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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1957)
I « OF W LIBRARY4 LGENE QRE T w o jetties Proposed T entativ e plans, presented by U. S. A rm y Engineers who were in Brokings Tuesday and W ednes day, called for the building of two jetties at the m outh of the Chetco. A m ap of the project showed the m ain jetty, on the south side or H arbor side would extend out approxim ately ’ 9(H) teet. T here w ould be an opening of about 260 feet betw een the jetties on the ocean end. The jetties would be construct ed of local rock. Port Commis sioners an d the Engineers w ere quick to point out th at the plans are only tentative, and have not received th e final approval, al though indications w ere th at the project would be as planned. T hree persons w ere in the par- tv visiting Brookings this week, an engineer, Mr. Roberts; a real estate appraiser, Mr. Stanley, and a surveyer. The Chetco River m outh com m ittee had m ade certain com m it m ents to the governm ent in order to obtain the ap propriation of $225,000. These w ere to obtain ac cess easem ents, and to provide, free of charge, a suitable q u arry site for the rock necesarv to build The engineers indicated th a t Port Commissitn. several poten the jetty. The Port commision now has tial sites w ere offered for approv ; the original plans w ere un- pased a resolution at the request al, and were inspected as to vol- : changed in calling for bids. This of the A rm y Engineers, signify , um e and quality of construction is a call for bids in F ebruary, with the bids to be opened in ing the com misions approval of m aterial. In the evening the commission March. the project, and confirm ing the At the m eeting held Monday, met w ith Stanley, an attorney for com m ittm ents m ade previously. Roberts, the engineer from the the Engineers, and listened to an the annual election of oficers was Port Office of the Engineers in explanation of the prelim inary held. Wilson Freem an was elected spected various q u arry sites made steps to be taken locally in order chairm an. K arl Ostenberg, vice- president and Dr. Roy White, sec. available to th e Engineers by the to get the project underw ay. < Nowhere a Finer Climate — V o lu m e XI, N u m ber 4 8 B ro w n ie L ead ers M eet F rid ay All Brow’nie leaders and co leaders are urged to attend the very im portant m eeting F riday night at the home of Mrs. Milt Amlin. The m eeting is scheduled to sta rt at 7:30 p.m. The program for the Brownie troops will be discussed. SKETCH BOOK Scout Building Now Available For Scout Groups The B rookings H arbor Scout Building Com m ittee is pleased to report that the Scout building is now available for any scout group who wishes to use it for their meeting. • The fireplace is finished and in use. We wish to thank the Girl Scouts who paid for the fireplace and also th e Beta Iota C hapter of Beta Sigma Phi who paid for the flu and oth er heat, also Sam G ott who finished the flue and donated his labor. Ben Jones has put in the tem- porary w iring and has donated his labor. A new sign has been paint ed by Jim and Ju n e Kline. Mike Page, Bobby Page and T erry W ar ren w ent up th e riv er and cut a redwood tree to be used as a flagpole. T his will be put u p in a few weeks. «./ „ e*** i • * W ithout the help of the many people who have donated their tim e, labor, m aterial and money, we could not have a Scout build- ing. We th an k each and everyone of you. Building perm its issued in Brookings reflected a leveling off o f the previous high totals, a l though the building was still very high for a city of this size. A total of $602,005 was issued by the city in building perm its during 1956, just about one half of the peak of $1,224,211 hit in 1955. However, although the actual building perm its leveled off th ere w as a great deal m ore other acti- v ity in the city w hich pushed the total w ork done a good deal high- er th an any previous year. The state highw ay added about $250,000 to this total in the w iden ing of highw ay 101 w ithin the city lim its. Also the w ork by the state highw ay on Pioneer and Easy totaled $21,485. T hree sew er construction jobs tallied up as follows; A rea 2, $48,254; Area 4, $43,710; A rea 7, $30,098. a tptal in sew er construc- tion of $ 162,000k Total construction w ork w ithin thecity lim its was; S ew er $162,000 building, $602,005 and highw ay construction, $271,000 for a grand total of $1,033,00. In the building perm its the fol low ing item s w ere noted. T here w ere 27 perm its issed for new’ homes, com pared to over 100 last year, which was the b an n er y ear for home construction. T hree com- m erical buildings w ere construc ted, one church, one school ad d i tion, Masonic building, state park LEGION AUXILIARY addition; 39 additions, im prove HOLDS MEETING m ents and garages, totaling $49,- The regu lar business m eeting of 262.00. the A m erican Legion A uxiliary The city of Brookings started held on M onday, Ja n u ary 7 at building perm its in Ja n u a ry 1952 and have issued a total of $3,259, the D. F. Masset home. 057.00. Thom pson honest any- By Bud Pisarek M ayor Fell C am pbell’s dog gets around these days. Fells duties as Brookings num ber one m an takes him to and about m any places dur ing the course of a day and the faithful dog tags along Fell would like it known th at this does not m ean the city is going to the dogs. Mr. and Mrs. Clive Manley had an opportunity to see the Edward G. Robinson A rt Collection in San Francisco the past week Both w ere very enthusiastic about w hat they saw. In p articu lar the Man ley said they enjoyed the M aurice Utrillos, Van Goghs, and the Reniors. • • • For yQU peopje th at have never vjewe(j an original m asterpiece ,et mc say ala A , Jolaen__“ YOU A IN«T SEEN NOTHIN YET", . , , To Mrs. The saddest looking people these would like days are: M erle Hanscam, G urney popular hit, Pyne, Cliff Brimm. Tom M cKen the T rain a zie, Bill Thompson. M urray P al m er, Don La Bonte and M ildred Byrne. Seems like they all w ere w illing to bet th at OSC had a chance in the Rose Bowl. * * * The high school faculty has fin ally decided to challenge our H ar bor Globe T rotters Basketball team . Sunday, Ja n u a ry 20 is the day. The proceeds for the m atch goes to the M arch of Dimes cam- , paign being sponsored by the Lion's club. T h u rsd ay, Jan u ary 10, 1957 Building is High In Brookings New City Officials In M ayor Fell Cam pbell and the new Brookings council held their first m eeting last W ednesday night. Cam pbell called the special session to appoint the city officers He appointed Bud Cross, Chief of Police; Bernice Huddleston, city recorder and Jim Kirby, m unici pal judge. M ayor Campbell also appointed Lee Hein to fill the unexpired term of office caused by Cam p bell’s own resignattion from the council to serve as mayor. All these officials, as well as Percy Hanks, another councilman- elect w ere sworn in W ednesday night. Cam pbell was sw orn in early W ednesday morning. The council also discussed the city equipm ent, especially the dum p truck, but no action was taken. Ja ck Hagen appeared to ask th a t the speed lim it in North Brookings be lowered to 25, but the council reported th at the lim it is set by the state and the city could do nothing to change it. Nowhere a Finer Community Flynn Sworn In As Commissioner Fred W. Flynn new county com missioner, was sw orn into his of fice last W ednesday at the regu- lar session of the county court. Flynn of Brookings, was elected in N ovem ber to succeed Robert Ism ert of Pistol River, who was defeated in the prim aries. Flynn took office Monday. Re tiring Com missioner Ism ert was com mended for the work he has Doug M cFarlane, I done in his term in the county to dedicate the latest "T hrow Momma from, court by Judge Guy Forsyth. He K iss". served four years. CH AMBER OF COMMERCE talks to Max King, vice president of S outhw est A irw ays Co. in regard to getting route extension from C rescent City to Portland. King asked for the (h a m b ers support in the exten sion petition, At left is C. “Ed" D em psey, and at right i i ( ’art Yahr, president of the Chamber of Commerce. Pomona Grange Holds Meeting The C u rry County Pomona | T he Tom Lillebo Construction of M ilw aukie second low w ith a G range m eeting was held S a tu r Co., Reedsport, Ore. was aw arded bid of $244,738. The other bidders day, Ja n u ary 5 at the O phir the contract for the construction w ent as high as $283,365 IJllebo G range, Ben Jones of the Chetco of bridges across the Chetco River Co. is one of the top bridge build and the Upper Mill creek by the ing firm s in Oregon. G range, m aster. Bureau of Public Roads, accord The bridge across the Chetco A business session was held in the m orning, and reports from the ing to a news story in the Daily i will be a 301 foot pre-stressed concrete bridge. The U pper Mill G ranges w ere given, w ith a Jo u rn al of Commerce. bountiful dinner served at noon. T here was no indication on Creek bridge will be a concrete Mrs. Bee Phipps of O phir when the actual work would stru ctu re 126 feet in length, and G range presented a varied pro- | sta rt w ith the contractor having w ill’include approach spans. Location of the work is approxi gram . The new county agent was an eye on the w eather. However, introduced and gave a talk on 4 H the resident engineer of the bately eight m iles north east of program s. K enneth Thompson, Bureau of Public Roads, has a r Brookings, and it will provide ac chairm an of the County Fair rived in Brookings and has set up cess to federal tim ber in the area. board, who is also on the com m it an office. tee for the state fair asked all d if The contract also calls for the THE WEATHER ferent organizations of the county grading of a section of forest de I*rec. Min Max. to get behind a drive for a New velopm ent road betw een the two Jan. 1 T 48 38 FFA and 4-H building at the state brides. The stretch of road to be Jan. 52 1 M fair. A sum of money m ust be ap- graded is 0.854 miles. Jan. 3 37 55 . nropriated by the legislature, so F. E. Andrews, division engi- j an 4 51 35 the secretaries of the various org 33 57 anizations are asked to w rite to neer of the Bureau of Public j an 5 se n ato r Jess Chapm an, S tate 6 ..... 58 36 .46 50 40 House, Salem, and get a bill on contracting firm s subm itted bids j an 7 .59 34 47 .... the floor or send to any of w ith the Inland Construction Co. Jan. 8 the S enators you wish. Those attending the Pomona G range feel that this action would give from the Chetco G range w ere Mr. L etter to th e E dito": this game worth and give all par and Mrs. J »e Zumpke, Mr and B raokingxllarhor Pilot ticipants and spectators a feeling Mrs. Frank Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Brookings, Oregon of great satisfaction of doing a I). L. Jaggers, and Mrs. E Ackley. deed that ranks high on the list of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hoffeldt and G entlem en: man's endeavor to help one an Mr and Mrs. F B Stanley The It has been brought to my at other. n ex t m eeting will be held at Sixes tention that in several of your fall So. gentlem en, at tw o o’clock on m April 6th issues you have made com m ents the afternoon of January 20 I will The High Scholars boast a 6 ft. 7 meh center in Mr. Duff, the 8th grade teacher So we are forced to come up w ith our battle cry of, "L e t’s set the faculty on their D u ff ’ to spur us on to victory. I have been practicing the buc- ketball game. I w atched the game betw een the high school and Gold Beach S aturday night. I figure I have it all down pat by now. M any of the spectators at the gam e S aturday night agree on one thing— that is. M urray Palm er and A rchie H endricks should have referee's w histles. Both of these boys kept refs Don Vaughn HENRY KERR local world traveler show s a long bow that he picked up on his recent expedition to South Am erica. Also on the table are arrows, home m ade rubber boot, and other souvenlors of his recent trip. y Lillebo Construction Firm Wins Contract For Two Bridges Across Chetco River concerning the ability of our llig'h have my basketball team on the School Faculty to perform on the floor of the local high school gym, basketball court. T hese com m ents w aiting to see If you can back w ere w ritten in such a manner up yoer printed word and produce that flattery and com plim ents a team w orthy of our com petition. were rather hard to loeate. In And a word of warning; do not fact, after reading them again I exp ect us to show any m ercy, fail to find that you m entioned sym pathy, or even kindness to any of our stars by name let alone ward your team during the con the fact that w e are one of the test. Our only act of friendship to seven undefeated major team s in ward you will he that w e w ill have a doctor in attendance to ap the nation today. In your editorial ram blings you ply linam ent, oxygen , adrenalin, also made reference to a ragged or any other m easure of first aid aggregation under the sponsorship so that you can have five players of The Pilot called a basketball ready to play at all tim es. Rem em ber, gentlem en, it is all team I believe that you also had the courage m ingled w ith stupi for the March of Dim es. May I dity to want to place your unor suggest that you have a couple ganized quintet into active com practice sessions so that the pay petition with our w ell-oiled Fac ing custom er w ill leave the gym feelin g that he received a little ulty team . Mr. Editor and Mr. Publisher, im m ediate satisfaetion from his w h ichever is w h ich , your ch al donation? lenge has been accepted. As we Very truly yours. are a group of young men dedi Gene A llison, Principal cated to youth and youth’s pro B rook in gsllarb or High School I*. S, B ecause of an old injury blem s w e w ould like to place one '-mall stipulation upon this contest I w ill not be able to participate if it is to be eonsum ated. We as a player, but I have consented w ould like to m ake a public eon- to art as referee. EDITORS NOTE; We accept test of this and deposit all pro ceeds w ith the local chairm an of the ehallange, practice of no prac the March of D im es program. We tice.
