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Show problem becomes more acute. The City Council last week began talking about the new ordinance again. So if dog owners don't want the same hassel they had last year, they will heed a little warning , and keep their animals under control, ' 0 -The weather outside looks frightening and it seems as if we'll have another storm before the week's out. But the green thumb neighbors neigh-bors are already getting the gardens In shape for planting, plant-ing, and we'll bet that before another COUNTY NEWS hits the streets, we'll spot someone some-one watering their lawn. - 0 - If you want to get a meeting over fast Just schedule it to coincide with the NCAA Championship. That's what the Milford "Business Association As-sociation did Monday in a meeting with the District 5 Engineer and City Councll. It sure cuts petty bickering bicker-ing and small talk. - 0 - , Pooh is dead! The pug nosed little bit of fluff died Saturday evening defending her life and property from a big dog. She was killed on her own front porch. She will be sorely missed not only by ye ol' Ed, with whom she was a constant companion, but by many others who will miss her yip and wag of tail, as she greeted them when they came into the County News. - 0 - Others will miss seeing her outside the postoffice, or other business places as she patiently waited for ye ol' Ed to conduct his business. busi-ness. She never offered to enter, whether doors were swung wide open in summer, sum-mer, or when others would try to coax her inside, in cold or rainy weather. She knew her place and seldom infringed on it. Athingmost of us could learn from her. - 0 - A small urchin, who's first year saw her go from one household to another, until finally she came to the Wilson's, Wil-son's, as Darryl's dog. But she had little trust of children, chil-dren, and really preferred a woman's company. Gradually, her affection switched to ye ol' Ed, and she learned to tolerate youngsters, and even readily read-ily sought the love and affection af-fection of a few, some who stopped almost daily in the COUNTY NEWS to love and pet her. - 0 -Because of her tiny, furry cuteness, Pekingese and Poodle, she was a favorite with the tiny tots and often, ye ol' Ed would stop In his travels down Main, to hold her so youngsters could pet her without hurting her. She was familiar to County News readers as well, as we several times ran pictures of her, with a cast, when she broke a toe, and with a huge rope leash to emphasize the dog issue, each time it arose. She was a good mother, producing pro-ducing one offspring that grew to twice her less than four pounds. She was only seven years old, just middle age in a dog's life. While she readily accepted ac-cepted the leash, she never strayed from her master, and stayed close to home or office, rarely straying more than a few feet, and obeying voice command immediately. immediate-ly. A There are those who will say that If Milford had a leash law, Pooh would be alive. We disagree. A leash law, requiring dogs to be penned or tied, would make them even more vicious, when they are loose and despite all efforts they do get loose. However, It is the time of year when the annual dog |