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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1956)
,v,,o œ ore J. T ELECTION The most heated election in m any years should bring out the voters next Tuesday, November 6. The candidates are m aking the rounds in a last ditch attem pt to win votes and influence people. The n atio n ’s eyes will be on Ore- gon in the election, too, as Doug- las McKay makes an all out a t tem pt to unseat Democratic Sena tor Wayne Morse The Morse McKay fight has been all that is was supposed to be w ith plenty of nam e calling and charge making. Morse started on the w ind up of his cam paign Volum e XI, Number 37 Thursday, November 1, 1956 spending last Sunday in C urry county, the last of 36 counties that he visited. Reports show Morse slightly ahead in m ost of the polls. More locally, on a county level, the b attle wage too. A1 Mincer. Brookings Plywood w orker, is out A woman. Mrs. R. C. Sm yth, to unseat George Sutton, who has box 543, Brookings, beat out all been C u rry County Assessor for th e sports m inded men in the S enator W ayne Morse visited | ley and Wilson Freem an, the the past 24 years. Both candidates area, and cam e up w ith the first Ellsw orth w ent to public w orks Brookings Sunday and blasted Re Cham ber of Com merce and others : have been making the hand shak A telegram form Congressman prize in the football contest, spon appropriation su b co m m ittee to sored by the local Gold A rrow H a u ls E llsw orth to Henry K err testify for and present as w it publican Congressm an H arris Ell who had helped on the Chetco ing rounds up and down the 100 repudiates Sen. W ayne Morse's ! mile long county. sw orth for his attem pts to take project. m erchants. nesses Mr. Ackley and Wilson credit for getting the Chetco A nother fight looms in the cam Following the talk Ackley ask claim of having gotten the Chetco Mrs, Sm yth hit on nine out of F reem an and arran g ed for them River m outh appropriation. His ed to be recognized. He said th at paign for County Commissioner, the fifteen games, but th e re was A ppropriation "single handedly. to appear before S enate appro claim was confirm ed by Ed Ack he attended the Democratic meet w here Fred Flynn, a Democrat, plenty of upsets this week. She H ere is the telegram in full ing to pay **a debt" to Senator j has m ade rapid strides in an ef F or m any years Rep. Ellsw orth won a Conquest P erfum e set. priations com m ittee m aking possi- ley, district attorney and C urry Morse. He then thanked him for fort to beat Brookings M ayor Roy has show n interest and attention county central com m ittee ch air Second place w ent to L arry ible tw o appearances by single | Brimm . a Republican. Brimm was Moore son of Mr and Mrs. Harold to problem s in Brookings. Visit» d trip to W ashington. Ellsw orth man in an em otion charged ad i getting the appropriation. The packed crow d also heard an early season favorite, but the Moore, who won a Voit football. area repeatedly. Aided in having talked w ith conferencees making dress im m ediately f o l l o w i n g Morse charge •'give-away" on the race looks a lot closer now, especi- T hree other prize w inners w ere arm y engineers m ake survey of personal request th a t house m em M orse’s talk. Morse arrived in B r o o k i n g s tide-land oil revenue. Morse e x allyin view of the shift to Dem N. V. W ashburn, who won a Hub- port. Congress authorized Chetco bers agree to Chetco H arbor item ley M echanical Toy set, Chas H arbor project in rivers and h a r approved by senate. Many years S aturday night, staying at the posed the “fake p ictu re” of him registration in the county. In Hoffman, a Spic and Span set, bors bill. F irst appropriation ap of w ork required to develop such Crest Motel. A public breakfast in the Senate, talking to nobody, either case, the election will in and P F. Chadbourne, a Lady proved 1950 by House and Sen project and m uch personal w ork held in the I.O.O.F. hall drew a t He explained that the picture was sure the first Brookings represen B eautiful set. All the prize w in ate for planning but cancelled involved for sta rt of construction. capacity crow d of well over 100 taken a 3 a.m. d u ring a debate tation on the county court in Only about 40 had been expected. w ith Senator K now land, who was m any years. ners can pick up the prizes at due to K orean war. In 1952 Ells E llsw orth tim e and attention Incum bent Oleta W alker and w orth personally brought district Morse, his wife, and other mem conveniently cropped out of the Hi Way Mkt. Don Vaughan, opera brought project to point of con office seeker Ellen Dougherty tor of the store will aw ard the engineers to look over Chetco cove struction. Morse w ould have had bers of his party attended the picture. M orse critizised McKay and have been having a real struggle and Chetco river. Conference Brookings B aptist church and left prizes. Brookings people d eter no opportunity to claim full credit im m ediately afterw ard s for din said that the “ A dm inistration too. Both women are from Gold' The next eight contestants win w ith for obtaining appropriation had w ants you to send McKay back Beach. Mrs D ougherty, a law of $10 w orth of Gold A rrow stam ps m ined they would proceed under | not difficult p relim in ary w ork ner in Gold Beach. fice w orker, is a Democrat. previous authorization for Chetco His speech was a good one, but to yes them". w hich also can be picked up at been done. Brookings people know A last m inute effort to secure S ,a»or M arse urged ‘he elec Hi-Way Mkt. W inners w ere Red H arbor im provem ent and local facts of case. Bob G rant per the best was saved for last when a w rite-in election for district a t tion of Charles P orter, who was com m ittee formed. he told exactly how the Chetco Ross, G reg S tew art, Bob Dim- S tart of last session congress i H arris E llsw orth bill had passed through congress, also on the platform O ther Demo torney is an unknow n quanity in mick, Mrs. T. C. Leeds, Mike through the efforts of himself. cratic candidates on the platform the T uesday balloting. Ed Aeklev. Hahn, Bobby Johnson, Jim P a t Senator R ichard N euberger, and w ere Richard Chapm an. S tate the present D. A. is a Brookings ton, A1 Botzek, Bobby Broekmil- Demos Register Gain Congressw om an Edith G r e e n . Senator candidate, Ellen D ougher m an, w hile the w rit in candidate ler. R egistration in C urry county M orse em phatically declaim ed ty, C arl Back and Fred Flynn. Bill F u ller is from Gold Beach. The second w eek’s contest is in shows 2,853 D em ocrats and 2,467 any aid com ing from Ellsw orth on Virgil Clark served as m aster of F u ller was one tim e deputy l>. A. another section of this weeks and is currently Justice of Peace. Republicans, a gain of 508 Demo the project. Morse thanked Ack- cerem onies during the program . Pilot. It is im portant th at the en For state representative, the qrats and 268 Republicans since tries get in to the Pilot by noon voters will have an opportunity the prim ary. Figures also show a Saturday. T he T errace Drive-In T heatre voting percentage of 58 percent to choose b< tween Sam Hall, a was floded out in the recent rain, GOP and 55 percent Democrat Brookings attorney and form er D. and will be forced to discontinue during the prim ary. PIPE DREAMS . . . A. and Carl Back, a logging con business for the w inter months, tracto r from Poit Orford. Hall is according to the two operators. A last m inute attem pt to w rile a Republican. The rains sw ept out a portion in the names of W arren McNeely, For S tate S nator the fight is of the fence around the theatre, and Wilson Freem an on the ballot tietw n n Richard Chapm an and and washed out the drives into .is P ort C om m issionss is be.ng R. publican Jam es Beddingfield the parking area. The ow ners fig made, when it wa. believe i that b ith of Coos R iv. u red th a t the dam age caused they would have to be w rit-en in, In the citv election two men w ould be nearlv impossible to fix This com ing Tuesday it is the or th eir term of oliice a on'.d ex ' are vicing for m ayor of Brook- Youngest G randm other? The during this season, and th a t th eir P ortland O regonian carried a duty of every citizen to vote. It pn e on Jan u ai > 1, 19o7. j ingv t tl They are Fell Campbell, »de I pres-mt councilm an who has been best bet would be to w ait until front page story, proclaim ing the is also the d u ty of a group of The appointments w e re Vie- I on the council for three years and spring and start from there. fact th at Mrs. Nola Taylor, of your neighbors to s e th at you; by the governor, but tw T he drive-in opened only a lit Springfield is a grandm other at vote is handled in accordance N ely and 1 % Bill Spencer, pastor of the Assem- tle over a month ago. the age of 32, th ree years younge' w ith the 1. w. In order th a t th.s short term s w hich expire in ab >ut ' bly of Gotl church. than the recent w inner of nation may be done, your precinct elec- two months. The others were a p T hree m en are running for the wide “youngest gran d m o th er’ tion boards will be w orking long pointed for two years. two vacancies that exist on the By Joe Murphy AZALEA GARDEN CM B past legal w orking hours. They If the w rite in voting holds Brookings council. They are Lee contest. Next Tuesday will be an a n ti TO MEET NOVEMBER 8 are mostly men and women who true and an attem pt was being Hein, Plywood Corp, office m ana However, this area has that climax, politically speaking. L ast are as anxious to see th at your m ade to contact the attorney gen ger; Ben Phctteplace, Dairy A dessert lucheon will be ser beat, in the person of Mrs. George ballot is properly handled as you eral—then Freem an and McNeely Saturday was the real thing. F irst Creem operator; and Percy Hanks McKay, Sm ith River, who was a 1 attended tne Coos-Cur,^ m eet ved T hursday afternoon, N ovem should be to cast it. They Ml S r would be elected to serve for four a contractor. ing in Sixes, and founa th at there b er 8 at 1:30 at the V. F.W. hall grandm other at 31, believe it or do this as the law directs U nfor years. The appointm ents w ere A nother battle locallv will be not. Mrs. M cKay’s d au g h ter is was alm ost as m any politicans as for the Azalea G arden C lub. Fne tunately, through no fault of m ade too late to get their nam e men, H ans Nelson and Bill Brown Mrs. Cliff Pieper As a m atter of hostesses are Mrs. E. E. Hanscam. voters there. theirs, th e laws bv w hich they on the ballot. the race for Justice of Peace. Two * • * Mrs. Percy Hanks and Mrs. John fact Mrs. McKay is now only 33. m ust act, to put it frankly, are T here is no spot on the ballot are asking a write-in vote for the and she has th ree grandchildren. But the best of it was driving Molino. All are asked to bring quite m uddled and req u ire many for the write-in vote, but voters job, w hile Roy Brow n’s nam e will to and from. In one corner of the tlow er specim ens from th eir own She first becam e a grandm other hours of study bv the board mem who are interested would w rite in be on the ballot. Roy Brown has in 1954, w hen Mrs. Pieper had a ear was Virg Clark, an ardent garden. P ort Commissioner — McNeely, left the area. Nelson is form er bers. A fter the luncheon a business son, B radley, then Stephen in Democrat, and in the othei corner Most of th eir troubles are dir Freem an. < m unicipal judge while Bill Brown was Tom McKenzie, a strong m eeting is scheduled to be follow 1956. A nother daughter, Mrs. Eu ectly the fault of the voters them j was a form er police chief here. gene Bennett, Brookings, had a GOP. Im agine driving sem e 14a ed by the program for the day, selves. The principal difficulty is miles in the heat of an election. “N ovem ber P lanting for a Beauti son, John, this year. Both Mrs. th e failu re on the p art of the in Man, the air got thick in the car. ful Spring", w ith Mrs. L. R H ar B ennett and Mrs. Pieper were dividual voter to have properly ( m arried w hen they w ere 16. • * • vey in charge. registered. A1 M incer was along too, and If your nam e does not appear did some cam paigning in such ( in the poll book of the PRECINCT Prec. Min Max. places as W estern S tate Plywood I IN WHICH YOU MAKE YOUR 0.24 42 52 Friends and the general public Oct. 24 in P ort O rford. Then, S aturday HOME,or if you do not have a I alike are invited to an election 3.64 50 55 Oct. 25 night we got back just in tim e to VALID certificate from the coun 0.82 H 56 night party at the Pilot on T ues Oct. 26 attend the Beta costum e party. the M inios riv er to record stream ty clerk to th e election board, you day, November 6. fro form al in Oct. 27 0.91 38 55 We w ere hopeing th at Wayne The Coos-Curry Co-op m eeting flow, for possible exploitation MUST BE DENIED A BALLOT. vitations will be Issued, and the Oct. 28 T 37 55 Morse would arriv e in tim e to held last S aturday in Sixes was 2.48 told th a t the 1955 m argin ex This is the law the election board I affair will be a victory celebration Oct. 29 45 56 . v_ i s 4 not attend the party. He could have a big success if the num _ i__ i< sw orn to uphold. 0 80 ber of ceeded our losses by $114,035. 41 depending on w hether you are a Oct 30 52 gone disguised as a Republican or people in attendance was any in A nother law is th at clerks of The m am speaker for the day 8 89 Democrat or a Republican. Total som ething Everybody I danced dication. Several hundred atten d was Byron Price, assistant adm in election boards m ust see to it the The largest am ount of precipi The party will consist of re w ith seemed to have an interest istrator, Bonneville ed both the and — after lauavv», tu Vi»'- m orning — — Pow er Admin j voter signs TWO poll books, veri dough tatio n for a six hour period this in politics, too. All in all it was noon sessions, split up by a ham gyration, who claim ed a new op- fying his or her residence— and freshm ents—coffee and nuts—and the reporting of elec w’ei’k was 1.89 inches. This a- quite a day. Sunday, the Dems d inner feed. tim ism " in N orthw est power. eligibility to vote—in th a t prec tion returns. W ard s Gas & Ap m ount fell from four to ten in w ere out in force to hear our Sen inct. They should help the clerks H ans Nelson, Brookings H arbor p n ce said before the m eeting that ior Senator, who did his usual representativ e on the board of this was a new note in thinking by putting in th eir street and pliance have promised to try to the evening Monday. fine job of oratory. I happened directors was re-elected w ith 259 pow erw ise, and had not been re num ber, if they live w ithin the install a TV set in the Pilot office to sit next to his wife, who seem votes to Roy W eidem an’s 147. ieased to the rrtetrbpolitan papers lim its of an incorporated town, and several radios will be playing. C harts will be put up, so th a t th e ed to agree w ith everything her Post office box addresses are use V em Kohlen, Gold Beach, won in retu rn s can be followed. husband said I don’t know if she the other contested contest, edg as P yet rice told th e group th a t the less. The office will be open from is a typical wife in th a t regard. W hile it may appear th a t laws ing out Frederick S tark w eath er “ pow er situation in he Pacific 8 p m . on—until the wee hours of • • • are set up to fence in th e indivi N orhw est shows m » ?rial im prove to 141. Now th a t the fall rains »eem to the morning I’ll m ake a prediction on the 158 H ighlights of the m eeting was m ent over the estim ates of one dual they are, rath er, his protet- be In earnest, the Forest Service race. I really have th e feeling a m anger's rep o rt by Bruce Chev- year ago tion against lawlessness. This ap “The adm inistration s EIRE DISTRICT TO MEET have started th eir fall and w inter th at Morse will win the election, ere. who told th e group th at the p Ower policy of cooperation plies to the election law s which p lanting program Crew The H arbor Rural F ire P ro tec tree and all bettors are invited to call cooperative has 53 em ployees; and amOng public agencies, private are a b arrier against crookedness tive D istrict will have th eir next train in g started Monday, and it is at the Pilot office w ith money in th a t the group is in th e process | utilities and th e federal govern at the pools. T he election board th a t handles m eeting on W ednesday, Novem planned to have an eight man hand. of changing th e su b statio n at m ent in developing the w ater re- planting crew to work until about The football season ended on a Gold Beach, and adding another sources—has show n excellent pro your ballot started th e ir day be ber 7 in the G range hall. M arch 1 fine note, w ith even the rain and for 8 00 a m and m ust rem ain substation at H arbor gress.” The Service, through Ranger WHALES VISIT HERE hail failing to dam pen the spirit until the last ballot is accounted S havere said that the co-op is He said th at at th e present tim e I t’s w hale tim e again. S everal W E Ragland, has ordered 200,- of the Brookings rooters, as they especially vulnerable as to source non-federal interest are actively in for. Vote Early. Be th e re as soon w atched the B ruins down Gold of power, as we are fu rth erest vestigat ing some 45 potential as you can after the polls open person reported seeing th e an n u al 000 trees, all Douglas Firs, for Beach for the second consecutive from the source, in the roughest hydroelectric sites which have an Study Y our Sam ple Ballot Vote visit of w hales to the Oregon , planting on 450 acres of logged tim e. I feel personally th a t the country. He said th at they now estim ated 8 m illion kilow att capa- and leave the polling place as coast, off Bird Island, both on off land up, the South Fork road, 1 and up Pistol River S aturday and Sunday. boys, and th e ir coaches did a te r have a gaging station installed on cjty soon as you have done rific job this year Nowhere a Finer Climate - Mrs. Smyth Wins First Contest Nowhere a Finer Community We've got an appropriation. . . b u t.. ELLSWORTH CLAIM S........ MORSE CLAIM S. . Drive-in Theatre Is Flooded Out Last Minute Attempt To Write-in Freeman, McNeely Names on Ballot Claim Youngest Grandma Title VOTING r IMPORTANT Election Night Speaker at Co-op Meeting Saturday Reports Optimism in Power . Supply r “ tu recor Party Is Planned wetter 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 Trees To Be Planted ST YOUR BALLOT ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6
