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I glanced up from my ty p e­
w rite r today, and happened to see
1953 on his way out. F o r a dis­
carded y e a r he d idn’t look too
had. T h ere w ere a few sca rs
and bruises visible h?re and there,
hut he looked p re tty jau n ty , con­
sidering the fact th a t he had only-
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one day m ore to live.
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1 hursday, December $i, 195$
“I claim I h av en ’t done too
badly," he said, com placently, as
he settled back on th e curb. "You
can look hack th ro ugh th e books
and you can find a lot of y e a rs
Police C hief Bud Cross this
th a t you can say w orse things
w eek issued a special plea to
about th an you can m e.”
everyone to drive carefully
over the New Y ear’s holiday.
"T he fa rm ers don’t th in k m uch
"W e need you all around
of you,” I replied.
here,"
B ud said, "so drive
"W ell, th a t ’s tru e ,” he ad m it­
T h u rsd a y n ig h t m a rk s the end
t a n fully, so you’ll be here for
W ith B rookings and H arb o r on
ted. "N eith er do th e B rooklyn of 1953, and local people g e n e ra l­
1954.”
th e th resh o ld of a New Year,
D odgers nor the d em ocrats. B ut ly have decided th a t for a d e­
And Bud also c o n g ratu lated
local business men seem ed p re tty
I alw ays say you c a n ’t please crepit old y e a r he h a sn ’t done too
th e com m unity on its spotless
everybody.
u n anim ous in looking forw ard t i
badly.
record o v er th e C h ristm as
a b rig h t year.
W hile n atio n ally 1953 m ay be
And th e re ’s a few th in g s I'm
days
Not a w reck m arked the
And, th ey seem ed to feel th a t
A quiet N ew Y ear’s E ve seems
dow nright proud of. T ak e K orea, know n as th e y e a r th a t saw a
holiday p erio d here.
to be in prospect locally, w ith th is a rea had not suffered a p p re ­
for instance. I t ’s been quite d o w n tu rn in prosperity, little of
m ost people p lanning few ac tiv i­ ciably from the m ild recession
aw hile since th e re w as a y ea r th e d o w n tu rn showed up here.
th a t seem s to have w o rried o th e r
ties th a t night.
th a t could re p o rt a tru ce , even as F o r B rookings, 1953 w as a y e a r
Tw o d ances w ere scheduled lo­ p a rts of the s ta te and nation.
uneasy a tru c e as this one is. I of continued grow th.
Local fo recasts ran g ed from
S ta tis tic s released late in D e­
cally. At th e H a rb o r G range H all,
d idn’t do bad th e re .”
predictions of co n tin u ed good
cem
ber
show
ed
C
u
rry
C
ounty
as
the
C
hetco
G
range
is
holding
a
"W ell, t h a t ’s rig h t,” I ad m itted .
New Y ear’s Eve dance. And »it business to even b e tte r for th e
"A nything else y o u ’re proud o f ? ” O reg o n ’s fa ste st grow ing county,
w ith a 38 p er cent increase in
'»mith R w er the A m erican Legion y e a r ahead.
Q uite a b it,” he replied com ­ [xipulation since th e 1950 census,
W ith
plywood
and
lu m b er
Mrs. H a rrie tt W ilson. 83,
P ost is plan n in g ? N w Y e a:’.;
placently. "B usiness is still up.
prices stead y in g and raisin g -it
larg e st by fa r in th e s ta te . And B rookings died W ednesday m orn- j Yve ball.
We stopped a w a r and d idn’t th e so u th ern end of th e county ;ng from burns and shock sufTei '
A n u m b er of p riv ate o rg an iza th e e^d of ih e year, th e re w as
s ta rt a depression, and lots of peo­ seem ed to be g e ttin g m ore than the previous day.
lions, such as th e E agles wer*1 hope for a prosperous y e a r in
ple said we couldn’t do it.
Mrs. W ilson w as burned T u es­ also p lan n in g on holding c e le b ra ­ the lu m b erin g industries.
ts sh a re of the increase.
"And O regon beat S o u th e rn
Ken O sburn, office m an ag e r for
day
m orning when h er clothes tions for th e ir m em bers. And n u ­
G enerally, logging and lum ber­
Cal in football.” he continued. ing held up well th ro u g h the cau g h t fire a f te r she had back d m erous g roups of frien d s w ere B rookings Plywood, prophesied
"Doggone few y ea rs th a t can say y e a r ,
d esp ite plywood price into a stove. She w as tre a te d at p . lanning to co n g reg ate and see increased building in th e n atio n
th a t. Why, up a t E ugene th e y ’re slum ps w h i c h
d u rin g 1954, w ith a h ea lth y effect
have already hom e by D octor P aul R onniger, th e Old Y ear o u t
even th in k in g ab out m aking it bounced upw ard
on
local lum bering businesses He
but
died
the
follow
ing
m
orning
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O regon’s lum ­
1953 p erm a n en tly .”
expects, he said, increased in cen ­
bering co u n ties g en erally seem ed from th e effects of the burns and
shock.
tive tow ard co n stru ctio n , w ith
"You d idn’t do so w ell by th e to com e th ro u g h th e y e a r well.
m
ore m o rtg ag e m oney available.
Mrs.
W
ilson
was
th
e
m
o
th
er
of
B rookings B eavers,” I rem inded
Lily grow ers here reported
Such a ¡»olicy, he said, should
him.
sm all crops and b e tte r prices, and Cliff W ilson of this city. A com ­
"T ru e ,” he ad m itted . " P e te th e tw o to g e th e r seem ed to give plete o b itu ary will follow.
Meml»ers of the Brookings- increase sales of building m a te r i­
L esm eister kicked a couple of a little b e tte r re tu rn th a n they
H a rb o r R o tary C lub e n te rta in e d als. At y e a r end, plywood prices
have
in
th
e
past
few-
years.
Lucky 7 Club
tim es because of th a t.
B ut I
th e ir wives and o th e r g u ests at a w ere raising slig h tly , and dem and
T
o
u
rist
tra
v
e
l
th
ro
u
g
h
1953
prom ised him a couple of p itch ers
d in n er M onday night a t th e Cliff w as holding fairly firm, alth o u g h
Repairs
Bike
for next y ear. C a n ’t prom ise w as down along th e coast, the
House.
O ver 100 a tten d e d the th e big ju m p in o rd ers w as e x ­
pected a f te r in v en to ry -tak in g tim e
only
noticeable
bum
p
in
local
m uch to A rt G u thrie, though. He
An 11 y e a r old B rookings girl dinner, w hich is an an n u al affair.
econom y.
T he u p tu rn w as be­ w as riding h e r bicycle again this
a in ’t sp eaking to m e an y m o re.”
P rincipal sp ea k er for th e eve­ th e first of th e year.
E stes L. M orton, president of
- th a n k s to th e Luckv 7 ning w as L u th e r T isdale, who
"W ell, you c a n ’t please ev e ry ­ lieved to be due to co nstruction w eek
th
e
Oregon S ta te B ank, also fore­
on
H
ighw
ay
101
as
well
as
im
­
Club.
discoursed on various ty p es of
body,” I com forted him.
cast
a pro sp ero u s y e a r ahead, and
p ro vem ents on o th e r ro u tes, and
N aom i S an d ers is th e young hum or, w ith exam ples
" T h a t’s rig h t,” he agreed. "And
ex ^ p tre
ected
loca’ businessm en seem ed to feel lady who had h er bicycle stolen
O th e r e n te rta in m e n t w as pro- said * he /M
c i » B lo rookings
o k in g s to to
I pleased q u ite a few. Look
vided
by
F
red
d
y
Fox,
who
sang
^o
n
t,n
u
e
>
ts
grow
th. B ank
th a t to u r.st tra v e l would im prove and strip p ed not long ago. The
around you. See th e people here
in proportion to th e im provem ents thieves took off wheels, handle­ tw o ten o r solos and by m em bers >us*,u s s or ,h<> Past year, he
in B rookings?
See those new in highw ays.
nf th
tho e B arb ersh o p p ers who sang i s a ,d - su rp assed all ex p ectatio n s,
bars, accessories, etc. and a b a n ­ of
businesses along m ain s tre e t ? See
and th ere w as no indication of
1953 b ro u g h t lots to B rookings doned th e rem ains.
Roy
Brow n was m a s te r of cert
the new buildings? C a n ’t say I
any
d o w n tu rn to come.
A n u m b er of new businesses w ere
T his week th e Lucky 7 Club m onies.
h av en ’t done all rig h t by this
Mr. M orton said, also, th a t
estab
lish
ed
d
u
rin
g
th
e
year,
and
re tu rn e d N aom i’s bicycle to h er
town.
businesses h ere should co n tin u e
population of th e city w as e s t i - , com pletely rebuilt. Now sh e’s
"And, finally,” he w ent on, ” 1 m ated to be up aro u n d 15 per
to grow d u rin g the com ing year.
riding again, and sh e’s a very-
do n ’t w ant to h ea r any com plaints cent d u rin g th e past y ea r.
His o rg an izatio n plans to build
th a n k fu l young lady.
a new building to house th e bank
from you
J u s t in case y o u ’ve
fo rg o tten, I ’m the y e a r th a t i L IE U T E N A N T H E R E
C h ristm a s activ ities w e n giv- in 1954, and o th e r building plans
brought you to this tow n.”
being
readied
ing
w ay this week to New Y ear’s I a re n,‘>
’ig ream
er in th e city for
Lt. R u th O ’H olleran, USMC. I
celeb ratio n s, and the ch ild ren 1 1,.C? m ’nR Vear
He got up, and s ta rte d down flew from C am p P endleton in
..
W ith
e t
Hi
W ith m m n ost
business men re
the road. And I felt very sad to so u th ern C alifornia w here she is
w ere se ttlin g down to a fairly
porting, it seem ed to boil down
see him go. B ecause he’s right,
norm
al
routine.
stationed, to spend C h ristm as
he did all rig h t, by me, bringing w ith h e r fam ily, the J. M.
The C hetco Hom e E xtension
W ith C h ristm a s wef k over, it to th is: B usiness in 1953 here
me here.
Unit held th e ir re g u la r m eeting w as evident th a t S a n ta C laus was grxxl, and w hat li tie slow ­
O’H ollerans.
D ecem ber 23, a t th e hom e of
been th e busiest m an in town ness th e re w as seem ed to b o th er
area
F lorence Davis, w ith 14 present. 1 Locally he m ade th re e public ap- th
^ i is s w
e t less th a n m ost. And all
T h ere w as a gift exchange, fol- ix-arences. w ith q u p e n few m o’-e 1 f ° re c a s,s 88 Y th a t business here
should rem ain good th ro u g h th e
lowed by refresh m en ts.
Ip riv e fe ones
Those m em bers of the unit who
High sjxit of bis B rookings sta> iOtTiing year,
a r e m aking woolen ja c k e ts are w a® the C o m m u n ity tre in from
F r. E rn e st B a rtia m w ho has
rem inded th a t th e re will be an °f th e C en tral building, w h ere he
all-d a y m eeting at th e G range passed out candy to local chil- been a t the C h etco Inn, for som e
H all on T hursday. Ja n . 7, s t a r t - I ‘Iren, w ith th e aid of th e Volun- tim e, is leaving T uesday m orning
for an indefinite sta y in Eugene.
ing a t 10:30. M em bers a re to I te e r F irem en,
bring a sack lunch. It will be
H e m ade tw o o th e r ap p earan ces
followed by m eetings J a n u a ry 14 h ire , visitin g T o ts to Teens and
and 21.
F re e m a n ’s M ark et on C h ristm a s
1 he Staff of the Brookings-Harbor Pilot extend
Tho re g u la r m eeting of the unit Eve. to talk to ch ild ren in thp
is scheduled for W ednesday, Ja n tw o stores. And he spent C h ris t­
greetings for the New \ ear, with the sincere hope
20. w ith ca k e-d eco ratin g th e o rd er m as night try in g to fulfill his
M em bers of th e Luckv-7
ot th e day. It will lx? an all-day prom ises.
that it will be a happy and most prosperous year
club are sponsoring a dance
m eeting, w ith a pot-luck lunch
for ail teen -ag ers in B r o k ­
for all of you
ings, to be held at the VFW
PTA To Meet
hall on N ew Y ear’s Eve. R
fresb m en ts will be serv ed by
T he Pa re n t-T eac h ers A ssocia­
MRS. MINNA AKERS
th«
L ucky-S evenettes.
tion w ill m eet T h u rsd ay . Jan . 7 at I Eight y e a r old M ik- U pm eyer
T h e d a te in an a d v e rtise ­
* schfX>1- according to P residen t w as tre a te d by Dr. R onniger on
BILL PHELPS
PALL L. PETERSON
m ent for th e d an ce inside the
* rs E llen A rrell.
W ednesday for inju ries su stain ed
p ap er is in e rro r T he co rrect
S u b je ct of th e m e tin g is r c- when hi caught his hand in a
d a te is New Y ear’s Eve. De­
DORIS PHELPS
W. C. BROOKS
reation. T i e secord g ra d e will w ringer. S ev eral stitc h e s w ere
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n e ce ssa ry
Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community
OLD YEAR
GOOD FOR
BROOKINGS
Traffic Hints
LOCAL LEADERS SEE CONTINUED
PROSPERITY AND GROWTH IN 1954
FOR BROOKINGS-HARBOR AREA
New Year's Eve
Dances Scheduled
BURNS FATAL
TO MRS. WILSON
Rotarians Hold
Dinner For Wives
Santa Busy
Around Here
Jacket Makers
To Meet Thursday
Zo <rZZ u f you
from all o f us
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Lucky-7 Dance
New Year's Eve
Boy Injured
In Wringer