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2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot Thursday, July 22, FOR BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT WHAT AN IN D E PE N D E N T N EW SPA PER Entered a . M CO nd-cl*.. m atter, at the p oatofflce at B rookin g., Oreg,*i M arch 7, 1*46, under the Act o f .March 3. 1«"# IT'S M inna A kers , O w n e r and Publisher WORTH WILLIAM G. PH ELPS. E ditor SU B SC R IPT IO N R A T E 8: One Year In ad van ce (In Curry C ounty) .................... One Year, In ad van ce (ou tsid e Curry C ounty) By $3 (HI |3 50 C L IF F O R D P. ROW E N A T IO N A L A D V E R T ISIN G R EPR ESE N TA T IV E W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . P H E R E is se ts little liklilio-xl i ■* of anyone's ever convincing me th a t so u th of today a re to be en- N E W S PA r E R N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L : s ied. W hile it m ay he fashionable P U B L IS H EPS I A s T o C ÍA I I.O;N to feed o u r y o u n g sters the propo- g an d a th a t we never had it as " J I ASSO C IA TIO N good as they, the possibility exists A C T IV E MEMBER th a t like p a rro ts w e’re talk in g but not thinking. As a m a tte r of fact, th e m ore I stu d y th e life, h ab its and custom s Am ong (he com plaints p ec u lia r to (he B rookings-H ar- of th e younger g en eratio n the boi a re a is one w hich is very v alid : T hat o u r mail service, to m ore inclined I am to o ffer them p u t it b lu n tly, isn't w lw t it should be. condolences ra th e r th an c o n g ra t ulations. G ra n tin g th a t th ey have And it m ay be of in te re st to local people th a t w ork is m an y m ore of th e co m fo rts of b ein g done to im prove it. life ad m ittin g th a t th e ir sources Post M aster Bill Thom ¡»son told the C ity Council last of e n te rta in m e n t arc m uch m ore w eek of th e program w hich is being w orked on by the regional p len tifu l, and conceding th at post office su p erv iso r and him self. It isn’t a p ro g ram which will th e ir life in general ru n s consid lx* com pleted overnight, but over a period of tim e it should im erab ly sm oother, I would still p re p rove o u r service considerably. fe r y e ste rd a y to today. In addition, action by B rookings city officials m ay help J u s t ta k e driving a c a r for one to speed th e plan. F o r instance, in th e dim. fa r fu tu re we hope exam ple. I have ju st gone th ro u g h to have door to door delivery of m ail here. But first we m ust th e process of teaching th e son h a v e sid ew alks and house n u m bers T h a t's w here the city com es and h eir to pilot th e fam ily car; in. an d believe me, the experience m ust have been as boring for him And action on postal im provem ents, too. com es only as it is for me to h ea r th e Demo a s th e people let it be know n they w ant them . We need R ural c ra ts liem oan th e "mess” in W ash m ail delivery routes, both n o rth and south of town, and they ington. All he had to do w as tu rn a r e being w orked on now’. But they a re n ’t ap t to come about th e key, shift th e h y d ro m atic to u n less enough people along the proposed ro u tes petition th e post drive, and then steer. Any m oron o ffice d e p a rtm e n t for them . can do as m uch. In fact, m any of B asically, th is is the long range plan which Thom pson them do. an d his su p erv iso r a re w orking on: Ho\V m uch m ore th rillin g it 1. T he reo rg an izatio n of mail schedules. ’Hie post office w as for m e when 1 took m y driv- hopes, soon, to re ro u te m ail to th e n o rth through Coquille, to 1 ing lessons in an old Model T. c a tc h a fa s te r tra in at E ugene th a n the present one at G ra n ts W ith th re e pedals to w ork w ith P ass. Such a change m ay save up to a day on n o rth e rn and the feet, tw o levers to m an ip u late e a s te rn m ail. A ccom panying th at plan is a n o th e r to possibly w ith th e hands w hile steerin g , in crease th e daily deliveries here to tw o each way, but th a t one provided one had surviv ed the h azard s of cra n k in g to s ta r t it. m ay not w ork out. herding a c a r called for m uch 2. The estab lish m en t of R ural F ree delivery routes north ami m ore th an th e m ere ab ility to so u th of Brookings. P robably th ere is am ple ju stific atio n for follow a yellow line down the th o se ro u te s now . . . and they will probably com e a f te r p e ti road. tio n s a rc circ u lated and a survey of th e p o ten tial ro u te m ade. And then, too, th e re was alw ay s 3. C ity delivery of m ail. I t ’s fa r in the future. But if we get the a d v e n tu re involved of never an ad e q u ate sidew alk co n stru c tio n program here, and if we know ing for su re if your foot was c o n tin u e to grow as we have in th e past, it m ay not be as long pressin g th e right pedal. P rep a red as we think. ' to lunge forw ard down th e road, T h e re a re a couple of d e ta ils in th e program which you m ight instead find y o u r h a v e n ’t l»ecn touched upon O ne concerns the fact th a t, no self kissing the w indshield as the m a tte r how well organized o u r m ad schedules are, we arc still e a r w ent in the opposite directio n ; or th in k in g to put your foot on f a r off th e m ain lines of com m unication, so o u r m ail will p ro b th e b rake, you w ould suddenly a b ly alw ay s be slow. But we arc an unusual com m unity in th at find y o u rself h u rtlin g aro u n d a we have access to m uch b e tte r a ir connections than we have to | curve, re alizin g too la te th at railw ay s. 1 again you bad kicked the w rong W ith the A d m in istratio n doing som e ex p e rim en tatio n pedal. on a ir d elivery of first class m ail, it m ay be ¡tossiblc in the Yes, th e son can now driv e and fu tu r e to p re v ail upon them to move m ail for B rookings over has a license to prove it; but I S o u th e w est An ways, r a th e r than tru ck in g it to G ra n ts P ass or am c e rta in th a t th e th rill was C oquille. never his th a t w as m ine a fte r O ne o th e r d elica te point is th e sta tu s of H arb o r Post finally proving m yself m a s te r of O ffice W e w ould be fu n d s opi*oscd to seeing th a t post office, I the "T in Lizzie". w hich a c tu a lly a n te d a te s B rookings, lost In being subm erged N ew York C hicago Detroit Philadelphia Needed: Better Postal Service ¡A T T E N D C O N F E R E N C E T he Rev. Jo h n R. S hideler, vicar of St. T im o ath y ’s Episcopal Mis- j sion, and his fam ily a re in G ear Mr. and M rs. Ray C om stock h a rt th is week a tte n d in g a C lergy C onference. who arc connected w ith a m ission ary e n terp rise in Mexico, will show colored m otion p ictu res of N O T IC E O F W A R R A N T CALL Mexico at the S ev en th -D ay Ad N otice is hereby given th a t the ventist C hurch, S a tu rd a y at 7:30 follow ing nu m b ered w a rra n ts, is P. M. R ecordings of M exican m usic sued by th e C ity of Brookings, will he played, and th eir tw o little O regon, and d ra w n on the gen e adopted M exican-Indian children ral F u n d and endorsed "Not Paid will be dressed in n ativ e cos F o r W ant of F u n d s’’ are called for p a y m e n t: Nos. 305 to 320 in tum es T h ere will be no adm ission clusive d ated A pril 1 1, 1954. In charge, and no o ffering will he tere st ceases a f te r Ju ly 22nd, tak en . T he public is cordially in 1954. vited to atten d . G ladys K anick, T re asu re r SU B SC R IB E TO T H E PILO T! P ublished Ju ly 22, 1954. Missionaries To Show Pictures WHEN YOU SHOP IN COOS BAY Have your car Serviced At Lou Blanc, Inc. Leave your packages in your car throughout the day Complete Service Fair Prices Cadillac and Oldsmobile Safety-Tested Used Cars Visit Our Wholesale Row 1 0 U B L A N C , Inc. Across the street from the Post Office In Coes Bay OCEAN THEATRE— > ENTRANCE/ ON HIGHW AY 101 — 5 M IL E S N O R TH O F C R E S C E N T CITY 1 hursday, |uly 22 BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY liiick H udson - M arcia H enderson < Tech. ) TOP BANANA Phil S ilvers Rose M arie ♦ ♦ Friday and Saturday, July 23, 24 DIAMOND QUEEN F ern a n d o L am as — A rlene Dahl (Tech.) in Brookings. But it is possible th a t bv com bining th e tw o of them , and estab lish in g a su b -statio n in H arb o r, that th e la rg e r post office could o ffe r th e jpcople of H arlxir g re a te r ad v an tag es th an th e \ have now’. If so, it mas be advisable to com bine the tw o in the fu tu re . But if they do, we think th at th e nam e of the com bined post office should be B nxikings H arbor, so th e the com m unity acro ss th e r is e r will n<^ lose it identity. And sse rep eat that the consolidation should n ev er be considered until the tu n e it o tte rs clean -cu t a d s a n ta g e s to th e citizens ot the tw o com m unities to do so. SILVER WHIP CHETCO INN nt the sum of the golden goat D ale R obertson ♦ ♦ Rorv C alhoun ♦ Sunday and Monday, Inly 25, 26 Ocean Drive-in Anniversary Sjxxial Family Dinners from $ 1 .5 0 F u s t two persons in c a r ad m itte d for fiftv ce n ts (50) each All o th ers free, so bring y o u r friends and re lativ es, see tw o top featu res. C h ild ren ’s plates, too LET'S DO IT AGAIN Jane W yman — Ray Milland O P E N I N G ----- 'TWEEN POINTS' AGATE SHOP F E .1 T V K l ,v <;----- OREGON PLVM E AGATES > CPS TOM LAPIDARY 11 ’ el come Johnson I »el N orte Drivi H ubert I. Smorgasbord Every Sunday W ith S2.00 Dinners CHEF ADRIAN— in charge of catering is/fors io n e 2624 i Tech.) SAAD1A C ornel W ilde — Mel F e rr e r — R e ta G am ♦ ♦ ♦ ( Tech. ) 1 uesday. Wednesday, Thursday, July 27. 28, 29 ROB ROY - THE HIGHLAND ROGUE Ru h ard Todd Glynis Joh n s M itze G avnor K eefe B rasselle TI irei : young ti xans (Tech.) t Tech. )
