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Show CLIFF MEMMOTT, Editor ANOTHER U.B.I.C. IS SUCCESSFUL, PASSES INTO HISTORICAL RECORDS .... Each year for the past four years this column has carried car-ried an editorial complimenting those who had worked long and tirelessly to make each year's program better than the preceeding one. . . I could seek out the written comment com-ment of last year and reprint it again it would adequately express my personal reaction. . . In fact the whole three-day affair could be summed up in this brief sentence": "The 1954 Uintah Basin Industrial Convention was the best one ever." In making this statement, there would be nq reflection reflec-tion on those who' worked hard to make the UBIC's of the past successful. . . If each one is not a little better than the last, then progress has stopped, and we'll begin retrograding. retro-grading. Either we go forward, or we begin slipping backward back-ward we just don't stand still. Several new ideas were added to' the 1954 UBIC, and each contributed to the fine success of the only educational convention of its kind in the state, so far as I have been able to determine. Those who came to' the UBIC to learn something new, went away having achieved, and those who came for entertainment, had their desires fulfilled. Each of the six featured speakers at the general sessions ses-sions was tops in his own field, and delivered masterful addresses, and those chosen to instruct the departments came loaded with knowledge and information that carried out the educational feature of the convention. Never has there been an array of finer artists and talented entertainers entertain-ers than performed during the three days. All of this was carried over in the amateur talent programs heard each of the three nights. It was pointed out several times during the convention that there were hundreds of people who had helped with the 1954 UBIC. This, we all know, is true, and each one is to be complimented for his contribution. There were the committee chairmen and the organizations that accepted assignments almost without exception, they came through in a masterful manner. No organization is stronger than its governing head which brings me to the point where I feel an error would be committed if the names of Elmer and Josephine Yer-gensen, Yer-gensen, co-presidents of the 1954 UBIC, were not mentioned men-tioned with a loud applause of praise for the faithful and efficient way they directed the convention. They have been close to the UBIC since it was revived in 1950, and have the interest and know-how to get things done. I commend com-mend them enthusiastically for their great contributions. What is said of the Yergensens can be echoed and reechoed re-echoed for the other officers and committeemen. Each was magnificant in his respective assignment. Even the weatherman weather-man deserves mentioning, since ideal climatic conditions prevailed during the entire convention. Let us all join in hoping that citizens of the community will respond again when new officers are chosen to plan, prepare and carry on the UBIC traditions in the Uintah Basin during the years ahead. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FRAUDULENT INSURANCE AGENTS . , . The following letter was received recently by the manager man-ager of the Utah State Press Association, Robert Ward, from the Utah Insurance Commissioner. The message is of such great importance to' the people of Utah, especially the older ones, that space is being devoted in this column to reprint it this week: Dear Mr. Ward: "The State Insurance Department began receiving inquiries in-quiries and complaints about a fraudulent insurance agent from residents in the small towns in the State about four months ago. Up to date there have been more than ten such inquiries from different towns in the State. "A person giving Provo, Utah, as his address and signing, sign-ing, his name as W. H. Hale, H. W. Hale, and J. H. Hales has been taking applications from elderly people for Hospital Hos-pital Insurance, Surgical Insurance, Medical Insurance and Life Insurance, supposedly, on the one application, having the applicants sign and thereafter collecting from them approximately $30.00. He issues a dime-store receipt without the name of a company or other means of identification on it, and then disappears. "There is no such individual licensed to sell insurance in the State of Utah. The name of the company given in one or two instances is a fictitious name. The man, himself, him-self, seems to be persuasive enough to convince the old people that he can sell them insurance even though they instinctively know they are beyond the age at which insurance in-surance is ordinarily obtainable. ("Each inquiry to the Department has resulted in a letter to that person containing, largely, the information in this release, but it has not stopped his activities. An inquiry was received from Hinkley, Utah as late as Aug. 4. "Any individual proposing to write insurance to' elderly elder-ly people should be reported to an officer of the law. It is hoped this release can protect citizens against further " loss through this fraudulent practice." s Walter M. Jones, Insurance Commissioner 30 |