Funeral services for Mia Minnie Cook Preece
Funeral services for Mia Minnie Cook Preece, 60, will be held Saturday at 11 am in Vernal 8th Ward chapel. Burial in Rocks Point Cemetery. Died Wednesday at 2:45 am at home after a lingering illness. Survived by four sons and one daughter, including Jay Robbing and John Preece, all of Vernal and Craig Colorado. Also two brothers, three sisters, and two half-sisters. A highway project linking Vernal Moab to connect Uintah and Grand counties was discussed by the Vernal Chamber of Commerce, with potential federal and Indian Department support.
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Mia
Minnie
Cook Preece
Rocks Point
Preece
Boi
Salt Lake City
William
Lydia Hartle Cook
Vernal
John Heber Preece
Wesley
Aye
Robbing
John
Stanley
Dean
Vaughn
Craig
Colorado
M. M. Cook
Win
Cook
Alice Brigman
Lidia Tyzack
Gertrude Fredricks
Roosevelt
Jane Page
Teoosevelt
Sarah Heel
Grand Junction
Uintah
Grand
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Grand County
Indian Department
Keetley
Francis Feltch
Feltch
Sohlo Petroleum Company
Chamber of Commerce
L. ¥. Siddeway
Salt Lake
Alfred Wueonidas Johnson
Maeser
Stuart W Olbrich
Johnson
Obrich
Ted Thacker
Boyd Price
Dotty Mecham
Mildred Mansfield
Kindly Light
Ruth Jones
Wag
Everett Cagin
Sterling
Virginia Hacking
Mra Ruth Jones
Cavity
Rockpoint
Reverend Oldrich
Quinte
Perry
Hugh
Eldan
Dad
Clifton Johnson
Terry James
Earl Lathrum
Rasmussen
Mr. Johnson
Alfred
Leymna Taylor -Johnson
Cora Copley
Helen V. Tomi Unson
San Diego
Calif
Alta Nj Matlack
Cole
Three Jail Escapees Recaptured After Brief Flight
Three inmates escaped from an eastern Utah jail and were recaptured Tuesday. Breckenridge, 87, of Grand Junction, was detained in Vernal at 6:45 AM by Lt. Sammy Match and Vernal officer Mac McKee. Two Roosevelt Indians who fled a Roosevelt work detail were arrested in Provo.
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Utah
Anata
Dreckenridge
Grand Junction
Cattle Growers Annual Roundup Slated Saturday
The Uintah Cattle Growers Association Roundup is set for Saturday starting at 2 a.m. with an educational meeting in the courtroom. Speakers include Frat. James Bennett on beef cattle progeny performance and Ferry Carpenter on Brass fertilization. A 2 p.m. business meeting follows, capped by a barbecue at the Corral for members and guests.
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Uintah Cattle Growers Association
James Bennett
Animal Husbandry Department of the USA
Logan Py Ferry
Carpenter
Hayden
Colo
Bennett
Cour Room
Corral
Riddle-like fragment hints at morning rein and maltreay
A fragment reads inexactly about morning routines and a mysterious term maltreay, suggesting a cryptic local note or puzzle snippet with unclear meaning and no clear events or names.
Funeral Rites for Anus K Parker Held Monday
Funeral services for Amanda Katherne Parker 38 were held Monday at 2 pm in Verna Mortuary. The ceremony included music by Mable Stagg ers and led by Irvin Eaton with Harmon Sawards speaking. Burial followed at Vernal Memorial Park with grave dedication by Marlon Woods. Survivors include adopted son Arthur Brine Myron and four grandchildren. Parker, born February 7 1872 at Midway, had ties to Vernal and Grand Junction Colorado.
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Amanda Katherne Parker
Verna Mortuary
Vallip ‘Alking
Mable Staggers
Parker
Myton
Irvin Eaton
May Jorgenseen
Mable Stagg
Harmon Sawards
May Jorgensen
J. Arden Jolley
Vernat' Memorial Park Cemetery
Marlon Woods
Bill
Frances McCartell
Lloyd Watkins
Manuel Goodman
Jack Hatch
N. C Jewett
Roo' Krebb
Salt Lakeity
Clyde Winn
Alt
Lake City
Hatch
Jegnnia Blaney
Sam Murray
Bar
Grand Junction
Colorado
Maude Woods
Salt Lake City
Carl Hatch
Ielper
Midway
Jesse D
Amanda Jane Cliffe Carrell
Vernal
James Parker
Arthur Brine
Myron
Lida Pope
Colo
Dora Goodman
Mary Jewett
Vernia
Uintah Basin Championship Rodeo slated with parades and trophies
The Uintah Basin Championship Rodeo, approved by the Western Elope Rodeo Association, will run Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds with parades nightly at 6 p.m. The Goat Ropers and Lost Loop Roping Clubs back the event and trophies will be awarded for saddle bronc, bareback, bull riding, bull dogging, calf roping, team roping and all around cowboy. Special events include grand entry, junior calf roping, and pole riding, with prizes including Levi’s for the top bull riders. Participants are urged to join the parade in Western style floats reaching the route from Velals’ start to the fairgrounds.
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Uintah Basin
Fairgrounds
Goat Ropers
Oyver Mullinger
Hullinger
Uintah Casin
Western Elope Rodeo Association
Trullinger
Levis
Sth
Judior
Uintah County Schools Plan Opening Day for New Term
Uintah County schools schedule opening day for Tuesday September 3. Kindergarten and first grade entrants must show birth certificates at registration. others register the morning of September 3 with separate evening sessions for grades. All students to receive physical exams prior to start. lunch price rises to 20 cents for elementary and 28 cents for high school.
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Uintah County
Uintah
Cinta
Board of Education
AML I
Uintah and Moffat Officials Discuss Dinosaur Roads
Uintah County and Moffat County officials met at Blue Mountain to review proposed access routes to Dinosaur National Monument. Colorado favors a path from Artesia to Clay Mountain, opposed by stockmen who fear range disruption and water loss. stockmen prefer the Donanza cutoff route. Junior All-Church playoffs feature Jensen defeating Lapoint 4-3 for a berth, with Denver stars Miryson and Glen Smith boosting the team.
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Uintah
Ashley
Jensen
Ing Lapoint
Roland Miryson
Glen Smith
Denver
Porter Phillips
Vernal
Max Woolley
Dete Wilkerson
Don Swinley
Dim Caldwell
K. Martle
Lapoint
Flaming Gorge Dam and Power Plant bids set for invitation
Obscure obituary notes Alfred W Ueonidas Johnson died at his Maeser residence after a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday with Reverend Olbrich conducting and a choir performance. The piece also mentions the Bardary of Reclamation in Denver predicting bids for Flaming Gorge Dam and Power Plant, detailing site access and major quantities for excavation, concrete, reinforcement bars, cement, pozzolan, and pinsocks, with bids to be invited in January 1950.
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Flaming Gorge
Bardary of Reclamation
Denver
Flaming Gorga
Vernal Open Pro-Am Golf Tournament Headlines
Top golfers from four states converge for the third annual Vernal Open at Empire Golf Club. Two day event starts Saturday with Pro-Amateur Flight. Sunday features Championship Flight 18-hole matches. Prize money totals $1,000 with $300 to first, $140 to second, $75 to third, $50 to fourth, and $235 to fifth.
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The
Empire Golf Club
Ryllo Gibbons
Ralph Ashton
Maxenn
John Bianco
Choke Bergera
Calcutta
Vogue Dressed Up Drives In Sunset Drive In Opening
Vogue's Dressed Up column previews the grand opening of the Sunset Drive-In theater planned for Friday. The Shiner brothers’ Vogue building will showcase a new projection and sound system, plush carpet, new seats, and patriotic color schemes.
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Vogue
Alen Ann
Pen Estere
Shiner
Motorcycle Races Pack Vernon Aug 24 Meet at Fairgrounds
Vernal fairgrounds host a motorcycle race meet on August 24 sponsored by Vernal Tone Lab. Top riders from Utah Idaho Colorado Montana and Oregon will compete for 200 dollars in prize money amid high speed laps and close calls.
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Vernal
Roar Ic Coe Meine Cyclea
Yana
Vernal Tone Lab
Fairgrounds
Utah
Idaho
Colorado
Montana
Oregon
Motora
Uintah County and Vernal City Trim Levies by 2.5 Mills That Year
Uintah County and Vernal City reduced total levies by 2.5 mills for 1957, lowering Vernal City from 19.13 to 18.78 mills and trimming bond interest and sinking funds. The revised budget totals 557,576.15 dollars, reflecting funds for a new sewer plant and bond-distribution costs. Total assessed valuation for Uintah County rises by about 913,600 dollars from 1956, with county, city, and Maeser levies detailed for each entity.
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Hillinteis
Vernal City
Ulntah
Elty
Maeser
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Anus K. Parker
Dlowna
Moffat
Yorn Jensen
Borhan
Verpal
Danver
Puerto Rico
U.S
Alfred L. Johnson
Avinga
Eee
Paige
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Atre
NQDLO
Uittah Dasin
Ren Birley
Shirley Cook
Luther Mitthell
Bob Broomy
Clyda Slaugh
Jol Abrisnilpahtekers
Gieigs Aifite
Middlestow
Flmet Scott
Lad Witing
Pdort
Agri
Conservasey
Algtesets
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