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2 Brook ings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, December 31, 1953 r f ■< • BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT VK- ' r * A N IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S P A P E R ■ ¿ ' Entered an Herond-claas m atter, at the p o sto ffice at B rookings, Oregon, M arch 7, 1946. under the Act o f M arch 3. 1878 * * , 4' • ' 4 f M inna z \ kers , Owner and Publisher w Y W IL L IA M G. P H E LP S , E ditor SU BSC R IPT IO N R A T ES: One Year In advance (In Curry County» .................... ............ One Year, In advance (outsid e Curry C ounty) ............ ............ ■< & f I ■ 13 00 >3 50 MARCH OF DIMES CAMPAIGN TO BE OPENED SATURDAY FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH By C L IF F O R D P. ROW E NAT IO N A L A D V E R T ISIN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . Governor P aul Patterson this week sounded the ra lly in g c ry fo r one of the most significant fu n d raising campaigns in Oregon's h isto ry - the annual M arch of Dimes w hich opens S aturday and continues through January 31. “ I commend this campaign to m y fellow citizens of Oregon in declaring January to be M arch of Dimes m onth in the state,” Gov e rnor Patterson said in a state m ent received here this afternoon fro m Salem. "T h is designation is made in the earnest hope th a t h isto ry w ill record th a t 1954 was the year that saw the tide in the polio fight change from defense to a tta c k .” d ire cto r of w om en’s a ctivities, added “ i t is h ig h ly lik e ly ” th a t an Oregon county w ill be included in the nationw ide vaccine tria ls. V IS IT IN G IN G R A N T S PASS Miss P a tty Jo Gragg w ent to G rants Pass M onday to spend a few days w ith her sister. Mrs. Dale S m ith. The Graggs plan to go over on N ew Years and bring her home. i am not m aking any New ■ ear’s resolutions this holiday ■¡Cason. N ever having made any before, I can see no reason fo r N IW IF A F IR N A T IO N A I E D IT O R IA L ta rtin g now». H ow ever, I have decided to do a lit t le m ental F U B U S H IR t housecleaning. A SSO CIA TIO N A C T IV E MEMBER Just as m y w ife , e a rly in the spring, opens a ll the window's a l low ing the clean, fresh a ir to rusn He explained th a t the next 12 in w h ile she cleans and polishes m onths could m a rk the tu rn in g the house fro m stem to stern, so point in the d rive against the i I am going to do m uch the same c rip p lin g disease because the th in g only* 1 am going to w o rk T h is is the end of a year, as men te ll tim e, and it is a tim e N a tio n a l Foundation fo r In fa n tile on m y m ind. I am going to tr y to reappraise w hat we have done, and w hat we plan to do. m ucking out some o f the d is P aralysis is em barking on a large likes and prejudices w hich I have testing program of a tr ia l vac It has been, we th in k , a good year fo r Brookings. O u r cine. accum ulated over the years, in c o m m u n ity has grown through the past year, and the gro w th “ This program m ay someday the hope of p ro vid in g elbow’ room has been solid and substantial. There are new businesses here spare our children the dread e f fo r some w o rth w h ile th in kin g . th a t mean m uch to this c ity , and there are new people who are fects of polio,” G overnor P a tte r F ibber McGee’s closet, w hich m a k in g o u r com m unity a ric h e r place in w hich to live. erupts an avalanche o f tr iv ia son said. He declared th a t the And, n o w —w hat w ill we do w ith 1954? when the door is opened, is a N a tio n a l Foundation also is pre p ik e r when com pared w ith the paring to provide fo r an expanded W e ll, i t can be a valuable year, 1954 can. A year in w hich m inds of m any o f us w hich have program of mass gamma globulin to consolidate o u r gains, and to establish new goals fo r w hich become so jam m ed w ith peeves innoculations in 1954. The p u r to strive . I t may w ell be th a t the end o f 1954 m ay see us w ith CONTAINING SOLARITE and hates th a t lit t le room is le ft pose, he said, is to give every pos a few m ore o f those things w hich we desire fo r Brookings and fo r the c irc u la tio n o f the fresh sible protection w h ile the nation H a rb o r. I a ir of new ideas o r g ro w th of aw’a its the results o f the vaccine tests w hich s ta rt F e b ru a ry 8. new» friendships. N o rust, sludge W e a ll have great hopes fo r th is area in w hich we live, A t the same tim e, according to F irs t on m y em ancipation lis t or corrosion ! ___ and we sometim es chafe at w hat seems to be the slow pace at w ill be cooked vegetables. Since the governor, p a tie n t aid, profes w h ic h we realize them. Yet we are re a lizin g them , fa s te r than More heat, cleaner heat ! I can rem em ber, I have never sional education and £ci n tific re m ost places have realized theirs. search m ust go on unabated liked vegetables except in the N o costly breakdowns! ra w state. M y w»ife has pleaded, a ll of w hich means th a t the N a W e expect too much, usually. W e incorporate o u r c ity , and Your oil burner prayed and persecuted, but a ll to tio n a l F oundatio n’s 1954 needs w e expect the problem s o f streets and m u n icip a l a ffa irs to re w ill approxim ate $75,000.000. no avail. I ju s t did not lik e the fasts longer! arra n g e themselves, ju s t lik e th a t. W e w a n t a harbor and a cooked vegetables. O f course. In P ortland, meanw’hile. S tate Yet you pay no more for) highw ay, and we grow w eary because they do not m a te ria lize had never tasted them , but I was M arch o f Dimes C hairm an John o ve rn ig h t. W e need so m any things th a t we feel a deep fru s confident th a t I w o u ld n ’t lik e J. G urian estim ated th a t O regon’s Richfield Rich-Heat! tra tio n at the things w hich we do not have. them and th a t w»as sufficient a rg u share w ould am ount to 50 per X ct us fill your m ent. Just th in k o f the new cent m ore than the record $645.- B u t every day, and every m onth, and every’ year, b rin g us order now. experiences in ta s tin g a w a itin g 000 raised in the state last Janu closer to the things we need and w ant. . . as long as we keep me. ary. He said it was probable th a t s triv in g fo r them . And 1954 w ill be no exception. I t w ill b rin g N e x t in line w ill be hum an be 30,000 volunteers w»ould take p a rt in to fu lfillm e n t some o f the things th a t were planned fo r in ings. I have too long a lis t o f in the 1954 Oregon M arch o f people w hom I don’t like . I don’t Dimes, in clu d in g the M others’ years past. . . and it w ill lay the g ro u n d w o rk fo r th in g s to come Phone 2685 know w hy I don’t, but some M arch January 28. in o th e r years. where, som etim e, somehow» they Mrs. F re d e ric W. Young of After Hours 2395 W e need new schools — and 1954 w ill see the fr u itio n of m ust have done som ething o f P ortland, the F oundation's state BR O O K IN G S OREGON schools th a t were planned in 1953. We need b e tte r streets, and w hich I did not approve, o r they h u rt m y feelings, o r perhaps we need them badly — and in 1954 we m ay have the C ity failed to H atter m y ego. Since C h a rte r th a t w ill allow o u r m unicipal governm ent to assume I have fo rg o tte n w h y I don’t lik e the responsibilitie s of financing them . We need b e tte r tra n s them. I see lit t le sense in clog p o rta tio n . and th is year w ill see it grow closer to us. We need ging m y m ind w ith the inventory. new people and new businesses and they w ill come, ju s t as M aybe I w on’t have much m ore they have come in the past. success than those who mak? i . solutions. B ut if 1 can acquire We are b u ild in g here, in southwest Oregon, a co m m unity a lik in g fo r ju s t one vegetable or w hich can be unexcelled. B ut we m ust build w ell, and th a t is add one good friend. 1 w ill be in alw ays a slow process. The things we need w ill come, as we a much m ore enviable condition pre p a rt' fo r them . . hut not u n til we do. than I am today w ith m y a ttic clu tte re d up w ith the d ir t and cobwebs o f years passed. N ations and races m ig h t t r y tiie same form ula. N ew York C hicago D etroit P hilad elp h ia '¿ci I as S oc 5 t 3 n We Build For the Years to Come with RICHFIELD RICH^HEAT BURNER OIL I FOSTER & BOLVI CORSAGES CUT FLOWERS FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS McVAY'S on the WINCHUCK H a rb o r, O re Phone 2568 Modern Efficient Laundry Methods I 2-H O U R S P E C IA L S E R V IC E Wet Washings—or—Extracting and Drying Hours 8:30 a m. to 6:00 p.m. TO G R A N T S PASS Mrs. W. C. Brooks drove to '.rants Pass Monday to spend the week M r. Brooks planned to leave here today o r to m o rro w and re tu rn w ith her Sunday. E V A N S TO M E D F O R D C onnie and Perce Evans drove ’ 0 M edford to spend C hristm as. RECORDS H IT T U N E S az. S Y M P H O N IE S Tuesday and Thursday Open 'til S p.m. M U S IC A L SHOW S Clothe« may be left a fte r 7:30 a m. 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