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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1954
Page
4
Union high school defending Class B basketball champions earned a berth by defeating Monticello 61 to 27 at Monticello in the region. North Emery defeated Altamont 80 to 37. Union will face South Sevier at 7 40 p m Wednesday for their first tournament game.
Four Vernal shooters joined 66 Western Colorado marksmen at Grand Junction for the Colorado Western Division Rifle Association championship. Sammy Hatch won first in the any ai sharpshooter class and second in the aggregate. Teammates Jim Lube Jim Anderson and Joe LeBeau scored well but did not place. A trap shoot is planned Sunday at the Vernal Rod and Gun Club. President Alvin Kay announced a teenage team will compete in the state tournament in Salt Lake City in May.
Carl Everett Pitt of Vernal will graduate from the University of Utah in a special commencement ceremony at Kingsbury Hall at 9:27 a.m. He will receive a Bachelor of Science degree in invertebrate zoology. Pitt is a Uintah High School graduate of 1943.
An Intermountain junior heavyweight title bout pits Suvi Hayamaka against Chicko Bonales in Vernal at Imperial Hall this Saturday. Semi final features Frank Fakatty versus Treacherous Phillips. Preliminary starts 8:30 p.m with box office 7:15 p.m. Speaker Demelkin mentioned. graduation rites for about 800 students noted.
Utah cattlemen are urged to plan now for heavier fall beef calves. County Agricultural Agent Clair R. Acord notes six months of proper cow care, phosphorus supplements with range feed, and steamed bone meal mixed with grain can boost calf weight by five to seventy five pounds, improving profits.
Marshall Colerow, 15, from Bridgeland, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Mary Anker Pont’s highway death. He is sent to Ogden Industrial School. Judge Paxton warns juveniles driving without licenses. Halogeton program funding ends July 1 1954, risking jobs. reseeding continues on Uncompahgre lands. Immunization campaigns target Typhoid Fever and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Ute Long Range Development program advances with meetings and planning, Washington staff assisting. March 29 target for Planning Board finish. Fort Ducheme Huskies noted for March 13, 1954.
Ute Indian Tribe with Ray Summers Recreation Director traveled to Fort Hall Idaho for a return basketball game at Pocatello's Alameda Junior High. Huskies beat Bannocks 69 to 59 on Bannocks home floor while White Rocks Road Kings lost 45 to 42 to Fort Hall B squad. March 2 Fort Washakie Indians face Fort Duchesne Huskies at Alterta Gym 7 00 pm.
Roger Francke son of Dr and Mrs Francke attends Pasadena City College and has been chosen for the lead in the college production Lost Horizon This marks the second lead role this year for him Previously in March he played a poloist at a benefit event
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Snow were caught in a sudden flash flood in Cockleburr Wash off Highway 40 while returning from Miners Gulch. The bumper blocked the car, the wife was pulled to safety as the flood surged several feet, and the Snow brothers helped extraction at Wiley’s Resort. Transmission damaged but no injuries reported.
In August last year he sang at several receptions in Vernal and will be remembered for his activities in music and drama at Uintah High.
Gaynel J. DeMille son of Mr and Mrs Ivan DeMille Vernal has graduated from Paratroopers jump school at Fort Benning Georgia Private DeMille completed two weeks of tower training and five jumps over Lee Field the fifth with full combat gear He was named Soldier of the Week at Fort Benning and has rejoined Company G of the 508th Airborne Regiment Combat Team at Fort Campbell Kentucky.
The Explorers and Mia Maids of Uintah Stake sponsor the Rose Prom at the Stake center on Saturday March 20 starting 8:30 p.m. Stake leaders Enid Cook and Louis Fife direct arrangements. All stake members and friends are invited for a fun evening with floor show numbers during intermission.
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