Stork Race Birth Under Roadside Pine Near Vernal
A July 28 incident recalls Forrest Lyman Swett born beside a road under a pine tree near Red Creek, 150 yards from Vernal. The Swett family then lived near Lewis Allen, later Green Dale, an isolated area that grew into a populated community with a highway, electric lights, and running water.
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James Lowett
Lewis Allen
Vernal
Red Creek
Forrest Lyman Swett
Swetts
William Green
Ranger
Sanford Green
Green Dale
Green River
Butch Cassidy
FHA Title 1 loans fuel home insulation boom in 1954
FHA insured 81 million in Title 1 home improvement loans during 1954, boosting total loans to 1.46 million housing starts. Insulation was the most financed project, with one in five loans for insulation. Regional shares show Virginia and Southern states high in insulation funding, while typical borrowers borrowed 430 dollars and paid 13.74 dollars monthly over 26 months.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
New Hampshire
Vermont
Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
National Mineral Wool Association
Merkley Park hosts John Powell family reunion
Local notes report a large turnout at Merkley Park on Saturday July 20 for the John Powell family reunion. The piece lists numerous visits and travels among area families including the Pullmans, Hustlers, Hullingera, Karrens and Petersons, with trips to Rangely Roosevelt Whiterocks and Casper Wyoming. Several births and visits are noted, along with Legion meetings, training classes, and a few short trips to Grand Junction Rialto and Vernal.
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Hila Ainge
Kelly Powells
John Powell
Merkley Park
Jake Pullmans
Burton Beachams
Bill Hustlers
Hayden, Colg
Easy Does TT Hole Hae Key Fridge Tips
Practical guide advises cooling hot dishes to room temp before storing to avoid warming the fridge. It recommends using a larder container with cold water to speed cooling and freezing items, then adjusting the fridge temperature from high to mid after freezing desserts or foods.
Dense auditorium crowd prompts sharp bystander retort
A lecturer expresses satisfaction at a dense crowd in the auditorium. A bystander retorts with a sharp question about the lecturer’s perception of the audience, highlighting friction in the scene.
Family visits and church activities noted in local page
By Mahoney daughter Mickey Thompson and son Stevie of Sacramento. They also visited other relatives while here. Dennis Labrum of Roosevelt s ge pending the summer at the Louis Rasmussen home. Relief Society work meeting was held at the chapel Aug. 2. The afternoon was spent quilting. Birthdays honored were Lydia Wall Jennie Moon Sarah Slaugh and Amanda Prince. Watermelon was served to the group by Wilma Gilroy Rose Robinson and Pearl Nash. Stanley Chew arrived Aug. 2 for a ten day leave with his parents the W BR Chews from Parks AF B Cal. From here he will go to Chanute AFB Ill. The Fuller Merrelly and Ray Merrell of Salt Lake visited last week with the Thayrel Cook family. Tera Lee Stewart has been visiting at the AuMiller ranch with Judy-
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Steven
Alfred Hullingera
Jack Karrens
Marvin Petersons
Idaho
Oregon
Amenada Prince
Rangely
Dale 'Stewart
Kelly Brown
Bud Gilroys
Ernest Helen
Hunington
Warren Billings
Nile Alinges
Whiterocks
Roosevelt
Kimball Arnolds
Joseph Arnold
Bill Arnold
Wallace Twitchells
Whiteroicks
Ethel Martin
Joseph Murrays
UBIC
Ralph Chew
Adrian Raines
American Legion
Myton
Sgt
Jay Haslem
Arlington
Cal
Donald
Nile Ainge
Garden Grove
Morgan Gardner
Grant Aine Peny Aia
Rancely Ie Au
Range
Suan Slaugh
Casper
Wyo
Clyde Slaughs
Wyoming
Hoyle Robinson
Nial
Frontier Airlines
Grand Junction
Rialto
Horace Ainges
Gloria
Patrica
Carl Stewart
Orem
Sam Fratto
Rose Robinson
Imperial, Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Lula Chew
Reine Chew
Monrovia
Mickey Thompson
Stevie
Sacramento
Dennis Labrum
Louis Rasmussen
Relief Society
Lydia Wall
Jennie Moon
Sarah Slaugh
Amanda Prince
Wilma Gilroy
Pearl Nash
Stanley Chew
Fuller Merrelly
Ray Merrell
Salt Lake
Thayrel Cook
Tera Lee Stewart
AuMiller Ranch
Uidy
Shorn Lamb Quote on Wife and Card Playing
A terse quip in which Shorn Lamb asks if a wife plays poker for money and learns the answer lies with the people she plays with. The remark hints at social attitudes toward gambling and titles the paper with a clipped, period voice note.
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Deseret News
M. S. Tdwell
Bountiful
Bob
Sherbet
Hawaiiat
Beatrice Foods Co
Piedmont Dairy Verna Dtsch
Aahdnun Rin
Albany
Eure
Elgin National Watch Co
Jonnie
By Mahoney
Ents
W. BR. Chews
Parks, Afb, Cal
Chanute
Afb
Woot
Utah Milk Foundation
Oldsmobile
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