Samuel J Gray dies at Vernal aged 71
Funeral services conducted Monday at Maeser Ward chapel for Samuel J Gray born February 11, 1870 in McKeesport Pennsylvania. He died in Vernal Utah at the local rest home from natural causes.
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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1959
Page
15
Funeral services conducted Monday at Maeser Ward chapel for Samuel J Gray born February 11, 1870 in McKeesport Pennsylvania. He died in Vernal Utah at the local rest home from natural causes.
Funeral services for Joseph Collier 76 longtime Naples resident were held Wednesday in the Naples Ward Chapel. Collier died Sunday afternoon after a stroke. Born January 24, 1883 in Prayo he was a son of Joab and Theodosia Keller Collier. He married Myrtle Gardinger September 2 1900 in the Salt Lake Temple. Active in the Church he served as Bishop of the Pavis Ward and as a High Councilman and Sunday School superintendent. Survived by wife two daughters Mazel Olsen and Irena Baker both of Vernal six grandchildren and several brothers and sisters including Edwin Frank Walter Theodore John Mra Man Carpenter Mra Nellie Richardson and Mable Winward.
The obituary recalls Mr Gray from Vernal who moved there in 1911 after his wife’s death. A coal miner and farmer his entire life, he began losing sight of his left eye in 1917 and went blind in 1922. His right eye faded from 1930 until his death.
Paul Fritz of Kemmerer Wyoming is temporarily assigned to the Ashley National Forest office to assist in Flaming Gorge area recreation planning and outdoor operations under a national program. The project includes Dutch John development on Little Hole road, two bridges over Sheep Creek Canal, and an additional Sheep Creek bridge under Milt Wilson. Dean Rowland will attend a fire control planning meeting in Pocatello. The program is led by Owen Hacking with work across Flaming Gorge Red Canyon and Dripping Springs areas. Ted Canyon roadwork is paused due to cold weather and will resume next spring.
At a Friday meeting commissioners wavered on a DUP plan to move or alter the tithing house. Opponents consider injunctions to delay reforms as allies offer to assist relocation, while some propose brick remodeling of the old jail to match the county building. The LDS Church and a telephone company offered help to relocate or rebuild the structure.
Gov Clyde and National Wool Growers head Ueber note U.S. lamb costs versus Australia and New Zealand. The tariff commission’s quota talks arise after imports reach 50 percent of domestic zinc and lead usage. Len Bennett urges Utahns to submit full facts to the tariff commission by March as calls grow for remedial action amid postwar trade dynamics.
A tense claim is made that creeping inflation cannot be sustained without a corresponding productivity increase by labor, warning that prices for the United States could rise if gains in output lag behind inflationary pressures.
A official warned that conditions threaten global market stability as major economies face significant balance of trade losses. He cautioned that as a result, large countries risk jettisoning critical trade flows and disrupting international markets.
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