By Chic Young
4 Brookings-Harbor Pilot LOGGER’S WIFE LAMENTS
Blondie
THU RSD A Y , A P R IL 1. 1954
DAGWOOD, I ’M NOT V T H A T 'S ^
GOING TO B U Y A < WONDERFUL,
NEW HAT WITH THIS) D E A R /
MONEY. I'M GOING /A L L THOSE
CRIPPLED
TO USE IT FOR
C H ILD R EN ’
WILL REALLY
THANK YOU !
T h e av erag e hard w orking gas
sta tio n o w n er can count on p u t
tin g in from 11 to 14 hours a day
and for this will earn from $7,000
a y e a r from a sm all statio n ,
( ’banging Tim es.
HOMES
YOU CAN AFFORD
W IN C H U C K R IV ER FR O N TA G E
3 A cres w ith two sto ry m odern
hom e built 1948. E lectricity , wood
and oil h eat
W ired for elec,
stove. Fences, chicken house,
sep tic tank. All in good condition.
S tre a m and R iver th ro u g h prop
erty . B asem ent will accom m odate
3 cars. Good p a s tu re for cow or
saddle horses. P rice $10,500.00.
Good term s.
WE SEDH
W ould you like to have som e
one build you a new horn«’ ju st
th e w ay you wish i t ? ? ?
If you are an O regon V eteran
w e have tw o excellent builders
ow ning th e ir own lots who are
in te re ste d in building for you.
Conn* in today for com plete d e
tails. You can have a NEW HOM E
B U IL T FOR YOU.
Anyone in tere ste d in new busi
ness building built to suit ten an t
Contact L eonard Real E s ta te A g
ency.
T his is one of the finest loca
tio n s in the h eart of Brookings.
W hen I m arried, 'tw a s just my luck
To hook a guy w ith a logging tru c k
And I ’m w eeping o ’er my ills
And have not a cent to pa> my bills.
I ’ve sw ept w ith a broom, no vacuum to ease
and scrubbed th e floor on my hands a id knees
I ’ve owned not a dress ’tis britches I w ore
And w ashed on th e board ’til my fingers are sore.
I ’ve
And
I ’ve
And
dragged out of bed at four in the m orn
lost so m uch sleep th at I’m w rinkled and worn.
built h u n d red s of lunches and caught tons ol hell
to th in k , in this trap, I d elib erately fell.
My m o th er once told m e of a w om an’s sad woes
T he conceit of m an as husbands, not beaus.
But I d id n ’t listen and in best bib and tuck
G rabbed off this nut w ith a logging tru ck .
T he grand a ttitu d e of my h e a r t’s desire
Is “ A fter me, you first, if I don’t need a tire .’
I t ’s reaches and binders, fithooks and scales,
B roken re a r ends and m otors th a t fail.
T h e re ’s gas
W h a t’s left
I t ’s a losing
F o r never a
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bills and tow bills, and a bill from McGee
will be grabbed by th e P.U.C.
gam e I can plainly see
penny is left to r me.
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I ju st left th e m a rk e t w ith a m ere bag of beans
And drooled as I passed a big rack of greens
B ut th e re ’s paym ents to m ake and w in te r to buck.
F or my husband owns a big logging tru c k .,
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Bill collectors a re b eating a tra il to m y door,
T he s h e riff’s d ep artm en t is su re g e ttin g sore
T h e y ’re ta k in g th e stove, the kids ain t been ted
T h e old m an is hiding under the bed.
In th e su m m er it’s heat, in the w in te r it s rain
F all brings d eer bunting, t h a t ’s ju st a big pain
W hen spring comes, the wind blows; 1 h an g on in vain
Till my hubby is back to his hauling again.
Now I have tw o d a u g h te rs who are s ta rtin g to roam
And soon th e y ’ll be dragging a son-in-law hom e
My rolling pin is ready and he su re b e tte r duck
If he boasts th a t h e’s ow ning a dam ned logging tru ck .
K A TH RY N L. FO S T E R , S pringfield. Ore.
S P E C IA L BUY on duplex in fine
condition Good neighhorhood, e x
T his is re p rin te d from the BULLDOG N E W S a t th e r e
cellent w a te r supply, b erries and q uest of one of o u r re ad ers who u n d ersta n d ab ly p re fers to rem ain
gard en .
anonym ous.
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W HY PAY R E N T
D ick w rn te d to quit school, but
w hen you can have an income and
Mr.
G u th rie ask ed him not to, ns
a fine place to live? T otal price
he m ight have a chance of g ettin g
only $6500.00 w ith T erm s.
To T H E P E O P L E OE B RO O K his cred its back. Mr. G u th rie him -
IN G S AND H A R B O R :
I self said he d id n ’t know of th e
A fter reading Mr. H o rn ’s a rtic le si iff p< n altv th e boys w ould have
in th e paper. I have decided to do to pay. H am pton m u st have con
w hat friends and several business sidered it a secret.
I people have asked m e to do, not
W e have o u r boys w ith us for
to ta k e it sittin g down on w hat such a short w hile and then Uncle
1 they did to Dick, my son.
S am ta k e s them .
Is sm oking such a crim inal of
How do you suppose Mr. and
fense, th at th e boys have to be Mrs. H orn feels th a t D em os had
kicked out of school and th eir 10 leave hom e and go to a n o th e r
cred its tak en aw ay ?
Town so he ean finish school, ht
Yes, they should he punished, I he ean e n te r th e branch of service I
of his choice?
hut why so sev e rely ?
P a re n ts have a h ea rt and ft c l
Dick is a Senior, he w as e x
pelled for sm oking, his sports w ere ings for th e ir children. W hile
ta k e n aw ay and, also, his credits, H am pton anti th e school board
SPECIFY STOCK
w hich he w orked so hard to get, don’t ca re Kick them out expell
as he w ants to g ra d u a te and go them is all th ey know.
FIRE INSURANCE
into th e Coast G uards. He needs
Is sm oking w orse th a n d rin k
his cred its to do this.
ing. th a t th e boys should lx* p u n
'WRITRN THROUGH THIS AGENCY
S ev eral w eeks before this, sev ished so sev e rely ? And so d if
e ra l boys w hile on d u ty for the feren tly ?
I school, got d ru n k and destroyed
T ak in g aw ay D ick’s sp o rts hu rt
ixu'sonal property. T hese boys him a plenty, w ithout also, tak in g
w ere also expelled for the sem es his credits.
ter. but they w ere all allowed to
T his is just 2 of the boys who
go to school, get th e ir assig n have been kicked out T he o th ers
F o r etlicient, quick and reliable
In su ra n c e S ervice, insure and a s m ents, ta k e th e ir books borne and lid not re tu rn to school.
su re yourself of P ro p er P ro tectio n studs T he last day of the sem es
S om ething should be done, bin
te r they w» re allow ed to go back bow ean one o r tw o do an y th in g j
th ro u g h o u r office
to school and tak e th e ir exam s j done?
an d the
anil get
th e ir credits. They
S ig n ed : M rs M cGinnis
w e ren ’t punished, th e \ just had »
swell holiday.
CARD O E T H A N K S
T he night they handed Dick his
To th e m any friends w ho re
verdict, they d idn’t have a m e e t m em bered me d u rin g m y recent
ing w ith us p a re n ts T he board , illness I would like to e x ten d m \
m et w ith Mr H am pton and cam e h e a rtte lt th an k s, and to th e m any
in and told us th e verdict
m ore w ho brought m e such b e a u
Mr C rum p said “If a guy speed tiful gifts and flow ers on my
ed th ru town I suppose you think birth d ay And m y thanks, too, to
j he shouldn’t be pinched Som e ex D r R onniger. w ho took such w on
; am ple Speeding and sm oking just d erful ca re of m e at all tim es.
Box 211 Phone 2341
don’t get to g e th e r to r an exam ple
K a th e rin e S an d stro m
1 w ent to see Mr H am pton
Residence Phone 2292
a fte r this to s> e if an o th er m e e t
Eind w h at you w an t through
N otary Public C. O. Leonard
ing could lx' a rra n g e d lb ' said, the P ilot C lass Ads.
H ro o k in irs. O ro e o n
no 1? was out of his hands, and
nothing m ore could tx' done
F o r C it\ Police Phone 31'?.’
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