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Show IT IS BETTER TO GIVE WAN TORECEIVE" Alton Bohn, Ruler of the Cedar City Elks lodge, left, L. C Mites, Junior high school principal, center, present Miss Helen Petty Pet-ty with new portable typewriter as a preS-l preS-l I A i W TT TT For approximately 400 Cedar City adolescent boys and girls in cooperation with members of the Cedar City Elks lodge, Christmas Christ-mas this year was more giving than receiving. About a month before ChriRt-mas ChriRt-mas the student council of the Cedar City Junior high school composed of representatives of the various home rooms carefully and seriously discussed the real purpose of Christmas and with a sincere desire to do something about It set in motion the machinery ma-chinery that this year changed the general practice of exchanging exchang-ing presents to a plan of giving to those who were less fortunate, fortun-ate, which included the sick and ent for Christmas. School children and Elks club cooperated in buying the tpye writer. Miss Petty lost an arm and leg in automobile accident several weeks ago. t M l AAA the afflicted and others whose prospects weren't too bright for a happy Christmas. The presents ranged all the way from beautiful Christmas cards made by the art classes, candy and clothing, to a brand new typewriter. The general plan called for penny boxes in which the boys and girls were Invited to place their pennies and nickels preferably prefer-ably those that they would otherwise oth-erwise spend selfishly. The contributions came In fast and a substantial sum was raised rais-ed but not sufficient to purchase the many presents that had been planned in the beginning, particularly par-ticularly a new portable type writer for one of the students, Helen Petty, who had been seriously ser-iously handicapped by an accident acci-dent In which she lost a leg and an arm. School officials had been informed that If they could get a typewriter for Miss Petty that the state rehabilitation service would furnish free Instruction by a visiting teacher in typing. On former occasions the school had gone to the Cedar City Elks organization for charity projects and had received 100 per cent backing, and this time after the purpose was explained to the officers of-ficers of the lodge, little time was lost in their Immediate adopUon of a rcsoluUon to cooperate co-operate fully In buying the type- writer for Helen. The Cedar Music Store coop-erated coop-erated generously in making the purchase possible. The result of the entire pro gTam was unusual happiness on the part of the recipients. |