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Show COUNTY GROUP OKEHS SUPPORT OF HIGHWAY 21 All "Robinson money" coming into Beaver County for the next three years will be spent on Hi-way Hi-way 21 west of Milford. That was agreed to at a joint meeting of representatives of the service clubs of the county, and the county commissioners, on Wednesday Wed-nesday of last week. The meeting, held in the Beaver County court house, was attended by County Commissioners Commission-ers Obra Myers, Ernest Joseph and W. G. White; Joseph R. Murdock, Mur-dock, I. Altman, Ben Hillman, George Jefferson, Elwood Jefferson, Jef-ferson, Bert Wynaught, Larry Sullivan, Myron Persons, Joe C. Smith, Jack Lowe, Milford, and "Hy" Lee, Dr. L. A. Harding, Sam Hickman and Wm. Firmage of Beaver. After Commission Chairman Joseph explained that moneys to be spent for the next three years must be allocated and earmarked ear-marked now, George Jefferson pointed out that completion of 21 west of Milford had been a common goal for many years, and that the Beaver citizenry and business men had as great an interest in the road as did the residents of the western end of the county. Bert Wynaught stated that 200,000 head of sheep are wintered west of Milford. thousands of livestock are each year trucked into the Milford terminal, the Horn Silver mine trucks 500 tons of ore from the mine to their mill, each day, and that other mines farther west of Milford, truck their ores to the railroad. All these mines add payroll money to the county's economy, and production taxes to the county coffers. Their activities ac-tivities would be greatly speeded up and enlarged if they had a good road to truck their ores over, Mr. Wynaught said. Mc Peacock, general manager of Metal Producers, operators of the Horn Silver mine and mill, also spoke in favor of placing the money on 21 west. Members of the Beaver clubs, stated they had always favored completion of 21 west of Milford. voiced emphatic resentment over actions and charges made at a recent meeting of the Milford Lions club. Each expressed his personal preference on highway moneys, explaining they favored spending all money on 21 west, but said their clubs felt that if they were to suffer charges and unfavorable comment in Milford, they would demand that a portion por-tion of the funds be spent, on the Puffer Lake road. After considerable discussion, Mr. Jefferson moved that it be agreed that the clubs of the county urge the commissioners to earmark all so-called Robinson Robin-son money, for the next three years, for oiling and improving highway 21 west of Milford. The motion was seconded by Mr. Firmage of Beaver, and unanimously unani-mously passed. Commissioner Joseph was lauded for his continuing efforts in behalf of highway 21, and a vote of thanks was tendered the Beaver delegation for their support sup-port of highway 21, and their cooperation with the Milford delegation. |