w tV h V OF 0 LIBRARY x School Election on Tuesday T h is is the w a y the projiosed new B ro o k in g s -H a rb o r h igh school w ill lo ok w hen com pleted ce n te r and classroom s .on the rig h t. The b u ild in g is expandable in die fu tu re . »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ O n th e : Reef Z By B IL L P H E L P S o CITY TAKES NEW STEPS TOWARD WATER SYSTEM T here seems to be an idea in T he C ity o f B ro o kin g s to o k some circle s th a t d u rin g m y re ­ a d d itio n a l steps T uesday in th e ir cent d ia trib e co n ce rn in g th e lo ca­ p ro g ra m to a cq u ire a m u n ic ip a l tio n o f H ig h w a y 101, I made a w a te r system fo r the c ity o f d e ro g a to ry re m a rk c o n ce rn in g a B rookings. past con de m natio n s u it fo r the W h a t th e co u n cil d id was th is : h ig h w a y lo catio n. 1. They opened n e g o tia tio n s W e ll, I d id n 't. I w a s n ’t here w ith th e e n g in e e rin g firm o f H a r ­ when the con de m natio n s u it was vey and H a w k in s o f M e d fo rd tó pressed, I d o n 't kno w w h e re the m ake p re lim in a ry studies o f the p ro p e rty is, how m uch th e y got costs o f a c q u irin g o r b u ild in g a fo r it, w ho ow ned it, o r a n y th in g m u n ic ip a l w a fe r system fo r the else about it. c ity o f B roo kin gs. W h a t I d id say was th a t i f con­ 2. T h e y approved the d r a ftin g de m na tion su its Do rise to the of an o rd e r by C ity A tto rn e y E d [joint o f a b s u rd ity in th e fu tu re , A c k le y to be served upon the the re by d isco u ra g in g th e b u ild in g B ro o kin g s W a te r Com pany, de­ of a h ig h w a y, it w o u ld be a ca­ m a n ding "sa fe and ad eq ua te” la m ity . A n d I ’m a fra id I s t ill w a te r service. th in k so. 3. T h e y in itia te d the d r a ftin g of And, as I ’ve said in th e past, a c ity c h a rte r, an actio n w h ic h you m ay not m ake an y m oney has been pend ing fo r a year. Such e d itin g a pa|»er, b u t you sure have an a ctio n is fe lt by the co u n cil in te re s tin g co n ve rsa tio n s! to be necessary before bonding I ’m b e g in n in g to th in k th is to w n issues c o u ld be voted fo r the is f u ll of sadists W a lk e d ove r to c o n s tru c tio n o f such a system the c ity h a ll the o th e r day, and T he th re e actions w e re in itia te d th e re was F re n ch y A r r e ll, eyes at the re g u la r me* tin g o f the c ty gleam ing, p u llin g people in by c e u n ril. held T uesday n ig h t at the th e ir neckties. F o r w h y ? F o r to c ity h a ll. get th e ir fin g e r stu ck, t h a t ’s w hy. iT '.m to Page 4) F re n ch y m ay say he's do in g th is ou t o f a sense o f c iv ic v irtu e . He puts on a good fro n t B u t he can’t fool me. N o one c o u ld eve r get th a t m uch e n jo ym e n t o u t of w a tch in g a ll those [jeople w ince when Ed S am uel sticks the m , ju s t out o f a sense o f c iv ic responsi­ T he ju r y panel chosen fo r the b ility . fa ll c o u rt te rm last w»-ek showed A nd P au l R o n n ig e r’s an othe r. se\en residents o f the B ro o kin g s- You know , P au l was one o f the H a rb o r area chosen am ong the 31 in s tig a to rs o f th is th in g . H e was names. not satisfied to s it up in his office, S ix o f th e ju r o r s w ill come g le e fu lly oaten to th e groans of fro m G old Bench, and five each his p a tie n ts . . . he had to foater I are fro m P o rt O rfo rd and O p h ir. a bra nch o ve r in th e c it y h a ll. R e m ain de r o f the panel is scat- And Ed S am uel , . w h a t k in d o f ! ’ ered th ro u g h the co u n ty. a guy w o u ld v o lu n te e r to s it ove r Lo cal residents w ho w ill serva th e ie s tic k in g people a ll da y long, on th e ju ry in clu d e Ed S T h o rn ­ when he cou ld be fis h in g ? N e v e r ton o f B roo kin gs, garage o p e ra ­ saw so m any people w ith blood on to r; F ra n k H e llr ig . logger, o f th e ir bra in . H a rb o r; C h a rle s G rayshel. B ro o k ­ Oh. well. Any future mistakes ings, R e a lto r; W illia m S C a m p ­ you can blame on my sore finger. bell. B ro o kin g s, tr u c k e r ; H o m e r I t ’s the one I type with. Kessler, B ro o kin g s lu m b e r y a rd Honest, fellows I ’ve — ouch — p< r a to r ; V io la Har.scam . H a rb o r, already been typed' C o n tin u e d on B ack Page 7 LOCAL PEOPLE ON JURY PANEL T he dom ed area on th e le ft houses th e gym nasium , w ith school offices in the B lo o d B ank List S till G r o w in g TOWN MEETING TONIGHT TO DISCUSS SCHOOL BUILDING; POLLS OPEN TUESDAY 2 P.M. T he lis t o f names in th e W a lk ­ ing B lood B ank was ra p id ly g ro w ­ in g lo ng er, and th e v o lu n te e r w o rk e rs were g ro w in g tire d e r. as Voters o f th e B ro o k in g s -H a rb o r D is tric t No. 17C w ill go to th e in te re s t con tinu ed un ab ated in B ro o k in g s -H a rb o r’s u n iq ue blood­ polls T uesday a fte rn o o n to decide w h e th e r th is d is tr ic t should b u ild a new h igh school. ty p in g pro gra m . Polls w ill open at 2 p.m. at the school gym n asium and w ill re m a in T he Blood B a n k passed its O|»en u n til 8 p.m. R egistered v o t­ 350th nam e Tuesday, w ith no ers o f the d is tric t w ill be e lig ib le ab atem e nt ye t in th e p u b lic in te r' to vote. est. A nd Blood T v p e r D tv Ed T o n ig h t at 8 o’clo ck m em bers S am uel said he’d go r ig h t on ty p ­ o f the sche pres­ ing as long as [»eople w e re in te r ­ ent at a to w n m ee ting , called to ested enough to come. discuss the need fo r the new h ig h H o u rs fo r the blood bank are school. The to w n m e e tin g also th re e to five T uesday and T h u rs ­ w ill lx» held at the gym n asium day a ftern oon s, and six to e ig h t- E s tim a te d cost o f the new Seven hundred f ifty - tw o b righ * t h ir t y W ednesday evenings. T h e y w e re com ing, last week, | hah s m ilin g faces greeted the school w ill lx» about $385,000. I t fro m less th a n one y e a r old on up. fa c u lty o f th e B roo kin gs -H a rb o r w ill provide a new gym n asium , c a fe te ria , shop, and 12 classroom s. T he youngest kn o w n typee is grade and h ig h school Tuesday. T h ere w ere 581 e le m e n ta ry A lth o u g h classroom s are intended .Mary A n n Rosen, six w eeks old. school stud ents and 171 high fo r high school usage, fo u r o f (Continued on Back Page) school p u p ils present fo r opening the m a c tu a lly w ill be used by exercises, w h ic h consisted o f an e le m e n ta ry grades, to a lle v ia te in the h o u r and a h a lf session on open­ overcrow ded co n d itio n s grade sch(X)l. in g day. Need fo r jh e schl is obvious, T he e n ro llm e n t showed in­ creases o f 75 pup.Is in the grade acco rding to school board m e m ­ T h e re w ill be a m e e tin g o f the school and six in the high school bers A t present h ig h sch ixil and e xe cu tive board o f the B ro o kin g s- o ve r last yea r. H ow ever, S u p e r­ e le m e n ta ry grades are a ll going H a rb o r P a re n t-T e a ch e rs Associa- | intendent L y n n Hampton expects on a d o u b le -sh ift basis, w ith s tu ­ ion to m o rro w n ig h t at th e home to w in d up w ith a s u b s ta n tia l dents in school a h a lf-d a y . In M rs F rc n c h y A r r e ll, president ’ a d d itio n a l increase in the high a d d itio n , classes are also being o i the group. bool A n u m lje r o f high schl ta u g h t in rooms ren te d in ne arb y A ll c o m m itte e ch a irm e n o f t h e 1 In d e n ts w ho are s till w o rk in g b u ild in g s not intended fo r schools. group are to a tte n d the m e e tin g are expected to e n ro ll la te r. F in a n c in g o f th e bond issue w h ich is scheduled fo r eight T he biggest jo lt to school o ffi­ should not he the burden th a t o’clo ck cia ls cam e w hen 96 firs t graders some people fear, in th e o p in io n P urpose o f the m e e tin g is to file d in to th e ir rooms, the la rg e st o f th e hoard. T he present ta x ra te n ike plans fo r the in it ia l m ee t­ class in th e school. O fficials hail o f th e d is tr ic t, 4 4 m ills , w ill rise ing o f th e association, to be held expected about 85. Second largest sh a rp ly, hut not to the same level St p te m b e r 17. A t th a t m ee ting , lass in school is the f if th gra d . th a t it has on pre vio u s b u ild in g local p a re n ts w ill m eet th e ir w h ich has 85 students p ro je cts, because of th e g ro w th o f n> w teachers fo r th e com ing T he short firs t session saw v a lu a tio n o f the d is tr ic t. y i ar. School hoard members are hop­ teachers meet th e ir charges fo r he firs t tim e , and in itia l ro ll- ing for a heavy vote, since such a *-----------------------------------------------> '•alls, as w e ll as the w in d -u p o f vote should represent the actu d re g is tra tio n . A c tu a l w o rk on the o p in io n o f the vo te rs of th e dis­ ch