Show the editor comments ARE WE ALIVE OR DEAD I 1 in most communities the life of a town ri or city is judged by the activity of its civic organization and lousiness business men using this guage how would you class Blonic ello As far as the ac tivies of certain members of tile the civic organization are concerned we think the undertaker should be on his way live leaders and rm members abers of such organization are on oil their toes all al the time to see that their community is represented especially when certain apeci specific f I 1 ic clies ces are envied in vied at every gathering that will give them thein an opportunity port unity to advertise their home town to capacity thereby is that town or city recognized respected and looked upon as an up and coming coining 10 logicality loica lity those who fail in such representation who straggle and from which but one or two attend such function the respect and consideration dwindles away to nothingness until they are ignored by their neighbors entirely and re ferrell d to as hasteen communities in which class does docs monticello wish to be placed if a man is interested in the up building of the community in which he lives arrives in such a community and strives his best to wake them up and build prosperity he meets with this his lack of responsibility and life combined with shiftlessness that gags and throttles and disappoints him at every turn until it either breaks him down to the worthlessness of the surrounding rounding sui element or causes him to go where there still exists an opportunity to use his erier energies gies for the good ot of his community upon a certain day this week there man were specifically invited to attend one of the largest affairs in this section as ol of monticello cc 0 and the civic club the three accepted the day came one had a broken down truck in a neighboring town and was unable to arrive home in time to make the trip the other two were both prepared one having transportation tation the other dependent on his fellow citizens for a means of party having the transportation por tation apparently appa renly without letting the second party know he was leaving tea ving although knowing that he expected to travel with him departed early in the day leaving the third member out of transportation and giving our community but one delegate where there were supposed to be at least three specifically specific lly designated to be present do you readers think that such a procedure will build up the reputation of our town and the respect of our neighbors for monticello or will it cause them to hang the crape on our name and forget us do you choose to be live wires or cr to b be e known as has beens if 11 the latter is the case let this be a warning that your editor does not intend to die with you |