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Show CLIFF MEMMOTT, Editor Casually Observing . . . A NEW SUPERINTENDENT has been named by the , Uintah County School District who should be a very popu- lar choice to the people of that county. MAX G. ABBOTT, I who' served as principal of the Uintah High School is com-ing com-ing back after several months with the State Department of Education, as the new superintendent. . . It is my firm ( conviction that the school board of our neighboring county has chosen wisely, and I join Supt. Abbott's many friends in wishing him well on his new assignment. A RECORD WAS MADE this week when eighteen young men, most of them under 18 years, were sent to Boys' State under the sponsorship of Basin Post No. 64, with the cooperation of Roosevelt business establishments, individuals indi-viduals and organizations ... I have not seen records of other posts as to the number of entries in the popular week of training ir American government for young men, but I feel confident that no other Legion post in the state can equal the record, this year, of the Roosevelt unit. . . Too much praise can not be directed to those responsible for giving 18 young high school men a chance to live with nearly four hundred other yonng men, and learn of those things that make Americap Democracy click. MORE INTEREST IS NEEDED in the coming county election. Information gleaned from the county clerk's office, of-fice, Tuesday, reveals only one office, that of sheriff, has more than one candidate who has filed oh either ticket. Two' Democrats and one Republican have filed for sheriff. . . The only way we can retain the Freedom of America is to keep alive those rights God has given us through His chosen leaders and one of them is the two-party system of choosing choos-ing our government officials. . . We could all well afford to encourage capable men and women to make themselves available for some of the offices to be contested on a county coun-ty and congressional level. SAYS SEN. KARL MUNDT "Once the citizen loses his sense of personal responsibility for the welfare of the nation of participation as an active, loyal citizen we shall indeed be destroyed from within." TRAGEDY STRIKES AGAIN For the second time in a two-year period, a Ballard family has lost a son from drowning in irrigation streams. Last year Devon Ross, 8-year 8-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ross, of Ballard, was ' drowned in Montez Creek, and Monday, Larry, who is 16, drowned in the Uinta River near Wing's Store at Fort Duchesne. Both boys were swimming when the tragedies . occured. I realize kids like to swim, and perhaps parents should take a little more time to see that their children are taken to safe places to swim. We all regtet the sadness that has come into the Ross family home, and offer sincere sympathy sympa-thy to them in this dark hour. . . Maybe we all should let this tragic ending of a fine young boy make us more alert to the danger that lurks in rivers and canals, where too many of our youngsters go to swim. DOLLAR VALUE If you don't think the dollar is worth anything today, just try to collect some that are owed you. |