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Show plan for the future of our IJbat IsGcsd UINTAII BASIN RECORD PUBLISHED THURSDAY OF EACH WEEK Citizenship? Thursday, February 10, ItSS SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year $1.75 - 6 Months ' $1.00 - 3 Months Payable In Advance Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Duchesne, Utah CLIFTON N. MEMMOTT, Editor and Publisher Goldie Wilcken, News Editor Mrs. Weston Bates, Office Manager $3.00 - EDITORS Justice NOTE: of of Peace George H. Duchesne Wilcken sends this reply to a request from a sixth grade student at Mtn. Home who asks: What is good citizenship, and what are some of the things sixth grade boys and girls can do to become better citizens of our school and community? Duchesne, Utah January CUFF MEMMOTT, Editor Casually Observing . . . HEAVY SNOWS , BECOME EASY JOB when the right equipment is available. This fact was more emphatically estabh lished last week following the fall of new snow that descended on this area and left the streets of Roosevelt pretty well laden with the white stuff. . . Compliments are due the street department of Roosevelt City for the efficient and effective way they disposed of the snow in the business section. A good job was also done in clearing paths on other streets of the city. six-inc- ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL PROJECT was completed last M Men basketball tournaThursday night when the three-nigment, sponsored by the Roosevelt stake MIA, came to an end with two fine teams chosen to represent Division 14-in the classic to be held in Provo beginning next week. . . Some fine athletes from four states, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, made the tournament a pleasurable experience for players and spectators, and a great deal of praise is due those who planned and directed it to a very successful conclusion. What is true of the basketball phase of the three nights can be repeated fqr the fine dancing, performances put on by the stakes in the Uintah Basin. Both performances were exceptional in entertainment and in the type of sportsmanship displayed generally throughout the tournament ht B All-Chur-ch v E v . , NINE CRIME SOLUTIONS REPORTED A report issued this week from the Roosevelt police department indicated that of eleven robberies, performed or attempted in Roosevelt during the past six months, nine have been solved. '. . Only two, which occured since January first (Bradshaw's and Berts) remain unsolved, so reports Roe McDonald, chief of the local force. . . Latest to be solved was the apprehension of a local Juvenile, who confessed to breaking into Buchanan Feed, O.K. Rubber Welders and Ottosen Sales and Service. Ten of the thirty dollars taken by this youngster wu recovered. A JUVENILE, wanted in Washington and Alabama for burglary charges, was apprehended last summer and sent on to Everett, Wash, after admitting to breaking into several places in Roosevelt SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OL- D CONSIDERING THIS IS OVER an eighty per cent average, when the national average is less than twenty per cent a word of compliment is due the police force and especially Chief Roe McDonald. 29, 1955 God-give- Regular Westing Hold By , n. ument 5 In the Mr. Petruska admitted he had never visited the area concerned, nor talked with people who had, nor even made a thorough study of maps and pictures. Yet, he was an "expert" opposing the Colorado River Storage Pro- ject Mr. Petruska also said, "the National Park System belongs to all of us and it is our obligation to defend it. Yet in the Mr. Petruska admitted hed never visited a national monument Hed never even visited a national park. In short be didnt know what he was talking about It is this sort of thing we people of the West must combat Misinformation about the Colorado River Storage Project is prevalent on a national scale. It is people who are as ignorant of the facts as Mr. Petruska who will prevent the construction of a project that will aid the entire nation unless we citizens n, act Actually, citizens are acting now. These are members of the Upper Colorado River Grass Roots, Inc. This is an organization pledged to inform the nation of the facts about the Colorado River Storage Project. It is one of the worthiest causes ever sponsored in our area by a group of citizens. Any citizen can help in this cause by becoming an "Aqua-lant- e during Aqualante Week which is being observed from February 13 to 19. Aqualantes are water vigalantes, supporting the project. Citizens are asked to contribute to the Aqualante cause. They can further help by writing friends and associates in other states to tell them the facts and to ask them to write their congressmen in support of the project So, when you are invited to become an "Aqualante, dont hesitate. Its your chance to help the West, and to help your country. Sign up you can be proud to be an Aqualante. Youll have this big chance next week when someone is assigned to contact .every person in Utah to buy an "Aqualante Button. v E v RUIN D .... to $40 billion a year This country for defense. Thats where most of the peoples money is going. Figure cut a way to cut defense spending, and youve got a way to cut taxes really cut em. Meanwhile, the politicians talk about economy. A balanced budget. President Eisenhower and his team have worked hard to reduce spending. They have not been entirely unsuccessful. But the costs of an army, a navy, and air force, and the fantastic gismoes they use or will use, still levy a disheartening tithe on the taxpayer. Looking ahead a few years theres little relief, real relief, in sight The best hope for sustaining the keep-hom- e pay of the average guy, after taxes, is that there will be more taxs payers and more taxable wealth to carry the load. Nobody a fire sale on arms or a deflation in this cost Would that we could. In view of the foregoing, is it good business to "economize on federal functions that add weait agricultural, industrial, taxable wealth to the U. S.? Huts what members of congress are, in effect doing when they wield their hatchets on western reclamation. They simply see no difference between operating expense and capital outlay. A business thus managed would be a runt, no less. Theyre saving pennies today that will cost dollars tomorrow, while retarding the growth of a country that may, some day, need every ounce of its strength to survive. ruin. Thgts good business? Hah! Thats "business-manage-d is spending $35 billion for-see- The Denver Post Fib Of Tfcar;;r 'Dccsrd v YEARS AGO The new Moores Cafe under consince last September, opened its doors Monday to an anxious and speculative Duchesne. What the Moores Cafe offered, exceeded all speculation and travelers over Highway 40, who saw it Monday and Tuesday, labeled it Uintahs Best. .. struction oOo- -n, Li(vvviJ In ' ; WATER CONTENT OF SNOW FOUND ABOVE AVERAGE. oOo- -- A wedding of considerable interest in this community occured Saturday evening, Jan. 26, 1935. Miss Freda Wardle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wardle became the bride of Mr. Laurence Curran, 'k son of bibs. Ethel Curran. oOo- -- GJ L.J 18, Some 600 acres of grazing land was reseeded this fall in Lake Canyon area of the Duchesne District of the Ashley National Forest Merlin I. Bishop, district ranger, describes the Lake Canyon reseeded area as a tributary of the Strawberry River, located about 25 miles south and west of altitude. Duchesne, at a 7,500-foThis seeding project was carried out during the latter part of Sep tember and in October as weath er condition permitted. Spots of land reseeded are in the bottom on both forks of Lake Canyon and in Bear Gulch. Types of grasses seeded in the Lake Canyon project includes a mixture of crested wheat, pubescent wheat, intermediate wheat, and brome grass. The reseeded area was plowed with a Towner, disc plow, seeded drill. with a tractor-draw- n This area, with its good soil, is an excellent source of grazing, Ranger Bishop pointed out. Success of the project will influence and encourage local people to do reseeding on their own land for summer grazing in this area. All. permittees with grazing allotments in the Lake Canyon area, have agreed to hold cattle from total grazing for three years in order to determine the success of the rejeeding project Then stocking will be based on grazing capacity of the reseeded land. The allotment involved here is with six permittees, 220 heed of cattle. The reseeded land within the forest boundary is six or seven miles above the upper lake in Lake Canyon. ot EC3i) Mrs. She&y Usewbss Hal W. McDonald, f ha the Technical School for aircraft mechanics at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, the largest school of this type in the world. During his specialized training as a student at Sheppard he will receive intensive training designed) to provide him with the thorough knowledge and basic skills required in servicing, inspecting and maintaining aircraft currently used by the United States Air Force. Upon graduation he. will be awarded the rating of Airplane and Engine Mechanic. Along with the majority of graduates in his class, he will enter a course of advanced training or will be assigned to one of the major Air Force commands for operaexperience with first-lin- e tional aircraft after completion of his schooling here. Prior to his enlistment in the Air Force on Dec. 30, 1954, Airman McDonald graduated from Altamont High School. Talie Know ScheeJs. . . (Continued from Pace 1) participating in public affairs? The answer, based on a Roper per cent of survey: Fifty-tw- o men and women college- -educated were school active; high politically 26 per cent; educated, grade school educated, 16 per cent Only 18 per cent of the college educated were politically inactive, while more than half 01 per cent) of the grade school educated didn't lift a finger to help make our democracy work, We conclude then that fetter education results .in better era for our children and better democracy on a whole. I believe that we should encourage our children to enter the teaching profession. In convincing them of this, teachers play an ima portant role. Students of the Mrs. Ethel Taylor received telephone call Friday from her son, Ray, who had arrived in California from Korea. Ray is visiting a few days in California with his Mr. and sister and brother-in-laMrs. A1 Cundriff, after which he will go to Fort Bliss, Texas, where he will receive his discharge from the army, after serving four years with the paratroopers. ' Mr, and Mrs. Elden Brady accompanied by Lowell and Douglas Brady, of Colorado, went to Fair-vie- Saturday to attend funeral services for an aunt. Mrs. Rachel Martin and Mrs. James Giles, of Myton, visited Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Fitzgerald. Mr. and Mrs. ' Austin Beal and Mrs. Glen Mecham arrived home Friday fron a week in Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Lisohbee motored to Balt Lake, Sunday, to visit their mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Christensen, who is ill in a Salt Lake hospital following a major operation, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brady visited Sunday in Tabiona with Mrs. Bradys parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Wagstaff. Bob Brown has returned home Duchesne City administration from the CCC Camp where he has hands with the changed Tuesday been and is attending employed swearing in of Otto John sen, as school in Duchesne. Mayor. Taking the oath of office Oo-Word ' with the new mayor were four Prejudice has always been the was received by Rulon councilman, Oscar Beebe, Ray obstacle to progress. greatest was Larsen J. a that daughter Horrocks, Chester Lyman and W. Mr. and Lee Larsen Mrs. to bom Economy begins at home when F. Payne. The hold-ove- r member should begin at the club. of Lake it Salt City. of the council was Claud Davis, elected to a 4 year term in 1946. r teacher recruitment problem edu-catid- ns best recruiting Teachers and parents ought to avoid one common pitfall. We all know that when we ask q person about his work we first hear the .many disadvantages. "Dont go into medicine, warns the doctor.' "Your time is never your own. It takes years of preparation before you can begin to earn money. Farmers point out the hazards of , agriculture. Poll ticians deplore the fickleness of voters. People in radio .and TV and films say, You dont have to be crazy to go into this business, but it helps. And so on. Teaching has many advantages. More' than almost any other occupation it brings one in friendly association with the entire com munity. It means working with what is most precious to our Parents naturally want their child to follow the career best suited for him. Dont say, For goodness sake, dont go into teaching." I know people who have tried other occupations only to discover i that teaching remained their true love. Do not repeat or perpetuate Invariably When a Basketball d, oOo- 10 YEARS AGO WORD FROM WARRIORS Elwood Royer finally arrives in Duchesne from the Phillipines, on long expected leave. PFC Ray Walker of ML Home awarded good conduct medal. Glen Clark spends furlough with wife and baby. - Jay D. Smith writes from anese prison camp. oOo- Mr. and Mrs. George Jensen have moved into the George C. Kohl home in the east part of town. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Moon, who have occupied this place for the last year recently moved into their new home east of Duchesne. -- 20 Alee This holds true in advertising. . . The Progressive business man knows that "follow-u- p ads are necessary to produce the required sales volume. He never expects to make a fortune in one advertisement oOo- Mr. and Mrs. Reed Timothy of Bingham spent Sunday and Mon. in Duchesne. -- set-u- p x O x Nile H. Rasmussen, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Rasmussen, honored by receiving a citation for exceptionally meritious conduct. -- Rare is the basketball player who relies on just one shot. He tries again. . . again. . . again. . . until his efforts are reshot warded with scoring points. Sometimes even a may miss its mark. Continuous effort and untiring energy combined with skill rack up the points. Jap- Sanford Stocks recieves letter from Artie from prison camp in Japan, he says he is alive and well. x x Tho Progressive Business Mali KNOWS that CONSISTENT Advertising Is Necessary. . . Ilo plans his budget with this thought In mind. oOo- YEARS AGO HEADLINES REHABILIATION CHESNE COUNTY MANY BENEFITS. FOR TO DU- BRING through our interest as parents, we should write our senator and representatives from the Basin, telling them why the hot school lunch is so important for our children of rural areas. Another bill which we should encourage our legislators to pass is the one recommending the emergency building fund. If this bill is defeated, many of the proposed new build- additions fo Duchesne ings County schools will not be realized. This ii Senate BUI No. 54. Parents, concern yourselves with legislation and your schools. It is only through your interest that education, the comer stone of can be improved and preserved. In closing I should Eke to comment briefly on our local schools. I believe we have some of the finest teachers, principals and personnel in the entire state, I especially like the parent-teache- r consultations which are now employed by most of our schools. I oink that parents and teachers pro able to discuss and solve the childs problems easier through these consultations. Im not. too much in favor of the report card ndw being used. I dont think it is very informative, and have heard other parents express themselves the same. I would like to see more emphasis placed on "writing," something die child uses throughout his entire life. I think the methods of teaching reading are good, and appreciate the opportunities my children have in the reading field, such as access to good school library' books. I am convinced that the schools are teaching a rounded program, including good citizenship, discipline, the ability to associate with others, as well as the fundamentals of reading, writing and school socie- Mr. and Mrs. Ray Baum of Fruit-lanare the proud parents of a boy, bom Jan. 14 at the Heber Hospital. -- married is now probably over 50 per cent and constantly rising. Dont deride teaching as a field of unusually low satires. Beginning salaries for teachers now start well above comparable salaries for other occupations open to girls and above those of many jobs open to boys. The Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers, along with other state associations, offer scholarships in the teaching profession every year to encourage young people to take up teaching as a career. What other career or line of business could bring more satisfaction to a person? To know that one is guiding the children of today who will be citizens of tomorrow would more than compensate for the efforts and money a teacher has put into his education. As parents I believe that we should be extremely concerned in school legislation. It is our duty to write our legislators concerning our school laws. At the present time there are two bills in the state legislature the involving school lunch program, which if passed will eliminate state aid from our school lunch program. These bills should be defeated, and ty-children. oOo- -- de- clare. that the deciding factor in a young persons choice of teaching as a career is acquaintance with an influential teacher. The teacher who inspires respect, love and affection will always be oOo- -- From up Boneta way, Mrs. Opal Barton writes that she rode horse back three miles Monday, in order to catch the mail with the Boneta ' news. are likely to be an old maid. The proportion of teachers who are son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mc,D,"ald If you go into teaching you say, Gentry A3c Lchc Gcnycn Area , . vice-preside- nt w false myths about teachers. Dont la Tbs Sc rote - Duvcrcmy Chapter To Oct Bleekargb Tbra Tho Mr. Michael Petruska is a resident of Troy, N. Y., of the New York State Conservation Council Last summer, Mr. Petruska appeared before a Congressional committee meeting in Washington to hear evidence on the Colorado River Storage Project Mr. Petruska was almost violent in his denounciation of the project His was pretty effective testimony until the One of the statements Mr. Petruska made was "we vehem-.entl- y oppose this because of the gross alteration of the mon- BUSINESS-MANAGE- Trees that produce the best lum-- 1 ber grow straight and tall. Boys and girls, like trees, need room to need Ideas expression. grow. Words are windows of the soul; they speak the thoughts within. By expressing our ideas we can better ourselves, our school, our community and our country. You owe a debt to each other. Pay it in service to others. Give your best to God and your country and the best will return to you. Then you will know what good citizenship really means and your home, school, community and country will grow and benefit from it Yours very truly, George H. Wilcken Justice of the Peace " Miss Cuba Jullie Lindsay and Sixth Grade , Altamont School Mt. Home, Utah P. S. The following poem also Dear Boys and Girls: In answer to your " question, illustrates the point quite well: "What is good citizenship and MY PRAYER some of the things we can do to become better citizens in our O hear my prayer most gracious schools and communities, here Lord, are some of my ideas. Who rules supreme on high; n First of all, for the Reach out Thy hand and mark my privilege of being bom in these path, United States of America with the That I might see Thee bye and right to liberty and happiness, we bye should uphold the laws of our Guide me along this long hard trail land and protect it. History tells That starts so far from Thee; how our founding fathers fought My sins are many and my soul is for the principles of freedom, crying thereby giving us an ideal to Iivejm in' need of Thee, for. We should remember these ideals in our everyday living that Guide my mind that my strength be not wasted. we do nothing which would harm our country or our fellow citi- In futile, idle deeds; That my living may be useful, zens. Our lives are what we. make To those who stand in need. them. Our aim in life should be Prepare my heart with understanding, high. A wise man once said, Hitch your wagon to a star. Aim Full of faith to my fellow men. high. If you fall, get up and try Grant me the power of myself commanding again. The ladder of success has many rounds, and yours is the To fulfill my' debt to my countrymen. ,, t right to climb to the top. Good George H. Wilcken citizens in our United States have the freedom to climb and progress and they should use it ' for more sighed Napoleon worlds to conquer, but ' each of us must learn to conquer "self.' We must learn to appreciate the people and things around us and to think of them, sometimes beWith worthy matron Mrs. Jean fore we think of ourselves. In this way, too, we can be better citi- Stevens and associate patron Ted zens. Your ' homes and schools Hatch, both of Vernal, presiding, are doing their best to help you, Duveromy Chapter, No. 17, held so you, as good citizens, should a regular meeting Tuesday at the , " Masonic Hall help wour homes and schooL : business the broadens ones Following meeting Community life' ideas. You learn to think and ex- a social hour was participated in press yourselves in school, and by the approximate forty members inas good citizens you should use in attendance. your ideas in making plans to cluded ' Mrs. Ua Lombard, Mrs. make your community a better Bettye Hackler and Miss Helen place in which to live. Education Stevens, all of Vernal. without expression is suppression. not to air but To err is human Let us not be suppressed, rather expressive citizens, who your neighbors errors is divine. v E v ES3N UP JOIN AQUALANTES DURING WEEK OF FEBRUARY 13 - IS . . . A Aran I com-- ! Uintah Basin Record Phone 7441 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION PASSES UPPER HOUSE, CHILD LABOR LAW LOSES IN HOUSE VOTE. f I Hedies Repaired E. A. CALL SERVICE Quick Efficient Service Residence - Jlxcadia 430$ |