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Show In lienor of the season aid in trying to get into the spirit f C'lristmas. we will try to ,v,ite Between you and nv without stepping on anyone's iocs this week. We hope it will accomplish one more purpose, that of let' ins D.mna have a couple of weeks without having s mecne who wants to ring my nock, bend her ear. just telling her about it. In this way, we can all have a good Christmas. o Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. H. C. (Harry and Garnet) Gai field on the observance of their 45th Wedding Anniversary Anniver-sary a week a.;o on Dec. 14th. And Harry says without any visible scars. Come on no,v Garnet, use that rolling pin fcr something besides making pies. I!'s surprising how many of the local people enter our place of business, thinking that it is the Milford State Bank, next doer. We do our best to accommodate them too, un il we find out that they want to make a withdrawal. Funny h:w depositors never make the same mistake. o Leon Rowley, who drives the Ely-Milford Star Route for the U.S. Postal Service bagged a five point elk in the Ely elk hunt this year. - His mother, Daisy Rowley, owner of the Milford Hotel showed us a clipping from the Ely paper, Leon, elk and all. II was one cf c.nly five bagged cut of 27 elk permits in White Pine County this year. o Here's one my dear old auntie aunt-ie sent me 'Some minds aro, like concrete. All mixed up-and up-and permanently set.' Wonder if there is a message there. I always say, I've got an open op-en mind all you got to do is find it. o An old lady just got wcrd, of her fourth great-grandchild. She decided that she didn't ivant any more, so .now she's on the pill." o Well new that we've got you theered up, let's get into the Christmas spirit It's not difficult around the News office of-fice what with three-year old Kelli singing Santa Claus is coming to town to the tune of "Jesus Christ Superstar." o Really though, the little tykes sure make it easier to get into the Christmas spirit. For instance, in-stance, last Sunday, after put-ing put-ing in 12 hours at the linotype trying to get a little headstart; on this big Christmas issue, I decided to knock off about 8:30 that evening for the day. Going back to Kelli's playpen, play-pen, to get her to go home, I was met with, "Daddy, I'm. happy! Santa Claus is coming." And the little fellow in kindergarten kin-dergarten did his share too. Tuesday he came in and handed hand-ed me a letter he had receive Jt school. It was from Santa Claus. I read it and started to 'eturn it to him. He said "well, aren't you going to put it in 'he paper?" It's on page one f the second section. o And if ycu really have an ''d Scrooge in your house, leli h'm read the "Letters to Santa Claus, on the same page, written writ-ten by Mrs. Dale (Judy) Jensen's Jen-sen's Second Grade Class at Milford Elementary. Anyone who can read these ?ems, without remembering h'S youth, without conjuring up memcries of Christmases long 8ne, has our sympathy. Who e,se could order a 2 spid mad-wslki mad-wslki or a gun waoponit, Yes, its Christmas Carol time, nta wm visit Milford Satur-y, Satur-y, for all the .girls and boys, 'hanks to arrangements made y 'he Lady Lions, Or you can al1 him on the phone, 2444. the spirit really grabs you, 0 as Milford Elementary jngsters did Wednesday, go, " the hospital and sing Christ. las arols to the patients there. o :s( 0 as you walk down the l('reeti to everyone you meet, "Merry Christmas to all, "d to all, a good eight! |