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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. Brown,
Bud Stotenberg
Letter to the Editor
On behalf of the Committee
on the World Day of Prayer, I
wish to express thanks to you
for your cooperation In printing
items and especially the Proc
lamation by the Mayor. This
means so much to our Commun
ity and we appreciate your eff
orts.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Walter Sadler
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