'PUNCTUATITY

l|i A deadly sin on the part of a business man is lack of :, punctuality.

t, Being punctual in all business affairs is being relidble. l''And vice versa.

The man who does not keep his appointments on time, ;'i or is careless in the keeping of his engagenr,ents, steals the ii other fellow's time.

I A man's th'inking may usually be judged by his actions.

''The man who shows indifference regarding the rights of iF .others is guilty of wrong thinking. Time is money. So, when -you steal the other fellow's time, you touch h,is purse.

Of course, the average man, who is habitually late for his

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engagements, does not look at it that way. He wouldn't steal anything from anybody. But it's a fact just the same.

Punctuality brings its own reward. It eliminates the necessity for making excus€s. It is one of the chief elements in business success because the fellow who is always on time, or just ahead of the appointed hour, is likely to get many breaks. And he should.

And there can be no doubt that the man on the other end of the business engagement holds a higher opinion of the punctual man than of the late sort. And good will is always valuable.

One of the greatest advocates of punctuality in American history was George Washington. When he invited a guest to his home for dinner and the guest arrived late, he found George and his family already seated and dining. And George said to him pointedly: "My cook does not ask if the guest has arrived, but if the hour has."

Ooklond Hoo-Hoo Trek to Reno April | 5

Ralph Hill, Hill Lumber & Hardware Co., Albany, announces that reservations are now being accepted for the Oakland Hoo-Hoo club's annual Reno junket, Monday evening, April 15. Tickets are only $20 each and may be obtained from either Entertainment Chairman Hill or from the club's secretary-treasurer, Ev Lewis, at Gamerston & Green Lumber Company in Oakland.

Club 39 has chartered a 40-passenger Convair from Transocean Air Lines for the oc'casion. The night flight is scheduled to depart from Oakland Airport at approximately 6 p.m. Monday and return to Oakland early Tuesday.

Each $20 ticket entitles the holder to cab transportation between downtown Reno and the airport, the Reno-Oakland round-trip flight, free cocktails at Reno's Mapes hotel, admittance to an all-star floor show at the Mapes, a.nd an excellent dinner served in the hotel's main dining room.

Armstrong Solesmen Shifted

.Reassignments among the sales representatives of the Building Products division of the Armstrong Cork Company include Wendell R. Doolittle III, of the Denver district office, assigned to the Phoenix, Ariz., area, and William A. Mixon. San Francisco district office. to the Sacramento area.

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