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Land of Opportunity BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON Thursday, August 9, 1951 CSS9ESESSS dr Ti ed ra F» K ci ti V t t I ] ] 4 J Del Norte Eye-fuls Strike Talks End In A 'Stalemate' With Telephone Co. COOS BAY Negotiations b*»- tween West Coast Telephone Co. | and the I. B. E. W. negotiating) committee which were resumed Thursday were broken off with out a settlement being effected on! Friday, according to Ray DaUon, । vice-president and general mana ger of the telephone company. "The company made further of fers in a desire to arrive at a settlement," Dalton said. "One proposal was a 2-year contract including the wage increases pre viously offered, together with al proposed reduction in the pro gression schedules from 72 months to 60 months, effective July 1, 1952, the differential between the 60-month and 72-month rate to ron of honor at her sister’s wed-Bill Duggan was the honored ding at Camas, Wash., last week guest at a surprise house party end. Mrs. A! Panzer a.'d daugh given by her husband at the Rod ter returned t o Brookings on & Gun Club rooms, Aug. 2. About f Wednesday from Portland with 30 friends were present. Mrs. Young. Turn those extra items inti Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Gould and cash by Pilot Classified eds. Barbara returned from a vacation in California, and across the line to Mexico, on Tuesday. Mrs. Delsie Hunter and Dr. Palmroy of Portland were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Now is the time to LI *ndenhall Sr. BUY 2x4s LaVerne Mendenhall, presently While Lumber is cheap. stationed at San Diego, Calif., ar SEE rived this week on leave. MMl-c Bivings a member of the same Harbor Lumber Co. squadron, whose home is in No. ’2 -mile west of Hanscam’s Store on river road. Ph. 594 Carolina, came with him. The large stucco house near Azalea Park entrance, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Jones, has been purchased by Mrs. Charles Warnock. The Jones family will live temporarily in Arroyo Grand, Calif., while looking for a per manent home. Stan Patterson was back at his Saw Mill Hands old stand at Brookings Market, at the meat counter, for a few days while Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hurst were at Portland for the Carpenterville wedding of their daughter. Here’s one husband who doesn’t forget his wife’s birthday Mi7 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiio LUMBER grandstand sho tv at this years Del Norte County Fab on August 17, iS and 19. Smartly costumed, these danc ers will present three production numbers adding gam or Help Wanted ferenti y costumed and set to different music. Dr. Robt. E. Smith be spread equally over the other progression steps.*’ "Furthermore," continued Mr. Dalton, "in order to protect em Office Hours: 9-12; 2:00-5:00 ployees against further increases in the cost of living, we offered Evenings by appointment to include a provision that the agreement could I m » re-opened lor Goetz Building wage adjustments at any time *hone 293 after Jan. 1, 1952, in the event the Bureau of Labor Statistics Cost of Living Index increased 6 po,i n t s, or approximately over the July, 1951, Index." Sawmill and Woods Men "This offer," Dalton said, was One mile north of Carpenter rejected by the union committee unless we would also agree to ville on Highway 101. increase our previous offer of 10c 01 11c per hour to 12c or 13c per hour." "In another effort at nient, we offered a 13c increase to DENTIST HELP WANTED Bodenhamer- Mason Lbr. Co. For old-time I Hiram Walker quality JUST TELL THE MAN YOU WANT IMPERIAL! plant department employees, of which 8c would be effective July 1, and 5c effective when approved by the Wage Stablization Board. This offer was also rejected by the committee." "The union committee then of fered," said Dalton, "to accept an 8c increase now and to arbi trate the difference between 8c and 15c an hour. We rejected this offer because in our opinion this would obviously result in a com promise between 11c and 15c an hour. In view of the fact that our wages are equal to or higher than wages of other telephone com-' panics in the northwest, such an increase would be wholly unjus tified?’ "The recent Bell system strike in Oregon," Dalton pointed out, "Was settled within the 10% for mula allowable under Wage Sta bilization Board regulations, whereas the offers we had made to the union prior to our meeting on August 3, are equivalent to an average increase of 12.3%. "We have earnestly tried to ar rive at a settlement that would continue to provide wages com parable to those in our industry and in jobs of similar skills in other industries. Our efforts have been rejected and the strike con tinues. much as we regret the loss and inconvenience to the public in general, to our 80,000 subscribers and to our 1200 em- ployees.” "We shall cotinue to give our emergency service with the aid of our supervisory staff and other employees." Dalton said. Wilson Mill Co niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiffl FOR RENT 1- and 2-room Apartments Inquire at the SUNSET MOTEL WHILE THEY LAST—We have a fete sets of * White Side-wall Tire Sets Left— 6.00x16; 4-ply 670x15; 4-ply 7.10x15; 4-ply 6.70x15; 6'ply —Sold in sets of Five Ondw— CHEVROLET Sales and Service ROGUE MOTORS Phone 411 Gold Beach, Oregon Weather Report HIRAM WAI Afi For the week ending on Max. Min. day : ... 66 48 July 30 49 July 31 .............. 64 51 August 1 ............ 62 50 ............ 62 August 53 August 3 ............ 64 53 4 ............ 65 53 71 August Rainfall for week .. Rainfall for July .. Sun- Rain .... T »... •••• .... t race ... .03 GENERAL CONTRACTORS Residential — Commercial — Remodeling BROOKINGS TRAILER COURT NEWS IMPERIAL Crory of Grants guests of Mrs. Ann Swit/enberg W. i Bill i Mr. and Mrs. Duggan and laws, together with an uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. left Wed of Day ton. HARBOR GARAGE BRAKES AND MOTOR TUNE-UP Aft runt A (dirti Blended whiskey. #6 proof. 70 7 grain neutral spirits. Hiram W alker ¿k **ons Inc.. Peoria, lik trict. and Mt. McLaughlin, to be gone on a pack trip for two weeks liter which thex will move from ranch near the was mat- GENERAL GARAGE WORK ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Pa
