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Brookings I larbor Pilot, Thursday, September io, 1955
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Financing of Our High School
T h is T uesday a fte rn o o n , th e people o f the B ro o k in g s -H a rb o r
school d is tr ic t w ill decide a t th e p o lls w h e th e r they w ill spend
>375,000 fo r a new h ig h school fo r th e ir c h ild re n .
N ow , th a t is a lo t o f m oney, in anyone’s vo ca b u la ry. A nd
i t w i ll be these self-sam e citiz e n s o f th is school d is tr ic t w h o w ill
have to pay it.
H o w eve r, th a t is not as m uch m oney fo r th is d is tr ic t as it
once was. J u s t a fe w s h o rt ye a rs ago, such a load w o u ld have
been w e ll-n ig h im possible fo r th is d is tr ic t to bear . . in fa c t, th is
d is tr ic t w o u ld not have had v a lu a tio n enough to su p p o rt such a
load
B u t th e v a lu a tio n o f school d is tr ic t 17C has increased g re a t
ly in th e last few years, and the load faced by it w i ll not be
n e a rly so burdensom e as some m ig h t expect. Recent figu res
released by the c o u n ty assessor show th a t D is tr ic t 17's v a lu a tio n
is f a r g re a te r th a n th a t o f o th e r d is tric ts .
T h is m eans th a t th e added cost o f a new h igh school, spread
o v e r th e d is tr ic t ’s g ro w in g v a lu a tio n , w ill not have n e a rly the
im p a c t on in d iv id u a l ow n e rs th a t m ig h t be feared. T he d is tr ic t ’s
ta x ra te la st y e a r was 4 4 m ills , less th a n h a lf th a t o f any o th e r
d is tr ic t le v y in g taxes in th e co u n ty.
T he new school w ill increase taxes. H o w eve r, it appears
th a t it w ill not increase th e m to th e p o in t th e y have reached
tw ic e in recent years. T h is d is tr ic t w e a th e re d both those b u ild
in g p ro je cts, and th e re is no reason to believe it can no t w e a th e r
th is one, w h ich w ill not be as rig o ro u s as th e ,tw o pre vio u s ones.
And, a fte r a ll, w h a t choice do we have? T o send o u r c h il
d re n , as we do now, to a crow ded, o v e rw o rk e d school, i t ’s c h il
d re n going on s h ifts , its classroom s spread th ro u g h a d jo in in g
b u ild in g s never in te n d e d fo r schools? T h a t is no choice, lo r any
a tte m p t to do so w ill re s u lt in th e im m e d ia te o p po sition o f sta te
a u th o ritie s , and e v e n tu a lly th e loss o f school sup po rt funds
W h e n th a t happens w e a re in w orse tro u b le th a n ever
A nd
w e are u n d e r w a rn in g , now, to c o rre c t o u r crow de d c o n d itio n s
o r lose o u r sta n d in g as an accre d ite d school.
So we have a H obson’s choice. . . w e s im p ly m ust have the
school. A nd we can ta k e p rid e in th e fa ct th a t it w ill he a
school w o rth y o f o u r c h ild re n .
One th in g we m ust g u a rd against, how ver. In o u r k n o w l
edge o f th e necessity o f o u r school, we m ust g u a rd ag ainst such
com placence th a t we do not b o th e r even to v o te on the issue.
W e are sure the o v e rw h e lm in g m a jo r ity fa v o r it. . . but th a t
m a jo r ity m u st vo te to show the y do. C om placence has sunk
m ore th a n one m easure w h ic h was fa vo re d by th e m a jo r ity . . .
it cou ld again.
The Germans Choose the West
S unday the people o f G e rm a n y w e n t to th e po lls and th e ir
vote s p u t G erm an y s o lid ly on th e aide o f the w e ste rn d e m ocra
cies.
F o r C h a n ce llo r K o n ra d Adenauer, it was a sw eeping v in d i
c a tio n o f his p o lic y o f ty in g the fu tu r e o f his c o u n try w ith th e
w e s te rn rep ub lics. F o r the S ocialists, w h o had a tte m p te d to
s tra d d le a fence w ith the e ve n tu a l hop«'1 o f re u n itin g east and
w est G erm an y, it w as a cru sh in g defeat. F o r the C o m m u n ists,
it w as near o b liv io n .
In G erm an y, th e re was one p o w e rfu l fa c to r w o rk in g on the
side o f dem ocracy. . . one gre at single fa c t th a t no am o un t o f
o ra to ry o r vio len ce could obscure. On one side o f the iro n c u r
ta in th e re was p o v e rty anti fear. On the o th e r, th e re was food
and freedom
A nd th ro u g h o u t the w o rld , w h e n e ve r the choice is cle ar, we
can expect to w in th e b a ttle o f ideology. W hen eve r a choice is
as sim p le as this. . . to look across th e b o n ie r and see how
y o u r b ro th e r fares . . w e have li t t le to fe a r fro m C om m unism .
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For What It's Worth
W ith the possible exce ptio n of
his firs t day o f school, no o t h ir
event can com pare in t h r ills to a
young
la d ’s
firs t day on a
re g u la r jo b fo r
w h ic h he gets
paid
a m an's
wages. I w e n t
th ro u g h s u c h
an
experience
second-hand re
c e n tly
w hen
m y son reached
his 16th b ir t h
d a y , im m e d i
a te ly
got
a
w o rk
p e rm it
and landed a job.
I co u ld n ’t resist the te m p ta tio n
o f d e scrib ing fo r h im m y ow n
fir s t day o f m a n u a l labor. I had
ju s t reached th e age o f fifte e n ;
but w hen the boss o f th e section
gang w here I applied fo r a jo b
asked m y age, I had in fo rm e d h im
th a t I was going on sixtee n. A s
su m in g th a t m y b irth d a y was bu t
a fe w days aw ay, he p u t m e to
w o rk . I t was th re e w’eeks before
he fou nd ou t and dispensed w ith |
m y services.
A n yw a y, on th a t fir s t day I was
f u ll o f the v im and v ig o r w h ic h
I im a g in e d was necessary to hold
dow n a man’s job. A r r iv in g a t the
scene o f o u r labors, w h ere the
c re w was to hoe weeds on the
ra ilro a d rig h t-o f-w a y , w e w ere
each p ro vid e d w ith a hoe. and the
fire w o rk s sta rte d . W ith in a h a lf-
h o u r’s tim e , I was a t least a good
f if t y ya rd s ahead o f m y ve te ra n
co -la b o re rs and s t ill go in g strong.
B e fo re lo ng one o f th e re g u la rs ]
moseyed up and ta p p in g me on
the sho ulder said, "Son, how m uch
you g e ttin g paid an h o u r ? ”
N o t stop pin g fo r a m om e nt, I
b lu rte d back o v e r m y shoulder,
“ F o r ty cen ts." A nd co n tin u e d to
m ake the g ra ve l fly.
T he n e xt tim e I heard m y
q u estio ne r's voice, he was h o ld in g
th e slack o f m y breeches in a fir m
grasp, p u llin g me to a d e fin ite
stop as he d ra w le d , "W e ll, son,
th a t's w h a t the rest o f us ar<
g e ttin g W h y not com e back and
be sociable lik e ? ”
T h a t was m y fir s t lesson in
la bo r. B y five o’clo ck th a t eve
ning. I re a lize d th a t I w o u ld
ne ver have been able to keep up
m y o rig in a l pace fo r e ig h t hours.
In th e fu tu re . I always gauged
m y speed in accordance w ith th a t
o f the o ld -tim e rs .
T h e y knew
w h a t th e y w ere ta lk in g about.
ROTARY NEWS
B e g in n in g w ith colored p ictu re s
of tw o Boy Scouts h o ld ing fo u r
big red snappers th a t had been
ca u g h t o ff B ird Islan d, H o w ard
Crane, assisted by Boy Scouts as
o p e ra to r and n a rra to rs , showed
the
R o ta ria n s
at
th e ir
noon
luncheon an in te re s tin g co lle ctio n
o f p ictu re s ta ke n at the recent
Scout Jam boree held in S ou thern
C a lifo rn ia .
N a tu r a lly th e a c tiv itie s o f the
B ro o kin g s Scouts w ere a large
pa rt o f the p ic tu re s shown. Each
g ro u p o f hoys cooked th e ir own
neals and these a c tiv itie s were
v e ry necessary w ith a sizeable
»roup o f h u n g ry boys to satisfy.
M any o f the shots showed the
d iffe re n t boys engaged in cooking
and the ftro u p in th e ir mess tent.
I o supply m ilk fo r the 50.000 boys
it was nceessary to ship it in fro m
the d a iry d is tric ts in W isconsin
so the boys to ld th e ir listeners.
As S co u tm a ste r Crane was in
d ir e t , charge o f the B rookings
g ro u p of some 20-odd boys he was
ke p t p r e tty close "a ro u n d home
base” and the p ictu res w h ile
show ing Sunday services, fire
w o rks, and some general e n ter-
’ ta in m e n t, d id not a tte m p t to catch
1 the la rg e r p ic tu re o f the whole
ja m bo re e.
M r. C ra ne th a n k e d th e B roo k
ings R o ta ria n s fo r th e ir generous
fin a n c ia l su p p o rt as w e ll as the
help in w o rk give n th e boys by
in d iv id u a l m em bers in e a rn in g the
necessary fu n d s fo r th e tr ip .
F re n c h y A r r e ll re p o rte d that
289 persons had re p o rte d fo r the
W a lk in g B lood B a n k, and an
nounced th a t the same schedule
as o f a w eek ago w o u ld be m ain
tain ed th ro u g h o u t th is week.
Some dozen o r so S couts who
were at th e Ja m lio re e w e re guests
o f the clu b .
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Harbor, Oregon
Council Requests
New Census Here
A m id -te rm census w ill he re
quested by the B ro o kin g s City
1 C o u n cil soon, acco rding to actio»'
ta ke n by the C ity C o u n c il T ues
day.
S tip u la te d in the request, m ade
o f th e S e c re ta ry -o f-S ta te 's office,
was th a t the census sho uld take
place w ith in the ne xt 30 days.
, Reason fo r the census, aeeoi d
in g to C o un eilm cn, is the fa ci
th a t a p a rt o f the c ity 's f ’ ind
1 fu rn is h e d hv th e s ta te are based
upon p o p u la tio n o f the c ity .
T he 1950 census g a \e B ro o kin g s
a p o p u la tio n o f aro un d 1.500 and
present funds are hased on »h.»-
fig u re
H ow ever. C o u n cilm e n he
lie ve the present p o p u la tio n is
w e ll o 'e r 2.000. and are in te re ste d
in a c q u irin g funds hased upon
th a t fig u re as soon as possible
T he c ity is a llo w e d o n ly one
m ore special census before the
n e xt one, scheduled fo r 1960
C o u n cilm e n say th a t it is in the
best in te re s ts o f th e c ity to d e te r-
m ne th e new p o p u la tio n as soon
as possible.
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