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Show U.UViiUAL 141 PliCRi-'j;- MIC.-- : , SALT LAXS IL:a.'w CORF. -av... UTAH CliY, i D- m VOLUME 25 - NUMBER 15 DUCHESNE, DUCHESNE COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, APRIL Duchesne To Hos? Legion Convention Nenf Sunday C Will De Chosen Registration for the District 9 American Legion and Auxiliary conference at Duchesne begins at 10 a.m., April 17, at the Duchesne Legion Hall. Registrations may be made here until 12 noon, and from noon until 1 p.m. at the Duchesne High School, where the business sessions are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. under the direction of Calvin Monks, Myton, District 9 commander and Mrs. Tina Wilkins, Roosevelt, District 9 Auxiliary president. Some 200 Legionnaires, Auxiliary members, and their partners are expected to attend the convention from the posts and units in Duchesne and Uintah counties Altonah, Jensen, Myton, Roosevelt, Ft. Duchesne, Vernal, and Duchesne. A banquet will be served at the Duchesne High School following the business meetings. Ernest Junior Wilson, commander of the Duchesne post, and Mrs. Maxine W. Burdick, Duchesne unit president of the Auxiliary, are in charge of arrangements for registration program and banquet. Manns Cafe of Duchesne is preparing most of the banquet food. The Auxiliary unit will prepare the dessert and arrange for table setting. Election of District Nine officers for the Legion and Auxiliary will be a main agenda item. Polio Vaccine For Duchesne Co. W Wilford Granger Is MARION D. HANKS, member of the First Council of Seventy, has been assigned to the Moon Lake stake as their conference visitor. Hhe will preside over all sessions to be held at ML Emmons Chapel. rs nt nt er all-rou- Tha Weather In Duchesne City Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wimmer and family spent Easter Sunday in Salt Lake City, visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Kent Wimmer and family. Las? In Series Gil Family can-feren- Schedules! For Weekend b Program Planning will be the topic at the third session of the Basic Scoutmasters Training course, it was announced today by Buzz Larsen, Leadership Training chairman. Harold Sprouse was appointed Senior Patrol leader of the training troop at last Fridays session. Patrol leaders elected included: Dean Frandsen and Paul Foote. Last weeks sission on Organization and Leadership was under the direction of Rulon Dean Skinner, Field Scout Executive. Those participating in last weeks training session were: Harold Sprouse, scoutmaster of Troop Dean Frandsen, assistant 750; scoutmaster of Troop 750; Frank Adams, assistant scoutmaster of Myton Troop 253; Wilmer Murray, scoutmaster of Troop 253; Steve Bellon, American Legion Troop 700 committee chairman; Albert Nielsen, chairman troop committee of Troop 251; Melvin Mower, institutional representative of the Montwel Troop 262; Paul Foote, scoutmaster of Troop 264; Max Nelson, scoutmaster. Troop 262; and Emerson Hurley, troop committee, Troop 250. The training course is open to all scoutmasters, assistants and members of troop committees. Walt Hayes Traps Ring-Taile- Cat d Walt Hayes, of Strawberry was carrying around a small cage here in town last week discat, playing a male ring-taile-d which he had caught by a toe in a steel trap. This small furbearing animal is a member of the racoon family. Mr. Hayes make exsays these ring-tail- s cellent pets when trained young. He plans to give it to a man in Murray, who has a female of the specie. Duchesne, Tabby f Hosts To Lest Of Meetings CHRISTIANSEN, as sistant to the Quorum of the Twelve, will preside over and address the Duchesne stake Saturday and Sunday, which starts at Duchesne stake house at 6:30, Saturday. E1RAY Two S?g!ig Coherences A Jessup Johnson Is D.II.G. Itatcry Delegate Next Monday, April 18, a Family Life Institute will be held in Duchesne and Tabiona, and will be conducted by Dr. Rex A. Skidmore of the University of Utah, professor of sociology and social work. He will be assisted by Miss Winifred Hazen, Family Life Consultant from the State Department of Education. The first session of the Institute will take place at 2:30 p.m. in the where Duchesne Stake center, three pkits and a diesussion will be - presented. All Tabiona residents are invited to - participate with Duchesne in this Session. At 8:00 p.m. that same evening the Institute will be continued at Tabiona, where a play, "The Case will of the Missing Handshake, be presented, followed by a discussion. This is the last of three Institutes to be sponsored in Duchesne County, which came about through the Duchesne Coordinating Council with the cooperation of the Duchesne County Board q of Education, State Department Vocational Education, Jhe DuCouncil and chesne County local units. The first Institute was conducted April 5 at Roosevelt for Myton, Neola and Roosevelt areas and the second is being held at Altamont today, April 14, with Dr. Skidmore as the leader for both. The public is invited to attend the Duchesne-Tabiqn- a institute, which wii) help parents solve problems of children of all ages. Supt. Rowan C. Stutz will be at both sessions to introduce the guest speakers. Fas Court Of Honor Plsnnod In Duchesns Gtako Two Uintah Basin LDS stakes, Duchesne and Moon Lake, are pre paring for their second quarterly conference this weekend, as announcements are made by Presi dents Hale Holgate and William Brotherson, respectively, of the schedules to be observed for Saturday and Sunday sessions. Assigned by the first presI3en-c- y to preside over sessions at Duchesne is Elder ElRay L. Christiansen, with Elder Marion D. Hanks assigned to the Moon Lake conference at Mt. Emmons. First Meeting at 6:30 The first Saturday meeting is a Priesthood Melchizedek general leadership sennion; and, those expected to ittend are: stake presidency and clerk, High Council, stake missionaries, stake Aaronic Priesthood committees, committees for Senior member of Aaronic Priesthood, Boships, Counselors, Ward Clerks, stake and ward g committees; stake and ward Aaronic Priesthood Coordinators, and Quorum Advisors. Stake Supertindency of Sunday School and M.I.A. training program is being held with all those mentionel above, plus the stake presidencies of the YWMIA, Relief Society and Primary, "and the Seminary instructors. General Sunday sessions of the two conferences are scheduled for 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. According to Pres. Holgate, two new high councilmen and two bishopscounselors will be sustained and set apart during their conference at Duchesne. In the evening at 8 oclock, a District Court of Honor, under the direction of Elvin Barker, district Boy Scout chairman. Ward-Teachin- NEW BOARD MEMBER Mrs. Leah Pendleton was sustained to the stake Primary board to fill the vacancy left by Mrs. Shirley Halladay, who is planning to move in the near future. Mrs. Pendleton will be in charge of Group 2, consisting of the six year old boys and girls. Only One More Day Left To File Your fncome Taxes Utahns have only one more day, tomorrow, Friday, April 15, to settle with the tax collectors. Both federal and state individual tax returns are due Friday. When you get the return completed youll have to mail it, along with a check, if you owe a tax, to the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue at Salt Lake City, if.it is federal. Your state returns should go to the State Tax Commission office in Salt Lake City. Many Utahns also must file by Friday, a declaration of estimated tax return covering 1955 income. At time of filing this of the estireturn, the taxpayer must pay at least mated tax on income from which on tax is withheld. The rest must be paid in quarterly payments. one-four- th mmln DR. REX SKIDMORE Know Your Schools Plans and training for the big public performance in connection with the Duchesne District Camporee, slated for May 6 and 7, are moving forward, according to Gilbert Horrocks, district Camping and Activities chairman. Assignments have been made to all units to demonstrate a Scouting skill. Troop 268 of Duchesne will construct a full-siz- e signal tower, Troop 263 from Tabiona will demonstrate pitching three types of tents, and Troop 265 of Hanna will demonstrate three types of cooking fires. Bridgeland Troop 247 has charge of demonstrating tin can, reflector oven, and aluminum foil cooking. Troop 257 of Arcadia and the new Strawberry troop will hold a flap-jac- k flipping race. Explorers from Duchesne Post Scout-Explor- Head For Duchesne Training Wilford D. Duchesne Granger, City Market manager, will head the Duchesne for the next school term. He was elected at the last meeting of the Parents-Teachegroup to succeed Merlin I. Bishop as president. Mrs. E. B. Lundgren was chosen first of the and Principal Walter T. Williams of the Duchesne High School will serve as second A secretary-treasurwill be Jessup O. Johnsen, son of Mr. named by the new president soon, and Mrs. Otto E. Johnsen of Du- and committee heads will be choschesne, will represent the Du- en, Mr. Granger said. chesne High School senior class at the annual Rotary Youth ConferGIVES DINNER PARTY ence in Salt Lake City, April 17, Mr. and Mrs. Marvel Moore 18, 19. gave a dinner party on Saturday He was selected as the Rotary at the Cafe for Mr. and Mrs. A. delegate on the basis of scholastic J. Stienworth and daughter, Mary and leadership abilities, personal- Ann. Other guests were Mr. and ity, character, and good Mrs. Homer Fitzwater and Mrs. citizen, states Principal Walter T. Resa Moore. Williams. Jessup has been drum major for the Duchesne School band for the past two years, is president of the DHS senior class, and has served in official students positions during his four years at the Duchesne High School. $3.00 PER YEAR Camporee Start Sccatemters P-T- A 14, 1955 Plans & Training For Scout Ordered Dy Horse chesne County Infantile Paralysis chairman, announced today that the Salk vaccine for polio had been ordered by Fay Pope, county health nurse, for Duchesne County, and would soon be available for the polio shots. Announcement will be made when the vaccine arrives. The shots will be given the first and second graders at a minimum cost of 15 cents. Shots for other children will be given by appointment with local physicians at a regular fee when the vaccine is available. Dr. Paul G. Stringham attended a closed TV circuit on Polio direct from Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the Utah Theatre in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, displaying pertinent information and facts concerning the new polio find. it 7 PER COPY staofe BecgiveJ Upper Colorado ill On Wednesday New District 9 Officers Join (Continued On Back Page) California Senator Opposes Bill With Minority Report; Would Delete Echo Park Oregonian 16-Pa- ge DHS Sends Envdys To U. N. Assembly At U Five speech students and a faculty member from the Duchesne High School are planning to participate in the "Model United Nato be held at tions Assembly, the University of Utah this weekend. Mrs. Edythe Marett, faculty member, reports that she and Jessup Johnsen, Louise Liddell, Kara Lyn Smith, Orin Barker and Keith Lewis will attend the conference as delegates representing Greece. She explains that this assembly will be patterned after the United Nations assembly in New York. Jessup Johnson will be the speaker for the "Greek group. Numerous schools in the state are to take part in the assembly as delegates from other member nations. The United States Senate Wednesday received the billion dollar Upper Colorado River Storage Project bill as Chairman Clinton P. Anderson of the Irrigation and Reclamation introduced the bill. He expressed hope the floor debate on the four-stat- e program could open within the next ten days. minSimultaneously a ority report in opposition to the Upper Colorado River program was filed by Sen. Thomas R. Kuch-e- l and Sen. Richard filed a report Neuberger in opposition to the Echo Park .) 16-pa- . .) Dam. Failed Last Year Last year the Upper Colorado River legislation didnt reach the Senate floor until July 26. As a result the. bill was caught in a of the closing legislative log-jadays of the session and failed to pass. It is now more than three months ahead of last years schedule which should improve chances of passage. The bill calls for authorization of six storage dams and 12 participating or irrigation projects. It includes 21 other projects which require further planning work and must be by a later Congress. Recognizes Intention The bill, said Sen. Anderson, recognized that it is not the intention of Congress, by authorizing only certain projects at this time, to limit, restrict or interfere with future comprehensive developments involving the consumptive use of waters in the Upper Colorado River Basin. The bill lays the foundation for the full. Upper Basin development, The U. S. Department of Agrifurther action on some of culture has announced a shorn leaving the projects to later sessions of wool Incentive price of 62 cents Congress, Senator Anderson per pound of wool, grease basis, and a mohair support price of 70 cents per pound, both for the 1955 PREPARATION MEETING marketing year. If average prices received by producers for wool Duchesne stake Primary Prepar-atib- n and mohair fall below these levels, meeting was held in the payments will be made to pro- stake house on Sunday, April 10. ducers. Reports were brought back and Joseph Wilcken, chairman of the given by those who attended the (Continued on page 2) Primary conference in Salt Lake. School Beard Rovciws Bisiiife? BuSdbg Flans AH Projects Aro Possible In Flftson Months The regular meeting of the Duchesne Board of Education was held on April 7, at 10 a.m. in the Duchesne School Board office. Those present were Theron Leavitt, president, B. A. Jacoby, William R. Harris, Marion A. Harrison, E. L. Murphy, Rowan C. Stutz. superintendent, and C. C. Mickelson, clerk. A large portion of the meeting was spent on discussions of the school building program. Preliminary drawings and specifications for the Roosevelt Junior High High School were examined and a schedule of planning the Neola, Roosevelt, Tabiona and Duchesne High School building projects were discussed with Howell Cannon, architect. Mr. Cannon said that the plans for all four of these projects could be completed in the next 15 months. This means that within a year and a half, contractors can begin on the last of these four buildings. The board authorized the expenditure of $500 to secure possession of the roadways presently the Duchesne running through High School grounds. In a discussion with representatives of the local Teachers Assome revision were sociation, made in the teachers contract pertaining to sick leave policy and upper limit? of the salary schedule. A delegation from Tabiona met with the Board of Education to register some complaints concerning their school. Dr. Miles Allen, Rex Curry and Manilla Madsen, representatives of the Duchesne Council, discussed with the board the local school mill levies, and pledged the support of the local groups in bringing Duchesne County mill levies in line with the levies in other school districts. Supt. Stutz presented to the board a list of the present teaching staff who have proper certification, with recommendations for their for the 1955-5- 6 school year. The lengthy agenda required a setting of a special to complete pressing meeting school business. The board will meet at the Myton School on Friday, April 15, at 8 p.m. A USDA 1055 Uc:l Market Prise Dots Is Dksxscd - 'Lav; Forum' Ssminar Sg? By Duchesne Game Group April 29 Is Date For Officers In Local Counties The Duchesne Fish and Game Association hosts a Law Forum Seminar for enforcement agencies from all the bordering counties Utah, Wasatch, Summit, Carbon, Uintah, Daggett, as well as Duchesne County on April 29. In announcing plans for the Seminar, Elden R. Wilcken, association secretary, states the forum will get underway at 9 a.m. in the Duchesne county courthouse. All law enforcement officials who attend this portion of the program will hear advice from the experts on points of law pertaining especially to the fish and game angle. The panel of experts, moderated by Herbert Smart, president of the Utah Wildlife Federation, includes E. R. Callister, Jr., Utah OS attorney general; Phillip Christen- district attorney; a judge of the Fourth Judicial District Court, and Golden Peay, chief warden for the Utah State Fish and Game Desen, partment, panel members. A symposium of a law violation will be discussed from the making of an arrest on through to the disposition of the court. Following the forum, questions from the floor will be discussed by the panel. All law enforcement personnel are invited to participate game wardens, justices of the peace, sheriffs, county attorneys, town marshalls, and special wardens, as well as other club members. This is the second such Seminar to be sponsored by the Duchesne club. The first was in 1953 and it was so popular many other clubs in surrounding states have copied the idea, which has proved of great value for law enforcement officers. i . . vxV Shall We Nave Phonics Or Not? . . . . In at least two of the discussion at the Rural Education groupis Conference a g6od deal of concern was expressed over the lack of instruction in phonetics in the schools of Duchesne County. The following statement from an article by David H- - Russell and Gretchen Wulfing explains pretty well the attitude in our schools concerning the somewhat controversial issue of the phonetic approach to reading. great faith in learning sounds, although some admit that reading in the first grade was very difficult for them. At different times phonics has been considered the reading program and also has been something for teachers to scorn and ignore. Today the phonics program is moving toward a middle ground and therefore to a less controversial position. The modern point of view sees phonics or phonetic analysis as n one aspect of the and teachers parents or vocabularly-buildin- g Many program. learned to - read by a phonetic It is one method of word attack method and are inclined to place which enables a child to pro word-recognitio- nounce or identify an unfamiliar word. It does not tell him its meaning or use in a sentence, nor does it help him think about or interpret what he has read. It has, therefore, a definite place in the total reading program but a place with clearly defined limits. Moreover, phonics must be considered as only one means of word identification and recognition because many children successfully use other methods of "atwords. Sometimes, estacking pecially in beginning reading, they recognize them by their general shape or configuration. Sometimes they identify them by the use of picture and context clues. Particand ularly in the intermediate upper grades, structural analysis such as syllabication and the recognition of prefixes and suffixes is most useful in "unlocking a new word. Along with this meth-or- , phonetic attack through the sounds of words is a valuable skill. In some cases it may be the easiest way to identify a new word. Usually, however, the child who can combine several methods of attack on an unfamiliar word is the most successful reader. Phon-(Continu- On Back Page) 1 fi'Z 3 MOST POPULAR BOYS AND GIRL Miss Judith Halladay most popular young lady at the Duchesne High School for 1955, and Dean Young and Keith Lewis won equal honors for the preferred man title. All are seniors at the Duchesne High School. They were chosen by popular vote cast by the boys and girls of the DHS student body. Miss Halladay is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Halladay, Mr. Young is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Young, and Mr. Lewis is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Lewis, all of Duchesne. has been voted the |