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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1956)
w ^ library * - PILOT EARLY 0R E This issue of the Pilot is be- iiiR published on M onday, Decem Nowhere a Finer Climate - ber 24th. It serves as the A nnual Holiday Edition and takes th e place of tlte re c u la r T hursday is sue. ordinarily scheduled for Dec. 1 27th. Nowhere a Finer Community V o lu m e 11; N u m b e r 45 M o n d a y. D ecem ber 24. 195fi Fam ily Car in Plonge from Bridge A car hurtling through the air ended the C hristm as season for the Stutuesm an family of Ho quiam. W ashington The Stutes- m an family car, a 1940 Chevrolet, being driven by Mrs. Stutuesm an. failed to negotiate the sharp and dangerous W inchuck bridge on highw ay 101 early S aturday m orn ing and plunged through the a ir landing 50 feet below on the bank. The children craw led from the car and w ent to the O ldenberg residence nearby, aw aking Mr. Oldenberg, who called State Pa trolm an Dave M acDonald. Mac Donald, w ith the assistance of some passing loggers, managed to get Mrs. S tutuesm an and her hus band out of the wreck. She was pinned in by the car, and the children thought she was dead. Injured was Jo h n Stutuesm an, Jr. 33, his wife, Vivian Mae, 33, William 13, Connie 9. Robert, 7, and Jan ice 6. They w ere on their way south to ’ayw ard. California for the holidays. They w ere south bound, when Mrs. S tutuesm an hit the frosty bridge, w here she skidded and lost control of the car. The vehic’ clobbered the %ide and went through the railing at a spot . here it had already been broken. The car lit on the bank 50 feet below, com pletely upside down. MacDonald took th ree of the stand-up patients to the Crescent City Seaside hospital, and Dr. David Brown drove the other three stretch er cases in his sta tion wagon. The accident happen ed at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday. Merry Christmas We at the P ilo t—and th a t in cludes Bud and Joe, our wives, Nancy and M arianne, G urney Pyne, Neil and Florence Jorgen- s >n, Bob and Peggy Nelson, Bob Harvey. Mrs. K atherine Foster. Mrs. Edith Ackley. Bob Coverdell wish to extend those greeting to each and all our friends in the Brook ings-Harbor area. And, kind reader, if you will but glance into this issue of the P ilot—a special C hristm as edition —you will notice th a t the local business and professional people also have the same idea. They, too,' w ant to extend to everyone a very w arm and personal C hrist Mrs. P. E. Robison, Brookings, mas greetings, each in th eir own won the grand aw ard on the pro way. motion put on by the Brookings At this tim e of the year all of Businessmen’s Association. Mrs. us tend to forget the trifling dif Robison, who has a large family, ferences of opinion th a t seem so w on a trip to D isneylapd. im portant d uring other times. We Report w ere th a t she may de all are Christians, and we all cide to take the cash, instead of share one thing—a common in te r the trip, w hich would am ount to est in a serene and holy Christ- about $200. The aw ard would be I mas season. presented to her Monday. We are certain th at we a re n ’t A1 Phillips, who operated the the first to wish everyone a M er loudspeaker, said th at four num ry Christm as— but we are sure bers w ere draw n before Mrs. Robi th at no greeting will be anym ore son's num ber was picked. sincere than ours. A huge crowd was in attend-, ance, along w ith S anta Claus who w ith his helpers gave away about 300 boxes of candy to the kids S aturday night. Bob Ism ert. county com m ission er reported th at during a recent bad storm some places on the new pavem ent up the North Bank Chetco Road w ere washed out. The county road crew put up b ar ricades and flares to w arn people Several people w ere hurt Satur- of the dangerous places. Ism ert said th a t a few nights lay night w hen a car driven by I'a'rol Linton and a state highway later someone took the flares. ruck collided on highw ay 101 Then the county crew p ut up signs which said “ Men W orking’’, ust north of Brookings. H urt most seriously was Alice which w ere th e only available "’hillips, daughter of John P hil signs to replace the flares. These ips, who received a broken leg, signs w ere also taken. The signs are no value to any ind face lacerations. She was aken to the hospital by Val Men- one but the County Road Dept., ienhall Mr. Linton and two child Ism ert said, and asked th a t the ren in the back seat w ere shaken person or persons responsible to please retu rn them to the place jp , but w eren’t hurt. The car w as hauled aw ay by they w ere taken from. Ism ert said M urry Motors and called a total th a t the sam e signs and flares wreck. The accident happened at may save the life of some of your loved ones. about 6 p.m. A w onderful spirit is in the air, ip and down Chetco Ave. People ire smiling, and shaking hands ind buying gifts to give to their am ily and friends. As we walk ilong the street we hear over and >ver those friendly words •'Merry Christmas”, and we never get ired of either hearing it, or say- ng it to other people. «*• •* W • / 3^* A ; I ? 4 < a V F A.L Ax RHf t .< & : > Mrs. E, P. Pobison Wins Grand PrizQ Flares Stolen Sirl's Leg Broken In Car Accident o u r m any friends b o th old and new , w e w is h the jo y s o f the season in fu lle s t measure. M a y y o u r h o lid a ys sp a rkle w it h th e m e rrim e n t o f good tim es and good cheer, and g lo w w ith th e radiance o f w a rm frie n d sh ip s, fa m ily and home. Twelve Days of Christmas On the first day of C hristm as the PILOT sends to you S ketch book and Pipe Dreams. On the second day of C hristm as the PILO T sends to you Sketch- book, Pipe Dream s and local news. Good health and prosperity and a great big helping of happiness is what we wish for you in 1957. On th e th ird day of Christm as the PILO T sends to you Sketch book. Pipe D ream s .Local news, and Editorials. On the fourth day of C hristm as the PILO T sends to you Sketch- look. Pipe D ream s , I vocal news, Editorials and B argain S ale Items. On the fifth day of C hristm as the P II /J T sends to you Sketch book, Pipe D ream s .Local news, Editorials, B argain Sale Item s and Council Stories. On the sixth day of C hristm as the PILO T sends to you Sketch- book. Pipe Dreams .Local news, E ditorials, Bargain Sale Item s Council Stories arid H arbor Item s. On the seventh day of Christm as th e PIIZ>T sends to you Sketch- book, Pipe Dream s ,Local news, Editorials, B argain Sale Item s Council’s Stories, H arbor Items, and Hello World On the eighth day of Christm as the PlTvOT sends to you S ketch book, Pipe D ream s .Local news, Editorials, B argain Sale Item s Council’? Stories, H arbor Item s, Hello World an d W eather Report. On the n in th day of C hristm as th e PILOT send to you Sketch- book, Pipe D ream s ,Local news, Editorials, B argain Sale Item s Council’s Stories, H arb o r Item s, Hello World, W eather R eport and For W hat It's Worth. On th e ten th day of C hristm as the PILO T sends to you Sketch- book, Pipe D ream s .Local news. E ditorials, B argain Sale Item s Council’s Stories, H arbor Items, Hello World, W eather Report, For W hat I t’s W orth and Class Ads. On th e eleventh day of C h rist m as the PILO T sends to you Sketchbook, Pipe Dreams, Local News, Editorials, B argain Sale Item s, Council Stories, H arbor Item s, Hello World, W eather Re port, F or W hat I t’s Worth, Class Ads and Comic Strips. On the tw elfth day of Christm as th e PILO T ends to you S ketch book, Pipe Dreams .Local news, Editorials, Bargain Sale Item s C ouncil’s Stories, H arbor Items, Hello World, W eather Report, For W hat It’s Worth, Comic Strips and P icture
