Grand Junction Rangely Groups Meet With Vernal Chamber
Twelve Grand Junction Chamber members and five Rangely delegates met Vernal Chamber leaders Monday night as new officers were inaugurated. Claud Smith urged a road link to boost commerce and tourism between centers. Mayor Ed Bannerman cited Highway 64 tourism gains. President Glenn Cooper and incoming president Jack Turner spoke, with Utah Oil and Gas representative Dan Hammond presenting on Utah's oil history. Secretary manager L Siddaway reported a Utah Water and Power Board protest over Echo Park project deletion.
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Grand* Junction Chamber of Commerce
Rangely
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Claud Smith
Grand Junction
Bluely
Glenn Cooper
Utah Water and Power Board
Upper
Colorado River
Colorado River Basin
Kiwanis PTA Join to Buy New Playground Equipment
District Clerk Ernest Johnson receives 3200 checks from Al Tassigner representing the Kiwanis Club while Mrs George Ereckion and John Stagg represent the Central School PTA. Funds from Kiwanis and Central School PTA are used to buy deluxe playground equipment for Central School and other district facilities. A road accident near Vernal injured Hazel Allen, she was taken to Uintah County Hospital for treatment after a car crash into a drive-in and a parked vehicle.
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Batty
Ashley
U.S. Highway 40
Vernal
Hazel Allen
Uintah County Hospital
Allen
Intoh School
Dredit
Muanel
Vernal Kiwanis Club
Central School
PTA
Fie
Kiwanis Club
Merty
Tellaneoue
Donkey Ball Meetups Between Local Clubs
Jaycees Kiwanis and Lions join for a donkey ball affair with trained donkeys. The event features Clantoons and their game, though it faces confusion over players and roles.
School Board Sets Budget For 1953 54 At 768 497
The School District approves a 1953 54 budget totaling 768 497 with receipts 247 000 and 4 19.0 mill levy. Federal aid 49 257.28 and state uniform fund 424 777 provide funding, expenditures itemized include general control 20 111.13 abstraction 387 . services 135 424.37 and debt service 56 000. The budget is 24 815 higher than last year.
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Gina
Geeraou
Rome Er Ceatly
Changes Move Dinosaur National Monument Under Region Office
The Dinosaur National Monument is placed under a regional office as part of a broad Service reorganization. Superintendent Lombard notes the move affects coordination with other monuments and regional staff while visitor numbers exceed 109000 historically and another 22000 expected this year.
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Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosur National Monument
Omaha
Nebraska
Jesu
Lombard
Thre Park Service
Lomba
Howard W. Baker
Reeion
Armory Planned for Vernal in Near Future
Vernal borrows future hope with a promised armory project. National Guard Bureau oversight backs the plan. 7 800 square feet of concrete flooring upholds a cinder block building with brick veneer. Insurance coverage offered at low rates to abstainers from alcohol by a Salt Lake City agency opens, as Uintah Basin focus on local development continues.
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Pt Coemraing
Ayia
Edlaant Conerah
G Bot
Mer i
Gual Bureau
Cal bin
Eee Heuilding
Erat
Gun temperance movement leaders announce radio pledge
President, a Baptist minister and William Plymar of Des Moines, organizer of Allied Youth, launch a national gun temperance society. Policy holders are urged to abstain completely. Mortis says the real menace is the moderate drinker on the highway.
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Voice of Temperance
William Mr. Plymar
Des Moines
Gun Temperance Society
Mr. Mortis
Menace J
River Canyons Praised By Coast Group
Sierra Club members praised the Yampa and Green river canyons for scenery and development potential. David Brower, executive director, wrote that upstream dams could improve waters. He described the trip with his sons and fellow members, noting the thrill and beauty of the canyons before returning to San Francisco.
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Coast Group
Sierra Chile
Yormpi
Jolly Family Notes Graduation and Future Plans
Anton F Jolley recently graduated from the Angelo? lodge of Morticianee in Jelly nether. They will join Mr Jolley in the near future.
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Anton F. Jolly
Angelo: Loge of Morticianee
Jelly’ Nether
Mr. Jolley
Three Day Rodeo Draws Thousands Prizes Totaling 4782
Thousands attend a three day rodeo with 4782 dollars in cash prizes awarded. Queens honored include Mary Ann King Pat Sutton and Laura Mae Witmer. Highlights feature Tex Ritia hitting Sawboy and Silver Spurs, saddle clubs, clowns, and top cowboys. Officials note Salt Lake City entries and local clubs contributing to the large crowd. Continued coverage promised.
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Mary Ann King
Pat Sutton
Laura Mae Witmer
Tex Ritia
Silver Spurs
Holand Furnace
Acrosa
Salt Lake City
Serenges Business Women
Soddielers
Intertainment
Warren Mott
Hia Ro- Cos
Grant
Reonwell
Hamer
Sierra Club Plans Six Day Excursion on Rivers
The Sierra Club announces a six day excursion on the Yampa and Green rivers while plans to develop asphalt deposits are shelved. Atlas Corp involvement with W M Barnes Co in exploiting Asphalt Ridge reserves is noted as a potential future activity.
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Sierra Club
Green
Atlas Corp
W, M Bames Co
Asphalt Ridge County
Atkers
Farihey
Tania
Tribune
Sierra Club river trip down Yam pa and Green Rivers
The second of three Sierra Club groups finished a 40 mile Yampa and Green River run from Lilly Park Cols to Split Mountain gorge above Dinosaur Quarry. Seventy two members from four to sixty two years old completed the journey with no fear, under Marjory B. Farquhar’s leadership. Meals, local food purchases, and camp logistics were tightly organized as crews moved along the river with safety and camaraderie. Estimated group spending runs to eleven thousand dollars, with meals, gear, and transport organized by local ranch groups and volunteers.
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Sierra Club
Yampa
Green Rivers
Split Mountain
Dinosaur Quarry
Ha River
Lilly Park
Cols
Fisk Springs
Rapida
Marjory B. Farquhar
Jeader
Berkley
Donald M. Scanlon
River project to go before Budget Bureau in January
Interior department report on the Colorado River Storage Project faces delay and will be sent to the Bureau of the Budget in January. John Geoffrey Will, secretary, told the Upper Colorado River Commission he was told action would follow receipt, with unresolved policy questions under discussion with budget officials. The report opposes a 50 measure and cites economic feasibility concerns.
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Budget Bureau
Interior
Colorado River
Bureau of Use
John Geoffrey Will
Upper
Colorado River Commission
Tte
Wim
Bue
Will
Whiterocks Priest Named Archdeacon For Utah District
Joseph Foster Hogber the famed buckaroo priest of the Episcopal Churchs missionary district has been named archdeacon for the state. He will replace Ven Willam F Buckley who retired four years ago and move to Salt Lake City to headquarter his duties. Hogben known for riding a horse over Indian reservations and wearing cowboy boots will leave his Whiterocks assignment to assume the new role effective Wednesday.
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Joseph Foster Hogber
Episcopal Church
Tat
Salt Lake City
Hogben
Toe
Thedaho
Nevada Miestora Fields
Mogben
Ashley Forest Fire Warning Highlights Dry Conditions
Upper Colorado River Commission met in Denver to discuss Colorado River storage and Vernal participation. Ashley National Forest supervisor warns forest fuels are drying quickly. Fourth of July visitors urged to avoid fires. Follow safety steps: never leave cigarettes or campfires unattended and extinguish fires completely. Only you can prevent forest fires.
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Upper Colorado Rilver Commission
Denver
Pease
Pro Vernal
Meetie
Wm. D Wurst
Ashley National Forest
Edania
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Fund For Playground Equiment
Hates Park
Colorao
David H. Can
Dinosaur Monument
Rocky Mountain
Natonal Park
Dino
UHS
Basin Insurance
David i. Hrower
The
Express
San Francisco
Sierra Cluty
Bull Park
Mr. Brower
California
Vernal Express
Kathleen Litton
Mery
Marilyn Litton
Los Angeles
Mkex Jones
Hele
Green River
Ethan Healson
Brennai
Billings
Yellowstone Fai
Bil
Jones Hole
Dup Canyon
Fle
Whiterocks
Utah
Ashley Forest
Upper Colorado Group
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