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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1960
Page
13
The annual stockholders meeting of the Highline Canal Co will be held February 10 1960 at 730 pm at the county courthouse. The session will hear the annual report elect two directors and transact other business related to the company. E L BENNION secretary.
The Department of the Interior invites sealed bids by February 9 1960 at 2 00 PM Mountain Time for leasing 640 acres of tribal lands and 08794 acres of allotted lands in Townships 10 and 11 South Range 20 East Salt Lake Meridian Uintah County Utah for oil and gas mining. Details and bidding instructions are available from the Superintendent Uintah and Ouray Indian Agency Fort Duchesne Utah.
The Fourth Judicial District Court of Utah Duchesne County sets a February 15 1960 hearing at 2 pm at the Duchesne County Courthouse on whether Edward Monty Jenkins a minor should be declared neglected and abandoned and placed for adoption. PortER L Merrell Clerk directs appearance and show cause.
Ray Wardle of Randlett hosts visitors including Nick Clark of Craig Colorado and relatives from Vernal and Salt Lake City. Weekend visits involve Pegg y Wardle and Duane Wall family, with local gatherings featuring Edger Jensen and J E Jensen. May include Sunday meetings with Craydon Foster and N Memmott and stake prep attendees at Roosevelt.
Reader notes a Monday incident where a man burned his face and head dumping trash into an incinerator in Vernal. The item also lists numerous social visitations, parties, and gatherings around Vernal Rangely and Taft California, including archery shoots, hospital stays, family visits, a surprise birthday party for Mrs Elmer Casada, and trips to Denver for medical checkups.
Ton and family of Roosevelt visited Sunday afternoon at the J. E Jensen home. Mrs Jessie Pickup went to Vernal Saturday to visit her mother. Mr Harold Nelson and Mr. and Mrs J. E Jensen with daughters Irend and Joy visited Saturday in Roosevelt at the home of Mr. and Mrs Norton Shettons.
A collage of Hollywood plans and casting rumors features Jane Fonda in a Broadway invite for There Was A Little Girl with Tony Perkins, James Darren co starring with Shelley Winters and Jean Seberg in Reach For Tomorrow, Dorothy Provine leading High Button Shoes, and chatter about a mystery “gir l” linked to Tuesday Weld Annette Elinor Donahue Ginger Rogers Rhonda Fleming. The column invites readers to mail in guesses with a $20 prize and a $10 editor’s fee, while noting Fred Astaire’s February return and Bobby Crosby Fabian’s 200 project alongside Patti Parker and Danny Thomas show buzz.
Uintah County oil field notes detail multiple drill sites and progress. Wells include Raven Ridge Unit 12 18 G and No 1 Coyote Wash with Wasatch and Mesaverde tests. Operations cover spudding, cementing, sand fracturing prep, and ongoing pumping across several units and companies.
Tridell residents recount weekend visits by Ross family from Seattle and Buckwalters from Provo. Families traveled via United Air Lines to Salt Lake City then to Tridell. A Ross family dinner celebrated at the Darrrell Merrell home in Vernal with local relatives.
The Ute Tribal Dualneas Committee at Ft Duchesne reports the US Public Health Service plans to aid the Ute Tribe in securing a better culinary water supply for residents of the Nandlett and Ouray areas. Prompted by a 1059 congressional act allowing the Public Health Service to aid Indian tribes, only a limited appropriation has been made, with hopes for more funds.
A disrupted dialogue describes ongoing car problems and planned uses of Uriah Heep Springs water to aid the Randlett Quray communities. The owner notes a new purifier, transmission, and spark plugs saving varying percentages on fuel, then recounts the gas tank overflow after about 10 miles.
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