Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-20
CDUNTRY'S HEART in
own COMMUNITY
Merchants of Our Town Aid in Rails
ing Funds to Win World War
Quickly
MANY SACRIFICES MADE

Every community in this country
has gone through a new birth as a
result of the demands for service, vi
roqua with the rest The war was
the worker of this modern miracle
Young men responded to the call to
cross the seas as fighters, and the
young women followed them as nurses
while their elders, on account of their
age or on account of obligations of
dependence and other causes, remain
ed behind to"keep the home fires burn
ing" Viroqua with the res of the
world, is singing the praises of the
fermer as the heroes who kept the
torch of civilization flaming when a
barbarian horde threatened to exiting
uish it, but not much has been said
yet for these other heroes and hero
ines who did so much to sustain the
front line of defense by knitting to-
gether the peoples in each community
In a closer bond of brotherhood.
1t is the latter who are pointing the
way for the new awakening in Viro-
qua which is enlisting to effort of our
leading business men.
GOLDEN RULE HOLDS
DO unto others as you would have
others do unto you" is the foundation
upon which this community was first
built. Nothing less than the Golden
hule could be relied on for the CO.
operation necessary for the founding
OF a new town. Our pioneers each
dedicated themselves on the altar of
service, or Viroqua would never have
lasted to this day.
The settlement that marked the be-
ginnings of this thriving city could
not have survived a week but for the
spirit OF helpfulness to others that
actuated those who founded it. Even
with this determination on the part
OF our pioneers it was difficult to keep
the small hamlet from disappearing
from the face of the wilderness. Had
this been lacking, nothing could have
saved it. The rigOr of hard conditions
imposed upon Viroqua in its early
days kept this spirit alive. Every
body helped everybody else at seeding
time, at harvest time and at threshing
time. There were logging bees, and
raising bees, and shingling bees
When a neighbor fell sick, there was
Always some warn-hearted woman
from the next croSs-road 20 come in
and nurse him to health again. The
men got together and built the church
for the old folks to congregate at on
Sundays, and likewise they built the |
nttie schoolhouse on the hill where
tfelr boys and girls were trained in |
Fne Tudiments Of American citizenship. |
g. rIhe heart Of this great big country
OF our pulses are in every one of our |
little towns.
CITY is A MELTING POT
Our big cities are the melting pot,
and the problem of absorbing into
the body polite the foreign elements
coming to our shores often bring on
throes in our national life that are
nothing short of political, economic
and industrial indigestion. Frequent
ly there are elements which cannot be
absorbed, and then they must be ex-
PEELED; deportation, such as we have
had recently, was the only means of
relief.
None of these upheavals find their
way to our smaller towns and cities.
Here the development Of American
ideals and American institutions pro-
ceeds along the lines laid down by
Washington, and Jefferson, and Lin
coin.
AIDED IN RAISING FUNDS
II there was danger that we might
depart from this path, as a result of
the easy prosperity that came TO all
the nation from the unprecedented de-
veiopment preceding the war, the ne
eessities of wartime cooperation
brought us back to it, The individual
again became submerged in the COM
munity. His selfish demands had to
give way before the needs of others.
Red Gross funds had to be raised.
Liberty Loan quotas met and the be-
aE h e.
Iion complied with. Often it was hard
for the individual to do what was ask
ed of him, but there was the COM
remained but to combine and bring
the community "over the top"
Lack of space forbids going into
greater detail, but these brief refer
ences will suffice to bring the point
home, to readers of this newspaper who
are now brushing these lessons aside
and patronizing others than home
town business men.
The Viroqua merchants have been
trained to community leadership. Their
money is invested here, and they are
vitality interested in the community's
present and future 1t is their home,
consequently they will make every sac
rlfice for its continued progress.
WHERE CREDIT is DUE
II was natural for them and other
public-spirited citizens to take the
lead in all the war drives" demand
ed of Viroqua. The favorable re-
nown that came to the community re-
fleets commentator upon you as well
as the rest, but the credit ought to be
placed where it belongs.
To stop working for the community
low is to let the splendid edifice that
las been built up crumble and collapse
t means ignoring the big lesson that
las been taught by the war. Spend
our money in the community in which
GU earn il. You help yourself by
elping your home city. Buy from
our local merchants.
Next week we will talk to you about
ne actual dollar-and- saving that
MS means TO you.
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yiocnuS;r Masntasns ( 90 Z.