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Show - -Sac&cvancl (fiance-- "Newi Bill About Ysir-Yar" 5 YEARS AGO SeveTal pertinent matters were the object of discussion at the first 1951 meetings' of the officers of the Uintah Basin Industrial Convention held Saturday, Jan. 27, with Forrest Hancock, president, conducting. Among the matters disposed of was the' establishment of several scholarships to Utah colleges' and universities and setting set-ting up a contest by which students stu-dents in the schools of the Basin could compete for these scholarships. scholar-ships. A total of $155.00 will be awarded during this year, -xxx- The student body at Roosevelt High School has voted Sherry Dennis as Queen of the Sweetheart Ball, with Marilyn Zirker as first attendant and Maurine Gilbert as second attendant. . -xXx- A wedding dance was held Thursday evening in the Tridell chapel for Mr. and Mrs, Ray Has-lem. Has-lem. A large crowd danced to the music of the Fort Duchesne' orchestra. or-chestra. . -xXx- ' Honoring Jack Harmston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Harmston, who left this week for the U. S. Army service,' was a party . last Saturday night at the Frontier Grill. He was also complimented Sunday Sun-day when a family dinner was held at the home of his parents. Presr ent were Mr. and Mrs. Russel Robison, Mr. and Mrs, Max Owen, Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Birchell and Eldon Mortensen. 10 YEARS AGO This week the' Fitzgerald Tractor Company officially opened its doors in Roosevelt. Under the management of Alva C. Snow, this company will be known as the "Home of the Ford-Ferguson Tractor Trac-tor and Ferguson Implements," In addition farm and household appliances ap-pliances will be a feature of the firm. -xXx- Mrs. R. R. Sather of Roosevelt is recovering in the Vernal Hospital Hos-pital as the result of a near fatal accident which occurred on the morning of January 25 while she and Mr. Sather were returning from an overnight stay in Vernal -xXx- The fourth in the series of Jay-cee Jay-cee tournament basketball games ended Wednesday night with the Roosevelt High School faculty and Altamont teams tied for first first place'. -xXx- The Roosevelt City Council, in a determined move to curb drinking drink-ing of liquor in public, served notice no-tice on Monday night that all cafes must hereafter be posted with "No Liquor Allowed" signs, and that the proprietors of cafes will be held responsible for enforcing en-forcing this warning. -xXx- 20 YEARS AGO The home of Mrs. John Harmon in Myton was almost completely destroyed by fire Tuesday night. ' The' fire which was caused by a defective flume, started at 10:30 p.m. i -xXx- Supt. Reuben D, Law, Clerk C. C. Mickelson and the Duchesne County School Board Members including Mrs. Beative Thomas, Leonard D. Gardner, John E. Wis-combe, Wis-combe, Leslie Maxwell and Floyd Lamb held a meeting in Myton Thursday evening to consider building sites for the new elementary elemen-tary school to be' built in Myton. . -xXx- George H. Harrison, editor of the Roosevelt Standard, was elected' elect-ed' president of the State Press Association As-sociation at their annual convention conven-tion in Salt Lake' City last weekend. week-end. -xXx- Leslie Collins -of Roosevelt has leased the Victory Park from its owner, Dr. M. C. Campbell. -xXx-The theme for the 1936 Junior Prom at Alterra is announced as1 "Northern Lights." -xXx- Word was recently received of a PWA grant of $3,004 to be used for the completion of the Toyack Chapter house of the Future Farmers of America and work on the' project is being rushed forward. |