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BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
Entered as second-class matter, at the postoffice at Brookings, Ore.,
March 7, 1946. under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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You Are Invited To The Festival!
By Dewey
Saturday opens the 1950 Azalea Festival, with good weather
promised for the event, which should be inducement enough for
everyone to lay aside cares and enjoy the event, one of the first
floral events of the year along the Oregon coast.
Azalea State Park, scene of the coronation, barbecue and other
portions of the program, has been wide-spread publicity by the
advertising of the travel bureau of the state highway department.
Azalea State Park cannot, through pictures, be depicted in its
full beauty. The width of picture from any lenz cannot catch but
a portion of the beauty which is there to see.
The azaleas are almost at their zenith, possibly a little below,
but in enough profusion to give any critical visitor an idea of
the beauty. To give this event advertising, and to set a date
coincident with the zenith is a task that no one» has ever been
abk* to do us yet. Judging early development, a date is set, and
sometimes it has been before the zenith, sometimes just aftrward.
At any rate, zenith or not, Azalea State Park is well worth visit
ing, especially at the time of the festival. Come once and you are
likely to come again and again. Other have.
The more and more that I
read Mrs. Crissey’s scrapbook of
clippings about this area, about
the formation of Azalea Park,
and other pertinent information
of the history of the area, the
more reluctant I become in sur
rendering it soon. Mrs. Crissey
has a volume of valuable infor
mation there. I am fully aware
that she realizes its full worth.
The thing that strikes me thi
most is the national publicity
that has been given this area—
at not one cent of cost to the
area. It makes me realize how
important these Azalea Festivals
really are to the advertising
plan of the state highway de
partment, for in this volume of
Mrs. Crissey’s appear ads from
Saturday Evening Post, Sunset,
Holiday, and other publications.
Speculation is making the rounds about how much vote will
These ads were in color, the most
turn out Friday at the primary election. To this moment, the
expensive of all forms of adver
Pilot has had estimates of from 15% to 55%—none higher.
tising-all for free.
Frankly, to the Pilot, that estimate seem low, but observers
We in this community should
pointed out that the 1948 presidential election did little or no
be
ashamed of ourselves if we
better, so how could a primary, with only a couple of contests
do not at least match, through
be expected to eclipse the 1948 record.
effort,
all the money spent to
This state of affairs over Oregon, as well as the nation does
further
the travel along the Or
not indicate that people realize their rights and privileges It
egon
coast.
Why can't we pause
shows an indifferent attitude toward things that really affect
the well-being of the country. Yet, come the day after election, and plan something better and
better each year? Why cant
and the wailing sets in, the choruses become louder.
we
suddenly wake up to the op
Are you one of that percentage that cares little Are you
portunities
which are ours?
one of those people who will, the day after, join the chorus?
Just How Many Will Cast A Ballot?
Heroism Always Deserves Award !
The Pilot has been told of Archie McVay's part in the rescue I
of Henry (’.rimes from death in the ocean last Friday, and that
this was not the first saving that Arrhie has affected in his life.
Not being able to contact Archie, the Pilot has had no chance
to learn of the others, and probably Archie would be reluctant ,
to tell anything about himself. However, the Pilot wishes to rec-'
ognize his effort, and that of Lawrence Payne in this rescuse.
Life-saving is something that deserves all the publicity pos- I
sible. These two men risked their lives in the rescue, and the,
act. in the feeling of the Pilot, should not go unrewarded.
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with modern dwelling, barns, shop, 120 milk ■
cows, young stock and bulls, also all tools, ma- gjj
Q chinery, etc., in full operation.
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Office, Gold Beach, Telephone 1012, or
Home Phone 74-R-4.
LOG HAULING from Brookings to Grants £
MITCHELL BROTHERS
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Brookings, Ore. i
Members of Chetco Lodge, I.
O. O. F. went to Crescent City
last week to assist Crescent City
lodge in the initiatory' degree
for the candidates: Leslie Miller,
Fred and Lloyd Fox and Donald
Craig.
Members making the trip in
cluded Frank Tygart, George
Hassett, Ed Hoar, Dave Crockett,
George Murry, Frank Hassett,
Lloyd Stefani, Ben Jones, Chas.
Crosby, .Fred Moore, Roy Mar
quis, Orval Nye, C. A. (Mike)
Page, John Darger and William
Clement.
Invitation Extended Gold Beachy
Chetco lodge has extended an
invitation to Gold Beach and the
Crescent City Odd Fellow’ lodges
to participate in a program at
the local hall, Friday night.
A special program is being ar
ranged and all Odd Fellow’s are
given an invitation to come.
For Sale: Jeep station wagon,
17,000 miles by original owner.
W. W. Wollam. Box 172, Har
bor, at Tony Kneas place.
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Dr. Silvia Chailoner
Osteopathic Physician
Hours 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Open Evenings 7:00 to 9:00
On Hwy 101
At State Line
Mail Address
Smith River California
NORINE HARVEY
accredited teacher
of
PIANO
ANSWERS TO EVERYDAY
INSURANCE PROBLEMS*
BY PETE LESMEISTER
Question: Suppose 1 insure nw
home for $10,000. Does that mea’i
that if my home is totally de
stroyed by fire, the insurance
company has to pay me the en
tire amount ?
An user. No, the insuran '3
company will pay you only tie
value of the property at ths
time of loss and only up to tue
face value of the policy. No in
surance policy allows the insur
ed to profit by a fire loss.
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Call or See A. J. RUSSELL
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I. O. O. F. Inducts
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Studio Building
Brookings, Ore.
U 300-Ac re Grade "A" Dairy Farm g
Brookings
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to “run" the mouth, and only at
the right instant.
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MR AND MRS. R. J. •'BOB’’ STOKEN
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Why do any of us like to live
here? Have you thought that a
great many other people might
like it for the same reason ? This\
community could be another big \
beach resort area, like scores in !
California, which do not or did
not have the natural beauty to
begin with. Take an inventory
of the assets ue have here—no
small job, and the more you go
into it, the bigger you will find
the job.
I read with increasing interest
all the editorials which this area
has received from writers who
gained their impressions only by
passing through the area. These
have been flowing in a rhetori
cal sort of way. They were writ
ten by men who actually felt
these thoughts—yet, we, residents
of the area are indifferent.
I am not trying to point any
finger at people. I may have been
just as much if not more guilty
of this failure. Travelers through
here remark, “My, you wouldn't
know this place; why the last
time I was here............ ” We arc
too close to sec these things. We
cannot get that so-called “art
ist’s point-of-view" to stand out
and away and look at what we
have accomplished.
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People .inexperienced in the
handling of any water craft, are
again cautioned by the death
of Harry Bobb and near tragedy
of Henry Grimes, Friday, as they
attempted to enter the mouth
of the Chetco in a log “dugout.'’
The Pacific respects nothing and
nobody. Its swells and waves are
tricky and disastrous to those
who know its way, to say noth
ing of those inexperienced.
Observers who talked to me <
after the accident, emphatically
stated that if the two had at
tempted to beach their craft, a
different story would be told at
this time. I have noted, numer
ous times that those who fish
the ocean in rowboats, or those
propelled by outboards, always
land from the beach. None at
tempt the mouth unless they arc
equipped with plenty of power
■ CATTLE AND SHEEP RANCH and BEACH J
■ PROPERTY, HOMES, SAWMILL and other J
Wr specialize in Fried Chicken Dinners, or orders of fried
chicken to take home or on picnics.
Half Mile North On Hwy. 101
THURSDAY, MAY 18. 1950
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
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MORTGAGE to the family!
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MRS. EVA LEA LONG, Agent, Brookings ■
ag At Pete J. Lesmeister Office
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Brookings, Ore.
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v^If you"U addicts your ouml
insurance questions to this of
fice, we'll try to give you the ?
correct answers and there'll
¡be no charge or oblibation of
any kind.
PETE J.
LESMFISTER
Real Estate and Insurance
Crissey Building
Brookings
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