"HEAR YEE!, HEAR YEE!."

"Town Crier," would walk to every corner of the town, ringing a bell until the crowd gathered around him, then he would yell out, - "HEAR YEE!, HEAR YEE!."  Then he would present his message in a singing tone. He was known as the "Messenger."

Since the people in the villages didn't have radios, the community hired a messenger. He would get the message from the community City Hall. He had a drum and went from corner to corner in the village. He would drum for a few minutes to give the citizens the chance to come out to the street and listen to the news being delivered by the drummer. He delivered his message in a shouting singing tone. The message being delivered, concerned the local people, whenever community work had to be done, on a volunteer basis. The man was known as the Town Drummer, or "Der Trommler." He should be called the "Town's Singer" instead of the "Town Crier." It would be hard to cry on every corner.