Green River Vernal Pony Express and Midget Rodeo Planned
A multi day event to promote Vernal and Green River features includes a pony express ride from Green River to Vernal, a midget rodeo with bucking Shetland ponies, and a Life Magazine feature. Local and state agencies plan brochures, signage, and a Dinosaur Valley Center opening in June to attract tourists.
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Green River
Usea
Holiday
Los Angeles
Tie
Simmong
National Geographic Magazine
Sherrif
Sweetwater County
Wyo
Gay
Vernal
Uintah
Torschreeding
Agen
Wye
Sam Leckie
Carl Vowells
George M. Nimmo
Glen Butcher
Wyoming
Uintah Basin
Jr Livestock Show
J N Merkley
Uinta Sales Barn Livestock Report 1957
Uinta Sales Barn in Roosevelt Utah reports livestock prices for cattle sheep hogs and horses dated February 15 1957. The cattle section lists commercial cows utility to good cattle yearling steers and heifers with prices per hundredweight and per head notes. Sheep show utility to good lambs feeder lambs ewe lambs and breeding ewes with price ranges. hogs cover Dutchers packers and feeder pigs. horses note saddle horses killer horses and other horses with price bands.
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Uinta Sales Dam
Roosevelt
Utah
Maeser 2nd Ward 29 Youth Receive Awards Sunday
Sunday evening twenty nine individuals were awarded by Maeser ward priesthood boys. Seven received special 100 percent awards including Floyd Jones who has won the award three years. Other honorees include Leon Mansfield Brent Waecking Rickie Merkley Darrell Jones Cody Jenkins Kenneth Match and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priesthood
Floyd Jones
Leon Mansfield
Brent Waecking
Rickie Merkley
Darrell Jones
Cody Jenkins
Kenneth Match
Ray Vernon
Terrill Adams
Jay Var Campbell
Joseph Hacking
DeLeon Slade
Eugene Searle
Kenry Weyerman
Edswin Jacking
Douglas Watch
Stonnie Merkley
GaLyn
Dya
Laurence Fox
Reed Mall
Gerber
Morgan Merkleys
Meeker
George Dills
Merkley
Lynn Mecham
East Lake City
Dong Temple
Wallace Caldwell
Hurst Visits Vernal For One Day Of Business
Wm. D. Hurst flies from Ogden to Vernal for a Wednesday business trip. The trip includes a meeting with Murat who works with the forest service. Agh ley Forest supervisor Ha wer was transferred from Vernal in July 1955.
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WM. D. Hurst
BM Hurst
Ogden
Vernal
Murat
Forest Service
Aghley Forest
Vernal publishers hail weekly papers in economic boost
In Vernal and nearby towns leaders praised weekly newspapers for supporting a healthy local economy. They cited First Security Banks reliance on papers for ads and projected tourism revenue from a $100,000 payroll industry. Utah officials urged broader ad use and space age research insights.
Senator Watkins backs reclamation projects and post office plan
Sen Watkins urged renewed funding for Colorado River storage units and reclamation work amid a mixed White House posture on new starts. He pressed for additional funds for Glen Canyon and Flaming Gorge and speedier Navajo Dam planning, while noting post office building programs and a broader federal job stimulus.
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Seaton
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Congress
Eisenhower
Sen Watkins
White House
Clyde
Flaming Gorge
Navajo
Len Watkins
Glen Canyon
Navajo Dam
Vernal
Utah
Papals
Colo
Mags Meet Favors Jr High School Bond Favor
A tak meeting at Alterra Junior Tech school Monday showed local residents favor a bond issue for a new junior high. A central committee led by Cecil Jenking includes Bernard Larwen Max Todd and W Russell Todd. Area chairmen named Wallace Tabbee Guy Pennecost Thelma Jorg Daisy Pawnee Harold Dudley Thornard Larsen Beatrice Lundberg Bud Marr Reed McKee Ray Houston and Thomas Appah.
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Algterra
Cecil
Doc) Jenking
Bernard
Buzz) Larwen
Max Todd
W. Russel Todd
Wallace Tabbee
Ouray
Guy Pennecost
Woody
Thelma Jorg
Mandlett
Daisy Pawnee
Ft Ducheane
Harold Dudley
Avalon
Thornard Larsen
Ballard
Beatrice Lundberg
Independence
Bud Marr Key
Gusher
Lotis Woolley
Lapoint
Reed McKee
Ridell
Ray Houston
Whiterocks
Thomas Appah
Leeton
Bennett
Utah Public Service Commission may grant higher gas rates
Mountain State Fuel Supply Co of Salt Lake City seeks a 4.25 percent rate increase. Utah Gas Service subscribers see a minimum monthly bill rise from 132 to 136 for up to five therms. Next 15 therms rise to 136c per therm, next 980 therms to 87c per therm, and second 1,000 therms to 4c. Over 2,000 therms up to Bulls. A 5 percent discount applies to payments within ten days of receipt.
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Utah
Sterling Haws Named Top Aide At Utah Hospital
Sterling Haws father of a Vernal resident and longtime Utah State Hospital employee was named outstanding aide by a 40 member community committee at the hospital award dinner. He works on Medical Surgical Ward No 1 and has served in 12 wards while parenting eight children.
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Sterling Haws
Utah Hospital
Utah State Hospital
Utah
Burnell Stans
Lucille Whiting
Virginia Thomas
Clara Segura
Laws
National Association For Mental Wealth
Iealog
Utah County Association For Mental Health
Lincoln Day Guest Lands Basin as Wests Rich Area
Hayden Derrick, Utah Regent and Western Steel Co manager, told about 90 Uintah County GOP supporters at the Lincoln Day dinner in Vernal that Uintah Basin is one of the Wests richest areas. He spoke of his early visits, praised local people, and reflected on Lincoln era issues and present problems.
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GOP
Hayden Derrick
Uintah Basin
West
Uintah County
Ihotel Vernal
Derrick
Board of Regents
University of Utah
Western Steel Co
Salt Lake City
Anna Fay Snow
Colleen Shaper
Ashtons
The
Coopers
the Bannea‘s
Alexanders
Goodriches
Naples
Mar ‘Kelly
Jensen
Cama
Jiome
Firat
Lincoln
Civil Defense Urgency Highlighted By Officials In Vernal
Vernal leaders and state civil defense director Leon ard Vlgaing will urge urgent civil defense planning at a Vernal Lions Club event and discuss a general evacuation framework. Lt Glen Marston of the Air Force will attend, with Kiwanis and county officials coordinating potential shelter needs and a one year food supply urged by the LDS Church praised for foresight.
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Ymeskago
Leonard Vlgaing
Vernal Lions Club
Gol Glen Marston
Air Force
Vernal Kiwanis Club
Belonsa Charmants
Stewart Ashton
East Lake
Civil Defense Organization
Higgins
Verna
LDS Church
Ashton
Uintah Woolgrowers Banquet Hosted by Auxiliary
Woolgrowers president J It Broadbent and secretary treasurer James A Hooper respond to a discussion of local association problems. Opal Showalter reports forUintah Woolgrowers auxiliary. John McCoy will MC the evening banquet and program, under the ladies auxiliary supervision. Present officers Clifton McCoy president Lynn Huber vice president and Ken Stringham secretary treasurer.
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Sident
James A Hooper
Owen Morris
Fish and Wildlife Service
Alden K Tearton
State Commissioned
Agriculture
Opal Showalter
Uintah Woolgrowers Auxiliary
John McCoy
Uintah Woolgrowers J
Clifton McCoy
Lynn Huber
Ken Stringham
LDS Drink Less And Live Longer Says National Mag
Dorona Antrim analyzes health statistics comparing LDS Church members with the general US population. The article notes nonmembers have roughly twice the death rate from cancer and heart disease as LDS members, six times higher alcohol related liver death, and LDS death rate since 1901 remains four to six per thousand lower than the nation's rate.
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Listen
Dorona Antrim
Jamaica
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
LDS Church
Abbie C Graham Honored Wednesday at Durango Services
Funeral services were held in Durango Colorado for Abbie Colby Graham age 2 died Sunday at her daughter's home Mrs Jack Turner. Burial followed at Durango. Born July 29 1865 in Dubuque Town son David and Ellen Colby she married Thomas Graham July 10 1901 in Nebraska. Survivors include five daughters and ten grandchildren, twenty four great grandchildren, and a brother Wilk Colby of Palisades.
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Durango
Colo
Abbie Colby Graham
Jack
Turner
Graham
Dubuque
Townsa
David
Ellen Jane Cummingham Colby
Thomas Craham
Nebraska
Ethel Mourer
Alameda
Coll
Eva Brownell
Banta -Montea
Calif
Fay Mourer
Cole
Ada Douglas
Scott Bluff
Neb
Vernal
Wilk Colby
Prayer Day Slated For February 21
Friday has been selected for the World Day of Prayer observance at the Kingsbury Congregational Community Church. Mrs Ira Mumm, chairman, invites the women of the community to attend the interdenominational event at 11 00 am. No luncheon will be served at the community house after the service. Mrs Bob Jones is assisting with arrangements, with Mrs Adolph Johnson Mrs Wes Miracle and Mrs Blanche Koehler in charge of the luncheon.
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Kingsbury Congregational Community Church
Ira Mumm
Mumm
Bob Jones
Adolph Johnson
Wes Miracle
Blanche Koehler
Shea Visit in Vernal Details Family Reunion
Mrs John Shea of Carmi visits Vernal to see her parents Mr and Mrs Russell Montgomery and her husband who returns from six months in California with the army. He will be met in Salt Lake by Mrs Shea and the Montgomery family and plans a week in Vernal before returning to Carmi.
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Ernest Untertrann
Vernal Fieldhouse
Simmons
Slamobns
Sheas
Vernal
John
Marjorie) Shea
Carmi
Russell Montgomery
Shea
California
Army
Salt Lake
Montgomery
Quote sparks search for female accompanist
The remark by Henry Morgan suggests a time when healthy men feel bold and seek a female accompanist, reflecting social tones of the era and gender expectations within music or entertainment settings.
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Menry Morgan
March of Dimes Variety Show Set February 25-26
The March of Dimes variety show will be held Tuesday and Wednesday at Ulotah High School auditorium at 7 p.m. Nine local clubs provide musical and comedy items to support polio funds. Lea Walker hosts, with Mrs Ann King as general chair. Participating clubs include Jayceeettes, Traycees, Kiwanis Ames, Lions, 4 Square Dance Club, Current Topics, and Progressive Arts.
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March of Dimes
Ulotah High School
P.m
Eliic
Polia
DeMille Family Witnesses Sturgis Wedding
Mrs Ivan DeMille traveled to Sturgis South Dakota to witness the marriage of her son Gaynel J. DeMille to Miss Maureen Kenstler in Sturgis on Wednesday February 12.
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Ivan DeMille
Sturgis
Gaynel J. DeMille
Maureen Kenstler
Uintah Woolgrowers Meet Sets Friday Convention Schedule
Uintah Woolgrowers Assn annual convention takes place Friday February 21 in Vernal at Sofel. Sessions begin 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Banquets and dances scheduled for 7 30 p.m. with activities planned for members and attendees.
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Uintah Woolgrowers Assn
Sofel Vernal
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Pittsburgh Museum
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Uinta Sales
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Xecles
First Security Aes Newspapers
James Cannon
Utah Tourist and Publicity Bureau
Richfield
Cedar City
St George
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Brigham City
Gordon P. Qwen, Jr
Utah State Presa Assa
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University of Utah College of Engineering
Carl Christensen
Space
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America
Sen. Watkins
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National Mag
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Ashton Bros. Co
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Arnay
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Florida
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Fhone
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