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BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, Brookings, Oregon
W orld’» Finest Climate
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
IT SEEMS TO ME:
E ntered a* second-class m atter, at the postoffice a t Brookings, Ore.,
March 7, 1946, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
DEWEY AKERS, Editor and Publisher
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NATIONAL €DITO RIAL_
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Subscription Rate:
Per Year, in Curry County, Oregon................. $2.50
Per Year, outside Curry County....?.................... $3.00
Can You Figure A ny Other Answer?
Shall we bond, we, the voters of District No. 17,
to expand the present school plant to meet the needs!
of the district at present, and to keep the schools
standard with the state department of education?
By Dewey
When yOU study the table below, set up for a bond There seems to be some “cover'
issue of $112,000.00, pavable in 18 vears, it seems up ” concerning the loss of ute
folly not to keep standard, thus partaking of the ’in„th* 1VaT?» dJsaster
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u Support fund, VV hich this district would nied, through reports made by
lose if schools are not standard. It doesn’t take much certain county officials th a t they
calculations to see what must be done
had found no b<xlies- Perhaps,
i nis is not the opinion of the Pilot, and people port might have been tru e
needs not take it as such. Facts face this district— //owerer, common reasoning
bonding to keep standard is the onlv solution re- u'ou^ tf'ii °nt‘ that a wail ot
gardless of anv of our personal feelings in the mat- u*tter 8f)me ten feet hi9h' hlt'
td 'r
Jt-yp 10
many of whom did not have r e a l 1 C harles Low v
paying jobs.
man, Mrs K a ^ i n ^ V
Oregonians. from all over th< and Mrs. Mildred p
state are really doing all possi- Brookings
byrne
ble to alleviate this suffering. V. j
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F. W. and Legdon, together with if-i, ii-
it
their auxiliaries, are doing all
" ; ‘r d I ndecidedi
possible to help the ex-G. 1. stud- Offer He Should U
ents ut Vanport Junior caZZef/c,
“I have about eightr
and fam ilies o f these m en. Tha* offers,” said Bill Ward -
is no sm all item , it m ust be re- terview to the Piim t ’ 4
membered.
he p la « d a ••.hank
Pictures appearing in both the j tisem ent in these columns'
Portland papers tell m uch about 1 arn not certain which
the total destruction of the res jbest to fake.”
idences and business houses in • A fter selling his clothing«
Vanport. Very little seems to b e j to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kern,
intact, and w orth salvaging. In p Vard cannot make up fc,i
one particu lar picture I notice.
hich of the offers he shall
all that seemed to rem ain w a s jseven
these will take
a mass of broken lum ber flo a t-1°^ tb ’s area. However, mo
ing on the w ater.
j them are along the coas’
The local V. F. VV. A uxiliary,,™ * fa c from his old hor».
under Mrs. P. D. H anks, is so j
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licitin g clothing for the children
t*or Qu >ck results—cfaisj
and fam ilies of these ex-servic J,
men. Anyone having such a p p a r
el should contact her, or any!
other m em ber of that group.
Mrs. V. A. M endenhall Sr. re
ports th a t the Legion A uxiliary
has done much along this line,
and this organization, too, is so
liciting clothing, regardless of
condition, if th e re can be some
w ear left.
It looks good to m e to see the
people of this area so responsive
in this cause. M ajor catastrophei
are respecters of of no areas nor
people, regardless o f their fi
nancial condition. Such a catas
trophe m ight hit this county
none of us can ever tell.
lively
u town or a c tio n could not
help but take life— m any lives.
you can see no other answer than to vote ves on Now the story is com ing out--
first w ith the picture o f tw o
the bond issue. Study of the table is proof.
children.
Veo r
Prln. Remain An. P yt . An. Int. A m t. Req. Mills
Reports coming from P o rtland
Year 1948-49
$112.000.00
unofficially claim th a t bodies by
$2.800.00 $2.800.00 ?.4
Year 1949-50
scores are now being found, b u t . Los Angeles Lady Honor3
$112.000.00
$2.800.00 $2,800.00 2.4
Year 1950-51
the press is silent on th a t score S i s t e r A f I i i n r h o n n T h u »
$112.000.00
$2.800.00 $2.800.00 2.4
Such <catastrophes mean d.uith
z i l ljU n c n e o n ’ 1 h u >.
Year 1951-52
$112.000.00 $7,500.00 $2.800.00 $10,300.00 9.1
as well as destruction why try . Mrs. Norinne Ainsworth, m Lost
Year 1952-53 ...
to minimize the story. Peopk | Angeles, Calif., who has been,
$7,500.00 $2,612.50 $10.112.50 9.0
are not children, they can take vl®iting Mr. and Mrs. C. A Mac-!
Year 1953-54
$ 97.000.00 $7.500.00 $2,425.00 $9,925.00 «.8
it they did during the w ar when Benzie, for the past month, en-
Yenr 1954-55
... $ 89.500 00 $7,500.00 $2.237.50 $9.737.50 8.7
1 casualty lists filled pages.
( Pertained at a luncheon last {
1955-56
$ 82,000.00 $7,500.00 $2,050.00 $9,550.00 S.5
Mississippian* haven’t forgot- 7'^lHsda' at W hite Rock Cafe j
Year 1956-57
$ 74,500,00 $7.500.00 $1.862.50 $9,362.50 8.3
y
‘in
her s,sle
sister.
ten their m ajor flood some ' twen-
" honor of ner
r- Mrs
Mrs Mac-:
1957-58
$ 67,000.00 $7,500.00 $1.675.00 $9,175.00 8.1
ty-odd years ago. Monday a size- * n /ie‘ 4 orsaKes and flow er ar-
Year 1958-59
able cheek, together with prom- ran«*m ents °f deep shaded azal-j
$ 59.500.00 $7,500,00 $1.587.50 $8.987.50 8.0
colorful
*o an
i.se of four tim es that much, a r - >eas
' ^ f lent a co^o
rful touch 4o
Yenr 1959-60
$ 52,(XX).OO $7.500.00 $1.300.00 $8.8(XT00 7.8
rived a t P o rtla n d to h elp in
iatfractlve
tabIe-
Invited
guests
Year 1960-61
$ 44,500.00 $7.500.00 $1.112.50 $8.612.50 7.6
carina
for the
th« h homeless,
o m e l e s s t num
i u » ber
i h « r .r prc: Mrs. Bob Wilson and Mrs.
caring for
Yenr 1961-62
$ 37.000.00 $7,500.00 $ 925.00 $8.125.00 7.5
Lloyd Moss of Sm ith River and
ing far into the thousands.
Yenr 1962-63
$ 29.500.00 $7,500.00 $ 737.50 $8,237.50 7.3
It is safe to estim ate th at the Mrs. VV. L. Crissey, Miss Rore
Yenr 1963-64
$ 22,000.00 $7,500.00 $ 550.00 $8.050.00 7.1
current property losses will e x Baum garten. Mrs. Fred Moore,
Yenr 1964-65
ceed a half billion dollars. It is Mrs. Osa Johnson. Mrs. John
$ 14,500.00 $7.500.00 $ 362.50 $7,862.50 7.0
quite likely that much of this Hogan, Mrs. George Widney, Mrs.
Yenr 1965-66
$ 7,000.00 $7,000.00 $ 175.00 $7,175.00 6.4
pro|>erty will never he restore.!
The above schedule is a table of the requirem ent s for repaym ent to pre-flood statu s like Van-
ui ix.iHis anu interest, based on selling bonds at 2 l «G. as m an. port. This w ar-tim e housing set-
m unicipalities and school districts are doing at the present time. i up was used by many negroes
It is fu rth er based on payment on bond principal sta rtin g on t i e , and a group of the iower-paid
fourth year, with 11 paym ents of $7,500.00 each, and the last pay . w orkers of the P ortland area,
m ent of $7,500,00. Should bonds be sold with sem i-annuai bond prin
cipal and interest rates, amount would he slightly less. Should the
bond sell for 2 »' or 3'
interest would be correspondingly more.
This in form a tic m a ir
by the Pilot to show readers what would
be the pa you nt
i year under a bond program to rebuii
< <pund the local
Mils. Paym ent, it m ay be noted would I
than the present
a lle v y , which w ill be com pleted be for«
pyam ents would > m . Study the table for facts.
I f v o n P.-iro f-M.. thzi f .o ,,» .«
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Brookings, Or
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Brookings, Oregon
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