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Show a A Newspaper Devoted . to the People of the Uintah Basin 9 Duchesne: Gateway To Uintah Basin i msp, fSJct, i it wpt Volume 10 L Covers ALL The Uintah Basin DUCHESNE, UTAH, FRIDAY, MAY ; i a D.' elaur, frH coc of i rt i f n,l 1 It i j St Spr; j 3, It County Planning Board Chairman Willard Day Gives Final Approval To Report On Preliminary Investigation of Project tw Need For Project For Basin Masons Plan County Development Observance Of Silver Anniversary Is Shown In Report i It y,t h: and. Planning Board chari-aaWillard Day, also chairman j at the Planning Board Blue Bench coamittee, Wednesday gave final j approval to papers submitting .the Blue Bench Project to the Farm ied . for n County - raed.- Security Admisistration, 4 The Leslie !"S Hlliug I )c! 3 5c ! 7t f 2c SI r lllllM It er project. papers were prepared by of Price, J. Kidman, dis- trict supervisor of the Farm Security Administration for Eastern Utah, from data gathered by the County Planning Board Blue Bench committee. They were sent to Mr. Day for final approval before being sent to the FSA offices in Denver and thence to Washington, D. 0. Cites Blue Bench Need f In the preamble to the papers, Kidman recited that the full cultivation of Blue Bench had been .the dream of the residents of Duchesne County for the past generation, and in general terms described the amounts of first, second and third class lands on the bench, describing it as the best available section of land for development in the county, and a necessity for further growth and independence of tlje county. Residents Need Land Farm residents, especially young people, are being forced to leave die county to seek livelihood elsewhere, Mr. Kidman said, and development of the Blue Bench project would provide a large area m which these people could estab-is- h Mr. and profitably engage in agriculture, thus stemming this constant out - pouring of the ccjmty's young citizens. The report then contiued with seven pages'of detailed information on the engineering, agricultural and economic features of the project. In addition to the members COMMERCIAL CLUB MAKES BAND TRIP POSSIBLE Duchesne Commercial Club forward as usual with finan-Shelp to make it possible for fte Duchesne band to attend the music festival at Ogden this week ! The Plans for the observance of the h anniversary of the grant of their Charter were launched Monday evening by members of Basin Lodge No. 20, F. & A. M. at the regular meeting of the Lodge at Myton. Officers of the Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. of Utah, the Masters of the 26 lodges of Utah, Past Masters of Basin Lodge and Past Grand Masters of the state will all receive special invitations to participate in event, along with all members of the local lodge. Over 100 Masons are expected to be present at the meeting, which is scheduled for June 14th. Plans call for a banquet to be served in the early evening, to be followed by a meeting in the Lodge rooms in Myton. Paul Cowan of Vernal, Joe Moysh of Roosevelt and Roy A. Schonian Of Duchesne were appointed as a committee to complete the arrangements. twenty-fift- COUNTY OFFICIALS ATTEND KENTUCKY CONFAB Willard Day, chairman of the Duchesne county commissioners, Porter Merrell, County treasurer and Mrs. Fern T. Moffltt, county recorder left Thursday afternoon for Louisville, Kentucky, where they will attend the National county Officers Association convention." The county commissioners appropriated $300 to cover dues of all the county officers in the association at $2.00 per member, making a total of $18.00; to cover the cost of advertising Id the National County Officer, the official organ of the associaton and the bialance to be used for eypenses of the three delegates. The Duchesne Lions club donated $5.00 toward the expenses. The three officials will join a special Advertise Utah" bus at Salt Lake City which will carry delegates from other counties in Utah to the convention in Kentucky. They expect to advertise Utah enroute. The National County Officer Issue of May in which Duchesne decounty was represented, wa3 voted entirely to Utah scenes and progress. Each county in Utah contributed toward the cost of its publication. end. CO. COMMISSIONERS PROPOSE TAX LEVY LEGISLATION Mothers Duchesne County Commissioners completely empty after deCase left mands of last summers music pro- Lyle Young and Floyd Lake Salt City to for Thursday gram and preparations for the commisother 1 n f SB-- With The Band treas-Ui- y, county and regional music meets, p: ospects for attending the national meet did not lc-o- promising, with only ten days to raise the funds.' Band Mothers necessary president Mrs. A. J. Gerry and her committee met with the directors of the Commercial Club last Friday evening to discuss the situat- Last year the club donated from their membership funds to enable the band to go to Grand The clubs Junction. treasury too was almost empty, since they have been using all their funds to pay off old bills. ion. 170.00 Collect Membership Dues It was proposed by Jess John-tuat the meeting, that club membership books be turned over n, to the band mothers, who would canvass the town, all money collected to be turned over to the band. After some discussion, this proposal was put in the form of a Continued on page 8 Third Grade Holds Annual Pet Show . The Annual pet show, sponsored by the third grade of the elementary school was held Thursday, All kinds of pets from cats to Polliwogs were entered. The Judges were Mrs. Agnes pulley, Mrs. Rulon Larsen, Mrs. R''ed Fietkau find Mrs. Fern Fitz-'ate- r .Ribbons were given to the various pets. A gray kitten with blue eyes In Easter basket captured first prize, Music Students To Yie For National Honors Six bands from Duchesne and Uintah counties left the Basin early Thursday for Ogden where they will vie for national ratings, at the three-da- y intermountain music festival, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Duchesne, Tabiona and Roosevelt high school bands from Duchesne county and Uintah high, Uintah junior and A1 terra from Uintah county left in school busses and private cars to arrive in Ogden late Thursday afternoon. The Uintah Basin bands will enter their first event Friday morning at 10 o'clock when they march in a gigantic parade of more than seventy bands, following approximately 10,000 Ogden city school students in their annual Loyal day parade on the down-tow- n streets cf The Uintah Basin Record has been requested to publish a list of names of the young men from Duchesne county now serving in the United States Army and Navy, both Selective Service men and those who have joined voluntarily. A list of the Selective Service draftees is available at the local board office, but many of the boys who have volunteered are not known to the draft clerk. If you have a son or relative who has volunteered for service in the army or navy or any of their branches, will you please send their names to this office so they may be included in the list, Many parents of soldiers have taken advantage of an offer made by the Record some time ago to send the paper to the boys at the special rate of fifty cents per year, and judging from comments coming in every week, it is like a long letter from home. County Agent Issues Last Call For Mattress Applications "All mattress survey blanks must be In my office by Monday or Tuesday of next week, County Agent Carl Davis said Thursday In issuing the last call for applicaIn the tions for participation program. county, mattress-makin- g The deadline for the ordering of material for the mattresses was extended to May 15, by the state AAA office, Mr. Davis said, and all blanks should be in his office in time to be checked over and the material ordered by then. Orders have already gone In for cotton, and as soon as it arrives supervisors will receive their training in the making of mattresses. Five s work centers for making the wil be set up in each of the countys three L. D. S. stakes. The project is being sponsored by the Relief Society. county meet with sioners to discuss proposed legislation for increasing the "county the general" levy. It is expected bill will be framed at the meeting and presented at the special session of the state legislature this month. The present law limits the counbeen ty general levy and it has evfound Inadequate in practically was it state, the in ery county stated by County Clerk G. A. Goorrich. The levy works on a to assessed sliding scale according valuation of the county the higher tihe assessed valuation, the low-In er the levy for county general.Duthe poorer counties such as than in chesne, it is much higher Salt Lake and Utah counties.Is The The Eastern Utah Wildlife Con- 3.5 levy in Duchesne county servation Association, outgrowth mills. of the recently formed Uintah Basin Wildlife Federation, was formBasin Livestock Show ed last Saturday at a meeting of at the in attendance sportsmen Committee of the new Midway dedication Meets In Roosevelt hatchery. The Uintah Basin Wildlife FedLivestock Basin The Uintah this Roosevelt eration was formed early Show committee met In in Roosevelt a at meeting Chairspring Vice Monday evening, with We of heads of the various sportsmens man Horace Allred in charge. organizations of the Uintah Basin. check with remeeting was occupied comShortly after Its formation committee work and from received sportswere pletion of plans for the show, quests men of Carbon, Emery, Wasatch which will be held in Vernal May and Summit counties, that their . into the 27 and 28. a lot or organizations be admitted There is being shown and a date was new orgnazlation it Interest in the show this year, set for last Sturday to organize. was reported at the meeting, Major objective of this organithe committee Is looking ,orY . zation will be to correlate wild life live, of the to the showihg of a fine projects' In the eastern part display. on $2.0 APPROVES BAND TRIPS Architect To Submit Detailed Plans For Duchesne Shop Approval of the use of district busses for transportation of the band students to the national meet at Ogden was given by .the board of education at its regular meeting here Tuesday. The board okayed the use of the district busses for trnspertation of the students, gas, oil and driver expenses to be paid by the schools and sponsoring organizations. A motion wras passed. Instructing Superintendent W. J. Bond to send in a pretest against the policy announced by the Ogden sponsors of the meet, of charging admission to the various festival events. "Parents are called on to foot a heavy financial burden In sending the students to the meet, and a lot of money Is brought to the business houses wherever it is held. It is outrageous that on top of this expense, parents who want to accompany the bands and hear their children perform should be charg ed admission," Roy A. Schonian, board member said, in placing the motion. Reports on Teachers Superintendent Bond reported that cut of 84 teachers in the district, 70 had been offered contracts for next year. Of these all but two had signed and returned their contracts to his office, these two are returning their contracts unsigned, signifying that they did not wish reemployment in this district next year. Of the 14 who were not offered contracts, about half are married Ogden. Basin Bands Perform Following the parade, Class A and B entries will begin competition on concerts and maneuvering performance. Duchesne and Tabiona bands, although rated as Class C units because of the small enrollment of their schools, will perform with the Class A and B bands Friday. This arrangement was made to avoid an extra day of expense, as most of the Class C work was scheduled for Thursday. All events will be scheduled at either Ogden high school or Weber college except the massed b a n ds competition, marching, twirling for drum majors and majorettes and similar events which will be held in Ogden municipal stadium. Will Go To Salt Lake Most of these latter events will come Saturday, which will see the grand finale in the stadium at night as a concluding feature, with fireworks spectacle at the stadium closing the three-da- y program. The Duchesne students will probably leave Ogden Saturday afternoon, according to present arrangements, to attend the state track and field events in Salt Lake City. Several of the band students will compete in this meet. It is expected that all Duchesne county busses will return home late Saturday evening. Bad luck overtook the Tabiona Continued on page 8 al o&me ()aft vu- Case-Wheel- of the Blue Bench committee, who gathered much of the data, Carl G. Davis, county agent, and Ralph Ladel of the Roosevelt Farm Security office assisted in gathering and preparing the data before it was submitted to Mr. Kidman for final revision and rewriting in the Price office. gj re as a homes I HAVE YOU A SON IN THE SERVICE? Submitted As Farm Security Project Hi re Blue Bench Development 9, 1941 Regular Meetings Are Set Ahead To Provide Time The next two regular meetings of the Duchesne Lions club were each set ahead a week at a meeting of the club in the Mission Inn Wednesday evening, also held a week early to avoid conflict with the Duchesne high school graduation exercises, which will be held women, teaching on a substitut-teache- r, the regular next Wednesday, y basis, and the meeting night of the club. rest had either signified thier deOn May 21, the club will meet sire to leave the district for varito make nominations for officers ous reasons or are unsatisfactory for the coming year, and on June to the board. Two or three are be4, the annual election of officers ing held in suspension, pending will be held. These two meetings final decesion by either the board were set ahead a week so that of- or the teacher. ficers could be elected prior to the New Data For Credits district convention which will be On motion the final date for held in Ogden June 9 and 10. the submission of college credits Nominating Committee President Rcy A. Schonian ap- by the teachers as a basts of their salaries was set for September 15, pointed a nominating committee, teachers have been consisting of F. L. Maxwell, the Preveously the 1st to submit October until given Secreclub's only past president; some in instances and their credits, tary W. J. Bond, and Marvel this made it necessary to revise Moore, one of the new members. Continued on page 8 In addition to nominations made by the committee, nominations from the floor will be accepted New Senior Award at the meeting on May 21, and the To Be Given election will be June 4. In Athletics During the meeting, President Schonian was called to the teleBy Jim Kent phone and received the word from a senior award system Last year Board Chairman County Planning Willard Day that he had just giv- was started wherein the school an honor "D pin to the en. final approval to a preliminary most outstanding senior student report, submitting the Blue Bench in scholarship, vocal, band, stuDevelopment as a and activity, basketball project by the Farm Security Ad- dent track. ministration. Added to these awards this Mr. Schonian reported on a on page 8 year, and every year so long as at Coach Verl Meyrlck coaches Duchesne high school, will be an WEATHER REPORT award for the most outstanding day-by-da- Oase-Wheel- er mat-trese- Per Tear In Advance Number 42 Duclicsne County Schools To Award Diplomas To One Hundred Twenty-thre- e Grads. Commencement Exercises For Tabiona, Duchesne, Altamont, Roosevelt Slated For Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Home Ec. Students Graduation Roster Present Shows Largest Fashion Show Classes In History Home Economic students ot Duchesne high school, under the direction of their Instructor, Mis: Arline Allred, Friday afternooi presented a fashion Show of theii years work and entertained at fc tea. The models were announced bj Jacqueline Gerry, who describee die coetumes the girls wore. The theme of the show depicted passengers boarding an ocean linei bound on a pleasure cruise, anc followed them through a day anc. night on board ship, showing the various costumes worn for lounging, strolling, sports and dancing A group of the girls modeliK. cotton fonnals they had made L wear to the Junior Prom and several described home projects, costumes made at home. Recentlj the girls have taken up knitting and a group described the various stitches used in the articles thej were making. Folowing the fashion show, punch and cakes were served it. Clio home economics room. BOY SCOUTS SPEND WEEK END AT RANGERS CAMP High school diplomas will be awarded to one hundred twenty-thre- e seniors in Duchesne County next week, it was announced by Superintendent W. J. Bond, who remarked that this Is the largest number of graduates in the history of the district, though an Increase of only two over last year. Commencement exercises are scheduled In the four high schools on different nights so that school board members and parents may attend all programs. The schedule is: Tabiona, Tuesday night; Duchesne, Wednesday night; Altamont, Thursday night and Roosevelt, Friday night. Comparison Made Altamont and Tabiona Showed Increase In the number of graduates while Duchesne and Roosevelt fell slightly below last years figure. Tabiona showed the greatest increase 17 as compared with 9 for last year; Altamont will graduate 28 as compared with 25 for 1940. Duchesne graduates 16 this year as compared with 18 for 1940; Roosevelt has a class of 65 this year compared with 69 last year. Names of the graduates are as follows: Duchesne Elizabeth Mae Abplanalp Hal L. Anderson Vivian Alice Barton Jessie Wanda Baum J. C. Bell Weston G. Despain James Keith Duke Doris Marie Fitzwater Marianne Foster Jacqueline Marie Gerry Ralph A. Mayhew Kaye Odekirk Andrew B. Olsen Howard Dean Powell BUI Williams Mary Louise Wilson Tabiona Morris H. Atwood Mary Fannie Chatwln Francis Chiarellt Glen Lorenzo Clark Continued on page 8 Twenty Boy Sccuts and theii leaders from the Duchesne trooj spent Friday night and Saturday at Forest Ranger Frank Richards camp in Indian canyon. Mr. Richards took the boys on a hike through the forest Saturday, giving them demonstrations on the control of forest fires; showing them how the rangers spot treet for curing and teaching them how to recognize the various kinds ol trees and plants in the forest. They received practical Instruction in taking care of their pamj to prevent fires and how to leave It clean. They returned home Sat urday evening. Scoutmaster Clarence Foy anc. Assistant Scoutmaster Dave Thomas accompanied the boys. Enjoying the trip were Lavo:. Thomas, Arnold Abbott, Normal. Caldwell, Donald Larsen, Junto. 4-CLUB LEADERS Wilson, Robert Gunter, Lyle Pear ORGANIZE son, Jordan Jensen, Glen Mecham, Raymond Cluff, Milton Hollen- COUNTY ASSN beck, Bob Schonian, Bob Odekirk, Don Four-Cluff, LaMar Thompson, club leaders of DuWard Abbott, Elwin Thomas, Mil-to- n chesne county organized a County Poulson, Wendell Foy ant, Club Leaders Association at AlJohn Gerry. tamont last Tuesday evening, following a club leaders training SOUTH EMERY HIGH school conducted there throughout the day. WINS REGION Mont Poulson of Duchesne was FIVE TRACK MEET elected president of the new organization, with Mrs. Austin Beebe of Altonah, vice president; GerBy Jtm Kent South Emery high school won ald Day of Roosevelt, secretary, the honors at the regional track suid Mrs. Arthur Goodrich of Duand field meet, held at Vernal, chesne, song leader. The group May 2 with 50.60 points. Roose- will meet on the first Thursday of velt had a close second with 49.3 the month, with the next meeting points and Altamont took third scheduled for Duchesne, Present at the meeting were Lewith '39.41 points. Mrs, Goodrich, Ralph Bleazard. Altamont's sta. vi J. Anderton, basketball "flash" proved equally Mrs. Porter Merrell, Mrs. Elmer valuable on the track field as h' Bell, Mr. Poulson and Wilson Mer-kle- y of Duchesne; Mr. Day of Rowon recognition for being tin most outstanding performer in the osevelt; Mrs. Beebe and Mrs. Gardner of Altonah; Wayne Mecham meet. Duche-mhigh schools mile re and Miss Lola Perkins of Mt. EmleadAbout six other lay team made up of Lavar Fen mons. orers of wall the the Ol county Bud Keith join Duke, stermaker, sen and Bob Sexton, won firs, ganization, It was stated by Counplace in the mile relay; Fenster ty Agent Carl Davis, who helped maker won top honors in the quarter-- form the organization. Present as special guests to asmile and Olsen won second ii sist In conducting the training the half-milAll of these boys are eligible ti school were Miss Fern Shipley, ascompete in the state meet at the sistant Btate club leader, of Logan U. of U. stadium tomorrow, Ma. and Miss Elna Miller, extension Mrs. Della Koler, 10. However Coach Meyrick wil, nutritionist. probably "put all his eggs In oni representing the Indian Service, basket and save Fenstermake: and Francis Ankerpont, Indian club leader, were also present. and Olsen for the relay. Sessions were held during both the forenoon and afternoon, with Army Recruiting1 much valuable information being Officers To given to the club leaders. H H e 4-- Cooperative Observer uation exercises. Basin Sportsmen Join New Federation -- state, although each member club will continue to carry on its indi- viJual activities. Total member- ship represented in the new organization is expected to reach nearly 4000 sportsmen. First Group of Its Kind State Fish and Game Commissioner Newell B. Cook, officiating at the dedication of the Midway hatchery, said that it was the first such organization in the state to his knowledge, and added that he expected much good to come from its activities, in the promotion of wild life. V. A. Bair, president of the Roosevelt club and president of the Uintah Basin Wildlife federation, was retained as president of the Other officers new federation. chosen were: Ray Walters, presi- - dent of the Carbon-Emer- y county club, 1st vice president; Earl F, Jensen, president of the . Moon Lake Fish anl Game Association of Duchesne, 2nd vice president; M. C. Kidder of Park City, 3rd vice president; Bill Turnbow of Heber City, secretary-treasureThe organization membership will Include the current presidents of each of the 12 clubs affiliated, and two members from each club, one to be elected for a term of two years and one for a term of one year anl then one to be elected every year thereafter for a term of two years. A meeting of the group will be called in the near future to appoint committees and get various projects and business underway and to adopt a constitution and r. e. II Be Stationed Here Woodaid ant Corporal Ray E. Nash, recruiting officers for the U. S. Army art Sargeant Wm. O. establishing recruiting headquart-eiat Roosevelt, it was announces this week by Corporal Nash, They will be in Duchesne the fiist and third Monday of each month, and may be contacted at the post office. State Veterinary Inspects Bees Dr. Hendricks, state veterinary, was in Duchesne county this week Inspecting tho bee industry. He met Joe Yack of Neola and N. L. Peterson of Myton, county bee inspectors, at Myton, and the three visited various apiaries In the county. |