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6 Brookings I larbor Pilot ELLSWORTH PRESIDES THURSDAY, MAY 28. 1953 SUN STUDIES INSPIRE LOVE By Hugh J. P ru e tt Many of the greatest blessings to which the hum an race is heir »«‘‘•ms so common to us that we sim ply take them for granted and never feel a sense of gratitude or even trhink alx»ut them. Hut should we deprive of them our condition would bi* woeful. Life on our earth would net lx- possible without the light and heat of the sun Should this flow of energy across interplanetary space suddenly cease, our terro r would surely be eaqual to th at deplicted in Lord Byron’s tragic poem “P alkness." This s ta rts : "I had a dream . . the bright sun w as extinguished . . . and th< ley earth swung blind and black ening the moonless air." Th< p o e tt’s dream had "palces of I h crow ned kings, the huts . .. burnt for bvm'omt . . When everything was consumed, “all was black.*’ Even “w ar w as no more." The worsip of prim itive man hum bly bowing bofore the glory of the rising sun can hardly seem a useles form of praise. W e sstill have our all-powerful tu n , and surely it cannot be ex trem ely sinful to accord to it a certain degree of adoration. ■ " > • A peculiar experience came to ta this w riter a few years ago. For -e n 9 ,.„ m a n Harri* Ell.worth, Republican, of O regon'. Fourth District, i. shown on tw o sunlit weeks, each afternoon the rostrum In tho chamber of the Houte of Representatives, where he presided was spent at the observatory di recently. Speaker of the Houte Joseph W. Martin, Jr. often call, upon Republican rec tin g solar study for var ous members to take the chair when hit duties a . Speaker require h i. absence from the sm all groups from the university chamber. •strom om y class. The spring w eath er was inspiring and the aky the solar light was spread out I blue The students were eager and into a long ribbon of most ex Interested. The sun was furnishing quisitely beautiful colors, ran g a b u n ta n t light for study through ing from deep red at one end on I v a r ous instrum ents through orange, yellow’, green Federal Civil Service announ In the teescope and on the and blue to rich violet at the ces an exam ination for Substi other end. Dark lines crossing projection screen every day the w arm face of old Sol greeted us. this rainbow band indicated the tu te Clerk, $1.615 and hour, to In terestin g dark sun spots and various substances in the sun’s Oil vacancies in the Post Office Service at Brookings. Applicants the intensely hot, w hite faculae atm osphere. w ere changing daily. The nll- A fter several days of this, m ust actually reside within the cnveloplng “rice - g rain ” effect I there developed an unusual love delivery of the Brookings Post w as m om entarily rearrangeing for our sun. a feeling almost of Office or be bona fide patrons of Itself. Persons employed I worshipful adoration. W hether that office. And through the spectroscope this was due to continued ex-1 in the Brookings Post Office will posure to the su n ’s genial w arm th be considered bona fide patrons TH E REGISTERS and health-giving proerties, or of office. to the contact with eager and FROM TH IS EXAM INATION surprised youthful minds—or to W ILL BE USED TO FILL PER M A N E N T AND all combined was not certain. BOTH Tickets for ths But as never before, it seemed N O N -PER M A N EN T A PPO IN T alm ost fitting to join in the de MENTS. F u rth e r inform ation and ap votions of the ancient sun w’or AT T H E CHETCO IN N shipers and exclaim : plication form s m ay be obtained SATURDAY, MAY 30 Almighty and glorious! Ruler at 7 :30 P.M. are available for* of the earth ! Thy simle brings 175 persons. They can be the vapors from the sea and purchased at Knox Insurance bids all things to grow. W ithout Agency, < het co Drug Store or Thee darkness and death would the Chetco Inn, at $2.50 per come to all life. Resplendent and person, wonderful Thou Ara!" Geodetic Suvrey Charts Available Captain Glendon E. Boothe. Supervisor, Midwestern District. I ’ S Coast and Geodetic Survey, 502 Panam a Bldg., Porland 4. i Oregon announces a new edi tion of C harts Nos. 6156 Colum- i bia River - Vancouver to Bonne- Mile, and 6157, Columbia River - Bonneville to The Dalles, scale 1 :40,000. This edition is pub lished hack to back in accordance with present Bureau policy tor inland w aterw ay charts. The two charts, on one sheet, will sell for $0 75. This will he a sav ing of $0.75 to the user as the two charts formerly printed on two sheets sold at $1.50. Copies may be secured at the District Office o«* at th c authorized nau tical chart agencies: Coos Bay: Independent S L \\* dore Co., inc. U. S. Coast and Geodetic S u r vey D istrict On ice Room 502. Panam a Bldg., 534 S W. 3rd Ave. Miss Dolores Cullen of Chicago 111., is visiting her girl friend,’ •Mrs Joe Kassa, of Marion Heights. Miss Cullen has been an active m em ber of the C Y.o. in Chicago and now is advisor for the Nobility Silver P late Servtce for Em pire C raft Corporation of Newark, NY H er territo ry goes all the way up to Portland. She has a sister, M rs Lyle Wirner of Albany, Ore., w ith whom she m akes her home. from the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Exam iners, at any first or second-class post of fice. ,or from the Director, Elev enth U. S. Civil Service Region, 302 Federal Ofiice Building, S eattle 4, W ashington. Applications must be on file with the Director, Eleventh U. S. Civil Service Region. 302 Federal Office Building, Seattle 4. W ash ington not later than June 1 1953. DAILY Freight Service Coast Freight Lines DAVE FRANKLIN, Owner Phone 2634 GEORGE ''•« « L i LOSTROH A g en t FREE Firewood PLANER ENDS Westwood Co. Easy S tre e t Curry County Gas Company Exam. Announced For P. O. Clerk MATOT BUILDING Complete line of Gas Appliances - w ater heaters furnaces - ranges - floor furnaces Servel refrigerators and space heaters PROPANE GAS Tanks for sale, rent or lease Phone 2284 NOTICE Queens Banquet SAVE WITH I ROY H. BROWN MORTUARY D IV ID E N D S of IS to 20 oer cent <c if, I n 'l l r /* Brookings' Otcn** Phone 2244— Day or Night lfniHl.le S treet "< ur,/.-, Rfneking». Oregon D c f n J M t S tn iu f* Fire Insurance ON Qualified Properties and Their Contents ELECTROLUX / Ar cleaner yon never hat e to empty** A u th o riz e d Sales and Service SEE ARTHUR KNOX Insurance Agency Factory Representative CALL 2607 or write Pilot Box u GA LlJkGHER BUILDING Brookings, Oregon Buy your roof from your LOCAL ESTABLISHED Johns-Manville DEALER This is the open season for the ' Here Today and Gone Tomorrow" roofing firms. But don’t take * ianCe.S.! We ** *** that >'ou Ke‘ a quality Johns- Manville R oof-and at the right price too. Call u$ before you buy! CURRY CO. LUMBER CO. TELEPHONE 2201 RCOKINGS OREGON J O H N S -M A N VILLE B U IL D IN G MATERIALS
