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Show 1911 UniaLSa pis Si Aips4 lFir 3 lays GOVERNOR LEE HEADS LIST OF PROMINENT SPEAKERS; THREE FULL DAYS PROMISED The second annual Uintah Basin Industrial Convention Con-vention will get under way in the city of Roosevelt next Wednesday, Aug. 8 at 9 a.m. with a parade and will continue con-tinue through the next three days, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with a full program of education, entertainment entertain-ment and competitive games and contests that should please the entire Uintah Basin and all who will come to join in the program, is an announcement made by Forrest Hancock, president of the 1951 committee. Some of the west's most capable cap-able and talented speakers will appear on the various programs, including Utah's chief executive, J. Bracken Lee, who indicated yesterday he would be present on one of the three days. Other notables are C. B. Jacobson, engineer en-gineer in charge of Colorado river riv-er studies; Dr. A. Ray Olpin, University of Utah president; Glen F. Baird, extension agronomist agron-omist from the Utah State Agricultural Ag-ricultural College; Arthur Gaeth, Farmers Union field director; H. Grant Vest, former Uintah county school superintendent; Ezra Taft Benson, L.D.S. church apostle; Dr. Herbert B. Fowler, Vernal physician; G. E. Untermann. Unter-mann. Vernal, geologist: and Dr. Kenneth Burrett, veterinarian. Throughout- the convention, the theme, "The Colorado River Utah's Last Water Hole,", will be prominently identified, and much of the discussion will- sur-i sur-i round the great Echo Park dam i project that appears nearly a reality for this part of the country. coun-try. Programs each day will be isimilar in that the parade the first two days will be followed by a general assembly from 10 to 11 a. m.; departmental ses-. ses-. sions from 11:30 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.; afternoon general assemblies, as-semblies, 1:30 to 2:30, and more departmental clinics from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m. Each afternoon a program of baseball, tennis and horse shoe pitching contests are on schedule. Band concerts, finals fin-als in the Uintah Basin talent contest, and dances will comprise com-prise the evening's diversion. A fashion show is on the program pro-gram for Friday, and a Flower Show will open at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday and will remain open op-en through Thursday. - Coming back to the Basin to assist in the program is E. J. Kirkham, former U.B.I.C. music directors in the 1930s, who will again direct community singing. The "Search for Talent" contest con-test is something new that has been added for the pleasure of the visitors. Finals in the junior division (6 to 14 years of age) will be held Wednesday night beginning at 8 p. m., and on the last night, Friday, the finals fin-als 4n the senior division will be presented. Another new innovation this year will be the selection of a "Booster Queen,", which will be some young lady, who during dur-ing the past few weeks has sold the most "Booster Buttons." She will be announced and presented pre-sented during the dance Thursday Thurs-day night. A Fashion Show is scheduled ai z:ou on uie aiiemuun ui me final day at the L.D.S. building. Also slated for Thursday night is the election of new officers to carry on the convention in 1950. This year, as was the case in 1950 when the U.B.I.C. was revived after having been missing miss-ing for 11 years, the Young have sponsored the affair. It is anticipated they will continue to carry the main burden of the popular convention. New officers of-ficers will be presented Friday afternoon. According to Mr. Hancock and the general committee, this year's program has been arranged arrang-ed with the idea in mind of bringing to the people of the Uintah Basin opportunities to be enlightened in the field of home-making, home-making, foods, clothing, dairying, dairy-ing, health, child-raising, and other important subjects. "We want to reach every man and woman who is seeking enlightenment enlighten-ment in the various fields of activity ac-tivity that will build our democracy," de-mocracy," Mr. Hancock said. Sometime during the three-day three-day convention some fine livestock live-stock will be given away to the people holding the lucky numbers. num-bers. A band is being organized under the direction of Bennie Schmiett, and they will play concerts on the first and third evenings from 7 to 7:45. Each afternoon a baseball game is on schedule with Roosevelt Roos-evelt meeting Fort Duchesne at 3:30 the first day. On Thursday, Bennett and Myton will cross bats at the same time, and the two winners will meet Friday afternoon for the $60 purse that is being offered. This game is also called for 3:30. Entries are being received for the tennis and horse shoe contests. A dance is slated for each night, with special attractions listed during the festivities. Welcome addresses by Mayor Homer P. Edwards and President Presi-dent Hancock and presentation of the officers and committees will follow the parade and be the opening activity on the gen? eral session at 10 o'clock the first day. Mr. Jacobson is listed as the initial speaker and his subject will be "Utah's Dividend in the Colorado River." Dr. ' Olpin will address the afternoon session on the subject, "Water and the Citizen." A broad invitation is being extended to the entire state to join in the 1951 Uintah Basin Industrial Convention and to encourage en-courage friends and former res idents of the Basin to' participate partici-pate in the three-day program of education, entertainment and recreation. |