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Show Chronology For 1949 Jan. 6 Douglas B2rtoch, Roosevelt; Clarence Wilson, Duchesne; Du-chesne; Reed Lyons, Mountain Home, elected to direct Agricultural Agricul-tural Conservation program in Duchesne county. Jan. 10 Uintah Basin Basketball Bas-ketball league organized. " Jan. 12 Mayor Momer P. Edwards calls for support of Iviarcn of Dimes campaign, to be led by Lois Lusty, Svelyn Gilbert, Gil-bert, LaJeun Dillman, and Howard Ho-ward Ivory, county chairman. Uintah Basin towns along Highway 40 virtually isolated by drifting snow. Jan. 17 Duchesne and Uintah Uin-tah county school boards agree to incorporate Union high as independent school. Jan. 27 Recent heavy snow causes unprecedented feed emergency. emer-gency. Livestock on winter range dying by thousands. County Coun-ty Agent Jensen recommends emergency measures. Preparations made for flooding flood-ing of new municipal tennis court, to provide skating rink. Feb. 1: Dry Gulch Irrigation company elects Bruce Fitzgerald, Fitzger-ald, president; Floyd Case, Mt. Emmons, vice-president; Lee Angus, An-gus, retained as secretary; and Leo Haueter, Eldon White. Albert Al-bert Marchant, Wallace Seeley, Harvey Adams, directors. Feb. 2 Ray B. Allred, 28, Duchesne, dies when truck plunges into Green River near Ouray. Jay Smith, Myton, passenger, pas-senger, escapes. Feb. 3 An inter-community system for providing culinary water to seven Duchesne county towns, and to residents between these towns, from the Yellow stone or Lake Fork river, now under consideration by factfinding fact-finding board. Feb. 4 First half of official play in' District Five basketball league ends, with Roosevelt leading by virtue of five wins and no setbacks. Feb. 10 Boys club organized, organ-ized, to be administered as project pro-ject of Roosevelt Fire department. depart-ment. Feb. 17 Duchesne and Uintah Uin-tah county school boards pass joint resolution establishing joint board and granting it power pow-er to build, maintain and operate oper-ate Union high near Roosevelt. Feb, 20 Death comes to Mrs. Sarah Ann Ahbuthnot Gibbony, one of Basin's oldest residents. Feb. 28 Boys club gets underway, un-derway, with athletics under the direction of Carl Hacking. Bob Feuling, and Hollis Hullinger. j March 9 Pink and Tony's I Uintah Basin basketball champs. following their defeat of Alta-mont Alta-mont in play-off tilt, 42-38. March 16 Boys club elects officers: Lyle Benson, President; Ray Jensen, senior vice-president; and Jack McLea, secretary. secre-tary. March 17 Sealed bids for 1 Construction of Union high to I be opened April 7 in offices of Dillman and Dillman, according to secretary of . Union , high school board, Harold M. Lun-dell. Lun-dell. Clem Labrum recipient of Roosevelt Junior Chamber of Commerce award for distinguished distin-guished service. March 22 Gasoline, igniting without warning, burn Lawrence Law-rence and William Yack. Excavation starts on modern business block at corner of Main and Lagoon, which, when com-1 pleted, will house Sprouse- Reitz Co, and Sather's Jewelry store. March 25-26 Lela Moos-man, Moos-man, vice-president of Alterra chapter, elected member of state presidency, at Salt Lake FHA convention. March 26 Er coupe carry- ing Ted Olpin and Mrs. Jerry Mills forced down near junction of Green river and Minnie Maud creek. Neither seriously hurt. April 1 Uintah Basin Farmers' Farm-ers' Union takes over Uintah service station. April 14 Duchesne and Uintah county school boards study stu-dy ways of raising necessary additional revenue before accepting ac-cepting bid for construction of Union hig'h. April 15 A 7 lb. 12 oz. girl born to the George Dodges, Myton, is 1000th baby born at the Roosevelt hospital. , School boards of two counties attempting to raise an additional addition-al $125,419 as deadline for awarding Union high contract nears. April 23-24 Mark e. Peterson, Peter-son, member of the Council of Twelve Apostleg, visiting speaker speak-er at the Roosevelt Stake conference. con-ference. Gathering addressed bv Pres. Ray E. Dillman, Bishop E. J. Nixon, Lee Angus, "and Reed Hancock. May 1 Graduation exercises exer-cises for Roosevelt and Alterra high seminary students held in Siake tabernacle. May 3 Uniformed Boy and Cub Scouts from Whiterocks Indian In-dian school troup appear before Court of Honor, to 1 receive awards for achievements in scouting. May 9 Three thousand feet of oil and 300 feet of gas-cut mud pumped out of Ute Tribal No. 1. May 18 Alterra high graduation grad-uation exercises held. May 19 - RHS graduation exercises held in Stake tabernacle. taber-nacle. Howard Dennis carried to death in plane, May 25 Representatives from gix counties and federal and state land conservation agencies ag-encies guests of Duchesne county coun-ty ACA committee, May 26 Orin "Hank" Swain elected president of Lions club. Other officers: Ken Aycock, first vice-president; Ron Page, second vice-president; and Dayl Webb, secretary-treasurer. June 3 Ute Tribal No. 1 shows another trace of oil. June 9 LDS church turns 80-acre tract, on Joseph H. Lambert Lam-bert farm, into welfare project. June 11 George Gaddes Lindsay, 26, Mt. Home, drowns when dumped from a boat into Moon Lake. Fishing with Lindsay Lind-say at time of accident were Elwin Birch, Mt. Home, and Ted Fisher, Altonah, whp escape. es-cape. June 16 ; Raven Mining Co. closes Chicago office and moves headquarters to Roosevelt. June 18 A free cancer detection de-tection center held, under direction di-rection of Mrs. R. V. Larsen, cancer captain. June 20 Carter Oil's Denver Den-ver office reports Ute Tribal flow of approximately 7.2 barrels bar-rels of oil per hour. June 29 Uintah county taxpayers tax-payers voice approval of $150,-000 $150,-000 bond issue to help pay for Union high. June 30 Carter Oil calls Ute Tribal key to new oil field in Utah. July 7 Vern Farmer, Carter Car-ter Oil geologist, says company to begin drilling on Strawberry Valley site after July 15. ? July 9 Uintah Power & jj Light Co.'s transformer, at die- i sel station noith of town, catches : lire auring storm. I July 14 Roosevelt businessmen business-men to be sued by city lor nonpayment non-payment of 1948-49 business licenses. li-censes. July 16-17 Duchesne county's coun-ty's first traffic fatalities of year are Clifton Laris, 33, Roosevelt, and J. R. Bywater, 83, Myton. j July 18 American Fork res-,i res-,i ident robbed on road near Du- 1 chesne; two Kentucky youths 2 heid. i July 21 Committees chosen, "i nrclhninary work underway on Indian Days celebration. July 22 Safe crackers rob two Duchesne business houses of $3,030. Edwa.rd E. Bryant, 47, La-roint, La-roint, crushed between bull-dozer bull-dozer and truck on Highway 40 ' const uction job. July 23 Ballard Scouts return re-turn from trip to Canada, report re-port no accidents. July 27 Spokesman for school boards says construction firms will be asked to submit bids on Union high. July 28 Mrs. Marie Allred i Conn, 22, Neola, dies in Roosevelt Roose-velt hospital of botulism. Rposevelt businessmen contri-. bute $369 toward i 000 needed j to build lights on softball field, according to Clint Nelson. Aug. 4 City council announces an-nounces 1949 city tax levy of 25 mills, while county total general gen-eral levy will be 38.78 mills. LDS church gives green light to softball field lighting plans. I Aug. 10 Sprouse-Reitz, Inc., I opens eleventh Utah store in i new Harmston buildine1. plans grand opening, Aug. 13. Sam Sprouse, 42, dies. Billy Joe Pedigo, 19; Bob Smith, 30, Glasgow. Ky. draw prison sentences of from five years to life for July 18 robbery near Duchesne. Aug. 12 Local committee on Alcoholic Education lays groundwork for broad educational educa-tional program, slate meeting for Aug. 20 to begin all-out drive to achieve understanding1 of alcoholism. al-coholism. Harmston building dedicated. Aug. 17 American Legion, Basin Post 64, installs new officers: of-ficers: Ken Avcock. commander; David LeRoy Hall, first vice-commander; vice-commander; Murel K. Benson, second vice-commander; Dale R. Ashby, adjutant; Kenneth Tru-jillo, Tru-jillo, chaplain; C. H. Labrum, finance officer; and William Sut-teer, Sut-teer, sergeant-at-arms. Aug. 20 Three babies born, major operation performed on Roosevelt hospital's fifth birthday birth-day anniversary. Hugo E. Opsahl, 37, Denver, charged with slaying wife in Duchesne trailer camp. Aug. 21 Hollis G. Hullin- ger sustained as new president of Roosevelt Stake, to succeed . Ray E. . Dillman. Sustained as counselors: W; Russel Todd, first : counselor, Dr. 'VR. V. Larsen, second. ; : j Scho.ol boards get Union high . total, bid of $613,000. Aug. 25-26 Small crowd watches excellent races at two-day two-day Indian Day6 celebration. Sept. 3 Union, high groundbreaking ground-breaking ceremonies held. Russel Rus-sel Todd, Louis Snow. Maple-ton,-, turn oyer first sod. Sept. 4 Randall Stewart named Bishop of : Roosevelt First ward. Sept. 8 Emergency Polio Fund drive starts in county, under un-der direction of Howard Ivory. Utes meet at Ft. Duchesne to discuss division of damages against U. S. government. Sept. 9 Colorado River Storage and Central Utah projects pro-jects endorsed by crowd of 125 in Legion hall. Sept. 22 Mayor Bryant H. Stringham, of Vernal, denies city milk ordinance prejudiced against Hi-Land interests. Sent. 23 Roosevelt's 1949 softball schedule ends, with Coop Co-op leading. I Sept. 29 Duchesne eounty now valued at $1,879,046 more than in 1949, Byron S. Collett, county assessor"" i Sept. 30 J . V v1"n"uncr of football injury ,Benson'di takes Uintah T' as RoS Oct 7 nate ticket fo?g' or headed by Mayor H0m ele( wards. nomer p 3 v voters, by irgft'S coj.; to one, approve Snn i?st (&;' bond election $130-00 3 Oct. 18 Mr . , E. Dillman leave t Mr fe'l whee Mr. Dinn1 his duties as new nr.C Oct. 21 Uintah 1 twice, wins football Oct. 22 Citizpnc ,'-:- slate of Georo,; 4 mayor, and Theron LP?' M Paul Wilkins, twc-yea?llt4 men. year ; Nov. 3 City coim-, SceRlra "'SLf;.;,1 Nov. 5-6 Roosevelt s,.' q ua i terly conference i ?H 15 tended. Mathew &wi el1 sents church authorit L Kl t Nov. 10 pm; ( ff'J cork landslide ca&esJ',l ice in city gpjgt |