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Show 4 "News Bits About Yester-Years" 5 Years Ago Two outstanding students, Jay Horrocks'from Roosevelt High, and a boy from Allerra whose name has not yet been announced, an-nounced, will be the guests of a three-day youth conference in Salt Lake City November 8 to 11, and will become eligible to compete for an $1800 Rotary Ro-tary Club 4-year college scholarship, schol-arship, Dr. Adam S. Bennion. president of the Salt Lake Rotary Ro-tary Club announces. It's no longer a rumor that Carter Oil will drill another test well in the Uintah Basin. Location of the test well will be in Section 28, about 1 mile nor'.heast of the Davis No. 1. Charles A. Ray, new pastor for the Roosevelt Baptist Church, assumed his duties Sunday, Sun-day, Nov. 2. Mr. Ray arrived in Roosevelt last Saturday evening from a pastorial assignment in southeastern Oklahoma. The Highway 40 Association of Utah and Colorado may not have come to life Wednesday night at Craig, Colorado, but it breathed once or twice, thereby there-by reviving the hope that it might yet survive to become the major force in boosting the Victory Vic-tory Highway to its rightful place in the sun. Utah delegates in attendance at the Highway 40 Association were Cliff Rockwood, Ken La-brum, La-brum, Ned Bellon. R. R. Sather and C. L. Fretwell, RooseveVt; Mayor Bry Stringham. Dr. F. G. Eskelson, C. R. Hopkin?, Charles Henderson, Geo. Roth, Francis Feltch and Lawrence Siddoway, Vernal. 10 Years Ago Mrs. Bell Wilkins, local chair, man of ' the Red Cross, reports that 201 kits, 38 sweaters and 3 scarves have been sent in to the American Red Cross from Roos evelt and Neola. The Lee Brown Poultry Plan opened Monday with about 15,-000 15,-000 turkeys to be processed for the Thanksgiving market. Tom White, manager, expects th2 plant to run about three weeks in November and have 50 people peo-ple employed. For the first time since President Presi-dent Roosevelt was elected and swept the Duchesne Democrats into power with him, the Republican Re-publican Party finally captured the spot light in county political affairs. Sheriff Dewey .Meriwether led his entire party, which is proof of his work. "Come Out of the Kitchen" nas been selected for the annual school play. The cast was filled as follows: Olivia, Beverly Ode-kirk, Ode-kirk, Paul, Gerald Day; Charles, Howard Allred; Elizabeth, Joyce Call; Cora, Colleen Pitt; Mrs. Faulkner, LeElle Olsen; Amanda. Aman-da. Josie Houtz; Tucker, Bob Walker; Crane, Kirk Wilkins; Lefferts, Kenneth Harris. 20 Years Ago The regular monthly meeting of the Roosevelt B P W Club was held Wednesday evening, November 2, at the home of Mrs. Essie Neal at Ft. Duchesm;. President Jessie Orser presided over the meeting and business matters were discussed. Dirt will fly within a few days on $105,243.08 worth of highway improvement work in Duchesne County, especially adapted to the use of manual and team labor, if the low bids opened Monday by the State Road Commission are accepted. Mrs. Edith Case. o Mt. Emmons, Em-mons, made a short visit Saturday Satur-day in Ballard at the home of her sister, Mrs. Millie Cook, while her husband, Floyd Casi, attended a Dry Gulch meeting in Roosevelt. Varney McLea entertained about twenty of his little friends at a delightful birthday party held Saturday at the home of his parents, the occasion being his fourth anniversary Varney was assisted by his mother. Mr?. J. V. McLea, and Rose Marie Edwards in entertaining his guests. |