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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1946)
Page Two Home of the Croft L ily BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILCrf. BROOKINGS. OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL jg child’s in a bility to spell well-’-the same may be said of those up to the sixth grade—but—from then' on. things must be different. I t w ill mean that this commun ity, if it w ever to survive, to ex pand and hold a place in to build sufficient school facilities to care fo r the growing children,] whose birthrights demand proper education. The average dairyman thinks nothing of spending two] or dollars a year to keep\ each of his registered cows “ on the list” with a cost fo r some\ herds running into the hundreds of dollars— yet this same person may be found voting against a , reform r / ^ 'r r » w which .n n n , may tn a g i mean r i f V i i n rcn much sne^ru v to u he has, fo r the present, the help he needs, but operations step up, he Lire more men. BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT A Politically-Independent Newspaper, published at Brookings, Oregon. Application is made for Second- Class Mail Perm it O reg 1 o 0 N lw s / a p e r P U B LIS h [ e 4 4 s © l AT I 0 N Dewey Akers and Dave Holman, Publishers Subscription Rate: * * Per Year, in Curry County, Oregon................ $z.i)O Per Year, outside Curry County........................$3.00 w q ETA g : = 'a .... 'i;,,,,-,,,1!,,;;--..... „ 7 : ', z = ; ....................................... ......................................................... - 1 tl= own child— the most precious possession he ha». Money has been made in this community in the past. This is likely to be insignificant beside what w ill be made in the future. Money, to some people, is the goal toward which they strive— fo r getting the citizens of tomorrow’ - those who w ill lead the dest inies of the world in less than a generation. What w ill be the la bel Brookings w ill make fo r her self, come A p ril 22? residents would not have come to this area. To be fran k —b ru ta lly fra n k— Brookings schools are almost at the bottom of the ladder—not in an academic way—but physically. Here children are forced to a t tend school in rooms too crowded to give the individual child the opportunity rig h tfu lly his. Here, high school is being carried on by three teachers, a load which is The P ilot—$2.50 for 52 weeks. , better carried by five. Yet, Brookings e x p e c t s her graduates to enter schools of h ig h er learning and com pete against those from schools which have every advantage. Is th a t qu ite right 9 Could anyone be so xtrn- ple-minded as to rail it f a i r 9 ¿22 College life is geared for a fast pace. In four years a student »s supposed to carry a load which covers far more ground than all i his 12 previous years. W ithout proper background, can one from l such school be expected to carry By Dewey this load? Population has grown in the Soon this area w ill be called upon to vote upon the proposition! past tw o or three years— the e n of building, enlarging and doing I rollm ent figures appeared in the other necessary repair to the lo article printed elsew here in f/ie s e cal school housing facilities. It is colum ns the past tw o w eeks. All being watched by the world, in these fa cts should be heeded. AU patrons o f the school should be no uncertain anxiety. aw are th a t the horse and buggy Why is this statement made? days arc gone also gone are the\ The answer lies with the fact days when one teacher can carry that this area is world-wide in I eight grades and do justice to t h e 1 repute, and naturally the (level-! pupils of the school. opment of the area, in all phases, I This w rite r has observed ru ra l j is being closely watched. children entering a union high Trying to be conservative — I school ns freshmen. These same to the point almost of discour-! children could not spell correctly! ugement. Mr. Huffaker tells facts\ n o r had th ey any idea o f punc-j as he found them. pointed oof I tu a tio n . to m en tion n o th in g o f that regardless of the '“boom” ! the m any e d u c a tio n a l deficiencies period of the area, the schools in c u rre d w h ile in the e le m e n ta ry eon tte expected to grow, That is | school. rertoo», or many of the present A fierson can overlook a small Sense And Some N O N SEN SE- ? Hogan Opens Logging Camp Bob Hogan, fo r many years one of the area’s noted woods men is branching out. Fallers have already begun to lay tim ber from a stand of sev en m illio n feet Bob has ac cumulated a b o u t 12 miles west of town. A mile of road is being b u ilt into the stand, Bob using a “ ca t” he recently purchased, a n d which w ill la te r be used to get out about half of the timber. The re mainder w ill have to be han dled as a "donkey” show. A chain saw is being used in the woods. Bob states that he has a contract to deliver a ll the peeler stuff, down to a m in imum of 36 in diameter, to the veneer plant at Klam ath Calif. Tops and sm aller tim ber, a t a m inim um rate of 20,000 feet per day, w ill be taken by the Crag Lumber Co. m ill at Brookings. P art of this stand was ac quired from Everett Isenhart, according to Hogan, who says Local News II Kathleen Steeves presented high school w ill a 20-vear tion of N ational Geographic! agines. which the school going to have bound and put the school lib ra ry. Clyde H. Clary, Oregon ger fo r Edward Brown and general insurance, o f was a Monday caller on Lesmeister, on business. DENTISTRY Extracting and Dentures Y our Dental Needs taken care of. Dr. Stevenson Now In the C entral B uilding, Brookwp M e Setting Hew in View CUfífíy COUNTY LÙHBCR CC>. B R O O K IN G S w E H A V E : 186-pound Hexagonal Rooting 90-pound Slatekote Roofing 66-pound Extra Heavy Rooting 30-pound Kelt 15-pound Felt Fireplace Units Creo-dipped Shakes Pittsburgh Paints For Most Any Need The lumber situation looks favorable as the olaning mill nears completion! Ixically, W Johns-Mannvvlle Co. Pittsburgh Paint Co. NuAVVod Product* Co. The work on the expansion and re construction ot the electric system in area is being pushed to the fullest de gree possible. The Co-op has sent Herb Lindsey to this area to expedite hand ling and signing of easements. Although no promises can be made, the actual construction work of setting poles, installing cross-arms, etc., is in \ ie\v with, ot course, the reservations being made for the manufacturers’ in ability to fulfill their commitments. Certain critical and “hard-to-get” a r ticles tor the line construction have been acquired. However, there are still other necessary materials which have not as yet been received, but through the pur- t basing department ot the Co-op, everv effort is being made to obtain the mater ial, and immediately. •J DON’T FORGET YOUR EASEM ENTS! Represent: Curtis Silentite Sash Masonite Company H eatilator Coos Electric Co-operative
