Show Lashes hc Rumor One of the worst things in Bountiful is the loose tongues of adults MAYOR MATT MATI GALT started off calmly during the discussion discussion discussion dis dis- of closing the Snack Shack He soon warmed how how- ever Many adults in the city repeat things they cannot prove simply things that are ae not so he said They hear something accept it as fact and start spreading it ONE RUMOR dies down Someone else hears it a week later and it starts all over again the mayor said It is true ue that there are some hoods among the young people A few And they are from all aU over not just Bountiful The young people as a whole are fine LASHING OUT our still more the mayor gave some for in in- stances Some are whispering that juveniles recently burned a new home down in Bountiful The home did burn But there is no evidence that juveniles or anyone else did it on purpose he said THEN THERE are the stories ab about ut juveniles beating people There is one case of a man being beaten He was trying to evict two young men from the home of relatives They beat him himm but one was 22 years of oC age and the other was 18 Not And they were caught Another juicy rumor tells of three young ladies being chased about in the nude This is not so the mayor retorted Several young ladies from Bountiful High were accused of being in an automobile accident when they should have been in m school This is not true either They had been out of school for Cor a half hour when the accident OTHERS GET the idea the city is supposed to entertain some of the young people This is parents and YOt youth th responsibility responsibility responsibility he said We are trying to do our civic part such as building a swimming pool parks etc A civic group in Bountiful Bountiful Bountiful Boun Boun- is trying to start week end dances in the Legion hall where 1 there will be no smoking drinking or immodest dress |