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Show JSSriefs ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Mr. Fred Timbers of North Hollywood is making preparations prepara-tions to move onto his farm in South Milford. Last week he brought a truck load of farming farm-ing implements for his farm, and was accompanied here by Mr. Orville Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Timbers plan to move to South Milford in the spring. Mrs. Gloria Smith of Santa Monica, Calif., is visiting with a school chum, Mrs. Barbara Jones. Gloria and Barbara attended at-tended school together in the California city. Mrs, Owen Stoker gave a dinner, Wednesday evening, in honor of Mrs. Smith, attended by the family and Mrs. Lillian Lewis of Salt Lake, a guest of Mrs. Maude Stoker. Marion Walker is wearing his "whites" again, back of the counter at Janet's Coffee Shop. He was treated for an injured leg at the Milford Hospital, and was released a few days ago. Mrs. J. M. Hughes attended a "short course" in Salt Lake last Saturday and Sunday, sponsored spon-sored by the Florist Cliff Manor School of Denver, with Denver speakers giving talks on better floral displays and the latest developments de-velopments in floral artistry. Mrs. Hughes said she returned with "a lot of new ideas" in arrangement ar-rangement of blooms for corsages, cor-sages, weddings, and other occasions. oc-casions. Homer Thompson of Beaver, : I with happenings here at home. I thought I would write you and let you know how things were for me, you being about the only one of my old teachers teach-ers left. I guess I'm boring you, so I will close. Very sincerely yours, N Your old student, FRANCSIS A. AGUILAR. P O Box 144 Corcoran, Calif. studies more seriously. But here among my nationality I'm considered a brilliant man. I only smile to myself. I am a field foreman, drawing a very good salary. I have a home of my own, I have three cars,' and I'm also married and I am happy. In my work I see people from all walks of life, especially during the harvest season. I deal in cotton. You'd be surprised sur-prised how many young men and women know how to read and write and sum some simple arithmetic. Algebra is a foreign for-eign word to them. You see, it isn't because they haven't an opportunity, because- there are schools even in the cotton camps and in the high schools they get their books free it's just, when they get around 15 or 14, they'd just rather pick cotton, and there you are a dumb kid. This happens mostly in our transient workers; kids just go to school while the harvest is on come 14 or 15 years of age they just quit. I'm also happy to say I was in World War II. I was in the European theater. I was in Sicily and L, also was in Normandy. Nor-mandy. I was discharged in 1945 with the rank of a master sergeant. My other three brothers broth-ers fought in the Pacific. I've been keeping in touch county Savings Bond Chairman, reports that Utahns as a whole purchased over 18 million dollars dol-lars worth of savings bonds in 1949. That's about half a million mil-lion dollars above the 1948 figure. In Beaver County, bond purchases were $56,533, compared com-pared to $76,854 in 1948. Rip Thompson, resident skipper skip-per for the Metal Producers Company, says the mine and mill will reopen about April 1. Rip wound up "loose ends" at Milford and is enjoying a fortnight's fort-night's vacation, but will be back in time to help direct the three weeks' work necessary to effect a few more changes at the mill. Plans call for a small crusher at the mill, to enable them to do custom milling. That custom cus-tom milling promise is encouraging encour-aging to the smaller mining men of the county, as they will be able to operate the many low-grade low-grade properties at a profit. Rip says he'll give us "all the dope" on their 1950 operations when he returns from the short vacation trip. Father Valine announces that skating may be indulged in by Milford's youngsters, in the Catholic Church Recreation hall, on Saturday afternoons and evenings. No charge will be made during the summer months, but fiber or wood wheels are required. Gene Kirk sold a couple of houses, last week, along with his farm and ranch transactions. Roy Myers purchased the Goldie Eyre apartment home, and Wildey Yardley purchased the 120-acre "old Parish farm" from Howard Gospill. Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kohler, for the third year, last Thursday Thurs-day entertained the Tiger Basketball Bas-ketball Boys at dinner. Eight young athletes and Coach Neal were guests: Bob Crane, Clyde ! Turner, Dick Bracken, Roland Fowles, Gerald Stoker, Ray Mclntyre, Herbert Coon and Farrell Fotheringham. The boys didn't "eat 'em out of house and home," but they really made a huge roast and i the usual side dishes do a quick disappearing act. ! Each year the Kohlers invite ' a different group of boys from the basketball squad. I I Most Milford folks won't re- , member Francisco A. Aguilar. 'About 15 years ago he was a Milford High student. This , week M;rion Hughes, mathematics mathe-matics instructor at Milford , High, received a letter from his I former student. There's a lot of "meat" in the letter, and we ( reprint it in full: Dear Mr. Hughes: j No doubt you are surprised to hear from a former student ' of yours. It's been almost 15 i years since I graduated from ' my old Alma Mater. Now that I I am a man, approaching mid-j mid-j die age, I have no regrets and am honored of being a graduate gradu-ate of Milford High. I only wish I could have taken by |