of th ese le tte rs as EXTENSION UNIT
c u t o r edited o r
THURSDAY. MAY 27. 1954
they m ight fill y o u r e n tire n ew s COMPLETES YEAR
paper, w ithout cost to Mr. De-
T h e C het co H om e E xtension
P hillips of course. In one le tte r
U
nit
held th e ir last m eeting b e
the f ru st rat( d w rite r h a d the
fore
su m m er vacation, W ednes
nerve, gall, or poor ta s te to be
little o u r P a re n t-T e a c h e r Assoc. | day, M ay 19 at th e hom e of Addie
Not being a m em ber, nor having S w inney. S u b ject for the m eetin g
D ear S ir:
show n interest in th e a c tiv ith s ot w as “ B roiler M eals”, w hich w as
1 have read w ith o u t in tere st th e this hard w orking group, I do not enjoyed by 14 ladies.
Mrs. B e rth a Crosby and M rs.
le tte rs th a t Mr. D eP hillips has he lieve his le tte r should have been
th e tim e to w rite to the e d ito r of given space. Mr. D eP hillips' last F aye S ta n h u rs t w ere pro ject lead ,
letti r has m ade m ockery of a ers.
Mrs. G race B artholom ew w as
larg e g ro u p of people th a t have
ir
sta
lle d president for th e com ing
w orked h a rd to gain a Scout
year.
building in B rookings. F o r the
benefit of this sm all com m unity,
Btxtkkeeping
in w hich he m akes his living, tl e R E T U R N FROM
Pay Roll
Taxes scout building is in th e m aking SA N F R A N C ISC O
and it w ould be fa rth e r along if he
Insurance
Mr. and M rs L enard S m ith anti
w ould spend as m uch tim e h elp
ing as he spends w ritin g foolish son, Lenn D avid of H arbor, r e
cen tly re tu rn e d from a w eeks stay
le tte rs to th e editor.
Elw ood C oslett. | in S an F rancisco. Mrs. S m ith is
re tu rn in g to S an F ran cisco th is
S u n d ay aftern o o n to spend a
Yes. I do have a colum n, exvept
m o n th o r m ore.
w hen it disappears! B ut this is
Most
8 Brookings-Harboi Pilot 't I h e can P ilot.
see a re
LETTERS TO
THE FDITOR
B. B. Crabb Co. •
AUNT VISITS H E R E
(CARD O F THANKS
M rs B e rth a G auche of E ugene
has been a guest a t the home of
Mr. and M rs. R ay G u erretaz. M rs.
G auche is an a u n t of Mrs. G ucr-
re ta z
W e wish to ex ten d o u r th an k s
to all th e p t o p e
e so
kind to us d u rin g oui e in t be-
reavem ent.
I Mrs. Ross P u tn a m a nd family.
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T H E N A K E D JU N G L E
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w ritte n in no sp irit of co n d em n a
tion for m a tte rs now past. It is
to co m m isera te over a w eek w hich
could have put to bed a m an m in
us a good philosophy.
So th e G arden C lu b b ers a re now
try in g to develop a good philoso
phy, too and we a re also try in g
to develop a w hiz of a F low er and
A rt Show as p a rt of the A zalea
F estiv al W e’re at th e zero hour,
and re a lly need to reach th e p u b
lic fast : a F low er Show can in
no g r e a te r th a n its p artic ip a n ts,
cvi n w ith a long y e a r of p lan n in g
h.v a good C om m ittee. So here,
Mr. E d ito r a re som e in te re st irtg
th in g s for y o u r read in g public:
T he ta le n ts of th e school ch ild
ren a re going to b very obvious
w hen th e ir e ffo rts w ith flo w er ar-
a rra n g e m e n ts, te rra riu m s and ac-
q u a riu m s put in th e ir ap p e ara n ce
on S a tu rd a y m orning a t ten o’
clock, and will be w o rth looking
for am ong th e exhibits.
The
y o u n g ste rs m erit enco u rag em en t
and th e re will be both a w a rd -rib
bons and prizes.
The
A rt
D isplay
is being
bro u g h t from P o rtla n d for this
p a r tic u la r event. It will consist ot
: J u d ie s by th leading c a m e ra m en
of O regon and a special collection
of 20 p rin ts in N a tu ra l Color, don-'
l v Mr. C h arles jjo n k lin g of P o rt
land, n atio n ally know n for his
w ork in color.
A n ativ e A rts and C ra fts E x h ib
it C eram ics, P ain tin g s, W ood
w orking. and W eaving will have
a prom inent corner.
A tten d th e Flow» r Show to see
th.e w o n d erfu l color w ith in th e
G reen C ath ed rals, and w hile r e s t
ing, p a r ta k e of a cup of tea o r
coffee in p leasa n t su rro u n d in g s
B est of all. be a p a rt ot *hc
Show ! It is not too late to co n
dition y o u r best g arden specim ens
and bring* them over to th e H igh
School S a tu rd a y m orning early .
T h e official judges will come, th is
y e a r from E ugene and C orvallis
A nd th e E xhibits! T h e re is even
a m e n ’s section and n ev er let it
be said th a t th e m en will p erm it
th e ladies to get ahead of them .
E v en if o n e has n ev er m ade an
a rra n g e m e n t before, ex p erim en t
anti b rin g along y o u r handiw ork.
(A t le a st tw o people a n tic ip a te
doing th is even a f te r th e ir la te
a rriv a l in B rookings on F rid ay , so
th e re is tim e left ) Look up the
schedule and C lassificatio n in last
w e ek ’s Pilot.
1 know, Mr. E ditor, th a t th ese
le tte rs to you a re n ’t w o rth m uch
unless they p re c ip ta te a re al a r
gu m en t. hut th e re ’s none h ere
w hen we say th at w e think y o u ’re
doing a fine job of m ending lino
types, m elding th e p olitician s and
th e ruffhxl ladies, and ru n n in g
an Azalea F estival all at th e sam e
tim e And w e’ll especially t h :uk
so th is week, if th a t o m itted m a
te ria l shows up W hat is needed
is a bigger n ew sj'ap er T h an k s and
"K eep S m ilin g ” .
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' I t Costs Us
MORE
to S erve You»
O ur goal is now, as it has always been, to bring you the best
possible telephone service a t the lowest possible cost. B u t
costs continue to go up, as the following illustrations show:
1945
TO ADD.
1952
1953
$392
$436
NEW
TELEPHONES
At the close of World W ar II, it required an investment o f
$193 for each new telephone we added to our system. By
m id-1952 this figure had risen to $392. Last year costa con
tinued to rise so th at a t the end of 1953 an investment of
$ 136 was required for every added telephone.
In 1940, it cost us $33 per telephone to keep our system
running. But these costs have more than doubled since then.
OPERATING
EXPENSES & TAXES
PER TELEPHONE
Average wage rates of our employees have doubled since
1945. In the past year our operating costa and taxes con
tinued upward, so that today it costs us $72 per telephone
just for these basic expenses.
We Ixave pledged to bring you telephone service as fine aa
is available anywhere, but to keep this promise requires a
tremendous investment in ph\>ical property, in what wa
call our ’’plant.” In 1916, our plant in service totalled
$7,838,103. By the end of 1952 this had soared to $21,530,847
and during last year it rose anoth< r 15 c to reach $24,725,122.
This is not all that we have spent. either, for since the end of
1945 we have spent a total of .. 21,456,490 to improve our
facilities and make more ti lephones available for more peopla.
We are determined to bring you the finest possible telephone
service a t the lowest possible cost, and we will continue
to improve and expand our fa<.’ les as rapidly as our earn»
ings and available capital permit.
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