Local Queen Sought to Reign Over Rodeo Days
Vernon Utah area news notes Ken Cowan invites entries for Rodeo Queen contest to reign over the Queens Dance on June 22. Burro races start June 25 with merchants sponsoring each burro. Vernal Chamber of Commerce invites Indians to three day event wearing tribal costumes for Old West ambiance. James Calder funeral services held in Vernal May 29 after death May 27 age 78.
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James Calder
Vernal
GO J Barnett
Grant Parry
Grant Parry. Nightriders Are Riding the Main Street
Main Street
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Atomic Warfare Classes Planned for Uintah June 11 12
Nuclear defense training announces two day sessions at Uintah on June 11 and 12. Registered nurses and other participants will join at 9 30 a m each morning for the briefing and instruction on wartime atomic measures.
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Uintah
Six Ainish County men to enter service this week
Six local servicemen from Ainish County Ralph Alfred Kettle Myton Rt 1 Norman Shirley Hancock Peter Ward Harrison Robert Charles Bartlett Maybell Weldon F Woolley Lapoint and Carl George Hein Vernal depart Monday at 9 35 a m for Armed Forces. The note adds details on Utah fishing season openings and new visible Fish and Game licenses.
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Ainish County
Ralph Alfred Kettle
Myton Rt. 1
Norman Shirley Hancock
Ft. Duchesne
Peter Ward Harrison
Lapoint
Robert Charles Bartlett
Maybell
Colo
Tridel
Weldon
F. Woolley
Carl George Hein
Vernal
Lions Spend Ten Thousand During Convention
A Lions convention drew visitors to Ver nal city for three days last weekend with Chamber of Commerce estimates placing total spending near sixteen thousand dollars. Local surveys show direct convention sales ranges from seven dollars ninety cents at a small shop to a twenty five percent lift at a larger retailer.
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Lions Convention
Vernal City
Chamber of Commerce
Recreation Dept Plans Summer Junior Baseball Schedule
The Recreation Department will start a summer junior baseball program next week for boys up to high school age at the city field. Participants meet Tuesday at 5:30 pm to form clubs and play in a league through the summer, with games every Friday in the American Region Basin Baseball League. Players bring gloves. the department provides balls and equipment. For details contact Mr Woodbury.
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Jack Woood- Bury
Recreation Department
Wood
Boya
Woodbury
Myton ‘Vernal
Young Baseball Nine
Petty thieves damage widow's home in break in
Mrs. Lydia Bills, a 75 year old widow, reported thieves broke a window screen to enter her home last Thursday and stole pop from the refrigerator and candy from her bedroom while she was away helping at the Stake Center. She noted the screen was damaged and repairing it is difficult.
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Lydia Bills
Bills
Stake Center
War on blue mountain cricket menace expands in Uintah County
County agent Clair T Acord and federal biologist H F Thornley head a joint effort to save thousands of acres of range forage in Blue Mountain Uintah County. wet bran baiting has halted about 6000 of 8000 acres infested. Trucks mount powered spreaders cover 200 to 400 acres daily in rugged terrain.
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Clair T. Acord
H F ‘Thornley
Musical Benefit Planned Saturday For Scout Fund
An 8 p.m. Saturday benefit at the Stake tabernacle, announced by Uintah Scout Council finance chair Dr. T. R. Seager, features baritone C. Austin Seager of Ogden with other performers Avard Higby Lawrence Lee Frank Walker Graham Hollingworth and Esther Wogee. Tickets sold through local drugstores groups and Scout troops.
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Stake Tabernacle
T. R. Seager
Uintah Scout Council
C. Austin Seager
Ogden
Dr. Seager
Seager
Utah
Utah State Oratorical Society
Funeral Rites Held For Weyerman Child
Funeral services were held for Connie Rae Weyerman ten months old daughter of Fred and Olive Jones Weyerman in Maeser war chapel. Bishop Harvey McKee directed the service with prayers by Garth Atwood and songs by Alice Woolley Roberta Ufford and others. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery with pallbearers named. External mourners included Miss Rachel Jones and several Mrs. Jones Bartlett relatives from nearby towns.
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Maeser
Connie Rae Weyerman
Fred
Olive Jones. Weyerman
Harvey McKee
Garth Atwood
Whispering Hope
Alice Woolley
Roberta Ufford
Mildred Hadley
Duane Price
Bishop McKee
Lois Erickson
Frank Walker
Mabel Hadley
Fairview
W. E. Bodly
Thoral Bodily
Ray Jones
DeLoy Vernon
Hecking
Rachel Jones
Mand
Allie Carlston
Rosaline Jones
Mable Jones Bartlett
State Prison Guard Duty Returns After Outbreak
Troopers Sammy Hatch and Ray Devine returned to regular duty Tuesday after assisting at the Point of the Mountain State prison outbreak. They guarded sections, conducted checks, and carried out investigations having been on duty since May 25.
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Sammy Hatch
Ray Devine
Point of the Mountain State Prison
Inquiries Spark Tourists to Uintah Travel Show
Vernal Chamber of Commerce logged a peak of 75 inquiries in one day as prospective tourists asked about Uintah Basin sites including Dinosaur National Monument and Red Cloud Loop. Officials anticipate a sharp visitor rise this vacation season with many seeking overnight stays along the Utah Colorado border.
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Utah- Colorado
Rachina Ies
Dinosaur National Monument
Red Cloud Loop
Frank Wards
Mountain States
Neason
Feduniey
United States
Great Success Claimed for 1951 Utah Lions Convention
Dr F G Eskelson praised the 1951 Utah Lions Convention which drew 900 members and friends last weekend. He expressed gratitude for cooperation and hospitality across theaters churches and homes. Visitors lauded fine food good mood and a wonderful spirit despite cloudy weather. District officer A Elwyn Seely attended.
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F. G. Eskelson
Firefighters Learn Need For Fast Attack
In Whiterocks Utah a daylong training session emphasized rapid initial attack on fires. Uintah County sheriff Herbert M. Snyder coordinates the Utah Cooperative Fire Fighters Organization. Seventy five attendees including from Uintah Duchenne Parkice Indian Service and Tribal Council BLM Forest Service Soil Conservation and others attended the largest Uintah Basin fire school with 65 firefighters.
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Whiterocks
Utah! Cooperative Forest
Rance
Herbert M. Snyder
Uintah County
Utah Cooperative Fire Fighters Organization
Uintah
U. & Forest Service
Soil Conservation Service
W. E. Tangren
Utah State Board of Forestry and Fire Control
Uintah Basin
Funeral Services Held For Korea Victim Pvt Wallace Twitchell
Funeral services for Pvt Wallace Gall Twitchell killed in Korea September 1950 were held in Whiterocks Chapel by Bishop Gilbert Inghford. Twitchell, born January 15 1930 in Vernal, enlisted May 3 1948 and died eight days after arriving as an infantryman. Survived by parents William W and Elsie Nelson Twitchell and four brothers and four sisters. Burial at Maeser Cemetery.
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Harold Hullinger
Port Ellen
Argyle County
Scotland
John
Mararet McTaggart Calder
Calder
United States
America
San Francisco
Ida Elizabeth Cormwell
Mom
Page
Whiterocks
Wallace Gall Twitchell
Alterra High School
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-lay Saints
Morgen
Leonard
Tony Twitchell
Whiterod
Bald Montes
Ogden
Mildred Plant
Ruby Valley
Nev
Nona
Carel Twitebell
Brdal
Maeser Ceme Ty
BYU Grads Include Vernal Students and Families
Among recent BYU graduates Duane Call son of Mr and Mrs A Alwyn Call majored in business economics. He will remain at BYU to pursue his master's degree next year. Other graduates include Mrs Tanet Ruppe Clark Naples and Mrs Vera Vane Bauves with parents listed, plus Melvin Hodgkinson son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Hodgkinson of Glines.
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BYU
Duane Call
A. Alwyn Call
Call
Tanet Ruppe Clark
An Cecil Ruppe
Naples
Irs
Vera Vane Bauves
A. Theodore Johnson
Melvin Hodgkinson
Lewis Hodgkison
Glines
Vernal Youth Captured After High Speed Chase
An 11-year-old Vernal boy driving a stolen car led sheriff’s officers on a 90 mile per hour chase through Daniel’s Canyon on Highway 40. The fugitive crashed, fled 50 yards, and was captured with help from several deputies. He was later taken to Provo for a juvenile court appearance.
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Daniel's Canyon
Dugene D. Payne
Highway 40
Flty
Nelson
Roosevert
Kayne
Nu ‘Aceterson
Provo
Uintah Creamery Merges With Hi-land Diary Broadening Reach
Uintah Centrals Creamery and Hi-Land Dairy Mens Association merge effective June 3. Loris Woolley and Victor Bingham announce executives will stay in place and operations will expand to Salt Lake Provo and 86 cities in Wyoming and Colorado. The PurePakt line remains for the Ainish Basin market with similar staffing and product variety including cottage cheese cream and dairy items. The merger aims to boost Basin business profits and merchant prosperity.
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Uintah Centrals Creamery
Hi-Land Dairyman's Association
Loris L. Woolley
Lapoint
Uintah Creamery
Victor Bingham
Salt Lake
Provo
Wyoming
Maeser Ward Split Creates New Uintah Ward
The Maeser Ward of Uintah Stake was divided Sunday into Maeser First and Maeser Second Ward. Elmer Lind was sustained as bishop of Maeser Second Ward with Mark Halt as first counselor and Alton J. Vernon as second counselor. Garth Atwood was sustained as ward clerk. Maeser First Ward leadership included Harvey Dickoe, with Caldwell sustained as bishop. Pres. Archie Johnson directed the changes, creating 12 wards and two branches in Uintah.
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Maeser
Uintah Stake
Maeser First
Legend
Hop
Harveydickoe
Blake
Caer
Pat Eve
Bing i
Caldwell
Repiers
Alton J. Vernon
Roberts Sitten
Elmer Lind
Mark M. Halt
Garth Atwood
Pres
Archie Johnson
Uintaha
Carter's Rockwood well discovery near Vernal
A terse report notes a Carter's Rockwood drill site southwest of Vernal at NE SW 618 20E with sand and shale reads. The drill stem test shows 0 feet water, 2 feet mud, and a 0854 feet depth, with Rosemary Lloyd and other names tied to the Vernal region.
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Rockwood
Brown
Carters Rockwood
Coring
I Mae
Isett
Rosemary Lloyd
Watt Carter
Ues Oebas
Uns Rata 'Estet
Roosevelt
Marshals Foil Illinois Bandits Near Naples
Marshal Corless and Deputy captured two car thieves from Illinois after a Ford sedan vanished from a Montgomery Texaco lot. The chase moved east toward Salt Lake but the stolen car stalled in Muddy Creek two miles from Naples. Grant Southam alerted Chief Art to the incident.
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Muddy Creek
Naples
Ilinois
Salt Lake
Chix
Harold Abplanalp
Montgomery
Texaco
Grant Southam
Art
Vernal Chamber to Elect Directors at Wednesday Meeting
Vermal Chamber of Commerce members are urged to attend the general meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. to elect five new board members. The nominating committee led by Lee Walker has proposed William Ackhurst, Rez Risers, Wiley Ballcum Jr., H Haro Reader, and Siddoway among others for the coming year.
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Vernal Chambers
Ter .of Commerce
J. D. Jones
Chamber
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Utah State Prison
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Vernal Express
Principel
Utah Lions
Cewiyehi
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A. Elwyn Seely
Korea
Hi-land Diary
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Vernal Chamber Meeting
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