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B rookingsJiarbor Pilot, Thursday, December 3, 1953
FOR
BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT
LIBRARY NOTES
going to build som e m ore shelves.
Im p o rta n t p rogress has been
m ade on th e new’ building, despite
th e w eather. C h arlie S ta n h u rs t
has set the rough plum bing so
now the re m a in d er of the concrete
can be poured.
At the m eeting, a m uch app reci
ated donation of all th e stu dding
needed will be forth co m in g from
th e W estw ood planer.
Mrs. C harles S ehaal reported
sev eral new m em b ersh ip s tu rn ed
in to board m em bers. T h e fee is
$2.50 and th e fund is now being
added to w h at will be expended
on th e building.
Books m ay be borrow ed from
th e C hetco C om m unity Public
L ib rary w ithout charge.
Entered an second-claim m atter, at the p o sto ffice at B rookings, O regon,
M arch 7, 1946, under the Act o f M arch 3, 1*79
T his announcem ent is m ade be
cau se of inquiries as to how much
M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher
»he service costs.
T he lib rary
W ILLIA M G. P H E L P S , E ditor
hoard wishes to rep eat th e fa
SU BSC R IPT IO N RATER:
cility functions th e sam e as any
One Year In ad van ce tin Curry County»
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th e r lib rary of com parable size.
One Year. In advance (outsid e Curry C ounty)
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|3 .5 0
CLIFFORD P. All ap p licatio n s for loans will be
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welcom ed and processed at the
W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc .
lib ra ry desk T uesday and F riday
Philadelphia
New York
Detroit
C hicago
'ill re w as a tim e when I co n afternoons, from 2 until 5 o’clock.
doled the telephone a necessity T h ere are charges, however, (or
N A T IO N A L
E D IT O R IA L .n any home. Of late, how ever, I c e rta in new' books and for books
N IW S P A P IR
P U B L IS H IR I
I assoc C a
am considering very seriously the kept past th e re g u la r borrow ing
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m a tte r of having the th in g re period, and for volum es dam aged
ASSOCIATION
A C T IV E M E M B E R
m oved if for no o th e r reaso n th a n o r lost.
to give m e peace and quiet.
At M onday n ig h t’s m eeting of
I can still rem em ber very dis th e board, th e tre a s u re r said th ere
tin ctly w hen th e ringing of th e w as $183.53 in th e book purchase
phone m eant th at som eone w ished fund, part of w hich was from the
to speak w ith m e or my wife. To H a rb o r C om m unity Club amt
The action of the B rookings C ity C ouncil in appointing a
be perfectly honest, it w as m ore $22.08, and from the V.F.W.
co m m ittee of citizens to help them fo rm u late a c h a rte r for th e
often for h er th an for me. Yet L adies A uxiliary rum m age sale of
city is, in o u r opinion, a m agnificent exam ple of dem ocracy at
I w as alw ays the gentlem an , as p ap er bound volum es, $14.81.
w ork A lthough th e council has full a u th o rity to a rriv e at th e
w ell as curious, so I alw ays 1 V ery m uch ap p reciated g ifts of
c h a rte r w hich will be presen ted to th e people som e tim e next
answ ered it. It got to be a habit books cam e from R. L ./J e n k in s
y ea r, they have been e a g e r to have suggestions from th e city,
and as such w as accepted by all. an d from M rs. Lyle Redfield
and th e ir action in appointing th e co m m ittee has proven th e ir
excellent in ten tio n s.
Ju st recen tly , though, it daw ned S p ace is in cry in g need and Mrs.
And, by en listin g th e advice of o u tsid e people, the council
on m e th at circu m stan ces had E a rl Sim pson, board m em ber, is
changed considerably.
I find i !
h a s also effectively shown th a t its only in te re sts in this m a tte r
am now an sw erin g th e phone !
a r e the in te re sts of th e people of the city.
about 15 tim es a day: ten of those
Among th e m any questions which have been asked is th is :
calls
a re for my d au g h ter, th re e ,
J u s t w hat is th e significance of a c h a rte r, w hy is it necessary,
are for my son, and my wife gets
an d how a re w e o p e ra tin g now ?
th e re m a in in g two. But does one
T echnically speaking, a c h a rte r is not n ecessary to a city,
of
th em ev e r answ er it? Abso
alth o u g h we know of no in corporated city w hich o p e ra te s w ith
lu
tely
not!
o u t one.
W
e
m
ay all be sittin g aro u n d
T his city o p erates u n d er a provision of law in th e s ta te
th
e
living
room. The good wife
C o n stitu tio n at th e present tim e, w hich reserves th e righty of a
will be sewing, th e son will be
m u n icip ality to th a t m unicipality. A c h a rte r does th e sam e,
stu d y in g his L atin, I will be re a d
but in m ore specific term s.
ing, and th e d a u g h te r will be
In a c tu a lity , th e need of a c h a rte r shows up w hen a city
dividends to policyholders on
doing one of a m illion confusing
u n d e rta k e s th e d u ties of governm ent. T hus, w ith o u t a c h a rte r,
th in g s th a t an eighth g ra d e r is
it would be ¡x>ssible for th e people of this city to float a bond
capable of doing. The phone rings.
hre insurance on their homes
issue, but it is ex tre m ely doubtful if anyone would buy th e bonds.
No one m ak es a move. It rings
T h e sam e w ould go for th e c ity ’s recognition in legal m a tte rs in
again. No one bats an eyelash.
and household effects!
w hich it m ight he em broiled. W ithout a c h a rte r th e re is th e
By th is tim e I have to rn m yself
possibility of lack of recognition of th e legal s ta tu s of th e city
aw ay from my book and have the
g o v ernm ent.
receiv er off its hook only to find,
The C h a rte r should, in th e w ords of the M unicipal R esearch
S E E
as usual, th a t one of the offspring
B u reau of th e U niversity of O regon, be brief, and broad. It is a
is w anted. I am alm ost tem p ted
docum ent w hich s ta te s to th e w orld th a t B rookings is a resp o n
to bribe one of my friends to call
sib le m u n icip ality w ith its own governm ent, and should be re c
m e som e day ju s t so 1 can say
ognized as such.
th a t one trip w a sn ’t w asted.
It is not, necessarily, an en u m eratio n of th e pow ers th e city
Your Local
T he th in g th a t burns m e most
h as; those a re covered by s ta te laws. B asically, it estab lish es
is w hen one of my son’s p als calls.
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL EIRE ASSOCIATION
th e form of city governm ent, th e term s of office, the officers of
T hey used to say “Is little C lifford
th e city ,and th e ir m ethod of election o r appointm ent, and th e
Agent
t h e r e ? ” and I w ould call my son.
b o u n d aries of th e city.
N ow adays they ask "Is big !
W hen the citizens of this city approve a city c h a rte r,
C lifford th e r e ? ” and w hen I a n
B rookings will have stepped over th e line upon w hich it has
sw er th a t this is he speaking,
sto o d since incorporation, to its place am ong the cities of O regon.
they cru elly put m e in my place
by re to rtin g , "No, we w ant to ta lk
to y o u r son.”
Not only am I w earing m yself
out answ ering th e phone, but it
S e n a to r Joseph M cC arthy of W isconsin has told the w orld
also seem s th a t I am now e n te r
th a t he and M eC arthyisrn Mill he the issue in th e next election.
ing th e phase of being insu lted in
W’e hope h e’s w rong
Not because we in any w ay c o u n te n
! th e bargain.
an ce th e in ex cusable laxness of the last a d m in istra tio n in its
h an d lin g of C om m unists in governm ent. But because we have
seen w hat M cC arthy does w ith w hat evidence does com e to light
in his hearin g s.
W’e don’t th in k lla rrv Trum an w as disloyal Blind, stubborn,
m isled yes
And we have no doubt his a d m in istratio n w as rid
dled w ith co m m unists in high places
But a h a tre d of com m unism is no excuse for fascism , and
in M cC arthy th e a d m in istra tio n is saddled w ith a m an who
w ould stop at no b a r rie r in his search for power.
R esults Nov 30
T h ere w as a tim e w hen this nation overlooked one basic
B rookings M arket 4. vs. O regon
point': B ecause the C om m unists w ere opposed to the fascists,
S ta te B ank 0
th a t did not m ake them o u r friends
F a ilu re to re m e m b er th a t
cost the free w orld C hina and B alkan E urope, and m ight have
B & H Logging 2*4, vs. Barrv s
en slav ed th e w orld.
B ow lers 1 4 .
And now the w heel is tu rn in g full circle. B ecause we h ate
K e rr Hdwe. 3, vs. VFW 966 1
and te a r C om m unism we m ust not forget th a t it is not the only
H a rb o r G arage 4. vs. Brook ngs !
e \ d in th e w orld
If M cC arthy succeeds in his a tte m p t to
M achine 0.
becom e the sym bol of the R epublican p a rty , we will surely learn
S tan d in g s
it again the h ard est way.
our
P o in ts
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H a rb o r G arage
34
14
B rookings M arket
31
17
B rookings M achine
30
18
CORSAGES
VEW 966
25
23
B & H Logging
24 ’2 2 3 4
CL I' FLOWERS
B a rry s Bowlers
2 2 ’2 25*2
K e rr H a rd w are
IS
30 ¡
O
regon S ta te B ank
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FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
BROOKINGS, OREGON
H igh Scores
Indiv idual gam e. Jones 200; in -I
"Y our Dependable H om e Institution"
dividual series. L D im m ick 535,
Harbor, Ore.
Phone 2568
O sborne 528. team gam e. H a rb o r
M em ber EoJeraJ Depoxii Insurance Corporati-m
G arage 817; team series, B rook
ings M arket 2331.
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