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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1945
Page
1
Veterans arrive home from overseas service and a Vernal rodeo draws about four thousand fans. Articles note Camp Carson convalescent care, Navy leave for Ned Coltharp, and multiple local servicemen honored or listed with units and campaigns.
SZCZECINA Stettin reports a Utah Indian named Harvey Netches known as Chief led a 24 hour visit with Red and Polish officials. He was feted by Soviet and Polish delegates at an improvised ceremony amid ruins. The escort included soldiers, civilians, and a Polish helper. The piece describes postwar restoration attempts and lingering devastation at the historic city.
Dr LeGrand G Noble former Uintah High principal and school superintendent arrived at USAC in Logan to begin work as director of extension classwork and correspondence and assistant professor of education He has been superintendent of education at the Topaz relocation center for the past three years.
Equity Oil began drilling on Heber Powell land two and a half miles from Napico on a Cardwell steel rig west of Ashley Creek. The crew intends five to six thousand feet depth with initial cable tool or rotary gear and Ross Rooks of Rangely in charge. The 1928 Ashley Valley No 3 test near Vernal yielded oil in Morrison formation at 1790 feet with gravity 29 and paraffin base.
The State Tax Commission increases Uintah County property valuations for the year. City and town parcels rise by 10 percent. irrigated improved farmland up 10 percent. unimproved farmland up 10 percent. all other real estate including equities and state lands up 19 percent in value.
Robert Caldwell aged 19 was arrested for stealing clothes from Fashion Cleaners last week and was taken to Ft Douglas by two MPs. Caldwell, a Michigan native stationed at Bushnell General Hospital for wounds, deserted and had joined the Bud E Anderson circus, arriving in Vernal with the circus troop.
Pvt Hyrum Charles Murray 19 was wounded in action in the Pacific theatre of operations. He entered the armed forces on October 10 1944 and embarked from the West Coast in March this year. Mr and Mrs J E Campbell returned Thursday after two weeks at Colorado Springs.
The report from the drilling site describes startup activity on the Gustaveson project near Vernal with the well beginning operations. Superintendent Biot Papin notes progress toward establishing production with initial assessments of borehole size and drilling depth.
Uintah County and Vernal City join a fly control effort amid a polio threat. Dr F G Eskelson, Uintah County physician, orders sanitation measures, closing open privies, covering cesspools, cleaning pig pens, and burying dead animals. Lions Club and public urged to report fly breeding sites.
Benny Benson of Mobridge headlines the Vernal rodeo showing his 380 pound mule Jo Jo in crowd drawing acts. He previously placed in bulldogging at Pine Bluff and touts record times while traveling with his wife Billie and daughter.
Patsy Belcher daughter of Mr and Mrs E W Belcher sustained serious cuts and bruises Thursday evening when struck by a Model T Ford driven by Stella E Ainge of Jensen during a fairground procession. She was taken to Basin Hospital for care and later returned home to convalesce.
Don Winward on furlough was shot in the leg Sunday evening near Massey's saw mill in Dry Canyon. He was taken to Bos Basin Hospital, then by ambulance to Bushnell for treatment, en route to Ord California if able, with family relations noted as son of Mr and Mrs Fawn Winward and husband of Elna Gray Winward.
Vernal aviator Ada Jensen and Ila King left Vernal to ferry a plane to Rock Springs. About 45 minutes from Vernal they encountered a violent squall and electrical storm forcing a landing near Aspin Mountain. They were guided by flight instructor Jack Turner and Turner's assessment noted the forced landing as a precaution.
Frederick C Lacey a 512 resident of Vernal died Monday evening at Basin Hospital from a skull fracture sustained when he fell into a spit at the Rangely oil field He had worked for Mel Toles a Montana water well contractor at the time of the accident The surviving children are named in the notice
Funeral services were held Friday morning at the First Ward chapel for Jane Murray who died July 30 after a lingering illness. Bishop Jesse A Haws presided with musical selections, vocal numbers, and speakers including Alfred Biniver and Wallace Calder. Interment followed at Fairview Cemetery. Murray, born May 10 1878 in Spanish Fork Utah, was Uintah County the area’s first practicing nurse for over 30 years and later lived with her daughter in Salt Lake City.
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