Tridel Merkley family wintering in Orangeville
The Tridel Merkley family plans to stay in Orangeville for the remainder of winter. Sacrament meeting speakers were Harold Lundell and Arthur Curtis of Vernal with Mrs Curtis. Bee Hive girls hosted Boy Scouts at a ward house party with games and dancing. The Tridel Farmstead water system meeting occurred Monday. Harvey is recovering after a month of illness. his son Marlin will leave Sunday for college. Salt Lake visitors include George Simmons Jay and Zona Harvey and Dewanne McKee. The M Men and Gleaner Fire Side chat met at the Kitchen home with a lesson on 3rd Nephi of the Book of Mormon, followed by games and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gisorge O. Bartlett
Orangeville
Harold Lundell
Arthur Curtis
Vernal
Lérni’ McKee
Alignment Rig Installed Here at Basin Chevrolet
DeVere Carroll installed a new wheel aligning and frame straightening machine at Basin Chevrolet, the only complete unit between Salt Lake City and Denver, enabling local mechanics to align wheels and straighten frames to reduce shimmy and uneven wear. The Bee Line equipment cost 3500 dollars and features hydraulic presses developed during the war. Last Sunday Junior Girls Inc Scouts held a Fire Side chat at George and Martha Bartlett home. Dellas Morrill returned Friday to spend the weekend with his parents and then went back to Provo BYU on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeVere Carroll
Carroll
Basin Chevrolet Company
Han
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Denver
Dellas Morrill
Ivan Morrill
Provo
Utah Foundation studies state publicity department funding
A Utah Foundation report analyzes the Utah Department of Publicity and Industrial Development from 1841 to 1848 noting $2,459,492 credited but only $840,000 spent and about $604,738 allocated yet unexpended. The study questions financing methods, highway taxes use, and whether activities could be run by another agency or state departments. Governor Maw urges continuation as 27th Utah Legislature convenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Department of Publicity and Industrial Development
Utah Foundation
Utah
Department of Publicity and Industrial Development
Department of Publicity
Maw
Department of Pay
Meer Memorial
WAA Sells Dragerton Town Assets in Carbon County
The Dragerton housing project built for coal miners near the Geneva steel operation, costing over 5 million dollars, is offered for sale by sealed bid. Bids due February 14. the unit includes 64 homes plus store, church, school, hospital infirmary, clinic, playground and theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dragerton
Carbon County
Geneva
Col
D. E. Squire
Salt Lake
War Assets Administration
State Fair Grounds and Park Development Funding Items
A list details proposed state funds for the fair grounds improvements at 240000 and 220000 for building and walkway work, 30000 for Itah Field House at Vernal, 200000 for lands for This Is The Place State Park, 150000 for development if acquired, 200000 for other access road projects, and 70000 for three Ports of Entry buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fair Grounds
Itah! Field House of Natural History
Vernal
State Park
Lapoint News Summary of Local Events and Births
William Sprouse visited from Salt Lake City with relatives this week. A dance at Lapoint chapel on January 10 raised eighty dollars for the Ver nal Salt Lake road project over Wolf Creek Pass. Mr and Mrs Carlin Harrison welcomed a baby girl January 14 at Basin Hospital Vernal. Families from Maeser and Sacrament services are noted, with wards presenting programs in Lapoint and Maeser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sprouse
Salt Lake City
Dean Preece
Preece
Darrell Swain
Swann
Ercel Palmer
Annie Marcis
Butch Davis
Ogden
Harvey Lee
Oregon
Wolf Creek Road
Clarence White
Wallace Calder
George Duncan
Floyd Case
Altonah
J. C. Hacking
Fred Bearden
Lawrence E. Caldwell
Lapoint Chapel
Vernal
Salt
Jensen Ward
Lapoint
Maeser Ward
File Claims Now Says VA Man A Utah Veteran Pension Notice
O L Burton Uintah Basin VA contact rep reports 11817 Utah veterans were drawing pensions or compensation at end of 1948. Veterans urged to file claims after discharge for all service connected disabilities to qualify for medical treatment. Field reps found many entitled men never filed. Medical evidence from War and Navy departments readily available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
O. L. Burton
Uintah Basin
Veterans Administration
Burton
Gur
War and Navy Departments
Potatoes Best Cooked In Jackets For Value
Guide to preparing potatoes to maximize food value recommends boiling in jackets as the best method with baking also good. Parsley, mash, cream or hash browns follow from starting with jacketed potatoes.
Birthday party honors two Taylor daughters Myrna and Irene
A week ago at Pear less Taylor home a birthday party celebrated Myrna one and Irene five with many gifts. Refreshments served to 18 guests. Caroline Thompson visited Neota to see her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Bill Yack and their son Dennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearless Taylor
Myrna
Irene
Caroline Thompson
Neota
Bill Yack
Dennis
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Merkley
Vernal “Theatre
Vignal ‘Theatre
Joan Fontaine
Autura BeCordova
Tuladey
Alan Laddasta
Gail Russell
Salty O'Rourke
Dorothy LaMour
Arturo DeCordayn
Benny
Bing Crosby
Betty Hutton
Sonny Tafts
Tre Main
Errol Fiyan and
Eleanor Parker
America
Boris Warloff and
Anne Lee
Bedlam
Hoosier
Arn Cashio Inds
Mackinaws
Mittens
WAA
John Loder
Lenore Aubert
Monte Cristo” Cartoon News
Gilbert Holand
Cisco Kid
Sidney Toler
Martha O'Driscoll
John Carrading
Missouri Way
Dorothy McGuire
Robert Young
Claudia and
David
Calder
Calder’s Dairy Vernal
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