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Show Sbtuuto, Bid 9 Jfeaid Overheard at a local juice-joint: juice-joint: "Sure I'm gonna vote for the Freeport Amendment . . . but why couldn't they make It bourbon insteada port?" With the election only a little more than a month away, we're getting glad-handed glad-handed by more and more of the political hopefuls. This week and last week end we had visits from Mitch Melich, Republican candidate for Governor; Doug Taylor, candidate can-didate for Secretary of State; Laurence J. Burton, candidate candi-date for reelection as U S Representative in Congress, and A. Pratt Kesler, seeking reelection as Attorney General. Gen-eral. We see by window posters that Senator Ted Moss will be In Milford for a breakfast Monday morning. As much as space allows and if we are informed of the candidates' visits in advance, ad-vance, we'll try tq briefly report re-port what the politicos say in this area, without favor, as has always been our policy. pol-icy. But local political leaders should advise us, as far in advance as possible, of the visits of their candidates. Economy? "Any administration adminis-tration that is still adding 325 new employees per week to the public payroll and which is spending $125 million per week more than, its income, certainly must hav.e its tongue in cheek when it talks about economy." Sen. John Williams. Dave Morris is wondering if maybe he shouldn't be applying apply-ing for Social Security, or Mr. Johnson's Medicare for the Aged. When he was married, at the age of 29, the news report listed list-ed him as age 49; couple days ago he gets a letter from the Veterans Administration re- ferring to his "World War I" service, and to make him feel older yet, a youngster wanted Dorothy to ask her "father" if he wouldn't make the kid an arrow. Don't give up, Dave ... a man is only as old as he feels. Marriage is the universal ways and means committee one has her way, the other provides the means. The Milford-Minersville delegation dele-gation didn't seem to get too far at the meeting with the State Road Commission last Friday in Cedar, but at least it's "on the record" that all of Beaver County favors a direct access to Interstate 15 at the 1-15 and U-21 junction, instead of having to drive north or south of Beaver to enter or leave the Freeway. And we're looking forward to a stronger Presentation at a meeting to be held in Beaver in the near future. Kizer came in for a bit of kidding when he asked for better signing in Milford to keep tourists from straying off the highway. The commission chairman pointed out that since you've paved every street In town, the state highly high-ly is the poorest street in Milford ... you can't blame the motorist for becoming confused." con-fused." Jack Mahoney is responsible for correcting a confusing situation sit-uation at Minersville. After leaving Highway 91 and drives driv-es thru Minersville on the Continued on Back Page HERE'S MORE ABOTTT I DUNNO Continued from Page One shorter route to Salt Lake, at the junction with U-21 the motorist was confronted with signs showing Salt Lake as being either east or west. Ma-honey Ma-honey finally convinced the State Road Commission that the sign directing Salt Lake traffic toward Beaver should be eliminated, and It has been done. If you think twice before you speak, you'll find you're too late . . . your wife has already changed the subject. One more item on traffic. The latest official head count shows traffic thru Milford increased in-creased to 782 cars daily during dur-ing August, compared to 613 in August last year, and the increase for the summer is 13.9 over last year. Firmness is that admirable quality in ourselves that is called stubbornness In others. Milford will have a Deer Hunters Ball on Saturday, Oct. 10, the Saturday before the official opening of the 1964 deer season. This year the annual an-nual affair will be a Hospital Benefit. |