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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
There is an article in the Feb
ruary issue of Nation's Business
which is well worth reading. It
begins with something that ev
eryone hears every time a per
son goes to town, and runs
something like this:
“Now what this town needs
is . .
“The trouble with this town
is . . ”
“We’re never going to get any
where with this town until . .
And in Seward, let me add a
few more beginning such as:
“Well that so-and-so that calls
himself mayor . .
“If that lousy city council
would just . .
“Why don’t they. . .?”
“Why did they do this ... or
that . . .”
Of oourse there are always
the chronic complainers. They
. are with us like the poor. But
usually such preface is followed
by a statement or suggestion that
is constructive and useful. The
only thing is that the person who
offers the suggestion or criti
cism whichever it may be, stops
there. He wants something done,
1 but leaves it to the hard work
ing few to plan and carry
through, sometimes against great
odds, the improvements he has
suggested.
A number of communities in
the States have worked out a
plan of joint enterprise, with
private industry, business asso
ciations, Chambers of Com
merce and government agen
cies working together to build
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better home towns, and call it
by various names, but Commu
nity Development Clinic Pro
gram seems to be the favorite.
Several towns in Arkansas
have done wonders through the
concerted efforts of this pro
gram. Instead of leaving all the
I planning, all the sweating out of
details of finance, all the leg
work and all the worry and re
sponsibility upon the shoulders
of the half dozen or so in the
Common Council or governing
body, these people have dis
cussed the possibilities for im
provement, have contacted the
persons who suggest definite
items, and put up some such
proposition to them as this:
“Now, look here, this is your
idea, we have talked it over and
find it good. How much are YOU
willing to do* toward bringing it
about?-’
In a short time everybody was
working together to the better
ment of the town, and the old
business of letting the other fel-i
low do it, and of standing by to
complain or criticize was done
away with. Sometimes it called
for actual work crews of volun
teers in the beautifying of the
! towns. Sometimes it was a mat
! ter of secretarial or paper work,
of contact work where it was!
necessary to get financial assist
ance from Federal or State
agencies.
In spite of the rosy picture
painted in Nation’s Business, I
cannot believe that so much was
accomplished without some ar
gument or dissention, there
never was a bunch of Americans
who could get along without it.
What must have happened, how
ever, was that the arguments
were settled amicably. One fel
low didn’t get mad and quit be
cause the rest didn’t see things
his way. Another was not al
lowed to dictate the entire pol
icy. In other words, they had
first to learn to make conces
sions. They had to learn that
John Doe could punch Joe Doaks
in the nose if they kept their
private quarrel to themselves,
but they must not let it inter
fere with the good of the gen
eral program. Each of them was
a good fellow, a good worker
and good for the town, so they
were necessary to the job. They
had to put away private differ
ences and work together for
the betterment of the communi
ty where everybody benefits in
cluding the original quarrelsome
pair. They had to cooperate, to
unite. It was concerted effort
that brought about the wonder
ful improvements that came to
the attention of a famous maga
zine.
The Seward Chamber of Com
merce notified the Council of
the interest of that body Mon
day night, which was cheering
news to the Council, and it may
prove to be the first move in
a chain of cooperation and ac
tive interest that can amount
to the same sort of community
clinic as those that have done
so much for other towns.
Clarence Darrow was once
asked to give his definition of
a smart man.
“A smart man,” he replied,
“is a fellow who hasn’t let. a
woman pin anything on him!
since he was a baby.” <
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Library Hours
Mon. and Wed.—3 to 5 p.m.
Tues., Sat.—3-5 and 7-9 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 21
REGISTERED NURSES
Thursday, Feb. 23
W.S.C.S.
WELL BABY Conference, 2-4
p.m., Methodist Church.
Friday, Feb. 24
LIONS CLUB
Saturday, Feb. 25
BAKE SALE. 1 p.m. at Seward
Trading Co. store. Lutheran
Ladies Aid.
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EASTERN STAR
Tuesday, Feb. 28
JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Saturday, Anril 8
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I wish to congratulate Mr. Jack
Jordan, Supt. of the Seward Elec
tric System, for his diligent efforts
the past two years to organize the
employees of the Seward Electric
System into .joining the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, which was completed with
officials of Local 1597 of Anchorage
Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18, at the
City Plant.
(Signed) Frank E. Brooks
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