Official Organ Of the Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas, Founded 1897. HUMANITY
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VOLUME 56 — NO. 50
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DECEMBER 11, 1.968
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK December: Good Insurance Month. Americans buy more life insurance during December than in any other month. Why? The Christmas spirit? New Year's resolutions? A precise reason is not known, but it is fact that the December flurry of buying happens just about every year, according to the Institute of Life a
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Last year, Americans bought an unusually large amount of life insurance in December _-- more than $24 billion --- twice the amount that was purchased during March — the second biggest month. Probably the biggest psychological reason for large life insurance purchases during this month is the desire of people to get their personal finances in good order, at the year's end. ThatC(..irtain Something. We have all, at ne time or another, observed that ; people easily win the admiral' and good will, not only their c • :;criers and superiors, but also of employees, their setvants, their repairmen, barbers, waiters, shoeshne boy, taxicab drivers, and relatives. They don't do it with tips, word — cornOimen is, handouts, permissiveness and lax discipline, but L; , .1.9
THOUGHTS . . Just as muscles grow soft from lack of use, so do the qualities of responsibility, self-reliance and love of country be-come dormant when there is not something to arouse them. There really is no excuse for people to let prosperity hurt them. When it does it is the fault of people, not of prosperity. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram • • No present is worth having unless the giver would rather have kept it for himself. rather by fairness, simple courtesy, justice, and a sense of fitness. It is that certain something that might be termed graciousness which is the outward manifestation of a fine person with a good heart. Like the sun, such a person sheds light around him every day of the year, The Most Important Job. In a business institution there is no such thing as the most important job. There may be the highest paid job, the easiest job, or the most responsible job, but the moment you try to put your finger on the most important job you are in trouble. Whatever any of us happens to be
doing may at any time become the most important job in its final bearing on the finished product. At some time every day, the good name of the company is in the hands of even the lowest paid member of the organization. None of us can afford to slight a single detail Of our work, for just the moment we do, that detail becomes the most important job. Winter Is a Hazardous Time. Winter is the season to pay special attention to your health, says the Institute of Life Insurance. Deaths in the nation run at least 10 per cent higher in winter months than during the summer. The rise is clue primarily to heart conditions and other circul .r 2,'y ail-luenza ments, and to pneumonia. Illand other respiratory loll in nesses that take a higher .' .•yrs of winter also include, chat* . 'osis of the stomach and duodenum, l • the liver and others. ' least The institute estimates '70,00.0 more Americans will this December, January, February, and March than died, during June, July, August, and September. Deaths during the coming fourmonth period may total 650,000. Over half of the winter increase is