Roosevelt Standard | 1951-12-20 | Page 14 | CHRISTMAS EDITION, A Great Comeback Noted by UBIC; Big Crowds Attend

fiHreat Oosnetek Noted By UBIG; Si'g Crowds Mend Through the cooperative efforts ef-forts of the young farmers of the Uintah Basin area., the 1951; Uintah Basin Industrial Convention Con-vention held in Roosevelt August 8, 9 and 10, made history and bounced the once-famed annual conclave back to its former supremacy. su-premacy. Revived in 1950 by a group of young farmers after a sleep of eleven years, the UBIC shook off its lethargy and this summer put on a show which was widely heralded as a tremendous tre-mendous success, and which es- taDiisnea an - time attendance records. For three days, people fron all over the Basin assembled in Roosevelt where they saw outstanding out-standing parades, heard some of the country's authoritative speakers discuss various problems prob-lems that are vital to the progress pro-gress and stability of the American Amer-ican way of life, and participated participat-ed in departmental sessions and parents learhed about carrying on their various activities.. activ-ities.. The concluding session on Friday Fri-day saw Elmer Yergensen, of Myton selected as president of the . 1952 convention committee to succeed'-; Forrest Hancock, who had served as president the past two years. Assisting Mr. Yergensen, ; who has been vice-president for thTTT ' years are James Chidiste? VWo ' eyelt, vice-president . 1 erxensen, sercetary-trea Mrs- Winners of the Basin ? "Ier-ent "Ier-ent contest conducted6 1 nection with the URTn Con- ; Miss Esther Wosec t'h ' Dorothy Dean Nixn of evelt, and Grant Peel n? nA003" in the senior divfsion- Ann Leavitt, 10-year-olri urj ter of Mr. and Mrs. ThSn i3" itt of Roosevelt, arid r u Carter, vocalist from T-an in the junior divfsr0n l?l10na' ners received valuablp Floyd t Ross directed't