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Show $750.00 Is Raised In Drive To Pay I Local Ward Debt The "$1000 or bust" campaign I inaugurated about a month ago by local people with the idea of clear-i clear-i ing up the remaining indebtedness on Milford's new L. D. S. chapel j and recreation hall, came to an eminently successful climax this ! week with upwards , of 700 people gathered at the ward reunion and enjoying the banquet, carnival and dance staged Wednesday evening, i Though falling about $250 short of j the $1000 goal, the' affair is i considered to have been a big suc- cess in every way and a big testi-J testi-J monial to what a community of : wideawake people can accomplish I with the inspiration of a worthy j project in mind. Chapel and hall . have been utilized on various i occasions for other than L. D. S. 1 church purposes and its availability availabil-ity as a sort of community center is thus shown to have been appreciated. Approximately 500 tickets were disposed of in return for donations fixed at a minimum of $1.00 each, besides something over a hundred dollars paid in at the door, the donations ranging up' to $25 in size. Laurence Peterson, local creamery cream-ery man and general chairman of the campaign, did a splendid job as master of ceremonies and in handling the program which was given during the time the huge crowd was being cared for with several settings of banquet tables. Following this, came a series of auctions, in which: a large number of articles contributed b business establishments, were bid in by the crowd. Alton F. Harris, popular roadmaster's clerk, took care''of-most care''of-most of the auctioning and a nice sum was realized fnm this, together to-gether with many other activities, including a contest for "queen," which was won by "Grandma" Margaret Hickman, widow of the late Joseph S. Hickman, pioneer in Milford civic life. The recreation hall was the scene of a dance for the older folk as the final event of the evening, with another dance in the Arion hall for. the younger element. This (Thursday) after-oon, after-oon, from 4 to 6 o'clock, will be devoted to the youngsters and it is confidently expected that they too will have a good time. A most noticeable and decidedly decided-ly commendable feature of the affair Wednesday evening was the large number of Beaver people in attendance, some 35 tickets having been sold over there as the result of an afternoon's work by members mem-bers of the committee. M i |