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S B rookings-H arbot P ilot T h u rsd ay , D ecem ber 20, 1956 The PHOT B rookings, O regon Christmas 1956 As w e h o n o r th e N a tiv ity this C h ristm a s, let us all give m ore th o u g h t to th e s p iritu a l m ean in g BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT of th is g reat d a y — rem em b erin g th a t th ro u g h C h rist, G od re v ealed AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S PA PE R to us th e la s tin g tr u th s of C h ris t ian fa ith . NAT IO N A L CO 11 _O R 1 / L NEW SPAPER A gain let us dedii ate o u r lives P U B L IS H E R S to th e serv ice of o u r H eavenly • W . h t F a th e r. As w e p ray , let us give A F F IL IA T E F U M I L I ASSOCIATION th a n k s to H im for o u r p riceless h e rita g e to w o rsh ip an d live as E n te re d a s seco n d -class m iu te i a t th e postoffice a t B rookings, O re free people. March 7, 1946, under an Act of M arch 3, 1879 t.e t u c re m e m b e r to p ra y for Those w ho b e a r th e b u rd e n of Ray Pisarck, Joe Murphy ty ra n y an d fo r th o se w ho a re ill Editors and Publishers and d ep ressed , th a t they m ay soon be West w ith lig h te r h e a rts. SU B SC RIPTIO N RATES: L et us p ray for His guidance O ne Y ear in A dvance (in C u rry C o u n ty ) of o u r chosen lead e rs th a t th e y O ne Y ear in A dvance (o u tsid e C u rry C ou n ty ) m ay w o rk w isely a n d unceasin g ly for a m ity am ong n atio n s. L et us with* th a n k fu l h e a rts, ! sn read th e age old m essage of th e C h ristm as ang el, “G lo ry to God th e H ighest, an d on E a rth , You must stop for school busses. 1 his is ‘he way the in P eace to M en of Good W ill." v ' Please Give the Kids a "Break"! Oregon sch< h 4 bus stop law works. On a two lane high way all traffic must stop when meeting or overtaking a L etter to the E d ito r: school bus which has halted to load or unload children. D ear S irs: On highways having three or more lanes vehicles must I am a su b sc rib e r to y our new s p a p e r and en io y re a d in g it v e ry stop only if they are traveling in the same direction as m uch. We a re p ro p e rty ow n ers in y o u r nice little to w n of B rook the bus. ings an d , of course, w e a re in te r in th e p ro g ress of th e tow n. After having stopped, you must not proceed as long ested W e noticed a le tte r w ritte n to as any children are loading or unloading You must re th e ed ito r of T H E B R O O K IN G S P IL O T in th e S e p te m main stopjxxl as long as any children are crossing the b H e A r R B 13, O R 195(1 issue of th e p a p e r highway. All school buses are e(|uip{xd with red stop co n cern in g need for a h o sp ital in e to w n of B rookings. (T h e le tte r arms. These stop signal arms assist in holding traffic th w as signed M rs. A lb e rt P anesi. until all children are safely across the road Mashing red S a n ta Rosa, C a lifo rn ia .) to w n of B ro o k ings is in the stop signal lights indicate that the bus is loading or un sam T h e e situ a tio n as o u r little to w n loading children. I raffie must stop for the bus whether of N yssa, O regon used to be. All h o sp ital cases h ad to go to th e or not the stop arm is displayed of the signals are flashing. ’’olv R osary H o sp ital in O ntrio, p K in and m an v of th em to The use of either of'these signals by the bus drivei B O oise, Idaho. T he B oise h o sp itals indicates that traffic must remain stopped 4 his law' h ad to c are for A L L th e polio p u s w as re a l,y a sk ‘n R to ° applies equally to city streets, rural roads, and highways. cases. m uch of th e h o sp itals in a n o th e r Since the widening of streets in North Brookings man; state, w h ich had a load of th e ir to c a rry . traffic violations involv ing school busses have been noted. ow I n am en clo sin g a w rite-up, on It is hoped that the above explanation will prevent fur o u r N vssa H ospital, w h ich a p p e a r in th e ID A H O S T A T E S M A N rlier violations from occuring? B there ate any other ed n e w sp a p e r in it's A u gust 19, 1956 questions relating to the Oregon school bus stop law, issue. T h o u g h t it m ig h t h elp y o u r tow n if it e v e r gets to seriously call Supt. of Schools D. D. Williams, or contact Chief th in k in g a b o u t b u ild in g it’s ow n •f Police Bud Cross. ___ ______ h o W sp e ital. h a v e a h o sp ital in th e little a Man Purple With G IF T S From to w n of N yssa th a t w e all can be p ro u d of b ecau se w e all help ed to b u ild it an d w e all k eep it R e p rin te d fro m the O regonian going. “ W h ere th e r e ’s a W i l l As rro m ln e n t ns th e sig n s e x ’tug BU'*h slo g a n s as “We w a n t " th e r e ’ a W ay” . h ig h w ay , not a co rk screw " and "I* h a s ta be S h a sta ' we e th e b ’'o*.1 B est w ishes for a p ro g ressiv e g rin s <»n th e face of th e C u rry co u n ty secessio n ist • in t ie fh o to from B ro o k in g s th is p a p e r p rin te d th e o th er day. T h ere w asn ‘ • B rookings. S in cerely , sin g le to m m y gun in 'ig h t. eith e r. M rs. L y n n H u rst, A p p a re n tly th e new s ta te o f S h a st, w hich e ig h t cou n ties of n o rth Rt. No. 1, e m C alifo rn ia propose to form from and w hich C u rry co u n ty people N yssa, O regon. sa y th e y will join, is to be o rg an ized peaceably. T h e re 's no need vet fo r G o v e ;n o r f E lm o S m ith and G oodwin K n ig h t to call o u t tli•• N atio n al G uard. F IR ST , A c tu rally , o f course, few if an y of t ie C a lifo rn ian s sn d Ore ;o n !a n ; SAFETY w ho a r e ta lk in g se e sion arc really rrrlo u s about it. As in 1941, whe T h is w ill be a w eek of office tb e v announced th ey w ere o f sim ilar m ind Je ffe rso n o r W onderland w a s th en su g g ested as th e n am e fo r th e 49th s ta te th -v nr» sim n ’.y p a rtie s an d holid ay get-to g eth ers tiling a tte n tio n to th e ir "o rp h a n ' s ta tu s . N o rth e rn C alifo rn ia at I b u t from ex p e rie n c e tra ffic o ffi cials know it m ay also be a w eek O re g o n ’s C u rry co u n ty so m e ttm -s feel neglected by th ei' sta te of in creasin g accid en ts, in ju rie s iin in v n t-. The C alifo rn ia^ a rc addi '.Ionally p e rtu rb e d bv the view ’ba t o m uch of th eir w a te r is being sip h en ed off fo r th e benefit of C en an d d eath s. L ast y ear, w h en C h ris tm a s p ro t r a l an d S o u th ern C ah fo nia T in s page h as sj>oken on sevc al occasions ab o u t the crookedness vid ed a th ree-d ay w eekend, O re o f It S iT g h w av 101 hi so u th w e ste rn O regon, a condition w hich i gon d riv e rs w ere in volved in 633 duce one of th e m ost conic d riv es in th e w orld to a form of to rtu re . a c cid en ts in w hich 203 people T h e H ighw ay D e p a rtm e n t h is ta k - n some te p s to rem edy th e itu »- 1 w ere in ju re d an d seven w ere , on Before' t<x> long, one hopes, th e g« od O reg o n ian s of t u rry co u n ty k illed . «,11 ............... on, k « l of ,,rl,..,r..« left, (h e typo « » e n .ja l to « T h e re w e re 40 tra ffic d e a th s per cele b ratio n of th e com pletion o f a new s tr a ig h t ro u te to W onl- r d u rin g all D ecem ber, an d at least lan d . _______________ seven of those d e a th s w ere a tt r i b u ted to a d rin k in g d riv e r or p ed estria n . Na lO.ial, sta te an d m any local tra ffic «officials h av e lau n ch e d a c am p a ig n to c u rb th is y e a r ’s h o li day to ll— B ack th e A ttack on T ra ffic A ccidents- b u t th e “ big job of accid en t p re v e n tio n w ill d ep en d on each in d iv id u a l” , ac co rd in g to 11. G. M aison. S u p e rin t e n d e n t of S ta te Police and m em h er of th e O regon T ra ffic S afety C om m ission, on w arn ed th o se p lan n in g to a tte n d p a rtie s w h ere t h e i “liq »id tv ’ f h oli ay sp irit" w ill be disp en cd th a t even a few d rin k .. seriously a fte c t a d riv e r's ab ility . “ If you m ust d rin k nt th ese p a rtie s ,” he said, “use p ublic tra n s p o rta tio n or a sk a non-drink ing frie n d to p ro v id e a r i d e ( hom e.” D oesn't ‘H asta be Shasta F ’^e H ose H ats Stretch socks In r l»l»e<l, plain, argyle end fane;, patterns. V trem endous choice of color». Itisistal hats fur felt. ÎJ 0 0 th • finest in s1095 Sm art Belts Ties BY VV EVI BEY Large assortm ent from $1.50 B.x T extan in excellent top grail; steerhide, in pigskin and plain leathers. Buy Your Christmas Candles MYRTLEWOOD SK I (»('VIE l> SIX' ' >rds n*rth of Oregon-!'allfornl* S tate Line, lilt hwax 101 W e invite vo.i to * »in<> m and see o u r nice selections of C h ris ’max G ift Item s such a C offee Table Barom eters Book Ends Trays Chairs Lamps Bou’Is Plates Pen 5 c.- C andle Sticks • Tea Carts t l.s t iM I V V O T IILll VltTK I L s O ur Store C ontains a C om plete Stock of M y rtle w o o d Products O PEN EVERY DAY - SU NDAYS INCLUDED I I.OT 1» *VV » V K 1M .IN HE MiV BE V t l . l t » G range Christm as Tarty F riday Night The annual G range Christina P a rty is sch ed u led for 8 30 p in F ri h, n ig h t A p ro g ra m of local ta le n t is p lan n ed w tth gift ex ch an g es to ' 'How T he ev en in g w ill be concluded w ith a d essert p o tlu ck . Not H 's Day E v c rre tt Ja g g e rs m ust h av e got u p on th e w ro n g side of bed r e cen tly . He w en t t< w ork, got hit in th e h ead w ith a plaftk Ru.-hed by p riv a te p lan e to a P o rtla n d sp ecialist th e plan e c ra sh e d In th e fog. fra c tu rin g four rib s Tak m to P o rtla n d by a n o th e r plan e he I e n ro u te u p sta irs , th e II fo u r floors Ja g g e rs T ex tan & A nson W ilker In all type* for men in se p pie *n’ *M»ft leather; thex cone» in brown, wine, red, green or blue. JEVVEIJtV FOR MEN i Ids fin ■ *et consist* of mai ch in . t'e c ’asp and links of h eavy mäesi ve »Unless nieta t »ml rol’ed gold. ( OLOKL1 I. I’ V I VM VS In check s, plaids, stripe*, pattern*, and solid tw o tone colors. Electric w aist band. From $4.95 From $1.50 $3.98 Slippers O PE N TH U R SD A Y , FR ID A Y AND SA TU R D A Y ’TIL 9 P. M.