Construction Wraps Up On New Green River School Building
Construction of the Green River school is complete pending minor adjustments cleaning and polishing floors and windows and a formal inspection by the Emery County Board of Education. The board will accept the building only after all contractual specifications are met and items such as curtains cyclorama and lunch room equipment are installed.
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Green River
Board of Education
Emery County Board of Education
Strke
Utah Declares Locker Turkey Time to Boost Industry
Gov J Bracken Lee issued a proclamation designating over 17 as the start of Locker Turkey Time to promote Utah a major turkey state with a 15 million dollar industry. He cited strong consumer prices and a goal to ease market congestion by placing more turkeys in food lockers and home freezers.
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J. Braken Lee
Utah
Lee
William A. Barlocker
St. George
Utah Turkey Federation
Barlocker
Turkey
BIG Business
J. Bricken Lee
Mr. Barlocker
Green River Canal Co Maintains Per Share Assessment
The Green River Canal Company votes to keep the water assessment at $150 per share. Board members present include Alfred King president Delbert Tidwell secretary Frank Ross Lloyd Searson and Charlie Jones with Rowland Thompson absent. A $3 200 contract was let to Stanley Construction Co for siphoning under Brisko Wash and sewer work for a new school building is also contracted.
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Green River Canal Company
Alfred King
Delbert Tidwell
Frank Ross
Lloyd Searson
Charlie Jones
Rowland Thompson
Stanley Construction Co
Green River Nominates City Council Candidates for November Ballot
Albert May Harold Halverson and Del Cook are nominated by the Peoples Party to seek four year terms. Arel Hunt Joshua Nelson are named by the Citizens Party with three seats up for election on November 8 at City Hall. Voter registration notes and local seed melon trials disclosed by the Soil Conservation District conclude with commentary on future agriculture efforts.
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May
Cook
Halverson
Hatt
Tidwell
Hunt
Albert May
Harold Halverson
del Cook
Peoples Party
Citizens Party
Vail
Mat
Vererw Howell
Arel Hunt
Green River
Albert Weber
Mr. Weber
Hal Anderson
Simonsen
Anderson
Joshua Nielson
Warren Dean
Jackie Daye
State of
Utah
Vera Weber
Beth Dean
Dora Dean Jewkes
Mary Tidwell
Thurza McDougall
Journal
John Scott Uranium Co Ships Ore From Hanksville Claims
Reo Hunt reports John Scott Uranium Co has started strip mining the Jim Dandy No 2 claim near Hanksville Utah. An ore bed 100 feet wide on the edge of a widening channel yields about 40 to 50 hundredweights uranium and 2 to 5 percent vanadium. Ore is hauled to Climax Uranium Co in Grand Junction Colorado over roughly 200 miles. Kent Johnson will haul the ore to the mill.
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Green River
Utah
Reo Hunt
Hanksville
Jobin Scott Uranium Co
Hunt
Climax Uranium Co
Grand Juncten
Colorado
Kent Johnson
Grand Junction
John Scott Uranium
Old Prospector Bear Seethes Over Movie Stars and Fame
In a letter to the editor, the Old Prospector criticizes actors for arrogance and spoiled behavior, citing Jeff London’s hotel grievance in London as an example. The note contrasts celebrity vanity with common humanity. Separately, a mineral property report details John Scott Uranium Co. near Hidden Splendor Mine, with neighbors including Canadian Uranium, Kaiser Uranium, Lone Star Uranium, and Pennalium Co.
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Bear
Jeff London
New York
London
John Scott Uranium Co
V.G.A
John Scott Co
Henry Mountain
Canadian Uranium Co
Kaiser Uranim Co
Lone Star Uranium Co
Pennal Uranium Co
Hidden Splendor
Mining Operation Progresses at Coyote Wash Utah
Utaco Uranium Inc reports mining in progress on its Coyote Wash property in Lisbon Valley San Juan County Utah with an ore body of at least 1000 tons on one claim. The company has acquired 104 claims from Mohler Bros Enterprises and Jack Turner of Moab. First shipment expected within a week.
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Moab
Utah
Utsco Uranium, Inc
Coyote Wash
Lisbon Valley
San Juan County
Utaco
Mohler Bros. Enterprises
Jack Turner
George Burek
Burek
Hawaii
Washington, D.C
Missouri
Burck
Colorado
Oklahoma
Utaca
Red Canyon
Mother Bros. and
Turner
New Grade Of Sugar Now Developed By U S Agriculture
U S Department of Agriculture scientists developed a new grade of direct consumption sugar from sugar cane. The process uses resin materials to purify the juice, yielding higher cane sugar in the laboratory. Under Louisiana conditions the yield could rise about 12 percent.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Minnesota businessmen form Zot PRINTER group directors named
A group of Minnesota businessmen formed Zot PRINTER with directors including Leo Cashen of Hibbing and Scott Erickson of Orr. Huntstadly visited the area to review Erickson’s recent ore shipping plans while Cashen studies ongoing operations.
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Minnesota
Leo Cashen
Hibbing
Cashen Erickson, Construction Co
Scott Erickson
Orr
Hunt Stadly
Ares
Erickson
Cash
Railroad Holds Annual Meeting In Green River
The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad held its sixth annual Maintenance of Way meeting in Green River on October 20 1955. Supervisors and workers discussed problems and policy for railroad properties local to the area. Highlights included a Denver head office film comparing 1889 to today and slides shown by foremen. Representatives from Denver and Grand Junction offices attended. A large dinner was provided by the Presbyterian Church ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green River
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Denver
P.W. Ackerman
Harold Sorenson
Oliver Parker
J.bert Byars
Grand Junction
L.B. Pullman
J.B. Norwood
B.S. Converse
Frank Chiodo
Presbyterian Church
New High Grade Melon Develops for Shipping
Green River may adopt a new superior melon variety, Charleston Grey, developed by the Agricultural Research Service in Charleston, South Carolina. The wilt resistant, tough-rinded melon aims to cut breakage losses in distant markets and drew interest from local Soil Conservation District Supervisors.
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Green River
Agriculture Research Service
Charleston
South Carolina
Social News Call In For Janet Howland Column
Mrs Janet Howland public stenographer and notary in the Calyx building seeks reader input for Green River social news. Notify visits parties marriages births hospitalizations and changes from routine by calling her office at 2521 or home at 2163.
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Janet Howland
Calyx
Green River
Jan
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Boyd Hunt
Allen Perkins
Joe Allen
Kenneth Silliman
S.C.D. Board
Green River Valley
Gyn
County Board of Education
Ken Williams
Joseph Allen
Elgin
Florida
Puerto Rico
Railroad
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