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Diving for Publicity

The Great Gildersleeve · April 23, 1952 · 29 min · 3,975 words

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Leerai, what are you going to finish with that section of the paper? Just a minute, I'm meeting the editorial. You, Leerai? It's an assignment in civics. Oh, school. How about their public officials? Oh? It says, in a poll recently conducted, this new federal was appalled to discover that 75% of the people could not name the mayor of Summerfield.

Well, the mayor to other gurs by no means the most popular of the city officials. Who is? Go on, my boy. Does there anything in there about the water department? I don't see anything here.

Of course they might not mention the water department. The editor is probably sharpshooting at the mayor and some of the more obscure officials. Too bad that none of the other city officials make as good an impression on the public as I did.

I hear something about you, Enquay down at the bottom. That's the bottom? It says, only one person in ten knew the name of the city water commissioner. What? Sure, most unusual, until he realized he couldn't think of it either.

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