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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1957)
TO LEAVE Jack Johnson came down from Portland recently and moved his family to that city to make theh home. Mrs. Johnson had been staying at the home of her parents Mr. and -Mrs. Joe Zumpfe for some time. »*«*»***H»**t**** LUMBER MARKET SLOW C. "Ed" Dempsey suffered wha^ utM PSEY SUFFERS SLIGHT ATTACK was termed a "slight" heart at- ' The sluggish lumber market tack while on a trip near Madras, continues, but a downward trend Ore. He was hospitalized for in prices seem s to be tem por several days at Redmond, Ore arily at least, slowed with pos but is expected to return home sible signs of leveling off, ac this week sometime. The ex cording to Random Lengths, Eu tent of his illness was not known gene weekly lumber market letVr exactly. Further price drops are likely Dempsey, the local Dedge-Ply- however, unless the demand pace mouth dealer, was on a long quickens sufficiently to absorb weekend fishing trip with his production. A few scatterenm ill wife, Helen when the illness closures have been noted during struck. recent weeks, and owners report they will not open until prices im prove. STEFANI TO GET OPERATION SOON Green fir mills report a low and limited flow of business with THUR-FRI-SAT Aug. 8-9-10 . Lloyds Barber shop will be orders highly selective and p ric I closed for two weeks while Lloyd C ary Cooper in » is undergoing surgery at the Me ing highly competitive. E v e n "SPRINGFIELD RIFLE" , Auley Hospital in Coos Bay. Ben studs, which held to firm priaes recently, showed a weakening also Jones will be staying at the Dana Andrews, Donna Reed , Stefani residence while Lloyd is trend as the marketable volume increased last week. in , away. " THREE HOURS TO KILL" At the moment, there is no seg ment of the green lumber market which holds to a strong market C ALL position. Only Utility grade dim- epsinn in the narrow er widths V A /f0 i/D A 7 £ D ffi£/<W 7W A Y. continues to move with some sem C O R NX R R A IU tO A D and W H A R F STRMXTB blance of regularity. FOR DAILY DIRECT DEPENDABLE Mills offering mixed cars of Motor Freight Service green and kiln-dried lumber re port sporadic buying and a gen ‘O vernight or Long D istance ■ C A L L CF eral lack of buyer interest. Buy Phone 4511 e rs are willing to pay mill prices only for what they want, mostly to fill inventory gaps. ' o S!5?I n an extension phone • • • Although sales of Pine have slightly exceeded production for the past several weeks, there is a wide range of p rices. Shop grades are the slowest movers, but there is a substantial volumi in selects and top grade commons VERNON HANSC AM'S GIVEN I HOUSEWARMING Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hanscam and family were completely s u r prised Thursday evening when about thirty m embers of the E ast ern Stars gave them a house warming party at their new home above Harbor. Gifts for their home of an up holstered occasional chair and floor lamp were presented them by the group, who after an evening of visiting served delicious re freshm ents. This is the second housewarm ing the Hanscam's have had, the first one being given by the em ployees of Hanscams Center, and at which time they were presented a large m irro r for over, their fireplace. B IR T H D A Y PARTY A birthday party was held on Rainbow Rock Beach July 31 for Jerilyn Longacre. About 20 at tended the party. Baseball and party games were played on the beach. Cake and ice cream wer« served as refreshm ents at house while Jerilyn opened the many lovely g ifts. MASONIt WORK PROGRESSES Before Saturday's rain started nuch of the new Masonic Build ing was roofed. More than a do; en members , thanks to the help of Blaine Gribble and his boys got the main hall and the kitchen "hot-mopped" on three layers of tarpaper and had just begun on th« front portion when rains stopped all work. During the week, work was s ta rt ed on the seating platforms in the main room and Charlie Bickner came up with a unique design for some. While awaiting electrical and plumbing work necessary be fore much more can be done in side, the outer walls could be weatherproofed. There is an u r gent need of matt*rials. As the work progresses much more enthusiasm on the part of the membership both men and wo men has been noted and it appears the building might be ready for use this fall if interest increases. One exception to the general trend of the m arket is Western Red Cedar which appear- to be holding its own, and the Cedar siding market is considered re a sonably strong. Plywood prices dropped to a new $68 base for quarter-inchAD stock last week. Demand for sanded stock has shown no improvement, and she athing prices have taken anothei drop. V IS IT S Mary Kaye Pearson returned home recently from a six week vacation in International Falls, M i n n e s o t a , and Fort Francis Ontario, Canada. While there she visited relatives. She was accompanied home by her grand parents, Mr. and M rs. H. E. Pearson, who spent two wee kt visiting their son, Ronald P e a r son and family. cerateh pads IQ« Phon<- 3725 Get behind the wheel of this amazing new truck! costs Olllv... Another... bigger... Forward Control ‘Jeep’ Truck! 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