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2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot T hursday , june 3, 1954 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S P A P E R Entered a t second-clan* m atter, at the p o sto ffice at B rookings, Oregon, M arch 7, 1916, under the Act of March 3, 1679 LETTER FROM WASHINGTON The School Board Election The Azalea Festival o u r new telep h o n e d ire c to ry is going to press If you have any changes to be m ade in y o u r nam e, address, telephone num ber. o r if you wish new listings or ad v ertisin g , please co n tac t o u r business office a t once! 1X)N’T D ELA Y ........ \C T TODAY! LEFHOH CÔMPAIT WHAT HARRIS ELLSWORTH, M. C. 4th District, Oregon L a te a t n ig h t one of th e te le vision sta tio n s h ere in W ash in g M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher ton b ro a d casts film h ig h lig h ts of W ILLIA M G. P H E L P S , E d i t o r th e days proceedings in th e so- SU BSC R IPT IO N RATES: called A rm y-M cC arthy hearings. One Year In ad van ce (In Curry C ounty) ..... - -------- --------------- S3 00 We have been sta y in g up to One Year, In ad van ce (ou tsid e Curry C ounty) .................... .....................>3.00 w atch th is film p re se n ta tio n which N A T IO N A L A D V E R T ISIN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E ru n s ab o u t h a lf an hour. I W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . thought in th a t w ay as a p a rt of P hilad elp h ia Detroit CTltcago New York th e g re a t A m erican “J u r y ”. 1 m ig h t be ab le to find o u t w h at it N E W SP A P E R N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L is all ab o u t—o r at least w hy th e S J T I |A ig > c (jl^ N PU B L IS H E R S a rg u m e n t is considérer so im p o r ta n t as to w a rra n t all of th e p u b ASSOCIATION A C T IV E M EM BER licity being given to it. It is a lively and in te re stin g TV pro g ram so I keep on losing sleep w a tch in g it but I’ve about decided th a t 1 shall never find out w hy som e people th in k it is im p o rtan t. On J u n e 21st, local voters in School D istrict 17-C will p a r T he plot of th e show seem s to tic ip a te in a school election w hich has tw o issues , , , , th e a p be th a t one of the s ta ff m em bers proval of th e school b u d g et and th e election of th re e new m em b of th e M cC arthy co m m itte e Mas e rs for th e school board. d rafted . H e becam e an o rd in ary W e a re not fran k ly , too w orried ab o u t th e fa te of th e p riv a te in th e Arm y. Som e of th e school budget. I t is a w ell-draw n budget and i t ’s excess over co m m ittee s ta ff m em b ers he th e six p er ce n t lim ita tio n is no m ore th a n could lie expected w orked w ith in civilian life and in an a re a w hich is grow ing as fast as this, a n d w hich has the p erh ap s th e com m ittee ch a irm an co n stru c tio n p ro g ra m th is one has. th o u g h t he w as m ade of b e tte r B u t w e th in k it is th e tim e th a t th e people began th e s tu ff and th a t his q u alitie s should serio u s co n sid eratio n of th e m en who will m an th e school board. be recognized by advancem en t and T h e nam es m ust be filed by J u n e 14th. and th e ir accep tan ce on m ore fav o rab le placem ent in «he Arm y. T he A rm y heads, re a so n file not less th a n five days befoe th e edection, w hich will end ably enough, thought o th erw ise « J u n e 21. and proceeded and contin u ed to The conduct of our schools here is a serious business, tr e a t th e young d ra fte e ju s t as and too often In the past it has been surrounded by controversy all o th e r young d ra fte e s a re t r e a t and criticism . The men who are selected to this board m ust be ed. good men, and they m u st be prpared to do their job well. T h ere ensued th em n u m ero u s telephone calls and conversatio n s in M’hich th e p riv a te ’s friends, asked, urged, in siste d an d d e T h e th o u san d s of visitors w ho saw and p a rtic ip a te d in m anded a b e tte r deal fo r him th e A zalea E stiv a l th is last w eek saw a sp ectacle th a t Is u n T h e Arm y, tru e to its best t r a d o u b ted ly u n riv a lle d in any city th e size of B rookings. W e w ho dition, did not yield an inch. T h a t live h ere can be proud, not only of th e F estiv al, hut of th e is th e w ay it should be. If such N a tiv e b e a u ty of th e w ild azaleas w hich inspires it. o “ p re ssu res” w ere to succeed we could not ex p ect to h av e a good And we can be proud, too, of the people of th is a re a who arm y. h av e labored and w o rried over th e festival. W ithout th a t core Up to th a t point th e w hole s it of public sp irited people, this celeb ratio n would lx* as im possible u atio n seem s to be both n o rm al for this co m m u n ity as it would for o th e r com m unities. and reasonable. I ex p ect high o r So, th e next tim e you give th an k s for th is a re a in w hich low of th e A rm y officers h av e you live, give th a n k s, too. to th e p eople too num erous to m ention co u n tless tim es received re q u e sts w ho sw eated out th e A zala F estival . . . . and m ade it th e m a g o r even d em ands— to show fa v nificen t trib u te to th e B ro o k in g s-H arb o r a re a th a t it is. o ritism in th e ra n k s, and have denied such req u ests. th e sto ry becom es co n fu s At th e close of the m eetin g a baby Meeting Features Shower show er w as given for M arg aret ed T hen and com plicated, and leaves T h e W inehuck W om en’s C lub S teinm etz. D elicious re fresh m e n ts th e norm al p a tte rn . T op A rm y held th e ir re g u la r m eetin g last M ere served by the hostess. p ersonnel took u m b rag e a t th e w eek at th e hom e of th e p re si of th e new d ra fte e ’s No business m eetings Mill I tc e ffo rts den t. C lara Bowlin .Yfi in te re s t frier.ds and o f all th in g s filed ing talk on w ild flow ers w as giv held for th e next th ro e m onths, a long list of form al “c h a rg e s” a s hut the group plans a picnic th e en by Mrs. G rover. M rs Zclla May se rtin g th a t th re a ts and a tte m p ts w as received as a new m em ber. last S unday in each m onth. to in tim id a te them had been m ade. 22 I I As n ig h be expected, th e p riv a te ’s frit -ds m ad e an sw e r including sonv' "co u n te r-c h a rg e s”— and th e fight w as on. M aybe th e re is m o re to it th a n re la te d aliove- b u t th a t is w h a t t ’ve seen on th e la te evening TV show. COOS-CURRY DIRECTORY FOR A d ire c to ry tellin g “w ho buys w hat and w h e n ' is th e federal g o v ern m en t” has been published by the S m all Bus ness A dm inis tra tio n , I h av e ju st been advised by SBA A d m in ista to r W endell B B arnes. In addition to listin g ap p ro x i m ately 4.000 item s and classes of item s covering th e m ore th a n 5.- 000.000 p ro d u cts and serv ices p u r chased b y th e federal gov ernm ent, the d ire c to ry ex p lain s gov ern m en t p u rch asin g m ethods and tells how sm all p lan ts can o b ta 'n listin g on agency bid d ers’ lists V arious form s of assistan ce o ffered sm all firm s by th e SBA are ex p lained in the p ublication, and sug g estio n s a re m ade of w ays in w hich sm all firm s can locate su b c o n tra c tin g o p p o rtu n ities. T he 92-page booklet is not a v a il able for free d istrib u tio n Copies m ay be pu rch ased for 50 cen ts each, from th e S u p erin ten d e n t of IX x'um ents. G overnm ent P rin tin g Office. W ashington 25. P . C W hile ‘ th e S m all B usiness A d m in istia- IT’S FTr WORTH By CLIFFORD P. ROWE W hen one lives in a dem ocracy, he is u su ally so involved in its p ro cesses th a t he u su ally isn ’t even a w a re of its benefits. In a sim ilar sense, he isn ’t alw ay s a w a re of its defects; o r if he is, he chooses to ignore th em for his own peace of m ind. One asp ect of o u r ow n dem o c ra tic w ay of life w hich I, along w ith m illons of o th ers, have a l w ay s p re ferred to keep in th ? background, got a d e a th blow last m o n th w hen th e U. S. su p rem e c o u rt d eclared seg reg atio n of ch ild ren in th e public schools w as u n co n stitu tio n al. E ngaged as we a re in a w a r w ith com m unism , m any of us have not been too proud w hen o u r enem ies rem inded us of th e sk eleto n in the clo set: seg reg atio n of public school ch ild ren by color. Now’, how ever, as a re su lt oi th e su p rem e c o u rt decree, chil- d m can g row up to know’ th a t an in d iv id u al’s w’o rth is n o t d e te rm in ed by th e color of his skin, but r a th e r by w h at he is and does. “ A dult preju d ices cannot be changed even by leg islatio n o r d e cree; ch ildren, th ough, a re in a m o re fav o rab le position. W h ereas legislatio n re la tiv e to seg reg atio n could never hope to solve th e p ro b lem am ong ad u lts, allow one g en e ra tio n of ch ild ren to grow’ up to- tio n ’s field offices a re not a u th o r, ized to sell governm ent docum ent?, each of these field offices h as been supplied w ith o rd e r form s helpful to b usinessm en in o rd erin g copies ot th e ‘U. S. G overnm ent P u rc h a s ing D irecto ry .” A o th er p u b licatio n is in p re p a ra tio n by SB A. hut no indication h a s been given w hen it will be com pleted. T h is docum ent. “U. S. G o v ern m en t S p ecificat ions D ir ecto ry ," will be a guide to th e locations acro ss th e co u n ty w here b usinessm en m ay co n su lt files cf gov ern m en t sp ecificatio n s and stan d ard s. get her, to play to g eth er, and to learn to g eth er and g re at strid es will have been m ade to w ard te a c h ing th e principle of e q u a lity a- m ong all men. Men and wom en of all colors have learned to w ork to g e th e r in all civilized p a rts of th e world. In o u r own land they w orship the sam e God; they toil sh o u ld er to sh o ulder at th e sam e ta s k s ; and th ey fight side by side an d die side by side in th e g re at cau se ot freedom for m an. Now’ th a t it will be possible for them to live to g e th e r in childhood, th e la s t ves tiges of prejudices and stu p id ty a re hound to d isap p ear e v e n tu a l!'’. Most of the h ates betw een races in this groat nation w ere to rn a ce n tu ry ago in a civil w ar. C hil dren will soon forget th ese if a l lowed to decide for th em selves on th e basis of th e ir own experiences. B ETTY YOUNG HOM E Mrs. H arold Young has r e tu r n ed from ten days in P o rtlan d . H er children who have been visiting th e ir g ra n d p are n ts re tu rn e d w ith her. V ISIT IN G PA R E N T S Mrs. Wm. G. T hom pson and children left from P o rtla n d la st S unday to visit Mrs. T hom pson s fam ily in A uburn, N eb rask a. Reach that buyer through Pilot Classified Advertisem ent. SEWING MACHINES B ank T erm s Portable Machines $39.50 up B rookings H e a d q u a rte rs • T H E Y A RD STICK W rite fo r in fo rm atio n and fre e hom e d e m o n stratio n Davenport Appliance Shop pj 2101 W . M ain St. Med M edford, lord, Ore. Ore. iu m iu u iiii CH ETC O IN N Chef Adrian in Charge of Catering SMORGASBORD EACH SUNDAY Served With S2.00 Dinner “POP” AND ZERRETA REED, Managers é NOW A Representative in Brookings L MINNESOTA WOOLEN CO. Fam ous For Fine Woolens tor 38 Y ears JA C K E T S , SL A C K S AND S W E A T E R S FOR M EN, W O M E N A N D C H IL D R E N L A T E S T S T Y L E S IN K N IT D R E SSE S Direet From Factory To Customer A P o st C ard W ill B rin g Me To Y our Door ANNA Box 515 MOULTON Brookings. O regon I
