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30, 1953 ror What It's Worth Beta Sigma Phi
B e ta ’s 4000 c h a p te rs.
Mrs. F o s te r accep ted th e invi­
By CLIFFORD P ROWE
Chapter Organized tatio
n to becom e sponsor and
BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT
Mrs. H arvey F o s te r of H a rb o r ad v iser an d th e follow ing officers
Thursday, July
I have heard many times that a
man can accomplish anything if
he will but try. That sounds fine
to those whose
M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher
records include
Kt I M C B i m o N R A T K A :
noly successes.
O m
Year, In arivanra (In O o rry C ou nty)
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For the guy
Ona T e a r, in adranoe coutekde C u rry C ou nty) — ................... —
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who has dub­
C laM lfled A dvartlaing Kate*. 15c per lin o M inimum SOc caah.
AU ad vert lair»« copy nauet Da In by 5 o clock Tueeday evening to Ineure pub­
bed a try, how-
lication
ever, the brave
N ew e Ite m * and claaetfted ad a w ill be received up to W ed need ay soon.
words of advice
N a U a a a l A d v e r tla ta « R e p e re c a ta ttv e
appear, to say
W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc .
the least some­
N ew
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what ridiculous
W O T IO B T O H ' B i r m B R R i : K ind ly n o tify o f any change o f addreee In a d ­
w hat
ridicu­
vance
F a ilu re to do eo coat* I ano cent* per leeue *eui to the old addreee.
lous.
Bubee-lp<loo w ill be dropped unleee e u b e v ib r nctlftee P ilot o f change.
For nigh on
to two decades,
T have been trying my best to be
the answer to any woman’s pray-
'r for a good husband. I have
NAMES MAKE NEWS. When someone told us that the
learned to hang up my clothes,
name 'Elmer” means "Noble and Illustrious,” we decided to find
have been regular in my habits,
aome men with that name and have our .reporter ask them an
have never caroused around at
important question.
There are quite a few "Elmers” in the
night with the boys, and have
Brookings-Harbor area but we couldn’t find all of them on the
even learned to do the washing
spur of the moment. At least three were out of town. However
and ironing.
our reporter found some of the Elmers and per instructions from
But in spite of this excellent
the Editor, asked them the question—"WHAT DO YOU THINK
good behavior record, I have
O F THE SCHOOLS?”
never been able to master the art
Let me say first of all that the Elmers are like most people.
of
shopping for groceries. A re­
The sight of a newspaper reporter with notebook and pencil
luctantly
confess that my only
poised causes a form of mental paralysis. Almost without ex­
progress
to
date is being able <o
ception they stand on one foot, then on the other, hem and haw,
push
one
of
those baskets on
and try all aorta of delaying tactics. Finally they are overcome
wheels
in
the
good
wife’s wake as
by a flood of modesty and are reluctant to talk for publication
she
sails
betw’een
the
counters.
because they feel no one would really care to hear what they
Somehow this effort on my
have to say. After being assured that this is not the case they
part, while undoubtedly helpful
plead for a day or two of respite to talk it lover with their
to the spouse, adds little to my
wives
owm pride as the master of the
Anyway, here is what some of the Elmers think about the
household. In fact, I am coming
schools. It may be their own opinion or it may be the opinion
to feel so inferior that I find my
of their w-ives. I leave it to you.
self glaring wmathfully at those
ELMER HANSCAM, Sr. (Merchant)—"We have «to progress
males who show off to the extent
with the times. If our schools don’t move forward, they will
that they even leave their wives
start moving backward. Nowadays things don’t stand still.”
at home and courageously go it
alone.
ELMER HANSCAM, Jr. (Merchant)—”1 am for orderly de­
I did try one, but the outcome
velopment of the schools watched over by people who are inter­
was so embarrassing that I have
ested in the schools and the community.”
never had the nerve to try it
ELMER HEDBERG (Sawmill Operator)—“I am all out for
again. The dear lady, evidently
the schools. Nothing is too good for our kids.”
wishing to give me confidence,
ELMER RAPRAEGER (School Board Member)—“You can’t
sent me to the store to get a loaf
put children in cold storage and take them out at some later
of bread. Feeling brave in my
date to get an education. 'They can’t wait. Time marches on.
new adventure, I felt doubly so
It is generally agreed that our existing facilities are inadequate.
when I even found the proper
If that is so’ there is no better time to do something about it
brand without asking assistance.
than RIGHT NOW.”
My downfall came at the coun­
ter.
With chin lifted high and a
S om etim e this su m m er th e School D istrict will prob ab ly hold
brave
light in my eyes. I proudly
an electio n to au th o riz e an increase in bonded indebtedness, w hich
showed
the clerk the loaf of
w ill provide funds for co n stru ctio n of a new high school, th u s
bread,
deposited
a dime on the
reliev in g th e congestion in ex istin g facilities and p e rm ittin g a
counter, and triumphantly started
r e tu r n to a one-shift basis
M.A.
for the door, mission accom­
plished. Rudely I was brought to
a halt to the great amusement of
those standing in line. Seems that
prices had changed somewhat
R ep rin ted from the C rescent C ity A m erican
since my mother last sent me to
Up a t th a t en terp risin g and th riv in g little city of B rookings.
the store.
O regon, last S unday we stood and w atched th e A nnual Lily F es­
T H K K K N NO H V B M T IT IT K
F a le ro « a *
m x m m i 4
F O B < IK < I L A T IO N
-« la ** m a li« r , at Ihe pnatoffl«* at It rook if»«*, O racea, Marrfe
7, 1545, wader like A r t o f M a rc h S, 1*75
W hat Elmer Says
w as hostess last T h u rsd a y eve-
ning to a group of local w om en
who have organized a c h a p te r of
th e in tern a tio n al so ro rity of B eta
Sigm a Phi.
Beta Sigma Phi was founded in
1931 in Abiline, Kansas as a non-
academic sorority under t h e
leadership of Walter W. Ross.
Since that time there are now
more than 100,000 women who be­
long to various chapters through­
out the United States and several
foreign countries.
Beta Sigma Phi offers not only
a social but a cultural program
as well, these programs being set
up at headquarters in Kansas City
to be followed by Betas every­
where.
Betas have altruistic goals also.
Funds from their efforts support
two outstanding scientists in can­
cer Research. At the present time
the new group is seeking a local
project to support and sponsor.
A former member of an Aber­
deen chapter, Wan<ia Thompson,
found an eager group in the
Brookings-Harbor area willing to
w ere ch o sen :
P resid en t, D o ttie F ly n n ;
PARADE POSTCARDS
Postcards showing the Brook-
ings-Harbor Lily Parade are go­
ing through the mails and all
over the country.
The postcards were made from
photographs of various entries in
the parade taken by the Brook­
ings studio, and are on sale by a
number of local merchants.
Read the class ads. They pay!
DOUBLE STAMP DAY
SAH GREEN STAMPS
Friday, July 31 — Saturday, Aug. 1
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MOORE'S VARIETY. APPAREL SHOP
Our Neighbors to the North
tiv al P a ra d e and proclaim ed it th e m ost colorful and m ost b eau ­
tifu l th a t we had ev er seen. Even the fam ed P asad e n a o r the
C ily of Roses P a ra d e s have nothing m ore b ea u tifu l nor m ore
o rig in al.
I hose ¡»eople of B rookings and H a rb o r have a civic
p rid e th a t is unexcelled anyw here T h e hours upon hours of
w ork the exhibitors put in designing and building those m any
floats d em o n stra te s th is fact lieyond any d o u b t; and they did it
presum ably w ith o u t thought of p p z e m oney as even th e first
p rize m oney would not have in any sense of th e w ord com pen­
sa te d fo r th e work put in on any single one of th e tloats.
T here w ere lite ra lly hundreds of hours put in in w ork, th o u ­
san d s upon thousands of 11,y bloom s picked and designed Into
th o s e th in g s o f beauty, all because these people of B rookings and
H arbor have th a t most laudible civic pride and com m unity spirit
th a t is causing th at a re a to grow fa s te r th a n p ra c tic a lly any
o th e r like a re a on the Pacific coast
T h e people of C rescent
t ity, and P el N o rte county as a whole, can w ell ta k e an object
lesson from th e ir civic m inded. p n d e -in -th e ir-to w n neighbors to
th e n o rth . It you saw (''rescent (.'fly’s F o u rth of Ju ly P arade,
and th en saw the Lily F estiv al P a ra d e a t B rookings, you can
w ell know w hat we m ean.
BAYVIEW GARAGE
At State Line
•
Specialising m R a d ia to r R ep a ir
l all Smith K iwr XX) or Box 1 » Krootongs
tar denreqr aertnee
•
Open Evenings 7 to 9 p.m.
GEO. SHH’LEY, OWNER
And th a t is wh y I now’ rem ain
co n ten t to tru n d le th e c a r t —ju s t
an o th e r h o rrib le ex am p le of those
who have failed to keep up w ith
the tim es.
Here's the
PROOF!
Obituary
F u n era l services lo r Jo h n S id ­
ney G lendenin, 63, of H arb o r,
w ere held T uesday. Ju ly 28, at 2
p m . at th e C om m un ity B ap tist
C hurch w ith the Rev. Ed McClain
officiating. In te rm e n t w as in th e
W illiam Ja m e s W ard M em orial
C em etery. Roy H. B row n M o rtu ­
a ry in ch a rg e
Mr. G lendenin w as born F e b ru ­
ary 15. 1890, in Rockwood. 111. On
J a n u a ry 4. 1927, in Bellville, 111 ,
he was u n ited in m a rria g e to
M innie IXxids, w ho surv iv es
E ig h t y e a rs ago they m oved to
H a rb o r from Illinois, and have
been raising lily bulbs u n til his
Sudden d e a th on Ju ly 25.
S id ”, as he w as know n to his
friends, w as a very activ e m em ­
b er of th e local B arb ersh o p p ers
also the C hetco g ra n g e and was
a v eteran of th e first w orld w ar
S urviving, besides his widow,
a re a d au g h te r. Jo an n . 16. at
hom e and a b ro th er. Lloyd C len ­
denin and a s is te r M rs B erth a
R hinecker. both of C h ester. Ill
vice-
president, Nita Anderson; record­
ing secretary, Janet Foster; cor­
responding secretary, Emma Lou
Bolvi; treasurer, Eula Jewell; his­
torian, Kathy Lewis.
Initiation of pledges will be
August 27 at Josephine Moe’s
home with Dolores Webb as co­
hostess.
Initiation of pledges will be
August 27 at the home of Edith
Wethern on Pedroli road in Har­
bor. Dlores Web will be co­
hostess.
Last m onth the customers
of our banf^ saved them ­
selves over 9,999 errands by
using checks.
F olks in B rookings know th a t 5t
saves tim e, tro u b le and a lot of
foot w ork to pay by check They
know, too, th a t it's good b usiness
to check on th e O regon S ta te
B ank.
O REG O N
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