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