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Show . Chronological Account .... ble the supervision of the Federal Government over the property and affairs of the Indian Tribes. The resolution declared that the mixed bloods of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation are better prepared, educationally and otherwise, to assume full responsibility of citizenship than the ties, are leaving this weekend for Washington, where they will participate in a special congressional hearing on the Upuer Colorado River project that has been given the nod of the Interior Department. full-blood- s. t Sub-divisio- n, t I i ' .... t t ts t t new ward was formed in the Roosevelt stake, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints, last Sunday, Feb. 7, and two existing wards were discontinued. According to President Hollis G. Hullin-gethe Randlett and Leota wards were both discontinued and the membership joined together in the of the new Avalon formation ward, and Ralph Durfee was called and sustained as the new bishop, with Calvin Jorgensen as his first counselor. Second counselor and ward clerk were not yet chos- t y t r, t t f Boy Scout week in the Roosevelt District is being appropriately observed with various activities having been arranged to honor the boys and their leaders. Displays will be cited and awards given the President and Mrs. Ray E. Dill-maScout troops and the Guide pawho were recently released trols. as presiding authorities over the Western States Mission, Church Parent-Teache- r Association of Jesus Christ of Latter-day- y A was organized at Union High Saints, have returned to their School Wednesday night, Feb. 17, home in Roosevelt. They have with Mrs. Rex Curry, Roosevelt, served approximately 4 y2 years, elected president, Mrs. Elmer Hu- having assumed their duties in ber, Lapoint, 1st October, 1949, with headquarters and Roy Adams, Ft. Duchesne, at Denver. r. The principal secretary-treasureis automatically the second President Dwight D. Eisenhower last Saturday came out foursquare for the Upper Colorado basketball storage project including $176 milTen teams, representing five stakes lion for Echo Park Dam and $231 and the Western States Mission, million for completion of the Central Utah project. ,.,e'e,,e,-e,'t'''APRIL - - - Members of the Ute Indian Tribe Recreational Department got themselves all daubed up with war paint and attired in their native costumes as they prepared to enter their first AAU boxing tournament in Salt Lake City. . . Directing the boys who gave a good account of themselves in their first encounter was Ray Summers, personable tribal recreational di- t t n, t t: t vice-preside- t e y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y . t rector. i y y y y y y y y y y i New officers were elected during the past few days by the two major parties in Roosevelt City, and delegates named to the forthcoming county conventions. The Republicans met last Friday at the American Legion Barracks and selected Howard Harrison as their city chairman, and Monday the Democrats selected John Zup-k- o as their chairman at the Frontier Grill Cafe. y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y t A new American Legion Auxiliary unit, No. 126, has been organized at Ft. Duchesne, its first meeting has been held, and officers elected to carry on the affairs of the group. Officers elected were: president, t, Lena Sixkiller; first t. Thelma Iorg; 2nd Flora Cuch; secretary, Violet treasurer, Josephine Cuch; chaplain, Ada Zufelt. Par-riett- e; y y y y y y y season CDay this holiday be welt remembered for the to joy and happiness it brings and friends. you, your family i The Duchesne County Board of Education at their last monthly meeting held May 11, accepted the resignation of Dean C. Christensen as superintendent of the District he has served the past four years. No successor has been named by the board. t shave, but the Upper Colorado Storage and Development bill was approved last Tuesday by the House Committee ond Interior and Insular Affairs by the vote of 13 to 12. The bill includes the controversial Echo Park Dam and the Central Utah It was a close Project. t Two Roosevelt women were injured last Sunday afternoon, when the ambulance they were driving blew a tire, careened 180 feet and struck a concrete bridge near the Alma Wills home on the Neola highway. Mrs. Elsie May Bearid was taken to the St. Marks Hospital, suffering a compound fracture of the left leg and internal injuries. Mrs. Opal Dillman was taken to the Roosevelt Hospital, where she was treated for shock and cuts and bruises. t Young Roland Miles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fay Miles of Mt. Home, was announced winner of a purebred Hereford calf he won last Junior week at the Altamont Livestock Show. Presenting the calf was the Uintah Farmers Union Cooperative Association, Mill and Service divisions. .... t DUCHESNE, UTAH y t easonsCfpreeigs JUNE At a reorganization meeting of the Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce, held Tuesday, June 1, Howard Harrison, manager of the Roosevelt and Uinta Theatres, was elected president for the ensuing fiscal year that begins July 1st. He succeeds Dr. Paul Stringham, who has served since the resignation of Paul Murphy last November. t ft TlNKLING BELLS, holly wreaths, winter scenes t Seven girls from Roosevelt and surrounding areas will have the In a surprise move on Wednes- privilege of attending Girls State, day, March 31, the Ute Tribe in to be held in Logan on June 6th. general conference at Fort Du- They Include Deanne Asay, sponchesne, passed a resolution declar- sored by the American Legion ing the policy of the Congress and Auxiliary, Unit 64; Barbara Ray, Club; the Department of Interior should sponsored by Socialette be to terminate as soon as possi Marion Gardner, sponsored by the DUCHESNE COMMERCIAL CLUB Wasatch Garage & Service t en. w t t t Parent-Teache- r The Roosevelt Association observed Founders Day last Thursday evening at the Elementary School, by honoring past presidents and presenting a Founders Day skit. Mrs. Mary Orser, who served as president in 1927, and who is nearly 91 years old, was present, and spoke briefly to the audience. Ten of the twelve past presidents residing in the community were present, including the following: Mrs. Orser, Mrs. C. L. Ashton, Mrs. Horace Allred, Mrs. Louie Galloway, Mrs. Paul Wilkins. Mrs. Ervin Wardle, Mrs. George Stewart, Mrs. Gilbert McKenna, Mrs. Ned Bellon and Mrs. Cliff Memmott. W t t t w t I I t W t t t t ya j t t V (5) t t well-groome- d S4 t safe-crackin- Utah Dec. 23, t t Roosevelt police officers are still following up clues and leads in Paul Murphy, assistant manager an effort to solve the Cash Meat g of the Commercial Bank of Utah, Market robbery that Roosevelt office, was installed as took place early last Friday mornmayor of Roosevelt, in appropriate ing, Jan. 15. Reports from the ceremonies in the City Hall at police department indicate the job Roosevelt. At Duchesne, incum- was a thorough one, as the yeggs bent Mayor Otto E. Johnsen was did a complete job of peeling the again sworn in to serve another safe and escaped with approxifour-yea- r term, while another in- mately $1200.00 in cash. cumbent, William Linck, of Myton Two sets of twins, belonging to again assumed control of the mayMr. and Mrs. Mar Ross and Mr. ors seat in that community. and Mrs. Shelby Gail Anderton, First to make his debut at the arrived at the Roosevelt L.D.S. Roosevelt Hospital in 1954 was Hospital Sunday, eight hours apart the new arrival of Mr. and Mrs. to make history. Ray Jensen, of Roosevelt. The Additional state aid authorized little fellow made an appearance on Saturday, Jan. 2, at 9:36 a.m. by the recent special session of and weighed in at 7 lbs. 10 oz. the Legislature will total $15,529, or approximately $167 per distriHe answers to Brad. Final rites were held on Tues- bution unit in Duchesne School it was estimated this day for Mrs. Josie Piah, 102, District, Foundation. week Utah by is believed to be the oldest who resident of this area, at the Ouray FEBRUARY Community house. Mrs. Earl Timothy was voted A Save Echo Park delegation, the Polio Mother for Roosevelt men and for 1954 during the Mothers consisting of twenty-nin- e women, representing all the peo- March on Polio last Friday night. ple in Duchesne and Uintah Coun- - Announcement was made by Mayor Paul Murphy at the basketball game. Duchesne, UINTAH BASIN RECORD Thursday, t JANUARY Duchesne Frozen Foods as j Ulntah Men-Explor- t A which will be used especially In a surprise bit of business, of the Tribal War Dance; James E. Bacon, Roosevelt, who dancer Rufus Starr of Whiterocks, the has served since the establishment Brave of 1954, and Mrs. of the Uintah Basin Indian Mis- i Junior Mrs. Ute Tribe Hamilton, sion in 1948 as president, was re- Roy1954. 'of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y leased, and Forrest Goodrich, of i Saints, are all primed to open Tridell, was sustained in his The American Legion, Wm. R. obMrs. the continuous attemptDespite the second annual Mary Rogers Orser place. Counselors to the new In- Sands, Post No. 5, at Myton, is basket- ed stall of the opponents of the served her 91st birthday last dian mission No. 14, M president are Devon two boys to Boys ball tournament at Union High Echo Park Dam who tried in the Thursday, May 27, when approxi McKee, Tridell, and Lionel Jensen, sponsoring State, which will convene at Camp School. The winning M Men team Monday test meeting of the House mately twenty friends called dur- Neola. Williams July 11th. The boys are finals Irrigation to de- ing the afternoon to offer conwill enter the Richard (Packy) Fenn, son of Mr. next month at the BYU fieldhouse. lete Echo Park from the initial gratulations. and Mrs. Aldon Fenn, and Gerald JULY phase, the committee voted 12 to Giles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Last Wednesday, Feb. 17, was 5 against the amendment. Mrs. Adelyn Logan was elected Willard S. (Bill) past Giles. a red letter day in the life of the treasurer of the State Business District 9 and Basin Murdock, Post 64 comFrom Roosevelt and surroundKenneth Uintah Basin Telephone AssociaAycock, manager of and Professional Womens Club mander, last week was honored at areas planning to attend are: ing tion. It was on this date the board the Uintah Power & Light Co. of at the state convention, held at the Utah Department convention Bill Haslem, Lynn Forakis, Norof directors approved the first Roosevelt and Duchesne, last week Provo, June 4th, 5th and 6th. At- held in Ogden, when he was chos- man Hanson, Gordon Eldredge, payment of $4,081.06 to the Rural was elected chairman of the Du- tending from the Roosevelt Club en second Mark Neilson, Charles Bartlett, chesne County Republican Central were: Mrs. Logan, Lenore HutchAdministration. Electrification Another Roosevelt civic worker, Fred Riding, Dale Womack, Ruben It was over two years ago Committee, replacing J. V. McLea. ings, Wanda Riggle, Veda Jensen, when the REA approved a loan Ellen Rawlings Mrs. Irma Sutteer, past District 9 Broderick, Howard Andrews, KenVirgie Murphy, Auxiliary president, received rec- neth Anderton, Ray Labrum, Dick Announcement is made this and Jessie Orser. of $449,000 to build the present ognition when she was elected 2nd Weiss, Golden Heed and Richard Idaweek Dr. Dan that of now controlled Dennis, telephone system of the Utah Ameri- Durfee. Announcements were made this by the UBTA, which includes ap- ho Falls, will arrive in Roosevelt can Mrs. Tina Legion to soon over Auxiliary. take 750 the in the week and veterinary f telephones proximately by Harold Opal Dillman Basin, extending from Hanna to practice of Dr. Wesley R. Peter- and Joseph E. Olpin that the lat- Wilkins was installed president of Duchesne and Uintah Counties and chosen District a 9, son. delegate were among the few areas in Utah ter had purchased the assets and Ouray. to the National Convention. that are menaced by an infestagood will of the Dillman MorThe Utah Department chose tion of Elmer Yergensen, Myton dairy tuary, and that the latter comgrasshoppers that threaten MARCH - - - Clark as their Cheney, Kaysville, and active civic and farmer, would cease to operate as to destroy 16,000 to 20,000 acres As the Idies of March ap-- 1 Farmers Union leader, was elect- pany funeral directors in the Uintah new commander to replace anoth- of hay and pasture land in the er Roosevelt Legionnaire, William Neola-Hayde- n proached early Monday morning ed last Saturday by Duchesne Basin. vicinity. Accohring of the L.D.S. County the membership Sutteer, who also is a member of to Robert Murdock, Democrats to succeed county agent, church in Roosevelt, who consti- Bennie Schmiett as the 64. and A. Hale Holgate, Utah Agriparty with Basin Post CinemaScope technique tuted the two exjsting wards in chairman for the next two years. cultural panoramic screen will be installed Miss Joan Wash, daughter of tive in theDepartment representaRoosevelt, found themselves dividin the Roosevelt Theatre this week Basin, plans were unMr. ed in four wards and new officers and Mrs. Neil of Fort Grant, Clarence Allred was recently in- announced Howard Harrison, manto spray apderway immediately sustained to preside over the four stalled as commander Miss Ute Duchesne, was chosen of the ager. The Robe, first the 8,000 acres of land. picproximately units of the church. Roosevelt American Legion Basin ture in CinamaScope, Tribe of 1954 at a celebration John L. Swenson, W. Ralph Post No. 64, having been elected will produced held last June 26. Junof Miss Maurine Yack, play at th Roosevelt Theatre ior Cuch Saturday, was named the Brave Mr. and Mrs. Frank daughter Shields, Alva C. Snow and Mer- early this month to succeed Rae of June 22, lor one Yack, Tuesday, starting lin Sullivan were called as bishops Scholes, who was chosen as ad- week. of 1954. Glen Appawoo of White-rock- s, to lead the four ward organizawas named the outstanding (Continued on page 6) f tions. The identity of the four jutant. June 24, 25 and 26 will find upnew wards will be known as ft wards of two hundred and twenty-fiv- e Roosevelt Roosevelt, Second, may Scouts and Explorers camped Roosevelt Third and Fourth. The House Irrigation on top of the world at East CanMonday passed the billion yon (30 miles north of Vernal). Mrs. Alma L. Anderson, wife of dollar Upper Colorado River Storwill be participating in the the late Peter Anderson, was vot- - i age project by a vote of 12 to 9, They 1954 Uintah Basin Conservation m ed the Uintah Basin District Moth- to cross the first big hurdle in 5 er to represent this area in Salt the test that might see a western Camporee. Lake City in the near future, dream come true. A Provo contractor, Witt Conwhere the Utah Mother will be 4 struction Co., was awarded the selected to travel to New York George W. Walkup, employee general contract on the Altamont to vie for the honor of The of the U. S. Forest Department p High School building by the Board ft American Mother. for thirty-fiv- e years, retired from of Education of Duchesne County, ft service on April 30, and will de- with ft for plumbing ft Honor came to two Union High vote the rest of his life to oper- and electrical and work, ft heating, School girls the past week as Miss ating his ranch on Farm Creek ft Alof to Stevenson I.eland going ft Barbara Ray was declared the above Whiterocks. and Max Allred of Dutamont, ft winner in the Regional American Funeral services were held in chesne. ft ft Legion Oratorical contest held at Salt Lake City, Thursday, May 6, ft f Provo on Monday. Miss Ray pre- for Dr. Philo T. Farnsworth, 53, With all the ft Donald Ford, about 32, Cedar in had second ft the placed viously principal of the Altamont High City, Utah, was killed instantly ft warmth in our hearts Basin Post 64 and District No. 9 and Elementary schools, who died when ft the light plane he was flycontest, entering the Provo finals Monday at 5:15 p.m in a Salt Lake ft we wish our many friends the ing, crashed near the Howard Robft to Miss Renae as runner-u- p hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage. erts farm in Pleasant Valley, south ft who won the $25.00 savvery happiest of IJolidau Seasons. ft of Myton, at approximately 6 a.m. ft ings bond two weeks ago in the Mrs. Tina Wilkins was elected this morning, June 24. ft local post finals, and last week ft 9 of No. of the District president ft was declared the winner in the American Legion Two members of the Council of Auxiliary at the ft finals of District 9. ft district convention held in Jen- Twelve, Spencer W. Kimball and Phone 7511 sen Sunday, May 2nd. Duchesne, Utah Richard L. Evans, Tuesday night Information received from ft officiated at the dedication of the ft Washington yesterday as reported Four Basin high schools pre- newly built Randlett LDS chapel, by B. H. Stringham, state Senator pared graduation programs, with from Vernal, and the Boost Echo Duchesne leading the parade of Park Dam committee from the graduates on Tuesday, followed Uintah Basin, indicate the fight by Tabiona on Wednesday, Altafor the Upper Colorado River mont on Thursday, and Union on projects as now being considered, Friday, May 21. is still boiling and greater support of the program is sorely needed. Union High School senior girls were complimented at a beautiMiss Nancy Todd, A3c, who fully appointed tea Monday eveenlisted in the Womens Air Force ning at the Howard Harrison resiin November, is now stationed at dence, given by the Roosevelt Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, Business and Professional Wowhere she has been assigned to mens Club. Approximately eighty-fiv- e the radio technician department. guests called. Looking Back Through The Year 1954 EDITORS NOTE: Following is a brief, chronological account of what has happened in the past year. Not all the top stories are recorded, but some of the major achievements are mentioned in the hopes we will recount the progress in 1934. American Legion Auxiliary, Unit Fort Duchesne, 126, Womens Club and Alterra Alyce Smith and Sally Burgess, sponsored by the Myton Legion Auxiliary, Unit 5; Carma Jean Hansen, sponsored by the Altamont Auxiliary, Unit 53; and Maurine Allred, sponsored by Culture Club. I with evergreens; logs on hearth, candles bright, little faces II II II II beam delight . . . these, to us, are all warm reminders II II II II II II Iii that a very special time is here ... so a very special wish is if II II II ft due 15 . . . May this Holiday Season bring you abounding stores of good cheer, peace and happiness. Standard Oil Of California I. SANDER, DISTRIBUTOR & |