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Show Uintah Basin VOLUME 43 - NUMBER 9 for fJlordi by ov. He G The month of March has officially been declared Red Cross Month in Utah by a proclamation issued recently by Governor J. Bracken Lee. In his message the governor urges all Utahns to rally to this great humantarian move that has done so much to aid suffering and needy people. According to Duchesne County Chairman William Sutteer, the g and membership campaign in the countyis headed by James Hall, county attorney, who has indicated an active roll call committee will be set up to make a canvass of the county in the very near future. A veteran of World War II and immediate past department commander of the Utah American Legion, Mr. Sutteer is ambitious that the newly "formed chapter of the American Legion Red Cross will become a very active one. I urge ail of our citizens to accept the invitation of the American Red Cross to join its ranks and to serve their fellow men in distress or need, wherever they may be, Governor Lee declared. The Governor said that in a report received from the Red Cross, he learned the organization had assisted 12,268 servicemen, veterans, or their families in Utah last This assistance included year. emergency financial aid, communications, personal counseling on family problems and help in' securing government benefits. Blood Program Active Through the Red Cross Regional Blood Center in Salt Lake City and cooperating chapters, 17,420 pints of blood were collected in Utah last year for defense pur8,000 poses and approximately pints were provided for civilian patients in 29 Utah hospital Which serve 22 counties in the state, the fund-raisin- (Continued On Back Page) Detention Fees Cot Dy County Fees to other counties on the use of. the Juvenile Detention quarters at the Duchesne County Courthouse have been set by the county commissioners. A $3 a day charge is being made to other counties when a juvenile from that county is being held for authorities in the Duchesne quarters. Sta!io ' s X Extension Service I $3.00 PER YEAR Lake Improvement The Duchesne County Extension Service Advisory Council has en dorsed improvement of Lake Bor am as a more desirable and per manent recreation arear for a major project in 1955. Robert S. Murdock. county agent, reports that this decision was made at the annual meeting of the group held recently at his office. Some work on this project was carried out the past summer and fall, Mr. Murdock said, with J. Alma Smith of Bridgeland and J. F. Ross of Arcadia as of the committee. Lake Boram, an irrigation water reservoir located about 15 miles east of Duchesne in the old Midview community, was built as a CCC project. Its location makes it accessible to the 'greater population of the county, and it is used extensively for a swimming beach and picnic area, as well as for boating and fishing during the summer months. Aftei further study and planning for the project is made, civic d groups in the county will be to assist with the project, Mr. Murdock said. svf: . Plans were completed Monday at a meeting held in Price by the Region Five board of managers befor the basketball play-of- f tween the second and third place n teams from Juan division and the Uintah Basin division. According to L. F. Hutchings, Union High principal and secretary of the board, Roosevelt, was chosen as the town and Union High as the site for the games which will be played Thursday and Friday, March 10 and 11. Just who will be playing in the tournament in Roosevelt oh March 10 and 11, is pretty much of a guess at the moment. Three teams in the Emery vicinity are still pretty much in the thick of the fight, with games this weekend probably deciding the second and third places. Here in the Basin it has been a dog-figall the way with Uintah and Union each claiming a part of the title since the Utes dumped Union Feb. 9, and Duchesne and Altamont in a dead-hefor third. Union and Uintah will play off the tie for first at Rangely Saturday night, and Altamont and Duchesne meet at Union High Monday, March 7 for third. The loser of the Union-Uinta- h game, and the winner of the Altamont-Du-chesn- e contest, will enter the Region Five play-of- f with the two Emery Grand - San Juan teams next weekend, the winner to be the third team from Region Five to play in the state tournament No Music Festival Another important decision that will affect the people of this area is the elimination of the regional music festival and other activities carried outon a regional basis. Eliminated will be all music, speech, commercial ccm tests and track and field meets. According to Mr. Hutchings, the thinking of the board in making this decision was the hazards encountered by the usually unpredictable roads between the Basin and the Carbon-Emer- y area, sending hundreds of youngsters ad away from home. All dieetivttias will continue oa vision level, the same as in basht at SIGNS PROCLAMATION A copy of feds proc Inanition designating March as American Red Cross Month in Utah, ds presented by Governor J. Bracken Lee to C. Cash Ramptan of Salt Lake City, one of 50 national for the 1953 Rad Cross campaign for members and funds. ' vice-chairm- en c6n-tacte- Ccr LIccrso Days At Rcocovolt, Ducheana Aro Oct Numerous requests have been made to the county assessor for license plates since his supply ran out on Feb. 28 at Roosevelt, reports G. B. Workman, assessor. Mr. Workman states that the state tax commission representative for the Uintah Basin informed him that he would be in Roosevelt on Tuesdays and Fridays and in Duchesne on Thursday of each week and at Vernal cm other days to take care of license plate requests, as well as other assigned duties. This representative set up offices in the courthouse at Duchesne, in the city building at Roosevelt, and at the courthouse in .Vernal. Fid Esar Usicd EDdtad Lc!:cTcrh Atovo Chsnso In Dcts Of Jury Cell - If you received, call to appear at the Duchesnne County Courthouse on March' 16 for Jury Duty then youd better prepare to see the judge a week earlier. . . According to the clerk of the court, those asked to function as jurors in March . are reminded to appear on Tues- M 1004 RcpcrtJ TAcsby Is Below Snow measurements survey conducted by the Soil Conservation Service during the last few days indicate that the snow cover is near normal in the Lskefork Mountain area, but still somewhat below normal in tha Mosby Mountain district . day, March 9th, at 10 o'clock at the courthouse. Thats next Tuesday.. . , Notices have gone out for both dates, so please disregard the sixteenth call and accept the one for the ninth. courses on Lskefork Mountain an as follows: 10,500 elevation, the total snow depth ft 39.1 inches, with a water content of 9.95 in. compared to 34.6 inches of snow and a water content of 9.3 inches on March I last year, and a four year average of 9.4 inches of water content At the 8,900 ft elevation, the total snow depth is 32.7 inches, with a water content of 7.8 inches, compared with 26.6 inches of snow and 7.2 inches of Initial steps for water content on March 1 last of the Duchesne Fish and Game year, amfca average of 6.5 Association have been effected. inches. At the 8,100 ft elevation Allen Bond has been elected pres- the total snow depth is 32.6 in. with a water content of 7.2 in., ident; Wm. H. Case, and Elden R. Wilcken, secret- as compared with 23.3 in. snow ary-treasurer. and 6.0 in water content on Mar. Directors will be named at a 1 last year and a average of 5.6 in. water. meeting to be held soon. These measurements were made Mrs. Leah Davies spent Thurs- by Gilbert Horrocks, of the Soil (Continued on Back Pagpl day in Salt Lake City. ft Allen Bond Chosen Flrh, Gsme llcsd ar h7 vice-preside- Dlchop Buchner Is Visitor; ar Chorus To Sins The Roosevelt stake, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, will meet this weekend, March 5 and 6 in their first 1955 quarterly conference. Representing the general authorities of the church will be Carl W. Buehner, member of the presiding bishopric of the church, who will address the members and counsel with leaders of wards and priesthood quorums. According to Hollis G. Hullirt-gestake president, the sessions of the conference will begin at wel6:30 Saturday evening with fare meeting. William T. Lawrence of the" general church welfare committee, will address this meeting and will also be in attendance at the remainder of the conference. Especially expected to attend the 6:30 meeting are all members of ward and stake welfare committees, which includes bishop (Continued On Back Page' f on s ketball Lssd Dates Set .Uintah Basks Activity Days are being planned with Union High School ea host on either April 22, 23 or April 29,30. The speech meet will be held on March 25 at Uintah High, and the track meet will be held at Duchesne on May 7. Attending the Price meeting on Monday in addition to Mr. Hutchings was Glen Ovard, principal of Uintah High School, and Rowan C. Stutz, superintendent of Duchesne County schools, who are both members of the board of managers. Postmaster and Mrs. Wm. Case are vacationing for a few weeks with their daughter and Capt. and Mrs. Harvey Hatch and son-in-la- children in Monterey, Calif. They left Duchesne Feb. 18. J TEAM HELP SELECT 1955 ALL-STAUINTAH BASIN HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION R Basketball fans in the Uintah Basin are invited to assist he Roosevelt Standard and Uintah Basin Record in selecting the TEAM for 1955. . . Simply write down the mnual in your estimation, are the ten best players in the lames of who, ive high schools, listing them in the order of their value as a layer. 16 points; second Players listed in first place will receive the Then etc. gaining the player 8 points, dace, 9 points; third, nost points will be named as captain, and the next four kids viU make up the FIRST TEAM, and the next five will be as the SECOND TEAM: ALL-STA- 1. R Vote for your favorite players today. 6 7. 2. . 3. 9. 4. 10. 5. 12 8. All entries must be received on oclock noon. Clip out and mail to Roosevelt, Utah. ", Memmott, Box 188, . w Support 05 Kiverf roles? Announcement has come out of that the powerful Washington Bureau of Budget has put its official approval stamp on the proposed billion-dollUpper Colorado Storage project, including the controversial Echo Park Dam. The Department of Interior also has completed action on its favorable report on the project and expects to submit it Saturday to the Senate Irrigation and Reclamation Authoritative sources reported the Budget Bureaus report - reiterates the administrations 1954 N endorsement of the over-a-ll Upper Colorado program. The report makes no specific mention of Echo Park Dam, but this project was endorsed in the earlier report The Interior Departments re' port is reported as quoting President Dwight D. Eisenhower at length on the Upper Colorado proThe quotes are from his ject Union and Budget MISS BARBARA RAY was State-of-th- e chosen first place winner in messages to Congress last month. The departments report also American Legion District No. to permit possible addioratorical contest in finals held tion of any additionby Congress Uintah at Monday High School al storage or irrigation projects in Vernal for the first phase of the Upper Colorado program. Fred G. AdandahJ, assistant secretary for power and water, is scheduled to be the Interior Departments first witness when the Upper Colorado hearings open in the Senate Monday morning. He will be followed by Wilbur A. Dexheimer, commissioner of recMiss Barbara Ray, Union High lamation; Glenn I. Emmons, comSchool student, was named first missioner of Indian Affairs, and place winner of the oratorical con- E. O. Larson, director of the Salt test, sponsored by District No. 9 Lake City regional office of the Bureau of Reclamation. of the. American Legion. The finals in the contest were held in Vernal at the Uintah High School Monday afternoon. Second place winner wu Joaeph Kemp, of Altamont High School; and third place winner was Kent Jensen, another Union High School Dates set for the Board of student; honorable mention went to Colleen Bingham of Uintah. Equalization meetings In Duchesne were written on County for 1955 era Mv 81, ft " ar s'O f IK D:rt:ra Hey Chi First FI::: h Grcfcri::! Cq Members of the Duchesne County Rural EdPLAN RURAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE ucation planning committee who met last week at the home of Mrs. Clair Ashton in Roosevelt to plan the 1955 conference, are as follows: Victor Brown, Theron Leavitt, school board president, Mrs. Elmer Yergensen, Supt. Rowan C. Stutz, chairman, Mrs. Ashton, Merlin Bishop, Mrs. Walter Williams, elementary supervisor, Fasrell Humphries, Mrs. Weston Bates, Mrs. Monroe Mlchte, Milton Nielson, Mrs. Howard Roberts and Monroe Mich'.e. Dates of the conference are March 31 and April 1 at Altamont (Photo by Edwards Photo Service) Orations'Balances or Govern- - RUUMWHti JliiW moit, and were followed by ex-- I Duchesne. These dates are set bye temporaneous talks by each of I the board a( county canuata&n-thcontestants, with both phases ers. Property owners ar given an opportunity to maet with th of the contest being judged. The three winners will be sward- board of equalization oa then ed trophies from the District, and dates relative to any question they the first place winner, Miss Ray, may have on the assessed value is now eligible to compete in the of their property, as made by the 1955. regional contest to be held Mon- county assessor, during "Checks-an- d day, March 7, at . Westminster College in Sait Lake City. Judges for the contest included George Stewart, . Roosevelt, Jest sie Palm, Altamont; and Lawrence Fox, Vernal. Tb UccUicr In Dusk: The title of this weeks Know is the Your Schools" article theme of the Duchesne County 1955 Rural Education Conference. Utahs Legislature, in Special Session in December, 1953, enthe acted legislation requiring formulation of state and district levels of statements of aims, purposes, objectives and philosophy of education as a guide for the public schools of the state, con- sistent with constitutions! The and legislative mandates. responsibility for doing this has Mr. and Mrs. Dean Beal and family from Salt Lake City and Miss Colleen Bench from Provo were weekend visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Bench and family. Altamont Will Play Engles For Third Place September 1 - 3 is the date scheduled for the 1955 Duchesne County Fair. This date was set at the annual meeting of the Association of Utah Fairs and Livestock Shows which was held recently in Salt Lake City. J. P. Madsen, Duchesne, a director on the association board, attended the confab in the capitol city. 3 win Uintahs convincing over Duchesne last night on the Eagles floor, definitely left the Uintah Basin basketball race in a tie with a play-oo- f at Rangely on Saturday night between the Utes and Union a must. Another tie, this one for third place, existed when Altamont beat Tabiona 0 and Duchesnes loss to Uintah left these two teams also in a deadlock. Basketball fever will probably e reach an high Saturday night as two fine teams, each with a victory over the other this season, meet on neutral grounds for the division championship, and a free ticket to the Class B tournament in two weeks at Provo. Coach Glen Allred and his Cougars are reported to be in tip-to- p shape for the contest, and their competitors, the Utes from Vernal, have been riding high the past few weeks as they pushed aside all other foes for a piece of the title with Union. , Game Unimpressive The Ute win at Duchesne last night was nothing spectacular except for the shooting of Valoy Eaton durins the first half, when (Continued on Back Pag) 74-5- 66-4- all-tim- Bn been given to the State Course of Study Commission on a state basis and to each district Board of Education on a local basis. At its February meeting the Duchesne County Board of Education appointed a committee to make a study of the purposes of schools in Duchesne County. The plans of this committee will attempt to involve all of the people in our county in a study of the purposes of our schools. This will be accomplished through a Rural Education. Conference to be held at Altamont, March 31 and April 1. City A decided change in the weather, for the better, hiss brought long COMMISSIONER NAMED sighs of relief from people in the ON DELINQUENCY BOARD Duchesne area who have faced Clinton J. Mickelson, of Du- sub-zer- o weather that saw chesne, has been appointed to dropped to 23 below on represent Duchesne County Com- Feb. 24. Reports from W. C. Winson the Delinquency low indicate the low reading for missioners Board of the Duchesne County Feb. 28 was a plus 19. Planning Organization. Know Your Schools Supt Rowan C. Stutz C7 Fcr Bac!:cceo Co. 1-- By llrcllcn Tex Dztzz Cct County Fair Sot For Sept. 3 .... The Role Of The School PER COPY Cougars, U?gs ties? In PloyoH In ftangGly Gyra r, STAKE VISITOR Saturday and Sunday will be Carl W. Buehner, member of the presiding bishopric of the L.D.S. church, who will preside over take conference sessions. 7 Budge? Bureau Rensvj Emery-Grand-Sa- Endorses CrfcrcG 3, 1955 Region Five Play-O-ff Games Come To Roosevelt v The I MARCH M Cross Roll Coll Utah f DUCHESNE, DUCHESNE COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, Join Rural Life It is important if we are to effectively do this important job that we all seriously consider the purposes of education during the next few weeks. Some very fine work has previously been done along this line in the State of Utah and in other states. For example, the following statement was prepared by citizen groups in New York State. We, the people of New York State, believing in the equality of opportunity for all and realizing that education is fundamental to our democratic way of life, do hereby recognize and accept these basic premises: That every youth shall be afforded the opportunity to obtain at least a high school education; That every youth shall have the fullest opportunity for moral and ethical development in keeping with our American heritage; That every youth has certain needs and responsibilities that are common to all youth and to the of our democratic perpetuation society; That every youth, as a person of inherent worth, differs (Continued On Back Paga) |