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Show - SCHOOL ELECTION Notices of school election have been sent over the county coun-ty by Board of Education Clerk, Frank Smith. C. A. Bailey, present incumbent, and Henry Bowman are opposing Milford candidates. Fortunately, since our last school election, the selection of board members has been taken out of the realm of party politics. Yet politics will prevail in any sort of an election, and perhaps for the better, bet-ter, as it enables the voter to obtain first-hand knowledge of the qualifications of the candidates. However, neither of the local men are making active campaigns, content to let the voters study out in their own way as to how they should vote. It would be presumptious for this paper to attempt to advise its readers on the qualifications quali-fications of the two men. The entire present board, of which Mr. Bailey has been an active component part, has been one of harmonious, progressive action. The present finances of our county Bchool system, and our own splendid public school in Milford attest to this. On the other hand, Mr. Bowman's Bow-man's adherents say there is no reason to believe that he cannot render as good a service, or better. Mr. Bailey's friends say: "Why change?" Mr. Bowman's supporters urge that a change in office is of benefit to the public. So there you are. Inasmuch as twenty-five per cent of our population, all of those who are at that plastic, teachable teach-able age known legally as the school age, are placed in direct contact with our school system, there is an obligation to every adult to go to the polls at school election, consider well, and vote- 4- |