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Show CLIFF MEMMOTT. Editor ANOTHER UB1C HAS MADE HISTORY HISTORY THAT WILL LINGER LONG .... There are so many things about the 1952 Uintah Basin Industrial Convention that deserve editorial comment, I I find myself at a loss as to where I should start, and how to end my column without missing an important part. I think I'll start by saying that over the years I have been actively identified with many community-sponsored celebrations, along with' conferences and conventions. Some were outstanding affairs, and some just average. However, never in my experience have I witnessed and participated in a program that compared with the 1952 UBIC. Stop with me for a second and analyze the UBIC . Think, if you will, of the outstanding speaking talent tal-ent that orated from the rostrum the specialized men and x women who instructed various departmental sections the outstanding talent heard on each program along with the talent contest the competitive athletic contests the exhibitions exhi-bitions of art, flowers, fashions, etc. that demonstrated skills and achievement. Now compare all that was heard and seen during the UBIC with other celebrations you know about. Did you ever participate in a better balanced program of EducationCulture Educa-tionCulture Entertainment Sports than that which was offered to the people of the Uintah Basin? 'During the three days and nights of the UBIC I ! talked with many visitors and each was highly compli-I compli-I mentary of every phase of the three-day program. . . . Beginning Be-ginning with the parade Wednesday morning and eontin- uing through the Friday night dance, visitors were of the . opinion that it was outstanding. . . . There was only one discordant note in the affair the daily newspaper accounts ac-counts of the speakers. Several of the speakers were accused of "talking politics" and to my knowledge only one speaker speak-er made his address "completely political," and I heard all except three, two of them being the first day. It's true " national and international problems were mentioned by : every speaker, but you get it in church, in service club meetings, and every place one goes where speeches are j rude. jj The committee, which was headed by Elmer Yergensen iii chairman, Tal Wardle, vice-chairman, and Mrs. Elmer iisen, secretary-treasurer, along with every bther mem- ber, must be complimented for the fine leadership that wee! into the 1952 UBIC . .' . . They brought to the Mention an outstanding array of speakers, who rank high nationally . . '. . It was most unfortunate this is a political po-litical year, and some, perhaps, might have construed the m (act that one party or the other had more representation. - ....I'm sure that anyone who might have cast a word oi criticism toward the committee in this light will have stopped and thought it through to the extent that it was just a coincidence that more members of one party had a front billing . . '. . Most certainly the committee was innocent in-nocent of any such thoughts and ideas. Now comes the issue Does the Uintah Basin want the UBIC continued in 1953? The Young Farmers of Roosevelt Roose-velt Chapter have voted not to sponsor the affair next year. This leaves the UBIC at the moment without a definite def-inite mothering organization. ' Saturday night at the UBIC arena a special meeting is being called, under the direction of Mayor J. V. McLea of Roosevelt, to find out if the Basin wants the UBIC to live or die. Every community should have its annual celebration ... Vernal has its Annual Rodeo and Homecoming Salt Lake has its Days of '47 Ogden its Pioneer Days Payson its Onion Days Brigham City its Peach Days Pleasant Grove its Strawberry Days. ... So Roosevelt needs the . u B I C Days and Duchesne should have its County Fair Days. The UBIC can only continue as a reality if the people peo-ple of the Roosevelt area want it, and will sacrifice to make it a bigger and better convention than it was this year. Friday's meeting will answer the question. Come tot and Assert Yourself! Again will you join with me in commending those tio made the 1952 UBIC the unusually outstanding sucks suc-ks it was. . . . The entire committee the American Le-? Le-? fr the parade Chamber of Commerce for handling finance Kiwanis for the advertising and publicity Aosevelt City for the Homecoming Lions for the bands every other group which had any part to play in its :tC6ss. ... All were magnificent in the way support was tended .... The entire Basin is much better for having the 1952 Uintah Basin Industrial Convention. v E v jiJJE TO MAKE PLANS ABOUT LENDING COUNTY FAIR '"just three weeks Duchesne County will be ready with amual County Fair, which is set for Sept. 5 and 6 at "Wnesne .... Careful planning and a lot of work has I ne nto the program that will be presented to those who JSrtlpate in the 1952 Fair. ihe Duchesne County Fair is' for all the people in : e county and a broad invitation is extended the entire Basin to join in the various activities designed to e this year's program tops among all others. May I encourage farmers, livestock raisers, dairymen, 1 usewives, 4-H Club members, Future Farmers and an i)orS(Who have Products that can be displayed to plan Sent r enter a display in the Duchesne County Fair days 6 3t Duchesne and t0 plan t0 attend bUl v E v Joday only 1.7 per cent of our national income is spent "cation, compared with 2.5 per cent in 1940. ' iheeohere is not much collective security in a flock of v n the way to the butcher. Winston Churchill. eewem: My wife has been at her mother's for three V Tf and keePs prolonging her visit. I need her at 'eturn she Pays no attention when I suggest that she ifmTv061 one of the neighbors to suggest she'd better 1 Iny boy. 30 |