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Show "News Bits About Yester-Years" 5 Years Ago The Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Live-stock show, now in its tenth year, will feature a new contest when the stock feature gets underway un-derway in Vernal May 20. according ac-cording to William C. Whitaker, I Uintah County Agent. Farmers and ranchers, together togeth-er with all persons interested in conservation, will be treated to a first hand picture of the soil j conservation picture in the Uin- tan Basin, Tuesday, May 13, when a tour of lands upon which soil conservation has been practiced will be conducted by the Uintah Racin c-,;i nnnromro tion District. Howard Ivory, district dis-trict conservationist, will direct the tour. The appearance in Roosevelt Monday, May 12, of the Ritz Trumpeteers, a versatile all-instrumental organization, was announced an-nounced Wednesday by the Stake Mutual Board. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Todd I announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Alice, to Evan L. Ol-sen, Ol-sen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Olsen, of Neola. One of the loveliest nuptial events of the spring season was the marriage of Miss Norma Deane Call, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Call, of Price, and i Dewey Jessen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jessen, of Altonah. 10 Years Ago Kirk Benson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Murel Benson, of Roosevelt, Roose-velt, returned to Williams Field, Arizona, Wednesday, after spending his 15-day furlough visiting with his parents. Set. Benson has been in the service for the past two years, attached to the advance school of aviation avia-tion as a mechanic At a regular meeting of the City Council held in the municipal mu-nicipal building Tuesday evening, eve-ning, the Roosevelt Lions Club came in for praise for the splendid splen-did work accomplished by the committee and those who responded re-sponded to the work-day on the municipal airport. President of the Roosevelt Lions Li-ons Club, V. A. Bair, -returned home Monday after attending a two-day district convention of the Utah Lions clubs held at St. George, Utah. The 6 th and 7 th grade girls of the Roosevelt Elementary School entertained their mothers moth-ers at a tea Wednesday, May '7, at the Elementary Gym. 20 Years Ago The Roosevelt troop of Boy I Scouts are planning an over-. over-. night trip to Leota and Green-i Green-i river this coming week-end. As a community good turn they I have volunteered to help with loading and unloading of the cement mixer which is being moved from Roosevelt to Leota. Wednesday evening:. May 11, a public meeting was held in the new ward chapel for the purpose of explaining to the general public what is expected expect-ed of a city in order to install a municipal power plant. Mayor Whitmofe Introduced the first speaker of the evening, eve-ning, Frank Olsen. former mayor may-or of Price. Through the untiring work and push of Bish'op W. Russel Todd and his co-workers in the Ballard Ward of the LDS Church, the dream of a few hun-' dred saints has been realized. ' They have built an everlasting monument, a house of worship, 1 second to none only in size in j the Uintah Basin. 1 Apostle Melvin J. Ballard of Salt Lake, after whom the ward was named, dedicated the building. build-ing. A number of guests were entertained en-tertained Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Jordan at a dancing party in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Smith, who were visiting in Roosevelt from Washington. I |