in its ex- roach will be on hand for the An- O th er recent guests a t th e Board- more glass o r anything else tor
T his huge fellow had undouhtly g ran d prize. They rhyme i "O ur
change, an increase of 48 in the nual Club banquet, which has m an home w ere Mr .and Mrs. Ed others to di*strey. The cam p fire- heard about the b eauties of H ar L iberty
we C elebrate”
w .th
sam e period
O ther sta tistic s : been set for Ju ly 27, T ickets will j N o rth ru p and th eir six c h ild re n ' places at Loeb M yrtle P a rk an* ris Beach and thought he would ’’Com«* on Brookings AI Co-«»j>-
S m ith River. 254. up 16; P o rt Or- be on sale for th e annual banquet of B u tte Falls, who spent a week | also said to have been destroyed see for him self before he w ent on erate”, and "A privilege to Co-
ford. 367. up 15;
. very shortly.
> end here.
I again.
to join th e rest of hts clan.
operate.”
commendation.
Bank Deposits
Just What is 4-H
Continue U pw ard. Summer School
Ackley Wins G.O.P.
Chairman Title
Timber Group
Firemen Go Into
Hole for the 4th
A Ü C N !N THE SEA
Quarterbacks tomcat
Phone Number
On Rise Here
.„>.3XT" .’J
To Meet July 14