Captured Mountain Lion to be Freed in Saturday Hunt
A five month old mountain lion captured last week in the Willow Creek area will be released during a special hunt this Saturday. George George, Udell Venndiner, and Charles Ally will oversee the event at Winter Ridge and Little Asphalt Canyon. The hunt begins at 108 a.m. and invites spectators to watch dogs track the animal.
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Allow Ureek
Rae
George Ie
Udell Venediner
Charles Ally
Little
Asphalt Canyon
Willow Creek
Rosella Beck Dies at 77 in Vernal. Funeral Planned
Vernal resident Rosella Carline Freestone Beck, 77, died at home Wednesday after a long illness. Known as Zell, she was born September 10, 1877 in Taaho to George and Jenny Freestone. Survived by six children including Alton and Larence Beck, and numerous grandchildren. Funeral services set for Saturday noon at the Vernal Third Ward Chapel, with arrangements continuing on the next page.
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Hosella Carline Freestone Beck
Vernal
Vernal Third Ward
Beck
Las “Zell
Taaho
George
Jenny Lind Freestone
Alton
Larence Beck
Coe Wyoraing
Charlea Iso
Maeser First Seizes Uintah Stake Junior League Lead
The junior church basketball league nears its end as Maeser First defeats Naples to claim top position in the Uintah Stake standings. Naples had gone undefeated in league play. Maeser First improves to share the lead ahead of Vernal Second and Lapoint. Playoffs set for January 27 at the Stake Center with Maeser First and Naples earning bids to the Division 14 tournament in Roosevelt.
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Maeser
Ermine
Uintah
Naples
Nagler
Lapolat
Vernal
Uintah Stake
Union High School
Naptes
Lapaint
Encod Sed
St &Tle
Unital
Stake Center
Roosevelt
Artesia Women Injured In Highway 40 Crash Near Jensen
Two Artesia, Colorado women were injured when their car rear ended a tanker parked in Highway 40 traffic four miles east of Jensen. Maxine Gillespie, 35, suffered severe facial and head lacerations. Mrs Carl Huber, 27, sustained serious injuries. both were taken to Uintah County Hospital.
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Artesia
Colorado
Highway 40
Jensen
Maxine Gillespie
Carl Huber
Lees
Lee
Set
Samy Latch
Utah State Highway Patrol
Uintah County Hospital
Store Burglars Sentenced To Utah Prison
Two men convicted of second degree burglary in Vernal were sentenced to one to twenty years in the Utah State Penitentiary by Judge Joseph E. Nelson. Rene Reindeaun, 21, of Grand Rapids Minnesota, and Charles W. Parrish, 30, of Louisville Kentucky, were arrested in Craig Colorado. They admitted forced entry through a rear window and were found with four rifles an army jacket two boxes of 32 caliber bullets and two pairs of Levis. Missing was $4 in change.
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Ken Stringham
Navajos Lead 5-State Upper Colorado Battle Headlined
A collection of notes details the Navajo involvement in the Upper Colorado war drive led by Hugh Colton with a weeklong plan across five states. The piece also reports a 1054 model pickup found near Enchantment Canyon by Raymond Bullock and mentions the Vernal Fire Department ball and air rescue searches near Devengyre Draw.
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Upper Colorado Battle
Hugh Colton
Flagstaff
Arizona
Enchantment Canyon
Dry Fork
Raymond Bullock
Maeser
Carl Staley
Mothers March Monday Ends Polio Drive in Uintah County
The 1958 March of Dimes campaign in Vernal City and Uintah County ends with Mothers Porch Light Parade Monday evening. Residents are urged to keep porch lights on and contribute between 5 and 6 p m. A polio variety show last week raised 354 58 dollars, chaired by Ann King. Additional funds from coin collections at houses and from the Mothers March bring the total higher. Participating clubs include Pauls Episcopal Current Topics Beaux Arts Lady Lions Kiwanis and others. Ken Sewards chaired ceremonies with Brent Fettch campaign shares listed for Uintah County under Dr Dan Q Price county committee chairman.
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Uintah
T K Seager
Hugh W. Colton
Colorado River
Lee
California
Mus Riel S. Wallis
Vernal Kiwanis Club
Bill Wilton
Progressive Arta
Marlon Jelsen
Giles
Jack Turner
Asheley
Mia
Ralph Rolfe
Maeser
Lions Club
C. Laurence Fox
Davis
George Roth
Gusher
Uintah Riverton Co
John G. Hacking
3Aeser
Floyd Campbell
Launt
Orville Swann
Tridel
Blake Peay
Naples
Jaycees
Rod Ross
Central Committee
Field House
Seager
Varial City
Uintah County
Ann King Chsitman
Saturdand
Weisful Sun
Paul's Episcopal
Quila
Beaux Arts
Lady Lions
Kiwonianns
Professive Arts
Utopia Club
Justamere Club
Kwanis
Kiwanianas
Ken Sewards
Brent Fettch
Sharee
Dan Q Price
Vernal polio victim recovers as I changes noted
A three year old Vernal boy Eat C Freeman son of Mr and Mrs Clell Freeman who had poliomyelitis in early December is described as well with only a weak back and legs. The report notes treatment at home by his mother and a mild illness event.
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C. “Buster
Clell Freeman
Building permit issued for ice station at West Main Meeker
A building permit for a sire ice station at 615 West Main in Wexnat issued to John W. Euikolas and others by Vernysi week for a $20 bulgain to be leased to Sinclair Oil Refinery Company. A marriage license was issued at the clerk's office last Saturday to Robert Hilkey, 30, and Katherine Dunn, 48, both of Meeker, Colo.
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Sibclat
West Main
Wexnat
John W. Euikolas
Vernysi
Sinclair Oil Refinery Company
Robert Hilkey
Katherine
Dunn
Meeker
Colo
M G M Pictures May Film In Vernal
MGM Pictures eyes Vernal as a potential western filming site. Production manager Charles Coleman sought local scenery and 500 horses, including 300 light draft horses, with Vernal yielding cooperative feedback after a prior successful collaboration.
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MGM Pictures
Vernal
Charles Coleman
M-G-M
Fran Feltch
Hollywood
Coleman
Feltch
Grand Junction
Doctors Find Child With Unknown Lung Disease
A six year old girl from Blachly Oregon, Jeanine Crawford, is to undergo surgery at the Latter day Saints Hospital in Salt Lake City to diagnose an unknown lung condition. Doctors diagnosed pneumonia December 27 and suspect a lung disease requiring needle biopsy to obtain tissue samples for study. Jeanine is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Crawford.
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Ore
Latter-lay Saints Hospital
Salt Lake
Jeanine Crawford
Jack Crawford
Eransora
Natural Gas Franchise Applicants Asked for Additional Information
Vernal City officials seek eight items of information from natural gas franchise applicants by March 1 to aid selecting the best applicant. At a special council meeting, Lloyd Winward was approved as treasurer starting February 1, replacing council recorder William Clair Hales. A list of required data covers incorporation, financial strength, gas experience, proposed Vernal rates, service length, coverage, the approving ordinance, and payment terms to the city, to be sent to Vernal officials Wood ty B. Searle, C. R. Henderson, and Orlan Johnson.
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Vernal City
Agas
Lloyd Winward
City Recorder
Mr. Winward
William Clair Hales
Iran
Woodty B. Searle
C. R. Henderson
Orlan Johnson
Vernal
Greeley Gas Company
Coloett
Kanrada
Loran Lautsas
Lorin Gibbs
Salt Lake C City
Uintah High PTA warns: absenteeism harms students and district
At a Uintah High School P-TA meeting led by Principal Glen Ovard and Superintendent Max G. Abbott, leaders stressed attendance’s impact. They noted 125 students already missed ten days, projecting a $26,291 loss to the district. ties drawn between education level and earnings were cited with national farm and urban data.
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Glen Ovard
Uintah High School
Ovard
Max G. Abbott
Aghipoly
Supt
Abbott
Fi Ito
State Department of Public Instruction
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Adel Gardiner
George Nay
Charles Allred
Dixie Blackburn
Rosella C. Beck
Roosevell Sake
U4 Vernal Third Ward
Laramie
Wyoming
Duchesne and x Denver
Nesking
M. Roosevelt
Western States Mission
Aleeen
LDS General Mia Board
Utah
The
Vernal Volunteer Fire Department
Imperial Hall
Tee Fire
Ashley Forest
Devengyre Draw
Greendale
Frontier Airlines
Stan King
Hugh W. Dalton
Upper
Grass Roots Committee, Inc
Gollan
Window Rock
Arivon
Grass Roots
Calvin Snyder
Denver
Chamber of Commerce
Ans
Mr. Colton
L. ¥. Siddoway
Sen
Stringham
Jack C. Turner
Fran Felitch
Don Hacking
Wiley Boucum
Glib Bennett
Bud Bancroft
Russ Kler
Fram Ft. Duchesne
Rez Curry
Francis McKinley
William "T. Sherman
United States
Annie Wauneka
Cree Dodge
Jack O'Conner
Sherman
Es Jy
Birth of A Basin
Upper Colorado Grass Roots Committee, Inc
M-G-M Pictures
Connec ‘Tion
Uintah High
BIL
Deen
Hool
Cone
Abe
United States Chamber of Commerce
Ane
Areca
Mediaa
Es Dts
Eiger
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