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Show "News Bits About Yester-Years" 5 Years Ago Lion Club members from Heber City, Duchesne, Randlett and Vernal roared with Roosevelt Roose-velt Lions Saturday night at the annual fall zone party of the five clubs. Ninety Lions attended attend-ed the autumn jollification which included a venison dinner' prepared by the American Leg-inn Leg-inn Auxiliary, and a dance in the Legion Barracks. With an "exceptional line of goods" the Roosevelt Business and Professional Women will hold a two-day rummage sale, Dec. 3 and 4 in the Norling building. The BPW has gone to no end in collecting salable and usable goods for the rummage. Beth Broden is general chairman chair-man in charge of the sale. One of the loveliest and most elaborate affairs during the week was the formal Rose Membership party given Monday Mon-day evening, Nov. 22, at the Roosevelt stake house, by the Roosevelt Second ward Junior Girls, under the leadership of Mrs. Fay Peterson, at which the mothers and stake board officers offi-cers were special guests. Mr. and Mrs. Van Winterton and family attended the Ogden Livestock Show the fore part of November. Eldon and Keith both exhibited 4-H calves. 10 Years Ago Jack Zimmerman was the only on-ly Roosevelt man to draw an elk permit, and was one of five to bring in his elk. He brought in a very fine specimen, a 6 pointer, weighing 505 lbs. which he shot west of Green Lakes in the very early morning of Nov. 10th, on the West Eagle Creek. Heber Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Heber T. Hall, of Roosevelt, Roose-velt, left Monday, Nov. 22, for Ft. Douglas, where he reported for the U. S. Army. Heber is a graduate of the Roosevelt High School and attended the Brigham Young University at Provo last year. The Old Timers' and Married Folks' dance which was held at Victory Park, Saturday night, Nov. 20, was a great success. The oldest couple dancing and winning the $10.00 prize was Mr. and Mrs. Perry Dean, whose combined age was 135 years. Orson Stevens, who is employed em-ployed at Ogden, spent the weekend here visiting his family. fam-ily. 20 Years Ago The announcement from the office of Public Works Administrator Adminis-trator Ickes indicates the allocation alloca-tion to Moon Lake project is $1,-, 500,000, or sufficient to complete com-plete it just as the $300,000 al located to the two Sanpete projects pro-jects is estimated to be sufficient suffi-cient to complete them before the close of 1934. This leaves $2,700,000 for the Deer Creek Utah Lake project, which is estimated es-timated to cost $9,974,000. Stalwarts of the great Moon Lake project are: PI. L. Allred, B. O. Colton, Austin G. Burton, Attorney Ray E. Dillman and many others who will receive special mention as time goes by. Wm. J. Ostler and Ruth Lloyd, of Upalco, were issued a marriage license at Duchesne, Wednesday, Nov. 22nd. One of the most interesting parties of the season was the Altrus club banquet and author party held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schwencke. Mrs. L. T. Wallace and Mrs. Clarence Ashton were on the committee for the banquet; Mrs. Frank Orser and Mrs. Hornet P. Edwards were the entertainment entertain-ment committee; Mrs. Ray E. Dillman and Carl Prior and Mrs. L. T. Wallace and Homer P. Edwards tied for the prize in guessing the most number of authors represented. |