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)raiy flloL Nowhere q Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community VOLUME FOUR. NUMBER FIVE Flower Festival Plans Elabcrate At Smith River BROOKINGS. Cancer Film Showing Postponed To April 8 The film, to be shown April 6, by Dr. Raymond Erickson, in con nection with the cancer fund drive, has been pastponed until April 8, it was announced Tues day by Mrs. Martha Harbin, lo cal chairman. Following announcement last week through these columns, it was learned that a conflict would be made with the P.-T. A. film, dated for the same evening at the high school. The cancer pictures will be shown at the Grange hall. SMITH RIVER — This year’s annual spring Flower Festival features the locally-grown daffo dils, flowering shrubs, hyacinths, camellias and primroses in a set ting of gracious formality, high lighted by a garden scene of un surpassed loveliness. It is to be held at the Community hall on Wednesday, April 6. A feature of the massive show, put on each year by the Womens club, for the purpose of raising library funds, is the display and identification for the pleasure of home gardeners the many lovely At the March meeting of the daffodil specimens which are suc Brookings chamber of commerce, cessfully grown here1 in the val Tuesday eevning, President Chas. ley. Of particular interest will Grayshel appointed his commit be the artistic presentation of the tees, including: art of basket making by the lo Rivers and Harbors: Henry cal Indian women. Art-in-action Kerr, chairman; Thor Ask, Ed is an innovation this year with Lessard and Dewey Akers. several of the fine basket makers Roads: Warren Smith, chair exhibiting the methods of hand man; C. H. Grayshel, P. J. Les- ling and weaving the willows. moister, and Charles Echols. Wild flower conservation will Banking: Homer Kessler, be a keynote in the club’s ex hibit and in keeping with the chairman; Archie Hendricks, Wil movement, only a few of each son Freeman and LeRoy Weide- specimen will be brought in from man. Street Lights: O. S. Y’oung. the woods and mountains for, chairman;'James Yelton. * the affair. Membership: Homer Haggerty, Hardy garden seedlings will be ready for transplanting and a chairman. Fred Moore. George booth will feature the many love Funk and Gordon Goetz. Public Welfare: Mrs. LeRoy ly varieties of annuals and per-’ ennials for which the Smith Riv-1 Weideman, chairman, Mrs. A. P. er gardeners have become fa Hendricks. 4-H Scholarships: Mrs. Goldie mous. Earlier choice flowers such as Smith, chairman, Rev. Nick N. crocus, some of the daffodils, and Neufeld. rare mountain lilies responded ! Lily Parade: C. O. Leonard, to the few spells of fine weather chairman. such vigor that they are not only happy memories for these same home gardeners, their neighbors who always make a practice of garden touring “around town” | with the first bursting of a cro- • cus bud. There will be, however, accord In the equalization of Curry ing to Mrs. Forrest Dunham, the general chairman of the show, of county school districts’ budgets, a noteworthy collection of beau Brookings, School Dist. No. 17, tiful flowers and shrubs with was cut more than the difference many original presentations in I between estimated and allowed the adaption of the blooms to budgets for the whole county, Lynn Hampton, local superinten decoration. The show will officially open! dent, told the Pilot, Wednesday. at 2 p. m., and continue until 5. This difference amounted to Again at 7 p. m. the public will J $9.255.81; Brookings “cut” was be welcomed with the show to $13.724.00. The reason that there could be this difference was that close at 9 p. m. Cut flowers will be sold and several districts were raised, with as in the past the beautiful blos Port Orford elementary district soms will mingle with the smart increased $8,821.25. and colorful spring costumes to According to Mr. Hampton, the be worn by those attending the Brookings district was “set” so ;» affair. that equalization did not take Another innovation this year place to any appreciable extent. will be special lighting created The district with 22% of the for the various exhibits created evaluation was granted 22% of stage setting by Carrol-Hedrick the amount allowed on the equal of Crescent City. The ights will ized roll. On the other hand, he be furnished for the show with continued, Dist. No. 17 has ap out cost to the club. proximately one-third of the The spring flower show has children of the county, and the grown to momentous proportions receipts of the district ajre used from the original daffodil show in the “equalized” budget to “off which has annual attracted hun set” 30.6% of the estimated ex dreds of visitors from southern penses of the county as allowed. Oregon as well as northern Cali According to Rex Putnam, the fornia. state superintendent of public in struction, the action of the rural Ground was broken the first of i board is final. Also according to the week by Elmer Parker, who| him, in those counties where the is constructing a boat landing and . rural board has functioned in a wharf house at his place near' satisfactory manner, it has been Chetco River bridge, to be known because of the sense of fair play as Parker’s Anchorage. He hopes i and equity on the part of the ru to have the structure completed I ral board members; in those counties where it has not so within a month, and ready ofr functioned, it has been because opening of the trout fishing sea- ’ of failure to understand the prob son. on the tide-water part of the lem of equalization or to act on Chetco. the understanding. C of C. President Names Committees Brookings' "Cut" More Than County By Rural Board CORRY COUNTY. OREGON THURSDAY, MA RUH 31. 1949 "Socialized Medicir le" Follows Pattern Of Communistic Plc in For Domination “Socialized medicine, as it is now planned in the bill before congress, will bring United States one step nearer communistic d omination.” Dr. Don Long, Coos Bay physician, told the Rotary club, Tuesday noon. “This idea was firs ; originated by Marx, au- thor of Communism, and first put into practice by Bismarck about the year 1883 in Germany. Most of Europe, today, has some form of socialized medi cine, “While it is difficult to state exactly what the law would be if it were passed in United States, we can make comparison with those countries where its prac tice has been carried on for a few years. Take New Zealand for instance; the administration and costs amount to about $5.00 per month, per' person. Their health records there show that they do not get the individual medical at tention that people do in this county. “Socialized medicine would cre ate a new bureau for our gov ernment, another set of govern ment employes to carry on the payroll, who will see to it that their jobs are held secure. This practice would load the individ ual doctor’s office with people not actually needing attention, thus further dividing the doctor’s time from patients who actually need medical aid. “It is not the American way to be compelled to accept any particular way of life. By nature he likes to do things pretty much ns he wishes. Doctors fall under this same category. “There are several hospital and insurance plans in force today which provide medical care for about $3.60 per month per fam ily. Under socialized medicine, a 5% deduction from payrolls will be affected, and these costs would elevate the average family to upwards from $5 a month. “Take a look at the proponents of socialized medicine. Every out fit lobbying for it in Washington Concluded on Page Five Pacific Lily Growers Met Monday At Chetco Grange Hall The local branch of the Pacific Lily Growers Association w a s honored. Monday evening, at the Grange hall by the presence of many members from other places in Oregon and California. On the register were: Mrs. VanHevelengen-Copeland, Portland! Mr. Patterson, Clacka mas; Mrs. F. F. Eberly, Sher wood; Robert Warren, Forest Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Walker, Albany; Mr. and Mrs. Blenis and Mr. Wester, Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, Cottage Grove: Mrs. H. H. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Madden, Mr. and Mrs. Plankington, Waldport; Mrs. J. Ward Evans, Troutdale; Ted and Palmer Westbrook, Smith River, Calif.; Wm. Fisher, Rivers End; Mr. and Mrs. N. Surprise and sons, Harrold and Floyd, Mr. Hartman and others from Ar cata, and local members and a group of friends. The meeting proved to be the most important, congenial and successful the lily growers ever held anywhere since the lily in dustry budded. There will be an other meeting of the local group . soon, it was announced. Those present were delighted , with the music and readings fur nished by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bo lin and Mrs. Bobby VanDolsen. High Cchool Bills One-Act Play, At Tickets Going Fast Gym, April 8th An interesting evening has For Theatre Party been planned for everyone on In the staging of its first “The atre Party,” the Chetco Rod & Gun club has met with such a demand for tickets on the ad vance sale that every seat in the entire theatre has now been put on the reserved list. The prices will not change, however, but will still remain $1.20 for the center section and $1.00 for the side, including tax. The decision to make every seat reserved was prompted by the club’s wish to spare those wish ing to attend the performance a battle for the best remaining seats next Tuesday night. Rehearsals for the big surprise stage show have been going at high speed for more than two weeks with great secrecy attend ant thereto. If the news that has been leaking out via the old, grapevine has any basis in fact, I Brookings is in for the biggest entertainment night in its his-i tory and something that no the-' atre-goer will want to miss. “The picture, “State of the Union,” from the Metro-Goldwyn- ’ Mayer studios, is one of the out standing pictures of the year and will stand alone on any theatre! program. This, with more than an hour’s mad, gay stage variety show, brings Brookings enter-1 tainment at its best. Friday, April 8—that is play night when the local high school pu pils will present several one-act plays. Among them is “Trifllin,” with the following cast: Uncle Andy—Vernon Crockett. Aunt Sairy—Phyllis Warnock. Yaney Summers—Ila Lock. Grandpap—Vern Garvin. Suzie Highfall—Marilyn Strue- bing. Cora Belle Dockins—Pat Zook. Clenny Bordens — Maryanne Biddle. Mr. Wilmore - Gene Reiling. “Lyin’ Sam” Withers—Raymond Reekman. Huldy Perkins — Gene Cole grove. Be sure and come to see what happens when Uncle Andy neg lects the store to play checkers with Grandpap. It is interesting to see how Aunt Sairy redacts and the measures she takess to keep the store in business. Local News Items Profile Prepared On Road Between Here, Grants Pass A profile and plan is being pre pared to compare the existing road between Grants Pass and Crescent City with a proposed routing via Brookings. The proj ect, of great expressed concern to all Southern Oregon, is being furthered by C. M. T. Echols, county surveyor, under direction of Brookings chamber of com merce. Echols’ material will be co-or dination drawn from the U. S. Coast Guard survey quadrangle sheets, the old Great Northern survey, data of the old C. & O. reconnaisance and U. S. Forest Service maps. The resultant should be an easily comprehended comparison of the value and feasability of one route with the other. When completed, copies will be distrib uted especially in the area of greatest economic and political influence. Pres. Charles Grayshel, of the chamber, says that he hopes that people to the eastward, in the area of the new route would be of calculable value, will come up with more tangible help. He states that his group is not attempting to accurately delineate th(' ulti mate route and that further en gineering study might come up with still a better one. W i t h the rapidly-increasing tidewater developments compar atively close to the likewise in creasingly important area direct ly east and demonstrable eco nomic necessity for better com munications between the two, this long agitated project is much closer to being an accomplished fact. There are two elements which have given impetus to the proj ect : assure ocean transport con venient to the western terminus of the route and increasing elec tric poyed available. It is prob able, with the million dollar funds made available which will indicate heavier transmission lines directly across the terrain in question. "Human Growth" Billed Next Wed., Bv Local P.-T. A. “Human Growth,” a film ob tained by the local Parent-Teach ers Association for showing on Wednesday, April 6, will be open for adults only, the Pilot was in formed Tuesday. This picture, 10 yqar in development, is said to be a picture that all adults must see without fail. Based on social hygiene, this film has been used by adult edu cation groups all over the state, as well as by many other associ ations other than the Parent- Teachers. It is released through E. C. Brown Trust, In addition to the foregoing film, there will be much discus sion concerning the status of the local schools, and the special election which will be necessary to restore the funds cut from the budget by the county rural board at a recent meeting. Miss Mary Grootendorst left Sunday morning for Corvallis to enroll at Oregon State College for the spring term. She had been visiting her parents during the Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anderson spring vacation. Raymond Asche has gone to returned Saturday from a sev Portland where he is now em-1 eral weeks trip to Lakeview and San Francisco. ployed. fl»
