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Show PTA sets annual Dental Health dinner Feb. 6 at Elementary Week slated The Roosevelt PTA Annual for Feb. 2 8 dinner will be held Thursday mmm i VOI.UMK 57 Nt'MBKR 5 ROOSEVELT, DUCHESNE COUNTY, - MMS. UTAH THURSDAY, JAN. 50, 19GB Abraham Lincoln has been quoted as saying: The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce It strictly. Tills is one year we dont envy the Job cf the Utah legislators. Theyve got lot's cl problems, and most of them are financial. We talked for a while over the weekend with Dan Dennis, as he spent some time at home. He states that he Is real concerned with the financial problem. He pointed out that new sources of tax revenue will have to be found Just to maintain the present level of state governmen- Deputy assessors named for county no new services But with the growth of the state, some new t-adding or agencies. services are neeaed, and hence a greater tax burden looms. Mr. Dennis did say that the legislators are digging Into the pile of bills a little earlier this year, getting some of the Incidental work out of the way, and considering some of the lesser bills rather than hold them until the closing days of the session where they are lost In the sifting committee. He added, also, that a new section will be substituted for the bill deleting the Roosevelt Junior College from the statutes. It will, Instead, gave statutory recognition to the Center for Continuing Education, with provision for It to function under Utah State University. With a lot of important legislation still to be considered, there will be a lot of debate In the next 30 days or so. It will be Interesting to see If the lawmakers can come up with all the funds everyone wants, without raising the tax levies too abruptly. Think before you speak, and you may find that you have nothing to say. It was like Christmas Monday for Mont Larsen and crews at Uintah Power and Light. They were sporting a brand new lift truck, which brought a lot of admiring looks from townspeople. Mont was Just like a little boy with a new toy, as he (Continued on back page) February 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. Mayor Ralph Shields and the at the Roosevelt Elementary Roosevelt City Council have deSchool. clared February 2 to 8 as A ham dinner with all the National Childrens Dental trimmings will be served. Health week. Several activities Prices will be $5 per family, have been planned for this week $1 per person or 50$ for those and for the month of February three years of age or younger. by Dr. and Mrs. Dale Larsen Proceeds from the dinner and Dr. and Mrs. Don Mantyla, will be used for improvement Duchesne County Dental Health of the schools. ' Committee. Parents and friends of all Posters are being made by Roosevelt Elementary and Junior high school students should students at Union high school under the direction of Mrs. plan to attend the dinner. Elaine Krlssman. These will Wayne Saltzglver Is president of the PTA and Mrs. Gary be Judged this week and the winners will be awarded at an asWhite, finance chairman. Is in sembly Friday, Jan. 31. The charge of the dinner. winning posters will then be displayed at First Security Bank during Dental Health week. They will be entered In the State high school art contest In the spring. Five Held deputy assessors A puppet show is being prefor Duchesne County have been approved for appointment by the pared by Mrs. Larsen and Mrs, Duchesne County Commission. Mantyla and will be presented These men are Earl Wright, to the elementary schools In Geddes Lindsay. , Ray. Brown, the area. An Informative film Rulon Anderton and Newell Rlc-heIs being planned for presentaannounces Lawrence E. tion at Roosevelt Jr. high school and Mrs. Philip Brown and Mrs. Luck, county assessor. Don Hooper, Duchesne County Mr. Wright will make perwill be presenting Nurses, sonal visits to the ranches and films to the students of elehomes In Duchesne, Strawmentary schools of the county na berry, Frultland, Utahn, during the next month. and Hanna, to assist with completing personal property statements by home and land owners, and others, for 1969. ROOSEVELT STAKE CHORAL GROUP Tli la group of various Wards la Roosevelt Stake will slap several numbers Saturday Festival. The Stake BOA evening aa a climax of the MIA Quartet-Choral License plates last years registration Is quired. re- The decal should be attached to the lower left hand corner Be of the rear plate only. and area the clean sure is 1969 decals will be available before applying. every Thursday at Roosevelt dry and every Friday at Duchesne from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This 1 I sales dayslisted leaves only five days in each place before the deadline Feb- ruary ctrismPMiHi 28. Decals and title transfers were available In Tablona January 28 and other dates Include, Myton, Feb. 3; Bluebell, Feb. 4; Altamont, Feb. 5 and Neola Feb. 10. Residents are urged to obtain their decals when they are on sale In their own localities if possible. This will relieve the pressure of last minute waiting In line for service as the deadline nears. To obtain this years decal at 7:5 p-- at the Stake ueuaer. Musical namhiirs have been selected from the Wards during their festivals to be presented during this evening performance. Stake MIA to music festival The Roosevelt Stake Quartet-Choral Festival will be presented Saturday, Feb. 1, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Stake Uintah Power and Light Company this week added another piece of line equipment to their fleet, designed to bring fas- ter service and greater effl- dency In line maintenance. Center. Musical numbers will be presented from most of the Wards In the Stake and the Stake Choral group will sing three numbers as a climax of the festival. Each of the Wards in the stake has presented a quartet-chor- al Precipitation during the week festival In the ward previously reported by Lewis Taylor, to the stake presentation. weather observor includes .22 Everyone in the Stake Is inJan. 21; .50 Jan. 25; .02 Jan 27 vited to attend this festival and until 10:30 a.m. Jan. 28 Saturday evening. there was .07. 8 million for Central Utah Project termed disappointing Altamont Sweetheart Candidates Power company adds new elbow lift frock present $ee umghorn chatter) p A total $8 (m) million Is Included In the fiscal year 1970 budget for work on the mammoth Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, according to Sen. Wallace F. Benwho termed the nett, figure disappointing. Also Included in the proposed 1970 budget are $200,000 for the Vernal unit, $350,000 for the Emery County Project, $200, 000 for the Weber Basin Project, and $192,000 for the Ute Indian Unit. The Dixie Project part cf the Colorado River Basin Project, Is slated to receive $100, 000 for advance planning. The $8 (m) million Bonneville figure Is down from the $10.7 (m) million funding at the current year, Sen. Bennett I am disappointed explained. In this reduction and will meet with top water and government officials to try to get this Increased, when appropriations process begins in Congress. We had hoped for a realistic funding approaching $15 (m) million for fiscal year 1970, beginning July 1." The Utahn said. This year we wanted to use $5 (m) million on the Jordan Aqueduct In Salt Lake County and $250,000 for work on the Jordanelle Reservoir. Sen. Bennett said, The BonUnit will eventually neville serve 12 counties in our state containing more than 60 per cent of Utahs population. Proposed work In fiscal year 1970 Includes completion of construction of the Starvation Dam and relocation of U. S. Highway 40 in the reservoir area as well as work at the Water Hollow Tunnel, Jordan aqueduct system, and other parts of the multi-phasunit. ed Tickets on sale for Uintah game . The unit, a 60 foot elbow lift, will be used In conjunction with an older model already in service, capable of a working height of 43 feet. The new truck is equipped with hydraulically operated trimmers and cutters, and will be of particular value The Roosevelt Chamber of In trimming trees away from Commerce and the Business lines. power and Professional Womens Club new truck and hoist is The are a course In practical economics also Insulated up to 300,000 for men and women. volts, making It possible to do directly The maximum cost to those hot line change-ove- rs taking the course will be $6 from the bucket, on lines up which is the cost of the books to 69,000 volts. used In the course. C. of C. The unit, which cost over officials pointed out this Is to hydraube a community wide project $20,000 is completely two-mlically operated. The sponsored by the two civic orbucket Is equipped with a full ganizations. set of controls, with a dupliThe course is put out by the set on the truck bed. In cate National Chamber of Comof emergency the lower case merce Include discussl can be made to supcontrols ions on understanding econoercede the upper controls, In It Is for persons who mics, want a better understanding of case of their failure, or Incase of injury to the operator. the basic principles of the Enterprise System. The truck on which the elbow The course will be given by lift Is mounted, was purchased a local Instructor. Included from L. and L. Motor ComIn the course are subjects such pany. The hydraulic lift and as; Why Economics?; How equipment was purchased from private enterprise works,; Tesco Sales In Salt Lake. Business ups and Downs; Why Prices?; Government and EcoAccording to Mont Larsen, nomy; Productive Resources; manager of Uintah Power and International Economics; MoLight Company at Roosevelt, the new equipment Is part of ney and Finance; Science, Technology and Economy; National the company's continual proIncome and The power of Chogram of Improvement, with the ice. aim of greater efficiency In cusThe slide presentation and tomer service. He pointed out other supplys for the discusthat the new unit will be of sion leader will be furnished by particular value In servicing the BPW club. damaged lines and trouble The course Is being presenspots, preventing long outages ted to people of. this area to on the system. get them concerned about the future of our country and in good government. Chamber, BPW plan course in economics 10-w- ns, Ta-bio- These same duties will be carried out by Mr. Lindsay, March of Dimes Tolerama set this weekend In the communities of Mr. Home The March of Dimes Tele-raBoneta, Altamont, Altonah, Mt. will be on KST TV, ChanEmmons, Talmage, Bluebell; 5 nel this weekend. R starts Mr. Brown will serve in Neola, at 10:30 p.m. Saturday and CresMontwell, Cedarvlew, cent; Mr. Anderton, Roosevelt continues until 5 p.m. Sunday. area, from the north and to the The King Sisters and the Myton Bench; Mr. Rlchens, for King Cousins will be featured on the program. Assessor Luck said these R. Earl Dlllman, chairman of deputies will receive an hourly Duchesne County March of the wage and mileage expense. Dimes urges residents to watch a. The goal is to complete most and contribute during the of the personal property assessments In January, and wind up The Mothers March Is being the Job completely by the end of and will be held prior planned the assessor stated. February, to February 10. Myton-Arcad- ia. tele-ram- an and-wil- Interested In enAnyone rolling for the course should contact Peggy Deller at the First Security Bank. School district explains special units For the current school year, the Duchesne County School District was allocated 50.5 dis- tribution units from state school funds, to use for general operation of the schools in this states Supt. county, Thomas J. Abplanalp. At prethe distribution unit sent, amounts to $9,380 and Is based upon the average dally attendance of 27 pupils or students, except in special cases, when additional units are approved by the State Board of Education, as is the case with five schools In this district. Distribution units approved for the 1968-6- 9 school year (current) Is 10.0 at Altamont Tickets for the Unlon-Ulntbasketball game, to be held In high; 13.0 at Duchesne high; Vernal February 7, will go on 5.5 at Neola Elementary; 8.5 sale next Tuesday, Feh. 4, at at Tablona school; 6.5 at Myton 8:30 a.m. at Union high schtxl. Elementary. Special programs Tickets for the public will approved for distribution units be handled on a first come, in this district are listed as first served basis, since there 0.5 for the homebound teaching of pupils and students; 1.5 for will be a limited number available. Cost of the adult tickets Union high (Indian students), 3.0 for remedial programs; 1.0 are $1.25. for speech and hearing Student tickets will be handled through the high school. ah FAULA FIERCE (JP. VICKIE WALkEH MAYLA MITCHELL UP, UP AND AWAY Kent Denver and Sherman Sorenson take it up" for the benefit of the Uintah Basin Standard photographer. This new lift truck, known no a "hotstlck, will he put Into service by Uintah rower and Light Co. to take care of a number of chores. It has full controls In the bucket, or it can be controlled from the truck bril. The unit also utilises hydraulically operaleid cutter and other tools available te men in Ihe bucket. |
