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Show Uintah Basin Standard Page Thur., Jun. 6, 1968 DUCHESNE AREA NEWS The Lloyd Grant family has moved hack to their home in Duchesne after having lived in Orem and Payson the post two years while Mr. Grant lias been assigned to jobs in that area with the State Road Department. Mr. Grant was recently to work out of the Duchesne office of t Instate Road Department. Lee Wiiniin-r- , son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Wiiiimi-r- . Iiiirliesjii-in spent the holiday at the Cliihuiiliii.i, .Mexico, at the Inline of his rorunm-it' RYlf. Hilly Wininn-r- , another soil of the H. J. Wiimueis spent the holiduy vacation with The C. VV. Rill Harrisons his parents at Duchesne and have rented their home to the at their ranch in Nine Mile. Weston Dcspains, and the HarThe Jan. 6 meeting of the risons have moved back to Orem Duchesne Mothers Club will be the past week. held at the home of' Mrs. Mrs. Jack Fitzwater lioelcss-- . Naomi Taylor, with Mrs. Pat-ti- c The Burdick as ed the Duchesne 500 Club dur- will be program The presented by the meeting holidays. ing was held at the Cowan's Res- Mins JoAnne Means, a teacher taurant. Guests included the at the Duchesne Elementary ' Robert Gunters, the Weston School. Her subject will be A ! Despalns, the Howard Mech-- I Trip to France. ams, the Myron Taylors, the John P. Madsen spent the j Rex Davises, the George Conns. Jim Cowan won high score for holidays In Salt Lake City at the men, and Howard Mecham the home of his daughter, Miss took the low score prize; Carma Emily Madsen. He states that Gunter won high score prize his wife, who fell and injured for the ladies, and Verna Mech-s- her arm and shoulder several r. weeks ago at this residence, Is was the other A buffet supper was served to recovering from her Injuries, and Is expected to be in Salt the members and guests. Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Dean Lake City for the remainder Skinner and family of Provo of the month. He said she Is were guests Thun, and Frl. being oared for by a private at the home of Mr. and Mrs. nurse in the apartment. Lel&nd Wright. Mrs. Luella Edlund of Salt Rick Robbins and Jack Skew-e- s Lake City spent the psat week were stranded overnight at with her daughter, Mrs. Elvin in Duchesne. the Arnold Robbins Ranch In D. Rasmussen, Rock Creek Tuesday. They had Other holiday visitors at the driven a jeep through the deep Rasmussen home included Mr. now to near the ranch, and and Mrs. Duane Peterson and used an the Jeep's gasoline sup- family, Salt Lake City; Mr. ply. The boys had taken a and Mrs. Douglas Rasmussen, smaH supply of food with them. Mr. and Mrs. Rulon RasmusSheriff George E. Marett was sen, an of La point, and Mr. and notified, that the boys had not Mrs. Andy Rasmussen, Ogden. returned to Duchesne, as planMrs. Elvin D. Rasmussen was ned; and help wsa sent to them. honored last week at a pink Mr. and Mn. Dean Beal and and blue shower held at the family of Salt Lake City spent home of Mrs. Barbara Rowley. were Mrs. LaRae Hew Tear's Eve with Mrs. Beals parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Shirley BanEdmund Bench. New Years croft Eighteen ladies attended Day, the Beals attended a fam- - the surprise shower. She is the liy reunion at the Bridgeland mother of four. Ward House. The Elvin D. Rasmussens Mia.' Marie Baum is visiting have started to build a new in Dallas, Texas, during late home in Duchesne, across the December and early January, street from their presort resiat the home of a niece, Dr. and dence. The basement excavaMrs. Mont Bateman. Mn. Baum tion has been made In preparawent to the Texas city with tion for the construction. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pace of Spanish Fork. Mn. Pace Is her sister. The group traveled by train. oi are Mailt- of van theme of the Duchesne Slake Dinner Dance helrl al the new Duchesne High Kriiool gymnasium New Years Memories Kve. Mrs. to Peat-roe- Word has been received at Duchesne of the death of Mn. Glen Bates, 58, of Spokane, Pierce Wash. Mrs. Mildred of Wilbur Bates, sister-in-laE. Bates and Mn. Rita Bates Lott, died Dec. 24 of a heart ack. Mr. Bates is a former Duchesne resident Funeral services for Mrs. Bates wen held at Spokane Tuesday. Mn. Kenneth Ivie of Kearns were holiday visit-o- n at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Delmon Ivie of the Strawberry area, and of Mrs. Sylvia Mecham, in Duchesne. The Herbert Mecham and Mrs. Sylvia Mecham visited in the Las Vegas area during the holidays, with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Mecham and family, and friends. Holiday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Byion S. Col' k tt were their daughter, Nita. Ellis Ray and their Peterson, and two children of Boise, Idaho. Mrs. Peterson .prepared the New Years Day dinner, and the other guests for the holiday were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Collett of White-rocand two grandchildren. son-in-la- ks Mrs. Reta Lott returned New Year's Eve from Independence. Mo., where she spent the holidays with the Dan Killpack family. Mrs. Nancy Killpack her daughter, gave birth te an 8 lb. girl Dec. 27. The Kill packs have two other children, 6, and Kendal, 3. Dan-nin- e, Mr. iff how to share our abundance so that hunger may be driven from every land. This week I would like to take my hat off to the Roosevelt Culture Club for spearheading the construction of thc-lcskating rink at the City Park. A special tip of my hal goes to Fred Goodhue for the many hours of time und effort he has put forth to ge: this rink ready and keeping i: in condition for the young people of this area to enjoy. The Bench Farmer anil Helen Merkley Pauline Wagner, YWMIA presidents of the Durhesnc and the Duchesne Second wards, were in charge of planning and serving of the ham dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Leo B. Foy supervised the program, which was by the wards; and included a solo, group dun-cingroup singing, and a duct. Shauna and Dennis Freeman of the Duchesne Second Ward sang the theme song, with guitar accompaniment. The Minors Orchestra of Duchesne played the dance music. A good attendance was recorded for the dinner dance, which started at B p. m., and continued until after the new year was welcomed in with noisemakers, confetti, serpentine, and other gala doings. Mrs. Rose Anna Bench and Fay Miles, Duchesne Stake MIA presidents, were in charge of the general arrangements for the social. R for the Christmas holiday, which they spent with their son and family, Mr. and s Mrs. Chad Peatross. Mn. reports seeing her new grandson, Justin, who is eight months old. Chad end Carma have two other children. - Thla, Portland Mr. and Farmer Hew Years eve - William Peatross and family drove Bench , prize-winne- Mr. and Mn. The Duchesne stake has fun event ding rrreplion of her brother, Mr. and Mrs. J. I). Wiiiin.cr, held at Allamont, I)t-c- . 29. 6 g, PTA COUNCIL TO MEET IN DUCHESNE The Duchesne Area PTA Council meeting will be held Monday, January 10 at 8:00 P. M., at Duchesne High School. The program will be presented by Supt. Thomas and William Lewis, Guidance and Counseling Director, of Duchesne County School District. All workers in the local PTA's and In the Council are urged to attend by Mrs. Don Mantyla, President since elections for new officers win be held and a quorum must be present for voting. lp Duchesne boy has pet owls Two pets at the Grant Earl home In Duchesne "give a hoot where they live, and the chickens In the nearby pen really turn chicken. The pets are barred owls, and the domestic fowl are scared, naturally or instinctively of the wild birds, which usually prey on poultry and other birds, and small animals. Make The Must of The New Year Let's resolve to make this new year a better year. Let's resolve to farm the best we know how, using the best methods available to us. Lets resolve to use every opportunity we have to raise our standards of living. Lets resolve to do something about making the appearance of our farmstead a little -give It a face lifting. Let's resolve to take part in church and civic activities and be sure to attend all meetings that are held for the benefit of the farmers. Lets resolve not to be afraid to utter our thoughts and our feelings on farm problems and any other problems that affect our fellow men. Let's resolve not to be afraid to fight for the organizations which are set up for the good of the farmer (by the government) We dont want them taken away from us. Let's resolve to do everything we can to try and gain our rightful part of the income so our farms can have the conveniences enjoyed by other people who make their living in other ways. Let's resolve to feel better better- Training for home skills set at D.H.S. of the Young homemakers Duchesne area are invited back to the classroom at the Duchesne High School to learn additional and homemaking home management skills. Mrs. Mary C. Boender, home demonstration agent for Duchesne County, for the Utah State University, invites all the young mothers to get out of the house and back to school, and bring their youngsters with them. A nursery is provided near the classroom for the youngsters. The classes are being held In the home economics department at the high school from 2 to 3:30 p. m., each WednesNo registration is necessary prior to coming to the school. And theres no cost Inday. volved to the young homemaker. A variety of home skills will be Instructed by Mis. Boender, Including stretching the nutritionbudget with low-coal main dishes end other foods, money management, clothing, sewing and cleaning problems. st by knowing within ourselves that we have made an honest effort to not only raise our own standards, but also the standards of our fellow farmers. For those of us who till the soil, may the lord set our hands firmly to the plow. Make our furrows straight and true. Bless our fields and show us into the home. They ore friendas ly, curious; and wide-eye- d an owl naturally Is. The Bari family enjoy the antics of the young birds. As the owls age, they may present s problem. The Earl family members know the birds are of a feather, but they do not know if they are mister or Ronald Dudley . . . serving d. miss or are They with the peace Corps in Ecuabelieve it will be an education dor. in the ways of nature to study the development of the owl and mls-mate- 2 licenses issued their habits. d 2 IP fine-feather- ed Can You Spell Mxlequatzke? That's s hard one! But a newspaper encounters names that nre difficult every day. And then's only one way to make sure the ... ed spelling is correct sometimes TRIPLE-CHEC- TO CHECK . . . and CHECK . . . and Month named at DHS Now Smith is easy . . . but is it Smith or Sinjtbe? Is it spelled Is It Nelson or Nelson or Nielsen or Nielson . . . John ... them right Hundreds of Names Every ISSUE . . . ... oil spelled correctly Seeakukii, Aliegglrn, ilalmforth, Halglrish, Grunewold, Ilommersrhmkl, Mantyla, M leu re . . . on and on. Is It any wonder we make a mistake now anil then? But ACCURACY is the WATCHWORD Well do all possible to spell all the others ... alt ! rorrroUy . , of the time. That's one of the your for a reliable newspaper. Anil wo mime feel . and rule that our newspaper h reliable! PTA Council election set for Jan. 10 Piii-hcsu- MMSlMlnM B ll.S atOWLS Ills owls I'OII ILTS (inint Earl shows off .l (wo pet home In Ihiehesne a rarity In nny area. or Jon? or Johnson or Johnston? Names are tricky, even the seemingly easy ones. Yet, hard or easy, a nowspuior Is exported to have Church News Norir.a Hadden has been employed as secretary nl the Duchesne Elementary TIi Duchesne Area PTA School, site replaces Mrs. Joan Foy, who resigned recently af- Council has scheduled its elee ter having held the position for t;n meeting to lie held Jun. 10 a number of years. Mrs. Had- it pm. in the library nl the den reported for work on this High School. Further new Job Jan. 3. del, of the meeting will be nniyiunred by Mrs Colleen Mr. and Mrs. Don (Arlene Mnntyla. Roosevelt, the Council Wimmer) Hill of Indianapolis. president. A Ind., visited with her parents, president, lire president Mr. and Mrs. H. J, Wimmer, and secretary for the Council during the Christmas holidays will lie elect ed nl Ill's rounty-wid- e Alsu, they attended the wed- meeting. Mi, Ecuador with Peace Corps half-brothe- Miss Maty Lott visited with the LaVaughn Lott family in Strawberry during the holiXnnry Kuhns was blessed by days. Other visitora at the ' I lt home included Charles and Bishop Lloyd Smith during the Marilyn, Salt Lake City, and sacrament molding. Ralph Olsen, who joined Uie Lotts for Christmas dinner. Former resident dies in S.L.C. to have little ambition and he attributes it to the fact that they have such a scanty supply of protein. They live mostly on bananas. The proFuneral services tor Mrs. Del-v- a he is engaged in Is to bring ject Lavisa Allred Oman, 78, were After spending the post to them to im- held more Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the years In Ecuador Ronald Dud- prove protein diet. their exLarkin to is forward Mortuary Chapel in Salt looking ley Lake City. Mrs. Oman, who retending his stay with the U. S. E. Salt Lake sided at 1832-7t- h Peace Corps, according to a letter received by his parents, City, died of natural causes at Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dudley Two marriage licenses were 4 a.m. Saturday at the home of Issued in Duchesne County dur- a daughter. of Randlett. He is presently serving in ing December. These were issued She was born November 15, an area near Santo Domingo. December 12 to Vernon B 1887, at Spring City, Sanpete This is banana country and he Rlchens, Vernal and Eva Diane County, to Joseph A. and reports that there are 47 dif- Starkey, Neola. Georgians Lambert Allred. She ferent varieties of bananas On December 28, Donald married James L. Oman June grown there, some to eat and Larry Price, Tablona, and Doro- 14, 1916, Manti LDS Temple. some to cook. thy Sorenson, Talmage, were He died some time ago. Before going to South Am- issued a permit to wed. Survivors are ions, daugherica he took training in Bozeters: James Jennis, Mrs. Ted man, Montana and also spent (Inal Johnson, both of Salt two months in ld Mexico. Mr. ffor Lake City; Kendall, Bountiful; Mrn Joe (Faun) Patterson, Dudley is the only Peace Corps member from the Uintah Bas- N. Pocatello, Idaho; 12 grandchilin. dren; sister, Mrs. Warner L. One of the projects he is A missionary farewell testi- Christensen, Provo; Collins Lund and Veo Lund, working on is a heifer project monial was held Sunday, DeThey are attempting to raise cember 26 in the Murray Sec- both of Los Angeles the quality of the animals ond ward In honor of Mr. and Interment was in Memorial there. Two bulls and three heif- Mrs. Heber Day, former resi- Gardens of the Valley. ers were flown to them from dents of Roosevelt. The Oman family lived in Mr. and Mrs. Day will en- Duchesne Countys upper counFlorida. He lives in a small opensid- ter the mission home January try and in the early 1940's ed unpointed structure. One of 10, and will then be assigned resided in Duchesne and were the reasons he gives for ex- to the Cumorah Mission with custodians at the old courttending his stay is to be able headquarters in Palmyra, New house. to see the results of the work York. he has been doing. Ideal Bookkeeping Books for He has been amazed at the Try the Standard first foi every purpose available at the difference of the people down E Ugh Grade, Quality Printing Standard Office - Kminrvrit. there. He reports that they seem Local man in UTAHN Student y Couple leaves Y. mission Grant, who loves wild animals has had several for pets, found the young owl in a cave in the Strawberry River area not far from Duby Norma Robb chesne this summer. It was an owlet then, and the boy beMrs. Bert Mayhan of Bounlieves the gray and white tiful has spent the past two six about friend is weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Leo months old. care of the childThe young adult owl was Brady taking Mrs. Brady was in ren while November shot during the the Roosevelt Hospital. They pheasant hunting season, and are the proud parents of a baby was brought to Grant to mount. Dec. 27. bom girl big-eywas bird the Instead, Mr. Mrs. Mont Cros-lan- d and adopted by the Earl family as and daughter spent a few splinted the Clinton Moon . . Duchesne another pet Grant now their parents rewith days owl the broken and wing, Student of the Month. is a real live pet on a perch In- turning to their home in Cedar City Thursday. stead of a stuffed bird. off Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dana The poultry &t the Earl chickand daughter of Idaho, spent out when "chickens en house owls are turned loose to the Christmas holidays with the Clinton Moon was named their way about the chick- their parents. Mr. and Mrs. "Student of the Month at the wing en house and chicken run. and Earl Wright. Duchesne High School for De- in the area of their Miss Colene Broadhead! cage. Grant cember. 1W1.1. Clinton, a son of avs the hens and the rooster spent a few days with her parMr. and Mrs. Phillip Moon. Is a cower In the farthest corner of ents, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert senior student and president of the roost. Broadhead. Her parents took the Duchesne High School StuOwls are clean birds. They her back to Salt Lake Thursdent Council and president of She is employed at thej keep the cage clean and are day. the Duchesne LDS Seminary, LDS Hospital in Salt Lake; about their housekeeping, During the homecoming act- fussy put leftover meat in one City. Allen Broadhead also ivities at the Duchesne high They corner neatly. Grain or leafy spent the Christmas holidays school in December, he was will not touch, with his parents, returning to voted the most vaiunble play- vegetables they the web- Ogden Sunday. It but scrape through er In the haakctball tournaDinner guests New Years bottom. of their wire bed cage ment. He plays two positions on home of Mr. and Mrs. at the are birds these the Eagle varsity team, forward Evidently,carnivorous. Eugene Abplanalp were Mr. will They strictly and center. He was a delegate to and Mrs. Theron Robb and son the American Legion Utah Boys eat fresh hamburger and other Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas raw meats. Slate in 1P65 at the USU camp- fresh Grant built a roost pole Abplanalp, daughter, Sandra us at Logan. across the owl's cage, which is and sons Jeffery and Kevin and atenclosed with mesh wire on Miss Deanne Boyce who is school BYU at at the tending the front and the two sides Provo. and part of the bottom. Mr. and Mrs. Max Birch The owls are furious if cats and son, Kent were in Calreor dogs come near. They hiss Mrs. Marilyn Grover was ifornia for the Christmas holileased as a teacher in the Pri- and snap their beaks and their took Mrs, Birch's mary and was sustained as odd ryes appear to change ex- days. They to California to live parents ward rhoristcr, Sunday. pression. winter. Now, the owls fly about the for the James Keith Rogers was re room when Grant brings them leased as ward chorister. lie was sustained last fall as member of the Duehesne Stake High Council. Fourten-year-ol- N. Glenn, Sheldon J. and Orlo K., who have filled missions for the Churrh of Jesus Christ Saints. Not In the iiktiire is of Latter-daC. Marden, who Is serving in Australia. The Drills A MISSIONARY FAMILY Silencers are sending tlirir 6th son into the mission field in January. Here Vernnnd K. Is seated between his parents, with Rawlln D., JOBS |