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Show mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm&mmmmmmammKmmmmmmMMmmB-s'q OLD ABSALOM I ' Absalom was-ninety years old. lor years he had bcerntfj,' a familiar figure -around the railroad station, picking upvdd(UI; pennies, carrying luggage and. doing errands, I IUnc day, after a heavy snow, the westbound express' J stopped at the statiou.apd the passengers, warned of a long'l-wait, long'l-wait, left the chair cars to stretch their legs. One of them ll!-spoke ll!-spoke lo Absalom. ".,".. , ifcoi "VVhat community is this, Uncle P'he' asked. ' ' ' 'Wf Old Absalom scratched hjs Vooly-head. ; ' "Whai's a Community, mister V ' '' f, "A community is a city or a town or a village 'where "H" I folks arc Sociable,- where everybody knows everybpjly else t ir ,1 whrro the stranger is made welcome J whe'r6 eVory man, ' ,ML woman and child gets together for common enjoynient and Jm, $ recreation", replied the questioner. - ft rfi I'tu'le Absalom opened his eyes wide in astrtnishncni:' - I i "I'm pretty suah this yeah ain't no community; he i I I said. "This is jest a 'place". ,-'' ft I J t'ncl'c Absalom described the town accurAtclr. It had rl b its climies. its social barriers. The folks west of Main street I a ilidn't talk to anyone living cast. You "belonged" in the 1 best circles, or you didn't. Nobody ever thougiiTof some ri civic organization by .which all classes would get together, 1 t, I . forget the social barriers and work for the commongood..' j, , Community Service is m-k!ng communities" out of li i places'. Through it, selfishness and social prcjudi(?e give 1 J wav to common enjoyment. a I - .'.,; I r ..K;.tMjaMiiu.,liiiiimniMMU.:i ..i;L.iu.u;.:.iiuiuu;iiijcatiMiiii:niraiii'r,:ii:iuitK'WJimiitimuait M |