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
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WILLIAM G. PH ELPS, E ditor
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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
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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.
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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:
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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
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