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Show "News Bits About Yester-Years" 5 Years Ago One of the worst fires in the history of eastern Utah left oil exploratory trucks, farm implements imple-ments and bowling alley equipment equip-ment smouldering between the smoke stained walls of a new ; business building in Roosevelt j Monday night. The blaze which I caused an estimated $100,000 ! loss, temporarily halted oil operations op-erations by the Carter Oil Co. in the .Roosevelt area, and put Kelly's Bowling Alley out of business . University of Utah grads and former students will gather at the Roosevelt Hotel dining room Saturday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. to observe Founders Day and organize a Uintah Basin University Univer-sity of Utah Alumni club. Mr; and Mrs. Howard Harrison Harri-son are in charge of arrangements. arrange-ments. The Mountain Valley Dairy Products Company, manufacturers manufactur-ers of Hi-Land products' has announced an-nounced that their plant at Roosevelt Roos-evelt is cpmpleted and ready for production. From the new modern mod-ern dairy products plant, believed be-lieved to be one of the most up-to-date in the west, a wholesale whole-sale route will be established throughout the Basin. Manager Woodrow Nelson advised Wednesday. Wed-nesday. Adding interest to nuptial news this week is the announcement announce-ment of the forthcoming marriage mar-riage of Miss Mona Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Wilson, to Claude Pittman Haynes, of Petersburg, Va. The nuptials are set for March 31 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. 10 Years Ago Word was received in Roosevelt Roose-velt that Laraine Day (Hen) dricks), movie star and daughter daugh-ter of C. I. Johnson, was a guest at the President's Birthday Birth-day Ball in Washington, D. C, and a breakfast guest the next morning at the White House. Staff Sergeant Kirk Benson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Murell Benson arrived here Friday to spend a week with his parents. Lt. Max P. Wilkins is now stationed in Pecos, Texas, as Post Assistant Adjutant. Max is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Far-rell Far-rell Wilkins, of Roosevelt. Warning residents of Roosevelt Roose-velt and vicinity that heavy criminal penalties are attached to the misuse of war ration books. Ted Harmston, chairman of the local War Price and Rationing Ra-tioning Board, indicated today that only 25 per cent, of the ration ra-tion books' of deceased persons and those going into the armed services, have been surrendered to the local board. Eldon Mortensen, of Ephraim, Utah, nephew of Marion Mortensen, Mor-tensen, is in Roosevelt and will remain here for some time to assist in the Mortensen store. 20 Years Ago Duchesne County's second an-ual an-ual Feeders' Day will be held at Roosevelt, Feb. 20. It is planned plan-ned to meet at the Horace All-red All-red farm at 10 o'clock. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Roosevelt State Bank held in the directors room, Tuesday, Feb. 9, the same officers were re-elected for the ensuing year. Wm. Weiser, 2nd vice-president, was here from Grand Junction, Colo. Officers are as follows: Elroy Wilkins, president; Charles F. Schrader, first vice-president; Wm. Weiser, second vice-president; R. S. Jordan, Jor-dan, cashier; J. O. Orser, assis tant cashier; Elroy Wilkins Chas. F. Schrader, Wm. Weiser' R. S. Jordan, Ray E. Dillman' John W. Galloway, Fred Neu-meyer, Neu-meyer, Sam G. Weiss and J o Orser, directors. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marimon of Whiterocks, announce the arrival ar-rival of a ten-pound baby bov" born Tuesday, Feb. 9. Mrs. Mar imon was formerly Florenro Phillips. e |