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Page Two THURSDAY, AUGUST 10. 1950 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON The Home of Winter Flowers BROOKINGS-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 The Pilot will open its columns to those who wish to write their ideas concerning a pool, meth ods of achieving, and such. All hitters offering reasonable so lutions, will be published. ♦ ♦ * I am told that Mrs. Clara Kerns, well up in years, Sat urday, disregarded her heart ail NEWSPAPER SERVICE. INC. ment, shed her slacks and swam f oí «U [ • ) Erftonei for the first time in years, in a vain attempt to rescuse her lit A. S J tle granddaughter and her chum. Serving America's Advertisers andana Home Town Newspapers Mrs. Kerns, busy with unloading mw. lUnddpfc-CN«?« I, a. • QFHCII • Hofcmek IM*. See French«. C< her picnic supplies, had no time to realize what had happened un til the girls had gone to their Subscription Rate: ....$2.50 deaths. Per Year, in Curry County, Oregon I am proud to report that Rus :...$3,00 sell White dropped whatever he Per Year, outside Curry County...... was doing, rushed to the scene to dive deep and quite often to res cue the body of one of the vic tims. I am cognizant of the fact An incident, Saturday, brought home to people of this area that all was done that could be that swimming instruction is important—immensely important. It done to bring back life by arti ficial respiration, and that the cannot be emphasized too much, the value of swimming, and the resuscitator was rushed to the value of life-saving knowledge. Those two little girls, who are no spot as quickly as possible, but longer with us, never realized what water might do. They thought nothing could be accomplished. Children are so thoughtless — they could swim and perhaps cold, to a certain extent. they seem to realize no danger People who live near the ocean, or near rivers inherit a re- | , and this incident is not the fir^t bpect for the water. Most of them learn to swim and become ex time that they have caught the pert at swimming hut this knowledge makes them all the more adults “flat-footed” to rush into tragedy. Back in my youth 1 was cautious of the power of water and its dangers. perhaps no better, although 1 Mrs. Kerns, who was with the two girls at the time, had no was always fortunate in that I ^Chance to actually save them. At the risk of her own life, she made never was connected with any thing close to tragedy. a valiant, however, futile effort to rescue them. The blame lies If swimming were taught here in society’s failure to start swimming lessons as soon as the chil and if everyone in the community dren are started to school. Too much emphasis is still not enough. had a general idea of life-sav- Scout training emphasizes swimming, but a small percentage ing. and if people could impress upon the youngsters the danger of the children avail themselves of scouting. Other organizations that lurks in even placid waters, have tried to obtain swimming instruction here, but the general maybe we would have no more attitude is lacking—people seem to be of "don’t bother me” at tragedies. The first step is to learn swimming. titude. Perhaps with the five drownings of the past year this area should slowly awaken from its Rip VanWinkle sleep, and act. Brimm Bros, have offered the community use of a bulldozer, and operator, gratis, to the community, it a community-wide in- National Advertising Representative I n . THIS AREA NEEDS SWIM POOL terest can be aroused in building a swimming pool. What say? Pilot, late Saturday, following the tragic drowning of the two Klamath Falls, that they would furnish a bulldozer and operator gratis, if the community would acquire a piece of ground suit able for a swimming pool. According to Roy Brimm, who acted as spokesman, “This com munity must do something to teach children, as well as adults, the art of swimming and also train a number of life-guards to help out in the area. These girls had they known fully how to swim, might have been saved of their death and the anguish the families. ’’This community must do share- it must provide this nec essary training, or we will go on and on, having these trag edies, year after year,” Roy con cluded. Roy suggested that each and every organization of the com munity send a representative io a mass meeting, there to form plans for a community swim ming pool— and that soon. LOCAL joy the sport. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stotenburg returned early Sunday from Sa lem where they visited Bob’s father, who is convalescing from a nervdus breakdown. The senior^ Mr. Stotenburg is reported to recovering satisfactorily. Mr. and Mrs. William Ward and son. Billy were Portland vis- itors several days last week and were privileged to attend sev- eral of Billy Graham’s evange- listic meetings while there. Thev also visited Rev. and Mrs. Dun ham at Eugene en route. Pilot class ads pay—try them! ■ KATHERINE'S Beauty Shop At Residence in HARBOR, OREGON Slosed Saturdays Open 9 to 5 Daily NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Goldi- zen and daughter will leave to day for their home at Camerillo, Calif., after visiting for several days with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Goldizen, and brother, Vernon. J. W. Vernon of Klamath Falls and his friend, accompanied by Mrs. Don Redfield, arrived here Saturday to haul the household furnishings for the Redfields. The group spent the week-end at the A. F. Pierce home, and tried a bit of deep-sea fishing. Most of the group became too sick to en DAILY Freight Service Coast Freight Lines DAVE FRANKLIN Owner GEORGE SHIPLEY Local Agent Brimm Bros. Offer Work on "Pool Cliff and Roy, of the firm o'. Brimm Bros, sawmill, told the PATSY COOK IS "THROUGH" Pasty Cook isn’t angry because she did not get the privilege to sing on the Mel Venter show at Eureka, Aug 5, but sho is provoked to think she was never given a chance from the stand- of ability. The one contest I won, last December when I was promised a radio, the station has never given what they promised. “I am sorry Dave Hildebrand is gone, all because of the way the judging went, and 1 realize Paul Corbin would like to keep his job, so 1 hold no grudge toward anyone. The little winner was a Eureka girl, and it is only natural that she would be wanted to be represented on the program. I am through with KIEM and any contest it may stage in the future. 1 had my lesson.” she said. Th™ wi K mw ! ANSWERS TO EVERYDAY INSURANCE PROBLEMS* BY PETE LESMEISTER * $ O as IT SEEMS TO ME By Dewey pensive to build one th? size we’d need here. Then, too, there is the ques tion of ground not just any spot but one where they would be ample parking space nearby for ears, and not near enough to thorofares to cause traffic haz- zards. This plot should be somt - what reasonably level, should b( not less than one acre in size. ihe community has co-opera- tixelx accomplished several dif in the past feront few years, such as the fire truck the ambulance, the resuscitator While this endeavor would take considerable more money it is not out of the realm of the pos sible b\ any means. At the icuth of the Chetcc be dricen, about th piling m<> sue needed Jar a swim ming surrounded bu some tu would te, I have been thinking most peo i i • made by B about the tic toward the pool h a bulldoze Bros, to fi and sine the need is never more a swimming excavation keenlv was , this project wuuH it sint area for this well wo th while lor the peo- imm told mt this fall and winter, about gh in tins Bros, wore s ert he five drownings of this much toward realization ear should bring the a pool for the area. However, pas excavation much as pool than ever pool will L h will mean. , Full S¡Ze - It s a • • -- Our community chest is really a kind of group insurance- did you ever think of it that way? We all get together on a plan to guarantee help to those of our community who need it and when everyone contributes his share, no really big burden falls on anyone. T h e various welfare agencies which ha\e earned oui confidence and gratitude over a long period of time, jointly cul- and administer the funds ibscribe and do a much bet- ter job than we could do indi- \ ¡dually, because of their gre^t experience. We al know from past experience, w h a t a wondenul feeling of accomplishment we get from having had a full share i a good job well done, so let’s gt at this communit chest job wit enthusiasm it merits. How abut it? Will >ou do your share? ♦// you'll address your own 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 |fs c Phillips -Type For A Reg. 79* Valve It's O Mi Sc ■ rk For ICs THREE screwdrivers for less them the price of ONE! , This amazing tool is actually 3 screwdrivers—yet it takes up no more space than one! 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