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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1957)
Thursday, March 7, 1957 Brookings-Harbor Pilot Brookings, Oregon In any event, a party of sev e ral or a family group, the Elks Smorgasbord is alw ays a happy affair. The group to the left is a contingent from Gold Beach, w h ile the family at the right is B rookings’ ow n Paul Fauerso treating the w ife and children to a dinner out. (P ilot Pic) Now is the Time scam's Store $10; Louis Stroller $2; and th e S tanfford Lily Gai For Soil Testing dens $62.42. Now is the tim e to take soil The folowing list is some addi tests if farm ers and ranchers are tional donations to the Croft Mem planning to m ake pasture seedings orial fund: Oregon Medical School w orking on cultivated land this spring Louis Stroller, H arbor. $2; K together w ith the Executive Com under the A. C. P. program , says H urlbert, W arrentow n, Ore., $2; m ittee of Oregon H eart Associa Lou O ester. County Extension A- The Croft Lily M onum ent th a t on April 25, 1949. The w all cost $116.25. Carl A m erican Bulb Co. $50; Corp of tion have set up a new Professor has been lying on its face in gent. front of the new Allenby hom e Bloyn and Earl Dodge did the years this Memorial to the three Chas Meyer. N. Y. $50; S S. Ski- ship at U niversity of Oregon in The A gricultural C onservation in H arbor for m any m onths was wrok. The highw ay dept. donated originators of the Croft Lily bulb delsky, N Y $50; Fred Gloeek- cardiovascular research, it was was dedicated Ju ly 4, 1947. ner and Co., N. Y $50; A ndrew anounced by C. E dw ard Demp P rogram w ill pay up to fifty per moved to the H arbor Cheteo the rocks. The design on the no rth side T h at was the first Lily Day. Pototnick, H arbor, $50; Dr. E. sey, the local chairm an of the cent of the cost of establishing a G range hall yard last Saturday perm anent pasture or hay crop if by the G range com m ittee of Bert was m ade by a fourteen year old The parade cam e from Brookings Potts, D etroit, $25; U nited Bulb association. it is planted according to the con Brooks, Robert Cham bers and •girl who lived in Sm ith River. An to th e M emorial. The Rock was Co., Woodland. Wash $25; Elsie Oregon Heart Association will servation regulations set up by E arl Carson.. M urray Motors do artist in Coquille m ade th e south covered w ith a sheet th a t had Amadon. A rcata, $25; Bert C a rl 2000 lily blooms sewed on it—it son, H arbor $25; K Adolphson $1; provide $19.500 on an an n u al bas the county com m ittee. One of the nated the tim e and w recker to design gratis. and H erbert Payne, H arbor $15. is to pay for salary and equipm ent first regulations is th at a soil test T here are three nam es on the w as very beautful. move it. necessary to support a scientist be taken and fertilizer and lim e M. N. Hamilton. Brookings $10; Now the question is— w here did Now folks w ant to know about M emorial, all of whom had a capable of eondlueting on a high Fred G ustafson, H arbor $10; Ber level original h ea rt research in apt lied in accordance w ith it. it. On March 21, 1947 the Eureka definite p art in orginating the th e money come from O ester says this can save money Croft Lily bulb and business. Dr. A rt Stone Works put in a ten inch Sydney Croft died after h e tha Duffield. A reata $10; Agda Oregon The scientist selected for because it shows the actual a- cem ent base on the side of U. S. David G riffith. U. S. D. A. had moved to H arbor. Soon it was Benson. Harbor$50; W alter Pear- this position m ust be capable of m ount needed ra th e r than an esti highw ay 101 in the corner of the the idea of orginating an A m eri . reported that his wife, Ida Croft, mine. H arbor $15; E. E Hanseam inspiring young m edical students m ate. Soils vary a great deal in can E aster Lily. He collected $10; Kyle Guy. K lam ath $10; J S tafford Lily G ardens, w here Syd was left in very hard circ u m -> in such a m anner th at they will th eir needs for lime and fertilizer. ney Croft had the m ain p art of choice lily plants w re re v er he stances. The income from the Frazier, Brookings $10; Mr. Stow be b etter equipped to prevent and The soil testing is done by th e his Croft Lily bulbs planted (and could find them in th e U. S. and Croft Estate ceased at his death. ers. Brookings $10; Mr. Ayers. reduce disability and death due to th a t fo r the last tim e), a n d Berm uda, for hybridizinz p u r One of the jobbers for lily bulbs, Crescent City $5; Mr. M acPher diseases of thè h eart and blood Oregon Soils L aboratory in C or erected the rock th a t has become poses. who regularly visits the tow n son. H arbor $5; Mr. P h arr. C res I vessels. This grant is in addition vallis and cost for lime req u ire In 1917 he had enough small w here Mrs. Croft had gone in cent C i'v $2.c ; A ndrew Potonick, ment, ph, phosphate, potash and know n as the Croft Memorial. to the several others th at have a calcium test is $2 50 per sample. Of course the location did not bulbs th at he could give Louis K ansas was asked to investigate H arbor $57.70. been operating in past years. Mr. Chas White. H arbor $12 84: A Dempsey said. This is p articularly One sam ple can be taken from a suit all. but the location and all E oushton tw o suit cases full to He reported »hat Mrs. Croft was about th e M emorial was left to try out on the West Coast. He living in pinched q u arte rs and C Thompson, H arbor $5; H enriet im portant to all of us since 56.4G field up to 20 acres in size if the th ree women. They did the best was very liberal w ith his bulbs. circum stances, and it was no cre ta Wilder. H arbor $5; Friends $3; of all deaths are caused by heart soil type and cropping history is the sam e on the en tire field. they could but the cem ent base He gave some to any one who dit to the Lily G row ers th a t the Jam es Frazier, Brookings $5; Staf diseases. widow of Sydney Croft, who had ford Lily G ardens, H arbor $50; w eighs 1000 pounds, and the rock would try them. CCom plete instrutions for ta k It seems that a neighbor got brought so much to them should L. G Stafford and K enneth Van 1500 pounds. ing a soil test can be secured from ' Pelt $10. Total $788 18. The m onum ent co $530. The the bulbs th at came to be known be forced to live so poorly. Try a Pilot Ad the county exension office. T ests as Croft and Estate. Eventually Added to w hat was left in the m uch respected state nursery in So at once the lily grow ers and can be m ade on garden plots as spector, Chas Cole, m ade the sug this neighbor gave a bulb of each buyers started the Ida Croft fund. Ida Croft Fund w ere the follow gestion that it be placed w here j kind to his neighbor, and th at The money was p ut into the ing: G range .H arbor $6; Del N orte Co. w ell as fields. It takes about 3 Ida Croft Fund $386 98; Croft Lily Ass’n., Calif. $36; Stafford weeks to process a soil test so the it could be easily seen from the neighbor replanted here for the C urry County Bank in Gold highw ay. Before the highw ay first tim e and gave all her left Beach, and the check book was Lily G row ers Ass’n. $55 90; G. E. test should be taken well in ad*, w as changed m any to u r i s t s overs to h er neighbor Sydney sent to Mrs. Croft and the bank F innerty, Cottage G rove $10; So. Lily G ardens, H arbor $25.12 To vanee of planting time. stopped there and climed the bank Croft, at th a t tim e th e m ayor of book was left here so the com m it Lane Co. Lily Ass’n. $10; Cheteo tal $530.00. to get a b etter look, and too, the 1 Bandon. tee could keep adding to the fund gophers m ade the base and bank i Mr. C roft saw money in them. as fast as she drew. th e ir home until it becam e neces A fter th e great Bandon fire in Not long after th at Ida Croft sary to put a retaining w all in 1936 he brought them to H arbor. died. She had draw n only $401.20 So after m any events and several fro n t of the rock. T hat was done from the fund. The bankei notifield the group -THAT V A ., THE th at there was $386 98 left in the 23534853235348234853232348 FIRST ENGLISH SPEAKING Ida Croft Fund and th a t only the ? for $1 and up A ZA LE A S - secretary of the group who do IN A M E R IC A , STILL HAS ABOUT . . . S3 50 en d v p RHODODENDRONS nated the money could d raw it. The money was used to buy the CHETCO NURSERY THE NUMBER OF INHABITANTS Rock th at now sits in a proper W HOLESALE & B E T A IL . place in frotnont of the H arbor P H O N E 20K 9 AS IT HAD IN BENHAM LANE I G range Hall. although, we still have the sam e policy as when this busi Those th at contributed first to ness was founded ‘ to build CUSTOMERS and Friends . . . the retaining w all in front of the our business has grown and the num ber of both have in rock. Carl Bolyn and Earl Dodge creased greatly! did the work. The highw ay de partm ent donated the rock. The cash required for th e sand ce m ent, Mr. McNeely boss, and Y o u will find friendihip ond un de m a n d in g labor came from the following o m o -ijit the peop le o f our church and in people. our Savior, »he Lord Jetu* Christ. Visit us this Croft Lily G row ers Association Sunday. $12.83; Thor Ask $5; H endricks Come thcu w'th us, ond we w ill d o thee g o o d . F u rn itu re $3; Bert DeMoss $3. Humbert 10:29 H aggertys $3; W illiam son’s Bak cry $2; P. N- T vgart $2; CurDel NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, in compliance w ith O.R.S 294.36p, to the legal voters of the Non C leaners $2; C. H. G rayshel $3; high School D istrict of C urry County. Oregon, th a t a meeting will be held a t the Courthouse in Gold Moore's V ariety Store $3; Chetcu Beach Oregon, on the 13th day of March, 1956. at 2:00 o'clock p.m. for the purpose of discussing Brookings Bible Church Home and A ppliance $3; Han- thp budget for .the fifeal yt,ar beginning July .1, 1957, and cpdi^g Ju n e 30, 1958, h ereinafter se| CROFT LILY MONUMFNT HISTORY; WORK ON PROJECT TOLD IN STORY Professcrship has Been Established JAMESTOWN ftAME COOS?? No Understanding ': IVI Notice of Nonhigh School District Budget Hearing fohth. BUDGET Ranch Wagon r I / E S T IM A T E D * » R E C E IP T S E stim ated available cash on hand a t beginning of the y ear for which thia budget Is made , $4,000.00 E stim ated receipted from d elin q u en t’ tax es 800.00 AmounU received from o th er sources 2,000 ,00 ’ totale »8.800.00 ESTIM ATED ITEM a t your Ford D e a le rb n ow E X P E N D IT U R E S Budget Allowance E stim ated for Six M onths of Expenditures C u rren t School Year Expenditure« for th ree Fiscal Y ears N ext Preceding the C u rren t School Year 1953-1954 $1,959.26 Tuition 1.992 60 T ran sp o rtatio n 90 00 Personal S erv (Clerical-Legal) 1 27.75 Eflection and Publicity 116 50 T ravel E m ergency $1.186.11 TO TALS 1954-1955 1955-1956 B udget Allowi 1957-1958 $1,730.25 2,419.20 90.00 27.75 305.50 $6.060.18 2,396.00 90.00 49.59 235.50 7,650.00 3.200.00 100.00 40.00 100.00 $1,472.70 $8,831.27 $12.825.00 5,000.00 100.00 40.00 300.00 500.00 $>8,783.00 $ 1 1 ,0 9 0 .0 0 of E stim ated Expenditures, R eceipts, anil A vailable Cash Balance and la v I a - vv $11,090.00 T otal estim ated expenditures available cash Deduct to tal estim ated receipts 8,800.00 balances 4,290.00 Am ount necessary to balance th<* budget 4,290.00 Balance to be raisea by tax x atio n 4,290 (X) VII. T otal estim ated tax levy for the < nsuing fiscal year Indebtedness (None» D ated F eb ru ary 12, 1957, ■ , S / John E. Seger, clerk Joseph J. Scherer, chairm an Board of Ih recto rs Approved by Budget Com m ittee F ebruary 12, 1957 E. L. T hornton, Chairm an / S ' John E. Seger, Secretary, Budget C om m ittee Budge Com m ittee
