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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1957)
U OF W LIBRARY* EUGENE ORE NORA V!NG THIS YEAR DUST IN YOUR EYES? T here's bad news this week in nrootungs lor muse piugueu by the dust on the s tr e e ts . Harold A yers, Field Engineer Oregon State Highway Comm las ion told two groups in Brookings that it would be difficult if not im possible to attempt any pav ing project this year. He said that the state crew s could not help in any way now, and it may even be difficult to get help for next year. F irst A y e r 8 talked to the Brookings Rotary club, and then VOLUME XII NUMBER 23 Tuesday evaiing he told a sp ec IHUKSDAY, JULY IB, lyjj? SINGLE COPY 10Ç ial meeting of the council and BROOKINGS. ORE the Planning Com m ission th e sam e story. He said that the city would receive approximately $11,000 A fire of undetermined origin y e a r o ld son. M rs. Holmes from the state road fund some burned down the home of Mr. tim e in early August, which first noticed the sm oke. and M rs. Jack Holmes Monday could be used for that purpose, The area has no telephone s e r ~ . but he pointed out that by the afternoon, about six m iles up A fire , fanned by a strong The alarm was phoned in by ,, vice, and no fire protection, so the North Bank Chetoo Road. 1 tht Ity made 010 survey- wind burned the Hedberg m ill in Archie McVav. once the fire started there was . formed the special assessm en t Harbor to the ground Wednesday The house was burned to the no way to get help. Firem en worked until after night. .. . . . , . strict that the sum m er would ground, and alm ost nothing was midnight to attonpt to check the An Insurance adjustor w a s Fire Chief Val Mendenhall saved by the H olm es, who were blaze from spreading. at the scen e Wednesday, but At first Ayers was opposed got the 10 p planning on moving to Portland The mill had been shut down there was no report on the fcause J” „ call u at \ about , *u P. .m m. . but out to any "tem porary" m easure in in the near future. They had, Ot the fire , ^though wiring may “ h,d ‘ )re,Uly <nvelope<i for quite a sp ell, butWtrimnday paving—such as the laying of in fact, a good many of their have been defective. the structure. a sm all (rew had worked about heavy oil blacktopping as th e effects packed. The Holm es are currently . Harb" r Flre four hours. city proposed to do for. 50^ a staying at the OoeU cottage s . * " ‘h' ra - h*vlng h,d ‘ “ sstlng The fire lit up the entire sky foot. The Holmes had been trying that had Just broke up ea r lie r. — ------ ■ 1 ***-' • j o south u u u i V IU tJ M H ^ M . of I D Brookings. to se ll their home for som etim e. However, after looking over Jack was form erly a partnar the str e e ts, Ayers said that a in the B and H Logging Supply project such as that would help firm in Brookings, and m ore r e elim inate the dust problem and The Brooklnas Port C C o o m m m m l» ls s-|reKlsterlng s -! .,.^ ..__,__, . . . w W W The Brookings Port prot<fita cently had been working at the «1« nnn ♦ u « a u j * would -rovid e fair roads f o r Ion slashed « , 2 0 0 off thdr bud- P o r tD lstr lc t'sflr st sssc ssm e n t. $13,000 set aside in the budget a few y ea rs, Brookings Plywood Corp. get, following a two and a half the purchase of land u . . j . F o l l o w i n g the h<nring the for The M rs. Holmes is a beauty op hearing was a little heated (. * 8° ld> h° * t>Ver' ° n hour hearing on the proposed C om m issioners met again, and erator at Kay's Beauty Salon. at tim es, and each item on the wh h * n V ' ’ proceedin<' budget Thursday morning. chapped off a $1,200 item for a budget w . h n u e s t i m w d T h e P o r t Mr. Holmes was in town when * OUld * * 10 Pav« a There w ere 14 people at the budget was questioned. The P ort . m ere w ere 1« people at tne paid a ssistan t secreta ry 's salary the fire started, with their five street so it wouldn't have to be budget hearing, with eight or nine) „ J lopped oH 00„ off CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 ¡done over again in a few y ears. Ayers told too, of the futility of o il, and rock, and more on any street. A yers told the council that he as very much im pressed by work done on the city during the past year, said that they were drain- good, m ost of them were rowned, and were wider than s last inspection. !t was the consensus of city Opinion that nothing could bedone opinion t h a t n o t h i n g could be done to blacktop any c i t y HEDBERG MILL BURNS PORT DISTRICT CHOPS OFF *4,000 BAI NF A LI. TOTAL 1.19 Last w eek's wonderful rain totaled 1.19 inches, with .7 3 of an inch on July 13th- PICTURED ABOVE K CLYDE WOOD, ooted L o. A ogete. A rU .t, „ he graphlm lly .„ u s u a t e . . oo,„, Ion on Art. Mr. Wood, in an Informal talk before the local p . h n p nt n regard to his diaci Inward for real meaning towards hla work The talk was riven at t h e ^ n ,g r ° ‘4) Frld“y ’ stre88ed need for the artist to or* n v ts.k was given at the group a renovated studio on Fern street. Pilot PHOTC ORANGE URGES ENTRIES AT CURRY COUNTY FAIR Chetco Grange M a s t e r Joe Zumpfe is urging the people of t h e southern part of C u r r y County to start planning on the they can take to the County Fair at G o ld Beach. August 9-10-11. There will be a P rin cess from this area, and if enough exhibits are sent from hare, she could be the Fair Queen. The selectio n <f the Q u e e n depends en tirely on the number Of exhibits entered, with extra P a given for the exhibits H E tt* fir st, neeoad and third p la ces. With the Fair only about (Bree w eeks away, now is the Bane to plan for it. It ia planned to have a meeting at the Grange Hall prior to the F air to Instruct exhibitors on ' how to make the en tries, and in formation on the fair given by the county extension agents T h e d a t e of this m eeting will be «d as soon as know.
