2 Brookings I farhor Pilot, Thursday, November 26, 1953
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N ew Y o rk
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WHAT
IT'S
WORTH
B t ’ B B C R IP T IO N R A T E S :
One Y e a r in advance i l n C u rry C ounty»
One Y ear, In ad vance (o u ts id e C u rr y C o u n ty ) .
By
C L IF F O R D P.
ROWE
P h ila d e lp h ia
R avekes spent a very enjoyable
evening last T h u rsd a y a t the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Spring-
e r of H arb o r. Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Zump w ere g u ests also.
Next N ayborhill C lub m eeting
will be held a t Mrs. Lee Dror-
b au g h ’s hom e D ecem ber 2.
M em bers please b ring your can
tops, tin snips and ribbon for
m aking th e bells, also tin foil,
scotch tape, k n ittin g needle, seis-
sors for m ak in g th e foil tree.
Nayborhill News
o»> m any of us a re inclined
ill
the com ing of th e T h an k s-
N I W S R A P IR
N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L
vm
g
season to count am ong o u r
A S S O C IA T IO N
PUBLISHERS
blessings only those w hich affect
v j O
us as individuals. R arely do we
ASSOCIATION
C TI V < M EM B ER
ta k e note of those benefits th a t
have com e to us as people lucky
enough to be born in a dem ocracy.
'l l IANKSGIVING
T his w eakness w as brought
hom e to m e forcibly ju s t recently
By F R E D W. M A RTIN
while discussing w ith som e young
peo p le th e enviable place th a t
T he spirit of A m erica, so stau n ch , and grand and tru e,
the lab o rin g m an has won for
W h ere floats the em blem of the flag, its red. w hite, and its blue.
him self in to d ay ’s society. I w as
T he la u g h te r in th e ch ild re n ’s eyes, and th e su n sh in e
am azed to discover th a t th ey
in th e ir gleam -
w ere u n a w a re th at such had not
T he m o th er's song of killabys, w here little to ts a re seen.
alw ays been th e case.
E or those of us w hose life span
O u r h arv est w ears no tr a its of greed
em b races alm ost h alf a cen tu ry ,
W h ere re ap ers toil grain fields achieve.
la b o r’s p resen t s ta tu s gives am ple
S o gay in h ea rt, som e w ork and sing
cau se for tru e thanksg iv in g . Eor
W hile youth and age thus has its fling.
w e can still rem em b er w hen the
laboring m an w as but little re
T he riches we claim th a t we do cherish
m ove from slavery and w hen his
T he l>oon of joy will never perish.
rig h ts as an individual to life,
T h ere is no em pty c h a ir inside th e hom e
lib
e rty and th e p u rsu it of happi
A lthough one boy has gone aw ay to roam .
ness w ere m erely high-sounding
w ords in o u r d ec la ratio n of inde
A n o th er one has com e to tak e his place
pendence.
A friend th a t cam e to s|>end th e day of grace.
T h ro u g h th e long c e n tu rie s of
A lthough th e re ’s sorrow for the hoy t h a t ’s gone
recorded tim e, th e lot of the m an
T his holiday of joys since ea rly m orn.
who w orked w ith his hands had
been one of servitude, dependent
T h is i»eaceful day, T han k sg iv in g th a t is blest
u;>on th e cru m b s of c h a rity grudg- I
T h at causes m en to striv e and do th e ir best.
ingly cast his way by those pos
T he p a th ahead, and prom ises he sows
sessed
of th e w o rld ’s w ealth. Few
After reaping harvest ’fore the winter’s snows.
even d ream ed th a t th e tim e would
ev er com e w hen the lab o rin g m an
As sym bol flam e of Ju stic e it does burn
could
hold up his head am ong men
No one d ares rob the to ile r w hat he earn.
as the equal of any.
F o r rich es th a t a re ours th a n k s we give
Yet in th e com p arativ ely short
Eor o rchards, fru its and flowers th a t do live.
tim e since th e tu rn of th e cen tu ry ,
this hope has becom e re ality . The
T h e th a n k s we give today to God in power
lab o re r and his em plo y er now
E or ripe fru it in th e orchard, and th e flower.
m eet as eq u als a t th e n eg o tiatio n j|
T h e hom es of ch ild ren 's sm iles and h e a rth flre s blazing
tab le and as a resu lt th e position |
O ’e r th is peaceful land w here happy c a ttle ’re grazing.
Oi each is mad«' m ore Stable and |
th e principle of dem ocracy can j /
T h at day w hen P ilg rim s on the rock did land
c la im a liv in g exam ple ot its |
To w o rship God along the ocean stran d .
handiw ork.
O ver th re e ce n tu ries had passed since th is privilege
And so today 1 am th a n k fu l fur
w as given,
he
ac h iev em en ts of those g reat
To cause free-m en to exist am ong the living.
lead ers who kindled in th e m inds
and th e w ills of th e ir fellow men
* ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ on»' of th e donors th an k ed the
th e desire for b e tte rm e n t and led
c a lle r for th e o p p o rtu n ity to go! them th ro u g h those h azardous
It w as Violet W allace who did y ea rs w hen long im bedded oppo
th at, and who. 30 m inutes la te r sition fought to deprive th em of
w as on h er w ay w ith John Sei- th e ir right to freedom .
m iller to give blood to a young
By BILL PTTEI a PS
T he happy hom es of countless
lady she d id n 't know
The week m illions sta n d today as a living
before, Neill N elson and Wes Kin- m onum ent to this o u tsta n d in g ac
Among the m any things we dall an sw ered an em ergency call com plishm ent of the ce n tu ry .
h av e to be th a n k fu l for here. I in th e sam e way.
In all th e tim es th a t the hank
can th in k of none th at gives so
m uch se c u rity to th e people of has been used since it w as con
th is city as th e W alking Blood ceived lan d th e re have been q u ite
B ank. And every tim e it o p er a few i. not one single individual
has refused to an sw er a call for
ates. 1 feel a little m ore secure
h
Ip from the C rescent City hos
T his w eek, for instance, it went
in to action again. At 2 a.m. in pital. Not one.
A special T hanksgiving service,
So. as 1 say. w hen you're look- I open to th e g en eral public, is a n -j
th e m orning, tw o donors w ere
ro u ted out of th e ir beds and w ere ing to r som ething to he th an k fu l n o u n c e d by C h r is tia n S c ie n c e So
on th e ir w ay to C rescent C ity for here, don't look very far J u s t ; ciety, for 11 o ’clock on T h an k sg iv
w ith in a halt hour, to give h lool glance at y o u r neighbors aro u n d ing Day. Th»> service will he held
to a yo u n g m o th er undergoing a you. th e people who m ake up th? in th e c h u rch across from the
blood hank.
C aeserian section
' green house.
And one of the am azing things
The l a t t e r portion of the se rv
alnnit it is. th at at tw o a m , in
F ind w hat you w ant through ice will he d evoted to spontaneous
th e m iddle of a cold, rainy night, the P ilot C lass Ads.
expressions of g ra titu d e by C h ris
tian S c ie n tists for God's goodness
as show n in sp iritu al grow th,
healings, and o th e r blessings.
S elections on the sub ject of
CORSAGES
p raise and th an k sg iv in g to God
will be re a d from th e Bible and
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CUT I LOWERS
1 from the C h ristia n S cience te x t-
btxvk. "Science and H ealth w ith
K»w to th e S c rip tu re s ” by M ary
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
B ak er Eddy, in a specially p re
p ared lesson-serm on e n t i t 1 e d
T h an k sg iv in g ”
T he s ¡vice is open to th e gen
Harbor, Ore.
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eral public and local ch u rch
m em b ers have invited everyone 1
to a tte n d
S everal ladies ot Nay borhill a t
tended the Hom e E xtension m eet
ing held a t th e home of Fav
S ta n h u rst on W ednesday, Nov. IS.
T he p roject for th e day was,
“O regon S w eets.”
Mr. and Mrs. C arl Mason are
back hom e a f te r a sta y of a y e a r
in A laska. " ’W elcom e home
C arl and B illie.”
Mrs. L. F o w ler of the A irport
d istrict w as a v isito r of the Ed
R avekes hom e T h u rsd ay a f te r
noon.
One m orning last week before
d ay -b reak Ed R avekes was out
feeding th e ra b b its when he heard
th e m ost u n -e arth ly sound com
ing from rig h t over his left
shoulder. H e alm ost dove head-
on into th e rabbit coop b< fore be
realized w h at it was. Yep. it was
th at COW again, looking for
g reen er p a stu re I g u ess?
S p eaking of keeping Pioneer
road hot —- The E stes M ortons
have been doing ju st th at. Th \v
are building a new hom e on P ark
D rive an d m ust spend a lot of
tim e betw een P io n eer road, the
B ank and P a rk Drive.
The W illiam Eickhoffs and Ed
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St. George’s Light
Now Automatic
The lig h th o u se a t S t. George's
reef was unm anned last week.
M em bers of the lig h th o u se crew
w ere tak en off th e rock, a fte r the
light was co n v erted to an au to
m atic beacon.
The ch an g e w as m ade because
of the dan g ero u s location of the
light. T ra n sfe r of personnel from
boats to th e light has alw ays been
a risky business.
Th ■ p resent plan is to m aintain
the light as an a u to m a tic one,
unless it proves n ecessary again
to* m an it.L
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NORTHW ESTERN MUTUAL FIR E ASSOCIATION
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Thanksgiving
Service Planned
At C. S. Church
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And M ay We Give Thanks
Not only fo r the fine things in life which
have been showered upon us so generously
b u t fo r the friendship o f good people like
y o u rs e lf.
We W ill Not Be Open For Business '
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26th
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