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.
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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
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CARD O F T H A N K S
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M rs. H azel Rush.
M rs E dna M esser and
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