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Show Let's Go Back ' By PhyllU WWttaker ! The following are excerpts 1 from the files of the Beaver ; County News and its pre. i! decessors. 1 FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO November, 1918 Kaiser Bill Kaiser Bill went up a hill To take a lock at France. j Kaiser Bill came down the hill a With bullets in his pa.nts. 3 Kaiser Bill saw the Yankees coming, -j Took the homeward track, and started running. ;e He got to Berlin safe and :l sound; j The crown prince knew he'd cover the ground. ;;i They blew up Metz with one :; big blast il And going onward very fast, 5 They'll get to Berlin June ri the 1st, '! And Wilhelm's wine will ;e quench their thirst. ; The Kaiser is scared of the 1! Liberty Loan, () He talks of victory in a :ts different tone. e Foch will rest on the Kaiser's thrones, If all our dollars buy Liberty B( Loans. ' by Lon Mclntire :? vi THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO November 5, 1936 ,( E. Harry Martin, J.., well s known Milford young man, and si Miss Iva Banks of MinersvilU were married Wednesday aften i noon at Beaver by County Clerk William A. Miller and a big reception was given that evening at the Minersv.lle home of George Woods, an un- cle of the bride. '! A romance of several yef duration was consumma ed -.1 Monday at Parowan with tne , marriage of Thorold (Shadow' t White and Miss Erma Fother- ingham. . , The bride is the daughter of J. Mr. and Mrs. Dcug Fothering- ham. The Sr3c-n is the son ; Mr. and Mrs. Roy White, Sr. TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO ;:! November 2, 1950 h Why Every American ;1 . Citizen Should Vote by Carol Walker, 8th grade Democracy depends on c - yen responsibility One of responsibilities which is primary importance is sponsibihty of the voter to ' honest and careful though : to the problems presented at election time. And then cast his ballot as his ,u . directs. Voting is just as a duty as a privilege- .... Democracy ceases to ft . efficient government ne voters fail to live up to responsibilities. (he If we are going to have ; right kind of men to rep rej . us. all of us must vote for we think can do the job & ; ciently. American i This is why every Amen citizen should vote. TEN TEARS AGO at November 1, W62 i November, 1962 found the follcnvmg persons running office: gtate Thorpe Waddingham g )( Senator; David S K.n -flunfjr if Senator; H. L. Tolley Commissioner; Euer; ; er - County Cotnm Jack C. Mahoney - Sta . resentative; Melba J- T 4 County Recorder; afj 5 rarrer County Tr-jjj, ;s j, Truman State |