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U OF 1ST LIBRARY* eugejje ore Name Group To Select C. F. Scholarship Nowhere a Finer Climate -- Ncwhere a Finer Community Volum e XII, Number 6 Thursday, Ma»ch 21, 1937 ?Ssy is i e F m ay Six educational and civic lead ers will serve on a com m ittee e ..«mzed to select the Brookings or Gold Beach high school student who will vie for a $500 teaching scholarship from Consolidated F reightw ays, Inc. The announcem ent was m ade Magic Circus Schedu 'ed today by P eter Basich, m anager of the C F term inal here. For Brookings March 33 Com m ittee m em bers are G ene Allison, principal of Brookings- A magic curcus is scheduled for H arbor high school, Joe M urphy, Brookings on M arch 30th, at the editor and publisher of the Brook high school auditorium . The show ings H arbor Pilot, Vernon Hans- is being sponsored by the A m er cam, ow ner of H anseam ’s Center, ican Legion Post of Brookings. C harles Seger, principal of Gold Called an “outstanding magical Beach high school, Bob Van L eer, show" it will featu re m ystery and publisher of the C urry C ounty hvpnosis. Proceeds from the show Reporter, and Richard Buffington, will go tow ard the Legion build- ow ner of Buffington Motors, Gold ind. Beach. »nard, Acting Comma»- The group will select the senior tes that this show has from Brookings-Harbor or Gold to large audiences in Beach high school who shows the ►od and Los An teles, as most prom ise as a fu tu re pre-coll many points on th eir way ege teacher. Its nom ination will t will play C rescent Citf be forw arded to a com m ittee of Friday, M arch 29, plus a S aturday final judges. m atinee there, then Brookings on O nly 56 com m unities w ith Con S aturday evening at 8 p.m. From solidated term inals and popula- Brookings the next stop will be of less than 50,000 are eligible Coos Bay. to subm it nom inations in the The Legion m em bers believe “ Highway to L earning" program . that they are offering the Brook- j Eighteen scholarships will be a- ings llarlx ir area a show that peo w arded am ong the 56 candidates. ple in these p arts seldom have ' in opportunity of seeing. Leonard j Applications m ay be obtained asks the public in general for its j from principals G ene Allison or support because if it is a success C harles Seger They m ust be com Brookings has a chance to get pleted and filed w ith the local oth er w orth w hile road shows in com m ittee on or before April 29. the future. Bob Fischer is the star of “A lexander's Magical C ircus" and brings a fine troop w ith him for the two hour show. He is well known as a stage, screen and TV personality, and is tall, young, dark and handsome. Fisher and D istrict A ttorney Ed Ackley re his group of perform ers present 14 production magic scenes plus ported th at he would present to a 15 m inute dem onstration of the C urry County C ourt an o rder calling the G rand Ju ry into ses hypnosis. Fisher does m any escape tricks sion soort, perhaps by April 1st. The duties of the G rand J u ry and in one of his num bers, dances w ith a handkerchief. T his is a are to inquire and investigate show well w orth seeing, according various crimes, and to re tu rn in to Leonard, who has seen much dictm ents or "no tru e" bills. They of the publicity given the show are also privledged to investigate in other localities. Tickets may public business and they have be purchased at the Leonard Real access to all public records. F orem an of the G rand J u ry is Estate office, or from m em bers of the Legion and A uxilairy. Also G eorge M ateer. Also serving w ill arrangem ents are underw ay for be Irene Newell, Ariel MacDon- the Boy Scouts of Brookings to ad, J. A rlie McLeod, Jam es B. sell tickets. Childrens tickets will Rosta, Jo h n G. Lyle and W alter Davids. be purchased at the door. C urtain tim e for •H. M. S Pinafore' p m . Friday. M re Brookings-Harbor high school au d itorium . “The H. M. S. P inafore’’ or “The Lass th at Loved a S ailor” w as w ritten by G ilbert and S ulli van. It is an exciting tale of a seam an who has fallen in love w ith the daughter of his com m anding officer. Likewise, a peddler woman has fallen in love w ith the Captain. Class pride stands in th •••ay. To m ake th i - v se th- Caj tain has been arranging a m arriage betw een his daughter and S ir Joseph Porter. F irst L ard of the A dm iralty, who is a social t la s above the others! The cast is as follows: Rt. Hon. S ir Joseph P orter, K C. B. First Lord of the A dm iralty, Chuck Hoffman: C aptain Corco ran, Com m ander of the H M. S P inafore, G ary G alam bos; Raloh Rackstraw , Able Seam an, A1 M ikkelsen; Bill Bobstay, Boat sw ain’s Mate, Dave Bushnell; Bob Beckett, C arp en ter’s Mate, J e rry S m ith; Josephine, the C aptain’s II. M. S. PINAFORE w ill he sh ow n Friday, March 22nd, at the High School auditorium . daughter, Jackie Sm ith; Cousin C larence Dial, music instructor h a s had his crew working hard on th e operetta for the past w eeks. It Hebe, Sir Joseph’s first cousin, is the first operetta ever to be presented in Brookings. Som e of th e east are those pictured above, Sandy W hillock: L ittle B uttercup, I left to right. Jackie Sm ith, Dane Moore. Chuck Hoffman. Sandy W hillock, Clary (lalam hos, Judy a Portsm outh Bum boat woman. ‘ Sadler, and Sally Sw anson at th e piano. Ju d y Sadler. Accompanists are Sally Swan- 1 Nine Dogs Poisoned son and M ary G ail Sm ith. Mr. C larence Dial is directing the In Past Three W eeks operetta. “T ie H. M. S. P inafore” will An old Brookings nemisis, th e be the first operetta to be pre- - Dog Poisoner, appears to be on sentcd here for several years. 1 the loose again, according to Chief The will be an advanced sale j The Brookings Elks Lodge No. of Police Bud Cross. Chief Cross of tickets. The price is $1.00 for 1934, will present a piano and said th a t nine dogs have been adults and 50 cents for students. organ concert on May 6th at the killed in th e past th ree weeks by Profit realized from the presen- ( high school auditorium beginning poison, and w arns all dog ow ners tation of this operetta will b e ( , at 8:15 p.m. to keep th eir anim als in if they placed in a choir fund for the ! The concert will featu re Mary value th eir lives. high school choruses. Hysom, A laska’s forem ost concert Chief Gross said th a t the poi By Joe Murphy pianist, who w ill be assisted by soning is being investigated. the Brookings high school music WEATHER We are busily laying plans for director, C larence Dial at the the first annual trek to Bird Is • Max Min Prec. Hammond organ. land—or as some call it—Goat .05 M arch 13 53 36 The Elks Lodge is sponsoring .44 this concert, w ith all th e proceeds Island. We m ight m ake this the M arch 14 50 45 1.02 to go tow ards its eye clinic pro project of the year for some o r 40 M arch 15 * 50 ganization or. other. For better .51 ject. 49 38 M arch 16 than two years I have looked h u n 60 .45 42 M arch 17 M erle Hanscam. E xalted Ruler .00 of th e lodge, is in charge of ticket grily at this island, and it alw ays 62 44 M arch 18 is ju st out of reach. .00 sales. M arch 19 59 41 * • • Hanscam says th at this even Of course, we run into diffi Two fires in the past few days Felipe was the person th a t m ade promises to be the finest ever pre culties. We understand from Roy kept the Brookings V olunteer Fire the orginal call. Mrs. Sm ith, ow n sented in Brookings, and it is W eideman th a t we need a pass, 'Parade of N ations” D epartm ent busy. A home, owned er of the house was visiting at hoped to be the first of a series or visa from the state to visit by Anabel Sm ith was burned to the C. O. L eonard home at the of annual concerts to be held th e island as it is a bird refuge. Style Show Set for the ground Tuesday night. On time. locally. We have heard th at it is about F irem an m anaged to help save The highlight of the concert 40 acres in size, and there is a March 29 at H igh School S aturday night a building owned by Fred Flynn and D arrel Salis a sm all house located nearby, W ord has been received by the will be th e perform ance of the spring on top. M arch 29th is the date of the bury was gutted by a blaze. w hich also belonged to Mrs. Brookings C ham ber of Com merce beautiful and well know n Schu "P arad e of N ations" style show, F ire Chief Val M endenhall said Smith. No dam age estim ate was th at the hearing on the bill, which man Concerto, w ith both in stru W hat a place to get aw ay from sponsored by the S atellite Social th at the fire in the Sm ith house, available until the insurance men w ould m ake a bond issue of m ents it all. No deadlines, no irate cus Club. This will be the 10th annual Mrs. Hysom played this work located on Ocean D rive in H arbor, could look over the ruins. $12,600,000 available to the High tom ers, no tw isting roads, no TV. M endenhall w asn't able to d eter way D**nt, w ill be held M onday in Anchorage, and it was received In fact we could go on endlessly fashion show presented by th e had gotten too good a sta rt for group. the fire crew to do any good, in m ine th e cause of th e blaze, al w ith such enthusiam th at by pop M arch 25th in Salem nam ing hundreds of things th at It wil be held at the high school saving the house. It was a total though he felt th at it did sta rt P resident P aul F auerso said u lar dem and the concert was re a re n ’t on Bird Island. And th ere th a t a representative of the C ham peated a few m onths later, and it lies, ju st a few hundred y a r d s . auditorium at 8 p.m. , loss, .. . w ith .... nothing KI recovered . from .. | n ear the chim ney, and thought C hairm an for the show is Vera the building No one was in he perhaps th at a stove overheated. ber, Dot M artin, form er highw ay also taken to F airbanks and Se from our city limits. As a m atter of fact, perhaps we could get the Fow ler president of the S atellite house at the tim e the fire started engineer, and a m em ber of the w ard. By the tim e the fire d ep artm en t planning commission to consider Social Club, w ith Helen Hanscam and in fact, no one had been in arriv ed on the scene the en tire C ham ber Road Com m ittee will be taking it into the city limits. N o-! and A«da B ickner on h er commit- the house since noon Tuesday, in Salem this week end, and w ill house was ablaze, and th ere sim- attend the hearing Fauerso said Enrollm ent at Peak body on the island would protest ^ee> The fire call was reported at ply was no chance to do an y th in g that both M artin, Ayres, , E nrollm ent at th e Brookings- sew er assessments. Decorations to carry out the 11:40 p.m. T uesday night, and m achinery stored there. . „ and Vern 4 • • • , "P arad e of Nations" them e are many persons reported seeing the m anager of the Coast Association, h a rb o r elem en tary school reached The fire S atu rd ay night in th e will keep in touch w ith the Brook- an a jj t jme this week, ac- As far as we know, nobody has bcin« done bT a com m ittee headed red glow in the sky. Mrs. H. Flynn-Salisbury building did an tngs C of C, and if m ore help is cording to s u p t. of schools D. D. been on the island for some years b^ M urie G ragg Local apparel estim ated dam age of $3,000. Ma needed the Cham ber will send it w illiam s. W illiams said th at the So. if your curiousity is aroused. stores and th eir models w ,n show; chinery belonging to Jesse Hoag a l° n*- enrollm ent for th e first six sign up now for the first annual the latest styes for sPn n « and land, and Tony C hristensen and The general consensus seems to deg is now g52 an average of to u r of Bird Island. John H ew itt sum m er. the Brookings M achine Co. was be th at the bill chances look alm ost H0 {M>r de. h asn't agreed as yet to m ake his Music will be furnished by a being stored in the building. p retty good for passage, and no I ____________ | boat available for the tour, but pair of talented musicians, both f The Fire D epartm ent answ ered form al opposition to the m easure I think we can arrange it w ith i local. T hey are Russell Jen k in s the call at 6:40 p.m. S aturday. has developed. If the bill comes Mr. and Mrs. Je rry M yers and him. Mail your check now % of at the organ and Ja n e t Mosier at A group of Brookings artists The building w asn’t a total loss, out of com m ittee w ith a “do pass” ( fam ily spent several days w ith th e Joe M urphy home for Joe the piano. are having th eir work exhibited but th ere was considerable dam notation the chances of passage friends in San Francisco th e past M urphy, and get on the first boat. Miss M osier is fourteen years in a show next week. The Rrook- age to the sheet m etal siding, and would be very good. week. * * • old, and shows great prom ise as ings group, m em bers of the Peli- to the rafters, as well as to the We have been asked by m any a pianist. She started her study can A rt Association, will have be m achinery stored thhere. Cause of the fire was unknow n. if this to u r of G oat Island w ill 1 at the age of six. G arriso n ’s Mus- tw een 10 and 12 paintings on dis include hotel lodgings, but w e are sic of C rescent City will supply play at the C rescent City W om en’s S tate Police, and a state arson inspector investigated the fire, sorry to rep o rt th at all accom oda the piano. C lub a rt show. b ut reported no evidence of arson. tions will be extra. G race Yelton, Dee W hite and Eighteen of the C rescent City and Rose H ubbard, entertain- artists visited at the Pelican Bay T here is enough to keep a per m ent com m ittee, rep o rt th at both art studio here rec en t|y WILLIAMS TELLS The little old Chetco River stressed concrete bridge span in son busy during the next couple local and out of tow n talen t will The local a rt w ork w ill be the U nited States. be feaured on th e program Rus bridge, th at is being built up the of weeks. Com ing up is the Ju n io r shown at th e A rts and C rafts ASSEMBLY ABOUT C onstruction on th e bridge will class C rab Feed, the H. M S. sell Jen k in s w ill be a t the organ river, in the U- S- Forest Service Building on the F air G rounds at land is going to be a real engin be done by the Lillebo Co. of P inafore O peretta, the style show, through-out the show. C rescent City. They plan on h av SCHOOL DISTRICT eering feat. It w ill be an equal Reedsport. C u rren tly a crew is and the Magic Show. A door prize valued at $25 will ing a special C u rry Couty corner. • • • to the longest pre stressed bridge pouring concrete for th e little be given. D. D W illiams, Supt. of Brook bridge across Mill Creek. If th a t esn’t enought to keep in the country. ings schools, appeared before the T ickets are on sale from all The m ain span across the C het m y w ife busy, she received a club m em bers. Prices are adults, This was the word, printed in House Education Com m ittee last Clinic On F riday the pham plet, prepared by the U. co is being constructed to perm it card from health nurse D orthea $1.00, children under 12, 50 cents. week to tell them th a t the Brook- S. D epartm ent of Commerce, “The the o rderly harv estin g ol large M iller telling h er th a t four of T he Brookings Well-Child Clin-1 ings-H arbor district is "th e most News in Public Roads", in the stands of tim ber. P atria rc h s of o u r youngest are due for DPT th ere is a rurnor about a piece ic will be held on Friday, M arch distressed district in the state". the forest, cu t into logs 7 or 8 shots and polio shots on F riday of industrial propery being up for 22nd at the Brookings grade He w as th ere to ask th e state F ebruary issue. T he report says th at the pre- feet in diam eter and 40 feet long, T h at I w ant to see, four kids and sale in Brookings. I seems th at school betw een the hours of 9:30 to vote $7,000,000 for building stressed concrete bridge span is w eighing over 40 tons, and each eight shots. N ervous breakdow n the Ford Motor Co. w ants to buy and 1130 a m. help for the distressed districts. it. T hey plan to raise anglew orm s, equal in length (160 feet) to the capable of fu rn ish in g over half anyone, Dr. David Brown, assisted by He reported th a t m any of the ♦ • • to feed th e ir T hunderbirds. Ju st D orothea Miller, Public H ealth legislators h a d n ’t heard m uch m ain span of the fam ous W alnut the lum ber req u ired for an aver- O u r Chetco Ave cub reporter, a rum or, m ind you, no tru th in N urse w ill do im m unizations and about the double sh ift system, and Lane Bridge in Philadelphia, and age sizs home, will be carried to M ildred Byrnes reported th a t it. physical exam inations. W illiams explained it to them. longer than any other know n pre- the m ills across this bridge. Grand Jury to Convene Soon Elks Piar Concert; Mrs. Hysom to Play Fire Destroys Smith Home In Tuesday Night Rampage Highway Hearing Slated Monday Local Artists To Exhibit New Chetco Bridge to Be Longest Pre-Stressed Span in This Country
