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Show 4 - May 2,2000 page 13 Basin LIFE Uintah Basin Standard ismismuegwHursasao ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, OIL AND WATER DEVELOPMENT THE DECADE OF THE 60s By ClarinD. Ashby OVERVIEW Although much has been said nationally about the decade of the Sixties, with the start of the VietNam war, the beginning of the hippie movement," and the advent of the baby boomers" society, the Uintah Basin also had its share of newsworthy events. Similar to previous reviews of earlier decades, this era certainly had itsshare of highs and lows also. We will take a look at some ofthe tremendous strides in business and industry, new milestones in educational (facilities, the establishment of a new oil industry, andarashof reclamation projects that spanned the Basin. Well also review some of the disasters that struck the Basin in the '60s, including devastating floods and raging infernos that consumed a number of Basin busi- - Locking BacKr The 20th Century in the u Uintah Basin Basin mother who has served her (family well (far many years. Her friends hailed the announcement In June 1960, R. Earl Dillman was named chairman of a countywide committee charged with the responsibility of helping county residents prepare for the possibility of a nuclearattack. Committee members were assigned the job of distributing information about bomb shelters, (fallout, radioactivity, etc ..so that citizens could be prepared. This effort continued for several years before being abandoned. Another item that piqued our interest was an announcement that Elder Gordon B. Hinckley, who had been called as an Assistant to the T wel ve, was assigned to preside at LDS stake conference sessions held in 1961. They Duchesne August 3, can say they knew him "when." In February 1963, a final drive against polio got underway, to be known as the KO Polio Drive. "At the same time, it was announced that the new Salk vaccine was available and would be offered to the public. The vaccine would be taken by placing a few drops on a sugar cube, to be ingested by mouth. A plea was made to everyone to obtain and taka the vaccine so that polio could be conquered. Because of memories of the horrible suffering caused by this disease of the post fifteen years, the public rallied to the aril, and polio was toon s thing of the past. And if you are a trivia buff, you might want to note that the "Zip Code" officially started July 1, 1963. As of that date, letters began carrying it code for the first time. the At the beginning, the sip code was not mandatory, until the whole system was perfected, and lists of sip codes were made available to the public. Still another news item ofnote was the (fact that a movie that had been shot here in the Basin wee premiered in Hollywood. The film, "The Faker," staring Broderick Crawford, was shot on location at the Green Acres studios east of Roosevelt. The (facility, owned by Fred Gebhardt, was located in the old Victory Park building. Mr. Gebhardt, who moved to the area the previous year, was making plana for other movies to be filmed here. And finally, two items under a sub-head thatcould road. "THINGS THAT DIDNT HAPPEN": First, it wss decided at aDuchesne CDuntySchaalBoarimeetincinMarch 1961UiatTabionaHighSehoolwoukl 'bsckMsdafUrthecunentachoolyaar. After much protest, and a king oflhrpropoaal, in their April meeting. ly TIDBITS IN THE NEWS But first, let's look at the lighter side of the news as reported in the sixties, items ranging from "mother of the year" to plans to prepare for a nuclearattack. , In The Standard" ofFebruary 25, ' 1960, a picture and story announced that Mrs. Ben Gomm ofAltamont was named ss Utah's "Mother ofthe Year. It was a tremendous honor for this: 12-1- five-dig- I PICTURETELLSGRIMTALE This picture, taken from an airpiancwhich brought journalists from the DrscrctNewi when five , buildings and six businesses were completely destroyed by the worst fire ever to hit the Uintah Basin, resulting in n dollars. On the left can be seen Hanson Hotel, Cream Station, the Mode O' Day Dress ' damages ofnearly a and the which were saved On the right of the burned building is Center Sen ice, which sustained Dairy Freer, Shop, partial damage, but is back in business on a limited basis. (Deseret News Photo) to Roosevelt early Thursday morning, October IS, 1962, tells (he grim story ofthe devastation caused half-millio- re-th- in BOXING FAME Winning national boxing titles has become a habit a ith a young Utc Indian fighter, Darrell Shavanaux, who, at 1 7, is presently the holder of the Denver and Colorado Golden Gloves bantamweight titles. He is in Chicago at the present time (March 10, 1 960). as an entry in the National AAU finals. the board rescinded the order, leaving Tabby High as one of the smaller schools in the state, yet one with tremendous influence, particularly in athletic contests. Second, in March 1962,aSaltLake corporation published information on subdivision that was to be a e built adjacent to Lake Boreham. They even asked for potential home buyers to contact them, saying construction vu to begin almost immediately. It didn't happen. 300-hom- FINAL CHAPTER ON JUNIOR COLLEGE Although the drive to obtain a junior college for students in the Uintah Basin had already stretched over two previous decades, it certainly wasn't dead in the sixties. On March 10, 1960, a new committee was formed to again push for a higher education fa- cility. Representatives were appointed in every community of the Basin and were called to a meeting held on March 25 to explore ways to push for implementation of the col- lege, as included in a bill paisedby the legislature ia 1959. Dr. E. Allen Bateman, state school superintendent, attended the meeting, and expressed the feeling that plans for the college should be in place by the end of 1962. On May 19, 1960. the college committee announced that they had decided upon a site for the new college building. It would be placed on a tot one-hamile east of Union High School. Efforts to obtain the land were started, then halted. In January 1961,SenatorFrankE. Moss made an effort in the national congress to obtain federal fond for a college in the Basin, but that too (failed to materialize. Later that month, the committee had another college bill entered in the Utah state legislature, but it died without being reported out of committee. This left the committee right where they were when they started, with a college approved by the legislature, but no money to build or operate it And thats the way it stood for another six years. In January 1967, another college committee was formed, and they went to work. "Were tired of waiting, seemed to be their theme, a they formulated and began to implement a concise plan of action. In early February. a bill was entered in the legislature seeking ftmdstofeuild and trp rate the college that had been approved in 1959. But they didn't stop there. Petitions were circulated throughout the Basin, gaining thoue adversands of signal ure A tisement in the Standard, seeking approval ofthe measure, earned more than a thousand signatures, and dozens of letters to the editor, addressed to the legislature, were also published in the newspaper. All these were submitted to member ofthe state legislf . NEOLA ELEMENTARY TEACHER UBTA Ground breaking A ground breaking ceremony for UBTA Communications new headquarters in Roosevelt will be he Id Tuesday May 9, at 1 pm. at the comer of 200 North and Main Street (Highway 40). The public ia invited to attend. Spring Cleanup The annual Citywide Spring Cleanup Campaign in Rooeevvlt will be held with Rooeevvlt divided into two areas as follows: Area 1 -May south oTLagoon everything north oTLagooo Street and Area Street. Area 1 will have curbside pickup May 8 and Area 2. May 1-- 1-- 9-1- St. Helens Gumbo Dinner St Helens cooking ia back, along with the Geisers Band! If you like our catfish, you will love our chicken and sausage gumbo on Saturday, May Sat St Helens Parish Center, Roosevelt from 5-- 8 p m. There is a cost Call 3 LaVem for more information. or Joel, 722-33722-903- 64 Class Reunion 40-Ye- ar Union High School's Class Reunion will be held July 22 at 10:30 a.m. at the Roosevelt Golf Course. 40-Ye- Garbage Dump Day Ballard City's first annual free garbage dump day will be Saturday, May 6 at the KAK Sanitation transfer station on West Hwy 40 in Ballard. Free dumpingfrim8a.m.-6p.m- . Appliance and junkautoraobiles can bo taken to Herbert's Wrecking and Recycling on West Hwy 40 and old tine can be 3 taken to Roosevelt Big O Tire. Call Ballard City at for more information. This is for Ballard residents only 722-339- Scout Training Basic Training for all adult leaders ofBoy Scouts or Varsity Scouts, including committee members, will be held Friday, May 5, from 8 to 10 p m. and continue Saturday, May 6, from 8 a.m. 1 p m. Please call either Paul Chambers (722-903- or Robert Hoopee (738-220- the rosier for this Bask Course to reserve a place on Area Quitters Area Quillen will be meetingTuesday. May 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Moon lake Building Please bring red, white and blue material, sewing kits, sewing machines, ironing bounds etc. American Legion Post 64 for the American 64 will be held Regular meeting May 3 at 7 pm. Legion It Wednesday, Foundation of Hope Health dedication ofthe Foundation TV iCounty Departments ofllope to Uintah Basin women and the struggle against breast cancer will be held on Friday, May 5 from 1 3 p m. in the Uintah County Courthouse building. For more information call TriCuunly Health Department. American Legion District 9 American District 9 will he their Convention Legion holding Duchesne American Legion Post on Friday, May 5 at 6 p m. at the Breast cancer sufferer says community has embraced her two-pag- lature. The bill, whkh provided a total of 8300,000 for the junior college at Roosevelt, passed the House February 21, 1967, and then the Senate t.se.W MUSS, concurred, voting on March 16. The y mr S. By Cheryl Mecham a Tve learned to be grateful to get out of bed every day bill was then placed on the governors desk. After some delay, he did sign the Cindy Hamilton moved to her and just do two or three things ... life is so fast I didn't bill, with the stipulation that the house in Neola in 1983, just a few money be withheld until the stats months after her husbandLarry Wilhave time to notice the little things I do now. coordinstingcomnuttee could review son, passed sway unexpectedly from a brain aneurism. At 38 years old she settled in. Their fellow church mem- mammogram until August, but the iwue and offer an opinion as to the was (faced with raising her two chilbers quickly embraced them, Cindy Madsen told Cindy to get one now, best way to implement the program. Their report, whkh was released whkh she did. The results prompted dren, Heather and Jon, ona teachers said, filling the void of family. 6. 1967, took everyone by surJuly breast. an was ofthe ultrasound far from home and After Larry died and Cindy moved, salary and she Their opinion wss that there and mass "You could see the the prise. into ward new (family. But she had the strenglbof boundaries, settling were already too many floundering friends and church mem- her old associations didn't wane old feelers inside with little white calsmall colleges in the state, and we bers. She managed, though it was ward members kept an eye out for her, cium things in it. Cindy said. A bididn't need any more. They suggested tough. loving and supporting her through the opsy was scheduled with Dr. Karisson. that the money not be released It a surgeon. "The fust time I saw this place I sounded felt like I was home," Cindy said. Last Stay when she found a lump in "They told me. Tt doesnt took appeared that the derision the death knell for higher education Though family in Ohio coaxed her her breast, she didn't realise how her good. It's cancer,'" Kiel said. in the Uintah Basin. to come back home after the death of church and community would rally Cindy was faced with two But the committee wasn't through ions to remove the canher husband. Cindy stayed put. round her and see her through another Picking up on a suggestion made yet. of a and had the mass) (removal cer, lumpectomy Larry Cindy joined change. in the governor's stipulation that the L LDS Church in 1978. A derision they of breast or I "When was doing my exam. I mastectomy (removal W chose a mastectomy, because state should explore the possibility of weighed carefully. When they were felt a change, like the skin had become baptised into the faith, many family Uikk. 1 thought. I'd better watch it. there to a better chance of survival," having Utah State University furnish classes through their extension promembers "disowned" the couple. At Then, the first or second week in June Cindy said. On July 12, 1999. Cindy' left gram, the committee made a proposal the persuasion of friends and church 1 could feel a mass." Cindy divulged. members in Ohio who had moved to Her husband. Kiel, who she mar- breast and 17 lymph nodes were sur- to U5U. Although the presentation brought littleencouragement at the Neola, Larry found ajnb in Roosevelt. ried in Ortober 1 986. had an appointgically removed from her left arm He told Cindy that the people were ment with Dr. Acs Madsen, an inter-nis- t nine of the nodes proved malignant. tune, the governing body ofthe school meetIt was with Ashley Valley Medical CenChemotherapy and radiation treat-men- u made a decision at their August "great and education-mindeing that they would implement a pitot followed. music to her ears, as she had plans to ter. Cindy decided she would accomShe was worried that she wouldnt program, beginning with the fall quarcontinue her work aa an educator. pany him and talk to the doctor about ter. The result of that new was elecbe able to teach at Neola Elementary, Soon the family rented a home in the growth. She wasn't due for her annual a position she had held for 19 years trifying when received by the comNeola, crossed the United States and and loved with all her heart. Neither mittee. But even then it was accepted would she be able to accompany Kiel with some reservation It wasnt until to the VernalTrmple where they the university named Dr. Delbert C. served a temple worker Cindy was Purnell as coordinator of the extenalso worried that she wouldn't be able sion center and announced that registocar for her husband who is afflicted tration for classes would begin Sepwith a degenerative spinal condition tember 26 twhkh became known a and severe arthritis, and her elderly "R day. for registration), that they mother who had come to live with breathed a sigh of relief. "HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE BASIN ... AT them. LAST!" "1 was the caretaker, this didn't feel right," she said. Cindy set up her classroom as she CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT did every August, then went to Provo Nothing imparted the economy or for her first chemotherapy treatment, social structure ofthe Uintah Basin in difgiven intravenously Side effect fer. however, nurses were right on the the Sixties more than did the Central Utah Project. Announcement of apmoney when they told Cindy her immune system would crash ten days proval of each new unit spurred busiafter treatment and her hair would ness interests and brightened the job market, as well as bringing! promise (all out in 14. She became violently ill on ths of economk prosperity to what had tenth day and was hospitalized ia always been a struggling community isolation to prevent her from catchi ng ofsettler in this semi and section of Utah an illness. As the decade opened, work was "You can dw from anything at that well underway on Flaming Gorge Dam point," she expressed. BETTTR FROMlirRENid and Cindy Hamilton believe lifehgpmgto When she was released from the and Reservoir, one of the units on ths structure. Work was comhospital her soft blond hair brgnn main river get better from here on out at Cmd regains her heshh svf can go back to and on August 17 of in 194, diffipleted falling out in clumps, another teaching at Swii riemenurv in a few months. She was diagnosed with LOOKisG lUCKon page 22 breast cancer last summer. SEE iKmILTON cnjigeW life-altering -- d. -- 3FE |