Brookings-Harbor Pilot — Brookings, Oregon
Page Six
THESE PEOPLE
LIVE HERE . . .
This is the last of the series of
stories of local business people,
THE LEONARD REAL ES
TATE & INSURANCE AGENCY
has kept pace with the fast ex
panding economy of the commun
ity. The dream of C. O. “Monte”
and Lura Leonard has finally
come true, a new building on
their own property with edcquate
room and facilities for caring for
the needs of their customers.
The I^eonards first openede their
office in 1948. They had prev
iously been in the bulb business
since settling in the eara from
Medford in 1944. They had made
numerous vacation trips to south
ern Curry county and had decided
they liked it. Monte had devel
oped a heart condition while in
the service during the war. His
doctor advised that he might fe d
better on the coast and Brookings
seemed to have the climate and in
general everything else needed.
The Leonards were both happy
and successful in the bulb busi
ness and have enjoyed a continu
ed success in tlv real estate and
insurance business. They reached
a high mark of success last year
when they were selected as ths
exclusive agents to handle the H
Veterans’ homes for the Beresi.
Inc. Chico, California contractors.
The homes were all sold by the
time the first of the year rolle 1
around and, while exacting, they
say they enjoyed the exiierience.
They are proud to watch the
development grow into an attrac
tive section of the community as
the people are working their
Hawns and generally improving
the yards and exterior appear-
rences of the new homes. They
purchased one of the homes for
their own and have enjoyed plan
ning and improving their yard
They are able to point with pride
to the fact that they were one ol
the few individual Oregon firms
handling sales above $1 million in
1955.
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ancy business in Sweet Home and
they have two sisters, Thelma
Pettrgrew* who lives on the Win-
chuck River and Emma Taylor
whose husband is in the lumber
business in Eugene.
Since that time sonv changes
have been made in the partner
ship. In 1950 Merle sold his inter
est to enter the logging business.
In 1954 Elmer Sr. retired and
Vernon and Elmer Jr. took over
as partners on January 1, 1955.
There are now 9 full time em
ployees in the sales and service
departments. Frigidaire and May
tag applionces and Evenrude out
board motors have been added,
along with other lines, to the gen
eral merchandise.
Gold Beach for four years prior
Their grand opening yas in
to taking over the Cliff House.
May of last year, however they
were not able to move to Brook
ings until September. They have
a modem apartment in the build
ing. They have a son 3 and two
daughters 6 and 8 years old.
The club is open seven days
featuring orchestras and floor
shows for entertainment. The
Cliff House, however, is as well
know’n for special and regular
dinners as it is for entertainment.
They cater to parties and special
occassions.
Before getting the spring sea
son under way the club was com-
pletly redecorated and the oren-
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astra pit was changed. Some
alterations for convenience
THE CLIFF HOUSE is one of other
were made.
the principal night spots of the
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area. Few towns tlv? size of
Brookings can boast of anything
THE RICHFIELD OIL CORP,
like it for the capacity of enter is also know n as Foster end Bo’vi.
tainment and the quality of the Harvey Foster entered the Ply
talent brought in. The managers wood Corp, in 1951, coming with
Danny and DeLoris Wagner, are his wife Elsie, from Aberdeen,
old timers at the game. They Washington where he had been
managed the Del Rogue Club in engaged in th logging business.
Hey • • • Now • . .
for Good Food . . . it's the
He had talked with the Richfield
Company about a distributorship
before coming to Brookings on a
visit with his wife’s parents. They
both liked the area and finally
decided to stay. They bought the
land and started construction of
the plant early in 1953 and open
ed for business in June of that
year.
In conjunction with building
the plant Foster formed a part
nership with his son-in-law; Way
ne Balvi. Bolvi w’Us with the
Standard Oil Company in Seattle
at the time. His wife, Emma Lou,
is actice in the enterprize in the
bookkeeping department.
The Fosters have another
daughter, Janet Thomas of Smith
River, California. Mr. and Mrs.
Bolvi have a son. Gregory, who
is now in the third grade.
C AR D O F T H A N K S
NEW LOG HAUL HOURS
Log truckers will now be al
lowed on the highways from 4
a m. to 9 pm., Monday through
Friday and from 4 to noon on
Saturdays.
Words just cannot express our
THANKS to those Wonderful
people of the Walking Blood
Bank and all who made possible
those
life-giving transfusions.
Those who contributed were: Mil
dred Raymond, Marguerite M att
son. Kathryn Baird, Allen Wal
lace, Frank Tygart, Loretta Wal-
laoe, Betty Nelson, Stanley Bar
ker, Margie Freeman, Robert
Stanrudst and Homer Kessler,
with Kenneth Barker, Frank
Gran, Chester Gragg, and Val
Mendenhall standing ready but
not needed, and especially Doc
tors Paul Ronniger of Brookings
and Drs Walsh and Smith of Eur
eka.
PLAQUE AWARDED LIONS
A plaque has been awarded the
local Lions Club for their out
standing industry, under the lead
ership of Lions president, Al Phil
lips, during the past year. It is
an annual award of District 3
which comprises Curry, Josephine
and Jackson counties. Among
other activities upon which the
award was based was the local
club’s participation in community
affairs and the sponsoring of an-
We know we shall never again
oth club at Gold Beach.
know deeper gratitude to any
one.
The form also owns the build
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ross
ing they lease to Dick Seeley, ion in the area. They say that
known as Dick's Richfield Ser they have not only enjoyed suc
vice. Their plane is the only local cess here but they think is the
Dial phones are expected in
ly owned oil distributing operat- number on spot to live in.
Newport by 1958.
COMPARE T
L O W - P R IC E D
River Bar
D U R A B IL IT Y
w ith
Spaghetti Joe Acuna, Chef
ITALIAN DINNERS
Chicken Cacciatore
Chicken Marsala
H A N SC A M S C E N T E R in H a r
\ cal Scaloppini
Veal Parmesan
Pizza Pies
bor is by all sta n d a rd s one of th e
w ell e sta b lish e d bu sin esses of th e
area M easu red by both tu n e and
p ro g re ss th is is tru e. T h e orgin il
sto re w as ofiened in a 30 by BO '
foot b uilding in 1923 T h ei > w ere
still a lot of h o rses an d h o rse
d raw n
v ehiehels a ro u n d
then
T h e re w ere a few c a rs as they
h ad ju s t begin to b> in n o ticeab le
use. E lm e r H an scam S r. d ‘b ated
w h e th e r to open in F o rt Dick o r
H a rb o r a f t e r sidling out at K e r
by, O regon The fam ily say they
a r e happy they settled w h ere they
did ’I’he little sto re of th e last ol
th e horse and buggy d ay s has
now g ro w n to a real c e n te r w ith
o v er K.iXH) sq u a re fre t of floor
sp ace and display room s in ad d i
tio n to w areh o u sin g a re a .
T h e boys, V ernon, M erle and
E lm e r J r . jo in ed tlv ir p a re n ts,
E lm e r Ila n sc a m Sr an d Viol v
Hanscam a f te r Kung d isc h a rg e d
from th e serv ices in 1918 Their
b ro th er, M ervin is in th e a c co u n t-
Thursday, August 2, 1956
Italian Sausage
Mushroom
Chicken
MEXICAN DINNERS
Chicken Ranchero
Tacos
Enchilades
New 500 mile record set at the
Indianapolis Speedway proves the extra
durability you get in a 1956
No stock car—of any make — had gone
even one lap at Indianapolis Speedway
at 100 m.p.h.— until Ford set out to
give dramatic proof of the superior per
formance of the 1950 Ford Y-8.
Result —an average speed of 107.126
in.p.h. for the full 500 miles.
Driving like this certainly calls for
more durability than yoM’Z/'need. But
it ’s good to know you have it — thanks
to such important exclusive Ford dura
bility features as these:
Chicken
Open from 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight
2.
—CLOSED OX TUESDAYS—
10 miles east on I lighway 199
Phone River Bar 3
RIVER BAR LOUNGE & CAFE
Also your favorite cocktail & other dinner liqueur
3 . Huskiest
B a ll-J o in t
Front
Su»pen»ion.
Ford’s improved Ball-Joint suspen
sion, with wide-spread support arms
and rigid forgings is the huskiest in
its field. One of the safety factors’
engineered into all ’56 Fords.
And now you can'get your new Ford
a new w ay.. THE FORD FAMILY PLAN
Ford ha» a 5 trot»-m em ber K - bar frame.
AMERICAN DINNERS
Steaks
have short-stroke design for less
friction and longer engine life.
Where othe» low-priced cars have
two or three cross-members, Ford
brings you five. K-bar construction
for extra strength, extra safety is
a Ford exclusive.
D eep-block V - 8 engine. Only Ford en
gines in the low-price field have an
extra-deep block . . . for greater ri
gidity, smoother going, longer life!
Both Ford’s Six and best-selling Y-8
You choose the Ford your family
wants and needs. 1 hen your lo rd
Dealer helps you work out a deal
ta ilo red to your family budget.
There’s no fixed down paym ent...
no fixed monthly payments, hou get
an easy payment plan based on a
generous trade-in allowance and
your own monthly ¡»come.
DUNNING M OTORS
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Brookings, Oregon
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