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Show BB MOST PEOPLE, THE WORLD OVER, HE! LIEVE IN THE HOME TOWN. H "Be it over no humble" there is no plncc like B tho home town. A youth, leaving the burg H where ho wan born, ever looks with longing eyes H toward It. Ho mny ndvnnco in the world until B he lives in n pnlncc, but the plncc of his birth will Bfl never censo to hnvo its chnrms. He is interested IB in tho pcoplo nnd his old chums there, nnd ten to jH But those who rcmnin or those who come Inter K to swell its ranks cultivnto n present community B interest that is even more important thnn the jB absent treatment of tho man in the city. They must take n pride in the town, must be zcnlous jR f ,tfl ndvnnccmcnt nnd must guide It in growth H like n good parent will guido Its child. BR This intensified home town interest is working IBK wonders for American towns, which were be- BB 1 loved to bo on the downgrade less thnn ten years ,B ngo. People hnvo been educated to build up the jftH town, instend of deprecating It nnd looking for jBH tho first opportunity to get out of it when some- IB thing wns not to their liking. lH People have been taught to make efforts to H beautify it personal efforts that combined B mnkes quite iih likely n showing ns municipal cf- NK forts. People have been educated to spend their (BK money at home, so that the town may grow in H business, prosperity Hint is ulllmntcly reflected jB to the buyers who keep the stores busy. B People hnvo been taught to believe in their SH homo towns, instend of soma dlstnnt plncc. Tho jB result is that ninny thousands of homo towns AH throughout the nation are prospering. Land VH about them is growing in vnlue. The pcoplo in H nnd about them arc happier. jH Yes, community interest looks like 20 per cent. |