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Show yW vij-wpoi r it CLIFF MEMMOTT. Editor UjjTY FAIR OPENS TONIGHT WITH "MISS DUCHESNE COUNTY" CONTEST .... Summer has about gone by the board Tuesday was . first of September, and winter is just around the corner It's been a pleasant summer weather hasn't been too dot and there has been a lot of activity to keep us all alive. Rndeos, UBIC, outings and various civic and church proms pro-ms designed to reach each individual. gM THE COUNTY FAIR is another sign that Summer has linped by us. . . Thursday night the popular "Miss Duchesne Du-chesne County" contest will officially open the 3-day fair, vhich is promised to be bigger, better and more appealing than ever before. . . All activities are to be held in the county seat community, Duchesne and the city officials, '. residents and business people await the coming of the eople with a word of welcome in their hearts. ! P We should all recognize that the county fair is for all the people who live in Duchesne County It definitely is ; t a Duchesne City fair, but a county-wide program that I being held at the county fair grounds. Every person, I ung or old, who possibly can, should set aside Thursday evening, along with Friday and Saturday, to attend the fair. Sept. 3-4-5. v E v THIRD ANNIVERSARY FOR . yoUH PUBLISHER AND FAMILY .... This week your editor and his family begin their fourth vear as residents of the Uintah Basin. . . They have been vears of interesting developments and pleasurable exper-. mes publishing a newspaper for you good people has been a lot of fun, and your fine support has been gratefully appreciated. The combined circulation of the two Duchesne County papers equaled just slightly over 1200 three years ago Sow it is crowding the two thousand mark. We have tried hard to give you good people who read our paper and who live in this great Basin, the best newspaper news-paper possible.; . . We have tried to improve the old product, which was a good one, by adding special features and columns, col-umns, plus a lot of new equipment to make our product better. It's unfortunate, but true we have made mistakes and during the succeeding three years we will probably err again But please believe me, they have been unsuspecting mistakes and not done to deliberately offend or hurt people I in the Basin. We have always tried to learn by our mistakes and do hope you will be tolerant in our behalf. . . If you'll do this we will all grow. During the three years since this column was begun, I have tried to' approach the various problems considered editorially in a fair and impartial manner I have? tried to refrain from taking sides in controversial disputes such as political issues. It's true I have made attacks on political leaders, but only when I felt quite sure the majority of the people were with me in my thinking. . . I have tried to make our community a cleaner and more attractive place by cit ing some of the things I felt could be improved on. . . I have tried to give each political party or each religious or civic group equal representation in the columns of our papers. That, to me, is the prime requisite of a good country editor and his' paper. Never do my family and I hope to go to another area where people generally will treat us with . more kindness and understanding no place is there a more friendly people than right here in this Uintah Basin. . . We appreciate appre-ciate you good people whom we have learned to love deeply. It is my fondest hope and prayer that the succeeding three years will bring as much joy to my family and me as those years that are behind have brought into our lives. We hope the Uintah Basin will grow in wealth, in prestige, a righteous living, and that each of us will find joy in serving our community and our friends. Again let me say, "Thanks A Million For Your Fine Support!" v E v TEACHERS ACTED WISELY .... I'd like to make a brief comment and pay tribute to' the teachers in Utah for voting to be on hand when schools the various districts open this week and next. . . I am 'j the opinion education and educational leaders have a frpe, but to have gone on strike would have cheapened the Sorious teaching profession, which I am proud to say I was on! a member of. l( I commend the teachers in our own local communities f agreeing to be at their posts next week when school ;eUs will bring them their young associates who look to :3en to help build their characters and mold them into teer citizens. 1 think the Teachers of Utah have acted wisely. I am jjcfident their wisdom and restraint will earn for them 5-eater public respect and support, and we hope" it will also r't prompt official action, leading to an easing of Utah's -5lic school problem. niri ' v E v ks who criticize young people excessively might 2 some effort trying to reform old folks, who need it J'e anyhow. iTho youn2er generation is more sophisticated than the Li Snd hasn't experienced times when bread was ex--Mve, yet. awif d most PePle was so much time reading trash - the greatest adventures of the world are true, edu-al edu-al stories? 30 |