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Show .','; " of HI' s :BOOK, t1tah Federation OUR 1937-38, 1938-39 (rol1oW8 page 10) By anning "The time has come, the' Walrus said" To talk of many things,. Of ships and shoes, and se.Ung wax, \ !'a . :Buiness" ana.;'Pro:re_iol.,:fom_ TOWN!S BUSINESS Alice L. I'd, And eab,bages and lident U P. kings". 'Ia! . a"Ulens,Bine!!I! And I am sure that Through the Looking Glass disclosed no more weird and u tsua.l things than we can find today in our topsy-turvy world. Some of our Vest uonY1Ilsent day politicians , , the March Hare were cou ld no more all ts of ways all the time. SPecial , Jrycng ) Queen a thing or two, show the White unreal than what and the an t i c e . in all s going on around us apparently ave rybody+s business, and as you know, 1S t"tlerein being nobody 'd· s business, an DIgs e business We even' the all know that most unimportant left to run i tself o.not be left without some guidance, and certainly not one of the largest EU1d 38&ssion!st far reaching bus i ne s s activities in the coun t ry , that of government. We busy ourselves learning about our town's business and taking an active ve Wom Illlen "Our Town's Bus i ne as" , fOl ol 'ingre ;e/!Oul d oremllo!lt iog C!al , rt r 0811'8 lfil , is everybody's business winds up t is a1 I . m 1 tS . af'f aa a.i r s cw. , , " leading ci t.Lzens of our t.own , say the chief poli t i c i an , the pr Inc L> the banker, big manufacturer, Ehe greatest property owner, most' popular or even ',i ts worst gossip, the our town is only the backgr-ound s;)rmb?l it wer-o of us and our our our our , ability in exceptm', magnificience, greatness, powor It is simply a r of'Loc t Lon , so '1;10 th ink !I exectiratever paths our amb t tion leads us. Ibto' us and our glory, and wi thout us it would not be worth mentioning. P)OIm{1 If are ve ' an;;:J\eI.1Cher, , , Idelg!tlMl . lot mOIl If Vie are at tho dsandli IUlsi,orl!11e other end that we other end of the are be Low scale, socially and mat.er-Le.L'ly any particular standards of honor or so fui" at decency, , rsinanf(IJQd are IIBig Shots" in that wor-Ld it is only a hang-out, or a hiding place, or :e w:' conter of operations for "Our Gang", and unless there is oppor-tun i ty for graft plenty of it in connection with the t.own in some manner, VIe feel no inter , ni:,tt1d "t in it. , isionof iofem, Du: Fortunately the great majority of us of the.good, honest, industrious, dependable, reasonably law-abiding, certainly we Lf -moan lng ci tizens, occupy :c:mlposi ;.9.irly tion that is somewher-e , midway in that scale.. We are not so sure of ourquite sure that our t own is the best little i town in the State. t own is our home, vrher e we live, happily or Our big sam\ as the, case may be, depending in large measure upon our environmont c:"nd lsposi tions; our place of business whore we earn our dailY bread, and of' ter, that lI'omf others; pretty generally wher-e our education has been acquired from our first of the physical world around us to 'whatever limi ted knowledge 1i18 or n:y have, of the groat wide universo wi th its diverse and complex aff:;l.irs; wher-e Y d.I our lives, vdth all their joys and sorrows, are lived as on 0. stage until jawre go to that long last sleep and lie quietly and. at pence in the bosom of mother ilruiM nanufarlml personal importance, but are roc:ho.Ppily, IbJW:onsCiousness Iscritlarth in nea uonJil our town. ' "Our Tovm' s Businessrt, a short 2l1d simple title. but within it nro so many things. As a business it1 it being handled wi th efficiency and economy. Jhllt is it doing for the education, hoalth &d happinss of its citizens. HO\1 ell is it being administered as a going concern. What 'is its financial cond.Lt i on urely all these are pertinent questions. any sens? In a'more porsonnl what is our relation to our town, and what do'ue do for and of becauso it. Are we fulfillipg what our town expects of us it, and if not, why not. Arc we receiving f r om our town all that we arc onti Or tho.t \70 think Y/e arc entitled to,- and thore is sometimes tled a to ' wide gnp be tween , |
