4- Brookings I larbor Pilot
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1953
Golden Wedding
Celebrated On
Christmas Eve
PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN PYRAMID
DISCOVERED IN EGYPT'S DESERT
New Year Open
House Introduced
By Dutch
Mrs. Simmons
Won Doll Given
By Tots and Teens
At Saqqara on the edge of I cients thought the pyram ids were
E gypt’s vast desert a previously the granaries of Joseph; others
'm e custom of m aking short
Mrs. O. F. Simmons, who lives
unknown pyram id has been dis- that they were built by wise men , callg on New y e a r’s Day was in
near Castle Rock at the state
, covered, one th at is sim ilar in to escape Noah s flood.
, f u jj swing in the United S tates line, was agreeably surprised to
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The Roman author, Pliny, w rit- around the turn of the century, find that she was the winner of
Mr. and Mrs. H arvey E. Sw in arc h ite c tu re to the fam ous step
I pyram id of Zozer, the earliest ing in the 1st century A.D., dis-1 Newspapers carried columns of
ney celebrated th eir golden w ed
the Essenbee doll, th at sings and
ding < hristm as day, having been known building m ade entirely of missed the pyram ids as idle and ■ **a t home” notices specifying the says her prayers, given by the
I stone.
foolish
exhibitions
of
royal hours during which visitors would Tots and Teens Toggery on Dec.
m arrie d a t Bluff Dale, Texas, on
w
ealth.”
But
Cheops’
Great
The
step
pyram
ids
were
built
^> ra ” jbe received. Hosts and hostesses 20.
D ecem ber 24 In 1902. Their two
Mrs. Simmons, m other of
d a u g h te rs and all of their g ran d i in ascending stages, according to mid rem ains the oldest anil only . having duly received, closed their Linda, age 4, Sheryl, 2 ’2, and
ion house to become guests at six m onths old K atherine, was so
children except Mr. and Mrs. officials of the N ational Geogra s u i\i\o i <»t the seven wonders ofim open
the ancient world.
somebody else’s.
Tony C ardoza and two children phic Society, each stage sm aller
busy just before C hristm as that
"Open House” on New Y ear’s she was not aw are of the fact
of San Diego, w ere present for than the last. T hus they differ
Day was introduced into Am er that the doll was hers to present
th e occasion.
The group held considerably in outline from the
ica by the Dutch who settled in to her three small girls and called
its C h ristm as dinner at the smooth lines of the later, tru e
New Am sterdam. Friends were at the store on C hristm as eve to
G range hall in the afternoon, w ith pyram ids. A rchaeologists believe
accustomed to dropping in to claim it.
friends calling from 4 o’clock on. that the newly discovered stru c
offer the compliments of the day
In the evening at the G range tu re was built for King Zoser’s
Mrs. Simmons says this is the
The response to the sale of and refreshm ents centered around
hall, before a group of th eir re la successor about 2700 B.C.
first tim e she ever won anything
Routine exploratory pits were tickets to the firem an’s dance on i homemad snacks, plus the host’s and her young daughters refer
tives and friends, Mr. and Mrs.
Sw inney renewed the m arriage being dug in late 1951 when the C hristm as night fell far short of favorite concoction of punch.
to the prize as “M am m a’s doll”
The custom grew with the when they gaze upon it with
vows they had taken fifty years discovery was made. Uncovered expectations. This yearly project
ea rlie r, w ith Rev. M atson M et now is a vast terrace, 1.803 feet engineered and arranged by the country, finally attaining the sparkling eyes and stand en-
calf in charge of the service. Mrs. long and 558 feet wide, surround boys w ith Ed Thornton as ener newspaper announced stage, w ith thralled when she sings and says
M etcalf
sang
“B ecause” and I ed by rem ains of an enclosing getic prom oter, received less in its eventual tim e-table and s c u r - , her prayers,
rying from one “open house” to
“Bless This H ouse.” The service I | wall. Only one section of the terest than in past years.
Ed is a busy man as well as another. It was inevitable th at
w as followed by the couple re wall is perfectly preserved.
recovering from a plane accident
ceiving the co n gratulations of
A pit dug in the exact center in which he was injured in the some guests, a fte r a succession
of nine or ten punch bowls, some- :
all present, which was followed of the terrace uncovered three
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.
.. I Because of ill health A. J. Ma-
times
em i----------
barrassed
their tenth
by the bride c u ttin g the th re e parallel leaning walls, about 30 fall, and will go to San F ra n ♦
cisco
soon
for
special
treatm
ent.
or eleventh hostess; and recep tot is retiring from business. His
tiered wedding cake. T here w ere feet high, in ch aracteristic step-
The
com
m
unity
tree
and
tre
a
t
tions sometimes were “crashed” successor will be F. E. (Bert)
m a||v nice presents received by pyram id construction.
Also in
I White, who will change the name
M r. and Mrs. Swinney. R efresh cluded w ithin the w alls are piles for the children is a subject very by total strangers.
close to E d’s heart. He says all
of the electrical appliance and
m en ts of wedding cake, coffee of broken stone and m asonry
the
effort
is
well
repaid
to
him
service
store.
and sandw iches w ere served.
suggesting the tem ples and shrines
when he sees that glow on a
Mr. W hite was form erly with
T he children and grandchil th at go to m ake up a pyramid
small child’s face as S a n ta Claus
F. B. Connelly Co. of Portland.
d ren of Mr. and Mrs. Swinney, complex.
presents a bag of candy.
The electrical wiring departm ent
w ho w ere here w ith them for
When digging is resum ed again
He hopes th at funds will be
Practical counsel to guide auto will be operated by W. W. McNabb
th e ir fiftieth wedding anniver this fall, as atte m p t will be made
provided
each year for the tree mobile drivers during the New- and the sheet m etal and heating
sary , w ere th eir daughters, Mr. to determ ine the dimensions of
departm ent under the manage
and Mrs. John Souza and two the central stru c tu re and to locate and tre a t and th at this com m u Y ear’s celebration:
1. If you’re going to a party m ent of Glen Duncan.
children of S an ta Cruz; Mr. and the inner sanctum . A uthorities nity gathering will continue with
M rs. Jew ell B. Elm ore of W illets, say that sup erstitu tio n and fanci carols and good will of the C hrist where it’s known th ere ’ll be
and grandchildren; Mr. and Mrs. ful tales th at have grown up in m as season enjoyed by everyone. drinking, leave you car qt home
LOCAL NEWS
and take a taxi.
E d P ojm » and two children of connection with such stru ctu res
Mr
and
Mrs. E arl B reuer and
2. Couples attending such p a r
Selm a; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence will not cause them to swerve
family
returned
Sunday after a
ties should agree that one will
Cavyell and three children of Sel from uncovering this phase of
fine day’s visit and »vacation trip
stay
in
driving
condition
if
the
m a; Mr and Mrs. Melvin Cavyell E g y p t’s past.
For two weeks ending Sunday,
to Sweet Home at the home of
of Selm a, and Mr. and Mrs. H a r
l\1n V, Min Rain other “lets go.”
U nfortunately, m uch damage Dec. 28.
Mrs.
B rcuer’s parents, Mr. and
3. The host should m ake the
vey Elm ore and daughter of has been done to m any such stru c Dec. 15 ..... ........ 51
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Mrs. Rawley Tem pleton.
“one
for
the
road”
a
cup
of
cof
Brookings.
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tures by lime burners and build Dec. 16
11
fee with plenty of sugar to offset
As Mr. and Mrs. Swinney ers who used the pyram ids as Dec. 17 .....
55
42
the
effect of alcohol if he or she
m issed having an old fashioned convenient quarries. Many have Dec. 18
55
PLEASE
40
.14
docs tipple a little.
chirivari when they were m ar disapjH'ared and others lie still Dec 19 ....
49
40
.34
4. I t ’s the responsibility of the
ried in Texas, a group of their undiscovered in the desert sands. Dec. 20
........ 55
40
.10
host
and hostess to see that no
friends went to th eir home S a tu r
43
Among the inquiries that come Dec. 21 ...... ....... 51
.28
guest
leaves the party unfit to
day night w ith cow bells and in regularly are many from peo Dec. 22 ..... ....... 56
40
.06
drive
and
to serve plenty of food
Other noisem akers to m ake up for ple who believe that the interior Dec. 23 .......
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56
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and
coffee
during the party.
th is omission. The group spent angles and dimensions of the Dec. 24 ...... ....... 53
40
.10
5.
S
tay
off
the highway if pos
th e evening in games and con G reat Pyram id of Cheops record Dec. 25 ......
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37 1.28
versation until a late hour.
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38
.57 sible when the revelers are likely
history and foretell the future. 1 k»c. 26
50
40
.45 to be on the road, w hether you
This is a com paratively recent Dec. 27 ......
Read
Dec.
28
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‘ a eqin
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invention.
6 Don 1 drink if you’re going
corduC
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Sim ilarly, the idea that the
m th e m a il
Total .
3.75 to drive and don’t drive if you’ve
inner passages w ere oriented for
to you
been drinking
observing the sta rs is hardly
TODAY!
We urge the public not to drive
m ore likely, since the builders
Subscribe to the Brookings- while drinking.
The
foregoing
blocked the passages with hun-
larbor Pilot. Only $3 00 p»u practical suggestions have been
dreds of tons ot stone. Some an-
issued for the benefit of drivers
who will 1 m » attending parties,
RHAL, K 8T A T B
because of the increasing num
ber of innocent victims of traffic
EMERGENCY CALI’S FOR* IR
Occidents during the season of
revelry. Those who don’t drink
ANSWERED
BY
M
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OF
Box 2 I I
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while driving should be especially
alert to \ agarics of driving by
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others.
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N otary P u lii
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1952 than in previous
three
years com bined
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