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Show D. L Sargents Send Greetings from Hawaii Greetings from Hawaii Nineteen months have passed since we first arrived in Honolulu Honolu-lu to begin our labors as missionary mis-sionary guides at the Hawaiian Temple Bureau of Information. This time has been fraught with many and varied experiences I most of which have beer decidedly decid-edly different and intensely interesting. in-teresting. Weatherwise the contrast con-trast to Southern Utah has been marked. Summer temperatures vary from 70 degrees to 90 degrees. de-grees. Winter temperatures are not much different. However, recently re-cently the thermometer dropped to an almost record low of 64 degrees. There are no severe winds and positively no dust here at Laie where 50 inches of rain per year is about the average aver-age with 100 inches falling along the magnificent mountain chain which is completely covered with lush vegetation. Flowers are ever present. One house in Laie has a chimney, that one being the one recently built for the Temple president. It has not been used yet Bnl probably won't be except ex-cept novelty sake. Ordinary coats are a rarity except for church goers and for social functions and top coats are never seen Humidity is not 6 per cent in Cedar Ce-dar many times but averages not less than CO percent. The island of Oahu is the social, so-cial, educational and business center of the island chain. It handles most of the money. Sugar Sug-ar cane and pineapple are the principal agricultural products. Military installations contribute mightily to the wealth of the islands. is-lands. Tourist business is also a significant factor in the island's is-land's economy. The population is decidely a mixed one racially. Japanese Chinese and Caucasians owning and managing practically all businesses. The Polynesians own little and because of their easy going natures they are not the favored laborers. However, mentally men-tally they are the equal of their neighbors. Their economic background back-ground is a millstone about their! necks. Physically and spiritually , they are decidely superior. In August I was appointed director dir-ector of the Bureau of Information Informa-tion operations. This responsibility responsibil-ity together with responsibility of teaching a course at the Col-lege Col-lege and my duties as a Stake Patriarch for the Oahu Stake along with duties as a guide at the Temple grounds fill my daily schedule completely: so time, flies almost too rapidly. By December 31st I expect that we will have had 200,000 visitors calling at the Bureau and visiting visit-ing the Temple grounds. They ' come from every state in the un- ion and from practically every nation In the world. A large pro- ! portion of them are older people j of a superior character who have ' been successful financially. It is ; a privilege to meet and greet ' them. Harold Mitchell and his lovely wife from Parowan are here with us. We are fortunate in having them here. Their work is definitely defin-itely superior. Everyone admires and appreciates them greatly. At this Christmas season we send to all of you wonderful people of Southern Utah our very best and kindest greetings. We do appreciate all of you and would like very much to have each of you regard this as a personal per-sonal message and greeting to you individually. Cedar City will always be home to us and your friendship fan never be replaced in our h' irts by new ones no matter hc.v dear they become to us. So a very Merry Christmas and i Happy New Year to each of you from Mildred and David L. Sargent |