Show Bill About I 5 YEARS AGO Sixty farmer families In the area last Friday were made extremely happy and brought several miles nearer the larger centers of the Uintah Basin when telephones that had been installed during the past few months by the Uintah Basin Telephone began According to E. Floyd president and manager of the the sixty phones were cut in Friday and by Monday noon a record of 80 calls per phone had been metered from Saturday noon to Monday Russ son of and Clinton J. of is one of five candidates for president of the student body at Brigham Young University for the year according to a release from the public relations department of the During March the wind came and did an Indian Pow-Wow in It howled arid roared around the streets and then tore the roof off the Duchesne Drug Store and flung it down onto the main then sneaked out of town like a satisfied Guest speakers in Sacrament meeting Sunday in Bluebell were the following seminary students who will graduate this Jolene Neilson and Curtis Other speakers were E. L. and Lorin Stevenson of Home and a recently returned Elder Reed Curtis Dastrup sang a 10 YEARS AGO The faithful service of a bout persons scattered throughout the State of Utah who serve as voluntary weather observers Is noted in a report received at the Salt Lake office of the U. S. Weather says the Salt Lake The message came L. C. weather observer in with apologies for a break in temperature recordings between April 1 and believe it is the first break in the readings by us in 43 Weather recording in Duchesne of daily readings of temperatures and precipitation measurements have been carried on almost traditionally by a member of the Winslow one of the early settlers of the Uintah was confined to a hospital between the dates mentioned in Wayne who has been working in Salt Lake spent the weekend visiting at the home of his Lottie Wayne was the lucky winner of a beautiful Ford which was raffled off in Salt Lake City Six thousand chances were sold and young Maxwell held the lucky 20 YEARS AGO Duchesne is once more one of the cleanest towns in the after the two-day cleanup campaign sponsored by the city Most of the business houses closed during the morning on Friday and one or more men from each establishment gathered rubbish or burned The city truck picked up the garbage and The city councilmen stated that the city would call once a month throughout the summer to collect the garbage from residences and business Carl the high school presented the It Thursday at the elementary It was given by the high school glee The principal parts were taken by Thora Roka Betty Ralph Marlyn Phyllis Wayne Dall Reinard and Howard Leate Houtz was The Duchesne Hardware will close its doors to business after May unless a buyer is found to take over the it was announced this week by Arthur J. who managed the business for the past ten Orr will move to Riverton where he will operate a similar business time Orr has been connected with the Duchesne Hard ware for 15 Tryouts for the school play at Tabiona were held April The lucky students receiving parts are as Sylvan Betty Cuba Earl Van Winslow James Bill Craig Stella Deon Verda Elaine Stanley Jane LaFevre and Gertrude |