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Show "News Bits About Yesier-Ytars" 5 YEARS AGO A most unusual accident happened hap-pened last night near the Ballard LDS ward chapel, when Trooper Ray Devine, of the Utah Highway patrol, who was on his way to investigate in-vestigate an accident near Gusher where an automobile had struck a horse, collided with a car driven driv-en by Eldon White, 19, of Ballard, seriously wrecking both vehicles, and causing minor injuries to both drivers. The first display of fireworks to come to the Roosevelt area is being planned for the night of July 4 under the sponsorship of the Kiwanis club. There will be all types of rockets and various ground displays. A 13-year old Roosevelt young- ster, Dick Rupel, son of Wm. Ruppel, last week topped all kids in his class in the Deseret News Public Parks tennis tournament, and won the championship in the 11 year-old and under division. 10 YEARS AGO To combat the explosive fire situation now prevailing on the Ashley forest, a fire training meeting meet-ing has been called for Monday, by forest supervisor Ona A. Har-. rison. Representatives from the forest service, Indian service, Grazing service, extension service, soil conservation service and state fish and game department have been invited to attend the training train-ing sessions, which will begin at 9:30 Monday morning. With only a week remaining until Roosevelt's qualified electors cast their ballots for, or aganinst, a $10,000.00 bond issue to pay the costs of an improved water system, sy-stem, a busy city council in cooperation co-operation with Engineer A. Z. Richards has explored possible water sources and stands ready to report its findings at a public meeting. (Editors Note: The following is from a USDA leaflet, published in Washington D. C.) Rural Home building is booming in Duchesne and Uintah Counties, Utah. Superficially villages like Vernal and Roosevelt in these counties are not much to see. But the folks have a tremendous local patriotism, regard their as God's country and are building new homes like nobody's business. So anxious are these people to build that a woman herself will take a saw and hammer and do lots of things for which most of us would have to depend upon expert carpenters. car-penters. W YEARS AGO The volunteer fire department and citizens of Roosevelt responded respond-ed to the fire siren call at 1:30 Monday afternoon, to fight a fire which had broken out in an old frame storage building located in the heart of the business section of the city. It was reported by fire chief, Ren Fenn, that the blaze was started from burning of paper and rubbish from adjoining property. prop-erty. . As usual the energetic citizen l of Neola have decided to stage their- annual Fourth of July cele bration. In their advertisement they state it is to be " bigger and better", and from the lineup of their program it is very evident that they are leaving nothing undone. |