BROQKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
PAGE SIX
Along Azalea Row
B y Mr ft. E. F. Rapraeger
T here is a strange fragrance in
the air when it rains and the
w arm wet wind from the south
blows over the land. The rains
this autum n have been long de
layed and the first storm , blow
ing the clouds and rain before
her, was m ore than welcome.
In late autum n and w intei,
our typical clim ate consists of a
flow of moist warm a»r across
the N orth Pacific ocean which
brings considerable rain, followed
by periods of crisp, crystal-clear
days when the wind blows from
landward. Norm ally, the rain
falls from the first of November
to the first of April am ounts to
54 inches, November being the
w ettest, followed in order by
Jan u ary ,
December, February,
M arch.
When the first rain came this
autum n, people listened to the
gentle p a tte r of it, and they stood
out of doors to feel it on their
faces. Soon the tempo of the
rain will increase. One day a
succession of storm s will extend
from here to Japan and arrive
on our coast in rapid-fire order
— Bing, Bing, Bing one a fte r a n
other.
Then ¡>eople> will ask,
"W ill it never quit raining?"
H ard to please, aren't we?
The rains that come to us arc
tw’ice blest, once by Him who
gives and again by us who re
ceive. Heaven is kind to us. A
rain is a common experience, yet
it is also one of the most rem ark
able Every living thing on this
ea rth benefits from rain
The
rains quicken the stream s, they
fill underground reservoirs, the
mellow topsoil absorbs if like a
Screened Sand, and Gravel
sponge, the fields and forests are
greened by it This by no means
completes the list but enough has
been said to explain the very di
rect effect of rainfall upon the
living
One bad feature of a rainstorm
is that rascals such as Mr. Drop,
Mr. Soak and Mr. Squall m ake
perfect pests of themselves. May
be you heard what they did dur
ing the last storm .
"I say there, Mr. Drip, you ras
cal, what did you do during the
last sto rm ?"
"I was very subtle this time,"
snickered Mr. Drip. "Some of us
found a hole in a roof and we
dripped on the ceiling until the
plaster broke loose. You should
have seen the people jum p out of
bed, scared to death." Roars of
laughter.)
"There was nothing
subtle
about me,” said Mr. Squall. "1
busted a couple of windows and
then I made a big puddle on the
floor when I got inside." (Loud
guffaws and raucous laughter.)
“And how* about you, Mr
Soak?”
"1 spent the day up the Chetco
with some loggers and fisher
men. I really soaked them. When
they walked, their boots went
squish-squosh, their feet were so
wet " (Cheers.)
"Did you see the Coldgerm fam
ily or ol’ man F lu ? "
"Oh, yes, they were up there.
The Coldgerms are planning to
conn* to Brookings for the w inter
social season a fte r spending the
sum m er in a farm er’s nose. Their
home is cozy but getting rathe)
ongested. One of their boys, an
am bitious youngster, crawled up
the nose of a tourist from P o rt
land and holies to infect the en
tire city.” (Wild (.beers and more
laughter.)
Veterans' Bonus
Application 'Til
December 1
W ith the Oregon v eteran ’s bo
nus deadline less» than a week
away, a decided upsurge in claims
filed has been noted in the past
several days, the D epartm ent of
V eterans’ Affairs rtported today.
The last date to apply is Monday,
Dec. 1, 1952.
H. A. Saalfeld, bonus supervisor
for the sta te veterans’ d e p a rt
ment said veterans and survivors
of deceased ex-servicemen have
been applying at the rate of about
«300 a day, or double the previous
volume, Some 10,000 veterans
have yet to apply.
The bonus supervisor said num
erous inquiries indicate th at some
veterans think if they don’t re
ceive their bonus checks by Dec
1, they won’t be paid. Such is
not the case," Saalfeld declared.
The date of Dec. 1 is the deadline
for applying, not for paym ent of
the bonus. The imjxrrtant thing
is th at veterans, or the surviving
unrem arried widow, children or
parents of deceased veterans gef
th eir applications in the mail on
or before Monday, Dec. 1.
W hile certified copies of mili
Thursday, November 27, 1952
tary discharge papers m ust be I ard, V.F.W. service officer, Post
subm itted to support the bonus No. 966, Brookings. Survivor ap-
application, veterans were ad , plications should contact county
vised that they should subm it the I service officer for assistance as
application alone if tim e prevents : various types of certifications are
them from obtaining the suport- needed, depending on the particu
ing documents before the dead lar case. County service officer
line. When this is done, the ap C. E. Seger, home office, first
plicant should attach a note to house north of Federal Forest sta
his application stating th a t the tion in Gold Beach. Open eve
document will be subm itted as nings for benefit of those em
ployed throughout the day.
soon as available.
The bonus division is concen
LOCAL NEW S
tra tin g on clearing up some 9000
Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Miller
back-logged applications where
evidence of foreign duty, resi returned home on Sunday from
dence, or other items are m iss Portland, w here they had spent
the previous week.
ing.
A rt Forsberg came home from
Brokings-Harbor area
appli
the
Crescent City hospital this
cants can secure application at
last
weekend and now is recup
the post office or Malcolm Brain-
erating nicely.
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“ I III VOICE Ol-' ONE AMERICAN”
(This
in the Second Article of a Series)
(Continued From Last U ’crfc)
1 ht* placing of our squalid, helpless predicam ent in a slapstick
vaudeville by Mr Stevenson and Ins unctuous, confused p rattle
and mud throw ing hysteria was only the moribund exit of an
u led.vrn.iMe dem ocratic erro r and the exposing of his theatrical
talent however this past election was to decide, not only the des
tiny ot our helovxl country, but the destiny of m ankind and un-
questionably th is colossal burden is Ixyond the realm of the
th( i trice 1 • e, s o„ However, on the other hand, how can Mr.
E isc n h o v <>i pesN’bly h ad the nation dow n that stated straight
road to peace, p ro s c rits and seeurty while running the gauntlet
or conservatism exploitation, m ilitarism and political corruption.
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while using the sam e old confused theories
o nunimificxl antiquity which have been tried and proven futile
in every generation since the cave m an period, theories of hiero
glyphic origin, which ironically, have been unchanged. We are
•‘Y"K in a modern age w nile practicing the basic m achinations of
a
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' ”(','nc"’vahle ignorance is radically and drastically
clashing w ith advanced m ilitary science and is the pcrcursor to a
henious lioometang of m ilitary might and our obliteration.
an,H*>z,n/
orations and childish theories of our leading
mtelhx- uals and their asscx’.ates, I have carefully compared and
eighed their potential value, and a fte r unbiaslv checking each
mlnutr d.-.ad, I .1,11 („„I that th eir th é o r ie do not » J r nmi
the same old conservative rut of m ilitarism , exploitation greed
t h e r o ? ? n ldua K*in< Vnd*r the people’s present fram e of mind
telsin no escaping the strangling tourniquet of m ilitary troglody-
H the people do not change their ways of thinking and
vvi?abîe ru\‘‘t X u Î l 7 « ' S i*’" ’ C,‘l nb ° Ut of th,s b,un^ n n g . mcon-
IP in . d t a t a u e j m ,l„ar> and
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