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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1957)
u OF w LIBRARY* EUGENE ORE NAME HAGEN TO COUNCIL O O K IN Q S -H A R B O R PHETTEPLACE RESIGNS CITY COUNCIL POST ' VOLUME XII NUMBER 31 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 SINGLE COPY 10? BROOKINGS, OREGON tM S A M A A A A A M A M S S A A A A S M M A M M M A M A M M M A R A A A M M M M M W A M W V S W W W W W W W W M W W W V W W M Jack Hagen, a Brookings Motel operator, is the newest member of the Brookings City Council. Hagen's appointment was an nounced Tuesday, following the TO ATTEND ORCHID SHOW Mrs. Ethel Jackson leaves for Crescent City Saturday to catch a plane for Honolulu, Hawaii. She plans to attend the second World Orchid Show there. The first show was held about two years ago in the same place. Mrs. Irene McPhersen will go with Mrs. Jackson on the trip. Growing flowers is a hobby of M rs. Jackson, and she grows orchids right here. The Coffee Mill Cafe, which is operated by Mrs. Jackson will be in good hands during her absence. ************ W E A T H E Min. Prcpt. Max. Date — 51 65 Sept. 4 — 68 51 Sept. 5 53 78 tr. Sept. 6 .01 56 75 Sept. 7 — 94 56 Sept. 8 — 68 51 Sept. 9 51 tr . Sept. -10 62 We, in the a ir- conditioned banana belt, have got to have at least one hot day per sum m er. At least, that is what the local weather seer, M rs. Minna Akers, reports--and brother, we had it on Sunday. The weather gauge reported only a tem perature o f 9 4 in Brookings, and that instrument is government inspected—but if you want to know the truth it g o t a lot lot hotter than that in placet around the city. Several persons reported a 98 reading, and others were con- vinced»t^t Brookings had finally crossed the 100 mark. Some of the hot days previously recorded here—Aug. 9, 1953, it got to 8lT. On July 20 in that year it hit 91°. In July 22, 1954 th e tem perature hit 96°. In 1955, on August 20 it hit 95°. And on June 5 of that year it was 90*. Last year 91 on Sept. 2 was the hottest day with 91°, while on October 6 it was 89*. CHANGE THE TWO CHIEFS AT THE BROOKINGS-HARBOR School are Norm Bergstrom, highschool principal, and Gene Allison, superintendent of schools. These two join with the Pilot, and the rest of th. community in the "Get Acquainted" issue, and invite all to see the school in action. These two have been busy in last weeks, as influx of ne v students make their job more difficult FOREST CLOSURE ORDERED FOREST CLOSURE ORDER ISSUED AS HUMIDITY DROPS Some of the worst fire weather in years decended on the Chetco D istrict of the Siskiyou National Forest last Sunday, in company with high winds and low humidity. Snow Camp lookout, 20 miles northeast of Brookings, reportec winds up to 66 miles per hour Sunday, and 55 miles per hour 01 Monday. The warm, dry, east winds brought the humidity down to r e c o r d lows for the season throughout the Chetco D istrict and other parts of the Siskiyou National Forest. Monday noon the humidity at the Agness Guard Station, 2 0 miles up the Rogue River w a s down to 9 percent. Although official closure of the area was not declared until mid night Monday, many of the local logging operations closed down early Monday because of the low humidity. D istrict Ranger W. E . Ragland said that cooperation by local logging companies was 100 p e r cent in administering the closure regulations on th< National For e st lands. While th e closure does not prohibit traveling through For ested areas, Ranger Ragland wishes to caution everyone who does so to be extremely careful in their use of fire. Smoking is prohibited except in posted camps o r places of habitation. If it is necessary to build a campfire, it should be built on mineral s o i l , watched carefully and extinquishec completely with water before lea ving camp. The closure order for Zone 12 and 15—that is about a six mil strip along the coast. Most local loggers were back in the woods Thursday. The order lifted the closure at Midnight Wednesday. Forest Ranger W.E. Ragland said that the woods were still closed in Zone 18, which includes most of the National Forest. MISSION SUNDAY SET FOR COMING SUNDAY AT 8:45 a.m . The Rev. Theodore D« Laney will speak on the topic "T he Deaf Hear" this Sunday, Sept. 15, beginning at 8:45 a.m . The Rev. DeLaney will be tin guest speaker at the special Mission Service, and the public is welcome to attend. Rev. De Laney is a Lutheran Missionary to the deal in the San Francisco Bay area. Sunday school will be conduct ed at (;30 a .m . and there will lx no 11:00 o'clock service on this Sunday. ************* PRECINCT BOUNDARIES All registered voters must ascertain in which precinct they belong and so notify the County Clerk. That was the word this week from County Clerk Oleta Walker, who said that those not notifying the clerk as to their precinct must vote at the form er precinct and only on offices and measuree for state at large, or Congress ional D istrict, according to the Oregon laws. All voters are asked to check their registration now, and not ify the County Clerk. Almost all precinct boundarie were changed several weeks ago, and new precints have been form ed. A map showing all theprecincti is now posted in the Post Office in both Brookings and Harbor. resignation of ben Pu< tt plac- who has moved just outside tb city limits in the Dawson tract. Phetteplace's re si .nation wa.- automatic, as the charter require council men to live within th • cit> lim its. Hagen is the operator o' t h« Bonn Motel, and has served as a member of the Chamber of Com m erce Board of D irectors. In another action the council accepted recommendation n o .-'4 of the planning commission wide! called for perm ission to b : i . d a trailer park in Brookings. A petition, circulated by Ken Erb, and signed by 22 citizen-, opposed the tra ile r court on th« grounds that it would detract from the value of their property inf. at area. Erb and several otliers w ?r at the meeting to protest the tra ile r court. However, the c o u n c i, accepted the recommendation of the planning commission on tl e advice of the city attorney, who said that i said that as long as the area is zoned correctly, there would ue no possibility of refusal. It wa. implied that the city could e made liable if such a perm it wa.- refused on a correctly z o n e d area. The plan of the proposed par' was discussed at le ngth. It ca, - ed for 61 units to be built on an area near the Richfield station on highway 101. The plans also call for a 25 ft. setback from the road, witl ad- - quate shrubs, etc. The cost of the project "would be exces.-, o! $60,000". The planning commi sion a..-« recommended an ordinanc- w lei would govern and reydab? hot! the building of a tra ile r co i t and the operation of it. The council felt that altho:. the state already has such re ; - lations they should draw up a et of their own, and so in -tr ict«-d their attorney. A letter from Is.?.. E ric » o . was read. He is currently s e r .- ing as city attorney for many of the coast communities, and said that he would be interes ed in talking to th«- council to s< if they would need hi services. District Attorney Ed Ackley asked the council what they pro posed to do about the paving ot the city stre e ts, and deplored the present condition of the city streets. After some discussion it wa argued that nothing could b* don« this year, and that the state has offered some help for next year. Max Brainard, representing the library board, asked if the city could furnish funds to he«p the library install an irrigation system, so that they could begin landscaping the property. Thoy have funds for some of the .and- scaping, and some of it is to be done by volunteer labor. It was pointed out that the city would have no funds, other than those budgeted, however. It was reported that 438 sum mons were ready to be issued to city residents on the old sew e r system on the cond«-mnation proceedings. *••••**•«**** IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY. This huge rock dropped off a truck, c a rry ing it to the jetty construction, right at the intersection of the North Bank road, and highway 101 County grader rushed to th«- scene and pushed it off the road as Pilot photographer arrived. It was the first reported rock loss in the city. The jetty work is coming along very nicely. TO OPEN MEAT MARKET Renovation work is pro g ress ing in the Hurst-Johnson building, where Glen Hurst will install a meat market shortly. IME ON SATURO See Story back page
