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Show :iss Boyer Writes Fine Letter of Missionary Experiences in East t ' rmcr Clerk at High School Tells of Her ' Travels and Activities as j Mormon Missionary. , 42 Foster Street, 3 New Bedford, Mass. I November 3, 1928. I Mr. Knudsen: 1 I '.c been thinking for some That I would write you, but ' rk keeps me very busy. To- : . a rainy day, however, and I 'decided to do some long-de- corresponding. i as very gratifying to me to of ome of the activities of the 0f which your wrote. Some 'frientt of mine sent me a ' of the Red and Blue. I be-I be-I found more pleasure m it than anything that has ,ened since I let home, over monhs ago. i -ncd To Baltimore ;e I first came east I was ied to labor at Baltimore, Md. 5 u not there long when I re- ! 4 word to go to Boston. It i my very good fortune to take p by motor from Baltimore to Ha, N. Y. I was at Palmy-9 Palmy-9 or W annual Twenty-fourth of i celebration. There I viewed i . f Irenes which are con- art there at that time. But what W'erc there showed that wonderful skill and technique which our beloved be-loved friend has acquired. I saw the model of a splendid piece of work which has just now been unveiled un-veiled in Brookline, called "The Spirit of Life." Mr. Dallin asked me to send his best wishes to the "folks in Springvilie." Leaves Boston I left Boston three weeks ago, and since that time have been in New Bewford, a city about the size of. Salt Lake. Last Wednesday it was my good fortune to have another interesting trip, to Plymouth, which is situated situat-ed about forty miles from this city. The ride took us out through colorful col-orful woodlands on Cape Cod and along the coast by the great Atlantic Atlan-tic ocean itself. On a hill overlooking over-looking the country for miles and the bay, too, is a splendid monument monu-ment which has recently been erected to our forefathers. We saw Plymouth Rock, where the Pilgrims Pil-grims first set foot on American soil, and visited the old burial ground where Governor Bradford, William Brewster. Miles Standish and other historic characters are buried. All these experiences bring to me the reality of the fact that this is a choice land and that it has cost our anceseors precious blood and energy to give it to us for our inheritance. in-heritance. May we never desecrate dese-crate the land for which they toiled so valiantly! No, this is not a patriotic speech but just my sentiments. I have recalled many times the pleasant associations of school life. My heart is with the school and studentlbady, and I wish them a very successful year in all their activities. I am always interested in the news of the school, as well as the town, . A Loyal Booster for S. H. S., THELMA BOYER. ;d with early history of the ved Niagara 4n I went to Niagara Falls to ' i that masterpiece of nature's i iiwork. That night I slept in i ida about two blocks from the ' j. within hearing distance of continuous roar of that gigan-3ass gigan-3ass of falling water. The full j added its touch to the almost :t scene. Colored lights were td on the water, giving to the y all the beautiful shades of rainbow, while we stood with coats on to protect us from r, moisture. li "to next morrning we drove g the Niagara river twenty-two :s to Buffalo and crossed the ly-erected and splendid piece of .ineering called the Peace national Trip rortune was still turning the el. for I then met some friends Rochester who were going :ight to Boston, and who asked S to ride with them. The trip ! an education to me in many J s. The vegetation here in the Is somwhat different than our i, as it is much more luxuriant, re are many types of trees. Jbs and vines, which, of course, not grow in our section of the ntry. Instead of being sur-nded,by sur-nded,by rocky mountains, one y travel many hours and not a mountain only rolling hills. t Street Meeting arrived in the verv intprestinir 7 of Boston on Aug. 2, and was mediately taken with a group of Nonaries to a street meeting. heard of them many times, now I was to take part in one the first time in my life. One ;st experience the feeling to r,w just what it is it beggars de-iption. de-iption. Street meetings soon be-w be-w a part of almost every day's Cities. I think the most diffi-'t diffi-'t place to attempt to talk relig-1 relig-1 is in the very shadows of the of one of a nation's greatest ".iversities Harvard. Wfed At education of some of its stu-t stu-t its seems not to be well-rounded L -ill phases, for there were those , " delighted in standing by at t r nieetings, in dulging in scoffs t "d mockery. stay in Boston afforded me opportunities for seeing a few the scenes of early American 'lory. One day we went to Lex-fc'ort Lex-fc'ort and Concord, going over the ry route traversed by Paul Re-r Re-r in his famous ride. At Con-' Con-' rd we saw the place where the battle of the Revolutionary ar was fought. We also visited ifepy-Hollow cemetery. It it had cri dark and wo had used our "filiations, we would probably lve seen the Headless Hoseman 1 Onr nf Kl :..U11,. unkor Hill, the Old South Church j nd the Old State House are inter-1,1 inter-1,1 m? reminders of past history. Boing In Boston, as well as in 'mc other large cities, gives one greater appreciation of wide reets which are laid out by the ""pass. When Boston was being JI't it seems apparent that streets fre not given very much thought. ,;owever, streets are not the only nnues of travel, as there is a very n subway system, which furnish-a furnish-a rapid means of transportation, -fcvated railways also take care ' nmch of the ceaseless traffic. 1,SM Dallins A very splendid feature of my in Boston was the fact that ' Vsited the home of Cyrus E. Dal, OUR sculptor for he is proud " his childhood home. I was J'n every courtesy while at the ,71!n home. Mr. Dallin's studio a source of delight to me, ' 0ugh it had not many pieces' of |