| Show Alcoholism Center by July 1 A target date of July 1 for forgetting forgetting getting a Uintah Basin alcohol ism treatment center started was announced by Don E Hick en state direct or of the new tri county region seven of the Utah Alcohol Foundation which met Friday evening in Roosevelt FIFTEEN BOARD members were elected to govern the local region in a membership meet meet- meeting ing held at pm at Roose Roosevelt velt Junior High School Mr Hicken and Russell Squier were elected board members and af named as state I am very impressed with the response the Uintah Basin has given so far towards get ting an alcoholism treatment center started Dr John Grim mett chairman of said at the 8 pm public meeting which followed the board el DON HICKEN reported that thata a center could possibly be start ed in rented housing for the next two years as a starter at a cost of about per year for operating expenses July 1 has been set as a target date for getting started he said The was started in 1946 as the utah Committee for Ed Dr Grimmett reo re recalled called It has grown to a state state- statewide wide organization with seVen I regions including the new Uin tah Basin region and aims to educate rehabilitate and otherwise research methods for aiding alcoholics OTHE OTHER R board members el at the meeting include Clarence Moat Ted Max Hartman Rev M J Mrs Howard Mason Henry Up Ralph Olson Dr D C Purnell Ray Wardle Fred FredA FredA A Conetah Ralph W Shields Glade and Fleet Stan Stan- Stanton ton Hyrum rum Toone Bert Angus Robert Miles Carl Van Tassell and Joe Hatch are alternates About 50 of the Basins Basin's members attended the thc memo mem meeting to name the new board members Clyde I Gooderham executive direct direct- director or of the Utah Committee on Alcoholism was unable to attend at- at attend tend the meeting as scheduled and Rex Hughes committee member appeared in his place HE REPORTED that a part time traveling clinic will be op- op operated operated in the state as part of the fight to control alcohol alcohol- alcoholism ism David Roberts chairman of the utah House of Hope a treatment center on the Wasatch Front for women alcoholics alcoholics the olics noted that the Uintah Basin has a high share of such women and that vacancies ex ox- ox 1st at the existing center in Ogden Economics would pro bably prevent the Basin from operating a separate facility for both he commented Other state officials included Douglas Carpenter reo re habilitation coordinator Let Lei Dennett foundation trustee and Ralph Searle chairman of the north ern division fL 4 t F t 9 t T f ft 1 la t s 2 4 y 1 Fr A 1 V r PICTURED RED are the new board of directors for the Utah Alcoholism Foundation Uintah Basin Division Left to right back row Donald E Hicken Glade M Clarence Moat Ted Max Hartman and Rev M J Front row Russell Squire Ralph Shields t Mrs Howard Mason Henry Ralph E Olson and Fleet Stanton Dr D C Purnell Ray Wardle and Fred A Conetah were elected but were not present at atthe atthe the meeting Staff photo |
