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Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, January 28, 1954 LETTER FR O M
W A S H IN G T O N
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
By
Entered * • «econd-cla*« m atter, at the p ostofflce at B rookings, Oregon,
M arch 7. 1946. under the A ct o f M arch 3, 1*79
M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher
T TAKES
WILLIAM G. PHELPS. E ditor
SUBSCRIPTIO N R A T ES:
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MEMBER
If th e A z a le a Festival Goes
r p i I E F IR S T R E A C T IO N to the A ll-Y ear E v en ts A ssociation’s
poll on th e A zalea F estiv al are. frankly, disappointing. At this
tim e, only 12 of th e people of this city have ta k e n th e tro u b le to
fill out th e ballots and cast a vote as to w h e th e r th e F estiv al
should rem ain.
In th e face of such public apathy, th e A ssociation could not
be blam ed if it decided to abandon the festiv al. Such a response
does not forecast any g re a t body of public su p p o rt for th e group.
If th e festiv al should he abandoned, we feel, fran k ly , th a t this
city will long reg ret it. C ertain ly th e re is no o th e r festival like
it, and it brought to us a fam e which is sh ared by no o th e r city.
To recognize the unique qu ality of th e A zalea F estiv al is to
ta k e nothing aw ay from th e Lily F estival. T he l a tte r is a b e a u ti
ful show, and one we can be very proud of. And th e idea of
choosing betw een th e tw o is u tte rly w rong. T h e re is no com pe
titio n betw een the tw o
except th a t th ey com pete for th e
tim e and e ffo rts of o u r citizens.
B ut ij th e A zalea F estiv al passes, th en so m ething th a t w as
u nique in B rookings will have passed, and will probably never
exist again. And this city will be th e less for it.
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FOR
W HAT
IT'S
W O R TH
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By
CLIFFORD P.
ROWE
T IS N ’T VERY O F T E N th a t I
I get Am jk'ssim
istic about the fu tu re
erica, for I have alw ays bad
of
IL vrris E llsworth , M.C.
6th D istrict. O regon
school te a c h e r who recom m ended
th a t a young m o th e r ta k e her
child to a p sy ch ia trist for e x a m
ination. And why this d ra stic as
well as expensive s te p ? W ell, it
seem s th a t th e little rascal had
poked a n o th e r little rascal in the
nose and w hen asked by th e te a c h
e r to apologize, he had refused.
M any of us looking backw ard
over o u r own childhood e x p e ri
ences will lx* m ightily relieved
th at th e p sy c h ia trist in all his
g ra n d e u r b a d not as yet m ade Ins
e n tra n c e on the stag » of popular
fad and fancy. C ertain ly m ost of
o u r p a re n ts would have been
b an k ru p t long before th e d ep res
sion and w e w ould have grow n up
considering o urselves freaks.
R egardless of how we m ay feel.
I the m ovem ent is well un d er way.
' For those who m ust be up -to -d ate
the form ula is sim ple: w hen taeed
w ith a problem , gallop to the
n earest couch w here you can d is
pose of it to th e p sy ch iatrist, the
no d ern reaso n ab le facsim ile of
the old w itch doctor.
As fa r as the p ro p er re arin g of
children is concerned, 1 feel that
d eterio ratio n set in at alxiut the
am e tim e th a t th e old woodshed
was Ixung to rn down to m ak
tx)in for the g arage.
A W H IL E a f te r a
session convenes
I for C ongressional
legislation to reach th e H ouse
floor for action. In o th e r w ords,
the first th re e w eeks of J a n u a ry
will probably not dev« lop a c tiv ity
on the floor but the C om m ittees
are busy. T h? reason for th e slow
s ta rt of a session is obvious, ft
is alw ays th e p ra ctice fo bring
up and act on n ea rly all bills th at
a re ready for floor consid eratio n
before a session adjourns.
We
p re tty well cleaned th e sla te in
A ugust so it tak es som e tim e for
the com m ittees to get som e m ore
hills ready for action.
M eanw hile w hat seem s to be a
lull c e rta in ly does not m ean an
easy life for th e congressm an. I
could not possibly be any b u sier
than I am right now and have
been since I a rriv ed back in W a sh
ington, D.C. A m em ber of C on
gress, p a rtic u la rly a m em ber from
the W est, has m uch m ore to do
than a tte n d com m ittee m eetin g s
and sessions of th e H ouse.
To list but a few o f» th e m a n y ,
things w hich I and my office a re
concerned w ith now’:
1. T he W illa m e tte valley flood
control project is well along to
w ard com pletion but is out of b al
ance until tw o sm all but key
dam s can be co n stru cted . T hese
dam s a re know n as C oug ar on
the M cK enzie and G reen P e te r
on the S outh S an tiam . L egisla
tion au th o rizin g pow er for those
dam s m ust be passed P la n n in g
m oney m ust be included in the
ap p ro p riatio n s bill.
2. T he south je tty at the m outh
of the Coquille riv e r (po rt of
B andon) is so badly in need of r e
p airs th at it is ineffective. T h is
condition has d irectly o r in d ire c t
ly been th e cause of tw o ship
w recks recently. O ne w reck is
even now on the subm erged je tty
docks aw aitin g salvage.
M oney
m u st be m ade availab le for th a t
job this y ear.
3. On th e O regon coast in ad- |
dition to th e problem at Bandon
are h arb o r im provem ent p ro jects
in various stag es from prelim in ary
survey to being eligible fo r a p
p ro p riatio n s including th e p o rts at
F lorence, P o rt of U m pqua at
R eedsport, W in ch ester Bay, Coos
Bay and C harleston, an approved
project a t Gold Beach, and a pre- i
lim inary su rv ey for shipping fa
cilities in the C het co Cove at
B rookings. All of th ese req u ire
w ork on m y p art.
4. T he pear in d u stry in th e !
Rogue R iver valley has a heavy
su rp lu s of w in te r pears. They need
to p a rtic ip a te in c u rre n t g o v ern
m ent pu rch ase program s. I have
been having conferences w ith D e
p a rtm e n t of A g ric u ltu re peopb
on th a t problem .
5. T he governm ent (G eneral
S e r v i c e s A d m in istratio n w as
about to sell the w a r alcohol plant
a t S pringfield. I have been keep
ing in close touch w ith th a t s itu a
g reat faith in its |)eople, blessed
as they are by th e h e rita g e of
th re e c e n tu rie s of independ ‘in
pioneering stock
B ut th ere a re tim es w hen I have
my doubts about the calib er of
th e present g en eratio n ; and I am
not re fe rrin g to th e younger gen
e ra tio n
In tact, 1 am convinced
th at it the la tte r ev er am ount to
an ything, it will be in spit«’ of
the handicaps im posed by their
slipping elders
1 am th in k in g p a rtic u la rly of
the in creasing tendency to pass
on n'sponsibilit.v to som e one else.
F o r exam ple, long ago th e home
su rre n d ere d its children to the
scb(X>ls for re arin g ; and now it
a p p e a rs th a t th e little d e a rs are 1OARD TO M E E T
tion.
ag ain to he shuffled along -this
T he ex e cu tiv e board of the
6 One of the first public a p
tim e to to d a y ’s panacea for all
t’TA will m eet T h u rsd a y evening, p earan ces I m ade in O regon las
Ills, th e p sy ch iatrist.
y e a r a f te r th e session of C ongress
J u s t re cen tly 1 heard of a J a n u a ry 28. at th e A rrell home.
ad journed w as at C am p W hite in
M edford
T he occasion w as to
honor the new m a n a g e r of th e
M o d e rn Efficient Laundry M ethods
facility, Mr. E ugene K. R icker,
and his s ta ff th«’ evening of S ep
2 -H O l'R S P E C IA L S E R V IC E
tem b er 18 I m ade a pledge to the
Wet Washings Air—Extracting and Drying
v eteran s and to the com m un ity on
H ours 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
th at occasion which w as re p o rted
in the M edford M ail-T ribune Sun
Tuesday and Thursday Open til S pan.
day, S ep tem b er 20. as follow s:
Clothes may be left a fte r 7:30 a.m.
‘The Allied V e te ran s Council ot
Jackson co u n ty received definite
A C A C IA L A U N D R O M A T
assurances F riday night from
C
ongressm an
H a rris E llsw o rth
P H O N E 2991
th at th e needs of this d istric t for
■
a hospital ce n te r at C am p Whit»
Sherm an To Run
For
Surveyor
A rth u r E. S h erm an , B rookings
fo re ste r and surveyor, last w eek
announced his candidacy for th e
R epublican nom ination for county
surveyor.
S h ‘ rm an th u s becam e th e sec
ond can d id ate to file fo r the post.
T he incum bent, C h arles Echols of
R rookings. nad previously a n
nounced th a t he would run again
for th e post.
S herm an, at th e p re sen t tim e,
has a surveying office in Brook
ings. He is a reg istered forest
co n su ltan t as w ell as surveyor,
and, in addition, holds a law d e
gree from th e U niversity of M ich
fought in the N o rth A frican and
CBI th eate rs, flying w ith th e f a
m ous “F lying T ig ers,” th e 14th
Air Force. He holds th e D istin
guished Flying C ross w ith two
c lu sters and th e A ir M edal w ith
six.
He is a m em ber of D e lta T h e ta
Phi law fra te rn ity , and th e So
ciety of A m erican F o resters.
igan.
D uring
th e
w ar,
S h erm an
will be presen ted conclusively to
th e V e te ran s A d m in istratio n u p
on his re tu rn to W ash in g to n .” I
hope a s u b sta n tia l n u m b er of g en
eral m edical hospital beds can be
established at C am p W hite w ith
out it being n ecessary to resort to
legislation. A ccordingly I have
been assem bling th e necessary
fa cts and have con ferred w ith
V. A. officials. I p lan to tak e th e
m a tte r before th e a d m in is tra to r
soon.
In a fu tu re le tte r I will discuss
th e v arious bills I have pending
in the H ouse and m ak e a p ro g ress
re p o rt on each.
To clear land for resale/
price drastically cut on a
small group of 2-bedroom
surplus structures . • •
C O M P E T E with elec.
range, refrig., w. heater,
Wiring, plumbing & fix
tures . . . Easy to reduce
to panels as required by
law.
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