Stan King Made Flight Commander At Local CAP
Stan King was appointed flight commander of the local Civil Air Patrol unit. Speakers, including Col J Bergen and Inspector H E Harris, outlined pilot license requirements and CAP achievements. The group invited cadet enrollments for boys and girls under 18 as new classes begin soon. Charles Freeman retires as unit commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan King
Charles Back
Charles Beck
Childress
Skeine Nepe
Texas
Beck
California
J . Bergen
Salt Lake
Afrland
H E. Harris
All Stars Take Honors in Game Played Tuesday
Tuesday night Vernal basketball fans saw the former All Stars beat the Uinta Fighting Utes 39 to 18. El Capitán LeGrand Hadlock and Ralph Ashton led the victors while Kay Thurman and Sterling Cook contributed major plays. Proceeds from the game went to the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Stars
Uniigidiately
Ashton
Lopez
Haws
Calder
Cook
Ralph ‘Ashton
Rae
Utes
Lawrence
Siddoway
Mice
Lopez Johnson
Thurman
Lawrence Siddaway
Kaye Thurman
Sam Snyder
Glendon Johnson
Jones
Cook Thurman
Curtis Hadlock
Don Walker
Ute
Jean
Curtis
LeGrande Hadlock
Brent Jones
Paul Stringham
Curtiss
LeGrand Hadtock
Sgt Stringham
Thiuman
The
Red Cross
H Mf Lundetl
Labrum Declared Winner In Uintah County Commissioner Race
Judge Marriner and JM Morrison ruled Ray G Labrum a Democrat of Ballard the legal winner of Uintah County commissioner in the recent election. Horace Calthorp of Hayden challenged eligibility arguing Labrum resided in Duchesne County. Court awarded Labrum costs of court to the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marriner
JM Morrison
Ray G Laisbrure Democrat
Ballard
Labrums
Horace Calthorp
Hayden
Uintah County
Labrarty
Duchesne County
Vernal Youth Home Front Reflections From Pacific Service
Vernal youths return from two years in the Pacific share stark views on home morale and wartime values. LeGrande Hadlock, a Uintah High School basketball champion, detailed Tarawa and Saipan experiences, the toll of battle, and the impact of news from home on spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Pacific
LeGrande Hadlock
Championsip Uintah
Marines
San Die
Guardalcanal
New Zealand
Tarawa
Aura
LeGrande
Hawaiian Islands
Sal
Saipan
Tinian
Tihlah
Naval Hospital
Pearl Harbor
Mgale
LeGrande Hadlec
Asa Johnston
Milton Searle
Harald Winward
18 Gold Star Heroes Named in Uintah County WW II list
The complete list of 18 Uintah County boys who died in World War II is published, noting the omission of Earl Morrison from the earlier Christmas edition. Names include Alexander Betts, Lynn Campbell, Clyde Daniels, Aaron Gardner, Leland Johnson, Norman Hatch, Leland Harrison, Ferris Karren, George King, Eldon Rasmussen, Jay Shimmin, Robert Stringham, Raymond Thomas, Edgar Wilkins, Paul Wooley, and Floyd (Cloyd) Wooley, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Morrison
Gold Star
Uintah County
Alexander Cecil Gail Betts
Lynn Campball
Clyde Daniels
Aaron Gardner Leland von Johnson
Norman Thatch
Leland Harrison
Ferris J Karren
George Ivan King WM
Coars
Eldon Rasmussen
Jay Shimmin
Robert Vern Stringham
Rving Bay
Sturgeon
Raymond W Thomas Edgar Wilkins
Paul Jean Wooley Cloyd
Vernal Soldier In Italy Sends Christmas Greetings
A Vernal soldier serving with the Fifth Army in Italy sends Christmas greetings to his family. Private Lafe Richardson, a clerk in division headquarters of the 34th Red Bull Division under Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, relays wishes for a merry Christmas and a victorious New Year from the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Vernal
34Th “Red Bull
Mark W
Memorial Services For Roosevelt Soldier Shisler
Memorial services will be held at Roosevelt Stake House Sunday for Robert Ray Shisler. Shisler was the son of Mr and Mrs Tom Shisler and was killed in action in the South Pacific on October 24. He is survived by his parents and a brother Carl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Stringham
Ft Douglas
Stringham
Utah National Guard
B H Stringham
Ned
South Pacific
Seabees
Claude Hatch
Claude N
Match
Georgia
Loren Hatch
Erma Murray
Hatch
Mineral Wells
Texas
USS Coast Guard
Robert Ray Shisler
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Stake House
Shisler
Tom Shisler
Carl
Correction to Honor Roll For Fort Duchesne Names
The notice amends an earlier honor roll listing Jasper Justice and reports that Bonn Brough of Fort Duchesne should replace George K Brough. The correction notes several new names and some omissions will be published next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn Brough
Ft Duchesne
George K Brough
Jasper Justice
Five Casualties Listed From Uintah County Past Week
Five Uintah County casualties reported for the past week include Seaman First Class Ferris Harrison born August 30, 1924 in Lapoint. He died from injuries after a falling tree December 10 while on duty in the South West Pacific. He trained at Farragut Idaho and served with a naval construction battalion. Survived by parents, six brothers, two sisters. Also named are Cpl John C Harrison Camp Swit Texas Sgt H Clement Harrison aviation engineers Philippines Peter Murray Dale Cree Ramona and Jom Harrison of Lapoint with two grandmothers Margaret Harrison and Barbara Nyberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferris . Harrison
Mmera
Jerry Fiapoint
Southwest Pacific
Ser
Young Harrison
Alterra
Geneva
Provo
Forvice
Cpl
John C Harrison Camp
Swit
Texas
H Clement Harrison
Philippines
Peter Murray
Dale Cree Ramona
Jom Harrison
Lapoint
State Approves Vernal Summer School for 1945
Plans move forward for a permanent self supporting Vernal summer school to be held annually. Utah officials led by Ora Bundy and H J Plumhoft discussed Uintah basin development and a catalog of paleontology by University of Utah technicians. The Vernal field house project and related facilities were reviewed, with attendance from state and federal officials and Vernal representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Utah State Partment of Publicity
Doobldg
Salt Lake
Ora Bundy
H J Plumhoft
J . Horsfall
Uintah
Universe HA
Utah
Scienste
B H_ Stringham
Soldier families report missing and wounded in World War II
Government communique confirms Martin Taylor of Lapoint is missing in action over Japan in the Pacific. Captain Irving Ray Stringham reported killed in action over Germany. Anderson and Dickson families learn relatives wounded or missing while serving with U S forces in Europe and the Pacific, with several sons overseas and training in Texas and New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringhane
Germany
Martin, Taylor
Lapoint
Roxa Taylor
Philippines
Wat
Bea Hoa
Eltz Dickson
Apri
Wis
New Guinea
Hogy
Dickson
Crai Pic
Reva Cook
Uintah Utes Triumph Over North Emery in Local Gym Fight
Uintah High's Utes beat North Emery 33 20 at the local gym in a fast paced game. Key players included Gus Gee and St Kay Thurman referees, with Lopez scoring 16 for Uintah and Anderson 14 for North Emery. Younger Uintah squads opened with a 2-2 and finished 60-4 in a preliminary game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ete Binal Giles
North Emery High School
Dale Haws
George Calder
Glendon Johnson
Lowell Walker
Albert Lopez
Gus” Gee
St Kay Thurman
Ery
Uintah
Nort Emery
Lopez
Utes
North Emery
Snyder
Walker Fletcher Watkins
Hacking Lopex
Anderson
Sophmores
Uintah High
Freshies
Robert Lewis
Robert Williams
Erneat
Larry Caldwell
Martin Oaks
Thesophs
Bert Carroll
Orvas Oaks
Sterling Colton Granton Hall
Lyle McKeachan
Raymond York
Keith Hateh
Howard Richardson
Grill
Gil
Vernal Lions Club turkey shoot funds scenic project
Proceeds from Fridays turkey shoot, run by the Vernal Lions Club fish and game committee led by J id Reader, support scenic booklets and the Vernal Meld house museum. The event, in a vacant lot between Vernal Hide and Fur Co and Hacking's Appliance, awarded beef to R D Rust who sold it at the Salt Lake stockyards to fund war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart Henne
Vernal Lions Club
Vernal Hide and Fur Co
Hacking
Fish and Game Committee
J. Id Reader
Dante
C R Jersom
Bennion Rulon Ha
R D
Dick) Rust
Rust
Salt Lake
Ration changes and stamp validity amid wartime shortages
Wartime ration updates show red stamps 5 through X5 valid through December 31 for sugar, with stamps 34 and red stamps other ranges cancelled. Blue stamps C2 through G2 valid January 1. Most canned vegetables, fruits, and meats see shifts. butter rationed at 24 cents per pound, some items removed from free list. OPA warns civilian food supplies are at a postwar low. production prioritizes ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Soheme
OPA
Chester Bowles
Thomas A Jenkins
Ohio
War Food Study Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Martin
L Martin
Martin
Arlene Kidd
Ft Lewis
Washington
MFP
Hugh Caldwell
Ft Jackson SC
Caldwell
BL Caldwell
Chellus
Ernest
Army Engineers
Mareh
Karl Manwaring
Carol Ree Walker
Geohe
Walker
Loia Port
Miss Walker
Lave Herg
Long Beach
J June Arthur Manwaring
II Manwaring
National Guard
Engineersy Corps
Belvo Va
Howard Manwaring
Everett Manwaring
Ralph Ashton
Wednesdaay
Ft Riley Kan Bar
Bt Leonard Weeds
Rae Ashton
Catalina Island
Austin Haws
Los Angeles
Bishop
LDS
Belgium
Glen Calder
Leo Calder
Glen
BYU
Mary Yeley Glines
Leo Hacking
Hebert Grant Glen
Boyd Hall
Boyd Wall
Washington DC
George Pond
Wanda Baucum
Hatls
Corinne T Ure
Ray G. Labrum
Italy
Helen Stevens
Seattle
Wash
J W Stevens
Miss Stevens
University of Washington
Baby Lee Hazelbush
Wasatch Academy
Pat
WR Hazelbush
Irving Ray Stringham
U. S. Army
Aie Jorpdy
War Department
The.eich
Asotin
Randolph ‘Weld
Texan
Ackiond
Ulair
Meldak Vaco
Uinta High Hngel
Formek
Western Union
Priotelvors
Hia
Ee Hera Biringham
Ee Wascor
Joy Tb Thoral Fringham
Cer 3c
USN Ville
Fla
Dwister
Hechee
Stringham Noel SR
Pilsted
Ren
Irinitham
Emery
By Doris Duvall
Lion
Biim
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