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Show THE TOWN DOCTOR (Th Doctor ot Towns) 1 ' " ' tr r . , . , yourself? Maybe you don't even talk and when you do talk, do you talb your town "up" or "down"? If you are big, you will talk it np; otherwise, other-wise, you will say to yourself, "Oh, let. ithe Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club, or somebody else do it." To be "big" you do not have to be a merchant, a doctor, a lawyer or a banker. If you think you are little potatoes, you will be little potatoes. No matter who you are or what you do, vou are just as big as you IhJuk and do. Copyright, 1929, A. D. Stone, Reproduction Re-production (prohibited in whole or in rart. This "Town Doctor" article is published pub-lished by this paper in cooperation with the local Lions Club. 101' AUG JLST AS Bid AS YOU TIIIJfK AND DO There Is only ono obstacle to the progress of any community that la definitely fatal, and that Is lack of civic spirit and itcam work on the part of its citizens. A few years ago a small town was in the sticks; today the only towns or communities in the sticks are thoso made up of sticks and a "stick" Is one who refuses to do anything him.iolf or get together with those who will. A town ia just as big as the people in it. The trouble is that it is eas lor to bo littlo than big, and nature, left alone, dons not improve without aid. 1 A big job requires big people, and In tins day of keen competition, "putting your town over" is no little undertaking, and if thero is an overabundance over-abundance of "little" people in any community, it won't bo done. "Little people are thoso who say it can't h'. done. "Big" peoplo are those who interrupt those who say it can't be (lone, by doing It. Thinking your community is the best place on earth Isn't enough. It helps, but thinking so doesn't make it so, unless you follow up thinking with doing. You say, "I think this community should do this"; or "We should have that." You read these editorials and say "That's a good idea." or "J think that's right," etc, etc., but what do you do about it? As you read this, you say, "I hope so-and-so sees this. It hits ' him right on the head, he is always talking talk-ing a lot, but nevef does anything," and you may be right, but how about |