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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1949)
BROOKENGS-HARBOR PILOT Entered as second-class matter, at the postoffice at Brookings, Ore., March 7, 1946, under the Act of March 3, 1879. DEWEY AKERS, Editor and Publisher National Advertising Representative NEWSPAPER AVVERTI «Hita»» of the WG e SEHVICE. INC Nation«« E c SI oha I Auoctationl Serving Amerce’» Advertise!» andrite Home Town Newspaper! Iti W Randolph — Chicago I. H. • (Il PKKS / r i u • Hottxcoi Mdg.. San Francisco. CaL N K T I O M K L rr n Subscription Rate: Per Year, in Curry County, Oregon ”er Year, outside Curry County...... ÍT SEEMS TO ME -O THURSDAY, JUNE SB, 1949 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT. BROOKINGS, OREGON The World’s Best Climate PAGE TWO $2.50 $3.00 English ....... 4 credits Mathematics 4 credits Language ... 2 credits Vocational 2 credits The remainder of the 16 cred- its necessary for graduation, may be divided according to the wish es of the individual student. Adventists Play Baseba'I To Settle Picnic Dinner, Sun. Members of the Brookings Sev enth-Day Adventist church met Sunday for the annual picnic of th^* church, when about 100 were present for the day. Following the lunch at the M. F. Ostenburg place, Sunday the men, who had eaten well, felt a little baseball would be good for that overstuffed feeling. Harry Newman and Bill Fisher chose up sides, with Fishers team victors in the close 24 to 11 game, fea tured by Leo VanDolson’s unas sisted triple play and the reckless baserunning by the fleet Howaid Adams.» Monday it was noticeable that few of the participants were seen about, on their own power. No casualties, however, were report- ed to the Pilot. Dorothy Newton Named County H. D. Agent march on friends, when he and Bernice Johnson of Smith River were married at San Francisco on June 17, at the home of Mrs. Chedister, former Smith River resident. Mr. and Mrs. Stanhurst are at heme in the former Baxter house, near the Baxter auto camp, in Harbor. A reception has been planned for Wednesday evening, June 29, at the Grange hall for them. All friends of the couple are invited to come. O EYES EXAMINED IENSES*GROUND A G? ST if ST LOCAL NEWS Ed F. Ackley, who had been in the Bay region for a couple of weeks, returned home last Thurs day morning for some legal mat ters at Gold Beach, and left for San Francisco again late Satur day, where he expects to be gone another week at least. Notice To Creditors in § “'L A lot ’^7 '9^ In the County Court of the -''"'$000 State of Oregon for the County of Curry. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed , Administrator of the Estate of ' Elsie Elizabeth Hogan, deceased, GOLD BEACH—The state by the County Court of Curry tension service has announced the County, Oregon, and has quali appointment of Miss Dorothy fied. All persons having claims Newton as county extension against said estate are hereby agent (home economics) to fill notified to present the same, duly the vacancy made by the resig verified as by law required to the undersigned at the office of nation of Mrs. Aldene N. Aho. Hugh C. Gearin. Brookings, Or^- Miss Newton was graduated from ^on, within six months from the Linfield College, McMinnville in date hereof. 1945 with bachelor of science de Dated and first published, June Bargain Fares round trip, fam- gree; and has since taken grad 2, 1949. ly plan, and joint fares discounts Last publication. June 30, 1949 uate work at Oregon State Col ask for details. Call Southwest EDWIN RANSOM, ‘ irwavs. 2771, Crescent City. lege. Hugh C. Gearin, Adminisrator . Following her graduation at ■i—■ ■ ............. Linfield she taught at Newberg DAILY Union High School. For the past two years she has served as the county extension agent (home economics) in Washington coun ty, working in both adult horn? extension and girls 4-H work. She will begin her work in Curry county Aug. 1. She will have DAVE FRANKLIN, charge of the adult home exten Owner sion program and the girls home Closed Sunday and Monday CHAD’S FOUNTAIN, economics 4-H club project work. Local Agents Mrs. Aho who has served as It home demonstration agent for two years, is moving to Crescent Gity, Calif., where she will be at See Classified Section for BETTER BUYS! home with her family, after the first of July. Some of Oregon’s high schools offer agriculture as the vocation al courses, and certainly I think this has no equal in the commun ities where agriculture predom inates as an industry. I know a number of boys icho have ‘made’ themselves through EE A work in high school, and as far as then are concerned, are somewhat fit ted for life at graduation time. Another addition to high school studies, I firmly believe, should be a course of general nature to By Dewey try to determine the life-work of students. In some states this is One of the most revealing ar aptly called “Vocational Guid ticles yet published by any Ore ance.” I have had considerable gon daily, appeared Sunday in experience along this line while the Oregonian, under the By-Line at Whitefish, Mont., as member of W ilma M orrison , and gave of Kiwanis club. This committee reasons “Why Do College Fresh men Flunk?’’ This article has interviewed seniors and made an put into the proper words ideas effort to ascertain their likes and long advocated by the Pilot, es wishes for the future, and at the pecially since this dirstrict has same time obtained for them a had difficulties convincing its cit several jobs leading toward this I might review, as far as izens that the local schools were my memory serves me, of one far below standard. boy who was about the first in Oregon and Oregon State, be cause of this sub-standard condi this vocational guidance experi- tion of the high schools generally ment, in 1928: This boy, let's call him Les,' over the state, have had to low er their own standards as far as for his name reas Lester, wanted ¿reshmen ice re concerned. This fo own a store. Hi' liked selling, fact does not speak well for the he liked meeting the public. One> educational system of the state, member of the club hired him to | in face of the increasing demand work in his clothing store, eve for more "speciaU'cd" graduates nings and Saturday. The next While away on his two-wceks Certainly odds are against them year h e ('nt( red University o f cruise as reserve officer in the under present conditions. Montana to major in business ad- navy, Bob Stanhurst stole a Under criticism in the Oregon-! minis' ration. I heard of him a ian article was the lack of Eng number of times since. Last time r äm lish and mathematical prepara he was genera1 manager of Miss tion of the freshmen entering all oula Mercantile Co., a multi-mil colleges, and the apparent inabil lion dollar concern. Surely, he The local Greyhound bus depot ity to read correctly. Compared was a natural. will be open these hours: to 20 years ago, the article con- Another lad. by name of Lloyd t inues, lit' woefully weak. Hovde. an orphaned son of a bar 7:00 a. in. to 5:15 p. m As a result both Oregon and Ore ber, came under this committees 6:45 p. ni. to 8:00 p. m gon State must conduct high attention. He wanted newspaper Every Day Except Sunday school English and math classes work. I helped him and another Closed all day, Sunday tor about one-third of the fresh senior, a girl by name of Helena men entering these institutions. Jones to start a school paper, Martha Steen Long have / insisted that our and the first year they won first Local Greyhound Agent own schools should offer more for that size school in the state. mathematics and science courses, Twenty-one years later, Lloyd is Personally I cannot think of a general manager of the Great boy or girl graduating from high Falls, Mont., Tribune Publishing school without at least three or Co., and Helena is his wife, I four mathematics, and likewise understand. I feel the boy or girl has missed My criticism of schools today something if they have not had may be simply summed up in this and physics before they graduated in sgrena nt: "What preparation is Ambulance Service high school. The war proved how made for the student’s future* ’ - ¡adequately these schools pre Invt stment in the future'of thes^ pared boys for the air corps. youth means security for the na- Personally I do not feel high tion in less than a generation in Crescent City, school is anything but mockery the future Is this a rash state- California unless it includes these: ment! Then prove m wrong! Reception Planned For Newlyweds Fuñera! Home Phone 1091 Z A I) A ’ S BEAUTY SHOP ¡Freight Service Central Transfer Company Don’t fail to consult us if you plan to BUY OR SELL Pete J. Lesmeister, Realtor -The Agency of DEPENDABLE Service” Crissey Building Brookings, Oregon SMITHWICK PUMICE BLOCKS Fire-proof F. H. A. 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