Monument boundary shifts and local development talk in 1960 Utah meeting
Utah delegates propose adding acres around Green River as a boundary for a monument while trimming 2720 acres from current limits. The Vernal Manila road project and US 40 promotion frustration with Roosevelt leaders are discussed. Scouting participation in Uintah District highlighted. local Chamber politics and fiscal plans noted.
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Rugaway
Kenry Millecam
National
US 40 Asari
Roosevelt
US 40
Ife
Denver
Millecam
Siddoway
Craig
Balt Lake
Ray E Spendrove
Boy Scout
Rulon Dean Skinner
Skinner
Uintah
Utah
National Parks Council
Service School Attendees Highlight Salt Lake City Event
Jeck C. Turner his son Jackie and Stan King recently attended a two day service school in Salt Lake City. They completed eight service sessions during the program.
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Jeck C. Turner
Jackie
Stan King
Salt Lake City
Official Sees Interest Rate Wide For REA
David Mamll, Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration, told Moon Lake Electric Association members that REA loan rates should reflect the government's cost of money. He doubted Congress would raise rates this session and emphasized rural electrification’s ongoing impact on rural life. Ted Burr spoke on low cost power from Upper Colorado River storage projects. In business, directors Ray Brown, Wil Ham Kldsted Altamont, and Ralph Chew Jensen were reelected. bylaws were amended. The board elected Marion Tross as President, Ralph Taylor as Vice President, and E Urquhart as Secretary-Treasurer for 1980.
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David Mamll
Rural Electrification Administration
Moon Lake Electric Association
Congress
Yamil
Samel Moon
Associaton
Ted Burr
GarriKane Power Associs Mon
Richfield
Utah
REA
Colorado River
Ray Brown Neola
Wil Ham Kldsted
Altamont
Ralph Chew Jensen
Marion Tross
Myton
Ralph Taylor
Randlet
and & E Urquhart
Rangel
Colorado
Final Tributes Given Sat for Florence Swain
Final rites for Florence Swain 77 were held in the First Ward chapel last Saturday. She died Tuesday in Uintah County Hospital after a long heart illness. Born December 28, 1882 in Vernal, she married Noch Swain in 1899. he died in 1929. Services were conducted by Bishop J Arden Jolley. The funeral included music, prayers, and speakers, with pallbearers and a large surviving family. Burial was in Vernal Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter and five sons, plus grandchildren and great grandchildren, with siblings and extended kin listed.
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Plocence
Hatch Swain
Swain
Uintah County Hospital
Vernal
Aurilla Bard Wadlock
Jeramiah Wateh
Noch Swain
J Arden Jolley
Philip Watkins
Rex Taylor
W Lamond Tullis
van Massey
Lynn Morrow
Frank
Garn
Marion
Carl Swain
Glenn
Russell Swain
Vernal Memorial Park
Mra Alleen
Mr. Watch
Jéremiah
Elizabeth Winn Watch
Martha Edmunds
Grand Junction
Evins Outboard Motors and Autolite Electrical Boat System Fail
An outage affected Evins outboard motors and Autolite electrical boat system, causing stops in operations. No further details on cause or duration available.
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Evins
Autolite
Syatyrna
Nyet
Uintah Knife and Fork Club Family Night Saturday
The Uintah Knife and Fork Club plans Family Night at 7 30 pm Saturday in Uintah High School auditorium. Entertainer Toni Gauer will talk about Switzerland yodel and perform on three accordion style instruments. He will teach yodeling and showcase Swiss hand harmonica style instruments with colorful native costume.
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Uintah Knife and Fork Club
Uintah Iigh
Toni Gauer
Gauer
Who Ile Wins as Correct Clue Contests Continue
In the ongoing contest page, 1242 entries were received with 547 matching the correct clue count. The first correctly identified entry for Who's Who yielded only 14 clues, carrying over the cash prize. Melvin Tichena’s sister in law Nini Tighens also won 750 dollars in the prior draw.
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Ile
Melvin Tichena
Nini Tighens
Social Security Help Arrives in Vernal February 18
A social security representative will visit the Fieldhouse Museum in Vernal at 9:00 am on February 18 to help residents with social security problems. Clarence J. Seitz of Salt Lake City notes some farm workers in the area lack credits for earnings, depriving families of protection. He says many farm employees worked at least 20 days or earned 150 cash wages from one employer, and errors or reluctance to report earnings cause the gap. Mrs. Lloyd Swain has stayed with her mother here from Salt Lake City. she is remembered as Shela Kendall.
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Fieldhouse Museumn Vernal
Clarence J Seitz
Salt Lake City
Social Security Office
Seltz
Lloyd Swain
Salt Lake
Mea WiMle Smith
Swain
Shela Kendall
Vernal Bakery Sold to Valley Bakery Operator Duke
Vernal City Bakery at 64 Sooth Vernal Ave was sold Wednesday to Z. J. Duke, operator of Valley Bakery at 498 West Main. Tamara Hawking of Western Living Inc arranged the sale. Duke will use the property to extend the Valley Bakery business.
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Vernal City Bakery
Sooth Vernal Ave
Z. J. Duke
The
Valley Bakery
West Main
Tamara Hawking
Western Living, Inc
Duke
Texaco plans wildcat drill at Raven Ridge No 2
Texaco Inc. seeks gas and oil production at Raven Ridge east of Red Wash in Uintah County. The proposed Raven Ridge No 2 well would spud 660 feet from the north line and 440 feet from the west line in Section 18, T7S, R25E, and it will reach 200 feet into the Upper Wasatch formation.
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Texaco, Inc
Green Hiver
Wasatch
Raven Ridge
Red Wash
Uintah County
Raven Ridge No 2
North Line
Weat
Belco Petroleum reports Chapita Wells Unit No 7 potential output
Belco Petroleum Corp details Uintah County Chapita wells, with Unit No 7 estimated to yield over one million cubic feet of gas daily. No. 1T currently powers the drilling rig, No. 4 test results expected soon, and No. 2, 5, 7 are producers. Continental Oil drilled No. 2. Belco drilled others. Also obituary notes: Watch family heads in Vernal with services and burial in Hatch ranch cemetery.
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Belco Petroleum Corp
Chaplin Wells
Whdcat
Uintah County
I. 1
Pendergrass
Belco
Pendergraft
No, & Me
Chapita
Continental Oil Co
Pendergraff
Township
Roosevelt Firm Wins National Sales Prize in Salt Lake City
The Roosevelt bottling firm, managed by Hollis G Wully Singer, won a national sales award during the Utah Idaho Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages convention in Salt Lake City. The award highlighted an 188 percent increase in T-Up sales over 1958. Roy Anderson was named top Utah salesman with 203 percent of last year’s sales, alongside Gilbert Hullinger.
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Utah- Idaho
Roy Anderson
Utah
Anderson
Gilbert Hull
Inger
Roosevelt Bottling
Hollis G Wully Singer
Vernal
Family links cited among Ouray and Vernal residents
Ouray residents Golden Hatch and Rowena Perry Johnson are noted along with Pearl Clark of Vernal and Mrs Lacy Jlemilton of Duchesne. The announcement lists 81 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Golden Hatch
Ouray
Mra Perry
Rowena) Johnson
Mra Pearl Clark
Vernal
Lacy Jlemilton
Duchesne
William Howard Funeral Services in Salt Lake City
William Slouston Howard 82 died in a Salt Lake City rest home. Funeral services were held last Saturday in Salt Lake City with survivors including his wife Lenora Webster Howard and several Vernal and Salt Lake City relatives. Burial followed at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.
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Salt Lake City
William Slouston Howard
Howard
Zina Wloward
Ray Carl Jay Woodey
Milton Searle
Lifie Wimmer
Salt Lake Rest
Joseph
Mary
Perkins Monard
Randolph
Rich County
Lenora Webster
Vernal
Salt Lake Temple
Ina Sears
Chandos
Harvey
Los Angeles
Anona Wilson
Ruth Johnson
Maxine Howard
Oakland
Calif
May) Greene
Francis McConkle
American Legion To Give Flags To Vernal Classrooms
The American Legion in Vernal plans to present 50 star flags to each classroom in grade schools, announced Commander Arden Stewart. A Civil Defense film on combating fallout will be shown Monday February 29 in the American Legion Hall at 7 30 pm, open to the public. State VA officials and Legion representatives met in Vernal Friday to discuss issues affecting veterans and dependents.
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American Legion
Vernal
Arden Stewart
American Legion Hall
Veterans Administration
The
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