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2 Brookingi-HarbOT Pilot, Thursday, BROOKINGS IIARBOR PILOT AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S P A P E R E n tered a* aecond-cla«« m atter, at the port of flee at Brooking«. Oregon, M arch 7. 1946, under the Act of .March 3, 1 M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher W ILLIA M G. P IIE L P S , E d ito r SUBSCRIPTION RA TES: One Y ear tn advance tin C urry C ountyi One Year, in advance (outalde C urry C ounty) NA TIO NAL A D V ERTISIN G R E PR E SE N T A T IV E W eekly • • N ew spapers R epresentatives , I nc . New York Chicago N EWS R A P IR sonnel discussed such O regon benefits as th e W orld W a r II bonus, hom e an d farm loans and ed u catio n al aid for W orld W ar II and K o rean v eteran s. S erv ice officers from IS O regon F ield re p resen ta tiv e s for th e co u n ties received th e la te s t w ord d e p a rtm e n t a t th e session in clu d on w a r v e te ra n s ’ and su rv iv o rs ed C h arles D aum , La G rande; benefits - at th e 13th sem iannual j H o b art W oody, R oseburg; C arl ----------- co u n ty v e te ra n s ’ service school, ("hurch, S alem ; and Vinton Green, co nducted last w eekend in P o r t Bend. land. A tten d in g from C u rry C ounty TO V IS IT M O TH ER w as C. E. S eg ar, service officer. M r. an d Mrs. W. G. P helps and T he th ree -d ay conference w as fam ily will spend th e w eekend in conducted by th e O regon D e p art- S alem visitin g Mrs. P h elp s’ m oth- ra . n ,, s’ A ffairs u n d e r n m u ent m of V w e . te v ,« Mrg E A T ayior, who inder- th e supervision of H. C. Hui) c r - • ... S aalfel.l. d irec to r. RidKley C w en t an o p erat.o n recently. <.m!x.r 5, 1953 For What It's Worth Ed Seger Attends By C lifford p. rowe Veteran's Meeting D etroit P hiladelphia N A T I O N A t E D I T O R l_A I OCMT P U B L IS H E R S ASSOCIATION EM B ER The Lions' Hallowe'en Parade H allow e’en has come and gone, but w hat th e B rookings- H a rb o r Lions C lub did th a t evening will live a long, long tim e in th is town. T h e ir first an n u a l H allow e’en p arad e w as th e g re a te s t th in g th a t has happened for th e kids here in q u ite a while. And it w as good for the tow n, too. W e saw vandalism drop to a point w hich no one w ould believe possible a y e a r ago. P art w as due to o u r a le rt jxilice force. P a rt to th e L ucky Seven Boys Club, w ho helped police th e juveniles. But m ost, we think, to the Lions, who kept 500 ju v en ile goblins and w itches happy th ro u g h th e evening. T he Lions took on q u ite a job, shepherding those 500 m asked and sheeted figures th ro u g h th e city s tre e ts. 1 hey w alked u n til th e ir arch es gave way, and th ey passed out bubble gum and hot dogs and o ran ge pop u n til th e ir arm s ached. T hey rounded up th e stray s, and th ey re u n ite d w ailing tots. . . and th ey had as m uch fun as th e kids, too. But m ostly, they've proved again w hat we have alw ays known. O u r kids a re n ’t bad. Give th em a little a tte n tio n , a little tim e and effort, and y o u ’ll he rew ard ed very richly. W e w ere rew arded H allow e’en by an undam aged tow n, but even m ore by the happy h e a rts of 500 kids. As long as we have m en who will give th e ir tim e to o u r ch ild ren , no th ing very d ra s tic is going to happen to A m erica. T h an k God we h av e such m en in th e Lions C lub here! Our City Streets High on th e list of th in g s w hich B rookings needs is m ore ad eq u ate stre e ts. P robably th e re is not a single in co rp o rated city in th e s ta te of O regon w hose s tre e ts are in m ore deplorable sh«i>e th a n th ey a re here. T h e f a u l t lie s w ith no individual. M r. Arp, who is in ch a rg e of m ain ten an ce of o u r s tre e ts, o p erates on the most ru d im en taiy of budgets. W ith w hat little equipm ent he has, and w ith even less m oney, he is doing all th a t he can do. And the council has felt a little h esitan t about stepping into th e breach . M unicipal governm ent is still new here, and they have felt th eir way cautiously into th e d u ties w hich a re req u ired of them . B ut. a fte r th re e years of m unicipal governm ent, it does seem tim e to face the fact th a t th e c a re and m ain ten an c e of city s tre e ts a re a function of city governm ent, and th at som ething h as to he done about them . T h e city lias planned, of course, on the s ta te m ain ta in in g an d paving those s tre e ts w hich s e n e also as secondary s ta te highw ays, and the s ta te will pave them this spring, provided it g ets bids. T hai will be a g re at help, tint it won t tak e c a re ot th e s tre e ts serv in g o u r resid en tial areas. B ecause of th e condition ot city stre e ts. B rookings is grow ing into a string-tow n, w ith all its businesses facing th e one paved th o ro u g h fa re No one will build a business on adjoining s tre e ts w hich can barely he trav e led . And, un til th at condition is rem edied, th e eohesiveness of th e city is th re a te n e d I am som ew hat asham ed of th e reaction of som e people to the re fusal of a few young A m ericans to be r e p a tri a te d a n d to t h e i r a c c e p t ance of co m m u nism. S hocking as it m ay be to p a re n ts to hav e th e ir sons re- nounce t h e i r hom hom eland eiana a an n d a unb eliev ab le as » m ay seem to us w ho tre a s u re o u r dem o- ___ c ra tic principles highly, w e still should in fa irn ess consider all th e issues before we condem n. T he first point to be decided is th a t re la tiv e to the age at w hich a young m an can be exp ected to use good judgm ent. W hen we d ;s- cover th e an sw er and becom e con- siste n t in its application, we m ay lie in a position to judge. W e have alre ad y decided th a t a young m an m ust be 21 b efore he can be expected to cast his vote in tellig en tly in th e affairs < f his governm ent. At th e sam e tim e, we h av e d eclared th a t a t th e age of 18 he has m a tu re d sufficiently to be capable of sacrificing his life for th ese principles for w hich he is not allow ed to vote. Now we have som e y o u n g sters w ho have been ca p tu re d by a ru th less enem y. T hey have been held im prisoned for y ears w hile they suffered agonies th a t only they can describe; and th en w hen th ey have th e ir m inds w arp ed to the e x ten t th a t those things which arc good and right becom e only m em ories w hich seem like dream s, we have the gall to call them tra ito rs . Is n ’t it ra th e r inconsisten t on o u r p a rt to expect young m en whom we consider so im m a tu re and u n re lia b le th a t we cannot tru s t them w ith the ballot to be able to stan d up u n d er th e con- tra te d p re ssu re of ingenious fiends who are m a ste rs in th e a rt of p ropaganda hacked by force ? B efore we begin callin g nam es, we should keep in m ind th a t m uch m ore effort has been m ade d u rin g I th e ir im prisonm ent to teach th em th e w ays of com m unism th an w as ev er expended in th e ir litetim e here in teach in g them , hy e x am ple, th e w onders of th e dem o c ra tic w ay of life. ’ Tiller, M arion county service of- Acer an d p resid en t of th e C ounty V e te ra n s’ S erv ice Officers’ asso- ciation, served as pro g ram ch a ir- m an. Officials from th e V eteran s Ad- m in istra tio n regional office, from VA h o sp itals in P o rtla n d and R o seburg an d from th e VA dom i- ciliary c e n te r at M edford con- d u cted panel discussions on hos- p ital, m edical and d en ial tre a t- m ent, G I in su ran ce, GI bill bene- fits, an d pension claim s, S ta te v e te ra n s ’ d e p a rtm e n t per- GIBBS Concrete Products Transit Mix Concrete S ep tic l a n k Supplies, C him ney B locks, C em e n t B locks, C u lvert Tile, D rain T ile, W ell Casing G R A V E L , S A N D and C E M E N T Phone 2545 E asy S tre e t NORTHWESTERN NOW PAYING 20 PER CENT dividends to policyholders on fire insurance on their homes and household effects! S E E Arthur Knox Insurance Agency Y our Local N O R T H W E S T E R N M UTUAL E IR E A SSO CIA TIO N A g en t I THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 5 PROPER CARE MEANS Longer Wear And the w ay to get longer w e a r is to have y o u r c a r properly lu b rica te d a t LYNN'S Flying A Service B RO O K IN G S. O R EG O N W E G IV E S&II G R E E N STA M PS CORSAGES (T V I LOWERS > IT M .R A E ARRANGEMEN TS McVAY'S on the WINCHUCK H arb o r, O re P hone 2568 1OOE at IOO E H all. 8 p.m Bulb G row ers A ssociation at Rod and Gun Club. FRIDAY, N O V EM BER 6 F O E at Jak lew icz A nchorage. 8 P m. SATURDAY. N O V EM B ER 7 H om e E xtension U nit, te x tile painting, a t F lorence D avis hom e, M aple s tre e t. VFW’ A rm istice P a rty at VFW H all. MONDAY. N O V EM BER 9 C hetco C horal Club, at B aptist C hurch. 8 p.m. S cout B uilding C om m ittee at Jak lew icz A nchorage. 8 p.m. S PE B S Q S A at H igh School. 8 p.m. TUESDAY . N O V EM BER 10 T opaz R ebekah a t 1OOF H all. W ED N ESD A Y . N O V EM B ER 11 F O E A uxiliary at Jak lew icz A nchorage. S t. T im o th y ’s G uild a t G race Zerhel hom e, 7 :30 B eta S igm a Phi. hom e of M rs. i Armistice Day . . . a day th at is ensh rin ed in o ur m em ory. . . . and a day in w hich o u r p ra y ers go w ith th e lead ers of o u r n atio n in th e ir search for a ju st and lastin g peace. W e w ill not I k open for business Armistice Dav, Nov. i ith REGON STATE BANK BROOKINGS, OREGON "Yo«r Dependable Home institution" M em ber Federal Deposit Insu ra n ce Corporation I
