Probate and Guardian Notices Prominent Utah Estates
Legal notices list creditors for the estates of Margaret J Weeks Charles Belt Lexiscus Cook and Orlando J Cook in Vernal Utah with claims due by February 15 1957 or February 28 1937 The Ashley Valley Reservoir Company and Ashley Cooperative Mercantile Institution hold annual stockholders and directors meetings in Vernal Utah in January 1957 to hear reports elect directors and conduct business
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Margaret J. Weeks
Colton & Hammond
Vernal
Utah
Charles Belt
Pi Lexiscus Cook
Ynd
E. R. Lawrence Cooper
Vernil
Ashley Valley
Uintah County Court House
Leonard Perry
Ashley Cooperative Mercantile Institution
First Security Bank
Alph Siddoway
First Marriage License Sought in 1047 Details
Scots Old Dass 20 YEARS AGO reports the first marriage license was secured by David Krnack of North Canton Ohio and Mies Plesia Ann Provance of Vernal on January 2. They were married by Bishop Lester Bingham. The column cycles through local marriages births and events with notes on residents visiting from Mountain Dell and Dry Fork, snow levels, and students home from college.
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David Krnack
North Canton
Ohio
Mies Plesia Ann Provance
Vernal
Ranger
George W. Walkup
Mervin J. Slaugh
Richard Slaugh
Mary En Uy ‘Bowden
W. W. Bowden
Measles Epidemic Shuts Vernal City Schools
Four decades ago Vernal City faces a measles surge spreading from Gimes Ward. The school system closes all schools until Monday after a Teachers Institute meeting with the Superintendent and board of education. Harold Davis returns from an LDS mission to Washington sharing views from Walla Walla. A surprise ward gathering honors Bishop George E. Wilkins while a state report urges bans on marriages involving hereditary deafness or blindness and second cousins. Uintah Telephone posts a four percent dividend. Vogue Theatre opens to a crowded night. William J. Justice loses government lease to Greek owners. Vernal trees are being felled under city ordinance. Austria’s war strain deepens per letter from relatives.
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Gimes
Vernal City
Board of Education
Vernal 2Nd Ward
George E. Wilkins
Board of Control
Ogden
Uintah Telephone Company
William J. Justice
Vernal
Conrad Franka
Austria
Lost golden hours vanish without reward
Classified note describes two golden hours lost yesterday between sunrise and sunset, each hour consisting of 60 diamond minutes. No reward offered. the sender laments the disappearance as permanent.
Oil News Roundup of Utah Unit Tests and Wells
Oil field notices from Uintah and surrounding areas describe multiple test locations for Mesa Verde, Green River, Wasatch, and Basal Green River Upper Wasatch tests. Reports cover Federal No. 3, White River Unit, Red Wash Unit, Ute Trail Unit, and Havenstrite discoveries with depths, elevations, and progress including shut-ins and depth plans.
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el Paso Natural Gas Co
Boothman Canyon
WE. P.T
F. Chas. M. Jameson
Uintah County
North Ouray
T.D
Mervin J. Fulton
Standard
Ol! Co
Green River
Upper Wanatch
Red Wash
Standard Oil Co
Calif
Gosw
Wasatch
Federal Havenstrite Oil Co
Ute Trail
Mess Dyly. Co
Wildcat Havenstrite Oil , Co
Greenriver
Uintah Co
Utah
Government Hollandsworth Drilling Co
Ashley Valley Pool
Gr. Rayman Drilling Co
Madison
Fkst
White River
Don E. Woodward
CNESE
Rye
Ol Co
Green River Upper Wasatch
Experiments at Xailis State College Preview Heifer Gain
Experiments at Xailis State College showed that managed heifer programs increased weight gain and feed efficiency. The study tracked tens of head and reported improved growth rates under controlled conditions.
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Xailis State College
Emmett Funeral Held This Week for Jay Merkley
Funeral services were held in Emmett Idaho for Jay Merkley 53 former Vernal resident. He died at his home after an illness and was born in Vernal in September 1903 to Charles A and Mary L Murray Merkley. He once ran a Dry Fork ranch and later operated an Emmett tavern. Survivors include his widow a son Gordon two daughters Leora and Gerry four brothers Murray Joseph Sidney and Ward all of Vernal and four sisters Gertrude Britt Tacoma Washington Clara Nelson Emmeline Varley Salt Lake City and Sarah Engberson Oakland California.
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Sharland Hodgkinson
Aubray Hodgkinson
J. Meagher
Bank of Vernal
Salt Lake City
Nick
Notre Dame
Katherine
Stanford University
Emmett
Idaho
Jay Merkley
Fendent
Vernal
Merkley
Charles A. and
Mary L. Murray Merkley
Dry Fork
Gordon
Leora
Gerry
Murray
Joseph
Sidney
Ward
Gertrude Britt
Tacoma
Wash
Clara Nelson
Emmeline Varley
Sarah Engberson
Oakland
Calif
Not the Ups and Downs of Mie but Jerks Among Fans
A brief local commentary questions the behavior of a subset of fans during a sporting event. It notes disruption from a group referred to as Jerks while contrasting fan energy with the broader audience. The piece reflects on crowd dynamics and sportsmanship.
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Mie
Aliens Must File Address Reports at Post Offices
Immigration officials announced that alien address forms will be available at Vernal and other post offices from January 1 for Utah's 12,800 aliens. Officers warned that willful noncompliance can bring up to a $200 fine and deportation. All noncitizens should file within January or upon return after travel, except diplomats, UN foreign representatives, and Mexican contract laborers.
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Vernal
Utah
Nears Test
Adres Sed
Washington
J. M. Swing
United States
Commission
Swing
United Nations
ALO
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Oil Services
Ashton Supply Company
Thermold
Whitney D. Hammond
Alvin E. Weeks
Orlando J. Cook
Evory
A. Champ
Parla
Ant-Mario Dejaredin
Vernal's
Ashley Valley Appliance
B.L. Caldwell
Mountain Deller Dry Fork
Hugh W. Colton
Gorn
L. D. Roberts
B. A. Hardy
Sterling Bodlly
Harold Davis
Walla Walla
NCE
Eugene
Liberace
Cabra Ina Erorck
Threrace
Mdeke
Ltrs
Metropoliten Opera Stag
Jean Finn
Utah State Fargrounds
Neene
Ponte
Bos
Tos
Poutitate
Intermountain
Vernal Express
Ross Coast, Co
General Oil
Messer Road
Casada
Lo Uish
C. P. Pederson Welding Concenactor
My East
Pease Bros. General Contracting
B. W
Pease
Bud "Pease
Thorne
West Main Phone
Jack Griffin
Immigration and Naturalization Service
East Ride Motor East
U.S
Bill Daugherty
Heldwater
Anwerson
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