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Show Today Is Governor's Day At U.B.I.C. Convention Response Pleases Leaders, Two More Days' Programs Announced; Governor Lee Addresses Aug. 9 Meet Governor Lee r - - i illiiiillisg ifiMa i&MMMSiMi i ?3m$M Pa si?:: ?!?: f !&$W?M:23M?f&?Xf??$ A X -I r . J ; i ' i; -'; - 4 si ' ' rt - i X hwm:sMmm mmm i 1 . . I; " Today is governor's day at the U.B.I.C. and Utah's Chief Executive, J. Bracken Lee, was slated to deliver the major ma-jor address of the day at 2 p. m. at the City Park. Definite Defi-nite assurance that the governor gov-ernor would come to Roosevelt Roos-evelt was received through J. V. McLea .local merchant and Duchesne county Republican Republi-can chairman, last Friday afternoon. af-ternoon. --. . . ... -i.- Subject of the governor's address was not definitely known by the committee, but it is expected he would talk on the present national conditions con-ditions as they affect small towns and cities. He was to drive here and return following the afternoon meeting. His wife, Margaret, gracious first lady of our state, was expected to make the Basin Ba-sin trip with her governor husband. The opening day of the Uintah Basin Industrial Convention went off pretty much as scheduled, sched-uled, with the attendance exceeding ex-ceeding the expectations of the committee of young Roosevelt farmers who are sponsoring the educational and entertaining celebration. cel-ebration. Finals were announced in the Junior Talent Show and the two featured speakers, C. B. Jacobson, engineer in charge of Colorado River Studies, Stud-ies, and A. Ray Olpin, University Univer-sity of Utah president, delivered stirring addresses on the subjects, sub-jects, "Utah's Dividend in the Colorado River," and "Water and the ' Citizen," respectively. A colorful parade at 9:30 a. m. started Wednesday's activities and hundreds of people jammed the streets to view the beautiful floats that had been entered. The parade again passed in review re-view this morning. Following the parade, the crowd moved to the city park, where all activities are being held, including the various educational edu-cational demonstrations that are being conducted on just about every subject that could be helpful to farmers, housewives, dairymen, stockmen and others. Demonstrations, along with addresses ad-dresses by Arthur Gaeth, were on the program for. this morning, morn-ing, and at 2 p. m. the chief executive of the State of Utah, Governor J. Bracken Lee, was to make his first appearance on a U.B.I.C. program. His subject was not announced. Baseball , and Softball games, . along vith tannis matches, horse shoe pitching and other . sports were carried on for the enjoyment enjoy-ment of the group which likes that phase of entertainment. Bennett and Myton were to meet at 3:30 p. m. in the second baseball game of the celebration Wednesday Fort Duchesne took the measure of Roosevelt 8-7 in a fine game, and they will meet the winner of today's game in the finals on Friday. Little Miss Laura Ann Leavitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ther-on Ther-on Leavitt, Roosevelt, and Lela Jean Carter, of Tabiona, were declared winners in the junior division of the amateur contest, and each received a beautiful wrist watch. Laura Ann played a piano' solo and Lela Jean won on her vocal talent. Friday finds Ezra Taft Benson, Ben-son, L.D.S. church apostle, discussing dis-cussing the subject, "Our American Ameri-can Way of Life," in the morning morn-ing session, and G. Ernest Un-terman, Un-terman, curator of Utah's Field House at Vernal, talking on the . subject, "A Geologist Looks at the Uintah Basin." Finals in the senior talent show are on the evening program, pro-gram, following the band concert con-cert which begins at 7 o'clock, under the direction of Bennie Schmiett.: Dancing will c on-clude on-clude the activities after new officers for 1952 have been announced. |
