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Show A. Bay Problems Discussed Before Large, Enthusiastic Group At REUS Qpen-lHlouse " Next Hearing Set For April 13; Officers Elected To Push Drive Following over two hodrs of open-house discussion Thursday, March 26, on the proposed local observance of Agricultural Day, the Roosevelt and Alterra Young Farmers and interested individuals, before adjournment, elected officers to ketfp the movement in full swing and to set a date for the next meeting. By that time steps will have been taken to overcome some of the problems encountered at the last meeting. The next meeting has been" scheduled for 8 p. m., April 13, at the Roosevelt high school, according to Forrest Hancock, of the Alterra Young Farmers, who was elected president at Thursday's meeting. Other officers of-ficers who will serve with him are Elmer Yergenson and Glen Allred, vice-presidents; and Jack Nielsen, secretary. Represented at the last meeting meet-ing were Roosevelt City, local implement dealers, the FHA, Uintah Basin Farmers Union, Farmers Co-op., Roosevelt and Alterra Young Farmers, the county agent, the Roosevelt Agricultural Ag-ricultural club, and the Roosevelt Roose-velt Standard. An enthusiastic crowd of about 70 was present. Some of the major problems brought up at the meeting were: A discussion was held as to whether A. Day should be a part of Indian Days, or whether it should be a separate celebration. celebra-tion. Mayor Homer P. Edwards and Steve Bellon, Indian Days chairman, suggested that A. Day, at least at first, be incorporated incor-porated as one of Indian Days. Mr. Bellon added that many people in town were not in favor fa-vor of dropping Indian Days altogether. al-together. But J. V. McLea and Horace L. Allred, among others, said the Roosevelt area is big enough to sponsor a separate celebcp'ion. Both agreed there is no need for the area to tie itself to existing observances of the type, such as the Duchesne and Uintah county fairs, stock shows, rodeos, etc. County Agent Louis Jensen, adopting a contrary view, expressed ex-pressed concern about a local A. Day, especially if held in the latter part of August (about the same time as Indian Days), would conflict the first week in September with the county fair. He said a lot of time and money have been put into the fair, and that even now the public pub-lic hesitates to cooperate willingly will-ingly with the fair board to make a success of the enter- prise. Others, however, thought that, instead of 'interfering with the fair, A. Day should serve to stimulate interest in it. Another major problem was whether A. Day should be a local, lo-cal, area, or Uintah Basin project. pro-ject. It was the general concensus concen-sus of opinion that the observance obser-vance should be a Basin-wide affair, with the Roosevelt and Alterra Young Farmers in agreement. agree-ment. Suggestions were also made and adopted that representatives repre-sentatives be sent to Vernal and Duchesne, in an effort to enlist the support o f these Young Farmer groups in the projects. There were also suggestions that A. Day be built along the lines of the old U.B.I.C., and that even the same name, be adopted. Mr. Jensen, Mr. Allred, Van Winterton, and others stressed that A. Day should have education educa-tion as its primary purpose, featuring shows, exhibits, important im-portant discussion topics, and imported speakers of reputation. |