Better Breakfast Week Opens in Vernal May 2
Uintah County sponsors announce Better Breakfast Week May 1 to 7 with kick off breakfast Monday May 2 at 7 30 am at Hotel Vernal A local doctor will speak and Mayor Stringham presides as toastmaster Prizes endowments come from Vernal service clubs and school contest winners will be recognized
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Uintah County
Ruby Smith
Hotel Vernal
Freda S. Davis
Nutrition Council
Stringham
Service Clubs
Vernal
Basin Reunion Set in Salt Lake City May 10
Willard A. Day announces a Uintah Basin reunion to be held at the Rainbow Ranch on Main Street in Salt Lake City May 10. The event, titled Waltz Night, invites basin residents and former residents to attend and meet old friends with seating for those who do not wish to dance. Day, ex-chairman of the state road commission, now handles sales for Arnold Machinery Co. OSA Salt Lake City.
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Uintah Basin
Rainbow Rancheru
Salt Lake City
Willard A. Day
Roosevelt
Day
Basin
Suh South
State Road Commission
Arnold Machinery Co
Michigan City collector brings 860 children's books to Vernal
Mrs. Ruth Tooze arrived with an exhibit of 860 children's books in Vernal. Special stories for ages from nursery to junior high were read at the Vernal theatre. Lectures follow Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Fort Duchesne Woman's Club and Friday at 8 p.m. at Central School. Books will be displayed at Central School and offered for sale to interested readers.
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Ruth Tooze
Michigan City
Ind
Vernal
Ft. Duchesne
Central _ school
Beatrice, Stringham
Central School
Stringham
Heart Specialist to Address Vernal Kiwanis Club
Dr. A. S. Cameron head of the Heartometer Co. of Chicago will speak to the Vernal Kiwanis club Thursday at 7 30 p m in Hotel Vernal. The visit caps a four month lecture tour ending in Denver Sunday. He is a renowned heart research specialist and former instructor at the University of Minnesota medical school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Cameron
Heartometer Co
Chicago
Vernal Kiwanis Club
Vernal
H. W. Marrs
Cameron
Denver
University of Minnets Medical School
Associated Civics Clubs to Meet Here
Regular meeting of the Associated Civics Clubs of Southern and Eastern Utah will be held Saturday with David Whittenberg, chairman of the state road commission, and Ames K Bagley of the Utah Manufacturers Assn to speak. Gov J Bracken Lee and Gus P Backman are invited. A public meeting at Utah Field House of Natural History at 2 p.m. will follow. About 100 visitors are expected. a banquet at Hotel Vernal at 5:30 p.m. will be sponsored by the Vernal Lions Club.
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Associated Civics Clubs
Southern
Utah
David Whittenberg
State Road Commission
Ames
K. Bagley
Utah Manufacturers Assn
Gov. J. Bracken Lee
Gus P. Backman
Salt Lake City
Utah Field House of Natural History
Bagley
Whittenberg
Tom Jensen
Civics Clubs Organization
Vernal
Vernal Lions Club
Interclub Relations Committee
Tyrrell R. Seager
Stringham
MIA Speech Festival Promises Uintah Basin Unity
The Uintah LDS stake MIA festival set for May 3 at 8 p m in Uintah high school auditorium will feature the theme The Gathering of Many Nations with stories of conversion from five Uintah residents and sketches about their ancestors. The program includes dances songs and readers with a Dutch German Norwegian and Scottish cultural mix. Beginning July 10 a special Uintah Basin forecast will be produced at Salt Lake City airport and sent to Vernal via Challenger Air Lines to aid farmers and ranchers.
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Uintah
LDS Stake Mia
Uintah High School
Grant Calder
Stake Mia
LDS Church
Stake Pres
Archie Johnson
Norway
George J. Calder
Pontha Calder
Scotland
Asher Manwaring
England
Nelle B. Postma
Holland
Pauline Strecker
Harland Hodgkinson
Germany
Duane Johnson
Homer Robertson
Grace Manwaring
Nancy Colton
Hodgkinson
Ray Searle
Chorus of the Nations
John Stagg
Herbert M. Snyder
Faun Hill
Marie Yeates
Norwegien
Carol
Marie Manwaring
John Jorgensen
Calder
Uintah Basin
Salt Lake Municipal
Facilties of
Challenger Air Lines Co
Archer B. Carpenter
B. H. Stringham
Carpenter
Challenger
Vernal
Stringham
Weather Bureau
Salt Lake
Challenger Communications
Calendar of May and April events list
Regional Music Festival on April 29 at Price. May 2 meetings for County Commissioners American Legion. May 4 events include Junior Chamber of Commerce Uintah high school PTA City Council Driver License test Kiwanians. May 5 Kiwanis. May 9 School Board District Court. May 11 Lions. May 12 Kiwanis. May 13 Senior Day. May 18 Driver License test City Council Graduation Exercises. May 19 Kiwanis. May 25 Lions. May 26 Kiwanis. May 30 American Legion.
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Price
American Legion
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Uintah High School
PTA
City Council
Kiwants
School Board
District Court
Lions
Kiwanis
Jaycees
Services Honor Former Express Writer
Funeral services for Frank P. Wellman 75 former Vernal Express writer were held today at 2 pm in Jensen ward chapel by Moroni Moon. Military rites were given by Witbeck Post No 11 American Legion burial was in Jensen cemetery. Wellman a former Oregon Uintah Basin teacher turned writer died Saturday in a Salt Lake hospital. He was born April 13 1873 in Pueblo Colorado married Golda Williams in 1902 later wed Zilpha Wall in 1917 both wives preceding him. He served in the Spanish American War and wrote for the Vernal Express and later feature stories for Deseret News and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Wellman
The
Vernal*Express
Jensen Ward Chapel
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Moroni Moon
Witbeck Post No. 11
American Legion
Jenisen
Wellman
Oregon
Uintah Basin
Salt Lake Hospital
Pueblo
Colo
Samuel W
Mary M. Phillips Wellman
Golda May Williams
Hamilton
Ore
Trailways Opens New Salt Lake City Terminal Near Temple Square
Continental Trailways unveils its modern Salt Lake City terminal at I. W. South Temple Street, with a 11:30 a.m. ceremony on Saturday April 30. Mayor Glade, LeGrande Richards, and city guests invited as open house runs 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Attendees may tour the facility and view diesel-powered luxury buses on display.
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Trailways
Salt Lake City
Continental Trailways
Temple Square
Ralph F. Berndt
Salt Lake
Utah
Earl J. Glade
LeGrande Richards
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Rocky Mountain Division
I. W. South Temple Street
Vernal Construction Advances Amid Favorable Weather
Vernal plans progress on a $350 000 county hospital with a July 15 readiness target. Chairman Glenn H Cooper says two weeks to order equipment, 30 to 60 day delivery, and $24 000新增 for gear plus $7189 each in federal and state matching funds. A $3080 local shortfall remains to cover $9000 extra to meet target.
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Ainish County Hospital
Glenn H. Cooper
Hospital Equipment Board
Navy
Hospital Committee
Cooper
Vernal Auto Shop
Vernal Avenue
C. R. Jeffries
Slough Motor Co
5Th East
Sun West
Phillips 66
Evert Merkley
Merkley
Robert Turner
Heber
Turner
600 East
Page
Vernal Businessmen Organize Local Baseball Club
Vernal businessmen form a new baseball club at an April 20 meeting at the American Legion hall with M. E. Staley elected president and D. Barr as vice president. Orlan L. Johnson becomes secretary treasurer and Tassamer named team manager. The club plans new uniforms, holds practices at Jaycee softball park, and schedules games with area teams while building plans for an unlighted high school baseball park.
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Vernal
American Legion Hall
M. E. Staley
Vernal Baseball Club
Donald Barr
Orlan L. Johnson
Harry Polnd
Stanley King
Memorials and Survivors in Basin Community
The obituary notes Mr. Wellman who died in January and was remembered by Basin residents. He donated an afghan crocheted in 160 hours to aid the county hospital auxiliary. Surviving relatives include six sons, two daughters, numerous grandchildren, and several siblings living in states such as Washington California and Nebraska.
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Basin
Wellman
Nne
Jintah County
Glen
Harlan
Elder Wellman
Ila Cowan
Jensen
Keith Wellman
Seattle
Wash
Be Wellman
Oakland
Cal
Sacramento
Jewel Knight
Salt Lake City
Edna Kingsley
Grace von Mohr
Omaha
Neb
Calder Creamery Fire Causes Boiler Room Damage
A fire at Calder Creamery Tuesday midnight confined to a boiler room behind the main building. Vernal volunteer firemen reported the incident Wednesday. The concrete structure remained standing but the roof three electric motors and wiring were destroyed.
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Calder Creamery Co
Vernal
Uintah High School to Attend Region 5 Music Festival
Uintah high school joins regional bands Altamont South Emery Duchesne Roosevelt North Emery Carbon Grand County and others at the Region 5 Music Festival in Price from April 28 to 30. Junior high ensembles also enter the event offering a broad program.
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Uintah High School
Hgh
Altamont
South Emery
Duchesne
Roosevelt
North Emery
Carbon
Grand County
Uintah
Utah Teachers Average Salaries Rise in 1947 48 Data
Utah Foundation reports Utah school teachers averaged 2841 for the 1947 48 year with over one third earning above 3500. Average ages 43, 47 teachers surveyed cover 90 percent of districts. Professional staff salaries rise with experience. national position and state ranking noted.
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Utah
Utah Foundation
Tax Research Agency
Research Agency
Pathfinder Magazine
Mountain States
Wells Boost Ash Valley Production In Uintah Basin
Two more producing wells were brought on at the Ashley Valley structures nine miles east of here to raise the field total. Cram Griffith Thomas Hall No 3 came in Tuesday around 2 p.m. and was spudded March 22. Hollandsworth and Travis reported Government No 1 well at 4237 feet producing 30 barrels daily. Kerr McGee and others continued spudding and testing wells as drilling advances in the Uintah Basin area.
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Ashley Valley
Here
Griffith Thomas Hall
J. W. Griffith
Ifield
Crain
Griffith Uintah Basin
Tweed
California Co
Wyman
C&g'thomas
Hall
Tom, Turner
Equity ‘Or Co
Ashley, Valley
Carter’ Oil Co
Ft Duchesne
Verne B.’Farmer, Jr
Wald
Stanolind, Gag & Oil Co
USA
Elk Springs Drilling Plans Announced In Colorado Utah
Plans by Idaho Colorado Petroleum Co to drill 32 wells in northwestern Colorado were announced. Sidebotham and Redden led surveying at Elk Springs near Vernal Utah. Lofland Brothers Drilling to drill to Weber oil sands with bid by Ray W. Pease for a new Elk Springs road.
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Idaho Colorado Petroleum Co
Elk Springs
Colo
Evors
Sidebotham
Continental Oil Co
Colorado
Northwestern Oil and Gas Lease
Denver
Rangely
Wilson Creek
Iles
R. S. Sidebotham
Richard Redden
Utah
Lofland Brothers Drilling
Cyclist Injured In Bike Auto Collision Near Vernal
Alan Hatch junior at Uintah High School was injured last Thursday when his motor bike collided with a car driven by C R Jeffries Vernal fire chief assistant. He was treated at a doctor’s office then at home and remained in bed Tuesday. Firemen reported a grass fire with no damage.
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Alan Hatch
Ray Hatch
Uintah High School
Young Hatch
C. R. Jeffries
Vernal
Dixon
Highway 40
Vernal City
Jeffries
Hatch
Progress Noted On Stake Center Construction
Progress on the Vernal Third Ward chapel and stake center accelerated this week. The First Presidency and Elders cleaned the recreational hall, hauled hardwood flooring to the upper story, and night shifts laid floors as plastering proceeds. The hall is expected to be finished with the first coat by the weekend and upper-wing floors near completion. Leaders are urged to coordinate with the Glean construction foreman for additional help this week.
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Vernal Third Ward
Stake Presidency
High Council
Glean
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Services
Express
Hollandsworth
C&g
Valley
Tassamer
Tassainer
Jaycee
Carbon County
Grand Junction
Board of Education
Calder Creamery
UHS
L. J. Scholfield
Paul
Elk Springs Drilling
Idaho
Standard Oil Co
Sargely
Ospital
Shatoter, Téaho ‘O
Raneely
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