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'I hursday, December 25, 1952
*For What It's Worth .
I HEAD T H E o th er day th at
post office bigwigs are becoming
som ew hat alarm ed over the fact
th at there is very little, if any,
I nail for Santa
?laus this year
I of 1952. Seems
hat those of the
younger genera-
ion are not tak-
ng the old be-
whiskered g e n-
¡ fieman as seri-
>usly as the kid-
lies of genera
tions past. This
is taken to be
I just another one
of those indications th a t the
world is definitely on the downhill
skids.
This sort of thinking on the
p art of adults has alw ays puz
zled me greatly. It has always
appeared so inconsistent for m a
tu re people to be continually
scream ing for progress and at the
BROOKINGS
CLINK
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DR. R. E. SMITH
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT. BROOKINGS, OREGON
By C lifford P. R owe
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C lara Goyke ............................
Verna Crabb ............................
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Rickey H aggerty ....................
B etty Nelson ..........................
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Lil W inegardner ....................
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sam e tim e bemoaning anil con
demning change.
I am not nearly so concerned
TEAM STANDINGS
with the prospect of S an ta Claus
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fading away as the traditional
Don’s
Cliff
House
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25
featu re of C hristm as as I am w ith
the saddening possibility th a t the Pete L esm eister’s Ins. .. 23
spirit of giving m ay somehow’ be Sisco L ogerettes ............ 22
Tots, Teens, M incers..... 15
lost w ith the passage of tim e.
W ith S anta Claus, the popular K err Hdw. & Elec.......... 12
Chetco Cafe .................... H
conception had come to be th at
«f “g e t” ra th e r than th a t of F reem an’s M arket ....... 11
give.” It was then only n atu ral Eagles Aux. (3087) ....... 11
that giving should* come to be
thought of as m erely a necessary
INDIVIDUAL GAMES
evil which one accepted in order Clara G*\vke ............................
that he m ight receive.
Verna Crabb ............... .
As we g ath er our families Rickey H aggerty ....................
around us this C hristm as season,
it might be well for us to fu rth er
INDIVIDUAL SER IE S
strengthen the oldest of all tra d i
tions connected w ith the birth of ■ Verna Crabb ............................
the Christ child: The bringing of (Clara Goyke ............................
gifts in the spirit of love and of K atie Hail
friendship.
As for Saint Nick being e n tire
TEAM GAMES
ly forgotten, I en tertain no alarm
Pete Lesm eister ....................
whatsoever.
There are enough
¡Don’s Cliff House
grown-ups Tn this country who
Tots, Teens & M incer’s ......
still believe in S anta Claus to
TEAM SE R IE S
keep the old gentlem an from dis
appearing entirely.
And so as the C hristm as season
is ujx)n us, may I take this op-
port unity to wish for all of those
who have received any thought
or pleasure from this column the
past y ear the M erriest of C hrist
m ases and the H appiest of New
Years.
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