Rodeo Queen Aspirants Vie For Title At Fairgrounds
Verbal misprints aside, four contestants Beverly Tardy Marilyn Siddoway Mary Colton and Dora Oaks compete Friday July 1 at 7 pm at Vernal fairgrounds for the rodeo queen title. Judging emphasizes costume personality horsemanship and audience appeal with the winner announced at 9 pm during the Queen’s dance at Imperial Hall.
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Uity Fairgrounds
Vernal Coca Essidenta
Ahi
Beverly Tardy
Marilyn Siddoway
Mary Colton
Dora Oaks
Rodeo Committee
Imperial Hall
Swanee Singers To Appear Here October 7
The Swanee Singers a 64 voice male chorus will perform in Vernal on October 7 under Mrs Tyrrell Re Seaner. Proceeds support the Suniel Student Nurses Scholar fund run by the Vernal Lady Lions. Featured vocalist is Dorothy Kimball Keddington, a noted radio opera and stage singer. Additional guests include Ruth Hardy Funk.
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Spee
Swanee
Tyrrell
Esled
Vernal Lady Lions
Lady Lions
Suniel Student Nurses Scholars Fund
Dorothy Kimball Keddington
Fymed
Keddington
Promised Valley
Norman Scott
New York
Salt Lake Ay
Ruth Hardy Funk
Johnston Rites Set For Friday Funeral Services
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p m in the Vernal First Ward chapel for Mrs Harriet Louise Perry Johnston 67 who died Tuesday at a hospital from a heart ailment Friends may call at the family residence Friday from 11 a m to time of services Burial will be in Vernal Cemetery Swain Funeral Home will direct Born July 5 1882 in Ogden she moved to Vernal with her parents in 1891 and resided there Since 1910 she married Thomas Tenney Johnston a Vernal druggist and operator of Uintahexall Drug who died in May 1948 Surviving are two sons Robert and Tenney Johnston a Vernal three grandchildren a brother Seth Perry Vernal and two sisters Mrs Eda Brown and Mrs Janet Bates San Diego Caldwell first com an will conduct the services.
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Vernal First ‘Ward
Harriet Louise Perry Johnston
Menibetel Bark
Swain
Ogden
Alonzo
Janet Stowell Perry
Vernal
Thomas Tenney Johnston
Johnson
Robert
Tenney Johnston
Seth Perry
Eda Brown
Janet Bates
San Diego
MerkleY youth Deloy Merkley dies from injuries
Deloy Lewis Merkley, 18, died Friday afternoon at Uintah County Hospital from internal injuries after a hay rake accident near Jensen. Born March 30, 1937 in Vernal, he was visiting relatives and had been a student at Valley Junior High in Jordan District. Funeral services were conducted Monday at 10 a.m. in the Maeser Ward chapel with Bishop Harvey McKee presiding and a quartet providing music. speakers included W. E. Bodily Harmon Sowarda and Bishop Jorsville ward Salt Lake City. Merl Hacking offered an obituary. Continuation noted on page 6.
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Maeser Ward
Deloy Lewis Merkley
Uintah County
Vernal
Jen ‘Set
Deloy
Indaw Mary Nell
Metil Snow
Jensen
John Golden
Marcel Swensen Merkley
Sandy
Maeser
Valley Junior High School
Jordan
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
Harvey McKee
Bishop McKee
Joseph Bodily
LeRoy Carroll
John
Hacking
Leland Carroll
Owen Hacking
Carl Richens
Leila Baucum Crowned Queen At Local Fourth Event
Leila Baucum named Queen Leila Baucum at Ash ley Valley Fourth of July celebration in Vernal. About 2500 spools from Uintah Basin joined in the event sponsored by local groups to raise funds, support registration duty, and promote patriotism with homegrown entertainment. Roughly 600 automobiles crowded the Jaycees parade route as Dr Ray Spendlove led organizing efforts and expressed thanks to contributors. Miss Liberty, Leila Baucum, received a 17 jewel watch sponsored by the Somatometric Society during the queen’s dance at Imperial Hall.
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Uintah
Duta
Brrch
Ashley Valley
Beto
Ray Spendlove
Genother
Raittee
Dr. Spendlove
Liberty Lella Baveum
Liberty
Ants
Imperial Hall
Somatometric Society
Womak
Ash
Plans readied for early dam progress in four states
A billion dollar plan to build ten dams and 13 irrigation projects in Colorado Wyoming New Mexico and Utah will be ready for action by Congress early in 1951. The Colorado River Storage project faced a hurdle when Chapman ruled in favor of Echo Park and Split Mountain dams inside Dinosaur National Monument. Interior Secretary Oscar L. Chapman approved Echo Park and Split Mountain construction inside the monument, clearing major opposition. Final planning is under way in Salt Lake City with cost estimates to Washington by January 1 for early action in 1951. The next hurdle is congressional fight over building two dams inside a national monument, with conservation groups expressing concern. Continued on Page 8.
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Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Congress
Chapman
Echo Park
Split Mountain Dama
The
Park Service
Burestta
Dinosaur National Monument
Colorado-Utah
Interior
Oscar. U
Echo Park Dam
Monument
Spit Mountain Dam
Utah
Reclamation Bureau
Reclamation’ Bureau
Salt Lake City
E. O. Larson
Washington
B. Frank Ward
Verracer Eon
Seca Ct
Izsak Walton League’ of America
Railroad Strike Closes Gilsonite Plant in Utah
Gilsonite workers flooded the Utah State Employment Security office to file claims after American Gilsonite Co. closed Monday, June 26, due to a railroad strike. About 50 to 75 locals lost jobs, with 40 to 50 more at risk if strikes prolong rest of gilsonite facilities. Spencer Heiner said the job picture had improved but worsened with the crisis.
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Gilsonite
Utah State Employment Security Office
Fils
American Gilsonite Co
Ile
Spencer Heiner
Vernal Business Notes Signings and Personnel Moves
Vernal business briefs report John P Barton a Utah Pharmacy graduate joining Quality Drug to handle prescriptions. He and Harriet have a son John W aged 3. Also noted are Frontier Airlines manager reshuffles with Bob Anderson in Denver, Karl Bancroft keeping Vernal office running, publisher William B Wallis leaving the Vernal Express for Steamboat Springs, and LDS missionary Jack Wallis.</s>
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Pitt Roller
John P. Barton
Setrawbe
Pint Grove
University of ‘Utah
Satoor of Pharmacy
John
Harriet
John W
Yeas
Vernal
Sonn
Bob Anderson
Froutier Airlines
Mile High City
Denver
Bob
Frontier
Karl Bancroft
William B. Wallis
Vernal Express
Express
Wallis
Colo
Prestonburg
Fieyce
Jack
Wallises
Myra
Baltimore
Paul Revere
J. D. Tones
Pertment Store
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Chapman
Henderson Appointed Vernal Mayor by City Council
Charles Henderson a local businessman and civic worker is chosen by the Vernal city council to fill the mayor post. He succeeds Dr. Joseph L. Hansen and will serve the remainder of the term ending with the regular elections. Henderson, born in Vernal in 2900, has served on the city council and as mayor in prior capacities.
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Politi
C. R. Henderson
CIVIC
WO Rr
Charles
Chuck
Hendersor Eenal
Busin Tan
Ithe Ey Council
Joseph L. Hansen
Henderson
Mats Ata Taond
Icity Council
Menos Echo
W. G
Vernal
Yenir
Cure
Fox
The
Colorado
Frank G Slaugh Becomes Acting Local Postmaster
Frank G Slaugh has been named acting postmaster of the local branch following the retirement of Postmaster Calder after 18 years of service. Calder, age-qualified after 15 years, leaves to return to Lake City to complete education in Utah. Calder married Rosella Sotte in Utah. they have daughters Verna and Renee, who will attend Uintah High. Mayors and local officials note Slaugh's long service and anticipate continued development of Echo and Split Mountain areas. R Hopkins has served as mayor pro tem since that time.
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Us States
Calder
Slaugh
Elgil
Nal
Calj Onty
Lake ‘City
Utah
Rosella Sotte
Ang Wa Reber
Om Tof
T Natural History
Lilian Turner
Fruita
Colo
Willow’ Creek
Verna
ReNee
Uintah
Ile
Hilly
Echo
Mount
Talo Ctica
No Western Togas Cause Big Splash at Rodeo
Fragment from a local rodeo page describes attendees in improvised attire, shouting no western togs as a chaotic scene unfolds in a barrel of water after rodeo time. It notes the Kangaroo Court as part of a residents’ effort to act locally, with warnings about clothing during the event and the potential for swimmers to emerge unharmed.
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Rodeo Committee
Oil News Update on Utah Field Well Operations
The article reports a Utah oil field near Ashley Field where initial output remains uncertain. It notes small producers, rising costs, pumping rates stabilizing, and a shallower well deepened to 2042 feet now shut in. Continued coverage promises further details on production viability and plans.
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Ashley
Uintah Gouy
M Tate
Billiton
Atrippie
Devon
Ollicem
nIt Lotte
Pecove Valley
Ton ‘Turner
Gre
Vernal Scouts Attend National Jamboree at Valley Forge
Three Vernal scouts from Utah Bay join Darius Burke in the National Jamboree at Valley Forge. Participants Karl Baese Kenneth Green and others travel with the group to the event held on a Thursday.
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Vernal
Valley Forge
Utah Bay
Darius Burke
Karl Baese
Kenneth
Green
Thurs
Vernal Scouts
Kenneth Green
Kerk Besse
Boy Scouts Ofmerica
Jamboree brings 700 Utah scouts to national gathering
June 29 dawns as 700 Utah scouts join 47 000 youths from 44 nations for America s largest youth gathering. Dwight Eisenhower and other notables attend events across the week. Scouts cook on coal, sample Hawaiian pineapple, mashed potatoes, and 109 tons of meat daily while a July 4 celebration and church services mark the national birthday.
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Beefore
Utah
Avith
America
Hawaii
Eee
Ee Hades
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Fairgrounds
Dante
Jay Searle
Swennce Kirby
Moore and Family
Howdy
Jay Searls
Acton
Swanee Singers
Johnston
Caldwell
First Com
Merkley
W. E. Bodily
Harmon Sowarda
Jorsville
Mra
Pering
George Wall
Elbert Smith
Cortland
Daley
Lewis Merkley
Leila‘baucum
Jaggee Park
Tomes
Frank
G. Slaugh
A Magee
Tscouts
Thi Seo
Dwight Eizenhower
Aieeiel
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