Inaugural Banquet Sets New Chamber Leaders
Newly elected piflours will be inaugurated at the annual banquet on Wednesday June 29 at 7 30 pm in the Hotel Vernal. O Iu Johnson will be president with Whitney Mammond as vice president and Woodey B Searle as treasurer. New directors include OL Johnson Woodey Searle Charlie Johnson along with CR Henderson and Ken Sowards. George Treadwell of Fish Northwest Construction Co will speak. the project to build the Pacific Northwest pipeline near Verna could influence the regional economy.
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Chamber of Commerce
County Commissioners Plan Road Work in Dry Fork
County road crews were scheduled to move to Dry Fork to reline and bate the road after a county commission meeting. Slough Motor Co. won the bid for two pickups. one will serve the Fire Department jointly with the City and the other for road work. The Library Board requested 25000 for a new library and the proposal was under consideration.
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Dry Fork City
Slough Motor Co
Kew
Roosevelt
Uintah
Duchesne
Roosevelt City
Vernal City
Indian Tribal Council
Highway Patrol
Duchesne City
Duchesne County
Uintah County
Indian Dept
Associated Civic Clubs
Chuck Wagon Breakfast Planned for Vernal Area
Uintah Stake will host a Chuck Wagon breakfast for the Vernal area on July 23 at 6 PM at the Stake Center. A program and square dancing follow, organized by Lynn Murdock Glade Sowards and Clyde Anderson. Proceeds go to the Hoy Scouts fund.
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Uintah Stake
Vernal
Stake
Lynn, Murdock
Glade Sowards
Clyde Anderson
Hoy Scouts’ Fund
Empire Golf Club Plans Spectacular Weekend Matches
Empire Golf Club in Vernal hosts a star filled women’s match this Saturday at 9 a.m. led by Marge Fillis with a strong field including Beverly Nelson Jerry Smith Hazell Taylor Belle Fellows Ruth Maddox Virginia Francis and Mary Lou Baker.
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Rugged Empire
Vernal
Ralph Ashton
Utah
Idaho
Marge Fillis
Salt Lake City
Beverly Nelson
Jerry Smith
Hazell Taylor
Belle Fellows
Ruth Maddox
Virginia Francis
Mary Lou Baker
7000 Uranium Claims Recorded In Uintah County
Eight to ten thousand claims have been filed in Uintah County over the past year by uranium prospectors. Despite heavy interest from Eastern and West Coast speculators, no claim has yielded profits yet. Each claim spans 1500 by 600 feet with a required $100 annual assessment work. Prospects may patent Federal land at $250 per acre if a valuable deposit is shown.
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Uintah County
Vernal Express
Oaks Park Route Closed For Bridge Replacement
Oak Mark highway to Oaks Park is closed for two weeks until about July 1 while US Forest Service crews replace an old bridge over Big Frush Creek. Supervisor William J Hurst said the route normally carries 100 people on opening day and fishermen should use Taylor Mountain or Dry Fork Canyon roads to reach the park during the ten day period.
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Oaks Park
Verna Mially
Oak Mark
Wiliam J Hurst
Qaka Park
Park
Taylor Mountain
Dry Fork Canyon
Forest Service
Fishing Season Opens Saturday in High Uinta Mts
The high Uinta mountain waters open to angling Saturday at 5008 m with many fishermen expected to fish hundreds of lakes and streams in the area. Continued on page 8B.
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High Uinta Mts
Uinta
Tourist Travel Grows in Vernal After Cold Start
Despite a cold backward spring, Vernal officials report a rising flow of tourists to the Utah Fieldhouse of Natural History and nearby attractions. Traffic is about 10 percent below last year but the 7 to 10 day period shows a clear upswing as visitors arrive from states including Illinois Indiana Colorado Oregon Wyoming Oklahoma Ohio Nevada Michigan New York Washington California Wisconsin New Jersey Texas Nebraska and Hawaii.
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Utah Fieldhouse of Natural History
Dinosaur Quarry
Vernal
Fieldhouse
Illinois
Indiana
Colorado
Oregon
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Ohio
Nevada
Michigan
New York
Washington
California
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Texas
Nebraska
Hawaiian Islands
Annual Amateur Rodeo Heads Vernal Weekend Crowd
Vernal hosts the annual Amateur Rodeo Night Show at the Fair grounds Friday and Saturday at 730 pm. Vernal Roping Club led by Woodey Searle stages top stock from Old Mexico and Florida ranches for saddle bronc, bareback, team and calf roping, bull dogging, senior bull riding and a wild horse race. Proceeds support the Ward building fund chapel. locals perform in many events, drawing strong crowds in good weather.
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Old Mexico
Cit Hackford
Lapoint
Florida
Agaln
Teenage Golf Tournament in Price Planned for Sunday
A state wide golf tournament for teenage boys will take place Sunday in Price sponsored by the State Jaycees. The 18 hole medal play is open to ages 16 and under with a playoff at Vernal Golf Course. Contestants should contact Grant Leavitt at the course.
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Price
Jaycees
Vernal Golf Course
Grant Leavitt
Municipal Gas Service Advantages Explained by Engineer
A. H. Sorensen of Caldwell Richards and Sorensen spoke at a Hotel Vernal luncheon to city and county officials on municipal gas distribution. He argued city operation yields higher profits, funds could lower taxes or be used to sell gas, and extension beyond city limits could be feasible with sufficient demand. He noted growing city service demands since 50 years ago and cited a cleaner fuel controlled by a thermostat as a key advantage.
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A. H. Sorensen
Caldwell, Richards and Sorensen
Salt Lake City
Grester
Sdrensen
Vernal Road Plans Include Main Street and County Roads
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Hotel Vernal officials announced that Highway 40 from Jensen to Vernal will be ready for construction next spring. Main Street through Vernal and repairs from Myton to the county line were promised. Four miles of Vernal-Manila toad work had been completed toward the second switchback on the mountain. Babson’s Washington Forecast predicted the Upper Colorado Bill would pass Congress, with Geo D Clyde noting it is a long road but not hopeless.
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Jensen
Vernal
Chamber of Commerce
Harley Corllessen
State Road Commission
Chamber
Myton
Babson
Washington
Colorado
Congress
Geo. D. Clyde
House
Jensen Ward Launch Drive for Chapel and Classrooms
Jensen ward launches a fundraising drive to build a chapel and classrooms and remodel the current building into an amusement hall at a cost of 70,000 dollars. Bishop Warren L. Billings says work could begin this year, with funds raised through the ward, the ward building fund committee led by Darwin Snow, and events like the Vernal Amateur Rodeo hosted by the Vernal Roping Club. Net proceeds from the rodeo will go toward the new chapel. other efforts have raised about 11,000 dollars so far, with 24,000 still needed in cash and labor to complete the project. The ward will provide half the funds, the Church the balance, and the present chapel dates to 1903 after a previous chapel burned.
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Jensen Ward
Warren L. ‘Billings
Ward Building Fund Committee
Darwin Snow
Net Pro
Ceeds
Mr Snow
Bert Beacham
Roy Nash
Bishop Billings
Billings
Church
Ward Relief Society
American Legion
Vernal Third Ward Plans Swing Night at Stake Center
Vernal Third Ward MIA sponsors a Monday dance at Uintah Stake Center on June 27. Entitled Swing Night, the event runs 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. with Reg Burchinal and his six piece orchestra. All wards are invited and four MIA wards get a post-event invitation as a test run for future summer dances.
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Vernal
Stake Center
Ds Vernal
Uintah Stake
Reg Burchinal
Trucks Stockpile Gas Pipe for New Line Near Vernal
Trucks haul steel pipe for the Pacific Northwest Pipeline project from Vernal toward Barsly and Jensen. Crews stockpile pipe near Rangery while surveyors scan Spread 5 from Green River to Jensen seeking a smoother route for the final 35 miles.
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Rangery
Vernal
Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation
iSpread
Barsly
Jensen
Moab
Greeenriver
Spread 5
Basin Air Service
Little Hole Ranch
New Dinosaur Finds At Monument Quarry Veil Oddities And Hopes
New bones appear rapidly at the Dinosaur National Monument fossil quarry as three new specimens are uncovered at the west end. A Stegosaurus with a supposed dual brain in hips is described alongside Camarasaurus remains and a complete shoulder blade possibly signaling a new species. Quarry workers Tobe Wilkins and Frank MacKnight dig as photographers swarm, with twelve species already known from the deposit.
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Dinosaur National Monument
Charles Eggert
Gilsonite Co Plans $10 Million Utah to Colorado Expansion
American Gilsonite Co announces a $10 million project to expand Bonanza Utah mining and build a Western Colorado refinery to produce metallurgical coke and high test gasoline from gilsonite. The plan includes buried pipe supply lines and a fall 1986 completion target.
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Gilsonite Co
Utah
American Gilsonite Co
Bonanza
Colorado
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Mra
Pearl Douglass
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Mt Olivet
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Tiheir
Pearl C Goetschius
Alder
Montana
Harvard
Princeton
Brown
Field House of Natural History
Dry Fork
Empire Golf Club
Vernal Roping Club
Woodey Searle
Ig Jensen Ward Building Fund
John £. Jones
Orville Swain
Charles Pope
Charles Hatch
Grant Southam
Dean Wooihler
Tom Sweatman
Clayton Simmons
Prod Washburn
Henry Millecem
Chris McKinlay
Ray Nash
A. H. Soransen
Wiley Baucum
Wm. C. Wilton
Harold Header
Harry Brown
LeRoy Smith
John Kolter
Don Richardton
Bill Slaugh
C. F P. Lewis
Mia
Eve Ashton
Warren Belcher
City Land
Jensen Ward Relief Society
Lucille Taylor
Mark Brimhall
Amanda Prince
Dells Poulton
Thebbie Moon
Alice Snow
Ors Curfew
Gertrude Turner
Rowe Robinson
Sarah Slaugh
Pearl Cook
Thelma Beacham
Jennie Moon
Erma Stewart
Wilma Gilroy
Leah Oxborrow
Ethel Au- Miller
American Gilsonite
Barber Oil Corporation
Standard Oil Company of California
Gilsonites
American Gilsonites
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