2 Brookingi-HarbOT Pilot, Thursday,
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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
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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
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Mrg E A T ayior, who inder-
th e supervision of H. C. Hui) c r -
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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-
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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-
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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.
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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
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