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Show CLIFF MEMMOTT, Editor HONOR CAME TO THE ROOSEVELT STANDARD FOR 1951 ACTIVITY .... I hope none of our readers this week have any objections ob-jections to me throwing out my chest and popping a few -. buttons off my vest or that you feel I have lost the modesty a newspaper editor is supposed to maintain relative rel-ative to injecting himself into' the news .... But something some-thing really important happened last Sunday at the final meeting of the 54th annual winter convention of the Utah State Press Association which I can't surpress. The Roosevelt Standard was cited as the weekly newspaper news-paper in Utah which, during 1951, contributed the most outstanding job in the field of community service, and because be-cause of its achievement, was awarded the Utah State Agricultural College "Community Leadership Contest" plaque. Prof. Carlton Culmsee, head of the journalism department de-partment and dean of the school of Arts and Sciences, made the award which is a bronze plaque bearing the name of the paper and its editor. Many fine newspapers won various other awards during the day some for best front page make-up (The Standard won third in this field); some for achievement in general excellence; others in best editorials, news stories, photography, photog-raphy, typography, etc. And in each case the paper was justifiably entitled to the honor it received, and I commend the publishers for their achievement. Because the U.S.A. C. "Community Leadership Contest" Con-test" judges a newspaper on the very thing it is attempting attempt-ing to do in a town, my ego prompts me to be more thrilled than I might have been had recognition come in another contest which is sponsored by . the U.S.P.A Those of us who build your hometown newspaper each week feel that if we have contributed something to the advancement ad-vancement of the Uintah Basin, then our efforts have been recognized, and we are happy for it. However, I realize that Cliff Memmott, editor-publisher of the Standard could not have achieved the goal it gained had not he had a fine staff working with him and for you each has made his contribution and to each I express my humble appreciation. Failure to mention each personally might be amiss thus I say it was the efforts of Mrs. Memmott (Midge to most of you), who edits the society so-ciety page; Peggy Oldroyd, local advertising manager and bookkeeper; Phil Pack, shop foreman; Irene Fretwell, lino- , -.type orator,' and J6Tar-Qiue, .prlnt&r-piessilian.who' helped , make this possible. ., ' , ' Then there is another group 1 must recognize our nearly 1200 subscribers who figure weekly in the -news and give us something to write about. . . . You contributed much to the high place the- Roosevelt Standard achieved last Sunday afternoon .... You made the news we just wrote it up . . . . It is you who do the many community com-munity jobs that the newspaper publicizes and aids. . . . Thus all of you helped us win the highly coveted award for serving our community in 1951. The staff here at the Standard has influenced me to make the letter Prof. Culmsee presented at the award dinner last Sunday a part of this comment. It follows: Mr. Cliff Memmott j Roosevelt Standard Roosevelt, Utah Dear Cliff, s , Congratulations upon winning the first place trophy in the Community Leadership Contest. The bronze plate is now being cast with your name and the name of your excellent paper on it. We shall have to mail the plaque to you. May I say that this is the first year in which all the judges picked the same paper for first? In the past they have ranked the first six or seven in order of excellence, as they saw it, and we had to choose on points. I regard the results as a real tribute to the worth of the Standard. Warmest wishes from all of us for your continued success. Sincerely yours, Carlton Culmsee v E v "Russia does not want a war; they want us to spend ourselves to death." Stanley C. Allyn. v E v MASSED BAND CONCERT DRAWS EDITORIAL PRAISE FROM TABIONA CORRESPONDENT .... In spite of my abiding love of basketball and I can't remember missing a game for years I couldn't help but think what a wonderful idea the massed band concert turned out to be. Two hundred twenty-five students getting acquainted and not competing against each other, but working together in perfect harmony. The size of the schools and the limitations of the participants did not show up here. Each of the seven wonderful conductors seemed to hold the entire group in the palms of his hands with instantaneous response to every motion. The students from Tabiona report th thoroughly enjoyed en-joyed the meeting and visiting with students from the other schools during the day long rehearsal sessions preceding pre-ceding the concert, and I feel sure the same feeling of fellowship applies to students of the other schools. What a wonderful opportunity for the promotion of friendliness, neighborliness, love of fellowmen, and harmony har-mony among the Uintah Basin Schools this massed band concert turned out to be. More of everything we need in this tired old world was displayed right there. I hereby cast my vote for participation in a massed band concert in the Uintah Basin every year. And I would like to write a special bouquet for the conductors and the schools they represented, who made this wonderful won-derful concert the great achievement we all so enjoyed. The conductors were: Clyde Johnson, Union High School; Lloyd Beckstead, Duchesne High School; Lawrence Lee, Uintah High School; W. Grant Peel, Tabiona High School; Lorin Allred, Altamont High School; Garth Tiet-Jen, Tiet-Jen, Roosevelt Junior High School; and Supt. Dean C. Christensen, guest conductor. s - v E v i I am very pleased that Mrs. Nye. who writes a very interesting and newsy column from Tabiona each week (Continued on page 2) OUR EDITORIAL VIEWPOINT (Continued from page one; for the Uintah Basin Record, made the editorial comment on one phase of the Basin Rural Education Conference that was so' successfully concluded last Saturday evening with the massed band concert, after three days at Union High School. , Too much praise can not be heaped upon the shoulders shoul-ders of those who contributed to the success of the conference con-ference .... Let us hope it becomes a "must project" for the Basin each year during the future. "The best way for a husband to clinch an argument is to take her in his arms." Ruth E. Renkel. v E v "Children are people who talk while your favorite radio comedian is performing, and keep still during the commercial." v E v "America's great need is for more men who have cool heads and fewer men who have cold feet." v E v : ' "War has shown us that the way of monopoly and unrestricted power is a way that leads to destruction, desolation and death. The only path to prosperity and peace is the path of cooperation and human brotherhood." W. L. Mackenzie King. 30 |