Show Successful finish written to After three days of scheduled entertainment and the 1959 Uintah Basin Industrial Convention ended and was proclaimed a Literally thousands had turned out for the three evening and all daytime departments had received enthusiastic according to Ralph president of this year s Speakers Express Views The noted speakers voiced their views on a variety of all pertaining closely to the Uintah Basin and its E. Allen of Public Instruction for the State of keyed his Thurs day morning talk to the the Youth of Today in the Basin The well-known educator is directly connected with the junior college which is to be built at Roosevelt in and he spoke at length on the importance of the proposed He urged Basin residents to remain here develop natural resources rather han moving Nelson Mentions School In his discussion of Potential of the Uintah Nelson of the First Security Corporation also concentrated largely on the coming of the college will mean to the j Pointing out that Duchesne County's population has decreased in the past five Nelson demonstrated how night courses at the school could provide a specialized education for adults who could use this training in their jobs at rather than seeking training and employment He mentioned other cities to Roosevelt whore night classes at the junior colleges were with interested The opportunity for both and adults will be he Nelson urged that the building committee apply in their plans for the and purchase great enough acreage for further He is the State Building and stated that In the past many persons supervising building programs didn't plan for future Discusses Fossils Ernest who directs the Utah Field House of Natural History in Friday morning on in the Uintah and what the fossil discoveries of the past decades have meant to the Highlighting his speech with Sec U. B. I. C. Back Page U. B. From Pace I humorous Unter-ij mann commented that tali Basin has gone over He traced the history of early dinosaur i fossil particularly ij in respect to the life of Earl i Douglas and his work for the Carnegie Museum from The history and physical character of the great reptiles were included in With Bennie Meet of Roosevelt as H. of Glen Hatch of Wasatch and Duchesne and Leland Ivers of Wasatch County participated in a panel discussion Friday Topic for the panel was of the Proposed Junior Financial aspects of the the distance problem for some Uintah Basin communities and potential of the school was discussed by the guest panel Basin residents should take advantage in some way of the opportunities the college will they Oil Leader Attends M. Daniel Hammond of the Utah Oil Refining spoke to an audience of men on Briefcase of In a highly original Hammond pulled items from their All items were pro- ducts of crude and he out- lined the thousands of uses and 3 the history of the oil Emphasizing the importance of free enterprise and democrat- ic principles in the development of the oil Hammond explained some of the fin-f ancial figures of the oil industry in such fields as operation of a well and manufacture of items from crude I The three evening shows drew large crowds to the City Wednesday night featured the I All-Indian Pageant i with thousands in I Thursday night's amateur talent show also filled the as did E the professional talent show Friday A total of was grossed by the two concession stands which dispensed soft t and sandwiches through- out the 3 Love a was the I attitude of the overflowing crowds of spectators who watch-i ed the two one 5 Wednesday evening and one Thursday Colorful a beauty contest winners and other area-wide entries passed in The beautifully-detailed entry of the Ute Indian Tribe and American Eagle won first prize in the float The continuous and ri exhibits had hun-J of visitors Awards for all competitive events are listed on page S of this A full recreational and spoils program was included in the 1959 The experiences and adventures of the 1058 Miss U. S. A Charlotte Sheffield of Salt Lake and a fashion review provided entertainment for women and teenage Melba Ferguson of the Salt Lake known as in her duties as teen editor of the conducted a panel discussion on problems of teenagers Thursday Several local mothers and daughters were panel |