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Vernal Express

Location

Vernal, Utah, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1956

Page

16

Vernal Uintah County chronicle of births and public notices

Chronology lists new motel project near Vernal and oil extraction plans in Uintah County. It records marriages, births, engagements, and Golden Weddings across September to November, plus civic notes on education, defense dispersal, bank staffing, road projects, and community events in Uintah County and Vernal areas.

Vernal Uintah Ashel J. Evans Jensen Uintah County Education Association Richard Merrell Darylene Robbins Joan Wardle Perry Bingham Connaughton Leora Bowthorpe Joseph Collier Alfred Simper Birihs Vern Hutt Llayd Dow Colorado Uintah State Bank Kiwanis Joyce Hacking Don Ericksen Myrna Lanee Humphries Ted Hardinger Colleen Davis Eisenhower Newspaper Week Vernal Seminary Old Ball Park Old Dyer Louis Freestone May Ruple William J. Gardiner BPW Theresa Hadlock Tonga Islands Leroy C. Moritz James B. Mills Aaron Wilkins Dallas Perry Harold Ga Flaming Gorge Steinaker Brhool Board Ken Ashley Co-op Chellas M. Caldwell ASC Kay Labrum Lois Goodrich Lloyd L. Wetenkamp Mildo Slaugh Gabriel Nemes Dorothy Dean Nixon Dale Openshaw Joan Creech Rex Smith Mary LaRella Ereenbrack Carl Gean Vicke Edsworth LaVor Southam Glee Chew Henry T Hank) Peltier Birthe Duane Paulson Bruce Ledford A.B. Tassainer Claude. Nebeker Bay Basin Chamber Hareat of Reclamation Greendale Dam Oil Company Asphalt Ridge Denver Co Hay Cundick V. L. Nielsen J Arben Jolley Freda Davis AEA MIA Donna Mar Herbert Gary Lyman Stall County Reclamation University of Scouting Pridoy Jack Boren Joe Lopez Gateway Cale Porter Merrell Marker Naples Ward Bobble Ray Spendlove Boy Scout Post William C. Wilson Insurance Department of Basin Loans, Inc George O. Massey Marilyn Robins Enos L. Bennion Shela Darcy Kendall Lloyd Swain Viola Savage Alan Glen Hemstreet Joyce Nivens Ronald Virgil Hatch Uintah County GOP Scout University Frank W. Asper Maeser Susan Wardle First Security Bank Garbara Nyberg Merlene Dea Haw- Hina Bobby Keith Spoons Mary Ann King Patrick C. Sullivan Carl Collett Mark Jay Shulters Harold Rendleshach Darrell Smuin Loyal Broome Shirley Williamson Keith Michels Percy Stewart Tom Snyder Max Twitchell Raynoldo Garcia UHS Salt Lake Witg Stotes Loren McKee Tridoll Clyde Ray Goodrich Merkley Ella Ainge Wyoming Uintah County Library Uintah High N J. Meagher, Jr Dale Anne Dacier Lenna Searle Ferrel Gilnes Wanda Stauln Orin Nation Dry Fork Davis Utah University Church BYU Opera Chorus Charlene Pot Jter Dan C. Collier Lynn H. Slaugh Washington University Thomas Kidd Mary Reed Harris Ft. Duchesne Irwin ‘Winn Lloyd Bourdette Weldon Woolley Kenneth Freestone Henry A. Mansfield Presster Woodard James A. Billington Flaming Gorge Road Uintah Stake Uintah Water Conservancy Gary H. Lyman Mary Murray Ronald Duncan Carol Ann Olsen Doyle Johnson T. R. Cloward Mrr Austin Smuth Welth Brady

Vernal’s Early History attracts visitors with fond reminiscences

Visitors to Vernal inquire about the town’s firsts. The piece notes 1872 settlement, 1907 telephone, 1908 electric lights, 1910 water system, and claims Vernal had a railroad station with no actual railroad. It cites Captain Dodds as first settler and Pardon Dodds’s family as builders of the first house and irrigation, plus early residents like Mrs. Robert Snyder.

Vernal Captain Dodds Indian Agency Ft. Duchesne Ashley Pardon Dodds Dodds Robert Snyder Rob

Savings Bond for Christmas urged by Mrs America

Fragmented local notes report Mrs. America advocating savings bonds for Christmas, plus community milestones from Vernal Utah. It lists firsts like the first bank, hotel, school and store, birth and engagement notices, and upcoming events across town with names and dates.

Nancy Haven's Fruit Cake Tree Recipe for Holidays

Nancy Haven shares a festive fruit cake tree recipe with stacked tiers baked from fruit cake batter. Ingredients include flour, baking powder, nuts, dried fruits, eggs, sugars, shortening, and pineapple juice. The method covers mixing, folding, pan preparation, slow baking, cooling, wrapping, and freezing before assembly into a decorative tree with glacé fruits and bells.

Nancy Haven

Adams Comet Band Founder Shaped Vernal Music Scene

George Adams and his wife Kate arrived in Vernal in 1896 bringing artistic training. He formed the Adams Comet Band, hailed as one of the town’s finest musical groups, amid Vernal’s early frontier identity once known as Ft Jericho or Hatch Town after the 1879 Beecker Massacre.

George Adams Kate Mr. Adams Vernal Adams Comet Ft. Jericho Hatch Town Jerry Batch Bfeckér

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First Valley Ashley Valley Pardon Dodda Carma Weeks Winey Jensen Lewis R Massey Stanley Harrison Bidon White Alvin E. Smith Kelebrale G. H. Southam Melvin i Collier Kermit Warrison Wm. ‘Robertson Terry Montgomery Mrs. America Cleo Maletis America Portland Pasig United States Ert Anhley Snyder Rock J. C. Penney Old Fort Mary McClelland First West Street First Bank Bank of Vernal Watson John Pope Utah Silk Commission Darvel Cook Maurice Kidd Wm. A. Wort Uintah Water Conservancy District Cow-Belles Gary R. Lyman Carol Ann Olgen T. ¥. Cloward Austin Smuin Keith Brady Darrel Cook A, Worf Uintah Rexall Western Bed Sugar Producers, Inc Phillips Petroleum Building Salt Lake City Utah City Cardners Jewelry West Main
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