Show SPLENDID Lund Utah Oct 14 1924 eo- eo Editor Record Record Record- I want you to know that your article article ar ar- in the Record of Oct lOth The Home nome vs The World was a splendid splendid did write-up write and I appreciate ef ef ef- forts If you can only make the fathers and mothers of Cedar City see lee things as you see them it will do more good t to future generations than all the thet t teaching aching the children receives in the schools and the tho church I You You are right Mr Editor it will take all of ot seventy five missionaries in the field constantly for at least twenty years to overcome the impression impression sion made by the youths of this S Southern Utah town and such things have happened right in the littletown littletown little littletown town of Cedar City Several years ago I was boarding with Aunt Mainie Perry on the main street of Cedar One night or rather one morning four o'clock to be exact exact exact ex ex- act I was awakened by a crowd of boys and girls on the sidewalk in front of the house From the obscene language they were using both sexes Bexes must have been kicked by the white mule And this is not the tho only time that I heard such Buch language while living liv ing in Cedar Wouldn't a strict curfew law be a splendid thing in Cedar City What about it Mr Editor It is within your power to do great things for Cedar You are on the right road just keep traveling not make Cedar a town to point to with pride and an example for other towns to follow Lets Let's teach our children that the words hell damn good hell by god S. S D B. B and a few other idioms which h are used promiscuously by the children in Southern Utah area are obsolete These words may be used unconsciously and without any idea as to their real meaning but that doesn't lessen the tact fact that such Buch language language lan lan- language guage gives the impression that such sucha a person is not possessed of a sufficient sufficient suf suf- vocabulary to express his thoughts I trust Mr Editor that your write- write up will meet with the hearty cooperation cooperation op co which it deserves deserve Yours for a clean town MYRTLE GOFF DOFF COLVIN A |