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Show "Newt BUi About Yetier-Yeari" 5 YEARS AGO Congratulations are in order for the P-TA of Fort Duchesne, which is among the first to have its. membership dues in to the Utah Congress. According to regional and state officers, Fort Duchesne has one of the outstanding organizations in the state, with reports, dues, etc. always, among the first to be submitted. Responsible for a great deal of their success is Reginald O. Curry, past president of the group and present first vice-president of the newly installed Uintah P-TA Council. David Watkins, music director at the Roosevelt High School, received re-ceived a letter recently from Ronald Ron-ald Greagory, University of Utah band director, inviting him to bring his hand to Salt Lake City to par-; ticipate in the fall band festival that will precede the Wyoming-Utah Wyoming-Utah football game. Lynn Hatch, operator of the Roosevelt airport, made a trip to Salt Lake recently, where he secured se-cured a NaVion airplane and flew it back to the local field, where it will be used for charter and ambulance service for the Basin. Three J. C. Penney Co. employees, em-ployees, Jack Bacon, who left Monday Mon-day for service with the Navy, and Colleen Alexander and Barbee White, who win be October brides, were honored guests at a farewell party staged Friday evening, Sept. 29, at the Frontier Grill. Local car dealers will join dealers deal-ers all over the nation next week, Oct. 22 to 28, inclusive, in observance obser-vance of National Automobile Dealers Week, and will feature a parade, new car display, and will give $200.00 away to some lucky person who visits the parade or the display. Presidents of the Relief Society organization in Roosevelt since about 1910 were honored recently by the present officers and members mem-bers of the Roosevelt ward group. Not all who served were present. The following were present and had their picture taken: Alice Lambert, Lam-bert, 1912-1920 Gertrude Fredrick-son, Fredrick-son, 1923-29; Alice Hancock, 1923-25; 1923-25; Alma Anderson, 1934-40; Jane Page, 1940-45; Alta Wilson, 1945- 48; Mildred Smith, present president. presi-dent. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Morrill, of Myton, announce the engagement of their daughter, LaRae, to Rodney Rod-ney Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Jenkins, of Roosevelt. Sgt. Ray P. Johnston spent a few hours Monday with his mother, moth-er, Mrs. Nancy K. Johnston and other relatives. He is stationed with the Air Force at Hamilton, California. 10 YEARS AGO Atmosphere of the exciting days of the Old West came to the Utah State Agricultural College-campus last weekend when approximately 60 Indians from Fort Hall reservation, reserva-tion, Idaho, and Uintah and Ouray reservations, arrived to study improved im-proved and modern dairying methods meth-ods at a two-day Indian agency conference, Aug. 9 and 10. Sgt. Clarence Allred, son of Mr. and Mrs. Heber Allred of Roosevelt, Roose-velt, is here on a 30-day furlough. Since returning from England in May he has been stationed in Texas, Tex-as, with the Air Force. Lt. Miles Dillman, who is home on leave, spent the weekend in Salt Lake City visiting friends and relatives. The Red Cross estimated Wednesday Wed-nesday that the Japanese are holding hold-ing 5985 prisoners, of war and civilian ci-vilian internees from seven western west-ern states. Verne Simmons, Pacific area manager, said all persons liberated in Japan will be evacuated to the Philippines. There they will be housed and provided for until their return home. Master Sgt. James R. Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Heber T. Hall, landed at the port of Yokahoma, Japan and moved within twenty miles of Tokyo to take up occupational occu-pational duties assigned to his outfit. Arvin L. Bellon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Xavier Bellon of Roosevelt, has been assigned to the Coas: Guard Radio School at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Now a seaman second class, Arvin was inducted into the service February 14, 1945. Mrs. Tina Wilkins, chairman of the local salvage drive motored to Vernal last Friday, accompanied by nine Minute Women to a meeting meet-ing of Uintah and Duchesne County Coun-ty Salvage workers. 20 YEARS AGO The Roosevelt Lions Club held their regular meeting last Thursday evening as the guests of Captain John B. Cannon and the Bridge-land Bridge-land CCC camp. Captain Cannon and Richard A. Morris, Jr., educational advisor of the camp were introduced by President George H. Harrison of the Lions Club. Monday morning a group of prominent Uintah Basin citizens and representatives of the Associated Asso-ciated Civic Clubs of Eastern Utah, headed by Fred C. Ferron of Roosevelt, Roos-evelt, president of the organization, organiza-tion, met with W. D. Rishel, president-manager of the Utah State Automobile Association and longtime long-time booster for Highway 40, and State Senator Julian M. Bambur-ger, Bambur-ger, representing the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. Road problems prob-lems were discussed. Mrs. Mary Orser and Mrs. M. J. Edwards were in charge of the Roosevelt Business and Professional Profession-al Women's September meeting, which was held at the Onyx Hotel Wednesday evening. The Duchesne County school board held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon and night in the school board office at Duchesne. The entire board consisting con-sisting of Supt. Reuben D. Law, president Floyd E. Lamb, J. E. Wiscombe, Leonard Gardner. F. L. Maxwell, . Mrs. Beatrice Thomas and C. C. Mickelson, clerk, met in a session. Transportation problems prob-lems were foremost in the day's discussion, which lasted most of the night, which is an expected result of a growing district and centralization of county schools. Monday afternoon and evening Roosevelt played host to visiting state officials of the BPW Club, club members from Vernal and Duchesne, and their own active club, when all met for their annual an-nual district convention. Vern Timothy left Wednesday for Nephi on business for the Basin Bas-in Lumber Company. Ray Jordan is still seen about on crutches as a result of a crush-de crush-de foot, an accident that happened when the Merry-Go-Round was in town. |