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BROOKINGS-HARBOR P I L O T THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1957 -T h e BR o 0KING8-H a r b o r for what it 's worth P IL O T A N IN D E P E N D E N T N A T IO N A L T 10 I I 0 « i A I I A Sîb CÎA I 1*0 N I U i N IW S M H I k P U B IIS H II* ASSOCIATION I Entered nt second-clnts m atter at tlie postoffice at Brookings. Ore March 7, UH6. under an A rt o f March 3 187!* Ray Pisarek, Joe Murphy E ditor» an d PubluAer« . S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E S :' C'ne Year in Advance (in Curry Countyl One Year in Advance (outside C urry County) *3 00 *3 5 0 This Is Newspaper Week This is National Newspaper Week, and if we tend to boast a little just now perhaps we may be indulged. For the newspaper, which regularly devotes itself to bring news and the interpreta tion of news to your homes, has a message of its own. We b e lieve that message worthy of some attention. The American newspaper occupies a unique place in the world. Its freedom to print is guaranteed by the Constitution. It h a s been considered from the beginnings of the Republic and from even before that —an essential instrument in the lives of th e American people. Its basic purpose has been and always will be the same: To tell the happenings of the day. Here the function is to try to place the facts concerning these happenings in perspective to g iv e them meaning in the light of other events, past and present. It has other Important purposes—to serve as a medium f o r advertising, to entertain and amuse, to serve as a public forum. You may, and undoubtedly do, on occasion become discourged with your newspaper or even become angry with it. Yet it is an lndlspensalbe item for intelligent living, and in more cases than is generally realized it is the most constructive and most educa tional item in a fam ily's existence. Where newspaper are free from government restriction, a s they are in the United States, you are free to select the reading m atter of your choice. You are privileged to have a voice of p ro test. You are favored by having news of Importance about y o u , personally, collected, verified and presented in readable a n d understandable form delivered to your home each day or week. The newspapers of America set aside this week, th e r e f o r e to call attention to the services they perform . But more than that they set it aside to remind themselves and their readers of the obligation they owe the American public. It is their constant hope that the reading public will continue to trust the integrity of their services. It is their constant e f fort to maintain the standards which have made this nation, more than all others, a nation of newspaper readers. National Newspaper Week, therefore, is not an occasion for self-praise by newspapers nearly so much as it is an occasion for self-appraisem ent. It is a time for newspapers over the land to rededicate themselves to the trust placed in them by the vast intelligent, progressive and enlightened American public. aaaaaaaaaa ««««««« local News ■ I A: «JXiBSSU. ~ Archie Hendricks was in the city over the weekend, attending to business here. He was to re turn to Portland this week. Miss Neva Moore of Corvallis was an over night guest of Mrs. Ralph Reed. They are old girl hood friends. Miss Moore has been an employee of Greyhound for fifteen years. Mr. and M rs. Sam Gott drove to McMinnville the past week with their daughter, Joy, who is in her second year at l.lnfiek college there. M rs. Tom Doherty anti Judy S a d l e r an d Mary Gail Smith drove to Klamath Falls over the weekend to attend the student conference held there. AAAAAAAAA Mr. and M rs. Myron Guerney of Coos Bay visited with Mrs. G uem ey's s is te r, M rs. J. C. Jaggers the past week. Mr. and M rs. Bob Phillips returned Tuesday from a vaca tion, visiting r e l a t i v e s and friends in various p a rts of the country. aaaaaaaaaa CLIFFO RD ROW E NEW SPAPER PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR 1957-58 SEASON Final program dates were set for the 1957-58 Community Concert se rie s, according to the Brookings chairman, Mrs. C. Ed Dempsey. Membership cards are to be mailed by M rs. L .E . Bailey, se c re ta ry -tre a su re r, as soon as they are received from the printers. About 150 people in Brookings hold memberships. The first program will be on Tuesday, October 22, w h en pianist Ozan Marsh appears at the Del Norte County Fair Pav 11 lion in Crescent City. Mr. Marsh was a sta r student of tht great Dutch pianist Egon P etri, and Emil Sauer, and was one of the last pupils of Franz Liszt. He is making a phenomenal rise in the music world. Members are asked to rem em ber that the concerts for this yea. only will be held at the Fair Grounds Pavillion instead of tht Crescent Elk school where ex tensive repairs art* being made to the auditorium. The program with dates of each is printed on the reverse side of the Member ship cards. FIRST LITTLE THEATRE MEETING ON FRIDAY The initial meeting of those interested in organizing a Com munity Little Theatre group will be held in Room 5 at the high school on Friday, Oct. 4th beginning at 8 p . m . Up to now, I have taken the advance of civilization in stride, Certainly I have never been one to harp on the good old days or to oppose chance lust because it was change. Rather I have sin cerely endeavored to go modern. However, just last week I was dismayed to learn of one innova tion which had taken place with out my even being aware of it. My ignorance was undoubtedly due to the fact that of late I had not been accompanying the good wife on her weekly shopping ex pedition for groceries. At any rate, I discovered that a definite move is on foot to eliminate the butcher as a public relations man. Actually they are putting him behind glass where he can still be seen but certainly cannot be heard. And that is my complaint; for in my humble opinion, a butcher with out his public is as frustrating as confining Marilyn Monroe to head shots on TV. I do want It known that I didn't gripe when the grocery clerk disappeared f r o m the scene. I soon discovered that the r e quired search for cleverly hidden merchandise g a v e m e much needed exercise as well as an outlet for an exploring instinct which had long lain dormant. Furtherm ore, clerks had never established themselves as dis tinctive personalities anyway. Now, alas, 1 find the meat all wrapped, labeled, priced, and piled In properly refrigerated receptacles while In the back ground, peering out through the glass longingly, is the butcher busily engaged in cutting, wrap ping and marking. And all the while that public, which once was his, goes on its way ignor ing him within his enclosure. Truly, the mighty have fallen. The lady of the household as yet has made no complaint, but somehow I sense a hidden sorrow. No longer can he proudly dis - play a slab of bacon as he extols Its m erits and convinces h e r that he has fought off the mob to save for her this particular cut. So I'm afraid our better halves are going to miss the butcher. He could always be depended upon to reinforce their egos by saying those nice things to them that hubby was always forgetting AAAAAAAAAAA AT THE ALLEY—we find one insurance man with a b o w lin g shirt with "Smiling Charlie" neatly embroidered on the back. It serves to bring cries of "Smile Charlie" from the opponents if he m isses a pin or two. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa IN THE WOODS—We understand that Erenchie Arrell and son Je rry nailed their bucks with only one shot apiece, which is n 't bad for a couple of amateur hunters. They report that it sound ed like a war was going on over in the Steen Mountain country at the opening of the season. Another hunter we know that has a sporting goods store here claimed he missed his buck because of a gun sight that wasn't lined up. And yet the poor guy s p e n t hours and hours lining up sights for just about everyone in town. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AT THE GAME—Coach Cal Pace watched his Junior Varsity squad get run over by Port Orford. The only difference was that the Port boys were mainly juniors and seniors, while the Brooks were almost all freshmen, with a few sophomores. This is Port O rford's first season with the sport, and they looked pretty’good but with about a 20 pound weight advantage per man almost any body could look good. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ALONG CHETCO AVENUE--Our illustrious mayor, hiz honor Fell Campbell just isn't the proud type. He has had his m o d e l A Ford pick-up out on the s tre e t, riding around just for show Apparently the good mayor doesn't want to take his later model vehicle over the streets, considering the lack of paving. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WITH IHE BRAVES—Bill Hammond drove back to Milwaukee this week, but said that he wasn't planning on taking in any of the world series games. Hummm. He'll have to visit the games if he wants to visit anybody there, or do any business, because it is apparent that most of the city will be at the game. We'll pick the Braves to win the world series in three games. AAAAAAAAAAAAAA FOREST TREE SEEDLINGS AVAILABLE TO PLANT A b o u t 3 1 /2 million foresi tree seedlings will be available from the Oregon Forest Nurse ry for landowners to plant this year, according to Louis Oester County Extension Agent. Because of the great demanc in Oregon for these seedlings a limit has been placed on the num ber an individual can purchase. Last year the supply of trees was exhausted a few weeks a f ter the first orders were taken The limit this year on Dougla* Fir will be 50.000seedllog*pet person. The limit on other species varies from 1,000 to 5,000. WANTED: AIRLINE AGENT 21 to 35 years old 2 years of college or equlvllent required. Must have experience dealing with the public Personal Interviews only. 10 to 3 at Del Norte Airport SOUTH WEST AIRWAYS FOR RENT Unfurnished 2 bedroom modem house In Brookings, close in, near school. Phone 3102 The business analyst frequent ly attempts to develop capsule summaries o f total economic activity. There are nearly always dive rgent trends within our total economy— in both good and bad tim es. It is, therefore, not always simple to determine which trends are most worthy of consideration, thus the task of capsulizing is difficult. A few intriguing statistics, how ever, do serve to inform us as to where we have been and give us clues as to where we are. T he Department of Com m erce's nat ional Income se rie s is one sta t istical exhibit which provides an over-all evaluation of business a c t i v i t y . This series includes Gross National Product figures (the value of all goods and service produced). In the second quarter of 1957, GNP was running at an annual rate of $434 billion, 5 1/ % above the second quarter of 1956. Both wholesale and retail prices have been steadily climbing dur- the past year. It is estimated that about one half of the year-to- year increase in GNP, since it is measured in term s of dollars, is accounted for by price changes. Still, even when measured In term s of constant dollars the GNP continues to show signi- icant gains. Some industries are not doing as well this year as last. The home building, non ferrous me tals, paper, textile, meat pack ing, steel and railroad Industrie! for example, show lower oper ating levels than a year ago. O th e r industries, however, show an improvement in opera tions compared with last year. They include the electric utility, industrial and public construct ion, retail sto res, petroleum electrical equipment, shipbuild ing, food products, coal, mach inery, and office equipment industries. Onbalance, it is apparent that those industries whl"h are doing well more than offset those which are lagging. Thus, in the aggre gate, our economy continues to move ahead. A consensus of economists would seem to indicate that the over-all level of business act ivity’will continue during the nexi few months at an even keel. Consumer income and spending are at record levels and still r i s i n g . The depressed farm economy seems to be picking up and farm prices have been run ning about y e a r-e arlie r le v e ls for the past 15 months. Business s p e n d i n g for new plant and equipment, although leveling out, remains at 6^ ahead of last year, and retail sales are also 6% about 1956 levels. Employment in August rem ain- ed at record levels and unemploy ment continues low . New housing starts in the month of August jumped above a one million-unit annual rate for the first time this year and appear to show’ continued improvement in September. Measured optimism is emana ting f rom Detroit on auto industry prospects after introduction of the 1958 models. The business scene is review ed weekly by the Research De partment of J. Henry Heiser & C o ., Investment Managers, wltl offices in principal West Coast cities.
