Show Television In Basin And Its Supporters five months ago a mass meeting was held in Roosevelt to hear a new television A large group of men and women residing in the Roosevelt and areas joined in the get-together where they heard engineers tell of the new Translator system that could become available for this where TV could not be had by natural Costs of the project were considered by this and later at another Enthusiasm ran high and at the second meeting an executive committee was and pledges were made that assured the collecting of from to almost g- a These were the estimated costs of bringing in one f or two Immediately after the second the began to lay the ground work for bringing in TV by the transmitter Committee Listed When the which was composed of Earl Fran William Kenneth Aycock and Cliff began to study the they realized it would take a lot more time to get the job done than had earlier been The finance committee headed by Fran Harrison went to and secured to from approximately persons who were ready to put up per installation to bring TV to the Among the were individuals who in each into the pot as funds to begin assembling local ma-i and building towers and shacks to house the To get Channel from Salt Lake would cost approximately Actual cost of buying the building towers and houses will reach almost to I the All this has been thoroughly explained sev- The contracting engineer who sold the idea to you and you placed the order for the built towers' and has done all the preliminary work to bring TV to these All the money invested in the system until he delivered a satis factory signal was The remainder of the except of has been held in in the local A Cooperative Deal At a meeting of the committee Tuesday it was pointed out l that approximately has been collected by the f We need nearly to pay the contract the citizens of the i- area obligated f Since the signal first hit the area in and surrounding Roose- f velt on hundreds of families from and Talmage on the west to Duchesne and Gusher on the I south of Myton and other fringe areas have been getting good reception over Channel There is no way to determine how many have secured sets and are now enjoying TV because of the translator system that has been installed and have not f fulfilled a moral obligation of paying a connecting No Way To Collect no way the committee can force those who would r. take a free ride on the TV system to pay a thin dime to help pay the bill and the maintenance costs in the It would have to be left entirely to the integrity of the individual if he L pays into the pot to help meet the Every person re- via Channel has a moral obligation to join the Uintah Basin Television If he wants to be fair and j he should come in without being asked If you enjoy your TV set and want to see it and perhaps get another your help is The only whip I the corporation has is if the obligation isn't paid the signal that comes from Tabby Mountain could be shut We hope r this step doesn't become but it is a Spent Time And Money To get television for the Roosevelt areas has taken a lot of the time of the five-man These men have spent their own money to make pay phone calls and do an unbelievable amount of leg No one has received a red cent for his efforts don't are 1 civic and fd the better things of We are sure these communities hold no people in their ranks who want to be a Everyone must realize that he is on his honor and should contact one of the committee members who can give most of the details as to what he should 1 If you want TV to and join your neighbor and help pay the bill insure the continuation of the progressive project that brings us all closer to the outside |