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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1951
Page
15
Funeral details for Francis Goddard are reported from Grand Junction Colorado with interment at Elmwood Cemetery Fruita. The Uintah Service Association formed to support local servicemen plans to publish a monthly Home News and seek broad support from the community.
Rites for M Barr Tart were set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Martin Funeral Home Grand Junction following his death Wednesday at St Marys Hospital from internal hemorrhage. He is survived by his son Donald Barr and Mrs Dorr Finicum of Vernal and a sister Mrs Carl Garnine of Grand Junction.
BYU Delta Phi organizes a visual aid project led by return missionaries to collect map pictures and teaching aids for Latter-day Saint missionaries worldwide. Jack Wallis a BYU junior majoring in business is among the volunteers.
A new manager at Penney’s in Vernal invites staff and townspeople to visit the store. He mentions his family of Ruth, Lynn, Kathleen, Pauline, and two-year-old Pauline. He emphasizes there are no shortcuts in earning a job and invites acquaintances to meet him.
The Bureau of Land Management announced a new streamlined process for issuing non competitive oil and gas leases on public domain lands effective January 28. Under the new system the offeror's signature on the lease form completes the lease by countersigning, with the Land Office manager or designated official indicating land locations. This eliminates roundtrip mailings and reduces delays from conflicting applications while preserving strict conservation requirements to protect surface resources waters crops and improvements.
Doward Murray a Ver nal resident aged 17 who drove the death car that killed Deb Burke 16 and Glenn Reid was bound over to juvenile Judge Frank Alder. Murray lacked a license and officials warned of a crackdown on underage drivers and unlicensed parent permissiveness. Vernal-area residents with out of state plates faced arrest and Utah license procedures were to be offered at the courthouse midweek.
Rep Clair Hopkins of Uintah is appointed chair of the Reference Salaries Fees and Contingent Expenses Committee in his first House term. He also serves on four other committees Highways and Aeronautics Irrigation Municipal and County Affairs Public Health Revenue and Taxation. Despite early organizational delays the House has bills ready for passage sooner than usual suggesting a quick legislative pace.
Funeral services for Fontha Calder are planned for Friday. Calder was a long time LDS church worker, Vernal postmaster for 15 years, and served as bishop of Vernal First Ward for 12 years. He died after a long public service career that included heading the Utah Chapter of National Association of Postmasters in 1949. He and his wife celebrated their golden anniversary in 1950. He leaves seven children, twenty grandchildren, and several siblings. Interment will be at Vernal Memorial Park.
The statement suggests that without brucellosis in animals there would be none in people since animals are the source of human infection.
After four more hours rescuers arrived and rode into the home stretch triumphant. Mr Dillman’s station wagon remains stranded in the white wilderness with slim chances of returning home before spring.
The Extension service under county agent Clair R Acord and home demonstrator Davis sponsors the Family Life Institute. It is hosted at several LDS chapels with times 1:30 p m Jensen 1:30 p m Uintah and Tri Deli 7:30 p m Ballard 7:30 p m Avalon 6:30 p m.
Washington power planners aim for nationalization of electric power, says G M Gadsby of Utah Power and Light in a letter to B Frank Ward. The letter argues for cooperative development over private elimination, cites Tennessee Valley Authority and Pacific Northwest plans, and notes Utah Power and Light’s willingness to pursue a transmission line with the Rural Electrification Administration if feasible.
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