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Show THE TOWN DOCTOR " J :: ' "' ! Regardless of what I think, ir-respee'Jvo ir-respee'Jvo of your opinion, there is indisputable proof that no individual, in-dividual, business, industry or community ever got any place doing do-ing the same old thing; in the same old way. We are all humans, subject to our own peculiarities. We object' to change, and most of us detest preaching and dislike being told; yet every one of ius wishes to be iealhy, wealthy and wise. We all get in a rut more or less, and true it is that the only difference 1 between "a rut and the grave is the depth ; and the longer we stay in a rut the deeper it gets. How I readily we discard uhe old and accept ac-cept the proven new depends on how deep we have sunk. Great educators have said that the most difficult undertaking to-day is to get the people to think one goes so far as to say that of every one hundred persons, per-sons, two of them do all the thinking think-ing for the other 98. Maybe that is riifht but, I maintain that you f that you know nolihihg about the only way to know about anything any-thing is to think aboiit it. A cow in a pasture gazes at a speeding ..rail road train, but does not really real-ly see it ; the alarm clock rings in the morning, but. the house cat goes on sleeping j a "crawfish feels nnd a billy goat smells, but because be-cause they never think about it, it doesn't meaa anything. If you could ask them they'd tell you that they did wot se why they yhould be any different. If you have never got down to brass tacks and tried to think out where, you'd. gctanj'ilung put of taking an active part in community com-munity affairs, you don 't know whether or not there is anything in it for you. If you have never offered to do anything along Avith other fellows, you ' don't know whether you'd even get a kick out of it. The oidy way to find out is to try. You don't have to be one of the big toads in the puddle in order to do something. It isn't always money, that counts, nor are days of time away from -work necessary. neces-sary. The big thing is to get right mentally. Think aliout your town as a business your business. busi-ness. Don't holler about it, just think ahout it as you go along doing whatever you do to make a living. , .... . .. The .fellow who never-tries never knows; and he is the fellow who misses the real fun and the good things of life. and 1 will do our share if we are shown and given a reason why we should think, especially about that which affects our fun and our pocket books. ; - . In sixteen years experience I ha ve . iiund - that y oiv are always, willing to listen; and although you do not always act, I lay that to the fact that you have notf been given the proper incentive. It is my further belief that you are Mailing Mai-ling to think about your town and willing to do something for for your town if you are given good and sufficient' proof that doing do-ing either or both will put money in your pocket. You and I all of us have been told by civic groups and through the columns of the papers we read,, hundreds of times, that we should do this, and we should not do something else, all for the vague reason that its good for :Jie community. But if I know you and know my own reactions to such, you are not "sold", on the idea that its to your particular advantage always to practice what ,hey preach. " j You cannot be sold on anything! |