THE TOWN DOCTOR j (The Doctor of Towns) " tays ' 1 " " " " ' ' Next Week Is Christmas For tho sake o those -who have stood behind the counter from early morning till late at night trying to pleaso you, satisfy and serve you well, I hope you did your shopping have a most joyful Christmas. Copyright, 1929, A. D. Stone. Reproduction Re-production prohibited in whole or in part This Town Doctor Article is published pub-lished by this paper in cooperation with the local Lions Club. o early. I hope there isn't a toy left in all of your stores I hope every hoy and every girl will find their stockings full to overflowing that you will see to It that every hoy and girl does have a Christmas. May everybody in this community bo happy, and merry this Christmas, and when the family circie gathers round the dinner table, may every heart be glad. No doubt there will be those with you. tills year who haven't been back to the old homo town for months and months perhaps years. There may be, too, those among you who never have been in your community before. While they are "home," light ot heart and gay, meeting old acquaintances and making new, show thejn your community as it is today. Tell them what hopes you have for future growth, and ask them, when occasion arises, to say a good word for your community. "Sell" them on the place where you live, work, play and make your money, so that wherever they go they will be emissaries creating prestige, good will, "n& who can tell, perhaps a new industry, new people, may come of it. "Sell" them, yes; but do not overdo over-do it. Avoid dangerous optimism and superlatives. Remember there is no such thing as a "best" town. When a town is worst, it's bound to become better, but the community that is best could be no better, and there is no habitat that could not be improved upon. Again, I say, may your community