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Show Once we got stuck in a sand barga boating on the Wabash River. Thus "Happy Birthdays" came and wont for each member mem-ber of our family. Six members of the family out of ten have gone to the' Great Beyond, but the memory lingers on HLM Hazel sz: Another birthday just passed by me. Reminiscing, as a child, in a large family, when our birthdays arrived we were treated royally, not even allowed al-lowed to make our bed or do dishes. ComLng down in the morning all the family washed and combed, sang "Happy Birthday". Birth-day". Then each member presented pre-sented his present, big or little with a kiss on the cheek. No quarreling, bickering or gossip was allowed in the home that day. A cake and candles were in order at supper time, after which family worship was had, then parlor games, ofte.i the organ was played and we all sang, hymns. The smaller children chil-dren would ride on father's back as he reared and bucked them off in peals of laugher. If there was snow we went outside to enjoy it for an hour. Often we went for outings. v,r - I . 1 f V. . . I'"-" ' - J .c f E .1 1 by the main line route previously pre-viously used. Because it is a longer and more populaced route, th2 train could not make a round trip each day, but possibly we could ask for a 3 times per wetk train. In order for it to work, the schedule would have to be set up in accordance to the business hours, so that people peo-ple can shop or make doctor appointments, also consideration considera-tion should be given for people to be able to take in an evening even-ing meeting, movie or ball game. Therefore I feel that the i-deal i-deal schedule would be for the train to be headquartered at Cedar City, leaving there at 4 or 5 A.M. on Tuesday, Thursday Thurs-day and Saturday, leaving Salt Lake at 10 P.M. the same nights for the return trip. If this were felt to make too long a day out of it, the train could leave Salt Lake cominb back at 5 or 6 F'.M. This run would provide service ser-vice for most of the State. I feel we have a lot of people who do not like to drive the highways, or fight the city traffic, much as the economy of our community depends a lot on the railroad payroll, that we should initiate such a proposal, and seek the support of the communities involved. If the Amtrack committee were to approve a 3 times per week train schedule petween Ogden and Las Vegas or Los Angeles, this would be fine, except that it would not be at a schedule which was to our advantage, unless we put forth some effort to get a schedule inaugurated to our liking. I would suggest that the city council start now to make our desires known to the proper people. Bob Wright Senators Moss, Bennett and Representative Lloyd Washington, D. C. Dea; Sirs: I implore you to do whatever you con to STOP the planned destruction of our beautiful Beaver Mountains by the Leisure Lei-sure Sports Company for there will be no replacement. Just think of the pollution that will affect the mountain streams and underwater supply that will result from the use of 3,000,000 gallons of water per day. That usage of water per day will make an arid wasteland of the YER OUT! Chuck Birdsong, put the tag to this Delta player in a recent game. The Tigers won in an exciting contest. Minersviile and Milford valley farms and ranches. So, what is more important pleasure for the idle rich or the livelihood of the formers and ranchers? I understand this Mr. Koning has promised jobs to the Beaver Bea-ver High School students which is a small drop in the bucket. The wildlife in the area will be endangered and what is more beautiful that a deer in its natural habitat? 1 might add that I am violently opposed to senseless killing and wounding of these beautiful animals to satisfy man's lust for killing for I feel that they enjoy life as much as humans and should have a fair shot at living. I believe it is all right to improve im-prove the present mountain roads in the area but that is as far as it should go. This area should be free to the public Can you envision the slaughter of the majestic trees to make way for roads, ski areas, condominiums, condo-miniums, homes, hotels and other man-made monstrosities the promoters plan to construct? How do they know the venture will be a success? If it isn't a success look at the permanent perma-nent damage that will have been done. So, my vote is for a sound "No" to this destructive destruc-tive project. Please, win you ao everything in your power to stop this destruction de-struction of our beautiful Beaver Bea-ver Mountains? Sincerely youra, Mrs. Helen Cook READ THE WANT ADS Dear Editor: We appreciate the news from Milford whether it's good, bad or indifferent. You are doing a good job. When you first started I thought you emphasized empha-sized basketball and football too much on the front page and relignlcd .news to a minor portion of the paper. Now the only criticism I have is the brevity of the obituaries obit-uaries for some of those fine folks who have contributed so much to Utah and become statistics sta-tistics of age, relatives living, etc., etc. They deserve more than those few words. There must be someone who could give you details of the lives of these good people. I lived in Milford 18 happy years. My mother came from. England as a girl and her mother mo-ther and father brought her to Milford. They had a small store about where Mr. Pool's store is. Grandma Beard was a hard working person. She raised 10 children and found time to be a midwife nurse, hung wallpaper, with the help of the older children, all over Beaver County. Grandpa was a farmer. Their life was typical of those early day people who were in Milford when the railroad rail-road was being built, and horsa and buggies were the only other oth-er way to travel. There was a big "livery stable" (in the lot next to LaMar Outzen's home). The horses that hauled ore from the mines to Milford, were kept there. It burned down one night and that was a sad night for all of us who loved animals. I often think of the big -water-wagon they used to drive around town to settle the dust an the streets. It was a huge wooden barrell on wheels. All the kids would follow it and try to get under the sprinklers. Maybe Dave Tanner or Joe Smith could tell you what happened hap-pened to it. One other vehicle I wonder about is the big grey hearse with glass sides that used to be parked behind Mrs. Palmers shop. The last time I saw it, it was inside a building that used to be a bakery across the street from your news office of-fice Memories when you lived 18 years in Molford, from 1915 on you had some memories to lasi a lifetime. Thank you for "listening". Virgia Killam Romick Editor's Note: Mrs. Romick sent a clipping of another water wat-er wagon, similar to Milford's which is posted in the news office. We would be interested in knowing what happened to Milford's. As to the obituaries of which she speaks The news does the best it can to run obituaries of all local and former residents. Many names we do not recognize and so if you want to be sure that your relative or friend's obituary obit-uary is in the news, send or bring it in. Better that two people tell us than none. Dear Editor: Concerning the matter of securing transportation by public pu-blic carrier between Milford and Salt Lake, I would propose pro-pose that the city council initiate ini-tiate a proposal through the Governor's office, with the support and backing of the other city councils of the state, for a passanger run from Salt Lake to Cedar City by way of Provo. There is a provision in the Amtrack program whereby they will help finance passenger passen-ger trains within a State, along with the railroad and State involved. in-volved. If the need and support for such a train is shown. We will never get anything if we do not petition for the service. This route was used many years ago, it is the more populaced popu-laced area, and I believe that it would be more likely to pay for itself along this route, than |