Chamber Plans Membership Drive for 1964-65 Year
Chamber of Commerce outlines the 1964-65 membership drive schedule at a directors meeting. Barclay Gardner of Vernal urges timely selection of committee members as the campaign runs June to August with mailed notices and a follow-up letter. Department officials note visitor declines at Utah Field House of Natural History and discuss tourism promotions and a goodwill tour delay by Grand Junction Chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barclay Gardner
Vernal
Chamber of Commerce
Skinet
Will
Gardner
Utah Field House of Natural Ehistory
Siddoway
Price Chamber of Commerce
Vernal Avenue
Flaming Gorge
Field House
Siddeway
Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce
Glen C. Oldroyd
Alvin G. Bowden
Board Education
Law 3 Hoses Reported Stolen
The sheriff's office received a Sunday complaint that Clark's Rock Shop in Gosher was broken into and a rock saw valued at 200 dollars stolen. A separate report last week noted three 25-foot hoses stolen from Rock Point Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Gosher
Rock Point Cemetery
Senator Moss Announces Road Contract Award
Senator Frank E. Moss announces a Bureau of Land Management road contract to D. EB Canada of Vernal worth 10,880 dollars for 3.9 miles of roadway near Escalante. Work starts June 12 with tasks including sloping excavation loading and hauling of material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Bureau of Land Management
D. EB
Canada
Vernal
Escalante
Moss
Chamber Works To Host 1965 Utah State Convention
The Vernal chamber invited Utah BPW to hold the 1965 state convention in Vernal and state RPW officials accepted. The convention is scheduled for next May. Grant Southam urged community support for the Junior Livestock Show as needs arise this year. Packing houses and commercial parks are reportedly at capacity. County officials report hard lumps in asphalt wasting material and hauling, and consider buying a $4000 machine to crush them for better roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Bpw
Vernal
RPW
Grant Southam
Hareold McKee
Local candidates rally for Utah primary nominees
The meeting urged support for State Sen. Leland Sowards and Gordon Marriston to control the Senate. Ernest H. Dean announced plans to challenge Rampton in the primary for governor and praised Sewards and Manwaring while criticizing Uintah County politics. Delegates endorsed four county candidates with no opposition in the primaries and elected 17 delegates to the state primary convention as visiting candidates spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Sowards
Gordon Marriston
Duchesne County
Senate
Uliah Basin
Ernest H. Dean
Rampton
Dean
Utah
Sewards
Asher Manwaring
House
Uintah County
S. A. Dulany Hunter
Democratic
Sowards
Win
Karren
Manwaring
Ralph Taylor
Adrian Kump
LeRoy Kay
Burnell Haws
Thomas Freestone
Gerald Bolton
Carl Hansen
Alvere Cooper
Lee Mace
Zelph Calder
Martha Nelson
Carolyn R. Griftee
Grand Champion Livestock Auction Prices Compare to Last Year
Eddie Oaks shown as grand champion lamb and submitted the grand champion hog weighing 207 lbs. Diamond Hills Cafe and Motel bought at 55 per hundred, down from 270 last year. Ned Shiner purchased the reserve champion hog for 65 per 100, ten dollars more than the previous grand champion. last year’s price was 95 per 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Oaks
Diamond Hills Cafe and Motel
Prand
Ned Shiner
Democratic party leaders urge unity and broad support
Mitt ee woman and vice chair woman of Davis County urged women to play vital roles in party activities pledging fair support for all candidates. Lin not Baker Weber County treasurer and candidate for state treasurer called for a Weber County representative in the state capitol and predicted a Democratic sweep in November. William G Bruhn candidate for the 1st Congressional District forecast reelection of Senator Moss and a Johnson presidency, urging a Democratic House and Senate and warning against funding loss for the Central Utah Project. Harvard I Hinton of Lehi candidate for Secretary of State promised cooperation with the states Democratic development program focusing on remote areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Bruhn
Frank F. Moss
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harvard I. Hinton
Lehi
New Owners Rename Auto Ranch to Johnnie and Ken's
New owners M. D. Wolvinie Johnson and Kenneth D. Henthorn purchased the Auto Ranch on West U S Highway 40 from C W Spaulding and renamed it Johnnie and Ken's Auto Ranch. The business includes a wrecking yard parts sales a service station and a garage. Both owners bring twenty years in automotive repair experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M, D. Wolvinie Johnson
Kenneth D. Henthorn
U.S. Highway 40
C. W. Spaulding
Johnnie and
Ken's
Auto Ranch
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Henthorn
Rughy
Flaming Gorge Visitor Center to Host Exhibits and Tours
The Bureau of Reclamation with the U S Forest Service and National Park Service plans exhibits about Flaming Gorge Dam and area attractions. Self guided Flaming Gorge Powerplant tours are planned to start in 1965 with ample parking and open access to the dam crest and temporary exhibits at the Visitor Center. Restrooms will be provided at the center.
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Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Forest Service
National Park Service
Flaming Gorge Dam
Flaming Gorge Lake
Flaming Gorge
Bureau
Stewart Ashton Reelected to As sociated Food Stores Board
Re elected director Stewart Ashton of Ashton Bros Co was reelected to the board of Associated Food Stores Inc at a Salt Lake City meeting. The association handled 80 million dollars in 1963, versus 100 600 in 1941 the year of the companys organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Ashton
Ashton Bros. Co
Associated Food Stores, Inc
Salt Lake City
Uintah School District considers bus use policy and TV plan
Elvin Downs requests use of school buses for the Young Farmers State Convention planned July 31 and August 1. A second reading adopts a policy limiting bus use to educational activities with board approval and private transport fallback. Efforts to establish educational TV Channel 7 reach Uintah, Duchesne, and Carbon for 1984 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvin Downs
State Specialiss of Agriculture Education
Young Farmers State Convention
State Department of Public Instruction
Sclooh
Uintah School District
Uintah
Board of Education
Duchesne
Carbon
T.V. Channel 7
Uintah County
Union High School
Mieser School Pta
Maeser Schaal
Two Vernal Men On Active Duty
Two Vernal area men begin 15 days of active duty with the Air Force Reserve. Lt. Col. Royal B. Henderson commands the 9628th Air Force Reserve Recovery Squadron with S-Sgt Wil ford R. Evans in fire protection. They train at Provo Municipal Airport Wendover and Hill AFB with survival training in the Wasatch mountains for test of classroom instruction. About 120 personnel are assigned to recover aircraft and provide emergency services.
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Air Force Reserve
Royal
B. Henderson
Wilford R. Evans
962Th Air Force Reserve Recovery Squadron
Henderson
Evans
9628Th
Prove’ Muniscipal
Wendover Air Force Auxiliary Field
Hill Air Force Base
School Board Approves Lighting and Summer Contracts
The board granted a request for an outside light at the Ashley Elementary School parking lot and front entrance. Approved contracts include Doyle Landon and others for summer vocational and home economics programs, art and English teachers, with regular meetings set for the second and fourth Fridays each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Ashley Elementary School
PTA
Doyle Landon
Freda Davis
Lars Leavitt
Lynn Wyatt
Marianne Mutchings
Ashley Valley Jr. High School
Mary Jo Ann Burgess
West Tuylor High School
Public AA Confab Draws 160 Attendees in Vernal
More than 160 persons attended the public meeting on Saturday May 23 at Vernal Community House during the Vernal Craig Little Skyline AA Conference. Officials said 140 registered and 102 remained for a Sunday farewell breakfast. Sheriff Norman R Fletcher spoke at the Saturday event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Community House
Norman R. Fletcher
State Board of Alcoholism
Provo Airport Upgrades Support Military Use In War Time
The 9628th provides weather briefings and minor repairs at Provo Municipal Airport with facilities usable by military aircraft in war time. Work continues on a training complex for the squadron. A partial second floor is planned for the large hangar.
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Provo Municipal
9628Th
Prevo Municipal
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