Bank Merger and Growth of Uintah State Bank in Vernal
The Uintah State Bank, formed in 1910 in Vernal amid a prosperous basin, opened August 10 in a site later expanded. Edward D Samuels chaired the organizing group with W H Woolley as secretary. initial stock sought $50,000. First president W H Smart, later leaders included Enos Bennion and J A Cheney, under whom the bank grew beyond one million in resources by 1940. The bank housed a famed chiming clock and moved to larger premises by 1912 and 1922, with key staff changes through the 1950s.
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Ashley Valley
Ulntals
Vernal
America
Bank of Vernal
Ime
Fivental Menda Vernal
Edward D Samuels
Vernal City
H W Woolley
Mr Samuels
Wiliam J Sidawway
Jor Bullock
Sanudy
Caramutity
Uintad State Bank
T. W O'Donnell
L. H. Woodard
Claude
Conoco
W H Smart
E.D Samuels
J. K. Bullock
H.W. Woolley
Walt McCoy
Gounger
Adams
W. H. Siddoway
R . Collett
William Smart
Samuels
W Boone
William M. McCoy
W Woolley
W. H Siddoway
John N. Davis
Mary P. Bennion
Herbert Tyzagk
W HH Burton
George E. Adams
John McAndrews
K. W. Curry
G. D. Merkley
Charles DeMolly
A. J. Johnston
Grant Cowan
Minerva Johnson
Nelson Merkley
James McNaughton
Laura Bennion
Robert Bodlly
Bank
Wm H. Smart
Wm. I Smart
Enos Bennion
L. W. Curry
Wm. H. Siddeway
J. A. Cheney
W. H.siddeway
J A. Cheney
Harold R. Sargent
J. A. Bryson
H Walter Woolley
Archie Johnson
Arm ‘W. Curtis
Siddeway
Cheney
Walter Woolley
Ward
Sheepmen and wildlife topics dominate Utah meeting notes
Siddoway new three year directors were Harold E Davis Clifton McCoy and Roy Showalter with B W Stringham re elected. A March 12 directors meeting will appoint secretary treasurer. County bounty board reported January bounties on 59 bobcats a record. Owen Mortis discussed using airplane shooting of coyotes before spring. James A Hnoper noted Utah sheep numbers declined from 3 million to 1.3 million over ten years with wool and tax valuations down. Cordell Smith spoke on wool program changes. 47 members attended. Annual banquet featured skits duets and flowers for oldest basin sheep herder Mrs Mother Adams. Auction raised cakes for Make It Yourself With Wool contest. Highest cake price 50 dollars. average 30. Everett Coons led Ver nal Livestock Auction Yard. Edith Montgomery chaired banquet. Opal Showalter Stella Karren assisted. Ida Andrews Tamara Curfew Mel la Weeks Asa Watkins included in state contest delegation.
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Siddoway
Harold E Davis
Clifton, McCoy
Roy Showalter
Stringham
Allan Bonniou
Rulon Lind
John Rennion
Lorin Hatch
Rulon Uacking
Douglas Crew
Bobcat Record
Banks of the County Bounty Board
Owen Mortis
State Fish and Wildlife Department
James A Hnoper
Utah
Cordell Smith
Craig
Smith
Herbert Tyzack
Tyzack
Vernal
Ken Stringham
Lynn Huber
Dorothy Luck
Rex Taylor
Grant Parry
Wally Baker
George
Adams
Julianne
Geraldine Washburn
Everett Coons
Vernal Livestock Auction Yard
Edith Montgomery
Opal Showalter
Stella Karren
Freda Davis
Asa Watkins
Tamara Curfew
Mella Weeks
Ida Andrews
Roosevelt
Priesthood Conference at Roosevelt Stake Center
President Johnson announced a special Priesthood meeting at the Roosevelt Stake center for stake presidency members high council bishops and clerks who are expected to attend Elder Delbert L Stapley of the Council of the Twelve will present an important message to attendees.
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Roosevelt Stake Center
Johnson
Delbert L Stapley
Council of the Twelve
Tributes Paid Joanne Fulks At Funeral Rites
Funeral services for Mrs Joanne Hail Fulks age 21 were held in Vernal First Ward chapel after death from complications following the birth of twins in Detroit. Bishop Caldwell led prayers and invocation with a quartet performing. Remarks highlighted her school and home activities. Burial followed at Vernal Memorial Park with local and out of town visitors, and donations were sent to Uintah County Hospital.
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Pombh Vernal
First Ward
Joanne Hail Fulks
Fulks
Detroit
Ernest Caldwell
J Arben Jolley
Bryce Caldwell
Father
Ralph Walker
Lois Erickson
Don Walker
Elaine Walker
Sluth Walker
Victor Wilkins
Mi. Fulks
Archie Johnson
John Stagg
Vernal Memorial Park
Bishop Caldwell
Duane Paulson
Lawrence Powell
Hoyle Chew
Kent Jorgensen
Bic Smith
Robert Warfe
River Bill Aims at Large Self Liquidating Basin Project
The River Bill seeks a comprehensive plan to develop an entire river basin covering about one twelfth of the U S land area. Advocates claim it would harness mineral wealth and hydroelectric potential to keep pace with Soviet progress. Arizona lawmakers in a water rights suit with California back the measure, with Rep Henry Aldous Dixon of Utah set to speak on farm surplus concerns.
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United Sta Ss
U.S
Soviet Union
Alo
Arizona
California
Henry Aldous Dixon
Utah
Jensen Ground Spotters Complete Wings Training
Twenty four members of Jensen Ground Observer Corps completed training and received wings. Raymond Stewart, post supervisor, with Meril Snow and Lucille Taylor announced immediate start of new member training to man the observation post. Plans to renovate a building west of Jensen as an observation post proceed with materials and labor donated by residents.
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Jensen Ground Observer
Raymond Stewart
Meril Snow
Lucille Taylor
Jensen
Mary R. Orser Early Teacher Dies in Roosevelt
Mary Rogers Orser a long time educator and leader in the Uintah Basin died at the Roosevelt home aged 76. Born May 27 1863 in Provo she taught in Provo Lost River Jensen and Roosevelt and served as principal and first superintendent of schools in the Winish District. Funeral Thursday at 1 pm Roosevelt Stake House with survivors Edwin Orser Mrs Darrell Crockett and others.
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Mary Rogers Orser
United Basin
Roosevelt Stake House
Roosevelt
Orser
Ballard
Jensen
Winish
Provo
J. O. Orser
Hoosevelt
Vernal Man To Attend Seattle Insurance Meet
Vernal resident Larsyn H H Caldwell will join 37 other agents and executives for a spring career conference of New York Life Insurance Company in Seattle on March 13. The Utah branch inspector in Salt Lake City announced the attendance to cover underwriting, accident and sickness, and employee protection topics.
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Seattle
Larsyn HH
Caldwell
East 2Nd South
Vernal
New York Life Insurance Company
Sterling W.sill
CSA
Utah
Salt Lake City
Blue Beach Irrigation Co Formed To Reclaim Duchesne Land
An irrigation company named Blue Beach Irrigation Co has been formed in Duchesne to reclaim about 51 250 acres of farmland north of the town. Elwood B Carter presiding, with officers Bruce Fitzgerald Edwin Carman Hale Holgate and Newell Carter. An executive committee will determine land available canal grade pipe size and water needs. The Duchesne River is listed as water source with a plan to pool county owned land for deeded individual farming.
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Blue Beach Irrigation Co
Duchesne
Elwood B. Carter
Tabiona
Duchesne County Water Users Assn
New Irrigation Company
Bruce Fitzgerald
Bridgeland
Edwin Carman
A Hale Holgate
Arcedia
Newell Carter
Duchesne County
Carter
Duchesne River
Blue Beach
Hospital News Brief Names Local Medical Staff
Hospital news released to the paper credits administrator Erland Preece and several staff members including Medical Venna Richens Walt Mounir Scott Wall and Mrs Frank Peterson. Also listed are Mrs Silas W Hrinkerhoff Charles Hardy Mrs James Chivers Mrs Lor rane Cook and Charles Wise plus George Ramsey. Surgical credits include Ernest Untermann Orser Dick and Mrs Jay Searle and Mrs Sid Pace.
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Erland Preece
Venna Richens
Walt Mounir
Scott Wall
Frank Peterson
Silas W Hrinkerhoff
Charles Hardy
James Chivers
Lorrane Cook
Charles Wise
George Ramsey
Ernest Untermann
Orser Dick
Jay Searle
Sid Pace
Blue Bench Access Created by Knight Investment in 1920s
The blue bench access was irrigated and formed in the 1920s by Knight Investment Company which later lost possession of the land through county tax issues.
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Acces
Blue Bench
Knight Investment. Co
Heart Fund Drive Earns Strong Support Downtown
Mrs Eve Ashton led the Heart Fund Drive in the business district with Edna Eskelson Jennie Feltch Lillian Henderson Carolyn Duke Jessie Tiffany and Lois Clayton. She thanked business houses churches press and radio for full cooperation. Iva Wilson organized the Bonanza area and Isla King handled publicity. Dr Ray E Spendlove and Mrs Ashton serve on the Utah Heart Association board. gratitude was expressed to all contributors to the 1956 drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve Ashton
Edna Eskelson
Jennie Feltch
Lillian Henderson
Carolyn Duke
Jessie Stiffany
Lois Clayton
Ashton
Iva Wilson
Bonanzk
Isla King
Ray E. Spendlove
Utah Heart Association
Duchesne County Livestock Show Faces 50 Percent Decline
Statistics compiled by county agricultural agent Robert Murdock show a 50 percent drop in livestock numbers in Duchesne County over 33 years. Range-carrying capacity has fallen 50 percent in 20 years as 80 percent of range tends not to produce. Undesirable grasses and brush have encroached on productive lands, now occupying up to 70 percent of canyon bottom areas.
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Duchesne County
Robert
Murdock
Phillips Well Continues Big Drilling Near Red Wash
The oil firm with a Woods Cross Utah refinery starts a second well in Douglas Creek area about a half mile north of its discovery. Red Wash Unit No 12 by Standard Oil of California in Qintah County Utah produced 2 379 000 cubic feet daily of natural gas through a one half inch choke from a total depth of 4265 feet in the Green River formation. To date no gas has been sold off the Red Wash leases.
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Woods Cross
Utah
Douglas Creek
Red Wash
Standard Oil Company of California
Qintah County
Green River
O Date
Hehe
Bank policy on community service and earnings reinvestment
The bank, nine years in operation, funds a retirement plan with monthly contributions from both employees and the bank. The board prioritizes community betterment alongside obligations to stockholders and depositors, reinvesting most earnings to strengthen surplus and reserves for depositor protection.
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Joanne H. Fulks
Mary R. Orser
Choice Ib
Uintah Packing Co
No. Vernal Ave
Bave
Matthew Ridgway
Army
Cdair
Washington
House Committee
Hospital News
Westinghouse
Corox
Searle Electric & Appliance
Cook
Phillips
Cerin
Tae
Ashton Bros. Co
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