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By B ILL P H E L P S
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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
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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-.
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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.