Vernal Men Inducted. Red Cross Aid Shipped From Uintah
Twenty draftees from Uintah County leave Vernal for Salt Lake induction into the US Army, with three volunteers. Boxes of 833 Red Cross clothing prepared by local workers, and Uintah County forces including 28 Marines, are noted. Various local events and notices follow, including a March cleanup campaign, birthdays of public figures, and community happenings in Vernal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Vernal
Uintah County
Salt Lake
Army
Red Cross
Dorothy McCarrell
Coltharp
U.S. Marines
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Albert Einstein
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Galloway dominates as Uintah cross country winner
Thirty competitors started the two and a half mile course with George Galloway, dubbed Iron Man of Uintah, breaking away for a third straight victory. Nearby events included the Intermountain Band contest in Price, an Easter Egg Hunt with top egg finders Deliata Wall and Zelph Massay, and a Vernal fishing group’s first season catch near Green River after a capsized boat incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Galloway
Uintah
United High School Band
Price
Utah
Colorado
Idaho
Wyoming
Deliata Wall
Zelph Massay
Miss Wall
Mr. Massey
Domestic Science Department
High Renoot
Boy Scouts
Green Niger
Ulateh County
Cammit
Quiet Vernal Week Amid Smallpox Scare and Local Notes
An unusually quiet week in Vernal due to smallpox fears. post office duties handled by Don B. Collen amid quarantine of Postmaster Collett. A Colorado legislator proposes a U S flag field size bill adding Utah and Wyoming stars. Snow fell at the Dyer mine, gold bar found on Green River, and gilsonite vein located south of the reservation. Seventeen smallpox cases reported in the valley, seven in the Green family. Easter services canceled. locals enjoyed a calm afternoon of biking and egg hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Don B. Collen
Collett
Me. Shafrath
Colorado
U.S
Utah
Wyoming
Dyer Mine
John Dennett
Gideon Curtis
Green River
Palace
Cuts Gashes Need Respect Medics Advise
A Lau State Medical Association series urges prompt care for all cuts and gashes. Stop bleeding with direct pressure, avoid risky tourniquets, then clean with warm soapy solution and hexachlorophene, never pour strong antiseptics into an open wound. Cover and seal small cuts with tape, seek physician for deeper injuries.
Ashley Elementary PTA Heart Disease Program Night
The Ashley Elementary PTA will present a program on heart disease on a Saturday in April featuring two films The Valient Heart and Help For Young Hearts. County nurse Helen Stevens will attend to answer questions and lead a discussion for parents about rheumatic fever its dangers and child care. Officers for the coming school year will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Elementary
PTA Wil
Hel
En Stevens
Elec
Ion
Unemployment Fund Rates Announced for Utah Employers
Barclay Gardner of the Vernal Utah Employment Security office announced 13,200 employers have been notified of 1962 unemployment tax rates. The average rate is 1.5 percent on the first 3000 dollars of wages, with individual rates ranging from 1.2 to 2.7 percent. About 3200 employers will pay the minimum, over 4700 the standard rate. others may differ depending on payroll stability. The state’s reserve for unemployment benefits stood at 37.5 million dollars as of December 31, 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Barclay Gardner
Vernal Office
Utah Department of Employment Security
Gerdner
Roland Merkley and Utah Fairs Board Meetings Highlight Plans
Roland Merkley of Dry Fork represents Uintah County District 3 on the Utah Association of Fairs and Shows. The group set Utah fair dates at Cedar City and renamed from Utah Exhibitors Assn Inc. Cedar City Mayor Kamen Gardner urged fair boards to plan family friendly events, while Dr Hroyden Braithwaite of the College of Southern Utah linked national ills to a biblical view and emphasized youth engagement through 4 H and fair contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Merkley
Dry Fork
Uintah Couery
Utah Association of Fairs and Shows
Utah
Cedar City
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Elizabeth Munker
Lbrarian
Mrx
Allee P. Trimble
University of Hawaii
Honolulu
Peser Harbor
Trimble
Aliee Pederson
Imperial Hall
Minerva Constana
Glen ‘Williama
Freda Morrill
Veughn
Simper
Wm. Winward
W. L. Fletcher
Winward
Henry Ford
Wm. Reid
Lewis Freestone
Helen Stringham
Blue Mountain Antennas
Ashley Valley Appliance & Sport Shop
Rambert Bailel
London
England
Huilding
America
Ponte
Momay
Medics
Lau State Medical Associaton
Tee
Agency
Link Tracking, Inc
Railway Express
Myton
Ashley Clementary
PTA
Fair Assn
Utah Exhibitors Assn
Tou
Mountain States Telephone
Fife
Fondue
Cindy
Standard
Ortvio: Division
Standard Oil Company
California
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