Trujillo Pleads Guilty To Drunken Driving After Canal Stoppage
Martuel Trujillo fined 100 dollars for speeding and charged with drunken driving after crashing his car into a canal headgate near Walt McCoy corner Maeser. He spent 30 days in jail. His wife Mia and five children, plus brother Antonio, were unharmed. Sheriff H M Snyder led the arrest and a nightlong search, locating two frightened girls ages 8 and 10 asleep together in a woods hideout near Bert Singleton ranch.
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Martuel Trujillo
Trujillo
H M. Snyder
Walt McCoy
Maeser
Trulo
Louis Roberts
Mia Trujillo
Antonio
Snyder
Bert Singleton
Mark Caldwell
Marshall
Sheriffs Return Missing Children After Assurance of Safety
Children were returned to their parents after deputies assured them no harm would come to them. The sheriff emphasized the reassurance and safety of the youngsters as the situation concluded.
Elizabeth Bartlett Wins Scholarship for Short Story
Elizabeth Bartlett of Tridell is named a winner of one of three Harrison R Merrill Utah Magazine scholarships in a state wide short story contest. Dr Carlton Culmsee announces Bartlett will receive a 25 dollar scholarship to Brigham Young University and plans to enroll as a freshman in autumn. The contest was open to all Utah high school graduates and required western themed stories.
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Elizabeth Bartlett
Tridell
Harrison R Merrill
Utah Magazine
Carlton Culmsee
Brigham Young University
Miss Bartlett
BYU
Utah
Harry B. Muller
H FR Merrill
The Grafting of the Family Tree Belectiona tale
The journalism department faculty prepared to continue an item titled The Grafting of the Family Tree in Miss Bartletts story Belectiona as part of their planned publication next year.
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Journalism Department
Armory Building Meeting With Governor Planned in Vernal
Gov H B Man chairs state industrial commission arranged a Tuesday appointment with the armory board and the governor. Carloads of delegates from clubs and organizations will travel to Salt Lake to meet officials. They will also discuss Vernal Manila Highway improvements, road department plans, and the use of rock asphalt on US 40 between Vernal and the Colorado line.
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State Industrial Commission
Armory Board
Salt Lake
Road Department
The
Engineering Commission
Manila Highway
Lapaint
Vernal
Colorado
West region reports record lamb crop figures for 1941
Western states show lambing percentages near historic highs with Montana Wyoming Idaho Washington and Oregon posting top results. Producers across about 4200 sheep growers supplied data while Western ewe numbers rose about one percent from 1940 to 1941 driven largely by Texas South Dakota Montana and Wyoming.
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Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Texas
South Dakota
Utida
Vernal Bishop to Fill Treasurer Post
Vernal Bishop is chosen to fill the treasurer post at a district meeting on August 11. The report lists district and county levies, licenses denied, road and welfare actions, constable appointment, and requests to adjust school voting precincts to align with county precincts.
Funeral Held at Davis Monday for Alonzo Atwood
Funeral services for Alonzo Atwood aged 78 were held Monday at 3 PM in Davis Ward Chapel with Bishop Wallace Slaugh presiding. Speakers included Hystop Joseph Golr and Ren Slaigh. Atwood born 1888 in Little Cottonwood Utah, died while visiting Wyoming. Survived by wife Minnie Williams Atwood of American Fork, three daughters and three sons, with music by local quartets and soloists.
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Daves
Robt
Alonzo Atwood
Taman Wyoming
Davis Ward
Wallace Slaugh
Lewis
Gardin Ana
Walter Simper
Mae Nielson
Santa Manwaring
Lewis Haws
Lavell Manwaring
Ashel Manwaring
Muse
Jose
Ren
Slaigh
Hob
Little Cottonwood
Elizabeth Minnie Atwood
Ok Myrtle Jane Mackay Vermal
Ruby Pearl Packer
Lyman
Wyo
R le Atwood
Interment Notice for James Atwood in Vernal Memorial Park
Pieavant Grove Arthur W Atwood announces the interment of Lett A James Atwood in Vernal Memorial Park. This notice confirms burial arrangements and honors the deceased’s memory with family participation and local observances.
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Pieavant Grove
Arthur W Atwood
James Atwood
Evanston
Vernal Memorial Park
Road Realignment Hopes Through County Area Observed
Residents along Vernal road endure rough driving as capital work promises realignment and cuts. Lions Club and county commission plan to raise the issue with state road officials. A trip to Book Cliffs reports grade under eight percent with potential 48 mile route at about $7500, while Lapoint gains electric power and modern comforts from REA including running water and irrigation.
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Lapoint
Lions Club
County Commission
Salt Lake
State Road Commission
Francis Felton
Vernal
Moab
Cuff Mountains
Thompson Canyon
Grand County
Renegade Canyon
Feltch
Thompson
James Andrews
OUL Taylor
Fred Jukes Dalton Wells
CCG
Local Community Notices and Visits Across Utah
Mr and Mrs Chyde Jarrell of California visited with Mr Jarrells parents in Vernal. Alice Murdock headed to Salt Lake City for the Retief Mattress project. Mra Hedman and Mrs Erekson visited Vernal en route to Mexico. Mrs Tom Timothy hosted Joleens fifth birthday with outdoor games and refreshments. Daughters of the Pioneers gathered with Mrs Price and Mrs Batty. MIA Prayer talks were given by Mrs Hallie Searle and Bishop Owen Slaugh. Primary plans an outing. new meeting time is 9:30 Wednesday mornings.
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Chyde Jarrell
California
Tab Rich
Califormia
Melvin Burke
Logan
Burke
Tom
Timothy
Joleens
Daughters of the Pioneers
Della Price
Jennie Workman
Lapoints Early Settler Celebrates 59th Birthday
Lapoint resident Jay Hackford celebrated his 59th birthday at his ranch east of Lapoint where he has lived for 36 years. He recalls arriving in eastern Utah in 1832 era and remembers early settlers Poseurtes, Van and Cook. The first year on the new land he could only plant a small garden on 160 acres.
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Lapoint
Hackfords
Murray
Sandy
Beard
Oregon
Utah
Uittah Basin
Uintah Indian Reservation
Nockford
Mre Pose Urtels
Phl van End
Bids Called for Bridge at Half Way Hollow
Bids for a steel beam bridge on US 49 at Half Way Hollow are advertised by the State Road Commission. Chairman Jonn HW Evane and acting chief engineer SG Kerr note the structure will span 67 feet and require 80 cubic yards of class A concrete and 69000 pounds of structural steel. The project includes 0.612 miles of graded approach road and 23000 yards of unclassified excavation.
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Btate Road Comission
Jonn HW Evane
SG. Kerr
Local YMMIA Meeting Notes and Visiting Names
Sunday services featured talks by Katherine Jackson Verna Striper Edward Watkins and Maryin Jackson. Yona Collier returned home after visiting Miss Ellen Ray Williams in Springville. Jay Smuin of Salt Lake City visited grandmother Mrs Aliza Ann Smith. Mrs Pearl Jenkins of Roosevelt visited Mr and Mrs Charlie Goodrich. Leslie Fisworth released as YMMIA president. Hyrum Slaugh sustained. Edward Williams of Springville visited Mr and Mrs Wallace Slaugh. Mrs Todney Schofield of Ma [ata] visited Mya ft J Bath.
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Mia
Katherine Jackson
Verna Striper
Edward Watkins
Maryin Jackson
Yona Collier
Ellen Ray Williams
Springville
Jay Smuin
Salt Lake City
Aliza Ann Smith
Pearl Jenkins
Roosevelt
Charlie Goodrich
Leslie Fisworth
YMMIA
Hyrum Slaugh
Edward Willams
Wallace Slaugh
Todney Schofield
Ata
Mya
Bath
Vernal CCG Fights Dry Fork Fire Near Cedar Post
A large fire spotted north of Vernal near Dry Fork canyon burned 50 acres of cedar post. CCC crews and two technical service personnel arrived within 30 minutes, with more enrollees aiding to bring it under control by 6 00 pm. The effort saved a grain field and valuable timber, marking the camp’s seventh blaze in 40 days per superintendent I K Ward.
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G31
Vernal
CCC
Cedar Post
Dry Fork Canyon
I K Ward Suprintendent Vernal OO
Future Farmer Officers Training School Set for August Dates
Future Farmer officers from Duche ne Uintah Alterra Altamont and Roosevelt chapters will attend a two day training school in Yellowstone Canyon on Thursday and Friday August 7 and 8. The event will be an inter chapter gathering with about thirty officers and advisers. Participants will lead discussions on vocational agriculture problems and receive thorough instruction in parliamentary rules and procedures.
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Villah
Guidance of advisers details duties of each office
Jess Hull Inger Alterra advisor leads chapter presidents Darrell Stokes Roosevelt secretaries M Rex Jensen Uintah treasuries Samuel R Greenlagh Altamont Reporters Don Shurtz Roosevelt vice presidents and watchdogs Uintah High School officers include Rex Jensen Advisor Vernon Richards president Howard Allen secretary Douglas Merkley treasurer Rulon Lind reporter Hugo Hullinger watchdog In keeping with the FFA motto Learning to do Doing to Lear, this group of boys demonstrates practical learning by doing
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Eacn
Jess Hull
Inger Alterra
Darrell Stokes
Roosevelt
M Rex Jensen
Uintah Treasuries
Samuel R. Greenlagh
Altamont
Don Shurtz Roosevelt
Iice
Uintah
Rex Jensen
Vernon Richards
Howard Allen
Douglas Merkley
Rulon Lind
Hugo Hullinger
FFA
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Bing Crosby
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