Vernal Utah holds bond election for waterworks upgrades
Legal notice states Vernal City will hold an April 28 1961 election on a 50 million general obligation bond issue to fund waterworks improvements including reservoirs mains and distribution network. Polling places Uintah County Courthouse and LDS Scout House will host officials G A Lambert Margaret Francke Ruth Piper Byron Goodrich Harry Brown Br and Eryn Bowden. City Council to canvass results April 24 1961 at 7 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal City
Utah
Shell
North Vernal
Uintah County
G. A. Lambert
Margaret Francke
Ruth Piper
South Vernal
L.D.S
Second Ward
Byron Goodrichs
Harry Brown
Eryn Bowden
Notice to Creditors in the Estate of M. E. Staley
Public notice to creditors of the estate of M. E. Staley asking all claimants to present their claims with verification to Colton and Lambert, attorneys, Vernal Utah, on or before June 7, 1961, at their office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Staley
Voudivera
Colton
Lambard
Vernal
Utah
Lynn A. ,Huber, Soccapus
Cohen and Puagegenter
Betes Vernal
Central School Easter Baskets Contest and Art Notes
Central School reports on a March 31 sixth grade Easter basket contest led by Mrs Massey with top prizes for Glen Holley Shanna Stanfill and Connie Caldwell and others. Also notes vegetable soup from Mrs Merrell’s first grade, square color pictures, new drinking fountain and class art projects using sawdust plaster and wallpaper paste with painted crafts and bird drawings by fourth and fifth graders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Randy Searle
Brian Spendrove
Glenn Holley
Stephen Blackburn
Jerry Mecham
Rhonna Peace Connie Caldwell
Mike Bchaefermeyer
Mike Taylor
Leonard Sullivan
Mrs. Massey
Glen Holley
Shanna Stanfill
Connie Caldwell
Brian ‘Spendiave
Mike Schaefermeyer
Mike “Taylor
War Experiences in England by Garr sans
A 3rd grade recounts John Evan Jones's wartime memories from Birmingham to London. He describes bombs, blackouts, a lantern-lit night rescue, shifting walls, and a ceiling collapse. Jones later lives in Vering and works for The Vernal Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garr
Jacobe
Snyder
John Evan Jones
Jones
Birmingham
Engand
Mr. Jones
Mutual
London
Ver Ing
The
Vernal Express
Whiterooks Parents Day and Easter Arrowhead Find
Whiterooks sixth grade held Parents Day on Friday March 1 with donuts and punch. all but three parents attended. Margaret Reed and Stewart Siknikent among absent, while Arrowhead found on Easter hike by Ton Hoopes and chips by others. list of sixth graders includes Diana Wallace Zoretta Ridley Rickie McConkie Arlo McKee Boyd Chegup Jimmy Hoopes Earl Manning Jerry Goodrich Gene Harvey Stewart Cudh.
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Zozette Ridley
Margaret Reed
Stewart Siknikent
Zozette Ridleys
Gene Harvey
Jerry Goodrich
Diana Wallace
Rickie McConkie
Jimmy Hoopes
Toni Hoopes
Arlo McKee
Whiterocks School
Radishes Growing in Our Room at White Rocks School
Jimmy Hoopes reports the sixth grade class at White Rocks School is growing radishes in their room. Twelve cartons hold radish seeds, with seven growing plants and five failing. Students observe growth and care for the sprouts daily.
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Jimmy Hoopes
White Rocks
Randlett Denver Guests At St Dudleys
Viola Jensen reports visits from Denver residents including Mr and Mrs Robert Dudley and Mrs George Buck at Harold Dudley’s home. Charles Allen of Ft Duchesne and Mannah Hall of Roosevelt spend time with local families. A group from here attends a Vernal Armory dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randlett
Denver
St. Dudleys
Viola Jensen
Robert Dudley
George Buck
Dudley
Harold Dudley
Buck
Charles Allen
Ft. Duchesne
Austin Wardle
Radish Growing in Class Cartons and School News
A school column describes students using milk cartons as planters for radishes with Arlo McKee's tall roots and Diana Wallace's short ones. It notes some students' seeds failing to grow and reports enrollment changes and a sick teacher. It also mentions Principal Mitchell moving his family, Gerry and Patty in the family, and a student, Larry Dean, breaking his arm in a recent accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlo McKee
Diana Wallace
Stewart Saknikent
Rickie McConkie
Earl Manning
Toni Koopes
Jimmy Mloopes
Mitchell
Sharon McKee
Whiterocks
Gerry
Patty
Cliff Hodge Jr Enrolled in Air Force Pilot Training at Reese AFB
Second Lt. Clifford A Hodge Jr son of Clifford M Hodge of Vernal joins the first class in the Air Force under graduate pilot training at Reese Air Force Base Texas class 62 F. He will spend 55 weeks in pre flight and flight training in T 37 and T 33 jets and on graduation in March 1982 receive silver wings before reassignment. Lt Hodge a 1955 Manwal High School graduate also earned a BA in Liberal Arts from Colorado State College and is married to Mary Katherine Swan of Denver Cole.
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Clifford Aodge
Clifford Modge
Vernal
Air Force
Reese Air Force Base
Texas
Clase 62-F
Air Command
Hodge
Manwal High School
Colorado State College
Leutenant
Mary Katherine Swan
Denver
Cole
Local visits span families across Jensen and Jensen kin
Roosevelt Mrs Betty Jensen and sons Max and Stephen and Mrs Hazel Wardle visited at Mrs Ivy Chandler's home Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Vaughn Wilkins and Jensen family and Mrs Wilma McArthur of Vernal helped at their parents Lewis Littleton's home. Austin Warale went to Willow Creek Sunday. Van Jensen and family of Salt Lake City visited Mr Jensen's brother Edgar Jensen and wife. Norton Shelton and family of McKinnon Wyoming were guests Friday.
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Edgar Jensen
Norton Shelton
McKinnon, Wyoming
Weekend Visitors and Family Gatherings In Utah Homes
Vern Robinson of Heber visited his parents Mr and Mrs Marriner McBrullen over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Drayden Foster and family spent Sunday with Mrs Foster’s father William W Wilson of Ouray. Lorin Mair and son Clinton, and Ernest Maie and family of Teber visited Mr and Mrs John Young in the afternoon. Roya Daniels of Fy Duchesne spent Wednesday with her parents John and Mrs Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. EB. Jensen
Vern Robinson
Heber
Marriner McBrullen
Drayden Foster
John Young
Maire
Roya Daniels
Fy Duchesne
Cheaper Florist Disappoints In Roses Offer
A terse note from a suitor promises practical kindness yet stalls on romance as a florist advertises a dozen roses at a discount. The brief exchange highlights frugal sentiment over grand gesture.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Biestore
Chen
Diab
L. RB
Miracle Mayor
Mit
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Indian Affaira Uintah and Cursy
Fort Duchesne
Uintah and Ouray Agency
Uinta Meridian
Uintah and Ouray Indian Agency
Kenneth Freestone
Foret
Rock Creek
Winta Special Meridian
Ashley National Forest
Douglas Lrogs
Forest Service
Stieeke Bank
USDA
Roosevelt, Jr
Buell Bennett
Josephine K. Staley
Executrix
Ag2t
Fairgrounds
Bob Showalter
Norman R. Fletcher
Uintab County
Central
Lee Nash
Don Wilson
England
Patty McLeak
Whiterooks
Mannah Hall
Roosevelt
Peggy Wardle
Armory
Jennie McMullen
Salt Lake City
Lewie Littleton
Grand Junction
Colo
Littleton
Merlin Ogden
Larry Dudley
Tammy
Mrs. Dudley
Fred Berman
Maybell
Ray Wardle
J. E. Jensen
Joyce
Jensen
Mra
Annie C. Bowden
Rose Mary Thompson
Morgan Johnson
Helen Moorman
Mrs. Pope
Louise Gurr
Mrs.Pope
Rita McKee
Larry Dean
East Main
Vernal, Utah
PB Paldom
Colorado
Miver Basin Consumer Power, Inc
Challege
D. L. Broussard
Utah Power and Light Co
Salt Lake Tribune
Beek Hight
Jado Power
Bureau of Reclamation
Idaho Power Co
Fred A. Seaton
Eisenhower
Stewart L. Udall
Kennedy
Beaton
Buresa
Feramnation
Sone
Ibe Sais Propesal
U. S. Treasury
Floyd E. Dominy
Commissioner of Reclamation
Dom Fred A. Seaton
Eec
Salls Vale
Broussard
Feda
Colorado River Basin
Cliff Hodge, Jr
Clifford A
Ken’s Farm Store
Alamashade
FHA Financing
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