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2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, February 4, 1954 BROOKINGS-1 IARBOR PILOT By AN IN D E PE N D E N T N EW SPA PER H arris E llsworth , M.C. E ntered aa aecond-claas m atter, at the postoffice a t Brookings, Oregon. M arch 7, 1946. under the Act of M arch 3, 1X79 and Publisher M in na A kers , W ILLIAM G. PH ELPS. E ditor SUBSCRIPTION RATER: One Year In advance tin C urry County» .......................... »3. 0 One Year, In advance (outside Curry County» ................ *•» NATIONAL A D VERTISING R E PR E SE N T A T IV E W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . N ew Y o rk C hicag o D e tr o it P h ila d e lp h ia EW SPAPER U B IIS H E R S ASSOCIATION The Lions Do a Job rp<> T H E LIO NS C L l’B ol B rookings and H arb o r, who have just * concluded the M arch of D im es cam paign ag ain st In fan tile P araly sis, goes the respect and g ra titu d e of this com m unity. F in al re tu rn s a re no, y d in. but it seem s s u re at th e present tim e th at th e re tu rn s to the drive w ere su b sta n tia l, and th a t the people of this com m unity have given su b sta n tia l aid ,0 th e fight ag ain st polio. T h e re ’s only one sm all disap p o in tm en t th a t we have in the con ducting of such cam paigns. It seem s ,0 us th a t when a local o rg an izatio n u n d e rta k e s an ac tiv ity such as th e M arch of Dim es, th e re is a tendency am ong o th e r g ro u p s ,0 stan d hack and say, "w ell, t h a t ’s th e ir baby. Le, them c a rry th e b all.” W e’d like to see, at tim es such as this, a fu ll-h ea rted coopera tion betw een all th e o rg an izatio n s of this area. T hink how m uch w e could do, here, for such drives, if th e leaders of the o th e r groups around tow n would go to the sponsoring organization, c o n g ra tu la te them on th e job th e y 're doing, and o ffer th e re so u rces of th e ir own group to help. If th e o rg an izatio n s of th is city p re sen ted a united front at such tim es, th e re isn’t a problem ex istin g we couldn’t lick in o u r own w eight class W hat a place to live we could m ake this. It's Still Chad's rp iU N G S A R E C ER TA IN LY d iffe re n t dow ntow n these days. * C had has moved, and I ’m h aving a little tro u b le w ith my daily routine. l TsFd to he, you could w an d er into C had’s, and tak e ca re of a couple of w eek ’s hack reading w hile you dw adled over a cup of coffee. Slide down to th e end of the counter, casually tw ist the O regonian aro u nd so you could look at it. pick a m agazine off the rack, and se ttle down to a little serious co n cen tratio n . W hen you go, th rough, you slid , Ije m agazine hack in the rack, shoved th e cheek down u n d er Bob P h illip s’ saucer, and casually stro lled ou t, stopping for a couple of m in u tes to listen to C had cussing th a t b lan k ety -b lan k fountain, and w ondering why he ever m oved in to th e re s ta u ra n t gam e. It isn’t like th a t now. T hese new curved co u n ters m ak e it p ra c tic a lly im possible ,0 shove th e cheek over to Boh, w ho’s s it tin g around th e curve. C had’s out in hack, and you ca n ’t h e a r him cussing because <a) th ere isn’t any fountain, and <b) th e w a itre sses are being too vocal about th e cash reg ister, w hich has ta k e n the place of th e fountain as th e most talk ed -ab o u t thing in the join,. But C had's still there, and th e com pany and the coffee are still good . . and t h a t ’s the m ost im fxnSan, p a r,. ........ r.::¡J. : •’.iv.-.-.r-Ti::-"-; ....... r- ' . / ■ . . . ; DR. V . H. TOW NSEND V e te rin ary Clinic SM ITH R IV ER 0//i<e H ours; 1 00 p.m 7:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m - 9 :0 0 p m M onday th ro u g h S a tu rd a y Mon.. W ed., Eri. Evenings P hon es : Sm ith River Ji R esidence 631 .............................................. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON O ffice 611 EMERGENCY CALLS ANYTIME irt’«A,.;uirKte.i .qtaaa bjkkw : «nnnnnnnnn ■» a n uiainng gngr Modern Efficient Laundry Methods 2-HOVR SPECIAL SERVICE Wet Washings- -or—Extracting and Drying Hours 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday O |vn til S pan. Clothes may be left a fte r 7:30 a.m. ACACIA LAUNDROMAT P H O N E 2991 ....snxainar■» huiti i f a 'r ^ T; p| Nayborhil! News By E lsa R avekes P ercy and M ary H anks, who w ere so p leasan tly su rprised by a n u m b er of th e ir N ayborhill neighbors last week, have asked us to th an k them all for the w onderful gifts and refresh m en ts th a t evening N ayborhill club will hold its r g u la r m eeting at th e home '»I M rs. H a rrie tt H am ness W ednes day, F e b ru a ry 3. , P ete Olson and George Gates a re spending a week a, Denny. C alif. Mrs. M ary Olson has been ill for several days. Mr. and Mrs. I. T ee S m ith of r p H E P R E S ID E N T has sent his * budget to C ongress. T his sets r. m otion th e ra th e r com plicated P ro ce ss of ta k in g m oney ou, of •he tre a su ry for the purpose of oaying th e g o v ern m e n t’s bills. Che budget itsel, rep resen ts a us’ am ount of w ork. It is th e till accu m u latio n of item s of in tic ip a te d «xpenses as g ath ered from all agencies, b u reau s and de p a rtm e n ts of the executive branch (d th e governm ent. W hen accu m u lated, these item s a re screened , by th e B u reau of the Budget T hen we had before us a budget which is in th e P re sid e n t’s own w hich was th irteen billion dollars office. m ore th an was finally adopt T he budget is sim ply a carefu lly I T hen we w ere paving more tax' - item ized re q u est to C ongress to J 10 per cent more. Then there a p p ro p riate from th e tre a s u ry the w ere various econom ic controls m oney th e P resid en t th in k s will j those are gone. Th n we were he necessary to o p erate the gov w ondering w h at th e Russians ern m e n t for a year. T he tw elve I w ere going to do next now w ' m onths for w hich , he new budget h av e them w ondering, and the is prep ared will begin Ju ly firs, cold w ar offensive lies w th us this y ear and end Ju n e 30, 1955. T hen we had a stag g erin g govern T he a p p ro p ria tio n s com m ittees m ent payroll It is still big bu f ef th e H ouse and S e n a te now have n early 200.000 jobs have been the budget figures in th e ir hands. elim inated. T hen we had a dis T hey w ill proceed to exam in e th e ' grace fu! record of co rru p tio n in vario u s item s. M any w eeks o f governm ent and even the loyalty hearings will be held in w hich the of m any em ployees was clearly v ario u s agencies and d e p a rtm e n ts will ap p e ar and endeavor to prove to th e congressional com m ittees th a t they need and m ust have the am o u n ts asked. T he H ouse A p p ro p riatio n s co m m itte e will then pr< p are th e ap p ro p riatio n s bills and bring th em to the floor of th e House. All such legislation m ust o rig in a te in th e H ouse of R ep resen tativ es. The bills a re de bated and u su ally am ended som e w hat on th e floor. Then they go to th e S e n a te w here sim ila r and independent tre a tm e n t is given them . F in ally , w hen passed by both houses the a.ppropr.ations hills are sent *o the P resid en t for his sig n atu re. N ot u n til th en can a single penny he tak en from tlv tre a s u ry and spent My feeling is th a t this ad m in istra tio n is as anxious to hold down the cost of governm ent a- we a re and th a t this budget has been p re p are d w ith th a t a ttiiu d e predom inant. E ven so. I hope the C ongress can trim it down some. T he co u n try needs fu rth e r rebel from present high tax ra te s hut th is relief cannot be had until the cost of governm ent is fu rth e r re duced. Days C reek. O regon, w ere week end g u ests of Mr. and Mrs. Lee D rorhaugh. Mr. and Mrs. R asm unson were gu ests of Mr. and M rs Percy H anks this week. Mr. and Mrs. W m. S te w a rt were g uests of Mr. and M rs. W m. Fick- hoff last W ednesday eve Mr. and Mrs. Ed R av ek es visit ed w ith M rs M innie Thompson and Mrs. L a u ra V incent Monday afternoon. Jac k M cC arton drove to P ort land over the w eekend to take in the m o to r show. • Mrs. N ellie J a g g e rs an d sons, Mrs. Jessie B erg and Mrs. Be-'s M iller w ere g u ests of Mr. and Mrs. T. H am ness la st week. Mr. and Mrs. Lee D rorhaugh spent th e evening w ith Mr. and Mrs P ete Schm idt last S atu rd ay C an asta was played, but the la dies a re not ta lk in g about it. Mr. and Mrs. W m. S te w a rt an 1 Mr. and Mrs. C arl M ason spent the day at C rescen t C ity last Saiurday. Ray R eese r’s w ife Ida presented Ray with a b ea u tifu l “secretary ” for his b irth d ay last w eek. (P S : This one has fo u r legs.) Do you suppose th is is really sp rin g ? Looking aro u n d Nayhor- hill we see one gal o u t washing the windows, a n o th e r one washing the new ear, o u r neig h b o r spading his flow er circle, and ano her i neighbor plowing a w ee spot for ♦ ♦ ♦ . ♦ T he o th e r day I was asked to ' m ak e a o n e-m in u te sta te m e n t on a nation-w ide radio n etw o rk r e g ard in g th e first y e a r of th e E is enhow er ad m in istratio n . T h e p ro gram was on th e an n iv ersary ol th e in au g u ratio n . T h at aftern o o n I had been ta lk in g w ith St eretar.’ ot th e In te rio r D ouglas MaeKav who was in O regon not long ago and addressed a R epublics" m °et ing He had re m a rk ed th a t several people told him ,h y would like to m ake ta lk s support ng th e Eis enhow er ad m in istra tio n hut th at they dal not have any condensed su m m ary or speech m a te ria l available. T h a t gave m e an idea, . s<> I endeavored to boil a su m m ary of th e first y ea r of the ad- ( m in istra tio n into one m inute. H ere is th e full tex t of w hat ’ said on the M utual N e w sre d p ro g ra m : “Long before a y ea r has elaps d a f te r a person has undergone a m ajor surg cal o peration he has fo rg o tten ju st how sick and mis erah le he w as before the surgeon 1 aid his work In ke ping w ith this tr a d in hum an n atu re . I expect m ost people have bv now fo rg o t ten how th in g s w ere ju st a y ear ago p rio r to th e big political op e ra tio n th e In a u g u ra tio n of P re s ident E sm h o w e r and th e conven ing ef a R epublican-con’ rolled Congress. T hen we w ere at wai About that time aqam? Then don’t forget that we can help you hold down the cost of th a t new car by financing the bal ance at our bank. ( OREGON STATE SANK BROOKINGS. OREGON our Dependable Home Institution
