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Show VjLj VIEWPOINT gjV CLIFF MEMMOTT. Editor Casually Observing . . . ORCHIDS TO COMMERCIAL CLUB This week a report was issued by the president of the Roosevelt Commercial Club, a non-profit organization, that has as its source of revenue the Commercial Club which operates as a pool hall and tavern. The report revealed the board of directors during the past year appropriated $5,678.59 for many and varied community building projects. On page one of the Roosevelt Standard appears a story of their activities and which carries a break-down of where this money went . . . Without elaborating on the various items the money was spent for, let it suffice to say that the city of Roosevelt and the entire Uintah Basin profited immensely immense-ly from the generous contributions of the Commercial Club. . . I'd like to add my personal word of praise to the board and a sincere thanks for helping in the many worth-while programs they have aided. HEAVY HEARTS ARE LIGHT Early last July, Larry Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum Jensen, disappeared from his home in Roosevelt, and until the past week his whereabouts had remained an unsolved mystery. He left without a word just plain vanished. However, a mother's heart was made light and her prayers answered this week when Mrs. Jensen had a chance to talk to her son, who is in Germany with the U. S. Army. The telephone message followed a cablegram that he was OK and was writing her a long letter. . . The Jensen are especially es-pecially appreciative for the thoughtfulness and help given them by local people and those scattered throughout the nation na-tion and are thrilled that they can now relax in the knowledge know-ledge their son is alive and safe. v E v Safe Driving And Walking Tips . . . Be sportsmanlike on every drive. Obey all traffic signs. Keep speed reasonable but don't drive so slow as to impede im-pede traffic. Start earlier and drive slower. You'll feel better and live longer. Let the other fellow have the right-of-way you use the right way. DON'T pass unless there's PLENTY of room. Obtain and review a copy of your local traffic regulations. Reduce .speed at sundown so you're within range of your headlights. Stay behind another car at least one car length for each 10 miles of speed. Stay in your lane at hillcrests and curves. Be extra alert at intersections; don't pass at intersections. Always signal your intention to turn or stop. Don't drive when you drink or when you are angry or emotionally upset. Have your brakes, lights, windshield wipers, tires and steering checked regularly. If the weather is bad, don't drive unless you must. If you drive, double your care. Cross only at crosswalks .... Before crossing, look both ways .... Cross only on proper signal .... Watch for turning turn-ing cars. Never go into the roadway between parked cars. If there is no sidewalk, and you must walk in roadway, walk on left, facing traffic. Carry or wear something white at night, to help drivers see you. Pity The Editor The Editor of a small-town weekly was severly criticized because of an error appearing in his paper, ; and in the next issue he had this to say about it: "Yes, we know there were some errors in last week's paper. We will further agree that there were some errors in the issue of the week before, but before bawling us out so unmercifully about it, we want to call your attention to these facts: In an ordinary newspaper column there are 10,000 letters, and there are seven possible wrong positions for each letter, making 70,000 chances to make errors and several millions of chances for transpositions. trans-positions. There are 48 columns in this paper, so you can readily see the chances for mistakes. Did you know that in the sentence, sen-tence, 'To be or not to be,' by transpositions alone, 2,759,022 errors can be made? Now aren't you sorry you got mad about that little mistake last week?" v E v NEWSPAPER SERVES AS MIRROR OF ACTIVITIES .... The pages of a newspaper are like a mirror. Look into them and you see the reflection of what's happening. A lot of the news is not good. Commenting on the subject, a clergyman writes that news about crime and man's faults in general should be printed on inside pages, if at all. Another reader sends several unsigned letters tearing us ' apart for the things we believe. "Wouldn't Norman Vincent Peale get a laugh out of you?" asks a fan. A man who says he is a millworker and signs himself Trion (no address) is really enthusiastic he sends two scorching scorch-ing letters within a week and dares us to print them! ... A newspaper the mirror of life? "Keep crime off of page one; if you must print it, put it inside; avoid sensationalism." What's the answer? There's news about crime and violence on every page of the Bible. The first story of man centers about the murder of his brother, and we are all descendants of that family. The last book of the New Testament prophesies total destruction des-truction by hydrogen bombs and other weapons more deadly than anything we know to date. In between there are stories of wicked acts that brought on a flood; stories of wars, sex offenses, kidnapping, betrayal, gambling, drunkenness, robberies, treachery, pestilence, famine and the execution of three condemned con-demned men, one the Son of God. . . . We accept God's word as well documented and au-thorative. au-thorative. There is but a single message to preach: Christ and Him crucified, the resurrection, and life everlasting. A man who never touches a drop of liquor is equally in danger of hellfire and brimstone as the alcoholic. He can be saved from hell only through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed." Publishers Auxiliary. 30 I |