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Show "News Bils About Y ester-Yars" 5 YEARS AGO Eleven students at Roosevelt High School completed the first term of school with straight "A" grades and rate the high honor roll, is an announcement made this week by Lawrell Jensen, principal. Following is a list of those attaining attain-ing the high honor. Jean McCllelan and Leata Haddock, Had-dock, seniors; Joan Crapo, JoJyce Burr, Ina Lee Nelson, Merlynn Ross and Norval Hanson juniors; Ruth Burr and Mary Murphy, sophomores; soph-omores; and Renae Eldredge and JeNeal' Pack, freshmen. Two prominent ranchers and farmers filed with the clerk of the Duchesne County School. Board Monday for the one place on the board that will become vacant at the end of the present year. Incumbent In-cumbent member, W. R. Harris, of Myton, and Marion Ross of Ar cadia, are the two who will meet on the first Wednesday of December Decem-ber in the annual school election. Pfc. Richard Bailey, son of Mrs. Lola Bailey, enlisted in the Air Force May 31, 1950 and took his basic training at Denver, Colorado. He has now been traasferred to Elgin, AFB, Florida. Jack McLea, president of the I Roosevelt High School student body last year, was pledged to Sigma Alpha Epsilon, national social so-cial fraternity on the Utah State Agricultural College campus Monday, Mon-day, Nov. 13. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Learning, of Salt Lake City, spent the weekend week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Axel Birch. 10 YEARS AGO Bennie Schmiett, principal of the Al'terra High School for the last two and a half years, has resigned that position to become assistant manager and bookkeeper at Ash-ton's Ash-ton's Store. Mr. Schmiett took over his new duties on November 16. I Corporal Elmer Eldredge, who is .stationed in Texas, is home on leave for ten days. Cpl. Steve Bellon, husband of Norma Bellon, was discharged from the Army at Ft. Douglas on Nov. 18, under the adjusted service rating rat-ing plan. Steve has returned to Roosevelt, and with his brother, Ned, will conduct con-duct their cafe business. Showing the results of a season's coaching, and taking advantage of extra weight and speed, the Dixie Flyers from St. George, toppled the Roosevelt Rough Riders by a score of 36-6 in the inter-regional football game last Friday. First Lt. Max P. Wilkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Wilkins, of Roosevelt, received his honorable discharge from the army November Novem-ber 12th at Camp Beale, Calif, separation sep-aration center after more than five and a half years of active duty. 20 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Louie Laris, long time residents of Roosevelt, celebrated cele-brated their 20th wedding anniversary anni-versary last evening together with the marriage of their oldest daughter, daugh-ter, Ellen. Mr. and Mrs. Laris were married in Vernal November 20, 1915. A group of talented Roosevelt citizens after being served an excellent ex-cellent dinner Sunday evening at the Bridgeland CCC Camp, entertained enter-tained the boys with a program of music, speeches and readings. The program was arranged by Mrs. Homer P. Edwards and Ray E. Dill-man Dill-man and was presented to the camp in return for the preliminary program given in MIA by the CCC boys. Supt. L. W. Page, of the Indian Agency, returned Sunday from a month's detail in Sacramento and Riverside, Calif. While in Riverside River-side Mr. Page visited the Indian boys and girl's of this reservation who are attending Sherman Institute.' Insti-tute.' Beautiful in every detail was the wedding of Miss Ellen Laris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Laris, and Parley J. Rawlings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rawlings, which took place last evening at 7:30 p.m. at the home of, the bride's grandmother. Mrs. Abplanalp, in Roosevelt. The ceremony was performed by Ray E. Dillman. Immediately after the ceremony a wedding supper and dancing party par-ty was held at the home of the bride's parents. One hundred and fifty guests attended the ceremony and supper which also honored the twentieth marriage anniversary of the bride's parents. j |