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2 — Brookings-Harbor Pilot—Thursday, Sept. 16, 1954 o th e r hand th e d istan ces sh o u ld n ’t n ec essarily preclu d e o u r ever fielding a team . 3. C om m unity B ack in g : T h is seem s to he the easiest question to answ er, b ecause it is o u r feelings th a t B rookings needs, and w a n ts a high school foo tb all team . W c could be w rong, and if we a re w e w an t to know-. I his has probably all been hashed o v er m any tim es lx«foie, and undoubted ly a lot of th o u g h t h as been given to it. W e konw th a t school a u th o ritie s have co n tem p lated th e idea m any tim es. T h e point of o u r arg u m e n t is, how ever, if B rookings w a n ts lo o t hall next y e a r th ey should m ak e th e ir feelings known, and th e gro u n d w o rk should he laid now-. BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S P A P E R Entered hr M oond-claes m atter, at the p oatofftre at B rookings, Oregon, March 7, 1946, under the Act o f March 3. 1879 R ay P isarek , J oe M urphy Editors (uul Publishers SU BSC R IPT IO N RA T ES: One Year In ad van ce (In Curry C ounty) . ................................. One Year, In ad van ce (ou tsid e Curry C ounty) ............ .... ... ... ,3 00 J3 50 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 W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . New York C hicago D etroit P hilad elp h ia By C L IF F O R D P. ROW E Letters To The Editor— NLY the blind o r deaf could he u n aw are of th e P U B L IS H £ R S fu llb lo o m cru sad e going on to A SSO CIATIO N day ag ain st th e so-called com ic books. And as is cu sto m ary in m ost crusades, th e re is alw ays th e d an g e r th a t th e c ru sa d e r be com es so in te n t in w ielding the broom th a t he overlooks th e fin »1 ^ al1 *'r h c I° and fo o tb a,,s« an d th e s p irit of football m ud on his own boots. fills the air. But in o th e r com m unities not here. B rookings I have no q u a rre l w ith those !Se a m T n S<T ? i n K by not fielding a football fig h tin g th e com ics, p a rtic u la rly team in the high school p ro g ram here. It m ak es us a little i those w hich ten d to d is tu rb u n , to th in k th a t thtsse high school y o u n g sters a r e deprived ready young m inds w ith violence o f one of th e m ost satisfy in g exp erien ces of th e ir youth, th a t of crim e an d ugliness of sex. My of e ith e r p a rtic ip a tin g in. o r ch eering for th e hom e team It point of difference is w ith those m a y he too, th a t w e’ve got an A ll-A m erican prospect in tow n who p ro test v eh em en tly a t th e b u t how can w e ever know. fro n t door w h ere all can w itn ess How m any of us have sat in th e lo ck er room, listening and th en w hen th e crow d has - nwi US h ° W f° Win’ and thcn back in « up dispersed, sneak in th e hack door w ith a little le c tu re on w hat it does ta k e to win th e g a m e ’ to p a rta k e . S u ch things a s d eterm in atio n , in te stin a l fo rtitu d e, co-ordination In o th e r w’ords, w hile w e a re w o rk 1” ^ Quick thinking, and m ore im p o rta n t—team* clean in g out th e h a rm fu l com ics from th e ch ild re n ’s co m er, w hy no th in g can be confirm ed as yet. ? X?aI1 W,th fondneM ev* n th e days th a t we spent not give a little tim e to ex a m in <> In fact w e’ll be p rep ared to give on th e bench w aitin g anxiously for th e coach to adm it th a t ing th e m agazine ra ck s w here you all th e s tra ig h t dope ju s t as all w as lost, and it w as now tim e to send th e th ird s trin g in. the a d u lts do th e ir buying. T ak e soon as th ey s ta r t p u ttin g in the But a p a rt from th e p lay ers them selves, does anvbodv a glan ce a t som e of th e m a g a fro n t windows. e lse gam from fo o tb all? W e th in g so. T h e o th e r stu d e n ts gain in zine nam es a t th e sam e tim e s c h o o l spirit, and in a cooperating sense. T hey enjoy th e gam es BY JO E M O RPH Y no tin g th e a rt w ork and th e title s an d th e a lte r gam es dances, and th e M onday m o rn in g re -h ash in g ’ W e w ere a little su rp rise d about of a rtic le s dangled as bait before An<l tbc tow nspeople w hat a re they m issing n o w ’ ( th e actio n ta k e n by th e s ta te in th e p o ten tial p u rch aser. Believe H ow about the proud fa th e rs th a t send th e ir sons out to th e B ow ling season opened in t h e , s a -v *n K “ N o!” to th e application me, I would be som ew hat hesi fo o tball b attles, and then patch up th e ir bruises affectio n ately m en ’s leagues last night, m uch to se n t in by th e co u n ty for funds ta n t about c riticisin g av ailab le th e next day. How about th e 1,000 o r 2 .000 fans th a t a com th e satisfac tio n of th e m an y to Pave a p a rt of th e N o rth B ank read in g m a te ria l fo r y o u n g sters m u n ity of th is size could draw to a good cause. T hey all get k eg lers in th e B rookings a re a , roa(l- H ow ever, th ey still will go so long as th ey can p lain ly sec mone th an a little .pleasure out of being a p a rt of a highly and m uch to th e sorrow of th e a I°ng w ith a g en ral im oroveing I th e trip e th a t is ¡»eddied to and p a rtis a n t crow d, in ten t on seeing R ro o k in g s H a rb o r m op up wives, who a re now re le g ated to of tb e ro a d - but feel th a t th e log- , consum ed by th e ir elders on those uncouth rascals from out of tow n. C om m unity sp irit s ittin g hom e alone k n ittin g . ging traffic is too heavy to pave Also, I w ould h e sita te to de- is a t »take, and w here else can such sp irit l»e b e tte r show n th a n it at th is tim e. W hat th e heck, fend by s ta tin g th a t o ld sters a re on tlw fields of sport. O u r team got aw ay to a fast loggers like to driv e on naved m a tu re enough not to be affected, O th r com parable schools field team s. Schools such as s ta rt, and a re ce rta in ly a g roup roads too. I still have the feeling W e had a n eighbor lady y ea rs ago B andon, o r R««edsport «io, and th e ir en ro llm en t c e rta in ly isn ’t to be reckoned w ith. W h a t a th a t th e h ighw ay d ep a rtm en t who, w hen h er h u sband w as aw ay an y g re a te r than Brookings. pow erful ag gregation. C om prised th in k s th a t we a re p a rt of C al- for th e evening, locked all th e T he problem s facing th e in sta lla tio n of a team a re of Bud M cC ourt, H a rry Phillips. ilorn ia, and they c a n ’t u n d er- doors, pulled th e cu rta in s, and th reefo ld . N one of w hich a re insurm ountable. Don V aughan, m y p a rtn e r Bud, stan d why we d o n ’t ask th at h ig lr sat a trem b lin g u n til his re tu rn 1. F in a n c ia l: It ta k e s m oney a good deal of m oney W hy? B ecause sh e spent h er days and m yself we won th e first w ay d e p a rtm e n t for help. to equip a team w ith uniform s, and p ra ctice gear. At least th e series of gam es. O f co u rse we —° ~ - read in g so m any lu rid sex and in itial expense is high in such an u n d e rta k in g it ta k e s money w ere lucky th a t th e pin boys are T he Legion post here is going crim e m agazines th a t she had to set up an ad e q u ate coaching staff, along w ith b leach ers etc. on o u r side too. all out to have a salm on derb y corne to believe th a t no th in g h u t About all th e c u rre n t school funds a re being allo cated to th e th is year. S u rp risin g th a t som e- sin ex isted beyond h er door. m ost elem entary’ business of schools, th a t is, reaching o u r body d id n ’t try it before, as there Som e of th e lack of faith evi At th e m eetin g a fte rw a rd s Bud youngsters. M cC ourt got elected presid en t oi c e rta in ly are salm on in th e riv er dent in th e m odern m a rria g e can 2. S ch ed u lin g : B rookings is slig h tly isolated, and it th e league, so we should he able as well as in b ask ets along side possibly be trac ed to a re g u la r is ex tre m ely difficult to line up gam es w ith opponents of equal to m ake up o u r ow-n rules. M aybe the a lta r, th e d erb y will tend to diet of tru e confession m agazines p o te n tia l in o rd e r to m ake th e co n tests in terestin g . we can win a gam e or tw o th a t m ak e th e fishing a little m ore in w hich all m en a re sco u n d rels 3 C om m unity B acking: W h at guarantiee dorts tlie way. And then th e re w as H o m er in te re stin g , if t h a t ’s possible, and all w om en w antons. school have th at if it did set up a football p ro g ra m , th a t th e a hit T h ey say th a t v a * I'VIOVII person vein can Ut be I " H ag g erty , w ho nom inated h im and will m ak e th e public towns|>eopl(» w ould support it? self a | vice prrsd< «nt. so he m ore conscious of B rookings and judged by th e com pany he keeps boi t ach ot these th ro e o bstacles an an sw er is ready I t is pro b ab ly eq u ally tru th fu l w ou ld n ’t have to serve as se c re H arb o r. it th e people a re willing to m ake th e ir w ishes known. It m av o - ta ry ‘ to say th a t th e sam e is applic ta k e som e ««ffort. If th is derby w o rk s out. th en i a b ' P ♦- to — w *--- b ai be reads. W ith this b fin a n c ia l. It h.us been proposed th a t th e service L a st w eek th e W estern A u to next y e a r ih e businessm en should in m ind, it m ight he w-ell for clubs help, by advancing m oney to buy th e uniform s w ith r e an sto re opened her«« w ith a big fa n get behind it. and v o lu n teer prizes those of us - who ----- w ould set an p ay m en t to com e out of g a te proceeds It is a n o th e r possibility fare. and this w eek D unning Mo th a t w ould really m ak e fis h in g , ex am PIe for y o u th fu l read in g to th a t season tic k e ts could be purchased in advance, in o rd e r to am in np e o n u ,,r r own to rs is going to open I ’m cu rio u s h ere a ttra c tiv e . I t ’s done all up ex exarn' r‘" rri re ad in g h abits. in su re the team of financial support W ithout p o p u lar su p p o rt A false c r u s a d e r seldom does to see w hat will be opening next and down th e coast. an y w ay such a projxisal should not even be a tte m p te d If th e m o re th a n sp read th e stench. week. T he boys on th e n o rth p u b lic in B ro okings-H arbor w ant to see f«x»tball badly enough side m ust fool like th e com m u n ity Mr. an d M rs H an s Larsen, par- they w ill he m ore than w illing to pay for the privilege" th a t a w ay is re ally grow ing en ts of M rs R ay P isarek left 2. S cheduling Difficult u n d er th e circ u m sta n ce, but T here is som e talk about nam in g W ednesday a f te r a tw o w eek stay BROOKINGS-HARBOR not im possible It is done in bask etb all. W hat about such com th a t section “N o rth G a te ”, or in B rookings. T he L arsen s are re m u n ities as R eedsjxirt, Bandon. M yrtle P oint. C ave Ju n c tio n so m ething sim ilar. T h ere a re tu rn in g to th e ir hom e in Mil- ENTRIES AT EAIR and p erh ap s la rg e r com m unities such a s C rescent City. Coquille, K en n eth W. P rie st, and S ylvia plenty of choice ru m o rs flo atin g w aukec. Wise. T h ey enjoyed and Coos B ay? It is unlikely at th is tim e to align into a con Fee, C u rry C o u n ty ex ten sio n aro u n d about a n o th e r proposed th e ir sta y here v ery m uch, an d ference, because of the g re at distan ces involved, but on th e ag e n ts released a rep o rt on th e business place out th e re too, but plan on re tu rn in g ag ain soon C u rry C ounty n trie s in the s ta te fair. T hese include 4 II exhibits, L11 P IL O T ............................Don’t PA SS UP the Pilot Advcrtisini Features......................................Bv co n tests and d em o n stratio n s. Sev eral B rookings and H a rb o r en tries w ere ex h ib ited a t th e fair. l-H p ro jects e x h ib its : Jean* nene E ik en b erry , H arb o r, and M arilyn Dykes. B rookings, lioth w h ite lee Box cookies. F o re s try I, G lenna Giddings, Brookings. NEW SPAPER N A T IO N A L O ne ot th e m ost in te re stin g p a rts of a new sp ap er is th e L e tfe is to th e E d ito r section. It is of th e most im- f»ortant p a rts of th e p ap e r too. b ecause it is th e one place in B rookings th a t a person can get "up on a stu m p " and say w h at he thinks. We sincerely w elcom e le tte rs for th a t reason and feel th a t we would have a dull p ap e r w ith o u t them . F o r those reasons we feel th a t a le tte r to th e ed ito r colum n is a good thing, and a n ecessary thing. H ow ever, we a re se ttin g up a policy on those le tte rs . O th erw ise people a re going to ta k e a d v a n ta g e of us, and w rite book len g th le tte rs ex p ectin g u s to p rin t them in th e ir e n tire ty . O th e rs m ay w rite in every w eek proposing the sam e arg u m e n t. And still a n o th e r m ay w rite so m eth in g th a t w ould be libelous o r d eflam m ato ry . W e obviously c a n ’t allow this, if only in fairn ess to o u r read ers, and in fa irn ess to o th e rs would lik e to have th e ir new s printed. A le tte r th a t ta k e s us tw-o hours to set up, tak es tw o h o u rs in tim e and space aw ay from som e o th e r news. T h erefo re we a re ask in g th a t w rite rs lim it th e ir le tte rs to 500 w ords o r less; th a t th ey check th em over c a r e fully to in su re th a t th e re is n o th in g libelows in th em ; and th a t no m ore th a n tw o le tte rs be sen t re g ard in g th e sam e arg u m e n t. E D IT O R IA L a s T o c IT a T i ò ' n No M ister Touchdown In Brookings r< O rw possibly PIPE <« <« DREAMS $ Mr. and M rs. C h arles W ersch h a \e m oved to B rookings from K lackam as. Ore. T hey a re busily iem odeling th e W m, Jo n es hom e. S u bscribe to H arb o r Pilot. T he B rooking«-
