OCR Text |
Show CAN YOU BE COUNTED ON Last week on the. first anniversary of the founding of the Milford businessmen's Association, we attempted to call most of the business people around Milford and encourage them to become a part of this organization which has as its goals, besides promoting a better business busi-ness atmosphere, the betterment of the community in general. gen-eral. It is the thinking of this group that in the immediate and long range promotion of Milford, the community will benefit, and prosper. We were met on some quarters by "What have you done?" "What, purpose has the organization served?" Well, in answer to those who' couldn't afford the time to find out for themselves what we were trying to do, we will give a short rundown We chose a Miss Milford Teenager, sponsored a parade in her honor, and sent her to the state pageant, all of which created favorable publicity, pub-licity, which is good for any community. We developed "Milford Bucks" which was a very successful promotion to reduce the consumer costs to Milford residents. It would have been even more successful, had those of you who did not participate, contributed your share, toward making the shopper aware that his business was wanted and needed in Milford. Besides many other minor projects, including charitable chari-table gifts, action and recommendations on matters of concern con-cern to legislative and local government bodies, we worked on plans for the development of a ghost town, a golf course and other attractions which would benefit the community. We proposed a state road connecting Cove Fort with Milford, Mil-ford, the continuation of 1-70 through Beaver County to connect with Hiway 21 and the continuation of Hiway 257 from Milford to Modena. Projects such as these take time, they will not happen hap-pen overnight, and much thought, and pressure on the governing gov-erning bodies who control them must be exerted. But none of them are impossible, if through our organization we can speak with a united voice on the problems, and goals for the betterment of the community. Milford must awaken to the fact that that we cannot any longer sit on our tail, and wait for someone up there, be it in the county commission, the state capital, Washington Washing-ton D.C. or even that higher place to take care of us. In short, there are no more Horn Silver's no more glory holes the low grade ore takes a lot more digging. The trains do not run through Milford as they used to there is no round house and mechanic dept. No more refueling. re-fueling. To Ibe sure The Union Pacific still supplies a good payroll, but the trend is less rather than more. Essex has ,taken up a lot of slack, and the population of 1,600 today compares very favorably to the slightly less than 1,300 just two years ago when the census was taken. But much more is needed, more Milford Manufacturing and Development companies, more Del-Mar Const, companies, more Joans Fashion Fabrics, because large or small, everyone helps to make Milford a better place to live. And on the eve of Milford's Centennial, in 1973, you are needed also. Everyone of you. Businessman, farmer, rancher, railroader, miner, housewife and student. 1973 should be the best and most memorable year of Milford's history. But it will take a lot of work in 1972 to make it all come true. Councilwoman Whittaker reported report-ed Monday night that she was nearly set with a six person per-son committee 3 men and 3 women for the centennial. centen-nial. But they can't do it all they will be calling on organizations, or-ganizations, businesses, and individuals for help. There's lots of work to be done. So, when you get called don't answer by saying "What have you done? Stand up and be counted and say "What Can I Do?" And remember no matter how little, those who try, actually accomplish It's a damned sight more than those of you who aren't doing anything but griping that we are not doing anything! "Red" |