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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,
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s leaving the community this
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,eek for Fresno, Calif.
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L esm eister may not have been
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he first to arrive in the city,
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,ut there are few that had any
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nore to do in making it the size
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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.
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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.