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Show I UNIVERSAL MICROFILMS 141 PIERPONT AVSALT LAKE CITf, UTAH -. HOME TOWN U.S.A. Shop HERE for YOUR Own Sake! And Community Progress VOLUME 25 - NUMBER 21 CORt. r Uintah Basin DUCHESNE, DUCHESNE COUNTY, yW4 HOME TOWN U.S.A. Shop HERE for YOUR Own Sake UTAH, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1955 Teacbrs $3.00 PER YEAR OUTSTANDING SPORTSMANSHIP Dean Young, left, presents Uintah Basin Sportsmanship Trophy to (left to right) Blake Esauk, of the Duchesne High School student body. Principal Waiter T. Williams, Dian McDonald Odekirk, president of the Pep Club and Coach Jerry Christensen, at a special assembly program. This is the third consecutive year DHS has won this honor. vice-preside-nt Others To Leave For three consecutive years, the Duchesne High School has copped the Sportsmanship Award in the Uintah District. This trophy is presented through the Associated Student Council of the Uintah Basin High Schools, and is awarded to the school having the most points in sportsmanship during the year. The point ratings are based upon conduct of the players, coach, principal, cheer leaders, students and townspeople. Dean Young, president of the district Student Council, reported that the Duchesne school lacked but three points of having a perfect scoring record, based upon the rating system. This trophy will be displayed in the new trophy case, presented as a gift by the 1955 graduating class to the Duchesne High School, states Principal Walter T. Williams. Presentation of the trophy to the school was made at a special awards assembly at the Duchesne High School this week. Poppy Day Set For Saturday In Duchesne Area TABIONA AN ALL-GIR-L SENIOR CLASS Seven senior class at Tabiona High girls which made up the School, Tuesday received their diplopias. If there is another all-gi- rl senior class in a regular public high school in Utah, then no publicity has been given of it. Members of the class include: Linda Carter Giles, Pleasy Lewis, Renae Thomas, Carina Sizemore, LaMay Roberts, Sharon Hamilton and Marilyn LeFevre. Of the group Linda is married and two others plan matrimony soon. Addition To School To Force Street Closing The Duchesne City Council hasf voted to close nearly two blocks CASES OF WHOOPING of a Duchesne City street This COUGH IN DUCHESNE is the street runing north of the Dr. John Smith reports that Duchesne High School, legally described as E Street between there are a number of cases of 9th and 11th Streets. The area to whooping cough cases in the area, be closed is two lots short of two and urges all mothers to have their. children innoculated as soon blocks long, or will be a 780-foclosing, according to Wallace J. as possible, especially those chilStephenson, councilman in charge dren under one year of age. of streets and roads. Plans are being made for construction of an addition to the Duchesne High School to the north, and improvement of campus facilities, which necessitated the closing of this 100-fowide ot street. The new road opened recently, traversing the West Bench hill and the more irigation ditch, will than offset the length of street to be closed north of the school.. This new route and relocation of the irrigation ditch, which is now between the road and the hill, has been done as a cooperative project with the Duchesne County School District. The school district purchased a lot from Ned Fairbanks, which was needed in relocating the irrigation ditch and the road. Officials have said that in all probability, the city and school district will exchange deds for the street north of the school and the new road constructed on the property purchased by the school district. Date for closing the road has not been set, city officials report. JoAnn Gingell Is Honored Dy Dental Group Miss JoAnn Gingell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gingell of Myton, was appointed to the state board of directors of the Utah State Dental Assistants Association at the 5th annual convention, held at the Ben Lomond Hotel in Ogden, April She will act in an advisory capacity to the dental association throughout the state. She is also of serving as Education chairman the Salt Lake district, aiding the girls to become certified dental accictanta Miss Gingell was president of the Salt Lake district this past 21-2- Honorary New Post; For Third Year Poppy Day in Duchesne will be May 28, reports Mrs. Maxine W. Burdick, president of the Duchesne Unit, American Legion Auxiliary. The unit has 800 poppies to sell, and this program will be carried out under the direction of Mrs. Norma Grant, poppy sales chairman. A canvass and street sales of poppies is planned. Unsold poppies will be made Into wreaths and used to decorate some 20 soldiers graves in the Duchesne, Strawberry and Utahn cemeteries on Memorial Day. The American Legion honor guard will cooperate with the Auxiliary in the Memorial Day graveside services. About $56 was given last year for the poppies here. The 1954 quota was 700 poppies to this Auxiliary unit. house-to-hou- Etholeno Durton Awarded DYU Scholarship Etholene Burton, senior at High School, has been awarded a scholarship to attend Brigham Young University during the 1955-5- 6 school year. The scholarship is for one quarter, but can be renewed up to one year by maintaining a 2.5 grade point average. The award pays her tuition and general fees for one quarter. Miss Burton graduated from the head of her class with a 2.90 grade point average. nt Seventeen teachers will be replaced in the Duchesne County School District for the 1955156 school term, reports Supt. Rowan C. Stutz.. Those teacher! who did not renew contracts are listed by the superintendent, by schools, as follows: Made-ly- n Altamont Elementary Perkins and Mary Snyder; Altamont High Beth Duke, Foote, Irene Muir; Duchesne Iva B. Adams, Elementary Thalia Mickelson, Principal Farrell Humphries, who will become a member of the district administrative staff; Duchesne High Principal Walter T. Williams, who has signed a contract in Davis County, and Edythe Marett; Myton Elementary Millicent ThomDicia as; Roosevelt Elementary Emert and Garth Tietjen; Roosevelt Junior High - Vola Hancock and Vernon Miller; Tabiona EleAmber Carter and mentary Blaine Hess. Mrs. Arietta Williams, district elementary supervisor, is the only member of the district administrative staff to be replaced. She has signed a contract in Davis County, after having served in Duchesne County for five years. Supt. Stutz states he hopes to have recommended for all necessary replacements in the district teaching staff and administrative staff ready to present to the Duchesne County Board of Education at their June meeting. The district employs 85 teachers. od School Mon Will Aid As Scout Locdcr. Farrell Humphreys, of Duchesne, has been suuna assistant district Scout Commisioner for the Duchesne District. Rowan C. Stutz, District Scout Commissioner, has announced Mr. Humphreys will be in charge of the Explorer program, and will work directly with the Explorer posts in the district to get the posts organized and leaders trained. Mr. Stutz, who is superintendent of the Duchesne County School District, was recently appointed as Duchesne Scouting District Commissioner. He will concentrate on the Boy Scout program in the district. Mr. Humphreys, who is principal of the Duchesne Elementary School, has accepted a new position as guidance and personnel director for the school district. A staff of three neighborhood commissioners for the Duchesne Scouting District are to be named soon to work with Mr. Humpreys and Mr. Stutz. JOAN GINGELL, former My- ton resident, recently was appointed to the state board of directors of the Utah State Dental Assistants Association at a convention held in Ogden. for the 1955-5- 6 school year, ranging from $3,200 to $4,295, has been agreed upon by the Duchesne County School Board, reports Supt, Rowan C. Stutz. Beginning teachers will receive a minimum salary of $3,200 and the maximum salary has been raised from $4,220 to $4,295. The minimum salary remains unchanged. This $75 increase applies to all teachers with six years or more teachers experience. Beginning are eligible for the rfiaximum salary after 15 years of experience. This salary increased brings the salary scale to about the average of other school districts in the state, Supt. Stutz said. The Duchesne County School District employs 85 teachers. Saturday Is The Day .... Ufah Anglers Aivoif Opening Saf. after the crack of Shortly dawn Saturday morning, May 28, upward of 150,000 Utah anglers will be scattered across the state to make a try for that first fish in 1955. All during the day and night on Friday, fishermen will be threading their way into the canyons, seeking out their favorite fishing those places that have spots yielded a few trout in days. Of course not all that 150,000 will take off to the fishermen t yea., At present she is employed with hills and valleys on opening day. Most of them will. Some will wait Dr. Edgar Stultz, 2520 South until the streams revert to a more Lake City. State, Salt by-go- normal status, and the traffic up and down the streams will be reduced. It is predicted that many popular streams will be somewhat roily as high waters have only started to come down. Changes In Regulations Important changes in fishing various water closregulations, ures and other rules were listed today by the Department of Fish and Game in a final reminder to an expected 170,000 anglers who will open the 1955 general season, Saturday, May 28. In general, all water will be opJ en to angling except those of the High Uinta Mountains, Fish Lake, FARRELL HUMPHRIES, Panguitch Lake and Navajo Lake. Waters of the High Uintas open June 25; the three lakes listed opening June 11. Special regulations are again shown in the 1955 angling proclamation covering later openings and early closures of some waters. In each case such areas will be signed and sportsmen are asked to be on the lookout for such signs where these special regulations have been effected to meet local conservation problems. Change In Bag Limits Daily bag and possession limits are again one and the same again (Continued On Back Page) CHARLIE BIRD, member of Arcadia ward, recently was awarded an Honorary Master M Men pin for outstanding work in his church and among young people. cur- rent principal of Duchesne Elementary School, has been appointed as guidance counselor for the Duchesne School D.U.P. Monument To Be Dedicated Af Duchesne " load Honey Allotted To County A Cities D-- C Duchesne County and four incorporated cities in the county will receive a total of $60,555.87 from the 1955 Class B and C road funds from the State of Utah. Total allocation for 1954 was for this county. According to the allocation list compiled by the Utah State Road Commission Highway Planning Department, the allocation to the county road system is $54,081.77; $1,795.46 to Duchesne City; to Myton City; $3,218.22 to Roosevelt City, and $376.33 to Tabiona Town. Altamont was not considered in the allocation since It Was incorporated since the 1950 census. Last years allocation was Duchesne, $1,666.16; Myton, $1,171.76; Roosevelt, $3,081.-75- ; I Tabiona, $392.00. These funds, derived from the fees for registration of the motor vehicles in the state, are allocated on the basis of population, 45 mileage of Class B and C roads, and area in square miles, $56,884.45 $50,-572.7- 8; 45; 10. Allocations for Duchesne County and the four cities within the county were based on a total popluation of 8,134 (1950 census figures); 622.8 miles of Class B and C roads; 3,240.52 area in square miles. The countys road mileage on this allocation report is listed at 597.4 miles; Duchesne Citys at 8.0 miles; Myton Citys at 6.2 miles; Roosevelt Citys at 9.3 miles, and Tabiona Towns at 1.9 miles. to all Total state allocation Miss Colleen Bench, of Provo, cities and counties amounted to and Mr. Dean Beal and children, $2,494,742.07 compared with of Salt Lake, spent the weekend in 1954. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Bench and family. Hgvj Salary Sduxbls For Teasliers Approved A new salary scale 7 PER COPY Arcadia Church Worker Is To Leave County Schools Top Sports Award Goes to BBS ! And Community Progress Land Judging For Schools Is Sponsored By SCO The Uintah Basin Soil Conservation District is sponsoring land judging contests at each of the high schools in the Uintah Basin. The contests are being conducted by the agriculture departments of the schools with the assistance of the soils technicians of the Soil Conservation Service. The Soil Conservation District has provided a plaque for each high school on which will be engraved each year the name of the student the highest receiving score. A handsome trophy will go to the school receiving the highest score in the inter-schocompetition. If a school wins this trophy for three successive years it will obtain permanent possession of it. Contests were held at Union High and Duchesne High schools last fall, and have recently been completed at Altamont. Winners at these schools are: Union, Curtis Lamb; Duchesne, Kloyd Marsing; Altamont, Gary Goodrich. It is anticipated that contests will be conducted at all five high schools in the Basin next fall. T.1 Han Charlie Bird, of the Arcadia ward, has been given the Duchesne stakes MIA Honorary Master M Men award. Elder Bird has lived in the Arcadia ward for 43 years, since he was 12 years of age. He first served as a ward officer in the Sunday School as superintendent from 1925 to 1932. For eight years, from 1932 to 1940, he was YMMIA president. Four of his six years of service as a counselor in the bishopric was as a first counselor, from 1947 to 1951. He was second counselor from 1945 through 1947. Other positions in the ward held by Mr. Bird are: Troop Scout committeeman, 10 years, and ward teacher for 25 years. Since his release from the bishopric in 1951, he has served two other years as YMMIA president. Present positions in the Duchesne stake are senior member of the Aaronic Priesthood committee for the past four years, second counselor in the Duchesne stake High Priest presidency He and Mrs. Bird are the parents of seven sons and daughters. 50th Anniversary Hew Road Opancd Of Founding In Dcchcsca Of Town Honored Dedication of a monument on June planned by the Theodore Camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the settlement of Duchesne. This cement monument is being constructed by Jack Fitzwater about midway of the Elementary School block on Main Street. The standard D.U.P. plaque will be erected on the marker, listing historical facts about the organization of Duchesne. The bell, which will top the monument is from the first school in Duchesne. The monument site is near the location of this first school. Invitations are to be sent to early settlers of the Uintah Basin' area to attend the dedication ac6 is tivities. and Details of the program other activities to be held in connection with the dedication are to be announced following a meeting of the Theodore Camp members this week. Mrs. Maxine Burdick, Theodore Camp secretary, is in charge of arrangements for the marker By City Official Street improvement projects completed in Duchesne during last fall and this spring include opening a new road against ' West Bench from the Ned Fairbanks home property to the former Goff place. Route of this new road is around the point of the hill up to the Gof place, and it is about three blocks in length. This road traverses the canal bank, and is classed as an improved dirt road according to Wallace J. Stephep-so- n, Duchesne city councilman in charge of streets and roads. Another section of road in the northwest area of town has been improved also. This strip of road, which runs west from the Jim Wll-ohome one b4ock south of the' north Duchesne River bridge, has been widened by replacement of fences. Swamps in this area were filled to make a better road bed. This improved dirt road is about three blocks in length, running from State Highway 35 to junction with the Duchesne River road. Mr. Stephenson said residents in the area had requested road improvement on both these projects. rr Hr. A Mrs. Welter Uiillicns Leaving Bnchcsnc Schcab; Have Bcsn Active Civic A Church lYorkcrs Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Wil-f- ln liams (Walt and Arietta) are leaving Duchesne after five years of inestimable service to Duchesne, the Duchesne ward and stake, and Duchesne County. They have both accepted positions with the Davis County School District. Mrs. Williams will be coordinator of curriculum and Mr. Williams will be English instructor at the Davis County High School. During their five years in Duchesne County with the school district, Mrs. Williams has been district elementary school supervisor, and Mr. Williams was a teacher for four years at the Duchesne High School and principal of this school the past term.. Some of the major civic and church positions held by this popular couple in this area, include-Mrs- . Williams was president of the Duchesne stake MIA for four years and Mr. Williams has been superintendent of the Duchesne stake Sunday School for the past year and was an assistant in the Duchesne ward Sunday School prior to his service in the stake. . 1954, he was chairman of the Duchesne County Fair Board. The Williams helped in organizing community, cultural and social activities is incalculable. They say they have enjoyed their stay ih Duchesne and Duchesne County; and the main reason for their moving is to be nearer their son, who resides in Salt Lake City and their daughter, who lives in Idaho. At Duchesne, the Williams have been a steady couple in the Duchesne Square Dance Club. Mr. Williams is a Lions Club member and Mrs. Williams is a member of the Mothers Club. (Continued on Back Page) New President Of Medical Society At the May 17th meeting of the Uintah Basin Medical Society, Dr. Jane Fowler, Vernal, was elected president of the Uintah Basin Medical Society for the 1955-195- 6 year, and Dr. Ray Spendlove was secretary of the organization. Altamont School Nears Completion The new construction at the Altamont , School under the present contract, is about finished, reports Supt. Rowan C. Stutz. He states that tentative plans have been made for dedication of . . . . Walter the building in September. T. Williams .... Mrs. Arietta Williams |