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th e a n n u a l rep o rt of th e S ta te
In The T h inking Stage
I One of the most interesting, and L iquor C ontrol Com m ission g i »-
often am using of inform ative, trib u te d th is w eek a re ap p reh en
fe a tu re s of rt p o rting a legisla sive of th e re tu rn of the saloon
Thu rep o rt says, “T h e re wa„ «
tive session occurs when a m em b
er puts his em bryo ideas out for sh arp decline in R e sta u ra n t licen
ses allow ing service from cusrr»-
discussion w ith his friends.
It is .'astonishing how much m *rs’ b o ttles in fav o r of D ispen
know ledge on rem ote affairs will se r licenses, indicating a g e n e r? ’
come from unexpected sources accep tan ce of th e tv w m ethod c ;
and how m uch will p ertain to the consum ption
side of th e subject.
T he rep o rt sta te d th e re wa» «.
One is inclirwxl to conclude th at record d istrib u tio n of $15.O(X),0OO
a go<xl m any persons had the idea of liquor p ro fits to localities an*
of ru n n in g for th e legislatu re tlxe s ta te gen eral fund, and th a t
m any y e a rs before m aking the 2.017,860 gallons of sp irito u s liqu
jum p.
ors w ere sold during th e 1953
Som e of these em bryo ideas 54 year.
th a t got into the "thinkin g it
, o w r ” sta g e this w eek w ere:
Bro-im On Both Sides
.in act to relieve farm ers an 1
Among th e lobbyists a te ,h*
landow ners of responsibility of
two Brow n boys not b ro th ers.
e ra d ic a tin g ragw eed from th eir
G eorge S m ith Brow n is w ork
property. As ragw eed is a health ing to r th e dry in te re sts and will
problem , and th e p resent law is have legislation to offer a g a lru t
not enforced. Sen. W. Lowell
em ployees of th e O regon S ta te
would put th e ragw eed fight costs
Liquor C ontrol Com m ission ac
up to the gen eral public.
cepting gifts of value.
Sen. F ran cis W Z iegler would
G eorge E. Brown is on th e w er
license auctions of new m erch an
dise th a t has not had personal side and m ay offer leg islatio n
regarding sales of beer to minorw.
p ro p e rty tax paid on them .
Dr. T itu s Frazee, ex ecu tiv e
Sen. Z iegler and Sen. Phil
Brady would exem pt parking lots d ire c to r of the O regon T em por-
owned by churches th a t a re used ance L eague will press th e adop
solely to r convenience of m em bers. tion of a law to m ake com pulsory
Sen. C arl H. F ran cis w ants con a chem ical te st for in toxication.
stitu tio n a l am en d m en ts m ade by New York s ta te has had sucn a
a tw o -th ird s vote of each house law for two years and sev eral
o th e r sta te s are considering adop
o fth e leg islatu res of all states.
Sen. P a t L onnergan would tion of a sim ilar law.
.s h o rte n th e tim e betw een filing
Jobless Pfty Record In 1954
E D IT O R IA L
J A S^ °
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A S S O C IA T IO N
n a t io n a l a » v rtih T ng r e p r e s e n t a t iv e
by
W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc .
New Tor*
Chicago
D etroit
Philadelphia
su p erin ten d en t of
im portant because
im portant because
mine.
F irst, it wag noted th a t national population is on th e rise.
I'speeiallx is it not *d in th e grad, school children, w here B rook
ings-Ifni bor have m ore th a n 100 in th e first grade, com pared
to ,30-40 in high school cl., a*“s.
Secondly, the grow th of C u rry County, as noted in recent
new s stiri, s, w ill a l l o t th’» situ atio n h e re trem endously,
( 't i n ; C ounty has in c re a s'd 57.9 percent since 1950.
A nother nice thing about the
w hole m a tte r is that the I II.O I
cam e out on top, h eating the
Lions by a 44 to 36 score
Now
they w ant to challenge Ihe R otary.
T hey figure those guys a re a
little older. D on’t they realize
th at Joe and I a re m em bers of
th at team too?
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The Lions claim we used a few
ringers. Well we will gladly re
play thv gam e using only our
howling team m em bers. T hat will
give us only five men, hut we are
w illing to play th,» e n tire gam e
w ithout su b stitu tes, ju st to prove
we are the g re a te st.
And finally, th e grow th in Brookings has even lxien m ore
phenom enal. T he school e n s u s in B rookings-H arbor has in-
ereas, d 112 percent since 1950
To put th e sto ry as Mr. H am pton told it:
" F t us ;e um e tin t pupils m oving into the d istrict offset
those leaving In o tlv r w ords no gain from im m igration Assum e
fu rth e r th at tin« 1« ■ innin » fu st grade will rem ain the sam e size
a present 100. W ith tha* assum ption, by 1957-58 we will reach
1 ( m Mi in school.
“ At an o verall 25 pupils to th e teacher, 40 classroom s
w ould l> ' n< ded. At th e d o se of this year, counting Music room
and shop, we will have 29 classroom s, if , ho c a fe te ria should he
used lor class rooms th e re will he ,31 It is th e re fo re clear th at
we are one building shot* bv 1957-58.“
the
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BASKETBALL IS GOOD RECREATION
Th. re was a lot of in,« rest g enerated in the b asketball
ana» h e n 1 Sunday •,ite ”noon A good crow d c o n trib u ted $60
to the March of Dimes, am, everybody enjoyed tinsmselves,
even tl,'\ players despite a lew aches «and bruises. T he Lions’
» luh d< "i ve; a lot o| e r .d it tor prom oting a gam e like this,
ami th e ir o th e r p ro jects in th e in terest of th e M arch of Dimes.
W hich
league h i e
W (,uld you
W at about
lo u r team s
brings to m in i th,* idea that a m unicipal basketball
m ight he a g .od thing. W hat do you ivviders th in k ?
be in te re ste d in saving a gam,* once in a w hile?
the plavcrs, could th e re h* enough to form s«ay
to play perhaps every o th er w eek?
Let us know vvliat you think, and w e'll help all we ra n in
g e ttin g such a h ag u ,‘ starlvxl. It's good clean recreation. ami
prov ides tor a good deal , I sp<>etutoi- interest as well.
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A n d if fa !is s M O N E Y , to o . T he
c n o ^ ’ e d c h ild w h o is c u t o ff
fr o m h e r p la y m a te s liv e s o n ly
u a lf - a - lif e .
The
d is a b le d
i js t p la in
g u ts to c a rry
O n ly w i l h
e x p o rt tr e a tm e n t,
on.
g o o d e q u ip m e n t a n d u n d e r
s ta n d in g ca re c a n th e s tric k e n
o v e rc o m e c ru s h in g h a n d ic a p s .
T hese a re th e th in g s C O N E Y
can b u y .
Y o u r M A R C H O F DIM ES c o n
t r i b u t i o n s a re s a v in g liv e s J
d a te s a n d . le c tio n s
b u ild in g liv e s t h a t a re s a v e d .
My tw o and a h alf year old son,
T<xld. w as at th'.» game. He should
develop into q u ite a player som e
day. He d a rte d across the floor
at one tim e and dodged all th°
players well enough to reach th e
o th e r side w ithout a scratch.
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A fte r the gam e he asked me
how come the hall never stayed
in the basket.
1 took a little business tr ip to
E u rek a last S a tu rd a y and saw
som e of thv e a rth q u a k e dam age.
Many of the dow ntow n sto re
fronts a re all boarded up and
stre e t corner conversation is cen
tered around the “big” quake.
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to thv m ercenary one in the p e n t
house, all a re convinced th a t they
dwell in a w orld w here they alone
a re th e only ones not out of step.
The answ er w ould seem to bv
By Clifford P. Rowe
th at all of us should be less con
cerned w ith looking to the psy
If one w ere seeking to com e up c h ia trist for the solution hut
I w ith some insignia which could ra th e r to do a little self-analsis
occasionally for th e purpose of
I be w orn as part of the daily u ni
i discovering if we. too. may havv
E dito r:
form of today’s citizens, I could faults. Such a probing m ight e n
Brookings-I la rb o r Pilot
thing of nothing b e tte r th a n a lighten us as to o u r own w eak
Dear sir:
“chip on the shoulder." Made of nesses and thus bring about a
Being presently a resident ol brass, it would need to he firm ly moi • to leran t tre a tm e n t of those
F lorida I tend, at times, to look fastened to ins.¡re its not being we u n ju stly criticize.
A F recch sa tirist once claim ed
som ew hat askance at th,» w lntvr knocked off too easily.
only
hatch elo rs
have
A bility to gripe has alw ays been th a t
clim ate of Brookings. How ever,
wives and
only old
during o u r fam ily ’s recent 1 m - eh« risked as on.' of t h ' most priz perfect
leavem eilt caused by th e d< a ’h ed post ssion ol those horn in a m aids have ¡»effect children. T o
of o u r m other, Mrs W. F. Collis. realm w here freedom ol e x p re ss day one could change th a t to give
constitu tio n ally gu aran teed . i» the m odern touch by saying
I found w h a te w r Broookings nriv ion
lack in n a tu ra l sunshine is eom- All of us, at one tim e or an o ther, th a t th<> only p erfect ones a re
pi'iisated tor m any tim es o w r hv hav » la u g h 'd off flu» griping <f those w ho a , the m om ent have the
'll,* w arm th compassion and sin our neighbor w ith th«’ excuse th at public e a r and eye.
W ith ¡»erfection. then being
evervone does it it is the dis
cerity of it’s people.
D uring the fu n eral service R ev tinguish ng trait of the A m erican. such a w ill-o-the-w isp, it m ight be
held to he a sort of release highly pro{x»r for som e of us lx>
erend O s te rm e i'r said, in effect, It
that w henever God takes somn- valvo lor a I 'ople who do not fore ¡xiinting to th e flaw in o u r
thing from us he replaces it with w an, to become t<x» content w ith neighobir’s c h a ra c te r to tak e a
hasty glance in the m irro r to a s
som ething else Who knows hut things as they are.
perhaps this forceful realization
From this a ttitu d e , how ever, is c e rta in if o u r own halo has be
of th«» kindness in tho h e a rts of gradually developing the habit of com e som ew hat tarn ish ed
o u r Brookings neighbors is part u n w aranted
criticism , w hich
of Gtxls com pensation.
springs no, from good - nature«!
T ra ffic Toll Up In 1954
com plaining hut ra th e r from a
•lames E. Collis,
j nasty disposition which th rives on
S e c re ta ry of S ta te E arl T.
for the family ol th«’ la te Mrs t i tiding fault. The m alady is not N\«wbry rep o rted F riday th e re
W J. Collis
co n fin 'd to onv class, one age ,or w ere 412 fa ta litie s in 1951 th a t
on«' sex. From the y o u n g ste r in resu lted from traffic accidents in
the first grade to th«' ven erab le
Reach that buyer through a oldster on social secu rity ; from Oregon.
T his is an increase of 22 over
PIL O T classified advertisem ent. tin* m iserable sound in the slum s th e 1953 to tal and may go higher.
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v a lu e s” for y o u r m oney. W e re p e a t ag ain o u r pledge
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service a t th e lowest possible cost.
'p» n d u itry c t o t e more and
g p ro p e . . r » mean* h.glier
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p e r y e a r a t th e close o f W orld W ar I i to over 5
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¡»¡ant in service has risen from less th a n 8 m illion
d o llars a t th e end o f 1945 to over 25 m illion dollars
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service have increased rap id ly in th e p a st few years.
O ur a n n u a l payroll has risen from a m illion dollars
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in good w eath er or had, ev ery single d ay o f th e y ear.
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AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS
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L o n n e i-
An av erag e of m ore th a n
million a m onth was ¡»aid to jo b
less w o rk ers in O regon d u rin g
1954 to estab lish an a ll-tim e rec
ord. The S ta te U nem ploym ent
C om pensation Commission re p o rt
ed Monday.
This is m ore than 25 ¡-vr c e n t
above th e 1953 to tal of $19,275,•
204. An estim a te d 52,200 persons
Old Saloon C om ing B ack?
Som e leg islato rs and perused w ere unem ployed at th e end c j
th e year.
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gan is joined by Rep. Alfred H.
C o rb ett in presenting an act to
ta k e th e park com m ission from
th e H ighw ay Commission and es
tablish it as a se p a ra te d e p a rt
m ent. Sen. L onnergan and Sen.
S H ugene Allen w ould m ake
county elections nonpartisan (ex
cept d istric t a tto rn e y s).
M o r e lh a n th a t, th e y a re re
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3'he
rem ark s by H am pton a re c learly optim istic. Ike a ssu m
ed lor purpose of c la rity that th e re w on’t he any m ore influx
into Brookings. Wie leel th a t th ere will be.
The tax p a \’.M’s m ight in- well know th e problem of
school b o n d and th«» ad m in istration. B rookingx-Iharbor is
com pleting a huge new building at a te rrific cost hut
tin-5 li have to s ta rt planning for the next one. G row th
com m u n ity is w onderful hut it costs m oney too.
P vlgaa J z
W ell all the people who cam e
out to w atch the g reatest b a sk e t
ball game over played should
feel very proud Not only did
they see’ a good game hut they
also contributed $60.00 tow ards
the Polio cam paign. O ur slogan,
especially the day a f te r thv gam e
is( "W e will craw l so little kids
can walk again.*’ Yes sir ;i11 >,,,J
fin«* ¡«eople can feci m ighty p to u d ,
I know I do for having some part '
of it. Even though my feet arc
tafied anti my shoulder m uscles
are sore
it w as great fun.
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ANOTHER NEW SCHOOL?
Som e facts givr n by Lynn H am pton,
chools h e r , a rc im jxjifant t„ us all. Thoy «are
it is a m a tte r of do llars and cents, but m ore
th ey concern education, for your children and
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