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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1956)
PAGE FIVE BROOKIXGS-HARBOR PILOT — BROOKINGS, OREGON Thursday, March i. 1956 No work done in the driver’s * Harbor News Mrs. Mattie Keffer entertained two nights in succession last week at her home on Spruce Drive. Tuesday night her sewing club group met and gave her a housewarming gift for her new home. Then on Wednesday even ing, she gave a stork shower for Mrs. Walter Thompson, with about fifteen present. An even ing of visiting was enjoyed, with the honored guest receiving sev eral nice gifts for the coming new-comer. Mrs. Keffer served refreshments both evenings. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Oliver re turned home last week after vis iting in Portland with their son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William McCluskey for a short time. Mrs. Harold Clark (Elaine LaClair) drove down from Mon mouth Saturday to attend the wedding of her sister, Lois La Clair. She reports that it took her nearly twelve hours to make the trip as she had to put on chains to make the trip from Roseburg to Coquille. She re turned north on Sunday. ▼ trgil Clark is able to be a- round again after his hospital stay following the car accident he was in last week. Mi-s. Myrtle Schaal is conval escing at her home following a short stay in the hospital for a bad case of flu. She is able to have visotors and would enjoy having her friends call on her. Mr. and Mrs. I j .“C Locke are the parents of a seven {xmnd. nine ounce daughter, bom at the Seaside Hospital on George Washington's Birthday. They have named the little miss Can dy Lou. Mrs. Locke is the former Peggy Moffett. The report is that there was about three feet of snow’ on Wilson *Prairie Sunday, but that the warm rain had reduced it to about half of that on Monday. Quite an unusual winter we are having, huh? Plan on going to the V.F.W. Dinner this Saturday night and Rom where I sit... ¿y Joe Marsh Do-lt-lVhose-Self? Monk McCarthy’« almost aa good at publicity atunts as he b at servicing sad repairing cars— which is pretty darned good. His latest gimmick ia a hand bill titled: “Do-lT-YounsKLrtRS! Why Not Grease Yonr Own Car?” Then he follow s w ith two paragraphs about all the greases y o u ’l l n e e d - t h e f a l l s e t o f wrenches, spray gun, grease gun, four jacks —the ability to work flat on your back with a face full o f goo. And at the very end there's this line: “Or, t/ that’s too much trouble, w e ’U do the job From where I ait. I’ll hare to admit Monk’s schemes attract attention. They often aeem far* fetched to me, but he and I al ways had different opinions on how to ran a business—just as we have different opinions about what’s the best beverage. He likes hot tea—I prefer a glass of beer —which doesn’t keep as from having s “smooth-running” friendship. fo r 75*.” t'epynghl, 7956, United States Brewers Foundation business, no breakfast, the I Letter to the Editor own lunch at driver’s expense and no February 25, 1956 Brookings-Harbor Pilot Brookings, Oregon. To The Editor: Last Friday nigh', there was a meeting of the B okings-Har* bor Ambulance I' ard, for the purpose of accepting the resig nation of the recent members of the Ambulance Board and ap pointment of new members to re place them. According to articles in your paper and on the street this should be good news. Now that this is accomplished, we feel thet wc should have ou say. There has been much s< about the poor service,, depl able conditions and other der» - atory remarks which we were uncalled for and in most cases unfounded. We have served on this board, and have done the actual driv ing, about 99 'r, w ith no c< mp- ensation what so ever, so that the Brookings-Harbor area could have the advantage of cheap ambulance service. Not only has there been no pay tor driving, but we have paid for our own meals, missed at home, while we were on those calls. As an example of how things go sometimes, last Thursday, the ambulance was called out to an accident south of town, the story of which was carried in you*- paper, just as the driver was go ing to sit down to breakfast. The ambulance was back in Brook ings at about 10:45 a.m. It was called to take a patient to Gold Beach, slow driving due to the patients condition, at 11:15 a m. (still no breakfast). Lunch was had at Gold Beach in the late at the driver’s expense. The am bulance was finally back into Brookings at 4:30 pm. Result- help them get that mortgage on the hall paid off. A good turkey dinner is promised and is well worth the $1.50 the tickets cost for adults and 75 cents for the ¡children under 12 years of age. pay. The driver’s family had no income for that day. An example of the abuse from the public: One day the ambul ance was called in the early af ternoon to go to Crescent City w ith a patient, back hotr, to find another patient to go to Gold Beach that evening. The ambul ance was hack home after mid night. The service stat.ons all closed and the gas tank about a quarter full. The driver slept late and at 9:00 the next morn-1 in, a call came about an accident in the woods. The driver stopped to fill the tank on the way out, which took all of 3 minutes. The driver was turned into the State Industrial Accident Commission for not taking care of the am- , bulance. It would have been really something if he had run out of gas with the patient. We don’t feel that you have been fair with your articles. We were never consulted before they were published and many were inaccurate. We have been glad to give the community this service, but we resent the undue and unfounded criticism we received. We hope the new ambulance hoard will raise the rates to what other ambulance services charge, collect the accounts and pay the drivers and ma. the service will be more appreciated. Sincerely Yours, Roy H. 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