Five more Vernal soldiers discharged from Fort Douglas area
Military releases list five more veterans including Vern Warburton and Laverle Watkins with Discharges last week at Fort Douglas. The group includes Arthur Horrocks John Starck Enoch Scott Meril Snow Walter Bowden and notes various Pacific and ETO service histories and prior assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern L Warburton
Laverle Watkins
Navy
Shoemaker
California
LaVerle Is & Son
Ed Watkin
Vern
Katherine Stringham Warburton
Compton
Army
Ft Douglas
Arthur Bylot Yy
M_ Horrocks
John W Starck
Enoch J Scott Meril C Snow
Walter S_ Bowden
Brian
Carrie Parker
Myton
Pacific
Eto
Infantry
Horrocks
Roger Horrocks
Salt Lake
Blaine Lee
Pacific Area
308Th
ASF
Seattle
Washington
Starck
John Starck
Pacific Theater
John Scott
ETG
Snow
Newell Snow
Jensen
Orin
Bowden
Waiter S Bowden
Wilma Haddon Bowden
ETO Vwelth
Serve Yourself Laundry Opens at Auto Court
A new self service laundry facility at Auto Court offers tubs and six new washers with hot water and Parafin Paint Co spray. The system ties into the local sewer line and charges 75 cents per hour. Local navy veterans and residents share updates on discharges and service members stationed abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Court
Roberts Jonas
Boc
High Point Mons
Joseph Eng
Navy
Engberson Jr
States
Parafin Paint Co
Faerlale
Jones
Tion
Utes Preseason Tour Sets Basketball Schedule
Uintah's Fighting Utes announce a preseason basketball tour before their game on December 22 and a first league date January 20. Coach Frank Weight selects 20 players including Snyder Slaugh Weeks Hall Carroll Merrell Colton Berea Keechnie Richardson Duvall McCarrell Snyder Walker Allan Calder York and Hall for the trip, with games set against Morgan High, Summit, and Park City High School on December 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah
Fighting Utes
Franke Weight
Peat Rooosevelt
Janaay
Abit Sath §Snyder
Don
Date Slaugh
Paar Frainger Jeantiorn
Yoni
Engest ™ Weeks
Graton Hall
Bert Icarroll
Vernal Jaycees Sponsor Christmas Decorating Contest
The Vernal Junior Chamber sponsors a city decorating contest to boost yuletide spirit. Judging runs December 8 to 22 with $25 bond and prize for best residence and best business decoration. Lights will span M Street and carols play over loudspeakers before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Junior Chamber
Commerce
Creste
Yuletide Spirit
Jaycees
Snack Shop Under New Management
LaVon Vernon and Frank Collier take over the snack shop from Erma Collier and family. The new proprietors plan breakfast service and regular menu with home made donuts as a specialty. Bearie Srathers, veterans, and local natives figure in the change with no immediate plans announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier
Peoria
Floyd
Preston Searle
LaVon Vernon Frank Collier
Erma
Tim
Bearie Srathers
Lapo' An
Plans Made For Hangar At Airport In Utah
Joe Bergin state director of airport operations in Salt Lake City met with Kenneth Ballard on plans for a new hangar at the airport. An agreement with city and county officials was reached and construction is to proceed this week. The Sky Harbor flying school will feature a miniature control tower operated by the local CAP unit and provide real tower experience. Ballard recently returned from Salt Lake City where he was named authorized sales and service representative for Taylorcraft airplanes locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bergin
Airport Opusations
Salt Lake
Swith Kenneth Ballard
Bergin
CAP
Ballard
Taylor Craft Airplanes
Fana
Ferya Clay
Uin
Peribetlipa
Hopkins
Johnny Brewer
Moosevelt Lions Club
Duchesne
Mountain Dam
Utah Chemical and County Clerk's Office
Jock R Stewart
Arcadia
Echo Park
Man
Deceaber i
Vernal Weather Stays Above Zero Throughout Winter
Vernal weather remains above zero despite public doubt. Government observer A T Johnson notes the coldest night was November 31 at three degrees above zero. Daily readings from late November show a pattern of mid to high thirties with occasional forties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
T Johnson
Governmen
Jonson
Immunization for Small Pox Starts Next Week
County health nurse Nettle O Remington announces a county wide small pox vaccination program scheduled for December 11 12 and 13 The program urges re vaccination every three years and outreach to adults and children for 25 cents per person The sites include Alterra High School Uintah High School Central School Maeser School Naples School Jensen School with prior clinics in Ballard Duchesne Avalon Tridell and Lapoint areas noting this is the counties first program since 1940
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettle O Remington
Alterra High
Uintah High School
Central School
Maeser
Naples
Jensen
Ballard
Duchesne
Avalon
Tridell
Lapoint
Funeral Services Held Saturday For L E Howell
Funeral services for L E Howell were held Saturday at the Pal Church with Rev Hawood officiating. Howell, 69, of Vernal, born in Winterset Iowa, died November 25 at Ogden Hospital after seven years of illness. Survived by wife Helen and two sisters, a brother, and several nieces and nephews. interment at Vernal Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pal
Talboter
Emmerson Howell
Bee Pgospital
Ogden
Aire
Gerald Caltwail
Rev A. Teseen Hawood
Vna
Talbot
Winterset
Ose
Emmerson
Helen Old Howell
Howie
Vernal
Fenre
Ethel
Francis Frederickson
Roosevelt
Hazel Bellow
Hunts Weile
Germany
Fondo
Eas
Mra
Marcares
Zella Chap
Grand Jun Cole
Ira
DeHeque
Colorado
Vandals Shoot Insulators Off Forest Phone Line
Glen A Lambert, district forest ranger at Vernal, reports vandals shot 16 insulators along the Red Mountain Wood Road in Spring Creek, disrupting Forest Service communications for days and prompting repairs. A reward of up to 100 dollars, or at least 25 dollars, may be paid for information leading to arrest and conviction, pending appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen A Lambert District
Vernal
Forest Service
Red Mountain Wood Road
Spring Creek
Congress
United Bates
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Ranger Lam
Car Destroyed by Fire on Indian Beach
A 1941 Plymouth owned by Heber T Stall of the Chevrolet Garage Roosevelt was totally demolished by fire on Alterra Road Thursday night. The blaze, likely started from defective wiring or radiator overheating, occurred while the car was being driven by Mr Hall's son. no one was injured. Warren Belcher and Hilda Williams visited Saul I Lake Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heber
T Stall
Chevrolet
Roosevelt Ws
Alterra
Hall
Hereford Sale to Be Held at Spanish Fork
The Utah Hereford Association announces the second purebred Hereford sale at Spanish Fork led by president Rulon P. Peterson. Auctioneer Col Earl Walters of Filer Idaho is set to commence the auction at 1 pm with consignors including Potter Bros Farmington and Peterson Bros Ogden among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spanish Fork
Utah
Rulon P. Peterson
Pari
Peterson
Col Earl
JO. Walters
Filer Idaho
Potter Bros Farmington
Charles Red. le Sal
Iterson Bros
Kamas Peterson Bros Ogden Anderson
Cison Ons
Bobriamn Veorl
A. Peter
Governor Maw Plans Three Day Visit to Uintah County
Governor Herbert B Maw will tour Uintah County s key industries and the Echo Park dam site next Tuesday through Thursday. The trip includes Mayo-Utah oil well Bonanza Rangely field and a Vernal Lions Club dinner with local leaders. Accompanying him are Aaron Tracy and Ora Bundy from the Department of Publicity and Industrial Development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert B Maw
Uintah County
Vernal Lions Club
Echo Park Dam
Vernal Museum of Natural History
Echo Fark
Mayo-Utah
Bonanza
Aaron Tracy
Ora Bundy
The
Department of Publicity and Industrial Development
Re-Elected Carl Richens Heads Local School Board
Carl Richens was reelected to a new term on the local school board. The piece lists names connected to the board and notes activities including boxing and wrestling bouts and community plans such as clothing drives and public meetings. It mentions Blue Cross, precincts, and various local groups supporting school and community initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Richens
Wartime Dance and Bond Drive Across Utah County
Community events mix with war bond push as residents host a 18 dance for couples 20 and older and a Junior Chamber showcase. Veterans greet guests aboard a battleship station while ward totals show bond purchases. A water users meeting in Ouray and district representatives attend Logan events to boost wartime financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win Vickey
Robert H!’ Harvey
Walter ‘Thompson
Poe
Naieese
Jord of
Uintah County
Han
Malo
Davis
Naples
Roosevelt
Ouray
Randiatt
Utah
Astallard
Whiterocks
Bureau of Reclamation
Logan
District 6
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Asx Johnston
R_ Johnston
Robert Johnston
Marine Ana
Marines
San S
Ramon Cesspooch
Randlett
Joe Murray
Lawrence Woodard Mae
Okinawa
Joe B Murray
Cecil Murray
Harvey Clivehens
Grand
Junction
Torado
Gushakawa
Joe
Lawrence
Evan Woolley
Evan
Woolley
Lincoln
Williamsfield
Chandler
Arizona
H Walter Woolley
Ft. Douglas
George A Stewart
Claude W Bowden
Almon W Wlliams
Leon Glenn
Charles F. Beck
Childress Army Air Base
Childress
Texas
Stewart
Franks Stewart
Standardville
Warren W Bowden
Ninth Air Force
UTES
Joseph Bergen
Ruedine
Ithe
K L Ballard
Francis Felte
D Swain
Lepoint
Sloan Coverdell
Tridel
L. E. Howell
Indian Beach
Warren Belcher
Hilda Williams
Maw
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