Funeral services for Frank Everett Biggs in Springville
Body found in Green River after a boat accident five days earlier. Funeral held at Springville First Ward chapel with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Surviving family includes widow Lizzie Phillips Bigings and daughter Hannah Marie Day. many Vernal relatives attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Everett Biggs
Springville
Green River
First Ward
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mr. Billings
Harold Twitchell
Arnold Kidd
Vernsl
Erwin Day
Sone
Lynn Richerts
Hugh L
Vna
Cecil Billings
Ivan Batty
Joseph Dudley
Jensen Bridge
Glines Ward
Vernal
Jensen
Alfred Nelson
Alice Elvira Orser Billings
Uintah Academy
Brigham Young University
Lizzie_ Phillips
Salt Lake City
LDS Temple
Hannah Marie Day
Erma Collett
Vella Smith
Ona Woolley
Eldon Patten
George Cecil Billings
Vene Collett
Tex Sweatfield
Miles Batty
Bruce Watkins
Water Officials Prepare For Critical Meet Here
A Utah water meeting series leads to a July 7 Upper Colorado River Basin Compact conference in Vernal with Utah Colorado New Mexico and neighboring states. Officials from Salt Lake City and Denver bureaus plan to join Colorado commissioner Clifford H Stone and others. The event may shape irrigation and power development priorities and reclamation timelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Upper
Colorado River Basin Compact Co
Vernal
Durango
San Juan Basin
New Mexico
San Juan River
Salt Lake City
Denver
Bureau of ‘Reclamation
Clifford H. .Stone
Colorado Compact
Jean S. Breitenstein
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Utah
Wyoming
Arizona
Acrai
Colorado Commission Engineering Committee
Dennis Family Enjoys Utah Vacation Visit
Mr and Mrs DeVere Dennis and their sons Ronald and Allen from Downey California, former Glines Ward residents, tour Vernal and Roosevelt as a short vacation. They stayed with Mr and Mrs Gerald Ericksen in Vernal and were hosted at dinner by Mr and Mrs Owen Powell. They plan to return home in California via Bryce Canyon Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeVere Dennis
Ronald and
Allen
Downey
Cal
Glines Ward
Vernal
Roosevelt
Gerald Ericksen
Owen Powell
Infornia
Bryce Canyon
Millburn Resigns Kiwanis President, Wilson Installed
Ralph W. Millburn resigns as president of the Vernal Kiwanis Club and vice president Harry Wilson is installed as president at the June 17 meeting at Hotel Vernal. Millburn moves to Tooele Utah to resume his law practice. The club praised his leadership and welcomed Wilson for the remainder of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Mulburn
Vernal Kiwanis Club
Harry Wilson
Hotel Vernal
Millburn
Vernal
Tooele
Utah
Milburn
Kiwanis
Wilson
Russell Holley
Los Angeles
Cal
Cecil B. DeMille
Wayne S. Guthrie
Bikini
Parking for Tourists Planned in Dry Fork Canyon Area
Vernal Jaycees move to create parking at Dry Fork Canyon petroglyphs as county road work aims to finish rough sites near the hospital. Pamphlets tout Utah the Friendly State and Uintah Basin attractions, with 5000 copies distributed to hotels and travel hubs. Jaycee committees plan signs and trails linking Vernal to scenic points, hoping to boost basin tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dry Fork Canyon
Alvin Kay
Utah
Utah State Department of Publicity and Industrial Development
Uintah Basin
Vernal
Kay
Jaycees
Harris Bradshaw
Jaycee Sign Committee
Nick Meagher
Lawrence Siddeway
Harold Richardson
Myron Hacking
Tridell Rancher Killed In Fall From Horse
Bruce Edgar Harvey a 43 year old Tridell rancher died instantly Sunday at about 6 am when a saddle cinch broke and he was thrown from his horse in a family ranch pasture. He was found by his mother beside the saddle with the horse nearby. Death was from a broken neck. He was born Feb 28, 1905 in Dias Chillcolont Old Mexico and lived in Tridell 30 years. Survived by his mother three brothers and four sisters and nine half siblings. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1 pm in the Tridell LDS chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Edgar Harvey
Tridell
Mr. Harvey
Dias
Chillcolont
Old Mexico
James D
Sarah Keller Harvey
Utah
William
James
John Harvey
Eliza Bieler
Thora McConkie
Maude Boyey
Salt Lake City
Williams Funeral Held in Vernal Friday
Final rites for Almon Willard Williams 36 Vernal sheepherder who died June 16 in Glenwood Springs Colorado hospital from injuries suffered when dragged by a horse were conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the First Ward LDS church in Vernal by Bishop Orion R. Jones. Williams reportedly fell when attempting to halter the horse and rope around his ankle dragged him. Prayers were offered at the home by Ted Williams. Opening prayer at the chapel by Richard Jensen, closing by David Robert. Speakers Harmon Sewards and Jesse A. Haws. mixed quartet sang. Continued on Page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almon Willard Williams
Glenwood
Colo
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Orion R. Jones
Vernal
Williams
Ted~Williams
Richard Jensen
David Robert
Jacobe Sticks To Work Cries Bring Aid
Vernal insurance salesman William A. Jacobe was shocked by a live wire while adjusting a sign on Malin and Vernal Avenues. His cries brought Claude Banks to pull him free, leaving Jacobe shaken but uninjured and back on the job within 15 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam A. Jacobe
Vernal Insurance
Jacobe
Tve
Malin
Vernal Avé
Claude Banks
Uintah County Hospital Contract Signed for Vernal Project
The Uintah County hospital contract was signed Tuesday at the state capitol with H. Plower Construction Co of Salt Lake City. Construction moves ahead on the half acre site adjoining Vernal First Ward Chapel as county crews level the lot and lumber arrives for immediate work. The agreement calls for rapid progress with foundation walls and roof to be built before winter snows and completion within the specified period after signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iso
Uintah County
State Capitol
H. Plower Construction Co
Salt Lake ‘City
Vernal First Ward
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
Hospital Building Committee
Hugh W. Colton
Uintah Bank
Lorenzo
Young
Salt Lake City
Vernal
Uintaht County Hospital
Lenver
Uintah Hospital
Capitol
Green Lakes
Vernal Gun and Isle Club
Kenneth H. Sowards
Uintah
Vernal, Price and
Roosevelt
Sweeney Ross
Green Lakes Ranch
Perth Oe
Anna Wey
Kiet
Melvin. Burke
Prd
Hall
Gene Welst
Ene Wey
Scramble
Thorne
Queen Aspirants Ride to Main Street Parade on Saturday
Queen hopefuls will parade through Uintah with a 6 p.m. start from Main Street and ride to the arena at the fairgrounds. Contestants draw numbers, perform horsemanship demonstrations, and await judges' decisions at the Queen's dance that evening at Imperial Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Hall
F. G. Eskelson
Main Street
Alvin Kay
Fairgrounds
Uberty
Eskelgon Saids
Vernal residents protest curb and sidewalk project
Thirty nine residents protested Vernal Utah curb gutter and street paving plans. City Manager LeRoy Taylor announced bids will open June 30 for a project estimated at 103 thousand dollars despite protests. City officials say only 11 percent opposed as council approved the plan in a meeting led by Councilman C. R. Hopkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
LeRoy Taylor
Wednesady
Main Street
Sth West
Lst
B. H. Stringham
C. R. Hopkins
Philadelphia
Stringham
Utah
Taylor
Ite
Tillah
Rites Held For W Scott Simmons Oil Worker
Funeral services conducted Tuesday for William Scott Simmons 21 Vernal oil driller who died June 16 in Grand Junction Colorado hospital from internal injuries after a fall in a Meeker bunk house. Navy veteran of two years, born September 3 1926 Hiawatha Carbon county. Survived by father James A Simmons and many siblings. Burial at Wellington Carbon county with graveside service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Scott Simmons
Grand Junction
Colo
Meeker
Arthur Harrison
Vernal First Ward
Joseph Collier
Vere Wilson
LaVell
Mannaing
Bishop Draper
Avard A. Rigby
Wellington
Carbon
Simmons
Hiawatha
Carbon County
James A. Simmons
Parish
Fork
Stanley Simmons
San Francisco
Elwin Simmons
Reva Ruppe
Vernal
Wayne Simmons
Jeanne Beatty
San Diego
Cal
Mildred Fartkoff
Chula Vista
Wanda. Jones
Soldier Amet
Joyce Cobin
Natlo
City
Stringham Attends National GOP Convention
Vernal mayor B. H. Stringham attends the national Republican convention in Philadelphia. Utah delegates include Ray Dillman of Roosevelt and 11 Utah representatives. Delegates left Vernal last Thursday and rode to Salt Lake City before proceeding to Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphis
Vernal
B. H. String
Basin
Ray
Subscriber Pressure from Vernal Express Ad
A reader, Fred G., demanded the removal of an ad from the Vernal Express after his corn cultivator sold quickly. The article cites BYU department figures showing Utah readers rely on hometown papers for ads, estimating about 4 008 weekly readers in Vernal who become customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monjay
Fies
Sion
Express
Department of Marketing
Brigham Young University
Newspapereen Utah
Last Rites for William H Winn Held at Ashley Ward
Funeral services for William Heber Winn 51 farmer and stock raiser were held June 11 at 1 p.m. in Ashley ward chapel Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He died June 7 of a heart attack at a cattle camp on Diamond Mountain. Survived by widow Edith Hodgkinson Winn daughter Dorothy Winn two sons Harold and Raymond Winn a stepdaughter Helen Caldwell and siblings Celis Winn Florence Walker Vernal Effie Winn Provo Bert Winn Salt Lake City Marie Evana San Bernardino Celarence Winn Santa Monica. Burial in Vernal Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Heber Winn
Ashley Ward
Church of Jesus Christ
Latterday Saints
Diamond Mountain
Edith Hodgkinson
Winn
Dorothy Winn
Harold
Raymond Winn
Helen Caldwell
Ashley
Celis ‘Winn
Florence Walker
Vernal
Effie Winn
Provo
Bert Winn
Salt Lake City
Marie
Evana
San Bernardino
Calif
Celarence ‘Winn
Santa Monica
Vernal Memorial Park
Vernal Visitors From Portland and Salt Lake on Tour
Mr and Mrs M E Oaks of Portland Oregon were in Vernal over the weekend on a tour with their son Weston Oaks of Salt Lake City. They remained from Friday until Monday and planned a return trip after their visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Oaks
Portland
Ore
Weston Oaks
Salt Lake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Springville Ward
Frank Everett Blilings
Ralph W. Millburn
Colorado Hospital
Harmon Sewards
Jesse A. Haws
Bay .Hatch
Mae’ Jorgen
Sen
Chellis Caldwell
John
Meeker, Colo
W. Scott Simmons
Sportsmen’s Riot
William H. Winn
Green ‘Laken
Mir
Ivan. Perry
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