Jensen Honor Dance Salutes Local Residents
The Jensen ward held a Friday night dance hosted by the American Legion Auxiliaries and LDS Church, honoring Ferris and Myles Murray recently released from the Army, with guests including Charles Dudley on leave, Ted Kvana enlisting August 2, and many local families reporting travel, visits, and community outings across Jensen and nearby towns.
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Dy Mra
Nile Ainge
American Legion and Auxiliry
LDS Church
Ward House
Ferris
Myles Murray
Charles Dudley
Air Forte
Ted Kvana
Statera
Lawella Evans
Marlin Moon Lawella
Marlin
Ace and Hy
George Gross
Rangely
Salt Lake
Mountain States
Merl Muirhead
Canada
Leon Parrishs
Ran- Rely
Martin Evang
Baldiey
Lennon Ainge
Tom and
Suanita
Ed Lewis
Nile Evans
Meeker
Boyd Bascoms
Idaho
Montana
Mr. Bascom
Erin
Victor
Wilkins
Jensen
Stone Park
Colorain
Calendar of events and local travel notes in Jensen area
Local community calendar lists Kiwanis outdoor plente and events from 28 to 30 with races and 4-H camp. The piece also records numerous family trips to Yellowstone, Challis, and Vernal, with residents visiting relatives, attending reunions, and reporting weekend travel from Jensen and nearby towns.
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Kiwanis
UBLC
Rasmussen
Jaycees
Land Management Bureau Birthday Plans Revealed for 1956
The Land Management Bureau marks its 144th year with a 1956 itinerary including July trips to lakes and gardens and August visits to Vernal, Mirror Lake, and Salt Lake City. The release cites a 20 year soil and moisture program, new check dams, seeding to curb erosion, and a final extermination program with Utah State Agricultural College research. Also notes modernization of records, expanded staff, improved fire control, more field technicians, and increased timber and livestock programs on federal lands.
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Bureau of Land Management
Rex J Morgan
Trent
Old General Land Office
Tso
Grazing Service
Federal Bureau
Edward Woozley
Salt Lake
Utah
Idaho
Nevada
Wyoming
Woozley
BLM
Utah State Agricultural College
Vernal
Heroes of Mine Disaster at Bonanza Utah
The American Gilsonite Company honored the crew who risked their lives after the Bonanza Utah mine explosion on November 5 1953. Bronze medals detailed each rescuer and included a certificate titled Medal Honor for risking his life by descending into a cut with fire in the bottom to search beneath pillar. The ceremony at Recreation Hall featured J J Forbes Joseph A Holmes Safety Association president and J H Baker superintendent as company officials from Salt Lake City and New York attended.
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American Gilsonite Company
Gilsonite Company
Bonanza
Utah
J. J. Forbes
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
J. H. Baker
E. F. Goodner
R. A. Nelson
Earle Owens
Harold Knauper
Gilsalate
M. A. Hanna
Park L. Morse
J. F. Williams
Sulate
Salt Lake
W. L. Kallman
Fred Witter
L. C. Wooster
Gilsonite
East US 5
A.L. Dawson
All
New York
L. Armentrout
Gilsulate Sales
Atlanta, Ga
Weekend program includes fashion show and band concert
The agenda lists entertainment like a fashion show and a band concert. It also covers Youth Leadership Uintah Basin and H-Bomb topics and child diet advice. Notable speakers include Mrs Gertrude Morgan dean of women at the University of Utah Dr Daryl Chase USAC president in Logan Martha Ann Fisher home decorating consultant at ZCMI and Dr Homer Clark pathologist at LDS Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Morgan
The
University of Utah
Daryl Chase
USAC
Logan
Martha Ann Fisher
ZCMI
Homer Clark
LDS Hospital
Thunderstorms Boost Second Hay Crop and Honey Output
County agents report rain will aid the second hay crop and alfalfa seed. Beekeepers expect honey production near last year's 80 pounds per colony. A Vernal beekeeper notes the storm between crops may not slow honey, unlike a bloom period washout. Some hay lost where fields weren’t baled in time due to soaking.
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Honey Normal
Vernal Beekeepera
Pipeline progress moves toward Vernal through Green River
Associated Pipe Line crews push a four mile stretch across rugged terrain at about a mile and a half daily. Steel pipe stockpiled near Linwood will cross the Green River on a steel power ferry built for the job. Each joint is X rayed before coating and a portable Xray lab follows to inspect welds. A large pump station is planned two miles south of McKinnon Linwood, Utah.
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Vernal
Davenport
Highway Bridge
Lin ‘Wood
Green River
Fish Northwest Constructors
Ptene
McKinnon-Linwood
Fjunclon
Moon Lake Resort Complex Sees Large Yet Tidy Holiday Crowd
At Moon Lake Resort and nearby areas including Deep Creek Palisade Park Red Canyon Lodge and portions of the Manila District forest about 300 people were counted. Campgrounds were not full and crowds were messier than last year but no vandalism or fires were reported during the three day weekend, according to the supervisor Mr Doll.
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Moon Lake
jResort
Deep Creek
Palisade Park
Red Canyon Lodge
Manila
Weekend Visit Among Morgan, Bountiful Guests
Mr and Mrs Jack Pace visited Morgan and Bountiful with Mrs Pace sister Beth McConkle accompanying them. They were hosted by Mr and Mrs Grant Adams in Morgan and by Mr and Mrs James Dart in Bountiful, over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Pace
Vernal Manila Road Contract Awarded to Strong Company
The Strong Company of Springville won the contract to build 40.05 miles of the Vernal Manila highway for 199 804 50 dollars, with completion in 40 days. The project links Yellow Pines to the fort boundary and improves access to Vernal and nearby routes toward the mountains and national parks. Red Wash Pool remains Utah’s largest oil field with about 2 000 barrels daily, limited by pipelines and oil viscosity. future exploration targets nearby areas and a wildcat 344 miles west of current production.
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Manila
Strong Company of
Springville
the Tribune
Stancal
Red Wash
Waa
Strong Company
Bureau of Public Roads
Yellow Pines
Fort Boundary
Vernal
Wyoming
Green River City
Widening Highway 40 and Utah link planned
Local businessmen and civic leaders have applied to widen Highway 40 from Vernal to Jensen and Vernal Main Street with work possibly starting next spring. A Salt Lake to Denver route including much of present U.S. 40 is also under study, with flexibility urged to meet shifting population and industry needs.
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Vernal
Jensen
Salt Lake
Denver
U.S. 40
Corlelssen
Utah
Glen Canyon Dam
Alto
Colorado Hill
Funeral Service and Interment of Frank Peters
The service featured Twila Abbott solo Teach Me to Pray and Laurence Cooper Going Home with a quartet closing Sometimes We'll Understand. John Stagg gave the benediction. Interment followed in Vernal City Cemetery with grave dedication by J. Arden Jolley. Survivors include father Gerald Peters, sister Sheree, grandmother Mca Dora Hunting, and others. Out-of-town visitors included Ivor Hunting and Floyd Hunting party from Salt Lake City.
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Frank Peters
Twila Abbott
Geneva Adamson
Floy Calder
Lawrence Cooper
Glade Sowards
Ernest
Bryce Caldwell
Mable Stagg
Laurence Cooper
John Stagg
Vernal City
Local families visit over weekend in town
Mr and Mrs Bob Williams and daughter Robyn spent the weekend with Mrs Alan Faulkner and Mr and Mrs Ted Watkins. Mrs Williams works in Salt Lake City and Mr Williams has been in Big Piney Wyoming.
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Bob Williams
Robyn
Alan Faulkner
Ted Watkins
Williams
Salt Lake City
Willams
Big Piney
Wyo
Four Uintah High Teachers Reunited After 10 Years
Four former Uintah High School teachers reunited after a decade, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bowden. The group included Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stringham, Rex Catmull, and Heber Greenhalgh, all formerly of Uintah High in 1941, staying at the Alexander home and being entertained by the Bowdens last weekend. Hospital notes list multiple patients at Uintah County Hospital, with a mix of medical and surgical cases, while a light, non-graphic romantic line appears in the **piece.
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Uintah High School
Alvin Bowden
Mark Stringham
Ruth Robbins
Notus
Ida
Rex Catmull
Sune Bateman
Clearfield
Heber Greenhalgh
Beth Richards
Salt Lake City
Bowden
Eryn Kirk
Eryn Kirk, and the Above Three Wives Roomed Tgether
UHS
T . G. Alexander
Bowdens
Ak Hae Age
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Charles Wise
Grand Junction
Auer Warrens
Durango
Colo
Marvin Petersons
Fruita
Bud Greenhows
Ralph Cash
Ivanhoe
Cal
George Wilkins
Doug Chows
George, Wilkins
Floyd Wilkins
Eleanor-Chew and
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Dean -Chews
Ralph Cages
Eriin Wilkins
Harry’ Hill
Curtis Dudleys
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Sat Lake
Georgy Wilking
Lucy Stewart
Mable Yourdon
Ella Ainge
Rebekah
Hazel Stevens
Irene Murray
Cole
Charles Kenneya
Leafy Moore
Leafy Moore, Mrs. Kenney
Leon
Kaye
Wis Stevens
Book Cliffs
Willow Creek
Glines
Joseph Dudleys
Moron
Amilia Ainge
Fannie Cox
Lucinds Sewell
Ia Peter
James Oxborrows
Lund
Ney
Ervin Wilkins
Joe H. Murrays
Roosevelt
Lucille Taylor
Elsie Engen
Carl Dugaway
Curley
Calle
Eleanor Chew Sind'daugh
Detroit
Stan Preece
Minnie Preece
Wesley Robebins
Jolene
Yellowstone Park
Glacier National Park
Kay Nebeker
Don
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Mra Nebeker
Ralph Walker
Mra
Floyd Conrad
Castle Rock
J. W. Ratliff
Wilcox Academy
Peggy Jo Bean
Yellowstone
Los Angeles
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William F Sweets
Jack l
Susan
Carl Collett
Garth Bally
Challis
Aliee Murray
Ernie Brass
Joan
Ray Cundick
Howard Workman
Clement Eaton
Dennis
Ter Glee
Melvin Wilkins
Ertin Wilkins
Salt Lake Park
Emma Fairfax
Visting
Virginia
Gene Fairfax
Cecil Gross
Nile Ainges
Mia
Marle Brimhall
Om Cutfen
Charles Davis
Merkley Park
Artesia
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Ariel Shaw
Liberty
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DeMarr Dudley
American Fork
Dudley
Arlene Denton
San Bernardino
Blanche Gross
Carolyn Fullinger
Littte Hole
Garath Burtons
W. R
Rebecca) Johnston
Pamela
Albuqarque
N. MI
Land Management Bureau
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Oleson Dasin
Squaw Baein
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Mirror Lake
Civilization
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Duffalo
Arthur Busch
Champaign
Mis
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Seattle
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Stanley Wehler
Mildred K Finley
Coeur d'Alene
Ohio
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Mich
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Grace White
American Forestry Association
Arethur Busch
Leon Lewis
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Uintah High
Ne Hospital News
Umnt Ah County Hospital
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Richard Hadlock
A. N. Workman
Wanda Kearl
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Jack Dexter
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