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Show BASIN BRIEFS Word was received recently that Jack Alexander, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Alexander, of Roosevelt, has been designated as second alternate to fill a Utah vacancy at the U. S. Naval Na-val Academy, Annapolis. This means that if the principal candidate can-didate and first alternate fail to qualify for admission. Jack will be given an opportunity to enter the Academy. He is now in his freshman year at Brig-ham Brig-ham Young University. Ren Gardner returned home March. 18, after spending the winter in California. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Yack went to California last week on a combined business and pleasure trip. Donald Yack, who has been visiting in California, returned to Roosevelt with them. Among the college students who spent their spring vacation with their parents were Betty Jo Sprouse, Earl McKenna, Kent Nelson, Rodney Perry, Erma, Eva and Burr Eldredge, all B. Y.U.; Cal Wilkins, James and Lowell Hall, and Jay Horrocks, U. of U. John Roller, a U. of U. student, stu-dent, spent his spring vacation here with his parents. Sixty-nine girls, from nine wards of the Roosevelt Stake, will participate in the tying of the Rose Bouquet, Sunday evening eve-ning at 7:30 p. m. in the Roosevelt Roos-evelt Stake chapel. The. public is cordially invited to attend. Howard Allred, a student at Utah State Agricultural college, has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Allred. A meeting of the Automobile Dealers club was held Saturday evening at the Frontier with Elisha Strong, of Salt Lake City, president of the Salt Lake Automobile Auto-mobile Dealers Association, as guest speaker. Fifteen automobile automo-bile dealers from throughout I the Basin were in attendance. I Arrangements were under the 1 direction of Don Showalter, Vernal, local club president, Albert Al-bert Crumbo, Roosevelt, vice-president, vice-president, and Fred Washburn, Vernal, secretary. Correction Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Zirker were the parents par-ents of a boy born March 20 at the Roosevelt hospital, not Mr. and Mrs. John Zirker as ' was listed in last week's paper. Cpl. Amos H. Gagon, 7th Base Post Office, has been qualified qual-ified in the military occupational occupation-al specialty el PGstaJ clek, ac cording to word received this week from the Eighth Army in Yokohama, Japan. Mr. Gagon, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Blanchard. of Route 2, entered the Ajrny jrt February 1047, and arrived in Japan in June of the game year. Ret. Billle J. Hadden, 18, son of W. J. Hadden, of Myton, I is taking 14 weeks basic training train-ing at Fort Ord, California, with the "Famous Fighting Fourth Infantry Division. He is a graduate of Roosevelt high school. Also training at Ford Ord is Ret. Donnell H. Gentry, 21, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Devon Gentry, of Myton. At the completion com-pletion of his 14 weeks of training, train-ing, he will be permanently assigned as-signed or selected for a specialist special-ist school. i Another local boy training with the 4th Infantry Division is Ret. Wayne Davis, 17, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Payis, of Route 2, Roosevelt. Also a graduate of Roosevelt high school. Ret Davis will un dergo a 14-week training period per-iod . before being permanently assigned for military duty. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bowen, of Salt Lake City, returned home Thursday, after spending a few days with Mrs. Bowen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Benson. Ben-son. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Harsh and family drove to Salt Lake Friday Fri-day to spend the weekend with relatives. They were accompanied accompan-ied by Owen Collins, who returned re-turned to Roosevelt Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dillman attended an embalmer's clinic, T"esday and Wednesday, in Og-den. |