Vernal Chronicle Roundup Thirty Years Ago
Sam Hatch and Miss Ivie Teeples wed at County Clerk J Packing’s residence with the clerk officiating. Snow piles three feet deep on mountains. Uintah valley hit by a severe windstorm damaging houses and haystacks. Prof Robison to study law. he plans college two years. Buckthorn storm spurs road fire consuming hay. Colton and Shaffer misfortune on the reservation trip. hay burning. Uintah county sugar growers set price at fifteen cents per pound minimum. Surveyor Byrd Colston attends Provo commencement. Salt Lake Temple trip discussed. Bernie Treinish creamery to begin output next week. Ogden and Salt Lake buyers secure all butter output through August. Cows should be conditioned for milk profits. Vernon Workman loses two fingers at Tictles mill. Bank of Vernal ad gains attention. Salt Lake editorial praises advertising. George Calder to Salt Lake fetch children from university. Wallace to teach Academy, Dora central school. Councilman Carter monitors reservation sheep. lambing at one hundred percent. Mrs Susie Eaton and Irvin Eaton visiting in Salt Lake. Ernest Eaton returns from mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hatch
Ivie Teeples
J . Packing
Provo
Montain
Bartlett
Robert Robinson
Uintah Stake Academy
Fruco Calder
Dillm
Marion Shaffer
Cliff Hatch
Enos Bennion
Salt Lake
Uintah County
Qur
Byid O Colston
Salt Lake Temple
Bernie Tre Uinish Creamery
Bishop Davis
Ogden
Buite
Vernon Workman
Tictles
Bank of Vernal
Vernal Express
Meagher
George Calder
Wallace
Dora
Central School
Charles Carter
Susie Eaton
Irvin Eaton
Ernest Eaton
Vernal Social and Regional News Highlights
The Vernal Opera house hosts an ILMIA party honoring Bishop Firestone who resigned his bishopric and invites ward members over 14 to join a pleasant evening. A telegram reports 140 US warships bombarded Santiago de Cuba from 2 p m to 345 pm causing damage to forts. Edna McEwan, 15 months, died from croup with funeral held May 8 in Mill Ward hall with Pres Collett and Bishop Colton speaking. James Gibson, Vernal native and son of Representative Gibson, leaves Columbia for Salt Lake City to assume physics and math duties at D U College Logan. Ollroy and Idzie Blizard begin a honeymoon trip. their sunlit prospects are hoped for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Opera House
Firestone
Sampsons
New York
Santiago de Cuba
Ceveras
Edna
Wat
Filen McEwan
Croup
Mill Ward
Pres Collett Bishop Colton
George Merkley
James Gibson
Gibson
Vernal
Columbia
Galt Lake City
D & U College of Logan
Commencement Speakers Highlight Utah Anniversary Program
The University of Utah lays out events for its fifty ninth annual commencement from June 3 to 5 with Dr James McNell of the University of Michigan delivering addresses to graduates and Phi Kappa Phi members. Dr Franklyn B Harris of Brigham Young University will speak at the Baccalaureate Service, while the class will perform the senior plas on June 1 and 2 and an alumni banquet and ball will close the week at Hotel Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Utah
James McNell
Department of
University of Michigan
Phi Kappa Phi
Franklyn 8
Harris
Brigham Young University
Hotel
Utah
Community Day Improves Cemetery Access With Volunteer Help
A poorly supported cemetery work day saw five teams and some volunteers repair the road to the erase yard and tidy the grounds. Under Lions Club director W J Henderson, Tred Feltch and George Goodrich provided graders to shape the West entrance and clear weeded areas near the hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thi
W 3 Henderson
Lions Club
Tred Feltch
Ashley
George Goodrich
Naples
Pioneer Mother Harriet Goodrich honored in Utah services
Funeral services were held at the Naples ward chapel for Harriet M. Goodrich, who died at her daughter’s home in Roosevelt after nine weeks there. Speakers praised her sacrifice and faith as a Latter day Saint. She was laid to rest in Vernal cemetery. she was born September 2, 1848, in Potawatomi County Iowa, and endured hardships crossing the plains. Surviving children include Albert Goodrich, Parley Goodrich, Julius Jensen, Elmer Manwaring, and Elmer Lind, with 37 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples Ward
Harriet M Goodrich
Elmer Manwaring
Roosevelt
John Simor
Lewis
Gardiner Lavell Manwaring
Earl Goodrich
Lewis Haus Iva Manwaring
Ella Goodrich
Ina Chivers
Alice Allred
J W Olsen
Levis
Gardiner
Itis
James M Shaffer
Wallace Calder
Alfred Powell
John Cook
Potawattamie County
Iowa
George W Taggart
Tannie Parks
Plains
Salt Lake
Brigham Young
Hebert Kimball
Eagle Giste
Salt Lake City
George A Goodrich
Morgan County
Ashley Valley
Uintah County
Relief Society
Albert G Goodrich
Naples
Parley H
Tridell
Julius Jensen
Soldier Summit
Elmer Lind
Maeser
Auto Road Vernal to Fish Lake Plan by Ashley NF
The Ashley National Forest Service plans a 2.5 mile auto highway from the Vernal Manila highway to Fish Lake on the Uintah range north side for fire control. The branch road will start at Carter Creek, 63 miles from Vernal by mule. Construction begins July 1 and hopes to be travel ready this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Fish Lake
Plan of
Ashley National Forest Service
Fish Lakes
Uintah Range
Carter Creek
Fish
Beetle Control Work Completed in Ashley Forest
Beetle control work finished on the north side of the Uintah range by Ashley National Forest. Infested trees on Henrys and Carter Creek were destroyed and the menace brought under control in the forest. Some beetles remain outside the boundary. officials will inspect within two weeks to determine extent. Region is in the Smith Fork section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Range
Ashley National Fores Service
Henrys
Carter Creek
Smth Fork
Uintah County
Peterson County
E Aldous
Salt Lake City
Aldous
Biological Survey
Ouray Valley
Ashley Ward Steinaker Draw
Sand Ridge
Dry Fork
Diamond Mountai
Willow Creek
Decoration Day At Cemetery Draws Larger Crowd
A larger crowd visited the cemetery for Decoration Day and did more work in tending graves than ever before, making it easier for cars to be parked farther away than in previous years.
Park City mine death and Vernal burial of Davie C Caldwell Jr
Davie C Caldwell Jr died from a mine accident at Park City after being struck by falling rock during a night shift. The body was transported to Vernal for funeral services conducted in the Vernal Second Ward chapel with dignitaries and ex servicemen in attendance. He was 51, a World War I veteran, husband to Gessie Glenn and father of three, with services led by Charles T Pope and choir performances by local musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Clarence Caldwell Jr
Park City
Vernal
Caldwell
LeRoy Ross
Wen
R Caldwell
David Clarence
Sally Hall Caldwell
Dry Fork
Gessie Glenn
France
Eunice
Elva
Clarence D
American Legion
Hyrum
Calder
Redeemer
Ernest Winn Crerles
Pope
Jesus
May Henderson
Ernest Winne J Young Jr
Flanders Field
May Jorgensen
George R Goodrich
Chateau-Thiery
State Tractor Grader Improves Steinaker Draw Road Issue
A large state tractor and grader are speeding road improvement in Steinaker draw. The old route is mostly used with changes near Newton Ranch to avoid a wash. Two miles of new road are being built to bypass the bad stretch and keep the pad standard for future upkeep by the state. The project is aided by the Lions Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinaker Draw
Newton Ranch
Lions Club
Jast Fa
Moon Lake Road Gets $3000 Extra Appropriation
J S Bennett of Manila who heads the Ash ley forest service road project is in charge as $3000 additional is allotted raising the total to $12000 for the Lave Fork forest road. Work starts immediately as Bennett assembles crew and gear. W W O Bilackeslee of the Ogdenla forest service inspects the area with a Wasatch and Wintah survey planned before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J S Bennett
Manila
Ashley Forest Service
Lave Fork
Bennett
W O Bilackeslee
Engineering Department
The
Forest Service
Ogdenla
Wasatch
Wintah
Ogden
City Sidewalks Ready in Ninety Days by Successful Bidders
Mellon and Wheeler of Salt Lake City won the bid for four miles of asphalt sidewalks in Vernal City at 33 000 dollars, about 7 000 under the next lowest bid. Work to start once equipment is ready and finish by September 1 with about 50 men employed using 30 tons of native asphalt. The sidewalks will have a four inch crushed rock base, four and a half inches of asphalt, and copper sulphate rock dust hardening. Present walks from 25 years ago lack a gravel base and will be replaced with cement like smooth reinforced paths expected to endure at least 50 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellon and
Wheeler
Salt Lake City
Vernal
County Commissioners Hold May Session Thursday
Uintah county commissioners met in regular session with Chairman W L Fletcher Commissioner Pastey Goodrich and Clerk Wilson Munay present. A delegation from Independence met to discuss a road to be built linking Fort Duchesne and Ranchett, about 4.1 miles with one culvert, using county equipment. Easements discussed for property flooding and road remedies to be arranged with the road supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
W L Fletcher
Pastey Goodrich
Wilson Munay
Independenc
Trugh Owens Sahin Wardle
Jerry Walker
Relave
Akd
Fort Duchegne
Ranchett
Preas
Bard E Peterson
Tranquil funeral marks life of a devoted local man
Funeral services for a young veteran concluded with praise from relatives and a closing benediction by John Stagg. A large gathering accompanied the body to Vernal cemetery where the grave was dedicated by Chaplain George R Goodrich. The deceased is survived by his wife three children and extended family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarenne
John Stagg
Tapa
George R Goodrich
Imperial Hall Opens With Dances Tonight In Improved Venue
The Imperial Hall will host a series of dances tonight, Friday, in the newly improved hall. Music is described as unusually good and indications point to a good crowd attending the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Hall
Interesting Commencement Exercises at Uintah High
Fiery program in the Uintah high school auditorium featured valedictory by Miss Hezel Sowards, class gift by president Gant Calder, and a trombone solo by Frank Goodrich. Principal Pixton received the diplomas with W H Biddeway absent. Prof Elmer Miller offered counsel to graduates amid an inspiring finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah High School
P Ned Calde
Gilbert TE
Gant Calder
Artresa
Hezel Sowards
Hallie Willis
Frank Goodrich
Robert L Pixton
Elmer Miller
R L. Pixton
W H Biddeway
Board of Education
Utah’s Relationship to the Colorado River debated
A fine paper by Miss Ruby Hansen of Vernal argues Utah must weigh Colorado River development carefully. It outlines the river’s length, flow, and basin distribution, notes California’s flood-threatened Imperial Valley, and discusses Boulder Canyon Dam and all American Canal plans affecting Utah, California, Nevada, and Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Hansen
Vernal
Uintah Wich School
UBIC
Tongato
Coloado
Boulder
Colorado
United States
Green River
Wyoming
Gulf of California
Niagara Falls
Utah
Coorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
California
Comore
Imperial Valley
Gulf
Frulita
Althouh
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Frank S Harris
Frovo
of U
Harriet M. Goodrich
Ashley Forest
Davie C. Caldwell
Moon Lake Road
James Lewis Hays
Jack
Atr
Tage
Colorado River
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