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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.
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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
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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
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Oct.
25
night we got back just in tim e to
VALID certificate from the coun
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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
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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
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Morse would arriv e in tim e to held last S aturday in Sixes was
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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
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.
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