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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1956)
b or Vî i G ’ íN E LIBRARY* OR j Nowhere a Finer Climate — Nowhere a Finer Community V o lu m e XI, N u m b er 41 Harbor Fire District To Hold Election THE WEATHER W ith most of the country freez ing and getting snowed in. Brook ings onjoys some of its finest w ea ther. The tem p eratu res have re m ained constant near the 60’s as m axim um and never below 35 for the m inimum. The la tte r low is usually during the night. No traces of percipitation have been reported by th e w eather bureau. Wm. Clark Takes Final Winning The annual election of the H ar bor Rural Fire Protection D istrict w ill be held at the G range hall, Monday, December 3, from 2 to 8 p.m. One director is to be elected for the term of five years to fill th e vacancy caused by the ex p ira tion of the term of Clyde Bray- nard, the present president of the Wed. board of directors It is reported th a t Lyle Sm ith and Robert Live ly have filed to run for the posi tion. The reg u lar monthly m eeting of the Board of directors will be held a t th e G range hall on Wed nesday evening, December 5 P articip atio n in th e final foot ball contest, sponsored by the Gold A rrow m erchants reached an all tim e high during th e final Week, and caused some conster nation in th e ranks of the judges. One man, William Clark, was Min. ber Max. Prec. first w ith only tw o losses, lie 21 . 0 00 p ick ed th e M innesota-W isconsin 62 40 22 ... 63 39 0.00 tic, b u t missed on the P ittsburg- 23 . 0.00 l ’en n S ta te tie, ar-d th e C alifo rn ia- 66 42 24 0.00 Stanford game. 63 40 25 55 0.00 36 Eleven o th ers had only th ree 26 . 54 36 0.00 losers—most of them on the two 27 42 35 0.00 tie games, w ith a lot falling down on the Cal upset over Stanford. Because of th e v ariety in the prizes the judges had to have a draw ing am ong the eleven second place w inners to see who gets w hat and where. A fter not holding a m eeting on I C lark gets a $15 grocery order N ovem ber 21 due to it being the at Hi-way Mkt. for his top selec night before Thanksgiving, the tion. Second is Sam m y Coy, Box VFW Post and its A uxiliary will 397, who should pick up a $14 95 hold a business m eeting the first Lady Rough Rider skirt at She- W ednesday evening in December, hans Clothing. Next, Ann Dawson th e 5th. T here will be an ex wins a $10 gift certificate at H ar change of Secret Pal C hristm as olds Jew erly. N ext, Paul Williams gifts a t this m eeting as the second gets a pair of N atu ralizer shoes m eeting night of the month, Dec at Goulds Shoe store. T auni Sam em ber 19, will be the C hristm as uel, Box 1087 won a $10 gift certi p arty in w hich all the VFW and ficate at Brookings H ardw are-Par A uxiliary m em bers and their store. P aul Eide wins a $5.00 gift c e rt fam ilies will tak e part. T he C hristm as cards sold each ificate at Eva Lee's Dress shop y ea r by the VFW A uxiliary mem for L orraine. C aroline Putm an bers a re a t the House of Shoes w ins a $5 C arter Baby w ear at w here Mrs. A m ber Campbell is Tots to Teens. Mrs. Lola Nichols in charge of them . The money wins a free p o rtra it sittin g a t raised from th e sale of these Brookings Studio Ann Nelson wins cards goes into the Relief Fund a free passenger car lube at Rich of the A uxiliary, w ith most of it monds Shell station. Bob Dim- going to the Cam p W hite Domi- mick wins a free suit cleaned at cilary and th e Roseburv V eterans C hristensens Cleaners The other tw o second place win hospital to be used for th e vete- ners, Josephine Owens and Ken- rans who are patients there. rteth Henderickson will have to Mr. and Mrs. H enry Beaulieu ta k e pot luck at H ighw ay, w here re tu rn e d S atu rd ay from spending the Gold A rrow man said several T hanksgiving w ith their daught- prizes still are left. All of th e w in er and family, Mr and Mrs. Jack ners are to pick up th e prizes a t M iller at Corvallis. th e m erchants listed. VFW and Auxiliary New Type Giving Scheduled Here A new type of C hristm as giv ing is in store for the people of th e Brookings-Harbor area. Spon sored jointly by the Brookings school, and the Brookings-H arbor Lions club the plan is give Christ- m as presents to th e patients in t h e , m ental hospital and in stitu tions throughout the state. The Lions club have agreed to take care of the w rapping and mailing, w hile the school will serve as a collection center. All those interested are asked to bring gifts to the A dm instra- tion building of the school. More than 6,800 of Oregon people are shut in this Y uletide season a t th e three state havwiis for mental, ly ill and the retarded. The Oregon M ental H ealth As sociation is sponsoring the event on a state wide level. G ifts de sired are: clothing, to ilet articles, cigaretts, crochet m aterial, purses etc. PIPE DREAMS . . Plan Activities T h u rsd a y , N o v e m b e r 2 9 , 1956 Three Persons Miss Injury In Forced Landing of Piane A serious accident was narrow ly missed Tuesday, when a plane, flown by Ju n io r Hanscam, in an em ergency effort to get a patient to P ortland, had to crash land on a prairie about three miles up The G irl and Bov Scouts will The annual dinner and bazaar be presented by th e Brookings- tiie W inchuek river. Passengers in the plane were of the W omen's Association of the ' arb o r PTA at the next m eeting Dr. David Brown, and his patient Brookings P resbyterian church to be held on D ecem ber 6. Everett Jaggers, who suffered a A c c o r d i n g to Mrs. Mabie skull fra ctu re in an earlier acci w ill have “The Country S to re” as Thompson and Mrs. Bobbie Upp. dent. its them* this year. The event th e children have been working w ill be held at th e G range hall According to Hanscam the like little beavers to bring the on Saturday, December 1. Tin- plane dam age was severe, but it b azaar will begin a t 2 p in. last, public a d elig h tfu L an d entertain- could be repaired. He said that ing program . T he girls chorus ing til 9 p. m. w ith the dinner it was covered by insurance. None scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. will sing carols, and perform a of the occupants were injured hum ourous skit and also scouting and lasting til 8 p.m seriously, although Pilot H ans ■ ■ ¡1! , Many of th e booths th a t will The Brownies are all ready to cam suffered several scratches on serve as an added attractio n are: bring to th e group th e Brownie his face. A rts and C rafts, Aprons, Bloom Store. Not to be outdone by the Hanscam said th at he cheeked ing Azaleas, Bakery, Candy,C oun girls, th e boys are still keeping by auto up the Winchuek river try Store, Fish Pond, Needlework, th eir plans a secret. twice before taking the plane up, and W hite E lephant. Now all of th e p are n ts may not to see if it was clear. However, As one of the program ch air wish to sit and listen to speakers in the 45 m inutes it took to load men said, “T here will be lots of but who can resist children who Jaggers in the plane and tak e off th e fog rolled in. Hanscam flew C hristm as gifts for everyone”. try so h ard to please? trying to escape th e fog, and was in the clear when he decided to p u t it down on the pasture rath e r than fight through the fog He said th a t the plane w asn't flying any faster than about 50 miles per hour when it hit, stop A ttention lovers of mystery! A blett and Robert A blett is p lay ping alm ost imm ediately Except F riday evening a t 8 p.m. th e Sen ed by David Gates, Angela M ar for it being an em ergency flight, ior class of Brookings-H arbor high bury is played by Phylliss Cole, Hanscam said th at he w ouldn’t school will present an action pac Mrs. John M arbury by JoA nne have taken th e plane off th e ked th ree act m ystery, w ritten by R enhard, M athew Cayley is play- ground A. A Milne. Jag g ers suffered a skull frac- ed by L arry H annon, B etty Cal T he setting is in a country m an ladine by B arbara G uthrie, Mrs. tu re a t th e Oregon W ashington sion, in the 20th century. The plot John C alladine by Sharon McDon Veneer mill at 9 a m. Tuesday, centers an ancient legend of the ald, M ayor Durnbold by Jack when he w as hit by a board on country house. It seems th a t be Ray, Bill Beverly by C harles Hoff th e side of th e head. It knocked fore the d eath of th e m aster of man, Ruth Norris by Ja n et Glass, him out, and he was bleeding the house a ghost appears and A nthony G illingham by Doug from th e ear. He had had a metal w arns him he will die. Hames, Audrey S tephens by Carol plate in his head from a service The resu lts of the appearance Rausch, Elsie Wood by D ianne injury. of the ghost and the d isap p ear Simmons, Mrs. Stephens by Joan His doctor, Dr. Brown, decided ance of th e m aster add up to a Kanick, Inspector Birch by Phil th a t he should be taken to a brain spine-tingling evening of en tertain K essler and Joe T u rn er by D ave surgeon in Portland, and enlisted merit. the aid of Hanscam. Moore. T he cast is as follows: Mark Follow ing th e plane accident, Hanscam w alked back to the road and got help to get Jaggers out. He was then taken to Crescent S erigraphy, or the a rt of s lk acheive City and flown up to Portland Wood, many of you reader" will from there. screen printing, will be the th en * ' of Clyde Wood'* one man exhibit rem em ber, w rote several articles The plane was a Tri Pacer, fit the Pelican Bay Art Associa on, “Art in Every Day Life’’ for bought ju st a few months ago, tions studio, F ern and Hemlock th e Pilot. Wood is an a rtis t’s art and kept in th e hanger at Crissie streets. The exhibit will hang ist. T hat is, he is constantly S tate Line field The plane start- from S atu rd ay , D ecem ber 1st searching for new way* to express cd from the field at about noon himself, not at all interested in Tuesday. th ru Monday, December 3rd. Mr. Wood, a Los Angeles artist, falling into sterile “ picture m ak i" considered one of the leading ing”, His pioneering in expressive silk screen a rtis ts on the west form gives inspiration to many of coast. His work tends tow ards the his fellow arti*t who go on from ab stract \*ein. Many of hi* prints Wod's intitial statem en ts and find show the experiem ental tndancies expression along o th er forms. of th e artist tow ards his media. G allery viewers will enjov the V arious types of inks and paints fresh new approach to art when a re u"ed to achieve brilliantly ar they attend this fine "how. The A seco.id credit bureau have an- ranged color effects Several of gallery will be open S aturday, nou .ccd th eir appearance on the the sam e designs are treated in Sunday and Monday from tw o til C urry county scene just two d ifferent color com binations and eight. Many of the works are for weeks after the advent of a first it is in terestin g to see the v aria sale. agency. tions on a them e an artist can Tiie second o rg an zatio n is call- id the C redit Bureau of C urry County, and they are already in Brookings looking for a location. A ccording to a le tte r from Francis W Sm ith, p re sid e d of Bill P reisinger, fo rm erly of the group, th e new business will L adysm ith, Wisconsin has taken be th e 26th m em ber of tiie C redit over operation of th e Cliff House, Breaus System , and it will be a effective Saturday, local corporation, set “up to parti- P reisinger operated a Super cularly handle th e credit needs of m arket in Wisconsin and w as a C urry co u n ty ”,, and will be staff Coach Cal Pace will see his U niversity of Wisconsin g rad u ate ed, as fa r as possible w ith local cagers under fire for th e first tim e S atu rd ay night, as they He has spent th e last few years people. It will supply all th e same ser- travel to Eureka, to play th a t in California, in San Diego and -arge school. The first home game I/»ng Beach before coming to , vices as are supplied by the o th er 25 offices, including Credit Guides will be here nex t Tuesday night, Brookings. Preisinger’s brother, Ernie, also reporting, protection and collec when Del N orte high school will visit here w ith th e Jay v ee game of L adysm ith, is expected to join tions. T hey reported that the col beginning at 7 p.m. and the v a r him in the operation of th e club lection files on the C urry county afte r the first of the year. are a w ill be tran sferred to th e sity game, at about 8:30. D anny Wagner, form er club new office, giving it an im m ediate The Bruins have a string of ow ner plans on living in Pendle- ability t o k»e of service. letterm en retu rn in g along w ith ton, Oregon w here he ow ns a S m ith said th a t th e ir sources of some new com ers to the com m un drive-in restau ran t inform ation indicated to them ity and should pack a fairly po P reisinger doesn’t plan on any th a t in 1956 C urry county would tent punch. m ajor changes in th e Cliff House pass the point in o v e ra ll business policy a t present, although some R eturning to varsity ball this en tertain m en t is being planned. volum e to w arran t them putting y ear are Je rry Anderson, Stan He will bring dow n a chef from in such an office, and planned the Gribble, Ron Bullock and Marvin i th e Elks club in San Mateo, Cali- office for Jan u ary , but th e ir schedule was moved up Bulloi k. Iton Lane, who played fornia shortly. v arsity at Gold Beach and Bill Mr. and Mrs. Don Redfield and Workinger a transfer from M arsh Miss Joyce W ashburn is one of children of K lam ath Falls and field also look like good bets to th e stu d en ts atten d in g S o u th ern Mi and Mr-. Melvin Raymond of om ing College a t Ashland, w ho sp en t th e San Lorenzo, C alifornia w en here ■1OU1(! \ ve<-k end holiday w ith h er p ar w ith th< ir parents. Mr. and Mrs. ents. A rt Pierce for the holiday. Presbyterians Plan Dinner PTA to Feature Scours Dec. 6th CLASS PLAY DUE new businessmen's group is formed in Brookings Clyde Wood Exhibit at Studio A new businessm en’s group was form ed here last week and plans Now tell me, oh natives of O re are under way to have a big pro gon. When did we ever have such m otion for the Brookings area for a beautiful month of N ovember th e C hristm as season. According as this has been?. W ith only two to an ad, in ano th er part of thi" or three exceptions each day has issue of the Pilot, the group will been bathed in sunshine. Not a aw ard a trip for an ad u lt and drop of rain has fallen th e entire child to Disneyland am ong other m onth of November T hanksgiv prizes totaling about $800. The new group, Called the ing day, old Joe and the four old ' est youngsters sim ply lolled a- Brookings Businessm en’s Associa tion, is headed up by Gordon O l round th e beach. Even Monday I saw tw o young ladies w alking I son, who was elected president at around in front of F ranks P h a r - 1 the organizations initial meeting at th e old city hall F riday night m aty barefooted. * ♦ ♦ O th er officers elected were Jim It's m ighty hard to get into the Yelton, vice president, and Amber C hristm as swing, w ith barefeet : Cam pbell, secretary-treasurer. Ki k-off night is set for Friday p atterin g down Chetco Ave. * * * People m ust be getting th e idea th a t its tough to collect a bill in C urry county, w hat w ith two credit bureaus opening up in two weeks. I suppose the collection agency boys can w ork together. One agency man can take the front door, and the second bureau man can slip around to the back to make sure that their prospec tive client doesn’t get aw ay. 18 Y ear O ld B oys • * • T hat football forecast page was M ust R e g iste r Boys who have reached the age a fine promotion, and people sure had a lot of enthusiam for pro- of 18. must register for Selection nasticating the games. We pro Service w ithin five days of th a t bably had over 100 entries in the date, according to Lt. Col. Charles last w eek—which even included E. Fitch, who was in Brookings a few women that adm itted that W ednesday. Col. Fitch reported th a t boys they knew nothing about football, but w ere just going on the law of can register a t eith er Eva Lee's averages. W hat w ith the upsets, Dress Shop, w ith Mrs. Eva Lee they were probably am ong the Long or w ith Mrs. Ima Elliott at the Telephone office on Chetco w inners. Ave. • * • Bill Preisinger. new operator of the Cliff House is a Wisconsin VISITS PARENTS HERE Mr. and Mrs Jack K em nitzer m an. but he doesn't know how to play sheepshead So it still leaves and children of K lam ath Falls visited w ith Mrs. K em nitzer's Bud a nd I as th ie only sheepshead player ■s in the ? com m unity. Be p aren ts, Mr. and Mrs. Nick B aum tw een not pii aring sheepshead, g artn e r during th e Thanksgiving and th e procast ination of the high holid iy«. Both Mr. and Mrs. K em school faculty on the basketball nitzer are instructors in Physclal £3 me Bud and I have absolutely education at the K lam ath Falls no recreation. W ell be getting Ju n io r high. Mr. K em nitzer is also Dean of Boys at th e school paunchy. By Joe Murphy night, w hen th e first w eekly aw ard will be given. Also most of th e p articip atin g m erchants are giving a $5.00 gift certificate each week to winners. The plans are to give tickets to shoppers, which will e n title them to a chance to win. The Disneyland trip will inclu- de airplane t ’ckets there and back plus a helicopter trip from the irp o rt direct to Disneyland, tic kets into th e am usem ent park, plus a meal allowance. All Brookings stores will be open F riday nights, beginning this week, until Christm as. The names of the p articip atin g stores are on th e advertisem ent. First home basketball test due next Tuesday night N e g o tia tio n s C o m p le te d Negotiations have finally been com pleted for ad d itio n al school property on Easy S tre et and Fern Ave, The school officials announc ed th a t they acquired six and a h alf acres of land from th ree sep arate parties, Mrs Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. McAdams and Mr. and Mrs. H enry Payne. It is hoped th a t th e land acq- u red would eventually be deve loped into the activity area, such as a football field, baseball and softball diamond and track. Mrs. Victor Reynolds thinks th a t she caught th e largest steel- head y et th is year. L ast Wednes day she b rought in a 16 and one- half pounder which was 38 inches in length A to w here sWe caught it. you will have to ask her as these fisherm en and fisherw om en a re a littP careful in telling ju s t w here thev had th eir good luek Second Credit Bureau Opens Cliff House Gets New Operator