Nowhere a Finer Climate — Nowhere a Finer Community
V o lu m e XI, N u m b er 5 0
R o n n ig er H a s A c c id e n t
C n W a y to H o sp ita l
Dr, Paul Ronniger w as in a
m inor accident at about 4:30 a.m.
M onday m orning, on his way to
Crescent City Seaside hospital
w here he had an em ergency call.
Only m inor dam ages w ere re
ported to th e car. Dr. Ronniger
suffered a cut on the face, w hich
required stitches, but otherw ise
w asn’t injured. He drove the car
into Crescent City, and to the
hospital afte r the accident.
Home-Ec Leaders
Meet on Friday
S even m em b ers of th e C u rry
C o u n ty A d visory co m m ittee fo r
H om e E x ten sio n w ork m et F ri-
lay , J a n u a r y 18, a t th e R ogue
Kiyer Cafe for a luncheon m e e t
in g w ith M rs. J . O. Phipps, Gold
B each, p resid in g . O th er m em bers
w ere M rs. H E. T im eus, P isto l
R iver, Mrs. Jo e Z um pfe, H arb o r,
Mrs. D. D. N eal. P o rt O rfo rd ,
M rs. C has. S ta n h u rs t, B rookings,
M s. C. E. R yan, O phir and M rs
V ernon S m ith , L anglois.
M rs. T im eus. c h airm an o f th e
H e a lth an d S a fe ty
co m m ittee
u rg e d th e g ro u p to have th e ir
C hief of Police Bud Cross is
H e a lth ch a irm e n a tte n d th e R e
now the oldest city em ployee
Brookings now has a Willys gio n al H ealth C onference in Coos
from the standpoint of service.
The
announce- Bay on Jan u ary 29.
C hief Cross has had that office distributorship.
for 3*.» years, and w as a patrol- m ent cam e this w eek from the
M rs. S m ith , w ho is also d is tric t
man before that. He w as also Loring brothers, Lucian and Al c h a i:m a n on th e S ta te C ouncil of
den,
who
reported
that
they
have
C hief of Police in Gold Beach for
just received the W illys franchise H om e E x ten sio n had som e b u si
three months.
ness m a tte r s she wi hed th*'
for this area.
g ro u p to discuss before she m eets
Previously this area was ser
w ith the S ta te C ouncil E x ecu tiv e
viced by a W illys dealership in
B o ard a t O regon S ta te college
Gold Beach and Crescent City.
The Lorens have operated the F eb ru ary 4 a n d 5.
LORINGS TAKE
WILLYS AGENCY
Red Cross Move
Is Possibility
Coast Pow er Saw and E quipm ent
Co. and will continue to do th eir
present line of business, but w ill
Jo h n A. S utherland, Red Cross change the nam e of th e ir firm
F ietu R epresentative of the S tate to Loring’s Sales and Service.
The business, located on Fern,
of Orégon w as in Brookings F ri
d ay and reported th a t th ere is a adjacent to the old city hall has
m ove underw ay in state Red recently built a new building, and
Cross circles to move the C urry renovated th eir old structures.
C ounty Red Cross headq u arters The Lorings announced th at they
from Gold Beach to Brookings.
would have a com plete line of
„
,
.
jeeps, station wagons, forw ard
S utherland arranged a m eeting eontroj trucks, and a com plete
w ith M ayor Fell Cam pbe l and je
par{ Une by th e flrs| Qf
Supt. of schools D D. W illiams F ebruary They also announced
to discuss the possibility of setting hinnR a mechaniCt w ho was
up Brookings as th e C urry County form erlv w ith Buffington Motors
h eadquarters.
| ,n
Beach.
The general m eeting date for all
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those interested w ill be held on
F rid ay night, F eb ru ary 15 in the
school adm inistration office. It
w ill be the C urry county chapters
annual m eeting, and S utherland
w ould like to have representatives
from every group and organiza
tion in the area represented. It
The officers of Chetco Lodge
w as believed th a t if Brookings is No. 249, IOOF w ere installed into
selected as the county h ead q u ar their chairs for the com ing year
ters it would be possible to set at a m eeting held Ja n u a ry 11th.
up a Red Cross sponsored sw im David C rockett D istrict D eputy
m ing program for the Brookings- G rand M aster was the installing
H arbor area, w ith trained instruc officer and Mike Page w as the
tors this year, S u therland said.
D istrict D eputy G rand M arshall.
A dditional details concerning The officers for the com ing year
the m eeting will be printed in are as follows: Noble G rand,
F rank T ygart; vice-grand, John
fu tu re issues of the Pilot.
M ontgom ery;
secretary.
Iv an
Local 1.0.0,F Lodge
Installs Officers
G a m m a G ro u p M eets
The G am m a G am m a C hapter of
th e Beta Sigma Phi held their
reg u lar m eeting on Tuesday, at
th e home of Mrs. Joseph M urphy.
F inal plans w ere m ade for the
V alentines Dance, which will be
held on F eb ru ary 9. Mrs. C. Ed
Dempsey was a guest. R efresh
m ents w ere served by Pat Dent.
The
W eather
Ja n u a ry
Ja n u a ry
Ja n u a ry
Ja n u a ry
Ja n u a ry
Ja n u a ry
Ja n u a ry
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Max.
65
52
53
49
51
50
50
Min
37
36
33
Prs.
39
38
36
36
G len Zirbel; conductor, A rth u r
Bollinger; chaplain, C harles C ros
by; inside guardian, Jo h n D arger;
outside guardian, Milton Foster;
right supp o rter to the Noble
G rand, B enjam in Jones; left sup
porter to the Noble G rand, Dave
C rockett; right supporter to the
vice-grand, George H assett; left
supporter to the vice-grand, Will-
iam Clem ent; right scene suppor-
te r Mike Page and left scene
supporter, Leslie M iller. W illiam
Clem ent is the outgoing Noble
G rand.
,
It has been decided to m eet on
the sam e night as the Rebekah
Lodge, the second and fourth
Tuesdays of the month. Follow ing
the m eeting a social hour was en
joyed w ith refreshm ents served
late in the evening.
T h u rsd a y , Jan u a rv 24
1957
B r im m , B o r d w e ll
W in 1 9 5 6 A w a r d
Byron "Roy’’ Brim m , and Alice
May Bordw ell last night received
the highest trib u tes of a grateful
com m unity, w hen they w ere se
lected by the Brookings-H arbor
C ham ber of Com m erce as "The
Man and W oman of the Year".
m any
accom plishm ents
d u r in g .
those two years, and the many, |
m any hours of tim e in effort he
spent to m ake the com m unity a
better place to live.
his wife, M ary Jan e, the Acacia
Laundrom at.
Also at the m eeting officers for
1957 w ere installed. The new pres
ident. succeeding C arl Y ahr, is
M rs Bordwell, wife of Richard Paul Fauerso. Vice president is
Bordwell, received the honor for Henry K err and treasu rer is Jack
Brim m has just concluded two her num erous efforts in com mon Hagen.
years as m ayor of Brookings, and ity service— h er w ork on the
was honored by the group for the "W alking Blood Bapk", her work
w ith the Brownies, and their
sw im m ing program , and h er w ork
w ith the needy families.
The aw ards, engarved on a gold
eup, w ere presented to them
W ednesday night at th e anual
It is likely th a t the Brookings-
m eeting of th e Brookings-H arbor H arbor Bruins will play th e ir
Cham ber.
next football season on a perm a
Brimm cam e to B rookings in nent, new field, if the very active
1947 and helped sta rt th e Brimm and agressive Q uarterback club
Bros Saw m ill, which w as subse-1 has anything to say about it.
quently sold to the Brookings P ly
School authorities are cu rren tly
wood Corp. He now operates, w ith getting the field surveyed, afte r a
O th e r bu sin ess w as selecting
request from the Q uarterbacks,
m em bers of the s ta te council
who have been authorized by th e
nom ination, sleeting the hoaue-
directors of School D istrict 17-c to
m aker of the year. The piogram
build a football field on the land
of wo,k a t hand and for the com-
which was purchased recently by
ing y ear Selection of equipment
the school d istrict for this p u r
for y l{1 dem onstration room to be
pose.
in th e new courthouse; and ta rt-
A serious fire routed a fam ily
E quipm ent has been promised
ing flan s for the H o m em ak f
out of th eir home early Sunday by several mill operators to do
F e stiv a l to be held in M ay.
morning. T he Brookings Volun- grading and leveling work. Supt.
teer F ire DepurtnyfTit rushed to of Schools D. D. W illiam s report-
the scene at 6:30 a.m. Sunday in ed th at he will secure the aid of
a to rren t of rain, and m anaged th eir planning consultant in lay
ing out the field.
to get the fire under control.
The N orm an W ashburn family
lived in the house, on Railroad TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
St. They w ere aroused by the
Mr. Gone Allison, high school
C urrv county leads all others in th an 37 percent increase, from smell of smoke, and m anaged to.
Oregon in population increase, ac- 54,549 to 75,110. A little fu rth er
out of the house in only th eir principal, will attend the mid-win-
cording to figures released by the down th© line are Coos, Washing- robes and nightclothes, i o u r sm all tei to n feien ee of the Oregon sec-
S tate Board of Health. The basis ton and Jefferso n counties w hile W ashburn children in th e home ondary schools next week in Eu-
w hich has been accepted for such our neighbors to the east, Jose- w ere taken out. Two o th er child- gene, Oregon.
for these figures is a form ula phine and Jackson ju st about ren w ere out on a paper route.
F ire Chief Val M endenhall said
com putations, some of the factors m ake a 20 percent increase,
th at the fire started from a heater PIPE DREAMS . .
of w hich are vital statistics, re-
po rts of utilities, and school cen- u W heeler county tops those who set in the fireplace. The heater
susses. In most instances they are, have a shrinkage, th e population flue on fire. The blaze gu tted the
at least, accepted as being the dropping off over 300 people, 15.5 living room, the back bed room,
best obtainable at the m om ent percent, from 3,313 to 2.800 Polk the kitchen and a small bedroom,
and are said to usually check out also lost over 9 percent w ith a The house was an old one, built
drop from 26,317 to 23,870, and in 1940.
closely to subsequent counts,
even Y amhill showed a drop of
M endenhall said that the fire
A ccording to this rep o rt C urry j over 8 percent. O ther counties men arrived ju st in tim e, as the
is aw ay ahead, percentage-wise ' dropping into the red are Colum windows w ere ju st breaking out.
w ith an increase over the U. S. bia, Crook, Deschutes, K lam ath. He said th at in another five min-
Census population, April 1, 1950, and M orrow.
| utes the house .would have been
of 6,048. The state authorities
In m aking th e ir calculations com pletely gone
Monday m orning the fire de
living w ithin th e county on Ju ly for C u rry th e au th o rities had a
partm ent w as called out on an
1, 1955, and adding 1,580 people substantial n atu ral increase re
oth er flue fire, but little dam age
d uring the following six m onths ported of 923 souls and addl'd was done. The house was on Alder
By foe Murphy
m
igration
tallies
5300
more
peo
to 12,270, as of Ja n u a a ry 1 of this
St.
I get to w rite a colum n two
year. This m akes an increase, in ple.
weeks in a row. The honor was
the six years, of 6,222 people, or
It is interesting to note the
accorded to me p artially by popu
a gain of 102.2 percent.
figures from S herm an county. It
la r dem and, and because of my
W hile most of the rest of the rem ains at the bottom of the list,
terrific w riting style— but m ainly
Oregon counties show population as far as residents is concerned,
because my p artn e r Bud is still
increases, the nex t greatest is and yet shows a grow th of 8.5
flat on his back in bed and can ’t
percent.
In
1950
2,271
folks
w
ere
Wasco w here th ere is a jum p of
lift a typew riter. H ow ever, indica
alm ost 55 percent, accounted for tallied in the county and the latest
tions are th at he'll be back on
in th ere being 24,090 people living figures allow them 2,460.
the job shortly, so if all those
there, the first of the year, as
In a footnote to the published
people
who have been saving up
against the 15.552 tallied in the statistics, Dr. Harold M Erickson,
com plaints— please bring them in
1950 census. This is accounted for state health officer savs it b e
The nam es of fourteen captains
by the construction of The Dalles comes increasingly difficult to who will lead the arm y of Heart then.
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dam and the building of a huge accurately chart one year popula Sunday V olunteers in the house-
Dale
Weast
of C rescent City
alum inun plant.
tion changes but believes the to house collection for the 1957 was in towfi T uesday and the
H
eart
Fund
in
Brookings
area
on
A nother notable, and expected county-by county figures for the
discussion centered about our re
increase is the figures for Douglas changes since 1950 are “quite F ebruary 24 w ere announced to spective harbors. He said th at he
d ay by C. Ed Dempsey, 1957 Sun
county, ranking third w ith b etter accurate."
felt th at the Crescent City autori-
day chairm an
They include M osdames Vere ties would be glad to donate all
ing secretary ; Ruby Lowe, ch air Cox, H arbor; G ladys Christensen, those concrete tedtrapods th at are
man tru stees; P au lin e C arpenter, Beresa T ract; P at Dent and Lor standing on Front St. in Crescent
2nd y ea r trustees;; Alice Gran, raine Eide, H arbor; Pat Hellrig, to the Brookings P ort Com mis
3rd y ear trustee; Leta Corner, Cove Road; ¡Thelma Houvila, Aza sion. At least he said th a t they
m arshal; Veda M attson, 1st asst, lea P ark Rd.; N adine H yatt. Aza w ould donate all th at the Brook
lift.
m arshall; A rlene King, 2nd asst, lea P ark area; M arianne M urphy ings people can
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m arshal; P ear Faesen, chaplain; and Nancy P isarek, Del N orte
I suspect th at if I don’t say
C lara Bowlin, organist; Bernice Lane; L aV em e Allison, Azalea
Hew itt, press corresporidant; Vel P ark area; C harlotte C hapm an, som ething about the terific play
ma V iolette, historian; Vera Whil- H arbor; Pat Widmer, Iris S treet; ing ability of the teachers in our
loek, 1st guard; ;and M arie Bishop Velma Erb, Hazel St.;; and Sue recent engagem ent they will be
most unhappy. I still suspect th a t
2nd guard.
McKenzie, Azalea P ark Road.
They m eet every other S aturday
they w ere in b etter shape th an we
The
captains
are
all
m
em
bers
This
m
eeting
also
saw
eight
night, and have been having
were, w ith all th e exercise they
visitations from Gold Beach and ¡ candidates initiated Wilma Sm ith of Beta Iota C h ap ter of Beta Sig get chasing kids down corridors,
ma
Phi,
w
ho
have
taken
on
w
ork
Iva K ruger, Ix>is McNeeley, Rach-
Crescent City,
etc. Jim Duff, I hear, applied mer-
el DeBlock, Naomi Brown, all of w ith the H eart Fund as an annual curachom e all up his forearm s,
Brookings; K athlene Q uinlan, Vio- <9v 'c work O ther m em bers who w here he had been scratched. The
let H ursh, and P auline Mellow, of will w ork in o th er capacity than scratching took place w hen he
C lub O ffic e r s E lected
as captains are: Mrs. Ronnie Rag
Sm ith River, California
lend, Mrs. Y olande V aughn, and would stretch his 6 foot 7 inch
fram e out, and hold the ball over
A t R eg u la r
The clubs Decem ber fund rais Mrs. Irm a Rice, th ier advisor.
his head. T hen five of us guys
ing projects brought in good re
Each C aptain will be charge of w ould jum p up and try to knock
J an u ary S e ssio n
turns. T he w inner of the ladies
a
d
istrict
from
Pistol
R
iver
to
the
hands.
The election of officers w as $290 00 diam ond w rist w atch w as S tate Line and will be responsible the ball out of • his
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Nick
T
u
rn
e
r
of
Gold
Beach,
m
ail
held at th e reg u lar Ja n u ary m eet
Also we ran into a litt,p trouble
T he
rum m age
s a l e for briefing and equipping volun-
ing, they are; D ortha Ray, presi- carrier.
collecting w ithin th a t dis- w ilh those spectators who kep t
brought in $86 70, and the bazaar leers
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d en t; Mabel O stran d er Jr., past and candy sale cleared a profit of tr ir t
i blow ing w histles on the side ju st
About fifty o th er w om en are before we m ade a basket. No alibi,
president; W anda Phillips, vice $145.00.
already signed up as v olunteers though. And I’m not going to
pres.; Evelyn Jaklew icz, financial
secretary; R uth Hritz, treasu rer; | M r. and Mnj> Robert Nelson ,eft for the th ree hour d riv e F eb ru ary m ake a th rea t like— w ait until
24th, Mr. Dempsey said Any addi- next y ear—because I’m th inking
P atricia Amlin, recording seer« today for P ortland w here Bob will tional volunteers m ay enlist by ! seriously about selling my 12 year
telephoning 2535.
ta ry ; B arbara M iller, correspond- receive m edical attention.
old sneaks.
Quarterback Club
To Build Field
Fire Routs Out
Washburn Family
Curry County Again is Leading County
In Oregon Population Increase for 1956
Sk
Captains Listed
For Campaign
On Heart Sunday
MARCH O F DIMES PARTY
VARIETY SHOW PLAN SET
Com plete plans w ere set this
w eek for the grand finale of the
Lions clubs annual M arch of
Dimes cam paign drive. They will
have a big p arty at the Cliff
House this coming S aturday night,
beginning at about 7 p.m.
The party s held in the past
have alw ays been a big success.
A ccording to Al Phillips, chair-
m an of the party, big events have
been planned for this years affair.
He said that they will have th e ir
custom ary auction, w ith donated
m erchandise from Brookings-Har-
bor m erchants. He reported th a t
the en tertain m en t is set, w ith both
local and outside en tertain m en t
on hand to provide a good show
for all those in attendance.
N ext W ednesday night will be
the V ariety Show at the high
school gym. The V ariety show is
som ething new for the M arch of
Dimes cam paign and should pro-
vide the com m unity w ith real en-
tertainm ent. M aster of Cerem on
ies for the show will be Jo h n
LoBuono, who is w idely known
in this area for his w ork on KIEM
TV. He will bring several enter-
tainers from the Eureka area, who
have appeared on TV.
’ T here will also be plenty of
local talen t to m ake the show a
hit, Ralph Reed, Lion club general
• chairm an said.
Also the Chetco Swingeroos, a
square dance group, has agreed to
donate th e ir dance proceeds to the
M arch of Dimes. The group, a
Brookings-H arbor club, w ill have
a dance S aturday, J a n u a ry 26th.
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