Show Sale Of Beer In Neola Is Being Studied By County Commission MEL Hi RE-ELECTED R. V. Roosevelt last Friday was re-elected chairman of the Utah State School a position he held the past He is entering his third year as a member of the school t Majority Favor Cancelling Licenses To Sell Beer In 51 Say To Incorporating The Duchesne County Commissioners have extended the 1956 licenses of three Neola establishments to sell This extension was made pending a decision as to whether 1957 licenses should be issued for sale of light beer in Neola A mass meeting was held at Neola last week where the advantages and disadvantages of incorporating the community were No definite decision was except the approval of a which was done under the supervision of the county t In calling upon the residents of the Neola community to state their desires in this Porter L. county was directed to send a questionnaire to all the voters in this Some questionnaires were mailed listing the following questions-Questions Asked Would you be willing to incorporate as a town in order that you will be able to control the licensing of all including the sale of Do you feel that it is desirable to have the county prohibit the sale of beer in the Neola area by refusing to issue a Would you please make comments you feel would be helpful to the board of county commissioners in this matter and return this questionnaire within five Results Tabulated Results of the questionnaires returned were tabulated at a special meeting of the Duchesne County Commissioners on January On question the votes were 49 and 51 On question No the votes were 57 and 48 Comments ran the gamut of elected the county commissioners to decide such Let us abide by their will drink beer whether i they buy it at Neola or feel beer in Neola is because 70 of the businesses would have to close if it weren't for beer beer- parlor out of town to where the drinkers will bother no but There was much discussion by the commissioners relative to the but no definite action was There were three li censes in Neola during 1956 to expire 1956 for sale of light beer at Beer licenses at Neola are issued to Neola Lorin A. Clifford Bastian and Don Field |