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Show filtfes LOOKING BACKWARD JjOCAjFfcr Items of interest taken from the I 1CISm iol Pvy) Files of the Milford News of j mriMri3J Fifteen years ago this week There had been born at Miners-ville Miners-ville to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Banks, a boy on December 18; to Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Zabriskie, a girl on the same date and to Mr. and Mrs. James Fotheringham, a girl on December 25. Dan Davis was the new driver on the Beaver-Milford mail car. Misses Ella Hales, Lillian Tanner Tan-ner and Winnie Fernley and Rulon ! Tanner and Warren Atkin had enjoyed en-joyed a skating party at the river. New I. O. O. F. officers were installed in-stalled as follows: Noble grand, j Roy Cottrell; vice grand, E. W. Clinton; secretary, Fred Jefferson; Jeffer-son; treasurer, Robert Sherwood; warden, R. Gregson; conductor, William Cochrane; chaplain, George Litchfield. Readers were asked if they had seen little Umo Jayne Sloan's walking doll. It was said to be some doll! Charles Clements of Minersville had bought the Lorine Hardy place and was moving his family here. Miss Alta Edwards had spent the week-end in Frisco, visiting relatives. The Mayflower company, traveling dramatic troupe, had put on a show to the largest audience in years turning out to a road show and despite the storm. A big banquet had been given by the Milford Commercial club in honor of Mr. anil Mrs. J. R. Pearson, who were taking up their residence in Bishop, California, after a two years residence in Milford, Mil-ford, one year of which ho had been president of the commercial club. D. A. Baxter was toast-master, toast-master, and retiring Mayor W. F. Cottrell paid a fine tribute to the guest of honor. Other speakers were C. C. Sloan, county commissioner commis-sioner and new president of the club; Bishop Burns and K. B. Jor-gensen, Jor-gensen, secretary of the club. The retiring town board of trustees, trus-tees, W. F. Cottrell, president, and E. 11. Bird, C. F. Woodbury, ' Ke ler and Charles Heard, Iters, had formally turned ov town's affairs to the newly 4 .,;) officers: Ed Markshcff .t N s -lent, and C. T. Marti k 1 ' Hanks, C. J. Mclntirc ;' ""H,' r.vans, mavor. . s Editor Carlton, in an odi was suggesting more sidewa there being only one block of ment at that time. During ti. short January thaw it had bf almost impossible to got KH without rubber boots on. ,l . mud, mud everywhere- 2''!.7S the postoffice. Even t'"- "' ,'"t fountain added its 'r ,7",' walk. |