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r OF 0 LIBR à RT LIONS PLAN HALLOWE'EN PARADE FOR KIDS T h e hobgoblins and the w itches w ill be out in force next S a tu r day night, but th e best of them will be right here in B rookings. Local y o u n g sters u n d er fo u r teen will p a rtic ip a te in a H allo w e'en M asquerade parade, to be sponsored by th e Lion's club. The kids will assem ble at 7 u m. at Lynn M e rrill’s A ssociated S ervice statio n at th e so u th end of C hetco A venue, anil p arad e up the s tre e t to Hillside. T h ere thev w ill tu rn up to w ard the school grounds, w here th e p arad e will te rm in a te in a huge bonfire. The p arad e will be led by th e ch ief hobgoblin. Pop Recti. At tlie school grounds th e re will be tree hot dogs, candy and soft u.iino,, all fu rn ish ed bv th e Lions. P rizes will he aw ard ed lor the most original, the funniest and tht' w ierdest co stum es ol Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community * On the Reef By BILL PHELPS RK»»OKIN(IS, I I KK1 » » U N T I . OKKOON l‘KI< K OX N E W SST A N D S— TE N ( ENTS S— Num ber 35 Chief Warns Kids Against Damage A w a rn in g ag a in st m alicious Doris is s ittin g across the room, glaring a t me above her ty p e d estru c tio n on H allow e’en w as w riter. And, by som e coincidence, voiced today by Bud Cross. B rook th at rem inds m e to m ake a s ta te ings police chief. m ent, to w it : C hief C ross said a g re at deal of It is undoubtedly tru e, as I have d am ag e had been done on past chronicled in th e past, th a t Doris H allow e’ens, and th a t it could not D am ag e done by and 1 have one and one-half m inds be repeated. betw een us. B ut I sadly fe a r th a t juveniles, he said, will be paid for the larg est p a rt of them re sts on by th e oflfenoers, and th e g u ilty p a rtie s m ay be ta k e n to court. Doris s shoulders, not mine. C hief C ross p a rtic u la rly w arned And if you don’t believe it, ask ag ain st action w hich m ight cause her. serious in ju ry , such as placing foreign o b jects on th e city s tre e ts O ver in H a rb o r they raise a or highw ays. L ast y e a r serious special breed of people. Mrs. dam ag e w as done by such objects. Polly C lendenin could tell you all T he chief said his d ep a rtm en t ab out them . w as anxious to help th e children You'll rem em ber, of course, of th is a re a have good clean fun, th at Sid C lendenin w as ac cid en t hut not a t th e expense of o thers. ally elec tro cu ted ab o u t th re e F iv e special officers will p atro l m onths ago, leaving Mrs. C len B rookings S a tu rd a y , ju s t to e n denin to ta k e c a re of th e ir lily courage th e kids to have th e ir fun ranch. And if y o u ’ve been aro u n d in a w ay th a t is h arm fu l to no here long, y o u ’ll know’, too, th a t one. i t ’s no job for a w om an alone. T h e Lucky 7 Boys C lub will But Mrs. C lendenin h asn ’t had also help by try in g to channel to do it alone. W henever som e juvenile a c tiv itie s in to harm less thing had to be done, those H a r am usem ent d u rin g th e evening. bor neighbors w ere alw ays w a n d erin g in, ju s t accidentally like, and doing it. Not asking if thev could help. . . ju st going ahead and doing th e things th a t have had to be done. A 1950 C hevrolet w as stolen It has been like th a t since Sid from th e C. “ E d ” D em psey c a r lot died. W hen it w as tim e to h a rv e st M onday. the lilies, th e m en w ere th e re to A ccording to Mr. D em psey, a do it. W hen th ey thought it w as m an asked perm ission to ta k e the t m e to p lan t, and cu ltiv ate, and ca r out to show his wife and dig the bulbs, som eone was a l i d n ’t com e back. w ays on hand to get it done. No T he th ief has been te n ta tiv e ly one thought to ask Mrs. C lendenin identified by th e police, and they if they could help. She couldn't expect to re co v er th e e a r very soon. C ontinued on B ack P age Car Stolen From Local Dealer First Television Broadcasts Received Here; Reception Pretty Good Television arriv ed in B rookings S ltu rd ay . . . and it cam e in p rê t- tv good shape. KIEM -TV. E u rek a, w ent on th e a ir S a tu rd a y night, and local pen- pie g ath ered aro u n d to ins|>ect it. * Good p ictu res w ere generally t ' e case in m ost B rookings show ings. alth o u g h technical difficul ties had th e statio n off the a ir for a tim e. Sound transm ission was not too good, due to the sam e technical troubles. Local d ealers w ere agreed, though, th a t the fu st view ing prom ised good television reception for th is area. Som e tro u b le is an ticip ated in th e first few days, as K IE M en g in eers continue w o rk on th e statio n . P ic tu res h ere S a tu rd a y w ere d e a r cu t, w ith only flashes of in- • ert'erence w cre snowy, b ecause of ad ju st- m e n ts at th e sta tio n . V erification of th e fact th at TV <an recp* 'pd w’ell here brought ‘ 1St o rd e rs to local dealers. P erce E vans of E vans E lectric, instal- lers for five local m erch an ts, re- ported o rd ers for a n u m b er of in stalla tio n s. T he in sta lla tio n s a re proceed ing fairly slow, how ever, P erce said, because of th e sh o rt tim e the tatio n is on th e a ir w hile still experim enting. C u sto m e rs who |iave Ixjught sets a re being served is rapidly as possible, while , r d ers a re being ta k e n for those w ho wish to have te s ts mad»1 p rio r to buying W ith K IE M -TV o p eratin g on a sm all fractio n of its norm al •< w er. th e re seem ed no question Some l a t e r pictures »> • TV ' w. q ’ ’ h i STATE GIVES LOGS FOR SCOUT HOME Huirsday, October 29, 1953 Cliff House To Party Hallowe'en H allo w e’en for a d u lts will he u sh ered in S a tu rd a y night w ith a (lance p a rty at T he Cliff House. B rookings night sj>ot. Local c e le b ran ts will he hosted by E. B. W atson and Mr. and Mrs K. A. C arr, p ro p rie to rs of the Cliff House. C ash door prizes will be aw ard ed d u rin g the party . E n te rta in m e n t at the spot will be split betw een R alph Deo, p la y ing and singing at th e H am m ond, and Dick S pain and his W e ste rn S w ingsters. D inner will be serv ed from six p.m. on, w ith e n te rta in m e n t scheduled all th ro u g h the evening T h e drive to r a Boy Scout building in B rookings received a big boost this w eek, as the O re gon S ta te H ighw ay D e p artm en t g ra n te d its sponsors perm ission to pick up and use logs dropped on th e highw ay right-of-w ay. T he D e p artm en t gave local sponsors th e rig h t to pick up all logs th a t had been dropped in the B rookings a re a and left for m ore th a n 30 days. T uesday D. J. Sage, d istric t m ain ten an c e s u p e r in ten d en t of C oquille m ark ed the logs w hich m ay he used. E a rlie r local m en had volun teered equipm ent to pick up the logs, and saw m ill o p e ra to rs had Police Phone Listed T he telephon»' n u m b er of Bud ag reed to cut lu m b er for th e Cross, B rookings Police C hief, is building from logs brought in. T he H ighw ay D e p a rtm e n t’s o i 3193. H e can also he co n tacted bv le r included at least 25 "hr 30 calling th e Del N o rte C ounty logs dropped and left over th e 30 sheriff in C rescen t C ity and a s k days. Mr. S age prom ised th e re ing him to radio. m ain d er to th e building if they, too, w ere left over th e prescribed tim e. O th e r a c tiv ity w as going on as i BF sponsors of the building p re p are d tor a c tu a l co n stru ctio n . A rt Bol- j linger will move a tool shed on to th e p ro p e rty S u n d ay m orning at 9:30, and would a p p reciate anv help th a t a rriv e s then. S tockpiling of necessary m a te ri als continued, w ith m em bers of the co m m itte e search in g at the p re sen t tim e for 200 feet of half- inch reinforcing rod. A ctual con s tru c tio n is to s ta rt soon. FIRE EQUIPMENT NOT PERMITTED TO LEAVE CITY E ire d ep a rtm e n t equ ip m en t be longing to th e city of B rookings cannot leave th e city , except u n d er 'c o n tra c t, acco rd in g to a d e cis on m ade by th e C ity C ouncil and announced by M ayor R o b ert D im m ick last w eek. T he action w as tak en . M ayor Dim m ick said, in the view of legal optn on th a t th e city would he li able for d am ag es cau sed by fire if the equipm ent w as ou tsid e th e city at the tim e. T o an sw e r c a lls outside the a re a , he said, w ould leave the city d w ellers who pay for th e fire eq u ip m en t w ith o u t protection Only one c o n tra c t has been m ade for fire p ro tec tio n w ith th e city, th a t w ith S o u th C oast M ill ing Co. (Continued on Rack Page} A Pair of Beauties , 1 I X ‘. Republicans May Form Club Here F o rm atio n of a R epublican C lub in B rookings w as proposed this week, as B rookings delegate's re tu rn e d from th e annual m eeting of O regon R epublican Clubs, held in M edford. C h arles and M artha G ra y slv l re p re se n te d B rookings on th e last day of the convention. and bro u g h t back a report on it to n te re ste d R epublicans who m ay , form a local club. ; O v er 100 d eleg a tes from all o ver th e s ta te listen»'»! w h ile’ O re gon’s top R epublicans stresse d th e need for m ain tain in g a R e publican m ajo rity in C ongress in th e next elections S e n a to r G uy Cordon, C ongressm an H arris E lls w orth and G overnor P aul P a t t e r son all asked for eontinu»‘d Ad- m in istia tio n support. G eorge P H aley of S alem w as elected president of th e conven tion. w ith M axine N eedham , also of S alem , as se c re ta ry T re a s u re r w ill be G ene R ossm an of P ot“ - F e d aj* 1 si'rgeant-a*-arm s Jam es ’.V.Ike» o ‘ P o r tla n d F i-h in g was w onderful la s t w eek in the Chetco, arfd h e re ’s som e of th e proof. Mrs. Lydia Blood of M edford took th is 55-jxjutid C hinook out of th rivet Eiday A dm iring it is M’ s Jo h n H ew itt, »r.««st im j- u ’atg p art ».. P a r k e r ’s A nchor 'l l . ” ■ • " s < '" d io Ph»'»o‘
