Uintah Honor Student Chooses Air Force Over College
Wilbur Ray Rodeback son of Mr and Mrs Noah Rodeback Vernal Utah elected to join the United States Air Force after earning a tuition scholarship to Utah State Agricultural College and graduating Uintah High in 1945 He took the oath January 18 in Fort Douglas ceremony Then he begins training at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas Rodeback was a track star and broad jumper at Uintah High Also notes his brothers Shirley and Clyde served in the Navy and Army respectively in World War II.
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Utah State Agriculture College
Uintah High School
Wilbur Ray Rodeback
Noah Rodeback
United States Air Force
Patrick D'Augusting
Fort Douglas
Uintah High
Young Rode
Uintah
Rodeback
Shirley
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Utah Farm Youth To Spend Summer Abroad
One Utah farm youth aged 18 to 25 will be selected by the Utah State Agricultural College extension service to study in Europe for the summer under an international youth exchange program. Fifty exchanges are planned nationwide next year, with Utah hoping to participate. Selection will be by David Sharp Jr. and Fern Shipley, state supervisors, and the program aims to continue the 4 H club connection from prior years.
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Utah
Utah State Agricultural College Extension Service
David Sharp Jr
Fern Shipley
Extension Service
Best Talking Parrot African Parrot Is Said to Be the Cot Talker
A well known talking parrot from Africa is claimed to be the cot talker by local residents. The bird reportedly repeats phrases and attracts visitors to the animal exhibit.
Weath er lambs contracted at 11 over 11 percent
Uintah county farmers report the 1929 crop of weather lambs largely contracted at 11 half a cent for delivery at Watson. Local events include a Saturday boxing tournament at Imperial hall and several family notices from Lapoint and Vernal.
Local Notes From Vernal Area January News
Thirty years ago on January 31 1919 born to Mr and Mrs B C Snyder of Leeton Bennet a nine and a half pound girl. A quiet Vernal wedding occurred January 27 John C Nebeker wed Miss Lucile Peterson of Lapoint. Verbal reports of a five inch snow remaining in timber and bare roads. Louise Searle and Oral Johnson received a marriage license and were married by Pres Don B Colton. Ferry Preece and Stella Dodds quietly married Wednesday. City water main break near the Mersley residence in Maeser. Jas O Nord and family of Weiser Idaho relocate to Vernal. Nord eyed local lumber business. E L Sheffield Standard Oil field man praised shale specimens here. Amelia Nelson married Ray H Reader at the Nelson home on Academy Avenue.
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B. C. Snyder
Leeton-Bennett
Babe
Vernal
John C. Nebeker
Lucile Peterson
Lapoint
Justice Pontha Calder
Wiley Collett
Slaugh’s
Louise Searle
Roosevelt
Oral Johnson
Deer Creek
O'Neil
Don B. Colton
Ferry Preece
Stella Dodds
Mersley
Maeser
Supt
Hatch
Jas. O. Nord
Weiser
Idaho
Soren Nelson
Academy Avenue
Amélia
Ray H. Reader
Fluorspar Riches Hint Utah Leads in Steel Flux
Utah for fluorspar mining gains due to fluorite use as a flux in open hearth steel production and other modern uses such as DDT and high octane gasoline. Utah districts Topaz mountain Juab Wildcat Toorlé Indian Peak Wah Wah yield major production as demand grows, with prices $35 to $42 per ton and a promotional circular available.
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Fluorspar
Utah
Topaz Mountain
Juab County
Wildcat Mountains
Toorlé County
Indian Peak
Wah Wah Range
Beaver County
Department of Publicity and Industrial Development
Cache Valley
Amalga plant sets world record in Swiss cheese production
At the Amalga Swiss cheese factory Ed Gossner reports a new daily high of 100 wheels produced, weighing 220 pounds each. The plant uses 250,000 pounds of whole milk, totaling 3125 ten gallon milk cans. Average is 70 wheels per day. 85 wheels occurs occasionally. Seventy five workers employed with 30 drivers.
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Ed Gossner
Columbia River System Drains Vast Northwest Region
The Columbia River system rises in the Selkirk mountains in southeast British Columbia and runs to the Pacific along the Washington Oregon border. It drains about 300 000 square miles and involves several northwest states and Canada through streams from the Canadian Kootenay to Oregon’s Willamette.
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Columbia River
Selkirk Mountains
British Columbia
Washington-Oregon
Columbia
Northwest States
Canada
Kootenay
Oregon
Willamette
Duchesne Stake Dedication Announced for Sunday
Weber Moon stake president announced special dedication services for the new Duchesne stake and ward chapel to be held next Sunday during the stake quarterly conference. A member of the first presidency and quorum of twelve is scheduled to attend with a dedication planned for the 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. session. An elaborate program is planned for overflow crowds.
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Duchesne Stake
Ward Chapel
Church of Jesus Christ of Sater-day Saints
Stake
Weber Moon
First Lds Church Presidency
Quorum of Twelve
Moon
Rangely oil output increases in 2048 figures
Colorado state oil inspector Joe Cronin reports 2048 production rose to 17,403,175 barrels sent to western refineries, with Rangely field yielding 13,632,524 barrels. Output value jumped to 44 million dollars from 30 million in 1947 as a new Rangely to Salt Lake City pipeline opened late 1948.
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Colorado
Joe Cronin
Rangery
Salt Lake City
Culling Ewes Suggested to Increase Lamb Crops
University of Idaho nutritionist T B Keith says ewes that fail to lamb in their first year produce fewer lambs later. Ewes with a first year twin can yield up to 20 more pounds of lamb over the next three years. He recommends culling ewes that stay dry the first year to boost overall production.
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T. B. Keith
University of Idaho
One Use of Petroleum
Petroleum supplies paraffin and microcrystalline waxes that make waxed piper moisture proof.
Utah oil development shows sharp rise in 1948 report
The Trainehart report released recently notes 21 wells completed in Utah in 1948 versus five in 1947, a 400 percent gain. It counts the Bar-X gas discovery in Grand County and the Pacific Western carbon dioxide well in Carbon County as successful, with 34 percent of wells paying out.
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Utah
Trainehart - of
Bar-X Wildcatty Grand County
Pacific Western
Uintah Basin
Salt Valley
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