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Show Boy did we goof last week and it wasn't until the next morning that we realized that we hadn't written a story about the Lady Lions 2nd Annual An-nual Easter Egg Hunt. We called chairman Pat Lister List-er and told her the sad news then got busy and printed a bunch of flyers and with Pat volunteering her two youngsters young-sters and a little gentle persuasion per-suasion with two of mine, we managed to get a flyer on each doorsttp in tcwn. The size of the crowd indicated that this was not quite as effective as a story in the News but a fair crowd showed up and scrambled scram-bled for the eggs. A good point that needs to be made is that, when you stop me on the street with a news item or story be sure it gets written down better yet take the time to write down a few of the details and highlights high-lights on a piece of paper and hand it to me. It will assure you that I will have the facts right, and that your story won't be forgotten, because the editor forgot to make a note to remind re-mind him of the story. Well tonight will crown the first champion Ping Pong player in Milford and also the under fourteen champ. It's been an interesting and fun experiment experi-ment and I'm sure that Ron Brinkman who co-sponsored the tourney along with the News and the Milford City Youth Committee feels that it has been a worthwhile effort. o Ping Pong has come to prominence prom-inence all over the world since President Nixon decided to go to China but, we'd wager, if we were inclined that way that with the advent of this tournament there are more Ping Pong tables in Milford per capita than any place in the world. o An election year is upon us and it was brought close to Milford Wednesday when a young fellow walked into town stating his intention to run for the 2nd District Congressional seat now held by Rep. Sherm P. Lloyd. Wayne Owens is a young, ambitious fellow who has taken it on himself to walk the entire length of the 2nd District. It brings back the good old days, when you saw politicians out shaking hand and kissing babies tv and newspaper reports re-ports of the early primaries and what the polls say make the candidates either so close or so remote, that it is difficult diffi-cult to get excited or enthused about any of them. We believe that every voter likes to look the candidate in the eye and ask a few pertinent pertin-ent questions of his own. Therefore, There-fore, though we do not yet know Mr. Owens well enough to endose his candidacy, and have a healthy respect for Rep. Lloyd's record we do endorse en-dorse Mr. Owens person to person campaign. We watched the heavyweight fight from Japan the other night and couldn't help but give some thought to what tv has done to the fight game. Most of you will say tv brought that fight from Japan right into our living room like no other medium could but we disagree. Anyone past the 40 year mark will tell you that tv has done more to destroy the fight game than it has to promote it. The reason is that it put the old fight announcers and commentators out of business busi-ness and let you see for yourself your-self the wild punches, the boring bor-ing clinches, the stalling, feinting feint-ing and sluggishness, which in the hand of a pro like Bill Stern and many others, kept you on the edge of your seat, a lump in your throat, and but-terflys but-terflys in your stomach. Yes, there is still room in thi3 old world for the P. T. Barnums, the side show barker, the fight announcer and imaginative imag-inative writing and reporting. Bill Stern could have made an enjoyable evenings entertainment, enter-tainment, a memorable occasion occas-ion out of that heavyweight match telecast from Japan last week. And if he had, I wouldn't would-n't now less than a week later find it so hard to remember re-member the fighters names. |