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Show a - ' J: J" 1 I J I O: i. W if S , ', , r- """ i. 'J. i ,V . -s r 1 ; -? mt " ft jI MJ , ft 3 lit - I - . , & tVi I- , , yr- V - rC f " i 1 ' M !., Hr 1 . ( JUST HALF ENOUGH: $3450 Pledged To Morel's Bicentennial Proleds To Svori After sputtering around for nearly a year, trying to get off the ground, the Milford Mil-ford Bi -centennial projects finally got off to a good start this past week when pledges of $3450.00 were received, as part of the $7000.00 in matching funds needed to qualify for $7000 in Bi -centennial grants, allocated to Milford. January 30th has been set as the target date for other organizations and Individuals Indivi-duals to come up with pledges pledg-es to match the other $3550 needed to receive all of the alloted funds. The ESA Sorority was the first organization to climb on the bandwagon several months with a pledge of $350. At the public hearing last Thursday, Jan. 16, the Infant In-fant organization Milford Historical Society pledged $1000.00 with $600 cash and projects to raise the other $400 before the July 1st deadline. Jim and Dora Smithson, gave $100 to the Historical Society. Commissioner Commis-sioner and Mrs. Stan Roberts Rob-erts made the first individual indivi-dual pledge of $100 on Monday Mon-day , and Monday night the Mayor and City Council gave the projects their blessing with a pledge of $2,000.00. No new projects were forthcoming at the public hearing Thursday. It was generally agreed by the approximately ap-proximately 45 people that the proposed projects of 'beautification of Library Hill into an historical park' and an outdoor gathering place, picnic area and shelt-erhouse shelt-erhouse would be most acceptable ac-ceptable for the Bi -centennial funds and of general acceptance ac-ceptance of the community. However, time is short and organizations and individuals indi-viduals . should immediately take the initiative to pledge the needed monies, and begin be-gin to raise it, if it is not now available in their treasuries. treas-uries. A thermometer will be run in the News each week registering the pledges until the goal or deadline is reached. reach-ed. Contributors will also be listed. Remember, you do not have to have the money available avail-able when you pledge it, but should begin planning projects pro-jects to raise it by the time it is needed. Come on these projects will be an asset to the whole community get on the bandwagon and call your pledge to the Bi -centennial chairman, Gladys Whittaker. Whit-taker. If Milford doesn't use this money - someone else will! SIGNAL NO. 11: This rig drilling for Bridger Petroleum of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Cana-da in Pine Valley, got back into operation Sunday after being down since Wednesday, for repairs. 1470 feet of casing were put down and cemented in and Carl Baker, head tool-pusher for Signal, decided it would be a good time to make some repairs while the cement was setting. Jim Harris, Hilton Engineering, and in charge of the hole, said they were down 1470 feet when they stopped drilling. The 134-foot high rig had lost circulation three times before reaching that level. The big air compressors in the foreground were used to drill dry until they again ran Into solid footing and were able to put casing down. Wllburn Gould is the geologist on the job. Bridger plans to go 12,000 feet with the hole. frO- SIGNAL NO. 11: This rig drilling for Bridger Petroleum of Calgary, Alberta, Cana- . J ' 'x ' " da in Pine Valley, got back into operation Sunday after being down since Wednesday, """S I - ' f for repairs. 1470 feet of casing were put down and cemented in and Carl Baker, head - I i I f : f , ' tool -pusher for Signal, decided it would be a good time to make some repairs while $r' as - s : : , , the cement was setting. Jim Harris, Hilton Engineering, and in charge of the hole, g i 1 -1 - f ; " s , 1 said they were down 1470 feet when they stopped drilling. The 134-foot high rig had m J j K I ' f I ? 1 lost circulation three times before reaching that level. The big air compressors in . ,, ' ' ; ; I the foreground were used to drill dry until they again ran into solid footing and were - " jf' .Z ..,' able to put casing down. Wllburn Gould is the geologist on the job. Bridger plans to go vr " ' ft 12,000 feet with the hole. , ' , Iflf ,?! !' u lf '! r ,.- ' ' ..... - f fr f ' - ' --.a - ; JV ' VT , j : A ' 1 " " " ' I- - ' ' - ! ' ' f , I Ay ( j1- ' |