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Show Road Construction May Suffer From Emergency F. C. Commissioners Promise The Best Maintenance Possible Because of the urgent demands of the army and navy for men, materials ma-terials and equipment, Franklin County has been advised that normal nor-mal highway construction activities for the duration of the emergency will have to be curtailed, county commissioners warned. "For the past year or longer, we have been made increasingly aware of National Defense activities and of the necessity for the direction of all our energies coward a successful suc-cessful completion of the present war with our enemies. Everyone is familiar with th effect of the defense de-fense program on his particular life, and it is difficult to realize the seriousness of tbe situation until un-til it affects each one of us personally, person-ally, they stated. "We do not believe tliat the average av-erage indivdual in Franklin county is yet fully aware Just how this program is affecting the highway iprogrami of the state and county within Franklin count;,. It is becoming be-coming increasingly difficult to obtain ob-tain materials and equipment for the proper maintenance or construction con-struction of highways. (Continued on hack page) o , -c 1 1 Road Construction (Continued from front page) "We believe that the people of Franklin county do not desire to handicap any of their boys who are in the armed forces of the .United States and who are busy defending us from our common enemy. en-emy. Therefore if a .-flail, or the maintenance of a road, or the j construction or maintenance cf a 1 bridge in your particular locality ! is not to your entire satisfaction. I kindly remember thai the county! is doing the best job possible with the means at their disposal, and I that as soon as the need for curtailment cur-tailment is needed, there is a program pro-gram being outlined for an immediate imme-diate expansion of all highway work in the county. In the mean- j time, we must earn to get along ' with what we have so that any . men and materials necessary for defense of our way of life will not be used where they will not be doing the most good.-' |