J D Jones Quits Local Penney Store Vernal
J D Jones resigns after twelve years as manager of the J store in Vernal to start his own business. A temporary manager will run the store until a new appointment is filled. Jones helped found the Vernal Chamber of Commerce and served as its president and Kiwanis member. He plans a vacation before firming his next retail clothing venture.
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Elffes
Eve Janss
J. D. Jones
Vernal
Arte Jones
The
J. C. Penney
Jeamats
Ogden
Jones
Uo Vernal
Vernal Chamber of Comree
Baane
Kiwanis
Onganes
Double Fatality Claims Don Burke And Glenn Reid
Funeral services for Don Burke sixteen Maeser killed Sunday night in a two vehicle crash west of Vernal on Highway 40. The other victim was Glenn Reid fifty of Ouray Reservation. Driver Deward Murray seventeen of Vernal survived with injuries. Investigators say the truck overturned after skidding. two pedestrians alerted aid. Burke was a Uintah High School junior with multiple siblings and local employment. Reid was a Ouray resident and husband with a large extended family.
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Don Burke
Maeser
Maeser Ward
Harvey McKee
Don
Glenn Reid
Ouray Reservaon
Vernal
Highway 40
Burke
Reid
Deward Murray
Sam Hatch
Arzy Luel
Elden White
Dean Burke
Jesse
Levonia Clark Burke
Uintah High School
Sinclair Service Station
Melvin J
Ted
Ray
Roxine
Carol Burke
Aoe Vernal
Bil Burke
Craig
Howard G. Burke
Jessie Kirby
LaMar Guyman
Salt Lake City
Beulah Pitt
Roosevelt
Wanda Haney
Lovell
Yattens Sarelees
Glendoy i
Piterd
Gol
Collins
Ouray Be
Reed
John
Theresa Taye Reed
Pawwinnee
Mon Workman
Ducheens
Lorena Antonio
Albuquerque
Stacy Reed
Ft. Duchesne
Juanita Moris
Tullis
Park
Vernal Woman to Attend National Meet
Mrs Rae Ashton leaves Vernal for Indianapolis to attend the National Executive Board Meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary January 23 24 where she is National Chairman of the Americanism Committee. She will proceed to Washington DC for a National Defense Conference with women’s patriotic organizations and attend a luncheon with the National President. She plans a few days in New York before returning home.
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Rae Ashton
Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion Auxiliary
Ashton Ia
Americanism Committee
Ashton
Washington, D. C
York
Uintah County Sees Polio Case Count Weigh In
Uintah County reports ten polio cases with nine near term patients. Freeman of March of Dimes cites yearly totals and hopes research will end infantile paralysis within our lifetime. National Foundation chapters assist polio patients as needed.
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Lntah
Freeman
March of Dimes Ar
Polio Cass
National Foundation
Dentiste Fee
March of Dimes
Mrs Reed Birchell Visits Salt Lake City for Recovery
Mrs Reed Birchell traveled to Salt Lake City Sunday last week to bring home Mrs Straus sie Birchell who had been in a hospital there after two major operations. After leaving the hospital she spent two weeks with Mrs Earl Willer before returning to Vernal.
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Reed Birchell
Salt Lake City
Straussie Birchell
Birchell
Earl Willer
Vernal
Americanism Group Forms to Aid New Servicemen
A community based Americanism organization forms to honor Uintah County servicemen departing for duty. The nonsectarian group plans small station programs and tokens bearing local civic and church names. Members include Mrs. Marguerite Colton and officials from the American Legion, Kiwanis, Lions, and various churches. Special visitors include national Legion auxiliary leaders and local media representatives.
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Uintah County
Marguerite M. Colton
Whitney
D. Hammond
Alvin Bowden
Ralph Siddeway
American Tegion Auxiliary
Colion
Josh Merkley
Phillip Watkins
Vernal City Council
Cis Lenox
American Legion
Colton
Chris McKinlay
Kiwanis Clu
Vernal Jaycees Participate in Mock Legislature
Vernal Jaycees from Utah joined a mock legislature in Salt Lake City with 27 members. Eight bills were debated with amendments, some approved, others defeated, while Gov. J Bracken Lee spoke on taxes and monopolies. Vernal placed second in man miles traveled, Richfield led. Alvin Bowden noted Vernal’s lead by over 5000 miles in the Jaycee distance contest.
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Jayces
Utah
Vernal Jaycee Chamber
Dean Voorhies
L. VT. Siddo
J. Bracken Lee
Salt Lake
Vernal Jaycees
Vernal Chamber
Richfield
Alvin Bowden
Becomes Mr 1951 First baby born at Roosevelt Hospital
The first baby born in 1951 at Roosevelt hospital arrived at 12 45 a m on January 1. Ivan Lamont Hullinger is the newborn son of Mrs Ivan Hullinger of Vernal. His father died November 1, 1950 at Veterans Hospital in Salt Lake City after a serious heart operation. Ivan has three brothers and six sisters, all living in Vernal.
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Roosevelt Hospital
Ivan Lamont Hullinger
Ivan
Ivan Hullinger
Vernal
Veterans’ Hospital
Saltfib City
Beck
Joe Dean
Iivit Loy
Jerry Dean
Correction of prices in Safe way ad on page three
A mechanical error caused the Safe way advertisement on page three to misprint prices. The corrected figures should read as follows.
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Safeway
Gov Praises Work Done By Press in Utah Proclamation
Governor Lee lauds the printing industry in Utah in a public proclamation. He notes the industry’s multi million dollar impact on state growth and urges observance through speakers window displays and activities. Jean Nuttall named Miss Print era Devil of 1951 for public service by printers nationwide.
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Utah
Jean Nuttall
Gov. Lee
Daily and Countess
America
Uintah Stake Conference Plans Film The Pilgrimage
Uintah Stake announces a weekend stake conference on Feb 3 and 4 with meetings in the Third Ward chapel and Tabernacle. A screening of The Pilgrimage, a film about Christ, will be shown at the Uintah Stake Center on Feb 8, free to stake members in thanks for their cooperation and service.
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Uintah
Archie Johnson
Third Ward
Dreater
Tabernacle
Echo Park Top Subject at MSA
Echo Park issues and related reclamation mining and grazing troubles will lead the Mountain States Association meeting in Washington on February 9. Clayton Jenkins, MSA president, states that officials will confer with President Truman's cabinet and the eight member states' lawmakers. Utah's congressional delegation is expected to attend.
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Echo Park
Mountain States Association
Washington, D. C
Clayton Jenkins
MSA
Provo Chamber of Commerce
Pres. Truman
Utah
Washington
Drilling Report Details Carlee Rockwood No 1 Well Near Vernal
In the Bluebell Caw area, Sv AE toebe Cartes Co reports a well near Vernal with nine and a half miles to the southwest. Surface pine and three quarter inch casing set at 3700 feet, 320 sacks of cement, 1744 inch hole at 650 feet, total depth 926 feet. Continued on page 8.
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California
Walker Holler
Cantorata
Salt Lake City
Algorata
Janolek
Okioma
Wyoming
Bonanza
Lotflan, Bros
Sv AE Toebe Cartes Co
Nes
Lacon
Ideettimua
Rockwood Brown No
Vernal
Sws
Dement
Gun Club Chooses Directors at Vernal Meeting
Vernal Gun Club elected directors Decempton Sam Hatch Duff Swain Floyd Ball Holdovers Erland Preece Paul Batty and Lewis Freestone at a Courthouse meeting. J George Harrison of the Utah State Fish and Game Commission explained a new license system with stamps purchasable at general stores.
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Vernal Gun Club
Shasen
Decempton
Sam Hatch
Duff Swain
Floyd Ball
Erland Preece
Paul el Batty
Lewis Freestone
J . George H. Harrison
Roosevelt
Utah State Fish and Game Commission
W. S. Henderson
Veranda Addy
Lfcensa
Echo Park and Split Mountain Dams Drive Western Water Plan
Western water development hinges on Echo Park and Split Mountain dams on the Green and Yampa rivers. The projects aim to conserve hundreds of millions of acre feet, generate about 13 million dollars in annual power, support industrial growth, agriculture, and urban needs, and feed the broader United Western Water Conservation Program pending Congress review.
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Echo Park
Split Mountain
Green River
Colorado River
Bureau of Reclamation
United Western Investigation
Colorado
Rio
Green
Yampa
Montain
Federal Power Com
Bonneville
Upper
Utah
Uintah
Baring
Great Basin
Joeneville
Anyrogram
National Defense
Temperate swings mark week with rare subzero day
Frontier Airlines records show a fickle season turning from June to January in a single swing. The week has seen only one below zero reading despite the overall mild spell.
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Frontier Airlines
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Red Wash
J.D. Jones
Penney
Ouray Indian
Americanism Organization
Don Hacking
Lion’s Club
Whitney Hammond
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
H. M. Lundell
Ulntah Board of Education
James Boettcher
Catholic — Church
Clyde S. Johnson
Congregational Church
William H. Wolfe
Episcopal Church
Ralph Siddoway
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Mics
S.1
Christ
Gun Club
Harrison
Fi Tison
Milar Place
Paul, Batty
Jee
Batty
Don Jensen
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Bureau of Reclamaion
Congress
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