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V O F (» LIB«' \R Y ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ <► <► o O On the Reef O ♦ «I <► <► o i f By B ILL P H E L P S 8 te-i One of th e g reat boons of m an kind is th e com m on cold alw ays providing th a t you can learn to control it. I thought I had it p re tty well tim ed for a couple of ?ntos a° s . ’ep throat'. a n V ! arbor filo! XX',' Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community would ra th e r have w orked. At th a t, it w asn’t a com pletely lost weekend. Doris w as very a t tentive, an d I took com plete ad v an tag e of it. Lee Rice sent o v e r a copy of one of his most effective p rescriptions, th e m ain in g red ien ts of which a re hot rum and w ater, and I can see how Lee could be a w onderful fam ily physician. . . doesn’t do m uch for th e sore th ro a t, but it c e rtain ly m akes it w o rth having. P aul R onniger’s in the o th e r cam p. He prescribed T erram y cin , w h i c h fixed the th ro a t and w a sn ’t nearly so m uch fun. P ro b ab ly bribed by Doris. She never could u n d e r stan d why I collapse w ith a cold, w hile she has to keep w orking. Anyway, I ’m well now’. W on d e r how’ I ’ll get out of w ork next w eek ? W e’ve a little controversy w rapped around “A zalea Row.” w hich m ig h t be fun to w atch, com e next C h ristm as. Not really very co n tro v ersial, though, be cause th e tw o p rincipals are th? best of friends. I t concerns th e practice of sending C h ristm as c a id s locally. B. Miller, who filled in one week for re g u la r colum nist R u th S m ith, advanced th e idea th a t it would be nice to pay personal calls lo cally, and give th e m oney th a t you would have spent fo r cards to charity . R u th , as she said next week, d id n ’t th ink m uch of the idea. And B. rejoins som ew here inside th a t it is, too, a good idea, so there. We h av en ’t in te rfe re d in a fight betw een tw o fem ales since ten y ears ago, w hen we had o u r o th e r e a r b itte n off. And we don’t intend to now. B ut w e’re real in terested in o th e r re a d e rs ’ view points. . . especially since i t ’s not a very personal fight. The new s th a t th e S ta te H iw ay Cm m ission will re p a ir th e s tre e t which fro n ts the C ity H all, a fte r B rookings does som ething about th e su rp lu s w a te r th e re is very welcome. . . provided we can do som ething about th e w ater. It points up once again the fact th a t our m ain tro uble w ith s tre e ts C ontinued on B ack P age _ _ Volume 8—Number 46 LIONS OPEN DRIVE FOR MARCH OF DIMES T he B rookings Lions C lub op ened th e M arch of Dim es here t h :s week, and local citizens w ere being co n tacted in a n u m b er of ways so th ey could m ake th e ir co n trib u tio n to help in the fight ag ain st Polio. T his w eek, co n tain e rs blos somed out on th e co u n ters of stores aro u n d tow ns, to receive the c o n trib u tio n s for th e fight. Lady Lions assisted th e ir m en folk by ad dressing individual cards w ith an appeal for help to be sent th ro u g h th e m ail. Ac cording to A1 P hillips, every box holder in th e area will be con tacted. The V EW A uxiliary lent th eir support to th e drive, also, by tak in g c a re of th e card s which 1 will be d istrib u te d th ro u g h th ” schools. No definite in fo rm atio n has b< en released yet on th e M arch of Dim es ball, w hich will be held around th e end of J a n u a ry . C ounty C h airm an Jo h n Porisch said th is week th a t B rookings and C u rry C ounty have alw ays co n trib u ted well, and th a t he was i tu re th a t u n d er the sponsorship of th e Lions Club, th e D rive would have an excellent response here. New Market Opens Friday T he S ilv ersp ray m a rk e t in N orth B rookings will open for business F riday. T he new m a rk e t, located ju st south of H iw ay M ark et, will deal in fish and m eats. They will m ake a specialty of c u ttin g and w rap ping m eats for lockers. P ro p rie to rs of th e m a rk e t a re Mr. and M rs. I. V. O rton, who are long-tim e resid en ts here. Foreign Students Visit Brookings V isitors in B rookings recen tly w ere th ese four stu d e n ts, all of whom a re studying in the t ’nited S ta te s u n d e r S tu d e n t sc h o la r ship plans. W hile here, they w ere g uests of H enry K err, and luncheon sp eak ers at th e R otary Club. Left to rig h t: L’ra Cain. B ritish H onduras; M urine H enry, C uba, C arl Douglas. J a m a ic a , Jean S harui, F iji Islands and D orothea Thom pson. Baham a-. _ ____________________________________________________________ B R O O K IN G S , ( I H H \ « O I N T ! . O K E ».ON P R IC E ON N E W S S T A N D S — T E N < E N T S To Run Again Thursday, January 14, 1954 Council Requests Precinct Changes BANK SHOWS GREAT GAINS O regon S ta te B ank re p o rted phenom enal g ains in deposits d u r- *ng 1953, according to E stes L. M orton, presid en t. In figures ju st released, th e bank announced d ep o sits to tallin g $2.921,847.49, as of D ecem ber 31, P aul L. P a tte rso n , G overnor E 1953. T ’r ; c^m n ares w i‘h depos- ts of $1.718.311 as of a y e a r ago. P aul L. P a tte rso n , G overnor ot T he 42 p er cent inc’ ^ s e m ark s O regon, who announced last the local b an k as th e fastest w eek th a t he will be a ca n d i grow ing o rg a n iz atio n of its t y p i d ate for th e office ag ain this in the s ta te , according to M orton. year. No o th e r figures re le ased have com e an y w h ere n e a r them . A t th e ir a n n u a l m eetin g last week, new- d ire c to rs w ere elected by sto ck h o ld ers of th e bank. N am ed to th e board w ere A. R B ergm an, W. L. C rissey, George F u n k , W ilson F ree m a n , M rs F ra n k L an g er, H en ry K e rr and E. L. M orton. All officers w ere R eassu ran ce cam e this w eek re-elected. from m edical m en here th a t th e re was no cau se for alarm , locally, because one case of polio has been reported. The re p o rt cam e from Dr. P au l R onniger, city health officer, and T h e A ssem bly of God will dedi Dr. W. A. C a rtw rig h t, co u n ty c a te th e ir new- c h u rch on O ak health officer. stre e t th is w’eek end. O jjening services will be held T he tw o d octors said th a t polio S unday, J a n . 17, a t 11 a m. and is a difficult disease to tra n sm it, and is tra n s m itte d only th ro u g h 7:30 p.m., w ith th e public cor- close co n tac t. T h erefo re, th ey dially invited. D edication serv ices w ill be held said, th e re w as little possibility th a t o th e r children here w ere M onday, Jan . 18, at 2:30 p.m. and 7 :30 p.m. T h e R ev. L ester affected. F u rth e rm o re , th e tw o doctors Young of B rooks, O re., and P e te r said, th e incubation period is so Jen sen of N o rth Bend will be long th a t the ¡»ossihility th e guest sp ea k ers at th e dedication strick en child could have acquired services. S pecial m usic w ill be fu rn ish ed the disease a t school was very by the local group, and th e young rem ote. The tw o doctors em phasized people. the ¡joint th e re w as no reason to w ithhold children from school be I Icndricks, Dry Ends cause of fe a r of polio, o r to w ith draw th em from c o n ta c ts w ith Tie In Bowling H en d rick s F u rn itu re and the o th e r persons. C urry county has never beer, Plyw ood D ry E nds w e re tied this an epidem ic region in polio, and w eek in th e C ity leag u e tor st e few cases have been suffered ond place, w ith 5-3 scores. H en iric k s’ split w ith th e Plywoo» locally. F rieda M atlock, th ? little girl Pond Lilies, 2-2, w hile th e D r' who has be n strick en by polio Ends w ere d ropping a 3-1 d eci here, is in th e E u re k a hospital, sion to th e R o ta ry Club. In o th e r action, th e E ag le s d e and, according to Dr. R onniger, it ap p ears th a t hers will be a feated P h illip s’, 3 to 1, w hile a.i unidentified m a rk e t w as tak in g co m p arativ ely light case. Fox B ro th ers, 4 to 0. High singles fo r th e evening New Siren To w as Jim H a rp e r’s 207, and t h ' R o tary C lub's 789. S eries tops Ik* Installed w ere T ony C h ris te n s e n ’s 556 and T he B rookings F ire D e p a rt R o ta ry ’s 2222. m ent received a new siren this w eek Missionary Group T he siren is intended to be heard for th re e m iles, and will I Icins 1 owel replace th e present, q u ie te r one, T h ” B rookings Bible C hurch according to F ire C hief Neil M a ra n a th a M issionary g ro u p m et M onday night a t th e hom e of M rs Nelson Loyd W eeks A fte r th e business In sta lla tio n and try out of th new horn will ta k e place w ithin m eeting th e ladies hem m ed dish th e next w eek or two, N eil said rowels fo r th e ch u rch kitchen. DOCTORS SAY NO POLIO DANGER HERE Church Dedicates New Building The B rookings C ity Council on T uesday voted to re q u est th a t precinct lines in th is a re a be d raw n to conform to the c ity ’s boundaries. T he actio n cam e a f te r C ity A tto rn ey Ed Ackley told th e council th a t th e C ounty C o u rt’s office has te n tativ ely split th e city, as well as th e su rro u n d in g area, in tw’o. T he old B rookings precin ct ra n from n ea r C arp e n te rv ille to th e C heteo river. W hen it b ecam ” necessary to divide it. th e C ounty ' C lerk ’s office used H iw ay 101 as tiie dividing line betw een th e tw o. A tto rn ey Ackley pointed o u t | th a t such a division divides th e a re a into tw o long, th in strip s, m aking unnecessarily long dis tan ces for some v o ters to trav el. In addition, he said, it would confuse m unicipal elections held w ithin th e city, since people v o t ing on m unicipal affairs m ight hav e to visit a second polling place, and since it would be h ard for election officials to decide w hich v o ters qualified for a city ballot. T h e co u n ty clerk, Mrs. O leta W alk er, is anxious to assist in m ak in g th e best division, Ackley rejjorted, and is at present stu d y ing th e plan. According to law, th e division is m ade a t th e d irec tion of th e county court. D istrict A tto rn ey S am Hall also h as the m a tte r u nder advisem ent, to see if th e re are legal b a rrie rs stan d in g in th e way of the city precinct. In o th e r action, the Council voted to request the paving of O ak stre e t by the S ta te H ighw ay Com m ission from funds for th at pu rp o se d u rin g 1955. A lready pending are tw o stre e t paving jobs approved by the s ta te to be done this year. In a re p o rt on stre e t m a in te n ance, O. D. A rp told th e council ot sh o rtag e s which have plagued th e city stre e t d ep artm en t, and of difficulties in overcom ing them . He req u ested funds in the fo rth com ing budget for a full tim e n ain ten an e r 'i n , ■ nd outlined hopes for gravel supplies W’hich will, he 'lid. a'd in overcom ing th e c ity ’s critica l s tre e t situ atio n . Art B ollinger ap p eared before th e council to req u est the low er ing of a culvert in P ioneer road. Mr. B ollinger told the group th a t th e high cu lvert dam m ed su rface w aters, m aking septic tan k s in operativ e in th a t area. Elects Officers T he W illiam Ja m e s W ard Me m orial C em etery Association held th e ir an n u a l m eeting M ondav evening, Jan. 11, at the Bernicd Ward home. Officers elected at th e m a t i n g a re : Leo Lucas, rp esid en t; Vern H anscam . vice p resid en t; K ate Hull, se c re ta ry -tre a su re r. D irec to rs : Roy Brown. Dr. A O S ch m itt, Ed H oar and A rt Crook.
