Utah cattle and horse growers elect leaders at Salt Lake convention
Joe Haslem and Don Hill elected second vice president of the Utah Cattle and Horse Growers Association at the 1954 Salt Lake City convention. Locals attending included Mr and Mrs Haslem and Mr and Mrs Hugh Colton Vernal, and Mr and Mrs Don Hi Rangely. Hall named county director and Mrs Haslem elected auxiliary vice president. J Welly Robins reelected president credited merchants for support of a back drive praising newspapers and media for aiding the livestock industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Waslem
Jensen
Utah Cattle and Horse Growers Association
Salt Lake City
Haslem
Hugh Colton
Vernal
Don Hi Rangely
Hall
Utah Cowbsiles
J Welly Robins
Seipin
About Town Highlights in Craig and Fort Lewis Visit Turns
Mrs Alice Murray visited her daughter in Craig with family while Mr and Mrs Louis Roberts traveled to St George for the funeral of their niece Miss Pattle Porter. Mr and Mrs John Kotter spent time in Beaver with their daughter and son in law. They returned with Mrs Koiter’s sister Mrs Lottie Farrer for a visit in Vernal. Cpl Vertin Gardiner, a clerk at Fort Lewis, spent a four day furlough with his parents. Ray Moan of Craig, stationed at Fort Lewis, accompanied Verlla Pvt Wendell Collier also at Fort Lewis. Washington was home recently for a visit with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis . Roberts
St George
Miss Pattle Porter
John Kotter
Beaver
Ft . Peterson
Cpl
Vertin Gardiner
Fort Lewis
Washington
Cosnd
Dirk Gardiner Ray Moan
Craig
Verlla
Pvt
Wendell Collier
Washingston
J. R McKee
Eldred Wilson
Tooele
John T Wilson
Don Harvey
Salt Lake City
Garth Ross
Son Allen
Laren Ross
Dells Morrill
Vernal
Morrill
Martin W Curtis
Boyd HeeLee
Aage Mortensch
Mortensen
Mr Curtis
Pat
Curtis
Gloria Olsen
Miss Simper
Walter B Simper
Dry Fork
River Compact debated amid plans for Echo Park development
Senate hearings focus on the River Compact and the Upper Basin water plan. Reclamation Commissioner Wilbur A. Bexheimer warns against treating the Dinosair National Monument expansion as a precedent for park or monument encroachment. He defends Echo Park as essential for power and financing irrigation, noting the need for Colorado and other Upper Basin states to fund the $16 billion Colorado River storage project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Ba Inde
Upper Ban Project
Wilbur A. Bexheimer
Tuewday
Interior Department
Damih Dinosair National Monument
Echo Park
Dexheymer
Eave Ia
Baal
Colorado
Congress
Cho Park Dam
Upper
Curry
Central Utah Project
Central Utah
Bureau of Reclamation
Duchesne
Bureau
Eir
Meg
Hugh
Olton
Utah Water and Power Board
Water Board
Ute Trival Council
Colton
J. E. Collier
Korean Veterans Honored At Ft Duchesne
Korean war veterans from Ou ray Randlett Ft Duchesne Lo point Tridell and Whiterocks were honored at a Washington Day program in the Ute Tribal Recreation Hall. Uintah and Ouray Post 126 of the American Legion led the event with speakers Mrs Eve Ashton Willan Sutteer Ligud Wignell and Parley Jensen. Mrs Ashton praised the veterans for preserving American ideals and serving their country while warning against Communist threats. Norman Halmes presented awards to veterans in appreciation for their sacrifices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouray
Randlett
Ft Duchesne
Lopoint
Tridell
Whiterocks
Washington
Ute
Uintah and
American Legion
Eve Ashton
Willan Sutteer
Utah
Ligud Wignell
Parley E
Norman Halmes Normanden
Prauchesne Legion Post ii
Tridell Lark Class Entertains Doris Morrill Guests
The Lark Primary class hosted a Sunday afternoon event at Mrs Jack Goodrich’s home with Lorene McKee Annette Waehlquist and LaDona McKee among the participants. Ice cream cake and greetings followed the program as families and ward leaders attended. Weekend visitors included Val Ross in Barn Sful Dale Anderson from Salt Lake City and several relatives from Provo and Duchesne area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris P. Morrill
Lark
Ward
Bishopric
Jack Goodrich
Lorene McKee
Annette Waehlquist
LaDona McKee
Val Ross
Barn Sful
Laren Ros
Dale Anderson
Salt Lake City
Tridel
Merk Bartlett
Provo
Qwen Bartlett
James Harvey
Clarence Bowden
Rae Goodrich
Velma Moosman
Lloyd
Stanley Morrill
Echo Park project and airline support debated by chamber
Ten names listed as nominating committee members discuss Echo Park approval and a permanent Frontier Airlines service. A film copy of the Yampa and Green River canyons is proposed to promote area tourism after Echo Park approval. Siddeway notes articles on the dam, some duped, others supportive, with letters seeking corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yampa
Green River
Echo Park
Frontier Airlines
LY. Siddeway
Chamber
Mystery Farm Identified as W H Oaks Maeser
Maeser residents reveal Mystery Farm is the William H Oaks estate, operated by Wilbur Oaks, with Nellie B Oaks as the second wife living there. The seventy acre property grows grain and hay, Oaks family ties date to 1840, and the article lists extended family and local visitors including Vernal and Salt Lake City residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maeser
Janett Bethers
William Oaks
Wasatch County
William Samuel
Phebe Hannah McMillian Bethers
Heber
Oaks
Vernal
Lewis Weston Oaks
Provo
Martin Ervyn
Portland
Ore
Stanley Glenn
Nutte
Remington
Salt Lake City
Net
Jtie May Merkley
Victor LeRoy
Ogden
Jessie Ab
Red Beardall
Springville
Wibur
Taylor
Phoebe Haul da Ailen
Charles Ellsworth
Lynn
Eugene
California
Eunice Verda Monk
Tris Velva Nielsen
Hyrum
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Haslem
Don Hill
Mae
Arizona
O.P Skaggs
Home Owned—Home Operated
Vernal, Utah
Alice Murray
Craig, Cole
Senate
Ft. Duchesne
Tridell Lark
Duchesne County
Indian Bureau
W. H. Oaks, Maeser
Allen
McKinlay
Searle Electric
Westingnhouse
Furness
Les Aores
Westinghouse Food File Rigerator
Westinghouse
Phan
Pushbutt
Bila Te Range
Supreme Electric Dryer
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