LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
E ditor. T he P il o t : I have read
w ith in te re st and som e re g ret the
le tte r from Ted S teen b erg en re-
g a r d ;ng o u r present .planning
com m ission and its so-called dic
ta to r. P erh a p s th e re a re m any
w ho agreed w ith th e w rite r, w ith
ou t a second th o u g h t o r due
co n sid eratio n of th e reason for
w ritin g such a le tte r. I w onder
how m any of o u r ta x p a y e rs and
citizen s have tak en th e tim e o r
tro u b le to go to the city hall and
see how m uch w ork, planning,
d ra w in g and en g in eerin g have
gone into th e planning for the city
of Brookings.
P lan s which w ere m ade and
designed to benefit th e m ajo rity
of those affected and not for a
few “b eefers.” It is not child's
play o r th e ta sk of a few hours.
It is a trem en d o u s job and the
ones responsible are to be con
g ra tu la te d for a fine piece of
w ork The w rite r of th a t le tte r,
not being a ta x p a y e r o r in tere ste d
in a decent or clean city, ev id en t
ly d id n ’t tak e th e tim e or trouble
to in v estig ate the process open
to him to rezone any a re a w ithin
th e city lim its. O r m aybe he didn't
care, ju st w an ted to s ta r t calling
nam es. W h at business did the
w rite r w an t to go into o r w hat
kind of house did he w ant to
b u ild ? It is m y u n d ersta n d in g
th at he w as refused perm ission to
build as he w an ted to in o u r
neighboring com m unity.
W hy?
T h ere a re ap p ro x im ately 20 acres
zoned for heavy in d u stry, w re c k
ing yards, etc., w ith in th e city
lim its, but of course not right
out on th e hiw av w h ere th e w rite r
w a n te d it.
So fa r we have a b ea u tifu l city
an d th e p lan n in g com m ission has
p lan n ed it so as to keep it th a t
w ay. As a ta x p a y e r and hom e
ow ner, I am glad m y p ro p e rty
is in a p ro tected zone and hope it
co n tin u es to be so. W h at a sight
to rem em ber, night o r day, as one
e n te rs B rookings from th e north.
T h ro u g h H a rris P a rk and on into
tow n. B eau tifu l m odern buildings,
m otels, m ark e ts, sto res and homes
C o m p are this w th th e e n tra n c e
to o u r co m m u n ity to th e north
of us o r C rescen t C ity to the
sou th . W recking y ards, dum ps,
shacks, etc. It really doesn't take
m uch o b serv atio n to see th e dif-
ft rence as to choose w hich one
w e’d r a th e r live in. L e t’s keep
o u rs a clean and b ea u tifu l, well-
plan n ed city. H e re ’s a big “th an k
y o u ” to th e ones w ho have done
such fine plan n in g and to th e one
w ho d re c ts it.
S incerely,
LOYD S. W E E K S.
Eil tor. T he P ilo t: T he le tte r
last w eek from S te en b erg en indi
c a te s a m isin fo rm atio n . Let me
point out to him the sev eral h u n
dred people who have each in v est
ed sev eral th o u san d d ollars in
B rookings hom es expect this in
v estm en t to be p ro tected by the
zoning laws. I speak of ac tu a l in
v estm en t, not co n v ersational.
It ’ll becom es any o ne to apply
th e ad jectiv es "d ic ta to rial, w him -
s e a ! o r im p ra c tic a l” to Mr. O. D.
Arp.
Mr. Arp w as on etim e su p erin
tends nt of p ark s in Sioux City.
Iow a He la te r w as s u p e rin te n
d e n t of the e s ta te s of th e M cCor
m ick in te re sts in Long B each and
P asad e n a He d irected th e activ-
didn't h u rt a n y th in g eith er.
and m ore and m ore people could
We a re planning to visit B ro o k 1 ' introduced to the b eau ties ot Brookings-Harbor Pilot
•ties of four h undred .people, ings d u rin g th e festival next sum o u r com m unity.
THURSDAY, F E B . 11, 1954
j erectin g dw el’ings, greenhouses, • iier. M aybe festivals.
S incerely.
S incerely,
sw im m ing pools and plavgrounds
MRS. C. ED D EM PSEY
F o r City Police P h o n e 3193.
B ILL AND DORA BROOKS.
Mr. z\rp w orked hu n d red s of
hours, unpaid, to get th e B rook
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ings zoning o rd in an ces to com ply
E ditor. T he P ilo t: I received p
w ith s ta te law and w ith cities of copy of y o u r p a p e r and w as m'»-o
‘ im ilar size. He is a m an of u n d 's tu rb e d over th e possibility th a t
assailable in teg rity .
the Azalea F estival m ight be d is
M r R obert Dim m ick, m ay o r ot continued.
the c ;tv of B rookings, should be
A n u m b er of the P o rtla n d G a’’
Smart new styles for Spring (it comes early here),
in position to judge th e q u a lific a den club m em bers are planning
tions of th e people he asks to on com ing to B rookings t l r s yea:
with new shoes for every member of the family.
serve on th e p lan n in g com m ission to th e festival and it would be •
T he d elib eratio n s of th is body " ie a t d isappointm ent to all of us
of seven m en a re fa ctu al, sober if we couldn’t com e
: W ant a lift for Spring? Try this
and intensive and a re guided by
T do hope you all reconsider th-
s ta te law. ? nd by th e m erest big boost it gives B rookings and
bright, bright red pump . . . foot
coincidence, all th e m en have in I larb o r.
slimming and eye ehatching. \ a
vested in th e city, cash, not con
S incerely.
versation.
riety of sizes.
NORA DANA
We m ay m ake th e m ista k e of
i Mrs. M arshall Dana».
fa ’ling down and w orshiping one
S8.95
local in d u stry o r o th e r in this
Dm»- ’'Tp P h efn s: In sig n ify
area W e have m etals, tim ber, y o u r ballot re g a rd in g c o n tin ’’;n
to u rists and w eath er, to nam e a
th e Azalea F estiv al, we do so w ith
FLAT1 ILS for the younger fe
few.
the following re se rv a tio n s:
T he p re se rv a tio n of th e values
males—and cute ones, too. In
B oth Ed and I a re of th e o p in
in B rookings hom es is th e job of ion th e A zalea F estiv al is an a s s e t
two size ranges
th e zoning officer and th e p lan to th e com m u n ity and should be
ing com m ission.
continued if possible. H ow ever, in
The S ta te of O regon savs so.
Size SC to 12
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the pa t few y ea rs it has grow
L U T H E R L. T IS D A L E .
beyond th e point w here a m *•
M em ber, P la n n in g Com m ission
i 1 j to j
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- ’f-dn/en resid en ts can handle it
PRE - VUE FOR SPRING
C ertain ly th e burden has b e
E ditor, T he P ilo t: B allot e n hunted to th e sh o u ld ers of a very
closed. It does not seem possible few.
to vote o th e r th a n “Yes” upon tb
None of us in a com m u n ity ot
question you have posed.
his size is in a position fin an
The A zalea F e stiv a l m eans a cially o r physically to drop o
very g re a t deal to B rookings, ii
n business com pletely for a
the gain th a t accru es from m ain
(e k or so at festival tim e in
tain in g a w onderful tra d itio n i»- ddition to all th e previous ground
the town, and in the m any ren w
o tk n ecessary th ro u g h several
als of frien d sh ip w ith those whi
’.onths If enough people woin.i
re tu rn . T h at it m eans m uch t
step forw ard and ta k e a r e s m r -
th e city, every way, to have so
ble position in th e A ll-Y ear
m any o u tsid ers visit us, at a tim e E vents A ssociation, th e festival
so favorable as is m ade by th e could undoubtedly be contin u ed
Azalea F estiv al, goes w ith o u t say
ing. The loveliness of th e p ark j
itself, th e sp rin g days, alw ay s so
favorable, th e good sporit prevail |
ing, how else could B rookings b
b e tte r p re sen ted ?
R ecently tw o le tte rs cam e ti
my desk, one from Downey. Cal
ornia, ask in g for th e d a te of th r
festival and th e o th e r from S ale:'
se ttin g th e occasion for th e v is;t
of friends.
To those who lead us in p u t
ting on th e festival we a re g r e a t1'
indebted. P erh a p s th e thing to d
is to acknow ledge o u r indebted
ness. and p re p are to sh a re th<
load this year, by subscript on:
and w ork.
W e m ust have th e F estiv al
surely!
C H A R L E S D U R D EN
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E ditor, T h e P ilo t: I see by T he
’dot w here Chad has m oved h s
re s ta u ra n t to the Coffee Mill le
ation. W left B rookings Jan u
•:ry 17 so m issed th e chance t.
eat in his new location.
re B rooks and i c e rta in lj e n
joyed o u r e a tin g a t C h ad ’s during
,,e seven m onths we w ere in
B rookings. W e had never se n a
, re s ta u ra n t w h ere everyone was
at ease like th ey w ere in C had’s
N ot only w as th e food goo«'
and at reaso n ab le prici s, but in
th e evening especially wiien Bill
B rady, Tony C hristensen, Gordon
Goetz and som e of those fellow s
sa t down to play crib b ag e at the
co u n ter d u rin g th e ir m eals w
«new we w ere in for som e e n te r
tain m en t on the side. Of courst
naving C ^rol, C h a rlo tte and M u
riel in th e ir pitch in g food at us
B R O O K I N GS
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Double Stamps on Tuesdays.
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