EAGE TWO
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT — BROOKINGS, OREGON
The PILOT
BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT
AN INDFPEL
»eeend class mattes
ENT N E W S PA PE R
si tbs postbfftee at Brooklaas. O t »« ob ,
for improvement with Federal-aid funds when request
ed by the State and matched in an appropriate amount
' by funds under the control of the State.”
1 hese two seperate disclosures don’t seem to add
| up.
Thursday, June 21, 1956
others to do their thinking fo r, S j J n e y Croft Lodge
them. They
The} c certainly
e rta in b don't need
’
fu rth e r encouragem ent.
Celebrates totli Year
FOR WHAT
IT'S WORTH
By C L IFFO R D P. ROW E
.
Letter to the Editor
The Tenth A nniversary of the
ch arterin g of Sidney C roft Lodge
206, A.F. it A M. will be observed
on August 11th, according to a n
nouncem ents being m ade by the
lodge officers, in v itatio n s will be
sent, in due tim e, to other lodges
and to m em bers of the local
branch.
R egardless of how others may
feel, I find myself becoming in
W hen will the State Highway Commission creasingly puzzled relative to the D ear E ditor and th e People
Ray Pisarek, J<x Murphy
realize that although it is mainly the people along cu rren t epidemic of public opin of Brookings:
Editor» and Pub^\her»
polls. H ardly a day passes
»LTB8CMIPTION
KAflCA:
In reg ard to a recen t editorial
the coast that are doing the screaming, that the im ion
but w h at I find in my daily concerning a suggested sw im
•A.M
Tear In A dvance (In Curry Corny
provement of highway ioi will help the whole State? paper, w eekly new s journal, or ming pool. We a re compelled to
One Tear In A dvance (outelde « u rry Oo> T>
onthly m agazine some survey w rite th a t in o rder to achieve
Don’t they know that the people of California, m
of the average A m erican's opin anything we need th e cooperat
or the farmers of Nebraska or Iowa, vacationing out ion of the m om ent.
A T IO N A L
E D IT O R IA L
ion. not only of you, but of each
here on the Coast want to see the ocean? They don’t W hat concerns me m ost is th a t and every person in Brookings.
the public is app aren tly
> V
/ association
As you know, the children, the
want to drive up Highway 99 except for the exped- while
being polled on p ractically every teen ag ers and adults have one
iency of travel. Don’t they know the the word about facet of opinion, n eith er my own show and one bowling alIey to
the deplorable condition of highway 101 in the Brook- p in io n nor th a t o f any ot m y tu rn (o fo r recreation and enter-
acquaintances has ever been sol- tainm ent
I ings-Gold Beach section is getting around? Although, icited.
The question then n atu r-
L e fs get to g eth er and s ta r ,
several national magazines pictured the beauties of the ally arises as to the source of things going. Only our interest
Two things came up during the last week that Oregon Coast, the best advertisement is by mouth, this inform ation w ith a doubt and ahLlitv to w ork togeth er
gave us a jolt, concerning I Lighway io i . One, a tourist from one tourist to his neignhor. If you were a tourist, being born as to its validity. 1 will get us w h at we w a n t.
by
am not so young but th a t I
Two D isturbed T eenagers
reported to this office that he had been advised by or if the highway commission people were tourists can I still
FRANCES
FIELDS
rem em ber the once fam
(N am es w ithheld on request)
Home Economist
persons in Crescent City not to travel highway ioi would highway 101 be recommended? We know of iliar L ite ra ry D igest which has
Oregon Wheat League
lorth bccaust it was a “gravel” road. The second was plenty of people that would recommend the Gold passed aw ay unm ourned as the
Lewis Building
result of its in acu rate polling of
Portland 4, Oregon
i letter from C. I). Curtis, Commissioner of Public Beach-Brookings Road only to their worst enemy.
opinion prior to the presidential
election of 1936. T h at publication
Roads to Senator Wayne Morse, received indirectly by
H e r e w e liv e in t h e o n e s p o t in
t h e w o r ld w h e r e t h e f in e s t s t r a w
had m ade the m istake of q u est
this office.
b erry * s h o r t c a k e is p o s s ib le . O u r
ioning only those people whose
M a r s h a ll v a r i e t y s t r a w b e r r i e s
Mrs. N ettie H arris, of San
nam
es
w
ere
tak
en
from
te
le
a r e t h e fin e s t b e r r i e s k n o w n f o r
Curtiss said that “The section of U. S. ioi . . .
Mateo.
C
alifornia,
is
a
guest
of
f
l a v o r a n d r i c h n e s s . O r e g o n 's
phone books or from lists of car
is included in the Federal-aid primary highway system
What would a fishing harbor mean to this owners. In the election, those her sister, Mrs. Florence Forgie, d a i r y p r o d u c t s m e e t t h e h ig h
s t a n d a r d s s e t b y t h e n a t i o n 's
of H arbor.
approved for Oregon which establishes its eligihiltiy community; During the past week, after the exciting who could afford n eith er te le Before m arried, the tw o w om t d h a e i r y h o u i n r d u u s s e t d r y in . A y o n d u r o s f h o c r o t c u a r s k e e ,
or cars w ere the ones
announcement By Senator Wayne Morse that the phones
en w ere N ettie and Florence
is t h e f in e s t b a k i n g flo u r k n o w n
who m ade liars of the L iterary
S herm an, and w ere cousins of . . . m a d e o f s o f t w h e a t g r o w n in
Chetco River Project was on the Senate budget, that Digest.
O re g o n .
Gen. W illiam Tecum seh S h er
One is also tem pted to q u est man.
question has been asked frequently around town.
ion th e cooperativeness of those
Frankly, we are not able to see in the future and interview ed by poll tak ers. C e rt Mrs. H arris ta lk s very fam il
iarly of the general who often
say what it will mean to the KrtM »kings-Harbor area. ainly, any individual who c h e r visited her g ra n d fa th e r’s home.
ishes the san ctity of his vote is G ra n d fa th e r Sherm an, surnam ed
However, we can point out what it means to Crescent not
going to deprive him self of Joel, w as a d ru m m er boy during
4*
Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ
City, our sister city to the south.
the th rill of casting it by m aking th e Civil W ar. Mrs. H arris re
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MF
Commercial delivery of fish over the Citizens his vote known beforehand. S im calls th a t the general w as a fiery
the possibility exists that red-head w ith a te rrib le tem per
I )oek in Crescent City last year was 2,595,156 pounds ilarly,
OREGON HAS A U IT TAKES t o g iv e
the interview ee m ay not be en and "how he could cuss!"
e s tra w
according to reports released by fish and game officials. tirely honest in his answ ers. Mrs. H a rris’ own m o th er was y b o e u r r a y s u s m h o m r t e c r t a i k m e e o e f a fin
tin g . T h e
C
ertainly
the
num
ber
of
fem-
one of ten children, th e fam ily w h e a t g r o w e r s a n d s t r a w b e r r y
The officials reported that 155 Boats of the
nine p ro tests which followed the com ing out via wagonin the early g r o w 'e r s h a v e e n c o u r a g e d y o u r
g r o c e r to m a k e " s p e c ia ls " th is
regularly Crescent-based fleet in 1955 made ^ 5 5 round last Kinsey report on women
80’s. She lived w ith her g ra n d w e e k so y o u w ill b e a b le to g iv e
trips from the harbor to fishing grounds. The figures would seem to indicate th a t some m other for m uch of her life and y o u r f a m i ly a ll t h e y w a n t o f t h i s
those interview ed had been is fam iliar w ith the d etails of the s u p e r d e s s e r t . Y o u r b a k e r to o
do not include party boats, pleasure boats or those of
be f e a t u r i n g m a n y d e lic io u s
m ore guilty of bragging th an of fam ily’s long tn$k out. G rand s w h ill
o rtc a k e t r e a t s . P a r t i c u l a r l y
visiting from Oregon or ports to the south.
confession.
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m other, a school teacher, not h a n d y a r e t h e s h o r t c a k e d e s s e r t
How you can have better insurance and claims
o w e v e r , if y o u r i d e a f o r
All of which boils down to th? only ta u g h t her own brood, on c s h u p o s r . t c H
Besides
that,
only
a
year
ago
it
was
discovered
a k e is c r u n c h y , g o ld e n b i s
service—at folding-money-eize saving* 1 Thia is
question
a>
to
w
hether
such
polls
c
u
i
t
s
,
h
e r e 's a n o l d - f a s h i o n e d
the
w
ay
out,
but
also
all
the
shrimp could be taken off Del Norte in sufficient
Insurance for careful driven only, reducing losses.
have value. I will adm it th a t if other children in th e train . On r e c ip e w h ic h is a r e a l s n a p .. a n d
quantities to make commercial packing possible. This I had a desire to be on th e w in Fridays, they halted, along the m w h a e d a e t. b e t t e r b e c a u s e o f O r e g o n
Streamlined policy issuing methods a n applied to
cut costs. YOU get the benefits. Why go on pay*
year a Crescent City operator will employ upwards of ning side in th e coming ele c t way, for th e women folks to
ions, it would be nice to know’ In wash and cook, but school was
ing high coeta for old-faddoned insurance?
kx ) women in a packing plant there.
advance which would be victor kept going ju st the same, w ith
We don’t anticipate anything like that for ious. At the sam e time, for the the classes held at night.
Coif Now. No ob//gaf/o<
" I have heard gran d m o th er
Brookings this year or next—but eventually it could sake of dem ocracy, m aybe it
would be b e tte r if I m ade my tell of folding up her featherbed |
happen.
own decision.
and siting on it in the back of
Therein, in my own opinion the w agon.” Mrs. H arris recalls,
lies th e principle w eakness of the "and sewing all th e g arm en ts
professional prediction. T heie used by her family, as th e wagon
are far too m any people in this plodded adong.”
Shortcake Biscuits
co untry already who rely on
This kindly old lady lived to be C om bine: 3 cups biscuit m ix
'♦ cup m elted b u tte r
a hundred y ears old and spent
*3 cup m ilk or fig h t cream *
her last years under th e kindly M ix lig titly u n til blended. T u rn out
care of Mrs. H arris. "I count it on lig h tly floured board or cloth and
k n » a d I o r 5 tim e s . C u t in la r g e
as one of my life’s g rea test priv rounds
Bake at 450 degrees 15 m in
utes
or u n til golden brow n.
ileges to have cared for M other"
W ith a U. S. National Bank
•To mok» a lorge shortcake fo cul in slices
Mrs. H arris says.
checkbook you’ll have money
or squares, odd '/, cup milk or cream.
The S herm an family settled in
M,x lightly ond spread in greased baking
at the point of your pen. It’s a wise woman
M AKE THAT PUTT!
C ontra Costa County, California
pan Bake ol 425 about 20 minutes.
w here a hundred acres w ere S a tis fy in g in every w a y , e y e -a p p ea l
— or man — who doesn’t carry large
t ..V r make yourself
bought to add to the fam ily ing and m o u th -w a te r in g ; there is
a une bourbon highball...,
amounts of cash. Put your money in a
no thin g that tells you so w ell th a t
hom estead lands. It w as here, sum m er Is re a lly here. T r y S tr a w
U. S. National checking account where
while on a C alifornia visit, th a t b e rry Shortcake fo r snacktim e, des
s e rt-tim e . p a r ty -tim e or a n y tim e . . .
‘he general met the beautiful Serve plen ty.
you know it’s safe.
señorita from M onterey which REMEMBER! S u m m e rtim e e n e r g y is ie
Y ou’ll also enjoy the convenience and
leveloped a rom ance Californ- y e u r s h o r t!o k e , to o . The cheice O r e g o n
w h e a t used In y o u r s h o r tta k e helps g iv e
* *
ans love to tell A fter the gen- yo
prestige of paying by check. And you’ll
u th e n e e d e d e n e r g y t e r th e h e t cum
ral left, the señorita planted a m e r m onths, by c o n trib u tin g rich b o d y
have an accurate record of expenditures as
-ose tree in his m em ory—the b u ild in g p r o te in
OREGON WHEAT COMMISSION
well as legal proof of payment with
amed S herm an
Rose, well-
305 S W 10th, PENDLETON. OREGON
mown in C alifornia.
your cancelled checks.
m
March 7, 1M4. unr «
Act of '-.areb 1. l*Tt
as ? oc 5 i ,8 n
Summertime Eating
is Fun in Oregon
HIGHWAY 101 REPORT . . . .
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MRS. FORGIE
What Would A Fish Harbor Mean ?
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