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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1956)
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Banick are enjoying a visit from their son, Clifford, who has been in a hospital in Connecticut for sev eral months. Clfford, who was in jured In an accident on a Naval Base there is now on a medical discharge which will h?come a full discharge when he is com pletely recovered. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bolin have as their houseguests this summ r th e ir nephew Dav d Thompson and a friend, Thom as Johansen, both of Glendale, California. Blood Bonk. . . Immediate steps were taken for the updating of the Brookings Walking Blood Bank, at last night's VFW Post and Ladies Auxiliary meetings. The ladies eagerly went on record to organ ize a crew and the veterans voted an advance of $150 from their funds to finance the work with more funds available from the post's treasury should other money not lx* available. Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community Thursdayj July 19, 1956 Sec. 2 OUR LOCAL SOAP BOX DERBY BOYS MARE GOOD TRY ««s. ., PR We Wish Them Better Luck In Next Year’s Big Derby m M L X 1 kmocratic Candidate To Be Guest Here (C ontinued from P age I t th e Del M ar Cafe and will atten d th e annual Princess Dance a t the Sixes G range th a t evening. At th e A zelea P a rk picnic, which will be H olm es’ first m a jo r m eeting in C urry county, Bloomer em phasized th a t Repub licans and rtem o crats alike from all over the county a re invited to attend. “H olm es is an ou tstan d in g c a n d idate and an excellent speaker," said Bloomer, "And we hope the people ot C u rry county will ta k e ad v an tag e of tlx* opportunity to h ear him on S atu rd ay ." The picnic is called to r 12:30 p.m. and Holmes will sfx'ak a t 2 p.m. O th er local candidates have been invited and will he in troduced. * A num ber of free door prizes a re offered anti th ere will be gam es lor children. Coffee and p aper p la tes anti service will be available for a nominal charge. Toni Gardner Mrs. Edna Weigel, Brookings chairman of the Holmes-for-Gov» ernor committee, is in charge of the program. In choosing Brookings for his first m ajo r ap p earan ce in so u th w estern Oregon. Holmes sta te d he was well nwani> of the im por tance of th is fast-grow ing co ast al area to the economy of the s ta te as whole. He said lx* was well aw are of th e im portance of com pleting Gold Beach-Broo-k- ings link of the coast highway and would give this m a tte r im m ediate atten tio n il elected. Bob Coverdell Mi i G ertru d e Cole in sta lle d as Noble G rand of the ReltekahB w ith Mrs. Blanche Metier, next in line. Ernie Wheeler i * -4 Mike Holcomb David llover F or various reasons, th e foil Box" D erby racers didn’t get The missing boys are Je rry S and Bobby Johnson. Larry Whittaker Norman Malcolm T his past week seems to have been th e tim e for nrmy >< to re tu rn from the i vaeat n trip s as th e men had to fw ba k to w ork Monday follov rig a two week closing of the Brookings Plywood and South C< est Mills Many of the w orkers took ad v an ta g e of the opportun ’y *o see o th e r places and oth er people, some trav e llin g long distances, or one even g ettin g m arried T he longest vacationers w'ere Mr. and Mrs. F ran k Kelley who retu rn ed T hursday from th. >> th ree day and o\i x.000 ni ie trip. They hxtk their niece, Je ri Cagley of Coos Bay to Den- fa th e r this sum m er, then w ent on to Y ‘Houston« the G rand Canyon, C arlsbad Caverns «only 10RT th e day they were th ere! then east to New O rleans They then headed north to cooler w ea th e r and visited Mr. Kelly’s m o th e r and o th er relatives in G ia. d Rapids. Michigan before coming home. Now* Kelley says th at its h ard to g t hack into the old r it of w ork again. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. F allb e rt owing boys, who had built "Soap th e ir pictures am ong those above, wanson, Alan Bowlin, Art Loring, and tw o sons drove east to the G;a «1 Canyon. Bryce : n ’ Zien ? 'a ' onal P ark s and then to F lag sta ff, A rizona w here Mrs. F alle rt and th e two Ixiys took the plane to Wa hington D. C. while Mr F a " t drove hack by w ay of Long Beach, C alifornia. Mrs. F alle rt and lx»ys visited for eight days sightseeing around the N a tional C apital they could They then went w ith Spees and fam ily to Ravenswood, West Virginia wlo»re they will live while Mr. S ix es is employed in the new th irty acre K aiser Aluminum p lan t The F allerts then visited f n au n t in Zelinople, Pennsylvan ia before fly ng home from P itts burg last W ednesday. Mr and Mrs. Wiley Jo rd an Sr. and Mrs Jo rd a n ’s m other, Mrs. E thel E ckett retu rn ed home from S an F rancisco last week w here they had t«e<*n visiting Mrs. Jor- h o sp ital medic in th«* Navy. Nor rnan left on the 10th for P o rts m outh, Virginia w here he will atten d a medical school for fu r th e r train in g in his specialty. Mr. and Mrs Ole Lindgren en- joyed a short visit last Wodn«?®- dev from two of Mr L indgren’s sens, Leroy and C h a rles who drove over from M edford for th e day. Ix*Roy had just received his discharge from four years d u ty w ith the Navy, 34 m onths of which he served in Jap an and K orea. Charles, who is also in the Navy, will receive his dis charge in November. Mr and Mrs. Tony Olsen en joyed a several day's visit last week from a nephew and ni«*e.*, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Salm as, California. Reeves liny lor J r who has lx en visiting his g ran d p aren ts, M . ami Mrs. E. E Ilan scam Sr. for the past two weeks, and his co isin, T erry I lansearn left by ai. lor Eugeni1 Monday aftern o o n . T< rry will v s t th ere lor a w eek ot two before coming h< me. T he m an y friends th a t Mr. an I ‘M Jam es Sm ith m ade here wl !<• o p e ra tin g th e S m ith s T ra il- or co u rt above ;li' ¡ ’a do, S to r e w ill be in te re ste d t o know th a t M r S m ith urn1 t w o i I a se rio u s o p e ra tio n on the 1th of July in A s !'a m i and is reco v erin g s a tis fa c to rily at his horn«’. H e w as in a e rit cal condition from i g a n g ren o u s gall b lad d er filled w ith st« m s and it w as nip and tu c k for a whil«‘ aft n th e o p e ra tio n . H i- a d d ress is 721 I" tl< S t re«*, A shland lo r anyone w a n tin g to wi te him . ’ and Mrs or-’»' O ldham and two sons left the first of th e w< < k loi Vernal, L tah *v ’ »re they plan to m ake th e »pure ho' *. T hey w ie given i e r d farew ell dinneis by friends am ong w hich w ere ones given by Mr. and Mrs. Vi AuClaire, Mi ami Mrs, Ban B rittson, Mr. ami Mis C arl Bo lin and Mrs Boh Br«'«*<lon. Th«* L a tte r Day S ain’ *»-.nrh o» the Releif Society gave th e m 'a fare well party. Mr. O ldham 's m other, Mrs Claudia M iim hv cam e dow n from N ew port and helped them pack f«»r moving. r< tu rn in g to her home on T hursday. Mr. and Mrs Lavere H ew itt r e tu rn ed horn.1 T h 'n lay a f te r a trip that took them to S an F ra n cisco, Reno and Lakeview T h eir daught«*r, Shirley, who w ent w ith them .was ill for thr< • days in San Francisco. She rem ained in Lakeview to visit for . coupl«' of her gram i- ; w eeks at th«“ horn? t ’c m an p aren ts, Mr. ami ?’ ' Arzner. Mr and Mrs Hern, ? fo* ier re- ! tu rn ed horn«- F riday from a two * i « i w eek’s tro p th at to« of t e In to the me th e' u ’ co u n try They visied th San Ju a n ■ m, An- Islands S eattle. 1?» ! acortes ami Swyk r h ' ng ng t o th er W ashington poi? : , u. inter-
