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BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT — BROOKINGS, OREGON
FOR WHAT
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Mr. and Mrs. Franw E n d ert of
S m ith R iver a re the p a re n ts of a
baby boy, born on A ugust 13th.
a t Seaside H ospital. H e has Ix’ea
B y CLIFFORD R M
nam ed Roderick Francis. G ran d
I doubt if th e re is anyone living
p arents a re Mr and Mrs. R.
H en ry of H arbor, and Mr. and today who doesn’t at somft tim e
M rs F re d E n d ert of C rescent o r a n o th e r wish thart he had
enough money to buy all the a r t
C^ity.
icles offered for sale on the m a r
The E nderts aiv m an ag ers of
th e Sm ith R iver D rug S to re and ket Being subjected to a c o n tin
ual barrag e of advertising in the
the G reyhound Bus Agency.
press, TV and radio, it really is
Mr. and Mrs C lan nee Bailey, a m iracle th a t eweryone Isn’t head
over herds in debt.
• of lam ath Falls, fo rm er Sm ith
As fa r as I am concerned, I'm
R iver residents, are calling on glad th at I don’t have any s u r
relatives and m any old friends p lus m oney; and I ’m ’.vjually glad
th a t my fa th e r im pressed on me
e a rly in life th a t one should never
Mr. and M rs. Jam es “Jim m y" try to live beyond his income.
H arris, d a u g h te r Billie Mrs. Gus
W hen I read of airplane trip s
H a rris) and the la tte r ’s three to H a w a ii as a rew ard for buying
children of S a n ta Rosa, left last a new e a r or of giving m ore on 3
T hursday, a fte r a weeks vis I here. trade-in th an one would be re
B rookings w as th eir old ho ne for quired to pay for a new one, I
m any years. Jim m y cam’ !■ re to alm ost br ak down and w eep in
C urry C ounty from his home in sp ite of the fact th a t I don’t need
P e rth , Scotland, to live w ith his a new car. S im ilarly, my home
uncle, the late George Scot H a r suddenly ap pears shabby and u n
ris whose home ranch took in at) i t tra c tiv e w lvn I see the pictures
of the so-called Daw'-on 'It t and of new homes w hich can he p u rc h
th e H arris Beach S ta te Park, a s e d for p ractically nothing down
nam ed a fte r the original iiw irr. and a lifetim e to pay the balance.
M rs H arris has several n la th e s
In spit*' of all these te m p ta t
aro u n d here w ith whom th<*> also ions, however, to keep up w ith the
Visited: Mrs George F itzhugh, of Jom s's, I still m anage to derive
B rookings; M rs H enry i ’oofrer, a great deal of satisfactio n from
S m ith R iver and a brother, E ver know ing th a t I am living w ithin
e tt, a t Langlois. Billie went m., m onthly salary. W hile it is an
th ro u g h the local schools and w as established fac* th at A m ericans
a stai a th le te
enjoy a higher sta n d a rd of living
IT'S WORTH
Mr and Mrs. F red Jones took a
w eekend vacation from th e ir fern
p eking and went out to th e ir old
stom ping grounds in tl.V back
c o e n try gold m ining areas. They
looked ovvr th co untry at the end
o f th ? road sw inging rig h t from
K erby and crossing the Illinois
at th e A nderson Ranch. They used
to have a prospect out there, years
ago, in com pany w ith Mr. and Mrs.
Jim F razier.
th an any o th e rs in th e world, I*Tu
sometime*« prone to come to the
conclusion th a t m any a re enjoy
ing a higher sta n d a rd th an they
can afford.
My fath er, who recently passed
aw ay, had no savings and no prop
e rty R earing a fam ily of six
children on la b o re r’s w ages had
m ade such a situ a tio n impossible.
But at the sam e tim e, Dad neMW
owed a debt th a t he didnt pay off;
he never bought anything w hich
he co u ln ’t afford; and as a re su lt
his children learned to be happy
w ith w h at they had.
Dad didn't leave us any prop
erty, but h© did leave us som e
thing fa r m ore valuable. We le a rn
ed from him th a t living w ithin
one’s m eans w as m uch m ore s a t
isfying and m ore conducive to
peace of mind th an living in the
m idst of luxuri s which rightfully
didn’t belong to us and by no
stre tc h of the im agination could
ever possibly l>e ours
Thursday. August 25, 1955
GOME STATES
TELL OF WEDDING
TO GIVE BONUS
OF JOHNSONS
S everal sta te s have recently
n'is.sed v e te ra n s' bonus acts, in one
form or an o ther, am ong them :
C onnecticut's K orean v eteran s
who lived in the s ta te for at
least one year befoiv active duty
m ay be eligible for paym ent up
to $300 A pplications should be
m ade to t i e Bonus Division of the
S ta te T re a s u re r’s Office, H a r t
ford.
P ennsylvania's W orld W ar II
vetoranc m ay have up to $500
com ing to them and applications
a re available a t th e W orld W ar II
V eteran s C om pensation B ureau,
H arrisb u rg , Penn.
In Iowa, the house passed a bill,
au th o rizin g paym ents up to $500
for K orean v eteran s and c e rta in
oth ers who died of service con
nected disabilities. The m a tte r will
go to the voters at the N ovem ber
1956 election for a proposed bond
‘ si v.
New York has several K orean
bonus bills pending, but It is
doubtful if any of them w ill be
processed d uring the c u rre n t sess
ion.
V e te ra n s’ o u tfits in New* Jersey
a re form ing up a cam paign for
W orld W ar II and K orean bonuses
to be financed th rough various
sources o th e r th an general taxes
or a bond issue.
The H ouse of R e p resen tativ es
in Illinois voted, 119-6 on an act
to pay K orean v eteran s up to a
m axim um of $892.50 hut fu rth e r
action is [ending.
ne n.tkiiy friends of H om er and
Osa Johnson w ere ver.* pleasan tly
rprised to te a m or th e ir recent
wedding Bo»h cam e from K lam -
a<h F alls to this area, some ten
years ago, and made* th e ir hom e
on an acereag e overlooking th e
Chetco, and now w ithin the citv
lim its.
They w ere wed A ugust 17th. at
8 a m. by Rev. Allen Gibson, at the
Hour»? of P ray er, Hiouchi, atten d -
ed by th e ir dau g h ter, Phyllis, and
h er husband, Nick Baum gardnor
¡ J r . T he bride w as g iv .n in m ar-
, rag e by her;son. R obert, an 1 th ere
w ere present all five of h er sons
and one d a u g h te r, as vvvll as old
Iriends. Mr. and Mrs. W alter
P a rk e r.
A fte r th
w edding the newly
wet’s left for a short visit w ith
' th e bride’ n?»ce, re tu rn in g to
th e ir ‘‘Tween P o in ts’’ homv here.
t he coi p’e have been recipients of
m any valuable and handsom e
gifts.
R E T U R N W ITH BUS
I ■ t Lu as and h's d a u g h ter,
Helen, tong ju st a we; k to drive
to B rookings th e 66 passenger
school bus, from the factory, at
Lima, Ohio. O utside rem ark ab le
clim ate and a th rillin g experience
n eg o tiatin g th e Big H orn m ount-
ain * w ith touchy brakes, Leo and
H elt n rep o rt having a fine trip.
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1955 BOAT and MOTOR
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Sponsored By
Come In and Meet
BILL MARTZ
FOR YOUR RADIO, T-V
and ANTENNA
INSTALLATION
WARDS
GAS and APPLIANCE
Phone 2 8 9 1
S. S. Castle Rock — Hewitts Anchorage
and Hanscam Center
This Sunday - August 2gth - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
FREE ADMISION - -
Tax Included
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CHff Hause
Opens Friday, august 26th
With A Gaiazy of Fun and Entertainment
the RUDY WILLIAMS GROUP
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OF OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS . . .
Will Be Here To Thrill You With
Their Musical Varieties
IN ADDITION TO THIS WE PROUDLY PRESENT
UNSEEN TRAGEDY!
MIDOIN IN THI CRASS out o f sig ht
forest fires, too. They destroy those tiny
from the casual eye are /Ae future woods
seedlings.
of America. Tiny ‘ recs-just seedlings
hardly hand-high, but the tim ber of
tomorrow.
So for America, for your ch ’ ’ --n,
pledge yourself to be extra careful with
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Me Vivacious
VIVIAN LEE
With Her Exotic Dancing Numbers
matches, smokes, ca m p fire s-any fire
That’s why apparently harmless, slow-
Make sure every spark is o u t - dead out!
hurning grass or brush fires are in reality
Remember those tiny trees hidden away
as deadly as though they were burning
m die $rass, ¿;row in£ for tomorrow.
the big trees. These "harmless' fires are
yo u can
I W ILL BE
CAREFUL!
PREVENT WOODS FIRES!
I*« «Ita Amene or kwuneu firmi we believe that bwunen boi o roiponubiMy to (mtnbvte to the pvbix weitere Tkn
•Svortaomeni it Ibeietore isometri m <oop«rabort witfc Ibe ASvertniRg (evrutl
U S end Stole Iw.eU So»**«» bf:
South Coast Lumber
FREE Spaghetti
Dinners
I M P '’
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Will Be Served Until ,9 p.m. on Opening Night
PRIZES-LAUGHS AND JIGGERS OF FUN FOR ALL
the C liff H ouse
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