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Show T II E Page Three JIID VALE SENTINEL Gwynneth Allen and Mrs. Laurel Friday, June 15, 1951 "These Kids of Ours" By P. M. MICKELSEN Director of Pupil Personnel, Jordan School District KIDS AND DESTRUCTION This week I received the following letter: Dear Mr. Mickelsen: As a resident of Midvale, I was chagrined and ashamed to read about the destruction and vandalism in our cemetery. It seems to me our youngsters could be better controlled. Can't the schools and the police do something to prevent these disgraceful doings? Signed M.B.A. Dear Mr. M.B.A.: Surely the schools and police should do their part in discouraging vandalism and I believe both are doing a fine job in this field. After all only a small proportion of our kids resort to vandalism and the great majority must be smeared by the activity of these few. Schools attempt to teach citizenship and decent conduct to their classes. Most students respond, but a few here and there do not, and these are the vandals. The job of the police is to protect property, but it is impossible for them to be everywhere so when damage has been done they must apprehend the offenders and bring them to justice. It seems to me that if we are to defeat vandalism we must develop a different and an earlier approach. I cannot see why, Mr. M.B.A. you feel this to be a problem only for the school and the police. Surely in this as in all behavior problems, the home is the most potent force in developing acceptable standards of conduct. Children who have had a chance to develop normally, who have been properly reared, do not commit vandalism. We must remember that all behavior is caused, that we act the way we do because of the experiences through which we have passed. Man is by nature a destructive animal. The very young child delights in breaking things and has no concept of property rights. He has to be taught to become a social being, capable of living peacefully with others and his code of conduct must be conditioned to consider the other fellow. If a child is properly trained, if he is provided with the right type of experiences, he will grow out of this destructive phase of development and will be able to adjust to society, and to observe its standards of conduct. Most of this is learned by the time the child is six years of age, so the home and the family must set the Nokes. small things must be observed. The child who knows he is loved, who is made to feel his importance, who is permitted to attain in- dependence, will likely grow up emotionally and will cast aside childish ways. Sympathetic underof the standing, condemnation wrong act while at the same time accepting and loving the wrong doer, will do more to reduce vandalism than all the policemen and courts in the land. RIVERTON By Louise Hamilton Tuesday night, June 12, was a big night for the ladies of Riverton 1st ward; that evening they met together without the young men and enjoyed a musical program. in River-toThe supervisors of interall invite and Bluffdale ested in this work to come to the Bluffdale Ward June 15th at 8 p.m. and enjoy the films that will be featured. Daro Hamilton, his wife Vea Jean, and their daughter Raquel are visiting in Riverton on a short furlough after which they will return to Fort Sill, Oklahoma where Daro is stationed with the United States Army. The Riverton 1st and 2nd ward Elders held a party at Glacio Park in Big Cottonwood Canyon Friday, June 8. They enjoyed dancing and a delectable dinner before returning home. The Latter-daSaint Church has invited many of the girls of this town to the Golden Gleaner Tea, June 15th at the Union Building on the University of Utah Campus. These young ladies have learned to enjoy life more fully through the many fields in which they have achieved. Some of those who will be seen at the affair will be Mrs. Betty Peterson, Miss Vay Bills, Mrs. Mary Lou Densley, Miss 4-- n The Riverton Lions Club installation party will be held June 18th. This promises to be a very gala affair. Mr. and Mrs. Hei:hd Egbert after attending the Lions Convention in Vernal, Utah, continued Illinois. their trip to Chicago, While in Illinois they will travel to Urbana, Illinois where they will visit with Dr. and Mrs. Francis Prunty. Summer Recreation announces that the annual Spruces trip is just around the corner. The dates will be June 18th for boys, and June 20th for girls; anyone interested please contact the recreation leaders. It is also announced by the summer recreation that Friday, June the 15th there will bo a Pet Show at 1:00 p.m. All children are urged to attend with their favorite pet. Also featured will be a tournament in Hopscotch and Jump the Rope. Dancing classes will begin Saturday, the 16th, under the direction of Miss Helen Thaxton and Mrs. Mary Lou Densley; anyone interested please contact Miss Helen Thaxton. Mrs. Ivan Frost and her two small children of Ogden visited her family at Riverton on June 5th and 6th. Mr. and Mrs. Max Roach recently took an anniversary trip to Evans-ton- , Wyoming. sight-seein- CreJceht y Lome Allgood, Corres. of g The Chev rolet Motor Division salutes the 2,'0thout the design, company employes used 179 new pas- anniversary of Detroit with an array of the products sender cars to form figures each 210 feet deep and 60 In laying feet across, covering more than 44,000 square feet. which have made the city world-famou- 2C3SG THE lire ofChsmpions four-cours- e C V?k Tush lb tars s U id UimwA j ' Safe Ae fir 1951 RACE ON FIRESTONE Sold at Better Stores Everywhere for $- 3- t i t meJrtT riftWft oS TIRES AT AVERAGE SPEED OF While Pi" s""k and USE the SAFEST tire made! That's why Firestone Tires have been on the winning cars at Indian 10 Never Before Have We Offered Such a Buy . . . 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A dinner was served and a program preing the summer months. Recreation has started at the sented. Over 100 persons attended Crescent center at the Crescent the affair. school. Hours are Monday, Forty percent of all the earth's Wednesday, ; Friday Night meetings for those 14 years coal reserves are in the United and over. Instructions in sports, States, according to Bureau of dancing, crafts and drama are be Mines estimates. pattern. into a more complex development pattern. Or they may be held to such a strict discipline that they never learn to think for themselves. They resent this control and rebel against it. This rebellion might be expressed against society at large by acts of destruction. The sixteen or eighteen year old boy who wantonly destroys property is reacting as a four year old. He has just not grown up. Schools should teach boys and girls to live together and to recognize the rights of others. Good citizenship should be taught and practiced and lived in the classroom. Efforts should be made to bring the pressure of the group against anti social conduct. Our police should utilize all their resources in protecting property and in apprehending offenders, but the home must do its part if we are to curb this evil Constant trail ing in observing the rights of others, meticulous honesty even in ing given. Aileen Fowler, Arlene Mickelsen and Dak Gourley are the leaders. Mr & Mrs Ross Bergerner and daughter, formerly of LaSalie, have been visiting with their parents, Mr & Mrs Francis Nelson in Crescent and with Mr &. Mrs William Bergerner of Salt Lake City. Mr & Mrs Harold Oakeson and son, John, of Crescent, and Mr & Mrs Reuben Spencer of Bluffdale returned recently from a trip to Zion and Bryce parks and Grand Canyon and Cedar Breaks. Wednesday evening the senior a Sunday school class enjoyed at party Municipal swimming swimming pool. Refreshments were served at the C P Ashby home after the swim. Mr & Mrs Elmer Sanders and children returned last week from a trip to Hoover dam, Grand Canyon and Bryce parka. x0 In sacrament meeting Sunday evening, Orson Smith of the Mt Jordan stake high council, of Draper, and Isaac Sorenson of Sandy were the speakers. The Relief Society led by Mrs Grace Johnson, furnished the music. A fireside was held at the Harry Fowler home Sunday evening after church services. Mr & Mrs Wilford Olson and daughter, JoAnn and son, Jay, and Miss Lola Mae Terry have returned from a trip to Claresholm, Can., where they had visited Mr & Mrs A W Miller. The Millers provided their guests with many excursions, including trips to Lake Louise, St. Mary's dam, Cardston, and other points ur Iff mi Ms apolis for 28 consecutive races. Authorities say that 500 miles on the speedway are equal to 50,000 mile of ordinary driving ... 5 years of average service crowded into less than AYz hours. 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