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Show MAN OF MANY OCCUPATIONS One "Rolling Stone" Who Seems to Have Disproved n Frequently Quoted Adage, Hy nn nctunl experience tho oft repented re-pented ndngo thnt a worker gathers no goods while ho Is rolling nround from ono Job to nnother, Ir disproved. Tho experience was thnt of a mnn vho seemed to change his wcrk ri.fter ' the custom of u successful farmer to rotnto his crops. Tho nnmo of this worker wns 0 J Vnn Durcn. who recently died nt Holland, Hol-land, Mich. All of his work was done within two mlleB of tho plnco where ho wns born flfty-nlno years ngo. He finished In n, grammar school and quit study at tho end of the sophomor yenr In collcgo. Slnco thon ho has been n school teacher, butcher, shoo dealer, postman-tor, postman-tor, Bupervlsor, nchool director, nnd director of public works Ono of tho Interesting fenturcs of tho work of tliia mnn was that ho changed nbout from ono to nnothor nnd mnd good In nil of his ventures Ho taught school first, nnd then went Into tho meat business. This he abandoned to go to selling boots nnd shoes, somo of them wooden. Then ho began his po-lltlcnl po-lltlcnl life ns n aupcrvlRor, &nd grndu-ntcd grndu-ntcd to tho postinnstcrslilp of his town. Ho quit tho ment selling business busi-ness to go bnck to soiling hocs, nnd this business ho rotalned up to a fow months of his death. When well nlong ln his busy life he hnd been elected n member of tho board of oducntlon, nnd for 14 yenre he served ns n member of tho board of public works. In nil of theso np-polntlvo np-polntlvo positions ho inailo good. He Is t-nld to hnvo mado n model county ofllclnl, tho postolllco under his administration admin-istration graduated from tho third to tho second clasi nnd better qunrtcru occupied. Somo of tho best school nnd public bulldlngB mnrked iho progress of the town whlto Vnn Durcn helped direct tho work. With nil of this useful work, profit-nblo profit-nblo to himself nnd valuable to th , community In which ho worked, ho . alscil moro thnn nn nvcrngu slzu family fam-ily nnd saw his children begin successful success-ful llC3. Hero wns n stono thnt rolled n heap nnd held on to moss nt each and every roll. Chicago Tribune. |