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Show 4 k i 2 ad I J I 14 t I 9 w n.t J 1 . LARGEST CLASS EVER Graduation rites set this week for 210 senior students in county 73 This week will mirk the end of twelve years schooling for more than 200 senior students in Duchesne County. Twelve years may seem a lifetime, and some have commented that they have Coming events listed Readers of the STANDARD were reminded this week to make use of the Coming Events" column whieh is being introduced. A list of events that are coming will be published each week, and a clearing calendar maintained. Individuals and organizations are with any encouraged to call information that should be added to had enough schooling to last forever, but most realize that life itself is a school and if you have anything on the ball, at all, you continue to learn. This school is known as the School of Hard Knocks" Congratulations are in order for all the Senior's in the Basfn and a sincere Good Luck for the Future". Graduation exercises for high schools will take place in Roosevelt Duchesne, Tabiona and Altamont on either the 24th or the 25th of May. Jr. high school ceremonies in the Basin will be held during the afternoon of the 24th. 722-213- 1 the VOLUME Altamont high school will hold graduating exercises May 25 at 8 p.m. Twenty eight seniors will receive their diplomas. Guest speaker for the occasion will be Dennis H. Smith. Duchesne high school will hold their graduation ceremonies May 24 at 8 p.m., in the Duchesne high school gymnasium. Forty seniors will graduate. Guest speaker for the ceremonies will be Dr. G. Frank Madsen. Valedictorian is Don Brown and is Terry Welsh. Graduation chairman for this year is Melody Awarding the diplomas will be George Terry. Studentbody president is Steve Terry. Theme for the class is Friends'1. Graduates are Mike Bancroft, Melody Bredenbroker, Don Brown, Ken Burdick, Tommy Castillo, Sharon Davis, Terry Despain, Jacque Dunbar, Farrell Farnsworth, Pat George, Rowlley Herrera, Linda Howell, Kent Ivie, Sherlene Ivie, Kalvin Killian, Michael Liddell, Roger Marett, Ken McKowen, Linda Mecham. Laurie Meriwether, Rose Marie Merk-leLynne Miller, David Nielsen, Lynette Peatross, Janice Potter, Kirby Robbins, Keith Smith, Craig Stansfield, Greg Taylor, Guy Taylor, Scott Taylor, Steve Terry, David Weisgerber and Terry Welsh. y, Tabiona high school Tabiona high school, will hold their graduation exercises on May 24 in the high school gymnasium at 7:30 p.m. Nine seniors will graduate from this school. Guest speaker for the exercises will be William Norton. Presenting the diplomas will be a member of the School Board. Theme for this years graduating class is WE'VE Only Just Begun". Valedictorian is Jessup VanTassell and Salutorian is Kim Jones. Kim Jones is also studentbody president Graduating seniors include Jessup Van Tassell, LuAnn Clark, Linda Wood, Kim Jones, Parley Turnbow, Joe Burt Duane Johnson, Dave Curry, Juvon Fabrizio. By Claris D. Ashby According to Dale Holbridgo, of Sooth Dakota, the best years of a man's Hfo aro when his kids are old enough to help shovel now, but too young to drive the car. In case you hadn't noticed, it's graduation time again. And for Duchesne County it is one of the largest graduating classes ever. But other things about this graduating class are different. For instance, for probably the first time in many years, jobs are plentiful right in our own area. No longer is it necessary for seniors to pack their bags the day after school is out, and head for the big city to find employment. Oh, a lot of them will do that, but it isn't necessary now. As a matter of fact, there are a number of the City" kids out this way working this summer. Another difference now that wasn't ao ajew yearsago, is the fact that a student can stay here in this area and still further his education. With work available, and the presence of classes through Utah Stale University, a graduate this year has a much wider choice as to his future. And still a final difference. The boys 61 NUMBER Valedictorian is W. Todd Hansen and is Val 0. Oman. Principal, Richard L. Lewis will present the class, and the presentation of the diplomas will be made by a member of the Duchesne County School Board. Theme song for the graduating class is "We've Only Just Began". Graduating seniors are Linda Ames, Revs Adams, Ambrose L. Bahe, Doyle Christensen, Sid D. Farnsworth, Darr Fisher, Todd Hansen, Julie Christensen Jessen, Monica Faye Jessen, Gary Lindsay, Rick Lyons, Donna Daniels Mathews, Jaekie McDonald. Teresa Ames Mecham, Kathryn Mitchell, Bryce L. Neilson, Val Oman, Marla Powell, Leland Stansfield, Donna Stevenson, Ann Stevenson, David Thacker, LouAnn Timothy, Lorele Thorpe, Brent Walker, Jamie Lee Warden, Madge Wilson and Joann Young. lip W. Blake, Dean Bolton, Duane Boren, David Bowden, Dorothy Bowden, Carol Brandt, Gayla Brough, Julia Buchanan. Mike Steve Cales, Pat Carter, Susan Chapoose, Greg R. Chidester, Gary R. Clayburn, Randy K. Cloward, Kathleen K. Dahlberg, Keith I Duncan, Morris C. Duncan, Delane Esplin, Durene Freston, Stacey C. Galley, Shane Gardner, Grant S. Green, Karen Groves, Gwen Ann Hanson. Margo Harmston, Dianne Hatch, Doyle Haslem, Joe V. Haslem, Sam J. Union high school Union high school will ROOSEVELT. UTAH 84066 1 Maxine Hamaker, Annette Wilson, Ande Carol West. Senior graduates are: Robert Alexander, Laurie B. Allen, Brett Allred, Lynne Ames, Berdecna A Appawoo, Debbie M. Atwood, Kent Bastian, Roger Betts, Phi- Salutatorian Duchesne high school THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1973 Houston, Joelcne Jenks, Cherylann Keel, Kathy G. Labrum, Karen Lamb, DeAnna Larsen, David B. Ixrng, Robert E. Lucero, Terry Lundbcrg. Tim D. McDonald. David McKee, Len-ni- s McKee. Sherrie A. McKee, Debra Mackie, Thompson Maho, Debra C. maser, Kerry D. Mathews, Thomas Ray Michie. Charlotte Miller, Alonzo Mitchell, Kevin L. Mortensen, Stephen F. Luella C. Murdock, Joann Murray, Paula Nelson, Julia A. Nielson, Rodney D. Olsen, Robert J. Page, Tommy Patterson, Cheryl J. Pawwinnee, Eileen Peatross, Cheryl Pitt, Lynn Rasmussen, Debra Reed, Dale F. Reynolds, Jimmy G. Rhoades, Ganeane Ross, Alyce Sam, Gary M. Scholes, Rick J. Sea vers, Ed Sccakuku, Terry Sherman, Wilford Smith, Carol L. Sorenson, Thomas H. Sprouse, Brion J. Stubbs, Lola R. Summers. Mike W. Suttee. Jane Thacker, Jerry R. Tomlinson, Larry Walker. James L. Wall, Cheryl Washburn, Steven C. Whitehead, Brent G. Wilkins, Janet Winn, Jeff B. Winn, Paul M. Winterton, Ronnie L. Young, Jim Zaccardi, Robert Zent. rj b :rr J i V ; 'i Mor-tense- hold their graduation exercises May 25 in the . The newspaper will endeavor to maintain a current calendar. However, the responsibility to see that the information is included rests with the sponsor of any given event. Altamont high school Valedictorian and Duchesne's are Don Brown and Terry Welsh from Duchesne high school. They will graduate with their classmates on May 24. rali-ndar- UNION HONOR STUDENTS This group of seniors from Union were named as honor students for 1973. In the center, front are the classs valedictorian and salutatorian. Miss Becky Nielson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Nielson, third from left is valedictorian. Next to her in the picture is Miss Margo Murdock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Murdock, Salutatorian. These students will be honored in commencement rites Friday evening. school RECEIVES HONORS auditorium at 8 p.m. One hundred and thirty three seniors will receive their diplomas. Guest speaker for the ceremony will be Dr. Lloyd A. Ute Fab, and manager recognized for top business gains Drury. Valedictorian is Becky Nielson and Margo Murdock is Salutatorian. Studentr body president is Kevin Heaton. Presenting the graduates will be Principal Orval Hullinger. Awarding the diplomas will be Dennis Mower and Keith BergquisL Theme for this years graduating class is Today is the First Day for the Rest Of Your Life. Class song is Friends". Honor seniors are Becky Jo Nielson, Margo Murdock, MarLayne Mullins, Mark Dennis, Reid Bench, Kerry Goodrich, Blaine Whiting, Joann Shields, Jane Monks, Edna Lemon, Lynette Frandsen, Kathleen Olsen, Glenda Pratt, John Gilbert, Deon Truman, Louise Wilkerson, Sue Ann Henderson, Anna Mae Perkins, FYanklin Deloy Tanner, Susan Richens, Nila Chapman, LouAnn Sullivan, Theresa Deller, Shauns Rasmussen, Susan Crazier, Honda Benson, Barcy Milligan, Kevin Heaton, Joyce Haueter, Margaret Roberts, Nancy Hancks, Sibyl Cook, An unprecedented honor was bestowed the Ute Tribe last week, as well as on one of its enterprise managers. The title of Small Business of the Year" was awarded UTEFAB, the furniture factory, and its Dick Jones of Roosevelt, was manager, named Small Businessman of the Year" for Region 7. Clair Hopkins, Salt Lake City, a regional director of Small Business Administration, made the presentation at a dinner party Thursday evening at Bottle Hollow Resort. The Ute fabricating company and its manager were selected as state winners and were entered in regional competition. They were also named regional winners which includes the states of Colorado, North and South Dakota, Wyoming and on Pictured are Tabionas honor students, Jessup Van Tassell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Van Tassell who is valadictorian and also class president. Sterling Kim Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Ray Jones is Salutorian. Jessup is the one in Cap and Gown. who graduate this year are no longer faced with the draft. The choice is theirs, and some will elect to enter a service career. But unless something changes in the near future, none of this year's group will be drafted. For these reasons, as well as the fact that every year brings new opportunities and challenges, we would suggest that this year's class of graduates faces possibly the brightest future possible. They have the chance to do just about anything they would like to do in life, and be successful at it. It is up to them. Anyway, we would like to add our congratulations to those who have stood the test of time, stood up under 12 years of studying to gain a piece of paper. It may not seem like much, but to those who do not hold this certificate many doors are closed. We would hope that this milestone is used as a slop in the ladder to greater successes. Montana. A congratulatory letter from Robert G. Sherwood, Region 8 Director, SBA, stated I stand in awe of the Ute people. Particularly impressive was the growth of your business from literally nothing to a two million dollar enterprise in just three short years." He continued to say Mr. Jones and UTEFAB were one of the half dozen finalists which were submitted to the SBA administrator, Mr. Thomas S. Klcepe, for final selection of the National Small Businessman of the Year. They were one of 26 nominations from across the nation. Jones has been manager of UTEFAB since its inception in October of 1969. A native of the Uintah Basin, he attended out-of-sta- 700-mil- Have you noticed that putting off an easy thing makes it difficult; putting off a hard one makes It nearly impossible. Maybe that's what happened to our traffic control signal in the center of Roosevelt. There's a lot of water woes in the area this week. Take for instance, Myton. Everyone is crying that the water is not fit to drink, and must be boiled. In Roosevelt. Duchesne and Altamont city officials are crying because there just isn't enough to satisfy everyone. And also in Roosevelt, everyone is crying about the price they will have to pay for water after July 1. Then on the Wasatch Front, they are crying about the fact that the Central Utah Project is moving so slowly that they are not going to get to use our water as soon as they would like. It looks like to us that with all this crying going on, if we were to utilize the barrels of tears our water problems would be over. high school in Rangley, Colo., where he worked in a small cabinet shop during school. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado and has a bachelor science degree in Industry and Business Management. Working as an industrial engineer in Salt Lake City, Jones opened a small cabinet shop which he operated in his spare time. When he answered an ad in the paper in August of 1969, his hobby became his profession and he and 10 employees began UTEFAB. The first contracts for the Fab were mainly for school furnishings. However, with the budget cuts, the government contracts ended and a new line of furniture was needed to compete on the open market The new product is a lamented kitchen cabinet which has met the test for national accreditation by the kitchen cabinetmakers for its durability. Meeting with great success UTEFAB now is scheduling its production rather than looking for business. According to Jones, success has not bren based on minority overtones. The company has had to compete nationwide and now trucks cabinets as far as Alaska and Ohio although most within a of its selling is done radius. The company has outgrown the quon-se- t building at Fort Duchesne and plans are complete for a new building, the first to he built in an industrial park at Fort Duchesne near the Ute Research Laboratory building. Future growth of the company, which now employes nearly 45 people, will see people of the reservation area assuming more responsible positions as it expands its line of arrhitectual millwork, Jones said. Among dignitaries who congratulated Jones and UTEFAB production manager, Flovd Wopsock. were Homey Secakuku, Tribal Chairman who was master of ceremonies at the dinner; Gene Ostler of Walker Bank, Salt Lake City; Paul Mur phy. First Security Bank of Roosevelt; Wes Dickerson, First Security Bank, He-he-r, Norma Green, MI)TA Coordinator, State Board of Education; Bill Mayners, MDTA nmrdinator. Slate Employment Security, Salt Lake City; Roosevelt Mayor, Ed Yack; Ray While, Salt Lake City, Ivpartmcnt of Commerce; Dale Randall, Tom Ilorni, and Mrs. Honkins, Salt Lake office of SBA; Fred Brown, KV CL, Vernal and BIA and Tribal personnel as well as employees of Ute Full. Special guests were Mr. and Mr. Jones and Mr. Jones' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Jones of Bonanza. . BIG HANDSHAKE FOR "SMALL BUSINESSMAN" Clair Hopkins (second from right) Regional Director of the Small Business Administration, congratulates Dick Jones on his being named "Small Businessman of the Year" for Region 8. Also on hand for a dinner party honoring Jones and UTEFAB last Thursday evening were Floyd Wopsock Manager for the FAB, and Homey Secakuku, Tribal Chairman who was master of ceremonies at the event. UTEFAB was also cited as "Small Business of the Year" for the region which includes the states of Montana, North and South Dakota, Utah, Colorado and (left). Production Wyoming. : l e |