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
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M arch 7, 1*46, under the Act o f .March 3. 1«"#
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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
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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
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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
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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
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TOP BANANA
Phil S ilvers
Rose M arie
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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
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Rorv C alhoun
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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
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OREGON PLVM E AGATES
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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
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C ornel W ilde — Mel F e rr e r — R e ta G am
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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
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