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Show KXr view PQl riT :M CLIFF MEMMOTT, Edilor APRIL IS "CLEAN-UP-TIME" IN ROOSEVELT. SAYS THE MAYOR .... Last week Mayor . Homer P. Edwards issued a proclamation proc-lamation that was very clear in its intentions when he asked the people of this community to enter into a general gen-eral community clean-up campaign that would remove many of the present unsightly scenes that greet one as he meanders up one alley and down some of our streets. As the warmth of the April sunshine reminds us that winter is past and spring is almost here, housewives-begin to clean their homes. It is very important to the mistress of her home that her castle be clean and attractive . . . So it should be with the outside of the home vacant lots should be cleaned up, and front and back yards should et a thorough spring cleaning . . . And that goes for the streets, alleys and business property. April is "CLEAN-UP MONTH IN ROOSEVELT," and "all of us are asked to begin now to make our city shine as it deserves to s.rine. . . If the back of your place or business has piles of debris or litter, then make arrangements arrange-ments now to have it removed and. . . if you don't own the building your office or store is in, then put the "bee" on your landlord to give a hand to the "Clean-Up" campaign cam-paign he'll do it if he is asked. The fire department will be available to aid in burning burn-ing grass and weeds. Wednesday, April 11, is "CLEAN-UP DAY" for the city and all places of business are expected to c'oce up shop from 1 to 6 p. m. and go to work on your yard, alley, vacant lot, or what have you, and clean up the town. . . Of course every man, woman or child in the city will respond to the mayor's call, and when we're through we can stand back and admire the change. A Clean City is a beautiful City, and Roosevelt can be kept a C-L-E-A-N C-I-T-Y, if you, and you, and you and I work together to make it a Clean City. ARE YOU WILLING? v E v LET'S PASS OUT A FEW FLOWERS TO A DESERVING BUSY BUSINESSMAN . A Occasionally a person makes a community contribution contribu-tion that goes unnoticed by the greater per cent of the people iu that tow.?, zni uiUeaa someone dit,s out the facts and causes a story to be told, this same person could pass ,on without receiving credit for his contribution. . . The person I'm going to tell you readers about this week in my column, is a fellow who has done a great job for the boys of our community for four years, and who would not feel hurt had not this story been written. . . Elmer (Bumps) Eldredge is the kind of a guy who did what he has done because he was interested in seeing the pre-high school kids of Roosevelt and immediate vicinity learn the fundamentals of basketball. . . And being a basketball player of better than average ability a few years back, figured he was capable of teaching the young boys how to play basketball. . . And four years ago last December "Bumps" Eldredge let it be known he would teach basketball to the kids' one night each week . . . The school board sanctioned his program and allowed the use of the elementary gym, free-of-charg, to carry on the work. The first night seven boys, not enough for a game, turned out to see what their benefactor had to offer in the way of basketball knowledge ... It didn't take long for the results of the first night to reach the ears of other kids, and the attendance began to climb until he had approximately approxi-mately 40 coming out weekly that first year. . . After nearly four years those seven have grown to a group that has equalled nearly 100 receiving instruction in 1951. Before going on with the rest of the story, let me give you. a little of the background of "Bumps" Eldredge as a basketball player. . . For two years he was the mainstay main-stay of the Roughrider basketball teams (1930-31), being named on the Region Five all-tournament teams each year . . . Unfortunately for "Bumps," he played for Roosevelt high during the Golden Era of the Uintah Utes, when winning win-ning division titles and going to state tournaments became almost monotonus for the Utes. .. His coach was Louis P. Neeley, who, says "Bumps," "is one of the best basketball coaches in the game." After graduation, it was a year at Grand Junction, Colorado, where "Bumps" starred with the Ross Business college team during 1932 season. They played 31 games and won 29 of them, playing some of the best independent teams in Colorado, Utah and Arizona. Following his return re-turn to Roosevelt he played a lot of M Men ball for the Roosevelt ward and played in several all-church tournaments. tourna-ments. A native of Roosevelt, where he was born and raised, "Bumps" is now engaged in the retail gas and oil business and operates the Sinclair Service Station, and is a member of the Roosevelt city council. He is married and the greates source of his happiness is the fact that he has two sons, Gordon and Burke, whom he envisions some day will be carrying on where dad left off. His dreams probably won't have to wait too long because Gordon, Gor-don, a rangy kid who almost reaches the 6-foot mark, played a lot' of ball for the "B" team, as a freshman, during the present season, and is heralded as a "comer." The other boy is one of his dad's proteges, a fifth grader, and one day looks like another star. The team, which this year won the fourth straight dis-n? dis-n? or Rosevelt high school had as members of the squad several boys who learned their first basketball from "Bumps" Eldredge that first year he started the Program, and all- of tlve "B" team who live in the Roose-w63 Roose-w63 Eained some of the ability from his instructions. . .en one considers the boys who have been gtoing to the elementary school gym every Tuesday night since jate in January range in ages from 6 to 14, and every f yIets ih,e same amount of instruction, the contribution of Bumps" Eldredge is more impressive. He has stuck entirely to basketball fundamentals and has shyed away asm teaching any particular system. . . simply because, , . says, "I don't want to foul up any coach who might -. set the kids later on in high school." tea h 311 those four years the self-appointed basketball ' cau! v. has missed onlv four nights, and then only be-bactf be-bactf Was out of town and couldn't possibly make it Ior the work-out. He has done it alone, with the ex-(Continued ex-(Continued on Page Two) OUR EDITORIAL VIEWPOINT (Continued from page one) ception of a bit of help given him this winter by "Bill" Nelson. He has never asked for, or received, any financial aid, and has had no group sponsor the project the youngsters young-sters bring their own basketballs, which has eliminated the need for funds, since the building use was donated. Having been a basketball coach and worked with young boys I can appreciate the tremendous task "Bumps" Eldredge has taken upon himself, and I hasten to commend him for what he has done for the young boys that one night each week from late in December until the latter part of April. . . Never for a minute has he become discouraged, dis-couraged, and already he is making plans for next year. Elsewhere in this issue of the Standard will be found a few pictures of the 1951 group sponsored by their coach. v E v "Socialists think they can make better of what we produce than we can!" |