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Show UNIVERSAL rICA Jr ILl'.I.V 141 PISRPO.'iF AVi. LAKE CITY, CCRP. U X Ail UmtaLh VOLUME 25 - NUMBER 16 DUCHESNE, DUCHESNE COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1955 Vernal Man, Myton Lady Hoad District 9 Legion Flo Congress Sears For House FigliJ No turnover for the 1955-5- 6 school year is anticipated in key administrative positions in the Duchesne County School District, it was announced Monday by Rowan C. Stutz, superintendent. The first of the week, 46 contracts were mailed to the districts certified teachers, he said. These are to be returned to the Board of Education offices in Duchesne by April 30. teachers are not offered contracts until after Aug. with laws of 1, in compliance the State of Utah, Mr. Stutz explained. There are 40 teachers in the district this term. There is no change anticipated in the district administrative staff except the addition of a guidance and personnel director, which is a position authorized recently by the Duchesne County Board of Education, the superintendent said. Announcement of the new staff members name is to ' be made soon. Non-certifi- non-certifi- School Board On al Tour Of Schools Today The Duchesne County Board of Education made a tour of all schools in the district, today, Thursday. They made an early morning call at Roosevelt, Neola, Myton, Altamont and Duchesne. A later visit will be made to Tabiona. Supt. Rowan C. Stutz and E. O. Barker, district buildings and grounds supervisor, accompanied the board members on the inspection tour. Under the new state emergency school building program, the local school board anticipates remodeling and new construction projects at the Neola Elementary School, the Roosevelt Elementary School, the Tabiona Elementary and High School, and the Duchesne High School, Supt Stutz explained. Main purpose of the school visits by the district administrative group was to anticipate building needs to be taken care of under this state emergency school building program, and to survey improvement projects to be carried out at all schools this summer by the district maintenance crew. trict. appearing on the banquetfor the convention, included: song and dance numbers by Ecce Lynn Esauk, Juanita Wim-me- r a humorous accompanist; Its a reading, Maxine Lewis; Wise Brother Who Knows His Own Sister;" songs, by " Lonnie Thacker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thacker of Price (Lily Goffs nephew), who played his electric guitar accompaniment; a humorous reading, Elden Wilcken, Reading the Weekly Newspaper, Talent -program Male Chorus To Appear Locally Uv The University of Utah Male Chorus, which is composed of 55 voices and led by Marlowe Nelson, will present two benefit concerts next month in Duchesne County, and will perform before the student bodies of the high schools in the area. On Wednesday, May 4, four Roosevelt LDS wards will combine to sponsor the unit as a building fund benefit at the LDS chapel, and the following night they will appear at Duchesne in the stake center in a benefit for the Health Center. More details on their schedule will be printed next week. Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Buckalew made a trip to Salt Lake Sunday to take their daughter, Mrs. Elaine Carter and son, Blaine, to meet their husband and father Richard Carter. The Carters .have gone to Georgia to make their home for now. Finances Of Dachcsnc City Qsvcalcd In Becccl Ctz:zt; Disbursement Tc? LT:n:y D:zz::J Major items of the $33,601.06 disbursements and $32,036.90 receipts for Duchesne City during 1954, as listed on the annual financial statement for the city government operation are as follows: General fund receipts are itemized as $1,727.85 from merchant from fines; $1,770.00 licenses; $64.00, dog licenses; $F, 897.44, taxes; total, $7,012,39, Disbursements, are, $ 1 ,27 1 ,94, administrative sab aries; postage stationery and office supplies, $33:99; telephone and telegraph, $80.62; assessing and bond1 taxes, $302.56; collecting premium and insurance, $278.50; building (new). $4;900jQ8; legfcj and auditing, $440.30; office expense, $50. 8B; irrigation! water, $453.30;; $185.84; miscellaneous, Total, 8,473.02, ' In the Park and Cemetery fund, most of: the $415.00 receipts were from taxes, $20.00 was for cemetery lots. Disbursements in this fund were $368.36 for park expense and $22.51 for cemetery expense. New streeti lights cost $720 00 and $394.99 was charged to maintenance in the fund headed. Street Lights and Public Improvements. Streets and Receipts in the Sidewalks" fund include $1,125.00 for new curb and gutter, $110.00 for old curb and gutter, and $1,00 from the school board. Disbursements in this fund are listed' as $2,644.80 for labor, $36.75. as cost of operating equipment, $2fl28i41 and for equipment purchases, $103.22 for repairs and parts. Public Safety fund receipts include $1,167.14 for liquor allocation, Disbursements in this fund are: $336.78 for justice of the i . 6 Highway 40 Group Encouraged Over In Local Schools vice-preside- semi-annu- Changes In ley Posts Expected June Hacking, member of the Whitbeck Post No. 11, Sunday was elected to the office of commander for District No. 9, at the convention held at Duchesne,, and Mrs. Florence Lott, Myton, and member of the Wm. R. Sands Unit No. 5, was chosen to lead the Auxiliary. Mr. Hacking will succeed Calvin Monks of Myton, and Mrs. Lott replaces Mrs. Tina Wilkins, Roosevelt, as Auxiliary president. Other officers elected were Norman Holmes, Neola, and member of the Ft. Duchesne past, Mrs. Lena, Sixkiller, Ft. Duchesne was the choice for first and Mrs. Lily Goff, Duchesne, is the 2nd An adjutant and secretary will be appointed by the new leaders, as well as district committees. All newly elected officers will be installed at the Utah Department convention which is to be held in Vernal next June. It was estimated that approximately 175 attended the Sunday convention. Commend Young Leaders Legion-nair- s Many of the long-tim- e and Auxiliary members of Duchesne, commended the younger group for their handling of afAmerifairs for the can Legion convention of District No. 9, held at Duchesne, Sunday. Some of the elder Legionnaires remarked it was one of the finest conventions ever held in the dis- peace fees and court costs; $897.20 for patrol car expense; salaries, $3,090.60; supplies and miscellanr eous, $49,29; equipment punchaas, $55.91; maintenance, prisoners $236.68, making a total disbursement of $4,666.46, Fire department expenses are $57.22 for cost of operating equipment, $40.50 for fire station exr pense, and $55.00 for dues. Ihthe "Bond Sinking and Interest fipid, $4,174.38, was received from county taxes the past year, ,$600.00 water, bond was redeemed and bond1 interest paid amounted to $391.86. Rdoeipts in, the. Sewer fund are $1,960.81 for connections and. ,$77fl;Q0 for 'rentals,. Expenses in this fund are listed as $33.10 for, maintenance: and operation and $316.46 for construction. Water Revenue! fund receipts are shown as $7,747.75 for water sales, $110.00 for.- connections, miscellaneous. Disburse$1.00, ments are, $2,692.80 for watermas-ter- s salary; $448.40 for other salaries, $831.65 for maintenance and operation, $206.24 for truck expense, $612.00 for. office salary, $136.98 for office expense, $62.22 for labor, $97.17 for miscellaneous, for bonds redeemed, $2,000.00 $849.50 for bond interest, $500.00 for equipment. Total fund disbursements were $8,438.36. Major receipts in the Road" fund were $1,666.16 state allocation and' $1,150.06 from taxes. Diswere bursements for $782.76 maintenance, $2,827.69 for construction. Maintenance and operation frpjp the Airport"1 Kind, amounted, tb I $499.59. PER COPY 7 isnaie Passes Colorado River BE!!; Duchesne Hosts Successful Meet On Sunday $3.00 PER YEAR A tremendous was victory gained in Washington We nesday as the Senate gave iis ? m.oval to the g pant c Loner toloiado River Storage Troject as it breezed through in .record time by a more than two to one vole. AKo decisively stopped was an attempt to knock out the Echo Park phase :om hill. Teo i relatives in Congress Trcm the vitally ta es of Utah, Wvoming, o and New Mexico, now can on en 'a'e their efforts on the House of Penresentatives where a tougher fight is anticipated. Fassage of the more than billion dollar water and power program came after three days of Senate debate. The real test came on the amendment of Sen. Richard L. Neuberger to delete the controversial Echo Park Dam from the bill. This was beaten down by 52-3Bill Wins 58 to 23 Less than an hour later the bill, known as S500, cleared the ''Sen- New load Future COUNCIL MAKES REPORT Members of the Duchesne Council made a report recently to the Board of Education on progress being made by the group. Making up the Council are Rowan C. Stutz, chairman; B. A. Jacoby, Rex. O. Curry, Grant Mohlman, and Miss Mary Lois Reichert, secretary. Coordinating Council Of County Makes Its Report ' School Board Is Two Teenage Doys Informed Of Procress In Area Dabbed In Provo Executive committee members the Duchesne For Auto Stealing ofCouncil gave progress reports at the April 13 meeting held at the Board of Education office, reports Rowan C, Stutz, council chairman. Those reporting were B. A. Jacoby, chairman of the library committee; R. O. Curry, chairman of the Family Life Education program; Glen Mohlman. chairman of the Youth Council; and Mary Lois Reichert, director of the Cultural Program committee activities. Mr. Jacoby reported that members of the library committee are planning to visit other cooperative library systems in Davis and Salt Lake counties before making definite proposals for the establishment of a cooperative county-schodistrict library in Duchesne County. He explained that these two counties are maintaining libraries on a cooperative bsis, including traveling library service. The library committee members for the council are Mrs. Arietta Williams, chairman, Duchesne; Mrs. Blanche Murphy, Roosevelt; Mrs. Elizabeth Winslow, Mrs. Beth Brotherson, Boneta. Youth Council Set Up A Duchesne Youth County Council has been organized, reports Mr. Mohlman, of Altamont. This councils primary purpose is to assist with planning programs to solve youth problems in Duchesne County. Some projects under consideration are (1) Driver Teen-ag- e Course; (2) Training Canteens the summer during Theft of a 1950 Ford sedan was reported to city and county officers in Duchesne, Sunday morning by Herbert Mecham, owner. Mr. Mecham recovered his car Monday from near the dam in Provo Canyon, where it had been abandoned by two teen-ager- s who had been on a spree. He reports the car is apparently undamaged. There was still gasoline in the vehicle. Officers from Heber had towed the vehicle to Heber. The theft of Mr. Mechams auto ties in with three other cars reported stolen in Utah Saturday by two boys, age 19 and 17, who were jailed Sunday in Provo after a long joy ride in which they admitted stealing cars from five cities. Utah County deputies found the youths asleep in one of the cars, south of Provo City limits, Sunday. The car was' identified as one stolen earlier from Heber. Mr. Mecham said his car was parked on his lot near his home in, Duchesne. He had neglected to remove the keys from the ignition after using the car Saturday night. He believes the car was stolen between 2 and 5 a.m., Sunday. Apparently the boys had been on the look for another means of transportation after abandoning a 1948 Plymouth convertible about five miles down U.S. Highway 40 from Duchesne. It was found, by officers Sunday. The motor of this vehicle was burned out. It is stored at the Duchesne Motor. . The teen-ag- e culprits told Provo officers that they left Fort Ord, Calif. March 22 by bus. Since then they said they stole cars in Juarez, Mexico; Yuma, Arizona; and in Salt Lake City, Duchesne and Heber. They also admitted stealing clothing and suitcases that were found in the car when they were picked up. car-steali- ol e; (Continued On Back Page) Finance Is Topic Of Mooting On Health Center Matters of finance were chief topics discussed at the April 14 meeting of the Duchesne Health Center. Then it was decided to offer the 1955 memberships at $3 to single persons and $5 to couples. The membership fee was $5 each. Mont in director Poulson, charge of the building program, announced that his assistants are Wallace J. Stephenson and Dan Ute Bear Dance Set For May 26 The dates set for annual White-rock- s Bear Dance held by the has Ute Indians each spring beett set for May 26 to May 30, according to a report issued this week by the veteran Billy As is always the case in this spring ceremonial dance, the public is invited to attend the dance, which is held in the open Cha-poos- e. Mayor and Mrs. Chester Lyman and Mr. and Mrs. Wi'ford Granger, of Duchesne, attended the Utah and Colorado Highway 40 Association meetng at Vernal on Saturday. April 16. Representing Roosevelt was Steve Benon, new-l- v appointed director from that city. Mayor Lyman reports that the outlook for Highway 40 being Highdesignated as the Inter-stat- e way through the State of Utah is very encouraging. He also reports that the National Highway Association is progressing very rapidly in taking both Missouri and Nevada into the national setup, as reported by Robert Camel, executive secretary of the National Highway 40 Association. The junction at Silver Creek is to be rebuilt in the very near future, as reported by a delegation of Vernal men meeting with Harley Carleson, chairman of the State Road Commission. A committee was appointed by the chairman to study the prospects of maintaining an information office at Silver Creek to direct traffic onto Highway 40, and to enlighten the tourists of points of interest on the highway between here and Denver. Union Hill Dost Activities Days April 29th Uintah Basin Activities Days will be held next Thursday and Friday, April 28 and 29, at Union High School, according to Principal Loman F. Hutchings, with high schools and junior high schools throughout the Uintah Basin participating. Commercial events will begin Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and continue Friday morning. Marion L. Harrison is chairman. Concert bands and orchestras will perform Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. with chorus work scheduled from 9:50 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Marching of the bands will take place on the football field, commencing at 1:00 p.m. Friday. Sports activities for girls will start at 10:00 a.m. Friday, including softball and volley ball. Chairman for the softball is Coach Sarkis Arslanian and volley ball chairman is Donald Sorenson. Track events will begin at 12:00 noon, under the supervision of Coach Glen Allred, chairman. The public is invited to attend any or all events Thursday and Friday. However, spectators will not be permitted to enter or leave the room during the performance of a number. Activities-Daywill be climaxed with a Girl's Day dance Friday nigHt, theme for which is Buttons and Bows. orchestra Reynolds will furnish the music. schedule will be (A detailed printed next week.) V 0 iiu interested Col-Ciau- V7 .) as Chairman of the 21 Counties Committee at the recent annual meeting, was B. H. Strlngham. state Senator from Vernal. An ardent fighter for water and reclamation for the West, he is spending a lot of time in Washington working for Echo Park Dam. Postponed 0. ate Arthur V. Watkins, hailed the impressive victory and predicted it would contribute some needed momentum and enthusiasm needed to win a similar victory in the House of this session. Representatives "If the bill passes in the House, and I am firmly convinced that it will, it is possible that dirt will fly on this tremendous water development program before the end of 1955. Clean-U- p For Next Saturday Mayor Chester Lyman, of Duchesne has proclaimed Saturday, April 22, as Clean-U- p Day for all Duchesne City, it had to be postponed on the 11th as the weather was bad. All Duchesne citizens are urged to clean up their premises and have trash and rubbish piled up so the trucks can pick it up before noon. Duchesne Lions Club is working jointly with Duchesne City, in sponsoring this project and it is hoped by the two groups that everyone will cooperate in making the city clean and beautiful. It Saturday is another stormy or windy day, this project will be put off until the first good Saturday. On lawns Springville Firm To Build Highway Whitting & Haymond, Springville, contractors, was granted the bid for construction of 10.8 miles of State Roads 134 and 221 between Mt. Home Junction and Tabiona Junction, in Duchesne County. . Their bid was for $362,405, The $370,445. leading And Failure In First Grade . . . . learn-presse- d j first grade. The failure of children creasingly doubtful of the to learn to read was a major top- tages of ic, of discussion in- - many of the and more aware discussion. grouRS at ' the recent of failure. Rural Education! Conference. Tht tradition that children must learn to read- in the first grade has been a long and strong one in American families and educational circles. Consequently, the idea that children, may- be promoted without having met the usual standards for that level has been, for. a. number of years, a major 'controversial! issue.- As late as 1926 a study showed that 99 per cent of children who were not promoted from the first grade and 90 per cent of children not nrproqted from tfyn second grade war judged failures ! in reading. However, in spite of the import- - - in- - advan- and more of the dangers Caswell, Saunders, and Elsbee, in important studies in this regard, showed conclusively that children who are failed do not make as much academic progress as they would have made, if they had been regularly promoted with their own peer group. Other studies have chown the unfortunate effects of failure in school on childrens adjustments to school and to themselves. The evidence piles up, accordingly, that children should not be failed in the first grade because they, have not learned to read at primer or some other fixed level. Many school systems such as ours have accepted the facts thoroughly established by research and have adopted a no failure policy in the first grade and in most other grades. It is not enough, however, to set up such a policy without taking further steps to meet the needs of children (and of teachers) who have a wider range in reading ability at any one grade level than ever before. As Hildreth pointed out, If continuous promotion is considered to be desirable for a large of school children, proportion then something must be done at all levels of the school in providing more effectively for the varying capacities and interests represented among the children. If reading achievement and promotion1 are not to be a controversial issue, parents must be informed about a school systems policy, and all teachers in the sys j (Continued on Back Page) 3? By Ceundl Bids were opened April 12 at the Utah State Road Commission at the Capitol Building. great deal of concern is ex- - ance which wa9 attached to by parents of children ing to read as a standard for fail to learn to read in the motion, school people became h) SpriratiliKg Etesfsfefeas Ecow Ycur Schools .... A Important Step Wallace F. Bennett described the vote as "an important step ahead for the Upper Colorado Project. Our strategy of moving quickly without giving our opposition a chance to develop undue strength apparently worked well, said Sen. Bennett. The Senate victory was achieved in the face of active opposition from two strong lobbies. One was the Southern California water group which battled the project as a whole. The other was the conservation bodies which opposed the Echo Park Dam because its reservoir would flood a postion of Dinosaur National Monument. ' West States United Aside from Californias Republican Senators, William Knowland and Thomas H. Kuchel, there was-nwestern opposition to the bill. Sen. Neuberger voted against Echo Park but supported the measure for final passage. An analysis of the Echo Park Sen. MOTHERS CLUB TO SPONSOR DANCE MAY 4 The Duchesne Mothers Club is sponsoring a dance at Myton on Wednesday, May 4, to raise funds for the Health Center and the Senior Tea, and they wish to invite everyone to come and join in the fun. engineers estimate was Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bumes and family ffeopi Vernal were weekend 58-2- Sen. Day Set s Tho Weather ; tem must be aware of methods of attacking the problems created by regular or automatic promotion. Both parents and teachers need to know procedures which may be followed in the rare case where it seems desirable to keep a child back. They should be able to take part in the full discussion of the case which the situation demands. Moreover, both parents and teachers need to know the problems of relatively immature children in the first grade. Teachers especially need to know methods and materials by means of which they can provide for a wide range of reading abilities within one class or even one group of children: The failure or promotion of children who have reading difficulties in the first grade is still a issue. In the past,' controversial (Continued on Back Page) Order Went Into Effect Apr. 14; Town Is Divided Restrictions on the use of culinary water for sprinkling laws in Duchesne became effective April 14 by order of the city council. This order, which is similar to the order issued last year, became effective a month later than the 1954 restriction. The town has been divided into four sections for more effective scheduling of the water supply to all waterusers. This schedule is: Monday, Wednesday, Friday NW'i of town, those residents living west of Bridge Street and north of Main Street, from 6 to 8 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday those residents living north of Main Street and east of Bridge Street (NE4 of town, and water-user- s living north of the Duchesne River, from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday SW4 of town, those waterusers living south of Main Street and east of Bridge Street, from 6 to 8 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday SEV4 of town, those waterusers living south of Main Street and east of Bridge Street, from 6 to 8 p.m. The order states that no culinary water is to be allowed for use on gardens; no sprinkling is allowed on Sundays; all hoses must have sprinkling nozzles; each waterucer is responsible for his own taps. Violators of the regulations are subject to a fine and may have their water supply measured by meters. |