Milford chronicle., 1946-07-19
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1916

THREE WEEKS AGO we published "
uestionnaire in which we asked those per
sons who desired more Eastern Shore base
ball League news published IN the Chronlclc
to let their wants be known. AT the eho o'
the first week we had received tour returns
One of these was from man VINO IS employ
ed at the local baseball park. Another was
from Houston. The notatlOnS ON TINS queH-
tiOnnaire led us to believe that the WRITER Is
interested i'm the local Mar-Del League sun
another was from MilIsboro. Definitely th'S
man desired Il full report ON the actlVllleS ol
a newly formed American Legion baSeDa'I
GROUP. The fourth is Il sports writer VINO
most asSurcdly is interested for personal fea7
sons if no other. AT the end OF the Secon"
week. the number received had increased I"
a total of eleven Of this SIX all from NIL
ford two were definitely associated WIN lhC
same business finn, and came allei one U'
the men had had lengthy discussion win
this Office about our bellel that the ocillt'i'"
for fuller coverage was not great. Inc Olhef
five renlies came from one family, who are
definitely baseball fans whose desire Tor luil-
or coverage we can readily appreciate. Ger
tanly those who had been vocal IN thelf de-
mands that fuller cOVerage be made were
conspcuous by their absence so far as replies
were concerned. 1t is the old story OF q NOISY
minority raising Il smoke screen. Inc OhloI-
icle certainly cannot believe, after the result
of this survey that the demand Tor 1ullef
baseball cGvcragc is great. Until we are con-
vnced that the desire on the part OF SIZE
able percentage of our readers IS for added
baseball covcrage we shall continue to handle
the subject rs in the past.
$685.
A WIDE-AWAkE newspaper is the best
asset that amy community has We say that
advisedlv and with the full knowledge that
some business Interests, church groups, 'Wo
others Viii take issue with us. Certainly ne
one asset Of any town presents IT'S message
and keeps it before the people OF county
or state as does its home town newspaper
Recently in Schohare New York. the loca
merchants secured Il publisher to re-cStab
lish printing and publishing business there
This action came after the SchOharlc Rc
pubican which had been published there iol
over 100 years, had been merged with the
CoblcSkll Index. The Index, which is pub
lishcd by Charles Rider, retiring PrcSldcn
Of the, e,National Editorial Association, whom
the writer has known personally for mum
her of Years, and who Is an outStandln;
newspaper publisher in the United States
did ~ good job of carrying plenty of Sch'
harie news in their publication. But it WA
printed in CoblcskiIl, and the home atmos
phere left when the printing plant left.
One SchOharic businessman put 1t thu
way: I'VE really didn't realize what tn
home town paper meant to us until 1T Wcl
out Of business and we were at tault lt
the papers leaving We found, all of Il sue
den. we had lost our regular weekly mcdlul
of recording the news of our folks the han
pcnings of our churches, our schools, ct
lodges our Grange our births and death
and boy, we sure missed it. From now
we're going to keep Il newspaper IN Scholar
if It's the last thing we do
That fellow said Il mOuthfuI lot
businessmen would do well to look at the
home paper, and note how many advcrtiS
mcntS there are to reflect the business of tt
community How many Of them are aldn
to present their town to the county and sta
in a pleasing manncr-hOW many there d
to insure that the town is supporting
greatest aSsct-thc home newspaper. Tn
goes for Milford, or any other town.
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\ BUYERS STRIKE? Well, not all
condition to take part in one. We hay" HI
us. but certainly most of us are III prll
five years of training for 1T, not counting I
preliminary training we had around 10:
We are hardened to doing without the II
foods our systems yCarn for the glad Ia
we'd like to wear, the SumptuouS homes
crave, the vacations we'd like to take. AnOtI
buttcrcSS stretch won't hurt us much. 4
other year in pre-War clothing can be m;
aged without shocking the neighbors; they
used to seeing us shabby The dump Wher
we live will probably keep out the rain a
tie longer, and the chances are that the
tionaI parks and things we'd like to vi
will still be there next summer. Certal
careful handling of the buying stuat
during the next few weeks, will bring all
these nearer realization to all Of us.
FROM MAINE to the tip of the Flor
peninsula our own people have been
able to get meat, poultry, dairy produ
and sugar Who's starving now?
Evidently there is enough food IN
rountry and some to spare for flle1
foreign countries. Why not give the pee
abroad all the spares and save the necesS