Oil Firms Plan Duell in Vernal Area Weather May Force Livestock Sale
The Vernal area faces harsh winter conditions with snow crusts and stranded sheep in Uintah Basin. Dale C. Naylor warns livestockmen may be forced to sell herds to packers as hay shortages bite and wind threatens main arteries. Temperatures plunge with Vernal at 24 below zero and Duchesne at 38 below.
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Untess
Dale C. Naylor
Naylor
Uintah Basin
U.S. Highway
Denver-Salt Lake
Roosevelt
Duchesne
United States
Foltlawi
Crain Griffith to Spud in Uintah Basin No 1 Well
Utah Oil and Refining Co and Stanolind Oil and Gas Co plan to drill Uintah Basin Ashley valley structure well on 400 acres near Equity Oil discovery. Location NE SW 23-5S-22E, estimated cost 80000 dollars, contractor to be chosen, drilling to start within two weeks. Other assets include Equity Oil Co drilling three more wells and ongoing activity at Crain Griffith Uintah Basin No 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holt
Salt Lake City
Utah Ol, Refining Co
Ayack
Utah Ol
Stanolind Ol and Gas Co
Ashley Valley
Equity Oil Co
Crain-Griffith
Ol! Co
Uintah Basin
Thomas Hall
J. W. Griffith
Longview
Tex
Atte
Griffith
Vernal
Utah Oil
J. L. Dougan
Equity
Fred Manning
Denver
Beard and
Robbins
Beard
Rob
Ben Slough
Ashley Creek
Slough
Recreation Class on January 27 Set in Vernal
The county wide recreation school organized by the Vernal Lions Club health and safety and sight conservation committee, led by Dr. C. L. Piper with Alvin Weeks, aims to train delegates from every local organization in wholesome games and stunts. The session, limited to 200 attendees, will be at Imperial Hall on Thursday January 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets required. Isreal Heaton will direct and finance through extension service.
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Uintah County
Extension Service Recreation
Imperial Hall
William C. Whitaker
Isreal Heaton
Logan
Utah State Agricultural College Extension Service
Heaton
Whitaker
Terror of the whip told to Uintah Knife and Fork club
Mrs. David S. Simms told Uintah Knife and Fork club members at Hotel Vernal that the United States stands as ideal in a world revolution and that Christianity is what America has. She compared global unrest to the whip used to rule peoples, describing police-state tactics in Argentina and serf-like conditions in other nations, and urged awareness of mass awakening in Asia and the Americas. The talk touched on European decline and South American trends, with notes on unrest driven by underprivileged masses.
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United States
David S. Simms
Uintah Knife and Fork Club
Hotel Vernal
South America
Balkans
Indonesia
Nazi Germany
Japan
India
China
Europe
Bolivia
Challenger to Start Air Service Through Vernal
Challenger Air Lines officials announce plans to begin regular passenger flights through Vernal as soon as the Vernal airport is completed. The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized service to Vernal and Casper, Wyo. with a proving run to Casper last week and an expected Feb. 1 start for Casper service. The Vernal airport project, started mid summer, includes a mile long hard surfaced north south strip and hard surfaced taxiways and apron, placing Vernal about an hour from Salt Lake City and Casper and boosting oil region transport and business links.
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Uintah Basin
Challenger Air Lines Co
Civil Aeronautics Board
Challenger
Vernal
Casper
Wyo
D. A. Duff
Wyoming
Hugh W. Colton
Francis Feltch
Salt Lake City
Funeral Conducted Wednesday for Harry Chapman
Henry Thomas Chapman known as Harry Chapman 35 of Rangely died Sunday at Uintah Basin hospital from influenza complications. Born 1813 in Mr Emmons he lived in Vernal before moving to Rangely where he worked for California Oil Co. LDS Church member survived by wife Maurine Corless Chapman and eight month old Leta and two children from former marriage Gwendolyn 10 and George R Chapman of Mt Emmons. brother Glen Chapman Rangely. sisters Zona Howtz Provo and others.
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Henry Thomas
Harry) Chapman
Rangely
Uintah Basin Hospital
Decline in Uintah County marriage licenses noted
No marriage licenses issued yet this year in Uintah County. Norma Richardson, deputy county clerk, says four licenses had been issued by this date last year, suggesting a drop in marriage activity and possible shifts in social patterns or personal choices.
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Uintah County
Norma Richardson
Heart Attack Takes H. B. Woolley in Vernal
Howard Bates Woolley 52 prominent Vernal businessman and Uintah State Bank director died Monday at 4 30 p m in the Vernal Clinic of a heart attack He was born February 21 1896 in Grantsville and brought to Vernal as an infant He managed the Shell station and had 30 years with Ashton Bros Co He married Ona Billings May 18 1922 and is survived by his widow two children five sisters and three brothers Funeral services will be held Friday at noon in the Vernal First Ward chapel with burial in Vernal Memorial Park
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Howard Bates Woolley
Uintah State Bank
Grantsville
Serret
Horace Wand-Anne-Bal Woolley
Vernal
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ashton Bros. Co
Ona Billings
Max
Myra Woolley
Iona Leigh
Ariz
Marguerite Pierce
Glenwood
Erma Jones
Mariel Remington
Maude Goodrich
Samuel B
Walter
Arthur Woolley
Orson Jones
Woolley
Vernal Memorial Park
Sister of Vernal Man Dies in Denver
Anna M. Brass of Denver sister of John Starck of Vernal died January 5 after an extended illness at St Luke's Hospital in Denver. Born 1877 in St Louis she belonged to Evangelical church and Ladies Aid. She lived with her son Edward Brass in Denver and leaves four daughters two sons nine grandchildren and two more children unnamed.
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Anna M. Brass
Denver
John Starck
Vernal
St. Luke's Hospital
St. Louis
Brass
Evangelical Church
Ladies Aid Society
Edward Brass
Ruth Adolf
Downed Flier Rescued Near Vernal After Mountain Landing
William H. Harrison Jr. crash landed his Luscombe near Diamond Mountain 15 miles northeast of Vernal after poor visibility. He survived four days with minimal food, treated for frozen feet, and was flown to Denver for further care. A rescue retrieved the plane and brought Harrison to Uintah Basin hospital.
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Diamond Mountain
Thursda
William H. Harrison Jr
Harrison
Luscombe
Granby
Colo
Rock Springs
Wyo
Grand Junction
Craig
Jim Eskaridge
C.1
C. LeBeautillier
Vernal
Uintah Basin
Denver
Starck Family Rites Noted In Center And Vernal Obituary
Great grandchildren four brothers Charles Starck Gladstone Neb William and Theodore Starck of Center N D and John Starck of Vernal. Her husband a sister and brother preceded her in death. Funeral services conducted by Rev O Ni Felberg at Kibbey Funeral home Jan 10 at 3 p m. Musical numbers The Old Rugged Cross and Beyond Sunset.
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Charles Starck
Gladstone
Neb
William
Theodore Starck
Center, N. D
John Starck
Vernal
Ni Felberg
Kibbey Funeral Home
Old Rugged Cross
Governor appoints Vernal woman to liquor board
Mrs Rae Ashton of Vernal was named by Governor J Bracken Lee to the state liquor control committee as part of a four point study of alcohol laws. The group includes subcommittees on organization and system of liquor control enforcement regulation of beer halls and accounting and auditing with a deadline for reports set for February 5 in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Ashton
Vernal
Ena Tite
Cor Ag
Micaly
Vernal Lions Club Names Committees and Honorees
The Vernal Lions Club held a regular meeting at Hotel Vernal announcing standing committees for the coming year and honors for charter members. President C. R. Henderson noted Lionism began 32 years ago by Melvin Jones and listed 23 national members.
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Vernal Lions Club
Hotel Vernal
C. R. Henderson
Lionism
Lion
Melvin Jones
Mr. Jones
W. S. Henderson
Leo G. Thorne
J. A. Cheney
Earl Freeman
Charles A. ‘Hatch
J. C. Anderson
R. C. Cooper
H. S. Sowards
Herbert Snyder
Irvin Eaton
John Jorgensen
William B. Wallis
Gus Gee
B. H. Stringham
Ralph Siddoway
Freeman
Earl
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Duill
Crain Griffith
Carter Oll
H. B. Fields
Carter Oll Co
Ft. Duchesne
Ing
Ledboard /Oil Co
Ouray
E. H. Soper
Te Iss
Navy
U. S. Navy
Naval Ordnance Test Station
Inyokern
Calif
March of Dimes
Leslie Anderson
Gene Ray Hall
San Diego
Cal
Elree Hall Pond
K &F Club
Rulon Anderson
Linda and
Glen
Nyssa, Ore
Richardson D. Nunley
Great Falls
Mont
Richard Cecil
Nunley
Laura Woodard
Harry Chapman
H. B. Woolley
Diamond
Boyd Hall
Pacific
Elree Pond
Utah
Rae Ashton
Vernal Club
Steinaker Draw
State Fish and Game Commission
Vernal Gun and Rifle Club
State Fish and Game Department
Jaycee Park
Eugene Welst
D. R. Barr
Henry Millecam Jr
Vernal Gions Club
Henderson
Don Jensen
J. Harold Reader
Avard Rigby
CL. Winkel
Howard Calder
Tall Twister
Jack C. Turner
O. A. Ross
Alvin E. Weeks
Ray E. Spendlove
Glen Lambert
Rulon Hacking
Marvin
Smith
R. C
Cooper
Roacr
Ona A. Harrison
Dr. T. C.D. Dudley
Ralph Siddoway R. Seager
A. W. Shepherd
Shle Johnson
C. R. Hopkins
Alvin Weeks
A. Demar Dudley
Harold M. Lundell
Ethan Nealson
Colorado River Development
Leon P. Christensen
Jesse A. Haws
Marvin Smith
Lions Education
H. Welter Woolley
Chellus Caldwell
C. L. Piper
M. O. Boswell
Elwood Gee
R. D. Rust
S. R. King
S. Don Hacking
Raymond Anderson
Kennetty Stringham
Harry Polnd
Max Jones
Orlan Watkins
Jack Woodbury
Victor Waite
Grant Calder
C. Laurence Fox
Rigby
Bsesaur
J. ¥. G. Eskelson
Keith Fullmer
John Stagg
Leonard Perry
LeRoy Taylor
Ray E. Spendrove
H. S&s. Sowards
LaBell Anderson
Victor Wilkins
C. R. Jeffries
C. J. Barnett
Paul Batty
Ray Siddoway
Rapld Rolfe
George Roth
Field House
Floyd Hall
C. L. Johnson
Henry Schaefermeyer
Eugene Weist
Ernest Caldwell
Jess Lombard
Henry Millecam
Leon C.thorne
E. Leland Leninson
Wendell Pope
C. J. Neal
William Havens
T. ‘W. Swea
R. A. Bryson
C. Halstead
Zelph Calder
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