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PAGE EIGHT BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON The World’s Beet Climate for perfect attendance during j the year. C. A. Clemens present-i ed athletic awards given by the । Due to shortage of space and P.-T. A., honoring those whe time, the Pilot had to omit the played on any team during th •, county records this week, as well GOLD BEACH—Eleven post year. as an article by Emil R. Peter ers made by Curry County 4-Hers C. A. Thumen, principal of son, delving in the yesteryears have been entered in the state Del Norte High, gave the ad of southwestern Oregon wide 4-H poster contest, to be dress to graduates. County Supt | Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilkinson held at Corvallis, June 16. The Perry Davis presented the di of Smith River were in Brook- champion and reserve-champion plomas. Class pins, from the ings Wednesday on business. winners will be awarded 4-H P.-T. A. were presented by Mrs. summer school scholarships for Edna Samuelson, vice-president. 1951. Blue, red and white rib- Valedictory address was given bons are to be awarded also. by Diadda Fronant. Corsages and The outstanding posters sub buttonieres for the graduates mitted in the county contest and were made by Mrs. Warren Eng- i which will be sent to Corvallis dahl and Mrs. Gordon Wells. were made by the following boys Receiving diplomas were • Ton; | and girls: March, Diadda Fronant, Rodney; Class 2. Janiece Griffitts, Ag- Saxelby, Laura Powers, Al verv| ness; Maxine Dully, 1larbor, Miner, Gladys Miller, Charles i Earl Henry. Harbor; Richard Fol kins, Stuella Mathews and ! Chewr, Gold Beach. Marian Harmon. “America The Class 3. Darlene Crook, Gold Beautiful” closed the program Beach ; Virginia Gesek, Gold followed by recessional. Sv Harris Ellsworth. Beach ; Tommy Remy, G o 1 d Friday evening of this week Beach; Joan Perkins, Gold Bead has been set for the Girl Scout The sudden passing of t w c and Larryon Lucas, Agness. annual benefit movie to raise members of ’the House of Rep- Class 4. Beverly McKnight funds for summer camp at Lak? resent at ives was quite a shock and Nina Dubay, Gold Beach. of the Woods, near Medford to the membership. Both William July 30 to Aug. 6. Nine scouts Lemke of North Dakota and plan to attend. The popular mo John Lesinski of Michigan w’ere vie “Sun Valley Serenade," fea well known and well liked. I was turing Sonja Henie and Joh. Commencement exercises fo • Wayne, has been arranged by not well acquainted with Con gressman Lesiniski but Bill Lem Smith River union school ven- McClish who is donating held Wednesday evening, June this picture to the girls. Every ke was a good friend. The last time I saw him was at my at the community hall, under one is invited to come. daughter ’s wedding just a few direction Tracy Mrs. Father’s day will be observed principal and teacher of the sev at the local church Sunday, Jun? days before he died. Everyone called Mr. Lemke “Bill" and enth and eighth grades. 18, at 11 o’clock. Rev. E. C everybody liked him. On the The stage was beautifully den Hicks will give an appropriati other hand. Bill had many ideas orated in greenery and summer sermon. music is plann- about government that very few flowers by Mrs. John Ostrom. I cd by the choir. All fathers and of us. at least on our side of With processional being play-1 families are invited. the aisle, could agree with. In ed by Mrs. B. J. Slater, the Mr. and Mrs. Louis Braido are this work, however, friendships graduates marched in and weie enjoying a visit with their daugh seated on the stage. The audi ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fre I are not based upon attitudes re ence sang “America," followed Beers and two children of Fres- garding legislation. Here it is by pledge of allegiance, and in ; no. Mrs. Beers is the former Let a quite common for close personal friends to be profesisonal and vocation by Rev. E. C. Hicks. Braido. political enemies. Salutatory add was givet With the death of John Lesin by Tom March; s will by Laura Powers. The rear of Pine Cone The ski, who was chairman of the The school chorus sang a few atre has been re-shaked, and house committee on education sings, accompanied by Mrs. Eve-1 has added not only to the ap and labor, Graham Barden of lyn Slater. pearance of the building, but to North Carolina became chair Attendance awards were pre the general warmth, especial ly man. It is an automatic succes- sion based upon the senioritx ‘ sented by Helen Tracy to foui 1 from south winds rule. It is doubtful if any two more completely persons disagreed on legislation than did Lesinski and Barden. Since the chairman of a committee has considerable power in the oper ations of the group, it is certain that the nature of the legislation production of the education and labor committe wil be materially changed. For one thing. Lesinski Al TOMOTIVE PARTS favored the repeal of the Taft- Hartley law. Barden is equally' dead set against its repeal. 4-H Posters Sent To State Contest - ♦ SMITH RIVER gDimmick Building Brookings, Oregons IROUGR BROOKINGS & Langlois Notes I Open To the Public SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 1950 Del Norte Co-Operative Creamery Smith River, California !l Manufacturers of REDWOOD EMPIRE BRAND DAIRY PRODUCTS Del Norte Co-operative Creamery, of Smith River, Calif., will be open to the public on Sunday, June 18, from 9 A. M. until 4 P M. Come and bring the family. I j j ! FREE ICE CREAM j JUNE IS DAIRY MONTH fui for ic is that that uro we don’t not get aa much government as we pay for.’* 4 fill In the spring of 1948 when our country was still suffering from shortages of several basic com modities, steel was among them, the interstate and foreign com- i mrsBi®? i WPROOf j See Me For ROAD BUILDING BULLDOZING LAND LEVELING and Clearing. Per Gallon merce committe, of which I am From “The Illustrated Weekly of India, Mar. 19, 1950 I a member, held weeks of hear ings on the fuel oil shortage' A lecturer was speaking on the problem. We learned that one or drink question. “Now supposing r the difficulties in oil production had a pail of water and a pail was the shortage of steel. of beer on this platform, and also learned from Department of then brought on a donkey, which Commerce officials that the de of the two would he he take?” partment’s office of international “He’d take the water,” came trade was still issuing export li a voice from the gallery. censes for the export of steel “And why »should he take the products and only ceased issuing water?" asked the lecturer. “Because he’s an ass," came such licenses when our commit tee began putting the heat on the reply. them. We were told that Russia, who had not been a big steel custom er before the war, was shipped Nancy Moore. Vera Cadman 600 times as much steel in 1946 and Charles Clarke went shop and 360 times as much steel in ping at Coquille, Tuesday. 1947 as she had ordinarily re- Cameron Thom of Gold Beach, unived from us before the war. recent graduate of University of Those two years were the years Oregon, visited for a short time of our most desperate shortage Friday at the Frank Moore home of steel. We also learned that Sixes Grange held its regular one of the men who was recently business meeting at the Grange discharged by Secretary Sawye: hall, Saturday night. The Youth was in an important executive Dance will be held Friday, Juni position in the department offic? 16, at the hall. Pot luck refresh which handled the export licens- ments will be served. ses for shipment to Russia. I had Mrs. Pauline Anderson is work- forgotten this testimony until ing as cook at Whalen’s Cafe. the discharges were announced. Mrs. Jean Strain has returned Then I took a few hours and from a short visit at San Fran read it. There was something pe culiar. if not wrong, in the O I. cisco with her sister. Mrs. G-e o r g e Anderson and T. about that time. That might three children have gone to have been due to incompetence Prineville for a month visit with or to bad judgment, or it could Mrs. Anderson ’s parents. have been due to unusual friend A long-looked-for rain finally liness toward Russia. I haven’’ arrived at the same time tha? information enough to state defi- a great many farmers had given notely what was wrong. I feel up hope and started to cut their pretty certain that firing a few hay. Everyone but hay-cutters, department officers will do the loggers, and hitch-hikers welcom country no harm. ed the precipitation. It seems to me the o vera 11 i political scene in our country today is more mixed up than it has ever been in all our history. For example, Raymond Molev, now an editor and an author, was just about No. 1 “Brain Truster" of the New Deal. Now he de dares that socialists have taken i over the Democratic party. Not | long ago. Moley said: "Shrouded । under names like liberals and progressives, the socialists crept into the Democratic party and have taken it over. Truman has ’ ! become spokesman for their pur-1 I poses." i Speaking of quotations, her^ is one by Charles F. Kettering, 1 famous inventor and scientist I which I think is something of a • cutie. Kettering says: “One 01 those things we had to be thank- • Sun-Proof Two-coat House Painting system equals the performance of three coats of old type paint, while saving you the extra material and labor cost of a third coat. Sun-proof is extra durable because it is made with "Vitolized Oil" which stays in the paint film, keeping it live, tough and plastic. 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