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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1957)
O O K IN a i date Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Max. 63 61 64 60 65 71 68 Min. 55 54 50 51 51 46 46 Rain .24 .31 — .95 1.44 — — H A R BO R SCHOOL ASKS FOR PROPERTY SITE & VOLUME XIII NUMBER 36 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1957 BROOKINGS, OREGON The Brookings-Harbor school potential, soil suitable for sew district Is advertising in this age drainage field, accessahillty issue of the Pilot for a site or to the County road. which to build a school. The se lle r must be willing to The following requirements an permit soil tests, and it must be necessary. It must be 10 acres priced to Justify p u r c h a s in g by of level land, with adequate water the school board. A search has been on for some months to locate a good site for the proposed school. HIGHW AY 101 HEARING H IR E SCOUT MEETING BILLED FOR MONDAY NIGHT There will be an Im p o rta n t meeting Monday night at 8 p.m at the Scout Building for the Boy Scout program in this area. Mike Page is asking that rep resentatives from every organ ization be at the m e e t in g Page said that the m e e t i n g would be very important to Scout ing in this community. ************* THE THREE BEARS shown above were shot by Herb Payne about six m iles up the Chetco Saturday morning. Herb's grandson is a l so shown on the picture. Payne was deer hunting when 6e ran into the pack of bears, a female, and two yearling cubs. He reports that he lost track of a buck, what with all the shooting. Pilot Photo PORTER DUE Charles Porter, congressman from this district will speak at the Chetco Grange Hall on Friday evening, following a pot lu c k dinner. Porter, who has picked up quite a name for him self in the short time he has been in Congress will talk on the "Economy of Currj County". The meeting is open to the pub lic, and they are cordially in vited. They are asked to bring som ehotdish, or salad or dessert to the Pot-Luck, which will start at 5:30 p .m . Porter will arrive here Friday afternoon, with Virgil Clark pick ing him up in Gold Beach. It is expected that the meeting will break up at about 8 p .m . »*♦***♦»*♦» "LAFF-O-RAMA" SLATED HERE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY The Circus "Spectacular" to be shown in Brookings is a new con cept, a new approach for com- .munity entertainment. The dates had to be changed to Friday and Saturday nights, beginning at 8 p . m . The show will be held in the Grade School gym, and is spon sored by the American Legion Chetco Post 138, for the benefit of the Legion Community Hall. There will be local entertain ment throughout. UONSPLAN KIDS PARTY The Brookings-Harbor Lion's Club are making plans now for their annual Hallowe'en party for the youngsters of the community. The party, which will begin as usual with a parade, will begin as usual in front of the Pilot office and the kids will march to the high school. The big night is slated for Thursday, October 31st, and the kids are to form at 7 p .m . There will be entertainment for the young'uns, judging of c o s tumes, refreshments for all and a sawdust scram ble. In years past this has drawn out about 400 youngsters. ATHLETIC NIGHT ON AT SCHOOL In case you athletes who are Just wondering if you are over the hump are interested, there is a men's Activity Night on at the high school auditorium each Monday night from 7 p .m . until 9 p .m . A variety of sports, and other activities await the eager would be athlete. UPPER CHETCO P .T .A . HOLDING RECEPTION The Upper Chetco P .T .A is holding a reception in the form of a pot luck dinner, on Saturdaj evening, October 19, at 7 p .m . Each family is asked to bring at least two dishes--on e hot, and also their own service. A short business meeting will follow the dinner. Those members who have not paid their dues will be asked to do so at this meeting. _____ »»«♦♦«♦♦»»»» JOINT LEGION CONFERENCE SET FOR COOS BAY A district 10 joint conference of the American Legion and Am erican Legion Auxiliary will bt held October 20 at the Coos Bay Legion Hall. A luncheon will be served at 1:30 p .m . The Auxiliary m ee t- ing will be handled by D istrict 10 president, Mrs. Ella Wilson, of North Bend. Among those attending from the Chetco Unit » 3 8 American L e g io n and Auxiliary are the following: Mr. and Mrs.Joseph Heffele, Mr. and Mrs. Lester G. Twohy, Mrs. Gertrude Bruce and Mrs. Matilda Pate. •*««****»* HELLO WORLD A new son, named Darrell Elmer Erb Jr. was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Darrell E l m e r (Sam) Erb, sr. this week. The baby was born on August 28, and weighed 7 lb s., 15ounces There will be a hearing on the by -passing of Pistol River by the relocation of the new highway 101, at 9 a.m . in the Brookings City Hall, on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Representatives from the state highway commission will be down to listen to arguments on jhe by-passing of Pistol River. All Interested persons are urged to attend. With Marshall Dana h ig h lig h t - Ing the discussion, the B rookins Harbor Chamber of Commerce Boat J of Directors went over the oft-talked about "road over the mountains". Meeting with the city council and other interested people, th* Chamber group heard nawa ten CITY OFFICIALS ATTEND them that in his opinion the mad is ontr thing needed he re now. He CONFERENCE said that if the Chamber had fall Brookings is going to be d esert owed his advice a few years back ed for a few dayB next week— at Ind had aaked for a survey to be least from an official standpoint. made, then work might now be M a y o r F e l l C a m p b e ll anc started on the road. Council men Earl Breuer, L e e Dana, who has had a anwamay H e in , and Jack Hagen, plus home here for many y e a n , and Judge Jim Kirby, Police Chief considers Brookings people as Bud Cross and City Recorder his neighbors, is a former editoi Bernice Huddleston will all make of the Oregon Journal, and is now the trip to Portland this week assistant to the president of tfcr end for the annual conference of U .S. National Bank of Portland. the League of Oregon C ities. Ben Davis, a newcomer to tbi Registration w i l l b e Sunday area, also gave an enthusiastic n i g h t , while the session s will speech on just what a wondaxfal continue on Monday, Tuesday and country we have here, and how we Wednesday. need promotion--and how we need the road to the valley. Judge Hans Nelson will handle Later, Davis was picked to beat t h e c i t y ' s business while the group is gone. a committee to work on the p r o ject. Davis told the groig) that ho would personally pitch a tent on the door step of the governor' i mansion, if necessary, to bring the m atter to his attention. SCHOOL TO OFFER TYPING CLASS The Brookings-Harbor school PUPILS SEE THE will offer an adult typing cla saj PREHISTORIC GARDENS if there are »nought interested The pupils of the Upper Che too people. school motored north Monday morn The course would be one n ig h t ing to Pistol River, where they a week, and would run about 24 were Joined by the teachers and lesso n s, and would cost $10 f o r pupils of that school, and all went on to the Prehistoric Gardens. the course. Mrs. Hilda Cooper After going thru the gardens would be the instructor. At least 12 would be needed to they all went on to Humbug State Park where they had lunch, then a get the course underway. Those softball gam e. The game ended la Interested are asked to call the a 9-9 tie, and will cause another school, 5221, giving the n ig h t game to he played in the near preferred. future. ****«**»»«- CHAMBER O F COMMERCE MEETING O N THURSDA Y All those with a stake in their community are urged to attend a general meeting of Chamber oi Commerce mem bers, and other interested persons on Thursday night. The meeting will start at 8 p .m . and will feature a talk by Ron Bailey of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Other interesting things rela tive to this community will al s o be taken up at this meeting. ROCKET IS VIEWED THURSDAY MORNING Marien Chapman of the Pilot staff, her husband Dale, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Marvick, who are visiting the Chapmans all took a look at the Russian Rocket her« at 5:01 Thursday morning. The rocket was seen almost straight up, moving across the sky towards the s-east it was brighter than most stars, but could not be mistaken for a star. THE HONOR SOCIETY AT BROOKINGS-HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL are shown above. From left to right are Gail Weeks, president, Kathy Brockmiller, secretary; Sally Swansea, treasuer; and Marvin Bullock, Vice president. PILOT PHOTO
