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The le c tu r e s c h e d u le d fo r January- 17 a t C o n tra C o sta C o lle g e , by M elv in B e lli , t i t le d " B e l l i 's L aw R e v o lt" n e v e r c am e ab o u t. Ju d g e J o se p h G e n e e r r e ­p la c e d B e lli , w ith a l e c tu r e on "T he L aw and the T im e s " , w hich w as e x c e l ­le n t, a c c o rd in g to p e o p le who a tte n d e d . S o r ry we c o u ld n 't g iv e n o tic e a b o u t the c a n c e lla t io n - - we found ou t the day a f ­t e r th is p a p e r w as p u b lish e d l a s t w eek .

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A P R IZ E SNOWMAN

The snow t r i p of som e P o in t t e e n ­a g e r s , s p o n so re d by th e M e th o d is t C h u rc h l a s t w eek, w as a g r e a t s u c c e s s . B e s id e s o th e r snow a c t iv i t ie s , th ey w it­n e s s e d a d o g -s le d r a c e and snow sh o e r a c e s . T hey a ls o e n te re d the snow - m an c o n te s t , and won f i r s t p r i z e w ith a r e a l snow bunny .

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LO U D -M O U TH ED CA RO LERS

When th e C a m p F ire G ir ls w en t c a r o l ­ing j u s t b e fo re C h r is tm a s , th ey had no id e a th ey w e re s in g in g lo u d enough to be h e a r d in N o rth D akota.' A s th ey p a s s e d th e Ivy Inn, on C o tta g e A venue, th ey a r r iv e d in the m id d le of a lo n g -d is ta n c e te le p h o n e c o n v e r s a t io n b e tw e e n M rs . W allace D a rlin g and h e r m o th e r in N orth D ak o ta , b o th of w hom en jo y ed the m u s ic .

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THE DCGS A R E GOING TO THE COUNTRY

S e v e ra l dog o w n e rs in th is a r e a have r e c e n t ly had to ta k e a t r i p ou t to the A n im a l C o n tro l S h e lte r to t e t r i e v e th e i r d o g s . W hen do ing so , th ey a ls o found th e m s e lv e s c h a rg e d w ith a m is d e m e a n ­o r , and h av in g to a p p e a r in c o u r t .

C u r io s i ty a t the n u m b e r of r e p o r t s f ro m p e o p le -who h av e h a d this e x p e r ie n c ( le d us to c a l l M r . S e e ly of the C o u n ty 's A n im a l C o n tro l D e p a r tm e n t , in C o n co rd . He e x p la in e d th e s i tu a t io n by re c o u n tin g th e d e p a r tm e n t 's h is to r y . T he A n im a l C o n tro l p r o g r a m w en t in to e f fe c t s ev e n y e a r s ago, in w hat c a n b e s t b e d e s c r ib e d a s a "g e n tle m a n n e r" , to g e t p e o p le u se d to th e id e a th a t dogs m u s t b e k e p t w ith in c o n tro l of th e i r o w n e rs . In th e l a s t y e a r , the d e p a r tm e n t in c r e a s e d th e n u m ­b e r , of o f f ic e r s by 11, and th is y e a r five m o re w ill be ad d ed . A c c o rd in g to M r. S ee ly , enough c o m p la in ts h av e b e e n re c e iv e d , c o u n ty -w id e , to ju s t i fy m o re s t r in g e n t c o n tro l . O ff ic e rs m ay , if they p ic k up a s t r a y dog, i s s u e a c i ta t io n to i ts o w ner fo r a m is d e m e a n o r . D ogs, a c c o rd in g to th e cou n ty o rd in a n c e , m u s t b e k e p t w ith in " s ig h t an d so u n d " of th e ir o w n e r. T h a t 's p r o g r e s s - - f if ty y e a r s ago, s t r a y g o a ts c a u s e d a few o rd in a n ­ces ; now it is jd o g s ; you c a ts h ad b e t te r g e t in l i n e - - i t 's y o u r tu r n next.'

A SHORT VISIT

N ot long ago, A1 F r o s in i h ad the d is -h e a r te n in g e x p e r ie n c e of h av in g h is h o m e ra n s a c k e d an d ro b b e d . M any th in g s of v a lu e w e re s to le n , b u t a ls o th in g s th a t w e re of v a lu e on ly to h is fa m ily , su ch a s p h o to s . T hey w e re gone only one even in g , b u t le f t a w indow s lig h tly o p en . E v en tho i t w as 10 fefet f ro m the g ro u n d , i t m ad e e n try p o s s ib le . H e 'd a d v is e tak in g p r e ­c a u tio n s , if y o u 'r e aw ay f ro m h o m e , so th a t i t 's a t l e a s t no t e a s y fo r a w o u ld - be p ro w le r to e n te r .

S topp ing by to s a y a b r ie f h e llo to a few of th e i r P o in t f r ie n d s l a s t Sunday n igh t (and to e a t a few of th o se fam o u s s c o u t h o t- c a k e s ) w e re D a r r e l l and D onna T h o m a s . R ev . T h o m as w as f o r m e r ly m in is te r a t the P o in t M e th o d is t C h u rch , and now r e s id e s in M an te c a .

A LONG STAY

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"No c u t ta in s , s ig n s o r c o n ­c e a le d lig h ts w ill b e p e r m it te d to o b s c u re th e v iew f ro m the s id e ­w alk in any m a n n e r , and a l l s t ip u la t io n s . of th e a m m e n d ed o rd in a n c e m u s t b e co m p lie d w ith in s p i r i t a s w e ll a s l i t e r a l ly .

" P ro v is io n w as m a d e , h o w e v e r, by C ity A tto rn e y H a ll, fo r th a t e s ta b l is h e d in s ti tu tio n , "R u sh in g the G ro w le r" , b u t the q u a n tity m u s t no t e x c e e d one q u a r t . L iq u o r m a y b e s e r v e d w ith a b o n a fid e m e a l, a lso ."

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" L i t t le L ach o n d o F o r n e r , 203 B is h ­op A venue, h a s b e e n in the C o ttag e H os p i ta l f o r the p a s t w eek re c o v e r in g f ro m a f r a c tu r e d s k u ll s u f fe re d w hile p lay in g a long th e B ay S h o re in co m p an y of two

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h o u se , and h e a r in g th c r i e s of th e b o y s , he in v e s t ig a te d and , xic lin g th e boys a t the fo o t of thh c liff , took h im in to h is h o m e and s e n t fo r the d o c t o r . "

"T h e ch ild , who is abou t 10, is doing n ic e ly u n d e r the c a r e o f D r . F r a z e r , an« M e tro p o lita n n u rs e , M iss J a c k s o n . "

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t i te h a s m o v ed h is fa m ily to 127 T u nnel A v en u e . One by one, the f o r m e r P o in t R ich m o n d R e s id e n ts a r e r e tu rn in g to the W est S ide, u n til h o m e s a r e a t a p r e ­m iu m in th is v ic in ity . "

" P ;T .A . CARD P A R T Y : M rs . S tep h en B an k s , c h a irm a n , a s s i s t e d by M e sd a m e s T h o m as N ixon and W ilson , an n o u n ces th e c a r d p a r ty w hich w ill b e h e ld on the ev en in g of J a n u a ry 24. "

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T he M a s q u e r 's b e g in a n o th e r play- to n ig h t (F r id a y , J a n u a ry 19), w hich w ill ru n th ro u g h F e b r u a r y 17. "L ook H o m e ­w a rd A n g e l" is a p o w e rfu l and v i ta l d ra m a , a l te r n a te ly t r a g ic and funny, b u t a lw ay s s in c e r e and c o m p a s s io n a te . W inner of m an y a w a rd s , in c lu d in g a P u l i tz e r P r i z e , the p la y is a l r e a d y c o n s id e re d by m a n y to be a c la s s ic in A m e r ic a n d ra m a . B a s e d on the n o v e l by T h o m as W olfe, the p la y shou ld b e on y o u r l i s t of a c t i v i t i e s - - i f n o t th is w eek end, som e tim e b e fo re F e b ­r u a r y 17.

SATURDAY IS T E E N DAY

A ll day S a tu rd a y , K ennedy H igh w ill b e f i l le d w ith s p e a k e r s - - t h e fo r e n s ic s c o n te s t w ill in c lu d e a w ide v a r ie ty of to p ic s an d ty p e s of o ra tio n .

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TO A L L TEEN A G ER S FR O M THE CITY OF RICHM OND:

of th e Y outh A d v is o ry C o m m iss io n .D u rin g the m e e tin g a C o m m ittee

w ill be s e le c te d f ro m a c r o s s - s e c t io n of th e c o m m u n ity in o r d e r to s e t up the p r o c e d u r e s c o n c e rn in g m e m b e rs h ip in th e Y outh A d v iso ry C o m m is s io n . Any te e n a g e r who r e s id e s in the C ity of R ic h m o n d w ill b e e l ig ib le fo r n o m in a ­tio n . T h o se u n ab le to a tte n d the m e e t ­ing S a tu rd a y c an a ls o b e n o m in a te d if th o s e n o m in a tin g h av e a n o te of c o n se n f ro m th e p o s s ib le c a n d id a te .

A ll te e n a g e . - a r e u rg e d to a tte n d th is m o s t im p o r ta n t Tow n M eeting )It is v i ta l te**'-e fu tu re of th e y o u th s ' p o s i t io n in o u r C ity . F r o m now on young p e o p le w ill h a v e th e i r ow n C o m ­m is s io n to a c t in th e i r i n t e r e s t s . C ity o f f ic ia ls w ill now b e a b le to h e a r the v o ic e of the te e n a g e p o p u la tio n . M ake s u r e th a t v o ice in c lu d e s y o u r v iew s and op in ions.' T ak e a d v an tag e of th is m o m e n to u s o p p o rtu n ity .'

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The C ity C o u n cil df th e C ity of R ic h ­m ond h a s ad o p ted a r e s o lu t io n to e s t a b ­l is h a Youth A d v iso ry C o m m is s io n to s e r v e a s a d v is o r s to the C o u n cil on m u n ic ip a l m a t t e r s a ffec tin g o r c o n c e rn in g the te a n - age p o p u la tio n of th e c ity . " T h e se m a t ­t e r s m a y .in c lu d e r e c r e a t io n fo r te e n a g e r s , ju v e n ile d e lin q u en cy , y o u th s u m m e r e m ­p lo y m en t, h e a l th an d s a fe ty p ro b le m s i n ­vo lv ing young p e o p le , o r any o th e r c iv ic m a t te r fa llin g w ith in the ju r i s d ic t io n of the C ity in w hich te e n a g e r s h av e a l e g i ­t im a te i n t e r e s t . " The C o m m is s io n m ay a ls o in i t ia te p ro p o s a ls on i ts own m o tio n to be fo rw a rd e d to th e C ity C o u n c il.

In o r d e r to c a r r y o u t th is r e s o lu t io n a Tow n M eetin g fo r T e e n a g e rs w ill be h e ld to m o r ro w (S a tu rd ay , J a n u a ry 20) a t 2 p .m . in the c a f e te r i a of the R ich m o n d H igh Schoc South C am p u s. E a c h an d e v e ry te e n in the C ity is in v ite d to a tte n d th is m e e tin g and e x p r e s s h is o r h e r v iew ab o u t the s tru c tv r

R E G IST E R FO R A R T CLASSES

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