Nowhere a Finer Climate — Nowhere a Finer Community
Volume XI, Number 51
Thursday, January 31, 1957
Home Mail Delivery Soon
Home delivery service from the
Brookings post office w ill be e x
tended to some 350 more families,
beginning F ebruary 9, according
to official word put out from the
P ortland district office, and re
ceived by P ostm aster W illiam
Thompson,
Banana Belt
Title is Kept
The “B anana B elt” title w as
handed to Brookings again for
1957 as the rest of th e state froze-
up. Brookings, although it got a
D uring the past week, accord
George C hristian, Gold Beach, little nippy at times, was fortu-
ing to Random Lengths, the lum-
was re appointed by the county n ate in many respects It ju st did-
ber m arket reached a th ree year
court for a y ear term to ex p ire n ’t get cold here com pared to any
T here was a three day m eeting low. This is attrib u ted to the sea-
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“ How is the H eart
Fund spent?’
Ju ly 1, 1958, on the county budget o th er city in the state,
The new route to be taken by
w ill u-'
form ation of the “W estern sonal slack plus bad w eather con- ■ Mr. C. Edw ard Dempsey, chair- com mittee. Also serving on the
v ...
,
ca rrie r Ferdie Stiennietz
on Mond:V of this
sta rt out from th e nost office in
i <ilinciI of tbe Brownies ditions in the lum ber consuming man of ,bp local chapter of the budget com m ittee is Elmer Bank- uJ ? r
the m orning probable
little v™
Sc°,Uts, for thls area> in a re a> additional freight costs and Oregon Hear» Association, said us, whose term expires on Ju n e 30 . , ;
Ings 1 esh en,s w ent
lite r 9 a m He S
X n g dow n
t , 3 S t W ed n esd ay th e p ro sp ect of a cu rta ile d h o us th is w eek th a t th is q u estio n is
1957, and John Donaldson, whose
t 1 h ‘7
Ct>ats and llght
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1 jack ets w hile a warm sun brought
C enter street over to W harf st all - itte n d ^ T f r ^ 1^ ’ i ” ' P at
‘ng m arket d uring 1957. Retail ,nost often asked by those who term expires on Ju ly 1, 1958.
the wav to M e m o r v I a n e
attended from Brookings, and was y ard buying has been slow accord «re being contacted to assist in
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th e high to 49 w ith a low of 31
T h e n ' d o ™ M em or? Lane to
ChalFman iOr 811 ° f
to
b“ < a * * ^ i r l y
f“ " d < F eb ru ary 1st
at night. Elsewhere—? N orth
Bend 36 and 23; Bend 20 and -6;
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T
u ir y co u n ty .
even pace.
th ro u g h 28th.
Del N orte Lane, then up Del
Thn
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,
.
,
P ortland 22 and 10; The Dalles 1
N orte m aking the South Hazel.
f P ¡7
been talked
The post-holiday flu rry in the
The H eart Fund supports the
and -11. Brookings was the w arm
Alder, North Hazel circle then the it is
?
r y cars- a? d stud m arket encouraged produc- research. education and commun-
est city by some 13 degrees in th e
M aple and Birch street circle back c pntpm h7r
- L
• / ' c,h arte r by tlon to m arket saturation, the re- »ty heart program s of the A m en
en tire state, and 66 degrees warm-
dow n Del N orte and through the , h Pt 7 7 7
” , hPi‘id . advisors at P°rt continues and prices dropped, can H eart Association, its affili-
Mrs. M illie Sitzm an of A rcadia e r th an Burns w ith a -17-
Beresa tract and then out to Har- .. ‘ rn.... .
. ? e first tim e such
While some plywood mills are ate and chapters. Of funds raised
Al-
At 49 »room
Brookings
was w
w arm
arm er
er
V °P ies com
m itted
$67 price
m ajor
ajor portion
portion rem
rem ains
ains in in the
the , was the house guest of Mrs.
com mi
u e a to
to the
tne $67
price for
for Ad
Ad the
nie m
iVirs- AI'
ngs was
bor and his previously set up nf o , , » 7 ------ „ 7
¡7 7 ? , -H' dU, ' \ w , be m ailed to stock for Ja n u ary delivery, any area of collection to support the bert En*,und for the past w eek.
than Fresno w ith 45, Los Angeles
route.
■irf«5 V l < 7 , i. 'H , aders ,in tbe new business is being booked at program s of state and local H eart
Mrs. Sitzm an. Mrs. Englund and udtb 47 and San Antonia, T exas
i2 ' O
. , Br.°.OkJ'
” : S„..A? ’.',i,n . SaWL and
™
»'">' . » - k e n . A .s o < 1 T h e
Fund M - Luun.ud B anick w ere school » " h . « .
ings from the N orth Bank road at that tim e there will be a meet-
ing trend in plywood sheathing, makes possible a three pronged at chum s together in the Sun F low er
Tuesday was much of the sam e
the ca rrie r will sw ing up Azalea ’n g for C u rry county. Delegates
several plants are producing sand- tack against the h eart diseases:
school in O klahom a, and this was.j w ith Brookings hitting a balm v
P ark Road to Pacific, Old County will be elected.
ed stock only.
RESEARCH: Since 1948. the th £ first tim e they have scen each 51. 9 degrees w arm er than any-
Road to Hassett st., thence across
Brow nie and Girl Scout leaders
The report predicts that break American H eart Association has other in over fo rty years
o th er spot in the northw est,
to Pioneer and down Pioneer and are badly needed. Mrs. Amlin said,
T to men Fold found out one
The 51 reported at Brookings
along Easy st. tu rn in g right on All those interested are asked to in w eather conditions will prob- channeled almost $20,000,000 into
T hird to Ransom, down Ransom phone her. A ssistance for the lead- ably bring a surge of business research (largely looking tow ard thing The tum ble weeds and was 14 degrees higher than N orth
and inability of mills to then keep discovery of the basic causes and cockle bu rrs in th at p art of the Bend and a good deal above th e
to Second and then back to Easy ers W’R be provided.
pace w ith dem and m ight resu lt controls of rheum atic fever, high country w ere th e very finest in -21 at Baker The low- in Brook
street.
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in m arket firm n esj and a trend blood pressure and hardening of the w orld—at least they w ere ings on Tuesday was a mild 34
Then out 101 to P arkview and P.T.A. TO MEET FEB. 7
tow ard higher prices.
the arteries, which, together, ac- forty -v ei,rs ago. To hear the wo-
-
his regular route out Dodge Ave.
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count for more than 90", of all men teB "
sur® must have been
and th e Dawson tract. Then the
rb c next nit?cting of the Brook-
heart disease.) Of the funds en- an OKE paradise.
Community Leaders
ca rrie r will pick up the homes on lngs B arbor P.T.A will be on Feb- RETURNS FROM TRIP
i trusted to the national office of
Pacific Circle, down 101 to Arn- Iuary > at 8 p.m. A Founders Day
Group Has M eeting
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Moore re- the A m erican H eart Association,
old Lane, thence to Fifield, along P e g r a m is planned w hich w ill in turned last week f»om a trip to at least 5 0 '/ is allocated to heart RECEIVES NOTE
Fifield to Mill Beach road and cludc Mr D ia,’s vocal and instru- Madison, Wisconsin w here they research.
The C om m unity L eaders club
District A ttorney FJd Ackley,
m ental ensam ble. The accordion picked up Mrs. M oore’s m other,
was the nam e chosen for the
then back to the post office.
EDUCATION:
T
hrought
its
pro-
(
'urry
County
Republican
C
entral
band w ill present several num
group of leaders, co-leaders and
chairm an, received a ! com m ittee m em bers of the G irl
P atrons served by this addition bers and th ere will be a show put Mrs J. A. Bass, who they brought gram of public education, your
to
Brookings
w
ith
them.
The
H eart Association seeks to elimin- b‘M sonal letter from Len Hall, Na-
al routeing m ust call at the Post on by the tum bling team , under
Moore s reported plenty of ice and ate needless fears and harm less tionaI Republican C entral Com- j Scout and Brow nie troops at th eir
Office and register th e ir street the direction of Mr. Pace.
snow, and once in Wyoming, the misconceptions, as well as to en- ,nB,ee chairm an, thanking him j m eeting on Monday, Jan u ary 21.
nam e and address. They m ust put
All teachers, paren ts and others gas line in the car froze up at 28
The m eeting was held in the
courage early diagnosis and treat- ^°r <be ass’stance received d u rin g
up mail boxes according to the dir are urged to attend.
below zero.
ment. Through its program of pro- th e recent cam paign, and express- G ian g e hall with 27 m em bers pre
ection in w hich the ca rrie r is
fessional education, your H eart ing bis regrets over his (H alls) sent. All m eetings will be held in
trav ellin g and from 3 ' 2 to 4 feet
off the ground.
Association m akes new know ledge 1 ‘’s,Kn at,o n . Hall invited Ackley the Scout hall as soon as the
about the h eart diseases quickly to visit bim any
bt‘ is *n 'b e chairs and tables are available.
They should be grouped in at
The jiex t nu eting of the club will
available to physicians and m em -! a re a -
least four boxes to the post and
be on F eb ru ary 18 w ith the tim e
bers
of
related
professional
groups
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may be put up at the nearest
and place to be announced later.
for the benefit of those* w ith card C„* i i
m
cross point along the route for
iovascular disease.
U P Nursery
those w ho do not live directly on
A m eeting of 25 Brookings and crowded by some 100, and will
it.
c o m m u n ity h e a r t PRO- 1° Harbor Area
H arbor business and professional need expansion
SKETCH BOOK .
°! reusearch
Mrs. Rose H ubbard and son,
The usual service will be offer men was held T ue-day night at
He felt that im m ediate needs ? rR^ MS:
ed by the ca rrie r who will take the Dairy Creem to th rash out of the school system would total com m on^
h ,n f
° UKh B° b Wi,COX’ and J B S ta n ^ y
care of stam p and money order the economic problems of the com- $517.408. In conclusion williams wHl ,« th
r k progf am s’. aS have formed a p artn ersh ip and set
business along the route and in m unity, and to lay plans fo r the said if you are going to keep peo- T h e s e n r
Physicians. up the ChetcQ Nu
jn Harbf)r
They WH1 «PecfcH«’ in Azaleas
the case of incoming parcel post, iu ta re -
Pie in B rookingj you m ust have a P ro tec t hPf i t t m\ are.
protect healthy h earts and to en- and Rododendrons.
will sound his horn so patrons can
Discussed w as the possiblity of good school system
able heart sufferers to live as use-
T heir modern facUit wH| jn
come and have the package hand
setting up an organization, either
G rayshel w ent on to tell of the
ed to them.
(>i ^’^de a large lath house and gre. n
through, or under the auspices of McMinnville Plan, which includes soeie?v APH r *Ve
nf
, ,nCJ H ;r,PrOVe hou se for both w h o lesale and re-
the Brookings-H arbor Cham ber of an Industrial Development Corn-
5 dlagnostlc facilities, re- u i l business Mr Stanley is the
Commerce
in
an
effort
to
study
1
mittee,
which
was
capitalized
for
habilitation of m d u stn al w orkers
consultant for bulb
Emblem Club Entertains
prospects for new industry in the $75,000. The group has already with h eart disease, prevention of agricultural
grow
ers
in
the
vicinity.
area
Crescent City Group
secured 25 new payroll jobs in rheum atic fever, and w ork of --------------------------------------------------I
The m eeting was called by Gor- th a t city.
sim plification program s to ease
search, reinforced by education
A "D ress Goofy” party was don OLen, president of the Brook-
A discussion followed on the the burdens of cardiac house
given in honor of the C rescent ings Businessm en’s Association. trem endous am ounts of lumber wives. It helps people to help and com m unity h eart program s,
By Bud Pisarek
will lead to eventual control of
City Emblem club by the Brook- Also in attendance were m em bers w astes in this area today , an 1 themselves.
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, h ea rt diseases. The H eart Fund j A fter a few w eeks of recu p erat
■ ngs Emblem club M onday even- Of the N orth Brookings Boosters the pos ability of c o n v e rtin g it
Hope is the underlying them e slogan is: “ Help Your H eart Fund
ing at the Elks Lodge. The girls group, Paul Fauerso, president of to use.
ing it feels good to be up and
of the H eart Fund— Hope th at re ; — Help Your H eart ”
really all turned out in some goo- ( , he Brookings Cham ber of Com
around again Monday I made the
A general m eeting is scheduled
fy garbs.
m erce and most of the directors
rounds of same of the old fam iliar
for the im m ediate future. Advance
F irst prize w ent to M arie Bis- of that group.
coffee haunts anil found the same
ublicity as to tim e and place will
hop, second to B arbara Miller,
Charles Grayshel read a quick
faces and probably some of the
and third to Alice G ran.
urvey he had made of the area 'e announced in coming issues of
same coffee still about.
he Pilot An interesting program
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A w onderful buffet luncheon employment in the basic industry
for all interested people in the
It was nice to get so many get
w as furnished and served by th e lumber, here. He said th a t cur-
irea is scheduled. Mr Elliott, one
well cards. Some serious and
president, Mabel O strander, and a rently the em ploym ent in the area
if the leaders in the McMinnville
others on more or less of a comic
fine evening was enjoyed by all. num bers 550 men. with a pay
levelopment, is one of the p ro s
version. All in all they do m ake a
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roll of $216,250 a month This
pective speakers for the coming
fellow feel good. Mildred Byrne
Grayshel said, should be m ulti meeting.
Ix»w bidder on five construction sent her OSC rooters button with
plied 9 tim es to m ake a circula-
v ! A Committee of Gordon Olsen, MRS. EMIL EDWARDSON
p r o j e i u fo r t h e < <>os-( u rry Elec- a little renum eration for being a
lion dollar according to Cham ber j ack „ a g e n , Don Vaughn. Carl
trie ( oofa»ration was the Wilson serious Beaver rooter on New
of Commerce figures. The total Biger and Ben P h ettep lare met IIAS SURPRISE PARTY
Construction Company. P ortland Y ear’s Day. Bob Dimmick was
"C irculation dollar” is $1,046,000. W ednesday m orning se ttin g up a
Eight ladies held a surprise w*th a total bid of $346,082.04, ac- supposed to have purchased a box
A peak payroll for th e area is
list of nam es for potential mem- party for Mrs. Emil (G race) E d -: cording to Bruce Shavere, general j of assorted get well cards some
Plans have been com pleted and X » Th‘.‘’Br~.W ngS$P l y w ^ '’^ b' 'r'
lh ' Broup
w ardson last Sunday. The group m anger.
years back and had one left. He
com m ittees nam ed for the “ Eat
J
consisted of: Ellen Johnson, Helen
C onstruction includes a 69 KV was over joyed when he heard I
All You Can Hold” crab feast to
a.
H
Strid, Bretha Dahlstrom , Ethel sw itching and a sub-station at w as sen'
d10 hospital, it gave
be staged by the local P F W post 2S" a ' ^ rk th e r‘' , .
u
Olsen, Emma Walsien, Tora Gus Gold Beach; tw o bays at Geisel hlm a chance to use the last of
F riday evening, F ebruary 8.
.
,D W ilham s, supt. of schools,
tafson, Missouri Tolm an and Ruth su b statio n ; Elk riv er distribution the cards.
,
added a note regarding the pro-
B a'e -
sw itch; 69 KV sw itching station,
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The succulent crustacions will blem ,
the
, v, tem h(.r(,
The ladies served cake and ice Brookings and a sub-station at j 1 had the pleasure of sharing
be even m ore tasty due to special He , aid th a t
,mmc<tlate n w ,
cream and presented Mrs. E dw ard B a rhor.
the hospital room w ith Gordon
seasoning G ary W im berly is tm.
for , 5 claM
He said ;
son w ith a very m em orable occas-
O ther bidders w ere the B ran Einwell, a Crescent City business-
porting especially for the cook,ng th a ,
are on a
The county co u rt house isn ’t sjon
don Com pany, Vancouver, at m an- D uring the course of our
from Louisiana. He and his bro
$371,070; Ace Electric, Tulsa, Ok conversation I fopnd out th a t Gor-
ther-inlaw , F trd ie Stienm etz, w ill double shift basis, and th a t we finished. The huge new structure, !
lahom a, $364,986.76; and the Mul- don was a chess player. I bragged
take care of th at p art of the deal, are in effect “short changing” being built in Gold Beach is near-
ly “buttoned up” how ever. The
linix Construction Com pany, Ok a hout being the best player of the
the crabs being supplied by an those students.
To build those 15 class rooms, corner stone laying ceremonies,
lahom a City, $360,520.89.
en tire south side of M ilwaukee
other post m em ber, Al Moore. A
Ixiw bidder to clear right of <,UJ in g l my younger days. We
cracking crew w ill take over w ith office space, it would cost held last week end was well at-
th e ir job and from th e re on every approxim ately $330,000. Besides tended.
way for Coos-Curry Electric Co- Sched u ,ed a match b ut before his
Com pletion date for the court
thing should w ork out sm oothly th a t this area has grown 3 or 4
o p erativ e’s new 115 KV transm is- W’,e cou,d brinK dow n the chess
so no one betw een the hours of c 'as rooms a year, increasing be- house was supposed to be Jan. 16,
sion line w as Robinson and Woods
1 W8’ releaM;d fro n > 'hi* joint.
1957, , b ut a the . contractor
6 and 10, th at evening, should
60 and 70 each year, so Ui
. .
, . is far be
C o u n t y Com m issioner F red G reen M ountain Falls. Colorado I ju st w ant this to serve as notice
leave the V eterans hal w ithout 'h a t in two y e a rs we will need 21 hind th at schedule and difficulties Flynn announced th at the Chetco w ith a bid of $127,482.99 accord- th a t I did not m n out on the
th eir fill.
class rooms. In addition, W illiams ^ 7 5 arisen.
Ridge Road will be closed to log- ing to Bruce Shavere, general ‘ ™ati*h and am still willing to meet
t. < r.< r «■ 'irn a ’.d th a’ it w ill ging truck tem p o rarily because m anager The ch a rin g , S havere G ordon on a home and home ser.
All post m em bers are especially said We need a cafeteria, and w -
urged to attend the forthcom ing neeo to develop the school site at r7 !,Ulr, i ar*o th e r 90 days to com- of the ice and snow conditions on added, involves 24 miles betw een ies as soor. as we are both able.
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F eb ru ary 6th regular m eeting to an estim ated co j of $75,000. He plete th e structure. About one half the road The road is closed about Gold Beach and Brookings
J e rr y H endricks inform s us that
no
v , ,
.
co-ordinate th e ir p a rt of the feed, a |d th a t would cover a football tb' M ndo’A are in. and all the «a*ven m ile up to save th e rn-id
finishing w ork rem ains to from fu rth e r dam age
C onstrocti
v iere t i e Beard the ROCS are holding a dance at
according to Red Ross, post com- field, baseball field, softball field, inside
done.
v
Construchon Com pany, P ortland, , b(. VFW hall this Friday after
m ander,
and play area. W illiams also
Inform ants visiting the county
, , c . un y r r ,‘w
avc b<’en
1 ,
ComPan y ' Gre- th e basketball game. The proceeds
The feast is being put on to thought th at we m ust expand our «eat rep o rt th a t the contractor has w o rk ,n < on tbe W inchuck road, g‘,n f
$195 836; M urray Bro- are being turned over to the
raise m oney for m unicipal im- vocational training. Plus the fa c t ru n into financial difficulties, and lay in * culverts and graveling th e
? n ' ru£tb o n . Bend, $438,- M arch of Dimes. I learned that
provem ents and hooking up to the th at already our high school, built tba’t se v e ra l su n n lierc h-,vP
e filed to d spots d uring th e past few c r i r o / o a " r 7 Ur' y’ G° !r1 B' acb’ SOCS Mands for the Southern
sew er’
for 300 y ° lm sters- * * lr ~ d y over- Iiens against lh P bui]ding
w eeks
$164.598 28; P ierre and Pierce. Oregon Cam Snappers, an auto-
Toppenish, W ashington, $157,311.1 m otive enthusiast group.
New Scout
Lumber Market Lowest
Of Three Year Period
Group Formed
"Hope" is Theme
Of Heart Drive
Christian Re-Appointed
To County Committee
First V isit
In 4 0 Years
Brookings- Harbor Business Men Meet
To Discuss New Industry for This Area
Bids Let on Coos-Curry
Projects for $573,000
Crab Feed Set
For February 8th
Courthouse Still
Not Completed
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