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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1957)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1957 BROOKINGS— HARBOR P I L O T T he B rook ings H arbo r P IL O T CLIFFORD ROWE AN IND E PE N D E N T NEW SPAPER Entered at K-cnnd •ciáis m ailer at the pm tuftcc at Pro.a .March ' 7. under an Art o f Marcft 3. lfrj* Ju st last week I stated that my youngsters, being grown, were no longer appropriate subjects for this column of mine. The words were sc arcely out of my ty p ew riter before the Rowe d an took unto itself a new m em ber who was definitely in the infant c la s s . Ray Pisarck. Joe Murphy Edtron and PuNuAer» * SLBStTtIPTJON RATES: "W tin Cmry Cmintyl anre touta.de CUrty County» PALM LINED STREETS FOR BROOKINGS Jm k Hagen, en« rgentic motel o p era to r, reported that s o m e alert Citizen has suggest« d th«- possibility of each of the business men, through th« auspices of the Cham ber of C om m erce, buy a palm tre e to line th< s tre e t in front of th eir businesses This is ’iy wav of pointing out to the v isito rs that Brookings is the "banana b e lt” of th«- Northwest country. W. can assum e that thu suggestion was made half in je s t. How ev er, we can say that th« palm tre e s for Brookings idea has some m e rit. In th« firs t plac«-, nobody that we’ve talked to doubts that they would grow in this m ild, warm clim ate In fact, we’ve seen some growing here— just like in Southern C alifornia. It wouldem- Ph i size our claim oí having th«*most advantageous weather in the en tire Northwest--and wouldn't our neighbors in Oregon look upon Brookings as something really special. It is these unusual and cre ativ e plans that light up the way out ol b« ing a ru n -o f-th e -m ill , humdrum sort of town. We would e x pect Brookings native s to wear B< rmuda shorts to go with the new CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK undoubtedly the Cham ber of Com m erce is on the right track when they announced that they would call a general meeting with i e p ie se n ta th e s trom all the civic and fratern al organizations in th« are a, in an endeavor to find out what it is that the people want th e ir Cham ber to accom plish. We know that a gtxxl many well meaning people are content to n hack with a pointed finger, and ask What is the Cham btr do- in ,? ” . Yet, it becomes very obvious that in a sm all community lik« this finger pointing becom es obnoxious. If you think that the Cham ber should be doing something in p articu lar--w h y don’t you atten.1 a n u t ting, o r take on« of the d ire c to rs in tow, and explain it ’ the n. It vou are so ea g e r to help with your c ritic is m , then ph use Otter it to the d ire c to rs at a reg u lar meeting, instead of talking it up on th« stre e t «here they can defend them selves. The dir« « to rs an- looking for fresh ideas. This general meeting will h in an attem pt to get a frt sh viewpoint on what the community wants it cham ber to do. We think that som e fine ideas should em - « xi.i fn in the na 'ting DEL NORTE CO. FAIR OPENS FRIDAY,AUG. 2 3 "he IX ! Norte County F air »ill get underway on Friday, Au ;ust 23rd, with some v e r y Stood « nt« rtainm« nt planned. Th- top flight entertainm ent - c la tld t d a t th« Gr uxi Standwil h the H oosier Hotshots, who »il« p erfo rm each of the thr- e SKETCHBOOK LETTER TO THE EDITOR. tor what it 's be horse racing, and horse shows; featur« flower a rra n g e n t nts. Dei Norte County F air Queen Contest; F loriculture, A griculture, Fancy Work - \hi- bits; 4-H Exhibits; Livestock and Com m ercial Exhibits, plus A rts and C rafts show. A carnival a re a will feature food and entertainm ent, also. A ll tens and a plot a as bom . Know ing that argument would be a waste of tim e, we decided to leave the en tire responsibility of softening up the enemy to the kit ten itself. The kitten im m ediately went to work, But while his antics sent the p rin cess and f into near con vulsions, Mother r e m a i n e d stony-faced although at time there were definite anatomical quivers indicating a resolute at tempt to keep laughter under con LETTER TO EDITOR: The sum of $589. 97 was tu rn ed over to the Scout Building This is the receipt from the dinner and auction held on June 1st. This money is to help to re tire some of the bills from the new building. All Scouts, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts p a rtic ip a ted in this dinner and auction. The Chairm an was Ben Phette- place, assisted by Vern Hans- cam , DonBingman, Virgil Clark, and others It was a huge su c cess, and plans are being made for another one in the near future. This com m ittee wishes to thank the co m munity for its support. Signed, Mike Page- Chairm an of the Chetco Scout Building Com mittee The arriv al of a kitten is in it self no event of m ayor im port ance; that is, it isn ’t in any house but o u rs. But it just so happens that the lady of our house d etests ca ts. F urtherm ore she tro l. Satan, as we named him is not a bit reluctant in so s ta t because he soon proved to be a ing. little black imp, wisely ignored lie lady of the house, which in Anyway, the daughter and I for itself was an inkling of eventual many y ea rs have wanted a kitten, victory. but each time we mentioned the subject, we were informed in Suddenly one evening while c a very plain language that we vorting around the living room I would have to make a choice be floor, he leaped and landed onj tween an excellent m other and all fours in the d ear spouse's wife and any m em ber of the fe lap and im m ediately b e c a m e scneouie has been se t up to line family. Such an alternative hopelessly entangled in the yam handle the many youngster that naturally squelched all hopes. turned out for the Ju n io r bowling which said spouse was convert c la sse s, which will eventually ing into an afghan. But a couple of weeks ago we turn into a league. Our strateg y was based on the Those up to 10 y ea rs of age m e oatUe was won. Satan is fact that the lady's bark is m irh now getting the best of c a re , hit are asked to rep o rt at 10 in the morning on each Saturday at the worse than her bite. Also she diet is being judiciously cared has a soft spot in h er makeup to for, and daughter and I are con Azalea Lanes for th eir in stru c t ions . Which she would be the la s tp e r- vinced as never before that our Those who are 11-12-13 will son in the world to admit u/.. m other and wife is the best in h er league. re p o rtâ t 11:30on Saturday, and the high school youngsters will report at 1 p .m . DEL NORTE CO. FA All of the instruction is p ro AUG. 23 vided for without charge. GOOD TURNOUT FOR JR . BOWLING PIPE DREAMS Those that didn't re g iste r can just come down at the designated time and sta rt th eir instruction with the reg u lar league play to sta rt in October. *****•»•»*»*» COMPLETE 9 0 0 0 PIPE DREAMS MILE TRIP m is is my lflea ot a restful weekend. If a person could do that sort ot thing every weekend there would be fewer u lcers running around loose. The trip isn 't a p articu la rly long o n e - i t beingonlv about Jo odd m iles by pick-up, over f a ir ” roads. The difficulty i= that you can t drive right into the Lake, but have to pack in ovei a ridge that seem s to be straight up. I aeking in wouldn't be too bad, except for the fact that we c a rrie d i„ quite a few frills , such as an Is pound w ate n n el- cn. and my ca m e ra . The w ater In Vulcan Lake is cold and c le a r •usr » , for ta m ta g . There are few f,s h In the lake, although Rugs satd that th ere may b.. a "brookle" o r two. esse s * ’ went around by Fred G ardner s mine, which is nearby. Th« nunc iso ? tk’ worked lust nnu r j j R h e rc n trv . did gei 1 i ? " in Ih' guy, P U R VP VOVR E t f V i p M l Patterson of P e r r is , Calif, and her two sons, Wavne and Wilk iam . Mr. P atterso n is in the 1 ,S' A ir F° rc e , cu rren tly s ta t ioned at March Air Force Base near R iverside. M rs. Henry is a local high school teach er. ’ **»**•*♦*♦* M rs. Hilda Som m ers h a s spent the last month carin g for th< H enry's home while they re traveling in the south. She visited her many friends and e n joyed a change of scen ery .
