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Show iclubs FAIL IN MEET AT TOWN BOARD f In the light of the discouragement offered the movement by the board at the first bi-monthly meeting meet-ing last Thursday night, the Lions at their luncheon Wednesday afternoon i decided to take no immediate action j on bringing to realization the plan of forming an orgaization among the churches for the purpose of feeding and sheltering indigent transients during the winter months. The statement of the city board to the committees from the Lions and : churches present at the meeting j Thursday night to discuss the posibil-J posibil-J ity of sponsoring such a movement j was "the advertising of such a plan j would cause an influx of undesirable and perhaps professional transients," ; "Many residents of the town would j probably be requiring the charity of : these organizations before the winter 1 was over." Further, the hoard offered ! its co-operation in any local charity s work and explained that it had always taken care of transients who appeared to need its aid. Committees Agree The committees represented by Dr. Addison Bybee, Jos. R. Murdock, Jr. i M. J. Christensen, E. H. Bird, F. W. 1 Gospill, Mrs. R. E. Gadberry, Mrs. . j John Hanlon, Mrs. B. E. Hutchins, j Mrs. F. L. Osborne, Mrs. A. J. Atkin and Mrs. R. E. Ellingsworth in part agreed with the board when the matter mat-ter was presented in that light and several of the committeemen representing repre-senting the churches expressed themselves them-selves as believing the movement would result in throwing too much of a burden on the organizations when they would probably be taxed to the utmost this winter taking care of their own needy. The matter was again brought forward for-ward for consideration when Dr. Addison Ad-dison Bybee presented his report of the meeting before the city board to I the Lions Club yesterday noon. Other members of the club stated their belief be-lief that a movement to feed transients trans-ients might attract undesirables and it was decided to let the matter rest until greater need for action arose. Movement Squelched Tle movement has apparently died . on its feet. There has been a marked decline of enthusiasm on the subject j since the meeting of the representa-: representa-: fives of the churches and the Lions club before the city board and leaders ' of the town seem inclined to doubt j its advisability in the light that the community might be overrun with . professional tramps through its well meant charitable efforts. Mayor Hub-bel Hub-bel when interviewed reiterated his I statement before the board that he sincerely believed that such a move-j move-j ment would result in a situation that I the town would find difficult to cope with and that the churches would be sufficiently burdened with indigent here in Milford this winter and would j be unable to assist in anyway in tak-1 tak-1 ing care of the transients that, would I be attracted here as a result of the establishment of an organization for feeding and sheltering them in Mil-i Mil-i ford. Bybee Follows Board Dr. Addison Bybee, one of the originators orig-inators of the movement, stated that j he does not wish to insist on its ad- visability since it is so thoroughly discouraged by the city board. Jos. R. Murdock, Jr. expressed his willing-i willing-i ness to co-operate in any charitable t work that might be agreed upon by j the organizations and the town but to , accept their decision as to just what j assistance should be undertaken. Bishop Bish-op Bird stated that Hie Mormon Relief Re-lief Society would have all it could do this winter taking care of local char-j char-j ities and that an attempt to assist j transients would be out of the question. ques-tion. While Reverend Shepherd, pastor past-or of the local Methodist church look-led look-led favorably on the movement but was willing to accept the decision of the board. I In fine, the general tenilancy throughout the town is to agree with j the town board or if not agree, to j abide by its rerommeiidation. |