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Br<x>kings-Harlx>r Pilot, Thursday, December 17, 1953
FOR
LETTER TO EDITOR
in the w o rld ” — Come, come now,
M r. E d ito r; since when has com
m unism become im p o rta n t enoucn
to fe a r? (H e ll bombs and ” G”
gas n o tw ith s ta n d in g ).
I f we m ust fe a r someone let us
a t least choose someone oui
equals o r better. A t any rate all
that I ’ve been able to learn about
Iv a n to date is th is :— (a) A fte r
W o rld W a r I I a great deal of
tro u b le was caused by the com
m unists because they lived in
underground cells, they came out
once every year, on M ay Day, to
see if they cast a shadow, they
alw ays did. .
(b) The com m unists owe the r
o rig in to K a rl, oldest of the M arx
B rothers, w ho described the rest
o f the w o rld in a book called Das
K a p u t-a ll. A lth o u g h no one has
ever read it. it is w id e ly discussed.
(c) C om m unists go around w ith
clenched fists and thus are te r
rib ly hard to shake hands w ith.
So, fo r m y money, M r. E ditor,
I ’ll s till regard Iv a n w ith simple
hum orous contem pt.
F o r m y friends and pals in the
P lyw ood from S cottie in Barnes
E ntered as secon d -class m atter, at the p o sto iflce at Jrook tngs, O regon,
hospital, Vancouver, W ard 7.
M arch 7. 1946, under the Act o f M arch 3, 1879
W e ll, Boys, I guess I ’m once
M i n n a A k e r s , O w n e r a n d P u b lis h e r
more in the d riv e r’s seat. A fte r
1 ’ 2 months, the Doc th in ks I can
W IL L IA M G. P H E LP S , E ditor
come home fo r C hristm as, so all
SU BSC R IPT IO N RATES:
get ready fo r some kidding.
I
One Year In ad van ce (In Curry County»
................... .................... $3 00
hear some of the boys are sliding
One Year. In ad van ce (ou tsid e Curry County» ................... ..................
$350
By
around on knots and g e ttin g re
C L IF F O R D P.
N A T IO N A L A D V E R T ISIN G R E P R E SE N T A T IV E
lief. T h a t’s not w hat I used to
RO W E
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. t.
W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc .
call it. Ask Ed Ravekes w hat i t ’s
N ew York
C hicago
D etroit
P hilad elp h ia
called.
( T late years as C hristm as ap
T h is sure is some sw ell place.
proaches, I find m yself, strangely
N 1 W IF A F 1 R
N A T IO N A L
E D IT O R IA L enough, looking fo rw a rd w is tfu lly The nurses young and p re tty foxy
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as T oc C ati 'S n to the tim e when I shall be a (ha ha). The feeds are fine.
k P U B lIS H IftI
There are over 600 patients in ail
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g randfath er.
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kin d of shapes. O u r doctor is one
A C T IV E M E M B E R
This new ly developing a ttitu d e
of the seven best in the U. S.
on m y part is, I believe, due to
W hat made m ine so tough is the
the fact in m y opinion C hristm as
m istakes the doc made in 1945, so
day w ith o u t the wee tots around
this tim e it called fo r a fu ll sized
is as depressing as I im agine it
job, and at my age it was about
w ould lie fo r an Am erican to be
The voters of School D is tric t 17C w ill ballot next Monday
a ll the old cuss could take. But
alone in S ta lin g ra d on the F o u rth
w ith a lot of kicking, and loud
on w h e th e r or not this d is tric t should w ith d ra w from the C ounty
; of July.
ta lk, it seems as if I ’ll be back
R u ra l School D is tric t.
M y youngsters are d ignified
to raise the devil w ith some of
teen-agers now w hich means that
On the surface, it may not appear to be a very im p o rta n t
you. Especialy that long legged
this C hristm as m orning w ill be
A. D e P H IL L IP S .
guy w ho you call Andy, or the Big
issue. A c tu a lly , it is, Ixith in the m a tte r o f finances and in the
devoid of the screeches and
Shot.
I
’d
like
to
have
a
round
c o n tro l of o u r schools.
skueals of genuine delight over
w ith him today. So w ould you.
the new ly unwrapped doll w hich
W ell it w ill w a it, Andy Boy, u n til
U nder the present plan, Schools in C u rry C ounty are adm in
cries and wets. N e ith e r w ill there
then.
istered by a five-m an board chosen fro m the county at large.
he in evidence the boyish exuber
So this is to a ll you fellow s at
One of them may o r m ay not be a resident of this d is tric t.
ance as an am bitious lad trie s
the
Plyw ood and S aw m ill, and
boring holes in the d in in g room
A lta H ahn o f G rants Pass, Ore
don’t fo rg e t the Engine Room
Am ong the fu n ctio n s of th is group is one ca llin g fo r them
table w ith one o f his new carpen
and Lee S tra le y of H a rb o r were
Good
lu
ck
to
all,
A
Happy
C
h
ris
t
to a p fx irtio n tax receipts fo r the county schools among the county
te rin g tools.
mas and New Year, and old Scot united in m arriage Sunday, Dec.
Each year I miss more the
schools. T o do so. they often fin d it necessary to cut the budget
13, 1953 by C harles Schaal.
tie w ill soon he seeing you.
sloppy kisses and the day-long
w h ic h the in d iv id u a l d is tric ts have subm itted. When th a t hap
The couple were attended by
F. E. (S cottie) B LA C H LY .
‘th a n k y o u ’s” w hich, in the past,
M r. and M rs. Percy Evans and
pens, the in d iv id u a l d is tric t has to re tu rn to its own voters to
alw ays follow'ed the m orning dis
M r. and M rs. Llo yd Morrison.
m ake up the difference.
trib u tio n o f the g ifts le ft by San
W h ile I hold no b rie f fo r J. F o llo w in g the w edding the p a rty
ta. S e lfish ly perhaps. I am also M cC a rth y and his ilk I non-the- had din n e r at the Sm orgahbord in
Last year, fo r exam ple, the C ounty School Board cut D is tric t
m issing the fun I once had in as lcss take note of a statem ent in Crescent C ity .
17C’s budget by $14.351. B u t even worse fo r local taxpayers was
sem bling the tra in tracks, help y o u r e d ito ria l on “ T h '' Issue in
The S tra le ys w ill m ake then-
the faot th a t they had payed in to the county-w ide fund $27,-
ing in the fir s t construction un- 1 1954" to it : “ Because we hate and home on H ig h w a y 101 in South
538.00 m ore than they received, and were s till short the $14,000
d e rta kin g w ith e the new* erector F ear com m unism we mus
H arbor.
set. and a ctin g as baby s itte r fo r
w hich had been c u t fro m the local d is tr ic t’s budget.
the d a u g h te r’s latest addition to
The am ount w hich D is tric t 17 pays in to the fund over its
the doll fa m ily .
receipts is hard to figure, because it w ill va ry from year to year.
O f course, we s till have C h ris t
mas. B u t a ll the g ifts w ill be so
School board members are sure it w ill average at least $20,000
depressinglv sensible. Worse yet,
per year, and w ith last year as an example, that seems to be
everyone w ill be expecting them.
modest.
Thus a ll the d e lig h tfu l element
o f surprise w ill be smothered by
B ut m ore im p o rta n t than money is the q u a lity of o u r schools,
the c e rta in ty th a t no one w ill be
and the C ounty R u ra l School D is tric t has long been abused in
forgotten, regardless o f how good
Oregon. D r. H o ly ’s w e ll-kn o w n report on Oregon education says:
o r bad he has been the proceeding
“ In m any instances the ru ra l board has accepted the least ade
year.
The very fact that the
Harbor. Ore.
quate provision w ith in the county as standard, and th is has
C hristm as din n e r w ill be consid
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ered o f equal im portance in the
tended to bring a ll the d is tric ts down to this lowest level.” This
day’s a c tiv itie s is an indication
is, w e fear, tru e also o f C u rry C ounty.
in its e lf o f the m anner in w hich
W h a te ve r we decide, we must do it now . S tate law provides
the fe stiv.tie s have deteriorated.
That is w hy I can see the ad-
th a t we m ust vote on the question w ith in 90 days of the census,
antage of someday being a grand
o r rem ain w ith in the R u ra l D is tric t forever. I f we fa il to vote
father.
Then once more th »
fo r w ith d ra w a l, we cannift vote again at a la te r tim e. We go
C hristm as tree w ill come a li\e
out now o r not at all.
and the day w ill once again d m-
o n stra te th a t " it is m ore blessed
And we cannot see that we have a single thing to gain by
to give than to receive” .
re m a in in g w ith in the County R u ra l School D is tric t. By w ith
d ra w in g , we w ill m ake large financial savings, hut more im p o r
(irange Party
ta n t than that, we w ill have regained co n tro l of o u r schools
Saturday Eve
here at home. On every count, we are c e rta in th a t we should
vote fo r w ith d ra w a l.
The Chetco Grange No. 765 w ill
•hold th e ir C hristm as p a rty F r i
day, Dec. 18. at 8 p m .
A ll
G rangers and th e ir friends are in-
' ifed. ( lifts are to he exchanged
and ad u lts are asked to bring a
g ift not less than 50 cents in
value Parents are askixl to bring
a g ift fo r th e ir own children and
m arked w ith the child's name.
A
C hristm as
program
w ith
Santa and a ll the trim m in g s is
planned.
Anyone having a C hristm as
dividends to policyholders on
pc'ce
o r song to c o m rib y te to the
I
program w ill be welcome.
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
WHAT
IT'S
WORTH
Shall District 17 Withdraw?
Straley-Hahn
Wed Sunday
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LOOKING FOR FISH
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NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL FIRE ASSOCIATION
M r and M rs Dean Thompson
and M r. and Mrs. Ray Sequin of
Salem, spent M onday fishing the
Chetco and the W inchuck. The>
reported b e a u tifu l rive rs but no
fish except fo r one "flo u n d e r or
som ething" Ray snagged o ff the
rocks at M ill Beach.
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Foi G ifts See
Ye 1 tons
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