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PAGE SIX THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1940 BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON The World’s Best Climate Bob Hogan Writes Lily Census Taking About Training In Is Near Completion The market investigation of thc| School For Blind Pacific Bulb Growers Association is hard at work throughout all of the bulb growing sections. Locally Mrs. Catherine Bohn, Otto C. Turley and Mrs. May 3. Stafford are finishing the' job. In Del Norte county, William Fisher has almost finished. Clifi ord Walker and Mrs. Stafford will attend Lie Humboldt County niy | growe ; meeting Tuesday eve ning. Acording to these people, it would speed matters if all the Dear Mike: glowers would have their lists I arrived in Portland, safe and i ready when the census taker ar round. Although I promised to rives. All growers have been one, write you fellows, the numerous hundred per cent co-operative. activities here take up most of my time, and it is difficult to get any letter writing done. The school here is certainly a Our Azalea Garden Club flower wonderful place for the blind. It show has been written up in one is too bad that all of you cannot of the recent issue of the Amar illo, Texas, newspapers. Mrs. Tom which are being carried on. You Holman, vice-president of Texas would not believe your eyes! Garden Clubs, incorporated, and Some 74 people from all parts on the delegates entertained hero of the state are attending classes at the time of the Azalea Festi- in typing, braille, speech, music, “Your letter and package of ceramics, cooking, sewing, phys ical education, sensory per op interesting pieces of driftwood ar tion, travel, crafts, home mechan rived yesterday and my heart ics, and homemaking. I am es feels like “Christmas in July.” You asked if 1 remembered pecially impressed with our sen sory training class. They t. un your interesting little town and us to walk up to objects without I must tell you that I not only hitting them! We walk rcmumlier the place, the lovelv through doors without feeling lor flower show, the hospitality of the them and dodge such obstructions ¡M?ople and you, but I wrote a se as trees by the feel of the air ries of articles for our local news and echoes, in our physical edu- paper and that event was one' oi cat ion class we actually shoot my articles. /. Then, too, we try our The interesting pamphlet which hands ; it rowing boats on the Wil- you enclosed about your valley lameftt r river. One period a week gives me a desire to go back we pia ly football. Yes, we are' again. I would much prefer to having a worthwhile time com- go by own car sometime instead j of in a group hurrying to a defi bo*.ng learning with pleasure. It is hard to understand why nite point. Who knows, it may people of this state seem to konw happen some day. I want you to know one of the little about the activities that are taking place here. If all of outstanding sections of your flow you can part ¡cipate in the ac-1 er show, to me, was the junior tivitus of this blind school I division for the past two years I have been state (Texas) chair heie\e you would he able man of junior garden clubs, and understand the blind twice therefore the junior work caught much as you do now. my attention. It would be nice to know more R. L. HOGAN. about your garden club, how it P S.: As limited time prevents me from writing to all of m\ I unctions, etc., and if you have h ie ids. I would appreciate it .f time we might exchange helpful you would have this published in ideas. I need new ones. I am lo- cal chairman of “Garden Center" the Pilot. this year and state chairman of Reach 5000 prospective custo “scrapbooks.” Have you any ideas about either? Thank you, you mers through Pilot Class Ads. Bob Hogan, who previously had submitted to a number of eye operations “in an attempt to save his sight, and who is now at a Portland school for blind, has written to Mike Page, telling of his experiences and of the train- ing he is receiving. The letter: 8435 N. E. Glisan, Portland, 16. August 4, 1949 Page, Mr. Mike Brookings, Ore. shall hear more from Eva Holman (Mrs. Tom Hol man), Amarillo, Texas. Pleased, aren’t you? And an orchid, no, I mean an azalea to our pupils, teachers and garden club members who made the ju- nion division of the flower show a noteworthy success. This letter from Mrs. Holman i is an indication that word does get around about any good thing, and all of us are little one-man chambers oi commerce for our own town and its activities. Which brings me to a name for our Lily Blossom Festivities. Hope all garden club members have their thinking caps on. W? are so fortunate here in this community not to be hampered by tradition. We can be as original announced later. as we please since we are making Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Owsley tradition ourselves. In the east, colonial days, in the Southwest, of Klamath Falls were visitors this area last week and looking Spanish conquest or Indian cul-'int ture, are the themes of pageants after their lily interests. and festivals. How nice to b? Read Pilot class ads—it pays! original. “The efforts, the time, the er- ergy and devotion which we give freely to garden club work is contributing definitely and last ingly to our country’s welfare.” Funeral Home and Ambulance Service Garden club meeting, Thursday, August 11, with a special pro gram of interest to us all by our president, Mrs. Olive Page, Mrs. Lockland and Mrs. Grayshel. Th? hostesses are Mrs. Elsie Reynolds, chairman; Mrs. Bea Bolton, and Mrs. Harbin, with others to be Phone 1091 Crescent City, California CRESCENT CITY MERCHANTS-Give Them At Least A Trial! Along Azalea Row Where to “FIND” and “BUY” It In CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA: Dr. H. A. Stover CHIROPRACTOR Phone 352 1062 J. Street CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA ELECTRO-PH YSIOTHER A PY X-RAY SERVICE ELECTRO-CARDIOGRAPH Chetco Drug Co. YOUR REXALL STORE Ready To Serve You Always T. W. Zenier I J «3 PHONE 183 A business and professional guide to Friendly Crescent City Concerns who merit a “share” of your trade when doinj ”our out-of-town shopping. REDWOODS HARDWARE & ELECTRIC CO. Texaco Service Tires and Tubes i Kaiser-Frazer Dealer ¡ Í Ph. 91 Crescent City ¡ + —..—..—.—M—.a. Here To Serve You Sherwin-Williams Paints Housewares Silverware Flatware Hollowware DIRELYTE WADSWORTH JEWELERS Mulligan Plumbing Floyd Mulligan Repair & Installation Supplies and Appliances 3rd & G. St. Ph. 1581 PHONE 203 3111 “H" STREET :n CRESCENT CITY Visit our record dept Conipelte Radio Sales and Service 810 3rd St. lj«» ■■ M ■■■ ---------- — 'i »................................. 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