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Nowhere a Finer Climate -
Nowhere a Finer Community
Volume XII, Number 3
Thursday, February 23, 1957
DYNAMITING BRINGS F. B. I.; THREE MEN ARRESTED
D r. D a v id B r o w n H e a d s
Ze’ka to Open
Business Again
A dynam iting of a culvert up mite. D amage reportedly w a s
Local Polio Clinic
th e south bank of th e Chetco Ri- j more th a n $1000
S
everal
people
in
the
U
pper
Dr. David Brow n w as appointed
ver Sunday, on F ederal F orest
in charge of the Polio Im m uniza­
Service road, stirred up a lot of Chetco region heard th e explo­
tion, and the ad m in istratio n t,here
action in Brookings during the sion.
of in th e Brookings area.
past few days. The F. B. I. moved
Henry Zelka, who was b u rn ed
The Chetco H ardw are store,
A polio clinic will be held on
in, and the arrest of th ree local
A local contractor. Roy Weide- operated by Virg and M arg Golds- M arch 27 a t 9 a.m. and on M arch out of his bttttlne» In Sm ith R iv er
m en was m ade W ednesday.
th e elem en tarv several weeks ago. reported th a t
m an was the low bidder and re- b ------
erry - is in the process of expand
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it w ould be about th ree weeks be­
John Leonard Hegness, D uane
ceived the aw ard on the new ing in larg er q u arters. They w ill $chool building.
fore his firm can take any type
Roland Easom, and N ate Kline,
Coos-Curry Electric Co-op build take over the space form erly oc-
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of w ork again. Zelka was in th e
felter w ere all in custody a t
cupied bv H arold’s Jew elry some
, .
ing, w hich w ill be b uilt here.
rug cleaner, and jan ito rial service
Brookings W ednesday accused of
W eidem an’s bid was $58.3,0, m onths back, and will install a P r o g r a m M a r ch l b
having dynam iting a culvert in
separate appliance and TV depart-
The B arbershoppers of C rescent work.
Have
a
H
eart”
last
w
hde
the
high
b
id
was
$74,574
Did YOU
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City, who have been joined w ith
T he building which he occupied
a U. S. Forest Service road 9 l i Sunday
and contribute to your T here w ere 10 contractors bidding m ent.
m iles above H arbor in the early H eart F und w hen sixty-nine of on 4be project. A second local
Work is cu rren tly in progress th e group from Brookings w ill in S m ith River was leveled in a
‘ Mr. and
m orning of Monday.
rton Bros, w as only now and it’s expected th a t w ithin p u t on a “N ight of H arm ony” on blaze, in which
and Mrs.
Mrs.
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, your neighbors and f r i e n d s ftrm , H orton
a week the new portion of the S aturday, M arch 16 at th e Cres- Zelka narrow ly w c a p ^ w ith th e ir
Joseph F. Santoiana Jr., S p e c - ^ raved th e high w inds an d dnv- s4 000 off w ith a bid of $62.337.
lding will be concrete store w jn be ready for occupancy. cent-Elk au ditorium in C rescent
lives. He reported th a t they d id n t
ial Agent in charge of the P o rt­
rain lo contact every possible
The building
construction, a and
will
departm ei
ents will be con- City.
„
have tim e to save anything, in-
land office of the FBI stated the home from Pistol River to the and bjock construction,
na w
in The
T he two departm
Brookings
th ree are charged w ith destruc­ S tate Line?
be two level w ith th e office area nectcd a nd the w all betw een has
A form er __
_ m an, Bob eluding all their equipm ent an d
on the ground street level, w ith aireadv been knocked out.
Perkins, w ill be M aster of Cere th eir pets, a parakeet an d .ad « J-
tio n of governm ent property in
W orkers started out at o n e
Also th e Brookings F low er and monies, and the Cascade C h o ru s. Zelka, who has m any cus < . s
violation of T itle 18. Section 1361, o’clock to the tune of all our local a m aintenee shop behind, also on
gro u n d level b ecau se of th e slo p e
G if, sh „ „ h a s b ecn in th e process n atio n ally fam o u s front
Eugene tn B rookings / » M » ■ » £ ■ " "
U. S. Code.
church bells ringing.
n e t'e o m A p few
le te of t o the
e , r | 0( th e land. The building »111 be of m o v in g a c ^ e ^ A v . to w l U ^ »
s„ e
101. Past “ he
The disclosure cam e a fte r an w orkers did not
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»turn until alm ost 7:30 sim ilar to the stru ctu re rccentlv
extensive investigation by the > a re a a n d re1
shel build,ng. Mrs. Ju a n ita Echols, a t G rayshel Insurance
Agency, D r Elite bridge. to * « ™ " « J“ *»
FBI and Oregon S tate Police.
p.m. A rnold Peabody, treasu rer, | com pleted in Gold Beach,
shop ow ner has been moving this and from G eorge and H enry Mos | covered a sm all p art of the total
T
here
was
no
im
m
ediate
w
ord
It is alleged Hegness, Easom , reported. He was very pleased
dam ages in the fire.
^e r ‘
and K linefelter drove to the pow­ w ith the results of the drive, b ut On when construction would start, week.
der house of the South Coast urged th a t all ¿>o5 home w here 1 and on the com pletion date, al-
L um ber Co. about 10’a m iles m ailing envelopes we:- left when thoueh it is believed th a t w ork
from H arbor, broke into the pad­ th e occupants w ere not at home, would began as soon as w eather
locked pow der house and a n ear­ s nd in th e ir contributions as soon perm itted. The bids w ere opened
by bias* ing cap shelter, stealing as possible. A rep o rt o n t h e ; in Coquille
W eidem an has constructed nu­
blasting caps and four boxes of am ounts received w ill be given
m erous othpr buildings in Brook­
40% dynam ite.
next week.
H eadquarters w ere open from 1 ings including the Pilot building,
T he pow der w as then loaded
er building.
into th eir car and taken to a to 7:30 p m. at th e Dempsey and the Elks-Palm
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large culvert in the Forest Service I nodge Plym outh s h o w
ro o m ,
Vern Ayres, secretary-m anager would be paid back through Boivin is chairm an, and N ateslin
road about one ‘ mile from the w here Mrs. Edith Ackley and
users tax es” on gasoline, etc. He vice chairm an. If it receives a
of
the Oregon Coast Association
pow der house. All four boxes of Mrs. C lara K erns k*?pt the co t<» ^ U A n l i ^ l k
111
explained
th at the Coast Associa­ “do pass” vote in this com m ittee
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w
orkers
as
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proposed the end for ‘A m erica s
dynam ite w ere placed in the j and cake detail for w orkers as
tion
has
had
the blessing of the it will then go to the senate floor
last cow trail" Tuesday noon, be­
m iddle of the culvert and the they returned. Mr. Peabody, v.ith
Oregonian,
and
the help of all for action.
fore
th
e
Brookings
Rotary
club
fuse ignited.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dempsey, also
» i R m A
F rom there, if action is favor­
th
e
Coast
county
senators and as­
and oth er interested people.
All three suspects are residents rem ained at h ead q u arters d u rin g %/■ fc A
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able. it will go to the house high-
sem
blym
en,
especially
Sen.
Dick
A yres told about the steps th at
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wav com m ittee, and then to th e
preceeded th e bond issue th at has C hapm an and C arl Back.
Avers said th at the hearing house floor. A ixiblic hearing will
been placed in the state senate
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, W.93h. J ï ï
e« e e t -b at b , fmm bas
hopper, and said th a t now is the w ould be held w ithin tw o weeks, probably be held on the m easure
tim e to get it. He said th a t if the and th at if it was passed it would by th e senate highw ay com m ittee
Gold Beach Brookings bottleneck req u ire a y ear and a h alf before and la ter by the house highw ay
isn’t licked by th e $12,000,000 engineering w ork is com pleted, com m ittee.
children.
Ayres, in a new s letter, urged
organizations participai- the Business Service B ureaus Inc bond it w ill be m any years before and an estim ated six years to
South Coast crew s first noticedi O t l w — s
m cm bers for w hich has offices in Medford,
finish. He said th at right-of-ways th a t a strong delegation from all
anything is done.
' along the coast attend these hear-
th e dam age M onday m ont.ng, as M £ c a t ,ask w ere: Brookings C a n t s Pass and K lam ath Falls,
U rging the mass le tte r w riting w ere no problem .
they w ent up the road to beg.n ^ 'to e ^ h u r e h .'B a p tis t Com m unity
The firm is associated w ith the
Senate
bill
308
was
introduced
ings. He also stated that thou-
to the assem blym en and state sen
logging operations. The culvert
Episco- C redit B ureau of C rescent City.
ators A yres pointed out th at Gov by senators A ndrew N aterlin, Till- sands of dollars spent in sign
church,
Catholic
church
w
reported-
, as . 1 a five
a -1 foot
a u job,
u . and 4U
-4
i rial church. L u th eran church.
Shangle will m aintain the office Holmes has given th e bond pro­ amook, and C hapm an. Coos C urry, | boards, travel film and m agazine
ly blasted to bits by the dyna- P rpshvterian cb Urch; The Ameri- in the M anley Building, and Vel- ject his whole hearted approval and w ill first come to th e a tte n ­ publicity can not do the job w ith ­
1 Legion. Emblem C l u b , T h e m a Erb is the local m anager. He said th a t th e bond would re tion of the S enate highw ay com ­ out the elim ination of this b ottle­
G range, and women of the U nited Shangle said th a t th e re are ¿1 q u ire no increase in taxes, as it m ittee of w hich S enator H arry D. neck.
SKETCH BOOK
S tates N ational Bank. Many indi- participating m em bers am ong the
viduals not affiliated w ith these Brookings business and protes-
P r e sb y te r ia n s W ork
eroups also volunteered. Some sional people.
hose nam
w ,’ nose
n am es w ere
e re noe
«»«c k given
* w .. last -
- Shangle
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.. illam ette U.
R gra i Q uite
a
few
P re s b y ti ria n
w eek w ere: Mrs. Thelm a Houvila, uate. He started as C redit B ureau churcb m em bers have been hold
Brookings had to settle for con­ in the game until Ron Veach
Mrs. Ronnie Ragland, Mrs. Iva m anager in M cM innville, and , ing w ork p arties at the new
solation place in the Rogue River sw ished a long tw o-hander w ith
K reuger, Ju n e Miller, Mrs. E veret then moved to M edford to set up building evenings. The women A 2 division play-off last week less than th ree m inutes left in
Jaggers, Mrs. L aura B arker, Mrs. his own business.
have been painting, varnishing end, afte r losing an o th er close th e game. T hat m ade the score
ETaine Heffle, and Mrs. B etty
He feels th a t it is necessary to and w hat have you; w hile m any one to Eagle Point on T hursday 38 37 for the Eagles. The Rogue
G utherie. Not all organizations of provide service to all of S outhern Qf the men have jnst a Ued the
league w inners played ball con­
night.
the area w ere called on for work- Oregon, and th a t th e Brookings jurnacet and done construction
Eagle Point rated in th e state, trol from there and collected sev­
ers, since enough w orkers volun­ branch is essential. T he F red worR
had to m ake an uphill clim b in en m ore points, five on gift shots
Sproule interest w as purchased by
teered from those contacted.
the last ten m inutes to surge by before Bill W orkinger got the
Shangle
because
Shangle
felt
th
at
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The drive for funds w ill con
final bucket for the Bruins.
the Brook q u in t by 45-39.
th
ere
is
a
need
for
this
type
of
C
la
r
ic
e
J
o
in
»
M
a
y
tinue th e rest of F eb ru ary and it there
C larice L attim er and M a y
W ith less than four m inutes to
However, Brookings n a i l e d
By Bud Pisarek
' is hoped by all those who have service in Brookings.
Blunt hafe joined forces to open down the consulation prize by play in the third q u arte r Brook-
The
firm
is
a
m
em
ber
of
the
..
given th e ir tim e and energies to
a new novelty and gift shop T he snowing u n d er G lendale 56 50 on ings had a 12 point lead, 30 J 8
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The m eeting held at the school * m ake this a _ success,
th a t every A m erican Collection Association, business will be located in th e S atu rd ay night.
m argin over the Eagles, w h o
last Tuesday night was really well resid en t of the area w ill also do th e largest in th e w orld, and the
old Flow er and G ift shop building
A gainst Eagle Point it w as w hittled it dow n to seven rxiints
attended. Everybody heard th ere th eir p art and co n trib u te what- Oregon S tate Collectors Associa
next to O stenburgs.
p retty m uch the sam e story. The at 34 27 by the end of the stanza.
w as going to be free coffee. Of ever they can afford to this good tion, and the N ational Association
A grand opening Is b e i n g Brooks have played the Eagles
Brookings could only m ake five
course the m ain speaker w as a work. The dollars you give now of Credit bureaus.
planned for the 9th of M arch, five tim es this season, and have points in the critical q u arte r, at-
little
m ay m
m ean
ean that
th at one
one of
of your
your loved
loved
They w
will
engage in in c credit
little bit
bit of
of an
an attraction
a u ra c u o n too. Mr. may
They
in engage
r e u u re ^ p o o” the clown will be present beaten them only o n e e - b u t the though they w ere the stead ier
Elliott, the m anager °
ones m ay benefit in tim e to come porting, collet ling ^ ,,r
°
‘
, ,ive „ ifls to the kids and coffee rest of the tim e it has been close, q u in t for most of th ree periods.
M innville C ham ber o___
from fjnd ings of th e great re- kinds, and other vanec
t
and cake is planned for th e adults. J Eagle Point never had the lead T he team looked smooth, and h it
did a fine job in presenting the search projects
services.
w ell from the field.
a tld icn cc w ith a ru n d o w n of his ----------------------
T he B ruins led 12-7 at the quar-
city’s achievem ents in the w ay of
er, and 24 14 at halftim e. Each
attracting new industry.
team had 15 field goals, b u t only
m ade nine of 18 free throw s.
It is strange how things take
S tan G ribble led Brooks scoring
an about face.' Y ears ago it was
w ith 13 points, w hile J e rry An-
common know ledge th at M cM inn­
valuation to level it off—through y ea r , er he believed a town of Brook- derson had nine, W orkinger and
ville had a “keep the lunch buc-j W ell over 200 Brookings and about $1900 assessed
round industry.
, ings size could afford a paid Ron Lane six, and Ron Bullock
k et out" cam paign. Now they pay H arbor people met in the Brook- per student.
E lliott pointed out th a t the m ain secretary-m anager..
Elliott said five.
a m an to a ttra c t labor.
ings
school auditorium Tues-
W illiams told of how 18 ttac
sten is to analise th e i th a t it could be done, depending
T he Brookings victory o v e r
• • •
day ntghl to hear econom ic pro-
h, " . “.H i. th e com
com m
m unity
unity feU
felt G1<.ndalf. w asn’t too easy to some
pro- ers
ers w
w ere
ere on
on half
n an day
oay sessions, and
...
hear how the high schoob built for local ^ lt“ a tl”pl’ Tabor nool favor- it needed a man He believed it by either, although the Brooks
O ur highw ay to Gold Beach is blem s of the area aired, and latcd
300 stu d en ts alread y has 425 to
^ d ™ mM erlal
L i d operate on a budget of $7000 h a d n 't had any p articu lar troubles
now on fire. If we get it or not the beginning of plans form ulated
,ere.
it.
He
satd
th
a
t
15
m
ore
class-
»b
*
w ill be decided by the state legis- for industrial developm ent here. it.
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" '¡ M ',"„,'7how they form ed a non-1 a n d stre ss e d a g a in how im p o rta n t w i, h G lendale in th e past. T he
la tu re this session. Everyone is
The large, very interested group rooms are jie ed e d nowj
urged to w rite neighboring county m et to hear Clifford Elliot, secre
legislatures for th eir support in tary-m anager of th e McM innville ^ ^ I J 'T T e T L 'i . V e m o P . 'y m e n t .« m en In the com m unity. 2 w hat it has to offer prospeefive Brookings realised they w ere in
“ C ham ber of Com m erce tell of a report on th e local em ploym ent 54 m en
.
th a t em-1 industry.
a ball game.
th is bill- So. you will ■ ‘ be forgiven
t 1
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7 Tyw>afnd a
F orm er m ayor Roy Brim m told
By half tim e they had cut the
if you stop readin g right now and w hat th eir com m unity has done situation, citing some exam p es o ployed
75 m en; and 3. Ixicated a
sta rt contacting someone in the
th e prom otion of industry.
w hat additional payroll dollars trailer m an u factu rin g plant th a t the group how he felt th a t it was advantage to a m ere th ree points
vallev Give ’em a call.
G ordon Olson, head of a group would bring.
necessary far one organization, a t 2623, and they really cut loose
.
of businessm en th at organized th e
Olson told of th ree m ajo r needs will cover eight acres and will such as th e C ham ber of Com­ a t the third q u arter. In th e th ird
em
ploy
130
people.
F r e d Flvnn the com mish. gave m eeting opened the meeting, and of the area. 1. An im proved high-
He said th a t one of the best m erce to h an d le the prom otion, period they tallied 23 points to
a ™ u tn g 'T £ e c h at T u e s d a y s
laid the groundw ork for th e ses- Beach 2 A road from Brookings
personally tak e an im pressive 46 34 lead over
w ays
a ro u sin g .p e e c n a
ciAn
w ay betw een Brookings and Gold —
- to „ get the taxes dow n is to and said th a t he
m eeting In regards o the highw ay ^ n .
„resident of th e to Selma, and thence to th e valley broaden th e tax base by locating w ouldn’t give a dim e to any other Glendale.
They m erely held th eir m argin
group o th e r th an th e C ham ber
xituation. SU rtm png m my e a ^
P - '^ X r "
C ham ber o f and 3 A deep w ater h arb o r
new in d u stry in an area
in
the last q u arte r, and staved
is his tran sp lan ted eastern tw ang, Brookings H arbor
for
th
e
purpose.
T he most interesting p a rt of th e
E lliott told how the city of Mc-
C ounty Com m issioner F r e d off any G lendale th reat.
e toe tim e to do som ething is | Com m erce
M,n n v i„ e suddenly lost th e ir lum m eeting, from a spectators stand
J e rry A nderson was again top
com point came in th e question and i Flynn m ade an im passioned plea n ettin g 19 points on six buckets
com m unity “pulling together in her industry, and how th e them-
answ er period following E lliott’s tor everybody to w rite th eir as-
any undertaking.
m unity m anaged to pull
sem blym an and state sen ato r in and seven gift tosses. Ron I«ane
My m ain concern in getting the
D D. W iliams, Supt. of Schools selves back up. Elliott said that presentation. E 'lio tt said th a t the
highw ay thro u g h is so th a t the rep o rted th a t he is en tru sted w ith in Oregon we depend upon th ree C ham ber of Com m erce is th e logi­ reg ard to th e bond issue of $12,- h it 10, J e rry Fox eight, and Ron
000 000 fo r th e building of high- Bullock eight. W orkinger a n d
people from the w ind blown fish­
1100 youngsters to educate, and m ajor revenues: 1. agriculture. 2. cal place for any in d u strial d ev el­ w ay 101 be tw een Gold Beach and Dale R utledge each had four,
ing village to th e north can escape
th a t m onev is needed to educate tourists, and 3- lum ber, and thf> opm ent to start, in an answ er to 1 Brookings. F lynn said th a t it m ust G ary G alm bos two, and Jim Grib-
from th e ir captivity and come
them He pointed out th a t current- all are at th q jr peak in the sum- a question by M urray P alm er.
I W« one-
dow n to Brookings and see w hat lv in the d istrict th e re is only m er. He said th a t th e problem is
Ed Dempsey asked E llitt wheth- be done now.
a m arvelous area we have here.
Weideman Wins
Coos-Curry Bid
Two Businesses
Make Change
Heart Drive Still
In Progress Here
Urge Mass Letter W riting
On Highway Bond Issue
Brooks End Basketball Season Thurs.
Industrial Meeting Well Attended