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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1956)
Agnew veneer mill io add 50 workers r Nowhere a Finer Climate — Nowhere a Finer Community V olum e II, N um ber 35 Carnival Set For Wednesday The second annual carnival w ill be held by the students of Brookings-Harbor high s c h o o l next W ednesday, O ctober 24, in the high school gym from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The first carnival was a hugh success, draw ing a crowd estim at ed at 1200 people. T here w ill be games for the young and old, including fun house, fortune telling, movies and m any more. The cornation of the King and Queen w ill take place at 9:30 p.m. w hich w ill add color anfl excit m ent to the festivities. This honor will be bestowed upon the candidates of the class which sells the greatest num ber of tickets. i »'INNING A .ILL? and g a in in g nationw ide publicity w as E renchie \rrell, right, show n shak Jack ie Sm ith is the student chairm an for the carnival, while ing hand w ith Dr. Richard Sin Ih w ho sent in a letter to Bob and Ray recom m ending Arrell for Pilot Photo Cloan Powell is the faculty spon- I the honor of being Drugist of the Month. sor. Commission has meeting Safety Patrol Now On Duty W hen you see a flag wave at you w hen you’re driving down a busy stre e t—don't Salute— STOP! T hat's the w ord from the Brook- ing-H arbor Safety Patrol, who are now on duty in three spots in the city. A bout 25 youngsters now main- lv 6th graders, are at the Oak and Che,co crossing, the crossing by the Shell station and the cros- sing near the Baptist church. U nder the direction of teacher F rancher G iroux, the youngsters are attem pting to m ake the cros- sing less hazardous for your children. Dick Low’e is patrol captain, w hile Sheryl Bodenham- m er is Lt. The patrol is on duty from 7:30 a.m. to 7:50 a.m. and from 11:55 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The w ord is th at w hen the patrol m em bers put th e ir flag straig h t out—th at m eans STOP. TO ATTEND CONFERENCE N ext M onday and Tuesday, Oc tober 22 and 23, the Brookings- H arbor student council will attend the S outhern Oregon S tudent Council Conference in Medford, Oregon. PIPE DREAMS . . . The economy of the area re ceived a much needed boost this week w ith the announcem ent that S. A. Agnew plans on bring ing much of the K lam ath C edar The Oregon-W ashington Ve m ill personal to Brookings. Ag neer mill in H arbor has shut new just recently leased the Ore- down its plant "until m arket gon-Coast V eneer plant, and m ore conditions pick up”, according to recently put on a 200 x 50 foot Bob H am m an. mill manager. addition to the present building. H am m an said that about 18 The word came from plant men w ere laid off. but reported su p erin tan t Toni Rea,* who re that most of them have found ported that about 50 fam ilies other jobs in the com m unity with would be moving into the area different mills. They were only w ithin the next few months. Est operating on a one shift basis at im ated added payroll to the com the tim e of the shut down m unity would be in the neigh He said that the transportation borhood of $15.000 a m onth. difficulties here, along with the Rea said that most of the em low m arket price just made them impossible to continue. However, ployment would be in logging H am m an em phasized that jus, crews, and in truck m aintenance. as soon as the m arket picks up C urrently the log pond in the again they will go back into pro mill is being enlarged to handle due,ion. They have a lo, of logs the increased log supply, Agnew on hand. Hamm an. the foreman, has huge tim ber holdings in C ur a mechanic, and the log buyer ry county. will continue to look after the Word was sent to Supt. of mill. Schools D. D W illiams that the 50 fam ilies would be coming into th e area. W illiams said th at per haps another 100 school children would come into the area. Veneer Plant Has Shutdown T h ursday, O ctober 18, 1956 Two Ask For I. P. Write-In Rea reported that th ere was some talk about expanding the Two w rite-in candidates for the Justice of Peace post made the m ill in the spring, but nothing 1 d efinite could be said at this fact know n to the public this tim e. week. Hans Nelson, who is pre sently Justice pro-tern, signified his intention to run as a write-in C rescen t Y ou th A rrested candidte. Nelson is the former A fter repeated w arnings by Brookings m uncipal judge. He is also a director of the Coos-Curry Chief of Police Bud Cross, Bobby Co-op. The second man to solicit Tilson still wound up being a r w rite-in votes was Bill Brown. rested. Bobby tried to take the Brown was form er Chief of j hill in H arbor going at a consider Police in Brookings. able speed and found out reckless The nam e that will be on the ness is silliness. The autom obile ballot will be Roy Brown, who he was driving rolled over and it has left the com m unity. Brow n’s is very fo rtu n ate that none of the resignation w on’t be effective un four passengers or he w ere in ju r til afte r the election. ed. Tilson is out on $150 bail. Five men w ere nam ed to the Brookings Port Commission this week by Gov. Elmo Smith. Those nam ed were Wilson Freem an, W arren McNeely, K arl O sten berg, M urry Palm er and G urnai The W ard King Memorial Hedberg. A new', small industry will Building, som etim es referred to The first m eeting of the group move into the Brookings area as the Scout Building is now was held W ednesday m orning It soon, according io word received hehe. Two men from Medford ready for occupancy. Mike Page, was called by law, by th e D istrict A ttorney Ed Ackley, and was have m ade plans to install an A r who m ade the announcem ent, held in his office. row Shaft factory in this locality, asks that all Exp'.or r. Boy or Slips of paper were draw n to The men w ere in Brookings over Girl, Cub or Brow nie Scout lea determ ine which if the five will the w eek end, try in g to find a ders contact him at Phone 478:’ serve which term s. Two of the sm all shop. so schedules can be arranged. men. Freem an and McNeely drew The pIant v H1 employ about Page w arns that m uch is yet a slip which indicated that their four men, and will m ake other needed, both in the way of funds office was to expire on Jan . 1, specialties besides arrow shafts w ork and equipm ent, but the 1957. T hree others, Palm er, Osten They will use W hite Cedar entire walls, w indows and doors being berg and H edbery drew lots ly in their operation. Tim berm en in place, getting the youngsters which indicated that th eir office claim th at th ere is sufficient raw into the habit of m eeting there will expire on Ja n u ary 1, 1959, m aterial in th e area. and taking home w ord of what or in two years. The First N ational Bank of It w as assum ed that the men their parents may do to m ake it The Com misisoners requested P ortland was low bidder on the would be over w ithin a W'eek or b etter w ill be a big boost to the Ackley, in his capacity as D istrict ( ity Bancroft Bonds Bids w ere 10 days to begin setting up the project. The im m ediate need, be Attorney, to inquire of the At opened S atu rd ay night at the city operation. They still hav en ’t loca sides finances, is for benches and tornev G eneral the ruling on the hall. The only other bidder was ted a shop as yet, how ever. tables, Mike says. two Com missioners whose term th e local branch of the U nited w ill expire in two and a half Mrs. Ed Ravekes collapsed months. It is too late to get th eir w hile singing w ith the Eastern S tates N ational Bank The First N ational’s bid of $17,- nam e on the ballot for the Nov S tar q u artet at the services of 135.59 overall cost, or an interest em ber election. ' church last Sunday. It was at No other business was taken up first thought she had fainted but ra te of 3 9768 beat out the U. S. A m eeting was held Monday- and i n c l u d e d representatives pending notice of th eir com m is she failed to respond to im m edi .N atio n als $19,259 28 cost w ith an night in a last m inute effort to from varius county com m unities. sions from the governor. A sec a te first aid rendered by Mrs. in terest rate of 4 4697. A fter it was moved and second get William Fuller, Gold Beach A com m ittee was form ed with ond m eeting for organization will Ronnie Ragland, R N. who was attorney, to toss his hat in the Vern Kolen of Gold Beach act be held on Thursday, N ovem ber attending the services. She was e d th at the First National bid be 1 at 10 a.m. at F reem an’s home. rushed to Crescent City for hos accepted the council moved into ring as a write-in candidate for ing as chairm an. its reg u lar meeting. Not much D istrict Attorney. pitalization and except for a business was brought up. The F uller is a native of Fall River, The present D istrict A ttorney, brief and hazy retu rn of her Mass. He is a g raduate of H ar T errace Drive-In T heatre asked Ed Ackley, will be the only nam e sense, Monday morning, she slip th at they be given a yearly rate on the ballot . He was nom inated vard college and of Columbia U |x*d into her last sleep. for fire protection. The council by the Republicans for the office. law school. He is m arried and has I F uneral services w ere held at agreed to m ake a rate of $5p for two daughters, aged 2 and 4. He Ackley was appointed district W ier’s m ortuary parlors, Cres them. by Gov. Elmo Sm ith to succeed was adm itted to the Oregon Bar cent City, Tuesday and were fol As the next order of business a Sam Hall who resigned to run Septem ber 1952 and was deputy lowed by crem ation and scatter district attorney from Septem ber The largest salmon reported letter from the Public U tilities for the legislature. ing of her ashes at Santa Rosa Commission was read. The Coin Ackley has been a Brookings • 1952 to F ebruary 1954. He has a yet this year is the 46li pound She is survived by her husband attorney for m ore than 10 years. private pra tice in Gold Reach, Chinook that Mrs. M F. Dean of mission urged the city to act on Ed, two daughters and a m other end has been J. P. for over a S anta Ana landed w hile fishing It was believed that F uller ordinance 96 before O ctober 17 in Santa Rosa, two sisters and year. He is city attorney f?r the off the north bank at the mouth or retract same. The ordinance would accept the bid to run as a seven grandchildren. w rite-in for the post, altholgh his ?ity of P ort O’ fird and a 'to rn y of the Chetco last Friday. She was a very active m em ber deals w ith the griviances the city As if that was not enough for nam e is already on the ballot as * r the P >rt of n ort ( 'r f >r 4 of the O rder of Eastern Star, the has w ith the telephone com pany. Fuller is a veteran, a m em ber one day, she also brought in 31 a candidate to succeed him self as Chetco G range and the Azalea The letter was referred to form er of the V. F. W. and belongs to pound Chinook Both fish were T” , rf p city attorney, Ed Ackley. G arden club, in which latter, she The group m eeting M onday the Eagles. Q uarterback cl’ b. weighed at Cedar Lane C annery The council also heard a letter was to have charge of this year's night was held in Gold Beach Masons and P resbyterian church w here she took them to be can read from the county court urg- annual Flow er Show. ned. Mr. and Mrs. Dean have ing construction of tile road join been fishing on the Chetco every ing the north bank of th«’ Chetco fall for over ten years, and usual road to the old highw ay. This ly get th eir share of the salmon. will enable th ■ logging trucks to avoid going past th e school. Arrow Factory Memorial Building May Open Here Ready to Use Bonds bought up Mrs. Ed Ravekes Rites Are Said Fuller may enter race 46 Lb. Salmon Netted in Chetco By Joe Murphy The heat that will be generated during the next two or three weeks in the political arenas should be enough to keep Brook ings w arm all w inter long. The only big trouble is th at a lot of the boys take their politics seri ously, and get mad at each other —even to the extent of not speak ing to th eir political opponents. • * * Me, I like politics. I talk poli tic» over every cup of coffee Especially w ith my dad in town did 1 th rash out the campaigns. But come N ovem ber 7, I'm going to forget about it for anoher year *or so. • • * We w ere discussing the Port of Brookings w ith one of the newly oppointed P ort Commissioners He felt that the group should take a trip to New York to see how they put theirs on a paying basis. In fact it was suggested that Bud P isarek m ake a sculp tu re sim ilar to the statu te of lib erty to put on Bird Island, wel coming incoming Queen Mary's. But w here will the im m igration station go? • • • I'm happy to note th at A1 Etti- ger had another baby girl. A! m akes an excellent fath er—he passed out three cigars—not jus, one like some of these pikers. • • ♦ We are tentatively scheduling an election night party at the P i lot. We will give more inform a tion later. However, we are going to try to talk Gordie Olsen in, putting up a TV set for the night. O ur w ives have agreed to make coffee, and m aybe we can find somebody to bake us a doughnut or two. W e'll stay at it until we find out who will be the standard b earer for the next four years. O N o S ch ool P la n n e d r or T h u rsd ay, F rid ay T here will be no school next Tb>>r dav and Friday. O ctober 25 and 26 The C urrv county teach er1 institute will be held in G old Beach on those dates, and all classes will be dismissed. Dlan H a llo w e 'e n P a r ty fo r S c o u ts A H allowe’en party is being planned for the G irl Scout and the Boy Scout troops in the area <«n Hallowe'en night, W ednesday. O ctober 31. The ten tativ e plans are to have the p arty in the new K ing Memorial building R efreshm ents and games are planned. D S O R S WANTED BY It YRBERSHOPI’ERS For Sunday Big Race Set T he S ta te H ighw ay C om niis sion. a fte r rec e iv in g a le tte r from R alp h R eed, in fo rm ed th e c»ty th a t no f u r th e r re s u rfa c in g of C h etco A v en u e w a i inti u ip 'a h d a t th e p re s e n t tim e. Reed askd th e sta te to c o n sid er re su rfa ing. T his S u n d ay , O ctober 21, th H ard T op A ssociation p resent: it annual L ittle 500 Lap race. Car and d riv ers have been invi ted to this event from Seattle, Ta oma, Portland, Roseburg. Med ford. Crescent City, Eureka and Yreka A 100 lap consolation race will be held for the slow er cars and a 400 ap race will be held for the fast cars For a big afternoon of thrill and spills, all those interested are asked to attend the race at the f ; re(,nf,.jd Speedw ay at Ocean Drive In theatre. A dvance ticket sales are conducted by Tiny Drake. Dems Hold Lead T here are alm ost 400 more D em ixrats registered in Curry county than R epublicans, aeeord- ing to county clerk. Oleta Walker. The official talley shows 2467 R epublicans, and 2853 Dem ocrats, and 91 others for a total of 5411 for the county. Football on Friday Are you a ten o r9 Well the bar- bershoppers are looking for you. Tf you can’t hit the high notes come on down to the high school The P ep club of the Brookings next Monday night anyw ay. The Q u arteters and thr chorus is open high school will hold a giganic noise parade and ralley T h u r ill I, • t Monday's turn-out num- day, beginning at 6:30 p.m. They acred 16 with 4 new faces mak- plan on going through the city W'ith th e parade and ending at ing th eir initial appearance. MERLE HANSCAM. exalted ruler of B I’OI Lodge 1931 we! For an evening of song and th»* school for a bon fire, and the corned 22 new mem hrrs into th group last Thtirsdas night, Y ' wad fellowship m ake this com bu rn in g of Eagle Point in effigy. very w ell attended m eeting made the affair quite a «uer«‘s accord r g Monday a date w ith the SPE- The high school football team ing to Hanscam. Plans for the I’ allow een Dance and Stag night ’.SQSA Clarence Dial, music in- will play Eagle Point Friday are w ell under way with vari-ous comm itter men working Jell- ’ructor at the high school is in afternoon at B ankus Field w ith gently. gam e tim e set a t 2 30 p.m harge of the group. Rally, Parade I The Brookings football team will play a tough Eagle Point team this F riday afternoon at ( 2 30 p m The Bruins are all rest ed up a fte r a two week lay-off, follow ing th eir defeat of Gold Beach a week ago S aturday in th e ir homecoming encounter 14 0. This w ill lx* the last horn»' 1 gam e of th e season for Coach Doug M acF arlanes charges. They will wind up th e season next F ri day at Gold Beach in a re tu rn i engagem ent
