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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1963
Page
15
Floodwaters swept away five bridges near Hanna and Tabiona while residents loaded furniture onto trailers and tractors to escape rising waters. The Duchesne area faced a river channel widening, damaged campgrounds, blown out dam debris, and cleanup crews including forest rangers and 100 workers.
Duane Hall opens the Union 74 service station at 621 East Main and plans to name it Duane's Union 78. Hall, with years of experience, will stock two full lines of Minute Man tires and accessories. A grand opening is planned soon.
Vernal Lions Club won the D. A. Skee Community Service Project award for building tennis courts at Uintah High School. District 28-A praised the project as the best in Vernal. First VP Leland G. Rex received the trophy as Glade M. Sowards, Deputy District Governor, presented it. KEITH ADAMS earned a perfect attendance pin, and the program featured duets by Adams and Smith with Eloise Adams, plus piano solos by Mrs. Adams. Dr. Jack A. Seitz was introduced as the new club president and gave a speech of acceptance.
Four Lions Club district governors were elected Saturday at the state convention in Logan. Winners: Glen M. Bennion Brigham City 28-A D Neff Petersen Granite Park 28-T John H. Smeath Provo 2A and John Lundberg St George 28-1. Outgoing officers were David H. Bybee South Davis Darwin Woodbury Ephraim Marion Bowman Roosevelt and Jenkyn E Powell Rose Park. The new governors will assume office after briefing by outgoing officers. Plain City Lions Club won the state D A Skeen award for building a community center from an old church. A group from Vernal Chile attended.
Vernal youths Vernal Youth and Young Reese suffered a fractured leg and multiple contusions after their 1963 motorcycles ran off a winding Utah road, struck rocks, and damaged both machines. Investigating Officer Trooper Ronald Gale said speed and curve failure caused the crash. both riders were taken to a local hospital in good condition. Citations pending completion of investigation.
Vernal Fire Department was called to Naples Friday at 2 55 p m when a car near the Chevron service station caught fire. The owner Harold K Oaks of Napies described the incident.
C of C continues discussions with Vernal chamber about objections to a proposed station and possible channel changes to avoid clashing with Roosevelt events. Chambers will meet on Indian Canyon road. Uintah County to host educational TV reception on Tabby Mountain, with University of Utah equipment and county support. Letters from state legislators discuss Flaming Gorge Lake naming and potential names Lake Ashley or O M honey, highlighting unity among allies of reclamation and the West.
The motor flooded and backfired before exploding, causing heavy damage to the engine. No injuries are reported.
Senator Moss testifies before the Senate Reclamation Appropriations subcommittee on the 1964 budget for the Flaming Gorge project. He outlines survey work on the Jones Hole entrance road and designs by the Bureau of Public Roads. A proposed Linwood bridge to replace an inundated crossing would cost about 5 million dollars and connect Dutch John to Manila, with 70 high school students affected daily. He urges incorporating the bridge into the original Flaming Gorge plan and seeks funds for Central Utah Project studies and Vernal Unit construction.
Vernal firm Robert Ellsworth civil engineer to be assigned as project construction engineer for Ashley National Forest project. The road will connect with the next section of forest highway in Dowd's Hole and provide access to the old highway near Summit Springs Guard station when completed. Built to a two lane standard and will be the only access from Wyoming to Flaming Gorge Dam aside from the Sheep Creek route.
Duchesne County officials note Uintah already funds a conservancy district with a one mill levy. They fear inclusion in the Central State District could trigger another mill levy. The committee, advised by counsel, plans to insert protections in the petition to shield Uintah. Uintah representative L. Siddoway agreed to back the approach with his county, ensuring the petition safeguards them.
Senator Moss explained the initial phase of the Central Utah Project. It includes four units Vernal Bonneville Jensen and Apatco with studies for Flaming Gorge Dam and a Gray Canyon Unit on the Green River Utah. He requested funds for completion and reconnaissance totaling eight thousand dollars four million nine hundred thirty nine thousand eighty one and sixty six thousand one hundred forty seven dollars respectively.
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