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Show CONSTRUCTION TO START Water bonds sold; construction begins on project provement of the city water system was approved by the voters approximately one year ago. The improvement will inrlude the completion of two new wells in the Campbell Cove, and the construction of a pipeline to carry the supply of water to the city. Also included will be the construction of a one million gallon storage tank northwest of the city, to equalize flow and help maintain adequate Final arrangements were completed Monday of i his week for the purchase by (he Farmers Home Administration of $4(5,00U in water bonds from Roosevelt City. City officials and FHA representatives finalized the agreement at city offices, and the check has been deposited awaiting start of the construction phase of the project. The issuance of the bonds for im Olsen, left seated, local representative of Farmers Home Administration, holds a check in the amount of $465,000, awaiting the signature of Mayor Hollis Hullinger of Roosevelt, completing final arrangements for purchase COMPLETE BOND SALE-Dua- ne of city water bonds in that amount. The funds will be used to complete the Campbell Well water system, bringing additional flow into the city. Looking on, left to right, are Ron Oakey, bond attorney for the city; Dennis Winters, FHA director for Utah, and Gilbert Horrocks, engineer. VOLUME 63 - NUMBER 72 ROOSEVELT, UTAH pressure to all areas of the city. According to city officials, construction on two phases of the project is to begin immediately. The total cost of the project, to engineers, will be according $1,057,000. The bond issue will pay $465,000 dollars of this cost, with local and federal funds being used for the balance. The bonds were purchased at an interest rate of 5. 84066 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1975 Duchesne medical clinic to reopen in near future Provo Health Group, and Mark Howard of Utah Valley Rural Health, it was announced that the Duchesne area Medical Clinic is to reopen in the very near future. During a meeting, Monday, of the Duchesne City fathers. Dr. Hooker, of the Youth injured in tubing accident Dear Santa: When yon come on Chriatmaa Eve, be kind enough to leave, Beside the toys you have for me, eome duptkatea for Dad, that he May tinker with hie own and play, aa lath era will on Chriatmaa Day? Then I, for once, wont have to wait for daya and daya to celebrate. wiD you We would like to join with many of the merchants and business people throughout the area in wishing our readers the best for the holiday season. Included in this week's paper is our annual greeting section, including messages from many, many people. We would hope you pursue the section carefully and glean the message that these merchants have for you. The year 1975 has been good to most of us, but we wish for you even greater blessings in 1976. Santa's rotund appears upon the acene, When person warm ua, His infectious we dig into our jeans, And spend just like we had it, It'a only once a year: But, begging Santa's pardon, once ia enough, old dear. -- Mary McNorton Chairman for Medical Services, the doors will open as soon as the Clinic can be refurbished with new equipment. Mr. Hill also noted that the Utah, Valley Rural ' Health group will furnish the services Dan and that a male nurse, practitioner, Bartholomew, his wife and four children plan on making their home in Duchesne, and are looking for a three or four ' bedroom home. Dr. Raymond Green is to continue his Wednesday visits, Mr. Hill said and another doctor will be in Duchesne twice a week and as his practice increases so will his visiting days. Speaking in behalf of many of the area residents, Mr. Hill expressed thanks to General Medical of Roy for past services and went on to say that in no way was it due to the Duchesne Clinic that service was discontinued. Rodney Bell 14, Toni Crosier 15, Debbie Stewart 15 andGordon Mart, all of Roosvelt, were injured during a MIA tubing party Saturday afternoon at approximately 2 p.m. at Farm Creek. According to witness, the four young people were riding on the same tube, when they apparently hit some rocks protruding from the snow, throwing them off the tube and injuring three of the four. Kevin Ashby, transported the injured youngsters, to the Duchesne County Hospital, where Toni Crozier was treated for head lacerations and released. Debbie Stewart was treated for back injuries, overnight, and released the following morning. Rodney Bell is still a patient in the hospital where he is receiving treatment for back injuries and extensive head injuries. The Mart boy was unhurt. Auto accident cause of power outage, damage Blithe Spirit applauded An accident, at approximately 5 a.m. Sunday morning, caused considerable damage to a vehicle and left residents of My ton without power for about two hours. According to investigating officer, Stan Bench, of the Highway Patrol, Jacqueline Martin, 26, of Myton apparently went to sleep at the wheel of her 72 Chevy Vega, and leaving the road on the wrong side Vi mile East of Myton, hit a power pole, severing it at the bottom and continuing on into a near by yard. Officer Bench said that the woman's husband, Richard Martin, a passenger in the car, received head lacerations while Mrs. Martin had no noticeable injuries but suffered slight shock and was shook up. ho-ho- How about this Christmas weather? You say you don't like it? Well, for some it couldn't be better. The frosted trees, snow on the ground, and the fresh clean air, mean a great deal to many people. And even some outsiders enjoy our weather here. For instance, Sunday morning as the fog lifted and the sun began to shine, we saw a car with California license plates stop along the highway west of Roosevelt to spend a few minutes breathing in the splendor of the rows of frosted trees lining the highway. Although they certainly have fog in California, we doubt that they could see such a sight in their native state. Duchesne high school Drama Dept, presented the three-ac- t play entitled Blithe Spirit" last Monday and Tuesday evenings. The director of the play, Howard Neilsen, was pleased with the way the cast performed. He also commented on the artistic scenery and how well it aided in setting the mood. This play opened the door" for future productions at DHS. Oklahoma" will be presented by community members dur-in- g February. will speak in Fieldsted. Altamont 2nd Ward, Sunday, January, 4, at 11:15 a.m. prior to his leaving for the California, Aneheim LDS Mission. He will enter the mission home in Salt Lake on Joe D. January 10. FIRST-Princi- pal Union High's grapplers came up with possibly their biggest win in wrestling history of the school last weekend, taking the Uintah invitational wrestling meet over seven schools, most of which are in class triple A categories. In the tough eight-teatournament, held at Vernal, Union came up with four first place trophies, two seconds and two thirds to give them the championship. Competition included Springville and Payson, in Utah County (both AAA schools), Hayden, Craig, and Rangely, from Colorado, all highly rated in wrestling circles, and Uintah and Monti-cellrounding out the slate. It is reported that this is the first time Union has bested Uintah in a wrestling meet, since Uintah has consistently placed state championship teams in triple A competition. Winning first place awards in the tournament were Rex McKee, with a season' record of 12 wins and 1 loss; Hoopes, with a 12-- record: Hemstreet. who sports a 11-undefeated record (beating out a wrestler from Hayden, 0 County law, jail complex proposed a seance serious business as members of the Duchesne Blithe Spirit cast find out in the school production, presented Monday and Tuesday. Left to right are Teresa Wilcken as Mrs. Bradman; Cari Hall as Ruth; DeAna Young as Madame Arcati; Marcus Liddell as Charles and Terry Lewis as Dr. Bradman. SEANCE-Conduct- ing is for first place in the Oak Creek, Colorado tournament. Union later chaulked up a first place win against several schools including Uintah, during a Uintah tournament Union chaulked up important win in mat tourney o The paper this week is being mailed a day early, so that it can be received the day before Christmas. We hope you enjoy it. Next week will be the same schedule. All news snould be in by noon Monday in order to get in the paper. We wiD mail the paper Tuesday afternoon. Joe D. Fieldsted to serve mission George Phillips was with two trophies from recently presented Union high school mat men to place in the trophy case at the school. The trophies were UNION'S The Duchesne County Commissioners have recently discussed constructing a new law enforcement facility. The complex would house county, city and highway patrol officers, plus a ten cell jail. The proposed cost for the project is $300,000, The building would be located somewhere on the county lot in imthe WINGS Colo., who has twice been state champion in his weight); Farnsworth, with a 10-1 record. Second places went to Morre (11-1and Mundan (10-2Winning third was Hamilton (11 1) and Bowden (10-2Coach Moysh states that his team performed in excellent manner last week, and he expects them to continue their winning ways. He stated that he was particularly pleased with the outcome of the Vernal tournament, because all of the wrestlers. schools entered excellent Nearly all of Union's wins this year have been over opponents in triple A category, gi ving t he Cougars excellent training. ), ). Alien report is again due District Director Wallace V. Edwards of the Immigration and Naturalization Service stated that the annual Alien Address Report Program usually causes a sharp rise in the number of applications for naturalization. The law requires all aliens in the United States, with few exceptions, to report their addresses each January. Throughout the United States, almost 30 lerccnt more applications for naturalization are received during January, February and March than other months. District Director Edwards attributes the increase to the Alien Address Report Program. Aliens not required to make report addresses in January, are diplomats and those persons accredited to certain international organizations. by Amy Wegner Merry Christmas! The Duchesne area has much to be greatful for. The medical clinic will be reopened during the holidays, staffed with doctors from Utah Valley Hospital. The service will be similar to that provided by Med Air, and office hours will remain the same. Our thanks to the people from Med Air for the fine service they provided, but their company is having financial difficulties, and they were unable to continue their commitment here. Duchesne will soon be seeing another change. The old log cabin on Wallace Park will be restored. The Chamber of Commerce began work last Monday, and will be soliciting funds during the next month to meet the $10,000 restoration costs. When completed, the visitor center will add much to the community, especially by promoting visitors to tour the area. Just a reminder that the Duchesne office hours have changed. We will be open Monday, Thursday and Friday afternoons from 1:30-- p.m., and Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 3:30-p.m. Our girl Friday, Teresa Wilcken will be manning the office. She can also be reached at home evenings and weekends at 5 738-532- |