2 Brookings 1 iarbor Pilot, Thursday, October 29, 1953 For What It's Worth Extension Unit
BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT
By C L IF F O R D P . R O W E
Makes JaCkGtS
Triple Threat Party
A double b irth d ay p a rty which
tu rn ed o u t to be a trip le celeb ra
AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S P A P E R
tion w as held at th e hom e of Mr
Som e of m y best absent-m inded
T he home of Una Rowley was and Mrs. C. If. Jen n in g s last
E ntered an second-clans m atter, at the postoffice at Brookings, Oregon,
friends a re being m ade to feel
M arch 7, 1916, under the Act of March 3, 1>»79
low nright in ferio r of late. T h eir
scene of th e Home E x tension w eek
crim
e
is
th
a
t
S
ervice
u n it m eetin g W ednesday,
T he p a rty honored Mr. Jen n in
M inna A kers , O w n e r a n d P u b lis h e r
gs
they fail to re Oct. 21. At 10:30 the ladies had and M rs c liff B rirnm
W ILLIA M G. P H E L P S , E ditor
m em b er nam es » p o tluck lunch. At th e m eetin g ) A fte r th e b irth d a y celebration
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
of
people.
I. ’IJ at followed the subject was Ml. Jen n in g s put th e Rrim ni<
One Year In advance On t'u rry County*
»3.00
too, am g u ilty “M atching S trip es and P laid s.”
fa v o rite reco rd on, and
brought
One Y ear, tn advance (outside Curry County*
»3.50
n a t io n a l a d v e r t is in g r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
hut I refuse to
It w as sta te d th a t it w as not in a cak e d ec o rated in honor of
consider m yself necessary to have a tten d e d the the B rim m s’ 25th w edding anni-
\ \ eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I n c .
an o u tc a st from first m eeting to m ake a jack et, versary.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
society ju st he- I F ifteen w ere present.
The couple w ere p resen ted with
cause
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who
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p air of bronze candlesticks
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geon-hole f o r e n te rta in in g th e next re g u la r h an d c rafte d by Mr. Jennings, and
FU B i l l H i l l
nam es in my m eeting at 1 p m. N ovem ber 18, sev eral pieces of th e ir sterlin g by
l|y, ,-TTi
ASSOCIATION
b ra in
is 3,1 at h e r hom e on E asy stre e t says th e Jen n in g s an d Mr. and Mrs.
clogged up.
th e subject will be ’ Oregon V irgil G oldsherry,
W ith me, it is Sw eets.
•to sudden m en tal slipping th a t
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places m e in this so-called ,1c-
T , i ’ ,a k ln g ,ex t,li' «™>ninS
niorable plight. I hav e alw ay s f i 'L ,h T ’
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been
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T h e decision of the B rookings C ity C ouncil not to perm it
e a rly in life th a t m y fo rg etfu ln ess
T raer
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th e c ity ’s fire equipm ent to leave the city except u n d er co n tra ct
W
o u ld not
n o t Win
w in fr
in tir le n».
1 t tr a c t.
leav es th e e n tire su rro u n d in g a re a w ithout fire p ro tectio n of
would
friends
or influence
Transit Mix Concrete
T he re g u la r m eetings will he
«any kind.
people, I have been able to do lit
tle about it. R esolutions I have held on th e th ird W ednesday o f *’*7 ''* c T a n k Su p p lies, C him ney
And, alm ost certainly, it will cause b itte rn ess, especially if
M ocks. C em en t B locks,
locks G
uW w
C ulvert
m
ade; but w hen th e tim e cam e to each m onth. T he Home E xt«n- Blocks,
th e re should be a serious fire in the H arb o r area, 01 any o th e r
Tile, Drain Tile, W ell Casing
apply them , I had forg o tten w hat sion pro g ram is available to an y
a re a close to th e city.
one w ishing to a tte n d and* th*
they were.
T he city council’s hands are tied. Legal council h as told it
T hai is „no reason I have never I S X s U ni' WelC° mCS a " " CW G R A V E L , S A N D and C E M E N T
th a t th e city would be liable for dam ages if fire broke out
Phone 25-15
E asy S treet
been able to develop into a “glad- 1
w ith in th e lim its w hile the fire equipm ent w as fighting a fire
h
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d
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T
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;s
type
is
fa
m
ilia
r
to
o u tsid e th e city. 1 hey have no .protection for th e ir equipm ent
everyone.
He is the c h a ra c te r
o u tsid e th e city. And finally, they honestly feel it would not be
who grabs you by th e paw, pum p
fa ir io the c ity ’s ta x p a y e rs to support fire equipm ent to he used
ing it all th e while, as he a n
by those who do not pay tow ard it.
nounces to all and su n d ry how he
’I’he th ing that m ust be done now, both to prevent friction
and "old Bill h ere w ent to differ
and to save lives, is to gain fire protection for o u r ru ra l d istric ts
«'nt grade schools to g e th e r hack
h e re ju st as soon as it can be arran g ed .
in 1910.”
It seem s to us th at the ru ra l area has tw o choices: it can
So fa r as you a re concerned, he
sign a co n tra ct w ith th e city for protection, o r it can form its
is a c o m p l.te stra n g e r. You fail
ow n R u ral Fin» P ro tectio n D istrict.
to recall ev er sneak in g behind the
A ctually, the fire prevention d istrict would probably have
w oodpile to sm oke coffee w ith any
to be set up, even if they only intended to c o n tra c t for p ro tec
old bald-headed geezer wi h a
tion w ith B rookings at the p iescn t tim e. Som e such d istrict
double (’bin and a slijiping chest
dividends to policyholders on
w ould he necessary to form a body capable of signing a co n tra ct.
hack in 1910. He does, however,
A full-fledged fire prev en tio n d istrict, w ith its own equip
and so again you are tagged as i
tire insurance on their homes
m ent, we think, would he fa r b e tte r than a city co n tra ct. Such
nit-w it who doesn’t even rem em
a d istric t could give protection to th e outlying regions up the
b er his old buddies.
and household effects!
( heteo and the \ \ inchuck, m uch b e tte r th a n equipm ent from
W om en give m e th e g re atest
B rookings could.
w orry in this regard. I ani a l
w ays bum ping into s o r r m idd' •»-
S uch a d istrict also could sign a m u tu al-aid .pact w ith the
S E E
aged dam sel who tries to giv< th
city, thus doubling the am ount of equipm ent availab le for a fire
im
p
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have
broken
I
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and they could jo in tly protect a fa r g re a te r a re a than an isolated
h ea rt liecause I 'fail to rem em ber
d istric t could.
i as th e gal I once played p is -
l he S ta te E ire M a rsh a ls office in Salem is e a g er to give ns
: » w ith in th eig h th grade.
h ere a h th e help we w ant in form ing such a d istrict
T h eir
Your Local
Not only do I fail to tv m e m M -
d istrict re p resen ta tiv e , D eputy Bill Roble. has show n his concern
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her nam e but I also have eve t
w ith lack of ad e q u ate equipm ent here, and his apprehension of
’o rg o tte n th a t I ev e r nlayed p is -
xvliat m ight happen here.
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office. T he l a tte r lapse causes m e
Som e d ay som ething is going to happen. P ro p e rty will be
’he g re a te r pain.
lost, and perhaps lives will, too. W hen if (l«v>s, the a ir will he
A t any ra te , cu rsed as I m«t\
full of recrim in atio n s and accusations
unless we act now.
be w th this te rrib le affliction, it
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T h e y e a r belongs to everyone, evei w
Dill
longs to th e O regon ( ’oast
W hen tin
hack on th s e a . and tin» cliff dw eller
to
his TV «et, O cto b er com es to th e west.
And w
beautv. so urt
n e k it could
b re ak y o u r h ea rt w an tin g to hold it all.
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Our Rural Area Needs Fire Protection
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