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Show "OUR BEST" j 'If there is anything virtuous, lovely, of good report, or praiseworthy, we seek after these things." j YOU TELL ME: Thanks for the two anonymous letters nominating outstanding clt- i izens for "our best" award. They 1 will receive recognition later. And to clarify a point: I don't select the individuals as being the best. It is your cards, telephone calls and letters which nominate these friends and neighbors of yours as being worthy of this public recognition. To receive "Our Best" award a person need not be in the public eye. I should like to call attention to those kindly, genuine people who ire forever doing the quiet unassuming unas-suming good - neighborly services which win no public acclaim: and all too often very little thanks from us. It is true that all of us have our mortcomlngs and faults, I have more than your share. Therefore, it Is possible that you might know o mistakes which some of our best' citizens have made. Please don't be hasty to recall unpleasantrles and speak ill cf the person of the week. It is my sincere wish that thL broadcast and column, can help us all, In some small measure, to see the best In people, and forgive their mistakes. Surely In our own faults we require the forgiveness of others. 'Past citizens of the week have Informed In-formed me that many friends have written and called their appreciation apprecia-tion to them. This is surely- pleasing. pleas-ing. Your personal, sincere expres sion of thanks mean more thai general public attention. Keep up this remembrance of them. It Is good. - - Is it Just too much effort for most of us (or perhaps, more truthfully), easy to put off until it is forgotten? RADIO: "Let's Pretend" Is a call for younger folk and those who are young in imagination to enjoy the classic Fairy Tales which afford af-ford a rich heritage. This is a day when radios' policy seems to be very little for the little people ' "Let's Pretend" stands as a pioneer pion-eer in opening the field of wholesome whole-some children's entertainment. Help your children form the Saturday morning listening habit by listening with them to "Let's Pretend" over KSUB. MOVIES: "Road to Rio" was Bing and Bob at their slap-stick vaudeville 'best good light entertanlment. Sinclair Lewis gained fame as the author of fArrowsmlth", and "Malnstreet". He also wrote "Cass Tlmberlane", which was a soap op era in book form. Hollywood now proclaims that this re-written, with I the help of stars Spencer Tracy and j Lana Turner, has made a hit pro-1 ductlon. It is billed here as Hie top picture of the month. I j By the way, the reason "Henry I IT will not play in Cedar City Is: They want $1.89 general admission. I RECORDS: "Brahm's Hungarian Dances" I 10-lnch album Is acclaimed one of the best. It Is Hungarian music through and through. Dances No I, 2, 7, 8, 9. and IT are featured In this top-quality album. Listen to it. If you like it as much as I do you'll j take It home to live with. j MAGAZINES: I j Again the March Issue of Om j nlbook presents popular fiction and I ' non-fiction condensations. Topping the list is John Ounther's new book "Inside the U. S. A.". Read it. Read what he says about Utah too. You may even be brave enough to read the entire book. In 1945, Americans spent $1,306,-514,314 $1,306,-514,314 on race tracks operating under part-mutual betting. In 1946 a bill to appropriate 100 million dol. lars for cancer research was defeated defeat-ed in the House or Representatives. I The national Income last report-I report-I ed was 158 billion dollars. But only I I one American family in thirty-four I I had an Income of $7,500 per year or I I more, only one in ten had $4.000, 1 I and more than 50 per cent had 1 less than . $122.00 per month. I I This nation Is supposed to navel I the finest standards of public ed-1 I ucatlon in the world. But 13.9 per I I cent of draftees in World War II I I were found to be Illiterate In 1943, II and something like three million I 1 1 adult Americans have never gone I to school at all. I I In 1945, Americans spent $1,200,-I $1,200,-I 000.000 on jewelry. At a public din-I din-I ner in New York, for a worthy I charitable purpose, the first prize I In a quiz show was a 109-caret dla I mond or $50,000 cash. Women's I j shoes were obtainable in 160 dlf-l 1 ferent sizes. But 40 per cent of all I American homes have no bathtub or I I shower, 35 per cent have no Indoor I toilet, and 30 per cent have no run-lining run-lining water. II This nation has always had a I strong prohibitionist tendency, and I one-fifth of it Is dry. But In 1945 I It consumed 190,000,000 gallons of I hard liquor, which cost just under I seven billion dollars. I With Regards JJ TWAIN TnTETTS OIR BEST: I . . Haav i .. . '; TP 1 .-:.' fii- JL You'll find "Our Best" of thej week at weddings, golden weddings, wed-dings, celebrations, dances, public recreation, oparas, concerts. Programs Pro-grams are seldom complete without him, and you enjoy his fine music on two radio shows every Sunday. Because of his ability as a musician, teacher and public servant, Professor Profes-sor Roy L. Halversen is building your B. A. C. and southern Utah. He Is one of Cedar City's Best. |