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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1957)
Thursday, February 21, 1957 Brookings-Harboi .'ilot forerunner of rheum atic heart. Research projects already under AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S PA PE R way at the U niversity of Oregon M edical school, Reed College and Bend. Oregon, will continue, but N A T I O N A I E D IT O R I A L NEW SPAPER in addition there will be a pilot V 1 / 1 I A S Îb c ÎA T I^ N P U B L IS H E R S Oregon H eart Association plans study of rheum atic incidence in £ - -J I U / A S S O C IA T IO N to expand its attack on rhem utic an area streching from the O re A F F IL IA T I M I M I C I fever during 1957 to include pre gon coast to the m ountains and a E ntered as second-class m a tte r at the postoffice at Brookings, Ore ventive as well as educational preventive program which is still and research activities, according . in the planning stage and not yet M arch 7, 1946, under an Act of M arch 3, 1K79 to Dr. H erbert Griswold, Oregon ready to be announced. H eart Association president and Despite the fact th at rheum atic Ray Pisarck, Joe Murphy head of the cardiology division, fever is a leading cause of disabil E ditors and Publishers U niversity of Oregon Medical ity and death among children and School. young adults, it can now be listed SU B SC R IPT IO N R A TES: Dr. G riswold has advised H. G. as a preventive disease, Horn One Year In Advance (in C urry County) .... $3.00 One Year in Advance (outside C urry C ounty) $3.50 (B ud) Horn, state chairm an for stated. th e association’s F ebruary H eart An Oregon H eart Association Fund cam paign, that the 1957 bulletin points out th at rheum atic budget calls for the expenditure fever is almost invariably p re of large sums to carry on the fight ceded by a strepococcal infection, against rheum atic fever, often the most commonly a “stre p ” sore throat, and urges prom pt medical Next Tuesday night at S p.in. in the high school attention of suspected “strep ” in void it seems proof in itself that auditorium there will l>e a meeting, called by a group of sane discussion is a method far fections. Brookings businessmen in an effort to get public support superior to th at of grabbing a gun “This fight to control rheum atic tim e a crisis confronts us. fever is ju st ano th er exam ple of and approval for a plan of organized and concerted ef every W hile some may argue that prac the fine w ork the Oregon H eart fort to secure more industry for the community. tically all conference end in com Association is doing throughout promises, the answ er is available Oregon,” Horn stated, “and I hope th at a conprom ise is certainly to the people of the state will sup Interested in Brookings? port the associations cu rren t fu n d be preferred to war. T’he meeting is being called to hear a talk by Mr. D uring past centuries the p att raising cam paign and assure con Elliot of McMinnville, Oregon who has been working ern followed has been wage w ar tinuation and expansion of the differences and then to make program .” with a group of McMinnville business and professional over Interested persons can m ail com prom ises in the peace settle people^tte will tell the “McMinnville Story'' of how an m ents following the term ination their contributions to HEART, hostilities. The param ount care of th eir postm aster. organized and determined plan brought industry to that of w eakness in this p attern is th at i city. the com prom ise is invariably in favor of the victor, w ith punish Lockweed Control m ent and revenge being the p ri To Be Discussed Interested m Brookings? m ary considerations. And history Area business people have been jolted hard by the has also shown th at such settle-1 The C u rry County w eed situ a tion w ill be thoroughly discussed drop in lumber prices and the subsequent realization that m ents rath e r than insuring peace at a m eeting to be held on Thurs- have actually been the cause of day, F eb ru ary 28, sta rtin g at 10.00 a one industry community has to suffer economically ensuing wars. a m. in the county extension office When that one industry has a rccssion. To hold that en tertain in g Saud according to Lou O ester, County or Tito is an indication th a t we , Extension Agent. agree with them in their beliefs Interested in Brookings? Weeds are a serious problem to as silly as saying th at because all persons in the county, says I’liis meeting isn’t limited strictly to businessmen I is am a Republican I should jrefuse Oester, because they spread so either. What those in charge of the meeting have in mind to argue my beliefs w ith a Demo- [ fast over large areas and com pete cra t least I be taken for one. w ith or com pletely elim inate d e is a sound plan of attack to shake the lethargy—to get I hope th at this nation never sirable plants. Gorse is an ex am community off the dime Anybody that has suggestions closes its doors to negotiation, for ple of a weed th a t tak es over the I firm ly belief th a t an exam ple land and m akes it practically to offer or contributions to make in any form are asked of broad-m indedness on our p art w orthless. to attend. Tansy R agw ort is a weed th a t is the most pow erful instrum ent we can utilize in our efforts to has spread over thousands o f acres in th e county. It is particu- convert the narrow -m inded. Interested in Brookings? BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT It seems unlikely that an area such as this, with un developed resources all about us in every dirction can’t do something constructive in the field of industry pro motion. However it takes something more than wishful thinking—and natural resources. It takes confidence in a great future—it takes a lot o f guts, and foresight, but mainly it takes a lot of plain hard work. This meeting is the start of such a program Next 'Tuesday night we will see by those in attendance just who is interested in Brookings! on The recen t furore in certain q u arte rs over the inviting of King Saud of A rabia to meet w ith P res ident Eisenhower tends to cause one to w onder ju st how serious people are in th eir efforts to se cure w orld peace. The com motion at the sam e tim e over the possi bility of Tito of Yugoslavia m ak ing a sim ilar visit fu rth e r com- * plicates one’s thinking. It has alw ays been my opinion tin t w hen oin is at odds with someone else, » ither in action or thought, the m< st fru itfu l method of ironing out differences is to talk directly \\ t h those involved. to hoh GALLON (HL-'-' PHONE 4202 MURRY MOTORS SELL IT THRU THE WANTADS LOU ¿.ALDEN SALES ¿-SERVICE' 1 H E / POP COME Q U IC K ( I'VE FO U N D A T A IL T H A T 'S a A 6 6 i NC i J W W IT H HO D O O O N ,T • < ■ ( PONT TOO know a I CiABTEf? 5 n A k £ WHEN VO u THEfitS NO MlSRLPRE«.<Wn0M AT 1 AN D IT'S 6O T SON , CUTE L IT T L E B U TTO N S ON THE EN D OF IT T H A T CA TTLE G O tS T z w c e x w z L r ' Eoct/RRERteo -THE lC MERCHANDISE IS THE BEST OBTAIN ABLE AND THEIR PRICES RIQHT! : IT? /V )J qt - power sawx < UCzAtOZ E Q U IP M E N T S ,— HOM ELITE O L A .S A W S ¿L SERV/C E 'p lv 9 ^ 2 7 .1 \ • B R O O K /N G ^ DOUBLE STAMPS THURSDAYS MEATS Qualify 3 for 23c MILK SEGO - ................3 hr ter# <* Freaks 5c S ’ lb . FRESH SIDE PORK 4 9 c lb LARD - - - - - 4 lb. ctn TRUCK REPAIR LIGHT MACHINE WORK The A gricultural S tabilization and Conservation program w ill give assistance to landow ners this year in helping them fight certain weeds. This proyram as w ell as o th er weed control problem s will be discussed at this m eeting. All iiUreX R O Y A L .............. PORTABLE WELDER larly noxious because it is poison ous to livestock. Ie will tak e the com bined efforts of m any land- in terested persons are invited to atten d . ow ners to control this pest. PHONE 2411 Gelatin Dessert 24 HOUR - WRECKER SERVICE FILM STARS P eggy L ee and Jeff C handler rem ind you that February 24 is H eart Su nd ay— llie day on u h ich a H eart F und vo lu n teer will call at your hom e. About 80 per cent of Red China trad e has been w ith Com munist countries. But in the last few y ea rs. Peiping has expanded its m arkets. Since 1954 Red China has b artered 270,000 tons of rice for 250,000 tons of ru b b er every y ear from Ceylon; and in Red China becam e E gypt’s largest sin- gle custom er for cotton. Chete* Mkt. B y C lifford I’. H ow e 77^ A V alentine p arty was given for the children of the com munity by the U pper Chetco P. T. A. on Februi-ry 15. Games were con ducted by various members of the P. T. A. for the different age groups, and a hilarious time was had by all the children. Refresh m ents consisting of hot dogs, < salads and pop w ere served, then dancing was enjoyed by all. TOP GRADE FOODS For W hat It's Worth HUNGRY HUBBYS D IN N E R READY WITH INSTANT HEAT - GAS, CLEAN AND STEADY VALENTINE PARTY HELD Heart Group Plans Attack INTERESTED IN BROOKINGS? Brookings, Oregon FENWAY CELLO Tomatoes Carrots 9SC BEEF R O A S T S WELL TRIMMED 49c per pound inW ■“ Of 111 0 MEAT market
