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Show i ..r. I JX 14 7 227 - 6, '4 VOLUME 23 - NUMBER 7 DUCHESNE. DUCHESNE AM COUNTY. UTAH. THURSDAY. Late Entries In Contest r .... f . 1 THIRD ANNIVERSARY FOR YOUR PUBLISHER AND FAMILY .... .... This week your editor and his family begin their fourth year as residents of the Uintah Basin. , . They have been years of interesting developments and pleasurable experiences publishing a newspaper for you good people has been a lot of fun, and your fine support has been gratefully appreciated. The combined circulation of the two Duchesne County papers equaled just slightly over 1200 three years ago Now it is crowding the two thousand mark. We have tried hard to give you good people who read our paper and who live in this great Basin, the best newspaper possible. . . We have tried to improve the old product, which was a good one, by adding special features and columns, plus a lot of new equipment to make our product better. Its unfortunate, but true we have made mistakes and during the succeeding three years we will probably err again But please believe me, they have been unsuspecting mistakes and not done to deliberately offend or hurt people in the Basin. We have always tried to learn by our mistakes and do hope you will be tolerant in our behalf. , . If youll do this we will all grow. During the three years since this column was begun, I have tried to' approach the various problems considered I have tried to editorially in a fair and impartial manner refrain from taking sides in controversial disputes such as political issues. Its true I have made attacks on political leaders, but only when I felt quite sure the majority of the people were with me in my thinking. . . I have tried to make our community a cleaner and more attractive place by citing some of the things I felt could be improved on. . . I have tried to give each political party or each religious or civic group equal representation in the columns of our papers. That, to me, is the prime requisite of a good country editor and his paper. Never do my family and I hope to go to another area where people generally will treat us with more kindness no place is there a more friendly and understanding people than right here in this Uintah Basin. . . We appreciate you good people whom we have learned to love deeply. It is my fondest hope and prayer that the succeeding three years will bring as much joy to my family and me as those years that are behind have brought into our lives. We hope the Uintah Basin will grow in wealth, in prestige, in righteous living, and that each of us will find joy in serving our community and our friends. Again let me say, Thanks A Million For Your Fine Support! v E v TEACHERS ACTED WISELY . . , . Fd like to make a brief comment and py tribute to' the teachers in Utah for voting to be on hand when schools in the various districts open this week and next. . , I am of the opinion education and educational leaders have a gripe, but to have gone on strike would have cheapened the glorious teaching profession, which I am proud to say I was once a member of. I commend the teachers in our own local communities for agreeing to be at their posts next week when school bells will bring them their young associates who look to them to help build their characters and mold them into better citizens. I think the Teachers of Utah have acted wisely. I am confident their wisdom and restraint will earn for them greater public respect and support, and we hope it will also merit prompt official action, leading to an easing of Utahs public school problem. v E v Old folks who criticize young people excessively might spend some effort trying to reform old folks, who need it more anyhow. The younger generation is more sophisticated than the older and hasnt experienced times when bread was expensive, yet. Why do most people waste so much time reading trash when the greatest adventures of the world are true, educational stories? 30 Fair Committees Things To- Come Invited To In Duchesne School Program -- Thursday . Friday Saturday SEPT. -5 Duchesne County Fair SEPT. 6 (Sunday Evening) , The Duchesne Stake Fireside Chat will be held at 8 oclock. Calvin Broadhead, who has just returned from a mission to Norway, will speak and show colored slides taken In Europe. , . All parents and children over 12 years of age are invited to come and help make the Fireside program a real success. EPT. (Tuesday) SCHOOL BELLS! 3, 1953 S3. 00 Department At Fair JANET STEVENS Sponsored by Uinta and Roosevelt Theatres Sponsored by Allamont Variety Club - 7c PER COPY Committees, Board Report Programs Ready For Biggest County Fair; Exhibit Building Nears Completion Improvement For Livestock LOIS SADLER PER YEAR 3-4- -5 County Fair Opens Today, Continues Friday, Saturday CLIFF MEMMOTT. Editor Summer has about gone by the board Tuesday was the first of September, and winter is just around the corner . . . Its been a pleasant summer weather hasnt been too hot, and there has been a lot of activity to keep us all alive. Rodeos, UBIC, outings and various civic and church programs designed to reach each individual. THE COUNTY FAIR is another sign that Summer has slipped by us. . . Thursday night the popular Miss Duchesne County contest will officially open the fair, which is promised to be bigger, better and more appealing than ever before. . . All activities are to be held in the county seat community, Duchesne and the city officials, residents and business people await the coming of the people with a word of welcome in their hearts. We should all recognize that the county fair is for all the people who live in Duchesne County It definitely is not a Duchesne City fair, but a county-wid- e program that is being held at the county fair grounds. Every person, young or old, who possibly can, should set aside Thursday evening, along with Friday and Saturday, to attend the fair. Sept. v E v SEPT. SEPTEMBER VIEWPOINT COUNTY FAIR OPENS TONIGHT WITH "MISS DUCHESNE COUNTY" CONTEST DUCHESNE COUNTY FAIR By Wm. C. Foy We are trying to imp-ov- e the livestock department of the Duchesne County Fair. We feel that this year will be a great Miss Duchesne County Contest To As indicated from reports by the various committees and board members of the Duchesne County Fair at a meeting Tuesday night at the Fair Grounds at Duchesne, the stage is just about all set for opening of the 1953 fair tonght and continuing through Friday and Saturday. The Miss Duchesne County contest will officially open the fair for the public, at 8 oclock p.m. in the Duchesne LDS stake house, while judging of womens and girls departments and Club exhibits will be judged, beginning 10 at a.m. today improvement over the previous years, and we thank the many people that have helped and that are interested in the de- velopment of the livestock of' the county. We invite everyone to come and visit this department. The and FFA are the coming livestock growers of our Of county, so lets give them sup-port whenever we can. B. A. Jacoby, of the Duchesne Drug, is giving a calf halter to some boy or girl for their interest and good work in their show By Rosanna Ellis stock. One of the really beautiful The supervisors, assistants and will, as contact men are all ready to sights for all in be found section the always, assist who need those help 'and our new air building where help. Some of them will be on 0 experts of the the job at the fair grounds. to tle assist the exhibitor to place county will enter their floral displays. Unlike last year, when their stock many blooms were croweded inare the heads The following to too little space, entrants this of each division: W. C. year are assured ample room In Livestock Department which their flowers can be Foy. supervisor; ' Mont Poulson shown to best advantage. and Elmer Yergensen, assistare cautioned that Entrants ants; Cliff Mickelson, clerk. Elmer Yer- they must bring their own flowDairy Division gensen, supervisor; Sharon Cum- er containers. Also, for many mings, Afton Richens and Jen- helpful and necessary hints as to the cutting and preserving of nings Solmonson, assistants. Beef Cattle John Young, su- the blooms, entrants are urged pervisor; Frank Uresk, assistant. to refer to their 1953 fair books. Wallace Sheep Division According to Mrs. Rosanna Seeley, supervisor; Leland Good- Ellis, supervisor in the flower rich, assistant. department, flowers will be acHogs Division Harvey Gee, cepted for entry between 8 and supervisor; Tom Gilbert, assist- 10 a.m. the morning' of Friday, ant. Sept. 4. At 10:00 a.m. the doors Horse Division Hale Holgate, will be closed until the judges supervisor; Bob Murdock, W. C. have made their decisions, after Foy and Lawrell Jensen, assist- which the flowers will be on ants. display to. the public. Then are contact men in Persons having flowers they most communities for the live-- , would like to enter, but who stock department. They are as have no way of bringing them follows: Russel Robison, loka; to the fair should contact their Max Hartman, Mt. Emmons; community 'flower helper, who Reed Clayburn, Bridgeland; Jen-an- will aid in solving this, and Solmonson, Myton; John other These people, r, Davies, Duchesne; Leslie B. and theproblems. communities they rep- Goodrich, Bluebell; Arch resent, are as follows: Elain Carlile, son, Arcadia; Ken Wright and Virginia Miller, Du' chesne; Ina Van Tassell, Ruth Hartman, loka; Emma Oberhansly, Neola, and Lemon, loka. 4-- H Feature Fair Opening Tonight A huge crowd is expected night to witness the Miss Duchesne lar contest being held at ever-pop- 8 to-- 1 u- County p.m. in Foolish Fun Ends Novel Idea For Fair Parade Charles Partridge has been working real hard to have an unusual entry in the Duchesne County Fair. He had two lovely two year old steers that looked just like twins and were milk fattened. He thought it would be nice to break these like the oxen to pull a wagon and put them in the parade. He spent a great deal of time getting information on how best to do it. This is almost a lost art, as not many men even know how to make a yoke. He had the steers brought from the farm into the fair grounds corrals, and has spent hours training them to lead and wear the yoke. He planned to take them out in the morning to get them to pull together, but during the night someone let them out of the pens. They had tried to rope them and hbid a rodeo of their own, it appears. The steers broke out of the corrals, almost causing highway accidents, and got into gardens and are so' frightened now that he cannot get close enough to pet them. Mr. Partridge is out $7.00 and is disappointed in not being able to have his entry ready for the fair parade. All we can say is thanks very much Mr. Partridge for trying so hard to help with the County Fair, and hope that the good clean sportsmanship of the West will not be traded for one minute of fun for a few next time. Health Center To Erect Sign On Building Site It has been decided to erect a sign designating the proposed site of the Duchesne Health Cen- ter and have this sign erected by fair time. This matter was decided at the Aug. 27 meeting of the directors of the group. Other matters discussed at this meeting was making and entering the float by the Du chesne Health Center group in the County Fair, and preparing to' operate a concession stand on the fair grounds. Mrs. Constance Robbins is in charge of making and entering the float in the parade. Those attending this meeting were: Wallace J. Stephenson, who presided in the absence of President Oscar Beebe; Dr. J. E. Smith, Merlin Bishop, Constance Robbins, Gilbert Horrocks, Maxine Burdick and Otto E. Johnsen. Flower Show Scene the Duchesne stake house, as the grand opening event of the Duchesne County Fair, sched- uled for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 4 and 5. Beautiful, talented girls from throughout the county will compete for the coveted title of Miss Duchesne County. Two attendants will also be chosen. Contestants will be judged on talent, personality and beauty of face and figure. judges have been selected by the committee to judge the contest. which will see the girls appear first in formal dress to present their talent numbers, and afterward in bathing suits. Pictures of Miss Lois Sadler who is being sponsored by the Variety Arts Club of Altamont, and Miss Janet Stevens, sponsored by the Roosevelt and Uinta Theatres, were unavailable for last weeks paper, so are being published this week. Corsages for the candidates will be presented to' the girls by the Landscape Floral and the Commercial Bank of Utah. It was last week that just the bank would sponsor this feature of the contest. 4-- ,' 4-- fair-goer- s Non-parti- veterans wars and nine widows of veterans applied for and were granted real personal property tax emption in Duchesne County for 1953. These exemptions were ap- for and allowed in com- with Utah law which provides that a 25 per cent or greater disabled veteran is entitled to a $3,000.00 pro rata real and personal property tax exemption. Unmarried widows and dependents of deceased veterans are also eligible. Total valuation on real and personal property applications by veterans in the county this year amounted to $41,120.00, although their disability ratings would have allowed them a full $74,700.00 tax value exemption had they had sufficient assessed valuation to amount to this total exemption. Exemptions to tbe nine widows of veterans amounted to but $13,000.00, although the $3,000.00 exemption to which each was entitled would have made a total exempted assessed valuation figure of $27,000.00. Forty-tw- o -' Mrs. Emma Wimmer, Maxine Burdick and Barbara Meriwether were in Spanish Fork where Mrs. Wimmer visited with her sister, Mrs. Sarah Wilson, who has been visiting in California. Beauty At Fair Exhibits gree-thum- b , ' d Lar-phe- d Tab-plian- Tab-ion- Ma-Don- Hay For Livestock Can Be Bought State PMA Has At Fair Grounds. New Committee Secretary of Agriculture Benson, Wednesday, named a Utah State Production and Marketing Administration committee to replace the committee which resigned recently. Secy. Benson named J. Taylor Allen, of Provo', as chairman of the new committee. Other members are S. J. (Vean) Postman, of Logan, and Leland W. Redd, of Blanding. All three are engaged in farm operations. Members of the committee who resigned were J. Vern Hop. kin, chairman, of Woodruff; Preal George. Kanosh; Hans E. Larsen, Corinne, and G. Frank Nelson. Spanish Fork. three-memb- According to Wm. C. Foy, supervisor of the livestock exhibits at the county fair, and a member of the fair board for Duchesne county, hay for livestock that will be exhibited or will be entered in any of the special events at the county fair, Friday and Saturday, will be available at the grounds. It will be necessary that each exhibitor or owner purchase the hay at the amount it cost the fair board. Trucks will deliver the hay each morning and evening during the fair, and will be there on Thursday to make the first delivery. Straw for bedding animals will be supplied, without charge, to exhibitors. Mounted Police Posse To Entertain Fair Goers t,' Thanks Given For Help On Fair Grounds The Duchesne County FaiT Grounds have been a very busy place, both day and night, for the past two weeks. Under the bright lights at night you could see members of the Duchesne Riding Club and other men from Duchesne busy working and doing everything to get the grounds ready for the fair. All these hours of work have been done free, in order that Duchesne County might have a County Fair. The Riding Club was to see that there was a catch corrall for the Rodeo, and fence around the arena. Now that the job is done we wish to thank the many willing hands who made this job light. DUCHESNE RIDING CLUB Mont Poulson, President Superintendent Dean C. Christensen of the Duchesne School District announced Tuesday night that a special program will be presented in the Duchesne High School on behalf of the schobl teachers and principals of the district, to which he extended an invitation to the Fair Board and committees to attend. Featured at the program will be the University of Utah male chorus, directed by Marlowe Nielson, with L. C. Fitzpatrick scheduled to address the group The fertile soil of the state of on the subject, The End of Nebraska grows 200 varieties of Books. grass, a; According to Dean C. Christensen and Wesley R. Dickerson, of the fair, every committee has responded magnificently to their call and one of the most outstanding county fairs in the history of the county is anticipated. There will be a great variety of exhibits in all departments, entertainment for young and old, plus a carnival for the kids. Friday will be a full day with livestock judging to begin at 10 a m. and continue throughout the morning and into the afternoon. At 11 a.m. the successful candidate for Miss Duchesne County and her attendants will be feted at a tea sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary of Duchesne, with Barbara Meriwether in charge. In the afternoon, beginning at 2 oclock, the girls Club style dress revue and demonstrations will be held at the stake house, to which the public is invited. The climaxing event of the day will be the Uintah Basin Horse Show, which is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the fair grounds. A; Hale Holgate, chairman, and his assistants, Lawrell Jensen and Robert Murdock, reported a fine program has been arranged, featured by the appearance of the Mounted Posse from Salt Lake City. (See special story elsewhere in this paper). Saturday morning' will be devoted 'to viewing the various exhibits at the fair grounds. of the additional exhibit building will add greatly to' the pleasure of the household farm produce, textile and handicraft exhibits. Finishing touches were being done to. the new building Tuesday and Wednesday under the direction of Allen Bond, chairman of the grounds committee. The grand parade will pass in revue on Saturday at 1:30. A report from this committee, which is headed by Lowell Coleman, indicated the entrace of a lot of fine floats, which will (Continued on back oage) 4-- Com-Dleti- Something New Is Added To This Years Fair A Uintah Basin Horse Show has been added to this years Duchesne county fair with A, Hale Holgate having been appointed as chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements. Latest reports indicate those who attend the show on Friday will be entertained with some outstanding activities. Perhaps the biggest feature of the Friday single night show, which will begin at 8 oclock, will be the drills, races, games, and other stunts to be presented by the Salt Lake City Mounted Police, an Posse which is being led to the Basin by Bernie Fallentine. ident. Organized in 1952 presit is one of four posses of this type to be found in the western part th.e United States. This is the first year they have enter-e-d competition against other clubs in the state. They won first place in their division at the Nephi Ute Stampede, second at the district meet at Tooele and fourth in the state meet at Kaysville. They recently joined the Salt Lake police force and are currently being trained in first aid, mob control, radio and other fields connected with rescue work. The aim of the S.L. police department is to make this auxiliary one of the most efficient rescue units in the nation. They will be on call 24 hours each day to meet any emergency that might arise in the intermountain area. Horse owners care for their own mounts and are men from all walks of life, Other officers of the club besides Pres. Fallintine are Paul Bean, Bob Hilton, Dick Nelson, business mgr., and Sherman Baker drill master. Broom polo game, and potato race and several drills are on the program for the mounted posse which will arrive early Friday morning. viee-pres- ., sec-trea- s., BERNIE FALLENTINE, president of the Salt Lake City Mounted Police, an all Palomino Posse, leads his group in the recent Days of '47 parade, held in Salt Lake City This group will be featured in the Horse Show on Friday night at the Duchesne County Fair. Only three other posset of this type exist in the western part of the U. S. |