| Show report of Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce much X officers begin membership campaign for 4 A recently r of i 1 during the past year I Chamber of Standard in of the f inform the area 1 the has in the was compiled 2 and the retiring S John Installed Will J as- Ser of the First I P who encourages to send 1 ual dues Much ac- JJ planned for the ensuing I year has been a one for the of Commerce and has of one or of long standing secretary was October when L. Clark Director of Civil Dc-I Duchesne in a Jon a He has Kent in his efforts for and has filled a ose need E on an industrial survey t Id on July under of Theron j was the material gath-I turned over to Clark K to be used in an Development Plan Refine following designation as an k was published in In April ac-Kd projects in Duchesne Er ire not eligible for this H Federal assistance Work on an Industrial survey pamphlet is again and it is hoped we will be joined in this endeavor by Duchesne Duchesne and the Ute Indian Tribe In order that the survey will be area-wide L. Clark Roberts is spearheading this project in cooperation with the Industrial Development The pamphlet will be distributed to manufacturing who are seeking plant sites in smaller communities where labor conditions are more favorable to economic plant operation than exists in larger centers of Another which was realized and of which we are very proud is the publication of a brochure advertising this This was produced as a cooperative endeavor sponsored by Roosevelt Chamber of Duchesne Chamber of the Ute Indian Duchesne Roosevelt Duchesne and the Utah Tourist and Publicity Cliff was instrumental in securing participation of the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council in this endeavor The Council stood half the cost of in addition to providing lay-out and editorial Under chairmanship of Elmer and Publicity Committee I we decided nn an official symbol to be used on our billboard de-cals and adopting the from the publicity Decals and stationary are on Chamber of Commerce was instrumental in setting up a meeting with Aldin O. director of Utah State Parks and Recreational on 16 at to discuss inclusion of Big Sand Wash Reservoir under the State's recreational development As a result land has been acquired by the State Parks with local and plans arc being drawn to develop Big Sand Wash into a fine recreational area with boat camp Work on the development project Is due to start immediately after We have done a great deal of work this year in the field of public relations as follows We assisted with sal of booster buttons to finance the annual We cooperated with the Ute Indian Tribe when it was host to the National Indian Youth Conference on Aug at the Youth Camp in Uintah and provided gift packets to be distributed to the or more delegates who attended from all parts of the United We also assisted by mailing out publicity on the All-Indian Fashion We have actively supported the plan to secure more adequate hospital facilities for this have written letters to this and have accepted an assignment to assist in raising the necessary local We were hosts at a luncheon for the Wilkins pioneer commemorating their more than 45 years of continuous service to the We actively supported the adult education program and mailed letters throughout the area requesting individual One hundred fifty persons enrolled for the assuring continuation of the We wrote letters to our Congressional delegation in D. requesting additional funds for development of the Ouray National Wildlife SI had been included in the President's but it was felt that additional funds were needed if the project is to be constructed with dispatch On August 16 we were to members of the executive Committee of the Utah Water Users Association and local Water Users Association officers and members at dinner at Frontier On May 28 we were hosts to members of the Utah Water and Power State and National Agricultural Stabilization and and Soil Conservation Service and representatives of Moon Lake Water Users at a luncheon following the tion's inspection of the Big Sand Wash Plans are underway to have a meeting of the Utah Legislative Council held here some time this summer or In representatives of North American were flown over this area by Ted to take pictures to be used In a to be with in the Pictures were taken of the Cliff Dwellings in Nine-Mile of Balanced of the Pinnacles near of the Red and the High Jim Bacon acted as Mr manager of was so impressed with our scenic attractions that he gave us feet of film at a cost of rather than the 50 feet for originally contracted The Ute Tribe secured an additional feet of It was agreed that the film will be sent here for our viewing at no cost 11 We purchased and presented to the Union High School library a booklet Outlook for the which we thought would be of assistance to High School students in choosing their courses of study We supported the Science Fair at Union High School and contributed for the project Supported the Youth Employment Bureau and pledged to help defray expenses of the We contributed to sponsor a boy a Boys State We contributed for an ad in the of booklet in compliment to Vicci daughter of and Jesse Days of Queen 16 We were instrumental in securing a County March of Dimes chairman for the 1964 On June 2 we were hosts to Miss Dawn Hall of Brigham alternate State Dairy Wilbur C. director of Salt Lake City Health Department and President of the Days of and Ralph C. supervisor of Milk Inspections for the Utah State Board of Health On Ernest H. former speaker of the Utah House of Representatives and Industrial Coordinator for the Utah Trade Technical Institute at was the guest speaker at the regular Mr Dean had been instrumental in securing our vocational training program at Union High The Merchants' under chairmanship of Lyn has been active in encouraging local residents to do their shopping in Roosevelt The usual Christmas Promotion was sponsored with the of a Mystery Man contest to stimulate The Chamber of Commerce donated money for Also a successful Sidewalk Sale was sponsored the first in the Uintah Perhaps the most successful project undertaken by the Merchants' Committee was the Coffee for sponsored during the Deer Hunt last fall in cooperation with the Club Chamber of Com- merc-e supplied the and members manned the i stand set up on the Bank Corner One hundred fifty-seven hunters mostly from and Chamber received numerous letters later expressing appreciation and surprise that the promotion was just what the signs had stated Most hunters stated they had anticipated there would be a of some kind and were gratified merely to be made welcome in Another successful endeavor of the Merchants' Committee has been the agin operating in conjunction with the New families moving into the community are called upon by a member of made and are left five coupons entitling them either to a or a discount at local stores This project has engendered much good will and should be continued on a permanent The Industrial Development Committee has followed all leads in promoting industry in this as Early in January the committee visited the Bureau of Reclamation headquarters for Central Utah Project in Provo and requested that headquarters for the preliminary survey in connection with the initial phases of the Central Utah Project be established in or at least within Duchesne This visit was followed by a letter to the Bureau of Reclamation listing Roosevelt's etc with copies to our congressional delegation in We received encouraging letters from the Bureau of Reclamation and pledges of support from our 2 Small meat processing and packing plants in Salt Lake and Utah Counties were visited in January to investigate the feasibility of enlarging and expanding the Meat Processing This is still under 3 In December the committee flew to St. George to secure information as to how that community had secured a manufacturing plant there and learned that the first step is an industrial setting forth Che which can be distributed to interested 4 The committee invited Floyd a former Roosevelt resident now living in to explain the steps by which he had secured establishment of a textile mill in Jack specialist in Community University of Utah Extension and Osmond Bureau of Economic U of also were present at this After thorough investigation It was decided that a textile mill was not feasible in this Francis Director of Ute Indian was a guest on May He explained the various educational programs in operation on the Uintah-Ouray and the Tribe's projects which are being undertaken in an endeavor to make its members efficient and self-supporting and to revive their He discussed the Cattel the proposed Indian Heritage Village the recreation promotion program and the poultry enterprise that is being Other committees and their chairmen are to be commended for their diligence Jim Bacon and the Water Committee have been extremely Mr Bacon attended all meetings during formation of the Conservancy District and he pledged support of the Chamber of Commerce in protecting the water rights within Duchesne Pink Timothy and the Fish and Game Committee were effective in getting Smokey Springs in Uinta Canyon closed to fishing by adults and reserved for Also this committee was active in attempting to secure a delay in the effective date when the U-Bar Ranch cabins would have to be removed from the Wilderness Area and learned on Sept 16 that the U-Bar would be able to retain its cabins in the High merely by moving them back from the lake edge to the meadow Cliff and the Street Committee have turned in their usual effective effort on behalf of the Chamber and have several projects in the namely renumbering of the Upper Country roads to eliminate the present maintenance of the three-mile stretch of road from Mine to Castle Peak Mine by State crews instead of by County Continued effort to secure on more road signs on Highway 40 between here and Silver Creek Elmer and the Tourist and Publicity Commit- tee have been particularly busy throughout the Mr and the Uintah Basin Telephone Association are to be particularly commended for their efforts in advertising this area through use of the symbol on the cover of the latest telephone directory and the liberal use of local pictures throughout the Copies of the directory have been distributed throughout the States to independent telephone A total of directors will be The Chamber sponsored a Great Decisions study with eight members completing the Keith acted as We collected dues for the Highway 40 Association and sent them We complete this year with a total membership of 77 |
