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Show LABORDAY IS OBSERVED The Federated Shop Craft were in charge of the first Labor Day celebration cele-bration that has been given in Milford Mil-ford for several years. They began with a parade to the district school building where the crowd assembled and Attorney Russell Rus-sell E. Parsons delivered an address on the Origin and Development of Labor Organizations What they Mean to the Working People. Races were conducted at the ball ground in the afternoon, and prizes, which were donated by the Milford business men, awarded as follows: Fat Women's Race Mrs. Dave Tanner. Chafing dish from Sloan's store. Slim Women's Race Mrs. O'Hey Colonial rug from Arrington Furniture, Furni-ture, Store. All Women's Race Mrs. Joe Smith. Electric curling iron. Tellu-ride Tellu-ride Power company. 12 to 16 Girls' Race Lillian Stoker Sto-ker hand bag from Golden Rule Store. All Girls' Race Christy McLeod. Box of candy from Milford Pharmacy. Pharma-cy. 12 Year Old Boys' Race Delmar Kirk Box of candy from Bill's Cash Grocery. All Boys' Race Lon Mclntire. $3 credit at Dobson Clothing Store. Fat Men's Race: S. W. Stoker. French Briar Pipe from Milford Pool Hall. All Men's Race Roy Cottrell. 1 pair overalls from Jefferson Mercantile Mercan-tile company. In the Tug-of-War between the carmen and the Beaver haymakers, the haymakers were victorious. A ball game between Milford and Beaver resulted in a score of 9 to 3 in favor of Milford. The game between the carmen and the Bloomerettes was called off in the second inning to make room for the cattle roping contest. This game will be played over at the earliest possible date and no admission ad-mission will be charged. a |