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Show 1953 News Bn Brief of Buchesne County EDITOR'S NOTE Th folDuchesne City Council valowing chronology of the hapcated by resignation of Clinton J. Mickelson. penings in and about the Uintah Basin during the year 1953 was compiled by Mrs Goldie Altamont Post Office opened correspondent for the UinJan. 1. Post Office at Mt. tah Basin Record and RooseEmmons closed. velt Standard, who resides at Duchesne. Dairy buys Sweet ClovJANUARY er Creamery at Mt. Emmons. Floyd E. Lamb takes chairman Sixty-Sixt-h wedding anniversary seat of Duchesne County Comobserved by Mr. and Mrs. n Mickel-soClinton J. missioners; W. E. Foy, of Duchesne, Jan. new commission member. 7th. Wil-the- center UINTAH BASIN RECORD County Agricultural Agent Udell Birch, for past 6 years, to leave for for the Duchesne Eeagles, reThursday, December 24, 1953 USAC appointment. ceives King Memorial Sportsmanship award as outstanding Region Nine Legionnaires hold basketball player of the year Myton woman is chief in DisTabiona School Band opens trict Nine Amercian Legion annual confab at Fort Duin the five Uintah Basin High concert season under direcschools. Auxiliary. chesne, April 26th. Neal Contion of W. Grant Peel. Fund nelly, Ft. Duchesne, elected campaign projects for new District No. 9 Commander. Neola ushers in 1953 rodeo Mrs. A. C. (Joan) Talboe accepts uniforms at peak. season May post at St. George Convention. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hart, of DuSnow surveys show below averchesne observe 64th Wedding Union High Schools selibrary age moisture in Ashley and anniversary, April 15th. lected one of seven Utah Bidders sought for construction of courthouse building in DuUintah courses. libraries rated outstanding chesne. ArElder Thomas of American Assn. School Gilbert, of by Utes pay FedHistory made cadia ward sustained as asLibrarians committee. eral income tax. sistant to' Levi J. Anderton, ((Continued on. page six) Duchesne stake Patriarch. Fruitland Townsite officially Adult Education popular in Duvacated by order of Duchesne chesne area. Approximately Elder Gail Van Tassell, of County commissioners. Duchesne residents Tabiona, sustained Duchesne attend school. Stake Mission President. Sheila Evans, Mt. Emmons, the Girls State envoy from Altas win region New sustained in Union mont High, Mona Dee Lidell, bishopric track and field meet. Bluebell ward. James Ivan Bridgeland, Duchesne Highs Bird, bishop; Wm. O. Larsen, Girls State candidate, and Walter Remington, counse- Biggest oil discovery in Utah June Robbins, Myton envoy. comes Duchesne near in City. lors. Carters County well, Incorporation of Altamont Town miles north of Duchesne, James Hall, Roosevelt attorney, given final O K. by Duchesne flowed 177 bbls. of 19 degree named president of Duchesne County Commissioners. gravity oil per hour, with apCounty chapter, University of proximate 25 degree pour Evan O. Bennion, Altamont, and Utah Alumni Association at Wilda II. Mitchell receive repoint. annual Founders Day dinner r term held in Roosevelt. appointment for as members of Duchesne Co. Golden Wedding anniversary Public Welfare Board. observed by Mr. and Mrs. Duchesne Citys portion of liqTaylor Tidwell, Duchesne, uor profits reaches $1,167.14 Duchesne County jail moved April 22nd. for 1952. south on courthouse block to clear site for new courthouse Harold Dudley, Randlett farmer, r Uintah Division . 1953 of of Board chairman in Duchesne. elected building Basketball team, named by Supervisors for the Uintah Roosevelt Standard and UinBasin Soil Conservation Dis- SureSeal Corp. plans plant in tah Basin Record, comprised Salt Lake City to process trict. of Basil Defa, Tabiona; Doyle Basin oil. Uintah UnKenneth Huber, Nickell, elects Ty Kolb ion; John Hacking, Uintah, Altamont Poppy Sales net $55.85 in Dupresident for 1953-5Udell Birch, Duchesne. chesne City. Union Cougars win Class B MAY state basketball title. JUNE Duchesne Sportsmen sponsor fourth annual conservation Uintah Basins seven newest Carters County oil well derseminar May 8. telephone exchanges officially rick, lVz miles north of at ceremonies held at visible from downRoosevelt June 1. town. Elvin O. Barker, Duchesne, apTwice daily mail delivery, to pointed buildings and grounds and from Uintah Basin, in efforeman for the Duchesne Some 900 rural families begin using telephones afforded by fect. County School District. Uintah Basin Telephone Association, Inc. Duchesne Scout District collects Jimmy Grant, Duchesne senior, Nato Pentathlon. in Basin for winner Utah $1,000 giving Duchesne County courthouse tional Parks Council for furbonds amounting to $160,000 thering of Scouting move- Superior rating received by the sold to Bosworth, Sullivan & Tabiona High School Band at ment. Co. of Denver, Region 5 Music Festival at Price. Class B and C Road fund in DuBlue Bench dugway, north of chesne County is $56,481,47 Duchesne, gives way, slowing All County high schools plan for 1953. traffic, as one traffic lane 1953 programs. graduation slides down side hill. 27 Altamont lists comes for raises elected graduates; Pay Duchesne County officials. Duchesne, 24, and Tabiona, 7. William Sutteer, Ft. Duchesne, wins post as Department ComCounty short on Red Cross quo- Moon Lake Chapter Future mander for the Sate of Utah Farmers of America readies ta only $899.92 of $1461 American Legion. annual Junior Livestock show. fund goal collected. n, Hi-Lan- d Allen T. Bond takes post of First of twelve bridges pleted, under federal aid flood damage project, in Western Duchesne County. Oscar Beebe elected president of Duchesne Commercial club. 22-2- Geo. C. Kohl chosen prexy of Duchesne Medical Center. Duchesne County Fair workers honored at banquet, held at Duchesne chapel. as Della Liddell sustained Bridgeland ward Relief Society president. com Myton American Legion and Auxiliary holds reunion. - Open house honors Mrs. Mary Ann Humble Case at her home in Mt. Emmons on her 86th birthday, Jan. 31. - - FEBRUARY M Roosevelt is host to Men Basketball Tourney. Mt. Emmons, Jensen wards win M. I. A. spots in Tournament. All-Chur- Duchesne County joins State Association of Fairs. John P. Madsen, Duchesne, named director on state board. March on Polio nets $124.93 in Myton. Mothers Allen T. Bond president of Duchesne Fish and Game Association. Installation of phones throughout Basin by Uintah Basin Telephone Association begins Feb. 9th. Marine Pfc. Almoso Briston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley E. Bristol, of Bluebell, is presented Gold Star in lieu of second Purple Heart medal, for wounds received in action against Chinese Communist forces in Korea. Five high school girls vie for title Uintah Basin Sweetheart. Janice Neilson, Union High Sophomore chosen as queen; her attendants. Marilyn Michel, Uintah; Marvel Giles, Tabiona; Arlene Mountain, Duchesne; Betty , Iorg, Altamont. New Conoco Oil Service Station opens in Duchesne, Feb. 21st. one-four- th thin-clad- li six-yea- All-Sta- P-T- A t, cut-ov- Duchesne Lions Club hosts the Mrs. Barbara Meriwether electof Duchesne ed President Annual Basin Zone meet. Unit of the American Legion Duchesne Countys share in 52 Changes in Forest boundaries Clive Dee Moon, Nancy Ann Auxiliary. liquor profits listed at affect Uinta Areas April 1. Lot, Thora Wright, Karen Carman named honor grad- Mrs. Phyllis Stephenson to Center, materstudents at DHS head Duchesne Mothers Club. Peale Herrick for $1,000.00. Duchesne- Health uating emergency hospital, nity clubs. Duchesne by planned Duchesne County buys 3 lots on courthouse block from R. aired at Golden Wedding observed by Knapweedwithproblem USAC heads. Myton Ander-toMr. and Mrs. Levi J. at their home in DuLeland Potts sustained bishop chesne, Feb. 13 th. of Upalco ward. for 50th Wedding Anniversary dam level Mr. and Mrs. Marion Seeley, R.E.A. Yellowstone raised 52 inches, increasing of Bluebell observed Feb. 22 water storage capacity of resat open house social. ervoir to from 5.3 to 17.5 acre feet. honors past Duchesne presidents. Indian Canyon snow depth at 1934 level; measurements Union High Cougars nail down snow depth of 17.5 show Uintah title with basketball inches, with a 5.6 inch water victory. content. Blue Bench survey begins for Gayle Case, of Mt. Emmons future road sites. elected Junior Gleaner president of Moon Lake Stake. APRIL 8. n P-T- MARCH Second Annual Rural Life and Alfonzi G. White, Education Conference in Duawarded a district chesne County, held March missioners key for 13th at Altamont. with requirements r ! H Uintah Basin Telephone Assn. ' PHONE 230 ROOSEVELT Duchesne, Scout comcomplying of merit. Business and Professional Wo- Kindergarten classes started mens Club formed in DuApril 6th in Duchesne Counchesne with Mrs. Dorothea ty schools. W. Allred, prexy. Rella LaFevre elected president Duchesne City appoints board of Tabiona-Hannof health. Members of board: Presentation of D.H.S. Senior Dr. J. E. Smith, George M. play Me and My Shadow, at Bridgeland chaple increases Conn, Douglas H. Grant, W. D. Granger. Bridgeland wards Building Fund. Whitlock - Taylor oil drilling rig near Roosevelt, destroyed Mrs. Ruby Fitzwater chosen Duchesne by $300,000 fire. president. commanTroy Bailey der of Duchesne Legion Post. Mrs. Vangee D. Morrell appointed clerk of Duchesne County March of Dimes campaign in Selective Service Board. Duchesne County amounts to A. Louis $2,142.25 for 1953. Jensen, Duchesne a P-T- Ship it in by Uintahs Fast, Dependable, Economical SERVICE. Rain or Shine To each one of you, we wish the greater happiness that comes with sharing Daily Delivery. Save your TIME Christmas with friends and neighbors . . . and with sharing the Holiday Your MONEY and avoid risking your with Him, in Hi house. life on the Highway. And to this wish we add the hope that the New Year brings to you a full measure of good health and prosperity. STANDARD OIL I. SANDER, mo iHlk Sal Watt Salt Lafca Cltf, Utah OF CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTOR |