Jensen Student Wins Honors Before Medical School
Leonard Brent Burgess, son of a Jensen teacher, earns Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi honors at the University of Utah and plans to enter Columbia University’s medical program after Utah’s term ends. He recently received recognition from the University of Utah orientation assembly and serves as president of the pre medical society.
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Jensen
Leonard Brent Burgess
Dons M. Burgess
Columbia University
Cornell University
New York City
University of Utah
Leonard 8
University Orentation Assembly
Phi Kappi Ph
Phi Bets Kappa
Sigma 24
U. of U
Uintah County to Receive Forest Receipts in 1941
Uintah County is set to receive 1131.17 dollars from the Ashley National Forest receipts for fiscal year 1941. The state allocations follow Utah law with 50 percent to schools and 50 percent to roads, distributed by county according to forest location.
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Uintah County
Ashley Forest
Fan C. Sanford
Ashley National Forest
Utah
Dagwyett
Duchesne
Summit
Uintah
Sanford
Uintah County Teachers Association Program To Improve Schools
Uintah County teachers association outlines a program to better the school system as government assumes a larger role in public life. The article notes teachers form one of the largest organized groups, organized as members of the national association and additional local structures.
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Uintah County Teachers Association
United School District
County Education Association organizes officers and committees
A local education association is led by a two year term group of officers elected from county teachers. The president and two vice presidents, with the retiring president as second, plus a secretary-treasurer, oversee four committees including research welfare salary and social. Monthly meetings discuss issues affecting teachers, students, and parents, with a note that the association offered its members to aid President Roosevelt in the defense program.
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Board of Education
Dzeh Education Association
Roosevelt
Boston Blackout Writings Describe Silent Night Patrol
Harvard student Edward E. Hailwood wrote March 8 to Rev and Mrs James W. Hailwood about Boston’s first blackout. On a six story rooftop he watched for any light including a cigarette. Violators faced heavy fines and warning guns. Silence was total and even footsteps stood out.
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Edward E. Hailwood
Harvard
James W. Hailwood
Boston
Hailwood
Hallwood
Asphalt Inexhaustible Claim Sparks 1892 Debate
March 10, 1892 report notes claims that the asphaltum in law is inexhaustible and identifies Ulitah County as having the asphalt resource. The item frames a regional dispute over the material’s abundance and potential extraction.
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I Ulitah County
Spring work begins at Dyer with Eureka shaft down
Work starts on spring project by SaETECh as grain depth reaches 344 feet at Dyer. The third Eureka shaft is reported down 100 feet. The newly enacted law requires publication of land proceedings held at courts in this area.
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Saetech
Dyer
Eureka
Vernal Memorial Park Plans Grass Expansion and Trust Action
Two Vernal Express items report an executive move to invest Memorial Park trust funds with local banks or the state treasurer and note over 32,000 dollars worth of grassed lots. Ashley Bartlett, park superintendent, cites forty five private grassed slots, a west end 1000 foot lawn experiment, and strong public support for expanding grass coverage to create a creditable and beautiful memorial park.
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Vernal City Memorial Park
Vernal Express
Ashley Bartlett
Russell Montgomery
Don R. Carr
Johnson
Memorial Park Trust
Memorial Park Mesa
Bartlett
Memorial Park
Tinrl~ Tett
Vernal City
Mr. Bartlett
Cottonwood Lumber Becomes Valley Product
The Brimper Sawmill of Davis reports over 40 000 feet of cottonwood timber ready for lumber bridge planks and house logs. The material proves suitable for bridgework and interior building, sawn from trees averaging 114 feet. Limper sawmill runs in winter at Davis and summers at Greendale with a 54 inch American saw and planers powered by an 85 hp diesel, capacity 1000 feet per hour.
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Green River
Davis
Greendale
Ice Cream Praised As Protective Dessert Option
Mrs Ethel Austin Martin of the National Dairy Council says ice cream is a protective low calorie dessert acceptable for most. Vanilla ice cream offers about 206 calories per one sixth quart, rivaling baked apples, while raspberry sherbet contains about 57 calories per serving. An apple pie ranges around 200 calories, with other desserts varying in energy value.
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Ethel Austin Martin
National Dairy Council
Crear
Vvanilla
Ice cream calcium absorption compared to milk
A study notes ice cream provides calcium with high protective value. The body uses calcium from ice cream effectively, comparable to milk. Comparative tests show similar assimilation of calcium from both sources, reinforcing ice cream as a calcium source.
Books for Victory Drive In Uintah County
Uintah County residents are urged to donate reading and reference books for servicemen. Librarian Elizabeth Manker says boys in the armed forces need modern technical texts for education and wholesome pastimes. Books may be left at Vernal stores or the library and will be packed for Salt Lake shipping to training camps.
Teacher Said Moses Two Tablets Were This
Fragmentary lines show a teacher referencing Moses and tablets with phrases like “he ata pat” and “fy,” indicating a debated or garbled history lesson or quotation. No clear names, places, or dates emerge.
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Moses Twa Tabletg Seid
Ashley Pion intéer Celebrates 88th Birthday
David Timothy celebrated his eighty eighth birthday at the home of his daughter Mrs. Donald Schmutz in St George. He was born March 4 in Cardigan Shire Wales and moved to Utah at age six. He served long in church work including Sunday school superintendent and chorister, helped establish the first log school in Jenzen, taught there, and spent years in the temple. He married Martha Elvira Haws in 1874 and has 13 children, 40 grandchildren, and 34 great grandchildren.
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St. George
Umish County
Frst
Martha Elvira Haws
East Lake
Pear Jarson Eaton
Mae T. Johnson
Irda Baatian
Vernal
Emily Woodward
David J. Timethy
San Francisco
Cal
Amber ‘Ty Schmutz
Bt. George
Lamar Terry
Rock Willd
Rulm
Timothy
Sandy
Conoco Nit motor oil promises smoother starts and protection
The ad touts Conoco Nit motor oil with Thialkene inhibitor and synthetic formulation to reduce thickening in cold or strain conditions. It claims improved lubrication, safer mileage per quart, and oil-plating benefits that help the engine at every start, even before the oil pump engages.
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Conoco
Atil
Death Valley
Conom
Continental Oil Company
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Vernal Memorial
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Quality Dairy Teenay Worksian, Bigr
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Dick’s Conoco
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