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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1957)
U ÜF W LIBRARY» EUGE’.JE ORE MEETING SET TUESDAY ON INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION dollars into the com m unity. The A m ass m eeting of all those in cu rren t slowdown in th e lum ber terested in Brookings as a com- industry has brought home the m unPy has been called for T ues point to the business and profes d ay night, F ebruary 26, beginning at 8 p.m. in the high school au d i sional people in the area. The com m unity needs new and d iv er torium . The m eeting has been called to sified industry. see w hat can be done to bring T he general m eeting w as called new industry and new pay roll J by Gordon Olsen, president of the Brookings B usinessm en’s Associa tion, and was planned M onday noon at lucheon m eeting w ith about 25 business and professional people present. Olsen rep o rted th a t Mr. Elliot of McM innville will be on hand ........ u . tra51pr m anufacturing plant to provide the m ain speech of the huge trailer m anufacturing plant evening. Elliot w orked w ith a which w ill employ 120 men. group of M cM innville people th at Olsen said th at everyone in ter founded a non-profit industry pro ested in Brookings and H arbor is motion venture th at has paid off not only invited, but are requested in th e securing of several large •to atten d to offer suggestions and industries for the city. The latest to listen to w hat the possibilities developm ent for M cM innville is a are. O lsen lsen and and his his co-workers co-workers hayt have O made a card file of over 300 nam es w hich w ill be contacted and urged to atten d the session, b ut he em phasized the im portance of having a large turn-out. Coffee and doughnuts w ill be served following the meeting. City Being Sued For 10 Thousand A great deal of variety was included in the city council m eet ing held last W ednesday at the city hall- The most im portant thing brought up was the an nouncem ent of attorney Ed A ck ley that his client plans to sue ,, , VII M u 9 T h u rsd a y , F eb ru ary 2 1 , 1957 th e city for $10.000 in dam ages V o lu m e XII, N u m b er 2 ________ for an injury on the city streets. The client, L etha Hall, returned hom e on F ebru ary 8, on A rt St. and fell in a hole five feet deep, and three wide. According t o Ackley the hole was not m arked or lighted in any way. No action __ _ —- “Your n neighbors e ig h b o r s a and n d friends w as taken at the meeting, as the are ready to join the several city said that it had no evidence, thousand other volunteers in m ore Mr s. Nellie D arst passed aw ay an investigation is being made. than 80 Oregon cities who will in Brookings S aturday, F ebruary M ayo- Fell Cam pbell said that p articip ate in the Oregon H eart 16, w ith funeral services held on th e Pelican Bay Co-, w hich is Monday, F ebruary 18 at 11 a m. A ssociation’s door-to-door H eart digging the sewers has insurance Sunday cam paign this Sunday, Mrs. D arst was the w ife of Ira to cover the situation. F ebruary 24,” C Ed Dempsey, J. D arst of Brookings. Incal chairm an, stated this week. The council heard o delegation West Coast Telephone Com C hristian Science services w ere of businessm en ask for some type Most of the volunteers w i l l p an y ’s 1957 construction budget of ordinance to license stamps, in held from the Assembly of God sta rt ringing doorbells at 1 p /n . allocates nearly $30.00(1 to five ah ead ” by Gov- The Croft M emorial M onument heralded by the ringing of church o rd er to get rid of them. The church, under the direction o f, Robert Holmes, tw o sena- cable and line projects in the has finally found a perm anent bells, and will attem p t to reach council felt that m ore inform ation Roeder’s Colonial Chapel of C r » Brookings exchange area, the representing four Oregon horn? on th e highw ay side of the every home from Pistol River to on them , and the legal processes cent City. Mrs. D arst was b u n t counties Monday tossed a com pany’s Coo Bay district m ana Chetco G range property, the move the S tate Line. w ere needed, and asked council in the Lake View C em etary ger, G eorge McBride, advised the being m ade last F riday by Georgt (Continued on Back P age) m an Ben P hetteplace to look into Lake View, Oregon. C aptained by the m em bers of H arbor ilot today. M urry and his equipm ent. Robert G am m a G am m a C hapter of Beta Mrs. D arst survivors include th e m atter. Largest of the five is an $8830 C ham bers was the chairm an of The am bulance problem reared ' , her m other, M rs. Susan Koontz of job to provide cable relief north the G range com m ittee th at pre Sigma Phi, the following local its ugly head again, now th at Dr. F ort Dick, California and h er son of Brookings along US highway pared the cem ent base and helped w orkers have generourly volun R onniger has left the area. Speed Donaid T ierney of San Bernadino, teered to call on you betw een one 101. Cable will he placed along in the moving. F u n ari told the council th a t a California. Sisters are Mrs. Maude and lour next Sunday afternoon. Chetco Avenue from F ern A venue serious accident in the woods re Ede of Brookings, Mrs. Mae Stotes The Croft M onument was dedi- D istricts I and 6: C aptain N a to C enter Street, and existing ca quired an am bulance, and that burg of F ort Dick, Mrs. W infred ble will be extended on acific ated ten years ago in memory dine H yatt, Mrs John Hagen, Mrs. th e re was none in the city. H onnold of F o rt Dick, Mrs. Ida Richard P undt, w orking for Avenue to M ennings Buick and of Sidney Croft who was th eir W alter Sadler, M arla Thorpe, Mrs. V arious suggestions w ere made, M. Jones of P ortland, and a b ro th ••Speed” F unari, was seriously in thence, in sm aller guage, to South propagator of the first Croft Eas Flora Mead, Pistol River, Mrs. w ith city attorney W illiam Balde- er John Koontz of Jackson, Cali te r lily w hich has m eant so much Hazel Fritz, Pistol River, Mrs. jured last W ednesday. P u n d t was Coast Lum ber Company. ree reporting th a t it is not a city fornia. to the economv of this area. It P auline C arp en ter, C arpenterville, pinned u nder some heavy equip- W hen com pleted late this sum function. Bud P isarek reported , . . . m ent in a logging area n ear Car m er, the project will enable the was placed beside the highw ay on Mrs. Lydia Brow m an. th a t Dr. Ronniger told him that the L G S tafford property w’hich will m ake the car a w f u l l y ntCl Ville, Oregon. u tility to fill 17 held orders and was later sold, and the m onum ent D istrict 2: C aptain Sue M cKen h e would be w illing to sell the crow ded. Dr D avid Brown w as called to to supply the 200 new services am bulance to the city. had to be moved. It is now zie, Mrs. Alan Crosby, Mrs. Alice * * * . ., the scene and took P u n d t to the expected in the area in the next placed so that anyone going by Peabody and Mrs. G race Trostad- The resignation of Ralph Reed I finally found a chess enthusi- g hospitai, C rescent City, in 36 m onths. D istrict 3: C aptain Pat W idmer as city w ork supt. was accepted the Chetco G range hall can drive asin tow n in Jess H oagland but arnbulance. A $7390 cable relief and ex ten onto the G range lot and park Mrs. Ellen Michaelson, Louise by the council. w hile r m not going to rep o rt th e su((ered M ayor Fell Cam pbell reported Reeder, Mrs. Fell Cam pbell. sion project scheduled for com w hile looking at the m onum ent going ‘^ 2 pletion about the same tim e will on th e Civil Defense trip and Mr. C roft w as also given hon D istrict 4: C aptain C harlotte tak e care of eight held o rd eis ored recognition by th e Brookings Chapm an, C aptain m eeting in Gold Beach, and that Y o 1 a n d e to call 01 a re n . tions, contusions, and abrashions. and nrepare the com pany to fill Masonic Ixidge w hen it organized, Vaughn, Mrs. ¿h irley F rasier, Brookings w ould have to take . r. , .u ,1 „„mi. Dr. Brown said the p atien t was in the 190 new orders it anticipates as they nam ed th eir lodge the Mrs. Dale Bullock, Mrs. E leanor care of 2,000 people in case of an This donkey basketball game condition as of M onday of south of Brooking along US 101 Sidney A. Croft Lodge. allout bombing. K oehler. ' , Owen C arter com plained to the last w eek was a real corker, and A com plete history of the m em in th ” next th ree years. D istrict 5: C aptain Velma Erb, I ’m sure the particip an ts h a d ’ ’ • council about the unlicensed wood “T he harbor area along US 101 orial will be given in next weeks Mrs. Roy W hite, Mrs. Dale S an than m ore fun th an the spectators. 1 is developing as a business dis Pilot. sellers. W irren McNeely really puls his loi of people in the stands didn ders, Mrs. M arie Bishop. The problem of precincts was h ea r, in a game U k / t i a t . and know which were th e donkeys trict and also has good residential D istrict 7: C aptain P at Helllhg, b rought up and discussed. Brook- 4 his Q uarterback club team put up and w hich w ere ihe jackasses possibilities”, M cBride observed Mrs. Edith Lundeen returned Mrs. Jo h n Connors, Mrs. L. p- T he company, will spend $3830 inks is now heavily populated to a great tight betore losing to the tew ot the -ath letes" reported tha the past week from San Diego, Twohy and Mrs. J. B. Stanley. req uire three precincts instead of talented teachers. Doug McFar- they w ere a little “ re ‘he nex to place cable from Fern and C alifornia w here she spent the D istrict 8: C aptuin G l a d y s S pruce in Brookings down Rail tw o. land w as easily the ace of the day, but no broken bones w inter w ith relative® there. C hristensen, Mrs. Ralph Reed and A rt K nox was aw arded the li (Continued on Back !’•» ) far as scoring „ goes. A uncovered. I1V W 0 as 3 la i «0 _______________ ___ ._______ ____ Mrs. Vi Moiser. ab ility insurance for the city after 5 show' D istrict 9: C aptain Nancy Pisa bids w ere opened. rek, Mrs. Ed McClain, Mrs L aura Dog licensing and barking were A ndersoii and Mrs. Connie Nieme. discussed. D istrict 10; C aptain LaV erne Merv McGuire of Crescent City Allison, C aptain M arianne M ur cohiplained about the high license P earl Faesen; organist, Clara Bow dent, Mabel O strander; vice pres phy, Mrs. Russel Shea, Mrs. Je rry fee for Brookings. M onday evening, F ebruary 11. w'ere also honored to have our ident, W anda Phillips, financial lin; press correspondent, Berneice Schroder and Mrs. A m anda H am Discussion on the city’s printing own Alice Bordwell, Suprem e H ew itt; histoiian, Velma Violette; the Elks Hall was the scene of a w as held and Joe M urphy of the very im pressive installation cere Press Correspondent, and o u r secretary, Evalyn Jaklew icz, tre a Is* guard, V era W hillock; 2nd ann. su rer, Ruth H ritz; corresponding D istrict 11: C aptain L orraine P ilot asked the council to let the mony of the officers of Emblem State President, Ruby F lora with secretary, B arbara Miller; record ?uard, M arie Bishop. E id \ Mrs Sally D unning and printing on bids. This was tabbed us. • Club 265, conducted by Louise O ur guests from C rescent City Mrs. Ed T hornton. until the next meeting. The officers-elect w ere beauti- ing secretary. P at A m lin; ch a ir Shae of Club 47 of New Haven, m an trustee. Ruby Lowe; 2 year o in e i us for the cocktail hour Percy Evans appeared to ask H arbor D istrict 1: C a p t a i n Conn , Suprem e P resident of the fuly attired in w hite floor length trustee, Pauline C arp en ter; 3 year and banquet prior to the installa w ho would m ake the electrical Yvonne Cox, Mrs L. C. Sm ith, formais com plete w ith red carn a Suprem e Emblem C lubs of the inspections now, and the m ayor tion corsages and w hite gloves; trustee, Alice G ran; m arshall, tion cerem onies. T here w ere »6 K aren W allace, Mrs. Blanche inform ed him th at the state would U nited States. they w ere escorted by th eir hus L eta Corner; 1st assistant m ar present a t the banquet. Dancing K eenor, Mrs. Frances Nelson, and M rs. Shae was accom panied by Mrs. Norm a Archibald. resum e doing so. bands, m em bers of Lodge 1934. the Suprem e M arshall, L illian No shall, Veda M attson; 2nd assistant and refreshm ents w ere enjoyed H arbor D istrict 2: C aptain P at O fficers installed w ere: presi for lh*t rem ain d er of the evening. lan, also of New Haven. T his was m arshall, A rline King; chaplain. Dent, Mrs. Dolly Rasmussen, Mrs. th eir first visit to Oregon. We dent D ortha Ray; Jr. past presi- F ran k T ygart, Mrs. Leona Nichols PIPE DREAMS . . . and Mrs. Diva S atterfield. In reserve, to serve in case of illness of another w orker will be; Mrs. C laude Goldizen, Mrs Jo seph Kanick and Mrs. Ed Demp sey. Mrs. Edith Ackley and M r s . C lara K erns will serve refresh m ents to the volunteers w hen they come in from th eir culling to h eadquarters. Mi A rnold Peabody, who is County C hairm an and treasurer, will be on d u ty d uring the after noon at h ead q u arters at the C. Ed Demnsey Dodge, Plym outh Agen By foe Murphy cy, 934 Chetco Avenue, as will A trip to the outside w as very Mr. Dempsey. They may b e efreshing. We attended the Ore- reached by telephoning 3401 on N ew spaper Publishers con- “T hese volunteer women are erence in Eugene and w ere sur- m aking a great sacrafice,” the irised to find th at people in other chairm an said, “and it is the sin- »arts of the state w ear shoes too cere hope of all persons connected Vc heard S tew ard Holbrook. Ore- w ith the cam paign th at they will ion’s first author talk. be received graciously and gener ously by the people of the state.” Diseases of the h eart claim s the Holbrook said he likes Oregon lives of m ore persons ann u ally in he way it is now, and w ith ton- Oregon and the U nited States rue in' cheek, reported how he ' th an any other, and none of us ¡as tried to keep people out of can afford to rest until medical )regon. W hen they w rite asking science finds the answ ers. These ibout this state he alw ays w rites answ ers m ust be found in the re »ack that “ It is a fme state— e x search laboratories, w here thou cept for the rattlesnakes.' sands of d edicated men and wo • • * men are w orking around t h e T his m eeting next T u e s d a y , . . . . . . If you are not at hom e during light should be well attended S ta le 1 rc* ’ 1 ,,l‘*in_ , ?Ol? " 1|nUP^ j r b 3 r A Miller ( l a r a Bowlin, Pauline ( »rpenter. M arie Bishop; 3rd these hours please m ail your con Each of u? has specific instru c w in . Ruby l.owe, 1 at Im lm , Ba K in r Velma VloleUe, Alice G ran, and tribution tions to corner about 15 m en row: Bernice llew itt, Vera W hitlock, I e a r l aes« n, B roaklnks Studio P io to . apiece and load them in the car Ruth Hritz. and bring them to the school. It Nowhere a Finer Clim ate - Mrs. Nellie Darst Passes February 16 Nowhere a Finer Community Heart Fund Drive Sunday Hi-Way Bill Tossed Phone Company Plans Project To Hopper of The State Senate Monument Moved To New Location On Grange Land Pundt Injured in Woods Accident Emblem Club Officers Installed