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Show Seen and Heard 'Round the Town By EDGAR A Booster Upper A number of times while the war was on I took time out to compliment the men and women who worked so willingly on such disagreeable jobs as the various "boards" that were necessary during dur-ing war conditions. They had jobs that had no pay and just about nothing but criticism . . . Members Mem-bers of these boards have worked since January, 1942 Sundays, nights and holidays without any compensation. Their only reward re-ward has been the warmth emanating ema-nating from that inner glow kindled kin-dled by the knowledge of imperative impera-tive duty zealously discharged for their flag and country. They have done their best to see that the scarce commodities were distributed distrib-uted in an orderly and just manner, man-ner, so that each person, rich or poor, received his fair share at a fair price. They have provided a quorum for group judgment on difficult problems that no amount of money could have bought . . . Those who were on the selective service board have had an extremely ex-tremely hard job to handle, and I, for one, am convinced that they did the best that they humanly could, to hand out a fair deal for all . . . There were a total of 39 boards (only one left now) all doing their best let's give them a hand! ; This 'n That i Supt. Milton E. Moody is again j on the spot trying to find enough teachers to teach the students in this county. I understand that he is short and is wondering what under the sun he is going to do to fill these positions . . . The tourists are really streaming ' through. It looks like harvest time to the service stations after j the long period of gas rationing. The Cafes are also getting in on i their share and even some of the other businesses are feeling the stimulating effect (providing they have anything that the tourist j wants). Among the tourists was j Wallace Beery, who stopped in at Dick's to give the gals a thrill or ! two. Beery used to come through j the community quite often in the j old days on his trips to and from hunting, fishing and work . . . Beth Schmutz came to town last Saturday with a mere 43 dozen lears of corn which she scattered I around among her friends. I bet I even 43 dozen didn't last long iWhen she started handing out that kind of corn boy! was it something! ... I have heard how peaches and similar fruits couldn't be grown satisfactorily in St. George, but let me tell you, Mr. and Mrs. Fay Syphus brought us a box of the most delicious fruits that I have eaten anywhere, any-where, sure makes the Simpsons wish they had what it takes to raise that kind themselves . . These cooler nights remind one that the summer is on the way out and our beautiful fall weather coming in. Fall is always the most beautiful weather, so far as I am concerned, in Dixie . . . Sorry I couldn't make the Hurricane Hurri-cane American Legion celebration, but a bed or overstuffed chair is the tuffest thing I have been able to ride lately. Hazel reports that she has heard many fine compliments compli-ments on their entertainment. She says that a number of people have come into the office especially espe-cially to call our attention to the outstanding fruit display that the committee had. , |