Brookings-Harbor Pilot — Brookings, Oregon
Thursday, August 23, T956
Adams-Haight Reunion
Held Sun., Aug. 5
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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".
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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
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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.
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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.
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