Utes Capture Place in State Tournament
Uintah earned a berth in the state high school basketball tournament as Region Five ended at Huntington. Uintah led North Emery 8-1 and stretched its advantage to 32-9 by the third quarter, finishing 48-18. Alexander led with nine Meld goals, Anderson scored 10, and Olsen eight.
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Uintah
Huntington Sentral
Moab
North Emery
North Emery Sr
Mexander
Uintahs
Anderson
Olsen
Quint
Castle Dale
Central
Ogden
Epheraim Uintah
Murray
Nephi
North Sumit
Dixie
Spanish Fork
Davis
Logan
Salina
South Ride
Weber
Mulardchamp
Provo
Jodan
Gumnut Rune
Mrs Glenn Reed Rites Fill Lapoint Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Jane Reed Reed wife of Glenn Reed were held at Lapoint Chapel with Bishop Jerry Harrison presiding. The crowd overflowed the chapel and many stood outside due to space limits. Interment followed at Roosevelt cemetery amid floral tributes and mixed vocal performances. Mrs Reed, born January 22 1907 in Vernal, is survived by her husband, eight daughters, and several siblings.
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Taipoint
Jerry Harrison
Helene Wetland
Raymond Bigelow
Acel Caldwell
Beau
Isle of Somewhere
Aulleen Hullinger
Eva Hatch
Vernal Aa
Miss ‘Westland
Bishop Heber “‘T
Roostvelt
Pres
Ernest Eaton
Vernal
C A Thompson
Lapoint
Lfe
Tarrison
Jacob Hasmussen
Twarvey Sultinger
Arthur Ite
Harden Lafrum
Stanley Eaton
Angus Anderson
Brigham Mowte
Roosevelt Cemetery
Willam G
Tore Labrum Reed
Thomas and
Elia Caldwell Labrum
William Cwldeell
Glenn Reed
Ft Duchesne
Leena
Arthur Lab Tum
Rexbury Idaho
Maude Anderson
Mra Vada
Eat~on
Marden Labrum
Lee Labrum
Mra Elin
Montey
Tridel
Funeral Services For C E Curtis Lapoint Pioneer
Charles Edward Curtis a Lapoint pioneer and LDS church member died Friday afternoon March 6 at his son’s home. A longtime resident of the reservation he came to Lapoint at its opening and farmed, raising produce and livestock. He is survived by son Arthur and Charles Edward, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. his wife Bertha L Jolly died in 1926. Funeral services conducted by ward officials featured a choral quartet and remarks on his faithful life. The burial at Lapoint cemetery was conducted by D A Lamoreaux.
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Lapoint
Bisho
Barbara Rasmussen
Hayden Foster
Curtis
Roy Taylor
Hugh W Colton
Uintah
Harrison
A G Anderson
Cdward
Arthur Curtis den Adams
Lamar Thacker
Wilford Adams
Arza Adams
D A Lamoreaux
Charley Edward Curt Sr
Aither
Arthur
Charles Eduard
Pocatello Ida
Funeral for George H Luck Held at Maeser Ward Chapel
Impressive services conducted Friday in Maeser chapel for George H Luck with mixed quartet performances and solos. Speakers from the bishopric recalled his early life and lumberman trade, and the cortege proceeded to Vernal Cemetery for interment.
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Maeser Ward Chapel
H. Luck
Maeser
George H Luck Wert
Luella Merkley
Winnie Collett Leslie Thacker
Allen Jones
Jesus My Saviour
Mae Jorgensen
Mae Caulder
Mark M Hall
F EB Colton
William H. Siddoway
B J Longhurst
Verdin Johnson
An Old Spanish Custom at Uintah High Soon
Uintah High School music department presents An Old Spanish Custom this Friday and Saturday. The two act play features over 200 in the cast chorus and dances. Directed by Lloyd Winn with drama coach Myss E Judd and costumes by Ethelynn Largon. The production includes twenty numbers of songs choruses instrumental pieces and dances.
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UHS
Uintah High School
Lloyd Winn
Myss E Judd
Marle Singleton
Ethelynn Largon
Vernal Weds Needay Night Attended Lions Luncheon
Superintendent Colom Wright of the Uintah and Ouray Agency and chief clerk Robert Burns attended the Lions luncheon in Vernal Needay night. Wright, from Pina Arizona, succeeds W Page who was transferred to Balt Lake.
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Colom Wright
Uintah and Ouray
Fort Duchesne
Robert Burns
Lions
Wright
Pina
Ariz
W Page
Balt Lake
Mail Truck at Jensen 13 saved From Fire by Quick Work of Driver
Albert Slaugh, a Verner-Craig mail stage driver for Comet Motor Express, reached Jensen postoffice and found his mail truck on fire. He unloaded the mail with Postmaster J Chatwin’s help, damaged a sack of parcels post, bread scorched, and concluded the fire began from exhaust pipe contact with the truck floor. The mail and registered pouches were uninsured. long-run delay could have worsened losses.
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Jensen
Albert Slaugh
Verner-Craig
Comet Motor Express
Slaugh
Henry
J Chatwin
Chatwin
Sanitary Project Advances in Uintah County
The Utah Board of Health and WPA, sponsored by Vernal City and Uintah County, push a sanitary project led by Clyde Thompson. About 475 privies were built in Duchesne County and more are planned in Uintah communities as WPA crews construct units and transport them to sites. Total Uintah County funding reaches 5000 dollars for WPA labor. material costs of 23 dollars borne by sponsors.
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Utah Board of Health
Utah Works Progress Administration
Vernal City
Uintah County
Clyde Thompson
Uintah
Duchesny County
Thompson
Duchesne County
WPA
Mrs William Zowe of Myton Dies After Stroke
Mrs William Zowe of Myton 58 died Tuesday morning after a stroke the day before Funeral services were held last Thursday at the Presbyterian church in Myton with Willard G Spencer of Vernal directing Interment followed in Myton cemetery She was born in Creston Town March 14 1877 and came to Utah in 1908 settling in Myton She married William Zowe on October 28 1908 who survives her
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Press Terian
Myton
William Zowe
Zowe
Eastern Star Lodge
Vermer
Willard
Wilma Dorlf
Creston
Town
Utah
Vernon remembers road contractor James W Whiting at burial
Stan L Robbins a foreman at the asphalt plant attended the Springville funeral of James W Whiting with his wife and daughter Marilyn. Whiting, long known as the contractor building the road east of Ashley Creek bridge on US 40 between Vernal and Jensen, was widely remembered in Vernal.
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Stan L Robbins
Marilyn
Springville
James W Whiting
Whiting
Ashley Creek Bridge
US 40
Vernal
Jensen
Funeral Rites for Mrs Hannah Odekirk Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs Manny Odekirk, 82, will be held Saturday at I oclock in the Vernal Second Ward chapel. She died Thursday morning at a hospital in East Lake City after age related ailments. Odekirk was a pioneer of Ashley Valley and served as Relief Society president in Vernal’s First and Second wards. Bishop John Helr of Vernal Second Ward will preside.
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Ward Chapel
Hannah Odekirk
Ashley Valley
Manny Odekirk
East Lake City
Odekite
Ashley Valley and Relief Society
John Helr
Hatchery at Whiterocks Doubles Fish Stock in Expansion
EnlargedWhiterocks fish hatchery now holds over 900000 fish in various sizes with more than 250000 ready for planting. New ponds and twenty six hatching troughs were built last winter, bringing total rearing ponds to thirteen with plans for two more this spring. Superintendent Jay Larson notes record low production cost for Mah in Utah. A visit last Saturday included Mr and Mrs W Krump and other department members.
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Whiterocks
Tegal
Jay Larson
Ithe Hatchery
Utah
Ife
Krump
State Fish and
GB Millecam Floyd Noel W
Wallia
P L. Coan
R Hendereson
Anderson
Roosevelt FFA Instructor Set for Nation-wide Ag Tour
Walker E Atwood, Smith-Hughes instructor at Roosevelt High, selected to represent Utah on a national FFA agriculture tour. Named by state educators and Swift and Co, he will visit centers in Chicago, New York, Boston and Philadelphia to study livestock, marketing and related topics. He departs March 13 and returns March 30.
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Walker E Atwood
Smith-Hughes
Roosevelt High
Utah
Atwood
Swift and Co
Chicago
New York
Boston
Philadel
Funeral for Mrs Veroqua Baldwin Held at Swain Funeral Home
Mrs Veroqua May Ridgewa Baldwin 36 died March 6 after pneumonia. Funeral Monday at Swain Funeral Home with Rev Willard Boenca of Congregational Church officiating. Interment in Verbal City Cemetery. Born May 1 1900 at Dighton Kansas, she married Ray Baldwin in 1915 and moved to Vernal Beattes with him. Survived by three daughters Angeline Rasmussen Lula and Jessie Baldwin, one son Wilbur Baldwin, and two brothers and two sisters of Wichita Kansas.
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Veroqua
May Ridgewa Baldwin
Swain
Willard Boenca
Ceemetery
Hoenital
Dighton
Kas
Abe
Katherine Ridgeway
Ray Baldwin
Vernal
Mra Angeline Rasmussen
Lula
Jess Sle Baldwin
Wilbur Baldwin
Wichita
Vernal Market Folds After 29 Years Of Service In Vernal
The Vernal Market, oldest local firm, closed after Irvin Eaton, longtime proprietor, ended operations in the Co op Building. Eaton, who started with the market decades ago, plans remodeling of the site across the street into a new modern heat market with a beauty parlor and barber shop to follow.
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Vernal
Irvin Eaton
Vernal Market
Co-op
Papera
customs +s
Mr Yaton
Amie
the Ashton
Eaton
J . K. Bullock
George Adams
Heid
Jos McKee
Mark [ Batty
John Gimes
Mr Lines
Mr. Eatton
Ernest
Vernal City
Cornettman
Bennett Founder Dies Saturday OF Pneumonia
John B Bennett of Dennett dies on March 7 at age 63 after a period of illness. Founder of Dennett, he settled there in 1905 after taking an Indian allotment and served as an LDS ward counselor and active church member. Survived by his widow and many children, the family note a life of service and ties to Utah and Arizona communities. Funeral held Monday at the Bennett ward chapel with Bishop John G Bolton presiding.
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John B Bennett
Dennett
Bennett Ward
St. Milford England
David Mr Bennett
Brae
Mary Garnett Bennett
America
Mr Bennett
Plains
Utah
Bear Lake
Union Pacific Railroad
Elizabeth Stevens
Logan Temple
Jeanette Cameron
Salt Lake Temple
John Dennett
Forest Ranger
Manila
Oced
Rosevelt Bennett
Wyoming
Mary Curtis
California
Ida Radmall
Ealt Lake City
Lydia Johnson
Blanche Mitchell
Roosevelt
Jane Pop
Flizabeth Keetch
Arizona
Ashley Valley
Bennett Ward Chapel
John G. Bolton
Stewart Lakes Flood Control Work Nears Finish
A large dike system to hold flood waters from Green River and Stewart Lakes near completion. A road will connect parts of the project as crews of 22 teams and 15 men gauge flow and lay cement control boxes. The aim is to hold water in the lake for nesting and hunting grounds at the north end, with work ongoing this spring and ideal conditions reported.
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Stewart Lakes
Green River
Floydjat
Water System Expansion Plans in Vernal and Maeser Push Debate
Vernal City Council discussed a $75,000 water system expansion linking Ashley Canyon to Maeser Olines and Naples, including a line to the Vernal Cemetery. The plan, tied to WPA funding, would hire hundreds and extend service to over a hundred homes while lifting an injunction on outside connections. The meeting also approved a sanitary privy crackdown, considered band budget needs for uniforms, and outlined a spring cleanup campaign to spruce up the community.
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Vernal City Council
Ashley Canyon
Maeser
Olines
Naples
En Tive
Ashley Valley
Uintah
Clyde Thompson
P. H. Thorpe
Phil Watkins
W. Henderson
Chaos
H. 3 Fawards
Record Owar Lyman
Marshall Lafe Richardson
Cooper
Vernal City
Ife
Ray Stringham
Bert Singleton
Mra Ashley Dbennion
Boosteera’ Club
Sisa
Ther
First Aid Club to Meet At Court House Men
Uintah County First Aid Club schedules a meeting at the courthouse on Monday at 1:15 pm. President Clark Newell urges attendees bring triangular bandages and other equipment. a state safety department PWA communication commends the local unit for organizing efforts.
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Court House
Uintah County
Clark Newell
Newell
State Safety Department
PWA
Bera
Seminary Ball at Imperial Mar reinvigorates homecoming spirit
The annual Seminary Ball will be held at the Imperial on Friday March 22. The event promises lively features including Saint Patrick's Day skits and announcements of tournament results at intervals. Principal Grant West aims to make the ball a homecoming for Ul former students since the school began.
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Imperial Well
1 Grant West
Art Project to Exploit Uintah County Resources
Art project under the WEA aims to advertise each county’s resources. Kenneth W Anderson proposes posters highlighting scenic or historic features, mining, stock raising, and local interests. Uintah Duchesne and Uintah counties to coordinate efforts for distinctive posters.
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Uintah County
WEA
Kenneth W Anderson
East Lake City
Uintah Diun
Duchesne
Uintah
Board of County Commissioners
F le Noel
Mrs Alice Moore former Maeser resident dies in Ogden
Mrs Alice Leonia Wilkes Moore of Ogden dies Friday afternoon in an Ogden hospital after a long illness. She was 73, widow of Samuel A Moore, lived formerly in Maeser. Funeral services were held Sunday in Ogden with burial in Provo Cemetery. Her survivors include two daughters Miriam Hyde of Ogden and Lela Wardlaw of Inspiration Arizona, a son Bilas Moore of Spokane, and four brothers and sisters.
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Mra Manwaring
Moore
Mire
Miriam W Hyde
Qgrden
Mre
Lela Wardlaw
Ariz
Bilas Moors
Spokane
Ward
Woodville
W Moore
Ithaca NY
John M. Wilson
Lydis Mettendrick
East Lake City
Georga H. Wilson
Mary Colton
Vernal
Oxcen
Lindquiss and Bens Mortuary
Provo
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Utes
N. Emery
Huntington
Lapoint Chapel
Jane Reed
Thos Labrum
Reed
Imperial Hall
C. E. Curtis
Lapoint Pioneer
William Zowe of
Roosevelt Ffa
Veroqua Baldwin
Funeral Home
Bennett
Idaho College
Pocatello
Idaho
Tenney T .Townston
T 'T Johnston
University of Idaho, Southern Branch
Richard Ma
Ees
Glenns Ferry
Blake Friends of
Johnston
Mathews
Lehnhoff Furgeson
Glines
Imperial Mar
Alice Moore
Winn's
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