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Show New Courthouse plan to make wise use of the revenue sharing money, by putting put-ting it into a new courthuse, rather than siphoning it away into any one of a number of projects, where it would not be felt, and eventually having to bond for the full amount of the building. The old courthouse, historic landmark that it is has seen its better days and while it can make an ideal museum, with maintenance kept to a minimum, it fell short of providing a good home for the county government. Beaver County Citizens will get a new courthouse in Beaver and they passed a bond election Tuesday for $400,000 to help pay for it but it the turnout is any indication most of them could care less. Only 412 of a possible 2300 registered voters turned out to the polls. Over half of them, 254, cast their ballots in the County Seat. Only 89 balloteu in Milford and 69 in Minersville. Miners-ville. The actual count was 239 votes for with 173 votes against. Beaver cast 186 for 68 against, Milford 41 for 48 against and Minersville 12 for 57 against. Minersville and Milford both dcfealcd the measure, but the small turnout reflected an 'I don't care' attitude, rather than a protest and the defeat in these two communities was evidently the result of only the opposition voting. The County Commissioners |