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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1955)
CAPtLAL PALLADI BKOOKJNGS-HAKBOk PILO J an in depend en t newspaper •M a r a « • » —wwn-elwan ma’ ter _«, at U * poatQfftr# i t B rooking a. O re « .« *»n*l*r the A ct o f M a rc h 3. 1871 f. IT'S WORTH Ray' Pisarek, Joe Murphy ' • By Clifford P. Rowe Editor» and PwMUAer« ■U B nC R IPT IO N R A T E «: oa* Tear ta advance (In Curry County) ------------------------------------- J?OJ On# Tear. in advanea loutetde Curry County) ______ D u rin g the past few ypars J have taker, some ra th e r d ir ty digs at psychiatrists. M y princip al beef has been p rim a rily concern ed w ith the effect w hich th e ir philosophy o f ch ild raising h ash a d upon those addle-pated parents who re ly 0[>on a book to guide the development of th e ir o ffsp ring I e d it o r ia l | as S oc 5 ’ 5 n N IW S F A P C R PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION R A T IO N A L A D V E R T ISIN G R E P R E SE N T A T IV E W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc New To»* C hicago , Oesrolt Phllarlolphl Let's Not Have Any Split in Brookings We had a feeling the o th e r day th a t Brookings isn't the same tow n we came in to six m onths ago. N ot o nly has it grown by leaps and bounds, w ith new buildings going up as fast as concrete block men and carpenters could w o rk hut the com m u n ity has lost som ething in route. W v ho|M' it is only a tem(>or- tl * ,' , •« , ~ . «ry ■Uw ; • — - ' " i - —i—t — — a— T here is a d e fin ite feeling .of a s p lit, between the gro w th on the N o rth e d g e ,o f Brookings, and the "d o w n to w n ” section. T hat wo don't w a n t to see. Sure, you can understand the feelings of the dow ntow n merchants. N a tu ra lly , they w u u ld lik e to see^ a ll the business houses situated rig h t down tow n w here it w ould be easily accessabte to a ll the patrons. B ut it ju s t isn t possible. A tow n m ust grow and it must .grow in the directio n th a t b u ild ing sites along w ith parkin g is available. The (m int is, as we see it, is it going to make any d iffe r ence to tho consum er? Is he going to hesitate to buy ju s t be cause a store is located a few blocks out o f the down tow n area? T im e w ill te ll on that score. The re ta il buildings are there, and re ta il o u tle ts w ill e ith e r f ill them up o r not, and the businesses w ill e ith e r sucoeed o r not. Bu, w hy have a com m un ity split into tw o factions? Those m erchants on the N o rth end of tow n don't deserve to he called "outlanders” or "fu rrin e rs ,” o r "Yankees fro m N o rth Brookings.” They live in Brookings too. and w ill co n trib u te in m aking Brookings a b e tte r place to live. The SKtLCHDDOK Nayborhill Club Holds Meeting The N a y b o rh ill club Wednesday. Eeh 2, at the home of the hostess, Mrs. Lee Daro- bough. The new president of th;- group, Mrs. Ted Tamnes. presided over the nrv.'eting. Also present was the new sec re ta ry , Mrs. Jess Portow . O ther members ,¡resent were M rs P.vrcy Hanks, Mrs. Ed Ravt kes, Mrs. Chester Bragg, Mrs. Ray Reeser. Mrs. Don McCarton, Mrs. C harles Beheu, M rs Pete Schm idt, and Mrs. W illia m S tew art. W h ile parents moaned *° (be high heavens anerit the scandalous goings-on o f teenatpers whom they conveniently labeled ‘‘ju v e n ile ’ delinqiK 'nts,” they, themselves in the incubators o f th e ir book con tro lle d homes were hatching some little demons who when they grew up promised to m ake the modern juv’enile delinquent look lik e a Sunday School teacher at a dope |Nsldler$' convention., Accepting the theory th a t the lit t le d arlin gs _ must, never be crossed, must never 1/? re p rii- marxled, m ust alw ays have th e ir own little ways, some homes and schools became lu n a tic asylum s w here oldsters, fro th in g at the m outh, m u tte ir’d sw "et rhm an- strances to little hellions who were thus encouraged pot only to take the house apart but th e ir parents as w ell B ut now at last a gleam of lig h t has pierced this darkress. A n othe r psychiatrist, and a p ro m i nent one too, has passed the w ord along to parents th a t unless they w ant th e ir child re n to grow up into fru s tra te d m isfits, they hail b e tte r stop the swcuf ta lk and get the old hairbrush out o f the m o th balls. 1 don’t know w he th er th is re- v o lu tio n a ry p sy c h ia tris t has ju s t become aware o f w hich side o f the couch his bed jg buttered on or not. But I do know that his voice is welcomed as a savior o f gen erations yet to come. . ' ' t v " • < O n ly The presiding officers o f both branches o f the present legisla-' tu re have done a m agian 1 job of coordinating the ta len ts and te m peraments of the memtr>rs. I t takes leadership and m any o th e r exceptional q u a litie s to get a leg islative session going as it should. This leg isla tu re has these a ttrib u te s in President of the Sen ate Elm o E. S m ith and Speaker o f the House Edward A. Geary. I t should not be d iffic u lt fo r e ith e r o f these men to advance p o litic a lly i f they choose to do so. To visito rs in the galleries on the th ird week, the pace o f th e session may have se*?med slower, T his happens when com m ittee members get the g rip o f things end adjourn e arly to get on the job ,in com m ittee rooms; leaving t i e legislative hrflls- alm ost' de rerted. T h a t"« when visitors say, “ W h a t do these fellow s d o? ” G O VERNOR S M IT H 1957 If Gov. Patterson should Win th > Republican nom ination fo r U. P. S enator and beat Wayne Morse, (w ho has said he w ill seek the D em ocratic nom ination) Senate President S m ith w ould then be come acting governor and in 1958 w ould be in the No. 1 position fo r election as governor. T his could be more than ju s t to ying w ith " ifs ” . P U N D IT S P A N D E X The State of W ashington w ith 35 .per cent more population than Oregon is faced w ith red ink f i gures o f only 540,000,000 w h ile we have a 560,000.000 shortage o f funds. This amounts to 516 per capita in W ashington and a $20 debt fo r each Oregonian. W ashington w ith a sales ta x is Threatened w ith an income tax By th e ir legislators Oregon w ith an income tax is try in g to fig h t o ff a sales tax. President Elm o E. S m ith is th . fir s t active newspa(x»rman to be president o f the Oregon senate. o th e r newspaperman to b? c h o s n head o f e ith e r leg islative branch was F ra n k Davey w ho was Speaker of the House in 1907. LO N G R A N G E L A W M A K IN G The report o f the in te rim com m itte e created by the 1953 legis la tu re to study a revam ping o f Oregon's c o n s titu tio n is now in th*j fo rm o f a b ill introduced bv Sen. S. Eugene A llen . The b ill provided th a t a C o n stitu tio n a l Convention w ould be held in July, 1959, and the voters of the state would vote on. its adoption, in 1961. There w ould Le 86 delegates elected in 1958, one delegate fo r each 30.000 citizens. Gov. Paul Patterson t r it d to get the 1953 leg isla tu re to legalize the A llen plan, w hich was s im ila ” to th e M ultn om ah senator’s pro s e rt h ill- The legislators' answer was an in te rim comm ittee. vT here is strong opposition to tL 'i A lie n h ill;b y those who te rm it an omnibus bill. The opim sition w ants to im prove the C on stitu tion by adopt- amendments. S A L A R Y STU D Y R EPO R T The pre re ntatio n o f a re to r t on (he comprehensive study o f th - classifications and s a la rie s . of 17.000 Oregon Static e m p lo v w . w ill be mac'.? F rid a y to the Legis la tiv e In te rim Com m ittee on Compensation and R etirem ent. The study has been under w a v since September by B arrington, Associates Inc. o f New York. The In te rim Com m itto? is e x pected to set w ith the Joint Ways and Means C om m ittee Tuesday m orning, F eb rua ry 8, to discuss the report. READY MIX CONCRETE iO u r san d anil g rav e l is w ashed, fccrcdncd a m f w eighed to g i v e I t i L m e a s u re aqtl p ro p el pro(M>t tio:i.- River Run Sand and Gravel Crushed Gravel Clay Fill Rock Fill Material River Silt Black l op Soil ( .lam Shell Soil Concrete Pipe & Ditching NO IOB I'O O SMALL Brookings RED-E-MIX Concrete Co Modern Efficient Laundry Methods by ßvd 'L y n n H am pton, Superintendent of school in Brookings, attended As o f Sunday about 4 p m . 1 the anual senior banquet, at joined tlx 1 re tire d basketball Southern Oregon College, in Ash players group. T h a t game was land last week. d e fin ite ly made lor "the younger Mrs. B refa A Morgan was re set. ' elected trea sure r of the Presby te ria n Church. We played tw o games fo r som 1 benefit cause The n e x t game should he played fo r my benefit. I ’ve never been so crippled up in m y life. 2-HOUR SPECIAL SERVICE lio u rs 7:30 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. Tuesday and Thursday Open ’til 8 p. m. ACACIA LAUtyDftp^LAT PHONE 2991 GET TOP ACTION These physical bruises w ill put me._put...ur,..«ctioh t>n the bow ling lanes also One o f my toes bent the w rong way and some big P ly wood player came bounding down on it. The poor th ing is as it'd as a l)eet w ith some U 'a u tifu l shades of purple. I should wear open to«1 shoes to show o ff the te rrific I had the o p |io rtu n ity to attend a crab heed tins o th e r n ig ht Man, that sure is good eating. It was the firs t tim e I had the op|K)r- tu n ity to gut in on a feast lik e that. Back east they have a sm al le r crab .sand they taste a little d ifferent T his was the firs t tim e I encountered the west coast c r a t J«e said 1«.' had them in Service Tu-o brilliant new engines! The flashing, high-economy 6 in the low-pi|ice 3, the new PowerFlow 117; and the new 167-hp Hy-Fire V-8, most powerful in Plymouth's field. CEBAR. CHESTS Plymouth's the biggest, longest, lowest of the low-price cars! Give yourself this bonus of extra size; you’ll enjoy more room inside and a smoother ride! GET TOP STYLING The only honestlv new, forward-looking styling in the lowest-price field! Including the glamorous new Full-View windshield, swept back to give you the greatest visibility in the lowest-price field. Tlw1 attendance Ht the last P.T.A. w asn't too great. I imagine tl? j people d id n 't realize who th-» speaker was. I t rem inds me o f the s to ry of a towns local school tieard going fo r ¡a weeks vacation to some summ er cottage The sign ulmve th e ir lit t le cabin hideaway read, "B O R E D of Education." I ho|)e that isn t thvv case w ith so many o f o u r school childrens' |M1I wots. You stay ,ut homes are going to tw real surprised when the Brookings- A r t Academy puts on th e ir firs t a rt exhibition. The •lass is progressing nicely. M o dern blond oak chest w ith self-lift tray. Same chest available in W alnut Seatoam Mahogany. _ ADVERTISED The class is w orking in charcoal now I ret up the s till life a r rangement and alw ays get kidded about m y choice o f subj«>et m a t te r and plaoement This week 1 have_ a ch}lds_yubber doll- ha ng- ing by its feet together w ith ,t tew pieces of d r ift wood, fr u it and dra(ie m ate ria l. It isn't as good as a real live model, but then w hat model would hang by l>er feet among a couple pieces • ( d rittw u u d LIFE b e tte r tra d e -in , to o l GET PLYMOUTH ’5 5 T H IS YEAR OF ALL YEARS, LO YO U'LL SEE FOR YOU. Office W H Y T H E BIO SW ING IS TO Attractive Walnut chest w ith b o rd e r s o f r e b ra - w o o d . Equipped w ith velf- lifung trap, JA JV Î' Handsom e I «th Centufy chest in rich m a h o e in » . H js veil liftin g tra j m lid, d raw er in base. F P ly m o u th ‘ m o d e r n s p a c e -s a v e r, w i t h » er in base >ame chest available sari M a ltu z a n ). BEE IT TQPAY, D R IVE I Supplies TYPEWRITERS / Bookeeping Supplie« Filing Equipment Scoufi of A O a k m odern console tv pe apace saver. O pens f r o m fr o n t— has tw o convenient C. "ED" DEMPSEY North End Of Town « lìd ia« shelves. Yottr D o t y -Plymouth Dealer ONE GARMENT SAVED FROM MOTHS CAN PAY FOR H E N D R IC K S A LANE! F U R N IT U R E