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Show "News Bits About Yesler-Years" 5 Years Ago Mrs. Olga Roberts, Rooser velt, was elected worthy matron of Duveromy Chapter No. 17, O.E.S. at a meeting held Tuesday Tues-day evening, Dec. 9 at the Masonic Temple in Roosevelt. Elected to serve with Mrs. Roberts are Nora Mathews, Roosevelt, assistant matron; Robert Marimon, Whiterocks, worthy patron; Titus Jones, Duchesne, Du-chesne, assistant patron; Olea Schonian, Duchesne, secretary. Helen Hancock, Roosevelt, Treasurer; Elizabeth Wdnslow. Vernal, conductress; Ha Lombard, Lom-bard, Jensen, assistant conductress; conduct-ress; Anna Norman, RooseveH, chaplain. Seven men enlisted in the regular army during the mont.i of November from Roosevelt, Vernal and surrounding communities. com-munities. Reed McClsllan and Val McClellan, brothers, both of Roosevelt, having served in tho AAF during the war, re-enlisted with the intention of making the army their career. Stanley S. Hardman, of Ioka, enlisted for a period of three years for service with the Corps of Engineers. In a lovely ceremony performed per-formed Sunday afternoon, Dec. 7, at the home of the bride's parents, par-ents, Miss Arba Gingell, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl - Gin- gell, became the bride of An-tone An-tone Uresk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Uresk, Sr. Stake President Ray E. Dillman officiated at the nuptials. 10 Years Ago Sheriff Dewey Meriwether and City Marshal Harry Sprouse in company with two FBI agents ag-ents from the Salt Lake office, made another complete search for the claw hammer used bv the confessed murderers of Mrs. Abigaile Williams on U. S. 40 near Roosevelt on October 13. Robert L. Marimon, White-rocks White-rocks merchant, was elected a member of the Uintah Board of Education ' at an election held last Wednesday. Steve .Bellon left Tuesday for Salt Lake to join the U. S. military service. Prior to his leaving-.-a family ..dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. X. Bellon, covers being laid for 35. , At a meeting of the Roosevelt Junior Chamber of Commerce held Monday, the following officers of-ficers for the ensuing year were elected: P. E. McClellan, ' president; presi-dent; Paul Murphy, vicp president;, presi-dent;, Clement Labrum, state director; di-rector; Don Shepherd, secretary and treasurer. ' . .. Lt. and' Mrs. R. H. Harrison, who spent the ' past week visiting visit-ing at the home of Lt. Harrison's Harri-son's parents, Mayor and Mrs. George H. Harrison; left Tuesday Tues-day for Yuma, Arizona, where Lt. Harrison is stationed. 20 Years Ago The following births . have been reported:. E. Hurley, Roosevelt, Roos-evelt, boy, Nov. 15; Jesse Jensen, Jen-sen, ' Randlett, ''girt,'- Nov. 16; Douglas Gines, Neola, boy. Nov. 25: Henry Nelson, Montwel, girl. Nov. 29; Rex Gardner, Neola, Ne-ola, girl. Nov. 29;-James Allied, Neola, boy, Dec.' 4. ' Mrs. Mary E. Harmston, charter char-ter member of the American Legion Le-gion Auxiliary, .Basin Unit 64, of Roosevelt, entertained at 'the Frizz ell home Friday night with a dinner in honor of Mrs. Lillian White, past president of the Witbeck Post of Vernal and Rev. Giles, chaplain of the Wit-beck Wit-beck Past, and her ' daughter. Mrs. Hazel Frizzel, president of Basin Unit 64. Mayor George Kohl and Mrs. Bessie O. Young, treasurer of Duchesne County, were mimed in Salt Lake City this wo k and left at once on a trio hrough the Pacific Coast States. Dean Oberhansly is staying with Duane, his brother, for a few weeks. His son, Carl, is af-tending af-tending school in Salt Lake and staying with his aunt there. The Sunday School oresented the program at Sacramen , meeting Sunday night. Mrs. Walter Moosman, of Whiterocks, and children, are visiting with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Prescott. |