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2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, December 24, 1953 FOR BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT Entered aa necond-claaa m atter, at the p ostofflce at B rookings, Oregon. March 7. 1846, under the Act o f M arch 3, 1879 <f Â- WHAT * M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher IT'S WILLIAM G. PHELPS, E ditor WORTH SO B8C R IPT IO N RATES: One Year In ad van ce tin Curry County» S3.00 One Year, In advance (ou tsid e Curry County» ............. ............................ >3 50 N A T IO N A L A D V E R T ISIN G R E P R E SE N T A T IV E By C L IF F O R D P. ROW E W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I n c . New York C hicago D etroit ROTARY NEWS A t th e ir noon luncheon Don Clausen, m anager of Southwest A irw a ys of Crescent C ity, told the Brookings R otarians something ol the methods and problems that are encountered at the a irp o rt in our neighbor c ity over the line in C alifornia. Fog, he said, was a m ajor prob it m, the m ore so because this ¡coastal fog can d r ift into a field | w hich a few m inutes previous was clear and safe. St. Timothy's Have Midnight Service St. T im o th y ’s Episcopal Church w ill hold its C hristm as eve com m union service in the V F W Hall com m encing at 11:30 p.m. Thurs day evening, C hristm as eve. The service w ill be conducted by the Reverend P eter D a lly who w ill be serving his firs t commun ion fo llo w in g his o rd ination Tues day in Coquille. close as possible to the center of W ith o u t instrum ent landing town. - read not too long ago of a pas planes by law- m ust have a 500- N IW IP A P IR N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L to r in the East who planned to in foot ceiling, he told his hearers. k PUBLISHERS a s îo c C âti 'S n form the youngsters in his cong The Crescent C ity field is not regation that there was no such a o ' N-z equipped fo r instrum ent landing ^ASSOCIATION person as Santa Claus. He was go though they do have directional ing to do this in revolt against the equipm ent. Howevc r, as the field m anner in w hich C hristm as has is but 57 feet above sea level the\ become com m ercialized. have there an advantage over the I am p e rfe c tly w illin g to go A rc a ta field whose elevation is along w ith him to some extent on 207 feet. the idea that ( ’ hristm as is becom ( hristm as came th is week to a w orld at peace and yet not In handling the flowers from ing big business, but I can’t quite at peace. I he stars th a t shone over Bethlehem ’s quiet n ig h t so the Brookings d is tric t Manager see w hy poor old Santa Claus long ago shine down on a w o rld ta u t and tw isted w ith the should be the one to get it in the ¡Clausen explained that the great struggles of ideology. neck. C e rta in ly that venerable old bu lk w ith little w eight was quite Nowhere, it is true, were arm ies locket! in combat, as they gentlem an can h a rd ly be held to ' some problem fo r the airlines. He told the R otarians that had been on most C hristm ases of recent years. B ut man stared blame if the C hristm as s p irit is m any ot th e ir p ro b k ms would be at man across the w o rld w ith hate and fear in his eyes, o r he s h iftin g fro m the a lta r to the m a r solved by the use of helicopters struggled to escape fro m the bondage his fellow -m an had placed ket place. him in. T o elim in a te the Santa Claus w hich the South West manage sto ry would, in m y opinion, lx* the m ent is seriously considering. H appy And a God that had sacrificed his Son fo r these men looked He described the autom atic tin a l step in ta k in g C hristm as down on a w o rld th a t paid, it seemed, scant heed to the words H appy away from the children e n tire ly plane which, a fte r it is o ff the his Son had brought, and fo r w hich he had died. and w ould leave nothing of C h ris t ground, requires little o r no a t N e w Year • ' mas in the average home except te n tio n fro m the pilot. Even in And if He were less than the God He is, He m ig h t have to oil j the holiday co c k ta il p a rty. The landing, he said, the brakes are asked are they w o rth such sacrifices as I have made fo r them ? a u to m a tica lly as the Is this w o rld of despair anil fear and anger w hat I gave M y la tte r is c e rta in ly not to be recom applied o n ly Son fo r ? ” mended as p roviding a happy wheels touch the ground. m em ory fo r the u rch in to recall He suggested that the B rook Rut He w ould not ask, fo r He already knows, as He has in la te r years. ings area should look forw ard to already shown. God loves this w o rld so m uch th a t He gave his In fact, I sometimes have m y the com ing of the helicopter and on ly begotten Son to save it. doubts as to w hether the com m er provide a landing fieid which need cia liza tio n is as bad as it is p a in t r.ot be too large and should be as And, im perfect as man is; w hen he pauses ye a rly at th is ed. In our present stage o f c iv i tim e to raise his eyes to the heavens and to observe again the liza tio n where nothing is made in glorious sto ry o f the com ing of a Saviour, there is in him the the home, it necessarily follow s seed of im m o rta lity . S low ly, s tru g g lin g up from the ruins he th a t in order to give one m ust firs t creates around him self, he clim bs nearer to the sta r th a t shines buy. above him. So long as man shall believe, and continue to believe, Anyone whose scars are s till the star w ill continue to shine. fresh from fig h tin g O peration C hristm as C ounter cannot help h u t realize th a t C hristm as p u r chasing does m uch tow ard pro v id in g em ploym ent and pa yro lls to “ W e’re used to a c e rta in amount of com plaining, so it comes a vast segment o f o u r population. as a great pleasure to report that we have heard p ra c tic a lly no In o th e r words, w ith o u t the in one lo cally dream ing lo n g in g ly of a w h ite C hristm as. creased production fo r the Decem ber holiday, m any a household There was a tim e when it w ould have been a source of deep w ould awaken to a ve ry dism al pain, to th in k o f C hristm as w ith o u t snow. Somehow it ju s t C hristm as m orning. wasn t ( hristm as. B ut it has been m any years since i t really No, I th in k I w ill continue to tio u h le d us, and we re glad to say o u r ch ild re n seem to have accepted it, too. F irin g along w ith Santa Claus. The C h rist story w ill continue to z\nd, as the sun stream s through the window w hile we w rite be to ld and o u r children w ill a l this, w e re q u ite ready to settle fo r a b rig h t C hristm as instead ways he ta u g h t th a t His g ift was of a w h ite one. the greatest of all. But at the same tim e fo r th a t one night of the year, we should not deprive o u r tousle-heads o f the rare p r iv ilege of lyin g awake, starry-eyed, w a itin g fo r the hoof beats on the roof o f Dancer and P ranccr. P hiladelphia By ( ’ L IF F O R D P. R O W E JT $2 The Star That Still Shines Lake Pleasant Plywood Co. Dreaming of a Sunny Christmas McVay's JOYOUS NOEI Flowers Fireman's Ball CHRISTMAS NIGHT December 25, 1953 HARBOR GRANGE HALL Refreshment Booth in Charge of Beta Sigma Phi Music hy Frank Tygart and His Orchestra 1 ickets on Sale hy \ oluntecr Firemen and at Door Cary Monson Promoted to PFC F O R T C A M P B E L L , K v .- P r i vate G a rry L. Monson, son of M r. and Mrs. C liff E. Monson. H arbor, Oregon, has been prom oted to the grade o f P riva te F irs t Class in the 11th A irborne D ivision. P rio r to entering the service in F e bruary of 1953. P F C . Monson attended Arehucal H igh School, Arebucal, C alif. Upon com pletion of his basic tra in in g at F o rt C am pbell, K y., he was sent to F o rt Penning. Ga . where he com pleted the rugged three week course in parachuting. He then • turned to “ E ” company o f the ISSth A irborne In fa n try R egi ment. 11th A irb o rn e D ivision at Ft i t Cam pbell, Ky. ’ ’ F C . Monson's prom otion is in d>rec* recognition of his m ilita r y | efficiency and hard w o rk in at- ta m in g high standards. ilqaod bcqouu iL w uHdt o-J “ fili), ftwl O REG O N STATE BANK BROOKINGS, OREGON " Y o « r Dependable H om e Institution" Ad mission Si.oo A lit t le given seasonable excu ses a great g ift. George H erbert M ember Pederol Bepoeit /n « .r a, fe Corpora,,-»
