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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1951)
P age T wo BROOKINGS-HARBOR P ILO T, BROOKINGS, O REG O N BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT Just PERSONAL INSURANCE THAT INSURES!! Entered as second-class matter, at the postofflce at Brookings, O re, March 7, 1946, under the Act of March 3, 1879. D ewey A kers , Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year, in Curry County____________________S3.00 One Year, outside Curry County_______________ $$-5° FIRE A N D AUTOM OBILE We are now associated w ith several Old Line Insurance Com panies and can guarantee the best insurance service non can obtain anywhere. 9 > N O T IC E T O SUBSCRIBERS: Kindly notify of any change of address in advance. Failure to do so costs two cents per issue sent to the old address. Subscription will be dropped unless subscriber notifies Pilot of change. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE I uesday next, all of us will pause from our usual la bors to observe the birth of One whose teachings have been our way of life for almost twenty centuries. Too By D E W E Y many will fail to grasp the full significance of the day Again C hristm as is w ith us, and again we feel the urge th a t Too many will celebrate the feast of Bacchus, thinking it is more blessed to give than little of the original meaning of the event. to receive. W ere th a t feeling but spread out over the year, were I his year isn t a great deal different than so many v e only able to feel a little more down through the ages—we have war today. Wars have kin d ly to o u r fe llo w man, w hat | a difference it w ould make in been with humanity about half of the time, since the jo u i A m erican w ay of life. Revelations 0/ the rottenness very beginning. Yet, with all the intelligence the human among the high governm ent o f rate professes, there seems to be little wisdom gained ficials does not help one to feel from any of the past experiences—all because the spirit a lit t le more K indly tow ard our fe llo w vian. Was impressed by of (bristm as has come to I k * the spirit of Bacchus. w hat C ecil Rrown, w orld tra v eler and radio com m entator, had Great would be the lot of the world if all the war to say about th a t when he com energies and costs would I k * devoted strictly to those pleted his around-th e-w orld trip a week ago. efforts which would better mankind. Think what misery His w ords were v itro lic , he could I k - averted if war machines were turned into im did not p u ll any punches in his te llin g the people of this co u n try plements of industry to those down trodden peoples of v hat he though t of the present governm ent officials, who are so so many backward countries. g re a tly responsible fo r the w o rld In your observance of Christinas, medidate on the conditions today. Brow n empha- rized that a ll the w o rld distrusts lot of the world if all of us would but “live” just half the U nited States, and th a t it is the spirit of Christmas—its original intention. no wonder, now w ith a ll this ex posed governm ent corruption. 'I he Pilot force, including those who act as “eyes” to Come next f a ll there must be furnish the news items, wishes that your Christmas be a change of o fficials, if this na the merriest ever, but at the same time wants you to tion is to survive. C e rta in ly one cannot be so partisan to say th a t think seriously upon the future, if wc must survive. things w ill w o rk out under the It would ta{e more than a blizzard to stop us from sending you these wishes for a Merry Christmas and loads of Y uletide fun. B R O O K IN G S M ARKET piesent regime. There must be a new lis t of o fficia ls in the en- t i i f govem m ent. There must be a house-cleaning of the dead wood nfuch is d riftin g about on the , esc nt scene. Going back to C hristm as again, How m any o f us are re a lly im bued w ith the actual meaning of the event? How m any of us a re ! v. tilin g to see ourselves as other people m ig h t ? How m any of us <>i\ w illing to adm it our w eak nesses o r fa u lts ? When these are «answered in the affirm ative, it is lik e ly th a t there is hope. This area should, by now', bc\ aw are th a t there m ust be some i.n ity among everyone in the t i- fin ifjz . There must come about a new and deeper understanding of tht problem s o f the oth e r man. There must be g re a te r ethics in I usinrss practices, and there is only one u u y to accomplish this by undtp standing. W hat are you going to d o t Bob and Lcs Diminick and Force GENERAL ESCROW CO., Inc. Place all your Real Estate Contracts of sale with us for convenience and safety. It is rem arkable how complete ¡the stocks o f the local stores are for the shopper. W ent about in a eausual w ay several times End I am amazed to tlnd the big stocks C e r ta in ^ people o f this area are more fo rtu n a te than in man> places. Noted, too, t h a t many local teopie art aw are of the fa c t, as there is g re a te r "shopping a t home 1 th is year, fro m my obser vations about town GOETZ BLDG. iiiuiMjdy, lAxemner 20, 195 Southern Curry Realty Comany Box 177 Phone 304 Charles H . Grayshel Martha Grayshel Brookings Guy F. Rice Erma D. Rice Do you wish to trade, buy, or sell - Fry Pilot W ant Ads- CATERPILLAR No. 12 POWER ROAD GRADER TO R E N T B Y H O U R OR B Y D A Y PUTNAM LOGGING COMPANY Phone 589 or Write Box 417 BROOKINGS, O REGON HARBOR GARAGE B R A K E S A N D M O T O R TU N E-U P A SP E C IA L T Y GENERAL GARAGE WORK L. IE. B O W L IN A N D SO N N . M . JO NES Certified Watchmaker and Jeweler H O T E L BROOKINGS BUILDING The best in Diamonds, Watches, Bracelets Silverware and Jewelry I can save you money in watch repairing! 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