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Show Ten enjoy trip to Arizona cities the Ctolden Poppies were in bloom on the hillsides among all varieties of cactus. Aftir raining all night, the skies cleared Wednesday morning so the group went to the horse races. It was ladies' day but don't think the ho rses knew it, as they didn't put anyone into a higher high-er tax bracket. That day the group joined Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spencer at the 'Barn' i'or kining and dancing danc-ing to help celebrate Mr. Spencer''s birthday. Mrs. Spencer is the daughter of Mrs. Dean Bardsley. Thursday was spent sightseeing sight-seeing th( towns of Carefree, Tempe, Soottsdale and Mesa and downtown Phoenix. Friday t he gangheadedfor home. Mae was delayed because be-cause her car ran out of gas. A stop was made in Las Vegas for dinner and a little lit-tle arm exercise on the bandits, ban-dits, but no one came close to bankruptcy. The weather was beautiful the entire time and the whole trip went smoothly. By Velma Patterson About 7:00 a.m., Monday, March 20, the population of Milford decreased by 10 when an adventurous group headed for Phoenix in the mini -bus. The travelers in -culded: Mr. and Mrs. Warren War-ren Atkin, Mr. andMrs. Ross Patterson, Gavin Wier, Margaret Mar-garet Grim shaw, Winnie Johnson, Sidonia Whiting, Helen Cook and Mae Colburn. Each one was told to bring lunch so no eating stops would have to be made, but there turned out to be enough food for an army. No one was hungry until Beaver, then the group ate only once, from Beaver to Phoenix. The Bone Hallow road was really fog-bound but cleared clear-ed about Glendale. On arrival ar-rival in Phoenix, the group contacted Hy and Pearl Tol-ley, Tol-ley, who had volunteered to act as guides. After reaching reach-ing the motel, Mae Colburn left to visit her granddaughters. granddaugh-ters. Tuesday the group drove to Old Fort Tucson, where a Wells Fargo Bank robbery was re-enacted and many old pioneer relics were displayed. display-ed. San Xavier Mission was visited and a stop was made at PecachoState Park, where |