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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.
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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
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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 . . .
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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.
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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.