L D S Apostle Speaks at Uintah Stake Conference
Apostle Charles A Callis of the Quorum of Twelve addressed Uintah stake sessions praising Priesthood service and Welfare work. He urged self support, humility, and aiding the needy, citing Christ’s inasmuch ye have done it unto me. Other speakers included Alfred Johnson and Don Roberts with a weekend program continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A Callis Gall’ Lake
Quorum of Twelve Apostles
LDS Church
Uintah Stake
First Ward
Callis
Alfred B Johnson
Don C Roberts
Ives
Hyrum B Caker
Mark M Hall
Israel
Lewis
Joseph Gollier
Davis
Earl
Preece
John I Eaton
Glines
Crwet Slaugh
Canada
Searold
E Hullinger
Jose A
Haws
Karl J Engar
Byron Goodrich
Cailis
Win Tinl
Balint
Baby Robertson Dies in Tragic Early Morning Strangle
The month old baby daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer W Robertson died by strangulation early Thursday between 4 and 6 am. Short services will be held Friday at 2 pm at the Beconi Ward Chapel.
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Homer W Robertson
Beconi Ward
A G Anderson of Lapoint Dies Sunday
A G Anderson of Lapoint, prominent farmer and livestock authority, died at home Monday after a stroke suffered Saturday. Born May 13, 1863 in Ram us, he moved from Kamas to Vernal then Lapoint, and was an active member of the LDS church. He leaves a widow, eight children, a brother and sisters, seven grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral services will be held today in the Maeser ward chapel with burial in Maeser Cemetery under the direction of the Heuin Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alme G Anderson
Lapoint
Mtr
Teola Shoemaker
Salt Lake City
Toby Bloss
Tridel
Dorothy Christenson
Shelley Idaho
Harley Anderson
Mo & W
Maeser
LDS Ward Chapel
Jeecry Harrison
Buriat
Maeser Cemetery
Heuin Funeral Home
Roosevelt Uintah Basin music festival attracts 1500 musicians
More than 1500 young musicians from Uintah and Duchesne counties will participate in the Uintah Basin district music festival at Roosevelt. The event, sponsored by the Roosevelt Junior Chamber of Commerce, features chorus, solo and ensemble contests, drum major and band parades, and special instrumental numbers, with schools including Uinta, Duchesne, Roosevelt, Alta Monte, Tablena, Alterra, Myton, Lapoint, and the Vernal Central School drum and bugle corps.
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Uintah
Duchestre Counties
Uintah Basin
Roosevelt
The
Roosevelt Junior Chamber of Commerce
Uinta
Roosevelt High
Duchesne High School
Altamonte Tablena Alterra Myton
Lapoint
Vernal Central School
Karl
Engar U5
Grand
Mildred Basan
Winifred Kennard
Doris Duvall
Donald Wardle
Karl Manwaring
Nina Hair
Anna Ashby
Mildred Basilan
Edna Cotton
Dorothy King
Betty Pack
Wilma Swett
Isepel McKnight
Mweet
Lions Club to Present Trophy at National Guard Camp
At a Wednesday night luncheon in the Pine Room the Lions Club approved awarding a trophy to the 116th Regiment Engineers during their summer encampment at Camp Williams or Camp Lewis. Captain H W Colton noted the unit’s $16,000 annual spend and 73 men enrollment.
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Lions Club
National Guard
Surmmer
116Th Regiment of
Errgineers
Camp Willams
Camp Lewis
H W Colton
Gamn
Arnory
Wernel
Visits Oaks Park with Caretaker Remarks
Robert Hunting took Bundhy and Arthur Corless to Oaks Park on Friday. Corless will stay on as caretaker while Hunting notes favorable park conditions and snowfall has been better than expected.
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Robert Hunting
Bundhy
Oaks Park
Arthur Corless
Mr Hunting
Scenic Edition Promotes Highway 40 Travel Route
Three Utah newspapers publish a Scenic Edition to boost Highway 40 from Salt Lake City to Denver. The 7000+ copy issue features a strip map cover and staged scenes from San Francisco to New York, highlighting Temple Square and Bonneville Salt Flat, Wasatch Canyon, Uintah Basin, Green River, and Escalante Trail.
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Verital Paoosovelt
Heber
San Francisco
New York
Salt Lake
Denver
Craig
Colorado Highways $0 Association
Utah
Xpress Standard
Wasatch Wave
Galt Lake
Chamber of Commerce
Denver Tourist and Travel Bureau
AAA
$20 000 Sewer Project Nears Completion
Vernal City moves toward finishing a $20000 sewer and street improvement project with WPA funding covering about 106080 and sponsors 8939220. Seven blocks of streets started November 25 near asphalt readiness, with 1100 tons of asphalt at 197399, rock and gravel quantities and sidewalk, curb, and sewer work detailed, including 3710 feet of sidewalk and 8000 feet of curb and gutter to be completed.
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WPA
East Malin Street
3Rd South
West Main
Music Festival Draws Large Conference Crowd
The annual festival organized by the MIA showcased ten wards from Umtah stake at the tabernacle Sunday evening. Performances included choral numbers led by Barbara Rasmussen and Mes Mi Manwaring, a Naples mixed quartet, and a First ward ladies chorus with Ada Openshaw. The stake presidency and high council were honored with roses, and the closing prayer was given by President H B Calder.
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Umtah
MIA
Jesse
Hawa Mia
High Council
Second Ward
Barbara Rasmussen
Mes Mi Manwaring
Calvn
Tridell
Jesus
Naples
Ada! Openshaw
Nelma Tudi¢éy
Boy Scout
Jensen
America
Roland Hullinger
Stake
High Conacts
Fain
Ash Grove
Frank J Kennard
Mra Arthur Manwaring
Stake Mita
H B Calder
Free Barbecue to Be Held at Trap Sunday by Gun Club
The Vernal trap team invites the public to a final Sunday event with a free barbecue at 1 pm hosted by the Vernal Gun Club. Located about three miles southwest of Vernal along Highway 40 between the High Lite and Ashley Upper canals, the concluding shoot features Heber club in what should be a close local match. Charles DeMoisy Jr of Ogden and his father were in Vernal on Monday. DeMoiy noted his father’s 8th birthday anniversary on April 12 and his daily reading of the Vernal paper with news of local friends.
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Vernal
Vernal Gun Club
Highway 40
High Lite
Ashley Upper
Heber Club
Promisses
Charles DeMoisy Jr
Ogden
DeMoiy
WPA overseen street and sewer upgrades and costs
The city spent 30 cents per foot to lay six inch pipe on streets while 700 pounds of Jolnis material cost $35 and 400 pounds of oskum cost $650. All labor was supplied by the WPA. City Marshal Lare Richardson headed work with Wilford Adams as supervisor of both street and sewer projects and Alvin Kay as cost clerk, Ralph Buoy as account clerk for sidewalls and streets.
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WPA
Lare Richardson
Wilford Adams
Alvin Kay
Ralph Buoy
Page Reportendorses River Project
Senate public lands committee heard Utah officials urge favorable King bill to authorize a Colorado River survey and $75 000 appropriation. Reclamation Commissioner Page stressed Utahs agricultural needs from trans mountain diversions, while Senator King signaled a forthcoming supplemental estimate for small reservoirs under the Wheeler Act.
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Washington
Page
Leland H Kimball
Utah
Colorado
King
Congress
Warm Springs
Interior Department
Funeral Rites for Mrs Sarah Lucas Hiatt 79
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Lucas Hiatt 79 who died after a heart attack following an automobile accident were held in the Vernal Second Ward chapel. Bishop John Talt led the service with speakers Charles 8 Carter and H. Walter Woolley. A mixed quartet and choir sang several hymns while pallbearers included George Pope and Harmon Sowards. Interment followed at Vernal Memories Park with Olpin Mortuary of Heber in charge.
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Sarah Lucas Hiatt
Modesto Call
Second Ward
Heber Price
John Talt
Charles 8 Carter
H. Walter Woolley
Asso
Lois Walker
Bonsarda
Miss Woodward
Mary Munwaring
Geo H Bartlett
Bishop Hall
George Pope
Wm H Siddoway Harmon Sowards
R O Cooper
A T Johnson
George H Bartlett
Vernal Memories Park
Olpin Mortuary
Heber
Tr Johnson Min Hiatt
Deventry
Fire at Preece Farm Causes $1000 Damage
A Sunday fire at the Ronald Preece farm two and a half miles north of Vernal on the Vernal Mantle highway caused about $1000 in damage. The blaze, believed started by a neighbor burning brush, destroyed the barn and damaged tools, with 180 men forming a bucket brigade to stem the fire and save the house, garage, and school bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Ronald Preece
Vernal
Vernel Mantle Highway
Alvin Gardiner
Mr Preece
Bir Gardiner
Preece
Spring Creek
James G Thorne
LC Thorne
Thorne
Meir
Main Street Curb Project To Start Soon
The Vernacity curb and gutter project will begin in May on Main Street from First West to near Firat West. The state road commission will pave curb to curb, with costs covered by a special frontage tax in five installments and six percent interest. WPA labor and materials fund the city's portion, enabling a broader beautification plan with trees and planned lawn space between street and sidewalk, with expansion planned toward Vernal Avenue and beyond to the city limits near Ashley Creek.
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Firat West
State Road Commission
Vernal Avenue
Malin Street
Ashley Creek
National Guard Encampment Planned at Split Mountain Gorge
Sixty members of Company T 115th regiment engineers, National Guard, Vernal, depart May 4 for an overnight bivouac at Split Mountain Gorge on Green River. Convoy from Armory at 3:00 pm with full pack marching, demonstrations led by Lt Frank Wright and Sgt Hatch Jr, mess details by Erland Preece, and 42 men on EKP duty. Evening program under Syt tingen, bugler Revoile. morning drills, aerial defense topics, extended order, fortifications, platoon competition, and a visit to the Ding Four Nations Monument with escort A C Boyle. Encampment under Capt H W Colton with Lt Wright and Lt Johnson in key roles. Vernal promotion of good roads noted with Mr Anderson and local residents mentioned.
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T 115Th Regiment Engineers
National Gard
Vernal
Split Mountain Gorge
Green River
Leslie Baldwin
Frank Wright
Sgt & D Hatch Jr
Mets Erland Preece
Syttingen
Revoilie
William Afurray
Prank Couture
George 'Biyne Ffield
H_ ‘W Colton
Wright
Johnson
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L.D.S
Apostle
Charles A Gallis
Robertson Boaby
A. G. Anderson OF
Apostle Charles
Roosevelt Elementary School
Roosevelt Lds Ward Hall
Francis Feltch
Kenneth Micken
Ruth Skidmore
J C Anderson
Pocatello
R GC Cowper
Main Street
Denver Salt Lake
Queseg
L Wise
Ohio
Phila
Hanois
Kentucky
Arganta
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Mark Code
Glen Lambert
Henry Blaugh
Shirley Sowards
Meadow Park
Green Lakes
Hown
Provo
Golden Hatch
Willow Creek
Imperial Hall
BA Uy
Adonsion
Jia
James A Parley
Massachusetts
Preece Farm
Main’ Street
Old Red Planer Corner
Mayer St
Qooper
Split Mt. Gorge
Wm MM Anderson
Good Roads
Verna
Mr Anderson
Watson
Dan Adams
Dry Fork
Vernu
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