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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1956)
U OF W LIBRARY* HJGE îîe o R£ Sew er Settlem ent BULLETIN Lawyers for the respective par ties having an in te n se in the litigation relative to the “Old Rrookings Sew er S ystem ” spent all day Tuesday and part of W ednesday negotiating in an effort to reach a settlem ent w hich w ill work to the benefit of all concerned. John 11. Ruttler of Portland is representing Elmer Bankus. Sam lla ll is representing Robert O. Dimmick and the property ow n ers, W W. Baldaree is represent ing the City of Brookings. Hall consulted w ith Dim m ick several tim es throughout the negotiations as did Ruttler w ith Bankus. W ednesday the law yers stated they have about reached a solu tion which they can present to their respective clients but they Jesse Davis was bound over to did not reveal the details of the proposed com prom ise, saying that the G rand Ju ry last T hursday, their clients must first approve and taken to the Coos C urry jail in Coquille to aw ait the G rand the same. flarbor filo! Nowher ? a F’ner Ciimat ? — where a Finer Community V o lu m e X !, N u m ber 4 3 T h ursd ay, D e c e m b er 13, 1956 itisn and Woman of Year >n Area to be Picked Davis Case To Grand Jury Council Acts On Disposal Site, City Licenses The city council by a vote of four to one w ent on record favoring a flat rate of $25 00 be charged every businessm an for right to carry on business w ithin the city lim its for the year 1957. Considerable discussion t o o k place before the council could bring the m a tte r to a vote. Coun cilm an elect Ben Phetteplace and Percy H anks w ere present and gave their thoughts on the m atter also. Both councilm en M anley and Y elton w ere not in favor of the system, but then M anley agreed to vote w ith the others to set the ordinance into effect. In w hat m any m ight term a surprise move the council agreed to negotiate for the purchase of 3 acres of land from Russell Jenkins This land would be used for a disposal sight for the city sewer. P reviously the city fathers had been negotiating w ith Elm er Bankus for a sight. It w as agreed th a t Mr. Jenk in s would lease the land to the city for a period of six m onths w ith the option to purchase the sight. The estim ated cost would be in the neighborhood of $15,000. E arlier the petition of J. T. Jacobs to rezone his residential property to com m ercial use was tu rn ed dow n by the governing body. They acted on the recom m endations of the city planning commission. It was reported th a t 5 trash cans have been ordered by the city and would be placed around tow n soon. Parking m eters for the north end of tow'n w ere discussed. Some councilm en felt th at the little revenue gained would not w ar ra n t the expense of setting up the m eters. When it was learned that th e city had a few ex tra m eters the council ordered them placed along the street p arralell t o Youngs V ariety, Brookings Feed and Seed and up to F ranks P h a r macy. The idea of putting sacks over the exsisting m eters during the Christm as season was vetoed. The council accepted the resig nation of H. G. Nelson as munci- pal judge. A letter from the Coos-Curry Coop inform ed the city th a t the increased load of pow er w ould re q u ire another feeder line This line could best be brought into the existing system by using the old county road area. They asked the city for perm ission to grade the road and m ake necessary a r rangem ents. T his was agreed upon after it was learned th a t the Coop would stand the exxpense. In the light of all the publicity the State of S hasta had been re ceiving the m ayor and several m em bers of th e council thought it best to w rite the S tate H ighway Commission com m ending them on the fine w ork they have been doing. Various reports in regards to th e present sewer assessm ents had been studied and bills paid before the council agreed to re cess until the 18th. S h a g g y H ea d S tory; B arbers T o V a c a tio n The local b arbers rep o rt that th ere are only seven m ore hair cutting days left in 1956 The four Brookings shops are closing the four regular w ork days betw een C hristm as and New Y ear’s, and thus have a ten day vacation. D ur ing this tim e one barb er w ill do some rem odeling on his shop, and the other th ree will probably visit relatives elsew here. For the third year the Brook- ings-Harbor C ham ber of Com merce will pick the “ Man and W oman” of the y ear from the B rook i n gs-H a rbor area. Jury’ disposition of the c a s e . D eputy Sheriff Wesley S m i t h took Davis to Coquille. He was arrested in Brookings last W ednesday, and appeared be fore Justice of Peace H ans Nel son. He was charged w ith slander, afte r he reportedly caused a sheet to be printed, charging city officials and other of serious crim es. Davis was also charged w ith having a concealed weapon, w hen Police Chief Bud Cross found a loaded pistol in the tru n k of his car upon investigation. As in the past announcem ents of the selections will be m ade at the annual C ham ber of Com merce dinner in Ja n u ary . The selections are m ade by a com mittee, serving under t h e C ham ber of Commerce, directed this year by Don Vaughan. , . . .. , I he first w in n e rs of the aw ard w ere M ayor For O reg o n P la to o n A pplications are now being ac cepted for the 8th Oregon B eaver Platoon, U.S M arine Corps, ac cording to w ord received from Sgt. C harles Lawson, U.S.M.C. Post O ffice to be Open Sat. P. M . P ostm aster W illiam Thompson expressed his thanks today for your cooperation so far on his an- nual “ Mail Early for C h ristm as” cam jaign. He said, “ I know the tim e has passed to talk about m ail ing early.” To the inevitable last m inute m ailers he suggests th a t you use Air Mail for every C h rist m as card or gift going out-of-town and don’t fail to get them into the m ail right now! Even a few hours delay at this critical tim e m ay m ean disappointm ent for friends or loved ones on C h rist mas Day Queen Wins C arla Hentze, the form er C arla Whitlock of Brookings, and a fo r mer Azalea Festival Queen prov- I she knows som ething about football. In a recent A uburn. W ashington m erchants football contest Mrs. Hentze won an all expense paid trip for her and her husbandt j ohrit to the East West Bob D im m ick, and s h r in e gam e t() , )e p ,ayed gan L ib n an Dolly B rainard. Last year Francisco Saturday, December 29. C harles G reyshel and Bertha _ , W herreyy w ere the w inners. C arla n" ed ollt unother A“ ’ burn contestant in a very thrill- T he aw ard is based solely upon ¡ng race. Both contestants record- nom inations to the com m ittee ed an exceptional 15-1 record, from the public, so th a t it is very each missing only L ousianna’s im portant th a t nom inations are 7-6 upset of Tulane. The judges sent to Don Vaughan, »; Brook had to rely on the q u arte r scores. ings C ham ber of Commerce, or No sooner had the Hentz.es heard given to him personally. of their winngs than plans w ere The nom inations should b e afoot for m aking the trip. One plainly w ritten, sent by either grandchild will vi it w ith Mrs. individuals or a group, simply H entze’s parents in Brookings and telling w hy you think th at person , ° lh e r w ith hubby, J o h n s , deserves the honor of being "M an Pa re n fs hi Jun ctio n City, Oregon or W om an” of the year- A p p lic a tio n s D u e In The platoon will be about 75 men, all from Oregon. T hey will be enlisted on Ja n u a ry 17, and will d ep art for San Diego im m edi ately. A pplications interested are asked to contact S )gt. Larson, room 424 H all building, Coos Bay. Former Azalea The deadline for entries is Ja n u ary 5th, S atu rd ay , and the selection will be m ade as soon as possible after th a t for announce m ent at the annual meeting. Public service, c o m m u n i t y ALVIN RITCHEY, Brookings G overnm ent Hunter, displays two cougars lh at he trapped on the S v P ayne range In Northern Prärie. work, and m any other things are The cougars w ere young ones, an I looked slightly on the scraw ny taken into consideration by the selection com mittee, side. PIPE DREAMS . . . VV SiCfcSSÈON FIRE FANNED « The fire stirred up in 1941 talk abou a !9th state, h asn ’t died. The flam es w ere fanned in Mr. Shasta last w’eek, and local p er sons w ere quick to throw S outh ern C u rry ’s collective h at in the S hasta ring. It all started last Thursday, w hen b anner headlines in the San Francisco C hronicle proclaim ed “New Secession Move in S tate”. The story told of how a group of disgruntled businessm en from Cal .fornia, with eight n o rth ern Cali fornia counties being asked to join. The new state was to be called “ S h asta”, and all w ere asked to pledge them selves against a com mon enem y, w ater hungry S outh ern C alifornia, and legislation- happy Sacrem ento. It d id n ’t take long before Brook inps enthusiasts, led by Les Dim doned because of tl. ‘ desire to mick, and other "P atrio ts” who face the common eii iny with a said. h ab itate the 9 a.m. coffee cafes, solid front, proponen leaped to throw Southern C urry It was reported th .'t a “j z »vi into the Shasta fold. Dimmick and sional flag” was put together in others dispatched a lengthy tele D unsm uir, by a modi* i day Betsy gram to P at H anratty, “provision Ross, Mrs. Chapm an .Ventworth. al secretary of the S tate of S has The flag showed a picture of ta ”- snow capped Mount Shasta in a The telegram told of the b eau blue circle. It was not known ties of this area, and how it is the w hether the S outhern C u r r y n atu ral gatew ay to Oregon, but backers would hold out for a lily that highw av departm ent "w’ould on the flag. keep us yoked and »hackled and Pictures of the local “rebels" th at gatew ay closed". were taken Monday, and whipped The w’ir * went on to say “We to P ortland and San Francisco rise to proclaim our freedom from papers. The group was snapped such intolerance and stand ready waving banners w ith such apt w’ith you in form ing the g reat j slogans as “We w ant a highway S tate of S h asta”. not a cork screw ”, It H asta Be Back in 1941 C urry county and S h asta”, ” 101 Death T ra p ”, Shasta several California counties had Convention—Cow P alace—G a t e- discussed the form ing a new state way to P ortland closed by Hwy of Jefferson The idea w as aban 1 Dept.” The flood of outgoing C h rist mas cards and gifts is m atched by a like to rre n t of incoming mail th a t is becoming g reater every day. The postm aster expects the C hristm as mail load to hit its peak in the next few' days, and th a t it undoubtedly w ill break last y ear's records. To take care of the last m inute rush, the Post Office will rem ain open from 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p. in., on S aturdays. Stepped up d e livery. The P ostm aster said th ere is still tim e for local deliveries, P o lio V a c c in e but all C hristm as cards should be sent by First-Class mail, and be N o w A v a ila b le sure to include your retu rn a d dress on all C hristm as card envel Polio vaccine is now available opes and package labels. here, according to Dr. P aul Ron niger, and will be m ade available A C hristm as bonus of ap p ro x i at the school for all youngsters m ately $57,000.00 will be d istri on Ja n u ary 11th, w hen im m uni zation shots will be made. Coos-Curry Ccop to Give Paid Bill To Members as a Christmas Gift Annual Christmas Concert Will Be Held Thurs. Eve. Less than 100 youngster re ceived th eir shots on th e last round, Ronniger said. He reported th at President Eisenhower asked th a t everybody under 50 receive The m usic dep artm en t of th e th e ir pono shots. Brookings H arbor high school will present its annual C hristm as con- cert T hursday evening, D ecem ber 20 at the high school auditorium at 8:00 p.m. u nder the direction of C. M. Dial. The ju n io r and senior bands, high school girl’s chorus and high A new beauty shop o p erato r is school m ixed chorus will present now opening a shop in Brookings. music of th C hristm as season. She is Susie Duval, who is open T h ” high school dram atics d e p a rt ing the Town House of Beauty in m ent will assist in a section of the Brookings, in the spot form erly program occupied by N orm a’s Beauty Sal The r iblic i i n ’ted to atten d on. this concert. T h ere will be no ad- Miss D uval spent the past year mission charge for this concert— and a half in Coos Bay, and p re r is our gift to the com m unity. vious to th a t she lived in New York City. She plans on having R E T l R NS FROM O X k k llW .E h er shop open on M onday, her Don Bingman retu rn ed th is G rand O pening date. She won a week from O akridge w here he .h aird ressin g trophy, for 1956. in helped construct a 1600 square Seattle, at the Pacific N orthw est conference. foot house and skating rink. Beauty Shop Opens Monday Dr. Brown Moves Into New Offices Dr. David Brow n’s new office in the Campbell building are now officially opened. The rooms have all been decorated, partitioned, and equipm ent moved in. Dr. Brown will have office hours of 9 a.m. to 12n, and 2 p.m. to 5 p m. daily, including S atu r day. His office phone is 5111, and house phone 4501. Ronnie Rag land R N will be assisting Dr. Brown, as will his wife, Violet, who is also an R.N. The W e a th er Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. Dec. 8 Dec. 9 Dec. 10 Dec. 11 - Max. 43 46 42 53 54 51 52 Min. 34 32 . 32 38 37 45 49 Proc . 0.21 0.48 T 0.00 0 00 . 3 53 4 11 buted to the m em bers of the Coos- C urry Electric on D ecem ber 13 announced Bruce Shavere, man ager today. The Bonus, ' u . . c ta , will take the form of paid pow er bills startin g on Decem ber 13 for one month The paid jxiwcr bills will only be for the c u rren t m onths pow er use. All rate schedules w ill come u nder the bonus excepting Irrig a tion and large pow ers accounts which are supplied pow er at near average costs. Shavers points out th a t this is one of the m any benefits derived fro ma cooperative w hich is ow n ed by those it serves. Coos C u rry Electric Cooperative serves n early 5500 consum er-m em bers in Coos and C urry counties Expansion of the area, due to pop ulation and in d u stry grow th, has played an im p o rtan t p art in the rapid grow th of the C ooperatives system. E xpansion plans call for a nearly tw o million dollar expen d itu re in 1957. P art of th is ex p an sion includes enlarg em en t and new construction of substations and transm ission of pow er to Brookings over new lines. <8k By Joe M urphy 4 We have been having a lot of fun this week, joining up w ith the “S tate of Shasta". Everybody is getting a big bang out of it, ex cept for a few loyalists who feel th at we may m ake the state high way d ep artm en t mad at us. • • * F ran k ly afte r driving to Gold Beach several tim e a m onth— I don’t care if th ey ’re mad at us or not— because I’m mad at them . 366 curves in 37 miles— Ridicu lous! • * * People looked at us ra th e r pecu liarly Monday when we had our picture taken, banners w aving, proclaim ing “ It Hasta Be S h asta”, and "Join the 49th S tate". Wc missed the most obvious sign of all though. We should have m ade up one which said in big le tte r— “ Secede from Oregon and get out of this darn rain". ♦ ♦ • Many people have been a fte r me to run for S en ato r from S has ta but there seems to be t<x> m any com plications. F irst I’ll have to sw itch my party, and then I’ll have to defend the sq u irrels of the country. Anyw’ay, perhaps it would be b etter to sta rt at th e bottom an I w ork my way up— say at G overnor. • * • To the m any people th a t have asked. It is still advisable to pay the Oregon state tax this y ear at least. • • ♦ O th er things on our mind. It w as n ’t the burglars th a t should have w ent to school (re: last w eek's front page sto ry ), but the people th a t m ake up the headlines in th e pilot and spelled b u rg lar as follows BURGLER in a large headline. • • • We see Bill B alderre, the city attorney, driving a slick low Jau- gar. He tells us th at com ing over from G ran ts Pass he hit a little puddle w hich innundated his ve hicle. • • • The Pilot got a C hristm as card from Helen and Col. Lee Rice, w ho are now living in D enver Helen said she enjoyed reading about the big salmon caught w hen she w asn’t here.
