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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
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