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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1955
Page
1
Uintah Stake hosts a western Chuck Wagon dinner and circus program at the Stake Center parking area from 6 p m to midnight with shows beginning at 8 pm. Acts include strong man, freaks, dancing bears, clowns and a brass band, all aiding the Boy Scout Fund. Helen Anderson chairs the program committee.
Vernal City will observe Pioneer Day with closures on Monday for the 108th anniversary of the Mormon pioneers entering the Salt Lake Valley. Only essential services like gas stations drug stores and ATMs will operate. The anniversary falls Sunday July 24 with races for all ages at City Park and prizes for winners.
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Bennett and children Jerry and Susan flew to Jackson Wyoming for a brief vacation. They met Mr Bennett's brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs W V Bennett of Chicago. Both families toured Yellowstone and stayed at the new Jackson Lake Lodge before returning by air to Vernal.
Uintah County voters will decide if deductions from wool payments should fund marketing campaigns under a National Wool Act plan. The measure follows an agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and the American Sheep Producers Council. Hospital reports show Vernon Harmon Anderson 32 improved though gravely ill after Hatch Cabin fire. His companion Nene Kunzman 35 died from burns 80 percent. Investigation continues into the fire cause.
Uintah County health officials report nearly epidemic measles after 50 cases were confirmed by last weekend. The illness shows runny nose hacking cough eye watering fever and catarrh with characteristic spots.
Emma Southam Holmes funeral held in Vernal honors a mother who aided neighbors through sickness. Holmes died after a long illness at 76, born in 1879 in Evanston Wyoming, married in 1898 to Charles Holmes. Survived by four daughters and three sons. Diners and program featured elderly pioneers and musical tributes in Uintah County.
The Citizens Sponsors Committee for Municipal Gas failed to legally present its petition to place the Vernal City gas line issue on the ballot. Mayor Ralph Siddoway banged the table as officials noted the petition arrived after the deadline. Proponents of municipal operation argue the bill was advancing in Wash.
Rep Claty A Ver nal has been named to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, representing Utah along with Dr Glomer Durham and Sen Alonzo Hopkins. The panel will align higher education across Western states, aiming to expand medical and veterinary training in Utah where facilities are lacking. Hopkins also joins the Utah Mental Health Survey committee to study needs and opportunities in combating mental illness.
Letters and telegrams were sent to all Congressmen to push the Upper Colorado River Project over final hurdles as discussed at the Board of Directors meeting at the Hotel Vernal. KDYL in Salt Lake City presented a $50000 check to the project funding effort.
A specially equipped Colorado Fish and Game plane, flying from Vern Airport, dropped 2140 pounds of brook trout into Ashley Twin Lakes region including Hopper Goose Mirror Culmmey Rock. Utah officials observed from Vernal and Roosevelt wardens as the drop was called a huge success with no dead fish. The mission followed recon flights to test water clearance to 125 feet.
Funeral was held in Denver Saturday morning for Floyd Searle aged 42, formerly of Lapoint, killed in an automobile crash between Durango and Grand Junction. He reportedly slept at the wheel. his car plunged 200 feet down an embankment. Survivors include three children, his mother Mrs. Rute Blackburn, and two brothers DeLois and Preston Searle, plus extended family.
Handbills dropped by plane will publicize the Vernal Race Meet set for July 29 and 30. The Vernal Racing Association notes top race horses will attend. among promotions two in ten handbills offer Free Kids Tickets for free entry. Fire danger reported across Uintah County due to dry ranges. warnings urge caution with campfires and cigarettes.
Supporters hailed two favorable decisions boosting the storage project. A House Rules committee hearing on Wednesday was set to begin for the bill, while a court ruling sidelined California in a California Arizona water rights dispute. Speaker Rayburn voiced support, boosting odds for passage.
Ranger Uranium Exploration and Development Company opened an office in the Hotel Vernal lobby. Organized April 28 1955 the firm plans public stock offering and leases on Utah and Colorado mineral properties with E J Bancroft as secretary treasurer Bill Daugherty Vernal as president and Ray Garcia as vice president.
Mrs. Andre Laura Neilsen Kay 69, former Vernal resident and early Vernal telephone pioneer known as the Hello Girl, died July 10 in Beverly Hills California from complications after a fall and fractured hip. Born July 18 1885 in West Jordan she moved to Ashley Valley as an infant and later settled in Naples after early pioneer days.
Northwest Pipeline progresses on the Pacific Northwest project from Green River Wyoming toward Little Hole with the first river crossing seven miles east of Linwood. The line runs southeast toward Jensen and the Colorado border to feed natural gas. tests in Little Hole assess formations as Associated Pipeline Contractors report low water complicating the crossing.
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