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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1955)
f Thursday, September 29, 1955 Page 1 SECTION 2 Mrs. W aldien Makes Full Confession She Has the Contraption, Admits It Took Courage T o Light First Gas let W.? have it! I baked a Johnny Cake in thw “thinjef.!” Y ea I boiled over th e coffee too, but 1 d ’d n ’t realize as I w hipped up th a t iohnnv cake th a t I w as ‘ cookin’’ up headline news. H ad st»«*h b en th e case. O ’d B ear Bi'*'. fl'CYlneCs ol'l pet sow w ould have been th e recipient of th e w h e’e m ess sooner th an she did. But 1 baked th at johnny cake i we like o u rs baked, or at least half dried out a la ye old an tiq u e woode ran g e) and it seem s in doing so perform ed an act w o rth y of h is ^ ric a l record. I suppose t) is is a little off th e record but ju st last Sunday, F red G ard n er cam e to the ranch to ta k e old B ear Bite home. He sw ore sh e’d come for miles wb«n she h eard his “w ooshie.” W ell he “wooshied and he w ooshied” rig h t by my back door too. but old B ear Bite didn't bite. She hid. <Sh*> knows a good th in g s w hen she ta ste s it) I don’t think F re d got as far as the river be fore h ere she cam e again. Not alone this tim e, but w ith all her b r o o d r e a d y again to tak e up residence u n d e r the house as official food ta ste r. (S he’s used to roughing it on Long Ridge like' the rest of us) Mew I say M ax, ( You c a l’ed E sth e r, I'll call you Max. O k a y ? ) it w ould ta k e m ore th an your lit e ra ry gem of recent publication to convince n r ' I c a n 't ‘‘cook on gas.’’ The proof of the puddin’s in th e r a tin ’, I say. so just so’s \o u can't w rite any m ore of those stories about me w ith o u t having the facts, 1 stirre d up a Jo hnny C ako for you too. (T he ing red ien ts g u a ra n te e d to con form to the p ur? food and drug act . . . ev m for news c o rres pondents) F ra n k said the last t me h? cam e down to th e low er place h‘ s cheeked it every day for a w eek now and so fa r it has- not eM> m s ta rte d to broown!! W o n d e r w hat is w ro n g ? Ed IP" SOP1P , w an ts to sell us Ah yes. Max. you ; ight. ’Tis all too tru e Ever lib ' gets m ore com n’ieah't us hilj billies. T oo many rots, too m any contraptions, M< iy a narrow e s c a p ’ I’ve bad ‘iv il- ' w - ization n e a rly stuck into me. W hy ju st the H anscam s sold us a v p h an t! J u s t im agine u b a th tu b and hot w a iter. W hat in ta rn a tio n w do w ith ’e m ? F ra n k say use th a t b a th tu b e ff’n scald hogs in it com» hut« tim e this fall. Now w ith th e refi d o rs and deepfreeze, th a t’s diff* ‘ren t. T h e y ’re useful. It took us i w hile to c a tc h on but th a t last be.it w ave tu rn e d the trick We ju st open th e doors and presto. Cool as C ucum bers!!! All to ironical it seems now. Jo t when my resistant!? was at the lowest ebb, our friend (? ) Ben Jones a rriv e d w ith a gas stove of all things! It w as in evitable! T he fascin atin ' gadget s 'r u c k a harm onious chord w ithin me as 1 lit it, and w ith that tirst lighting my very first sy m p ath etic ( ? ) structure! squeezed out a te a r of g ra titu d e (ju st one of course) for you oldsters, who m y o u r v in tag e y e a rs m ust realize th e in v aluable service you hav perform ed for such fled-; it .'r a n k and nee. I low you mus have su ffered piom ering th îocky road to ’ ’Cookin’ on gas' Gh. pardon me I’m sorry, th t wiis just one m ore te a r (I eo u il w a ste tw o) ol remonse, How could you, a fellow hill billy, tell th. w orld my most chei she ! s e c r e t? ? ? ? W hy not even my closest neighbor knew th a t 1 couldn’t even tu rn on a gas jet. Ju st betw een you and me, Ed T horton really didn’t try to sell me gas 11 w ouldn't w ant to hurt 1 s iu ? h n g si W hat he really sit.d v as "W hen you gtM these new FALL IS HOME FURNISHING SEASON Come In Look Over Our New Fall Styles* • SPECIAL PRICES ON NEW STYLES PURCHASED AT FAIL FURNITURE MARKET VERY ATTRACTIVE LIME OAK Large 3-piece 90-degree Beautiful New 2-piece CURVED SECTIONAL SECTIONAL Luxurious— Foam Rubber construct in large choice of styles and covers ion, Beautiful New G>lor . . . . • 8-PIECE DINING ROOM GROUP Tabic, Bu'fct, 4 Side ('hairs, 2 A nn ( hairs Table extends to S feet Onlv 279.50 some with bumjK’r ends ONLY 299.50 Special Price of 209.50 3-piece 90-degree CURVED SECTIONAL New Round Bumper End Bookcase I Icadboard with Footlxtard and Rails In W hite lade Mahogany Finish SOFA Box S ari:;, «k Inner Spring Mattress Only 199.50 E-R-E-E With This Purchase . . . 2 FEATHER PILLOWS with stylish new deep biscuit back —all form rubber LARGE TRIPLE DRESSER Converts Into Bed . . . . beav.tiful forest green cover Just 339.50 119.50 Attention Given To Rp.*v*b Rv CLIFFORD RO toF T ' \ > nev er been too m uch dis tu rb ?! bv th e an tic1- of those who 1 ou thew chests as they rav e to tb e v o rld of th«' m vigoration of an • e r ’v rising. W hile I alw ays try to be to ’»xrant of the idiosyn- Coquille. Valiey SE N T IN E 1 . « • isies of o thers, I am firm ly con Tw V peaki .s. John H unt, and vinced th a t these w orshippers of G eorge M urphy, w ho o o ern te the tbe dawr. a re lacking som ething rb ri'm n’ mt on th«' No»th Bank ’ ...... i r . for all hum ans who Pi'.ad told a n u m b e r of Com- ' «»"Id enjoy life to th e u tm o st T b it, perhaps, is w hy T hav e m er-e m eetim ’' th a t the chrom e d«>»'ns fs esnecially in O regon are nev r becom e a sportsm an. W hile o’S'hpbfv the la rg e st in the coun- 1 m ay envy those who do p a rt- t> ' n o ' tb it the Pennsylv-ifiia icip. • w hen T see them proudly h i’ e been depleted. Al- disp lying th e ir haul, I still feel <ho»«irh O regon ore is com oarat- th ' - icrifice involved to he o u t ively low n chrom o content, new of a ’l proportion of th e rew ard. r v th o d s m ake its ex tra c tio n a 2 or ! have raw er known a fisher- «mod business and w hile it is im ’ • an ir h u n te r who d idn’t insist p ractical to nrofitablv w ork th e tb " on«» m ust r ;, e in th e m u rk y ■ iw! stu ff bin.self h alf-asleep into his regalia, and then p a rk back beaches explored. 1 m »If on th e hank of a stre a m C en tu ries • akers said, oi* 1 a blind to w ait for th e ris m e ta ls cm«’ from the ing sun to thaw him back in to «'*• vat ions in th< as to be «on ousness. S u fferin g seem s to subjected to act sim ilar to Iw a requisite to pleasure. th a t of a hug« pan and tossed I "-pit«' my preju d ice in th is back by t he w R eceding ocean 1. I was forci'd recen tly to levels 1 'f t d it 'hi h istiy hour of 5 fa ” froi pr > ; m in o rd er to reach a c e rta in these h e m iy time-; pro\ ’ • t n at an appointed hour, w o rth expl d had kept me from leaving T he snea -fa te d th a t mu hf b. ore w as the fact th a t e f th e ere-1 tb«* dev.'lopm e: v '•> ttin g up w ith the chick- of c u r i’Mit : ’ p ro ce sses sn o u h a te most is try in g to sleep be given tl ?a u of M ines b aw; from home. the w oi k 1! d d u rin g t he w a At any rate, 1 did leave coffee- 1 ■ In-eaklastless, shaveless an d pi • i my way dow n a trafficless Itl.C )O K F P k ' ' v iy ! w as th e only fool «''ku 1 th a t m orning. The trip ton M a n ? nt t i i ' 1*11.0 ice to protest m ight not h a \? tieen so bad if v»me o il the i h lift tu rn ed on the radio for list of eompe baby pictures com pany. It was then I discovered at T ots To T II«' w as espec- a c h a ra c te r th at I had never im ially ind gnc.i it he«' se be took agined would have the courage to ‘vcond pine? a re equally exist. It w as a radio an n o u n cer shout- orry that » (Orb )lc?d you, C layton. To t •> a r 1 m ake it ing an idiotic glee anent th e h eau t- ■ «mare w ith \ «»ti we b. «> r «'h y 'es (ke rising sun. th e glories announ«'«'ment Iwhng alive, th e dew on th e took s >?ond Kra ss> ar,d all th e w hile yelping photo contest ‘t;o«»«i m orning, good m orning” to th« the a c o m ¡»an infant of supposedly d I In 1955 ■ tim u la tin g music. F or some fellow stru g g lin g home a f te r a h ard n ig h t’s w o rk s get a hook of on ih«' g ra v e y a rd shift some solace ot thick and rea«l m ight have been forth co m in g 'TU >h shucks, I give up! to te ’l a ruth- Irom such a gneeting. F o r me, I id discovered ju st one m oiv reas -ays turn! out on for rem ain in g al>ed in th e id ’s. 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