Show a ON THE BEAM with all al it was kind of a thrill to be on hand at noon monday when mrs celeste durrant city recorder administered oaths ot of office to mayor paul stuart and councilman russell porter then too as I 1 was the only outsider there I 1 was privileged to witness the oaths of these two men so if anything goes wrong at city hall this year ili take the blame mrs margaret abbott other city councilman to be sworn in is out of the city but she will receive her oath when she returns mondays ceremony brought to mind my two years as a city councilman war years and they were rough I 1 was assigned the health department which included the sewer system and it was about that time that it ceased at some points to function properly with purchase of materials nil I 1 caught it from all sides due to an undersized der sized disposal plant waste water was flooding farms in west and a number of people were complaining about sewage coming up in their basements I 1 really dont know how we solved the problem fully expected to be awakened some night by a furious mob but things finally settled down and nearly als as bad as some folks thought which brings us to the subject of public servants whether a person is serving a city county state or nation it if he does the best he knows how hes doing a pretty fair job lie he can seldom please everybody but it if he takes hla his work seriously and heeds the counsel of his he cant be too far wrong congratulations to our new city council may their tenure of office be pleasant and beneficial to the people of morgan |