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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1957)
Thursday, August 1, 195 BROOKINGS— HARBOR P IL O T T O T B K u q KCTQg -H a r bo r P IL O T for what i t 's worth CLIFFORD ROWE AN INDEPENDENT MEMkb.-'tPER N A T » O N A » ( 0 » » f - O • - « y * I T cl At I ®N >«c; i*sw -T J lllU U r y ililM lit a s s o c ia n o « d as irror»d-<-i*i* •nai’rr at the post • »t Brooie.nf» March 7, kH6 under an Art <X Marcn 3 1M7S Ray Pisarck, Joe Murphy fdttora aad . SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year in Advance «in Curry County) One Year in Advance (outa.de Curry County! THE VALUE OF THE TELEPHONE.................................................. The recent fire up the North Bank Cheteo road has vividly brought home a point which has become increasingly evident during the past few years—that i s - t h e value of a telephone. Obviously little could ever be done towards the inclusion of the up-river country in any typ‘- of a fire protection district until a telephone 11m- has been installed. We know that other emergen cies exist in the many homes up the Cheteo, 3uch as a need for a doctor, or an ambulance. We even feel that the lack of phone service may be keeping people from building home there. We are Intelligent enough to realize that the West Coast telephone Co Is a business Just like any other firm —and as a business it must look into such things as investment and profit. And that is, of course, the reason why no such line now exists. It remains ev ident that despite the fact that the phone company is also a public service , they Just aren't about to build a line up the river until it can pay for itself. It seems so logical to any observer that it is just a matter of time before more homes are built up the beautiful Cheteo river, because of the paved road, and because of the healthy increase in boating in the area, and too, because of the general populat ion increase in this region. Because all of this is so logical— we would like to petition the West Coast Phone Co. to begin planning for the extention of the line up the Cheteo, in the Interest of safety and in the welfare of the inhabitants of that wonderful area. Our voice is a small one, but we would suggest that, if the people living up the river are really Interested in phone service that now would be th« time to begin making noise to the W e st Coast people, while the embers are still glowing from the l a s t fire--and before the next one. WE HOPE THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT KNOW.......................... We sincerely hope the highway department know«just what it is about, in adding a third lam- to the Cheteo Avenue, leading to the bridge from Oak street. This third lane is to be a "climbing lane", ami as such is sorely needed by the many log trucks which must make that steep grade to the top of the hili after turning in from the North Bank Road. Our concern, however, is with the other <1 rection. Ineffect the third lane will bring the three lanes into a two lane bridge — and a narrow two lane bridge at that. Many local people, includ ing some with contracting experience have viewed the third lane with some alarm . It could be dangerous. We’d be foolish to sugg«-st a new bridge, or the elimination of th<- 'elimbing' lane--but we hope that the highway department conies up with something that won't be hazardous. WORK IN SCHOOL PROGRESSES Just because the youngsters are having a vacation doesn't mean that th«- Brookings-Harbor school is deserted this summer. Supt. ofSchools Gene Allison reports that the old gym has .been completely re-flnlsh«sl. Aisotht grade school was painted inside, and floors In two classrooms In the grade school were replaced. Everything In id 1 the* schools 1 Everything in all the schools has been re-finished. Thermostats were put in the high school building. The high school grounds were made ready - ” • ' > to landscape, and that p r o j e c t will be done as soon as the two specialists come to term s. SCHOOL TO START ON SEPT^i The Brookings-Harbor school system will get into gear again, on Tuesday, S«pt. 3. There will be a full day of school on that day. Registration will be held on the week prior to school starting, and It is planned now to e n ro ll the Plywood youngsters earlier, as many of the Plywood people will be on vacation during th e regular week. SKETCHBOOK IUD MSAIK 'Jfc' ' i'>» . s l*ictur«xi f this week are the many unsuccessful volleyball teams that chidlangi'd the ELK ALL- STARS at the annual picnic last Sunday. A favorite history teacher of sing into limbo of long black stockings and the harness onewas mine in high school was noted among the students for his re- required to wear in order to hold petitous usage of the maxim them up. ’ History repeats itself'. Almost But it was a big day, and I was any event of our day he could tie in with a sim ilar one in cen scared stiff. Pushed from tht turies past which more or less = shelter of my home into thepub- went to prove that there was 1 lie gaze, I stiffly strutted the eight blocks to school convinced nothing new under the sun. that all residents along the a ay I Shakespeare took somewhat had received advance warning the same tack when he compared and were now peeking out from the world with a stage with the ! behind curtains in order to give ! people as actors and depicted my new breeches the once -over. the seven acts of a lifetime which Such is the conceit, or should I went in a c irc le—beginning with say self-consciousness of youth the helpless infant and terminat ing with the helpless adult who That was about forty years age again takes upto himself the and now I find history repeating characteristics of his infancy. itself.With the hot weather upon 1 us and my days confined to the So is it in the life in any of us ; maintenance of my yard, I ex- Often we will be confident that i perience an inner crav i ng rnshed what is now happening has hap I my trousers and to go forth in pened before. And when this oc : knee pants once m ore—or Ber curs, itis interesting to observe muda shorts as they are pop- our adjustment. Certainly one ! ularly classified. could safely assume that since we had handled a sim ilar affair But do you know, I just can't before, we would be able to , do It. .Alter bravely surveying handle this reasonable facsimile my knobby knees, my skinny with efficiency and dispatch. Bit shanks, and my once proud chtsl such is not always the case. I now dropped to my belt, I say I to heck wit h history and cleave For instance, one of the few < unto my all-concealing pantalo- things I can still recall from my I ons, resolved that such a spect early teens was the donning of acle as me in shorts should be my first pair of long trousers. 1 reserved only for those most This was Indeed adav of emanci near and dear. pation, for it also meant the pas PIPE DREAMS JOE MURPHY The Elks picnic was a lulu, with a bright sunny day, plenty of good means of amusement, swimming for the kids, anil g o o d barbequed chicken, done under the auspices of the wonderful Rey nolds, Vic and Elsie. It was too bad, of course, that there was not enough volleyball stars to give us experts a contest. We only played about 15 games, which was just enough to convince us that physically we are now over the hill and ready to take up less act ive forms of amusements such as thinking. Our hats off to the champs though, Willy Willey, Happy Chappie Chapman, Spiker Sam Erb, and manager Paul Eide. This business of watching the crew working on the jetty seems to be getting contagious. Half of Brookings is down there now at times, and I wonder how anything else in town g- ts done. If each of the people going down to see how they're coming along woul d only bring along a rock to throw in, we probably have the j e t t y completed in a few weeks. We overhead one youngster say on the way home from the pic nic Sunday that they aren't going to have the sack race because the man with th»* prizes fell asleep in the shade". At first we thought it must have been Freddie Fox, but he just isn't the sleepy type. *««**»*•♦»**•»*••*•*•**•#♦ Talk is being made in Crescent City’ about the possibility of th» Coast Guard ship coming in then as a permanent station. It would be nice if we could talk them into coming to Brookings in stead, to get away from that California Sales Tax or something. LETTER TO THE EDITOR... We appreciate your trying to help us get a new post office building, but please don’t forget we have the best of post office service and wish to keep it. Friends ot the Harbor Post Office BOYfi ATTEND CAMP Four Curry County boys are attending the Range Management camp being held at the Tupper Guard Station in the Umatilla National Forest this week. The boys are Byron Brimm Brookings, Daniel Colson, Port Orford, Mike Helmken, Sixes, and Mike Waterman, Fourmile. They will spend the entire weel studying range and forestry management under the super vision of the American Society- of Range Management. Scholarships for the trip were provided by Jack Kronenberg, Bandon, the Vulcan Logging Co. Brookings, and the Coos-Curry Electric Co-op. 154 END 2nd SWIM SERIES A total of 154 youngsters took lessons in the second series of the Summer Swimming program being put on at Bruce Hole. Fifty one of the 100 beginners earned the Red Cross certificates for completing the requirements. Nine of 13 swimmers and four of six in Life Saving completed the requirements for certificates. To receive beginner certifi cates: Hugh Mackey, Karen Rambeck Linda Stuart, Jill Stuart, Vicki Hodges, Chuck Kerr, K a th y Hannon, John Washburn, Dianne Hole, Francene Sanders, Corne lia Schroeder, Jay Schroeder, Carlton Thomas, Linda Vernon Rosemary Bonde, Margaret Hopper, Stephen Cribble, Johnny Dahlstrom, Jeanne Ostenberg, Mary Matot, Margie Christensen Billy Woodward, Tony Smith, Karen Westeren, Linda Travis, Jill Giroux, Sylvia Hagen, Skippv Harvey, Jeanette Hallman. Sandra Keffer, Everett John son, Karen Dent, Larry Marks, Susan Christensen, Dale C hrist ensen, Marty Collom, Jody Dimmick, Charlotte Kimberly. Jim Washburn, Sonja Hagen, Joyce Geaney, Susan English, Joyce Glass, Doris M a r k s , Jackie Botzek, Connie Swanson, Claudia Schroeder, Harold Atkin son, Richard Malcolm, Donna Thornton, and Jim Miller. I NT ERM EDLAT E ce rtificates: Ed Collom, Kathy Huovila, Wendell Guess, Carolyn Renhard Jeanette Hedberg, Judy Travis, Emily Leeds, Ron Kassa, Mer edith Brown, Jackie K in d e l, Barbara Dahlstrom, Patty Gragg, Mike Brown, David Hover, Teddy Freeman, Fred K a s s a , Jim Harroun, M ike R o s s , Greg Jacques, David Brown, John Rosen, Vonette Johnson, Connie Freeman. SWIMMERS Certificates: Sandra Freeman, Larry Lost- roh, Clyde Elmgren, Mary Gail Smith, Neil Berger, Jeff Morse, Mike Hahn, Larry Formicola, and Jack Connors. Junior Life Saving certificates: Shirley Freeman and Bob McNeeL Senior LifeSavlng Certificates: David Moore and Je rry Hahn, NEWSPAPERS ARE THE MERCHANTS BEST ADVERTISING BUY I
