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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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",
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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.
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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
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FFA and 4-H building at the state
brides. The stretch of road to be Jan.
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fair. A sum of money m ust be ap-
graded is 0.854 miles.
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nropriated by the legislature, so
F. E. Andrews, division engi- j an 4
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the secretaries of the various org
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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
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House, Salem, and get a bill on contracting firm s subm itted bids j an 7
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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.
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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.