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Show Scouting for Food gets National Guard Support - As Boy SALT LAKE CITY Scouts collected donated food in Utah neighborhoods on Saturday, plementing the income of the hospital with some additional funds. We would suggest approaching the City Council to levy a tew dollars a month on each water hook-uThis sort of contribution has worked in other communities. Why not in Milford. Lets put our money where our heart is. If we can build a pool, develop swimming recreation facilities, support our schools and library, why not something as important as our Hospital. Lets hear from more of you on the subject. APPEAL TO THE CITIZENS OF MILFORD: For many years the people of our area have had a very special friend. A friend we turned to in sickness and in health. A friend that was available 24 hours a day and every day of the week. Our friend comfort, provided education, and many times, preserved life itself. Our friend poured thousands of dollars a month into the community in the form of salaries and purchases from local businesses. On the other hand, our friend has asked very little of us. Just a few dollars a year in property taxes. Our friend is now one of a kind. An almost solitary survivor of a merciless economy. Our friend stands willing and capable, but in need of our support. If you haven't already guessed, our friend is our local hospital. Through careful management, it has been self suppporting except a few tax dollars each year to maintain the building itself, operation has been financed by reimbursement for services. A declining population and a tightening of payment policies and from both insurances have agencies government stressed the financial operation seriously. Day to day expenses, let alone replacement of life saving equipment, has become a "Hand to Mouth" situation. If the hospital becomes insolvent, the services will be lost. With closure go 50 jobs and thousands of dollars in business dollars for our community. Many of the skilled professionals would be forced to leave, including Doctors, Nurses, Lab and personnel and Respiratory Therapists. It seems to us that it is time for the citizeas of this community to either prepare ourselves to live without medical services within easy reach, or commit to sup AN Sincerely, Dee Ferguson Mrs. Jed Thomas Dear Editor There is a lot of Mary in the Merry Christmas for Milford this year. As you watch the annual Christmas Decoration Display unfold on Main Street, you are going to be proud to live here. Milford may turn out to be the envy of every community in Southern Utah. We owe it mostly to Mary Wiseman who literally scoured the State for decorations to replace those lost in the City Shed fire a few months ago. Mary wrote about 50 letters to cities and shopping malls asking for any decorations that they might not be using again. The response was overwhelming. Mary spent 2 days "Up North" looking over the offers. Many were donated to November 18, Utah National Guardsmen and women and thier equipment were helping to move the tons of donations from food collection points to warehouses and food pantries all over the state. In all thirty four rural Utah communities with National Guard armories and in the Wasatch Front metropolitan areas, dozens of guardsmen and trucks and at least six guard fork ifts, spent a long and productive day helping 117,000 Scouts in Utah's largest food collection effort for the Beaver county NEys rr pride in it's community support role and is committed to supporting the Scouting For Food effort." Last year, more than 700 tons of food to help Utah's needy families was donated by Utaha's in the national good turn". stem' 93 it Tfeorsdiy p November 3n SickneiS SO, IM ana rf Jn JUL By JACKIE WILLIAMS Tis die season to be busy. But don't let the hustle of the Holidays interrupt your determination to eat healthy. Even eating out can be a healthy experience. For example say you want to have a Chinese meal. Consider these suggestions: Pass on the fried noodles (pure grease) and duck sauce that come with the meal. Steer clear of anything deep-frie- d or crispy. Choose dishes that are steamed, d Order boiled, or as steamed vegetables, such d watercress to accompany a or noodle dish. Share entrees. One order is needy. MV Bob Nelson said, "the Guard was supporting the effort in all four Boy Scout Councils in Utah. Guard armories in many parts of the State were used as food collection points." Guard provided The particularly heavy support in the Salt Lake and Davis County areas, hauling food to the huge ComCouncil Service munity warehouse in West Salt Lake. Major General John L. Matthews, Utah's Adjutant General, said, "The National Guard takes cm Ml usually enough for two. FID up on generous portions of white or preferable brown rice. Cut down on sodium by tailing soy sauce and asking that monosodium ghitamate ( a source of sodium better known as MSG) be eliminated in cooking. Eat the orange slices, lychee nuts and fortune cookies that come with the meal. One cookie, no matter bow weighty the prophecy, has only W calories. Our thanks to mis week's donors to the Hospital Equipment Fund. They are Diana and Charlie stir-frie- stir-frie- McCuDey. Have a Happy Healthy Week Milford City. As you enjoy the Christmas Displays on the street and in business windows, tip your hat to y Mary Wiseman and her committee. She is a lady that makes things happen. Grateful Citizens of Milford Mighty Milford Cafe, and we've also an Airport, just up the way. By Gwen Dockstader There's a State Liquor store, Storage, Trucking, small engine and Cement, Fuel, repair, Electrical, all located here. A Service Laundromat, Stations, a nice Motel too, Trailer Parks, and convienance, for folks passing through. Tourist information at the 'General store' Beauty Shops, Barber, a Garage, and whats Milford is 'Mighty', though tiny 'tis true, A small railroad town, with trains passing through. The water tower, stands high on a hill, like a beacon from far, its calling me still! A land once walked on, by Indians galore, A town rich in history - the mining of ore. Nice fertile farm lands, and Desert, n:ar by, No smog, a g;wd .. clear, view.nl the sky. The mountains near Milford are lovely to view, In the sunsets glow, they're a rose colored hue. Obsidian, crystals and minerals are found, and huge rock formations, gigantic abound. Cool summer evenings (you ran sleep well here,) not far to fishing, or hunting for deer. TheU.P. Station has flags flying high, a green shady parkway for cars, mat's near by There's historic old hotels, and Chinese cuisine a nice .'..trdi down Main Street can also be seen, an old Corner Drug store, with fountain so rare, good malts and soda's can still be bought there. for adults who desire a beer, tall and cool, there's a lounge with a juke box, a place to play pool We've a Power Plant, Home Furnishing's, Reality too, a nice service bank, a good city crew. The City Office. Town meetings, (the American way,) Dedicated in ore, a hospital close, with facilities there, where the sick and elderly can get proper care. Yes we've Doctors and Nurses, a Dentist too, good Teachers, nice schools for our kids to go through, that old High School's impressive, way up on the lull, with a pool to enjoy, a summer time thrill. And also located, not far away, it: a modern green Golf Course, for warm weather play. I enjoy the Library, and it's lovely setting with the rock not be (we'll monuments, forgetting), our historic past, men who fought in the wars. The Spanish explorers, the trains and the ores. Organizations that work for the good of all men, and several denominations of church to attend, with and Pastors, Bishops, Preachers, and Priests concerned for their flocks, and community needs. Firemen, alert every day. Efficient Policemen, a Pas! Office near, and numerous thing.-I've not mentioned here. that help make our town a nice place to live, and people who care, with so much to give A modern Market, large Clothes, and variety type store. Craft shops and Hardware, a Machine shop not far upholstering. Florist a highway There's a nice City Park for picnics and play, well groomed cemetery, for those passed away. Attractive homes, neat trimmed grass, friendly people, who wave as they pass Folks pulling together, home town pride, gives a soul a good , Beaver County News vw (ISSN No.OfiW Published weeklv Milford. Utah M7-.- Reaver County News, 438 South Main, 2nd Class .Vs-appaid at Milford, Utah by The - SI'KSrHlPTlON RATES IN $12 00 $19 0 COPY (Except on the Pf r Year Per Year ''t&? ' ADVANCE UTAH OUT OF STATE Well have an answer for yon in 24 honrs or less. feeling, way down inside. Senior citizens dinner, the Fourth of July, when I say 'Mighty Milford', now you know why. ( A iff PfVSS Association ; PKAi'l.lNKs previous Friday 84751 MONDAY NOON If you need a tan, First Interstate Bank of I 'tali makes the approval process a snap. Because when you apply for a loan with First Interstate, in most cases we'll have an answer within 24 hours usually less and even faster at our Skaggs Alpha Beta offices. 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