Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02
CITIZFNs OF MILFORD.

CITIZENS OF MILFORD. You have
duty to your city to perform. Next Tuesday,
January 6, at z 80 o'clock in the evening is
the last date for filing for candidates for
Mayor and Council. Some men have filed;
others may desire to do So Remember this,
no person who fails to get proper men to file
for the several vacancies should criticize
those who are elected if they do not suit them
later on. The Mayor will be elected for a term
of two years. Councilmen from the First
and Fourth wards viii be elected to serve four
years Another important fact to remember
is that no person can vote at the January
municipal elections who has not paid his or
her taxes. This Saturday, January 8, is the
last day for paying taxes to be placed on the
list of eligible voters. Milford needs a sound
business administratiOn-and needs it badly.
You should see that men capable of giving the
City such an administration are nominated
before the deadline next Tuesday. Let's ap-
prOach this from a nOn-pOlitical angle and
elect men who will look to the best interests
Of our City
1T is UNBELIEVABLE the response to
our editorial of last week in which we called
the attention Of the State Highway Depart
ment to the immediate necessity of installing
an automatic traffic control light at the
Haven Lake crossing. Four members of the
State Police force have called the writer per-
sOnally and expressed their belief, from ac-
tual knowledge of conditions there, that
something should be done now These men
have asked that their names be withheld, for
obvious reasons, and that request we shall
respect In addition tgsthese police officers,
we have had dozens and dozens of phone calls
from responsible people, and numerous signed
letters from peOple3WHOse Judgment is sound
expressing their desire to see the effort con-
tlnued toward ektiEl{sztll4iss needed safeguard
to life and property One man. and one man
only, has taken an adverse attitude He has
completely missed the point Of our editorial.
q representative Of the Chronicle was ap-
preached by him with a query as to whom
the writer was-and the expression that
don't you know there is an open season for
nlggers. He apparently was referring TO
the fact that in the Christmas night accident
a Negro woman met her death. From the
same accident very active church worker,
MIS-. Davis, OF Magnolia, a white woman is
now confined to the Milford Memorial Hos
pltal with injuries. Our point so far as the
needed light is concerned is this-it matters
not whether the injured or killed person is
white, black, brown or any other color. HUI
man lie IS human life Once it is destroyed
It IS never returned, and the body from which
u was snufed out is consigned to the grave.
carry this needed safeguard plea to the pub
lie until such time as action is taken to cor
rect and eliminate the source of danger. And
may It be soon.
a BOY AND GIRL ROlIP in the snow
church bell peals its invitation. Wherever
the heavens cover the earth, it's 1913. and
mankind IS reinspired by anticipation of
the New Year.
Ahead lies the opportunity that is part
OF change-abOve all, the opportunity for
al people and nations to dissolve their di-
1efences and face tomorrow in spirit of
friendly tolerance.
1t IS interesting that newspapers plav
such an important role in affirming the
bonds of friendship. Tt is through the print
ed word that we are able to express the
warmth OF our persOnalities-from person
20 person, from nation to nation. Indeed
aside from oral utterance, the printed word
remains the most effective form of comnun-
ication between men.
IT you have message to communicate
TO residents of Milford, Kent and Sussex
Counties, depend on the Milford Chronicle.
brought to high point of excellence through
years OF effort, to present it in a readable
manner to chentel which invites the paper
70 It's nome each week. It's pages mirror the
current news and advertising offerings Of
local people--people and business institu-
tiOns % which you are interested. The vast
majority of US enjoyed a PROSPEROUS l947
AS we begin the new year it is our wish that
each and every one Of you shall prosper and
find peace and happiness in this year of
1913.
$500
a GREAT MANY YEARS ago new '1ib-
eral elements began to revise the old Anneri-
can way of life. There was LaFollette of
Wisconsin, Cummings Of Iowa, Bryan of Ne
oraska-all pounding away at the capitalistie
system Later on they were reinforced
through the Administration Of President
Theodore Roosevelt Looking back upon that
period ia our national life lot Of credit must
be gIVen to those leaders because thew at