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Show "News Bits About Yester-Years" 5 Years Ago Reed Hancock, well-known local radio repairman, has opened op-ened the Roosevelt Radio Shop in quarters formerly occupied by the Dillman Electric. The dramatic class at Roosevelt Roose-velt will present the first in a series of plays Wednesday, November No-vember 19, in the Roosevelt Elementary El-ementary School gymnasium. The sage offering, "The Villian JStill Pursued Her," or "On The Bridge At Midnight," is under the direction of Virgie Murphy. Following is the cast: The hero, Horatio Wainright, Don Witbeck; the heroine. Queenie DeLorn, Colleen Reynolds; the villian, Mervyn Parsons, Cal Wilkins; Wilda Wainright, , Peggy Peg-gy Oldroyd; Minerva, Joan Gin-gell; Gin-gell; gypsy, Ann Labrum; Cora Billings, Gwen Stone; Maybell Billings. Ha Zimmerman; Eunice Eu-nice Wainright, LaRene Elmer; Jack Frost, Wayne Smithson; Joe North, Guess Who? The Carter Oil Company ha? officially announced that its third Uintah Basin wildcat test well will be drilled on the SE4 ' of the NEV4 of Sec. 28, T4S, R20E. The Roosevelt Social Culture Club was host at the annual convention of women's clubs of the Uintah Basin District on Thursday evening, Nov. 6, at the American Legion Hall. Roosevelt City's scrap drive committee has up to date been doing their best, according to' Marshal Harry Sprouse. -chairman of the local organization, .but now we have been requested request-ed by the state Scrap Drive committee to lengthen the drive and redouble our efforts as the War Board needs more of the salvage material. 10 Years Ago Coach Harold Nielson's Roosevelt Roos-evelt Rough Riders rolled past the Uintah High Utes. 19 to 6, in a sox-man grid fracas Fridav to open the three-team district conference schedule. Quarterback Junior Moysh made some spectacular plays, including in-cluding a 55-yard touchdown jaunt in the first three minutes , of play, to spark the Roosevelt ; attack. Manwaring, Uintah left half, was the hardest driver for the visitors. The Roosevelt J C C's entertained enter-tained state officers, Vernal and Price members, and the Marine recruiting officers at a pheasant pheas-ant banquet in the American Legion Barracks here Saturday, Nov. 7. 20 Years Ago In Duchesne County, the Democratic Dem-ocratic candidate for president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, received a majority major-ity of 454 votes over Herbert Hoover, Republican. For gov ernor, Henry H. Blood. Democrat, Demo-crat, received a majority of 62 votes over W. W. Seegmiller. County commissioners elected were Jesse A. Fowler (D), and J. Austin Pack (D). Merrill H. Larsen (R) was elected county attorney. An investigation of the fire which recently destroyed the Lazenby Saw Mill and a quantity quan-tity of timber near Fort Du chesne was started Tuesday bv A. G. Nord, supervisor of the Wasatch National Forest. A welcome home party was given in honor of Miss Pearl King at Cedarview Wednesday evening. Mrs. Homer P. Edwards entertained en-tertained a few friends Tuesday evening to listen in on the election elec-tion returns. |