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Show li iW VOL. 38. NO. 20 CLirr DECEMBER 29. 1950 Carter Oil Lets Contract For Duchesne Tribal No. MEMMOTT. Editor .... With the publication of this issue of the Uintah Basin leco:d ends a years work for its publisher and those associated in bringing you your home town newspaper every week. Next week will begin a brand new year filled with apprehension, but nevertheless, one full of hope that many f the human ills that infect the world might be remedied. This wNk marks tha and of the fourth month sinca I bocama your publishar and, incidanlally, a rasidant of the .Uintah Basin. Those four months have presented many new and interesting problems. First, it became necessary to learn my way around my offices and plants and to acquainted with the personnel of the two newspapers 2 had bought. Then I had to become acqua'nted w5lh all the fine people who make up the population of Duchesne county and the Uintah Basin. Both these were very interesting experiences end bore out what I had been told about the people of this area, that no place in the country will a more I friendly and loyal people be found. I In order for me to do the job the way I want to Iliave it done, I have been forced to devote many long hours on the job hours that I in no way regret,. because it has (made possible the realization of a few of my dreams. Then koo. there have been a few less pleasant situations arise, which have taken careful and thoughtful thinking to solve . Some are now pleasurable experiences, and some remain in the troublesome category, but will, in time, adjust be-Ico- themselves. I want to lakshis opportunity to oxprsss to you good y people the grateful thanks and appreciation that my family juid I feel as we get ready to start another year as your I humble servants in the newspaper field in Duchesne county. 4 You saw us coming and you took us in and made us feel that we were wanted in your community. For that friendly gesture we pledge that during 1951 we shall exert ery effort possible to make Duchesne countys two news-iper- s and solicit your friendly, support bigger and better, 1 id confidence. v Ev JjlADER IS DUE THE OF DUCHESNE'S BANDS Cat Is In Tho Well 0 1 1 V ; & Weather Stops Strawberry Work; 1RST FOUH MONTHS IN BASIN HAVE 3EEN FILLED WITH PLEASURES WORD OF PRAISE NUMBER 25 .... 1 I just learned the past few days of the outstanding job Vlpyd Beckstead, Jr., di ector of music in the schools of Tucbesne city, has done with the students of the elemen-ir- y and high schools who are taking band. , . Although ( am not a musician and have never taughi bond, SI was connected with the public tchoels for 10 years, and know lot of the problems a music teacher has to cope with. Company Moves Offlco To Vernal Exhibits Duilding Possible For 300 Soo Bands Hcxt Years Fair Now Uniforms, Tentative plans for the erection of an exhibits building at the Duchesne municipal park were discussed at a meeting of the Duchesne county fair board held this week m Ducheane, reports E. Max Hartman, fair manager. This building, when constru-ted- , will be used for display of ct ops, handicraft, club work, which is usually exhibited in the Duchesne high school audi.orium during the county celebration. Such building would be approximately 100 ft. long and 30 ft. wide, states Mr. Hartman. It would be constructed of as many native materials as possible. Construction work would be done by the Duchesne Chapter Utah Young farmers, and other county and city residents in cooperation with city and county officials. Those attending the meeting were Howard M. Ivory, chair-maof the fair board; Louis A. Jensen, Duchesne county agricultural agent; Allen Bond, fair grounds chairman; Mr. Hartman, Herbert Clark, secretary-treasureMrs. Adaline Anderson, school representative member of the fair board. Enjoy Concert 4-- H n r; County Officials Will Take has stimulated additional interest in the Uintah Basin ana Approximately 300 people attended the concert presented Thursday evening by the Duchesne schools music department. directed by Lloyd N. especially in the west portion of Duchesne county. According to Mr. Hart, the new well will be known at the Ute Tribal No. 1 Duchesne, ana is located at the corner of the SEVi of the NEVi, Sec. 17. T. 4 S., R. 4 W., Duchesne county The roads and location have been completed and tne Mountain States Drilling Co. has been awarded the drilling contract. At the present time the Beckstead, Jr. The Duchesne school band made their debut performance wearing their new uniforms; a program of Christmas carols was sung by a girls mixed chorchorus; the us was presented in its first public appearance. It is composed of 25 boys and 35 girls. Fifty members of the junior band, wearing the uniforms formerly worn by senior band members, were also presented in concert. Soloists with the senior band were Diane McDonald, 8th grader-, clarinet solo; and Jimmy Johnstun, 6th grader, saxophone solo. Proceeds of the concert amounted to $90, including donations. The concert was a family night. Only 50c admission per family was charged. 35-voi- 60-voi- mmi equipment was used to rtecue a "cat from a well in Duchesne recently. The caterpillar broke through the plank covering an abandoned well dug several years ago by the city water department, as a lane was being cleared near the North Duchesne river bridge in order to move a house from the northern part of the city across the river. Shown in the picture are Arnold Robbins, "eat" operator, and Chester Lyman, owner of the house. Photo By Elden Wilcken House-movin- g city-owne- d They Edit High School Pcpcr yon area gives every possible physical indication of oil, which is the reason for the elation oi the people in the Duchesne arei. and the Carter Oil Co. Mr. Hart reported that drill- ing by his company at Straw berry was suspended at midnight. Dec. 20, at a depth of 6,727 feet, due to weather conditions, but will be resumed in the spring as early as possible He also reported that the Bluebell well was down to 11,120 ft. level Tuesday evening. Recently the Carter Oil Co. moved their general office headquarters from Rawlings, Wyo , to Vernal. According to Mr Hart the Vernal office will serve Southern Wyoming. Western Colorado and all of Utah, and only a small office is being maintained at Rawlings. The Uintah Basin offers us our greatest possibility at this time, which is the reason for us moving our office to Vernal, Mr Red Ryder Joins Forces To Red Ryder, the famous comic-strihero known to around 30 p million readers throughout the has become a soil concounty officials country, servationist. wfil take their o$h of office .at Ryder, in his newest advennoon - Monday, Jan. 1, reports ture series which started . . ..in Porter L. Merrell, county clerk. am yW efiteiote - t;twe vender, "4 a ' mony:" building of rus, down western toe tale ranch totokjpveyrg through tire use of soil in al t by coun- and water conservation pracotm ty , offlclaj tiipuU? that they tices. shall be sworn in on the first The famous comic strip, which Monday in January following is the creation of the colorful their election. Attorney General Fred Harman of Clinton D. Vernon has con- also will featurePagosa Springs,n Ryders curred in the opinion handed Little Beaver, down in 1944 by Attorney Gen- Susie Jofriends. and the Duchess. The eral Grover A. Giles, that be- newest adventure of Red Ryder cause the first Monday in Jan- will run around three months, uary falls on New Year? day, this does not change the date Harman reports. Harman, who has supported for taking of the oath of office. causes in his long many Those who will take their career worthy an as artist, became inoath of office for a four-yea- r soil conservation in the terested term are: Dorothea Allred, relast fall. After conprogram treasFlorence corder; Poulson, ferences with leading soil conurer; G. B. Workman, assessor; servationists, Harman decided to Arzy H. Mitchell, sheriff; James have Red Ryder take the conHall, attorney; Porter L Mer- servation message to his many rell, clerk; Floyd Case, commis- readers, at least half of whom sioner. Ray Brown will be are adults. r sworn in office for a Since he started developing term as commissioner. his new adventure series. Har- Newly-electe- CW contractors are moving in equipment and currently are drilling a water well. Tuesday the depth of the water well was approximately 10 feet. Reports from the Coyote can- Reclaim Lands Jan. 1st Office An announcement made by L. T. Hart, chief geologist for the Carter Oil Co. Tuesday that his company had let a contract for drilling a new oil well three miles southeast of Duchesne on the east side of Coyote canyon, d jhi I Back row. left to right. Myron Taylor, 11th grade reporter; Terrill Halladay. sports; Verna Rowley and Karma Morrison, typists. Middle row, Helen Brady and Wilma Williams, humor column; Marva Dena Davis, 12th grado reporter; Rex enen. artist: LeAnn Jordan, 7th grade reporter; Thore Wright, -- "vith the Uintah CisiA lVord in expressing their tank the fine musical orJot his efforts and ioxtend him' ; ganizations he is astete'JJng in the community. 3K fr - . n t v E v . "NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING ESSENTIAL. BAYS CHIEF OF Hi J. HEINZ COMPANY - I . "The newspaper is the, most indispensible medium of advertising, says Franklin Bell, director of advertising f. V end public relations for the dollar H. J. Heinz Co. of Pittsburg. The company will spend more than $1,500,000 in na-- g lonal aewspaper space during 1950-5he said, and in all f ' .folds the company's promotion budget figure will reach 5.000,000 annually. The newspaper is the most indispensible medium of all, py Mr. Beil, because it presents the new in detail. He cited the difficulties faced in Pittsburg as a result the strikes which closed down newspaper plants in that Ljy tjl multi-millio- n 1, Ksaid 'ot ,city. r- - . S Pittsburg dealers issued dodgers and throwaways, he sald, but the small florists who depend on obituary columns .! newspapers, did no business. People who buy flowers for I funerals were slow to discover the death in a family they knew. .This proves, said Mr. Bell, that the newspaper is the jr indispensable medium, because it provides information only I ' Ij to individuals and because it reaches into spheres of influence in a very intimate way, such as society columns and x ; obituaries. j , . s "a. v E v 1 i CATHOLIC i'IJk 4 V j GROUP ATTACKS - Legislation to prohibit advertising of liquors on Sundays and Christmas day in states which now permit such sales, is advocated by the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America. At Its 78th Annual Session in New York recently, the Union condemned liquor advertising because it lures youth to drink." . The resolution adopted says: We hold it demoralizing and destructive cf family life where makers and sellers of intoxicants extol the merits of their prqducts, and we ad-- " vocate summary legislation against such advertising. v E v With the publication of this issue of the Roosevelt Stan- dard ends a years work for its publisher and those as- - well-know- ness from the Warren Strong family, who recently purchased it. Both Mr. and Mrs. Klippel are experienced in cafe work and management. Mrs. Klippel was employed for several years by the Hotel Utah coffee shop; by the Marcus Whitman hotel, two-yea- Du-ma- n ' Schedule Is Reported Draft Board - w great-grandcni- Eagles IMc First Trip first Monday. Regular meetings will be held on the first Monday of each month thereafter. Jullenne Jensen Now Secretary To School Supt. pre-seaso- Julienne Jensen will be secretary at the Duchesne high school beginning Jan 2. reports Miss 1 n Hey-bur- n experi-tenden- re-o- turned Dec. Generosity 20. of Duchesnites in furnishing transportation enabled the boys to make the trip. Arnold Robbins and Leo Foy drove their cars, and Coach Smith drove the car which Mike Moore donated for use during the trip. Reed Timothy donated tanks of gasoline for the cars on the first leg of the journey. While in the area, the group visited Shoshone Falls and the Hahsen bridge, which is a suspended bridge 374 feet high, over the Snake river. One of the highlights of the trip was seeing the game at the University of Utah Fieldhouse between - WvarvMV A change in the faculty personnel at the Duchesne elementary school will become ef- fective on Jan. 2, states Dean C. Christensen, superintendent of schools. Miss Emily Madsen will replace Miss Ina Mae Collier, Vernal, as teacher for the first and second grades. Miss Collier will leave shortly after the first of the year to fulfill a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-DaSaints. Miss Madsen returned in October from Osakagb Japan, where she has beetf uaiCinstruc-- " . y tor at ttea;toitn30laetotational Center there for the past year. jv i. " - -- she taught journalism In tngyi. (Juneau 0iLr rfiool, Junv, Alaska. Duchesne high school or dyVrtllyJig y,?te?aU6hter English, at the two of Mr. en, of l; (TBUMAXS 83 T 3 State Nelson. To Try Skill On Dsckctball Courts The Duchesne basketball team members journeyed to Idaho last week making the first such trip the Duchesne hoop squad has made to another state for games. Games played were at and Delco schools. Al- though the boys lost the game to both the Idaho teams, Coach t Smith states that the ence to the Duchesne team was weil worthwhile. The group left Duchesne on Dec. 16 and f Enily r.?:i::n To Tc::!i fit MYTON Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 1 p. m. in the Myton Presbyterian church for Mrs. Nellie Della Shepherd Paxman. 67, who died at her home last Saturday at 10.30 a m. of a heart ailment. Rev. Charles Ray, pastor of the Roosevelt Baptist church, conducted the services. Mrs. Paxman was born April 3. 1883 in North City, 111., a daughter of James and Sarah Davis Shepherd. The family moved to Park City in 1892, and she was married to James Paxman Jan. 1, 1902 in Salt Lake City. They moved to Roosevelt in 1919 and settled on a arm south of Roosevelt. Mr. Pax- - largest hotel in Walla Walla, Wash., for over a year; by the State Capitol coffee shop in Salt Lake City; and she has worked in every cafe in has become so enthusiastic chesne during the past few soil conservation that he years. about New two Mr. Klippel operated has applied to the San Juan conservation district for assist- - cafes for a number of years in Oy ance in applying a complete Long Beach, Calif. Thenelda hjarsipg and Stella conservation program on his own ranch near Pagosa Spring's, Davis are merribersJJse-nrailwhichand hotel staff. tforiD noIornM!1 A new office hour schedule Colorado. annew The managers ppve has been announced bv the Senounced that the cafe wiHcVoh' WILL REPORT FOR lective Service board at Dufrom 5 a. m. to 2 a:ihm erate DUTY MILITARY chesne. daily. Mrs. Patience Larsen, clerk, Ben Haywood has received will be in the office at the court- his orders to report for military house from 9 a. m. to 12 noon duty with the Army in January. charge of the Soil Conservation Myto'nrn?(Taitt?nter9WT Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes- During World War II, Mr. service duties in Duchesne coun- sie Fay tti? was a captain in the Army ty that have been carried on Mrs. Marie day of each week, from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. on Monday and Tues- Engineers corps. Mr. Heywood during the Roosevelt; sevMfnuftWl by and eight day, and from 1 p. m. to 4 Gilbert Horrocks will have past two years. p. m. on Wednesdays. Selective Service board meetSSgt. and Mrs. GenevNUson1 of Ft Warren, Wyoming, spent ing will be held Monday. Jan. To Gam 8, this month on account of the Christmas week with his New Years day coming on the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dean C. Christensen, superin-of schools. She was named to this po- sition following the resignation Mrs. Lena Mae Thomas, who worked in this capacity during the first half of the current school term. Miss Jensen will work as secretary at the Board of Education during the morning, and will also teach one class of shorthand to advanced girls at the high school during the afternoon, in addition to her secretarial duties, states Mr. eternity. would keep open house for the stranger, the weary and forlorn, Christensen. would feed them the best from the tree of life and ask nothing in return. . Miss Lavar Sprouse, who has ror home is where the heart is. where loved ones gather round, been attending Snow college, here peace and loving kindness are ever to be found, will enroll at the B.Y.U., Provo, friends are ever welcome, And new ones made each day, after visiting with her parents Ad the spirit of appreciation for the things that come our way. during, the Christmas holidays. By George H. Wilckan Duchasna, Utah wanted to build a home where my loved ones and I could dwell, wanted to build a structure that would please the eye as well, (wanted to build a home that would last to the end of time, b I cast about for materials so my home would look sublime, f used faith for a foundation, the strongest material known. Tope I used for the studding, that the walls would be in tone, Ind covered the roof with brotherhood to outlast the storms of t time, 7ith a pure white stucco finish of virtue for all to see, uid the inside decoration of love and charity. Jo the feet of the wandered would turn therein, and live through S3' How T.lcncgcro Of Duchcsno Hotel Heart Ailment Aro Announced New management of the Du To chesne hotel was announced Fatal this week. Ben F. and Frances D. Paxman Klippel have leased this busi- Nellie -- Hey-woo- d liquor advertising NOME I man, business manager; Deone Ovlati, editor; Kaiser Lett advertising manager, and Anne Wilkins, roving reporter. Photo by Elden WUcken Indiana H senior. Terril Halladay is manager for the Duchesne Eagles squad. William H. Smith is handling the coaching assignment this season. The Eagles will play their opening league game with the Roosevelt Rough Riders at the Roosevelt elementary gym on Friday, Jan. 5. ... - H TT State and Brigham Young University. This seasons squad is composed of the following players: Leo Brady, guard and center, 6 ft., senior; Billy Harris, forward. 5 ft 9 in., senior; Ted Marsing, guard, 5 ft. 10 in , senior; Bert Young, guard, 5 ft. 9 in.f junior; Jack Wimmer, center, 5 ft. 11 in. junior; Ronald Robbins, guard and forward, 5 ft. 9 in., junior. Myron Taylor, forward. 5 ft. 7 in., junior; Steven Beal, guard and center, 5 ft. 11 in., junior; Rex Broadhead, forward, 5 ft. Rex Pearson, 6 in., Junior; guard, 5 ft. 7 in., sophomore; Garth Partridge, guard. 5 ft 8 in., junior; John Burdick, center and guard. 6 ft. 1 in., -- T Editor, Record: Our Uintah Basin Record in my, judgment, is now better than most small town papers. I congratulate Mr. Memmott for his efforts in giving us a good paper and am sure that the people of this community will support him. Geo. C. Kohl Hi Editor. Record: f TEEN-AG- E CANNON FOD- DER . . , Far from playing aoldier, these Russian youths are gold medal graduates of a military prep school In Kalinin, Russia. The Christmas edition of the Duchesne Record was really a credit to the new publishers, Mr. and Mrs. Memmott. and their staff. And the fact that the paper has been restored to its original size instead of the small Issues we have had is appreciated by its readers, I am sure. Success and best wishes to the future of the new Uintah Basin Record. Mayor Otto Johnsen Mrs. Dean C. Christensen, who has been a patient at the Roosevelt returned home Sunday. hospital , |