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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1956
Page
14
Laurence Cooper invites public to Uintah High main hall to view 196 prize winning photographs from the Eighth National High School Photographic Awards. Sixty prints will be shown January 24 to February, showcasing teen perspective and the universal language of photography with a mix of design, reportage, and observation.
Airman third class Lowell Loren Glines has been assigned to Ent Air Defense Command at Colorado Springs. A native of Vernal, Utah, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Glines of Lake City, Florida. Glines graduated Uintah High School in 1954 and joined the Air Force in May 1954. After basic training at Lackland AFB he attended Francis E. Warren AFB for supply training, then served a year with the 616th Supply Squadron in Korea before his present assignment at Ent Air Defense Command headquarters defending the United States against air attack.
Dee Ashby Hall, son of Phillip and Mrs Mall of Maeser Second Ward, has a testimonial Sunday at 7:45 pm in the ward chapel directed by Bishop Elmer Lind. The future missionary will join the Salt Lake Missionary Home February 1 before departing for the mission field. Opening song will be Y'all Go Where You Want Me To Go, with a piano solo O My Father by Laura Fox. Souls A Fife delivers the main address, followed by a vocal duet by Oral and Louella Merkley with Ruth J. Jones on piano. Deloy Vernon gives a talk, then a missionary response, and the closing song God Be With You.
Last Thursday AVIHS students received second term report cards and many junior high students join senior peers in a band concert set for Thursday evening January 26 at the high school. Wiley Pope represented Uintah County at a 4H Convention in Salt Lake City last Saturday. Mr Aycock hosts visiting home room parents on Wednesday January 25. Friday’s assembly features a minstrel program directed by Len Gotfredson. Panther of the Week is Marlow Gibby, noon activities director, praised for his work.
Wilbur Washington, 28, a Ute Indian, was found guilty by a jury of voluntary manslaughter in the April killing of his wife Leonis, 27, at their Uintah Ouray reservation home. Prosecution showed he beat and kicked her after initial statements she died in a fall from a moving car. Four hours of deliberation ended in the verdict. Sentencing set for February 9 with a federal penalty up to ten years in prison.
Wiley Pope represented Uintah County 4 H clubs at a Utah Young Outdoor American conference in Salt Lake City. He met 17 youths from other counties, spoke on soil and water conservation, and joined Forest Service hosts for a luncheon. Pope, a Life Scout and 6th grade student, has held multiple 4 H roles and participates in school and church activities.
A small but enthusiastic adult education group of 11 gathered for an extension class for professional teachers and others. Prof Ellen Theil of the University of Utah discussed education of the exceptional child. Mr Call noted the scope includes children who are exceptionally bright or backward and may impact the field.
Evan D. Harrison, son of Jeremiah Marrison of Lapoint, will receive a testimonial Sunday before leaving for the Mexican Mission. The Lapoint Ward chapel program includes preludes, vocal solos, a Spanish duet, comments by Bishop Leon Walker, and a benediction by Kenneth Hansen.
Sgt Sammy Hatch of the State Highway Patrol and Vernal Chief of Police Morris Caldwell spoke to all Uinton High School students in second period on safe driving. A film titled A Day In Court was also shown as part of the program.
Valoy Eaton of Uintah High earns the Deseret News Telegram Prep Star of the Week for his two way skills in basketball and art. He scored 33 points in Uintah’s 68 to 26 win over Tabiona, shooting 16 field goals on 22 attempts, while excelling as a gifted artist and student body president planning for college. Coach Thair Allen voices high praise, noting Eaton’s versatility and 72 percent season shooting.
Classified notices list hay for sale at 25 a ton and rental housing with contact numbers, plus items offered like trailer houses and straw bases. Also a creditors notice for Mary A Johnson estate and a state land sale, with bid deadline and payment terms.
Public Service Commission of Utah will hearHarmony Sowards doing business as H B Sowards and Sons on February 7 at 10:00 a.m. at the State Capitol Salt Lake City. The case concerns a permit to operate as a contract motor carrier of petroleum and petroleum products in intrastate commerce over specified routes from Salt Lake City to Vernal and related legs, for Continental Oil Company.
A farewell testimonial for Ralph Olsen before his departure to the West Central States mission will be held Sunday at 6:30 pm in Vernal Post Ward chapel. Elder Olsen will enter the Salt Lake missionary home on February 1. Congregational opening song will be Let Us All Press On. Invocation will be offered by
Carl Van Tassell, bishop of the Bridgeland Ward and chairman of the Bishops Executive Council for the Duchesne District, announced the purchase of a site and existing dwelling adjacent to the Duchesne Stake Chapel for a Church Welfare storehouse. The building, formerly a residence, will be adapted for storage. land totals 100 by 160 feet. The property was bought from Mrs Lena Kofford for 3000 dollars. the previous Duchesne Storehouse was sold to the Duchesne County School District about five years ago for 1000 dollars.
Permit No 349 authorizes transportation from Salt Lake City to Vernal Utah and includes any Continental Oil bulk plant in Davis County Utah by order of the Commission dated January 18 1956 in Salt Lake City. Secretary F Yeamans signs.
The order includes the sacramental song Abide With Me followed by an address by A Louly Fife, a musical number by Emma Jean McNaughton, and a benediction by George Massey after the missionary response. Ralph has studied at Brigham Young University.
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