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EUGENE ORE
NAME HAGEN
TO COUNCIL
O O K IN Q S -H A R B O R
PHETTEPLACE RESIGNS
CITY COUNCIL POST
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VOLUME XII NUMBER 31
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 SINGLE COPY 10?
BROOKINGS, OREGON
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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.
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W
E A T H E
Min.
Prcpt.
Max.
Date
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51
65
Sept. 4
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68
51
Sept. 5
53
78
tr.
Sept. 6
.01
56
75
Sept. 7
—
94
56
Sept. 8
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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.
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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.
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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
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