Governor Clyde to Speak at Vernal Chamber Meeting
Governor George D Clyde will be guest speaker at the annual Vernal Chamber of Commerce meeting. The event, moved to April 4 due to Clyde's travel, was announced after a regular board session at Motel Vernal. The meeting will include a road update by Grant Southam on the Flaming Gorge Dam project and route improvements, with Bureau of Reclamation funding planned for completion in 1962.
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George D Clyde
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Vernel
Clyde
Bureau
Vernal Dutch John Bridge
Southam
Indian Canyon
Harold McKee
Uintah County
Vernal City
Redskins Edge Altamont In 54 42 Victory
Uintah High grapplers finish fourth in Class B finals at American Fork as Lynn Smuin leads 127 lb group with returning letter. Coach Leo Conk cites inexperience but envisions future improvement with more seasoned juniors and sophomores.
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Uintah High
American Fork
Leo Conk
jJuniors
Lynn Smuin
Grapplers
Alan Terjillo
Dinosaur Park Chief Ranger Granted Yellowstone Transfer
Oscar T Dick, chief park ranger at Dinosaur National Monument, will transfer to Yellowstone National Park as district manager under a new plan. He began NPS service in 1941, with prior roles at Mount McKinley Glacier and Mount Rainier. Oscar, his wife Katherine and two sons will relocate to Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone within a month. daughter Joyce remains in Vernal to finish high school.
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Stewart L. Ashton
Vernal
Dinosaur
Oscar T. Dick
Yellowstone National Park
Monument
Earl M. Semingsen
Hanger Dick
Park Service
Oacar T Dick
Dinosaur Natonal Monument
Earl M Semingen
Yellowstone
Lemuel A Garrison
Oscar
Uintah Basin
National Park Service
Mount McKinley National Park
Glacier National Park
United States Forest Service
Montang
United States
Naval Air Corp
Mount McKinley
Mount Rainier National Park
Washington
Alaska
Sitka
Glacier Bay National Monuments
Dinosaur National Monument
Tacilitlen Ife
Kiwanis Club
Katherine
Jan
Jon
Joyce
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstond
Colder Cold Wave Persists Through Week With Record Low
A persistent cold wave continued this past week with temperatures dropping to 20 below zero on February 29, the coldest day of the season. Highs ranged from 21 to 27 above zero, and nearly an inch of precipitation, about .02 inches, was recorded.
Zoning and Parks Discussed by City and County
Verne Vernal officials and Uintah County planners met to review zoning ordinances and growth questions. County seeks own ordinance with planner Dale Despain to revisit and rewrite while city ordinance has public backing. County considers cross jurisdiction license and city court viability. beer parlor closing time remains 11 p.m. and county residents would pay a county license valid in the city and vice versa.
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Vernol City
Uintah County
Planning Board
Dale Despain
Vernal
Itis
Readers flock to Who’s Who contest in The Vernal Express
The Vernal Express runs a Who’s Who ads contest drawing large reader participation. A total of 1008 entries arrived with 602 containing all 19 clues, making the prize money rise to 4.50 for the week. Local projects loom with phosphate plant work and related construction in Vernal, forecast to boost employment in the spring and summer months.
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Thia
Louise Turner
Hotel Vernal
G. E Untermann
Monsever
Turner
Be Valiant In Your Testimony Urges LDS Leader In Conference
LDS members were urged to bear an active testimony and live by its works at a quarterly stake conference in the tabernacle led by Elder Bruce R. B. McConkie. The talk emphasized avoiding a life of ease and critiqued current wage practices amid broader church welfare discussions. A separate report notes ranch foreman Henry Mull was jailed in Vernal on grand larceny charges for cattle sales, with a March 15 preliminary hearing set and a $500 reward anticipated from local cattle associations if convicted.
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Denver
Justice Court
Uniteh and Duchesne Cattle Associations
United Stake Lds
Bruce R B McConkie
First Council
Tabernacle
McConkle
A. Lewis Elggren
General Church Welfare Committee
Alice Woolley
Stake
Melba Sargent
Frank K. Walker
Vernon C Young
YMMIA
Lord
Stake Relief Society
Frances Southam
Ruth Walker
February Weather Notes Hint at Winter’s Return
In the week of February 25 to March 2 the report notes 12 inches of precipitation, with Spring’s debut dated March 31 in the calendar. The text suggests weather signals a reversal, implying Nature appears to be moving backwards rather than advancing into spring.
Woolgrowers Meet Discuss Grazing and Import Issues
About 70 Ashley Uintah Woolgrowers members met at Motel Vernal for their annual session. Welby Aagard urged better organization and management to cope with drought, land-use changes, and rising imports, noting a March 1 grading change via the National Woolgrowers Assn. YT Steingham reported on a National Grazing Council meeting in Washington, which backed multipurpose use in public lands. Officers re elected included Clifton Mc Coy and N J Meagher Jr both of Vernal, W A Danks Tulon Hacking Harold E Davis and Lynn Lub er of Uintah County, with Ken Stringham as secretary. The group also voiced opposition to enlarging [text truncated]
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Ashley-Uintah Woolgrowereresn
Aagard
National Woolgrowers Assn
Steingham
National Grazing and Advisory Council
Council
Washington
Secretary of Interior
Clifton McCoy
Vernal
N J. Meagher Jr
W. A. Danks
Tulon Hacking
Harold E. Davis
Lynn [Luber
Lapoint
Uintah County
Ken. Stringham
Vernal Resident Fined 150 for Assault and Reckless Driving
Louie Berger of Vernal was fined 75 dollars on each of two charges in justice court last week. The assault and battery complaint was filed by Leonard Brown and stemmed from an incident on a downtown sidewalk.
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Louie Berger
Vernal
Justice Court
Leonard Brown
New BLM Officer Gerald L Quinn Assigned to Vernal Office
Gerald L Quinn is named the new range conservationist at the Bureau of Land Management Vernal office, moving from Boise Idaho to replace Tom Moore who was transferred to Phoenix Arizona. He arrived with his wife and child.
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BLM
Gerald L. Quinn
Ange
Bureau of Land Management
Vernal
Boise
Idaho
Tom Moore
Phoenix
Arizur Quinn
Junior Senior Division Basketball Opened Monday At A V Jr High
Opening day of the Eighth Annual Divisional All Church Sub Div C basketball tournament at Ashley Valley High School featured Roosevelt 4th defeating Vernal 4th 23-30 in the senior division while Neola beat Vernal 4th 45-30 in the junior division. Vernal 5th topped Tabiona 49-25, Vernal 2nd edged Allamont 27-26, and Roosevelt 2nd beat Lapoint 28-10.
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Hawks
Vernal National Guard Bantam
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Howard Busch
Russ Watch
Utah Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Ashley Valley
Rams
Knots
Mack
Ghosts
Dinos
Frank Wright
Tony Wright
Tassamer
Wadlock
Voorhies
Gotfredson
Searle
Goodrich
Alexander
Thomas
The
E Mott
J Siddoway
Sutton
Gillette
FE Oaks
Price
Roberts
Colabella
Evans
Ashley Velley High School
All Church
Roosevelt
Vernal
Neola
Tabiona
Allamont
Lapoint
Vernal Sih
Neola-Vernal
Vernal Bth
Tablona
Vernal Sth
Drent Shiner
Altamont
George Reay
Foosevelt
Toosey
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Jims McNaughton
Dinosaur Park
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Essln Auto Supply
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Rex J. Morgan
Ashley-Ainish Woolgrowers Assn
Clift McCoi
Ken Stringham
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Spencer C Helner
Vernal Office
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Art Edson
Western Knapp Engineering Co
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San Francisco Chemical Co
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Edgan
Weiner
Stanaker Draw
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Garfield Smeler
Kennecott Copper Corp
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