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Show Knife and Fork Club To Hear Kansan Wednesday v:.??wr'WWAvv.wyv.j,v. y,,.. ....... -v, ,x WILLARD MAYBERRY The Escalante Knife and Fork Club will have as Its guest speaker speak-er at its next meeting, Wlllard May-berry, May-berry, of Elkhart, Kansas. The affair af-fair will be held at the El Escalante hotel on the evening of November 19, according to D. C. Dix, the local secretary. Mr. Mayberry, extremely popular In Associated Clubs, has been prevailed pre-vailed upon to make a limited number num-ber of appearances again this year. He finds its hard to get away from his many interests but does so for a few weeks each season. He calls it "his vacation". Shrewd, hardworking and honest as the day Is long, Wlllard May-berry May-berry embodies the spirit of a small American community. He is Kansas, all Kansas, and a h mtaht. . press It "who wants to make anything any-thing of it?" At a time when many Americans were bamboozled by the protestations protesta-tions of friendship and devotion with which European stooges deluged de-luged us, Mayberry had the wit to see through these creatures as phonics, phon-ics, the wisdom to discount 90 per cent of what they said, and the courage to denounce them openly whenever the situation called for such action. He Is plain American and the only allegiance he has ever known Is one of loyalty and devotion devo-tion to our nation and its institutions. institu-tions. Mr. Mayberry's philosophy and general outlook upon life Is that of an enlightened "rugged Individualist". Individ-ualist". Instead of flinching from such a term as many did when It was applied to him and others like him by men In high places . Mayberry May-berry glories In the fact. Hard work, square dealing, a decent respect for the rights of others and the right to trade unfettered by petty regulations regula-tions are, he declares, th fundamental funda-mental reculsltjes hecessafry to a free society. His subject will be "What Farming Farm-ing Means to City Dwellers". All the world Is interested In food - and food Is grown on farms. Since food and farming are of such vital interest in-terest to all of us, not only because of farm dollars spent In cities, but because the abundance or scarcity of food and the price of it - hits alj of us, The Escalante Knife and Fork club directors have Invited this strapping, boyish philosopher to be the clubs guest speaker next Wednesday. |