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Show The 'Big Day' Is Approaching By Besnice Thompson What could be just an ordinary, ordi-nary, quiet little town at this time of the year is beginning to radiate the air 'of expectancy and impatient waiting 'for that which always turns out to be the major event in Beaver Deer Season. Store windows are filled with the traditional autumn leaves, red shirts and caps, camping equipment, and the hundred ' and one other articles needed ! for the occasion. Tthe local hunters are gathering gath-ering their guns, camp stoves, lanterns, and other equipment, getting them repaired and ready in plenty of time. The motels and hotels have been "sold out" lor months, and of the patrons being regular will be filled to capacity, many Beaver deer hunters for more than 20 years. Veteran hunters are getting together to spin the usual fantastic fan-tastic tales about the Big One they missed last year. All in all, it is a "big time" for Beaver, not only in excitement excite-ment and pleasure, but also from a financial standpoint. One local sporting goods store manager estimates that in 1956 he sold $34,000 worth of out-of-state licenses. This would mean approximately 3,000 hunters were here, spending an average aver-age of $200 each. This is "big-business." "big-business." It is a time for precaution and warning, too, a time to think twice in terms o'f safety and sanity, so thai no accident may mar the joyous occasion. |