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Show Ten Top Stories Of 1956 Highlight Basin Acfivitos Mountain and another was being put up near Myton. The corporation will finance itself by asking TV set owners to pay a small monthly charge for operation. Several area businessmen put up the necessary cash to order the $15,000 worth happy of equipment. Picking the top news stories of the year in the Basin has been a of difficult task because the wealth of important events that serve to keep the Basin one of Utahs most interesting places to (Day the joy and love that glorified live. the night of His birth shine in your heart The year saw many some unfortunate ocevents, curences, but basically it saw a course of events that showed the real strength of the Basin and its people. A continued drought troubled farmers-a- nd businessmen too but a emergency declaration brought hope for an easier winter and spring. Some folks became discouraged and had to move away, but there were plenty more willing to take their places and ride out that particular storm. The State began improving Highway 40 and the prospect was for continually improved roads, schools, and other public facilities and needs throughout the county. There were many other stories of note, some to be found elsewhere in this edition, but the following are 10 of the best stories of the year, in the opinion of the editors: this Christmas day, and all the days to come. DRUG v DUCHESNEUTAH DUCHESNE, FIRST SECURITY CORP. ACQUIRES BANK CHAIN The First Security Corp. and the Commercial Bank of Utah merged their resources under the First First Security system. The merger brought the Roosevelt Bank and its Duchesne branch into the First Security System, making the system one of the nations largest with 65 banks, 29 of them in Utah. Wesley R. Dickerson and Neill Jensen were retained as Roosevelt and Duchesne managers. DUCHESNE, UTAH I irA JW v. TIDMGS . & i the joyous promise i of the first Christmas fin " N ' t fulfillment in your heart... - ; newly-organiz- Region Six, Unions Cougars swept through seven conference games unbeaten to capture the title. The Cougars lost to Millard in the playoff, but Ted Heaths crew finished up with seven wins, two losses and a tie for a highly successful season. COUNTY BACKS MOST REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES In the Basin, as all over the nation, politics was just about the biggest news of the year and Duchesne County went along with Utah and the nation in endorsing Republican candidates. Bill Ostler, elected four-yecounty commissioner, was the lone exception. He joined Elmer Moon, commissioner, State Rep. Van Winterton and State Sen. Glen Hatch in filling the major local posts. ar NO BARK, ALL MIGHT Give me of your oil, O oil well! I, a glass fiber Canoe will build me 4hats the song of the modem Hiawatha. A new canoe now being . marketed has a hull of plastic, reinforced with fiber. - The - manufacturer glass claims it is safe, durable, light, strong, and also proof against e leaks and corrosion, since the molded hull has no rivets or seams. The resin is pigmented white throughout, and elminates the need Tor repainting. Now, in DILLMANS GET CALL paddle boats as in motor boats, TO HAWAIIAN TEMPLE oil rules the rapids. Ray E. and Mildred Dillman, longtime Roosevelt residents tfere called to Hawaii by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. Mr. Dillman, who was released early in 1954 from the presidency of the Western States LDS mission in Denver, was called to serve as president of the Hawaiian Temple and director of the islands Bureau of Information. President Dillman later called Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Jensen of Neola to head the Bureau of MOTEL GATEWAY COUGARS WIN REGION FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Playing their first season in the j bringing you peace, good will and happiness g UNION TOPPLES' UINTAH, TAKES. SECOND PLACE Uniond ' Cougar,' battling for second place in the regional basketball scramble, pulled the upset of the year1 by tolling Uintahs bwerful Utfes, 48 to 44. The triumph gave Union runner-u- p honors and saw Uintah 'lose its only conference 1 game in eight starts. The Utes wound up on top, with Altamont, Duchesne and Tab-tdfi- a behind Union, ih that order. 1 ' $636,211 IN SCHOOL BUILDING CONTRACTS LET The Duchesne County sdhool board let contracts and work 'was started on three major building and ' improvement projects. A building and remodeling project at Roosevelt Elementary was let for $236,000. At Roosevelt Jr. High, work was ordered on a Tabiona 'was $229,610 project. given a $170,070 project. to brighten all the days CONGRESS OKS UPPER COLORADO RIVER WORK Best news of the "year as' far as Basin development was concerned came when Congress fihally approved, and then appropriated preliminary funds for the giant UppeT Colorado River Project. Later in the year, the project again was big news when its Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon segments were started. The Flaming Gorge project north of Vernal means the basins future power and much of its water conservation needs will finally be fulfilled. EXTENSION SERVICE DOUBLES BASIN FORCE Duchesne County fahners and homemakers got a big" break when Utah State Agriculture College divided the county, giving it two county agents and two home agents. Lloyd Smith and Mable Merrell were appointed to head the Duchesne office, with Robert Murdock and Mary Lois Reichert remaining in Roosevelt. dem-bnstrati- EZRA J. NIXON NEW LDS STAKE PRESIDENT Replacing Hollis G Hullinger as president of the Roosevelt Stake, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints, was Ezra J. Nixon. President Nixon selected Paul Murphy and E. Dwain Buchanan as his counselors and Ted Olpin was retained as stake clerk. y OLPIN MORTUARY ROOSEVELT, UTAH ROOSEVELT-MYTOTV CORPORATION FORMED Television for the Uintah Basin became a step nearer reality when Roosevelt and Myton area citizens formed a TV corporation to secure equipment for rebroadcasting Salt Lake City television. A tower was erected on Tabiona . oil-bas- ed one-piec- |