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Show 9 2uuto, But 9 Jtaatd By STEVE WILLIAMS Conscience is something that makes a kid tell his mother before his sister does. Notice where Don Brooks quotes a Fish & Game official, replying to a complaint from Milford's Pete Martin about closing the Minersville Reservoir Reser-voir to hunting: "The geese have to go to the fields to feed, so the closure guarantees some shooting in adjacent areas." What about duck hunters, who outnumber goose hunters at least 20 or 30 to 1 . . . and all the ducks sitting on the reservoir from daylight on? "A few years back the reservoir reser-voir was opened and within three days there wasn't a goose in the country, and some of the same persons who had asked for the reservoir to be opened, then demanded that it be closed." We think Don must be talking talk-ing about a few guys from Beaver, who have never wanted want-ed the reservoir open. Haven't heard any Milford duck hunters hunt-ers holler to close it . . . they all holler because it IS closed. And as we remember, the Beaver Bunch, over here for a Wildlife Protective Club meeting, meet-ing, "served notice" on us that they would protest, 'till hell froze over, opening of the Minersville Min-ersville reservoir. We sort of figure the Fish and Game boys should check with Milford license buyers . . . not just the Beaver Bunch . . . before they issue their orders effecting Beaver County. Some companies tear down buildings to save taxes ... what we oughta do is tear down taxes to save buildings Our Honorable Mayor, Ray Kizer, after a week or so in the Beaver County Hospital with a bad back, left today (Thurs.) for Salt Lake for an exam by a specialist. Let's hope he gets back on the ball soon . . . What would Milford be without our perennial peren-nial Mayor strolling up and down the Main Drag, kidding guys and kissing gals . . . and taking his own share of the kidding with about the best and most geniality we've ever run into. A "delegate at large," Babe Ruth says, is a guy who leaves his wife at home when he attends at-tends a convention. Last week we were invited to attend a meeting of the Milford Mil-ford Volunteer Fire Department, Depart-ment, and we admit it was an eye-opener. Those firemen use their time to learn, and improve, im-prove, and Milford is fortunate to have such a dedicated bunch of volunteers. Major item of business, we suppose, was "endorsing" the two police officers who were relieved of duty the next day. The firemen wanted it known, publicly, that they felt the change would not be of particular par-ticular benefit to the fire department, de-partment, since the other officers offi-cers had been working so harmoniously har-moniously with the firemen, etc., and they were not favorable favor-able to a change. Frankly, we think the personnel per-sonnel of the police department depart-ment is a matter to be handled han-dled by the city council, and is a little outside the jurisdiction jurisdic-tion of the fire department. But we were pleased to see how serious the volunteers take their duties ... rather, preparation for their duties. Under leadership of young Bedingfield, almost everyone present was asked and answered an-swered many questions pertaining per-taining to operation of the equipment, fire ' fighting methods, meth-ods, etc. We also learned that membership mem-bership in the Milford Volunteer Volun-teer Fire Department is taken quite seriously, and that anytime any-time one of the members is found guilty of any law violation, viola-tion, he is placed on six-week probation, and any further infraction in-fraction results in his dismis-. sal from the organization. And before a new member Continued on Back Page HERE'S MORE ABOUT I I) UN NO Continued from Page One is accepted, he must pass a six-week six-week training course. We have a real on-the-ball bunch of guys protecting our homes and our businesses from fire . . . and we're right proud of 'em. Denver, Colo., has so many federal agencies and employees em-ployees (30,000), it is now called "Little Washington" NEW DRINK ? ? ? FOREIGN ADE . . . The Refreshment Re-freshment that Never Pauses. American Legion Mag. Guess there'll be a lot of disappointed dis-appointed folks around Milford . . . everyone's . been asking about the "Mornin' Judge" column col-umn which don't always appear (just when he has heard some cases), and this week the column col-umn is rather skimpy. From the scuttlebutt, there must have been at least a couple of hundred tickets issued, is-sued, but only three persons have appeared in court. , We hear a lot of gripes, and quite a few ... commendations; about the change in police officers of-ficers . . . like "The Good Lord giveth and the Good Lord taketh away," the City Council hires and the City council discharge . . . and if the council coun-cil figures they'll have better law enforcement with the new appointees, why not give them a chance . . . it's your town they're protecting ! ! Guess we shouldn't feel bad about getting a ticket for over-parking over-parking . . . Norm Fullenbach, publisher of the Richfield Reaper, is a real "collector" of the little reminders that he's not supposed to park without putting a dime in the meter. Every few weeks, they tell us, he bundles them up and goes before the judge, and any time Richfield City starts getting get-ting low on cash, they'll ask Norm if he won't please come in and pay his parking tickets. A young lady in Garrison is seeking a place to live in Mil-ford Mil-ford so she can attend school here. ..She's willing to work (and a good worker we're told) so if any of our readers know of a place she can stay, working .for room and board or part of her room and board, write Ethyl Pierce, Garrison. She is a high school junior. .. (And when a kid today is that anxious to complete her education, she's worthy of assistanre.) According to Dorothy, Sand- wich Spread is something you get from eating between meals. SALLIE SEZ: Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; Argument is an exchange of ignorance. |