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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1946)
Pit ge S ix THURSDAY, MARCH 21, BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, ORjj'gQ.^L Home of the Croft Lily Thor Ask retu rn ed from in the sixth grade and his sister. G. Is” the world has ever seen. and that you will have the good Joanne, who is in high school. business trip to Portland, la w ishes and support of all. Do - Wilson Freeman, Brookings. Thursday. They came here from Eureka. that very thing. Editor’s Note: Mr. Freeman, that many of them «'ire ready, It looks like the ex service men, it gcx s without saying th at peo- after getting pushed around in ph- soon forget their benefactors., To the Editor of the Pilot: Just a boost for the Brookings the service, come home to get Service min, while they were in ED AND MENDY some more of the ,ame treatm ent niform. were heroes, and cuold Fire epartm ent! On Christm as AUTHO RIZED D ISTR IB U TO R S in a way that take without asking but now, as eve in 1939 1 had the misfortune - only this time civilians, with old work clothes to have my house burn down. My hurts. T e d on. they look like the garden run elderly uncle and aunt were liv- Last Tuesday, my son, , ing here a t the time and of course Freeman, armed with his priority, of civilians. .......................... ... V eteran organizations made j they were helpless to do anything took a truck and went to Port strict OPA office every effort to get "breaks” for except to get out with the clothes land to the di ST A T IO N NO. 5056 lor official signature and permis the service-men once they were they had on. Oregon However, the fire departm ent Brookings sion to load his truck with lum home, but, as all people know, left everything they were doing at ber and other necessary m aterials war profiteering is not over «.me people don’t ‘‘have it made" the time, made the run down here to put up his home. as y< t. These same service or- to my place by the river. There OPA told him it would be at Icust two weeks or more before RflnizHtions, i! united in this ef- whs no w ntcr they could rench they could act on hi* . priority. fort, could, now with the 15 mil with the hose but by use of sev- that he must wait. He tried Se- h°n ex-service men, do a little erai w ater buckets, and wet sacks We are exclusive Agents for attle, Medford and other places! dictation of their own. but they ¡they saved the woodshed and my where surplus government prop must unite as they were in the storehouse, a small house and the smoke house, as well as the barn erty was stored no luck. Ted service, Every reform in the world has which was full of hay and which found that dealers have the situa- COOS BAY tion pretty well tied up in their something about it which creates would have been destroyed, had it favor. He also found ex-service a "racket”. Why do people have not been for Chad and his crew L. Z. I am grateful to them. men. who have been used to to be that m ercenary? Tires Mounted and Remvoed Harbin. "doing things," ready to march again this time when* it will To the editor of the Pilot: Free of Charge likely cause plenty confusion. I want you to know that I IN AN SW E R TO Thi* government gave the ex- heartily approve of your pro MR. B R A IN A D ’S L E T TE R service men first chance to buy gram and ambitions for the big, This article is not the opinion m aterials to build the homes they little town of Brookings and I of one p e r s o n only, but the have longed to get started. Now, know everyone will help to work thoughts of many. These people uniform, were heroes, and could and hope for its realization. are taxpayers and are not intent with money, priority anti all the Some of us little people have on leaving t h e community or necessary papers, they find that ambitions for the town also and leaving behind a tax for others person^ can hold them up. when are working with all our small to pay. Some of these same citi- it would take less than one min horse-power for their realization. zens were also donors to the pres Ute to sign the papers, or less Mine is a beautiful main street. ent fire equipment and are will than an hour to check by tele-1 h(1S the’ bcit-tailored ing to relinquish their rights to phone the ri(h t of the service str,,,.t o{ anv sm an town , have said fire equipment. man to have this priority. seen. It is well curbed, wide and I also understand that there If this situation isn’t remedied smooth> but it nepds landscaping, was a shelter back of the old of and that, very quickly Ihere ll fw b,,alllif,1i fice building where the the fire la- thecrealM I movement of "m ad, w slri wi;h s (ll,wn , hp truck had been housed for some — - — 4 center and ever« I beauty spots tint*?, and there are various rum along the sides. This should be ors why this practice was discon done as a unit and not by hap tinued. F 0 R hazard plantings to get the beat After all I hope that we are Fire, Auto and Casualty effect. Can’t we get together on still living under a democracy this? where we have free press and That is the most forceful ap-1 free speech. The court decision |H*aI to the tourist and prospec-1 proved th at the m ajority still tive resident, what he sees on ruled when petitions were pre- See the main street as he drives in to |se n te d showing that 90', of the or through town. propiuty owners did not want to •APIO drying Perhaps we w o u 1 d be lucky be in the proposed fire area south E namel enough to enlist the aid of the BROOKINGS of the Chetco river. Also the pe- teen" age group to help with tit ions were backed by 23 land This wonderful, smooth-flowtag «1GHT scarl H OREGON planting, protect and care for owners appearing at court to pre- j enamel dries In four to six hours to a rich, hlgh-gloaa street as a part of their program. sent these petitions and protests. finish. So easy to apply, so Perhaps our good friend, Mr. As one person said today: "just j easy to wash, so beautiful to Bankus would h°lp us, too. Sin because we live south of the bor look at I Oorgeous ootanri cerely, Gladys Lindskoug, Box 2, der (Chetco river) and don't ex Brookings. actly agree with our northern Editor's Note. Mrs. Lindskoug. neighbors, that doesn’t mean that your idea certainly has m erit. It either should call the other nam- is worthy of much consideration, es or continue "bellvaching" — and may I suggest one thing? Andrew Hoffeldt. Home Designer come to the next m eetitng of the cham ber of commerce place, as F ra c E stim ates on C om plete you have thruogh this column. S et of W orking Plane Perfection Oil Ranges your idea. Thursday night, March 28 is P O. BOX 36 Made up of progressive men and the time set for a m eeting of the Superflame Combination Radiant-Circulating women, who have interests in this Chetco Square and Compass club HARBOR, O REG O N HEATERS community, I feel certain that at H arbor Grange hall. All Ma- everyone wMl lend a kindly ear, | sons, their wives and members of Master “H&ndi-Cart” two-wheel Seed Trucks. Order of Eastern Star, are es pecially invited. Garden Hose (in all lengths) i he Sam Gott and C. H. Rausch families were Crescent City bus Wel-maid’s Water-Resistent Kneeling iness callers, Saturday. H. E. Echols has the forms set CUSHIONS - A _ and ready for pouring concrete Regular 75c seller — Now......................... at his place east of towm. Mrs. Art Bollinger. Mrs. Pete i. E. VACUUM CLEANERS fg A A Lesmeister, and Mrs. Jim Frazier See Them a t our store — AT............. and the la tte r’s little granddaugh- —ICE CREAM TO TAKE HOME— ; ter, all left on Friday’s south- j j bound bus. G. E. RADIOS 6 74^ & Snow showed Monday morning See’ Them at our store — AT ! on Mt. Emily and the hills fur- 1 ther east. FIRESTONE RADIOS A A Joseph Jacobs left for a P ort-; See Them at o ur sto re - AT and hospital. Saturday. He had iously been in the Crescent I SEWING CABINETS : City hospital, reportedly suffer- ' Mahogany and W alnut AT .A y a ing from shingles. Hubert Rod erick is looking after the Jacobs' I place while Mr. Jacobs is away. ; Nate Moore and son. Ralph of Harbor, are both reported to be a quite ill. ’ Mr and Mrs. Lyle Dill and Bud j Van Pelt drove to Eureka Friday ' to see Mrs. Di’l's sister, w ho is Kcal Estate And Insurance tnee (seriously ill in Eureka hospital.! Bus Depot The Chetco school has two! Brookings, Oregon COMPLETE H A R D W A R E LIN E { new pupils; Kenneth McDonald In The Mailbox: Standard Station Expert Tire Recapping J. and J. Tire Company INSURANCE îirtston* Edith Ott Larry Ward M ETLER IN STOCK: Local News Items Newspapers Cigarettes C H A D ’S F O U N T A IN Magazines S E R V IC E Tobaccos ( I N S U R A N C E IN S U R A N C E T ? Lite Auto Bulb Dwelling Health and Accident Public Liability M e .1. Lesmeister Agency Chetco Home & Auto Supply Company
