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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1954)
2 Brook ings-Harbor Pilot Ì hursday, July 29, 1954 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S P A P E R E ntered secon d -cla ah m atter, at the poH tom ce at B rookings March 7. 184«, under the Act o t March 3. 1*78 M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher WILLIAM G. PH ELPS, E ditor SU BSCRIPTIO N R ATES: One Year In ad van ce Un Curry C ounty) One Year, In ad van ce (outside Curry County) S3.00 $3.5 0 NAT IO N A L A D V E R TISIN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E W E E K L Y N EW SPA PER S R E PRESE NTATIVES, INC. New York Chicago D etroit Philadelphia NEW SPAPER P U B L I S *- £RS A S S O C IA T IO N I O N A L e d it o r ia l as T o c Ì ia t io ^ n 2^7 _J * I KDt m ò fA n rr» T his c h a rter, identical as a p o th e r cities and o th e r info rm atio n w as then tu rn e d over to the C h a r proved by the C om m ittee and the League, was then presented to te r C om m ittee. •T he co m m ittee gave its serious the Council for its consideration. consideration to the C h a rte r for T he Council approved the sam e several m onths. As th e result of w ithout change and ordered th at its delib eratio n s it m ade c e rtain the C h a rte r be proposed to the recom m endations. In line w ith th e ' (‘lectors of Brookings at a special decision of the co m m ittee I p re election to be held in th e city o r pared th e d ra ft of a C h a rte r and A ugust 11th, 1951. The C h arter, identical in all re s su b m itted the sam e to the C om m ittee. T h e C o m m ittee adopted pects, so approved, adopted and this d ra ft, approved it. and rec recom m ended by th e C h a rte r om m ended to the Council th a t it C om m ittee, th e L eague of Oregon be proposed to th e people of C ities and the Council ot B rook B rookings for adoption. ings is p rin ted in this issue of The c h a rte r, so approved by the the Pilot. T his C h a rte r is th e re com m ittee, w as su b m itted to t h e 1 sult of calm , carefu l and si rious legal devisions of th e League ; co n sideration of many people. It which, in tu rn , approved the ch ar- ' is their- unanim ous recom m enda 1er as to its legality. tion th a t this C h a rte r be adopted 9*4 The G row th of our Churches bv the people of B rookings at the special election on A u g u st 11th 1954. This is a fa c tu a l re p o rt to the people of B rookings, m ado for th e purpose of fully inform ing the electors of th is C ity as to how and w hy th is C h a rte r is now be ing su b m itted to them for their R espectfully su b m itted , Ed F. Ackley. C ity A tto rn ey of Brookings. V ’S ’T H IB B A R D S Mr. and Mrs. F red Cy pert of P o rterv ille, C alif., w ere guests at the W eb H ib b ard hom e last week. T he C y p erts a re old friends o the late A. E. S andbo, and bad such good luck fishing here last y ar th at th ey cam e this y ea r to fish again. ÄC--Z . sät * 1 4 In the general g ro w th o f b u ild in g in Brookings, (hero has born a force ,n effect w hich w ill have, w c believe, more e ffe c t upon tin s c ity than any o th e r single fa c to r in tin . , ! Vt' n fe r ' ° ,h " R row,h Hnd ' he building of C hurches in this .iie.i It w as not too long ago th a t th e re w ere only tw o ch u rch b u d d ings w hich qualified for th a t n am e in th e city And th e re w ere few m ore congregations. . . * P 'is. U eek‘ the Presbyterians broke ground fo r a $75 000 G iant ticking purchase ÇS mattress costs! ch u rch plant in th e city. And w hile they w ere doing it the areh i's w hich will form th e v aulted roof of the Episcopal C h u rch w ere being put into place. P a u In rre ce" f m onths, we have seen th e erectio n of th e Assem bly of ( ,od C hurch and the B rookings B ible C hurch , <> A"* f’uS K row th‘ if is im p o rta n t th a t th e con g reg atio n s of the C ity have C hurches of which th ey can be proud and w hich will serve th e functions they m ust perform . B ut th e m ost im p o rtan t aspect is th a t thev show th e trem en d o u s and vital grow th of the religious bodies of this city. I he co n stru c tio n of new ch u rch es has been d ic ta te d bv th e gro w th of th e ir congregations. And it shows, too, th e stab le q u a lity of B rookings’ KuOW uV V * ,S bUt ,h<‘ re f,e ctio « of its hom es and its ch u rch es And th e q u ality of o u r grow th is w ell-show n in the g ro w th of o u r churches. O & tty order LARGEST ever made for single selling event! A Potent Campaign Issue .Joe ( arson, the D em ocratic can< hit iqxui a fender spot when he eom m er tra n s p o rta tio n av ailab le to this portion of w h ile v isitin g here T hursday. Mr. C arson is an a s tu te politieia doubt th a t lie is correct in reg ard in g tr n u m b er one problem . W h e th e r Mr. C arson could d elist w hich w e require, a highw ay east and a 1 highly questionable. But C urry C ounty, str? tain s and by th e s ta te Highway D epart me in a C lieteo highw ay, is certain ly apt to tin anyone who prom ises help in break in g her te for G overnor, on the lack of S ta te of Oregon, p ro je c ts course. A 0 V E R T I S E1XW J M em orial for Lew Morgan w hen L<‘w M organ died so u n e x p left one w onderful m em orial h e r e Lew h m em b er of flu' A m riean Legion, and he h avidly to r -activate th e local post. which ha W hen Lew w ent to Coos Bay. he w th e re was, one»' again, an activ e Bost het p ra ctically singlehanded, and its continued tlei't the w ork he did. I t ’s ju st the kind of w ant. T h a n k Sealy foresight and Sealy planning for thia aensational sa\ mgs e v c u t! Months ago. at one o f A m erica’s most famous textile nulls. Sralv placed the largest order ever made bv a m a t tress m anufacturer for a single selling event! N a tu ra lly , this giant purchase seduced m anu CHARTER Most of th e cities of Oregon h a v e adopted c h a rte rs. T h e reason fo r this is th a t, generally sp eak ing. a c h a rte r provides for a g re a te r d eg ree of hom e rule than is g ra n te d u n d er s ta te s ta tu te s L’n d er o c h a rte r a city is g ra n te d ad v a n ta g es in its local govern m en t It brings tin' m anagem ent of a city m ore com pletely, effi c ie n tly and exjx'ditiously under th e co n tro l of th e people who live in th e city. T h e continuing ojiera- tion of m ost of th e cities of O re gon u n d er th e ir resp ectiv e c h a r te rs m ust he accepttxi as proof th a t the above is substantially co rre c t . T he C ity Council, about a year ago. in itiate d proceedings to pro pose a C h a rte r to Btxxikings T he C ouncil d irec ted me as its a tto rn ey. to p re p a re the d ra ft of a C h a rte r to r B rookings. I p repart'd th is d ra ft an d subm it ted it to th e L eague of O regon Cities. This is an o rg a n iz atio n com posed ot tb«' eitit's of O regon, o p eratin g in th e m u tu a l benefit of th e cities ol this S ta te . T he L eague r e tu r n ed my d ra ft w ith c e rta in changes am i recom m endations, which, in its opinion would result to o u r at!vantage . I be C ouncil th en appointed a C h a rte r C om m ittee com posed of citizens of B rookings. T his com m itte e is as follow s: < Id Dempsey, ch a irm an ; Archie H endricks; Glen Rogers; Rev Hugh B ronson; Lillian W’eid- em an; Fred Moore; W VV Chad w ick; P au l Davis; M rs M orris C orderm an; E stes M orton; A rth u r K nox; F ra n k T y g art M erle B ullock; Ken O sborne and W 11 bam Phelps The d ra ft ot the c h a rte r, the recom m endations of th e League sam ple copies of the charter* of facturing costs . . . an<l Seal) passes the sav ings Top quality *59** value! on to Y O l J T h e y ’re $59.95-quaIity Sealv inner- spring mattresses at this once-a-year $39.95! S take YOL R claim to that $20-$aving N O W I These ‘59** features are yours for *2 0 — LESS! SAME HIGH COIL COUNT! SAME FIRM BALANCE INNERSPRING CONSTRUCTION! SAME SAG-PROOF PRE-BUILT BORDERS FOR YEARS OF EXTRA WEAR! COnthXt SUIT, K . 1934 SAME DELUXE DECORATOR-DESIGNED GOLDEN-GLOW COVERS! SAME MATCHING GOLDEN SLEEP BOX SPRING, just $39.95! HENDRICKS FURNITURE CC