National BPW Officers To Attend Vernal Convention
National BPW officers travel to Vernal Utah for a three day convention. Fulwider will speak at a banquet and meet BPW members informally in the foyer. She is a prominent Hollywood businesswoman and active in multiple civic and professional groups.
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BPW
Leicestler
Pulwider
Natonal
Utah
Irs
Fulwider
Stake Center
3. P
F. W
Hollywood
H.G. Cary
Veladao
Ance
Los Angeles
Falifornia Feds
San Fernando Valley ‘Youth Foundation
Citizens Communities of Education
Watonal Foundation
Shey
Express
Com+ meres aid
Ad For
Committee For Economic Lopment
Avid Fulwider
Tex Ritter to Feature at Vernal Rodeo 1953
Tex Ritter, famed western star and Capitol Records top western singer, will headline the Vernal rodeo as the big feature in 1953. He has appeared in over 80 top western pictures and is married to former leading lady Dorothy Fay. Ritter resides at Lag I T Ranch in Van Nuys, California.
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Tex
Dorothy Fay
van Nuys
California
Capitol Records
Salt Lake City
The
Saddlelers
BLM Seeks Help Clean Up North Vers Nal Steinaker Area
BLM official Dale Naylor urges Ashley Valley citizens to cooperate in removing dead livestock and garbage north of Vers nal and east of Steinaker draw. He stresses using regular approved dump grounds to dispose of rearbare and curb unsanitary conditions.
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Versnal
Steinaker Draw
Dale Naylor
Bureau of Land Management
Eve Ashton Named Uintah's Outstanding Woman of Year
Mrs Rae Ashton was honored as Uintah County's outstanding woman of the year at a reception at Motel Vernal Friday attended by about two hundred guests. The Current Topics Club selected her as the first recipient and plans to honor two Uintah County women annually. The presentation included color guard and flag ceremony performed for Mrs. Ashton by four Girl Scouts, and she received a flower plate inscribed with the title for 1933.
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Nira. Ray
Ashton
Ralph Rolfe
Uintah County
Henry B. Millecam Sr
Vernal City
Ara Bue Ann Millecim
Kay Johnson
Lana Selcher
Casolyn Banks
Rae Ashton
Fea
American Legion Auxiliary
United States of America
Sue Ann Millecom
Lana Belcher
Carolyn Banks
Funeral Services for Betty Jo Hatch McKees
Funeral services conducted for Betty Jo Hatch McKees, 19, of Vernal, were held this morning in the Vernal Second Ward. Born December 12, 1933, she attended Utah High School and lived in Salt Lake City before her death. Survivors include her parents, two brothers Robert Heytt Hatch of Vernal and Dick Tiatch of California, and five sisters.
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Betty Jo ‘Hatch
Betty Joa
Hatch
Vernal
Robert Heytt Hatch
Halogeton Found Adjacent to Grazing District
Halogeton, a poisonous weed harming livestock, was found in the Strawberry River drainage district. Discovered last fall by the Soil Conservation Service and Duchesne County Agent, it favors bare disturbed soil. The BLM plans reseeding 1,000 acres south of Myton and building 14 miles of drift fence to protect livestock.
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Avestock
Strawberry River
Dale Nalyor
Bureau of Land Management
Soil Conservation Service
BLM
Myton
Wells Draw
Hight Girls Seek Queen Title at Vernal Rodeo
Eight contestants vie for the 1953 Vernal Rodeo queen title with practices nightly at the fairgrounds and judging on June 13. Entries include Loraine Hampton Laura Mae Whitmer Elaine Turner Rachel Oaks Barbara Jean Snow Kay Jacobe Mary Ann King and Pat Sutton. Winners will be crowned at the Queens Dance at Imperial Hall with Reynolds Orchestra providing music.
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Loraine Hampton
Laura Mae Whitmer
Elaine Turner
Rachel Oaks
Barbara Jean Snow
Kay Jacobe
Mary Ann King
Pat Sutton
Ralph Preece
Trperial Hall
Reynolds Orchestra
Vernal
Uintah County
Regular fishing season opens Saturday in Utah
A regional notice reports Utah fishing season opening Saturday with limited waters still closed. It notes reservoir openings near Vernal and nearby creeks, road access to Mi Kee Draw and Carter Creek, and a seven pound bag limit for all fish except catfish and yellow bass with no size or possession limit on crappie. The piece blends local anecdotes about a longtime physician and community figures with the fishing update.
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Keep Creek
Carter Creek
Doge
Mi Kee
Rt Creek
Utah
Proposed new city county building and high school outline
A brochure to voters in Uintah County will present factual details on a planned city county building and high school in Vernal. It explains bond costs totaling 344000 with 289000 county share and 78000 city share, and urges a favorable vote on June 16. The county commissioners and Vernal court support the project, with the Uintah School District backing the new school.
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Vernal
Uintah
Beth U
Conn
Steners and
Vernality Court
Uintah School District
of Education
Vernat
Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show tops Vernal event
The Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show and Sale attracted strong participation in Vernal with about 1030 in premium money awarded to young exhibitors. The sale totaled 18895 with grand champions selling to Ashton Brothers Company, Ashley Farmers Union Coop, and Woodey Searle at various per pound prices while steers lambs and hogs averaged 22 30 and 31 cents per pound. A banquet at Hotel Vernal Wednesday night hosted by the Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees capped the event, with Ward Merkley elected 1954 show president over Dee Curfew and Ben Wall Jensen as show president this year.
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Uintah Basin
Vernal
Bill Skinner
Bopcta
Ashton Brothers Company
Glen McConkie
Ashley Farmers Union Coop
Douglay Mall
Woodey Searle
Anle
Dee Curfew
Jensen
Ben
Wall
Ashley Central Canal Set Aside For Young Anglers
The Ashley Central Canal between U S Highway 40 and Vernal settling tank opens Saturday for children 13 and under to fish under Fish and Game Commission authority. No parent handling rods in the area. The section spans two and a half miles and runs from June 6 to October 11.
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Ashley Central Canal
U. S. Highway 40
Etreata
Fish and Game Commission of
State
Vernal Delegation Heads to Elko Highway Meet
Eight Vernal men from the Chamber of Commerce Tourist Promotion Committee and local Highway 40 Association members fly to Elko Nevada Friday for a Highway 40 meeting. Attendees include Jack Timer C B Henderson Fran Feltch Clayton Simmers and Don Richardson discussing regional highway concerns with Salt Lake to San Francisco association members.
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Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Highway 40 Association
Elko
Nevada
Oak Granny Colonia
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Witendind
Vernal i Ek
Eauc Cnir
Jack Timer
B., Henderson
Fran Feltch
Clayton Simmers
Don Richardson
Funeral Services Scheduled for Effie L. E. Barr
Funeral services for Effie L. Edwards Barr 80 of Vernal will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Martin Mortuary Grand Junction Colorado under Vernal Merc ury direction. Mrs Barr died Monday at 11 a.m. in Vernal. She was born September 3 1872 in Peru Nebraska daughter of Landon Greene and Frances Edwards. She married August 14 1900 to James Milton Barr in Leota Kansas and they moved to Western Colorado soon after. Survivors include one son D Barr Vernal two daughters Mrs Marjorie Carnine Fruita and Mrs Mildred Finham Jensen Anchorage Alaska four grandchildren one brother and two sisters Charles Edwards Alva Nedraz 0 G Whitfield Vernal and Mrs Margaret Watkins Tucson Arizona. Burial will be in Municipal Cemetery Grand Junction. Friends may call at Vernal Mortuary Thursday evening and at the Martin Mortuary Grand Junction Friday 12 to 2 p.m. Mrs Don Syarate of Be Balt City is visiting Vernal for two weeks for the wedding of her brother Charles Preece.
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Effie L. Edwards Barr
Martin Mortuary
Grand Junction
Colorado
Vernal Mercury
Edwards
Peru
Neb
Landon Greene
Frances Edwards
James Milton Barr
Leota
Kan
Raltract
Barr
Verna ‘Jaune
D. [. Barr
Vernal
Mes
Marjorie Carnine
Fruita
Cole
Mildred Finham Jensen
Anchorage
Alaska
Charles Edwards
Alva
Nedraz
G. Whitfeld
Margaret Watkins
Tucson
Arizona
Grand Juncion
Vernet Mortuary
Martin
Microfilming County Records vs New County Building
County officials debate microfilming Uintah records to save a new building. Arguments cite fire and water risks in current vaults, potential title losses, and fragility of microfilm, noting that film cannot serve as permanent long term records. Continued discussion expected on page 4.
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Umish County
Uintah
Uintah County
Gauke
Summer league prep for city softball and art classes
Recreation supervisor Marcus Garrett announces softball practice starting this week and art classes for children aged six to twelve begin next Tuesday in the Central School kindergarten room. Barbara Jolley leads weekly crafts and general activities, with tennis, night basketball, and a tennis tournament planned at local courts.
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Marcus Garrett
Bounty Uth
Garrett
Barbara Jolley
Jeindergerten
Ennis
Rutraaing
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Weason
Satuyoy
Teynolds
Uuitah
Warden
Uintah Cattle and Norge Association
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Honeta
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Umiah Basin
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Wold
Kan Mortensen
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Don Syarate
Be Balt Take City
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Charles Preece
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Vernal Memorial Park Cemetery
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