Union Defeats Uintah and Duchesne Tops Tabiona in league start
Union and Duchesne high schools upset visiting Uintah and Tabiona in the first Region 5 league games. Final scores: Union 52, Uintah 40. Duchesne 45, Tabiona 30. Players noted include Valoy Eaton, Ronnie Abegglen, and Fenn for Union. Officials were Sutteer and Anderson. Next week schedule includes Uintah at Altamont and Union at Duchesne.
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Union and
Duchesne High Schools
Uintah and
Tabiona
Utes
Union
Altamont
Duscheene
Uintah
Duchesne
Terry Anderson
Valoy Eaton
Valoy
Fenn
Est Uta
Ronnie Abegglen
Ulniah
Earl Grogs
Sutteer
Anderson
Fourteen Applicants Named for Jr High Principal Post
Uintah District boards considers fourteen applicants for Ashley Valley Junior High principal. Four finalists will meet the board January 29 with one likely to be elected. Board also approves conference attendance, bids for three new buses, reappoints Ernest M. Johnson as clerk and treasurer, and notes progress on Uintah High School furniture and equipment.
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Ashley Valley
Uintah District Board of Education
Wal
Lupt
Max G. Abbott
Ernest M. Johnson
Abbott
Glen F. Oward
Uintah
Glen Oaks
Vernal City
Amish
Main Street
Lapoint Tridell Road Bid Project Set for January Bid
Sealed proposals for a two inch paved road surface on the Lapoint Tridell corridor will be opened January 25, 1955, in the State Capitol Salt Lake City. Plans and specs are available in Salt Lake and American Fork offices for review by bidders. Work to begin when weather permits this spring.
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Tridell
Lapoint
Whiterocks
State Road Commission of
Utah
State Capitol
Salt Lake City
Whiterocks Road
Lapoint Junction
State Road Commission
Salt Lake
American Fork
LeRoy Taylor Resigns as City Manager
LeRoy Taylor submitted a resignation to Mayor Ralph Sid doway and the city council this week. The resignation becomes effective January 31 and will be considered at the council meeting next Wednesday evening. Roosevelt Stake forms an Indian Branch in Randlett with W. Russel Todd chosen to preside. A Sinclair Station site bid is set for a Vernal service station at Sixth West and Main Street. Freda Davis named to the Farmers Home Administration state advisory board representing homemakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Siddoway
Letley Taylor
Sinclair
Sinelat
Compa
Vernal
Sixth West
Main Street
Freda Davis
Freda Davia
Farmers Home Administration
Tah
Prove
FHA
Vernal Amateur Rodeo Set for June 17 18 Night Show
The Vernal Amateur Rodeo will run June 17 and 18 as a night event. Vernaling Club officers were elected: Woodey B. Searle president Julian Massey vice president Walter Bowden secretary. The show will feature butt dogging bareback riding saddle bronc pull riding and call roping. The club plans to purchase fifteen roping calves and four bulldogging steers from Arizona for the rodeo.
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Vernaling Club
Woodey B. Searle
Julian Massey
Walter Bowden
Out
Melt Searle
Lynn McCarrell
Ralph Walker
Arizona
Fifth Annual Variety Night Show With Nine Clubs
Nine clubs prepare skits for the fifth March of Dimes Variety Show chaired by Ann King. Walker will host at Uintah High School with 8 pm curtain. Admission is 50 cents, all proceeds to Uintah County March of Dimes fund.
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Norma Marrs
Gladys Gressett
Lady ‘Lions
Frank Walker
Lions
Birda Merkley, Jr
Helen Millecam
Margaret Caldwell
Foggy James
Uintah High School
Uintah Country March of Dimes Fund
Mental Health Awareness Meetings in Utah County
Health department officials and volunteers organized a public awareness program to address community mental health problems. The series featured two health authorities from the state health department, with meetings held in Vernal Arch Thurman and Eva Hancock guiding discussions at local clubs, schools, and the chamber of commerce.
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Zonth Guidance Council
Uintah County
Tahite Department of Health
Vernal
Arch Thurman
The
Health Ent
Eva Hancock
Epos
Comerce
Federated
Women's Clubs
Vernal Ministers Form Association
The Ver nal Ministers Form Association was organized with ministers meeting informally and agreeing to form a local association. Reverend Harry Beeterden was selected to help draft the purpose statement. The next meeting was scheduled for February 9 to officially form the group.
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Jan Thonth
Harry Beeterden
Kingsbury
Brenden
Isabell Watkins Dies at Home in Vernal
Funeral services for Mrs Isabell McKowen Watkins 79 Vernal were held Wednesday in the Vernal LDS Third Ward Chapel. She died Saturday night at home after illness born June 6 1875 in Pennsylvania daughter of Phillip and Mary Ann Hughes McKowen moved to Vernal at seven married Frank Watkins March 10 1897 in Vernal later solemnized in Salt Lake Temple survived by husband six sons and three daughters 23 grandchildren buried in Vernal Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Isabell McKowen Watkins
Third Ward
Navajos Plan War Dance Over Upper Colorado Project
The Navajo Nation will stage a war dance in Window Rock on January 24 to protest the Upper Colorado River Storage Project. More than 2,000 warriors and drummers will participate in the ceremony marking the first such event in nearly a century, signaling resolve to defend water rights crucial to the region’s future. The four-state Grass Roots group, led by Hugh W. Colton and Sen. B. H. Stringham, aims to mobilize Utah Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico citizens as water vigilantes to promote the project and counter opposition.
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Coloradlo
Window Rock
Arizona
Navajo Reservation
Owo
Hugh W. Colton
Vernal
Utah Atate
Sam Ahkeah
Navajo Tribal Council
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
New ‘Mexico
Upper
Coltan
Stringham
Congress
Cotsen
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Interior
Bir
Colton
Beeganda
New York
Tyan
Mr. Stringham
Geya ‘Bracken
Bled
Coopera
Aned
Final Brown's Park Bridge report outlines 1950s rebuild
Bureau of Land Management submits final project report detailing a $20,107.18 reconstruction for the Green River bridge at Brown's Park Wyoming. The plan referenced reuse of salvaged materials and old cables, noting past failures, wind shifts, and deck cable tension issues from the original 1928 construction.
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Green River
Brown's Park
First Bridge Rr
BLM
Brown's Park Bridge
Burreau of Land Management
Bureau of It Management
Utah
Colorado
Moffat County
Jensen
Green — River
Wyoming
Walter Meyers
Clay Basin
Aawley
Fromzental
Three Traffic Mishaps In City County
Icy roads spurred three traffic mishaps in Vernal area this week as police investigated. Mook Vernal, 83, stopped to assist a vehicle off the road when Staley 61 crashed into him. Staley’s Ford pickup sustained $500 damage and Moon’s Mercury $50. Moon cited for stopping in a lane. A second crash occurred Monday at Maeser road west of Vernal when Freestone 74 turned left and Raimes 44’s car hit the rear.
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Vintah
Vernal
Jensen
M. E. Staley
Staley
Moon
Sammy Hatch
State Highway Patrol
Hatch
Utah 121
Maeser Road
James A. Freestone
Adrian le
Ralnes
Pacific Northwest Gas Line Project Set to Start in March
Pacific Northwest will begin work on a large gas line in March or April after securing financing for about 5$200,000,000. Construction plans call for 22 main line crews starting March 13, with gas shipments to be delivered at various points along the route. The project involves Westcoast Transmission of Canada and El Paso cooperation, with routes passing Jensen and near Sumas Washington, and talks on a city franchise for Ver nal to serve natural gas.
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Pacific Northwest
One de Lint
Goodland Jatutlas Company, Inc
Kansas
Vernal
Clyde
S. Johnson
Pacific
Northwest
Bil
Laughlin
Vernal City Council
Pacific North. Ie
Jensen
el Paso
Westcoast ‘Transmission of
Canada
Westcoast
Wil Bull
Eenadian
Sumas
Washington
Paso
Siamne Tal Home
Burley
Idaho
Renoforce
Ines
Senators push same Upper Colorado River bill in two states
Senators from Uish Colorado and New Mexico agreed Wednesday to introduce a unified Upper Colorado River Storage Project Bill. The measure, tied to last summer’s Senate floor action, aims to extend time for study and potential amendments while preparing for enactment before Congress. The group, led by Ben Eugene D. Milliken, will likely finalize details with Gov. Ed win Johnson and seek early action next week. They oppose Washington lobbying and criticized a Navajo war dance at Window Rock, Arizona, linking it to broader Indian water claims.
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Uish
Colorado
New Mexico
Senate
Edwin ©. Johnson
Upper
Colorado River Commission
Denver
Ben
Eugene D. Milliken
R-Cole
Lobbyissu
Washington
Window Rock
Arizon
Johnson Happy With New Colorado Projects
Johnson supports a revised plan to split power profits from Echo Park and Glen Canyon dams among the four upper basin states. The proposal includes seventeen new dams in Colorado, two in Wyoming, and one joint Colorado Wyoming project. Amendment requests seek policy changes and dam substitutions as part of a broader Colorado River power strategy.
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Colorado
Denver
Edwin C. Johnson
Echo Park
Glen Canyon
Consumptive Water ‘Division
Ballah
Newexico
Colorado River
Starprojec
Ed Johnson
E. L. Dutcher
Wyoming
Alseree
Cross Mountain
Ohnson
Vernal Rodeo Cuts Prices for 1955 Show
Vernal Rodeo Committee lowers admission for the 1955 show with adult general tickets from 2.00 to 1.59 and reserve seats from .50 to .25 as part of a broader Jaycee Week observance proclaimed by Governor Bracken Lee. The committee aims to draw a larger crowd while keeping a first class entertainment focus for Uintah Basin visitors. Ralph Preece named president and Grant Parry vice president at the latest meeting.
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Tara Eening
Elieve
U Uintah
Latford
Ralph Preece
Grant Parry
Alarticity
Amie
Sanktealcent
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We Uiitals
Uintah Maeteon
Abeggl
Kendal Gross
Denver Ou
Ihe Fenn
Atusone
Benson
Jr. High
LeRoy Taylor
Health Department
Vernal Ministers Form Association
Isabell Watkins
Shey
LDS Church
Hus
Gareld
Richland
Wash
Alsq
Tana
Feet Arandel
Memorial Park
Mr. Colton
Sen
B. H. Stringham
Four-Atate Grass Roots Organization
Bulletin
Johnson
Vernal Rodeo Committee
Jaycee Weel
Jasy
United States
Bracken Lee
Gov. Lee
Chamber of Commerce
Chambee of Commerce
Jaycees
Santa
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