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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1954)
DEAF SCHOOL PLANS Slashed Taxes PRESCHOOL CLINIC Fire Season Now Closed Closed season on the use of fire on 29 m illion acres of p riv a te and public fo rest lands com m enced A pril 1, th e s ta te board of fo restry announced today It is now u n law ful to burn debris, g rass o r stu b b le w ithin one-eighth of a m ile of forest land w ith o u t first securing a w r it ten perm it from th e local forest ra n g e r o r w arden. D ates for th e closed season ex ten d from A pril 1 th ro u g h D ecem ber 31. If fire w e ath er conditions w a rra n t, th e governor m ay advance th e open ing d ate to F e b ru a ry 1 o r te rm in ate the closed season p rio r to D ecem ber 31st. The opening d ate of A pril 1 authorized by th e new law re places th e old act w hich e s ta b lished May 15 as th e opening day ot th e closed season unless moved up by p ro clam atio n by the gov ernor. L oggers and saw m ill o p e ra tors w ere cau tio n ed to have nil fire equipm ent in readiness as required by th e forest law s im m ediately. O fficial inspections will be m ad by field personnel be ginning on th a t d ate, fo restry o f ficials advised. T he s ta te board urged con tinued public vigilance in the woods d u rin g 1954 w hen using fire o r pow er-driven equipm ent. F ire prev en tio n is a big p art of th e forest p ro tection program , they said, and re p o rted th a t con tinued red uction of m an-caused fires would not only serve to keep O regon green but would save h u n dreds of th o u san d s of d o llars in fire fighting co sts and valuable, grow ing tim ber. T he O regon S ta te School for the D eaf will hold its sixth annual Preschool C linic for p a re n ts of young deaf and hard of hearing children on A pril 12, 13 and 14. S u p erin ten d en t M. B. C la tte rb u c k announced today. The purpose of this clinic is to assist p a re n ts in w orking w ith th e ir deaf child and to acquaint them w ith th e educational facili ties for the deaf in th e S ta te of Oregon. P a re n ts will have an o p p o rtu n i ty to observe classes from the k in d erg a rten level thro u g h high school work. V arious m em bers of the sta ff of th e O regon S ta te School for th e D eaf will discuss problem s of the deaf and h ard of hearing. P a re n ts are asked to bring th e ir deaf or hard of h earin g child w ith them , and living accom m odations will be furn ished by th e School during the clinic w ithout cost to th e parents. Anyone who is in te re ste d in a tte n d in g should co n tac t th e ir local county h ea lth d e p a rtm e n t or w rite d irectly to M. B. C la tte r- buck, Suj>erintendent, O r e g o n S ta te School for th e Deaf. Salem , O regon. W E E K E N D IN G RANTS PASS Mr. and M rs. R obert O ’Connor spent last week end in G ran ts P ass w here Mrs. O ’C onnor cele b rated her b irth d ay a t the home of her d au g h te r, Mrs. David Flickinger. EA G LES PLA N STAG T he E agles will hold a pot-luck sta g p arty F rid ay night a t the Jaklew icz A nchorage. All m em CARD O F T H A N K S We wish to th a n k all o u r friends bers are urged to atten d . and acq u ain tan ces for th e ir m any expressions of sy m p ath y upon the loss of o u r little d au g h te r, G loria. Mr. and Mrs. W a lte r Thom pson. w here telephone users previously paid $2 50 in tax es on $10 wmrth Brookings-Harbor Pilot (of toll calls, they will pav only THURSDAY , A P R IL S. 1954 $1.00. T he excise tax reductions also the U S .A . have consisten tly urged affect th e am o u n t cu sto m ers will th eir su b scrib ers to protest this pay for local service. F o r ex so-called ’lu x u ry ’ tax. O u r fight am ple. a su b scriber whose local is not ended. W e believe th a t an ex ch an g e service tak es a filed esse n tial service such as o u rs ra te of $4.00 a m onth now pays an should not be penalized by any ad d itio n al tax of 60 cents. A fter excise tax w h atev er; but of course April 1, th a t tax will he reduced < this red u ctio n to 10% is a g ra tify - I ing beginning. T he saving is au to - to 40 cents. “T h e passage of this bill should ' m aticallv and im m ediately passed re su lt in a co n siderable increase on to th e telephone-using public,” in th e use of the telephone, M cBride concluded. p a rtic u la rly for long d istan ce serv ice,” said McBride. “ It is du^ Mr. and Mrs. Ed F. Ackley re in larg e m easures to the fact th at tu rn e d home S unday evening from telep h o n e com panies th ro u g h o u t I a short stay in the Bay area. 7 Cuts Phone Bill Telephone users in th e M arsh field D istrict will save an e s ti m ated total of $12,150 a m onth s ta rtin g April 1, th e effective d ate of th e excise tax reduction re cently voted by Congress. George M cBride, M arshfield D istrict M an ag e r to r W est C oast T elephone Com pany, announced th a t re d u c tions a re effective on bills dated April 1 and th e re a fte r. T he excise tax on all telephone service is cut from 15% and 25% to 10%. Th ? larg est tax cut will be on long distan ce calls costing 25 cen ts or m ore, now taxed to 25%. T hus SATURDAY, APRIL IO REDFIELD’S W a rm Room Lockers OREGON'S MOST MODERN LOCKERS CARD O F TH A N K S The S a te llite Social C lub O.E.S. wish» s to th an k all th e m erc h an ts and th e people of B rookings and H arb o r w ho m ade o u r style show the success th a t it was. I t ’s No lo n g er n ecessary to e n te r i a cold, cold room w hen you go to y o u r frozen food locker. R E D F IE L D ’S proudly announce th e opening of th e finest w arm - room lockers in th e sta te . J u s t open th e door . . . and th e re ’s y o u r locker. CARD O F T H A N K S O u r sincerest th a n k s to all our friends and neighbors who have been so kind and th o u g h tfu l d u r ing o u r recent b ereavem ent. M rs. H azel Rush. M rs E dna M esser and F am ily. CARD O F TH A N K S We wish to th a n k all of our friends and neighbors for th e ir kind expressions of sym pathy and condolences d u rin g th e loss of our beloved husband and fath er. Mrs. P e te S trid and F am ily. New M odern a u to m a tic co ntrols and u n its control locker te m p e ra tu re s perfectly . No flu ctu atio n , no d an g e r of food spoilage. WHERE 1c MORE • BUYS TWICE AS • , M U C H I, CHETCO DRUG I A D ■ *• L r* On Acceptable Risks ■\ f t K EIRE INSURANCE FREE D R A W IN G FOR LOCKER CUSTOMERS Locker C ustom ers w ho re n t lockers prior to A pril 10 eligible for d raw in g SIX MONTH AUTOMOBILE POLICIES At Regular Rate — No Penalty ' A rth u r Knox Insurance Agency Brookings « 2 Phone 22ii I 180 NEW UNITS APPLY NOW •*- I s N S®. äjb - 20< DIVIDEND j new ist Prize I find Quarter, Grade ‘G ood(¡rain-fed white face Steer beef Next 5 prizes Sio.oo Refund on Year’s Locker Rental DRAW ING APRIL 1 0 ,1 9 5 4 Not n ecessary to be present to win REDFIELD’S LOCKERS
