| Show Experience l. l Jd The Uintah Club of Senior Citizens elected officers and directors on Wednesday September 7 The following were elected Edgar Jones president Milton Millon Wooley and Edith Edilh Gale vice presidents Marian Swain secretary Lillian Westwood assistant secretary Hilda Faulkner Mary Freeman and Jim Clark three year directors The next Uintah Club of Senior Citizens potluck dinner will be held at the Center on Monday Sept 19 at al 1230 pm p.m. A free clinic will be held Monday Sept 19 from 2 to lo 5 pm p.m. Ladies pool is scheduled for 2 pm p.m. each Thursday Social Security personnel will willbe willbe willbe be at the Center Thursday September 22 A tentative list of bus trips are State Fair September 14 Carbondale Colorado September S September Sep Sep- p- p 23 24 Disneyland 1978 Mike Brown and Diedra Northern who are compiling a history of the they Vernal Uintah County area are arEt at t the Center Centereach 1 eP each day Mr Brown says The Golden Age Center has recently begun the Uintah County History Program We Weare Weare Weare are off to a good start starl The Uintah County has a rich vivid history that thai is rivaled but bul certainly unmatched by any other county in Utah Where else in the state stale are there such combinations as Indians and pioneers outlaws and lawmen fur trappers and traders the sheep cattle and agricultural industries the development of valuable oilfields oil oilfields oilfields fields and mineral resources unique geologic features and Dinosaur National Monument With such a varied past it is hard not to take pride in our cultural heritage Ironically though Uintah County is probably the least known in the entire state of Utah Ulah In spite spile of the magnitude and extent of our past here in inthe Inthe inthe the area we are in danger of losing a large part of it It is easy to take our local history for granted For example we may assume that tha t many of the small incidents personal stories legends etc that our parents and grandparents told us are common knowledge and wont won't be forgotten In many cases this isn't true Perhaps only afew afew a afew few people know these things and then they pass away move or just forget Consequently this valuable part of our heritage is lost forever Of course there are depositories of records that are kept the courthouse records old newspaper school records museum collections etc elc These sources are good because they document facts about aboul our past Yet they do not always preserve the fullness and richness of human experience and the excitement of being alive and living in this area The result is th that t we have small isolated isola ted pockets of history in the form of memories Part of the program here at atthe atthe the Center is to preserve these experiences The process is quite simple One of the Centers Center's Centers Center's Centers Center's Cen Cen- ter's interviewers will go to lo a ahome ahome ahome home and tape record a con con- Then the conversation conversation conversation con con- is typed and edited A final copy of the transcript is presented to the person giving the interview Many of these interviews have already been conducted Also several people are presently p working on their Personal histories They know what a chore it is to sit down and try to write about ones one's life Let us help you with it It is so sc much easier just to talk about those incidents and then receive a neatly typed copy of them This not only helps help to meet the obligation of writing a personal history but serves the community community community com com- as well by preserving an important part of our heritage So please give the Golden Age Center a call at 2169 and schedule a time that thai is convenient convenient convenient con con- for you Clifford Smith is in the Veterans Veteran's Hospital at Salt Lake City Since he is feeling better betler cards or a visit would be ap ap- ap- ap Arthur Curtis was in inthe inthe inthe the Uintah County Hospital with wilh pneumonia Ella Ainge was ill recently Our best wishes are extended for all of these to tomake tomake tomake make a quick complete recovery Happy anniversary to Ken and Georgia Snow on September September September Sep Sep- 9 Table games were held at the Center on Tuesday September 6 at pm p.m. Winner of the week was Levonia Burke with four games A dinner for the Senior Citizens of this area was held at 1 pm p.m. on Wednesday September September September Sep Sep- 7 7 at the Vernal Junior High School Approximately 90 were in attendance Charyl Community Community Community Com Com- Schools Director in in- the principal Grant Drollinger to the group After telling how happy they were to lo have the senior citizens back he commended the cooks Oral Merkley Delma Watkins Ada Murray Marie Elsie Jordon Fern Baker Sylvia Chew Jeanie Rofle Rone Elaine Mahaney and Ruth Abplanalp for the really fine meals they consistently prepare for the students at al the Jr High The opening prayer was given by Edgar Jones A fire baton balon twirling exhibition was given by Brenda Gurr i this was followed by Jana Rae Merkley singing several songs as she accompanied herself on the guitar A special thank you is extended to these two Iwo very talented young ladies Ron Perry the Uintah County administrator spoke about aboul the upcoming Hospital bond election He and Woody Woodhouse a hospital board member displayed the plans for the proposed hospital as information was given about aboul the cost benefits of the new facilities and the remodeling of the present hospital into a long- long term care unit All the senior citizens are urged to attend these dinners each Wednesday at 1 pm p.m. at the Vernal Junior High School For more information call the Center at 9 71 |
