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Show ll A Newspaper Devoted to the People of the Uintah Basin The from County Duchesne: Gateway To Uintah Basin Seat Newspaper lay 2 from Covers Volume & from ALL The Uintah Basin Day Festivities Net Additional funds for Band Uniforms Band-Healt- h Schools and Civic Organizations Cooperate In Observance of Band And National Child Health Day Parade Features May Day Celebration ' ep ndloi! '"git 1' Poeu 0(1! 3VINI rERijj mswiti IN WDEg EH MUSIC FESTIVAL DATE REMAINS FRIDAY, MAY 12 After some with a program by consideration of a students in the high possible change of dates for the end-n- g spring Music Festival school auditorium at 9:30 and Superintenwith the Search for Talent dent W. J. Bond announced Thursspon-- t, day that the date would remain program, in the auditorium, Business Friday, May 12, as originally anred by the Duchesne Womens club at nounced. The change was conand Professional in accommodation of , oclock p. m. Duchesne was the templated the bands who leave today to par;:ene last Monday of a double-aeadin the Price festival, celebration participated in ticipate and the leaving a partially disrupted sy all civic organizations National Child Health school program in the two high schools. mo-J- s schools at Duchesne and Roosevelt. Day and Band Day were the So many plans have already of the fiesta. been made for the festival May 12, Inique Organization The elementary program in the that it was found a change of date at this time would be .apt to enmorning included music by Miss Miss danger the complete success of the Meldrums violin students. Meldrums violin orchestra of fifty event. Two bus loads of band students pieces is unique in the state and probably in the West. The stu-len- ts left for Price Thursday afternoon range from the second to to take part in the Price event. fifth grades and while they have Two busses will leave Duchesne been organized only since last Octearly Friday morning, representober, their performance surpasse- ing the Duchesne band, and Saturs units which have been playing day morning two more busses will for several years, according to carry the Tabiona band and the Roosevelt elemejntary chorus to outside visitors who have heard the festival. them play. Uintah and Alterra high schools Other numbers on the program included a play by Miss Jenses from Uintah County will also parstudents; poems by Miss Moons ticipate in the event. students; a play by Miss Lindsays students; songs and drill by Miss Jennies students; poems by Miss Jensens students and a health Beginning elementary er story by Miss Jefferys students. Children Braid Maypole Following the program, a group children under the direction of Miss Jensen, braided the Maypole on the school campus, while the of (Continued on Page 6) EJKISES ALTAMONT HOLDS PRELIMINARY MUSIC School Board Approves FESTIVAL to the Duchesne music festival to be held fa Duchesne on May 12, instrumental and vocal contests were held at the Altamont high school last Sunday afternoon. The program, which entertained a large audience, included numbers from Duchesne, Roosevelt, Myton, Altamont and Tabiona. Because too much was scheduled for one day, it was decided that it could not all be crowded into the county festival at Duchesne on the 12th and as much as possible would fake place at Altamont on Sunday, Outstanding Numbers Play Here Many of the outstanding num-freach school, representing were selected to appear in Duchesne on May 12. They include: Two violin duets from Duchesne; coronet trio and a saxophone trio Preliminary Program Dates At Meeting Here county The Duchesne County Board of education Tuesday approved May 17 for joint graduation exercises to be held at Roosevelt, at the regular meeting of the board in Duchesne Tuesday. Program for the exercises will be announced later, W. J. Bond anSuperintendent nounced. Local graduation exercises and the awarding of diplomas will be held in each of the high schools on May 19, Mr. Bond announced. Several delegations were present at the meeting Tuesday, in the interests of various school projects. The Board approved the Installation of a radio and loudspeaker unit in the Myton auditorium. The outfit will be purchased by the A. Myton P.-Purchase Timber from Talbion; Authorize clarinet quartet Claude Wagstaff of Tabiona met atd sousaphone solo from Roose-Vel- t; ladies trio from Altamont with the board, explaining the his comand nine trumpets in trio from My-f- difficulty encounteredredby timin pine mittee obtaining The latter number was deTabiona clared the Gymnasium. for ber Altaoutstanding at the authorized the purchase mont meet, nine trumpets playing The board fa a of timber from Mr. feet of 10,000 triple trio. timber originally the if Students from Miss Twila 'a Wagstaff on Page 6) (Continued unique violin orchestra from Duchesne who attended the Altamont meet and played solos, Local Man Honored faiets and quartets were Lois In New York Batch, Mardene Bond, LaJean Cowan, Dorothy Moore, Edith Word has been received from dimmer, Barbara Burdick, Evah the New York State College of ' right, Bob Barton, Milton Poul-Sfat Syracuse University, Glade Merrell, Norman Cald-Wel- 1 Forestry New York, that Rhodell Syracuse, and Dwayne Grant. Owens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Owens, Fort Duchesne, Utah, has been awarded a graduate Fellow0 ship for the academic year WINS TENNIS Si T. n- Mel-urum- n, Marjory crocker SINGLES AT PROVO Miss Marjorie of Crocker, Duchesne, a junior at Wasatch Academy brought fame to her sch,xl and to her home town Saturday when she nosed out nor contestant to win the girls singles tennis championship, at the invitational track and field meet at Provo last week end. Miss Crocker, Wl's. a daughter of Ernest Crocker of played four matches Frl-uu- y with contenders from the Du-ches- n, vai ions districts in Utah, and Neighboring states, she won all fur which Ule allowed her to enter finals on Saturday. 1939-194- at that Mr. Owens school. is a graduate stu- dent at the university doing work in the Landscape Engineering and Recreational Management DepartHe was graduated from ment. Westminister Junior College, Salt Lake City, 1933, and from Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, June 1938, where he was stuoutstanding in scholarship and folImmediately dent activities, lowing graduation from Utah State, he was awarded a scholarColship by the New York State there entered and of Forestry lege as a .student last fall. Mr. Owens will make a survey of maintenance costs of the New Yoik and Chicago parks systems for his master's degree. DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1939 $2.00 Sheriff Gives Warning On Protection Against Car Theft Baseball Team Is Organized For Duchesne Reports of cars stolen in various parts of the state come in almost daily, according to Sheriff Dewey Meriwether. In most instances the cars are recovered, but the owner is always put to some ex- Organization of a baseball team for Duchesne has been completed, with W. H. Case as manager and Eddie Kielbasa as team captain. The organization was started at a meeting at the Duchesne Commercial Club on April 21, called by Mr. Kielbasa, and completion of plans was announced Thursday. The boys have already spent several evenings In the ball park practicing, and it looks like there is a lot of good material available to assure a good club. Some funds will have to be raised to put suits and equipment In condition. The first practice game the boys have played was with the Bridgeland CCC team in Duchesne pense and loss of time, often recovers a damaged car, and in some instances suffers a total loss. Motorists themselves could overcome much of this loss with a little precaution, Sheriff Meriwether adHe suggests that cars vises. should be locked as much as possible, and that in all instances the ignition key should be removed when the car is parked. All motorists should keep a record of license number, motor number, and the number of the tires of their cars, he says. Such records would assist the officers greatly in the case of car theft or the theft of tires from the car. Amateur Program Concludes Band Day Fiesta Miss Merle Sexton was awarded first prize at the Search for Talent program which concluded the successful Band Day celebration here last Friday. The judges, Burt Gamer of Daynes Bdbee Music Co. and Frank Richards of Duchesne found their task of choosing first, second and third place from among the sixteen contestants a difficult one. Miss Sextons selection was Blue Danube. She received a prize of $2.00. Second place was won by Miss Elva Buckalew, playing a clarinet solo. Miss Buckalew is a member of the Duchesne school band, and will compete with other clarinet players from Utah and Colorado at the Price meet this week end. She received $1.00. Child Prodigy Miss Rae Donna Cole, four-yea- r old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin old Billy Harris, Cole and five-yeson of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Harris tied for third place and each received a dollar. Little Miss Cole delighted the audience with a ballet dance. She Is a pupil of Mrs. V. H. Meyrick. Billy is Duchesnes child prodigy. Not yet of school age, he could spell any word put to him, could name the presidents of the United States, tell the order in which they served and spell their names. He recited the alphabet backward and forward and could count to 100 by fives and tens. Will Compete at Vernal The audience expressed themselves well pleased by the variety of the program which included vocal numbers, clarinet and piano numbers and several violin selections from the students of Miss Twila Meldrum. The program was sponsored by the Duchesne business and Professional Womens club, who will select numbers from the winners to compete in the Vernal amateur contests. Winners from the latter contest will he allowed to enter the K. S. L. Search for Talent Hour. If present plans of the club materialize, a series of the programs will be held within the near future. Proceeds from the entertainment Monday evening will be turned over to the Band Mothers Club. last Monday. The score ended 10-- 5 in favor of the visitors, but was encouraging in spite of this fact to the Duchesne boys who had had no opportunity to prepare themselves for the game. , ar Today is Set Aside For Climax Of Cleanup Activities With the Junior Chamber of Commerce week rapidly drawing to a close, chief activities of the campaign will occur today, with business houses closing and the school and civic bodies cooperating on a general cleanup of the city. In a proclamation issued April 20, by Mayor B. A. Jacoby, the week of April 29 to May 6 was set aside as official cleanup week, with Friday, May 5, designated as special cleanup day when business houses will be closed between 9 a. m. and 1 p. m. Trucks Will Collect Refuse The city truck, possibly assisted by another truck operated by the Jaycees will he busy gathering rubbish from the curbs, the Fire Department will assist in the control of grass fires, school children will assist in the cleanup and the Boy Scouts wiU assist with gathering the rubbish. Citizens are warned to have their refuse at the curbs early, and to have it in containers, as there will not be time to gather it from piles on the ground. Much of the cleaning has already been done on public grounds and in private yards. The school grounds were cleaned, and rubbish hauled away Thursday, and the Church and County grounds were cleaned early in the week. Civic Clubs Start Series of Softball Games A series of softball games which is expected to extend through the summer has been begun by the Lions Club of Duchesne and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The series started Monday, in connection with the Band Day at which the Jaycees program, were the challengers. To the surprise of all, Including the Lions themselves, this organization came roaring through to win the game by a score of 28 to 8. Lions Golden Berrett did the twirling for the Lions with Lion C. W. Barton on the receiving end. Verl Meyrick and Eddie Carman took turns on the mound for the Jaycees with Don Peterson behind the bat. reversed was the Completely second game played Wednesday when the Jaycees with Pitt reigning supreme on the mound took the Lions for a good trouncing. There was no official scoie keeper, but the results were around 23 to 3 In favor of the Jaycees. Both sides were playing with short teams. Wilder Fairbanks as umpire seemed in danger of his life several times but it turned out that the Lions' roar was much worse than their bite. Another game is scheduled for Monday evening. Stolen Pickup Is Recovered In Carbon County The Ford Pickup truck belonging to Wm. H. Lindsey of Heber City which was stolen from Duchesne last Saturday evening was recovered from Helper Wednesday by Duchesne County Sheriff Dewey Meriwether and Allen Lindsey. It had been found abandoned near Rolapp and was being held in a Helper garage. The car was only slightly damaged, Sheriff Meriwether stated, and was driven home on its own power. The car was stolen about 10:30 Saturday evening, from the main Section Of Road Through Forest Will Be Built Included in a $241,309 WPA road construction project announced J. Greenwell, Darrel Tuesday by state administrator, was a project for the construction of a road in Ashley National forest from the forest boundary to Moon Lake public camp grounds. 0 The road is to cost $16,250, to be federal funds and $6250 $10,-00- local funds. This road probably covers the distance from the cattle guard just above twin pots to the camp grounds at the lake. Becomes State Highway On May 9 the road from Blue Bench to the Indian grazing land boundary a mile north of Mtn. Home will be taken over by the state. While it has been indicated that the state will not be able to do any construction on this stretch for some time, maintenance work will be done by the state, assuring a much improved road oVer that of the past. The remaining stretch, from Mtn. Home to the forest line crosses Indian grazing grund, and now offers some of the worst road between Duchesne and Moon Lake. No information has been received as to how soon the Indian department will make improvements on this section. Highway 40 Clubs Meet In Heber To Discuss Plans Highway 40 club delegates met in Heber City Sunday to complete plans for the spring campaign to stimulate travel of highway 40 this year. Les Mullins of Roosevelt, president of the Highway 40 clubs of Utah announced that the bid of the Kremmling Colorado printer for folders had been 100,000 strip-ma- p accepted and the folders ordered printed. The folders will be 9 x 24 Inches, folded to a 9 x 4 folder, lithographed In two colors. They will be available around the middle of May. Highway 40 windshield stickers advertising the highway and using the dinosaur as an emblem for distribution by Utah service stations, tourist camps, etc., were discussed at the meeting and It was decided to ask for bids for thg printing of 25,000 of these stickers. They are to be 2'i by 3U Inches, printed in two colors. Much of the meeting was devoted to budget discussion, and because of shortage of funds it was decided to eliminate any plans for radio advertising. The Heber committee reported only one response from Wyoming In their attempt to reach an on Page 6) Allen Lindthat but leave saw it supposed sey his brother, Mart, wa3 driving it. When the car started on by and he failed to recognize the driver he whistled to him but the driver turned out the lights and slipped out of town. Cream Can Gives Clue Sunday Harry Bryner found a cream can beside the road at the head of Indian Canyon and on bringing it to Duchesne it was Identified as having been in the Lindsey car when it was stolen. This gave officers a clue as to the direction the car had taken and they notified Carbon County officers to be on the lookout for it. Tuesday at 4 p. m. a Price road patrolman found the car beside the road near Rolapp wedged between some rocks and a bridge and notified the owner at Heber. Ills son came to Duchesne Wednesday REMIND YOU and accompanied Sheriff Meri- JUST TO BIRTHS wether to Helper to recover the Band Mothers meeting, Monis no evidence, the car. There day, May 8, 7:30 p. m., high school Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Do fa of to who as the sheriff reports, Every member urged to be a of Hanna announce the birth daughter, born May 4 at Duchesne. thieves were. street of Duchesne. agree-(Continu- Ter Year In Advance Number 41 County Receives Payment 01 Delinquent Taxes On Stale Owned Lands County Treasurer Receives Checks Totaling $6,151.59 From State On Property Scheduled For Auditors Deeds CO. COMMISSION emmq PROPERTY SALE Payment Is Result Of Decision By Supreme Court The Duchesne County CommisThirty-thre- e checks, totaling sioners and Clerk G. A. Goodrich, $6,154.59 were received by County Treasurer Porter Merrell, and As- Treasurer Porter Merrell last Satsessor Levi J. Anderton met Mon- urday, from the state auditor in day with H. P. Leatham and T. payment of delinquent taxes on 33 W. Peterson of the State Tax Compieces of land in Duchesne county mission to discuss plans for get- taken over by the State Land property back,, Board on mortgage foreclosures. ting county-owne- d on the tax rolls. The payment of taxes was made Treasurers and Assessors fig- in compliances with a Supreme ures revealed that over $130,000 Court decision handed down last in taxes is due on property which December in which L. A. Hollenhas reverted to the county. beck successfully defended a case The outcome of the brief meet- brought by the state, In which the ing was the recommendation by state contended It was not obliged Mr. Latham that a man be put to pay the taxes due on property into the field to sell county prop- taken over by it. erty so that it might be put back Court Studies Oae 9 Months on the tax rolls. The Supreme Court took approxTuesday, at their regular meet- imately nine months for the study ing, the Commissioiers sold 1095 of briefs before handing down the acres in addition to some lots in decision which set a precedence for all similarly foreclosed lands Rooseveit, Duchesne and Myton. Other business transacted at the throughout the state. The case meeting included receiving Ches- had first been decided In favor of ter Lyman, representing the High- the county by district Judge Abe way 40 club, who presented an ap- Turner, from which decision the peal for funds to aid in advertis- state appealed. The CommisThe money received Saturday ing the highway. sioners voted to donate $50.00 for included, full delinquent taxes, the cause. penalties and Interest due on the 33 pieces up to the time they were taken over by the state. There is still some $2,000 due on other pieces, Treasurer Merrell states. The decision did not cover the question as to whether or not the state would have to pay current taxes, and to date the County Commissioners have not agreed to having the County Assessor levy assessments against any of these, properties. BRIEF CALENDAR Concert Wednesday MAY AWAITS Marks First COURT TERM BIST. s Appearance Full-dres- We're so proud, we could almost weep, was the sentiment expressed by Superintendent W. J. Bond and echoed by members of the Band Mothers club Wednesband day evening, when fifty-eigstudents and their conductor, Frank Postma, marched onto the stage at the Duchesne high school auditorium in their beautiful blue and white uniforms. A dream which at times seemed hopeless to many Duchesne citizens, but never to the Band Mothers nor to the leaders of the band reached its fulfillment when the students played the number selected for the contest in Price d band this week end, a complete with uniforms. Represent Heavy Investment Two civil actions and two estate matters comprise the court calendar for the May term. Unless ad-- 1 ditional cases come up before Monday which has been set for Law and Motion Day, the May calendar will be the shortest on record in Duchesne county. No criminal cases were listed to come before the court by Wednesday although the calendar had not yet been typed by the court clerk. The civil cases Include: Arthur J. Orr vs. Dr. .David L. McDonald, et al Motion for dismissal by reason that the defendant had completed brankruptcy proceedings. Thomas Jones, James L. Lindsay, Lyle Young, L. A. Hollenbeck and Abraham Lidell vs, T. S. Ross, W. E. Foy, W. C. Foy, Elias Brady, SuPrincipal C. W. Barton and A. Brundage, et al Notice Joseph perintendent Bond reviewed the of hearing for appointment of waprogress of the project since a year ter commissioner on Antelope and ago last October when the organ- Sowers Creek. ization was formed. The purchase The two probate matters are: of Instruments represents an In the matter of the estate of dolseveral thousand Charles C. Lee and Lydia Lee, lars. The larger Instruments were ased-petition for letters of adpurchased by the school board and ministration. school, each paying fifty per cent. In the matter of the estate of (Continued on Page 6) Marion Eugene Ilarmston Return and account of sale of real propBand Mothers erty and petition for fees to administrator and his attorney. To Meet Although Law and Motion Day Monday Night was originally set for Friday, business delaying the district Band All members of the in Provo caused it to be Mothers club are urged to attend judge to Monday. a meeting at the high school next postponed Monday night at 7:30. This is the last meeting before the Duchesne WATCH YOUR county music festival, and all plans STEP must be completed at this meetTUESDAY ing. It will take every single member of the organization to All citizens of Duchesne are make the day outstanding in the to be on their good bewarned history of the county, as it is havior next Tuesday. One little hoped it will be, Mrs. Bessie Kohl, slip and you will be hailed Into court to answer for your crime president, said. Be there! no matter how minor it is. You will be convicted too without Jaycees Will Hear doubt and its a certainty, that National Officer you will be fined, because the At Dinner May 7 objort of th kangaroo court is to raise more funds for the A dinner meeting of the Junior Band uniforms. Chamber of Commerce will be held A regular judge and jury, May 7, at which members of the prosecuting attorney, and full court setup will be in the Plaza local organization will be addressYou may choose your hotel. ed by Nelson Aldrich, Salt Lake own defense attorney, if you City, National Vice Tiesident of like, but be prepared to pay. the organization. ht dece- |