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Show - Uli IVBRSAL. Ar- 141 SALT LASS CIH. inr. r:. - UTAH Alfamonf High Student Wins In Legion Oratory Joseph t mont Kemp, student at AltaSchool, Wednesday High won the' District No. 9 American Legion oratorical, contest and will represent this area at East High School March 5 in the Regional finals. Last yar he placed second to Miss Barbara Ray of Union High. Competing in the finals were Diane Bush of Duchesne, who placed second; Diane Taylor of Union, and Millie Calder of Uintah High. Young Kemp and Miss Bush will1 receive first and second place trophies at the District Legion Convention to be' held in Roosevelt, April 22. The annual contest among high school, students is sponsored by the American Legion as one of their Americanism projects. District Nine contest this year was directed by William Sutteer, former department commander for Utah and present national committeeman. Judges were' Clyde S. Johnson, Vernal; Norman Holmes, Neola; Mrs. Wm. Sutteer, Roosevelt, and Jesse Palm, Altamont. Our ConstituThe subject was tion In a Changing World. Each entry talked on this theme and also gave an extemperaneous talk on an assigned subject. The finals were held at Altamont, Wednesday, Feb. 22. THE WINNER Joseph Kemp representing Altamont High Wednesday won first place in the American Legion Dist. 9 Oratorical contest. He goes to region finals March 5. John Baumgaertel Donates Books To Tabiona High TABIONA (Special) The personal library of former Justice of the' Peace John Baumgaertel, of Roosevelt, has been presented by him to the .Tabiona High School, according to Principal Don H. Davis. Judge Baumgaertels son, Dee, who was a classmate of Mr. Davis in school, has delivered the collection of books consisting of approximately 75 practically new volumes to the school. The students, faculty and parents of the students at the Tabiona High School are' deeply grateful to Judge Baumgaertel' and his family for this wonderful gift to our school library. Because of the lack of space, and the lack of at librarian, the least a part-tim- e library at Tabiona has been considerably1 below standard, and not what we would like to see in the school. Judge Baumgaertels generous gift will surely make many hours of additional reading possible. Mr. Davis announces that these books will be kept in his office, and checked out to students from there, until better library accommodations can be arranged. Mr. Davis also states that because of existing library facilities, the Tabiona High School with the approval of Supt. Rowan Stutz, decided to forego their regular library allotment this year to buy new books. But the school' will receive the allotment for this year, as well as the allotment for next year, at the same time to purchase new volumes for the library. It is anticipated', that after the present plans for remodeling are completed, a suitable library room will be in the high school, and it libraris hoped also, a part-tim- e ian can be employed to help students with reading and research problems. School Counselor Gives Report On First Half Year Blocks One And One-Hal- f Of New Roads Opened In Duchesne City One' and blocks of new road were opened in Duchesne City during 1955, reports Wallace J. Steohenson, councilman. This was tne strip beginning at U. S. Highway 40 near the Earl F. Jensen home thence north and west. This block and a half was filled and graded. It will be considered when the 1956 allocation of Class C road funds is allocated by the State of Utah. one-ha- lf - Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Allred spent in Salt Lake. the weekend visiting State Delegates Are Chosen At County Convention Saturday - . Meeting Of People Living In This Area All fanners of the Uintah Basin are urged to attend a meeting of the County Farmers Union organization, to be held at the Roosevelt Jr. High School at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 29. The purpose of this meeting, according to Howard Roberts, president of the county organization, is to discuss farm problems peculiar to the Uintah Basin and draw up resolutions to be presented for inclusion into the resolution of the State Farmers Union. This is the one chance of the year, reports Mr. Roberts, where the farmers can formulate policies in regard to farm issues and have them ultimately reach legislative consideration. . Large Crowd Join In Meeting; Pins To Presidents P-T- A people attended the Monday night meeting of the DuAssociachesne Parents-Teachetion. At this meeting, 25 memberreports ships were purchased', memMrs. Noma Rowley, bership chairman. This makes a total of 36 members to report to the state and national organization. Those persons participating in the program, which was directed by Farrell J. Humphreys program chairman, were: Roles in the' Founders Day play, Where, Oh Where, But In America, were taken by Orson Allen, Lorin Elma Stevenson, Rachel Bates Lundgren, Mildred Smith, narrator. Mrs. Farrell J. Humphreys was organist and Renon Christensen was chorister for the program. was Return of the Robbin sung by the DHS girls trio Lucinda McDonald, Donna' Lundgren and Loretta Peatross. Trumpeters Lullaby, was the title of the trumpet solo played by Rex Davis. Chyrl Merrell was accompanist for these two musical selections. Past Presidents Get Pins Three past presidents of the Dureceived pins at the chesne meeting. RachMonday night el Bates, past president who had received' such a pin a few years ago, presented the pins to Mrs. Hilda Barker, Mrs.. Ruby Fitzwater and Merlin I. Bishop. Refreshments were served under the' Direction of Mrs. Connie Robbins, hospitality chairman. Refreshments committee members were Mrs. Oleah Johnstun and Mrs. Ruby Fitzwater. officers were pleased with the' . attendance and participation in the meeting. y The March meeting is set for March 19. Fifty-tw- o $3.00 PER YEAR UTAH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1956 PER COPY Water For Blue Bench Appears Near As Group Makes Advances To Duchesne County - A A A A In Duchesne Stake The Cub Scout program in the Duchesne stake was established in a meeting on Thursday evening for the first time. The Pack is No. 3268, and chairman for the occasion was Dr. John Smith. His committee members are Rowan C. Stutz, Troy Bailey and William Harrison. Cub master is Morley Davies and his assistant is Wood-roDay, There are 3 dens in the pack formed: Den one, with the mother being Mrs. Connie Robbins, and Leah Davies, assisting; Den twos mother is Mrs. Iva Allred, with Mrs. Doris Bailey assisting' and Den threes mother is Mrs. Connie Harrison with Mrs. Phyllis Day as assistant. It is hoped that as this program more dens will ' be progresses, added. Delegation Claims Water Possible By Gravity Flow Excerpts from the Duchesne meeting, County Commissioners Feb. 7, relative to Blue Bench development, has produced speculation that it might be on of the truly big things to expand the agricultural outiook of Duchesne County. The entire minute's entry has been used in some instances in the following article to give all the details of a proposal that has great possibilities of developing into one' of the big projects of the Basin. Following is the story as told by the commissioners minutes: Bruce Fitzgerald and Edwin Carman discussed briefly with the county commissioners the matter of putting water on Blue' Bench, They stated that preliminary sur- veys show that water could be put out with a gravity flow for about $40 an acre; that they would see Frank McClure and determine if he would come' in with them and make one large project for the entire bench. Floyd E. Lamb, commission chairman, stated that the county practically had entered into an agreement with Mr. McClure, but that if Mr. McClure were willing, he felt it would be better to get a gravity flow instead of pumping, and that to put all good land under the project would be much better. Presents Written Offer A delegation consisting of Bruce Fitzgerald, Elwood B. Carter, Jack Bleazard, Mark Bleazard and Newell Carter presented an offer in writing for the development of Blue Bench. This written offer is in the form of a copy of the minutes of a meeting the group had just held. These minutes, copied at length, are as follows: Minutes of a directors meeting of the Blue Bench Irrigation Co held in the Duchesne county courthouse, Feb. 7, 1956, at 12 oclock. The following is a list of the members and subscribers. Those present at this meeting were: Elwood B. Carter, Newell Carter, Vern Carter, Mark Bleazard, Jack Bleazard, Edwin Carman, Bruce Fitzgerald, Lorin Stevenson. Others not present were: Bob Carter, Guy' Fitzgerald, J. S. Fitzgerald, Carl Van Tassell, A. Hale Holgate, Denny Ralph and Grant Bleazard. The following officers and directors were elected. Elwood B. Carter, president; Bruce Fitzgerald, Edwin Carman and A. Hale Holgate, directors;, Newell Carter, secretary. A discussion concerning intentions of putting irrigation water on the' Blue Bench followed. At this time, there are methods and funds available for financing this project. The purpose of the project, immediately, is to get the water on Blue' Bench so it can be (Continuer. on Back Page) School Lunch Report Made Of F unds Mid-Ter- m A report of the school school term, 141,284 meals were lunch supervisor to the Duchesne served by the district school mid-ter- County Board of Education showed expenditures during the period as $43,050.94 and receipts as 1. A beginning balance of $8,002.39 in the school lunch fund accounted for the $1,993.16 cash balance at the time of the' midterm report by Mrs. Reva Owen, district school lunch supervisor. Receipts included $21,786.75 in lunch sales, $8,226.44 school allocation, $4,583.39, federal allocation, $1,842.64 to purchase milk to serve at milk breaks in the schools; $601.49 other receipts from sale of flour sacks and from work shops and kindergarten. Expenditures are shown on the reports as $21,564.12 for food; $15,101.12 for labor, $3,555.00 for equipment, $2,830.70 for other, During this first half of the $37,-041.7- lunch program; 150,305 one-hal- f pints of milk were purchased. Inventory of district purchases on hand was listed at $4,153.17 and $3,530.96 was shown as inventory of commodities on hand from the United States Department of Agriculture. Kind of U.S.D.A. commodities received by the district include butter, pinto beans, red beans, small limas, salad oil, sour cherries, shortening, grapefruit- sections, dried milk, canned peas, c h e d d e r cheese, fresh prunes, dried apVicots, canned tomatoes, canned prunes, beef and gravy, peanut butter, pork lunch meat. Other commodities to be received include lard, canned orange' juice, polished rice, whole hams, and frozen hamburger-- . - RECEIVING GOLD PALM Calvin (Cal) Wilkins, second from left receives the Gold Palm from his father (Paul), left, at a court of honor held Feb. 12 at the Roosevelt stake house. His wife (Wlnnona), son (Paul C., daughter (Colleen), mother (Nell), and Mayor Paul Murphy who is also vice president of the National Parks Council, witnessed the ceremony. The award had been won by Cal before entering college, but the presentation was delayed until this time. High Scouting Cifsfion Given To Calvin Wilkins Gold Palm Presented At Court Of Honor By Father, A Scouter Public Safety In Duchesne Cost -- $5,315 During '55 Public safety cost Duchesne' City This ex- $5,315.48 during 1955. pense, is shown on the nual citys an- financial' statement as for the police department and $358.88 for the fire department. Police department expenditures are listed as Mrs. Hildur W. Johnstun, city clerk, as $365.99, for justices fees; $957.05 for patrol car expense; $3,087.54 for salaries; $161.74 for supplies and miscellaneous and $384.28 for prisoners maintenance. Fire' department expense was $7.55 for cost of operating equipment; $167.87, of equipment purchases; $129.94 for fire station expense; $5 for dues; $48.52 for supplies and' miscellaneous. Receipts in the public safety fund during 1955 were $1,321.56 from city taxes; $1,167.14 for liquor fund allocation from the state and $2,546.50 for justice court fines, or total receipts of $5,05'3.20vThis amount was $262.28 less than' the- fund expenditures. Clerks Cash Receipts Reported At $2,878.47 The county clerks cash receipts for 1955 amounted to $2,878.47. This included fees for business licenses in the county, marriage licenses, filing of documents for the court, certified copies, certifications. and others. SHERIFFS FEES FOR 1955 AMOUNTED TO $591.60 Cash receipts paid to the sheriff for service of legal documents Among the long list of Boy Scouts and Scouters to be honored at court of honor Feb. 12 at Roosevelt LDS stake chapel was a young man, Calvin (Cal), Wilkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilkins of Roosevelt, who attained the rank of Eagle Scout at the age of 14. It was a fitting occasion that Cals father, who had devoted many long years of service to the Scouting movement in this area, should present his son with a Gold Palm, one- of the highest citations in the field of scouting. A graduate chemist from the University of Utah in 1951, Cal Wilkins is now employed by the Rose Metals Corporation of America in Salt Lake City. He' had been employed the past lVz years by this company and' is now awaiting a transfer to Tuba City, Arizona to a new plant that will begin operation Mar. 15 in connection with the Atomic Energy Commission. STARTED EARLY IN LIFE Cal' who is now 25, having had a birthday on Jan., 19th, started up the scouting trail at a young age, and at 14 was an Eagle Scout. At 16 he' was eligible for and the Bronze Palm, and prior to entering college had earned the Gold Palm, which was delayed in being presented until two weeks ago. His ambition is to keep going until he receives the third palm, A silver one, to add to his achievement and collection. A SCOUTING FAMILY Paul .and' Nell Wilkins other (Continued on Back Page) and have been waging a hard fight for its passage, that are back in Washington are Robert H. Hinckley, former high official in Washington during the Roosevelt-Tru-ma- n administrations; George W. Clyde, B. H. Stringham, Hugh Colton, Lawrence' Siddoway, the latter three of Vernal; Milton Utah Democratic party chairman, and Jay Bingham. Demos To Back Bill Mr. Weilenmann said it looked as though the Democrats would be able to muster a majority of their House members in support of the bill so victory appeared Weil-enman- to hinge on whether the Repub- licans could do the same. Rep. William A. Dawson took the House floor to denounce what he described as an arrogant attempt by southern California to prevent the four parched states of the Upper Colorado River Basin using water rightfully theirs" called The Utah Republican attention to southern California requests for delay of the Upper Colorado project on the basis of g a recent report on experiments. Two of the advocates were southern California congress h) rain-makin- Plans In Progress For Education Meetings Mar. 22 Mechanics of the Rural Education Conference to be held at Al3 decided at the tamont March January meeting of the board, include the following plans; The gym at the Altamont school will be filled with 30 tables each to hold 10 people. There will be 15 tables on each side of the gym divider. The division of gym will take place after the introduction of guests is made to the general audience. Each table of 10 people are to elect a chairman who will have the responsibility of leading discussion and meeting at the end of the' discussion with chairmen of the other 15 tables to summarize findings. One of the 15 group, leaders will act as chairman of the-1and in turn will summarize at end of conference the findings of the entire group. After the division of the gym A is made Group and Group B will have the following topics What to discuss: Group A should our schools accomplish? How to get good teachers? How can we get a continuing public interest in education? Group B What are our school building needs? How can we finance our schools? In what ways can we organize our schools more efficiently and economically? These topics will be presented in this way: For 30 minutes a guest speaker will present the issues involved in one of the topics, then the groups will discuss for one hour their feelings and will' list their decisions in each area so their elected group chairman can go in and summarize their findings with each of the other group chairmen. A new chairman will be elected for each new topic presented. Homework Survey About The Weather Brings Forth In Duchesne Interesting FactsAlta- ALTAMONT (Special) mont High School has just comHomework Survey, pleted a which was conducted under the supervision and direction of Principal Rondo Harmon and Don The survey was prompted by the fact that many students were not completing their homework assignments with the excuse that they lacked the necessary time, or were given too much homework. However, many who usually were unprepared were seen in attendance at every movie. As a result of this condition, the faculty decided' to make a survey and obtain the facts they needed to help them come to some conclusions, and to enable them to make recommendations regarding the homework problem. A questionnaire was formulated by Mr. Harmon and Mrs. Nyberg, which was taken into each home by the high school students. The results of the survey indicated that 50 of the parents contacted felt that their students were never overburdened with on Back Page) Ny-ber- Upper Colorado Bill May Reach Mouse Next Week Utah political, business, water and reclamation leaders are back at the Nations Capitol for a last minute push in an attempt to convert a few needed congressmen to the need of passage of the huge Upper Colorado River Reclamation project. It is anticipated' the' bill, will be presented to the lower house next week, with Tuesday as a possible date. Speaker Sam Rayburn has indicated several times the past few days, that the bill wolild be brought up in the House early next week. Among those from Utah who have' been close to the program 7 rs Start The Duchesne County Democratic Central committee has a new chairman; a a secretary and a list of delegates to the state convention, following their county reorganization convention last Saturday. Milton S. Nielsen, principal of the Myton Elementary School, was the unanimous Saturday choice for county chairman of the Democratic party, and will succeed Elmer Yergensen, Myton dairy farmer. Mrs. Oscar W. (Josephine) Pe'ebe was unanimously as chairwoman, and Mrs. Nielsen, the chairmans wife, will take over as secretary, replacing Mrs. Yer' gensen, . The keynote address of the first major party county confab of 1956 which was held at the courthouse in Duchesne, was delivered by John S. Boyd'en, candidate for His main plea was for unity in the' party and support of a consistent farm policy that would bring the agriculture industry back into its own. Select Delegates Delegates to the state convention which will be held next month include the new officers, along with William H. Linck, Myton; Lyle Young, Mt. Emmons; Bennie Schmiett, William Ostler, James Hall, Gordon Harmston, Roosevelt; Edwin Carman and John P. Madsen, Duchesne'. Committees announced for the current campaign are as follows: Finance John P, Madsen, Wm. H. Linck and Bennie Schmiett;, Credentials Edwin Carman, Clarence White and Geddis LindMr. Madsen, Mrs. say; Platform Clarence White and Mrs. Dwain Gordon HarmBuchanan; Rules ston, Mr. Linck and Lyle Young. - n, DUCHESNE, DUCHESNE COUNTY, 8 Cub Scouts Get Humphreys, director of pupil personnel, shows he spent 32 days counseling, 37 days supervising, 12 days as coordinator in this district. Total days spent at the various t, schools are listed as 124 at 9 y2 at Duchesne, 2 at My-to2 at Neola, 20 at. Roosevelt, in the school 7 at Tabiona, 27 office and 5 at an administrators conference, Utah Education Association conference and the Utah Conference on Education. Mr. Humphreys explains that his position consists of three separate are jobs combined into one. These coordinator, supervisor, secondary personnel, and guidance director. travFIRESIDE SUNDAY Average monthly mileage Fireside Chat was held after eled by Mr. Humphreys so far of his Sacrament during the performance meeting Sunday in the duties with the school district is Relief Society room at the stake . 688. house, with Doyle Allen conduct(Continued on Back Page) ing. Guest speaker was Farrell' Humphreys, and everyone enjoyed his remarks. Farmers Union Calls Alla-mon- VOLUME 26 - NUMBER Myton School Principal Heads County Democrats gov-erno- The time distribution chart for the first half of the current school term, as prepared by' Farrell J. Uintah Basin Record. men and the third was Mrs. Jacqueline Cochran Odium, famed aviatrix and Republican candidate for an Imerial Valley congressional seat. "Three million residents of four soverign states are thirsting for water, said Mr. Dawson. Yet southern California has the arrogance to suggest 'Let them make rain as a solution to their plight. Mr. Dawson expressed hope that members of Congress will, receive the southern California statement in the' same manner as Marie Antoinettes let them eat cake sally was received by the starving French peasants. The Dawson speech was based on an article from the Los Angeles Times of Feb. 14, which was inspired by the report of the Presidents advisory committee on weather control. Rep. Craig Hosmer, the main spokesman for southern California opponents of the Upper Colorado program, issued a press release which held there was no justification for building more big hydroelectric dams when atomic power can be more effectively utilized." home-(Continu- |
