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Show shower on Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. George Litchfield. Mrs. Otto Melcher and Mrs. Leonard Muir assisted as-sisted Mrs. Litchfield in receiving re-ceiving and entertaining the guests. FORTY-TWO YEARS AGO November 6, 1947 What They Say About Election! Elec-tion! "There was no spice in the election. A good fight creates interest. The only reason I voted was so I wouldn't have to register next year." Lillian Lil-lian Anderson "I guess the right man got in No, we didn't go down to vote." Mildred Eldridge "I heard a lot of kicks about there only being one ticket, but any voter can put a ticket in the field if he can .get 20 or 30 others to sign the petition." peti-tion." Lew Williams "Am I glad that one is over. It took more paper to tally the write-ins than it did the ticket. tick-et. The Judges "Ho, Hum! Two years of headaches!" The Winners Let's Go Back By Phyllis Whittaker The following are excerpts from the files of the Beaver County News and its predecessors pre-decessors FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO November 9, 1917 The High School Team succeeded suc-ceeded last night in defeating a down town aggregation to the tune of 27 to 18. Spencer Schcw's work at forward was stellar in character. charact-er. He played like a flash and succeeded in caging five field baskets. Captain Stan Tanner Tan-ner played a brilliant and unselfish un-selfish game. "Clint" Bond jumped into the limelight by caging four field baskets and showing up well in his position. This Isnky acquisition will make a real center if he continues con-tinues to improye at his pre sent rate. Merrill Miller at guard was a tower of strength at all times. At the other guard position, White, Pitchforth and McAllister McAl-lister all showed good promise. For the town team Les Cline at iguarc' and Joe Smith at forward did good work. D. Hickman and Bert Jorgensen all played fast ball at times, but the down-town fellows lacked unity and practice. TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO November 8, 1929 Harold Cline, member of the law firm of Cline and Cline, was appointed Tuesday by the County Board of Commissioners to fill the office of County attorney at-torney for the unexpired term cf O. A. Murdock, lately deceased. de-ceased. E. N. Thompson, for the past ten years, manager of the local lo-cal Mountain States Telephone aid Telegraph office, this week tendered his resignation to the company and will accept the appointment as clerk of the school board of Beaver County Coun-ty School District. Mrs. Burdette Edwards, a recent bride was igiven a |