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»
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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.
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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. ’
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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 .