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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
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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
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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
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