Show J SOME TO TOWNS WONT TAKE TELLING Q Not long ago the executive head of a towns town's leading civic organization and the owner and publisher of the largest newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper had called to their attention the fact that among other othe r such things grass was growing in the sidewalks and curbs o otheir of f their business district They laughed and said Well Vell I guess that wont keep any business out of towns In the same month the officials of another city were reminded remind reminded re re- mind minded that they had rio do no parks or playgrounds for youngsters or g ups grown ups grown and they replied Oh that doesn't mean anything anything anything any any- thing we have plenty of other things and a large place to play pla wont keep any factories from coming here About the same saIDe time another community was warned that tha lack of interest in their community shown by so many citizens might prove costly They said Ha Ha What has that to d do with it as long as we have a Chamber of Commerce with plen plenty of money and pull 1 I J f Now I am told told that city No 1 was crossed off the list of s save seven ven n towns selected as possible for a factory with a pay roll of fifty y thousand housand dollars a month due to conditions reported as run ru rundown rundown 1 down seedy and unattractive appearance of the community i in n general A large i industrial concern in the final analysis of two accepted accepted accepted ac ac- towns chose the other in preference to town No 2 because because because be be- cause the report on my desk shows said town had no recreational recreation recreation- al facilities for employees to whom five million dollars would b be s paid annually In this afternoons afternoon's mail there is evidence that because a survey survey survey sur sur- vey of town No 3 showed the population 72 negative civically y the town was refused a donation of which it had asked aske yd d of a a large foundation As long as s citizens of a community refuse to profit by th the e experience of others others others- as long as they wont be told or appreciate appreciate appreciate the telling just that long will those towns stay as the theare they Y are failing to get new business and the business the they y have got to go elsewhere He didn't know the gun was loaded He didn't stop loo look k and listen are famous epitaphs Now as far as many towns town 8 ar are concerned you can add We never ever thought about that 1 oJ Copyright 1929 A. A D. D Stone i. i Reproduction in whole or i In IL part prohibited I i 1 I I. I f 9 f This Town Doctor Article is published by Ty th the Chronicle ronicle Ch r i in n cooperation with the Delta Lions Club I H gUU I |