Milford chronicle., 1950-08-18
ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME SOMETHING IS
DONE TO STOP THIS NUISANCE?

Almost every Sunday night the residents
Of the First and Second Wards are subjected
to screeching, yelling, boOing bunch of
so called" sports fans, when the weekly
nuisance is staged at the baseball park. Last
Sunday night it was approaching the mid
night hour when this yelling mob quieted
down, and those who were trying to get
needed sleep were allowed to have their rest.
Patients at the Milford Memorial Hospital,
and those in nearby nursing homes, must
have been annoyed. Certainly there is no
necessity or emergency which requires the
continuance of this type of entertainment"
for any group of people - be they sports
fans or just ordinary citizens. This is espe-
cially true when hundreds of others are an
nOyed and disturbed by the noise created by
those in attendance. 1t is bad enough for the
nearby residents to suffer from the glaring
foodlights for hours, but to add to this nuis-
ance the noises created by the group in at
tendance is just beyond endurance.
When the daylight saving plan was ad-
vanced some years ago one of the prime
considerations advanced by the sponsors was
that sports enthusiasts could have one more
hour of daylight in which to enjoy them
selves. Now they wait until it is dark to
turn on the lights and start to raise hell in
general. 1t is time that Mayor Evans and
City Council (the Mayor and four council
men live in the two wards most affected by
the nuisance) take action to abate it. If the
games must be played on Sunday, let them
be held during the afternoon hours when the
noise is not so Objectionable. If games can
not be scheduled for that time, then let the
noise producing outfit move to other playing
fields where their nuisance value is not so
great If complaints which were voiced at
the Chronicle Office on Monday of this week
are criterion by which to judge, the people
residing in South Milford are fed up with
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ball park. The writer is one Of them. This
newspaper will lead any movement to stop
it-and stop it now. Citizens Of South Mill
ford, how badly do you want it stopped? Mr..
Mayor and Council, what can you do about
it?
BOARDING AIDS OUR ENEMIES
From all over the country there have
been reports of scare buying and boarding.
A minority Of our citizens have been pur-
chasing ridiculously large quantities Of SUI
gar, tires, nylon goods and other commodi-
ties on the theory that they would become
scarce as the governments armament pro-
gram moves on toward high gear. The
hOarder does not know it--but he is serving
those who would destroy us. HOarding un-
dermines the economy. 1t dislocates the
smooth machinery of supply and demand. 1t
brings imitation. 1t creates fat black mark
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rationing and price controls and ever-grow-
ing government interference in the affairs
Of the people. Manufacturers, retailers and
others say that there are plenty Of goods to
90 around, with few exceptions If we buy
normally, in the light of current needs, we
viii not suffer for want of anything, But
even il this were not true, there would still
be no excuse, no mitigation, for the hoard
er. Goods that go out Of circulation, to be
held in Easements and attics, are goods which
are lost to the country. They amount to a
leak in the stream Of production. Retailers
have been especially active in opposing hoard
ing and scare buying, and pointing out its
folly and failacy. They know that kind Of
business is bad business for everyone-and
they know the grave results that will occur
if It goes on long enough. But no one can
stop boarding except the consumer himself.
The hOarder aids orr enemies.
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START CUTTING
The country has been told that the inter-
national situation makes it necessary to
place this nation on 81 seni-militarV basis