Thursday, April 4, 1957
The PILOT
BROOKINGS-11 ARBOR PILOT
Brookings-Harbor Pilot
Brookings, Oregon
Newsletter From Senator R. F.
Chapman Report On 101 Hearing
AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S PA PE R
On Monday of this week, a num- few weeks has brought an ever
ber of us, inetudini Mr. V erne j increasing num ber of school visi
A. :.s of th e O regon
N A T I I O
E D IT O R I A L
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tations to the Capitol Building.
ciatic n, Mr. George B u rr of Co- H ardly a day goes by but we
Î Z Î I A SS O C iï A T IO N
quill« , R epresentative Tom MrLel- notice school buses in front of
û I
i N asp x>r
o rt, Mr. F red Flynn the Capitol Building from all
of C i jrry County, R epresentative parts of the state. It is hoped th at
E ntered as second-das- m a tte r a t the postoffice a t Brookings, Ore. C arl Back and myself, appeared all school groups irom our area
M arch 7, 1946, under an Act of M arch 3, 1H79
befort the Senate C om m ittee on will let us know in advance if
Roads and H ighways relativ e to they plan to visit Salem d uring
Ray Pisarek, Joe Murphy
Senab Bill No. 308, the highw ay the tim e the legislature is in ses
bond bill ft r Curry County. Ap sion. If we are forew arned we
Editors and Publishers
parently our presentation of this can arran g e to m eet the group
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One Y ear in Advance (in C urry County»
............. $3,00 m atter was convincing as we have and assist in m aking their visit
O ne Year in A dvance (outside C urry C ounty)
$3.50 had m any favorable com m ents m ore educational by explaining
i from both the House and Senate the legislative processes.
on the bill and we believe th ere
V isiting the Capitol on F riday
j is a good possibility th a t it will of this week w ere a group of
pass. However, the com m ittee has women from C. O. P. E. of Co is
not acted on the bill as yet. but Bay. It was only possible for me
The Grand Jury will he in session within the next I we do expect favorable considera to have a sh o rt visit w ith them
te n from them soofi.
in the G overnor's office as the
few weeks and if they look around them they will see Monday evening the Oregon Key
D istrirt School Bill was being
; Coast Association invited the leg- discussed on th e floor of the sen
one matter that could hear some investigation.
i islative body over to Tillam ook to ate and it was im perative for me
•BOMB-BATTERED’ autos are among the props at the Fed
We refer, of course, to the County Court I louse, on ; their convention for a seafood to be there as every favorable
eral Civil Defense Administration's famed rescue school at Olney,
! dinner. Four buses left the C api vote was needed to pass the bill.
which work is stopped now. We are of the opinion that tol a»,out 4:00 and retu rn ed short- We hope m ore groups will be
Md. A olunteer “victims ’ usually are Federal employes from nearby
Washington, D. C., simulating, In this case, a typical scene in a
'
ly
before
m
idnight.
able
to
visit
the
legislature
before
this Court I louse is the biggest f.mk pas in the history
lighter damage area at the outer edge of a city.
ir m * Photo»
Eleven weeks of legislative pro this session is over.
of ( airry ( bounty.
cedure has now gone into history
in Salem as the 49th legislative
It just wasn’t done right from start to finish—and assem
bly concludes th eir d elib er
.it the rate they’re going currently it may never he fin ations at the S tate Capitol Build
ing in Salem . Money affairs,
ished.
¡■thool financing, and the broad
of taxes continue to be
I he Grand Jury is called to investigate crimes, pub subject
the param ount item s of in terest to
lie officials, and public buildings. We suspect that as an legislators as well as the general
intelligent group of people they would he able to deter publie.
One of the m ore controversial
mine precisely where the fault lay in the “colossal foul- bills of the 1957 session drew
sharp attention this week as the
tip” of the court house. At least they could make recom popularly
know n ‘‘key d istric t”
mendations as to straightening out the mess we are cur bill cam e into full glare of the
publicity spotlight.
rently in, and get construction underway.
Essentially, the “ key d istric t”
bill is one w hich would re d istri
We’re are’nt writing this in criticism of the countv bute the money which is now
court, the architect or the contractor. But there arc 10,00 » available from state sources to aid
school districts in the ever
people in (airry County—and all of them can see the local
m ounting costs of education. O ri
court house sitting there, uncompleted. All those 10,000 ginally voted by the people in
1948, the basic school support
citizens know that it cost them $300,000 out of their fund provided th a t th e state
pockets for that court house, and just reasonably, they should provide $50 for each cen
sus child in th e various looal
want that court house finished and usable.
school districts of the state. A cen
sus child is defined as those ch ild
ren betw een the ages of four and
nineteen in each school area. The
was later raised to $80 for each
One of the few disadvantages of living in a small child, this being the c u rre n t a-
m ount th at is now being paid by
community, and Ixdng semi-isolated from a metropolitan th e state to assist in educating
irea is the lack of the opportunity in seeing first class the children of Oregon. AU money
th u s paid originates in the general
perfi Winers on the stage
fund of the state.
Many of us occasionally get to better en tertain ers— w ith only a
Coupled w ith this problem of
S an Francisco, or Portland, but short trip involved. And th at is the “key d istrict” form ula of ba
seldom can we take the tim e to the Com m unity C oncert Series, sic school support is the question
visit there especially to see a stage held each y ear in C rescent City.
before the legislature of w h eth er
production. O ften we have the
Four annual concerts are given, or not the am ount of basic school
urge to see a talented musician by top notch artists, right in our support should be raised. W ith the
perform , but that 350 m ile trip neighboring com m unity. The p er state now paying $80 for each
usually causes up to subm erge our formances aren 't expensive either. child, various suggestions have
taste for cultivation.
A m em bership driv e is u n d er been put forth that the am ount
However, there is a way th at way this week. If you h av en ’t should be increased to as high as
already signed up we would urge $120 per child. This brings into
Mr. and Mrs. Chetco Ave. can you to do so—and w e’re sure you
sharp focus the question of w here
get to see and hear some of the I w on't reg ret it.
the money is coming from to ef
fect such an increase should it be
LARGE FANCY
STAR KIST
to $120 or even to $100 or $110.
The House T axation Com m ittee
is cu rren tly w restling w ith this
problem , the solution being a part
of the o v e ra ll problem of the
kind and am ount of taxes to be
levied on the state level d u rin g
the biennium 1957-1959. The com
plete tax program of the 1957 leg
islatu re is expected to be fo rm u
i/£ GALLON
lated w ithin the next fortnight.
S unny w eather d uring the past
GRAND JURY COULD INVESTIGATE
We Give Northern Stamps
M
J lbs. 7!9c
A ff
O I or $1.(10
A F
0 I or $1.()0
Snowdrift
SHORTNi'NG
Party Time
CREAM CORN
A Little Culture . . . .
Party Time
GREEN BEANS
Qt.
WESSON
OIL
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.6 9 c
FROZEN FOODS
ASPARAGUS
2 lbs. - - - 2 9 c
Drive Like Your Life Was at Stake!!???
BANANAS
2 lbs. - - - 2 9 c
UNDER
NEW M A N A G E M E N T
Buttons and Bows
SURFSIDE
TRAILER COURT
and
CAMP and PICNIC AREA
PRIVATE BEACH
FISHING — SWIMMING
BUD AND NELLIE SHAFER
PHONE 3418
In v ested A p ril 2
Brow nie Troop No. 8 led by
M ildred Popken and Mrs. M ont
gomery w ere invested by Edith
Wells. Neighborhood chairm an at
the Scout hall.
A ctive adult cards and pins
w ere earned by Mrs. Popken and
Mrs Montgomery.
C ertified m em bership cards and
pins w ere earned by the following
girls: Diana Johnson, B renda
Montgomery, Roselee Rush, B ar
bara Young, Evelyn Bodenham er.
Joy Smith. K athy Sm ith, K aren
Dent, Nancy Thompson. Ja n e t
Thompson. Sally Popken and
Ju d y Popken.
A fter the girls w ere invested,
refreshm ents
w ere served
to
guests and m em bers.
This troop m eets each Tuesday
at th e Scout hall from 10 a m .
to 12 p m. and from 12 p m. to
2 pm. It is sponsored by the local
Beta Iota club.
L e g io n G roup
CALL
CONSOLIDATED FREIGHWAYS
C O R N E R R A IL R O A D and W H A RE S T R E E T S
FOR DAILY DIRECT DEPENDABLE
M o to r F re ig h t S ervice
“Overnight or Long Distance - CALL C F”
Phone 4511
H as M eetin g
The regular m eeting of the A-
m erican Legion A uxiliary w as
held Monday. April 1 in the plea
sant m eeting room provided by
Legionanaire. C. O Leonard.
T ickets' can be purchased from
.myone of the Legion A u x ilia ry
ladies for a beautiful hand m ade
quilt Proceeds will be used to
send two girls to G irls State.
D ew alt
s a w dem onstration.
Chetco H ardw are, S aturday 1 to
6 p m.
No. 1
10 LBS.
TUNA PIES
4 for - - - sl° °
Big Dip
POTATOES
ICE CREAM
35c
69c
BACON
--
-— - -.- ENDS
—... & PIECES _ - - - - J lb. 2 9 c
ROASTING C H IC K E N S ................ lb 55‘
Pork Steak SSK >C lb.
T hursday thru Saturday
FRESH SEA FOODS
THE BACKBONE OF A M E A L IS M E A T
OUR K IN D IS SUCH A TREAT TO EAT
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