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EUGENE
Nowhere a Finer Climate - Nowhere a Finer Community
T h u r sd a y , F eb ru ary 7. 1957
V o lu m e 11, N u m b er 52
w ork Begins On
Chetco B ridge
P relim inary w ork has started
on the bridge across the Chetco,
not far above Bruce hole A road,
im passable to o rd in ary vehicle,
has been extended into the forest
and piling is being driv en for a
short span across L ittle Mill
Dr. D onald D ukeiow of C hicago,
Creek. About a half m ile fu rth er a n a tio n a lly know n e o sn u lta n t on
is the site of the crossing of the t hild h e a lth problem s, will a p p e a r
m ain stream .
n C eos Bay on Feb. 26. w hen
Coos-Curry
Watercolor Art
Convo Set
Class to be Given
February 9th
Thom as K night, instuctor at
H um bolt S tate College. A rcata
Som e steel, heavy tim b ers, a th e C oos-C urry M edical S ociety will instuct a class in w atercolor
pile d riv er and o th er equipm ent co n d u cts a special public co n fer- ' painting sta rtin g F eb ru ary 9. The
t nee of school h ealth.
are on the site.
course, listed as Art 27 ( 127) will
Dr. Donald L. Courtney, p resi be held in the Crescent Elk gram-
d en t of the Coos-Curry Medical - m cr school. The fee is $17 00
Society said all Interested citizens
Mr. K night discribes the course
re invited to hear Dr Dukeiow,
who is associated w ith the burea i as an opportunity for beginning
and advanced to w ork on selected
of h ealth education for the Am-
e.ican Medical association. The problem s in w atercolor painting.
It includes experiences in opague,
tonl'erence will convene a t 8 p m.
pen, and ink work, and open color.
at the Marshfield high school a u
S tudents are expected to fu r
ditorium .
W ith Dr. P ikelow will be Dr. nish th eir own m aterials. Adv
Jo h n Abele, chairm an of the Ore anced stu d en ts will be enrolled
in Art 127 w ith the consent of the
Davis reported th at piling work gon S tate Medical Society's com
instructor. S tudents not interested
m
ittee
on
child
health,
along
with
j
has begun on the Mill Creek stru c
in credit may reg ister at auditors
ture. One forem an and four men m ju esen tat ives from the S tate
same fee. Eight 5 hour sessions
are working on the project now, ; board of health, S tate d ep artm en t
will be held on a ltern atin g S a tu r
but as soon as w eath er perm its of education and Oregon school ac
days, dates and hours to be de
tivities
association.
th ere will be about a 20 m an crew
The local Society president ex term ined by the class.
w orking on the bridge.
plained th a t since 1945 the Am-
About .8 of a m ile of road has
c lt.can Mi aiical aa satiation has
to be constructed from th e end of
been offering consulting service T h e W e a th e r
the existing road to th e bridge
M ax
Min.
Prec.
site. The m ain span of th e bridge and guidance to local i-cbool
is 300 feet long, of concrete, and groups in assisting them to im Jan . 30
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will be one lane of 15 feet. The prove health standards among J a n 31 ........ 48 ....
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children
The
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A.
also
con
contract expires in O ctober on the
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du cts bi-annual conferences on Feb.
job.
physicians and schools which em Feb.
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ir hasize the doctor’s role In school
Feb. 3
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ealth services.
Feb
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Article!-, editorials, health ques
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tions for school room use, reviews Feb. 5 ...
Resident engineer Harold Davis
of the Bureau of Public Roads has
an office set up in the Manley
building. His h ead office is in
Portland. Davis said that th e engi
neers have the line located on the
road and th e clearing contractor
is expected soon. He is Durbin,
from Eugene. The Lillebo Co. is
the general co n tracto r on the
bridges w hich w ill be com pleted
at a cost of about $225,000.
MAYOR FEI I. CAM PBELL s i .n s a proclam ation, making February 1. Heart Sunday tor Brook
i n g X X r ¿ h ^ n d Ma or C am pbell are toy, of the local drive eam p aign er, Arnold Peabody, and
C " W J M W B A* C am p b ell', righ t is the local "Heart Sunday S e e t h e a r f Pam ela E.nnlng w ho
o « e l « a " S y Ml w ith a hear, disead -. She is w ell now and is attending the B rook,ngs elem en.
tary school.
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:irst Daffodils
Blaze Levels
Being Shipped
Old Building
Chetco Grange
Youth Committee
To Sponsor Dinner
It is reported that the first box
A historic building was de
if daffodils was shipped last week
>y Bob S tanhurst. The unusual stroyed by fire of an u n d eter
The Youth Com m ittee ef the
•old w eather is acting as a re fri mined orgin Sunday night, forc Chetco G range is sponsoring a
ing
a
middle-aged
couple
to
flee
geration plant on the daffodils
w affle d in n er and dance, Feb-
hxs year and they are ju st stand-1 their upstairs app artm en t.
ru ary 16, at 6 p.m. Dancing is
ng still. Usually at this tim e the
Two other buildings were p a rti scheduled to begin at 9 pm.
kicking is in full swing w ith V al-, ally dam aged in the blize. T'"i'
The W affle d in n er is an “all
?ntine’s Day the height of the sea- fire leveled t'.ie building occupied you can e a t” affair. The purpose
of clricu»ar m aterials and film s
ion. The blooms are shipped out by the Zelka Rug Cleaning com of the event is to raise money to
schools to recommending th a t a
are also prepared by the bureau.
Tom C rescent City by air and pany. It was built in th e Pionee
purchase a music and loud speak
“There are m any ways citizens fence be placed around a school
vhile m ost are sold at San F ra n
In an atten in p t to provide bet can w ork w ith professional eruca play ground adjacent to a busy
days of Sm ith River by Joseph er system for the G range Hail.
cisco, P ortland or Seattle, ship
te r service for a grow ing com m un Uns anl medical personnel in im stre e t.” Dr. Courtney added.
McVay, an early se ttle r in Sm ith
ments farth er east are also made, j
ity, Pete Lesmeister and Paul proving health stan d ard s at our
Invitations to atten d the con
River, and w as operated as a
Fauerso of the L esm eister-F auer- schools,” Dr. C ourtney said.
ference are being sent to school
store by William W estbrook for
sa Agency, have announced th a t , “School health work
physicians,
d en tists
m any years. It w as one of the
m ight iifificini,',
>IPE DREAMS . . .
effective March 1 Ben R. P h e tte range all the way from setting up nurses, I*TA m em ber’', and m any
fiist s tru c tu ie i to be built in th at
place will become associated with proj>er health education courses o th er civic leaders and interested
com m unity
the agency.
in elem entary and
secondary persons.
The blaze sh attered the w in
The appointm ent of D D. Wil
P
hetteplace
will
be
concerned
dows of the nearby Collom Chèv liams, supt. of Brookings-H arbor
re | t garag e and chanted the schools as official reg istra r for principally w ith real estate portion
fro n t of the Loggers' T avern di- ; tho Selective Service, was a n of the businp s. Since com .ng to
y ears
ago
icotly across the stree t from the nounced this week by Col. Fanbis Brookings several
Phettq,
lace
has
o
p
en
ted
tn
three-story, 80 year old building Mason, deputy sta te director.
D
aily
Creem
resta
u
ran
t.
S
x
y
en’
befo* • volunteer firem en coul i
J. A rth u r Berg, chairm an of the
check the flames. Volunteers re local selective service board No. prior to coming to Brookings
W inners we e finally announce 1
sponded to the fire cal, from 15 reported th a t the cu rren tly re Phetteplace was actively con
nected w ith dwelling c o n s tru c ts ., in the 2nd Annual March of Dim<*s
Sm ith River, F o :t Dick, Crescent duced m onthly calls for induction
and real estate business
bowling tournam ent which ended
j City, and the Simonson Logging in Oregon has - resulted in an in
For the present tim e P h ette this p ast week end, with over 350
company.
creased letdown of prom pt re
place will retain his in terest in different entries.
By Joe Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. H enry Zelka, op g istratio n by young men upon
leaching the age of eighteen the Dairy C ppm. Wiich h i; w.fe,
W inner- were: W( men’s dou j
era
to
rs
of
the
rug
cleaning
firm
,
A lot of people cam e in this
Evelyn, will m anage.
D. D. W illiams. Brookings-H ar-
bels, Lois Ann Miller, Shiruey Ret
eek to buy an ex tra copy of last told firemen they were w atching years.
bor superin ten d en t of schools, will
Berg
reported
th
at
young
men
tke.
1169:
second;
Ethel
YMrnell
Pete
Lesm
eister,
founder
of
the
television
when
they
»
w
smoke
reek's Pilot to send it back hom e
are com ing in to reg ister an y firm , will continue to act a a and P at C u riy ; and third; Ix>r- appear before a House Education
j shivering and confused re la ouring into their dwelling q u ar
com m ittee in Salem this week to
w here from two weeks to several broker, and will actively continue lain n e Eide and P at Widmore.
ves. The story of the “ banana ters a t about 6:45 o’clock.
testify in rega d to a m easure up,
m onths a fte r their eighteenth in all phases of the business This
e lt” m ade the ex tra sales.
W om en's singles: Ethel Barnes,
They reported th a t When they b irthday He fu rth e r says, “This
coming sum m er Fauerso, recen t 592; Men’s doubles: Mac, Malcolm w hich would increase th e state
got dow nstairs the “whole build is not a wilful disregard of the
bams school rupport from $80 j»er
ly elected president of the Brook-
Speaking of circulation I'm sure ing w as ablaze."
law in m oft instances, but is con ings-H arbor C ham ber of Com and Barney Barnes, 1315; Men’s pupil to $120.
singles; Robt R ettke, 700; Bob j L. B Mayfield, Medford, is
lot of our advertisers w ould be
U nable to retu rn to the a p a r t sidered to be an oversight. It is a merce, will atten d a very concern
lad to know th at the com bined
condition,
however,
th
a
t
should
trated insurance school a t ehe Beasely, Bob K im ball and Henry chairm an of the com m ittee set up
irculation of the Pilot and News- m ent the couple fled into the
by the House for the study.
be prom ptly corrected." The law U niver ity of W ashington
Kerr.
street.
reek m agazine is now 2,4*87,998
requires th a t every young man re
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| Constable Hollis R’-todus sai 1
g ister w ithin five d tys a lte r his
1 don’t know about this news- th a t the Zelkas lost "everythin;;
aper business though. I stopped including all the r cleaning equip 18th b.rthday.
n to see F reddie Fox at hi? parts m ent and personal belongings
hop to sell him som ething or He w as unable to estim ate the to- THIEM S VISIT HERE
ther and the next thing I knew *al loss but said it probably w as
ie and Bud S totenburg had me • ir xcc*5 of $10.000.” The blaze
Jo h n and LaVon Thiem s of Eu
lelping them lift a huge eugine w as visible f : ^ ore th an 10 reka spent the week end visiting
nto a pick-up truck. I tried to tell miles, according to area residents. w ith the Floyd Sw earingens.
hem about my recent operation.
iut apparently they are am ong
he few in town th at know the
Inference betw een Bud and my-
Ben Phetteplace
Becomes Partner
Williams Named
Official Registrar
Announce Winners in March of Dimes
Bowling Tournament at Azalea Lanes
To Testify On
School Bill
Lumber Branding to Receive Scrutiny
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Incidentally, if anybody gets a
lance, kindly read the new slet-
r from S tate Senator Dick Chap-
lan in this w eek's issue. He men-
ons som ething about try in g to
rake a proposal to the governor
bout getting the w ork on high-
cay 101 from Gold Beach to
irookings com plete. If C hapm an
an do it I’m sure he could sw ing
he C urrv county vote in the next
lection.
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Russ Jen k in s is a le tte r w riter
xtrao rd in ary . N orm ally he w rites
etters to the editor of the Oregon-
an. and has had a n um ber pub
ished. H ow ever, after a great
ieal of urging he has finally
igreed to step dow n a notch, and
v rite a le tte r or tw o to th e Pilot
shop at home, we say
T he use of brands in luber pro- .
ducts, or the lack of b ran d s in G rou p to S p on sor
lum ber products in this area has I
brought a stir of interest. D istrict C ru sa d e For F reed om
A ttorney Erl Ackley, in a special
The A m erican Legion Auxili
notice printed elsew here calls a t
tention to the lact th a t the law, ary m et on Feb. 4. in a well a t
passed in 1953, has not been en tended m eeting. The Auxiliary
forced in C u rry county in the voted to sponsor the Crusade for
past, but he does call it to the a t Freedom , supporting Radio Free
tention of the loggers in the area, Europe. Boxes for donations will
and reports w hat the penalties
be placed in business locations
th a t can be levied by the courts
in the m atter.
T he bran d s can be filed w ith
the Public U tilities Com mission in
Salem , and resem ble a b randing
( iron used for cattle, only m ainly
they are m ade on th e back of an
axe. Brookings Plyw ood Corp has
, ten brands for th e ir various pro
ducts.
B u yram
D ea th
y - ,
- .- f e
R ep orted
Mrs. Ja c k T aylor left for Long
view W ashington last W ednesday
to a tte n d the funeral services of
her fath er, Mr. B. J. Buyram Mr
B uyram w as 87 years old.
COUNTY COM M ISSIONER FRED FLYNN points to sag rin g bridge on South Bank road across
lack s Creek. Sign report lim it of 10 tons on bridge Flvnn says that the bridge w ill have to tie rebuilt
and hopes county can do it on a perm anent basis. T im bers underneath have rotted aw ay.