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Show OWE OBLIGATIONS OBLIIATIOJ\S OBLIIATIOJ S OBLIiIATIOi OBLIIATIOJSrl'O } \ S TO rl'O rlO ' COMMONWEALTH COMMON'VEALTH COMMONVEALTH COMMONWEALTHThere COMMONWEALTHThere ' There is a debtPOU debt ) you POU owe to your home town but butwhatever butwhatever butwhatever whatever the blll1R bill IB is , , none nom > will be pr piesented plesented esented to you for forpnyment forpayment forpayment pnyment payment If you do not realise reah.le reahle realize . the size ofIt of it , nobody nobodyWill nobodywill nobodywill Will try to tell you You know what the town has dono done donofor donefor donefor for you , and you should know better bett'r bettr ( ' than anybody an:1body an1body : else elsewhat elsewhat elsewhat what you ought to do foi fOl for the town . . . Two questions questJOns may muv serve flerve to bring bnng the issue home to toyou toyou toyou toyouWhen you youWl1en youWhen When Wl1en your wife nnd and fln andchildren children were cntIcallyIll criticallyill critically cntIcally ill , was wasit wasit 1 it t the doctor from tlio the city who pulled them through T f ? fYou TYou You never even thought of calling callmg him . . . Your fust first fustthought firstthought firstthought thought was of tlu tht- tht thf ththomo - home homo town doctoi doctOl doctor , , and mal atld lie he saved savod thelives the thelives thelives lives of your dear onesWhen onesWhen ones onesWhen When you YJU ( lost your job fob wlio who gave gavp you ) ou 011 credit and andtIded andttled andtided tIded ttled ( you ovei ovel over the tho winter wmtu wmkr 7 h ] 7It hIt Itcertwnly It certwnlywasn't certainlywasn't certainly certwnly wasn't wasnt ' tlie the store in m the city that a adver advertised advertised ver verbaed baed tised "bargains bargains "bargams bargams " " for the country sliopper shopper The mer merchants merchants merchants chants of V 'malstood Vernalstood Vernal 'mal mal ( ' stood by you then , 8 as he lias has for .others others . othersand , a.nd and . he wIllHg81n willagain will again Hg81n bome borne some time bme when tlie tll the { > emergency arisesIf arisesIf arises arisesIf If these things t1ungs h htv ] Inve rive tv < ( > not happened to you , they the.y . have havehappened havehappened havehappened happened to sour ) ( ) our ur neighlors neig-hlor'3 neig hlor'3 hlor3 netghl - ors ' , and raid HU you know about them themMore themMere themMere More Mere mon money ( > y cannot pay for dlsnltereste'dservIce disinterestedservice disinterested dlsnltereste'd dlsnlterested ' service such suchas suchas suchas as the doctor and the merchant mei met chant render under the CIrcum CIrcumstances circumstances circumstances stances And these ] instances inctanccs nCtances : . are not cited CItedwith with the ideaof Idea Ideaof ideaof of ofwakmg ofwaking waking wakmg a feeling feehng feeing ] of obligation obhgatIon toward those IndlVld rndivid rndividuals IndlVlduuls individuals uuls uals who render us signal Ignal service on extraordinary extraordmary oc ocastons occasions { , ( lSlOns astons < but they nre nrf are > brouglit brought up rather with the theVl thevi thevuw Vl vi viv < ( w \v v \ ofmu.klIl ofmaking of mu.klIl muklIl making . 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Ii fiom flom mu vour your dny's dnys day3 day's days ' ' ' toil tOll Clubs ClubslIld Clubsni lIld 111(1 1111 lIldorgaIllzatlOn'3 111(1organizations ( < l organizations orgaIllzatlOn'3 orgaIllzatlOn3 ' unite UIute unte uniteou ) \ou ou tiou , ' \ ou in III bonds bondH tliat that hold you to together togather gether ether for one purpose or anotherscore anotherscore another anotherA A score ofother of other tilings thlllg3 things ' ' might mIg'ht ' be he mentioned , , hut but hutApae butspace butspace Apae space < > forbids Their TIl'lf TIllf ( ' at nit flH ( the niattnal matt rial rwl tilings thmg things < : ; tht thit tli th \ it \t t mIll ruin ruinester mmistor 1 hter ester to the comfoi comfol comfot t andu(11 mid Hnd and u(11 u11 , \ \ ( 11 II b ( ing Illg ' of the p people pople ( opl ( ' Among Amongthem Amongthem Amongthem them are pavedstre pavedstrets paved strets stre < ( t ts ' mid nnd an(1 an1 ( sidewalks AHlewnlk . ; , strC stre street ( < t lights ltg-hts ltg hts - , po pohce police police hce lice protection , anda and a 11 fire department d'partment dpartment ( ' , electric electnc light lightlUg lightmug lighting lUg mug ' for tht th ( liome home , , \ \ .It It at . ati ( I ' - r ( w \ v \ ei II &i i & amI"lIuIlar and amI 1111(1 11111 ( ' " similar "lIuIlar lIuIlar iniilar irnpro\ irnpro nnpro\ nnpro unpro nnproments irnpromentsand \ ( ments menhs mentsand menhsand mentsand and andconvemences andconveniences conveniences convemences conveniencesThe convemencesThe The stronger tlie the community commumty spirit Rplnt the more morp of tll these thesethere < ' < : ; ( ' , thore there arc are Tlie Tho The taxes taxec , yo\ yo yot yoi yopav \ pav pay ' settles 3ettles the bills hIllq hills for other otherthlJIgB'theaeh otherthillgs'iii othertilings thlJIg-B'theaeh thlJIg B'theaeh Btheaeh thlJIgB'theaehlCCftl thillgs'iii thillgsiii - ' ' ilienth eal1 ( icqn lCCftl icqu red reel re(1 re1 ( the HI theveiglit HIelg'ht ( ' ' \veiglit veiglit \\elg'ht elg'ht elght teight \ \ ' ofour of ; ) our COopu.ltlon COopultlon COopu.ltlonlth COO coopnationwith ( ration . \\lth lth \ \ + itli tlie the pIOg-IP pIOg IP ptogiessiiC pio - iessive " ' IH ' had 1adr lndrs ( ( r rs " assures aqcnrt , ' . oth otter ( i Improve Improvenwnts improvements improvements nwnts ments in the future Bo Be a liome home to\ to toss town ton \ ' n man allnlong allalong all along nlong the thehnepatroIllze thelinepatronize theline hne--patroIllze hne patroIllze line--patronize line patronize - - - - patronize home town merchants exclusively |