Show Party Hon Honors rs County Clerk COALVILLE COALVILLE- Ill never live Uve to see fifty is an oft quoted phrase of J J. J Emerson Staples County Clerk and as he entered his hla office Thursday morning he wondered if it perhaps ho he hadn't As he approached the door of pf his office he saw a big black crepe paper bow and on his desk deska a beautiful basket filled with flowers calla cana lilies lilies' predominant A placard placed beside it said laid Rest in Peace Two lilies taped to a chair topped a sign reading The Vacant Chair On the file tUe cabinet his absence at future meetings was predicted d by a sign reading We shall meet but we we shall miss him and still an another another an an- other placard read Gone but riot not ot forgotten Seems funny to be walking around still said Staples to the many visitors In his office IncludIng Including ing no doubt several practical Jokers who with a gruesome sense seMe of ot humor had remembered that this was the occasion ot of f the friendly Staples birthday He admits that it gave him quite a start Now that he has safety safely hurdled the deadline Staples feel feels that he can safely look forward to another half century While Staples was out of ot theoffice the tho office on an errand that afternoon he was called back on th the pro pro- text of answering a a. a aphone phone canto call can to find that his worker co-worker s had gathered there with a cake topped by 50 burning candles In honor of ot the occasion |