Show Penalties and Gas Stealing And Teen-age Boys Considerable publicity has been given in the press recently about 20 high school boys from Wasatch High School who had become involved in gas thefts in and near Heber These thefts extended from the time they were apprehended back to early According to a story appearing in the Wasatch Heber City's weekly the boys involved ranged in ages from 15 to Each entered a plea of guilty and appeared before a justice of the peace for The court suspended driver's licenses for from three to six according to each boy s activity in the series of Boys too young to hold driver's licenses them suspended for several months after This decision by the judge followed warnings to all boys were making it n practice to get gas to run hot-rod they were to and from school n ml about the Just what does this incident in Heber City have to do with the Uintah We'll try to give a straight-forward answer to this most natural question Numerous reports have been made to the Standard editor of that is going on in the vicinity of The other night this writer was sitting in a meeting with several other church and civic leaders when the subject of boys and gas stealing in our area was introduced Most of the boys are students at Union High who were being watched for gas stealing Like the boys in Wasatch our Basin boys spend a lot of in the cars they have at their It teas also pointed out that some of these boys are being by in the Ballard are losing gas from their Some of these farmers are almost they know who the boys and when tiny arc they will insist the guilty be punished to the extent the law It would be heart-breaking to the parents of these boys if their sons were hauled into court for stealing from their It would be a black stain on the lives of these boys if their honesty and integrity were questioned because of a dishonest act such as gas stealing Let this message serve as a warning to boys and their who might be caught In the trap Parents should know if their sons have enough money to buy the gas needed to run the family or their own the many miles they are driving each day and If they have the money to purchase the gas then it is easy to believe your boy is innocent of probable gas If there is a question in the mind of any then right now is the time to have a serious talk with your son and find out the answer to this Boys who are bi nig tempted to pilfer a neighbor's gas should stop for thirty seconds to ask himself this question What Witt happen if I'm stealing gas If boys who might be guilty this petty crime will slop and think the situation we are sure they will make the last gas stealing they their final one And if parents will sit down and talk this very serious problem over with their they can convince them they are off and encourage the boys to practice that part of the Boy Scout oath and law A SCOUT IS HONEST I |