Oil Prospects Bright For Uintah Basin Area
Predictions made in Salt Lake last week say Uintah Basin could outproduce Williston Basin. Discoveries so far only scratch the surface with plans for oil field development this summer. James C. McCulloch of Vernal notes ups and downs but cites much work ahead for years to come. Carter Oil Co. continues explorations in the Basin.
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Uintah
Williston
Salt Lake
James C. McCulloch
Parra 1
Vernal
Uintah Basin
McCulloch
Carter O11 Co
Swiss Wizard To Entertain Uintah K and F Club
Swiss magician Dr Stanley Jaks from Zurich will perform at Hotel Vernal for Uintah K and F Club. Jaks demonstrates signature duplication while blindfolded, entertaining prominent guests with a blend of humor and feats. Hans Budru of the Palso Hotel in St Marne praises his lecture and experiments.
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Stanley Jaks
Zurich
Pistern Donner
Hotel Vernal
Io Ferpe
United States
Hans Budru
Palsco
St Marne
Switzerland
Adorce Preece Wins State Forensic Honors
Adorce Preece earned a superior oratory rating at the Utah High School forensics meet held April 11 and 12 at the University of Utah. More than 350 students from Class A and B participated in debate, extemporaneous speaking, and other events, with a noon luncheon awarding ratings of superior, excellent, good, and fair.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
University of Utah
Uin Utah High School
University of Utah Union
Iain
Uintah High
Uintah High Was, Adores Preece
Premium list for Uintah junior stock show set for press
The 1954 Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show premium book will go to press soon under committee chair Henry Schaefermeyer with a new feeder calves class endorsed by the Uintah Cattle Association carrying a special prize. The show, directed by Aaron Wilking, promises educational value and top feeder calves for juniors, with other awards including a registered Hereford and a Bancroft housing issue noted as a concern.
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Henry Schaefermeyer
Uintah
Schaefermeyer
Uintah Basin
Mani Merkley
Uintah Water Users Will Meet Wednesday
Uintah County Water Users Association will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday April 15 at 8 p.m. in the civic hall. Officers will be elected and a review given of the association functions and responsibilities. Present officers are Leland Acord, secretary, and Ralph Chew, treasurer.
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Gintah County Water Users Association
Cense
Sspraiation
Leland Acord
Ralph Chew
Sayceee
Lafarr Hawking
J. LaMarr
Saycee
Bill Dunn
Brent Feltch
Jerry Boettcher
Alvin Bowden
Sloldover
Tierbert Fowler
Warren Matt
Ale
Darrell Wardel
Nick Barovich
Hty
Haw
Tributes Paid Vernal Youth by LDS Leader
Elder Matthew Cowley spoke at the Salt Lake General Conference praising the faith and courage of Vernal boy Joe Richardson, son of Don and his wife, who lay in an iron lung. He told of visiting Joe with a bishop, the boy’s head visible above the apparatus, and the healing hope faith provides beyond medical science.
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Jon Richardson
Salt Lake General Hospital
Don Richardson
Joe
Cowley
Igen
der Cawley
Elder Cawley
Kingdom of
Teaven
Joes
Janes
Malake
Ales
Sre
New Oil Road Nears Uintas and Wyoming
A historic oil road project moves Uintah County closer to Wyoming as 30 miles of the 45 mile Green River Vernal highway stretch near oiling. Officials say completion will bring the Uinta mountains within an hour of Green River, with bids opening April 9 in Cheyenne.
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Green River
Wyo
Manila
State Highway Commission
Cheyenne
Uinta Mountains
California firm expands at Red Wash oil field
The California Co. announces a new section 23 storage and added crude from Rangely, as it operates two rigs at Red Wash under parent Standard Oil of California. Officials say Med Wash crude is sparsely developed and the field needs broader formation work to improve processing and move oil to transmission facilities.
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Standard Oil Company of California
Red Wash
Tely
Salt Lake Pipe Line Co
Rangely
Itfia
Calif
Ormla Co
Denver
Echo Park Bill Stops in Vernal and Utah Tour Aims
A bill by Unified Western Group includes Echo Park and Flaming Gorge data. Utah leaders plan a cross state tour stopping in Vernal and Heber, then Salt Lake City to organize the Upper Colorado Project coalition. Senators and Representatives push five bi dam measures to fund the billion dollar plan with broad regional support.
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Echo Park
Unified Western Group
Vernal
Roosevelt
Frontier Cafe
Roosevelt and Duchests
Heber
Salt Lake City
Hotel Utah
Hi. 40 Association
Washington
House
Shclyd
Utah
Apes
Tattle
Upper
Colorado
Flaming Gorge
Central Utah
Monte
Senate
Eugene D. Millikin
Ed Johnson i Colodaro
Kurt V. Ws
Wallace F. Bennett
Lester C. Hunt
Frank Barrett
Wyoming
Carl Hayden
Karry Goldwater
Arizona
Clinton P. Anderson
Dennis Chaves
Stringfellow
Wayne N. Aspinall
LDS Leaders Urge Right Living and Debt Freedom
In closing General Conference sessions, LDS Church leaders urged righteous living and freedom from debt. President David O. McKay argued that true society arises from perfected individuals rather than state domination, stressing emancipation from greed and hatred through unselfish service. The event drew over twenty thousand attendees across the tabernacle and nearby buildings.
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General Conference
LDS Church of Salt
David
McKay
Jesus
Jack Turner elected pres of Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Jack Turner, manager of Ba aln Loans, was elected president of the Vernal Chamber of Commerce by the Board of directors Wednesday. Serving with him are C. R. Henderson as vice president and J. Harold Fiener as treasurer, with vacancies filled for secretary and manager L. Y. Siddo way and director Dr. Seager.
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Jack Turner
Ba* Aln Loans
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
C. R. Henderson
J. Harold Fiender
Sirpointe Vern Gitterd
L. Y. Siddoway
T. R. Seager
Fue
Chris McKinlay
Joe Gitterd
Seager
Inti Salist
Pirates
Seager Mas
Rod and Gun Club Hear Lee Kay Warn on Rights
Lee Kay educational director of the State Fish and Game Commission urged Vernal Rod and Gun Club members to fight for their Monday night meetings and fish and game heritage. He warned that certain interests seek the destruction of Sb fish and game rights, speaking before the club amid ongoing coverage continued on page By.
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Lee Kay
State Fish and Game Commission
Vernal Rod and Gun Club
Fish
Kay War Nisconteat
Funeral Services Held Tuesday for Mable T Massey
Funeral services for Mable Thacker Massey 61 were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Vernal First Ward chapel. Massey died Thursday morning at 11:50 in the Ali faha County Hospital after an illness. The service included a mixed choir and prayers at the home offered by Duartes T. Pope with invocation by Driver E. Smith.
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George Kenry Nopelis
Glines
Uintah County Hospital
Mr. Roberts
Glines Ward
Friends Nay
Vernal Mortuary
Mono
Utah
Ephriam Hf
Emma Dorothy Bell Roberts
Helene Vilato Merrell
Vernal
Salt Lake
LDS Temple
Roosevelt Stake
Ife
Melvin Flenry
Ernest Wayne Roberts
Ruby Roberto Gray
Loo
Hishop
Wm. Wallis
Mable Thacker Massey
Ali Faha
Tong
Duartes T. Pope
Aduriet
Ruth Lundell
Florence Lee
Carol Rae Brady
Louise Caldwell
Harold EB
Davis
George C. Davis
Les
Lions Club Nominates New Vernal Officers
At the Vernal Lions Club luncheon at Hotel Vernal, nominations were presented for all officers to be decided at the April 22 election. Candidates include Clair Acord and Orlan Johnson for president, and W Fred Washburn and Harold Sargen Gist for vice president, among others. The meeting, led by Dr. T R Seeger, featured an illustrated talk on the Ashley National Forest during Conservation Week and solos by Lucy Fitzgerald and Irvin Peterson.
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Vernal Lions
Hotel Vernal
Fopmnotteg
Clair R. Acord
Orlan Johnson
W. Fred Washburn
Harold Sargen Gist
Wm. Hurst Sed Lol Anderson
Sweat
Martin ‘W. Curtis
LeRoy Taylor
Tall Twister
Tey E. Spendrove
Hugh W. Colton Lontamer
Ethan Nielson
DeMar Dudley
Calvin Cooksey
Ray Cundick
Reed Birchell
Victor Wilkins
Frank Walker
Archie Johnson, Jrs
Lucy Fitzgerald
Irvin Peterson
Ontine
Wm. Hurst
Ashley National Forest
T. R. Seeger
Kingsbury church chooses site for new building
Vernal officials announce the Kingsbury Congregational Church will be built on a ten acre site a quarter mile north of Highway 40. Frank Lloyd Wright is signed to design the rock structure with construction planned to begin next spring after ground purchase from Tom McKeachnie and Glines.
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Frankful Wright
Wright
Vernal
House of Worship
Tom McKeachnie
Glines
Highway 40
Clayton Simmons
Harold Reader
Ted Mohr
Calvin Cooksey
Myron Munson
Edith Cooper
Melba Lattner
Bob Jones
Gus Davis
Gus Johnson
Henry Michaefermeyer
Simmons
Baptist Church Dedication Sunday for New Addition
The First Baptist Church will dedicate its new addition this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. with Dr. Willis J. Ray delivering the principal message. After the service, the cornerstone will be laid by the pastor as the understructure and enlarged basement are prepared for the educational program and a Simultaneous Evangelistic Campaign led by Earl Dizelow of Lakeside, California.
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First Baptist Church
Willis J. Ray
The
Baptist Convention of Arizona
Diomalis Moor
Earl] Dizelow
Lakeside
California
R. L. Pendergrass
Paul Golllory
F. Thornhill
L. T. Peyton
Nolan X. Beaird
Vernal Shivers As Mercury Drops to Freezing
Varna endures winter as temperatures plunge to freezing while a brief cold spell continues. Frontier Airlines data show a record high last week and light precipitation with 0.08 inches noted amid a dusty regional weather snapshot. Agricultural reports indicate 0.50 inches of rain helped relieve very dry soil conditions.
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Varna
Bebe
Frontier Airlines
Eatanter Airlines
Rontley
Farmer's
Wayne Lundell Wins at Track Meet
Brigham Young University's track team defeated Arizona State 08 to 62 last Saturday night. Wayne Lundell and Sherill James posed with double wins, running dead heats in the mile and two mile. Lundell clocked 4:24 in the mile and 9:47 in the two mile, contributing to the conference record pace.
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Brigham Young University
Arizona State
Wayne Lundell
Harold M. Lundell
Wayne
Sherill James
Sherill
Volunteers to Ask for Cancer Contributions in Uintah County
Volunteers of Uintah County Chapter of the American Cancer Society will seek donations next week to fund research and educational programs. Campaign chair Barbara Mohr says the drive supports year round outreach and direct aid to those stricken, with a countywide house to house canvas planned and contributions mailed to Cancer, Vernal, Utah. The national drive aims for 18 million dollars with one fourth for research, and Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower serves as honorary national chairman alongside President Eisenhower.
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Uintah County
American Cancer Society
Barbara Mohr
Thas
Allars
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Canfer Society
Eisenhower
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Uintah Water
Uintas
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California Company
the California Co
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Highway 40 Assn
Tread
Highway 40 Association
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Craig
San Francisco
Len. Watkinn
Watkins
Tom Happy
Department of Interior
Lkely
Theople
Oine
Congress
Sen. Bennett
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La-Mar
Vernal Chamber OF C
Rod and Gun Club
Mable T. Massey
Lions Club
Kingsbury Church
Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
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