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Show Keep Informed . . . The world is a stage, the people players, and the curtain is about to fall on one of the most troublous scenes. It is one which the fortunate folks of the Sugar House Southeast area have viewed mostly from tfar. To lend to this detachment of distance we have had an abundance of food in great variety. We have been well clothed. We have had work with return for our labors. We have been secure in our homes. Though our own little spot on the stage keeps us busy we cannot overlook the fact that remote national na-tional and international events affect af-fect us as do the storms which, though spawned in the far off reaches of the Gulf of Alaska, inconvenience in-convenience us from time to time. It, is an inconvenience, however, for which we are prepared because we have been informed as to the start and progress of the storm by an efficient and alert weather bureau. We have been, are, and can be prepared because correct information is given to us from those anxious for us to have it. But there is no reliable weather bureau charting the atmospheric vagaries of human affairs which at present are beclouded in a fearsome fear-some smog of uncertain origin and movement. You can be sure of one thing, though, and that is that there are plenty of self-appointed pollsters, statisticians, prognosti-cators, prognosti-cators, columnists, analysts, politicians, poli-ticians, chambers, bureaus, and organizations or-ganizations grinding out brain grist for us all. Thinking for us. Isn't it just about time we did a little thinking for ourselves? The tools of thought are facts, truth. Perhaps it is harder to get the tools with which to think than it is to think. But we believe not. Right here in our own community there are clubs and organizations, particularly among the women, devoted de-voted to ferreting out truth. This is commendable. We urge men to become more active in the same pursuit. The best thing we can do for ourselves in the coming year is to keep informed. That takes no little amount of doing. But the rewards re-wards are tremendously satisfying. And we will know that we have done our share in helping shape events that will set the stage of the world for generations to come. |