Emergency Session Harmonizes Utah Water Plans
An emergency session of the Colorado River Development Association of 21 Utah Counties in Lake City settled a perceived intra state rift over the Central Utah project. Two Utah water groups declared full accord, while a misinterpreted remark by Salt Lake City’s Metropolitan District prompted briefing with the State engineer. Leader B. H. Stringham of Vernal convened the meeting to decide action on the Reclamation Bureau report.
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Central Utah
Colorado River Development Association
Utah
Eth Lake City
Utah Water
B. H. Stringham
Vernal
Metropolitan
Inter Trict
Salt Lake City
Reclamation Bureau
Fisher Harriss
Water Board
New Officers Installed At Vernal Lions Club Meeting
Installation ceremonies for Vernal Lions Club officers were held at the Hotel Vernal. Avard Rigby received the president’s gavel from Dr. Ray B. Spendlove, with Harold R. Sargent as secretary treasurer and several vice presidents and directors named. Outgoing officers were listed and will be recognized with maple plaques at a later date.
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Vernal Lions
Avard Rigby
Peele
Vernal Lions Club
Hotel Vernal
Ray B. Spendlove
Harold R. Sargent
Don Hacking
Clair R. Acord
C. L. Piper
George FE. Johnston
Don Hichardson
Laurence Lee
Neperiened E
Leland Benn
Paul Lunt
William D. Hurst
H. Walter Woolley
Avard Higby
Funeral Held For Former Uintah Stockman
Funeral services conducted Wednesday at Ward Chapel by Union Bishop Sterling Stoker honored Carl Curtis of Vernal a former Uintah Basin stockman who died Saturday from coronary occlusion. Born in Gotland Sweden August 1884, he came to the United States with his mother, lived in Uintah Basin, and later resided in Brigham. Burial was in Provo City Cemetery. Curtis farmed stock in Vernal before moving to Brigham in 1927 and lived there until 1943.
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Erste Eelervices
Carl Curacee
Curtis
Vernal
Tdoom
Ward
Union
Sterling Stoker
Ufmtah
Provo
Gotaland
Sweden
Andrew Sophia Scoguland
Ee Wnited
Uiisan
Uriah Mr. Curtis
Mr. Curtis
Verna
Brogham
Lving
Car Strikes Parked Cab. Two Hurt on Main Street
Early Tuesday a westbound car hit a stationary Yellow Cab outside the Commercial Hotel. Mrs. Marguerite Kidd, cab driver, said the cab battery failed and she and two passengers were trying to push it into a garage when the collision occurred. The driver did not slow as it approached.
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Main Street
Statonary
Commercial Hotel
Marguerite Kidd
Creamery Truck Mishap Injures Two Vernal Men
Two Vernal men, driver Alburn Atwood and passenger Victor Bingham, were injured last Thursday when a creamery delivery truck ran off the road near Artesia two miles away and rolled onto its side. Atwood suffered a wrenching back with cuts and bruises. Bingham had leg injuries requiring 15 to 20 stitches and was later sent home to recover. The truck sustained significant damage, valued at about 1800 dollars.
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Artesia
Alburn Atwood
Victor Bingham
Bingham
Creamery
Monay
Atwood
Uintah County Hospital
Mn Bingham
Europe Italy tour begins Friday for 2 Vernal Scouts
Two Vernal Scouts embark Friday on a major European itinerary starting in Salt Lake City and traveling through Ashton and Pocatello before reaching New York then Washington. The tour spans Algiers Naples Rome Florence Vienna and stops in Austria and Germany with plans to visit France England and return home.
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Europe
Italy
Salt
Roberts
Clairon
Ashton
Pocatello
Idaho
New York
Washizeton
New
Algiers
North Africa
Mediterranean
Naples
Find Culture
Rome
Floren
Geng
Germany
France
London
England
Per Faces
Funeral Held For Duchesne Water Victim Geraldean Mezenen
Funeral services for Geraldean Mezenen 12 of Duchesne were held Tuesday at 2 pm in the Duchesne Stake Tabernacle with Bishop Porter Merrell officiating. Burial followed in Strawberry Cemetery. The girl died Saturday afternoon while swimming Strawberry Creek near her ranch, after eating a late lunch with brothers Lee 15 and Rex 13. Her brothers witnessed her collapse and efforts to revive her with artificial respiration were unsuccessful. The physician attributed death to suffocation from the food eaten.
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Duchesne
Geraldean Mezenen
Duchesne Stake Tabernacle
Porter Merrell
Duchesne Ward
Strawberry Cemetery
Dora Mexenen Ivie
Raleigh Ivie
Strawberry Creek
Lake Canyon
Lee
Rex
Ivie
Vernal Roaring Old West Rodeo Opens Tonight With Queen Run
Vernal’s annual Nite Rodeo opens tonight with an Old West ambiance as cowboys and native performers mingle. Swaner Kirby and his Roughriders perform with selected rodeo stock while queens Dorothy Luck and Mary Shavanaugh preside over events. The queens and attendants receive a three day trip and portraits will be painted by Roosevelt artist Jon Norton under Tex Ross sponsorship. A post rodeo dance follows nightly at the Imperialon venue with free admission for Chamber of Commerce guests.
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Vernal
Evdence
Swaner Kirby
Rodeo Steck
Dorothy Luck
Mary Shavanaugh
O. J. Barnett
Grant Parry
Queens
Merlal Hichin
Mig Vernal
Laldwell
Mra
Luck
Avanaugh
Jon Norton
Tex Ross
Chamber Free
A! of Commerce
Vernal Guard Unit Cited As Outstanding at Camp Williams
Vernal guardsmen earned high praise for operations at Camp Williams, with Lt. Ashton noting six bridges and floating fridges across the Jordan River completed by 25 men. The unit practiced a night assault with mine detectors, secured a beachhead, and conducted a tactical exercise. Dr. Price, a local, earned a dental degree from Western Reserve University and plans a future noted but undecided.
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Vernal Guard
Camp Williams
Daniel
Quentin Price
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Vernai
Hels A
Uiatan
Clara Birchell
Dani
Brigham Young University
Naval Third
University of Iowa
Price
Western Reserve
Orineny
Ce Battn
Utah National Ee
Nevin Wetzel
Ralph ‘Ashem
Vernalmpany
Met al
Jordan River
Ashton
Gulf Oil says new drilling fluids boost Uintah Basin wildcats
Gulf Oil Corporation reports significant gains from oil based and emulsified fluids in Greenriver formation wells in Uintah Basin Utah. District engineer P Welchert says oil based muds raise productivity of tight sands and emulsified oils double drilling rates, reviving several wildcat prospects once hindered by water based muds. The Houston division engineer notes growing specialization in exploration.
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Greenriver
Uintah
Gulf Oil Corporation
P. Welchert
Gulf
Houston
Utah Petrolelie
Uintah Basin
Gh Bazity
Ush
Welchert
Gulf Oil
Pittsburgh
Record Tourist Season Seen By Vernal Chamber
Vernal expects a 20 percent rise in tourist arrivals over last year, according to Wiley Baucum, tourism chair of the Vernal Chamber of Commerce. Hotels and tourist courts reported full occupancy on Tuesday, with national travel up, and plans include erecting billboards at Heber junction to lure visitors, moving the Vernal Rodeo to late summer, and encouraging locals to wear Western clothing through summer.
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Vernal
Wiley Bavcum
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
United States
Lkely
Baucum
Heber Junction
Funeral Services Slated for Louella Hatch Saturday
Funeral services are planned for Louella Hatch aged 84 of Vernal. Died Monday at age 86 from causes not fully stated. Born September 20, 1868, in Vernal, she was a long-time resident with services directed by Ward Bishopric. (Continued on page 4)
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Louella
Hatch
Louella Hatch
Tak Dent
Wyatt Andes
Governor Lee Slated as Chamber Meet Guest Speaker
Gov J Bracken Lee will be the guest of honor and featured speaker at the second annual meeting in Vernal Jed Sor on Friday July 20. The gathering aims to wind up the five task keris with all members and wives invited. Reservations for the dinner should reach the secretary-manager by the Wednesday prior.
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Gov
J. Bracken Lee
First Outdoor Services Held by Kingsbury Church
Members and friends of Kingsbury Congregational Church gathered at Merkley’s Park for the first of three outdoor services this summer. Rev Merthiey noted a potluck lunch for all attendees and announced outdoor services will continue on last Sundays in each summer month with Dr Frank Robinson of Attake City as guest speaker.
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Kingsboy
Merkley
M We Ley
Stanley
Euch Council
Kingskingstury
Coe Te Merthieys Park
Frank Robinson
Att Take City
Robinson
Mt Emmons Angler Creel 10 Percent Pounder
In Duchesne County Utah Leland Stevenson of Mt Emmons caught a German brown trout around ten pounds during the opening of the new fishing season. The fish teased anglers for years before the prize was finally landed after an hour and a half chase using a Colorado spinner.
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Utah
Duchesne County
Leland Stevenson
Mt.Emmons
Shortt
Colorado
Utah Small Businessmen to Meet Washington Officials
Utah businessmen will confer with top Washington officials in Salt Lake City on July 7 at 10 am and 2 pm in Room 230 Federal Building. Reva Bogone says hearings aim to bring Washington to small businesses, covering defense contracts, price controls, rationing, financing, and plant utilization. Chairman Mike Mansfield will lead, with about 13 officials traveling. those wishing to appear should advise, and arrangements will be made.
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Washington
Salt Lake City
Reva Henk Bosone
Utah
Federal Building
Bogone
Mike Mansfield
House
Small Business Subcommittee
Shale Oil Plant Contract Advances in Rifle Colorado
The Bureau of Mines awarded a 333,870 dollar contract to a firm to design and build a demonstration shale oil plant in Rifle Colorado. The 150 to 300 ton daily facility will use a gas combustion process claimed to be the most efficient tested, with potential to produce crude oil competitive with natural petroleum. The process requires no water and aims for lower investment and operating costs, benefiting arid border regions with scarce water.
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Bureau of Mines
Rifle
Colo
Bilsw Knox Cowpeon Company of
Pite
Ent Saall
Piiot
Ental
Roy Guthrie
Bureau
Rit Tey
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Danie
Merial Pele
Mary Bhavan
LaRaye Caldwell
Pee Ake
Es. W. 8. Henderson
Ogden
Mary Lindquist
Vernal Marix
Ohio
Jondan Hiver
Daniel Price
Cleveland, O
Chamber
T Lee
Kingsbury
Mt. Emmons
J. H. East, Jr
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