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Show , STtbY IX OPTOnSM j Optimism, ' properly applied,, , can work magic!' provided, however, that Ihe Optimist himself does not,, lose (rack of tlie fact, in the .yiusion.. he (mate's 'for himself apd for .pthrsv ' Itohind'eVery big achievement.,. every l:ii; promotion, stands someone who iWHrdirectcd the '-effort that made it oossible. Optimists who believed in their work, who believed .that others would1 believe in' it-as. well, "and in doing created monuments to history mil progress, and a name. We believe that there are plenty, ?f 'Rntimtsts in our town who believe. Vh;4 Milford' nvf not' avJaysT bet" ' -ocbiid rate toyn.;bu;t among the; roiwost in tire state. "however most of thom ore content to let the illusion illus-ion govern them, forgetting that some real effort must be expended, ,tp nrrlfe it 'so'." A'ltnocker is, has, and .-r.lwnvs'"w411 heV'a''fletfrrneri't to pro-srj;o8ston, pro-srj;o8ston, but even an optimist while not. voluntarily hjndejng growth.-may -."ricusly impedeit by jdreamng of, the futnrtJ.- r'athef'than building it,... ' Home !waS" "not 'built in a day'', and nr.,ither"is 'MitFo'fd an, oil center, there fore, the' iiersisterit egort of all ,. our dizens-'tOward a' 'better ,M;lffoxd ilone icari-'effe'et the change, ,(iJlri.. '., "'""We' wrHugive credit ' where cred.I.t, ' due,, -to' the' people who are sincere : In their'b'elief that Miiford isoming .tp .-.the 1 frynt1 ' find will ' some, day,.asr .liume her natur'aT'place as, thegate- way t o S6'riTh,er'n'' tftafi ,' but we would Tike" toLknW'that" they (wquld, ler,, therr''hearrI,est"s'upport as well, as they have in other problems. "The .-world -is fnir of "starters; it Is the finishers who counC'-j-Let's finish the job. : r; ; -' |