2 Brook ings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, December 31, 1953
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MARCH OF DIMES CAMPAIGN
TO BE OPENED SATURDAY
FOR
WHAT
IT'S
WORTH
By
C L IF F O R D P.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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