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Show THE TOWN DOCTOR 1 (The Doctor of Tow us) WHAT GOOF) IS A FOCItTII OF JULY CELEHltATION A man recently asked me, "What good is a Fourth ot July celebration to a town?" And ho expressed a question that undoubtedly is in the minds of many, especially those past the age of getting a kick out of any kind ot celebration. II is true that much of the original Intent and purpose of Fourth of July celebrations lias been lost or at least overlooked in modern ways of celebrating. cele-brating. Have you ever stopped to consider how many of those that shoot firecrackers, never stop to consider con-sider -why they are doing it? I have often wondered at the percentage of people who make hurrah' on the Fourth of July that really pause in commemoration of the deed representative represen-tative of the day. Leaving unsail the honor due the day, a Fourth of July celebration has a material value to every community, whether that community com-munity holds a festival or the inhabitants inhab-itants go elsewhere tc spend the day. If your community is going to put on a celebration, pitch in and dc everything go to tho organization committee or whoever is sponsoring It, and offer to do something. Get busy and Invite your friends to join you and yours for the day. Make it an invitation worth while. If you haven't any friends you can induce in-duce to join in the festivities, help pomebody else to entertain their guests or appoint yourself a committee commit-tee of one to do your utmost to help entertain the casual stranger in your midst. Start now on brightening the corner cor-ner where you are. Make your yard, your house, your store, your entire community look clean, bright and attractive; put on your best behavior and your most winning smile, and when the company comes, show them around, introduce them to the place where you live, and 'Sell 'em" on your community. If the fourth of July isn't worth anything else to a community, it (s worth the opportunity it gives you to soli everybody that comes to your town on what a real place it is and that the people in it are real people. If there is no celebration to be held in your own home town, and if you attend a celebration elsewhere, you still have an opportunity to serve well the place where you live. Business Busi-ness goes where it is invited, and stays and comes back to the place where it) is well treated and served best you can not sell people on your community if you do not tell them about your community. Therefore, if you are a guest of those who dwell in some other city, invite them to visit and Uo business with yonr community, communi-ty, tell therm about your community "tell 'em 'till you sell 'em" that your community is a good community in which to live, work, play and prosper. pros-per. But whatever you do, celebrate at home, if home is celebrating. Copyrighted, 1929, A. D. Stone. Reproduction Re-production prohibited in whole or in part1. This Town Doctor Article is published pub-lished by this paper in cooperation with the local Lions Club. |
