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Show f $r Ruminatin' $ Roundabout f In which Kununator propose to dream a lot, think as little as necessary, scatter a few bouquets bou-quets while their objectives are still above the sod to enjoy them, and fir a hot-shot now aiul then---while said Kuimim or can enjov seeing the spai fly. W ith the complete change of town board personnel to be effected effect-ed this coming Monday, there will come to an official close 1- years f splendid municipal service on the part of George Litchfield 1-jears 1-jears crowded full of unselfish interest in rhe well-being of the town and its citizens such as few communities may boast. During that time his willingness to serve and the ability and common sense he has applied to the office 01 tewn trustee have been outstanding. outstand-ing. He has functioned quietly but faithfully in all the various duties of a town board member though he has made the water department his special interest with the result re-sult that it is one of the best in the state. """" . .The town of Milford, its peopi"an all its activities are immeasurably better off for the six e-o-year terms of office of TriiMi' Georite Litchfield Litch-field and his conscientious ser-vice ser-vice to the community ser. vice that has bfen thankless in large part an anything but pleasant during Jhe last wo years! " To the best cf our knowledge. George has to- his credit the longest long-est period of service as town trustee of any who have acted as such, though former President 0. F. Hubbell, another valiant in behalf be-half of sane municipal government, came within two years of an equal period of service and failed of reelection re-election two years ago only because be-cause a large number of voters took his election for grante."! and stayed home on election day! High candidate in all the municipal muni-cipal elections from 1925 to 1335. inclusive, and again given a place ' on the winning ticket in this fall's election, Trustee Litchfield would have been reelected for another two years without a doubt had he not chosen to resign from the ticket, feeling that he had serveu long enough. In telling of the splendid service of Mr .Litchfield for his town, we should be derelict to fairminded-ness fairminded-ness if we failed to mention the service of retiring Trustees H. Vic Carlson and W. B. Gardner. Only for lesser terms (for four and two years, respectively) have these two good citizens served the community com-munity with a - al rare in man " eleeied to sira,' office, the former for-mer with the street department as his special interest, and the beautifying beau-tifying of the town the special interest of ilr. Gardner, on of Milford's most exemplary citizens , and community builders, a man who is not content to suggest a thing and leave it to others, but, instead, will be found always in the lead, doing and giving much more than his share. ! A fews weeks ago the remark was made in a public gathering . that The News had, perhaps mercifully, mer-cifully, chosen to keep silent on some of the doings of the town administration during the last two : years, and we have no wish but to '""- plead guilty to the charge, such I a charge involving Trustees Litch- I field, Carlson and Gardner to only , J - a negligible extent. We did keep silent and we do not propose, even at this late day,' to open up on what is now past history. And the plain unvarnishea (Continued on laet page) Ruminatln (Continued from first page.) reason for our keeping still was the pride we felt in Milford's pasi reputation as a good sane town with a substantial cash reserve in the bank and a financial setup second to none among municipalities municipal-ities in the state! And all this gained by careful and efficient management of the town's affairs over a long pcrioa of time plus the saving grace ol broadmindedncss, which 'Milfora demands of those elected to serve! |