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8 Wash. St. B. News 1 (1954)

handle is hein.barjournals/wasbn0008 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol. VIII, No. 1 JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1954 Page 1 SPOKANE REPORTS The Spokane County Bar Association held its annual Christmas Party on De- cember 29, at the Round-Up Room of the Desert Hotel. The meeting in spite of being a little late for Christmas and a triflle early for New Year's was well at- tended. This was due no doubt to a change in the order of business from the clack- ing of tongues to the clinking of glasses. Dana E. Brinck died on December 30. He was a graduate of Cornell College and the University of Idaho law school. .He commenced practice in Idaho in 1909 and later became a District Judge for the State of Idaho. In 1931 Judge Brinck came to Spokane to serve as General Counsel for the Federal Land Bank. He was counsel for the Farm Credit Associ- ation from 1938 to 1949. Since 1949 he was associated with the firm of Wither- spoon, Witherspoon & Kelly. On January 8, Gov. Arthur B. Langlie addressed the association. Governor Lang- lie spoke on the state of the state during the year 1953. He also spoke on the Safety Campaign and the Hell's Canyon controversy. The meeting had the larg- est attendance of any during the 1953-54 year. Joseph Spangle has returned to his practice after a prolonged hospitalization as a result of an automobile accident on October 10. WARDEN HANEL. PUBLIC SERVICE PAMPHLETS The Public Service Committee of the Washington State Bar Association reports that the pamphlets which have been pre- pared as a part of their program have been well received. The pamphlets are available at the Bar Office and are priced per him- dred as follows: Have You Made a Will?, $1.55; So You're Going to Be a Witness, $1.20, and Read Before You Sign, $1.55. They also announce that a Help Your- self display rack is available, and they urge its use by the members as a means of making the pamphlets available in their offices. The racks can be ordered from the Forsberg Paper Box Company, 2107 Fordam Avenue, Madison 4, Wis., at a cost of $2.25 postpaid. Lane Summers, of the Seattle bar, thought enough of the pamphlet So You're Going to Be a Witness! that he submitted it for publication in the F-ad- ers' Digest. It was, however, courteously returned by the editors of the publication with the comment that . . . we have read it with interest. But unhappily, it is not qluite suited for our editorial needs for reprint material. . ..'f BAR MEETING IN SPOKANE IN SEPTEMBER The Board of Governors has recently announced that the 1954 annual meeting of the State Bar Association will be held in Spokane on September 2, 3 and 4. These days are Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday before Labor Day. YAKIMA NEWS The Chris'mas Party was a splendid success. As a suggestion to out Public Relations Committee, the Bar Associ- ation's Drama Group presented a serie' of six TV skits, intended to explain to the public various aspects of the lawyer's life. Space forbids our recognition of all those who participated, but special mention must be made of Douglas Wilson, prin- cipal script writer and commentator extra- ordinary; Milton (Sugarthroat) Sackman, leader of the quartet which provided the singing commercials, and Robert J. Wil- lis and Ian R. MacIver, who cast aside the judicial black and rolled up their shirtsleeves to impersonate several of out local leaders in characteristic poses. No- body's feelings were hurt except those who were not mentioned, and we are list- ing them for inclusion next year. Ronald R. Hull has resigned as Prose- cuting Attorney and been sworn in as local Assistant District Attorney. He will have his office in the Postoffice Building, end will handle federal criminal matters and lands division work for this area. Donald J. Clark, who has been a deputy prosecutor, has been appointed to com- plete Ron's term as Prosecuting Attorney. Just prior to all this, Jack M. King joined the Prosecutor's staff as a deputy, and has been calmly getting on with the work for a month or so now. We were shocked and saddened at the beginning of the holiday season by the murder of G. Robert Huston on Decem- ber 23. Bob was shot down in the street by the ex-husband of a client, whose frustration over lack of success in a child custody matter had apparently driven him to this extreme. He immediately took his own life. According to the custom of our bar upon the death of a member, a special meeting and memorial service was held in the department of the Presiding Judge on December 28. The resolution there adopted expressed ou feeling that Bob (lied as a martyr to his profession, in the line of duty as a lawyer. This tragedy b-'ought home to us once again that many of the things we are called upon to do deal with the deepest human emotions, where reason is not always in command. ROBERTA KAISER. A.B.A. NEWS Dedication of the new American Bar Center in Chicago has been scheduled for Thursday, August 19, in connection with the 77th annual meeting of the American Bar Association August 16 to 20. The campaign for funds for the new structure has surpassed the $1,000,000 mark, with less than $500,000 remaining to be raised. Tentative plans are to remove the head- quarters of the American Bar Association to the new building on or about October 1. An attractive new brochure, Your American tar Association, has just been published for the information of members. prospective members and laymen. It sum- marizes the achievements, services, pres- ent activities and objectives. The pam- phlet is tie most complete and informa-, tive ever prepared by the association. Its publication coincides with an accelerated effort on the part of the A.B.A. in the membership field, under the leadership of President W. J. Jameson and Archie Mull, of Sacramento, chairman of the Member- ship Committee. The Junior Bar Confer- once is participating in the campaign throughout the country, by designating March as Membership Month and urg- ing every Junior Bar member to enroll at least one new member of the association during that period. The annual Ross Essay contest spon- sored by the American Bar Association, which carries a $2,500 prize under the terms of a bequest of the late Judge Er- skine M. Ross, is this year to be written on the subject The Investigating Power of Congress, Its Scope and Limitations. The contest is open to any A.B.A. member except officers or employes, and entries in the competition must be submitted by April 1. KITTITAS ELECTS F. A. Kern, recently elected president of the Washington State Bar Association, has resigned as president of the Kittitas County Bar Association. The new officers are: Spencer D. Short, president; W. R. Cole, vice-president, and Joseph G. Pan- attoni, secretary-treasurer. Judge Jay A. Whitfield entered an order effective January 2, changing the Kittitas County Superior Court probate day to Tuesday of each week. Monday is motion day. Incidentally, the writer would like to take issue with anyone who suggests that the Revised Code of Washington, in its present condition, with its lack of author- ity and its green supplement sheets, pro- vicles a usable working tool. Can't some- thing be clone about it? JOaN McSliERRY, JR.

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