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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1957)
BROOKINGS-HARBOR P I L O T TO O U X \T E 2 5 0 PLYW OOD PEOPLE TAKE A N N U A L VACATION TO CLASS FOUND: PARAKEET. Band MR 134, yellow, green , black, on Monday night. Owner canclalrr by identifying, and paying f o r co st of ad. Phone 2701. The Brookings Plywood Corp, will shut down-the plant for two weeks, beginning this weekend to give about 250 people th eir annual vacation. LOCKERS LVAILABLE CUSTOM CUTTING CABLES Quality Market & Lockers hours THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1957 9:00 A.M . to 8:00 P .M . RODEO IS BEING PLANNED FOR BROOKINGS SEPT . 1 A rodeo is being planned for Brookings by F red Blunt anc W arren McNeely on Sept. 1. All the details for the rodeo a re n 't available as yet, but w ill be announced in succeeding issu es of the Pilot. The two men successfully put on the C u rry County Rodeo last w eekend. May Blunt and Gladys B ark- dahl serv ed as "Jennie and the Mule" in the rodeo , and were very well received. ************* Normally the shutdown com et o ver the July 4th period, but because o rd e rs w ere in, it was decided to wait until August before closing the mill down. About 30 men will stay at the plant in m aintenance, and in re p a ir work which ca n 't be done while the plant is in production. The big Brookings plant will resum e production on Septembei 3. The office will rem ain open, although it won't be fully staff ed. AZALEA GARDEN CLUB TOURS COMMUNITY GARDENS Im provem ents made in t h e gardens of m em b ers o f th e A zalea Garden club were noted Thursday while on toir . Because of w eather conditions the luncheon was held at th e P re sb y te ria n Church with Me»* dam es E rm a Rice, Cleo Rogers, and M artha G rayshel serving as h o ste sse s. Many guests w ere invited to p articip ate in the a f te r n o o n s events. The garden of M rs. Zclma Jen sen , not yet finished, showed much im provem ent in the last y e a r. The basic work requiring many hours of b a c k b r e a k ing, fingernail chipping work has been d o n e--all of this by hand. M rs. Jensen is to be congratu lated on revealing what can be done by using t h e natural r e so u rc e s. A headgate and sm all pump have been installed in the cre ek so that w ater may be av ail able for irrig atio n . Rocks and native plants and shrubs have been used to stop ero sio n , and to beautify. A bridge connects the headgate, and cin d er footpaths have been added. F eaturing a natural setting and those plantings that req u ire shade and m o istu re a re used at the L illian and Roy W< idem an home. B esides the native flow ers and EIGHT THOUSAND CAMP AT HARRIS BEACH PARK Eight thousand people camped at H arris Beach State p ark d u r ing the month of Ju ly , reported F rank S tiles, p ark m anager. He reported 1820 c a m p e r nights, and 445 tr a ile r homes in the p ark during the month. The camp is growing each veai both in demand and in siz e. Many nights people have to be turned away, even after :in•add ition of fac ilities this y ea r. ************* shrubs and tre e s the W eidem an's have made an in terestin g approach by using New Zealand flax, Jack Pine, buddelia, and heather. F u sh sias, hydrangeas, and b e gonias grow in profusion at th e We idem an home and are a r tis ti cally displayed. Six types o i trito rn ia are at home in this g a r den. Spacious and yet having hid den nooks for priv acy and shade with the natural setting known only in southern C oastal O re gon, is the chief attractio n of M rs. Palm Stout's garden. Dahlias for cut flow ers is all that has been planted. The Fred A nderson garden, in H arbor featured the blooming Century plant. This d e s e rt plant is supposed to bloom once in a hundred y e a rs, thus the name however, it does bloom after reaching m aturity. Announcement of a November m eeting for making of co rsa g es and wall plaques of d ried m at eria l was m ade. This concluded an enjoyable and in stru ctiv e afternoon. The club Niche, en try for the fair was on display at the home of M r. and M rs. A rthur Knox. It took second p lace, and a ten d o llar bill for the club. ***************** For Best Results Use P IL O T Want Ads BROOKINGS L ib ra ry B ooks P o p u la r A big in c re ase in the number of lib ra ry books taken out from the Brookings public lib ra ry was reported for the y ea r ending on June 30, 1957. A total of 4004 Adult books, and 2854 C hildren books, and agrand total of 6854 volumes was r e p o rted. This is an in crease of 1369 books over the previous y ea r, a very- healthy in c re ase . There a re 3,100 books on the shelves, and 6 9 8 reg istered b o rro w ers. A total of 836 books c irc u la t ed in July, an in crease of nearly 200 over Juno. KESSLER LEAVE CITY M r. and M rs. Homer K essler left Tuesday for C raig, C olora do, where they will join th eir son, Phillip, who has been working in that com munity since June. They took th e ir tr a ile r and plan to m eet M rs. K e ss le r's s is te r ;ind family at Yellowstone P ark . M r. and M rs. K essler and sons, Kay and Conner w ere fo rm e r ow ners of C u rry County Lum ber Co. They expect to be gone for the school y ear. The K essler home has been leased to M r. and M rs. Lt Roy P o llard . BACK TO NEVER BEFORE HAVE YOU BEEN OFFERED THIS TERRIFIC VALUE!! 4 0 0 yds-P WNTED CORDUROY SWEATERS $1.49 VALUE YD. NEWEST PRINTS & PATTERNS LADIES AND GIRLS FIRST QUALITY A WHALE OF A VALUE ' STRETCH SOCKS PASTELS & WHITES 39< FLANNEL SHIRTS FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL these are full-cut Wash Wonderfully S ize s 6 - 1 6 1 REG. 15< WHITE SATIN STRIPE LADIES Panties 3 FOR REG. 49< 88 HANKIES ! 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