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Show universal r - 2 -'- Al. 141 PIERPO.'iT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Helper Native Assigned To St. Helen's Parish Uintah Basin Record. VOLUME 26 - NUMBER 23 DUCHESNE, DUCHESNE COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1956 $3.00 PER YEAR 7( PER COPY Rev. Francis Benjamin Pellegrino i i i was appointed pastor of the St. Helens Catholic Parish in Roosevelt, June 1, by the Most Rev. Duane G. Hunt, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Utah. A native of Helper Rev. Pellegrino was ordained' a Priest May 13, 1951 and since that time has been serving as assistant pastor in various. Utah Parishes. However, he will be the head pastor of the Roosevelt Parish. The first summer after his ordination Rev. Pellegrino served in Cedar City. He spent a year at St. Marquerites Catholic Church in Tooele, three years at Bingham Canyon Holy Rosery Parish and one' year in Notre Dame Catholic Parish in Price. The new Roosevelt Pastor was born in Helper Feb. 18, 1927. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pellegrino formerly' of Helper, but now living at Carmicheal, Calif. NEW PASTOR Assigned as He attended Notre Dame Catholic pastor of the St. Helens Cathschool and Carbon High School olic Parish in Roosevelt is Rev. both in Price, and received his B.A Frarxis B. Pellegrino. A native degree at St. Josephs College at of Helper, he has been serving Mountain View, Calif., in 1947. He in Notre Dame Parish at Price. then entered the St. Patricks Seminary at Menlow Park, Calif., where he completed his studies just prior to his ordination as a priest. Rev. Pellegrino succeeds Father Ignatius Strancar, who has been transferred to St. Marys Catholic Church at Park City. He has served in the Roosevelt Parish for For the first time in three years four years. Duchesne joins in the Uintah Basin baseball league, with the first To1 game to begin on June 10th, at 2 at p.m. Roosevelt, beginning Several night games will be played on Saturday during the sum A four-stak- e Genealogical conmer. vention will be held in Roosevelt BenCompeting teams will be next Sunday with the Roosevelt nett, Altamont, Roosevelt, Range-ly- , stake hosting Duchesne, Moon Duchesne and Myton. All night Lake and Uintah. According to games will start at 8 p.m. and Theron Leavitt, Roosevelt stake will be played at Roosevelt. Du- chairman of the genealogy comchesnes schedule is as follows: mittee, the first session will be at Sunday, June 10, Duchesne at 10 a.m. in the Roosevelt Junior Roosevelt; June 17, Myton at Du- High School, and the afternoon chesne; June 23, Duchesne with meeting will be at 2 oclock at the Bennett at Roosevelt, night game; stake house. July 1, Rangely at Duchesne; July Representing the general com8, Altamont at Duchesne; July 15, mittee of the church will be L. Roosevelt at Duchesne, July 22, Garrett Myers, Frank Smith and Duchesne at Myton; July 29, Ben- Raymond F. Jones. All people innett at Duchesne on Saturday; terested in genealogy are invited August 5, Duchesne at Rangely; to attend the meetings. August 12, Duchesne at Altamont. The manager of the Duchesne team is Vem Muse with being Ronald Robbins and Douglas Horrocks. Team members are: Jim Grant, Wayne Workman, Jay Abbott, Norman Koyen, Niles Earl, Bob Gunter, Acel Muse, Leo Brady1, Lloyd Grant, Ronald Robbins, Jim Cowan, Stephen Rowley, Keith Rowley, Douglas Horrocks, Guy Meyhew, Elden Buckalew, Junior Wilson and Wallace Stephenson. Duchesne To Join Basin Baseball League For Season Four Stakes Join In Meetings Scoufers Select Yellowstone As Kj Hr! Site For 1956 High Uintah Camp 3 Land Parcels Held Under Tax Beed By County Rulon Dean Skinner, WHERE SCOUTS WILL CAMP Boy Scout Executive, right, points out the Swift Creek Trail in the High Uintas to Terry Mitchell and Spencer Squire, where the trail trip during the coming Explorers will hike on their High Uinta Boy Scout Camp. The 1956 camp will be set up on the meadows where the trio are standing. Kiwanis Donut Sale Is pui-chas- Set Tor Friday, June 8th Recently an announcement was made by the Roosevelt Kiwanis Club of their intention to conduct a monthly donut sale in the area to raise funds for child welfare to Orson activities. According Stevens, president, the first of these sales will be held tomorrow, Friday, beginning at 7 a.m. The idea of a Kiwanis donut sale was first tried two years ago as a National Kids Day fund raising activity. It was again done last fall for two Saturdays prior to Kids Day. Members of the club will call at your house Friday morning to sell you a dozen or more donuts, and the funds will be used fer the various child welfare projects carried on by Kiwanis. One is their sixth annual Dairy Heifer project, wherein some top H kid will receive a dairy heifer calf for outstanding work in Last week the club was visited their lieutenant by' governor, Clyde Simpson of Salt Lake. He addressed the group on various phases of the Kiwanis program. Mr. Stevens has announced two delegates and their wives will attend the International Kiwanis convention at San Francisco this month. They are Pres. Stevens and Cliff Memmott. There may be other members attend. Tonight Kiwanians will entertain their wives at a park party. They will see films of the Championship University of Utah basketball team. 4-- 4-- 4-- 160,00Q Utah Anglers Expected To Invade Utah Streams On Saturday General Predictions Indicate Good Opening Throughout States Sportsmen Urged To Know The Rules Poppy Sales Reported Poppy sales amounted to $40.76 in Duchesne this year, reports Mrs. Norma Wilson, Auxiliary unit president. Last year, sa'es amounted' to three cents less. Unsold popies were made into wreaths and used to decorate soldiers graves in the Duchesne, Strawberry and Utahn cemeteries. Golden Gleaner Award Goes To Arcadia Woman Mrs. Ida Dean Workman Horrocks of the Arcadia ward has been presented with the 1956 Golden Gleaner award in the Duchesne Stake of the, Chuich of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. Mrs. Horrocks has worked for more than 20 years in the various auxiliarys of the church. Her work began at age 14 in the Primary r organization. She holds a certificate in Primary work. More than 15 years service has been given by Mrs. Horrocks in the Mutual Improvement Association and more than 15 years in the She Relief Society organization. has been secretary and teacher in the Arcadia ward Sunday School. In the Relief Society, she has as counselor, worked visiting teacher, magazine representative and class leader. She was secretary in the Primary organization. In the MIA she has worked as counselor, Gleaner leader in both Arcadia ward and Duchesne stake, and as Arcadia ward Mia Maid leader. Currently she is serving as Mia Maid leader, literature leader in the Relief Society, Sunday School teacher, all in the Arcadia ward. Mrs. Besides church duties, Horrocks has ' been postmaster in (Continued on Back Page) ten-yea- Mrs. GLEANER GOLDEN Ida Dean Workman Horrocks was recently presented with a golden gleaner award in the Duchesne Stake for 1956. She is a member of Arcadia ward. Stake Primary Boards Have Joint Meeting And Social Members of the Roosevelt stake Primary board were hosts Tuesday evening to the Uintah stake Primary board at a planning meeting and a social. thirty six PriApproximately mary workers were present at the meeting, presided over by Lecta Horrocks, Roosevelt stake Primary president. work was the Departmental main feature of the meeting, followed by a lovely arranged buffet luncheon. A green cloth, covered the table, which was centered with an arrangement of pink floribunda roses and snapdragons, accented with pale green lighted tapers. -- Sixteen of the 26 parcels of land offered for sale to the highest bid dor at the annual May tax sale in Duchesne County is held by the county under Auditors Tax Deed, reports Porter L Merrell, county clerk. Only ten of the parcels of land held for final tax sale this year were redeemed' by owners or bid by other persons. None of. the land offered for final tax sale in Duchesne was These redeemed or purchased. were three parcels, consisting of nine lots. The Midview property was by Frank Murphy. The one by piece of property the owner in Myton was under the1 name of J. Wesley Jensen All of the Roosevelt property advertised for final sale is now held by the county under Auditors Tax title, as well as the one parcel in Neola. There were 25 2 lots consisting of eight parcels in Myton; three parcels in Roosevelt. Of the ten parcels located in the ranges, only three went to the county. These were listed under the name of Warren E. Davis, Perry Arthur Graham and Clifton C Mickelson. Deeds to the other parcels went to: Benjamin O. Johnson to Verl Johnson; Ralph A, Sharpies, two parcels, to Mr. Sharpies; Nancy E. Drollinger to Silas Brinkerhoff; Preston L. and Lavella Mathews to Mr. and Mrs. Mathews; John A. Palmer to Jennie R. Palmer. Mary A. Peterson to Ann Louise Walker. This final tax sale was conducted at 10 a.m.. May 24, at the cour thouse in Duchesne. Upwards of 160,000 anglers will be afield for the Saturday, June 9th opening of the general fishing season in Utah. This annual opening draws a greater number of participants than any other of the outdoor sports. They will scatter to fish in all major waters and sections of the state, including accessible areas in the High Uintas and some others that have not been opened until a later date in other years. Chief objective of most anglers will be to creel a catch of trout. f though some will fish for bass and warm water species in the BASIN LODGE ENDS other limited waters where they are to MONTHLY MEETINGS be found. The department of fish and Basin Lodge No. 20, F. & A. M. game today said that in general held its regular monthly meeting the prospects now pointed to a Monday evening June 4 in the good opening weekend. Planting local Masonic Temple. Fifteen trucks from the states twelve members and officers were in at- hatcheries are stocking legals into tendance. the heavier fished waters from the Charles M. Richardson was act- largest supply of these fish eve-ing worshipful master in the ab- produced at the hatcheries. sence of J. Leslie Courtland, who Current predictions are for exis vacationing in the Pacific North- tremely low water conditions m west. the south half of the state. The This was the last regular meet- streams in this section should' be ing before the usual summer re- clear. cess. Lodge will convene again on The water table in northern the first Monday in September at Utah is normal in most drainages, 8:00 p.m. with the present heavy runoff in some streams making the stocks No possessions are good, but ing program in these waters at this time. All these by the good use we make of on Back Page) Sir William Temple them. , haz-arodu- Catholic llotes FEAST OF SACRED HEART Friday is the feast of the Sacred Heart. Mass at St. Helens church will be at 8:30 a.m. Confessions will be heard before mass. Sunday mass in Roosevelt will be at 7:00. In Vernal at 9.00 a.m Confessions will be heard before Mass. Summer school ends Friday for Roosevelt youngsters.' A picnic will be held' on Saturday at the Uintah Canyon. All children are to be at the church at 10:00 a.m. Next week Father Pellegrino will be away for a week as he will be making the Annual Retreat for the Clergy of the Diocese at St Mary of Wasatch, Salt Lake City, Utah. Fruitful Centenary Of The Feast Of The Sacred Heart On August 23, 1856, the Feast of the Sacred Heart was extended to the universal church by His Holiness Pope Pius IX. This year we celebrate the an niversary of that event so mon entous in the history of the da votion to the Sacred Heart of , Jesus. The preparation for it had been a long one almost two hundred years. On December 27, the Feast of the Evangelist St. John, in the year 1673, St. Margaret Mary had recevied the first of the great apparitions. Almost one hundred years later, in 1765, at the request (Continued on Back Page) Yellowstone River was selected by the 1956 High Uinta Camp Committee as the site of the 1956 High Uinta Scout Camp as over 400 Scouts and leaders prepare for the- - largest and most outstanding Scout camp ever staged in the Uintah Basin, announces Rowan C. Stutz, chairman of the 1956 High Uinta Camp committee. Moie than just another camp, the 1956 High Uinta Scout Camp will feature for the boys a natural way of developing good character building, citzenship training, and physical fitness, stated Mr. Stutz. Registration for the camp to be held from June 25 to 30 is running about 25 higher than last year with the hopes that it will exceed the 400 mark prior to the June 25 opening of camp, continued the camp chairman. Explorers who elect to take the three day - two night trail experience will pack into the Timo- -' Karen Carmen is one of the 12 thy Lakes, White Miller Lake and new members pledged by Alpha Farmer Lake. They will follow Sigma Nu, honorary senior social Swift Creek to the more than 12 fraternity at the Utah State Ag- lakes in the area. ricultural College, for the school To Earn Badges She is the daughter year 1956-5During the morning in camp of Mr and Mrs. Edwin Carman of Scouts and Explorers will have Duchesne. the opportunity to complete all The new members, six men and the requirements for their Second six girls, are chosen annually from and First Class badges, Explorer the junior class on the basis of awards and instruction in some 24 their extra curricular work, on merit badges will be offered. The Yellowstone River area sestudent activities and functions. They' represent the highest degree lected' as the site for the giant Scout and Explorer camp of student leadership and abilities in connection with school func- is located about three miles above the old CCC Camp. It is just above tions. the REA dam. The large High h speech-Englisa Miss Carman, Uinta Scout Camp sign over the major, was Spur president last road will indicate the place to the year, a member of the AWS counas arrive. campers they Panhelletcic elected cil, has been Fun activities on Tuesday, Wedpresident for the coming year, a member of the booster committee nesday and Thursday will see Scout troops and Explorer posts and Buzzer staff. of the Uintah Basin competing in Basic scoutcraft skills such as ALTONAH MAN GETS monkey bridge building, signal tower construction, fire making, DIPLOMA AT bread baking, signaling, first aid relay and tent pitching. UTAH EXERCISES With the warmer weather promJesse Rex Fowler, son of Mr. ised' at this years site, more enand Mrs. Jesse A. Flower, was joyable hours around the campfire among some 1,050- students who each evening are being planned. received graduate- or undergrad Friday, June 29, will be the giant ' uate degrees, certficiates, or diCourt of Honor. Members of the camp commitplomas at the University of Utahs 87th annual Commencement exer- tee will meet Friday, June 8, to cises Monday, June 4. continue planning for the big Eight hundred- - forty persons re- camp, concluded Mr. Stutz. ceived bachelors degrees. Graduate degrees were awarded to 181 persons and certificates or diplomas went to 25 students. and their families Graduates were guests of President and Mrs. A. Ray Oplin at a reception Sunday afternoon. Baccalaureate serA Brigham Young University vices in the U. Stadium Bowl journalism student, Deanna Barm Sunday evening featured an address by Dr. Lowell L. Bennion, urn, will spend the summer workdirector, Salt Lake LDS Institute ing under an internship at the Roosevelt Standard. The internship of Religion. Mr. Fowler received his gedree was awarded through the BYU and the in Marketing. (Bachelor of Science) journalism department Utah State Press Association,, un der the agreement of weekly pub-- Ushers in Utah. Miss Barnum is society editor, of the BYU daily campus nttys- and recently won two The opening of the Uintah Bas- paper, awards for her work in journalism in baseball league will get under She has been studying journalism way this weekend with games courses for the past two .years, scheduled for Sunday, June 10. A and has also served as a reporter Saturday game between Myton for the campus newspaper. f and Bennett (the latter will play all games on Saturdays),' has been FAST RUNOFF CAUSE postponed until July' 4. Six teams are listed in the schedule with Rangely, Colorado FOR HIGH, opening at Altamont and Du- SWIFT RIVER WATER chesne playing Roosevelt. The The Duchesne River is on the Roosevelt team will play Sunday games at a new field recently built rise. Trees and other debris have at the Rodeo Grounds, south of been seen swirling down the swift current. There is overflow of town. The complete schedule will be water in some areas of Duchesne, printed next week and more de- particularly in the vicinity of the east Duchesne, Highway 40 bridge. tails of the league. Many observers say the runoff Diogenes struck the father when is higher than it has been since the child swore. Robert Burton the peak flood year in 1952 Buchesne Student Elected To USAC Fraternity 7 four-distri- B.Y.U. Journalist To Work On Local Paper The discovery of human bones a local physician. in a shallow grave in- - the Pleasant The next day Valley area near Myton may prove to solve the mystery of a seventeen-year old girl, who disappeared 35 years ago, w'ith no trace, except a sweater which was found. The interesting discovery was made by a group of Primary boys and their leader, Mrs. Rex Curry, who were making a field trip. One of the boys, Kent Memmott, was gun at a t,n cup shooting his when he noticed the bones protruding up through the sarld. Others in the party included Dan Redmond, Allen Swenson, Mrs. Curry and her daughter, Diane. Upon further investigation more bones were unearthed and the group, thinking they were some type of wild animal bones brought them home. When viewing the bones, Mr. Curry stated that they looked like human bones, 4 con diislori' which' way also verified by b-- b , It is posable three Roosevelt ward Primary boys and a THEY FOUND HUMAN BONES girl might have helped to solve the mystery of a girl who has been missing for 35 years. While on a trip to Pleasant Valley with their Primary leaders, Allen Swenson, Kent Memmott,, Dan Red, , MIA mond and Dianne Curry found a shallow grave containing by Kent human bone. The grave was discovered . t r A. , Basin Baseball League To Start Boys Find Human Bones, May End 35-Y- r. Mystery SIX LOCAL STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM Y 9ix students from this area graduated from Brigham Young University iat the 81st annual Commencement exercises Friday, June 1. They are James Keith, Duchesne; Byron John Gilbert and Dorothy Dean Nixon, Roosevelt; Beth Winkler, Bluebell; Jeremiah H. Clark. Fort Duchesne; Darrell Henry Josie and William Elvin Lewis, Tabiona, and Norma Tew, Talmage. Registration Set For June 25 to 30; Increase Expected Over 55; Warmer Weather Predicted for Camp the same group was summoned by Deputy Sheriff Clem Labrum who had been notified of the case, and accompanied Mr. Labrum and Sheriff Lorin Stevens to the place of discovery, where more bones were uncovered, revealing a pelvis, vertabrae, some ribs and many small bones, apparently finger or toe bones. There was no skull The discovery brought to light the mysterious disappearance of Suzy Twitched, girl of Myton, who has been missing since 1921,' and was believed to have gone into that area. She was 5'5 tall and weighed 120 pounds. Her parents moved away shortly after Officers are her disappearance. still conducting an investigation, but all facts revealed up to date point , to the assumption that; the skeleton' is that of the missing, girt 'f i A i I 4 4 |