PAGE TWO .. The World's Best Climate
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1950
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
one who has a fire. There are resentative for Hiram Walker
so many things, worthless to a Corporation, was a brief caller m
great many of us about a home this area, Monday.
Entered as second-class matter, at the postoffice at Brookings, Ore.,
but these things hold untold in
March 7, 1946. under the Act of March 3, 1879.
trinsic value for the owners. A J
few pictures of the relatives of J
DEWEY AKERS, Editor and Publisher
another generation is a good er-j for
past week, ending on
ample of this.
Sunday:
Max. Min. Rain
Houses may be repain'd, fur-
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niture may be replaced, and new?'arc 13
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SEBVICE. INC
NEWSPAPER AD
paint is always easily applied, rjarc
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but these cost more than one is Marc
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2.07
ever able to receive from insur March 16
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March
ance. It is my sincere hope that
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2.26
March
18
this community will be as gen
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erous Saturday as it has in the March 19
Rainfall
for
week
.
4.74
past. A dollar will not break a
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person of the area, but it would March 20
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21
March
Subscription Rate:
be a boon to the victims.
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Rest oration of a home means March 22
Per Year, in Curry County, Oregon
$2.50
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.65
March
more to a .community that may,
per Year, outside Curry County......
$3.00
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.25
March
24
at first meet the eye. The res-|
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March
25
toration of a home is like the
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re-welding of a link in a chain—। March 26
.
2.91
Rainfall
for
week
the chain will remain intact—,
A letter from Charles Hassett, sophomore at University of Washing-
11.78
Rainfall in March
it
will be the same strength.
By
Dewey
jng, telling of his experiences, as graduate of Curry County schools,
January Rainfall
23.97
February Rainfall
11.41
tells better than anyone, the side of the people affected by the
Was I glad to learn the reac
1950
rainfall
to
March
26.
.
50.44
tion
of
a
graduate
of
Brookings
so-called economy drive in the schools of the county. Heretofore,
high, now' in college, concerning]
it seems only one side of the story has been presented—that of' the standards of the schools of
taxpayers who do not care to understand any side but theirs.
Curry County, and Oregon in
COQUILLE The manager
The letter, included in this column, should be self-explanatory:1 general, when Charlie Hassett
of the Coos-Curry Electric
conservatively told all of us the
Osteopathic Physician
Co-operative, Inc., with of
1738 Bradner Place, Apartment 181, Seattle 44, Wash.
struggle he was having to mas
fices
here,
received
a
tele
Hours
10 a. m. to 5 p. m'.
Editor, Pilot: I read, with interest, your editorial in the March ter college work. Please, Pilot
gram from the Rural Elect
Open Evenings 7:00 to 9:00
16 issue of the Pilot, concerning sub-standard in Brookings schools. readers, remember that Charlie
rication Administration, on
Let me tell you what I, a graduate of Brookings High School, have is a mature man, he has a defi
March 24, approving the con
On Hwy 101
nite goal in mind, plus a lot of
struction
of
32.7
miles
of
had to face since entering College.
determination to reach that goal
69kv transmission line from
As a major in meteorology, I am required to take mathematics not so with most graduates of t
the California-Oregon state
Mail Address
dis-
through differential and integral calculus, and nearly two years high school who will become
line to Gold Beach, Ore.
couraged after a quarter in col-
Smith River California
The low' bidder on this con
of college physics. Furthermore, I am required to have had two lege.
struction was the Del Monte
This much I wish to point out
years of foreign language in high school. 1 found myself deficient
Construction Co., and was im
in all three of the aforenamed subjects because of the facts that to Pilot Readers, too. Geometry
mediately notified of the ap
and algebra are now being in
proval. Construction should
they were not offered sufficiently in Brookings.
NORINE HARVEY
cluded on the curriculum cf the
get under way within the
At Oregon State College, I had to begin with advanced algebra local schools, but to date only
next 30 days.
accredited teacher
and plane geometry, both of w hich were pre-requisites to the fun-'^^16^^ science and biology m t
_
...
' the limit of science available. It
damental college physics course. In the following winter term I j
nof iikejy that physics will be
oi
W’as permitted to begin physics without having had any in high' available for at least another
Attorney Ed F. Ackley was1
school, but it was a struggle competing with students w’ho had been Vca,'f an^ n°t then unless the
called
to San Francisco on bus-j
budget committee includes it 14
m
prepared for the course, in high school. Furthermore, in order to
iness,
Wednesday.
He will return
the budget.
complete the three-term sequence in physics and elementary anal-j More than 30 years ago, when the first of the week.
Studio Building o
John Holden, state sales rep-
ysis Hirst year college jnath) it became necessary for me to con I was in high school, we were
able to hate quite a selection of (
Brookings, Ore^
tinue studying through the summer in order to qualify for soph- courses, any of which were suf-
omore standing the following year at University of Washington. ficent to gain college entrance.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF -
At University of Washington I was immediately notified that I. My old high school had no more
THE STATE OF OREGON, t
enrollment than Brookings, and
must take three quarters of German to clear my deficiency in I
IN AND FOR CURRY COUN
little if more assessed valuation
foreign language. Ordinarily only two quarters are required in1 from which to finance this pro-| TY.
Myrtle Hobson, plaintiff, vs.
the field of humanities (art, music, language, etc.) but I am faced gram. How ever, we were afforded
with the problem of taking three to clear my deficiency and two in! more courses than we are today. Thomas Francis Hobson, defend
The answers to everyday
In addition, for those who did not ant.
Insurance Problems^
addition. Incidentally, the University gave me no academic credit care to go to college, a com
To: Thomas Francis Hobson,
By Pete Lesmeister
whatsoever for the plane geometry which had taken about 132 plete commercial course, almost | defendant:
equivalent to a business college, I IN THE NAME OF THE|
hours ol my time at Oregon State College.
was available.
STATE OF OREGON: Ycu are
College instructors have no pity for students who come poorly
Personally, I'd like t o hea" required to answer the complaint
taught on a fixed * high level, and the from some of the more recent filed against you in the above
prepared.
and cause within
student has to lift himself to that level, preferably while in high graduates, now attending col court
lege, as Joan Byrne. Marilyn four weeks from March 16. 1950.
school, or be lost in the confusion of half-understanding.
81 ruebin g. and others. They may date of first publication hereof,
The courses you outlined in your editorial are essential, in my be just as enlightening as tins and jf you fail so to answer on
opinion, not only lor those who go to college, but also for every- Charlie Hassett. Knowing these or before the last day prescribed
Question. I understand there
young people as we do. it is aoihn the order for publication here-
is a form of automobile in
world
of
natural
sciences.
Physics
one else who has to live in our
likely that they would tell us of April 6th, 1950. for w ant
surance
for fire and theft
was taught at Brookings some twenty years ago why not now? anything but the truth abot t the thereof, plaintiff will take jud;
which specifically states the
prepaartion this school offers to' ment against you, and will ap-: amount of insurance rather
- Sincerely, Charles Hassett.
— ------
-- the relief
court * r for
than given as "actual cash
Charles Hassett, a returned GI. who has mapped out a future meet the demands of college life. ply to ** the
demanded in said complaint, suc
value at the time of loss."
for himself, i typical of the young men and women facing the
Isn’t it an admirable trait of cinctly; that the marriage con- i
Why isn't the specific value
world today, As a marine during World War 2, Charles certainly people, when someone suffers a tract and bonds of matrimony ex
policy a better one for the
average person to buy At
was given th fundamentals in training for war. No excuses or loss that everyone wishes to do isting between you and plaintiff
something to ease the pain of be dissolved. Service hereof is
least you’d know exactly
mistakes are permitted in that phase.
that loss? I am referring to the made upon you by publication in
what you’d get in case of
But to face life, it seems that a dollar sign is placed before the proposed "Dig Deep Dance," to* the Brookings-Harbor Pilot, pub
loss.
lished
in
Brookings,
Curry
Coun-
’
be
staged
Saturday
to
help
the
the
citizens
of
tomorrow
prepare
people who wish to educate and
Answer.
matter what
Campbell family, hit by fire last ty, Oregon, for four successive
—those people who some day will decide whether or not this na Saturday night. While the house weeks by order of said court
amount is stated in the pol
tion, and probably the world, will remain free tor mankind. What is not a pile of ashes, damage made March 7th, 1950.
icy. the insurance company
will not settle for more than
ED F. ACKLEY, Attorney
was almost as complete.
will lie Curry Countys answer to this problem?
For
Plaintiff.
Insurance unit not begin to
the actual cash value at the
No nation has ever risen above its educational system. This may cover damages such as th it suf
Post office address, Box 625,
time of oss. No settlement
re-
Brookings,
Oregon.
will
be made in such a way
fered by the Campbells, or any-
also said of any state, county or school district. Education,
as
to
give the insured a profit
gardless of the so-called promises of this nation, is not free—it has
from an accident or
to be paid for at a price that has been expensive ever since the
kind of loss.
nation declared its independence. At that time value of education
♦1/ you'll address your own
was emphasized. Since that time many groups have tried desper
insurance questions to this of-
flee, wt 'll try to give you the
ately to de-emphasize educational advantages. There are millions
correct answers and there'll
of ways to cut costs, and not at the exiamse of the youth.
be no charge or oblibation of
any kind.
First among these way, let the Pilot suggest that no state, county
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
IT SEEMS TO ME
Weather Report *
Local Student Explains His Handicaps!
Line Bid Given
REA Approval
Dr. Silvia Challonet ;
At State Line
LOCAL
NEWS
PIANO
SUMMONS
Itou ipu Know!
or community seek funds from the federal government for build'
ing highway, harbors, postoftices, federal buildings, and such. Let
us, if we do not have the money available, forego the pleaseures
of highways airports, harlxHs and dozens of other government
money grants which jump taxes. Make sense?
PETE J.
LESMFISTER
Real
Estate and Insurance
Crissey Building
Brookings