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Show -LOOKING BACKWARD '.tens of Interest from the File; of The News of Fifteen Years -j;o This Week. j That Milford is a reading com-munity com-munity was brought to light by the report submitted by Mrs. Freda j Ouizen yesterday giving the circu- : lation of library books for the ' month in the city and the attend- ! ance of the townspeople at the library. i Her report shows that 1471 in-individuals in-individuals visited the library dur-j ing the past month, that the cir-1 culation of books was 1195, ot j which 993 were fiction and 202 ! nonfiction, and 85 reference. This, for a town of 1500 inhabitants, is a re.narkably good record, according accord-ing lo Mrs. Outzen. Twelve per cent of the public schcol students of Milford have defective de-fective eyes, according to the findings of Dr. Hugh Burgess, eye specialist appointed to examine the school children of the county. The Social Hour club met last Thursday afternoon at the South Milford clubhouse with Mrs. Harold Har-old Soutter and Mrs. J. Meldrum as hostesses. During the business hour Mrs. C. A. Rohn gave an entertaining en-tertaining talk about her project work at U. A. C. Plans were completed for a Christmas party and tree at the clubhouse on Saturday evening, December 20, under the auspices of the Social Hour club for its members mem-bers and their families. The committee on decorations comprises. Mrs. Ivan McKnight, Mrs. James Rollins and Mrs. William Wil-liam Baker. The committee on program is as follows: Mrs. C. A. Rohn, Mrs. Harold Sautter and Mrs. Parley Fisher. Refreshment committee is Mrs. Addison Bybee and Mrs. Ruben Jones. The hostesses served refreshments refresh-ments from a lovely table with a gaily decorated Christmas tree as a centerpiece flanked by red candles. can-dles. The green and red colors were repeated in the cakes and salad candies. The Senior Carnival which was held December 5 in the High school gymnasium proved to be successful success-ful both financially and socially. The decorations were attractive, due to the hard work of the sen-iors sen-iors and various classes. The people peo-ple who attended were agreeably surprised by the different booths built and decorated by the students. stu-dents. The prize booth, the ice cream booth, was built by the Junior class. It was not only pretty, but clever, with home-made electric signs. A cash prize of $1.50 was given by the Seniors to the Juniors as a reward re-ward for the latters' efforts. Catherine Cath-erine Munford, Norma White, Marjory Mar-jory Thompson were in charge of the prize booth. Previous to the dance in the gym a program was given in the auditorium audi-torium consist'ng of a dance by the Sophomore girls, a reading by Beth Coleman, two songs by Sherman Hickman, Marion Bowman, Mel-vin Mel-vin Bowman, Jess Done; a duet by Ferrian Frazier and Lawrence Easton, and a reading by Loviena Patterson. At the dance the prize fox trot was called and many responded, but Kenneth Farnsworth and Mrs. Melbourne Heslington captured the prize, which was a-tie for the gentleman gen-tleman and a bouquet of carnations for the lady. 'Next came the prize waltz, in which Mr. Ruben Jones and his daughter Rosabelle were the couple to dance off with a box of candy for the gentleman and a salt and pepper set for the lady. -The High Schoo: orc'nestra fur-r.'shed fur-r.'shed music for the entire dance. i All the booths were busy, as there was a large crowd attending. At the ring booth, many exhibited .their skill by pitching lor the highest score, and at 11:30 when .the scores were counted . F. A. Bingham was presented with a jfour-pound fruitcake for having the highest score. ; Miss Helen Bird was in charge of the decorating for the Seniors. The Senior class wishes to thank the following merchants for contributing con-tributing merchandise to the different dif-ferent booths: . Jefferson Mercantile Co., the Cor ner Drug Store, the Milford Phar-mac, Phar-mac, Skaggs, Safeway, J. C. Penney Pen-ney Co., the White Store, the Hub-bell Hub-bell Drug Co., the Corner Inn, the Gordon Jewelry Co., the Feed Store, the Milford Pool Hall, the Peterson Pool, Hall, Mr. Litchfield, Barber, Tellurite rower Co., Allen Cash Store, Mrs. J. M. Hughes. OPPORTUITY of lifetime supply- ing DDT and other profitable pro- I ducts to farmers in Beaver Coun- j ty. No experience or capital re-, quired. Must have auto and good . references. Permanent. Write or wire McNESS COMPANY, Dept. D, 2423 Magnolia St. Oakland 7, California |