Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-15
"INQUIRING REPORTER" GETS
VIEWS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS

SATURDAY., with all the gdd,
pleasure seekers out ~ :"wn, the
'Inquiring Reporter decided 10 ven
'ture into the reaims of psvehoan-
alysis while interviewing the phil.
osophers and heroes who had the
courage to remain in over the week
end. So she chose:
What trait Of character do you
most admire In people?''
as the subject for Mondays col
umn.
that | admire in people sad Mrs
]. II. Creed, comanager with her
husband of the A. B. c. Root Beer
Stand, hut | think | admire energy
and ambition as much as any.
can admire hard working man, no
matter how toll hardened his hand,
or how rough his clothes, more than
! | can "a soft, carefully manicured
person who looks as though he nev.
er did day : work in his life and
never wanted to. In woman
think | admire the home loving in
stinet most. IN proud and happy
to be in business with my husband,
. but when circumstances permit ]
think the ideal life is where the hus-
band works and the wife makes
home-then their evenings and Sun
days together are something 10 look
forward to.
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Nick Potter, who SAYS he g let
tuce and cantaloupe raiser, sand he
liked square shooter more than
any other type of person.
"While you re talking about ad-
miring things he said" d ad-
nire to realize something off my
honey dew crop more than anything
else-but If YOU re coming your
admiration- to traits of character
IN say square shooting If
everybody in business would shoot
square with their associates we'd
all be better off.
A. F. Meyers, of the county as
SCISSOR s office smiled jovially.
"That S something that needs
some thought he said :Thare
aIe whole lot of characteristics
tnat deserve admiration. There's
telling the truth, and being kind to
dumb animals and paying your
debts-and admire all of them,
but | think | admire a sense of
humor more than anything else. 1t 8
"a dispenser OF trouble, and trouble
is what is most apt to develop the
unlovely traits in one character
A person with u sense or humor
makes things easy for himself and
for everybody he comes in contact
with
4
Massey Horton was busily look
inC after the wants of his customers
in the Valley Drug store. During a
lLll he smilingly submitted to being
interviewed.
"There are a lot of things about
almost everybody to admire he
declared, "but | guess the one word
Personality viii cover the most
admirable. ii a person has person
ality he can get by almost any
where.
, Il
! Jack Singer was standing in front
of the Branch Army 4 Navy Store
either contemplating the peaceful
! Saturday afternoon street scene or
communing with his soul, he didn t
say which He welcomed the reporter
and declared himself ready and
willing to tackle any question she
might ask. What trait of charact-
g, do ! most admiref 80 he repeated.
"I'l tell you. l admire slow think
ers. They never regret what they
do afterwards. In all my studies of
salesmanship | have found that the
person who is slow to make up his
mind turns out TO be the most salts
fled customer in the long run. And
i, | think that applies to other things
besides business. / have also found
OUT" he added, "that dark com
plected people are more apt to think