fall has come to milwaukee the city where richard anderson live a city neither small nor large simply a normal community where people live together work together and do things for each other this before richard has to get up for breakfast but while most people are still asleep many are at work doing things for other people things which mean a great deal to the others including richard himself while richard sleep the man at the dairy are filling bottles with fresh milk and long before daybreak richard milkman picks up the milk and delivers it to the anderson home in time for them all night long the bakers have been baking the bread long before stores and schools open trucks are bringing food for richards dinner into town a mere farm some distant place and from a refrigerated truck the butcher is already unloading make some of it will be on richard's table today or tomorrow yes richard's community is always at work all night long and the telephone building  man keep checking gauges so that richard or anyone else can be sure to get water at any time at the power plant nearby engineers keep watch all through the night so that there will be electricity whenever richard or others ne at the post office men work all night sorting out the mail for each mailman so that the letters will be in the right place one records mailman comes to work in the morning throughout much of the night at the newspaper office men and women w just before daylight the first man checks the first copies as the newspapers roll off the great other man bundles of papers and still others deliver them to newsstands counters and homes all over which it's a getting up time is coming closer than it was boy is already writing down the street and delivering the paper to richard's old money for richard the day is just beginning for richard and for most of the other people at mil every morning on his way to richard sees the people of his community going about their job people like the lion man whose job it is to keep the electric lions in milwaukee in good repair richard has really never stopped to think how people of his city depend on each other take this grocery store his mother shops here and he often comes to buy things for mr schorr but he has never thought about the city would be like without a grocery store what if there were no shoe stores in his community or no furniture stores it's easy to see that the people who work in stores in the city are doing important work for the  community needs many kinds of people doing many kinds of work there must be ways for people to go from one part of town to another some go by taxi some walk of course many go on their own car of course there are bigger buses a boat in many parts of the country they stop a millwood to and there is a real road station where trains come in and go to other cities in town trains which carry people right trucks carry mail to the post office from the states which are from the helicopter field helicopters bring mail to millwood from nearby suburbs in towns they need little space to land on that's why they are good for carrying mail helicopters hop from the large airport to a lot near the post office they bring mail and take away mails to and from towns nearby and back again to the city or for its long delayed lift the helicopter right airplanes need larger airports and helicopters that's why the world is on the city's outskirts many people come to richard's city each day and many leave it by airplanes although richard has never thought about it he too has an important job in his community the job of going to school so that he can learn some of the things which will make him a good citizen when he is ready to take his place in the community no matter  does to earn his living many people in the community depend on him and he in turn depends on many other people people who work in factories making goods for the stores to sell people who work in offices writing letters are keeping books some of the people are question and some a professional people such as doctors and lawyers some are still working many are housewives whose jobs are to manage their homes and take care of their children whatever a person does helps in little ways or in big ways to make his community a good place to live in the city hall people at work for the city itself the mayor was chosen by the citizens to run the city government with all its depok such as the police departments policemen to help make the community a safe place to live in they direct traffic so the autos will move quickly and safely it is their job to see that people obey the laws of the city even though the people have made these laws for their own safety at times they have to be made to obey the law the fire department is part of the city government the firemen are government hires men to build bridges and to repair streets and sidewalks whenever it is necessary streetlights make millward safer at night and there are men whose job it is to keep these lights burning the city government also helps protect the people's health it hires man to keep close watch over the city water supply to make sure that the water is pure man of the health department inspector places where food is handled to see that they are will look clean and ordered the city also provides playgrounds for children with special equipment like parks and playgrounds are only one way in which the people of the community find enjoyment and recreation there are other ways to tennis courts a popular on sunny day and when it gets colder there is the recreation center here he goes to sunday school there are other churches and town for people to worship in ways different from richard speck millwood has a radio and television station the programs come from this building they are the men and women who act in these programs some men operate the big television camera others control the pictures as they go out over there they see to it that richard gets the right program at the right time he often watches television at home the programs are fun and sometimes he learns a great deal from them then there are the movies the andersons go off into the neighborhood one evening every week richard father go bowling he belongs to a bowling league with some of his friends that's his favorite evening recreation bread what richard will eat tomorrow there's milk to be processed milk which richard will bring tomorrow there's a newspaper to be printed for people to read in the morning and electricity to be made and water to be pumped and filled and telephone calls to be put through the day and night to work in which is community goes on day after day night after night people working for each other depending on each other all of them