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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1957)
u v>r -LU Ci ¿4 GOOD MORNING TEACHER Eighty nine youngsters from the Brookings-Harbor area will be saying "Good Morning" or "Good Afternoon" teacher for the first time in their lives next Tuesday, Sept. 2. Although more are expected to enroll, a total of at l e a s t 89 will be ready for their first session. All of the students, in all of the grades are expected to put in a full class room day Tuesday with the bus shed with the bus schedules printed in another section of this issue of the Pilot. Inside this issue too, are the lists of the first six grades, with their rooms and teachers. Here are the first graders who are going out in the world for the first time: M rs. R. Rowley, a.m . room 1, Molly Allison, Ann Armstrong, Calvin Burgess, Douglas Collom, C a r o l C o n r a d , S u s a n Cox, VOLUME XIII NUMBER 29 STEVEN HANTON AND WARD SANDBERG, two first graders, are shown registering for t he ii first year of school with Mrs. Bert DcMoss. School will start for all youngsters on T u e s d a y, PILOT PHOTO September 2, with a full day of classes scheduled. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1957 BROOKINGS, OREGON PETE LESMELSTER M E K TO LEAVE BROOKINGS Max. Min. P erct. Aug. One of the "modern Brookings" ioneers, Pete J. L esm eister, 56 ----- 62 21 s leaving the community this 56 ----- 66 22 ,eek for Fresno, Calif. 56 ----- 67 23 L esm eister may not have been 56 ----- 69 24 he first to arrive in the city, 49 ----- 63 25 ,ut there are few that had any 49 ----- 63 26 nore to do in making it the size 49 ......... 67 27 jommunity it is now. L esm eister was the recipiant jf a "this is your life" p resen ta tion, by Murry Palm er, Rotary aresident, Tuesday noon, and vas given a standing ovation by he members. The Brookings council held a He and his wife Ella moved- special meeting Tuesday night, lere in 1945, and opened a Real with members of a special com Estate and Insurance office. m ittee, appointed to study the He helped organize the f i r s t feasibility of putting a bond is Chamber of Commerce Commun sue through for the construction ity dinner. He was a charter nem ber of the Brookings Rotary of a sewer disposal plant in Bro okings . :lub. The committe, acting on a mo Lesm eister was active in city affairs, and served on the city tion made by Gordon Goetz, a* council for many years. He was committe member, recommend instrumental in forming an Elks ed that the council go ahead with the bond issue plan, which would Lodge here and was elected its enable the city to construct the first Exalter treatm ent plant. The site has al first Exalted Ruler. Pete formed the City Baseball ready been purchased. The estimated cost of the treat team, and was president of that ment plant probably would be group for years. His interest in baseball is very in the neighborhood of $130,000 keen, and he has attended many counting pumping facilities and other incidentals. It has been World Series. assumed that the city would be He told Rotarians that he is able to secure about one third moving to Fresno, because his daughters live there, and not be of this fron^ the federal govern cause he "doesn't believe all th< ment. Another motion was made to wonderful things" he has to If! keep the committee in operaticn hundreds of prospective buyers and tocall another meeting short.' about Brookings and its future. to formulate questions and answ Lesm eister will still keep an interest in his Real Estate and e rs in order to explain the nec essity of the plant to the public. In su ran ce business here. If the council goes ahead now, LIONS CLUB HAS MEETING as the committe recommended, Junior Hanscam showed the the election probably would be Lions club a film "Flying from held this fall, with construction Chicago to Palm Springs at their beginning on the plant next spring regular meeting Wtdnesday night | SINGLE COPY 10Ç OREGONIAN HAS FINE ARTICLE ABOUT COAST The Portland Oregonian c a r ried a fine article about the ben efits which will be reaped by the tourists when the 101 re-location is made between Gold Beach and Brookings. The story, written by John Armstrong says that "Brookings itself is a clean, new looking town--prosperous appearing' . M AY HAVE BOND SALE The committe felt that inasmuct as a portion of the $2.00 special assesment charge could be re moved by the bond issue, the actual outlay to the tax payer would be light. They also felt that the state has ordered that a treatment plant must be in by Jan. 1, 1961, and so we have to go ahead with it eventually. They felt that the way costs are rising it would be advantageous to go ahead with it now, while we can get federal aid. It was also brought out, that the city wouldn't be able to give any more new sewer service un til a treatment plant is built. GRASS FIRE WEDNESDAY The Brookings Volunteer Fire Department was called out Wednesday afternoon to extin g u ish a grass fire near the Joe Jacobs home on highway 101. The fire was put out in just a few minutes. •*»••***•••** MOORE BUTTE WORK AGAIN The off-again, on-again work on the Leveling of Moon- Butte was sta rtiu again Wednesday. The hill, which divides North Brookings and downtown Brook ings is being leveled for future development. BROOKINGS CHAMBER PLANS MEETING ON SEPT. 5 The Brookings Chamber of Commerce has asked represent atives of all the local serive atives of all the local service groups, lodges and other civic organizations to meet with them on Thursday evening. Sept. 5 to formulate plans for the Cham bers activities for the coming y e a rs. The meeting will be held at 8 p .m . and the general public is invited to attend and partici pate in the discussions. Ramona Davis, David De F o e , Christine Fanger, Adele Gulley, David Harroun, Keith K essler, William Knight, Nancy K och, Royce Liles, Roger Leseman, Michael Mann, Jan Peabody, Tony Shampang, Mark Turley, Danny Wedding, and Keith Weeks. Mrs. I. Kindel, A.M. Room 2: Edwin Bigsby, Virgil Clark, Valerie Cooper, Robert de Block, Victor Doney, Janice Gardella, Rip Gardner, Jeffrey K em p, David Kimberly, J i m L e w i s Lucille Lowe, Constance M c Kenzie, Don McNeely, Dawn McVay, Donnie Musser, Marla Pace, Dave Sharp, S te p h e n Turley, Rhonda Wallen, Ruth Weatherford, and Linda Willis. Mrs. R. Peterson, P.M. Room 1, Susan Baumgartner, William Brown, Gloria Carson, Michael Davis, Patrick Flynn, Michael H a n s c a m , N a n c y H a r r o u n , Deborah Jacques, S u s a n Johns, J a n e t Loring, Laveda Mattson, Mary Norman . Peggy Novian, Martin Palmer Marlene Piper, Ward Sandberg, Stephen Silva, Rudolph Tantare, Catherine Thomas, Gary Vining. Katherine Wells, Sherren Win- terstten, and Steve Young. Mrs. A. Laehn, P.M. Room 2: Duane Allison, Donnie Cantrell David Erb, Michael Gorte, Pam ela Hanscam, Richard Hawkins, Joe Hedberg, Peggy He 11 rig, Steven Hanton, Sara H o d g e s , Jeanette Holben, Gloria Perotti, Dianna Rausch, Janet R e ttk e Geoffrey Roemmich, Charlene Sabin, Andrew Schilling, Mark Stiles, Barbara Swanberg, Roy Stuart, Gayle Vining, L o r n a Widmer, and Jackie Young. RODEO SU N D A Y A Jack-Pot Rodeo is being Featured at the Rodeo will be planned for the Brookings Chetc. Steer Daubing, Bronc Riding, planned for the Brookings Chetco j Calf Roping, Wild Cow Milking Boys Calf Riding, and Saddh Wranglers Rodeo Grounds here ~ Sunday, Sept. 1 at 2 p.m . horse games. The Rodeo is being put on by There will be riding for the Fred Blunt and Warren McNeely kids, only they must have their who combined to put on the Curry! parents perm ission. County Fair Rodeo some weeks ago. byterian Church at Poplar, Mont, the Presbyterian Church at Pol son, Montana, and was assist ant m inister at Rose City Park Presbyterian in Portland. He entered the N avy as a Chaplain in Sept. 1913, having duty in the United States and on the island of Attu. He was releas ed to inactive duty in 1946, but was re-called to active duty in August 1950, serving with the Marines, at Camp Pendleton, Col weather Camp in the mountains of central California, and in Korea with the First Division oi the Marines. Other duties includ ed: A lrcraftC arrler U. S.S. Bat aan, and the Navy Hospital Ship USS Haven, and the Naval Hospi tai at Camp Pendleton. He was released to inactiv« duty on June 30, 1957. He is m arried to Iren« Edith Kayser, and they have two child ren: Robert 13, and Thomas, 11. The Kill ins are making the! home in the new Presbyterian manse located at 403 Linden Lane. Rev. Mr. Killin has taken an active part in Cub Scouts, YMCA) and other youth activities NEW PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR ARRIVES HERE Kenneth Davidson Kill in ha. arrived in Brookings to assume the pastorage of the Brookings Presbyterian church. Rev. Mr. Kill in was raised and attended grade and high school, in Muncie, Indiana. He attended Ball State Teachers College there, and was gradua ted from Hanover College at Hanover, Indiana in 1936. Foll- owing that he was graduated from PLAN OPENING SOON McCormick Theologioal Seminar] The Coos-Curry Coop plans (Presbyterian) in Chicago in 1939 a grand opening in their new He has served at the P re s- building soon.
