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Show The TOWN DOCTOR (The Doctor of Towns) Says .j DO YOU STILL BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS? Then; are many people who still believe in i Santa C!:iu!. They must M'.-l:ove in Santa Calus, for year after year, they expect and receive gifts which, if they did not believe in Santa Claus, they would neve- get. This year, last year, and the year before that, you were showered with gifts and blessings, presents and remembrances. You accepted them and made use of them, yet, as if they were gifts from old St. Nick, you made no visible acknowledgment, and gave nothing in return. You know what I mean free schools, parks and playgrounds for "your children; constant protection of you and yours from vandals, tricksters and murders; twenty-four hour guarding of your property; unceasing vigilance over your health and well being. Y'ou live in a heated home with electric lights, running water and a radio; eat good food; sleep in a good bed; go places and see things, riding in your own motor car over wonderful roads all GIFTS, and from whom Santa Claus? For what j'ou are, what! you have, whatever you enjoy and partake of, you are not alone responsible. Without neighbors, without friends, without the community of which you are a part, you could not be where you are with what you have, or doing what you do as you do it. If you DO believe in Santa Claus if you DO NOT believe that others should be done by as they have done and do for you, then never mind the debt you owe. If you DO NOT believe in Santa Claus, then give thanks for all that Gunnison has made possible for you and yours, NOT just the quiet sanctuary sanct-uary of your heart and mind, but, openly manifested in words and deeds show your gratitude by starting NOW to do YOUR part to do forGun-nison forGun-nison what Gunnison has done for you. Yo-u can show your worth at no better time. As you finish reading this, step to your telephone and call the president of the Lions Club and say. "What can I do to help you fellows do something to make Gunnison a better place for all of vjs to live, work, play and prosper?" Don't say to yourself, ''I'll do that sometime, but I'm too busy now;" or "I'll wait 'till I see those fellows, then tell them" do it NOW. The busier you are, the quicker you should do it, for it shows the' stuff you're made of. Anybody can do it when he hasn't anything else to do, but it takes a regular fellow, a real woman, to do it when they arc busy. This is the Christmas season. Get the spirit of it and make your neighbor, be he high or low, rich or poor, a present by offering, at least to get together with others and do something for the good of Gunnison to get together with others and do something for the good of Salina. Go ahead do it now you'll feel better, and the other fellow will appreciate appreci-ate it. Copyright, 1929, Dyckston, Inc. Reproduction prohibited in whole or in pare. |