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Show "News Bits About Yester-Years" The administration of Roosevelt's Roose-velt's civic affairs was settled for another two years at the municipal election on November 6. In one of the most unique elections ever 'held in the city, the incumbent mayor, George H. Harrison, was re-elected for his fifth consecutive term. For the councilmen posts, E. J. Nixon won out in the race for the four-year four-year term, while Eugene Harmston, Harm-ston, Wayne Malin and Paul Nelson were the voters' choice for the three two-year council-men. council-men. Two veterans of municipal politics, Recorder John E. Wis-combe, Wis-combe, and Treasurer Arnold Reef, were returned to their respective offices by substantial substan-tial margins. v Clem Labrum recently moved to Roosevelt from Duchesne to take over the Conoco agency. He has purchased the Lloyd Labrum La-brum home. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wheeler and Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Fry, of Whiterocks made a trip to Rangely, Colorado, Sunday. Ardell Galloway spent the week-end with his folks, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Galloway, of Roosevelt. Ardell is the manager man-ager of the Safeway store at Springville. Miss Elsie Jarman, of Rand-lett, Rand-lett, is an active member of one of the Gospel teams at Westminster West-minster college, which will be gin its extension service by visiting vis-iting churches in American Fork and Springville on November 11. Duchesne county voters elected elect-ed all Democratic candidates in the national, state and county elections held Tuesday with just three exceptions. President Roosevelt, leading his ticket to victory, received the majority over Wendell L. Willkie, 1978 to 1312; Abe Murdock received 2032 votes over Farnsworth's 1241 votes. Considerable work has been done recently on the interior of the Roosevelt State Bank building. build-ing. New modern counter partitions par-titions have been installed and the walls and ceiling redecorated. redecorat-ed. Five Future Farmers of the Toyack chapter at Roosevelt high school will attend the Og-den Og-den Livestock show Saturday as a stock judging team, it was announced today by Darrell Stokes, instructor. The boys are Worlan Houtz, Willard Johnson, Doyle Evans, Clifford Adams and Doyle Lloyd. The Ladies' Aid society of Myton held a Hallowe'en party and opening social at the home of Mrs. R. E. Waugh last Thursday Thurs-day afternoon. .Miss Carma Wilson, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Wilson, Wil-son, has chosen Thursday, November No-vember 14, for the date of her wedding to Omni O. Winter-ton, Winter-ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum Winterton, of Woodland. The marriage ceremony will be performed per-formed in the Salt Lake LDS temple. - mmm&mm The election of new officers for the Roosevelt Parent-Teacher Association resulted in the selection of Mrs. Viola Harmston Harm-ston as president and Miss Mel-ba Mel-ba Gardner as secretary-treasurer. Hazel Frizzel, school census enumerator for Roosevelt, Hancock Han-cock Cove and the larger part of Ioka, reports the following results: Roosevelt, 493 boys and girls; Ioka, 93; Hancock Cove, 71; grand total, 657. The many friends of Doug Bryce and Miss Reida Bellon were very much surprised to learn of their marriage, which took place May 13 at Duchesne. Both are very popular in Roos-evelt's Roos-evelt's younger society. An interesting meeting of the Home Community club of the Cove was held Thursday, October Oc-tober 23, at the home of Miss Enid Weeks. Dr. D. P. Whitmore is adding a substantial addition to his hospital. hos-pital. Peter Anderson has the contract. |