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Show News Gathers id it Local oirirespoinidleiri'ifcs Elva C Lisonbee l !- J jT if7 - BRIDGELAND A native of Bridgeland, Mrs. Elva Christensen Lisonbee was born there Jan. 16, 1910, the third child of one of the first families to homestead in Bridge-land, Bridge-land, then known as Antelope. However, she attended public schools at Price and Wasatch Academy at Mt. Pleasant. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Julius Jul-ius P. Christensen, Mrs. Christensen, Chris-tensen, still alive and residing in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Lisonbee has been a correspondent cor-respondent for the Uintah Basin Record since 1947, and in answering an-swering the editor's question concerning improvement of the i papers, she stated that she felt I the Bridgeland news should be printed in the Roosevelt Standard Stand-ard as well as in the Record, with which the editor agrees and hopes to comply immediately. immediate-ly. Mrs. Lisonbee and her husband, hus-band, Shelby, are the parents of three children. Their oldest son. Elder Shelby Ronald Lisonbee, Lison-bee, is serving an LDS mission in South Africa at the present time. When asked Duchesne county's coun-ty's greatest present asset, the Bridgeland correspondent said she considered it the dairy business busi-ness because more farmers had benefitted by it. She feels that the county's greatest need Is a junior, college. Mrs. Lisonbee is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, having served as the Bridgeland ward Relief Society president for the last three years.' Prior to that she was second counselor in the Relief Re-lief Society and the social science sci-ence class leader. Biography Briefs Off Your Next Door Neighbors With the firm belief that it is the news about your neighbors and mine that makes the smalltown small-town weekly the family newspaper, news-paper, the publisher of the Roosevelt Roos-evelt Standard and the Uintah Basin Record are devoting space in Duchesne county's two rural newspapers for a story about each of those faithful people who diligently seek out the news each week and send it on for us to print. A few weeks ago a questionnaire question-naire was mailed to our reporters report-ers asking for information as a basis of writing the items you will find on this and other pages of aur Christmas edition. Most of them filled out the blanks in the same cooperative manner they collect and report the news. Some were brief, which will account for some of the stories being more in detail than others. We have tried to pass on suggestions offered by them which would improve your papers, and also stimulate activity for progressive development develop-ment in the Uintah Basin . . . Also, some have made photos available which is the reason for pictures of a few of them. Following we present for your reading pleasure stories about those fine souls who contribute con-tribute so much to the success of the Uintah Basin Record and the Roosevelt Standard: Ellen T. Bracken I i y 1 T , 1 " -1 v J -4 V ; I . .. iyr BALLARD The news from Ballard for the Roosevelt Standard has been sent in by Mrs. Ellen Todd Bracken since February, 1948. She has resided in "Uintah county coun-ty for 28 years and in Duchesne county 14 years. She has lived at Alterra the past 18 years. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Todd, were among the earliest pioneers of Duchesne county, settling on a homestead over 40 years ago. Mrs. Bracken's Brack-en's one brother, Russel Todd, has the same farm now. Mrs. Bracken was born in Heber City, Feb. 14, 1891. She attended Heber City and Jensen Jen-sen district schools, as well as the Uintah Stake Academy at Vernal. The Brackens, Ellen and George, have eight children, and fourteen grandchildren. Working as a stake home missionary, mis-sionary, a Sunday school and Relief Society teacher, Mrs. Bracken is very active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She was a member mem-ber of the first YWMIA stake presidency in the Basin and has been a class leader in the Ballard Bal-lard M.I.A. for five years. She served as second counselor in the Ballard ward Relief Society for four years, was a class leader lead-er and magazine agent for several sev-eral years. She has an unusual record of acting t as a Sunday School teacher under fifteen superintendents su-perintendents in Roosevelt and Ballard. Better road conditions and better schools are the county's greatest need, stated Mrs. Bracken. Brack-en. In suggesting what she would do to improve the two county newspapers, Mrs. Bracken said, "Try to get the readers to support sup-port their correspondents instead in-stead of criticizing them because news isn't in the paper." Ethel C. Beebe ALTONAH Mrs. Ethel Clark Beebe, who has been a resident of Altonah for the past thirty years, has been correspondent for the Uintah Uin-tah Basin Record since February, Febru-ary, 1939, and for the Roosevelt Standard since September. 1942. She was born in Vernal Apr. 24, 1904, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, George Clark. She attended attend-ed Vernal and Altonah elementary elemen-tary schools and Altonah junior high school. Mrs. Beebe and her husband, Gilbert Beebe, have two daughters. daugh-ters. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints, Mrs. Beebe, although not active now, has served ten years as a Sunday school teacher; teach-er; four years as Relief Society secretary-treasurer; three years as a Relief Society teacher; one year as a Primary counselor and Frances IW Semken ' v - GUSHER Mrs. Frances S. McKinney ; Semken, of Gusher, has vritten the news for the Roosevelt Standard from that area approximately ap-proximately six years. She and her husband, Albert Semken, moved to Gusher, then called Moffatt, May 25, 1914. They have been residents of Uintah county for 36 years. They have one child, seven granddaughters, granddaugh-ters, and five great-grandchildren. Mrs. Semken was born at Platteville, Wisconsin, Aug. 24, 1881, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McKinny. The Semkens are members of the Gusher Union church. Agriculture and stock raising are the county's greatest need, according to Mrs. Semken. I teacher; and one year as a MIA counselor. She was also a member mem-ber of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers for several years. She states that the greatest assets of Duchesne county are agriculture and livestock; and its greatest need is improved roads. (Continued on page 5) i i OUR LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS Bertha D. Angus ' ' - J I O K A For seven years Mrs. Bertha B. Dennis Angus has been contributing con-tributing a weekly column to the Roosevelt Standard from Ioka, a small farming community communi-ty southwest of Roosevelt that has the . distinction of having two correspondents. Faithfulness js one of her greatest virtues, she seldom, if ever, misses a week sending in a few news bits. Mrs. Angus and her husband John A. have resided in the Basin Ba-sin 44 years. She has raised 7 children; 17 grandchildren and 9 great - grandchildren, " besides being a very faithful worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She was born Sept. 17, 1885 at Maquor, 111., and attended school at Gilson and Knoxville in Illinois. Her family moved to Pueblo, Colo., in 1901 where her church work began as a Primary and Sunday school teacher and secretary. In 1902 another move tgoft her folks to Jensen, Utah, where she met Mr. Angus, and later married him. In March 1907 they moved to Ioka, where they now reside. When it comes to listing the 1 various positions Mrs. Angus ! nas held in her church, it would take quite a bit, but suffice it to say that she has done just about everything a woman can !do in the yaripus auxiliaries, and especially has she beer) rier voted to the Relief Society', antj still labors in that great wom-:an's wom-:an's organization, "Duchesne county's greatest need is more water for culinary purposes so the homes in the outlying areas could be made modern," she said. "I would put in a "Household Hints" column in the Standard, if I were the editor," Mrs. Angus An-gus said in answer to the question, ques-tion, "What would you do to improve the local paper if you were its editor?" Mrs. Angus enclosed the following- poem she has written that sums up her life, and could be a pattern for us all to follow: fol-low: MY LIFE This thing will I do, most gratefully. grate-fully. I will accept the life Qod gives me, And wear it proudly, wear it patiently. Moulded and fashioned by His mighty hand, He gives to me the life that he has planned, And bids me take and use and understand. Among the millions of eternity, there's none like me. Oh life! I bow before thee reverently! rev-erently! High privilege a gift so rare to take! So I accept it, and for Thy great sake. Of this, the lift Thou giv'st, the best wiU make. Violet B. Gentry IOKA A correspondent for the Uintah Uin-tah Basin Record from Ioka for 25 years is really a record which is claimed by Mrs. Violet Bible Gentry, who has been a member of that community for 43 years. With her husband, William Gentry, she was one of the early settlers of that area. Mrs. Gentry has also written Ioka news for the Roosevelt Standard for the past four years. M-s. Gentry was born in Buffalo, Buf-falo, New York, March 26, 1880, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bible. They later moved west, where Mrs. Gentry attended at-tended tho Garfield school at Colorado Springs, Colo. She is affiliated with the Presbyterian church and a member of the Ladies Aid Society of Myton. She is also a member of Duver-omy Duver-omy Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Roosevelt, is a past worthy wor-thy matron and active in the organization. The Gentrys have three children, chil-dren, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Mrs. Gentry considers Duchesne Du-chesne county's greatest need is rural phones and better roads. In commenting on suggested changes for the county's two newspapers, she said, "At this time I see no changes necessary," neces-sary," In addition to answering the questionnaire, Mrs. Gentry stated stat-ed that she has been a correspondent corres-pondent for nearly all papers in Duchesne county, the first being the Myton Free Press and later the Duchesne courier. She then started writing for the Uintah Basin Record and later for the Roosevelt Standard. She says she has enjoyed her work and the kindness extended her by all the editors. |