Brookings-Harbor pilot., September 12, 1957, Image 13

BROOKINGS-HARBOR P I L O T
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1957
Coos-Curry ElectricOpen House S a l
to visit from C rater Lake to the
BROOKINGS GETS PUBLICITY
Oregon Caves. The copy about
IN SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
Brookings sounds as if it were]
Brookings received mention In taken right out of the Chamberol
the Salt Lake C ity's T r i b u n e , Commerce Brochure.
in their Sunday magazine section
"Brookings in Curry County is
The article, which covered a surrounded by the mountains and
page was titled, "Roaming the the sea, its feet in the s h i ning |
Rogue River". It was sent to the Pacific and its head in the Siski­
Pilot by D r. Paul Ronniger, who you mountains. This reso rt city
each year hears visitors marvel
has set up an office there, after
serving Brookings for a numbei at the 150-vear old wild Azalea
shrubs in Azalea State Park, ant
of years.
The article tells mainly of life at the clean, sandy beaches of
in Southern Oregon and the places H arris Beach State Park.
Congratulations
To The New
COOS-CURRY BLBCTRK C00KRAT1V*
CUVE MANLEY
Electric
BROOKINGS
LION LOOSE IN THE STREET?
This is a story about a Lion
loose in the street, and about how
our citizens reacted to same.
Elmer Bankus, the water ty­
coon, and Bill Spencer, who
is thp city w’ork superintendent,
were out inspecting some pipes
in the street near the Curry
County Lumber yard, when they
first heard the Lion roar.
They inspected further and
discovered that the beast was
trapped in a pipe, and the pipe
was blocked on both ends by the
simple expediency of stuffing the
pipe with rocks.
Rather than risk letting the
Lion out themselves, they noti­
fied the local branch of Scotland
Yard, Police Chief Bud C ross.
Chief C ross, armed with a
chair, and a long piece of steel
rod came charging to the rescue,
ala Frank Buck.
He poked one end of the rod
down through the pipe , under the
feet of the roaring King of the
Beasts, and pushed the rock out.
Lo and behold, out stalked the
killer himself—only it was just
a baby kitten. A hungry kitten.
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ELKS VISIT ROSEBURG
Three of the officers of the
Brookings Elks Lodge, Exalted
Ruler Bob Rettke, Fred Moore,
and Larry Roemmich visited the
D istrict Elk meeting at Rose­
burg Sunday
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Mr and Mrs. Gordon Jones
of Hillside Ave. spent the Labor
Day weekend at the Kimble Kourt
Lodge on the Rogue River.
years the old acquired system?
An open house is to be held
have been completely rebuilt and
this weekend in the bright new
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative integrated into the Coos-C ui i '
system.
building to signal its completion.
Coos-Curry now has assets ol
Final preparations, and last
almost five million dollars with
minute completions have been
36 m iles of transm ission line and
in progress all week and equip­
747 miles of distribution line.
ment has been moved into the
The new building is large, and
big structure which will serve
as a truck center, maintenance provides plenty of opportunity
for future expansion. There is
shop, as well as an office.
about an acre of property t h a t
It will have its own commun­
can be used for parking, and
ications set-up, as well as some
futurp expansion of the firm.
of the most modem equipment
The building is brightly color-
to better service the area.
ed, both inside and out. It is
The building itself is a beauty
/ery sim ilar to the building <»
and is a welcome addition to the
cently completed in Gold Beach.
Brookings scene. Located right
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on highway 101, it helps close the
SHERRILL MCCLAIN RETURNS
gap between "North Brookings'
TO MULTNOMAH SCHOOL
and downtown Brookings.
On Sept. 4th, Miss Sherrill
Roy Weideman, a local con
Rae McClain returned for her
tracto r, built the structure, out
senior year at Multnomah School
of concrete block with reinforcec
concrete beams.
of the Bible, in Portland, Ore.
The Coos-Curry organizatioi
Sherrill will assume her dutie?
as started in 1939 under the
a s president of the Woman's
name of the Coos Electric Coop­
Council on her return.
In her first year she servec
erative, Inc. and extended s e r ­
as representative to the council,
vice to 337 members. Today, the
and last year she was secretary-
company services well o v e r
tre a su re r of the a capella choir
5000 members.
The operating properties of
of the school.
She was taken to Portland by
the Port Orford Electric Lighi
her uncle and aunt, Rev. and Mrs.
and Power Company were acquir
Harold L. Scholesof Los Angeles,
ed in 1941, and the Brookings
California.
Light and Power Company was
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acquired in 1945.
Mayor and Mrs. Fell Camp­
In 1946 the name was changed
bell attended the State Fair last
to the Coos-Curry Electric Coop
week. It was Mayor'sDay at the
erative, Inc. In 1947 the Gold
Fair. Mayor Campbell also att­
Beach Cooperative U t i l i t i e s
ended
the industrial development
property was added to the com­
meeting held in Eugene.
pany. During the intervening
GROWING WITH
THE DEMAND IN
THE FASTEST
GROWING CITY
IN OREGON
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S aturday , SEPTEMBER
10 a.m* 4 p.m.
-4/d
OPEN HOUSE
m Qur ||ew Balding
FREE BALLOONS FOR THE KIDS
We’re proud of our new building and want to show it off, so
come on over Saturday and look around See the modern front
offices, the large warehouse and all the other facilities arranged
to give you better, faster service. This is another step taken by
your cooperative to better service fast-growing Curry county.
Coffee and Fruitcake
COOS - C U R R Y
Electric Cooperative , Inc.
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