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Show 'Round the Town By E. R. S. The Treasury Department announces an-nounces that the sale of $4,453,-748 $4,453,-748 in Defense Savings Stamps during August showed an increase of 30 per cent over sales for July. The most money came in from the 25c stamps which showed American Ameri-can citizens buying 2,532,722.75 of this denomination. The safety record of the nation continues to show a decline of traffic deaths. However, this is not true of Washington county. The county has had one of its worst years and there are several sev-eral months yet to go. The death rate for the nation was the highest high-est in 1934 with a percentage of 1S.4 being recorded. Since then it has declined with 12.1 being the estimate for 1940. According to the American Institute In-stitute of Public Opinion poll, Mr. Johnny Q. Public is willing to have his wage or salary frozen at the present level if the cost of living can be prevented from climbing any higher. Asked if they considered they were now being be-ing paid a fair wage or salary, some 64 said they were. Yet Mr. Average Congressman still can't believe it. So Congress is still looking for the magician's formula that permits prices to be frozen while labor costs continue to rise. From the comments we are receiving re-ceiving from outsiders regarding the value of our Courthouse, one begins to wonder if we aren't too close to it to realize its value. Our Temple, Tabernacle and Courthouse have woven about them a tradition that we can never replace. We should consider the matter carefully before tearing tear-ing any of them down. If we are to consider them only in the light of money, then certainly they have a real value to us a value we are only beginning to cash in on. Branching Out Herman J. Larkin, "Your Singing Sing-ing Plumber", is cleaning up the Dixie Mart building preparatory to opening a show room there for his various plumbing and electrical electri-cal lines. Pickett Lumber Co., is just about through with their remodeling remodel-ing program and are showing quite a large stock of furniture. Both these firms are showing their faith in St. George by putting the money on the line for further expansion ex-pansion and an increase of service to this section. The Dixie Drug should look mighty nice inside after they get through their re-decorating program. pro-gram. Add this to the Florescent lighting which they installed a while back and the store has an up-to-the-minute look. Anytime any merchant in town improves his business he helps the whole town. The Bank of St. George is likewise like-wise re-decorating their building. When they get through it will almost al-most be a pleasure to go in and have Kate or Mona remind us of that "overdraft". State Fair Winners For a county with as little timber in it as Washington county has, the Forestry club boys do all right. Copping the proverbial "ax" (it was really a cross-cut saw that they copped) for three years out of four shows that these boys know their sawing. Wonder if they practice on Cedar logs ? Roger Pickett and Norman Hafen are the boys who brought home the honors. Anson B. Call, county agent, declares that he feels that the boys and girls of this county "did right well". The Turkey boys over at La-Verkin La-Verkin are feeling right pert over the showing made by the Sanders Brothers and Bill Sanders. Seems they took all of the ribbons to make a clean sweep for the "Dixie Birds". That is really quite an achievement when you . consider the competition that they were up against. |