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Brookings-Harbor Pilot — Brookings, Oregon Thursday, August 23, T956 Adams-Haight Reunion Held Sun., Aug. 5 ATTENTION... * * * * * * * S A V E SAFE DRIVER W IT H SAFECO AUTO IN S U R A N C E Now you can have better inaurance and claims service—at folding-money-aize saving!! This is insurance for careful drivers only, reducing loeeee. Streamlined policy issuing methods are applied ta out costa. YOU get the benefits. Why go on pay ing high costa for old*feahioned insurance? 4 S Î Coll Now. No obligation . r o c> PETE J. LESMEISTER AGENÇA Phone 3311 Brooking’ S. P.'s freight carrying capacity has increased The an n u al fam ily reunion of th e A dam s an d H aig h t fam ilies w ho w ere pio n eer s e ttle rs o f the S m ith R iver V alley w as held S u n day. A u g u st 5. in th e re c re a tio n hall a t C a itle R ock. T h is fam ily reunion h as been held a lte rn a e ly a t S m ith R iv er an d P o rtla n d since 1924. R elativ es o f th e S m ith River a re a w ere h o stesses fo r th e 1956 a ffa ir. E v e re tt H u rst w as m a s te r of cerem onies. A b o u n tifu l luncheon w as s e rv ed m th e h all at 2 o'clock, the m ain mea*, 4 ish e $ being h a rb e cued tu rk e y a n d ro a s t w eaner-pig F ollow ing th e luncheon, th e gro u p sp en t th e afte rn o o n v isitin g and ren ew in g a c q u a in ta n c e s a s it had been q u ite som e tim e since all had been to g e th e r. A round seventy w'ere th ere. A m ong th e d a u g h te rs and son of th e la te pio n eers, D aniel und F a n n y H a ig h t w ere Mrs. L a u ra C ansidy of P o rtla n d , M rs A da H u rsh , M rs. H e n rie tta W o o d ru ff an d F re d H a ig h t of S m ith R iver. O th e r re lativ es p resen t w ere from b oth O regon and C alifo rn ia. T he 1957 reu n io n will be held n ear P o rtla n d . Page Seven Young Accordionists Perform At Masonic Dinner Saturday l.vc. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH By Clifford Rowe J u s t the o th e r day 1 m et i friend on the stre e t, a n ! follow ing th e usual g re e tin g he ask ed the usual question "How a re you to d a y ? ” I gave th e usual a n wet "F in e ” and w ent on my w ay S u d denly th e re a lizatio n s tru c k me th a t I lied to m y friend 1 didn t feel fine; I felt*m iserable. P e rtu rb e d by such casu al fa ls ification on my p a rt, 1 gave th - m a tte r considerable th o u g h a 1 w as soon convinced, th a t 1 w is p erh ap s th e g re a te s t liar in e x is tence. N ot only th a t, but 1 w as also c e rta in th a t I w asn 't alone In t h a t categ o ry . 1 still rotnem M ’r an incident w hich happened y e a rs ago w hen I w a i a high school te a c h e r. A sophom ore girl cam e to me one m orning, te rrib ly upset. She w as a very nice girl an d m uch m ore poliKe th a n th e a v e ra g e ; yet >n th is p a rtic u la r m orning her en tire philosophy of life had been jolted As a child she had been con sta n tly rem inded of th e value of honesty. Y et on th is specific m orning w hen a w o m an visitor in her hom e had a -k e d her opinion SA LM ON IN of a new ly pu rch ased h at, the T h ere h av e been re p o r ts of y a in g s .e r h ad s ta te d th a t sh> s c a tte r e d c’atic.hes of salm o n in th o u g h t it " g a s tly .” th e C hetco w ith fish up to ¿!0 lbs. N a tu ra lly th e v isito r w as h o rr i being ta k e n in th e u p p e r tide fied; th e m o th er v. is m o rtified ; w a te rs. and fa th e r probably beat it out the back door w hile he still had had his em otions u n d er control. And here w as th e te e n -a g e r a s k ing me "W hy is it w rong to tell th e tr u th ? " Of course, h er disillusionm ent w as one com m on to her age, a- long w ith th e discovery th a t th ere w as no S a n ta C laus and th a t her p a rtic u la r movie hero had been m arried th ree tim es and had v ari- ou»< and sundny children being supported w ith alim ony. It w as my u n p leasan t d u ty to explain th a t c o u rte sy a n d ta c t do not necessarily go hand in hand w i'h honesty. R eally, though, 1 have alw ay had a su p p ressed d<* ire to be b ru ta lly honest I would on oc ■ sion like to inform som one th a t he gave a lousy spec h, to advi e som e w om an th a t h er m ake-u w as frig h ten in g , to tell somi h o s tess th a t I am su re th a t her m a will resu lt in indige turn <n mv p a rt, o r to s ta r tle som eone to whom I am being introduced by saying, “ I am N OT pleased to S a tu rd a y night, A ugust 11, eleven y o ung people . rovided m u sic fo r those a tte n d in g the 10th an- n iv e rsa .y din n er ol' th e M asonic Lodge, ’i l n s e young ae .m l.a m sl w ere p u p il, of D av.d t ro e k e lt of H arbor. Chose tu k in n par t in the p ro g ram w ere: Neo on C urtis, M arilyn H over. K ath lev a K oeller, B e tty b m 1.« b. r, l.es.e Ix*ib< r. M arianne L ongaere, N aom i San ders. Jo y f a.n.on, Alice Sum Linda V ernon and ila ro ld Vieki r A m ong the num b r? they playi . w ire “T he Mm n-“. H ym n.” "M er ry W idow W a ltz ”, "O ver 111 W aves", "G olden /d ip p e r s ’, a ■ , "De C aiiiptov.n Ra es ". Alice > S m ith and L inda V ernon played a ' d u et, "M oonlight on the C olm ado". N ao m i S a n d e rs and M a ria n n e L o n g a e re p la y " A n c h o r s A w e ig h " | to g eth er. The A m erican School of M usic of V ancouver, W ashington e s ta b lished a school in th is a re a la d fall, and Mr. C ro ck ett becam e th e in tiu e to r. Since D ecem ber first, ab o u t fo rty young people of ele m e n ta ry and ju n io r high age have te e n ta k in g lessons A p a rt of th em have been invited to play a t v ario u s o rg a n iz a tio n m e etin g s in the a re a including the G range, th e Oddfellow s an.I in S ep tem b er this g ro u p of eleven y o u n g ste rs have hen naked to play for the Odilfel- lows C onvention in C iescen t C ity. You C an S ave y our su b sc rip tion price, m any tim e o v er th ro u g h b a rg a in ads. meet you". • ♦ ♦ 1 know, how ever, th a t 1 w dl ne\ e be th a t reckless A fte r all. .-ome Som e folks say th at the tro u b le d ay I m yself, m ay give a speei 1 or be a host, or be introduced to w it.i so m eH t to d a y s s m a rt ch ild som eone w ho is lu n e.st, and 1 ren is th a t th ey d id n 't s n a rt in d o n 't th in k 1 e. uld ta k e it. Nie rig h t places i>trcrvt:ó e t a l u n i / ?/ie W u ïc d D on ’ t be misled by the quacks ami charlatans who claim to cure pernicious anemia. The most contemptible person in the world is the one who will sacrifice public health, comfort, and happiness for his own financial gain. A pa tient who has pernicious anemia is deficient in red blood cells. New red blood cells can he developed by a process with which your physician is thoroughly familiar. 'The process is constant and docs not effect a cure. It doc.;, however, enable the patient to complete a normal span of life. Always consult your physician in times of illness. Tlv'n bring his prescriptions to us to he filled. FRANK'S PHARMACY - New Phone Number 1114 — Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. — Smart, Modern Pickup O n »he ro ad , you w ont a ll the perform ance, com- fort, ,»yle ond economy of thi* m odern pickup in the last 10 years V.'hich of these trucks will do the most for you? U nder o u r post-w ar program , S o u th ern Pacific h as acquired o r <,id ered 56,854 fre ig h t cars, including 2 J ,350 boxcars, a t a cost of $356,000,000. Today we have over 75,000 cars in service, rep re sen tin g a post-w ar increase in ow nership of 38%. ( htr carrying capacity has increased 4d p er cent in the sam e period. 8F“ . B ut th e re is m ore to progressive railro a d in g th a n new freig h t cars. K eeping c ars in good shape is a n o th e r way to increase ca r supply, and w e a re proud to say th a t o u r record in this resp ect is o u tstan d in g , too. J a 1055, an average o f only 1.7% o f the i ars on the S. P. System was out o f r i vice fo r repairs, as com pared to ( national average o f 4. 27o. p.’. e j ’zrtio n , centralized traffic contivi, im proved com m unications, m l the m ost mod rn servicing f lilies are am ong o th e r y restive steps we have takon sdice I f 15, to give shippers - '.ere in our territo ry more and f ' service. ÿ c u «hem pacific; Light duty four Wheel Drive Truck For the rough, tough o ff »he highw ay houling ¡oh», yaw w ont a »ruck with e«»ra »roction, e«»ra pow er. You get both with thi. "double-duty” INTERNATIONAL 4x41 The INTERNATIONAL light d uty Model S 120 four-w heel drive, pictured above in both illustrations, is a full-size pi» kup, with a full-size body, full size cab. It’s no curnttersonie midget, or ungainly m»»n ster, but a modern pickup with comfort and good looks your wife will approve. Yet with both axles engaged, it bas power plus and sure foot«! traction to pull its 7,000 lbs. GVW effortlessly up steep grarles, through mud. It goes where roads can’t go. T here’s flexible auxiliary power, too. Power take off gives extra power for most stationary or portable power jolrs. W hy not come in today, and let us show you our w ide choice of pickups, sta k e s, p la tfo rm s. C o n v e n ie n t term s a rra n g e d th ro u g h our In d iv id u a liz e d 'Ruck Paym ent Plan. **« IN T E R N A T IO N A L * TRUCKS yUr/n.< /. I I » i l l let •«< e </•«• W O ABOUT OUR M O iV IO U A L lZ e O F A V M C N T R IA N ! BROOKINGS MACHINE SHOP PACIFIC AVENUE — BROOKINGS, OREGON