2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, December 24, 1953
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March 7. 1846, under the Act o f M arch 3, 1879
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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
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C L IF F O R D P.
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W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I n c .
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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
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equipped fo r instrum ent landing
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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
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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.
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Dreaming of a Sunny Christmas
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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.
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