| Show January through November Chronology report of 1960 happenings JANUARY JANUARY 7 Lynn MIrl and Lynn Johnstun were sworn In as committees for were and the mayor outlined city plans at Monday night's meeting of the Roosevelt City City and county wide plans for the New March of Dimes campaign were announced this week by the local Sub Zero weather has resulted In calling a halt to the work of road construction in Duchesne County's A quartet of new basketball coaches took over the Basin schools with Union at Uintah opening the The Baby New Year for Roosevelt was the infant son of and Dwane who was born at p.m. in the local The Neola Club will not be issued a license to operate during Newly elected officers and directors of the Roosevelt Club will be installed tonight at the annual installation Duchesne County reached its quota for the Red Blood Bank when 75 persons donated blood yesterday afternoon at the Roosevelt Second Ward The quota was 75 Attorney James Hall Tuesday was assigned to draft articles of incorporation for the Roosevelt Chamber of Miss Norita and Henry Tidwell were married in a home ceremony Miss Georgia Walkup and V. Glenn McConkie united in marriage at her parent's home 18 saw Jerry Ray Moon and Kay Stevenson united in marriage in the Salt Lake JANUARY 14 A delegation of thirteen representing the Ute Indian Tribe and will leave this weekend for D. C. where they will confer on problems pertinent to the Ute Indian John Roosevelt farmer and was installed 7 as new president of the Ki-wanis Another trail ride is planned for next summer is an announcement made week by Robert president of the BBB Sheriff George E. Marrett stated that there have been 12 violent deaths recorded in Duchesne County for M. J. Ed-ward's celebrated her 75 th birthday 10 with an Open Burt P. district reports this week that about 14 miles of new road have been constructed on the Duchesne District of the National JANUARY 21 The Bull-berry Boys Booster Club an that the 1960 Trail Ride will begin 5 at 6 a.m. In Heber City to end approximately 12 to 14 hours later at the Rodeo grounds in The Harlem Clowns are scheduled to appear in Roosevelt with all proceeds going to the Community Swimming Pool They will be sponsored by the local Lions Fire protection as it involved Roosevelt Eastern and Western Uintah was the purpose of a joint meeting with officials from the three political sub divisions Tuesday The meeting was held at the Roosevelt City Twenty six Roosevelt students and two from Vernal were awarded diplomas from the Dale Carnegie course at the banquet held Tuesday The climax of the evening was the presentation of diplomas to the who had completed weeks of instruction in leadership Miss Pam Harmston won the title of Betty Crocker Homemaker of at Union High School and will vie for honors on a state Highlighting local a Polio Benefit Variety Show will be held this All Funds will be donated to the March of Alton Moon of Duchesne returned from his mission from the Gulf Two promotions within the Safeway Store chain affected the management of the Roosevelt store this Dwain Roylance Is being transferred to Cedar City and Darrell Butler will be in charge of the Roosevelt JANUARY 28 Duchesne's new Post Office will be dedicated 6 at 2 H. Case Announced A counseling will be obtained by Glen Allred after he attends the University of Washington at Seattle for the next few The Roosevelt Stake MIA is planning their annual Stake Gold and Green The Issue relative to the proposed junior college near Roosevelt will be discussed at the 1960 Duchesne County Rural Life and Education Conference by Bennie of William A. mayor of St. businessman and operator of an extensive turkey Saturday announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Due to severe weather construction has been halted on the highway improvement project between Roosevelt and Fort State Senator Glen M. Hatch announced this week that he would seek the Democratic nomination for the U. S. House of Representatives from Utah's First Congressional FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 4 Miss Ann Murphy has iben informed that she has won the State Essay contest and will be an all expense paid trip to She leaves next Miss Susan Alexander was chosen as Union's Sweetheart Queen and will vie with other Uintah Basin beauties at the big six school dance to be held Bonnie is the first local politician to announce his intentions in the 1960 general He will seek a seat in the Utah Porter L. Duchesne County clerk and was elected first vice president of the Utah State Association of County Officials at the organization's annual convention in Salt Lake City An epidemic of influenza and pneumonia has placed a burden on the local doctors and the Roosevelt where 34 patients are now The hospital was built as a twenty-bed Four students from this area were on the honor roll at Utah State University for the Fall Miss Maryetta Moon was merited homemaker of Tomorrow and received tills award this year at the Duchesne High Bahr is Alta-mont's 1960 A farewell testimonial was held Sunday evening to honor Elder Theo George Anderson who will labor in the East Central States FEBRUARY 11 The Hullinger Bottling and Salesmen received outstanding recognition in a contest and walked off with high honors and numerous valuable Approval this week by the Uintah County Board of Commissioners to join Roosevelt City and Duchesne County in securing fire fighting equipment for the west end of Uintah and the eastern and central portion of Duchesne County makes the project a sure fire Ray Brown has stepped down as president of the Moon Lake Electric Association after ing the past six He was reelected to the board of directors at their annual meeting Elder Larry Dye returned from a mission In South America and reported to his home Darrell member of the Ute Boxing won a clean decision in the bantam weight class of the Denver Golden Gloves State Senator Harvard R. HInton announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for Secretary of Sweethearts of the school who have been chosen to compete for the Uintah Basin Sweetheart Queen are Arsenath Marilyn Deanna Susan and Lana Ira A. Huggins became the fourth candidate to announce his intentions to run for governor of the state of Utah this FEBRUARY 18 Car-ma High School student has been elected as a delegate to the 1960 While House Conference of Children and Youth set for March 27 through April She is one of the four chosen to represent Trailer house owners protested the valuation placed by the county assessor on their trailer homes in the Duchesne County Commissioners Important matters taken up at the city council meeting Monday night included the paving of the approval of Duchesne and Uintah counties to give financial aid in the purchase of a fire promotion of the swimming pool selection of a date for Home Beautification and the traffic died Monday at 6 following complications after In annual American Legion sponsored Oratorical contest held at the Legion Olive Labrum Harrison JoAnn Burgess and Laura Ann Leavitt won first and second place respectively for their orations of A Threat to Our Elder Hugh son of and Ardon arrived home Saturday after having spent the past two years on page report of 1960 happenings in the Basin from page serving In the Central Atlantic States FEBRUARY 25 Ben Gomm of Utah was selected as the Uintah Basin District Mother of the and will represent the area as a candidate for Utah Organization of a Disabled American Veterans in the Uintah is planned by Raymond a former Marine He has been assigned as Area Service Officer by the A. V. Karen Moon and Calvin Duchesne High School Snow Queen and were royalty during snow festival at Duchesne Miss Becky daughter of the Elmer of was married February 2 to Raymond The ceremony was performed at the home of and was followed by a February 3 wedding Miss Dawn Gilbert pledged vows Saturday with Charles Howard Burdick In an impressive ceremony at the Duchesne State A reception honoring the popular followed the Eight wards from the Roosevelt Stake participated in the MIA play festival held Monday and Tuesday nights at the Roosevelt Stake Top Honors went to Third Ward for their presentation of the During the half time at last Friday night's game between Union and Uintah high former principal Lorn an F. was presented with a lifetime activity card from Union's student body John Sherman P. has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress from Utah's 2nd District William G. Bruhn has also announced his intentions concerning George counselor for Stevens made visits to schools of the Basin this MARCH M A R C H 3 Principal Max received word that High School has again been accredited by the Northwest Accrediting H. J. western manager of the National Chamber of will make an official visit to the Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce meeting on March at a noon A preliminary discuss i o n about the proposed uniting of the Junior High School in Uintah County with the Roosevelt Junior High School in Duchesne was held 24 at Roosevelt at the request of the Uintah County School The proposal is to have one Junior High School In the area and to operate it on about the same type of arrangement between the two counties as is the Union High The annual American Red Cross fund campaign for 1960 got underway March reports Keith Duchesne County fund MARCH 10 Wesley R. Dickerson has been named vice-president and manager of First Security Bank's Logan it was announced Total returns from the 1960 March of Dimes campaign for Duchesne County have been tabulated according to Charles C. The amount of has been received with half of this total to remain in the county for local The Roosevelt Swimming Pool Committee is going all out to sponsor a big project to work toward the completion of the pool by stated Dick Emphasis is being placed on a Carnival A kickoff meeting was held this week in a move to make the approved junior college for this area become a The result of the meeting was an establishment of a broad Basin Junior College Committee which includes representatives from every segment of the counties and communities that should support the if and when it is Miss Elaine Bingham was named an attendant to the Orchid Queen at from a group of ten finalists at the Sigma Pi fraternity annual formal Miss Nancy Young and Glen-don Mills pledged vows on January 10 in rites performed in Las The bride is the daughter of and Jack MARCH 17 First candidate to announce for the State Legislature is Cliff editor who makes his announcement this He seeks a spot on the Democratic Students from five Seminaries in the Uintah Basin will participate In a Seminary Seminar April at the Roosevelt Stake A special guest speaker will be on hand and the theme will be to Several precincts and voting districts in this county have been changed or abolished the past month by resolution of the Duchesne County These resolutions were made at the regular February March meetings of the com and Steve Walker were married In a double ring ceremony at the home of the bride's the Max in The new bride is the former Miss Jo Ann Pep Club presented Union High School with the It is anticipated Cosmo will build future school Mary Ann was elected state secretary at Utah meeting of the March 3 MARCH 24 Leo L. Brady of Duchesne has been appointed water commissioner for the Duchesne Strawberry Rivers Distribution system at a salary of a Chad son of Mr and Grant Hansen of is a delegate to White House Youth in Washington Immediate construction of a high voltage transmission line to cany large blocks of electric power into the Uinta Basin has been authorized by directors of Utah Power and Light Republicans and Democrats in Duchesne county will officially kickoff the 1960 political campaign this weekend as both central committees announce their county Altamont's Kathy and Union's Loya will represent their respective chapters at the state convention in Salt Lake City March for state Karen Leo Woodward became Ronald G. Dye in a wedding ceremony performed March 9 In the Logan The bride is the daughter of and Clifford M. Woodward of MARCH 31 Between and residents of Duchesne and Uintah counties thronged into the Union High School gymnasium last Friday night In response to a call to attend a very important junior college R. Earl was elected chairman of the Duchesne County Republican Party Saturday at the organizational convention held at the courthouse In The Democrats of Duchesne County reelected John as their county chairman for a two year The Roosevelt Ward M Men team captured fifth place in the 1960 basketball tournament last week as they lost a close contest Sixteen teams representing nine different tribes and ten on page 1 Chronology report of 1960 happenings in the Basin from page western states will arrive in Roosevelt and Fort Duchesne early next week to enter the Annual Basketball Tournament of Tribal APRIL 7 Milton Nielson of Myton was elected president of the Duchesne Area PTA Council at a meeting- held last Thursday at the Roosevelt Junior High Van D. former legislator from Duchesne has filed declaration of candidacy for the house of representative post on the Republican Parley outstanding and civic worker in was named 1960 of the Year in the Uintah Basin Federation of Women's and will now be entered in the state She was sponsored by the Culture APRIL 14 The Great Lake Timber has about completed plans to move their entire operation to the Uintah They have secured property near LaPoint and should begin to make the transition in the near APRIL 21 The Roosevelt City Council Monday night at its regular meeting voted to turn over to the swimming Pool Committee a check for which was budgeted for 1960 to help build the municipal Memorial Day it is will see the official Joseph E. active church and civic worker from was among in Utah National Parks Council to receive coveted Silver Beaver An April wedding united in marriage Miss Dora daughter of and D. L. and Alan son of Eva Hatch of Miss Sharon Keel was married April 21 in the Salt Lake Temple to Kay She is the daughter of and John APRIL 2 8 Two incumbent county one a Republican and the other a have filed with the county clerk as candidates to succeed themselves in the coming party William current chairman of the board from seeks the four year post of the Democratic ticket and Myton has filed for the two year Jeani old daughter of and Kay L. was killed instantly when she was the victim of a hit and run accident at Lat MAY M A V 9 Directors and officials of the Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce will entertain a delegation of approximately 40 members of the Salt Lake City Chamber at their next regular meeting on May Dr Barbara British i long distance walker and noted physician of England spent the bigger part of three days and nights of tills in the Uintah Basin where she was presented with gifts of pure Basin honey and Indian and welcomed by a large delegations of Mayor Kenneth Aycock received a phone call saying that Uintah County would give its support and Okay to buy joint fir The American Legion Auxiliary has announced representatives for Girls' State to be held June 10 to June 19 at Campus in Miss Mary Jane Miss Connie Hanson and Miss Pam Mur-dock will represent Ferrell Crozier claimed Miss Joan Zimmerman as bride in April ceremony in Miss Zimmerman is the daughter of Gladys MAY 12 Union High School has been selected one of six groups in Utah to study and promote an active program focused on the Unidentified as the Rocky Mountain project of Family Life program will be conducted in four and New Laird Hartman is chairman of the planning committee for the annual Moon Lake Future Farmers of America Junior Livestock Show to be held May 20 at the Altamont Rodeo Two junior coeds from Duchesne and one from Altamont High Schools have been selected by the American Legion Auxiliaries of Duchesne and Al-tonah to attend Girls' State in Logan next Miss Sherry |
