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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1955
Page
2
Bonnie Rasmussen Ballard wed Kenneth Trone in the Salt Lake Temple on May 27. Neighbors and relatives from Ballard attended. families from Salt Lake City and nearby towns visited, with multiple mentions of Beehive Swarm Day activities and high school graduates among Ballard residents.
Intermountain Region forester Olsen was honored in a ceremony at the Sylvan Theatre Washington DC presented by Secretary of Agriculture Benson. The award cites his leadership in natural resource conservation and public awareness, noting his long career from ranger in 1919 to Regional Forester overseeing 19 national forests across Utah Nevada Southern Idaho and Western Wyoming.
The Ballard girls performed two skits with refreshments provided for the girls and their parents. The St. Louis Star-Times notes a statistical quip about tax collectors, contrasting it with the larger number of filling station operators in nearly every state.
All of us on the Clarion were alarmed to learn that our principal rival in the newspaper field the Healesville Bugle might have to shut down. Crops were bad in basesville last year and one of their factories moved out of town. This paper will raise funds to help tide them over and hopes other local concerns will contribute. We differ editorially but want competition to keep us on our toes and believe diverse views benefit the community.
Seven Uintah County graduates were among about 700 seniors at Brigham Young University Provo for the 80th commencement. Names include Theresa Hadlock Harold Wayne Lundell Ester Manwaring Valda Deze Massey Eloise Nielsen Earl G Rasmussen Vernal Arnold Garth Fisher Jensen Ezra Tait Benson. Dr. Ezra Tait Benson, secretary of agriculture and LDS church council member, spoke at the baccalaureate on June 2. Irving S. Olds, former U. S. Steel director, will deliver the commencement address June 3.
Melba Stevens and family of Ogden visit with Mr and Mrs Horace Caldwell Mr and Mrs Vene Collett and Wiley Collett travel to Cedar City where Vene will work for Iron County Record His wife and father return home the Colletts plan to join later Mrs Mary L Kidd calls back in Stake show for the summer MIA hosts pot luck supper Claud Allred presents a picture show Mrs Wallace Anderson leaves for six weeks summer school at U of Utah three children stay with her parents Edith Allred travels to Salt Lake City for her grandson Norman Haslem's temple wedding Gerald and Ina Batty visit had infant son dies in Covina Cal grave side services held Venla Jean Ericksen theme Great was the Service at Sunday School talks by Mary L Kidd Sylvia Richens Jackie Gardiner Edna Caldwell C L Rich
A proposed good roads program would spend 632.7 million on Utah roads over a decade with 335 million federal share. The plan targets 238 million for interstates, 120 million primary, 63 million secondary, and 200 million non federal roads as 15 000 miles remain unsurfaced. G R McElhany of Universal CIT notes growing traffic and the need to accelerate roadbuilding.
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