E 0P W L IB R A R Y * hjgsiìe ore DEADLINE . . . Because of the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday next week the Pilot will publish a day earl­ ier. on Tuesday night so that its subscribers will receive the pa­ per on Wednesday. Because of the earlier publish ing all copy, both advertising and new s can be in no later than M onday at 5 p.m. and it would be appreciated if is could be in by Saturday. Nowhere a Finer Climate -- Nowhere a Finer Community Volume X ï, Number 39 Police Chase Man 37 Miles Largest Fish in Smith Caught Thursday, November 15, 1956 Ask Court To Restrain City From Buying "Old" Sewer Richard Buffington. P o n t i a c dealer from Gold Beach, had a MU* com plaint to lodge Tuesday night Mrs. Lou Hensey, visiting the at the council meeting. Buffington said that he was in Brookings on vOe Jacobs' caught the largest sal­ business, and then he drove back mon caught in the Sm ith River in the past seven years Sunday. The to Gold Beach. In Gold Beach he visited the Zi »h weighed in at 601-4 lbs. and Sunset Inn, of which he is a part 1 s ^cod en¡ough to w in the sal- held at th e Sm ith The Brookings city governm ent ow ner, and then w alked down mon derby received a summons last S aturday River. SCHOOL W IN D O W S town. Suddenly (as he tells it» ' M ............. . .. y a jo accom panied to appear in court, to show cause a policem an asked nim for his why they should buy the existing Hensey, her husband. REPORTED BROKEN . drivers license. He didn't recog­ by Mr. Lou othcr-in-law, J x Ja- sew er from Elmer Bankus, ♦ and her br nize the uniform , and put up an D. D Williams, supt of sch o o ls,1 The suit, signed by some 42 argum ent. An altercation follow­ cobs Sunday, N ovem ber 18, m arks reported that nine w indow s in the A five m an crew from P ortland citizens now on the existing sys­ ed, w ith the police officer hitting the day m any of the local girl w orking for the AMF com pany is school were broken over the past Buffington w ith his flashlight (ac­ scout troops have been w aiting installing autom atic pinspotters tem, was in effect, an injunction cording to Buffington). for. Girl scout aw ard day takes week end. He said th at it is the this week in the Azalea Lanes. against the city against buying Because of this Buffington ap ­ place then. It will be held in the third tim e this year that windows The pinspotters are the latest the sewer. peared before the Brookings coun­ G range hall in H arbor and the have been broken in he school thing in equipm ent, m aking bowl- I At the council m eeting Tuesday cil to dem and an apology. and reported th at “ if the person ing com pletely autom atic except city attorney Bill B alderree said tim e is 2 to 4:30 p.m. Chief Bud Cross told the coun­ Coffee and cake will be served or persons are apprehended they far throw ing the ball dow n the th a t “it would be ill advised” for Tourists traveling up the “most cil his version of the 37 mile chas£ m agnificent" road, from the stand after the In v estitu te excercise for will be prsecuted to the full ex ­ alley. th e city to go ahead now w ith He claim ed that Buffington was point of scenery, V. S. 101, now the new troop tak es place. T hic tent of the law ”, The Brookings alleys are closed their plans to buy the existing speeding at betw een 110 and 115 »ee a huge hign, encouraging event is scheduled for 2 p.m. W illiams said th at the broken this week, and will re o p e n S a tu r­ system until the thing is settled. m iles an hour in Brookings, and them to “Stay on 101”. sharp. The aw ards program fol­ windows w ere in th e upper grade day night w ith the new m achines However, Balderree reported th e officer, P at Sims, gave chase. This sign, attractively designed, lows. T here will also be a special school, and one was in the upper set up. The pinspotters pick up th a t now that litigation has been He finally apprehended B uffing­ w ith a view of the coast is a wel- aw ard for th e person and troupe the down pins, and will re-rack started it might be advantageous grade shop. ton in Gold Beech, and attem pted com ’' asset t. those cf us who selling th e most tickets in the w ith the pressing of a button. for every body to use it and get to m ake an arrest, when B r'fin e - 1 a a a i cl. 1 m ore in our pockets Thanksgiving T urkey race. Because the m achines elim inate som ething done. He suggested Schedule Child Clinic on resisted. Cross said too. that a because if the tourists. This inci- pin boys, the Lanes will be able w rittin g Bankus’ atto rn ey s to see It m ust b - ".m -m beder this is Gold Beach officer refused to dently, m eans about everybody in on Open H cus? affair and every- T here will be a Brookings Well to be open afternoons from now if they will be a third p arty in the help m ake th e arrest. the Brookings-Harbor are a—eith- I one is welcome to come and see Child Clinic on Friday, November on, according to G lenn Rogers, suit, in o rder to have all th ree The council was told that there er directly or indirectly. w hat th e local girl scouts have 16 betw een 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 owner. parties represented. He said th at was no compi «int lodged against Rogers said th at the big crew, even if the city agrees w ith the The huge sign, placed w here it been doing th e past year. a m. at the Brookings grade school Buffington at t'u ■ time. Mayor will do the most good, in Crescent plus electricians have been w ork­ Dr. Paul Ronniger w ill give phy­ 42 citizens there would be no Roy Brim m s-ld -hat he council City before travelers would swing Mr and Mrs. Emil Moore ac­ sical exam inations and im m uniza ing since Monday m orning, in guarantee th at Bankus would be w as not a court, and that he w as­ over on 199, is rem ark ab le in its com panied Mrs. H. Bass to San tions for DPT and Sm all Pox vac­ order to finish by Fridav. The bound by the court decision. n ’t going to m ake any apology achievem ent. Francisco, S atu rd ay w here they cinations assisted by D orothea grand re-opening is scheduled for In other actions the council dis­ until the facts of the case w ere 7 p.m. S atu rd ay night. M iller, public h ealth nurse. How does som ething like this enjoyed the city for a few days. allow ed all protests on the reas­ determ ined. He asked that a study come about. First, two motel men sessm ents of the three sew er dis­ be m ade on the case Ja ck Hagen of the Bonn, and Mer- tricts. Protests on area 2 w ere Buffington m ade a statem ent rell Bullock of th e Crest kicked Elm er Erb, who counldn’t be ser­ th a t he m ay take the city into around the idea. Then they con­ ved w ithout replum bing because suit over the m atter. tacted the C ham ber of Com merce of the gravity flow, and Bud Pis­ for th e ir approvel and help Then, arek. whose house couldn’t be HAVE OPEN HOUSE others, such as Bob Phillips and served at all. The city followed An “open house’’ for the new Ben Phetteplace, to m ention two. In a mess th a t has the whole th e engineers recom m endations district clerk ’s office was cele­ w ent out to contact the m erchants com m unity buzzing, Jessie Davis th a t th e protests be disallowed. brated by the elem entary teachers ’ of the city. Hagen and Bullock was form erly charged w ith slan­ In area 4, C. A. Page protested and clerks w ith Supt. of Schools and several other» attem pted to j d er Tuesday afternoon by Police against the assessm ent against the D. D. W illiams as guest. Cookies sell the idea to those north of Cheif Bud Cross. scout building, but Brim m had re- w ere baked, and the office was Brookings who would also profit Davis, who h asn 't been arrested I quested the com m unity to help presented w ith two plants. by the sign. i T hree people cam e up w ith tie as yet, h ad han d b ills printed and pay the sew er costs on th e build­ By these means, eventually | ( scores In the w eekly Gold A rrow circulated in Brookings S atu rd ay ing enough money was raised to put Football contest. Eillen Lewis, one rught and Sunday. The handbills, PIPE DREAMS . . . No protests w ere allowed in up the sign—and th ere it will Two new operators recently of the three, was a little sh arp er recording to the com plaint w ere area 7 either by the council act­ stay for three years at least— took over m anagem ent of the w hen it cam e to predictions “false and slanderous,” and at- ing under recom m endations from w elcom ing all to visit th e Oregon N orth Brookings Richfield station. though. Eilleen picked the Oregon ! tem pted to “injure, defam e, or the planning commission. Coast. Bill M cGrew from Gold Beach - W ashington game as a tie, but maliciously annoy” Chief Cross The planning commission refer- We think the idea was a fine and Bob Wilson of F orest Grove, lost out on the M innesota - Iowa • and his family. ed back Joe Jacobs zoning change : one, and w e’re only too happy to will be p artn e rs in the operation. gam e and the H umbolt • Nevada The handbills, titled, “The to the council for «'’tu n . Conn- I salute all those who had part in M cGrew who has been a S tan ­ tussle. Roger Thompson, last week t-u th about vice and crim e in cil agreed to advertise a notice of selling the idea, and in co n trib u t­ dard station consignee for th ree w inner, also cam e un w ith top Brookings in C urry county an I in hearing on the re-zoning. The ing to it. A nother exam ple of how re a rs in Gold Beach w orked for predictions this week again The the state of Oregon,*’ also con city grouo accepted the resigna­ com m unity cooperation works will R taandard five years prior to that th ird m em ber of the E xperts cir- tained the nam es of Byron LeRoy tion of Percy Hanks from the be seen by thousands of people He was in business for him self k !e was Red Ross. The two la tte r Brimm, Mayor; Sam uel Hall, as planning board, and appointed d uring the next th ree years. faur years before w orking for J w inners stum bled on the Oregon - D istrict A ttorney (he has since Forest Hvsom to the board. Itev. H cnrv O ster <> >e an - ••• - S tandard. M cG rew ’s family are W ashington tie gam e and Roger left that office), Roy Brown as ’ is wife. Dolores, two boys who picked Indiana over Ohio State, the (recording court), Wesley re<1 to ask when th<> city would By I oc Murphy a-e in school and a dau g h ter not w hile Red stru n g along w .th good Smith, as under sheriff; and Wil­ be able to h i- k the p>f»ne’’t'es <>n old Wisconsin over N o rth w e ste n liam G. Thompson as Post M aster. th<• new sew er line to the trunk. vet school age. T here was quite a delegation The handbills w ere circulated He• said th at in a few w eeks the Wilson w orked for S tandard sta ­ All th ree w inners are asked to re­ from Brookings at Palto Alto to ' r h wo’dd he usabl e. and a-k- tions for five years after he got port out to the H iw av M arket by slipping them under the doors see Oregon S tate knock over fav­ The population of Brookings in­ cut of the N a w and had been and fight over the w inning prizes. of business places, including the